Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 45, Number 264, Decatur, Adams County, 8 November 1947 — Page 1

No. 264.

POULTRY BAN IS LIFTED BY GOVERNMENT

lies Cails Besses To I Claims Lies Pressure ■ in Obtaining Ertime Contracts IbULL £ T 1 N Kington. Nov. B.—(UP) Hughes was denied Kion today to take the ■ witness stand to answer ■ally charges that he ■high level pressure” to ■40,000,000 in war conEnaton. Nov. 8 —(UP) - ■ker Howard Hughes sends ■ e of witnesses before sen■stigators today to support ■s that he got his wartime Kent contracts strictly on Kand-up and without “high Kssure." ■to president Roosevelt has Ked with this so-called presi in previous testimony. Kinky, millionaire sportsKl industrialist delayed his Murn to the witness stand ■ in the record testimony nine others whom the com■agreed to hear at his reKes' list of witnesses was W by Lt. Gen. Barney Giles, sae air force chief of staff. It Ed business associates and Kir force officers, among Koi. William Irvine, skipper Kb-29 "Partisan Dreamboat” ■made the celebrated HonoWashington flight earlier Bar fe senate war investigating ■mittee was nearing the end Kquiry into $40,000,000 worth ■tracts awarded Hughes for B F-ll photo - reconnaissance ■ and a huge plywood flying ■ finale was scheduled for ■’ after testimony by Hughes, ■ew here from California to ■t his case. ■other star witness — ■s' free-spending press agent, ■V. Meyer — yesterday made ■second appearance that may Been his last before the in■tors. | chubby grabber of entertain■aba swore that neither Maj. Bennett E. Meyers nor his atBe blonde wife repaid him ■ for a Los Angeles hotel bill Bain fares to the west coast ■il. 1944. He said he stood it summer’s story that none of ■nests he entertained for ever paid him back. ■ brief testimony was sand- ■ inbetween Meyers and Mrs. |s. Both said she put in. JohnJocket an envelope containing Ish. |er conflicting testimony in- ■ the general, Hughes, and p- It was disclosed that Neil Ftby, a former vice - president r Hughes Aircraft Co., had r“ at a secret committee sesphat Meyers tried to get r from Hughes while the |®anufacturer was negotiating F'hract for reconnaisancc Bid Contract For intruding Ditch M Construction worded Contract | Yost Construction Co., this as awarded the contract for William I. Jourc late Friday afternoon. a "ai(i was ma( ] e on tjjg S ‘° W b ’ d $940 for conshin ° f the ditch in Hartford !8il P p fta ' the Jay county ,ine - ■ Bowers, county sur(s aft ar<led the COil tract at his . , receiving sealed blds. 'Mders and the bid price; ‘ yron, Portland, $1,056.25; r &c C ° bs ’ Portland, $1,200; irk thultz - Heeatur, $1,184.64. y ™ ‘ he ditch will begin aiauito er “ d and ’* s expected “ out 30 days to com!.|r, weather "e s? continuec| cold with -ne n.; h f,Urrie ’ «•

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

Midwest Is Hit By First Cold Weather Storms Blamed For At Least 8 Deaths By United Press OP man winter set up headquarters just north of Lake Superior today after making up for his late arrival with a boisterous entrance through the north central states. Icy winds whistled all the way down the Mississippi valley and even Texas shivered with a 25degree drop in temperature. A snow storm moved up past Port Arthur, Ont., after blanketing the Dakotas and northern Minnesota with wet, wind-driven snow. Storm warnings were up on the Great Lakes today as winds well over 60 miles per hour swept across the open water. The storm, which struck on a 40(f-mile front, was moving northeastwards at 20 to 25 miles an hour. The 5,000-ton Tramp Lakes steamer “Jupiter” reported today that it was temporarily out of danger after drifting through dangerous rocks off the Michigan shore of Lake Michigan. She dropped anchor near Pentwater, Mich., early today and a coast guard cutter stood by until her engine was repaired. International Falls, Minn., began digging itself out from under 10 inches of snow' that snarled traffic last night, while linemen went out in freezing weather at Duluth and Minneapolis to repair telephone and teletype wires. The weather bureau said today that skies over most of the country were clearing, but that the cold weather would continue through the day with slowly rising temperatures on Sunday and Monday. A moderate rain fell along the east coast from New York to the Carolinas during the night and cloudiness with continued light rains were expected in the Pacific northwest. Four persons were dead, two missing and 12 injured in two tornadoes that struck Galiano, La., and Red Bayou, La. At least four deaths were attributed to the midwestern storm, and three men were injured at Duluth when high winds toppled a 300-foot coal dock loading span. Winds of 60 to 65 miles per hour drove the snow to eight inches at Duluth and four inches at Minneapolis. Low visibility hampered (Turn To Page 5, Column Si O Armistice Day To Be Observed Here Legion, VFW Plan Short Ceremonies The end of the first World War 29 years ago will be appropriately marked here next Tuesday in a semi-official observance. The bank, courthouse offices and a few other places will be closed in observance of the legal holiday but business generally will be continued as usual. Both Adams post 43, American Legion, and Limberlost post 6236 have made plans for short ceremonies at 11 a.m. Tuesday to mark the famous “eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month.” Each post plans short rites with rifle squads firing a volley to denote the exact hour of the war’s end. The posts have asked all persons to pause in reverent silence for three minutes at 11 a.m. that day. Both posts are planning to send color guards and other members to Fort Wayne Sunday to participate in the annual Armistice Day parade there. Russell Weldy, Armistice Day chairman of Post 43, stated today that plans are being completed for the annual celebration at the Legion home. A dinner will be served from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the home for all Legionnaires, their wives and sweethearts; auxiliary members, their husbands and sweethearts. The dinner will be followed by the annual Armistice Day dance from 9:30 to 12:30 p.m. Committee personnel to assist at the dinner and dance will be named Monday night during the regular Legion meeting.

Average Russian Thinks Nation Has Atom Bomb Molotov's Speech J Hailed By Average Russian Citizen Moscow, Nov. B—(UP)— The 1 average Russian who heard for- - eign minister Viachesiav M. Molotov's speech Thursday firmly bet lieved today that his country has > the atomic bomb. And the average - Russian was just short of being elated about it. > Molotov said the secret of the 1 bomb “has long ceased to exist.” } But no Russian questioned could i read that any other way than that 5 the atomic bomb Is a weapon that ; Russia now has as well as the United States. 3 Since the Russian reads in his r newspapers that the aims of the Soviet Union are entirely peaceful and that the aggressiveness of the ; “imperialists” was based upon sole j possession of the atomic bomb, the next step in his reasoning is ’ that this will be a great force for peace. ’ Three representative Russians put It like this: 1 An elevator operator who was disabled in the war—“ That’s the : best thing I could hear. That will 1 make the warmongers think twice.” s A cigaret stand girl—" There won’t be any war now. Now every- ' body can be afraid of the bomb.” A school teacher —“Now we have 1 it too. America may think again 1 about atomic control and disarmament.” In their interpretation of Molo--5 tov’s remark, the Russians also 1 see proof of the frequently repeat- ' ed statement by press and radio 1 that Soviet research and technical ' skill and industry are equal to what other nations have. 1 They saw in Molotov’s words the ’ fulfillment of the promise he made ’ two years ago that “we shall have ✓ Turn Tn 5. Column 6) i 0 1 Two Boys 'Shoot Up' I’ ‘ Town In Minnesota i Night Os Terror By Pair Os Teen-Agers - ■ L Fosston, Minn., Nov. B—(UP)8 —(UP) —Two boys on a crime spree gave this Red River community a night of terror unknown since the days of Indian raids. The boys, eight and 10 years old. stole six rifles and 10,000' rounds of ammunition, and “shot up” the town in the nonchalant r manner of wild west desperadoes r Thursday night. i Polk county sheriff Torkel Knudson said the shooting began 1 around 10 p. m. T he b °y s broke ( i into a sporting goods shop, a bari ber shop, a hardware store and - the American Legion club to get the weapons and ammunition and i about SIOO in cash, Knudson said. > Then they took over a filling • station as a fort. t They shot at passing vehicles, s houses, passersby and repelled 1 authorities with gunfire. Knudson said it was a ‘miracle’ 1 no one was hurt. One slug ripp- ’ ed through a house and narrowly ’ missed a housewife. Two trucks ’ were hit. one of them a gasoline ! carrier. - Residents said that they thought a gang of outlaws had • taken over the town. They arm1 ed themselves but made no headway against the constant fire the boys kept up. Knudson formed a posse that ' stormed the “fort” at dawn. He ' said everyone was surprised ’ when two little boys ran out of 5 the station. The youngsters surt rendered when shots were fired . over their heads. I The service station was damaged by nearly 100 bullet holes, he said. , The boys were taken to Crook- . ston, Minn., the county seat, for s investigation. Knudson said they • were to have appeared in juvenile r court Monday on another charge j i of tipping over tombstones in a cemetery.

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Decatur, Indiana, Saturday, November 8, 1947

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OLD MAN WINTER struck his first real blow of the season at the northern midwest, with six inches of snow at Duluth, Minn., and freezing temperatures as far south as Misouri. Two office workers (above) struggle through the gale-driven snow in downtown Minneapolis. where three indie's of snow fell.

Ask Fund To Fight Taft-Hartley Law Executive Board Os UAW Meeting Atlantic City, N. J., Nov. 8 — (UP) — The United Auto workers, (CIO), was urged today to build a $5,000,000 “fight funtl” for repeal of the Taft-Hartley act. The appeal by George Addes, UAW secretary treasurer, came as the union’s 22-man executive board met in preparation for a week-long convention, opening tomorrow and expected to be spiced with a battle for control of the powerful CIO unit. Addes said at a press conference last night that once employers start using “the powers given them under the Taft - Hartley act,” the union's recent struggles to protect living standards “will dwarf into insignificance.” He predicted that the “real onslaught will come soon and it would be disastrous if our union was unprepared.” “If we are to stop the Tafts, the Hartleys and the employers from destroying our union, we had better start now to prepare for the battle,” Addes said. The convention itself' will be a test of power between president Walter P. Reuther and the man lie deposed. R. J. Thomas, now a vice president. (Turn To Page 4 Column 4) Predict Russia To Win Ukraine Fight Anglo-American Fight Relaxing Lake Success, N. Y„ Nov. 8. — (UP) —United Nations delegates predicted today that Russia will win its six-weeks campaign to seat the Ukraine on the UN security council. The United States and Great Britain have opposed the Ukraine. They favored India for the security council seat which Poland will vacate Dec. 31. The UN general assembly has balloted on the issue 11 times, but failed to give either the Ukraine or India the two-thirds majority needed to elect. After private meetings on the Soviet-Ameriqan dispute, several delegates reported that AngloAmerican opposition to the Ukraine was relieving, and that the Ukraine can opposition to the Ukraine was relaxing, and that the Ukraine would win. These delegates predict the deadlock would be broken by the shift, of some small powers to the Ukraine. On the last ballot, the Ukraine received 30-votes and India 25. A shift of five or six votes could decide the issue tor the Ukraine.

Young Decatur Mother Dies This Morning Mrs. Richard Dale Swygart, 19, of South Sixteenth street, died at 10:30 o’clock this morning at the Adams county memorial hospital, five hours after the birth of a son. Mrs. Swygart was formerly Miss Delores Jean Clark, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Clark of Decatur. The body was removed to the Gillig & Doan funeral home. Funeral arrangements have not been completed. 1 Seek Illinois Man As Kidnap-Slayer Rejected Love Is Blamed For Crimes Rockford. 111.. Nov 8 —(UP) — Police said today that rejected love cause Glenn Marsh. 28, father of two children, to kill his nextdoor neighbor. Vernon Anderson, and Anderson's father-in-law, then kidnap pretty Mrs. Katherine Anderson, 26. Mfs. Anderson, mother of three children, was sobbing and hysterical when she escaped shortly before midnight as Marsh stopped his automobile at a roadside stand near Morris, 100 miles southeast of here. Police of four states were asked to join the search tor Marsh. Rockford authorities said they doubted that he would be taken alive, although Mrs. Anderson took his gun from the glove compartment of the automobile when she escaped. Marsh walked into the kitchen of Anderson’s parents yesterday and after a scuffle killed Anderson. 28, and Grant Huhrlein, 52, of Northpoint, Mich., who had come to Rockford to help his son-in-law sell a farm. Marsh's wife, Audrey, said she went to the Anderson home earlier and warned them that her husband had bought a gun and was “coming down to shoot them. She said she learned of Marsh’s infatuation for Mrs. Anderson last July. “They acted like a couple of 16-year-olds,” she told police. Mrs. Marsh said she told her husband shortly after noon yesterday that she understood the Andersons were "patching things up,' and intended to move to another city. Her husband became furious and left the house shouting, “they can't do this to me,” Mrs. Marsh said. He later returned with the gun. He found the family at the home of Anderson's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur R. W. Anderson. Vernon Anderson and Muhrlein leaped at him and tried to take the gun from him. Marsh fired four shots Two struck Anderson in the head and another bit him in the stomach. The fourth pierced Muhrlein’s heart. Both died

Poultryless Thursdays Dropped; New Program Opened To Save Grain

i Hungarian Soldiers Give Up As Refugees ■ I Entered Austria As Political Refugees Vienna, Nov. B—(UP)—Official Austrian sources reported today that a fully armed company of 83 Hungarian soldiers entered Austria as political refugees last nig4tt, and that all but one appeared to have been taken into custody by the Russians. A government source reported that as far as could be determined front confused and indefinite advices, one Hungarian soldier reached the British occupation zone, apparently the goal of the entire company. British officials said they had no word of the appearance of the Their evident disappearance led to the tentative conclusion that the Russians had detained them. The Hungarians, according to the official sources crossed the frontier near the southwesternmost tip of Hungary. In that area the Russian occupation zone tapers off to a width of only a tew miles. West of it lies the ( British zone. The Hungarians were reported to have been allowed to cross the ! frontier with all their arms after telling Austrian border guards that they were leaving their homeland for political reasons. Part or possibly all of the sol- ; dlers were reported to have offered to surrender to Austrian police at Feldbach. The possibility was seen that they were under the mistaken impression that they had reached a larger town of the same name farther west and a few miles inside the British zone. Officials said it later becamiclear that the Hungarians were not taken into custody, but instead headed west across Burgerland province toward the British (Turn To Paa-' Coiii'iin 7) 0 PTA Meeting Held Here Last Evening Panel Discussion Features Meeting The largest crowd of the current season attended the Lincoln PTA meeting, held Friday night at the Lincoln school. Mrs. Roy Kalver, association president, presided over the meeting. Topics discussed during the panel discussion included “The Health of Our Children,” “School Nurses," “Playground Equipment,” “The Community Building,” “A Swimming Pool,” “Report Cards” and several others. Herman H. Krueckeberg served as moderator. Members of the panel were: “Walter J. Krick, Herman Lankenau, Miss Georgia Foughty. Mrs. S. J. Karjala, the Rev. F. H. Willard, Phil Sauer, Roy Kalver, Mrs. David B. Heller and C. I. Finlayson. Robert Lane, co-chairman of the recent fall festival, sponsored by the association, read a report of the event, noting that it netted $328.70. Wins Speech Contest Carol Kalver was adjudged winner of the speech contest, sponsored by the WCTU. Students of the seventh grade participated in the contest, including Miss Kalv§r, Charlene Raymond, Ronnie Secaur, Marilyn Jaberg, Jim Helm, Dorcas SauUjine, Patsy Reed, Lois Strahm. The PTA voted to continue sponsorship of the Cub Pack. Mrs. Walter J. Krick led In community singing and Rev. Willard delivered the invocation. Judges in the speech contest the Rev. Willard, Mrs. John W. McPhteterj, Jr., and Mrs. D. i Burdette Custer

Tie Strings To Any Program Os Aid To Europe Special Committee Os House Prepares Bipartisan Program Washington, Nov. B—(UP) — Congressional draftsmen of a foreign aid plane have reached agreement on at least a half-dozen "strings” which they want tied to any program of assistance for Europe. This was disclosed today with the publication of a preliminary bipartisan blueprint for machinery to handle foreign aid. The blueprint was prepared by the special house committee under Rep. Christian A. Herter, R., Mass., that was set up to study and advise on that subject. The 19-member committee recommended that a new government corporation should be created to administer foreign aid—both stopgap and long-term. However, the committee made it clear that in carrying out its objectives the corporation should impose certain prerequisites to assistance. Among these were: 1. That recipient countries make "vigorous efforts to increase production of food and other essentials necessary not only for their own requirements but for those of other countries.” 2. That these countries take steps to facilitate the interchange of goods and services by doing away with trade barriers. 3. That countries now having access to American supplies and having "the same incentive as we,” cooperate to supplement the U. S. aid program. 4. That private enterprise be encouraged to take over the aid activities which the government must now pursue. 5. That recipient countries stabilize their currency and take other fiscal and monetary steps to stem inflation. Meanwhile, it was learned that some committee members want to include a provision that American aid should not be used to encourage the nationalization of industry in foreign countries. This obviously would be aimed at Great Britain where the Labor (Turn To Page 4 Column 4) 0 Kirkland Township Farmer Dies Friday Karl Dick Funeral Sunday Afternoon Funeral services will be held Sunday at 2 p.m. at the St. Luke’s Evangelical and Reformed church for Karl Dick, 79, retired Kirkland township farmer, who died Friday afternoon at his home. The Rev. H. H. Meckstroth will officiate and burial will be in the church cemetery. Death followed an illness of two vears and was attributed to complications. He was born in AlsaceLorrains December 20. 1867. the son of Karl and Margaret Dick, both deceased. He had resided in Adams county for 40 years. Surviving are the widow. Sophia Stock-Dick, to whom he was married August 23, 1895; two daughters, Mrs. Elmer Beer of near eßerne and Mrs. Clark Funk of near Monroe; a son. Albert of near Decatur; 21 grandchildren and two great grandchildren; two brothers, Fred of near Bluffton and Phillip of Strausburg, Germany. A brother, two sisters and a sou are deceased. The body will from the Jahn funeral Bluffton to the residence, two miles south of the Kirkland high school this I afternoon, and may be viewed there I until time for the services

Price Four Cents

Appeals To Public To Keep Thursdays Egg less; Try New Program One Month Washington. Nov. 8 ~~(U P) A high food official said today the government is going to buy poultry at above-market prices to prevent a price decline as result of the plan to end poultry-less Thursdays. The citizens food committee has called off its poultry-less days, effective immediately, in favor of a “new grain-saving program." But the committee appealed to the public to keep Thursdays “eggless." The food official said the govern- ’ ment's “chicken purchase" program is aimed at encouraging farmers to get rid of their grain-eating birds, and at the same time guaranteeing them a ready market. This official, who sat in a recent top policy discussions, said the government's price would be “slightly above" current market prices. The increase, he said, might be as little as one cent a pound. it was believed the purchase proi gram would be for a limited time, to encourage high marketings of chickens now. and yet discourage : an increase in future productions. There was no official estimate . immediately of the amount of . chicken the government might buy. Present plans call for reselling the , chicken on the domestic tnatket . next spring when supplies of red . meat are expected to be short. , The citizens food committee an- ■ nounced the entl of "poultry-less" days late yesterday ‘.after irate , poultry growers had begun bombarding committee chairman Chai- . els Luckman and the white house with live chickens. The shipments were preceded by telegrams saying, "we can’t sell ’em and we can't feed ’em. You can have 'em." However, a committee spokesman vigorously denied that the “hens for Harry," an I "leghorns for Luckman" campaign had prompted the decision. He said the plan to junk poultry-less days had been “in the works" for three weeks Under the new program, poultry producers were pledged to reduce their laying flocks to 400,000.000 by next Jan. 1. and to curtail production of broilers, ducks, turkeys and chickens during the first half of 1948. Try One Month Los Angeles, Nov. 8. —(UP) The government’s new grain saving substitute for poultryless Thursday will he tried for one month, and its efficiency reviewed again every 30 days, food conservation chairman Charles Luckman disclosed today. Luekman, here for last night's ' sendoff of the friendship train, predicted Europe would be self-suffi-cient in a year if America carries through its relief plans. He said the new and “vastly superior" program was decided on after three weeks’ of conferences with poultry producer who have pledged their support and will form a coordinating committee to . carry it out. o Continue Probe Os Elks Home Robbery i Police officials today continued • their probe into the breakin and i “sate cracking" at the B. P. O. , Elks home early Friday morning, i Officials learned that the thieves gained entrance in a different manl ner than that first established, as- - certalning that the yeggs entered • over a porch roof and through a • second floor window, leaving by the • first floor. Chief Ed Miller said today that > lodge officials in completing a. , checkup on the loss foun that the > amount of the loot taken from the , safe is near S6OO instead of S9OO, . as was first reported. State police i were here late Friday to assist in i “lifting" fingerprints at the scene i of the breakin. Prosecutor Myles i F. Parrish and sheriff Herman Bowi man are working with city and state police in the Investigation.