Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 45, Number 273, Decatur, Adams County, 19 November 1947 — Page 1

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jßKch Recognized ? U. S. Is • WOly F° r Showdown ''HiHß errT,an o '‘ c * es '’SH^v o! ' Nov ' 19 -(UPI - SS* „f ..tale George Mar|y I'iank Chicago recognize! today as W ri,.. that the IVib Estates is ready for a "'SHF jKi on Allied policy toll HLBmany. IT], jj|c | ’nie at die London fortXist,,rs conference which 'nBHH OV - Marshall leaves tomorrow. sticks to his hardthe conference Eareely 1111 ,ltter failure Russia continue to ■iUij.HLeiitl the making of a peace HKHLi'h Germany. The con»lli»|E,n„checks like the last allied postwar unity — and chance of get- * Kriie irime conference objective K I ■r™” peace treaty which Ille political and in- * unification and revival Kfthat Stricken country. Europe's '' ; Kcovery anil, ultimately, the fuEejfeli being of the United lios, hanu on the results of Kidryorts. I bluntly said the Unit(l) HL gj|t.c.- would not be bluffed dteuaib il by Russian propa--1 f rom | in. policies of Euro—HLm |ni world recovery upon already have spent Hweiums. He accused the Rus2^^E Rg S)f lying about us for proHgjsad: purposes. JJ P . of this country are people," Marshall ■Kid in an address last night bethe Chicago council of forH(g n gelations and chamber of ’ They have been very HLient in their attitude toward of their actions Ktd motives. Today our people have been driven into a Ilßtateiof active resentment and, —HhvH been goaded to this point, —■tejf.ir" !l(,< use( ' °f having lightMtstated this great fire of public BsaKient. ' ■"“Thi- lasi is propaganda, yes Kl ths most brazen and contempvjß hall! tu such inflammatory prac- ®| "W« arc aware of the serious.(’HM|Bnil extent of the campaign ■Web is being directed against |MKone of the bulwarks of westcivilization, We are not blind ■F My of the forms which this ...MV-tack assumes. gr*®" we do not propose to Hr by and watch the disinteHgfstioi: of the international comto which we belong.” was straight talk — and a s the Kremlin. It was from Marshall backed |HK e 1 nited States government American people are in ,0 stay and willing to g!»Vgwith blue chips. The stakes n °t he higher. Marshall said communofficials had ve'’,em fi ColumnTi ■Il Cross Office To Two Days local Red Cross home service Kj, . vs ■be closed Thursday and ■wom WhUe - MrS ' Ruth 'lollings■stw | t " XP< " tiV,> secre tary, attends Hu.. L 7 meet ' n " of chapter work- ■ " 8I Muncie. ■towtr n!nent benefits an d policy ■at fc ,ans * ents will be discussed niee 'ing. Jacob L. Lien, ■ ire cl "'. ;n RPli Cross claims field ■ lion I ° f tbe vet erans administraItheL Slona ' office, will conduct Helen Lauer, home service Hg Beet ePreSentat ’ Ve ' w *'l conduct K Thir . ln ° ° b tra nsient problems. Masters will send re- | Wtntatnes to the meeting. I Bp Weather _ cloud y tonight and HEm* little change In tern-

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City Attorney ■ s': ■ Rob.ert S. Anderson Anderson Is Named New City Attorney I Krick Appointed To Works, Safety Board ’ The apponitments of Robert An- - derson local lawyer, as city ati torney, and council-elect Joseph . Krick as a member of the new . board of public works and safety , were announced Tuesday night by Mayor-elect John M. Doan. Mr. Anderson, a World War II veteran and native of New Albany, recently formed a partnership with attorney Arthur E. Voglewede and operates the firm under the name of Voglewede and Anderson. Following graduation from New Albany high school, he enrolled in the Indiana university school of business administration and receeived his bachelor of science de--1 gree with distinction in 1942. He entered the U. S. army upon graduation and served with the Infantry in the European theater, being discharged with the rate of private, first class, on September 18, 1945. The same month he entered the Indiana university school of law and was graduated in June of this year. Mr. Anderson is a member of the local American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars posts, the Adams county and state bar association. He has been admitted to practice in the Indiana supreme and federal district courts. He, his wife, Jane and nine- ' weeks old son, Richard Stewart, (Turn Tn 2, Column 5) o Crash Os Swedish Plane Fatal To 20 Government Plane Falls Near Naples Naples, Nov. 19—(UP)—Italian officials announced today that a special Swedish government plane had crashed south of Naples, killing 20 persons. The Swedish air force announced in Stockholm that all the victims of the crash were Swedes. The plane was a tw'o-engined Bristol. The passenger list showed all the victims were service men. Ten others were reported injured. The Italian officials said the plane hit Santa Maria peak, overlooking the Gulf of Salerno, last night. The plane was returning to Sweden with the crews who had delivered planes recently sold by Sweden to Ethiopia. The first report from rescue •workers who had reached the scene said five of the 10 injured were “in desperate codition.” The air ministry said the mountainous country was so difficult to negotiate that it hindered rescue work. Officials at Capodichino airport said reports indicated the plane hit the peak during a heavy over(Turn/To Page 4 Column 7)

Report Lesn Blum Slated New Premier French Government Tottering Under Reds' Pressure By United Press Communist pressure headed toward a general strike throughout France today, was reported semiofficially to have unseated the government of premier Paul Ramadier, and started a general strike of 200,000 peasants the Puglia pro-, vince of Italy. The secretary-general of the French socialist party reported that aged and ailing Leon Blum had accepted an offer to form a moderate government to face the threat of the nation’s Industrial collapse. More than 350,000 French workers were on strike in vital industries throughout the country. • The Communists began agitation to close the breaches in the strike ranks and stop the wheels of all the nation’s industry. Bloodshed spread to new regions of Italy, torn by more than two weeks of Communist-led disorders. The Puglia strike came in the wake of a battle between 5,000 rioters and police in Corato. The latest reports told of new outbursts of violence in a score of Italian cities and towns. Although less bloody at the moment, the French situation was no less acute than that of Italy. Communist leaders of the general confederation Y>f labor were reported to have issued instructions to local units for a nationwide general strike. Already some 150,000 coal miners were out in the fields of north France. Production was cut to a trickle, and the fuel backlogs of most industries were sufficient for only a few days at most. Another 80,(700 workers in the metal industries of the Paris area were on strike at the call of the Communist labor leaders. In Marseille, 90,000 to 100,000 were on strike-seamen, dock workers, tramway, metal, textile employes and others. o Decatur Community Fund Is Over Quota Fund Oversubscribed, Reports Incomplete The Decatur Community Fund goal of $11,360 has been met and passed, leaders of the solicitation campaign reported today. Tabulation of returns totalling about 70 percent of the contacts shows a total of $12,262.50 in cash and pledges, the leaders reported. Harold Grant, chairman of the annual campaign, in a statement today paid tribute to the citizens of the city for the excellent community spirit which was displayed in boosting the drive “over the top.” “Many other cities have not reached their goals and as a result their participating units will have to curtail community activity and service.” he said. He expressed his appreciation to all division chairmen and solicitors for a job well done and requested that all contact cards be turned in at the earliest possible date in order that a final report can be issued. Reports from industries are nearly compleHe and to date total $7,024.15, leaders stated. Clubs, lodges and women’s organizations contributed $1,132. with only one-third of the contacts reported. The retail and professional group reported 75 percent of the drive complete, with returns netting $4,106.35. • o Report Sheep Are Injured By Dogs Sheriff Herman Bowman yesterday investigated reports that two stray dogs had injured several sheep at the F. L. Lundin farm home, three miles south of Decatur on the Mud Pike. The dogs could not be located, however. 1

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Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday, November 19, 1947

‘Shoot-R-Out’ Tactics Forgotten rW'.-W WISCONSIN SHERIFF (left) talks to Robert Winslow (center) and Buford Sennett, after the two ex-convicts surrendered to authorities on Neil ville. Wis., farm, where they had hidden for 10 hours.

! Says Meyers Gave Falher-ln-Law Job Ex-Bus Driver Given SI,OOO Monthly Job Washington, Nov. 19 —(UP) — A senate witness testified today that Maj' Gen. Bennett E. Mfcyers gave His future father’-in-law. a bus driver, a sl,ooo-a-month job as production vice-president of Aviation Electric Corp. * B. H. Lamarre, who said he “fronted” for Meyers as president of the highly profitable subcontracting firm, gave the testimony before a senate war investigating committee. Meyers, a wartime air force buying officer, has been charged by witnesses with being the secret owner of the company. He allegedly drew more than SIOO,OOO from the company in 1941 and 1942, and continued to profit from it until it was dissolved in 1945. Lamarre said that Meyers represented R. A. Curnutt, his future father-in-law, as being a business man with wide experience in railroading. He said that Curnutt, a few months after he went on the company payroll for SI,OOO a month, confessed to him that he previously had been a bus driver for a line operated by a railroad. Curnutt went to work for Aviation Electric late in 1942. A few weeks later Meyers married his daughter, blonde actress Ila-Rae Curnutt. Lamarre resumed his account of Meyers’ hidden connection with the company at a subcommittee hearing highlighted by these other developments: 1. T. E. Readnower, a nominal vice-president of Aviation Electric, testified that Meyers continued to draw money from the company until it was dissolved late in 1945. Readnower said he continued to draw $25 a week himself even after JM. ('Turn To Page 6. Column 5)

Royal Couple In Late Rush Os Plans For Thursday’s Wedding

. London, Nov. 19. — (UP) — Princess Elizabeth, as excited as any girl on the eve of her marriage, dragged herself out of bed today after another late party and a few hours’ sleep to see her completed wedding dress. There were 1,200 guests at last night’s party given by the King and Queen in honor of Elizabeth and Lieut. Philip Mountbatten. The radiantly happy couple was congratulated by Winston Churchill, prime minister Clement Attlee and scores of royalty and dignitaries. A friend who spoke to her early this morning as the last distinguished guests were leaving Buckingham Palace, quoted her as saying she was “very tired” and could not possibly keep any engagements today. « But while she slept, a small green van, guarded by the staff of designer Norman Hartnell, arrived at the Palace with her wedding dress. She got up earlier, than she had planned to see how it looked. a.

New Zealand Fire's Death Toll Now 40 Wellington, N. Z., Nov. 19 — (UP) — Forty bodies hud been recovered today from the ruins of the Ballantyne department store in Christchurch, N. Z„ which was swept by fire yesterday. Police said all the bodies were burned beyond identification. Six persons still were missing. Damage was estimated at. more than $2,000,000. A mass funeral for the fire victims was planned for Sunday. i — o City Light Worker Saves Stranded Cat Rescue Performed By Henry Dierkes Henry “Hank” Dierxes, veteran member of the light department crew, is the city’s new hero — especially to students of the Decatur Catholic school and the Sisters of St. Agnes. Hank, whose years on the crew and World War II military training probably came in handy, braved a maze of 2,300 volt lines and the razor-like claws of a cat to rescue the animal from its two-day perch on a utility pole near the Catholic, school late yesterday. The eat. some 10 or 45 feet in the air, became the center of attraction in that neighborhood after it was first discovered early Monday morning. Appeals had been made to the light department and then the fire department for a volunteer rescuer. Dierkes and his co-worker, John Kiess, shunning the expected publicity and attention wh'ch the rescue might have drawn, unobtrusively slipped down to the school yesterday afternoon and affected the rescue. Only a few students and teachers in rooms on the west I — (Turn To Page 5. Column 7»

The night before, because of a big party, Elizabeth got only four hours’ sleep. That was about as much as she got last night—or rather early today—after the most sumptuous ball since before the war. Four kings and four queens were among the guests. It was a state ball in everything but name and drew the most lavish display of new fashions seen here in eight years. Some rooms of Buckingham Palace that had been closed since . the first days of the war were opened and fires burned brightly in the grates. To insure that the dress will be in perfect condition for the wedding tomorrow, designer Hartnell had an appointment at the Palace 1 this afternoon for a final fitting. After that, Princess Elizabeth will go two blocks to St. James Palace, where she will personally show her wedding presents to the visiting foreign royalty. (Turn T» Page 2, Column 5)

President’s Requests For j Emergency Controls Are Pigeonholed By Congress

Young Rape Killers Sentenced To Life Two Young Hoodlums Enter Guilty Pleas Madison, Wis., Nov. 19.—(UP)— Buford Sennett, 22, and Robert Winslow, 23, began serving life terms in the state prison at Waupun today for “perhaps the most cold-blooded, cruel and revolting crime in the history of Wisconsin.” The two hoodlums pleaded guilty yesterday to killing Carl L. Carlson, 25, Superior, Wis. Charges were still pending against them on their confession to raping Carlson’s sister-in-law, Janet Ann Rosenblatt, a 19-year-old University of Michigan student from Cleveland, O. Today the young killers were going through the prison administrative processes which will concert them from gun-handy hoodlums to life convicts. Both have served previous prison terms. Sennett’s home was at Richland Center. Wis. Winslow’s parents Qwn a farm near Owen, Wis. They confessed, were arraigned, sentenced and on their way to prison within 23 hours after their capture and less than four days after their crime. Wisconsin law does not require indictment by a grand jury, arraignments being held upon the filing of a criminal information by a county or state prosecutor. The life sentence was mandatory upon Their plea of guilty to first degree murder. Wisconsin has no capital punishment. Superior court judge Roy H. Proctbr told them that “personally I don’t believe I would have any qualms whatever if our constitution provided that in cases like this I would have due process and authority to sentence you to the gas chamber, the electric chair or to be hanged by the neck until dead.” “Words fail me in my attempt to express my utter contempt and scorn for you,” the judge said. “I (Turn 'Tn Pacn 7. Column 6) O Council Approves Subdivision Plat City Council Meets In Regular Session The city council, meeting in regular session at the city hall last night, approved a plat of the new Schwartz subdivision, near Cleveland and Grant streets. The plat was submitted by Peter D. and May M. Schwartz, through their attorney, G. Remy Blerlv. Among other things, the addition is restricted to homes costing a minimum of $3,500. The council is also investigating a complaint from Francis Grimm. 122 South Fifteenth street, submitted last night, in which the resident complained of a junk yard near his home, describing it as a “rat trap.” The council approved the final assessment roll of the Clarence Bultemeier sewer improvement, after no objectipns were presented. The hearing on the Daniels sidewalk improvement was set for December 2. Engineer Ralph E. Roop submitted an assessment roll placing the cost at $654.30. Lawrence Michel and others petitioned for a street light at Eleventh and Marshall streets. Severin Schurger and others petitioned for a light in an alley on the north side of Oak street between First and Fornax streets. A petition for a rural light line extension was submitted by Giles V. and Velma Porter. An agreement on a similar line with James Rice of Root township in the amount of SBO was approved. Councilman Dorphus L. Drum acted as mayor during the meeting (Turn To Pajfe 2, Column 5)

UN Strikes At Russia's Use Os Power Veto Committee Calls For UN Study Os Veto Modification Lake Success, N. Y., Nov. 19 — ) ‘(UP) — The United Nations political committee struck at Russia’s use of the great power veto today by calling on the “little UN assembly” and the security council to conduct a joint, oneyear study of ways to modify the veto. , The program was approved as proposed by the United States in i the face of Russia's warning that attempts to tamper with the big five voting privilege would lead ( only to trouble for the UN. Soviet deputy foreign minister Andrei Gromyko left little doubt ' that Russia would not participate . in the study. , The American resolution was , approved 36 to 6 with 11 nations i abstaining. The Slav states were : the only dissenters. In single I votes which led up to the overall i ballot, key parts of the proposal were accepted 30 to 7 with 11 abstentions. Chile was the seventh . ‘no’ voter. i The action came as in the Palestine case the Arab states un- ' veiled their minority plan for an independent Arab-controlled Palestine together with a warning that the United Nations will have to back up its decision with “rule by force” if it. partitions the holy land. The veto negotiations will be the first assignment of the 57nation “little assembly” which will meet between this and the next session of the full general assembly to debate political and security questions. The Soviet bloc intends to boycott the Hew agency. The accepted proposal also asked the big five to confer privately on the veto issue. American delegate John Foster Dulles emphasized that the program was “not intended to destroy the veto.” but was aimed at (Turn Tn Pn<rn A. Cnliirnn R) O Capital’s Murder Case To Grand Jury Prosecutor To Ask First Degree Charge Indianapolis, Nov. 19 —(UP) — A grand jury was expected today to charge Robert Austin Watts, 25, city truck driver, for the slaying of Mrs. Mary Lois Burney, 39. Watts confessed yesterday that he shot and, killed Mrs. Burney "accidentally” in her suburban home while he was trying to rape her. He said that while he was struggling with Mrs. Burney, she grabbed a shotgun and attempted to ward off his attacks. The gun went off and shot her in the face, Watts said. Less than an hour after leaving the Burney home and driving his city-owned dump truck to a garage, Watts was arrested on a charge of attempting to rape another housewife earlier in the day. Prosecutor Judson L. Stark said he would ask the grand jurors to indict Watts on a charge of first degree murder. He said Watts offered to plead guilty in return for a life sentence, but Stark was undecided whether to demand the death penalty. Meanwhile, city and state police (Turn To Pago 6, Column 5) SB

Price Four Cents

Senate Committee Approves Measure Giving Emergency Help For Europe Washington, Nov. 19. —(UP) — The joint congressional economic committee today sidetracked President Truman's requests for price control and rationing power. It decided to give first consideration to other proposals in his anti-in-flation program. The committee’s action was a new indication that Mr. Truman’s request for emergency power t« i impose selective price control and rationing faced almost certain defeat in the hostile Republican-con-trolled congress. "I think that, if we’re going to get anything out at the special session, we will have to let points nine and ten (the rationing and prioe control phases of the administration program) go over to the regular session,” said committee chairman Robert A. Taft of Ohio. Taft announced that the committee would consider these points at the special session: 1. Restoring controls on installment buying and restricting bank credit. 2. Regulating commodity exchanges. 3. Extension and strengthening of export controls. 4. Promoting the sale of livestock and poultry at weights an< 1 grades representing the most effective use of grain. 5. Enabling the agriculture department to expand its conservation program and authorizing meas ures to increase foreign food pro duction. Taft said the committee also mav consider the Truman proposal to authorize allocation and inventor} control of scarce basic material! like steel. He added that extension of controls on transportation and rents would be left to regular legislative committees. Because secretary of agriculture Clinton P. Anderson is unable to be present tomorrow, the committee postponed its first hearings from Thursday to Friday. Anderson will testify then. Taft said other agriculture department officials would be heard Monday. The committee later will hear Marriner S. Eccles, chairman of federal reserve board, secretary of treasury John W. Snyder, secretary of commerce W. Averell Harriman. and Edwin G. Nourse, chairman of the president’s economic council. Taft viewed the rationing and price control proposals as too controversial for action at the special session. Approves Bill Washington, Nov. 19. —(UP) — The senate foreign relations committee today unanimously approved the administration’s emergency bill to authorize $597,000X10(7 of emergency relief for France, Italy and Austria. Senate debate will begin next Monday for the relief bill. Chairman Arthur H. Vandenberg announced that the committee approved the bill by a vote of 13 to 0 after adopting a series of minor amendments. The principal amendment would authorize the state department to spend up to 25 percent of the $597,(Turn To Page 8, Column 6) O — First Snow Flurries For Central Indiana Indianapolis, Nov. 19 --(UP )— Central Indiana saw snow flurries for the first time this season last night. The snow fell as topcoat temperatures continued over the state and the weather bureau forecast scattered rain tomorrow with little change in temperature. High temperatures ranged from 37 at Indianapolis to 40 at South Bend and Lafayette, and low marks last night from 22 at South Bend to 32 at .Evansville. The weather bureau explained in its daily statistics that it's nmch warmer today than it was Nov. 19. 1880. That day. the mercury dropped to three below zero. e• ° -