Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 45, Number 280, Decatur, Adams County, 28 November 1947 — Page 1

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IISSIA AGAIN BLOCKS ACTION ON GERMANY

•■ufhorifzes In ls ®rojbe Os Death W Man In 1935

Suspect ‘lOllohn Mullen s jMi; Remarks Os ; ■(spec* Reported AmS " Herman Bowman and late this after.etn question a suspect in Adams county possiIKtrder case. resident of the .itMter part of the county was .. W'jr sheriff Howman, proseParrish, state policeS hindler and deputy concerning the death o f John Mullen, 70, an W'j.' recluse, living near body WaS f ° Und * n a ■ ju S t southeast of iD the winter of 1935. The K' frozen in the quarry ice. the head visible when u Marks on the top of , man - head showed that blades had crossed over time, a coroner’s verdict that the man had died of :,eRt K< attack long before his body Kfcund and that only a small of was found in his concerning the man's dormant since that investigation was SKgy :-‘>d by the sheriff. that the present suspect H declared to other residents Ki haven't been able to sleep K-.I killed Mullen" were learnKy it sheriff, who immediately investigation, assisted by , ii B-o-rm and officer Schindiijlßtltast four persons were re,;<:lHriti have heard the suspect Il |Mitthis remark. Hut stated that Mullen was [Hmtohave had a sum of cash || J j ■mating S7OO at about the ■of his death, but that no could be found after his discovered. dead man, it was recalled, among members of the Httfaith in the vicinity of Berne time previous to his ffigMUand that lie had been conHtTie and somewhat of SUH* 85 * during b ' s '*fe in that Hiisity. MBm Not Arrested Yet Bowman today spiked the suspect had been late Wednesday and was in the county jail on the statement of the sheriff was si the face of numerous re‘ro® various Berne resiBhthat the suspect had been H* into custody over the ■giving D a y holiday. ■Jw from p erne indicated town was agog over the W*Mity of a revival of a sen-W-hi years-old murder and ruK’' We reported running ramof the men who heard the suspect’s ■*® and admission of guilt MJ 111 ' 1 tne investigation by ■ Eu >Ut ''° r ' t ' eS ' S *- e^eved re ‘ » f° r starting the various | H? who formerly ■L Berne ' recalled thab he I » tasted in removing the dead I Ea ’ from the Quarry. HL e many others of the com- / ave nev er been satisfied ■9L., man ' s death was due to HMk H “ Ses ' We in tend to ‘run’ lead - regardless of its importance, until we der fn.„TL blish Mul ‘len’s death - Briere 6 other," he declared. SeVeral things that BBL ke o'eared up before lilßw ePt the verdict that he ’■ death and was not 1 sheriff stated. Ker L Parrish, officer' K’Wati 1 P ’ an t 0 continue sX until the matter on e w ay or the /. I W . EATHER ° Udy tonight and , W ' th . • li aht snow ■** of Btat° r l'° n toni o ht « nd

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France, Italy Are Beset By 1 ' More Violence I French Recall Men For Army Service; Take Milan Control < i i Paris, Nov. 28 — (VP) —The r new French government, grappling with a nationwide strike of i 2,000,000 workers and fresh outt breaks of violence, today recalled 5 for army service about 80.000 men • of last year’s military class. Premier Robert Schuman’s cabs inet. meeting for four hours in t emergency session, was reported to have discussed the mobilization of striking dockorc. miners : and railway » en. It did not ‘ reach a decision. r I The council of the .prefecture ( of police cancelled the appointments of 66 police commissioners s named after the liberation on the , strength of their records in the ’ resistance movement. The dismissal was preceded by an at- . tack by the police officers union ' on grounds that the nominations ( did not conform to regulations. Authorities claimed that the dis- , missal was routine, and not con- , nected with the current crisis. The cabinet scheduled still another meeting this evening, to be followed by an executive session of the so-called inner cabinet of top ranking ministers. i Faced with a slow but steady spread of the strike wave, the , cabinet decided to ask the nationi al assembly to be ready to meet ; at a moment's notice to push through crisis measures. "The government has decided . to make public order and the liberty to work respected by all ; means at its disposal,” Pierre Abelin. secretary of state in ' Schuman’s office, said after the meeting. Control Key City Rome, Nov. 28 — (UP) — The government today ordered Italian military authorities to take over control of the key northern in(Turn To Page 8, Column 8) 0 Quiet Holiday Is Observed In City Church Services Feature Holiday Decatur and community returned to a state of near normalcy today after a typical commemoration of Thanksgiving Day, with prevalent family dinners featuring the observance of the holiday. Amid prayers of thankfulness for bountiful banquet tables in comparison to the starved rations of many foreign countries, localities enjoyed many a dinner of turkey, chicken, etc., complete with dressing, cranberries, and other foodstuffs which have grown synonymous with Thanksgiving meals. In the churches, a reverent note of thanks was added to the occasion. Many members of the parish attended the Thanksgiving high mass at the St. Mary’s Catholic church, celebrated by the Very Rev. Msgr. J. J. Seimetz at 7:30 a.m. At the First Methodist church, members from the 12 Protestant ■churches in the city attended another in the special spiritual emphasis week services last night. The weather was brisk and a bit damp, but for a time a light snowfall added to the apropos setting of the day. Business, generally suspended Thursday, returned to normal routine today. School children, however, were still enjoying the holiday afforded them and will not be back in class until Monday,

Hope To Halt Rising HCL, Reduce Prices Harriman Supports Truman's Program Anainst Inflation Washington, Nov. 28. —(UP) — The administration, if given rationing and price control powers, hopes to halt the rising cost of living and even roll back the prices of meat, steel and lumber, congress was told today. Secretary of commerce W. Averell Harriman said President Truman’s proposed anti-inflation program would deal with such “important items” as meat, steel i and lumber. Harriman made his statements before the joint congressional economic committee which called him back for more questions on Mr. Truman’s proposals to combat high prices and still provide foreign aid. Harriman suggested that secretary of agriculture Clinton P. Anderson could provide the committee with the exact plans for rolling back the price of meat. Anderson already has said that the meat supply will be short next year. Committee chairman Robert A. Taft. R., 0., questioned the “good faith” of the administration in its requests for limited authority to allocate scarce industrial materials. He thought the administration was asking for “unlimited power.” Another witness before the committee was secretary of treasury John W. Snyder. He repeated again that he favored revival of installment buying controls on a temporary basis and further controls on bank credit. With both senate and house in session today, there were these other congressional developments: Toreign aid —The senate began ringing President Truman’s $597,(Turn To Page 7, Column 7) To Mail Out Checks On Tax Collections Auditor Completes Tax Distribution County auditor Thurman I. Drew has completed the distribution of the November tax collections and will mail checks to the township trustees, school and town units next week. The tax melon totaled $336,905.30, which indicates that very little of the 1947 payment went delinquent. The bill for the entire year was estimated at $760,000. The state receives $19,621.12 of the half-year collection. The balance is divided among the township, school cities, town and cities, library boards and the county funds. The local units will receive the following amounts: county tax, $79,117.55; welfare, $19,452.07; poor relief funds, $3,166.97. Townships: Blue Creek. $4,827.52; French, 89,958.92; Hartford, $7,917.17; Jefferson, $8,175.84; Kirkland, $9,327.18; Monroe $19,475.70; Pxeble, $5,216.41; Root, $8,545.78; SE Mary's, $10,537.47; Union, 86,796.87; Wabash, $11,332.93; Washington, $8,202.40. Berne, town. $7,649.61; school, $21,215.93; library, $2,563.32. Decatur, school, $41,861.75; library. 82,772.72; city, $24,354.48. Geneva, library, $610.52; town, $3,847.79. Monroe, town, $357.28. The 1948 tax bill will be larger than the current year’s based On the increased tax rates which have been approved for next year. 0 Berne Man's Brother Killed In Accident Charles Zimmerman, 56, Andrews undertaker, and Carl L. Lusher, 37. of Marion, were killed late Wednesday afternoon in a collision of two autos at a road intersection in Wells county. Zimmerman, a former sheriff of Steuben county, and also a former resident of Jay county, is survived by his wife; two sisters, and six brothers, including Dr. R. G. Zimmerman, Berne physician.

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Decatur, Indiana, Friday, November 28, 1947

Ex-GI In India’s Tribal War

mW Russell Haight

LONDON NEWS STORY reports Russell Haight, 26-year-old vet, as the only white man participating in warfare between Moslem tribesmen and royal Indian forces along India’s Kashmir border. At her Denver, Col., home, his British war bride, Doris, said Haight went to Afghanistan last August to take a surveying job, but had never mentioned the fighting in his letters.

Airliner Crashes, 13 Die In Alaska Probe Fatal Crash At Alaskan Field Yakutat. Alaska, Nov 28 —(UP) — Civil aeronautics officials attempted to learn today why a DC-3 airliner and cargo plane plunged into a hill and burned yesterday with a loss of 13 lives. The plane was coming in for a landing through light mist and fog about 4:30 a.m. (PST) when •it suddenly swerved and plunged into a low hillside. Officials from the Yakutat ranger station and residents of the area found the transport demolished and all aboard dead. Their bodies were burned almost beyond recognition. The CAA said the pilot had asked and received permission to make a straight approach to the landing field. They said the plane was not in distress and the stop was purely routine, so far as they could determine. The plane owned by the Columbia Air Cargo company of Portland. Ore., was carrying 11 passengers returning to their homes on charter rates after the aircraft had unloaded cargo at Fairbanks and Anchorage, Alaska. It was piloted by Jay B. Haworth, Jr., Portland, Ore., a World War II pilot. Co-pilot was T. A. Keranen, 26, Vanport City, Ore., also a veteran war pilot. CAA officials said the ceiling Over Yakutat was 500 feet with visibility of 1H mile. They said the (Turn 'lio Page 8, Column 7) 0 Four Under Arrest For Counterfeiting Midwest Shoppers, Merchants Warned Cairo, 111., Nov. 28 — (UP) — Three men and a woman held in connection with what was called “the biggest outbreak of Counterfeiting in the midwest in more than a decade” were awaiting removal today to a federal jail in Benton, 111. The four, arrested here Tuesday after a gas station attendant reported they had passed a counterfeit S2O bill, waived preliminary hearing yesterday before U.S. magistrate J. E. Clutts and were bound over to a federal grand jury. All four denied the charges. Bond was set at SSOOO each for Albert Testa. Nick Vertucci and George Vertucci, and S2OOO for Miss 'Pauline Gartin. Police chief E. A. Ryan said they offered no explanation as to how they came in possession of the bogus notes. He said thev were to be taken to Benton today. Secret service agent George Loy said the volume of counterfeit bills which have picked (Turn T A Page 8, Column 7)

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BULLETIN Paris, Nov. 28—(UP) — Gen. Jacques Leclerc, 44, French hero of World War 11, was killed today when his plane crashed in flames near Oran in North Africa, the air ministry announced today. o — Indiana's Holiday Traffic Toll Is 11 New York Leads In Deaths Over Nation By United Press State police reported 11 persons were killed on icy and snowcovered roads during the Thanksgiving holiday. Two women were killed in a collision two and a half miles east of Hamlet on U. S. 80. The victims. Mrs. Ruby Meyers, 50, Mishawaka, and Mrs. Albert Dipert, 73, Walkerton, were passengers in a car driven by Mrs. Mildred Wallace, Walkerton, who was in the accident. Mrs. Wallace's husband. Verne, 44,| suffered cuts and bruises in the crash. Roman Kostanski, 40, Chicago, was killed when his automobile crashed into a truck on U. S. 12 near Gary. Two passengers in his car, Louise Smith and John Kolson, both of Chicago, were taken to a Gary hospital. Robert E. Marendt, 22, Indianapolis, was fatally injured when he was thrown from his car as it collided with another auto in Indianapolis. Injuries she received when her car skidded into the path of a Pennsylvania passenger train were fatal to Mrs. Dora Lutz. Hobart. The accident occurred at the railway crossing just south of road 330 on the Porter-Lake county road. Roscoe Shields, 21, Mitchell, was killed when his auto smashed into a bridge abutment one mi'e east of Prospect on route 56. Pinned in the wreckage of nis car after a collision with a southbound New York Central work train, David Leachman, 76. Fairmount. was killed at the crossing south of Pendleton. Emory Bridges, 27, Paris Crossing, was fatally injured in a three-car collision at road junction on U. S. 31 south Os Franklin. Injured in a two-car collision at the intersection of U. S. 41 and Ind. 57, Mrs. Audie Ricketts, 54, Oakland City, died several hours later in an Evansville hospital. Idella Veal. 29, Detroit, died of injuries received in a truck-car crash on Ind. 120 near Elkhart. State police said she was riding in a car driven by Robert Jesse Lindsey. 29. also of Detroit. Mkl. George fjjachse, 49. Marion. was’Mtally injuWv’l when an auto(Turn To Page 6, Column 6)

Molotov Again Rejects Action By Big Four On German Frontier Moves

Spiritual Emphasis Week Closes Sunday Big Crowds Attend Nightly Services Tonight Time: 7:30 o'clock. Place: First Methodist church. Presiding: Rev. William Feller and Rev. E. E. Eisenhower. Msuic: Conducted by Prof. Halladay. Sermon: Bishop G. D. Batdorf. Spiritual emphasis week, set aside as a period of worship by the 12 local Protestant churches will start its last three nights of observance tonight at the First Methodist church at 7:30 o’clock. Good attendance marked the Wednesday and Thursday night meetings as Bishop Grant D. Batdorf unfolded Christian messages to local church-goers. At the Wednesday night meeting, held at the First Christian church, the Rev. C. R. Moser, pastor of the First Baptist church presided, and the Rev. D. H. Pellett. nastor of Union Chapel Evangelical United Brethren church, had charge of devotionals. Prof. Paul Halladay jtnd the union choir had special musical numbers at the opening of the session. The union choir has grown steadily each night and every seat in the Christian church qhoir loft was occupied at the Tuesday and ' Wednesday night meetings. The services moved Thursday night to the First Methodist church for two nights, where Bishop Batdorf delivered a special Thanksgiving address. Prof. Halladay also conducted a special holiday musiL cal presentation to open the serv- ' ices. The Rev. J. W. pas- ' tor of the First Presbyterian church, presided at the Thanksgiving night services, and the Rev. F. H. Willard, pastor of Bethany ' Evangelical United Brethren (Turn To Pasre 2. Column 4) O Probe Possible Hit. And Run Accident Springer Lad Hurt Thursday Morning Police chief Ed Miller today led an investigation into a possible hit-an-run accident, in which it is thought that two-year-old Calvin Springer, Jr., son of Pvt. and Mrs. Calvin Springer, was injured when struck by an auto. Neighbors heard the child's cries near the Springer trailerhome on Studebaker street about 10 a. m. Thursday. They found the child in the street and took him home. Chief Miller was summoned and found evidence on the child's toy wheelbarrow that it had been struck by an auto. The child was taken to the hospital, where it was learned he had not been seriously hurt. The mother said Calvin, Jr„ suffered a slight back injury. No one saw the accident, but some reported hearing an auto drive past the scene about that time. Damage was estimated at SBS when a car driven by Leo Bogner. 1104 Monroe street, struck a parked car at 310 North Eleventh street, owned by Earl Terrell of that address, about 7:15 p. m. Thursday, police said. The accident report, made by investigating officers Robert Hill, James Borders and Adrian Coffee, stated that the accident happened as Bogner was making a right turn off Jackson street and slid on the icy pavement; that the driver left the scene and was Turn To Page 2, Column 6)

UN Is Near To Decision On Palestine General Assembly President Predicts Partition Approval United Nations Mall. Flushing. N. Y., Nov. 28 —(UP) —President Oswaldo Aranha of the United Nations general assembly predicted hairbreadth approval of the partition of Palestine today as the 57 United Nations edged toward a decision on the fate of the Holy Land. The assembly chief made his forecast to the United Press in the closing stage of the grim assembly fight over plans for splitting Palestine into Arab and Jewish states by next Oct. 1. The time for decision drew near in the spotlighted general assembly hall while thousands of miles away the Jews of Jerusalem prayer for partition at their sacred wailing wall and leaders of Palestine Arabs rallied their followers for possible action against a partition decision by tne UN. Most of the world waited anxiously for the outcome, fearful of a bloody religious war if parti/ion is rejected and worried about a possible Arab uprising if it wins. In the corridors and anterooms of the sprawling general assembly hall. Jews and Arabs lobbied fervently in eleventh-hour efforts to assure enough votes for their conflicting claims on Palestine. A reliable count at meeting time showed the advocates of partition possessed just enough votes to secure two-third approval of their plan to split Palestine into Jewish and Arab states by next Oct. 1. A tall, blond Briton busily mingled with Latin American diplomats and in fluent Spanish urged them to refrain from supporting partition in the final showdown. Great Britain has officially professed .a position of neutrality in the angry Palestine fight, but the Briton campaigning against thei partition plan was the British delegation’s liaison officer for Latin American delegations. (Turn To Pa err* 7. °nlnmn 6) o Cily Prepares For Christmas Season Santa Claus Here On December 6 Downtown Decatur took on an air of Christmas gaiety over Thanksgiving when Chamber of Commerce workers began setting up the first of nearly 70 Christmas trees in flagpole holders in front, of business houses. The city light department, too, contributed to the beginning of the Christmas season by starting the erection of the balance of colored lights which will be lighted during the holidays. The youngsters of Decatur began looking forward to the arrival of Santa Claus Saturday afternoon, December 6. about 2:30 o'clock — a visit sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce. Santa will arrive by auto this year and after a trip through Decatur will visit the various stores and distribute candies at the street corners. Retail stores will forego the customary Thursday afternoon closing for the balance of the Christmas season and on the nights of December 19, 22, and 23 will remain open late, but win close at 6 p.m. on Christmas Eve.

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Bevin Proposal For Allied Commission On German Frontier Rejected By Russia London, Nov. 28 —(UP) —Russia again today blocked action by the council of foreign ministers on German frontiers and the economic integration of the Saar into France. British foreign secretary Ernest Bevin submitted a formal proposal to establish an allied commission or commissions to study the German frontier question. Secretary of state George C. Marshall and foreign minister Georges Bidault of France accepted Bevin's proposal, but Soviet foreign minister V. M. Molotov refused to discuss it. Molotov took a similar stand on a formal proposal that the ministers agree in principle to the economic union of the Saar with France. The council was confronted by the prospect that Communist-in-spired chaos in France and Italy might preclude negotiation of any compromise on Germany. Before the ministers met for their fourth session secretary of state George C. Marshall conferred at length with foreign minister Georges Bidault and received a pessimistic first-hand report on the political and economic difficulties which already have half-paralyzed France. High American officials suggested that the United States would be “foolhardy” to make any compromise agreements on Germany before ascertaining how the test of Communist strength in France — and also in Italy—will end. Marshall was understood to have promised Bidault every possible aid to rombat both the Communists and the right-wing movement of Gen. Charles DeGaulle. However, it was believed that Marshall probably conceded to Bidault that if the United States had to choose between the Communists and DeGaulle, America would have to support the former free French leader rather than see France go by default to the Communists. While American quarters saw no prospect of any explosion at the London conference which would produce an irrevocable split between east and west, they also conceded that the critical situations in France and Italy probably would prevent the ministers from arriving at any agreement on Germany. Bidault told Marshall today that he considered that a general discussion on Germany useless until the question of Germany's frontiers is settled. However, Russia equally is insistent that the frontier question be put aside until an agreement is reached on the future government of Germany. Lewis Douglas. U. S. ambassador to Great Britain, sat in on the (Turn Tn 3. Onlnmn 5) o Election Expenses Filed By Candidates Several more candidates in the recent city election have filed a list of campaign expenses or statements that they incurred no expense. They include: Joseph A. Krick, Democrat for city council, $4.80; H. Vernon Aurand, Republican for city clerk-treasurer, $13.60: John M. Doan, Republican for mayor, $72.50; Joseph H. Brennan, Democrat, for councilman, $8.85; H. L. Lankenau. Republican for councilman, none.

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