Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 45, Number 283, Decatur, Adams County, 2 December 1947 — Page 1

WILD DISORDERS RASING IN PALESTINE

■alary Os ■or Favors t Controls ■es High Wages JBd.iy Responsible Jf, r Soorinn Prices , r „on. Dee. 2 -(UP)of lai,l,r L, ' wis a s< ' hw ,f. 1 ‘ M|W\' iol(l 'congress today it “is W' ro . Irue - that high wages ■ responsible tor soaring W,. ed irte(l to the house bank- - fcmittee that labor will ask W; rO -. ni l of wage increases government acts promptinflation. He asked -"HL a special labor departboard to control wages In ; n a us tries. This would be administration's prot>ve control of wages, distribution of so-called commodities. his contention that wagjjMC't the only price factors, IHrmm.!! said last summer's contract in the coal inwarranted a price increase jit cents a ton. But the iterators, lie said, jumped more than $1 a ton and all dm* to rhe wage insenate was in recess until ami the house was doing cj; ine business. But commitindividual congressmen t'ACTiselves producing the developments: aid - House GOP leadA- Halleck said there considerable" Republican in the house to cut the , ■ tne emergency foreign reI K The senate has approved a firing ss'.‘7.<’OO mm for winimiy, France, and Austria. ■fae will take up Thursday a ■k? authorizing a total of ■tiß.i'iiu of which $60,000,00*0 to China. 1 a ß(»rs — House Republican ron-Mt-rm] legislation Presid-nt Truman tighten as a w eapon against |MIiD prie-s Grain exchange told the joint congresjJMsimiiimiiir committee that the has been making political charges” to proposed miverninent regutrailing in commodity fuMcClintock of the ChiMtinard of trade told the cotn■hU tiie government itself, ■?- its grain buying policies, ■ s primary cause of high ajd oil Assistant sec■'■■l interior William E. Warne ■taoning of gasoline and fuel be necessary if we have ■t’trible winter.” A hard winter, ■Stoppages, or a pipe line acJBjwuld produce shortages J roly rationing could ease, he ■M - The New York bar WBiion proposed a “self-help |Bstcttrity plan” under which ? ■" toui(i set aside tax-free their old age. Rubber man Harvey S. ne told a house armed serthat the govern- "— 0 Safety Council Meeting ■’•“Mzattonal meeting of the safety council will be held | ■‘•ternoon at 4 o’clock at the ■t Commerce offices. “The STB t (. e , Os the becatur safety coun■L e to make Decatur a safer ■" Wk. live and play through ■ ® s ° f edui atil 'n. engineer- ■ Wll orcement.' said Ken■ib?'° n ' Safety director of ■i'J * tU ' ts and c ' ty officials Ktd pi? 6 ? their cooperation in■st.«J dlvisions of safety will ■i t k at the present time; Kami /’ mdustl ’ial, school and ■®terMi\ PreVention ' “ AU per ’ Keod this m Safet5 ’ are inVUed ■hid e. k me et»ng,” Mr. Run■%s k a ® aiKt women’s organi■hentatives 66 " invited t 0 senrl ■ Cta WEat HER • noi^ h ’ f *'r south tow e W d arm H r 80Uth ’ ■hbi. ,i Wedn osday conJk rain ° Udiness with occa- ’■**•><

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One Railroader Is Killed In Accident Gosport, Ind., Dec. 2 —(UP) A collision between two maintenance ears on the Monon railroad here yesterday put five men in a Bloomington hospital and killed a sixth worker. The deceased man was George Neibel, 40, Gosport, who fractured his skull when he jumped from one of the cars. ■ 0Search Fails To Find Army Plane Wreck Intensified Search Along French Border Is Deemed Failure Wiesbaden, Dec. 2. — (UP) — ‘American jeep and air scouts failed today in a search through the snowcapped vosges along the French-German border to find the wreckage of a crashed plane believed in army quarters to be a C-47 missing since Friday with 20 persons aboard. The search was intensified by a French army report that the crashed plane had been found in the rugged border area near the French town of Bitche, and there were at least some survivors. The report lost weight when the French admitted that the report was roundabout and of obscure origin. American search planes had been in radio contact with the downed plane, but never were able to shorten their radius of search and pinpoint the location. Array sources had placed consiferable stock in the belief that the mysterious plane was the air forces transport which left Pisa, Italy, last Friday for Frankfurt and disappeared. French officers reported that the plane had crashed in the Bitche area, and units of the U. S. constabulary force in Germany went into action with rescue teams, medical supplies and ambulances U. S. planes ranged at low level over the hills, mountains and fogshrouded valleys. The first radio signals from the crashed plane were picked up last night. American planes soared over the region throughout the night and maintained radio contact of a feeble and inconclusive sort. The U. S. army rescue teams had been rushed to Kaiserlautern on the strength of a report by the pilot of a search plane that he had picked up a radio message from the wrecked plane. “I am in a rough area with trees. Badly in need of help. Possible to build a fire,” the message said. The pilot of the search plane asked for a light signal from the ground, so he could fix the spot. The pilot said he then saw lights blinking on the ground. United Press correspondent Wellington Long flew all night over the area with Lieut Charites A. Ross of Sebring, Fla., who ’shared a billet at Rhein Main airport, near Frankfurt, with the pilot of the wrecked plane. Long reported that Ross talked to the plane by radio all night as he flew patterns back and forth over the hills. Twice they saw (Turn To Pag-e 7. Column 5) 0 Christmas Checks Are Mailed By Bank Over $64,000 Paid To Club Depositors Christmas Savings club checks have been mailed out to persons participating in the club during the year, officials of the First State Bank announced today. The checks, totalling 1,110 in number, amounted to $64,277.25, the officials reported. The checks, representing weekly savings throughout the entire year, ranged from $12.50 to $500.-* Persons participating in the club have seven different weekly savings amounts from which to chose under thegplan. Officials of the bank have already started the 1948 club. Mrs. Germaine Hackman, of the bank personnel, is in charge of the club.

Atom Testing i Base Made On a Pacific Atoll B United States Sets Up Pacific Base To Test 'Super" Bombs Washington, Dec. 2—(UP) — The United States today replied to Russian atomic rumors with an atomic sact —this country is setting up in the Pacific a base for testing the “super” bombs it is now producing. Five years to the day after man first brought about a nuclear chain reaction—in Stagg Field at Chicago —the atomic energy commission announced that construction has started on an atomic proving ground at Eniwetok atoll in the western Pacific. There from time to time it will explode for test purposes improved ■ bombs which scientific sources • here believe are perhaps 10 times ; more powerful than the atomic J missile that wrecked Hiroshima. • That bomb was the energy equivalent of 20,000 tons of TNT. Eniwetok, the commission said, was chosen because of its isolai tion. The atoll is 2,600 airline • miles southeast of Vladivostok, ■ Siberia, and 5,200 miles southwest i of San Francisco. It is 200 miles - northwest of Bikini, its Marshall ’■ Islands neighbor, where two bombs • of a now obsolete type sank nearly : 150,000 tons of shipping in a test of nuclear explosives against naval i vessels. I The atomic energy commission - would not admit there was any ■ particular significance 1 in the timing of its announcement. But it ■ followed by only a few weeks a t European report—believed false by ' nuclear experts here —that Russia , had tested a Soviet-made atomic I bomb in Siberia. And a U. S. official close to ! atomic developments said the an- > nouncement “certainly might be ■ construed as an answer to the Rus- '■ sian rumors.” , The commission, however, said the Eniwetok tests will not be I limited to atomic weapons. They also “will facilitate advances in peaceful . .«. applications of atomic energy.” Operation of the Eniwetok provI ing ground will be as secret as the (Turn 'ro Pae’s 2. Column 3) 0 ♦ Monroe Twp. Board Favors Berne Merger 1 Berne Consolidation Offer Is Accepted Berne. Dec. 2 — Acceptance of the Berne school board’s offer to consolidate with the Berne school was unanimously decided at a recent meeting by the officials of Monroe township, who consist of the advisory board and the township trustee. The action follows a similar decision made a few weeks ago by French township. If the decision is agreeable, or not protested by the Monroe township taxpayers, the action would culminate in the consolidation of the Monroe township and the Berne schools, and if approved by the taxpayers of French township, the schools of that township would also consolidate with Berne and Monroe township. The Monroe township officials stated the one most compelling Actor in making their decision to merge, with the Berne schools w’as the lack of bonding power to finance any other merger than tha£ with Berne. They point to the fact > that the merger of Berne and Moni roe civil township could be bonded : for four percent, which would raise i approximately SIO,OOO. Should there be a merger away from Berne it is most unlikely that the civil township could be bonded, which would leave only the Monroe school township to be bonded and the rate for that bonding would be only two percent. Berne is offering their new school building for the merger and since the enlargement of that structure would cost only a fraction of what the cost would be now to erect a new building, Monroe township officials believe this is the only merger they can consider at this time.

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Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday, December 2, 1947

They’ll ‘Tell All’ About Meyers : < iBHm '’■ w ■III/® ARRIVING IN WASHINGTON from their Dayton. 0., home. Bleriot H. Lamarre and his wife, who Maj. Gen. Bennett Meyers claims was his wartime “girl friend.” declare they are “ready and willing” to answer all questions in the grand jury probe of the retired wartime Air Force procurement officer.

Finest Fat Cattle Go Before Judges j Attendance Reaches New Record Levels Chicago, Dec. 2 —(UP) — The North American continent's finest fat cattle of aH breeds were inspected carefully by judges today, leading up to the climax this afternoon —selection of the grandchampion steer of the 48th International Livestock Exposition. As each of the big animals was led into the ring by its owner or handler, judges went over them minutely, checking point by point on general structure, size and weight, frame, meat, muscle tone, health, and stamina. Each animal was groomed to perfection. Handlers began washing and currying their prize entries long before dawn today, brushing each hdir into place, burnishing hooves and horns to the luster of black pearls. The huge tan-barked floor of the International amphitheater was filled with steers early today as judges selected champions in the Aberdeen-Angus, Hereford and Shorthorn breed Contests. The winners in each will compete this afternoon for the highest honors in the livestock kingdom. The grand champion steer will be selected by Richard S. z De Quincey, noted breeder and judge of Bodenham, Hereford, England. Last year’s grand champion was Royal Jupiter, a shorthorn entered by Oklahoma A. & M. college of Stillwater, Okla. (Turn To Pa st 2. Column 4)

< Turn io ra?P z. column • i urn rn rax** » Scientists Lift Curtain Os Secrecy Briefly On Atom Age

Chicago, Dec. 2 —(UP) — The public was allowed to look in on creation today. On the eve of the fifth anniversary of the beginning of the atomic age, scientists demonstrated to a group of newsmen the workings of two atomic piles — the man-made contraptions which can alter the characteristics of the basic forms of matter. Five years ago today, on a converted squash court beneath Stagg football field on the campus of the University of Chicago, a group of scientists looked on tensely as the huge piles began the first nuclear fission chain reaction. Many of those same scientists returned to Chicago today for the fifth birthday party of the atomic age. They all agreed that the new era will cause drastic changes in civilization. Knowledge of the principles of harnessing the most basic force in the world, the energy which holds the atom together, could bring untold benefits to mankind, the

Firemen Called As Auto Catches Fire Firemen were called to Jackson street near Fifth shortly before 8 o’clock this morning when an auto caught fire. Milwaukee Union Officers Ousted Drive Is Planned To Obtain New Contract Detroit, n O( ., 2—(UP)—The CIO United Auto Workers union today gave its Chicago-Milwaukee regional director “dictatorial” powers to win back the contract it lost during the turbulent 11-month Allis Chalmers strike in Milwaukee. The UAW’S 22-man executive board, headed by president Walter P. Reuther, voted unanimously yesterday to fire the local’s five officers and appointed regional director Duane Greathouse as administrator. It called for a thorough reorganization of the unit, local 248, and outlined a plan of attack for regaining bargaining rights at the. plant. The marathon walkout, one of the most violent in American labor annals, collapsed last spring when the strikers returned to work without a contract or company recognition. Reuther bitterly denounced the local's handling of the strike ad costly, bungling, and Communistinspired. He was [trevented from taking action, however, until the recent UAW convention gave him <Turn Tn Pasr* 1 5. Cnlnmn

scientists said. But they added, it could just as easily annihilate civilization completely. The atomic energy commission arranged yesterday's first public demonstration of the atomic piles in action because, it said, the public should be enlightened about nuclear fission. The newsmen saw silver turned to cadmium in three seconds, pure uranium turned to plutonium, and learned that the piles could be used to turn base metals into gold. One of the two piles in use at the Argonne National Laboratory for atomic research at suburban Palos park is the original “graphite pile” which scientists used in their first experiment five years ago. It was dismantled, moved by truck to its present location rebuilt and put into operation in,22 days. The piles are in a red brick building atop a hill on a 20-acre reservation 20 miles southwest of Chicago. The >arrow road leading to Turn To Page 2, Column 6).

Arabs, Opening General Three-Day Strike, Burn Property And Mob Jews

Big Four Progress Snarled By DeGaulle Marshall, Molotov Plan Private Talk London, Dec. 2.—(UP) —A “veto” threat by France’s Gen. Charles DeGaulle snarled progress of the Big Four foreign ministers conference today, but secretary of state George C. Marshall and Soviet foreign. minister V. M. Molotov scheduled a private luncheon that offered some hope o| conciliation. The luncheon, scheduled for Friday at the Russian embassy, will mark the first time that Marshall and Molotov have conferred privately since Marshall became secretary of state. Molotov last week refused an invitation to the American embassy, but replied by inviting Marshall to the Soviet embassy. Marshall promptly accepted. The action came as French for-1 eign minister Georges Bidault was in Paris on a hastily-arranged trip. It was learned that Bidault hurried home when DeGaulle, France's new anti - Communist strong man, threatened to cam- , paign against any Bidault commitments which he did not like. Bidault left late last night for a 24-hour visit to Paris to consult urgently with his government. His deputy, Maurice Couve De (Turn Tn Pasre 3. Cnlumn 7) 0 Name Wabash Sheriff Parole Supervisor Wabash. Ind., Dec. 2 — (UP) — sVabash county sheriff Sterling Staver resigned today to become district parole supervisor for the Indiana department of welfare and corrections. Staver was selected for the parole post out of 42 applicants who took civil service examinations. The county commissioners named Cecil Reynolds, sheriff-elect, to take the office when Staver’s resignation becomes effective Dec. 15. 0 j Printing Contract To Lafayette Firm Haywood Publishing Firm Sole Bidder Late Monday afternoon the county commissioners awarded the 1948 county printing contract to the Haywood Publishing Company, of Lafayette. The Lafayette company submitted the only bids in all five classes of printing, in which contracts were to be given. The company bid on unit prices, the number to be purchased of each unit to be determined later. Prices generally ranged from 10 to 15 percent higher on all items than the present contract, county officials said. Contracts for furnishing highway supplies and materials for next year were to be let throughout the entire day today. The commissioners are planning a special meeting on December" 22 to complete the year’s business. This will be the last meeting for commissioner Dale D. Moses, retiring member of the board. He w’ill be succeeded January 1 by commissioner-elect John W. Blakey. Other members are John Christener and John Augsburger. Auditor Thurman I. Drew serves as secretary of the board. o Pastor's Brother Dies At Lakeville The Rev. D. H. Pellett word Monday afternoon of the death of his only brother, L. O. Pellett, at his home in Lakeville. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. 1 Wednesday at the Virst Brethren church, west of LaPaz,

Armed Guards Restore Paris' Subway Service Sit-Down Communist Deputies Ejected In National Assembly Paris, Dec. 2 — (UP) —Armed guardsmen restored Paris subway service by seizing six struck power plants today and ousted communist deputies from the national assembly as a fledgling back-to-work movement roused hope of a major break in the nationwide strike paralysis. Thousands of helmeted mobile and security guards rushed the power plants where walkouts had shut off the subway power, hustled out the pickets and set the generators humming again. The swoop was so swift and strong that it was bloodless. The turbulent assembly, where Premier Robert Schuman was seeking laws to crack down on the nation’s 2,000,000 communistled strikers was meeting again a few hours after the sit-down communist deputies were ejected. The government already was cracking down, without waiting for action by the assembly which ,so far hajd passed only one section of Schuman’s emergency program. It authorized him to call up 80,000 reservists- in case of revolution. At Limoges, police hurled tear gas bombs into the ranks of afrikers blocking the railway station. More strikers swarmed to the station, and traffic in the whole area was snarled. Paris police occupied several bus depots to guard against outbreaks after public bus drivers, garagemen and other employes voted ont to strike. The vote seemed symptomatic j- of a movement which promised .J. to break the backbone of the na--1 tionwide strikes. The general confederation of labor's -6.000,000 members were split wide open. The communist-led majority stood fast. The minority showed willingness to negotiate with the government. Metro or subway workers also voted against striking. A number (Turn Tn 7.4) O Elks Plan Memorial Service On Sunday Annual Services Sunday Afternoon Attorney Vincent Kelly of Anderson, a former resident of this city, will deliver the address at the annual memorial services of the B. P. O. Elks. Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock at the Elks home. The public is invited to attend. A male octet of the G. E. Aeolian choir will sing and Mrs. David Embler will be the accompanist. Past exalted ruler August Heiman will recite Thanatopsis. Exalted ruler Hugh Holthouse and staff of officers will be in charge of the ritualistic ceremonies. To the list of 89 deceased members, two were added during the past year, Harold Grant, secretary, announced. They are Joyce Ellenberger and Anthony Schumacher. Mr. Kelly is a former prosecuting attorney of the 26th judicial circuit, comprising Adams county. He also served as city attorney. A reserve officer, he was called to ■ nfiiffary duty early in the war and i served nearly four years in the ■ army. He was ip? the Asiatic thea- ■ ter and when released was a major. Returning home, Mr. Kelly movi ed to Anderson, where he opened his law office.

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Violence Started In Jerusalem As Arabs Protest To Partitioning Land BUi.L E T : N Jerusalem, Dec. 2.—(UP) — Moslem religious leaders proclaimed a holy war against Jews today as frenzied ArabJewish rioting throughout Palestine killed five Jews and one Arab. Jerusalem, Dec. 2 — (UP) — Arabs beginning a three-day general strike burned Jewish property and mobbed Jews through Palestine today in wild disorders that killed two Jews and one Arab. The violence started in Jerusalem — where roving Arab mobs burned and looted Jewish property—and spread to other parts of Palestine as well as adjoining Arab countries. A series of incidents along the boundary between the Jewish city of Tel Aviv and the Arab city of Jaffa left two Jews dead and two stabbed seriously. Police racing to the rescue of the mobbed Jews found the body of one Arab. One Jew was dead when police arrived, and another died later in ■ a hospital. 1 The third Jewish fatality of the - day occurred in the Arab city of Ramleh when Jews riding in a » taxi were stoned by an Arab mob. : Hagana, the illegal Jewnsh i underground army, joined British ■ police in trying to protect lives. • Hagana headquarters warned, however, that unless Arab violence ended within 24 hours. Hagana would begin to retaliate. Arab mobs stormed through • Jerusalem's streets. smashing stores, stealing an estimated sl.000,000 worth of Jewish property, - and attacking Jews wherever they were found. A Jewish mob formed, and. shouting, “revenge! revenge!" started for the Arabs. The Jews, however, were turned back by British police assisted by members of the Hagana Jewish underground army. No human force. however, could keep all the Jews and Arabc i separated, and five hours of dis- . turbances left one Jew dead, at least 20 wounded. and several . Arabs wounded. Burning Jewish shops sent smoke billowing over the Holy , City shortly after the start of the . Arab strike, which was billed as a peaceful demonstration against the United Nations decision to partition Palestine ir|to Jewish and Arab states. Jews, at first stunned by the fury of the Arab attacks, soon be- • gan to form their own mobs, but were restrained only by Hagana leaders who mounted sound trucks and raced through the streets pleading with Jews to remain calm. Hagana, with British permission, also sent its men into the Princess Mary area to evacuate 1 Jews threatened by Arab mobs. ; The Hagana troops, although officially branded as illegal, openly 1 carried arms as they worked side-by-side with the British. The biggest fire of the day broke out just as the turbulence seemed to be waning. The blaze, ' sending up huge columns of oily I smoke, was started by Jews in an Arab garage near Zion's square. b The British ordered a dawn-to-(Turn Tn Dnrrn ~ C* r<> 1 n r> R \

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