Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 45, Number 287, Decatur, Adams County, 6 December 1947 — Page 1

XLV. No. 287.

HUGE COUNTERFEITING RING IS SMASHED

■ir Indiana le Troopers |e Indicted . ■tote Police Head ■lasts Indictments ■ s Political Move ■wfordsrille, Ind.. Dec. G - |K Four ranking officers K Indiana state police force M l under indictment today on ■ .. lr y charges and the departM cjperintendent charged the was "an obvious political at- ■ l( > discredit" them and the ■rtment. police in Indianapolis who ■r J <,!),(. ftossow's blistering de■tloii Os the Montgomery counjury action last night ■ified the officers as: UK. Rl , !)er t A. O'Neal, executive K.' r Cap t. John J. Barton, chief ■ete.hves; Qapt Kermit Lewis ■ capt. Robert N. Bush, field K. Montgomery county records K kept secret on order of judge ar d Summer, who said names were not to be made ■ ic until arrests were made. K Indianapolis, state police headindicated the four would Crawfordsville late this morn- ■ submit to arrest. Bonds were B»rte<l set at $2,500. indictments were believed to He resulted from an incident sevmonths ago in which Ernest Htniiardson. Lebanon, a veteran He trooper, was discharged behe allegedly took part in an HniJt by a Montgomery county tu offer a bribe in exchange for Hiissal of charges against his Hwho figured in a bogus check Hhere was talk that Richardson led into a trap by superiors instigating reports of the alleged Her attempt, but these rumors were confirmed. Hiossow issued a strong statebait last night in which he said Me serious charge” against his Me was "not only without founHn but constitutes a perversion Has a group, they did not con- ■ tu commit a felony as charg- ■" Rossow said, “but in fact ap-Hr-ii in the case involved for the Hress uprpose of investigating Hiciutm t of a state police officer. this step they were perform- ■ their duty. Not a single move in ■ case was made without my ■owledge. Each step was discus- ■ fully in my presence by mem- ■' of my staff.” Hossow said the indictment was without the officers hav- ■ a chance to appear before the ■y. Rossow said he appeared be- ■ the grand jurors at their re■es’ ■This action strikes a terrible ■ (Turn To Paso 5. Column 7) ■ 0 Iwh Is Still On ■ Decatur Lady HState Police Aid ■ Sought In Search ■A search was still on today for ■ “-year-old Decatur lady, rementally ill, who fled from ■ r home Thursday evening. ■ , a ‘ authorities, who ■e been issued a warrant to take ■ tfo custody, were informed ■ evening that she was thought Te ' )een seen in Bloomington. ■ * e Police, whose aid was ■J’ in addition to city and ■ i authorities, in locating the ■ «J n rci>or ' e< l that they bellev- ■ . e was headed for Kentucky. E ate hour, however, they had ■" apprehended her. ■uth la<^'V ’ formerl y an inmate of E. t Ten state hospital, was ■»Jl° be harm 'ess. It is fear■L. ’ oWev er, that she may be E' t g a sun. missing from the I ! rp hU ? band and tw o-year-old Ri e ? ere ' she 18 to be re - F^enlon 0 ‘ he inßtitution u P°n I ‘ 0—I C1... WEat her . t . and not much ■ W.v ? tem Perature today. I "’th »nd° Udy followed b y rain West portlon * SunI ,f “en, on or nlflht>

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

Holy Land's Border Feud Erupts Again Palestine Death Toll Is Now 60 Jerusalem, Dec. 6—(UP)—The Jaffa-Tel Aviv border feud erupted in gunfire and arson again to ! day, killing at least'two Jews and sending up in smoke some 50' Arab houses formerly occupied by I Jews. j Stabbings, clubbings and fatalis ties from earlier clashes raised i the day's known death toll by . six. The number of deaths in 3 Palestine since the partitioning . decision rose to 60—34 Jews, 24 . 3 Arabs and two Armenians. The bloody no-man’s-land be > tween the neighboring cities of . Jewish Tel Aviv and Arabic Jaffa . again was the scene of violence t which shattered a momentary lull on the Jewish sabbath. > More than a score of Arabs f were wounded in the new border j outbreak. Fires sprang up in [ Arab houses which Jews had oc cupied. Fire brigades stood by i helplessly while bullets singing > through the area kept them from I their work. ! One of those felled was a 12-year-old Jewish boy working with - Hagana. Another was a Hagana I man whose body was riddeled ■ with bullets. i Eight fully armed members of Hagana were arrested by police > who raced to the troubled Hatik- ■ va quarter in armored cars. : An 18-yearold Arab, a curfew i breaker, died of wounds suffered ■ when he was knifed and beaten i to death in Tel Aviv when snatch- ’ ed from police captors who were ' marching him through the alli Jewish city. At midday an orthodox Jew who walked to his shop in the i Mashieh quarter of the border ■ area was knifed to death and his I head beaten In. i The body of another Jew was found at Jaffa. He had been ■ stabbed to death. Another Arab died at Haifa of stab wounds suf1 sered in an argument. i Three members of the Irgun Zvai Leumi were reported kil'ed I by British troops between Jaffa and Tel Aviv last night. The ’ troops were under orders to shoot i curfew- violators on sight. i o 48lh International I Stock Show Closes 1 t Declares Animals , Finest Ever Shown ’ s Chicago, Dec. 6 —(UP) —Cattle, i hogs, sheep and horses exhibited at the 48th international livestock I exposition were the finest ever < exhibited at the big show, Wil- ♦ liam E. Ogilvie, exposition manager, said today. The show will close today after . the last of the prize-winning | steers are auctioned off and the last events are run in the horse show tonight. j “From the point of view of quality, the past eight days have demonstrated the highest point we’ve ever reached,” Ogilvie said. “We were really proud to act as the show place and market place for such tine farm and food animals. / Ogilvie estimated that 450,000 F persons will have seen the show by the time the doors of the huge j international amphitheater close j tonight. That would exceed last year’s record attendance by j. 15,000. t About 1’.500 animals came from 39 states and Canada to be judged g in the various junior and senior d events. Many were later sold at h auction. Prices for champions were gen- d erally lower than last year and n experts were at a loss to explain g why. The grand champion steer, c for example, sold for only SB.OO a pound, $2.50 under last year’s record price. Prices for other j animals followed the same pat- t, tern. • J Junior farmers had their day p yesterday for reaping riches in the show’s junior steer sale. The ~ 4-H club memhers and future p farmers of America sold 2RO f steers for a total of $125,648.80. d The steers represented a total of j 294,000 pounds of beef-on-the-hoof - - ■ II ■ g (Turn To Page 5, Column 1)

Price Control Suggested For Aid Purchases GOP To Emphasize Voluntary Action On Prices, Rations Washington, Dec. 6—(UP)— A plan to impose price control on government foreign aid purchases was headed today for house consideration, and the chances were good that it would have the blessing of the house foreign affairs committee. The proposal will be presented on Monday by Rep. Karl E. Mundt, R., S. D.. in the form of an amendment to the house bill authorizing $590,000,000 in stopgap aid for France, Italy, Austria and China. Mundt said details of his amendment remained to be worked out. But, in general, it would bar purchases of commodities authorized in the bill at costs higher than the prevailing market price for those supplied on the day when and in the area where they were bought. For instance, if wheat were selling at $3 a bushel on the Chicago exchange, the government would be prohibited by this amendment from offering $3.02 or higher to assure itself of supplies. The South Dakota congressman outlined his proposed amendment at an executive session of the foreign affairs committee. He said he received a “very favorable” reaction, which led him to believe that the committee would support the amendment when it is offered on the house floor. Voluntary Rationing Washingtno, Dec. 6 — (UP) — Sen. Ralph E. Flanders, R.. Vt., today expressed the belief that: effective systems of voluntary rationing and allocations could “take the steam out of” the new CIO wage drive. Flanders made that suggestion to reporters amid signs that the Republican anti-inflation program would emphasize voluntary action along with extension of some ex isHng controls. Chairman Robert A. Taft, R.. O„ of the senate Republican policy committe disclosed yesterday that an “affirmative program” of voluntary al’ocations was being considered. Another committee member said voluntary meat rationing also was discussed. Flanders, who previously had urged consideration of both voluntary rationing and allocations, said he was in favor of trying the new voluntary allocation plan which Republican leaders are talking about. He added, however. that it would be necessary to guard against creating "a new (Turn Tn Page 3. Column 7) 0 Current Report Is Approved By Judge Judge Henry Kister Reports Approval Special Judge Henry Kister in Adams circuit court late Friday approved the current report of the construction commissioner, Homer Teeter, in the Wabash dredge case. The report merely stated that hearing on the motion for a new trial in the mandamus proceed ings to force the county commissioners to issue bonds for the dredging had been set for December 10. The report stated that until disposition in this case had been made nothing in the way of pro eress in the original dredge suit could be made. Judge Pro Tem Severin H. Schurger, local attorney. was named judge pro iem for today, to serve instead of Judge Earl B. Adams, reported ill at his home. Ed A. Bosse was named special indge in the divorce action of Peggy against Robert Need The rase, originally scheduled for today, was continued to December 13. Numerous entries were made in estate cases this morning.

ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ADAMS COUNTY

Decatur, Indiana, Saturday, December 6, 1947

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New Hemispheric Defense Plan

IN A THREE-WAY PROGRAM for strengthening Western Hemispheric defense zone (dotted lines), President Truman proposes to Congress that the Panama canal be converted into a sea-level waterway at a cost of $’,483,000,000. Other proposals, as indicated on map, include setting up a unified command in the Atlantic area witli Admiral H. P. Biandy, commander of the Atlantic fleet, in authority over Army, Navy and Air forces from Iceland and Greenland to the Caribbean. Prompt ratification of the hemispheric defense treaty between North and South America is urged by Snator Arthur Vandenberg (R), Michigan.

Install New Organ At Trinity Church Organ Memorial To Deceased Members Workmen from the Tellers Organ company of Erie, Pa., are busy installing the new large three manual pipe organ in the Trinity Evangelical United Brethren Church, Madison at Ninth street in Decatur. The new organ, the largest in Decatur and the largest completely new organ in this vicinity,] is a memorial to Miss Katherine Jackson, deceased former music teacher of this community, who made a generous bequest to the church for this purpose, and to the memory of Mr. and Mrs. John Weishaupt, through a gift by their son, Howard Weishaupt, formerly of Decatur and now of Florida. The organ was designed by Herman J. Tellers, president of the Tellers Organ company, in collaboration with the minister of the church, Dr. Charles E. White and in consultation with the board of trustees of the church. R. E. Mumma, R. O. Wynn, E. A. Crider, C. A. Hill and H. A. Sautbine and the organist of the church, Harold Mumma. The new instrument is a custom built organ, each part and pipe being scientifically designed for the church and space In which it is to play. There are three keyboards for the hands and one for the feet, thus actually incorporating four complete organs in one. The action for operating the mechanism of the organ is electro-pneumatic. There are seven stops in the great organ, eleven stops in the swell organ, ten stops in the choir organ and six stops in the pedal division. (Turn To Pace 3. Column 3)

German War Bride, Infant Son Arrive In Decatur Last Night

Comely little Ruth Hakes —Decatur and Adams county’s first German war bride to arrive here —sat today in the home of her inlaws, apparently a bit awe-strick-en and nonplussed by her newfound surroundings. The attractive 19-year-old bride of Sgt. Harold Hakes of the U. S. army arrived in Decatur late Friday with their five and one-half months old son, Wilfred, a blackhaired little fellow who constantly cooed his satisfaction with his new j American environment. Mrs. Hakes admitted plenty of. trouble getting here —“about every-' thing had happened to me,” in list- J ing the series of events that threat- 1 ened to mar the reunion of the war bride and her young son with their husband and father. First , at Bremerhaven, the baby developed a fever and she missed a ship coming over, after leaving her Berlin home. Then on the way ovej she became violently ill —sea-1 sic*, in nautical terms. “Never!

Three Men Are Killed When Boat Explodes Cameron, La., Dec. 6 —(UP) — Three men were dead and two injured today after a dynamite-load-ed Pure Oil Co. boat exploded in the Gulf of Mexico 10 miles off the coast near here yesterday. A Pure Oil Co. official identified the dead as Lawrence A. Pizzo, . James Villit and A. J. Landry, all i of Morgan City, La. , o ; City Election Cost 85 Cents Per Vote I 1 I Figures Compiled By County Auditor ' It cost nearly 85 cents per vote to elect the for the next four years. This was shown today in a compilation of figures in the offices of county auditor Thurman I. Drew concerning the costs of the recent city off-year election. The total cost of the election, according to bills submitted to auditor Drew, was $2,127.47. Since there were 2,503 votes cast for mayor—the largest in any single contest —the cost per vote amounts to slightly less than 85 cents. Os the total cost, $2,082.37 is relegated to the city, while the county pays only $45.10 —or one-quarter of the total registration cost of slßo.sff. Included in the total cost were items of $216 for clerical work, $66.27 for legal advertising, and the balance for precinct workers, election commissioners, rental, canvassing board, supplies. The county furnished without charge the county garage as one precinct voting place and the use of Its trucks to dispatch the voting booths, etc,, to six balloting sites.

again on a ship for me, I did say,” she declared. Three days before the ship docked the baby became ill with diarrhea—and for four weeks she was restricted to a small area in New York City, while the baby was confined in a hospital. Finally, the child was released Friday and she made the last leg of her Berlin-Decatur trek. Mrs. Hakes speaks English fluently. Except for a trace of i that brogue common to many peo- . pie of German descent she appeari ed exactly like any other of thou- : sands of American girls. Occasionally in her conversation she did . identify herself with her native i country by a bit confusing phraseology. but not to any marked degree. She is an only child—the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Furhman Schultz of Berlin, and she confessed being a bit homesick in New | York once. Her father is an arch<Turn To Page 6- Column 6)

Five Leaders Os Gang Are Arrested; $600,000 In Bogus Bills Are Printed

Strike Is Threat To Atom Project Strike Would Clog Vital Production Oak Ridge, Tenn., Dec. C -(UP) —Union and management officials resumed emergency negotiations at the nation’s huge, war-born atomic plant here today in an efj fort to head off a scheduled strike of 2,800 uranium separation workers that would clog U. S production of vital atomic energy. Members of the gas, coke and chemical workers union (CIO) were reported ready to walk off their jobs at the carbide and carbon chemicals corporation gas diffusion plant here Tuesday unless company officials agreed to meet a 24-point union program. A blanket 25-cents-an hour wage increase headed the list of union demands, which also included pre- . mlum pay for off-hour shifts and . Improved holiday and overtime pro- . visions. Company officials were report- . ed standing firm against the wage increase. But carbide and carbon [ official Clark Center said management had prepared a “counter- [ proposal” which he thought would enable differences to be emilinated before the Tuesday strike deadline. Present pay levels of the workers were classed by the federal atomic energy commission as “security information” which could not be published. Center indicated that any wage i increases granted would be passed on to the federal government which lets the contracts for work at the huge atomic plant. The first major labor dispute at 1 Oak Ridge's atomic plant involved ' one of the basic steps in atomic energy production—the breaking down of uranium isotope 235. Union financial secretary W. H. Nelson said the plant could not afford to shut down because “production lines would become hopelessly clogged.” , fTurn Tn Phetp 6. Column 4) o t Mexican Arrested On Kidnap Charge Arrested Here For Gary Authorities Lake county authorities were expected here today to take into custody Alberto Gonzales, Gary, wanted in his home city on a charge of child stealing. Gonzales was arrested last night by sheriff Herman Bowman and deputy San Bentz on a warrant sent here from the county police authorities. He is charged with taking eight-year-old Andrew Canto from the home of his stepfather and mother, Mr. and Mrs. Harry T. Macins, in Gary several weeks ago. The parents of the boy claimed him yesterday at the St. Joseph grade school in Decatur, where he was enrolled as a student after allegedly being brought here by Gonzales. Gonzales denied the kidnaping count in talking to the sheriff and his deputy and. contended that he had practically raised the boy since he was two years of age. o Publish First Issue Os The Soya Beam The first printed issued of The Soya Beam, monthly publication published by the employes of the • Central Soya company, is off the . press. Paul Loomis is managing editor and Ed Wolfe and Paul Moore are the photographers. The reportorlal force comprises all the employes of the local industry. A page is devoted to sports and recreational activi- 1 ties of the various teams formed | within the plant.

AntiSfrike Bill Passes French Senate Gives Government Powerful Club To Fight Communists Paris, Dec. 6. —(UP)—The council of the Republic (senate) made premier Robert Schuman’s antistrike bill the law of France today, handing him a powerful weapon to fight the Communist-inspir ed campaign of sabotage and violence now degenerating into cases of open revolt. The council sat out the delaying tactics of Communist members all night and passed the measure, 217 to 82. The national assembly passed the bill Wednesday with all but Communists voting for it. Now, after the formality of printing the laws in the official gazette, saboteurs and persons guilty of armed violence can be fined up to $8,400 and sent to jail for one to Iff years. The penalties for trying to make non-strikers quit their jobs are $4,200 in maximum fines and prison terms of six months to. five years. Authorities feared new violence in Marseille, the big southern cities of Arles, St. Etienne, Valence, Avignon, Nice, and in the northern coal fields. In the coal fields. Com-munist-directed strikers had formed “commando” squads- to rush from mine to mine in trucks and discourage back-to-work movements. President Vincent Auriol fast night refused the appeal of the general confederation of labor to reopen the anti-strike law’s for consideration. Previously, the confederation had announced its willingness to negotiate with the .government, but it was presumed to have changed its attitude in view of the government’s refusal to back t down. Thus, the situation remained where it was: more than 2.000,000 workers on strike and violence growing daily. The assembly meets today to hear a report by the labor minister on the strike situation and to consider measures providing for disbanding of 11 regiments of the mobile guards who have “proved unrellaTlTe." 0 First Meeting Held By Safety Council Council Will Hold Monthly Meetings Twenty-three Decatur people attended the first meeting of the safety council, sponsored by the Decatur Chamber of Commerce, held at the Chamber rooms in the library building Friday night. Plans for the council to meet once a month in an effort to solve traffic and other safety proglems in the city were announced following the meeting. Malcolm Locke is chairman of the organization and Kenneth Runyon is safety director, representing the Chamber. The next meeting is scheduled for January 30. The following committee chairmen- were appointed at the organization meeting: Traffic, James Borders; industrial, Ralph Burke; schools and children. Sylvester Everhart; fire, W. J. Bockman; homes, Miss Helen Barthel. All phases of city safety problems will be aired by the group at its monthly meetings, according to present plans, and much interest was shown in the first meeting. In addition to the Chamber of Cominerce, a number of other fraternal I and civic groups are joining in sponsoring the movement.

Price Four Cents

Nation's Largest Counterfeit Ring Smashed By Agents Os Secret Service Chicago, Dec. G—(UP)—Secret, service agents announced today that they have broken up the nation’s largest counterfeiting ring as result of a tip turned in by a distrustful farmer who was paid for a Thanksgiving turkey in bogus money. Harry D. Anheier. chief of the secret service here, said the ring’s members printed $600,000 in fake five. 10 and 20 dollar bi’ls and scattered them among “passers" across the country. He said it was the largest counterfeiting plot since 1934. when “Count" Victor Lustig brought millions of dollars in counterfeit currency with him from Eurone. Five leaders of the gang have been arrested, he said. The secret service released its announcement this morning after the fifth member of the gang, an ex-convict named Joe Moschiano, was arrested at his home on Chicago’s west side. Moschiano, 42, who also goes ny the alias Joe Moosh, was eroused by secret service agents at 4 a. m. They searched his home and found $350,000 in begus hiTs stuffed between the walls in his garage. Anheier said agents already had recovered $60,000 of the fake money when today's cache was found. He said about $200.00(1 more is still floating around the country in the hands of “passers" for the gang or innocent citizens who were duped into taking the bills as payment on merchandise Moschiano will be arraigned today before U. S. commissioner Edwin K. Walker. Four men were arrested previously and arraigned before Walker yesterday. They pleaded innocent and the case was continued until Dec. 19 to give authorities time to piece together the details of the conspiracy. Federal authorities said the gang arrested today were connected with alleged counterfeit money passers arrested last week in southern Illinois. Four Chicagoans, including a 21-year-old woman, were arrested at Cairo. 111., on Nov. 25, after 'hey allegedly passed a bogus S2O bill to a gasoline station attendant. They were Albert Testa. Nick Fertucci and Pauline Gartin. Officials said the bills the four allegedly passed were made by the same plates as the money *ound in Moschiano's garage today. It was believed that the four arrested at Cairo were merelv "nassers” and salesmen for the -rang acting on a percentage basis 'or the alleged ringleaders whose (Txirn To Page fi Column 8) o Santa Claus Arrives Here This Afternoon Santa Claus will arrive in Decatur about 2:30 o'clock this afternoon, according to word received by Richard Pruden, secretary of the Decatur Chamber of Commerce, which organization is sponsoring the visit. The venerable gentleman, dressed in his usual red suit, will have •andy for local children arid will stop on the various street corners □f the business section to take orders for Christmas presents. He will visit local stores, leaving Decatur on his visit to other points of the world at 9 o'clock tonight.

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