Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 45, Number 291, Decatur, Adams County, 11 December 1947 — Page 1

XLV. No. 291.

I IND SIX SURVIVORS OF ARMY C-54 CRASH

feident In Jfellenge To ap Proposal Elashes With GOP Headers On Plans Bq Fight Inflation , Dec. 11.—(UP)— BnKent Truman today clashed EKn "with Republican congresKM leaders <m the anti-inflation Rw cuvilia lie wanted his sweep ; BBj.point plan to the letter. directly challenged the Re- ■ Kan proposal to relax the antisaying that he intend|B enforce them as long as he administration’s own alloand rationing bill submitted «j,. lgTess Tuesday by secretary Klnmierce W. Averell Harriman KXined a section that would "limited immunities'’ from K r:l .. laws. The provision said agency with tnanpowers rnmld seek compliplans of voluntary aeapproved by the attorney Action taken in compll- ■ with such voluntary plans K "not be the basis at any fur any anti-trust action.) less than the 10-point will not be enough to do the E of combatting inflation. Mr. told a news conference as ■•leaders geared to rush their four-point plan through by Dec. 19. ■ r Truman also disclosed that ■ administration would offer con■k within a couple of days legisto carry out his recommenfor stand-by wage and price powers. Khe Republican plan submitted KgOP leaders in congress yester- ■ omitted the controversial raHiing and wage-price powers Hght by Mr. Truman. Hhe President refused comment ■ most of the Republican plan. Kt took sharp exception to the ■posal to give industry exempHis from the anti-trust laws for H purpose of making voluntary ■ocation agreements to spread ■tr lies of scarce materials. The ■ninistration wants power for ■ government to make the allo■ions to industry, and to follow ■s up with direct consumer ra■ning if necessary. ■ir Truman expressed himself Kntly on any attempt to relax ■e anti-trust laws. Blr Truman said these laws will ■ enforced to the limit as long as ■ is President. ■After a meeting of the senate ■publican policy committee, ■airman Robert A. Taft, R., 0., ■ld reporters he believed that Mr. ■ (Turn To Page 8, Column 8) I o—■rand Jury Will Be Reconvened Monday ■ The November term grand jury ■ the Adams circuit court will re■nvene Monday, Prosecutor Myles ■ Parrish stated today. The jury ■as dismissed late yesterday until ■outlay. || While all actions are secretive, ■ is reported that the grand jury ■ investigating one or more crimF a - matters brought to its atten■on. I loFontaine Funeral prvices Saturday I funeral services for Harvey Lajontaine, former Adams county | Onie superintendent, who died yespday will be held Saturday rnornP at 9 o’clock at the St. Mary's fatholic church, with the Very Rev. fW. Joseph J. Seimetz officiating, f nal win be in the Catholic cemerf- Pallbearers will be Don Lar nta ine. William Miller, Phil LjV’ F ra nk Liniger, John Adang U Leroy Adang. L t ' e ® bers °* tlle Holy Name socL... niee t Friday evening at L°, C '° C ' l at LaFontaine L ‘ eto ree ‘te the rosary. The body tli^cm- 11 ' *° tbe res ’ dence from L„ 1 lg & Doan funeral home tok . , an may he viewed there after Oc 'ock tonight. 0 WEATHER Fri ? rtly cloud y tonight and nin ay W ' th snow beginFrid. n ° rth and west portions ay afternoon. Little change n te uiperature.

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BULLETIN Wilkes-Barre, Pa. Dec 41 — (UP) _ Four men were killed and a fifth was missing today in an explosion which ripped through a vein of the Franklin mine of the Lehigh Valley Coal Co. , Three other miners were taken to WilkesBarre general hospital in “bad condition” from burns. o ■ Party Leaders j Dispute Over Aid Measure ►- 1 Tentative Approval 1 Voted Amendment 1 For Holding Wheat i r J Washington, Dec. 11 — (UP) — The house today t tentatively ’ wrote into the $590,000,000 foreign aid bill a provision to require the administration to hold 150.000,000 bushels of wheat in 3 this country as insurance against f crop failure next year. The amendment, sponsored by 1 Rep. August H. Andresen, R., 3 Minn., was adopted by a teller • vote of 109 to 95. It was vigor--3 ously opposed by members of the r house foreign affairs committee. 1 Under the provision, the 150.000.000 bushels would have to be f retained as a carry-over until the agriculture department issues its May estimate on 1948 wheat production. It could then be releas3 ed for export if the report estimated winter wheat production I at more than 700.000.000 bushels' and showed normal spring plantings. 3 The amendment was adopted in an atmosphere of partisan 1 wrangling touched off earlier in ’ the day by floor leaders for both 5 parties. Rep. Charles A. Halleck. R., Ind., and John W. McCormack. D.. Mass., exchanged biting re- ' marks about party attitudes toward the bill. ! In its original form, the Andrer» sen amendment called for a carryover of 250.000.000 bushels. But ' the author himself first reduced the figure to 200.000,000 and then . accepted an amendment by Rep. ‘ Clifford R. Hope, R.. Kans., to : make it 150,000,000. Republican leader Halleck told the house that the constant demands for foreign aid and pres- ( ent-day high prices are the re- , (Turn To Page 6, Column 2) O Mandamus Action Under Advisement Counsel Arguments Are Heard By Court Judge Earl B. Adams in circuit court here has under advisement action in the mandamus proceed- ' ings, filed as a “sidelight case” to the famed Wabash dredge suit. Judge Adams, appointed special judge in the case some time ago before he assumed his position as regular judge on the local bench, heard arguments of counsel on several motions late yesterday. Foremost of these was a motion , for a new trial, asked by the coun- • ty commissioners, defendant in the suit to mandate them to issue bonds for the proposed dredging. Judge Adams several months ago handed down a decision favoring the petitioners, and ordering the commissioners to issue the bonds. A motion for a new trial by county attorney Ferd L. JAtterer followed. This is one of the matters Judge Adams had under advisement today. He also heard arguments on a motion to modify the judgement as to John Augsburger, a county commissioner, who claimed in his action he had not been notified and made a defendant in the action after assuming his office. A motion to strike the motion to modify the judgement was also argued. Mr. Litterer appeared for the commissioners and Roscoe D. Wheat appeared for petitioners for the dredge, plaintiffs in the mandamus proceedings.

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PART OF A HUGE PILE of machinery; 35 carloads of electrical equipment and mine locomotives at Marion. Ohio in the upper picture and, below, electrical mine hoist equipment in a warehouse at Warren, Ohio, reported by investigators for Rep. Robert Rizley (R.-Okla.) to be destined for Russia. The 1 equipment is valued at $17,000,000. Rep. Rizley, who heads a House war investigation subcommittee. said it was “earmarked” for the Soviet Union. A war assets administration official, however, said the machinery is being, or has been, declared surplus and is “being processed for sale in the usual manner” , in this country.

Action Is Promised > To Improve Highway J ————— Local Committee Asks 27 Improved Officials of the state highway department promised a Decatur committee which called on them yesterday, quick action concern--1 ing improvement of federal high--1 way 27 from Decatur to Fort 1 Wayne and today Herman D. Hart- ■ man and Norman Schafer, commissioners, drove over the stretch from here to Fort Wayne, and will announce plans for improvement soon. The Decatur committee ■ which called on the commission at Indianapolis Wednesday afternoon included Robert Heller, Harry Essex, Phil Sauer and R. W. Pruden. The local group pointed out that the recent count of traffic between here and Fort Wayne averaged more than 3,000 vehicles per day. Attention also was called to the i fact that there are several narrow bridges in the 19-mile stretch and several dangerous blind spots, which should either be marked as no passing zones or cut down in order that vision is made possible. The group also asked that the entire stretch of road be widened to make either a three-lane or fourlane highway. The commission was very receptive to the proposals, according to the local committee, and followed the meeting with today’s visit. The action was the result of several months’ ' effort by the Decatur Chamber of Commerce, which group has been active in< petitioning for the improvements. 0 Avert Strike Threat At U. S. Atom Plant Reach Settlement Os Labor Dispute Oak Ridge, Tenn., Dec. 11. — (UP) —A labor dispute that for a time threatened to disrupt the production of vital atomic energy at the huge U. S. atom plant here was I settled early today. Union and company negotiators announced that agreement on terms of a new contract for some 2,800 employes at a uranium separation plant here had been reached. The workers, members of the ClO’s gas, coke and chemical workers union, are employed in a gas diffusion plant operated for the government by the Carbide and Carbon Chemicals Corp. Final settlement followed nine days of talks, during which the union postponed at government request a scheduled strike so that (Turn To Page 2, Column 5)

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Decatur, Indiana, Thursday, December 11, 1947

Report Brisk Trading In Decatur Stores .. Trading continues brisk in Decatur stores and most retail outlets have added additional clerks to take care of the Christmas shoppers. Many items are appearing on >the shelves for the first time since 'before the war and local stores report heavy trading the last 10 days. Parking space in uptown sections has been at a premium the last few days. r- o Two Trainmen Die As Trains Collide Two Other Persons Reported Missing New Braunfels, Tex., Dec. 11 — (UP) — Fires still burned early today through the wreckage of two Missouri-Kansas-Texas railroad passenger trains which collided headon late last night, killing at least two crewmen' and seriously injuring five others. At least two other persons were missing among the overturned and flaming engines, tenders and cars. (In Dallas, Ksty officials identified the missing as engineer R. O. Calloway of the southbound train and a negro porter, Will Maney, of the northbound crew. The company said it* expected to have the line open for traffic by mid-afternoon). Sheriff W. A. Scholl of Comal county called out the local national company early today to guard tons of mail and express shipments saved from the flames. Twenty police Officers under Capt. J. G. Dunaway also arrived to help guard the trains. Scholl said the wreck occurred about 11:43 p.m. when the “Katie Flyer,” headed north out of .San Antonio, ploughed head-on into the “Katie Limited" 10 miles south of here and 20 miles north of San Antonio. The flyer is listed as M-K-T train No. 3 and the limited is listed as No. 6. Fire broke out among the coaßies immediately after the wreck. Five of the 10 cars on train number 3 wrnre demolished and three of (Turn To Paxe 8, Column 8) O Decatur Man Facing Arraignment Monday Fort Wayne, Ind., Dec. 11 —(UP) — Four people will be arraigned on robbery charges in Allen county circuit court Monday in the slugging and robbery of Fred M. Walker, Coesse contractor. The formal robbery charges were substituted for the original loitering accusation against Mr. and Mrs. George T. Taylor, Clara J. Collins, Fort Wayne, and Robert C. High, Decatur. Mrs. Taylor, 23, signed a statement for the sheriff saying that the robbery last week was premeditated.

Truman Will Submit Reorganization Plan Extensive Plan To Be Given Congress Washington, Dec. 11. — (UP) — President Truman disclosed today that he will submit an extensive government reorganization plan to congress in January. One point in the plan, he said, will be the permanent placing of the United States employment service and the unemployment compensation division in the labor department. The U. S. employment service was put under the labor department by executive order during the war. It is still in the labor department under this temporary arrangement which can continue only for six months after the formal end of the war which has not yet been ptAclaimed. The unemployment compensation division likewise has a temporary status under a wartime executive order. Mr. Truman’s discussion of the reorganization plan at his news conference was limited to these two proposals. He said he could not give any additional ’details now. * The president said the program will involve principally transfers inside* departments. He said it will not conflict with the reorganization of the executive branch now being studied by a commission under former President Herbert Hoover. 0 —_— British End Rule Os Palestine May 15 Ask UN Commission To Delay Arrival London, Dec. 11.— (UP) —Great Britain announced today that it plans to end its 30-year rule of Palestine on May 15, and asked the newly-established United Nations Palestine commission not to enter the Holy Land until shortly before that date. Colonial secretary Arthur Creech-Jones, in outlining Britain’s plans to the house of commons, clearly feared that arrival of the UN commission in Palestine would be the signal for new disorders —- and British troops there would be in the line of fire. Creech Jones said that Great Britain would not use its troops i to enforce the partition of Palestine, and would not share responsibility with UN until Britain’s mandate ends. He said Britain’s responsibility must end all at once—preferably on May 15, if the UN commission 1 (Turn To Page 7, Column 4)

23 Dead, Six Survive Army Transport Crash Near Labrador Airport

I . New Strain On Relations Os France, Russia Charges Russian Repatriation Camp Underground Hub — Paris, Dec. 11. —(UP) — The government charged tonight in a stiff note to Moscow that a recently raided Soviet repatriation camp outside Paris was the terminus of an underground railway which spirited persons to Russia without the knowledge of the French. The latest note in a series of sharp diplomatic exchanges between France and Russia was delivered in Moscow today by the French Charge D’Affaires, and the text was released here. The new strain on Franco-Sov-iet relations came as some official quarters forecast that Russia would renounce that treaty of alliance with France, and government sources promised stern action against Lt. Col. Raymond Marquie, head of a mission In Moscow who accused his country of bad faith regarding the Soviets. Rejecting Soviet protests against the French raid on Camp Beauregard Nov. 14, the new note said! persons moved through it without knowledge or permission of French | authorities. The note did not specify whether the persons were French citizens of Russian origin. But it said some 60 French men and women had gone to Russia by that route, and applied for repatriation to France as soon as they got there. The implication was plain that ! the persons were moved to Russia against their will. The foreign office said Marquie’s criticism of France in a Moscow press conference last night was made without official authorization, represented merely his personal opinion, and would draw strong disciplinary action against him. 'Turn To Pago S. Column 3) o L. E. Archbold To Continue As Agent Vote Os Confidence Given County Agent L. E. Archbold, county agricultural agent, continued making plans for his department for 1948 today after receiving a vote of confidence from the Adams county extension committee, which held an informal meeting with L. E. Hoffman and | H. S. Heckard, of Purdue univer- 1 sity Tuesday night. The meeting, which was held at Monroe, was informal and was held following rumors that Mr. Archbold and his committee differed In policy. Several weeks ago a group of | Adams county men visited Purdue extension officials and asked that a meeting be called in the county, so that some differences could be discussed. After several hours of discussion by the county group, a secret vote was taken and while the count was not announced, it was stated by Mr. Hoffman that the vote, in which 31 representatives took part, was such that his office would regard it as a vote of confidence for Mr. Archbold. At no time did anyone ask for the agent’s removal, it was pointed out, and Mr. Hoffman said that he believed the meeting would bring about closer cooperation between the parties concerned. Mr. Archbold stated today that he had no comment to make about the meeting, which he did not attend. except that he would continue to serve to best of his ability In the interest of agriculture in Adaftis county.

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Ralph E. Roop, superintendent of the city engineering and waler department, today was reappointed to that post by Mayor-elect John Doan. Roop will continue to serve’ in both posts as city engineer and also water superintendent. His water department foreman will be Fred Baker, former city employe.

Roop Reappointed To City Position Ralph Roop Renamed By Mayor-Elect Doan Ralph E. Roop, superintendent of the city engineering and water department, today was reappointed to that post by Mayor-elect John Doan. Mr. Roop has been with the department since 1935. Prior to that time he had served as county surveyor and street commissioner. At the time of Roop's appointment it also was announced that Fred Baker, former water department employe and at present engineer of the K. of C. building in Decat’iir, will assume the duties of foreman of the water department, succeeding Isaac Wagner, who has been employed by the city for 11 years. Miss Mary Weber of this city ■will succeed Mrs. Juanita Jane Wasson as secretary to Mr. Roop. Mrs. Wasson and her husband will move soon to their new home in Bluffton. She has been with the city engineer’s office for three years. All three of the appointments will be effective January 1, Mr. Doan stated. The new official family which will start functioning when Mayor-elect Doan takes office January 1 has been named now with the exception of fire chief, street commissioner and the Turn To Page 2. Column 7) 0 Gerke Reelected County AAA Head Annual Election Is Held On Wednesday Winfred L. Gerke, Root township, was relected chairman of the AAA in the annual election, held Wednesday afternoon at the offices on South Second street. Other officers renamed to their respective posts are: Homer W. Arnold, vice chairman; Harve Inelchen. third member: Mrs. Mary Howard, secretary-treasurer. Victor Bleeke was named first alternate and Oliver V. Dilling, second alternate. The officers were elected by delegates from each of the 12 townships, selected in meetings held by the respective township organizations. Officials of the AAA said, today that a 1948 program similar to that of the past year will be instituted.

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Fort Wayne Soldier Among Survivors Os Crash Tuesday Night Os Army Transport Westover Field. Mass.. Dee. 11 _ (U P) — Twenty-three persons perished and six survived—one of them to be rescued for the second time in six weeks —when an army C-54 transport plane crashed and burned near Goose Bay. Labrador, Tuesday midnight, it was announced today. Rescue workers and doctors who reached the crash scene in an icy wilderness by helicopter or dog team reported that Cpl. G. L. Harter, (711 West State St.), Fort Wayne, Ind., was among the survivors. Harter was being rescued for the second time in six weeks. The previous incident occurred while he was on duty in the reI mote Clyde river area of Baffin Land. Suffering then from a badly infected jaw, he was taken to a hospital by a C-47 army plane which made a risky landing in i ice to effect the rescue. Names of the 23 dead were • withheld pending notification of kin. The radio message setting the number of dead and survivors ■ was received here from Col. Paul A. Zartman, commanding officer of the air transport command at Goose Bay at 10:45 a. m. A short time previously. Zartman had informed the ATC here that tile rescue party “is at the scene of the accident . . and we believe there are some survivors." “Extreme difficulty in communications is being encountered," the colonel’s mesage said, t due to the rough terrain." • 'The helicopter (which was as- . tembled at Goose Bay after being ■ flown in a dismantled condition i f”om Westover field) has landed with additional doctors one half I mile from the wreck." The helicopter, the spokesman said, landed on a frozen lake. Foul weather handicapped rest cue workers in their operations - as snow swept the bleak area - eight miles north of Goose Bay 1 airdrome. f The terse message contained , no reference to the condition of ’ the survivors, who had been exi posed to cold and snow nearly 36 hours. Neither was any mention r made of possible injuries. s The first ground party to reach . the scene brought food, medicine I and extra clothing. i Later, the information officer ’ announced receipt of another 5 message front Goose Bay. requesting that a second helicopter be ’ rushed from Westover field • It was understood that the heli- - copters would be used to shuttle - tT"™ frOm the acci , SCPne to Goos ‘ > Bay airdrome for ) urn T ’° 7. Column’T) > First Good Fellows Donation Is SIOO The Delta Theta Tau sorority started its Good Fellows club solicitations last night with a donation of 1100, as members of the sororitystarted canvassing the city for funds. The money obtained in the drive will be used to purchase food r for distribution to needy families on Christmas Eve. ■Sorority leaders said today that. , the distribution this year would be , confined to foodstuffs because ot . exiting general conditions.

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