Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 45, Number 304, Decatur, Adams County, 27 December 1947 — Page 1

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

XLV. No. 304.

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leek Army In ■unfer-Atfack I Guerrillas Government Troops ■eported Pushing ■cck Guerrillas ■L. Dec. 27—(UP)—Rein- ■* Greek army troops in the ■/area of northern Greece ■opened a counter-attack and ■ushing guerrilla forces back ■ e direction of the Albanian ■ 10 miles northwest, press ■hes said today. reports said government ■ c w ere advancing along the ■pal road toward the strate■urazani bridge between Kon■and the border, seized by ■lias on Christmas Day. from loannina said ■guerrillas forced government K guarding the bridge to re- ■ into the Vasilikon heights, ■blr military sources said both ■ have thrown reinforcements ■he battle. K atches -quoting military auth- ■ said the guerrillas were “re■g strongly” against the gov■ent attack. ■le the fighting continued in ■north, the government coordiKg council met in Athens to Kve the text of a proposed law ■wing Communism. Ke text is expected to be ap■ed and become effective as ■ as it is signed by premier Klstocles Sophoulis and other Knment leaders. ■e law calls for dismissal of Kiunist civil servants and out- ■ n g such Communist eorganiza- ■ as the EAM leftwing coali- ■ and PRON. the Communist ■h organization. ■ Additional Funds ■ashington. Dec. 27. —(UP) — ■omatic officials said today that ■ped-up guerrilla attacks and ■ formation of a new rebel gov■nent in Greece forecast the ■ for additional funds to carry ■ the American aid program. Bbese officials said recent Com-■st-backed developments in ■ere have made the present ■.000,0011 u. S. program inade■te They said congress will be Bed to provide more money beBlune 30. and to authorize mili- ■ assistance to June 30. 1949.' Be predictions followed an unBeduled visit to the state departBt late yesterday by Greek amBsador Vassili C. Dendramis. Her a brief conference with actsecretary of state Robert A. rett, the Greek envoy said ad®al aid is vitally important to re off the guerrillas. tendramis said present indicais point to formal recognition the Rump government by three riet satellites —Albania, Bulls, and Yugoslavia. I am sure that if these three tas grant recognition to the d government it is evidence aggression constituing a breach (Turn To Paso 6. Column 7) r 9es Strengthening fU. S. Air Force Bton, Dec. 27 —(UP)— It will 124,000,000,000 in the next four a to build a United States air capable only of “blunting” an attack, according to Rep. E. Merrow, R., N. H. Wow said in a nation - wide 10 brbadcast last night that in w of "Russian expansion and agthe money spent on the ■shall plan would be wasted if e 'io not achieve air superiority ®ake our security and the reKt °f our will certain.” 'kago To Atlanta Record Broken Dec. 27 —(UP) — CapEddie Rickenbacker lost a record last night to one of ,own employes. // Paul Charles flew an East- * 1 Lines Constellation from ?° 10 Atlanta in one hour and a , n? U p eS ' Ricken t>aeker. presila Pr eastern, held the previous tord r' fleW at 19,000 feet and The °,. one hour, 59 minutes, 'erased lD ’ with 52 Passengers f the „. near ' y 420 miles per hour is 450 lr 'P- The top speed He, Ry es per hour over Louis-

Says Marshall Plan Unlikely To Succeed Senator Ball Urges Risks Be Disclosed I Washington, Dec. 27 — (UP) Sen. Joseph H. Ball, R„ Minn., said today that independent economists would give the Marshall plan only about one chance in 10 of success. He told reporters the American i people should be advised of the “grave risks" involved before they “take a chance” on the $17.000,000,000 European recovery program. So far, he said, administration spokesmen have failed to point out these risks. Ball and Sen. Bourke B. Hickenlooper, R„ la., in separate interviews, expressed themselves in favor of an “incentive” plan in connection with the long-range recovery program. Such a plan would make U. S. aid contingent upon the European countries’ success in teaching certain production goals set up for them. Any long-range U. S. commitments, Hickenlooper said, should be based on “definite and rigid periodic accomplishments by those nations, and rigid, periodic proof of their satisfactory progress.” Ball said he favored an incentive program requiring European nations to reach specified production levels in such key items as food and fuel. • Hickenlooper, a member of the senate foreign relations committee which opens hearings on the Marshall plan on Jan. 7, said that a ‘ vigorous" self - supporting and self - respecting Europe” is essential to the best interests of this nation. But U. S. aid, he said, should be based on: Assurances that it will not “undermine” this nation’s economy. 2. Definite programs of accomplishment by recipient nations with periodic proof that they are being carried out. 3. Repayment on reasonable Snd liberal terms of most of the goods and commodities supplied to Europe. Sen. John J. Sparkman, D., Ala., likewise, called for fuller information on the assistance program, bus his reasons differed from Ball's Sparkman said information discussions among members of congress on the new program have •evealed concern lest the public be misled on the close tieup between abroad and prosperity at home. Americans, he said, are “willing to tighten their ‘belts*’ but they want to know why their sacrifices are necessary. o — City Council Meets Mere Monday Night Final Session Os Present Council A special meeting of the city council — the final one for the present administration — will be held Monday night at 8 o’clock at the city hall. Mayor John B. Stults stated today. Bills will be allowed and other action taken to complete the year’s business. Mayor Stults is also expected to make a report of city court business for the past year. This will be 'the final meeting for Mayor Stults. councilman Harry Hebble, city attorney Henry B. Heller and several departmental heads. On January 1. Mr. Stults will be succeeded by Mayor-elect John M. Doan. Councilman-elect Joseph Krick will succeed Harry Hebble and Mr. Doan has appointed Robert S. Anderson as city attorney, succeeding Mr. Heller. All other councilmen: Joseph Brennan, Dorphus Drum, Alfred Beavers and Adrian Burke, were re-elected last November. While department heads take no active part in official action at council meetings, they customarily attend to make reports and present problems arising in their respective departments. i i ■ — —o—— —— Weather Generally fair today, tonight and Sunday except considerable cloudiness in extreme north. Not much change in temperature.

30-Inch Snowstorm Buries New York City ■-W • ■ : z. * ; r- w - The above scene is along Third Ave., with automobiles parked alongside the curb, almost completely covered with snow. A few pedestrians brave the storm and march in single file as the going gets rough in the heavy snow. It was the heaviest snow storm in 64 years.

29 Persons Rescued From Wrecked Ship Three Os Survivors Are American Women Manila, Dec. 27 — (UP) — Three ■ American wbmen passengers and 26 other passengers and crew members of the wrecked Danish motorship Kinda have been saved after riding out a tropical typhoon in a ‘ lifeboat, reports reaching Manila said today. A lifeboat carrying 12 of the 131 passengers aboard the Kinda land-1 ed safely on Samar Island five miles from the point where the I ship was pounded to pieces on Christmas night. Among those rescued were Miss Ada Espenshade, 33, of Chicago; : and Miss Louise Rasso and Miss Anne Malek, whose addresse were i unavailable. All three are civilian : employes of the war department. ’ They boarded the Kina at Shanghai Nov. 30 bound for Port Said. Seventeen crewmen of the ship, which caried 63 passengers and rewmen, also have been rescued but the remaining 34 still are missing. Erik Jacobsen, an official of the East Asiatic company, owners of the 9,823-ton Kina, said that the inormation on the rescue of the survivors was received from the Norwegian motorship Samuel Bakke. The Bakke now is in the harbor of Calbayog on Samar. The condition of all .-urvivors is fairly good, Jacobsen said. The Kina carriad a crew of 48, 13 passengers, a Philipino pilot and a representative of the shipping company, Jacobsen said. Three lifeboats and two life rafts were launched when screaming typhoon winds wrecked the Kina last Thursday night, Jacobsen said. One of the boats was smashed but (Turn To 5. Column I) 0 Merchants Sponsor First Baby Contest To Present Gifts To First Baby Os 1948 The Daily Democrat and a group of local .merchants will again sponsor a first baby of the New Year contest, it was announced today. A shower of gifts will be presented by the merchants to the first baby born in the new year in the north half of the county of parents residing in the same sector. The north half of the county includes Preble. Root, Union, Kirkland, Washington and St. Mary’s township. Parents in Decatur, of course, will be eligible. The date, hour and minute of the child’s birth must be confirmed by the attending physician. This is the ninth annual contest of its kind. Last year’s winner was Diana Kay Dellinger, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Dellinger of Pleasant Mills, who was born at the Adams county memorial hospital at 8:30 a.m. on January 1, 1947. Rules of the contest specify that the birth must be reported to the Daily Democrat office not later than 8:30 a m. on January 3.

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Two Pennsylvania Trains Are Removed Indianapolis, Dec. 27 —(UP) — Indiana has given the Pennsylvania railroad permission to discontiue two daily trains between Fort Wayne and Grand Rapids. Mich. The public service commission issued an order yesterday granting authority to stop service between Fort Wayne and the state line. One train left Fort Wayne at 2:05 p.m. and the other arrived there at 12:20 p.m., daily except Sunday. 0 i Say Lalesl Trader List Is Worthless Anderson Accused Os Confusing Issue Washington, uec. 27 —(UP) — Congressional investigators said today the latest list of commodity traders is worthless and they accused secretary of agriculture Clinton P. Anderson of resorting to “red herring" tactics to confuse the speculation issue. Sen. William F. Knowland, R., Cal., a member of the senate subcommittee on speculation, said the list of 1.240 wheat traders issued last night “is not the information that congress and the country is interested in.” "They are interested in finding out the names of public officials — government officials —speculating in commodities,” Knowland said. “If secretary Anderson can’t see the difference, that’s just too bad. The congress and the people can.” Rep. August H. Andresen, R., Minn., chairman of the special house committee on speculation, said the latest list has only one significance—that “so many people were in the (wheat) market at a time when the OPA was still on." The second installment of commodity traders covered wheat holdings on the Chicago exchange on April 30, 1946. It showed all traders — large and small — but failed to disclose any government “insiders.” Publication of the list followed a surprise order by secretary Anderson, directing the nation’s 623 registered commodity brokers to report the names of any government employes who have dabbled in the market since Jan. 1, 1946. The order was regarded in some quarters as the administration’s answer to charges made by Harold E. Stassen that White House intimates have used thefr knowledge of government buying plans to make a killing in the market. Anderson directed the commodity brokers to submit by Jan. 3 the names of any federal, state, county or municipal government workers —or members of their immediate family—who took a flier in the market. The scope of the order was criticized by Knowland who protested that it would include charwomen and street-cleaners. “That’s just drawing a red herring over the situation,” said the (Turn To Page 6. Column 6)

Name Cedric Fisher Decafur Fire Chief Appointment Is Made By Mayor-Elect Doan, Cedric Fisher, well-known Decat-[ ur man and a member of the volun-j teer fire department here for the last 13 years, today was appointed chief of the Decatur department to succeed Harry Stults. The appointment was made by Mayor - elect John Doan and Mr. Fisher will assume his duties as chief January 1. The new chief, an employe for the last six years at the General Electric company in Decatur, was named after a poll was taken by the Mayor-.elect among all Decatur firemen, both regulars and volunteers. The department members were asked to list three members of their organization, and the mayor-elect agreed to select one of those chosen as the new chief. Mr. Fisher will continue his position at the General Electric Co. in addition to his duties as chief. The four regular full-time firemen of the local company will continue to serve, the mayor-elect said. They are Joe Kortenber, Burt Ralston, Roy Steel, and Joel Mcßride. Mr. Fisher stated that it was his desire that the department, both volunteer and regular, continue to give the fine protection in Decatur that it has in the past and he would serve as chief with that view in mind. With the appointment of the fire chief, the official family of the mayor-elect is complet and all appointees will take office January 1 at the same time Mr. Doan begins a four-year term as the third Republican mayor in the history oi Decatur. —— o Nine Men Saved By Air Force Ski Plane Airmen Unharmed By Two Days' Exposure Westover Field, Mass., Dec. 27 — (UP)—Nine airmen rescued by an lair force ski plane were safe at Goose Bay, Labrador today—unharmed by two days’ exposure to Arctic winds and sub-zero temperatures after their B-17 crashlanded Christmas Eve on a frozen wasteland lake. Officials at Atlantic division headquarters of the air transport command here said the nine survivors—seven Americans and two Canadians — were in “excellent shape’’ and walked unassisted from the rescue plane after landing at Goose Bay last night. The survivors said they had sheltered themselves against intense cold during their sff-hour ordeal by huddling together in leantos they built from scrub timber and parachute silk. Brush fires were kept blazing continuously, ’ they said. The rescue plane, flown by veteran air force ski pilot Emil Beaudray of Manchester, N. H„ bucked headwinds of a brewing Arctic storm late yesterday to (Turn Ip Page 5, Column 7)

Record Snow Paralyzes Transportation; Eastern Storm Claims 22 Lives

Heavily Armed Jewish Squads Attack Arabs In Retaliation For Attacks By Arabs On Jewish Convoys Jerusalem, Dec. 27. — (UP) — Heavily-armed Jewish squads attacked at least six Arab areas with gunfire, grenades and fire bombs during the night in retaliation for Arab attacks on Jewish convoys, unofficial reports said today. Jewish sources claimed one of the attacks, against the small Arab village of Silwan below the Mount of Olives, caused “about a score of Arab casualties.” An official ani nouncement said five house were I destroyed, one Arab killed and | several Injured. The official account of the Silj wan battle said it began at 10:30 p.m. when a large party of Hagana men in uniforms and steel helmets attacked the village with machineguns and bombs. Arabs returned the fire and shooting continued until dawn. The Arab village of Bet Sahur near Bethlehem was reported attacked in a similar fashion but there were no details of casualties. Unofficial reports said night attacks also were launched against Salameh, Haifa, Hartuv and Moza. Two freight trains were held up during the night and robbed of flour and cement. One Jew was stabbed to death at Jerusalem’s Jaffa gate early today. Members of the Irgun Zvai Leumi "black squad" in Arab disguise joined with Hagana to carry out the assaults. Salameh appeared to be hardest hit. Private informants reported the Jews penetrated the village, using automatic rifles, grenades and fire bombs. Telephone communications with Salameh were cut off and similarly there were only meager reports from the other Arab areas. Sporadic fire also was reported from several places in Jerusalem’s suburbs. The night battles against the Arabs were set off by Arab attacks yesterday leaving 18 Jews ('Turn To Pae*#* 5. Column 8) 0 local Couple Held For Grand Larceny Couple Arrested On Lake County Charge Alberto Gonzales, 44, of Homewood, and Juanita Macios, of the same address, were being held in tail here today by sheriff Herman Bowman on grand larceny charges, filed against them in Lake county. Sherif Bowman arrested them at their home last night and brought them to the county jail, pending arrival of Lake county police officials, expected about noon today. ■ No details concerning their alleged offense were learned here, the warrants received by the sheriff stating that they were wanted on grand larceny charges with bonds of each set at $2,0'00. Gonzalgs, in questioning last night, admittld some argument between the local pair and the woman’s aunt in Gary over the ownership of some phonograph records. Gonzales, it will be remembered, was freed just recently of kidnaping charges filed against him in Lake county after he allegedly brought Mrs. Macio’s eight-year-old boy to tljls city. After he was absolved of the charge at Gary, both Mrs. Macio and the boy came here to live with Gonzales. The boy was lodged in the home of friends last night when his mother and Gonzales were " taken into custody.

FCC Chairman 9' r \ 1 i Wayne Goy, above, a native of . Indiana, has been appointed by President Truman as chairman of , the federal communications commission. Wayne Coy Is Named As FCC Chairman Coy Nominated By President Truman Washington, Dec. 27—(UP)— President Truman’s nomination of Wayne Coy to be chairman of the federal communications commission appeared headed today for Republican opposition on Capitol Hill. Coy, radio director of the Washington Post and former assistant to the late President Roosevelt, was named last night to succeed '"harles R. Denny, Jr., who resigned Oct. 31 to become vice president of the National Broadcasting Co. Coy’s appointment must be confirmed by the Republican-controll-ed senate. GOP national chairman Carroll Reece formally objected when Coy’s name was first mentioned in connection with the federal communications commission post. Noting that Coy at one time was aide to former Gov. Paul V. McNutt of Indiana, Reece objected to turning over the commission to “a graduate of the notorious Indiana Democratic machine in the days of the notorious ’two percent club’.” “A man with that background,” s he added then, “might well experience difficulty in convincing the! public that he would be an impartial administrator.” In addition to Coy. Mr. Truman selected George Sterling, the commission’s chief engineer, to replace commissioner E. K. Jett. Jett resigned yesterday to become vice president and radio director of the Baltimore Sun papers on Jan. 1. The appointments of Coy, a Democrat, and Sterling, a Republican. will give the commission a political balance of three Democrats, three Republicans and one Independent. Denny left the SIO.OOO-a-year chairmanship because the salary was too low. He is reported to be making $35,000 with the National Broadcasting Co. Coy, in accepting the nomination, is taking what he described as a “considerable" cut in income. The 45-year-old Coy has been in government service off- and- on since 1935. He gave up his job as special assistant to the late President Roosevelt to become assistant I director of the budget bureau. He we/ from there to the Washington Post in 1944. Earlier, he had worked as a newspaperman in his native InHe served on several state contWlissions while McNutt was (Turn To Page 5, Column 1)

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Force Os 10,000 Street Cleaners Digging City Out From Record Storm New York. Dec. 27 —(UP) —An "unofficial state of emergency" existed in New York today where a force of 10.000 street cleaners worked to restore the city to normalcy after a record 26-inch snowfall that paralyzed all surface transportation. Twenty-two persons were dead as a result of the storm that raged along the Atlantic seaboard from Philadelphia to New Hampshire yesterday. New York City’s death toll was 12 persons, most of whom died of heart attacks as a result of over-exertion. Air transportation was grounded: shipping was tied up and trains ran hours behind schedule. Thousands of persons were stranded in the city overnight; many of them were forced to sleep in stations and offices. It was the worst storm ever recorded in New York and even dwarfed the blizzard of 1888 when 20.9 inches of snow fell in three days. Tlie storm blew in from the Atlantic at 5:25 a. m. yesterday and ended officially at 3:05 a. m. today. The city’s impassable streets, generously sprinkled with thousands of stranded buses, trucks, taxicabs and automobiles, presented “the greatest emergency in the history of the New York fire department." commissioner Frank J. Quayle said. He order* ed all firemen on emergency duty, and placed all crews on 10hour shifts. Police commissioner Arthur W. Wallander ordered 12,000 policemen to duty and sanitation commissioner William J. Powell sent a force of 10.000 men and nearly 2,000 vehicles into the streets to clear away the snow. Cost of removing the snow was estimated at between $2,500,000 and $3,000,000. Mayor William O’Dwyer cut short his vacation at El CentroCal., and was flying back to the city. He instructed acting mayo? Vincent Impelliterri to call a meeting of the mayor’s emergency board for 9 a. m., today to cope wi’h what city hall offlcia’s called “an unofficial state of emergency." Most serious danger to the city was the threatened shortage of fuel oil. The department of health received scores of reports of shortages yesterday and all homeowners with a five-day supply on hand were asked not to order any more at the present. Commissioner of markets Eui gene G. Schultz said the city was "well stocked” with food after i the Christmas holiday, but deliv- . eries of milk and bread would bo hampered by impassable streets. Water Lawns Denver, Dec. 27 —(UP) —While New York dug out of a two-foot blanket of snow. Denver residents were warned today to water their lawns and shrubbery to keep them from being scorched. And. although skiers and skaters were breaking in Christmas presents in the mountains west of the city, tennis and golf en(Turn To Pago 6. Column 8) 0 Capital Building Destroyed Bv Fire Indianapolis, uec. 27.—(UP)— A two-alarm fire today destroyed a three-story building filled with chemicals and janitor supplies and the loss was estimated at more than SIOO,OOO. More than 100 firemen from 15 | companies fought the blaze all night. They said it was the most i costly and stubborn fire in Indiana- ; polls this year. Firms occupying the building were the Sanita Chemical and Suppy division of the Sanitary Wash--1 ed Wiper Co.; The Indiana Bag ’ Co., and The Allied Roofing and Siding Co.