Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 46, Number 17, Decatur, Adams County, 21 January 1948 — Page 1

Vol. XLVI. No. 17.

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legion, VFW Urge Marshall I Passage '' Wlienate Committee Aid Vital To II Ju F asC ' sm * Washington. Jan. zi. — (UP) — Walter F. George. D., Ga„ «E3 today that if the United States ! isßHbrwrites the Marshall plan only 1 Wffieh “hate" of Russia it will j to war. sounded his warning as of- • of the American Legion and •’ ' :^Mfrr;ins ot foreign Wars told foreign relations cornin that the four_year Euro9Kn recovery program is needed M the spread of “red fasand insure America against Al <^^^F llssian atom b° n 'b attack. •U are not so con- *> that they can hate any one •v for four years without bejttg at war with it.” George said. ■ ' jJ®eorge. former chairman of the § JSKate committee, said however flKt he did not believe there would jKHa war - two organizations, repre- *“ described the multi-bil- '* WBn-dollar Martshall plan as a ■■asonable” investment in peace. t J| ■■Representing them before the were James F. O'Neil, t National commander of the Legion, ' tild Ray H. Brannaman. commandof the Veterans of For’jj Wara ‘ were these other Marshall |Q an developments: - Secretary of state George C. fl Mrshall. at a news conference, de- " charges by John Foster Dulles / Oat U. S. military government ofU fßials in Germany are hampering t|e European recovery program. |Q [Biles. Republican foreign policy Opert. told the senate committee fl yfcsterday that the U. S. administrators apparently have not heard ■W th® recov ery program. Without mentioning Dulles by name, Marmall said that, on the contrary. ; '®e army has been keenly aware ol the program and has cooperated A filly with other government ag- ’ Later, army secretary Kenneth VI Royall said in a statement that ■dr. Dulles was pitifully uninform'MnMkl when he suggested that army authorities were hamthe recovery program. ■ oya » saif * they are “unqualifiedly the program and “cooperating fully” with the state de- “ 2. Secretary of treasury John W. Jnvder told the house foreign afpn committee he was confident lu this country could finance the on a pay-as-you-go basis a sound fiscal policy is followed. ■ 3 Ray Sawyer, legislative director , W Amvets, told the senate commitfu that the Marshall plan should ! Biot be regarded as a “one-way of charity.” He said the S. should insist on an ultimate lO I « nited States of Europe in reV BB urn for its aid. I 4. Oren Root, Jr., representing vpßßhe American Veterans Committee. ♦ BB ai( l the U. S. “cannot afford to TokSe Europe sink into chaos and any more than we . Beould afford to let the Axis win 5. Senate committee chairman H. Vandenberg urged the Ass groups to carry their to “the grass roots,” so all I ■heir members would be acquainted their official stand. r O’Neil agreed that no appreciCl'urn T<> Paep R. Column 3) I O Another Cold Wave Forecast In State ’ndianapolis, Jan. 21 — (UP) — | Another cold wave for Indiana j ■with temperatures dropping back t B’ o 10-15 degrees above zero, was | I forecast by the Indianapolis weathI ■ er bureau today. 11. The general prediction for IndI I iana called for partly cloudy skies il^^B w ’th scattered enow flurries and ■I I Col<^6r tem Peratures today, much I .'I ■ voider tonight and partly cloudy I ■ and colder Thursday. . ■ 0 c WEATHER |U*B| /'’oaring colder tonight except snow flurries near I Michigan; Thursday flonerally fair and colder.

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Woman, Four Children Are Burned To Death Little Falls, Minn., Jan. 21 —- 1 ’ Pl A mother and her four children burned to death today when flames from an overheated siove destroyed their farm home 26 miles northwest of here. The woman was Mrs. May Anderson, 37. Sheriff's officers could not provide names of the children, but said the oldest one was believed to be about six year, 3 of age. 0 200,000 Walk Out Today In German Strike Token Strikes On Food Shortages In Occupation Zones ; Berlin, Jan. 21— (UP) — Some 200,000 German workers in the Anglo-American zones walked out today in token strikes against food shortages as unrest spread in the industrial Ruhr and the British suppressed the commun-ist-inspired peojle's congress. Upward of 100.000 workers struck in Cologne, spearheading a movement that reached into all parts of the Ruhr. In the American zone, 30,000 metal workers struck for half a day in Neuenberg. The metal workers were joined by 40,000 other workers in Nuernberg. almost all the city’s labor forces except the transport workers. Seme 50,000 crowded into the main square to hear speakers demand more food and the resig nation of “the stupid” Bavarian government. The demonstration was peaceful and ended after 45 minutes. * The strikes broke out - while Gen. Lucius D. Clay, the American military governor, was flying to Washington for consultations. He was fresh from an allied control council meeting, at which Russia demanded that the British and Americans break up their plans for establishing a joint administration for their occupation zones. The new strikes reemphasized the traditional position of the Ruhr as the focal point of labor trouble in Germany. Wholly unconfirmed reports circulated that trouble was brewing on a scale which might , require military force to handle. The British military government in a decree banned the people’s congress from the Ruhr. The leaders of the gatherings under the name of the congress, held from time to time since the big four breakdown in London, (Turn Tn Page 6. Column 7) o

Lions Members Hear Os Blind Training State Director Is Speaker Last Night C. F. Kohlmeyer, state director of the board of industrial aid and rehabilitation for the blind, was the speaker Tuesday evening at the weekly meeting of the Decatur Lions club, held at the Knights of Pythias home. Mr. Kohlmeyer told of the training program inaugurated in the state, which prepared the blind for work in the homes and in factory jobs. He said that the blind are first given aptitude tests and then trained for a particular work before being assigned to the job, and that in many instances they have produced as good work as persons with sight. He declared that there is a lot less absenteism among the blind at work. . . He urged employers with jobs that could be filled by the blind to contact his department and stressed the effort being made to take the sightless persons from the roles of dependent people. Mr Kohlmeyer also showed an interesting movie, depicting many blind persons at various types of work Dr. N. A. Bixler, chai-man of the committee for the blind of the club, was in charge and the speaker was introduced by D. Burdette Custer.

Music Czar In Testimony On Recording Ban Petrillo Confident Os Agreement With Network Companies Washington, Jan. 21 — (UP) — James C. Petrillo said today he is “very confident” he can reach early agreements with major broadcasting companies on long-standing diputes over use of music FM and television broadcasting. The head of the American Federation of Musicians (AFL) told the house labor committee that he will “keep an open mind” on the FM and television questions when he negotiates with major broadcasting chains. His present contracts expire at the end of this month. “That’s the best news I have heard in a long time,” Rep. Carroll D. Kearns, R„ Pa„ commented. “Don't grab so fast,” Petrillo cautioned. The committee is holding hearings on Petrillo's radio restrictions and his ban against recorded music which became effective the first of this year. Petrillo said his union is willing to make records for home use only, on condition that congress prohibit by law the use of such records for commercial purposes. Prospects of congress doing that were considered nil. The voluble little union leader agreed at one point with a committee member that the recording ban was "economically unsound,” but added with a shrug: “What are we going to do about it.” Petrillo drew a .big audience for his appearance before the committee. And he seemed to play on it for laughs and sympathy. He was alternately good-humored, tense, excited or scowling. He held the interest of all but one spectator — four-year-old Edwin Lesinski, son of Rep. John Lesinski, D., Mich., a committee member. Edwin drew pictures on a yellow pad. Petrillo took in silence a charge by chairman Fred A. Hartley, R., N. J., that although he was acquitted recently by a Chica’go court of violation of the Lea act, he was (Turn To Page 6. Column 6)

Plan Commission Is Organized In City Dick Heller Named Head Os Commission Decatur’s first city plan commission held its initial meeting at the city hall last night for the purpose of organizing and hearing an explanation of the law and duties of the group. Permanent officers named were Dick Heller, president: Harold Mumma, vice president, and Ralph Roop, secretary. Mr. Roop, who al-,-o is a member of the commission by virtue of his office as city engineer, will serve as secretary until ♦he commission believes it advisable to have a full-time secretary. Mayor John Doan acted as temporary chairman of the meeting. The commission includes Mr. Mum ma. Mr. Heller, Mr. Roop, councilman Alfred Beavers Kenneth Hirschy, Charles Kent and Mayor Doan. City attorney Robert Anderson read the state law which gives a city council the authority to create a planning commission and also outlined the duties of the group. Location of public buildings, utilities, control of construction of sub-divisions, widening of streets, zoning of the city and many other phases of community life comes upder the new law, Mr. Anderson explained. The jurisdiction of the city plan commission extends beyond the corporate limits two miles in each direction, it was pointed out. The commission voted to contact several persons in Indiana who are familiar with city planning and to arrange to have some authority on planning come to Decatur to explain the duties of a local commission. A joint meeting at that time with the city council was suggested, and plans were also started for a public meeting with a planning authority as the speaker.

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Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday, January 21, 1948

Baby Dies As Parents Seek Mayor’s Aid STUNNED BEYOND TEARS are Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Jensen of Minneapolis, whose 4-months-old baby died in the office of Mayor . Hubert Humphrey as they sought aid of W. C. Sims, assistant to tre mayor, in having the child admitted to City Hospital. The baby had been treated many times in the past month and had received penicilin the niyht before, according to the Hennepin County coroner who attributed death to a persistent bronchial disturbance.

Asks Enforcement Os Dog Ordinance Police Chief Asks Action By Council A probability was seen today that Decatur’s dog ordinance will again be enforced, in an effort to eliminate what has become a growing problem to the city police department. Chief James M. Borders last night asked the city council to take some action on the matter of bringing the ordinance back into effect and the subject was referred to the ordinance committee by the council. Chief Borders declared the belief that the ordinance now on the books is a good one if enforced. He pointed out the problem now confronting the members of his department with numerous calls being received daily asking an offier to kill or dispose of a dog. He cited the fact that an officer has no more right to kill a dog than any other domestic animal, although many residents have expressed their belief to the contrary. The ordinance is not designed as a “money-maker,” he declared, but more as a controlling ordinance. Records in the offices of H. Vernon Aurand, city clerk-treas-urer, show that less than two dozen owners of dogs have paid the (Turn To Paere 2. Column 5) O

Canadian Leader Offers To Resign To Permit Younger Man To Lead Party Ottawa. Jan. 21 — (UP) — Liberal party leaders meet today to consider 73-year-old prime minister W. L. Mackenzie King's offer to resign as head of the party to make way for a younger man. The chief executive of Canada proposed to the Liberal party advisory council last night that a convention be called to name his successor. The last such convention was held in 1919 when King assumed party leadership. He made no direct reference to his post as prime minister and indicated he would remain in office while permitting a younger man to lead the party in the next general election, scheduled for 1950. authorities said no barrier prevented such an arrangement. “I am far from believing that such services as I may be able to render in promoting Liberal principles and policies and service to our country in other ways would not be all the greater,” he said, “were I afforded more in the way of time for reflection than as the leader of a political party.” King’s speech to the party council bristled with denudations of Communism as a “new and terrible menace” which should be kept in (Turn To Pag« 3, Column 8)

Acquittal Motion Denied For Watts Shelbyville, Ind., Jan. 21 — (UP) — Defense attorneys in the firstdegree murder trial of Robert A. Watts, Indianapolis negro, filed a motion for a direct verdict of not guilty today shortly after the state rested its case. The motion was denied by Shelby circuit judge Harold O. Barger. Watts, a former truck driver for the city of Indianapolis, is accused of murder in the shotgun slaying of Mrs. Mary Lois Burney. 0 Cold Wave Surging Over Middle West Bad Weather Blamed For Deaths Os 87 By United Press A mass of cold air surged eastward over the midwest today, sending temperatures down below zero for the third time in eight days. Forecasters promised that the new cold snap would not be as severe nor last so long as the two previous sieges of bad weather. But, they said. temperatures would be low enough to use up hundreds of thousands of gallons of the nation’s short supply _ of fuel oil. The cold air was borne by high winds which were expected to hit 40 miles per hour over the Great Lakes today and carry the cold into eastern states by tonight. The cold air mass whistled down the Missouri and upper river valleys last night from Canada and its leading edge passed over Chicago at midnight. The mercury dropped 10 degrees an hour in parts of Wisconsin and northern lowa. The eight days of bad weather were blamed, directly or indirectly, for a total of 87 deaths. Fifteen persons froze, two died of over-exertion and 69 died in fire caused by overheated stoves and furnaces. Officials in the north central states continued to worry about shortages of gas and oil for fuel. Ashland, Wis., on Lake Superior had only enough fuel oil and kerosene left for five days and officials were rushing plans to ration available stocks to the town’s 14,000 residents. Mayor Orin Angwall of Marinette, Wis., also ordered emergency rationing of oil. Furniture dealers reported a rising demand for coal and wood stoves. The somewhat warmer weather brightened the fuel outlook a little in the industrial areas of the Ohio river valley. The Manufacturers Light and Heat company permitted commercial users in 32 Ohio towns to resume burning gas. The East Ohio Gas Co. also withdrew its directive curtailing Cleveland industries to 50 percent of their normal consumption. Some western Pennsylvania gas companies restored full gas service to industrial users but Manufacturers Heat and Light maintained its 85 percent cut to 150 industries in Pittsburgh.

Republican Leaders In Senate, House Agree To Slash In Truman Budget

Decafur Man Found Guilty Os Robbery Four Scheduled For Sentence On Friday Robert C. High, 27, Decatur junk and wire dealer and the father of two children, today faces a 10-25 year prison sentence after being found guilty of armed robbery. High and Robert Taylor, of Fort Wayne, were found guilty by an Allen circuit court jury early this morning of armed robbery, which carries the 10-25 year penalty. Their feminine companions in the alleged offense’: Clara Collins, High's girl friend, and Phyllis Taylor, wife of Robert, were found guilty of grand larceny, which carries a 1-10 year sentence. All four will be formally sentenced Friday by the Allen circuit court judge pro tern Robert Berning. The case of the four, charged with beating and robbing Fred M. Walker, Coesse contractor. of S9OO at a lonely spot near Waynedale on the night of December 1, went to the jury late Tuesday afternoon. The verdict was returned after nearly 10 hours deliberation. The jury’s first verdict returned at 1 a m. today was declared faulty and deliberations were resumed for two more hours. The final day of the week-long trial produced another surprise when testimony revealed the recovery of another SIOO of the alleged loot, raising the total recovered to $350. Deputy sheriffs found the money secreted in Tayi lor's auto. High admitted hiding : the SIOO, which he said Taylor had handed him after they knocked Walker to the ground and took the money from him. The offense allegedly occurred after a day long drinking party, while the four were enroute to a Turn Tn Paarn 2. Cnl’jmn 6)

— —o No One Killed As Airliner Crashes Emergency Landing Made In Snowstorm * Boston, Jan. 21 —(UP) —An eastern airlines four-engined Constellation crashed and burned today while making an emergency landing in a snowstorm at Logan airport today but none of the 25 persons aboard was killed. Five crew members escaped through the nose of the plane and] helped the 20 passengers to get out of the after section. Seven persons were injured seriously enough for hospitalization. The huge plane, en route from Miami to Newark on a non-stop flight, had been forced by an east coast snowstorm to by-pass Newark and fly on to Boston. Landing on an ice-coated runway, the plane skidded, and the right wing struck a seven-foot snow pile, flipping the plane over. Flames spurted from the right side of the plane as fire crews raced to the scene. The passengers, one a man with an artificial leg, were led out an exit at the left forward side, while flames spread along the right side, enveloping the plane. t “If the exit had been on the right side we never would have got out,”' said J. D. Johnson. 50, of New York. The pilot, M. E. Thayer, of Miami, said he had been directed to make a landing at La Guardia Field, New York, after he found Newark closed in. He said he made two passes at La Guardia, but was unable to land because of the 500foot ceiling. He then turned north to Boston. Harold D. Coohley, 24, of Miami, Turn To Page 2, Column 7)

Britain Speeds Her Withdrawal From Palestine No British Troops To Remain In Holy Land After Aug. 1 London, Jan. 21— (UP) —Great Britain will speed her withdrawal from Palestine rather than delay it and already has moved to sell two thirds of her military supplies in the Holy Land, official statements disclosed today. Lord Listowel, minister for colonial affairs, raised cheers in the house of commons from all I parties when he announced in the name of the government that no British troops will remain in Palestine beyong Aug. 1. He said there was no basis for reports from Jerusalem that the British evacuation timetable might be delayed two months because of the fighting there. Rather, he said, the date might be advanced. "I have no reason to believe that events in Palestine have made it impossible for us to complete our military withdrawal Aug. 1,” he said. The British withdrawal is scheduled to start May 15. Listowel’s statements were supported by war minister Emanuel Shinwell, who disclosed that Britain already has started the immense task of disposing of her military supplies in the Holy Land. Sinwell said that two thirds of the British supplies—927,ooo tons —have been “offered to the ministry of supply for disposal.” The remaining one third — 623.000 tons —will be retained by Britain “to meet the needs of the forces in the middle east” with the exception of 50,000 tons, which will be returned to Britain. The troops will evacuate small areas first, consolidating into central positions. As they leave an area, responsibility for law and order will be turned over to local Arab or Jewish bodies. The real battle in Palestine, according to Arab sources, will not begin until the British withdraw’. However, the United Na(Turn To Page 2. Column 5) o —

Recommends Delay In Swimming Pool Council Committee Recommends Delay The park committee of the city council Tuesday night recommended that the construction of the proposed city swimming pool be suspended for the present. The recommendation suggested that the building of the pool be delayed until a time when the exact needs could be determined. The matter of building a pool was begun several years ago and an engineering firm employed to draw up plans and specifications. Recently city officials expressed the belief that there were a number of other projects which should be given priority over the proposed construction. A petition for a light in an alley near Twelfth street, between Monroe and Jackson streets, signed by Lawrence Rash, and others, was read to the council last night and referred to the light committee. An agreement on a rural light line extension with Raymond Mertz, Washington township, was approved by the council. Ralph E. Roop, city water department superintendent, reported to the council that a carload of pipe ordered about two years ago, had arrived and is ready for use by the department.

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Knutson Says Tax Reduction Is Based On Budget Slashing Planned In Congress Washington, Jan. 21 — (UP) Senate and house Republican leaders have reached an informal understanding to cut President Truman’s $99,700,000,000 budget by at least $3,000,000,000, it was disclosed today. Chairman Harold Knutson, R.. Minn., of the tax-writing house ways and means committee told reporters that his group was basing its tax reduction legislation on the assumption that Mr. Truman’s budget will be cut by $3,000,000,000 or more. The ways and means committee began sentence by-sentence consideration of Knutson's tax-cut-ting bill at a closed session this morning. No final action was taken, however. Congressional tax experts estimated that the Knutson bill would cost the government an estimated $5,600,000,000 in revenue, Administration officials said the loss would be nearer $6,300,000,000. Knutson revealed that the informal understanding on a $3,000,000,000 cut in the president's budget was reached at a meeting of house and senate leaders last week. Among those who attended the meeting, in addition to Knutson, were house speaker Joseph W Martin, Jr., chairman John Tab er. R., N. Y„ or the house appropriations committee, and chairman Robert A. Taft, R„ 0., of the senate GOP policy committee. Congressional consideration of the president’s budget begins formally tomorrow with a joint meeting of the congressional budget committee comprised of members of the house and senate appropriations committees. Despite the informal understanding on the budget cut, senate Republican leaders were reported to favor scaling down Knutson’s income tax measure. Other congressional developments: Speculation— Edwin W. Pauley will be quizzed again Friday by speculation investigators w’ho want to know more about his commodity trading after he became assistant to the secretary of army. In his original testimony before the senate appropriations subcommittee, Pauley said he had made only one purchase since accepting the high government post. But his commodity records. which were made public yesterday, showed that he was involved in several transactions since last September when he took the SIO,OOO-a-year position. Universal Training— Chairman Walter G. Andrews, R., N. Y., of the house armed services committee said he’s going to get the universal training bill to the floor of the house —or know the reason why. The bill has been closeted in the rules committee which ordinarily has the say on which measures get legislative priority. Pensions —Chairman Charles H. Elston, R., 0., said his house armed services subcommitte has found “quite a few” high-ranking retired military officers who are holding civilian jobs in addition to collecting “disability" pensions. The house group is inves(Turn To Page 6, Column 1) O Guest Tickets For Talk Os Hour Club Guest tickets will be available at the door Thursday evening for those who wish to hear Dr. Berly David Orris, Chicago psychiatrist, who will give his lecture at the junior - senior high school under the sponsorship of the Talk of the Hour club. Anyone who -wishes to attend may purchase a single admission ticket for 60 cents, club members stated. Dr. Orris will discuss psychology as it applies to world problems. Robert Gay, president of . the club, will be chairman of the meeting, which will be the last program presented by the club this season.