Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 46, Number 26, Decatur, Adams County, 31 January 1948 — Page 1

Vol XLVL No. 26.

SAVAGE RIOTING BREAKS OUT IN BOMBAY

Northeastern tales Suffer n Severe Cold Sleet Storm Rages In Southland, No Karly Respite Seen By United Press The worst cold wave of the seathe northeastern states giigy and extended its icy fingers into the southland where the tiird sleet storm of the winter Iged across Tennessee, southern letttueky and eastward into the larolinas. Mhe stinging cold wave spread- ■ down from Hudson Bay sent Mheratures far below zero in heleastern Great Lakes and New Kand teritories. Kie sleet falling along the MaHand Dixon line made highways ■pery and cjoated trees and ■tops under a thin sheath of ice. Hain fell south of the sleet area ■ar as the Gulf but did not exend into Florida. light snowstorm swirled across astern Kansas through Missouri ■ into southern Illinois. It was Hied northeasterly toward the ■zero temperature zone. 'Mie weather bureau said no re■jt was in sight for the cold■token states. K the face of the severe cold, «OT Robert F. Bradford of MassaKetts declared a state of emerHcy and seized the Everett Kt of the Eastern Gas and Fuel Kciates to prevent a strike that Kid have cut off service to neary 11,500,000 residents of greater ■■ton. Khe Massachusetts attorney Heral, Clarence A. Barnes, obHeda temporary injunction reKining the utility’s 900 employes Ki “engaging in or aiding or Bouraging any concerted cessaBi of work.” Bhe employes had threatened to ■|ke when their contract expir- ■ at midnight this morning to enBce demands for a 15 cent pay ■se. The company offered 13 »nts. in issuing his seizure ijder, said a shut down at the sent would have been “the worst ■aster in the history of New ■gland.” |At 6 a.m. (EST) temperatures ■re more than 20 degrees below ■ro at many points in north AtIntic coast states. Utica, N. Y., ■s the coldest city in the country ■th 28 below. It was 25 below ■ Albany and 23 below at Bing■mton, N. Y. Portland, Me., had t below and Burlington, Vt., 18 ■low. ■Almost 300,000 workers were ■d off because of the cold, mostI in Pennsylvania. Michigan, New fork and Ohio. About 200,06'0 were ■led because of fuel shortages in ■e Detroit area alone. They are ■pposed to go back to work Tuesly but officials doubted the ■ants would operate. ■ Automobile producers said the bld had cost the nation 15,000 iotor cars, mostly Packards and jhryslers. Five large Pennsylpnia mines supplying the PittsLrgh steel mills were closed and reduction fell off 5,000 tons daily. I The sleet that struck the south Iso had its effect on industry. The [ (Turn To Pae-p <t Column 3) — O — Florence Stults Dies At Fort Wayne Mrs. Florence Stulta, 45, a native >f Decatur, died Friday at the some of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Philip Kuhn. 443 East Leith street, fort Wayne, where she had been Sving for the past five weeks. She fas a member of the Emmaus Lutheran church. Surviving in adiition to the parents are her husband, Francis; a daughter, Lois fean, and a brother, Herman Kuhn, •f Churubusco. Funeral services will be held at ' PJn. Monday at the D. O. Mc--otnb & Sons funeral home, after *’hich the body will be brought to ■he Decatur cemetery for burial, fiends may call at the funeral tome after 7 p.m. today. 0 WEATHER Mostly cloudy today through Sunday. Light snow south and w *st central today, and south „ tonight and Sunday. Little 3 change in temperature.

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County Attorney Ed A. Bosse Gas Is Restored To Two Indiana Cilies Disruption Caused By Severe Weather Indianapolis, Jan. 31 —(UP) — Gas service was restored to more than 15,000 consumers in two big downstate cities today after a disruption caused by cold weather. while another breakdown in an upstate pipeline cut off gas for several hundred other users. Meanwhile, southern Indiana industries faced further fuel cur-* tailments beyond the week-end as federal restrictions threatened to throw additional thousands of factory workers into idleness. A crew of some 70 workers restored gas service to New Albany and Jeffersonville after a big pipe running from Louisville beneath a bridge over the Ohio river “froze.” No sooner had the trouble been repaired than the Northern Indiana Public Service Co. reported what appeared to be an identical situation near South Bend. A sixinch pipeline carrying gas to Dowagiac and Buchanan. Mich., also “froze" and all Indiana consumers along the line north of the University of Notre Dame stadium and the Indiana-Michigan state line were without service. Late this morning, the source of the stoppage had not yet been discovered. At New Albany and Jeffersonville. gas service was stopped to all consumers when a big pipe running from Louisville beneath a bridge over the Ohio river “froze” late yesterday. A condensation of moisture accumulated in a pocket and froze, blocking the movement of the gas to the populous river cities, according to utility officials. Louisville radio stations broadcast warnings to some 15,6’00 home and commercial users to shut off their gas stoves and furnaces and leave them off until further notice. Increased pressure in gas transmission lines eased the industrial situation yesterday as moderate temperatures returned after a three-week japse. But a federal I Turn To Pa up S I 'nlumn 5) o Bosse Takes Office As County Attorney To Assume Duties Here Next Monday Ed A. Boisse. Decatur attorney, assumes the duties of Adams county attorney next Monday. Mr. Bosse, to the position ‘he first of the year by the county commissioners, will succeed Ferd L. Litterer to the poet. Mr. Bosse is a Democrat, former prosecutor and deputy attorney general. His predecessor is a Republican. The new county attorney will act in an official capacity for the first time Monday when he acts as legal adviser to the county commissioners in their regular meeting. ■ The commissioners, in conjunction with the city council, will receive bids for the new police radio during the meeting. They will also act on the proposed plan of redistricting the Decat- ' ur voting precincts, which includes the addition of three precincts.

Knutson Tax Bill To House Vote Monday See Good Majority For Republican Tax Cut Bill Passage Washington, Jan. 31 — (UP) — Republicans were optimistic today about their chances of getting close to a two-thirds majority when their $6,506,060,606 income tax reduction bill comes to a vote in the house Monday. Rep. Harold Knutson, R., Minn., sponsor of the GOP bill, predicted without reservation that his proposal would get the two-thirds majority necessary to override a presidential veto. Mr. Truman has Indictated that he will veto the Knutson bill or anything like it. Other Republicans were more cautious than Knutson about forecasting such a large majority for the measure. But there was no doubt in their minds but that it would be approved with plenty of vdtes to spare. Many Democrats appeared to be on the fence when it came to passing judgment on the Knutson bill. A considerable number said they were committed to tax reduction and wanted to vote for it. But they were committed to tax reduction and wanted to vote for it. But they weren’t sure they wanted to go as far as the GOP measure goes. Some Democrats will vote for the Republican bill with • the feeling hat senate Republicans will scale down the loss of revenue. Senate leaders have said the figures would have to justify such a reduction before they would take the Knutson drill lock, stock and barrel. Key Democratic members of the house were understood to have agreed on a three-point plan to offer as an alternative to the GOP proposal. The Democrats admitted, however, they didn’t have a chance of getting their substitute approved. The alternate plan was reported to call for an excess profits tax on corporations, as recommended by President Truman, plus a $266 increase in the present $566 capita personal exemption and extension of the community property “split income” principle to all states. The Republican bill proposes a $166 per capita increase in personal exemptions, extension of the ‘split income” plan to all states, and a 16 to 36 percent reduction in ax rates. Under the combined pro.isions of the measure taxpayers would get cuts ranging all the way from 16 to 166 percent. I’he GOP proposal, on which the muse completed two days of debate yesterday, is slated to be voted on (Turn Tn Pa up 5. Column 7) 0 Reach Wreckage Os Airliner In Europe 12 Persons Aboard Transport Killed Marseille, Jan. 31 — (UP) — Ground rescue teams reached the wreck of an American air transport plane in the lower Alps today and reported all 12 persons dead, including three American army wives and their five children. Less than 160 yards away was the wre<sk of an army flying fortftss search plane which crashed after sighting the missing transi port, killing nine of the 10 crew members aboard. The only man in the crew to survive was St. Angelo Lasalle, Des Moines, la. The transport crashed last Tuesday on a flight from Istres airfield, near Marseille, to Udine, Italy, in the Trieste area, where the army wives were scheduled to join their husbands. The crash of the flying fortress, raising to 21 the death toll in the double tragedy on the peak, was attributed to the pilot’s desire to come in as close as possible to view the wreck he had sighted after three days* of air searches. Rescue teams who climbed the mountain were able to reach the flying fortress yesterday but they were prevented from reaching the transport by 106 yards of treacherous footing. The flying fortress broke in two (Turn To Page 5. Column 6)

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Decatur, Indiana, Saturday, January 31, 1948

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FIFTEEN-YEAR-OLD Jacqueline Horner (center), Hollywood's runaway child pianist, is escorted in juvenile court by her sister. Adele (right), and Probation Officer Mrs. Helen Silvius. The young musician was overruled by juvenile court referee when she announced she did not want to return to her mother.

Republicans Sei To Change Aid Program GOP Senators Plan To Rewrite Measure Washington, Jan. 31. —(UP) — A group of Republican senators set out today to rewrite the European recovery program, giving congress rather than the state department a major voice in its administration. Sen. Joseph H. Ball, R„ Minn., spokesman for the “revisionists,” said they would fight for an “entirely different approach” to the □roblem foreign aid. Ball said the group, about 24 strong, is in general agreement that the recovery program should be handled by an independent administrator who would report periodicaly to a special “watchdog” committee of congress. The state department would merely negotiate agreements with recipient nations “under the direction of the administrator,” according to the “revisionists” proposal. This contrasts sharply with the administration plan which would give the state department overall supervision of ERP. Asked if this phase might not prompt an administration complaint that the plan amounts to congressional seizure of the President's power to direct foreign policy, Ball snapped. “It might be a good idea.” The GOP senators feel that instead of underwriting the “trade deficits” of the 16 European countries, the United States should “call the tune” on how much and what kind of aid is given. A rough outline of the “revisionists” plan was drawn up last night at a meeting in the Washington apartment of Sen. Clyde M. Reed, R., Kans. Eighteen GOP senators attended, and Ball said that about six others were unable to be present although they share the sentiments of the group. The Minnesota senator said there was no discussion at the meeting of the amount to be appropriated for the Marshall plan. However, at an earlier meeting the senators favored drastic cuts in the $6,866,666,666 down payment asked by President Truman for the,; first 15 months. Ball said the consensus was that the administrator should report to a joint house-senate committee, similar to the one set up to over(Turn To Page 5- Column 6)

Decatur Ministers Will Meet Monday The Decatur ministerial association wil meet Monday morning at 16 o’clock at the Zion Evangelical and Reformed church, it was announced today. —o Co-lnventor 01 Airplane Is Dead Orville Wright Dies Late Friday Night Dayton, 0., Jan. 31 — (UP) Orville Wright, co-inventor of the airplane and first person to fly a motor-driven craft, died last night at Miami Valley hospital after a four-day Illness. He was 76 years old. Dr. A. B. Brower, his physician, said the famous aerial pioneer died at 16:46 p. m. CST. Funeral services will be held in Dayton, but the time has not been announced. Wright, who first successfully piloted the pioneer airplane he and his brother Wilbur built in 1963. col’apsed in his laboratory Tuesday, and was taken to the hospital. He was suffering from hardening of the arteries, and later developed a lung congestion. His nurse, Delyle Myers, said Wright took a sudden turn for the worse at 5 p. m. and lapsed into a coma about an hour before he died. A nephew and a niece, Mr. and Mrs. Horace A. Wright of Dayton, and their daughter, were at his bedside when he died. He was a bachelor. Although Wright last piloted a plane in 1914 and last flew as a passenger in 1923. he nevej lost his interest in aviation. Airmen and engineers sought his advice un to the time of his collapse. Wright’s attack Tuesday at first was not believed as serious as an earlier one last October on the steps of National Cash Register building here. His condition grew steadily worse, however, and Dr. Brower announced yesterday that it was critical. Gen. Joseph T. McNarney, commanding general of the air material command at the field, issued |he following statement on learning of the pioneer aviator’s death. “As representative of the air materiel command I desire to join the nation in honoring one of its greatest men. Our great hope is (Turn To Page 5. Column 5)

Violence Touched Offßy Gandhi Slaying; Charge Conspiracy For Murder

15 Are Arrested In Bombay, Officials Charge Murder Is Part Os Conspiracy New Delhi, Jan. 31. —(UP) — Police, investigating the assassination of Mohandas Gandhi today arrested 15 persons in Bombay and charged that the murder was part of a conspiracy which has “spread its tentacles around New' Delhi." The 15 arrested in Bombay were charged as being in the conspiracy with Narayan Vinayak Gadse, extremist Hindu editor from Poona, who shot Gandhi. Gadse was quoted by police today with admitting that he and a band of five conspirators had plotted to kill Gandhi and had been responsible for the unsuccessful bombing of Birla House January 26. When the bomb plot failed the conspirators, according to Gadse, determined to make individual attempts at assassination. Police believed the group, coming from the bitterly reactionary Hindu region of Poona, near Bombay, had laid a carefully calculated plot to overthrow the moderate regime of premier Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru by striking first at Gandhi and then at other moderates, including Nehru and his Moslem associate, Maulana Azad. This plot, police officials said, “has spread its tentacles around New Delhi.” They believed that the plot had originated with members cf the secret militant Hindu organization known as Rashtriya Sewak Sangha (political servants of the country). This organization seeks to turn India inward and back to its medieval history. It advocates Hindustan for the Hindus, a blood purge or mass conversion of all Moslems, abolition of Pakistan by warfare, and a return to the strictest ancient beliefs and practices of Hinduism. Diplomats Fearful Lake Success, N. Y„ Jan. 31 — (UP) —Diplomats of the United Nations were fearful today that the assassination of Mohandas K. Gandhi, a man of peace, will make " (Turn To Pago B, Column S> O One Man Killed As Engine Jumps Track Yard Engine Jumps Track At Capital Indianapolis, Jan. 31 — (UP) — A railroad yard engine jumped the track today and plowed into three automobiles waiting for it to clear a city street crossing. The driver of one of the cars, Robert Leffler, 26, Indianapolis, was Ifiled, and six other persons, including two members of the engine crew, were injured. City police reported that the engine had picked up several passenger cars and was on its way to Union station to make up a westbound Pennsylvania train. At the Southeastern Avenue crossing, the engine left the rails and snapped its coupling with the coaches. It struck a traffic warning signal and a utility pole and headed down the avenue, smashing each car waiting at the crossing. The engine first sidswiped a car driven by-Jesse Buck, 47, St. Paul, Ind. Buck and his wife were uninjured. Then it struck a car operated by Joseph M. Rambaud, 23, Indianapolis. Rambaud and three passengers in hj| car, Dale Barrett, 28; James Smithers, 46, and Jesse Mills, 25, all of Indianapolis, were hurt. The engine then fell over on its side on top of Leffler’s car, crushing him in the wreckage. He was dead when an emergency squad reached him. The injured traipmen were Maurice B. Rees, 41. Indianapolis, engineer, and Darrell R. Fowler, 41, Indianapolis, fireman. All the injured were taken to St. Vincent’s hospital but none was believed seriously hurt.

Feared Strike Os Telegraph Men Averted Nationwide Strike Averted As Dispute On Wages Settled Washington, Jan. 31—(UP) — The threat of a nationwide telegraph strike this spring was erased today with announcement that a wage dispute between Western Union Telegraph Co. and three AFL unions had been settled for an eight cents hourly pay boost. Adolph Brungs, president of the Western Union division of f7ie Commercial Telegraphers Union (AFL) said that a majority of the 55.666 employes involved in the dispute voted last night to accept the pay increase and continuation o f the present contract until April 1. 1949. “That wipes out the threat of a telegraph strike this year then?" he was asked. "That’s right,” Brungs replied. Brungs said the agreement was reached during the past few days after Cyrus S. Ching, director of the federal mediation and conciliation service, asked the parties to try to work out a settlement in advance of a fact finding board’s report due next Monday. Ching appointed the board a few days before Christmas to head off the strike threatened for the holiday season. The Telegraphers Union, Telegraph Employes Union aifd Telegraph Workers Union had threatened to strike at the peak of the Chrisfmas rush to support a 15 cents an hour pay increase. The company contended that the unions had improperly reopened the agreement and disputed the unions’ contention that a wage increase had been promised if the company earned a profit. (Turn To Page 6, Column 8) 0 Albert Baker Dies At Hospital Today Albert Baker, 73, resident of Adams county practically his entire life, died at 1:26 a.m. today at the Adams county memorial hospital. Only surviving relative is a brother, George, of Sturgis, Mich. Funeral services will be held at 16 a.m. Tuesday, with burial in the Decatur cemetery. o No Weekend Respite In Sight From Cold Biting Wind Causes Discomfiture Here Early morning forecasts by the weatherman gave Decaturites little hope of any weekend respite |frdm the newest —andcjiilliest—I cold wave. While the mercury did not dip below the zero igark last night, a majority of residents agreed that the current cold “snap” is the most uncomfortable of the season. Sliding down to 4 above at midnight, the mercury went on down to a minimum of 2 above a few hours later and then back up to 4 above at 7 a.m. today. From there it climbed upward—ever so slowly. It was a biting wind, however, that caused the most discomfiture and made residents look askance at dwindling coal and fuel oil supplies as they attempted to keep room temperatures up to a suitable mark. The weatherman this morning predicted little change in the temperature for tonight and Sunday—seeing the possibility of cloudy weather and snow flurries, besides.

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Body Os Gandhi Is Committed To Fire Os Burning Ghat In Ancient Ceremonial New Delhi, Jan. 31—(UP)—The body of sainted Mohandas K. Gandhi today was committed to the flames of the burning ghat as violence touched off by his assassination flared anew in Bombay. The ancient Hindu ceremonial was carried out on the banks of the sacred river Jumna, one of the five sacred rivers of India, in a massive demonstration of nation al grief. But even as Devadas Gandhi, eldest son of the slain leader, was touching fire to the pyre to consume the earthly remains of India’s great soul Bombay was again torn by savage riots. As the pillar of black smoke rose slowly toward the sky, wafted gently toward the river by a light wind, a great hush fell over the multitude and they joined in a moment of silent prayer and meditation for their fallen leader. Gandhi’s supporters today descended on the headquarters and offices of the Hindu extremist organization. Mahasabha. and wrecked them. Strongly reinforced police opened fire on the angry throngs. Already the death toll in Bombay stood at six dead and 46 stabbed and wounded. Spread of rioting and violence throughout India was feared as police pursued their investigation of Narayan Vinayak Gadse, the extremist Hindu editor from Poo' no, who struck down Gandhi. There were indications that Gadse was linked with a widespread band of Hindu extremists and terrorists who long have advocated a blood bath to purge India of all Moslems and return the land to the reactionary orthodox Hinduism of medieval times. For the moment, how'ever, India’s capital was unified by grief over Gandhi’s death. His body was borne through the modern streets of New Delhi and the teeming quarters of old Delhi in such a procession as India had never seen. As the cortege passed the hundreds of thousands of mourners left their places and followed the bier in nrocession that wound more than five miles long behind Gandhi’s body. At the banks of the Jumna the huge mass of humanity, wailing and weeping in sorrow, packed around the newly bricked burning platform for as far as the eye •ould see. Gandhi’s body was reverently placed on the pyre with wood heaped below and around it. While the crowd raised a cry; “Gandhi! Gandhi! Gandhi!" Devadas began the ceremony which has been followed for generations by the Hindu faith. First, an unguent, a mixture of ’iquid butter and incense, was uoured over the pyre. Then De''adas faced toward the sun, now ’owering to the west, and began ‘o chant the ancient verses of ‘he Sanskrit Veda, the oldest and most holy book of the Hindus. The verses committed Gandhi to the gods w’ho will be responsible for his next reincarnation. As the chanting ceased, Devadas took flame from the sacred lamp which had burned all night beside Gandhi’s body and touched (Turn To Page 5, Column 4) O Centlivre Funeral On Tuesday Morning Funeral services for Carl Centlivre, Fort Wayne business man, who died Thursday night at Ann Arbor, Mich., will be held Tuesday morning at 8:36 o’clock at the Getz and Cahill funeral home in Fort Wayne and at 9 o’clock at the Cathedral of Immaculate Conception. Friends may call at the funeral home after 4 o’clock Sunday afternoon. Mr. Centlivre died following an operation three weeks ago. He was well known in Decatur,