Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 46, Number 37, Decatur, Adams County, 13 February 1948 — Page 1

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MARKET BREAK BRINGS FOOD PRICE CUTS

appear Near fflo Agreement pn Europe Aid I Senate Committee j Apparently Near I To Aid Agreement I I Washington, Feb. 13.—(UP)--senate foreign relations com- | today appeared close to among its members on lEuropean recovery program. [ ■ The committee still has to thresh Kit the matter of how much the should cost. All indicai are that it will ‘lipke a sizei I a iKtuck in the $6,800,000,000 pro- | Kosed by the administration for the f first 15 months. J Senate Democratic leader Alben Bn’. Barkley thought a decision be reached by tonight. But chairman Arthur H. thought it might take ■onger. Another » question the ■roup h as t 0 r e so ' ve is whether okay the administration proto sell 200 U. S. cargo ships charter another 300 to western Maritime unions and some firms feei this would damHige the American merchant ma■ine. Meanwhile, the house forKcn affairs committee promised ■lenry A. Wallace time on Feb. 24 give his views on the Marshall The third party candidate president is against it. He ■thinks European < aid should be Hiaiidled by the United Nations. I Only the senate was in session. ■The house will meet again Monday. ■Congressional news, meanwhile, in■cluded: I UMT —Chairman Walter G. An■drews of the house armed services ■committee said he hopes to get ■the universal military training bill ■before the house “within two or ■three weeks.” I “Depressing”—Sens. Harlan J. ■Bushfield, R„ S. D., and Sen. Million R. Young, R., N. D., introduc■ed a bill to repeal an export-limit-Sing law which requires that a re■serve of 150,000,00(7 bushels of ■wheat be carried over into the crop ■year that starts July .1. Young ■said the carryover requirement had ■a “depressing” effect on the grain ■ market. Speculation—A full-scale inves- ■ ligation of the commodity ex- ■ changes was demanded by Sen. ■ Milton R. Young, R., N. D. He ■ said he will ask the senate specu- ■ lation subcommittee to find out if S the price break resulted from ■ "rigging.” One thing he wants to ■ know, he said, is whether other ■ members of the Chicago board of ■ trade followed the “identical" trad- ■ ing pattern of E. T. Maynard who ■ made a killing on the tumbling ■ market. Rents—The head of the house ■ hanking committee is in favor of ■ extending present rent controls I one month to the end of March so I congress can see what’s going to ■ happen to the nation’s economic ■ Picture. Chairman Jesse P. Wol- ■ cott, R‘„ Mich., said that if prices I continue their skid for another 10 ■ days to two weeks, it’s fair to as- ■ sunie that ‘‘this is the stabilizing I we've been waiting for.” Filibuster —Southern Democrats ■ reportedly are worried that they | won’t be able to carry out their I filibuster strategy to kill president ■ Truman’s civil rights legislation B in the senate. They are said to ■ fear that a coalition of northern ■ Democrats and Republicans may I be powerful enough tq. limit deI bate, and eventually pass an antiI lynching or anti-poll tax bill. | Valentine Day To j Be Marked Saturday Tomorrow is Valentine Day and I while there is no official celebra- ■ tion reported, the occasion is beI ing appropriately .marked in sever- ■ al ways. The event has provided the motif I for numerous parties and social ■ gatherings and in''the schools -Val- ■ entine exchanges have been promI inent. Stores have reported a brisk I business in Valentines. candies, ■ flowers, etc, usually synonymous ■ with greetings for the occasion. WEATHER Cloudy with scattered light snow tonight and Saturday forenoon; decidedly colder attended by snow flurries and •trong northwest winds Saturday afternoon and night.

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Guerrillas Ordered To Kill Americans Order Revealed By Captured Guerrilla Salonika, Feb. 13—(UP)—Greek guerrillas have been ordered to kill any American military observers found “interfering with operations” on the battlefield, a captured guerrilla political leader who participated in Tuesday’s attack on Solonika said today. The guerrilla, John Fotiades, a staff officer in the Stefamides battalion, said these orders were issued to him in October, 1947, at the Greek guerrilla training camp at Boulkes, Yugoslavia. Fotiades said he fought with the Greek guerrillas against the Germans in 1944 and 1945. He was taken to Boulkes for political training in September, 1946, and ordered back into Greece a year later. “Before I left Boulkes I was told: ‘you must kill Americans and drive them away because they are the conquerors of Greece,’ ” he said. “ ‘ You must shoot Americans whenever they z interfere in operations.’ ” He sneered, spread his hands and shrugged his shoulders when questioned about Americans, although previously he had answered other questions freeiy and without expression. Fotiades was one of 121 guerrillas who were captured by the Greek army after they shelled Salonika early Tuesday with a 75 millimeter cannon and several mortars. The captives were marched through the streets of Salonika yesterday in a victory parade. Fotiades, 36, said there were 520" men in the attack on Salonika, including a 40-man gun crew, mortar crews and three battalions of 140 men each. The mortar section had three three-inch mortars. Fotiades said the attack against Salonika was carried out under the direct command of Lt. Col. Nikitas, guerrilla commander for central Macedpnia. 0 Parts Os Welfare Offices Flooded Pa-ts of the Adams county welfare offices in the courthouse were flooded for a time this morning. When a downspout froze, water poured off the roof and down into he basement window of the offices, inundating the floor. o Logansport Reports Shortage In Account Logansport, Ind., Feb. 13 — (UP) — City officials here today requested that the state board of accounts investigate a shortage of $l,OBl from electric power department funds. Leland Smith, city attorney, said the shortage was found in the accounts of ’George Brower, 45-year-old cashier of the department. Smith said Brower had been missing since Feb. 2, when Brower told the clerk at the hotel where he lived that he wad going to Indianapolis. Smith said Brower had been a city employe since 1929. t o— Junior Roundup To Be Held Feb. 21 Invite Children To Program At Church A junior roundup is announced for all children in Decatur and community, ranging in ages up to 12 years, inclusive, Saturday, February 21, at 2 p.m. in the First Christian church, Decatur. The roundup is under the direction of Mrs. C. H. Wiederkehr and Ward Houser, under the auspices of the Adams County Christian Endeavor Union, of which the latter is the president and the former superintendent of juniors. All children are welcome to attend this junior roundup and participate in a singspiration. Flennelgraph lessons, special musical numbers, and rewards for attendance are included in the program. Children above junior age are also invited as well as interested adults to this second in a series of. junior roundups to be conducted In the county.

Eight Killed In Apartment House Fire Three Others Are Missing, 14 Make Escape From Fire Utica, N. Y„ Feb. 13 — (UP) — Firemen today removed eight bodies, all so badly charred that they could not be identifed, from the ruins of a three-story apartment house which was destroyed by fire shortly before dawn. Three other persons were missing, and were believed dead. Fourteen persons escaped, three of them badly burned. One was in critical Among the bodies taken from the wrecked building was that of a young another who clutched the body of a small child in her arme. The dead and missing were trapped on the top floor of the building which burned like tinder and collapsed. Firemen believed an oil burner exploded and started the fire about 4:30 a.m. Police had accounted for only 14 of the 25 persons who were in the building when the fire broke out. The old building was on a westside, narrow one-way street, which delayed firemen. All three floors collapsed. One wall was held up by a telephone pole. Firemen found considerable oil on the basement floor and cans of oil scattered about, they said. Doctors and nurses stood by as firemen and police dug through the ruins for traces of the missing. A 13-year-old girl, Mary Hoage, jumped to safety from a second story porch into a pile of snow. She was the only member of a family of eight accounted for. She told police that she begged her younger brothers and sisters to jump, but they refused. o World Day Os Prayer Service Here Tonight The public is inivted to attend he World Day of Prayer service, to be held at 7:30 o’clock this evening at the Trinity Evangelical church. Dr. Andrew Esperson, pastor of the First Baptist church at Fort Wayne, will speak at the service, conducted by the Decatur council of church women. 0 Icy Pavements Cause Series Os Accidents Authorities Report Several Accidents A series of auto accidents in Decatur and community late yes terday and today was attributed to the slippery streets and highways. Cars driven by Chalmer Lee. 515 Line street, and Walter Haines, 23, also of Decatur, collided at Jefferson and Ninth streets about 6:25 a.m. today and then the cars slid into an ornamental lamp post. Damage to the Lee auto was estimated at $65 and that to the Haines’ vehicle at sls. Officers Robert Hill and Dale Death investigated. A car driven by John M. Burger slid on the icy street at 311 North Ninth street about 7:05 a.m. and struck a parked car, owned by Charles Kent, of the above ad dress. An estimate of the damage was not complete. The accident was reported to officer Hill. Cars driven by George Appelman, 70, 122 North Seventh street, and Mrs. Joe Mendoza, 29, route five, were involved in a collision when Mr. Appelman started to turn into an alley adjacent to his home. Officer Adrian Coffee, who investigated, estimated damage to the Appelman auto at SBO and that to the other car at S3O. Hits Two Parked Cars Thursday afternoon as V. M. Krick, 53, was driving a Krick-Tyn-dall company pickup truck down Rugg street, the vehicle slid as he was moving around a curve in the 200 block and struck a car, owned ■by Charles Eyanson, .parked on the left side, and then skidded across the street and struck anTurn To Page 2, Column 6)

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Decatur, Indiana Friday, February 13, 1948

British Tractors Arrive In U. S. /® X ’ / -■ w i I * i \ . jlggyll , j 4*sl"* wKI w < F ’ S wSIII FFIRST ENGLISH-MADE TRACTORS to arrive in the United States are unloaded at Philadelphia. Manufactured for Harry Ferguson, Inc., of Detroit, the $20,000,000 consignment of tractors produced by Standard Motors Co. in Coventry, England, is hailed as aid to enforcement of the Marshall plan.

Sleet, Snow, Rain Sweep Ohio Valley Sub-Normal Weather Into Second Month By United Press A sleet, snow and rain storm swept up the Ohio river valley today as the nation entered its second month of continous sub-normal weather. The first of a series of cold waved which ate up critically short fueloil and forced as many as half a million w'orkers out of work .moved into the United States from Canada on Jan. 12. • Since then temperatures have been below normal over much of the nation. Approximately 175,000 workers in Michigan and the Ohio Vailed still were idle today as officials called for strict conservation measures to protect the remaining supply of fuel oil. A brief respite from the severe t Turn io Page 7. Column 6)

(Rev. Dwight R. McCurdy, Church of God) “THE SEED AND THE SOIL” “Behold, a sower went forth to sow; And when he sowed, some seeds fell by the wayside, and the fowls came and devoured them up: Some fell upon stony places, and when the sun was up they W’ere scorched; and because they had no root, they withered away. And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprung up, and choked them; But other fell Into good ground, and brought forth fruit.” Matt. 13:3-8. Jesus came into the world to be a king. The establishment of His kingdom in the world was made possible through the preaching of the gospel. The seed sown is “the word of the Kingdom” which has in it the germ of eternal life. “For the word of God is quick, and powerful. and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart” (Heb. 4:12). David said, “The entrance of thy words giveth light; it giveth understanding unto the simple.” (Psalm 119:130.) The hearer of the gospel has within himself the ground for the reception of the seed. There are four classes of people who listen to the preaching of salvation. First, there are the wayside hearers. They would like to serve the Lord but do not entirely .give up the world. The will of God appeals to them, but the birds of worldliness, vain thoughts, and ppde, soon snatch away the .word of God. The second class is composed of those who may be styled -as surface hearers. Such persons want to be religious—but not too religious. The only thing that will prepare the heart properly for the salvation of the soul is true Bible repentance which causes the worshiper to hate sin, and forsake it. Read Isa. 55:7. The third class of people is composed of those who are Christians, but who refuse to be wholly surrendered to the Lord. The fourth class of people, dig deeply because they have godly sorrow for their sins. All the secret sins are brought to light; all the thorns are pulled up. The heart is exposed to the Sun of righteousness, to the gentle dew of God’s grace, and to His life-giving words. The good seed has a chance to grow. The seed of the kingdom of God is being planted universally. Wherever the sun shines on this globe, there the messengers of the King take the good news that precious souls Biay be translated from the kingdom of darkness into the kingdom of God’s dear Son. Those who are saved from sin through the acceptance of the Lord Jesus Christ as Savior are made members of that heavenly kingdom. As the seed spreads from heart to heart, so the kingdom of God grows on earth. Redeemed men and women everywhere bow down and worship the King of kings and sing the song of triumph with -the Revelator. “Unto Him that loved us. and washed us from our sins in His own blood, and hath made us kings and priests unto God and His Father; to Hirmbe glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen.” (Rev. 1:5-6).’

Friday The 13th Baby Is Reported A baby boy, born at 2:42 a.m. today at the Adams county memorial hospital to Mr. and Mrs. Franklin Souder carries x the distinction of being the first Friday the 13th baby reported here. The baby weighed eight pounds and seven ounces at birth and has not been named. His parents reside at 130 South Fifth street. Czechs Hold U. S. Citizen For Spying Prague, Feb. 13 — (UP) — United States embassy officials said today they had been notified by the Czechoslovak government that Doro hy Brown, an American citizen, had been arrested on charges of espionage and would go on trial here Monday. The embassy officials said they could not confirm that the woman was' an American citizen, since she was not registered at the embassy. Czechoslovak officials informed them of the case late today, they reported. They were told they coud not get any more information until tomorrow.

Grain Prices Move Up After Early Losses On Chicago Trade Board

International Law Code Urged By Taft I Hard-Boiled Stand On Aid Is Sought Omaha, Neb. Feb. 13. —(UP) — Sen. Robert A. Taft of Ohio moved westward today into the grain belt, seeking support for his drive for the Republican presidential nomination. Taft arrived here from St. Paul, Minn., where last night he gave the most detailed account so far of his ideas concerning U. S. foreign policy. Speaking before the St. Paul Republican club. Taft proposed that representatives of this nation meet with officials from other countries to write a code of laws governing nations and their conduct with eacfy other. He also demanded a more “practical and hard-boiled” attitude toward aid to Europe. He said the aid program should be placed under an administrator who could make certain that money would be sent abroad only for projects “of clear economic value.” “We have talked of justice.” he said, “but we have showm no real interest ip justice either in the United Nations charter, in the drawing of boundaries and the assignment of territory, or in the Nurenberg trials in Germany where we enacted an ex post facto law and enforced it retroactively under the elaborate pretense of justice," he said. He said that before the United Nations could ever set up a strong police force it must have a legal system for the police group to enforce. "I feel very strongly that we should proceed to sit down with all those nations who are willing to do so and write a law governing the relations of different naTurn Tn 2. Column H) 0 Schafer Company To Open Branch Office To Open Wholesale Office In Toledo The Schafer Company, Inc., of this city, will formally open a branch display and wholesale sales division in Toledo, Ohio, on February 18, Ralph O. Gentis, sales manager for the company, announced today. The Toledo branch will feature Duo-Therm oil burning appliances, for which the company is distributor in Northeastern Indiana, and Northwestern Ohio. Major items in the general hardware and appliance lines will also be stocked and distributed from the Toledo division, Mr. Gentis, stated. R. J. Wharton, native Toledoan, who has been a salesman for the company for two years, will be manager of the branch store. It is located in a modern building at 92? Monroe street. The company also has a warehouse on Smead Avenue. Announcement of the store's opening will be made in the Toledo Blade next week, the city’s largest newspaper. Mr. Gentis will divide his time between the local office and the Toledo branch. Fourteen salesmen cover the company’s territory in three states, including southern Michigan. Distribution of the DuoTherm products has been on the increase since the end of the war. when the company, which is located at Lansing, resumed manufacturing of the household oil burning space heaters, furnaces, hot water heaters, and other modernday' appliances. The Toledo area embraces several counties in that metropolitan territory and the demand for the oil-burning units, along with those items distributed by the company, necessitated the establishing of (£ie (Turn To Page 7, Column 5)

To Restore Gas Deliveries To Detroit Plants I J. End Idleness For 150,000 Workers In Detroit Plants Detroit, Feb. 13 —(UP) —Michigan Consolidated Gas company announced today it will resume deliveries of natural gas Tuesday to Detroit’s prostrate industry, ending idleness for some 150,090 workers. • Chrysler corporation, hardest hit of 95 Detroit industrial 05hcerns shut tight by a critical gas shortage, immediately instructed 50,000 idle workers to return to their jobs Tuesday. Henry Fink, president of Michigan Consolidated, said the company would turn on industrial gas again at 7 a. m. after a shutdown since Jan. 28 and that it would be able to maintain flow until Friday at least. Fink said that if milder weather prevailed the gas company saw a “fair chance” of continuing normhl deliveries with no further restrictions. Consolidated’s announcement came after Detroit city and utility officials knocked in vain on Washington doors in a plea for federal authorities to help speed some gas to stricken industry. The locked plants and lines of idle employes at unemployment compensation offices rivaled depression days, according to board of commerce officials, who estimated that $30,900,000 a week was lost in wages alone. The auto industry, which laid off some 80,000 workers, lost an estimated 75.000 vehicles in the three-week shutdown. mostly passenger cars. Line Blows Up Tulsa. Okla., Feb. 13—(UP)—A high pressure gas line supplying the Tulsa area blew up and caught fire 10 miles south of Oklahoma City today, causing fuel to be shut off from all industrial users here. D. W. Reeves, general sales manager of the Oklahoma Natural ,Gas Co. announced at 8:30 a. m. that “industrial users in Tulsa will not have fuel a good part of the day.” He said residential areas, however, would be served. The blast and fire apparently were not as serious at the scene as w'ere their consequences here. Reeves said no one was injured, and in Oklahoma City. Tom Sterling, district manager for the gas (Turn To Page 8. Column 8)' o Electric Service Is Partially Disrupted Numerous Decaturites — those depending upon electric clocks in their homes — were late for work this morning, as result of a power failure during the night. A short circuit caused a switch at the municipal plant to be “blown" and parts of the city were darkened for several minutes about 4 a.m. today.

MAP OF CITY’S VOTING PRECINCTS ON PAGE SEVEN A map showing the boundary lines of the nine Decatur voting precincts may be found on page seven of tonight's issue of the Daily Democrat. The voting places are not listed, since several have not been definitely located. Voters and political leaders have been urged to clip the map for future reference. Voters are asked to check the map to determine whether or not they have been moved from one precinct to another. County Clerk Edward Jaberg has pointed out that it will not be, necessary for any person, otherwise properly qualified, to ■transfer his or her registration. This will be done by personnel in the clerk's office in instances where the voter’s precinct has been effected by the changes. The voter will be required in future elections to cast his ballot at the proper voting place, once the sites have been determined. The map was prepared by Ralph E. Roop, city engineer and reproduced by the Daily Democrat through a photo-engraving concern.

Price Four Cents

Survey Shows Price Drops In Retailers Food Prices; Slash In Butter Prices Chicago, Feb. 13 — (UP) Corn prices dropped the limit on the Chicago board of trade today in a renewal of the sharpest downward plunge in the market’s 100-year history. It was the sixth time in eight days that corn had broken the full eight-cent limit. Wheat, however, opened 2 cents a bushel lower to 4 cents higher. Grain prices moved upward from the day’s low levels in later trading however. After dropping the full eight cents a bushel, May corn recovered 3-% cents of the loss. Wheat prices rallied to range from 44 cent a bushel to 6 centa higher than on Wednesday. ‘ Meanwhile, a survey by the national association of retail grocers showed that the big break in the commodity markets already has resulted in “substantial price reductions” at retail grocery stores across the nation. Price cuts were reported on flour, bacon, ham, lard, vegetable •shortening, eggs, butter, pork and in some cases beef. The price of corn for delivery in May dropped today $1.9744 a bushel, a nosedive of 7344 cents since Jan. 16. when it hit an all-time high. July corn, too, dropped the limit, along with soybeans for delivery in March and May. May wheat dropped 6 cents at the opening of trading at Minneapolis. and 444 cents at Kansas City. One large grain brokerage said today it saw little reason to change its prediction that corn prices would sink stilb lower. Another firm said “lack of confidence” in the commodity marlots still prevails. A third brokerage said there probably would be many false rallies before the markets are stabilized. Reports from the wheat belt said farmers had shipped some grain to market in the fear that prices may drop still lower. Other farmers, however, were reported hanging on to their grain in the hope the government will begin buying again and send the price upward. All grain markets in the United States were closed yesterday on Lincoln’s birthday anniversary, but at Winnipeg rye dropped 10 cents a bushel. Trading in rye was at a virtual standstill. Wholesale butter prices dropped sharply at both Chicago and New York. At Chicago prices dropped 344 to 544 cents a pound, and at New York 5 to 644 cents. — _o Taxi Skids, Smashes Window At Station Today, Friday the 13th. was an unlucky one for Jay Minch, local taxicab driver, as well as the owner of the Mobilgas station at Thirteenth and Adams streets. The cab driver drove into the station driveway and applied his brakes, but the car skidded on the ice and crashed into tne station, breaking a large five by sevenfoot window. Damage to the auto was estimated at S4O by officer Robsrt Hill, who investigated. The accident occurred about 11:15 a.m. The cab fa owned by Robert Glentzer, proprietor of the local cab firm.