Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 46, Number 47, Decatur, Adams County, 25 February 1948 — Page 1

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CZECHS BOW TO COMMUNIST ULTIMATUM

Printers Lose Legal Battle K)n Injunction Union Motion For Dismissal Denied In Federal Court I Indianapolis, Feb. 25 —(UP) — LA printars’ union involved in [strikes against 14 daily newspapers host today its legal battleyto dismiss a government injunction petition against it. I Judge Luther M. Swygert denied in federal district court here the International Typographical [union’s motion to dismiss. The way was cleared for resumption of hearings on the injunction proceedings. Swygert set March 3 at 10 a.m. for the beginning of tearings on his rule for the union to show cause why it should not be enjoined from alleged unfair labor practiqes as requested by the [national labor relations board in | a petition filed Jan. 16. Swygert ruled, in effect, that I section 10 (J) of the Taft-Hartley act was constitutional. He said the court’s authority to grant interlocutory relief pending a final adjudication “is of ancient origin and needs no support of cited authority.” He also said the NLRB acted legally when its agents', rather than the board* itself, filed the injunction petition. Swygert ruled that the fact final determination of the principal issues in the ITU-NLRB controversy was not in his power did not prevent him from having authority to~ grant interlocutory relief. He cited four U. S. court tests between 1885 and 1918 in stfpport of his contention that “there is thus no in the provision for the separation of the adjudication of the principal action by one tribunal under section 10 (B) and the proceeding febore a different tribunal to obtain interlocutory relief under section 10 (J).” “While the jurisdiction of the district court under section 10 (J) is confined to the granting of interlocutory relief,” he said, “its decision is final and conclusive as to the application for such relief, except as that decision may be reviewed on appeal. “This’ finality, of course, does not preclude the revision or modification of its decree by the district court pending the determination of the principal controversy by the board.” Swygert said that it lay within the province of the NLRB to pass upon the merits of the principal controversy. He said the ITU was wrong in its contention that the jurisdiction of the court involved “an exercise of legislative or administrative functions of a non-judicial charac<Turn Vo Paste 2. Column 3) 0 Sarah Sellemeyer Is Taken By Death Former Local Lady Dies In California Mrs. Sarah Sellemeyer, 86, member of a prominent pioneer family of this community, died suddenly shortly before noon Tuesday at Los Angeles, Calif., according to word received here. Mrs. Sellemeyer, widow of the •ate August Sellemeyer, a former Decatur businessman, was the mother of Jess O. and Miss Martha Sellemeyer, a former missionary to China. Before leaving this community many years ago, her husband had been engaged in the Kirsch & Sellemeyer lumber business in this city. Mrs. Sellemeyer had been in ill health for a number of years, but ber death came suddenly. Surviving besides the two children and a granddaughter, Martha Sellemeyer, all in Clifornia, are a number of relatives in this county. Funeral arrangements had not been completed at a late hour today, but the body will be returned to the Zwick funeral home in this city. Services have been tentatively ®et for Sunday afternoon.

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

Candidate I. * Cong. George W. Gillie Congressman Gillie Seeks Renomination G. O. P. Incumbent Is Again Candidate Representative George W. Gillie today revealed that he will seek reelection this year to the fourth district seat in congress he has held since 1938. The Fort Wayne congressman, now serving his fifth term in the house, announced in Washington that he will be a candidate for renomination on the Republican ticket in the May 4 primary. Congressman Gillie’s announcement, ended .speculation concerning bis future political plans which arose during a recent illness. The congressman, who underwent a major operation last October, has been pronounced completely recovered by his physicians and has -carried on a full legislative schedule since the opening of congress in January. Congressman Gillie will remain at hie desk in Washington until the adjournment of coftgress, returning only to vote. in the primary election. If renominated, however, he plans an active campaign next summer and fall which will take him into every corner of the district. Dr. Gillie was first elected to congress in 1938, defeating former Rep. James I. Farley by 20,274 in the political upset. As chairman of a special house sub-committee, he has sponsored legislation and directed the fight being waged against the spread of foot and mouth disease, a dread livesock malady, to this country from Mexico. He also is chairman of one of the major agricultural subcommittees. Dr. Gillie is married and has two (Turn To Page 2, Column 3) o Traffic Survey Is Begun In Decafur State Commission Engineers In City A traffic survey by engineers of the state highway commission was begun here today on a preliminary scale. George Ryman, assistant state planning survey engineer and his aide, Harry Comley, began initial work in the survey of parking and traffic conditions in downtown Decatur this morning. The early survey work is expected to require a day or two, with the engineers returning at a later date to complete the check on a full scale. Dechtur is one of half a dozen cities of its size in the state to benefit from the survey. Findings of the engineers and recommendations of corrective measures are returned to the city after the survey is completed and checked. Police chief James Borders is head of a committee of a number of representative local citizens, who will work w’ith the engineers in making the recommendations. The committee was named last year by former Mayor John B. Stults after the survey was approved by the state. The survey is conducted without cost to the city, the expense being borne by the federal and state governments. Weather Cloudy with occasional light rain or drizzle tonight and Thursday; not much change In temperature.

Price Fixing Charged To St. Louis Dairies City's Two Largest Dairies And Six Os Officers Indicted St. Louis, Feb, 25—(UP)—The two largest dairies in St. Louis and six of their officers were indicted today on federal charges of conspiracy to fix the price of milk in this area. The indictment climaxed a twomonth investigation by FBI agents and the federal grand jury here into complaints of continuing high prices of milk and butter. The St. Louis consumer’s federation had charged in a formal complaint that milk price increases were double the increases paid to producers and that proportionate cuts were withheld from consumers when wholesale quotations declined. Defendants named in the indictment were: The St. Louis Dairy Co., the Pevely Dairy Co., Basil M. Lide, president of the St. Louis Dairy; Arthur F. Kerckhoff, president of Pevely Dairy; Richard D. Kerckhoff, Pevely chairman; Elmer M. Kerckhoff, Pevely director; Daniel M. Kerckhoff, Pevely secretary, and Alexander Kerckhoff, Pevely treasurer. Attorney general Tom C. Clark said the defendants sell and distribute approximately 63 percent of the fluid milk consumed in the St. Louis area. “This is the first major indictment in the milk industry since, the commencement of the program of the anti-trust division to prosecute illegal conspiracies to fix the prices of food, clothing or housing,” Clark said. The grand jury accused the defendants of agreeing to charge uniform non-competitive prices for fluid milk. Neither company would, change its price until the other dairy agreed to go along, it charged. Anti-trust officials said the two dairies made seven uniform milk price changes between July 3, 1946. and Jan. 28, 1948. They said that six of these were increases. Arthur Kerckhoff, Pevely president, said he would have no comment until he has studied the indictment. Lide also said he would have a statement later. The indictment listed eight counts in support of its charge that the two dairies “regularly and consistently charged uniform and non-competitive retail and wholesale prices of milk in the St. Louis area.” Maximum penalty upon conviction of the conspiracy charges is one year in prison and a $5,000 fine for the individuals cited. The (Turn To Pafre 2. Column 3) Edward H. Kruse Is Congress Candidate To Seek Nomination * On Democrat Ticket Edward H. Kruse, Jr., 30, of Fort Wayne, today announced his candidacy for the nomination for representative from the fourth Indiana congressional district, subject to the Democratic primary election in May. Mr. Kruse is a lawyer with offices at 1213 Fort Wayne Bank Building. He has never before sought nor held a public office, although he has been active in Democratic political affairs for a number of years and is a member of a pioneer Fort Wayne family that has been actively aligned with the Democratic party through several generations. He is the son of Dr. and Mrs. Edward H. Kruse, 2805 Fairfield avenue. Mr. Kruse, a veteran of World War 11, has a distinguished service record. He received the secretary of navy commendation for his efforts in assisting in the rescue of PT boats and personnel aboard when a transport ship was torpedoed and sunk in the South Pacific. He was decorated for four major campaigns as a PT boat commander in the Pacific area.

ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ADAMS COUNTY

Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday, February 25,1948

Contracl Is Let For Police Radio System Motorola Company Awarded Contract Decatur and Adams county police officials today looked forward to the realization of a long-cherish-ed dream — the installation and operation of a short wave, twoway police radio system. A possibility was seen today that the system might be in operation here within the next 60 to 90 days. The Motorola 'Mfg. Co., was awarded the contract for furnishing and installing the equipment by the county board of commissioners and the board of public works and safety of the city of Decatur. The purchase price, installed, is $4,498.55. Appropriations of $2,100 by the city and $2,925 by the county, total $5,025 in the 1948 budget, thus allowing more than enough to cover the estimated $125 yearly operating cost. Cost of installation of the fixed equipment—a transmitter and antenna at th« courthouse, remote control tinits at the courthouse an*d city hall —are to be borne equally by the two governmental agencies. The cost of two mobile units —one in the sheriff’s and deputy sheriff’s cars —is to be paid by the county. That of a unit in the city police car is to be borne by the city. Control of the unit is to be placed with the city police since the (federal communications commission requires that a license and building permit be issued to only one agency. Operation of the system may be conducted, however, from either the sheriff’s office or the city police office or both. ’An intercommunications hookup between the two is also included. Advocates of the system have pointed out the advantages of linking the two departments in a closer relationship to afford more efficient and speedier police work and law enforcement. (Turn 'l’o Pagre 4 Column 6) O — Seven Children Burn To Death In lowa Home Destroyed By Fire This Morning SEVEN CHILDREN BURN Burlington, la., Feb. 25. —(UP) —Seven children were burned’ to death today in a fire which destroyed a farm home 14 miles north of here. Coroner R. O. Giles said the seven children perished at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ellsworth Waterhouse. The victims, all children of the Waterhouses, were: Betty Jean, 16; Helen Maris, 11; James Allen, 9; Doris Ann, 6; Thomas >E„ 4; Mary K., 3, and David, 18 months. They were sleeping in three beds in the only upstairs room of the two-story frame house. Three other sons, Lester, 20; Donald, 18, and Everett, 22, and (Turn To Page 4 Column 4)

'MtecUtatiw (Rev. R. A. Carter, Church of the Nazarene) “THE ROAD TO JERICHO” “And Jesus answering said. A certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among thieves, which stripped him of his raiment, and wounded him, and departed, leaving him half dead.” Luke 10:25-30 Among the multitudes which followed Jesus. It was quite common to find those who had it in mind to find fault with His teachings. On this occasion a lawyer makes inquiry concerning eternal life. In answering a question of the Master as to what was written in the law, he stated that it centered about our love to God and to our neighbor. Jesus answered, “this do, and thou shalt live.” But in self defense the lawyer made inquiry as to whom his neighbor might be. Jesus then gives the story of the Good Samaritan. The setting is the road leading from Jerusalem to Jericho. It was a distance of 19 miles and in some places was rocky and desolate. It was then and has been for centuries a notorious haunt of robbers. We have here a picture that is common to man. Along the road of life there is much suffering. There are those yet today’ who watch for a chance to take as a prey their fellowman. Sinful and riotous living will always destroy character and bring misery, heartache and death. Young people start upon the journey of life with great hope and aspiration for success and happiness. Too many times they find themselves along the way someplace with all hope gone, discouraged, and heart broken. A neighbor is needed. Again it is a picture of those who are not followers of Christ. The devil and his cohorts w’ill leave those following him stripped, wounded, and dying. Our only hope Is Jesus Christ, our Good Samaritan.

Reni Control Stop-Gap Bill Passed Today Congress Completes Action Today On Temporary Measure Washington, Feb. 25. —(UP) — Congress completed action today on temporary legislation to extend rent controls to March 31. President Truman is expected to sign the stop-gap measure as soon as it can be flown to him in the south. The senate adopted the houseapproved resolution unanimously. It already had passed a long-term bill to extend rent controls 14 months. With both senate and house working on fairly routine business, congressional news included: Southern Democrats —A house judiciary subcommittee fanned the quarrel between President Truman and southern Democrats over civil rights by approving an anti-lynch-ing bYII Recommended by tjie administration. It would make lynching a federal offense punishable by a maximum of 20 years in prison and $10,(100 fine. The full judiciary committee may consider the bill tomorrow. Southern Democrats, several of whom have promised a fight to keep Mr. Truman from being their party's presidential nominee, will do their utmost to keep the anti-lynching and other civil rights measures from becoming law. The house has passed such measures in the past. But they have always died in the senate. UMT —Chairman Leo E. Allen of the house rules committee said he would rather have this country spend the $2 billion a year that universal military training would cost on such things as atomic research, the air force, and expansion of the armed forces' reserves. His committee has refused to clear UMT legislation for house action. Foredoomed —A steel man and a congressman said the European recovery program would bankrupt the United States and that it is foredoomed to failure. Ernest T. Weir, chairman of the National Steel Corp., and Rep. Frederick S. Smith, R„ 0., voiced these views to the house foreign affairs committee. Enlightenment . . . Improvement —Sen. Claude Pepper, D., Fla., proposed that congress set up radio stations, one on each coast, to broadcast its proceedings. He said such broadcasts would enlighten the people and improve the debating caliber of congress. The rent bill finally passed today was just a legislative "breather” to give congress time to complete long-term legislation. During the period of grace the house will go to work on a longrange rent control bill. Chairman Jesse P. Wolcott, R„ Mich., whose house banking committee will draft the legislation, said it probably would follow the senate bill in extending controls for 14 months.

President Benes Forced To Bow To Ultimatum Os Communist Party Heads

U. S. Opposes Use Os Force In Palestine Opposes Enforcing Palestine Partition By Use Os Armies Washington, Feb. 25 —(UP) — The United States will oppose with all its power — the veto, if necesary — any attempts by the United Nations to impose partition of Palestine by force, it was learned today. This does not mean the U. S. is now opposing partition. On the contrary, it supports partition as the only just solution. And it is ready to support the principle of a UN army, including American as well as Russian troops, to maintain peace and security in Palestine. But authoritative quarters here emphasize there is a big distinction between an army to maintain peace and one to enforce a political decision such as partition. The UN charter, they said, gives the world organization no authority to impose a politcal decision by force. This does not doom partition in the eyes of'these officials. They see a good chance of putting the plan through if the UN acts to restore law and order in Palestine. These statements, as complex as they may appear, are still an over-implification of perhaps the most snarled issues in American history. They are supported here by farmers of american policy by involved and tedious legal reasoning. There are a lot of “ifs,” "ands,” and “huts.” But officials insist they are correct statements of American policy. They expressed these views in an effort to clarify the statements of Palestine policy read to the UN security council yesterday by U. S. delegate Warren R. Austin. As these officials put it, the United States has decided: 1. The UN has no authority in any case to impose by force of arms any of its political decisions. If it did, the Americans argue, it would mean the UN was a world government. 2. The UN can use force only the restore or maintain international peace and security. (Turn To Pasre 2. Column 3) 0Council Will Fill Vacancy On Board To Fill Vacancy In City School Board The city council is expected to take action at its regular meeting next Tuesday night in filling the vacancy on the city school board, created by the death of Gregg McFarland. The late Mr. McFarland's term expires in August, 1949. Councilmanic election of school board members takes place each June previous to the month of August in the same year. The terms are "staggered” so that only one member is elected each year. The law provides that not more than two members of the same political party serve at any one time. The term of Roy Mumma, the Republican member, expires in August of this year. The term of Gerald Cole expires in 1950. He is a Democrat. Mr. McFarland was also a Democrat. To date one application for an appointment to fill the unexpired term of Mr. McFarland has been received at the office of the city ■£lerk-treasurer. £ e

Candidate ' Myles F. Parrish Myles F. Parrish Is Candidate For Judge Prosecutor Enters Race For Judgeship Prosecuting attorney Myles F. Parrish, of Decatur, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Parrish, announced today that he will seek the Democratic nomination for judge of the Adams circuit court in the May primary. Mr. Parrish was born in Decatur, and has resided here his entire life. He was graduated from Decatur high school. He spent seven years at Indiana University, where he received a bachelor of arts degree in government and history, and a doctor of jurisprudence degree from Indiana University school of law. While in law school he was editor of the Indiana Law Journal, a member of the Indiana Law club, president of Phi Delta Phi, international legal fraternity, and lecturer and assistant in the government department of the college of arts and sciences. After his graduation from law school he received a special appointment to the federal bureau of investigation, where he was engaged in the various activities of the United States department of justice. He was graduated from the F. B. I. academy in Washington, D. C. After World Wair II was declared, Mr. Parrish enlisted in the United States navy and served for the duration of the war, at which time he was honorably discharged. He has been admitted to practice before the supreme court of Indiana, is a member of the Adams county bar, the Indiana bar association, and the American bar association. Mr. Parrish is a member of the American Legion, Adams Post No. 43. o — Lions Entertained By Music Students Decatur High School Students Entertain Music students of the Decatur junior-senior high school entertained Tuesday evening at the weekly meeting of the Decatur Lions club, held at the Knights of Pythias home. Mtes Helen Haubold, music supervisor in the city's public schools, was in charge of the half hour program of vocal and instrumental music. Students taking part in the vocal presentations: Alice Langston, Sue Harper, Margene Bauer, Jane Daily, Karlann Striker, Barbara Anspaugh, Joan von Gunten. Kristine ’ Striker, Dan Freeby, Marcus Foreman, Medford Smith, Ed Mattax, Bill Kingsley, Gordon Rice, (Turn To Page 4 Column 5)

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Legalizes Police State Established By Communists In Country Yesterday Prague, Feb. 25 — (UP) — President Eduard Benes, bowing to a Communist ultimatum today accepted premier Klement Gottwald s handpicked cabinet, thereby legalizing the police state established yesterday. State police were reported to have fired into a mass of demonstrating students. Benes gave in to Communist demands at 5:30 p.m. (10:30 a.m. CST) —- six and one-half hours before he was to speak to the nation and five and one-half hours before the time limit set by Gottwald. The Communists had threatened to cripple Czechoslovak economy with a general strike unless the government they already had seized were turned over to them formally. Benes’ office announced his acceptance in a brief communique which also said he accepted the resignations of 12 non-Communist cabinet ministers who brought the political crisis to a head by walking out of the government last week. Gottwald announced Benes’ decision in a brief wildly applauded speech to a massive crowd in Wenceslaue square. The Communists heaped enormous pressure on Benes to make him put the "official” stamp on their capture of Czechoslovakia. Their coup was in the mop-up stage, and they were rushing to consolidate it formally. Gottwald and his Communist lieutenants called on Benes and presented the demand for his sanction of a ne-w all-leftist government to pick up the Communist program. As soon as the demand was presented. the Communist organ Rude Pravdo splashed the bold proclamation that “if the new government of Gottwald is not accepted today, we shall hold a general strike.” By all signs complete victory was within the Communist grasp. It appeared that within a matter of hours the cabinet of their choice would be running the country they took over yesterday by stripping local administrative agencies of their authority and giving it to their own action committees. Only the president stood between the Communists and the formalization of their conquest of the little republic which had teetered for months on the dividing line between the east and the west. Piling the pressure on him, Prague factory bosses ordered the (turn To Page 6. Column 5) o Seven Exhibits At Dairy Day March 4 Dairy Day Display Planned In Decatur Seven exhibits, which offer a veritable short course in dairying, will constitute the “dairy day” display to be held March 4 at Decatur junior-senior high school. These short “short courses” and exhibits have been prepared at Purdue University, and will be offered cooperatively by Adams county dairy producers, processors, distributors, and the county extension office. They will help launch “Dairy Day” as a new venture and will present a number of new ideas to dairymen, whether ths owners of small or large herds. “All dairymen in Indiana are interested in promoting the growth and security of the dairy industry in our state,” county agent L. E. Archbold said recently. “They know that one way to do this is to support a joint effort to establish high standards of scientific and sanitary dairying — which, in the long run, means profitable dairying.” Exhibits planned to help present new ideas in dairying include: "Artificial insemination,” its economy, safety and efficiency; “use of D. D. T.,” to control disease(Turn To Page «, Column 6)