Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 46, Number 88, Decatur, Adams County, 13 April 1948 — Page 1

XLVI. No. 88.

IEPORT BACK-TO MINES MOVE LAGGING

Wed Action ;lie Boost Air I Blouse Committee * Merges Passage Os — Billion Fund 't"i' ■ jsT,.,. ir 'n air power in about s ; .'.7<;.100.00<» liooat toR V Kiu. b') with Russia’*. t I' l ’ 11 ' 1 ""’ com 1 'f Brfb' •* iriiiile-l iiiHsih'H " S Hr !•>•!• -- air. raft The house 1 • jug the tomor(■M |. r;U> luke the total before . ... SUsB -' " * y ■iß l ' ''''' r “ : »>H ' *" in aBiBBjMr... ■ No 2 and Rus ’SUP’’ -hl'“. ai'ior.lltie hoti-e arm ; .-S >•- 'tec that Rus ' aiming for a show with the Unite I State*. Is air force . .■ 4 He the Soviets ■®«W on’ 1- times as many as (■ '-enate considering legislation and the until tomorrow. .. tietes-ional news inclutl B te' ’he unusual situation of ESi , otiKte-slonal lead more money an ;.<>»> r 'han It does. A the offing. The K *n-e h.ali command is com t.. I policy of keeping the yAr" ar I services “balanced " ’lie time being it does not ci the air force from |f groups to ■ E I "’’ armed *.-rv BMr unanimous -lire r.gi-tralion only of through 25 It set no miniage The house committee a bill making the |® '• g- ration age 30. Hut only would be liatde induction K^Bt' 1 Tlie house eX'-cll H 'l' ltrs rommlttee voted I wh *‘ ,l,ei ’ •*>* govern- »■»'« iemr.ii intelligence agon B S""' :l!1> '"b-an, e warning of 1 Colombian Insurrection. Si B l ' l i k Ey.-' Three members K ».fiate agriculture commit ■ ar.iied against extension of ■ ' farm price supports for K W" 1 '' *' ' , ’' r T *“‘ committee Is B ••Herlng a long range bill to ■ mandatory support from K ® ’"it -even basic commodities. K B"'i' them woo! Such supports KBl longer would apply to such B ymodl’les as eggs and pota RB* President Allan Kline of E 'tner:.-an Firm Bureau urged . 'ti of present supports ■ 9' Sens George D. Aiken. R . I Allen J Ellender. D, Tai., I Bj* Sl W Lucas, D. 111., sail I will get “a black eye" IBh the puh|j c if Ihat lg donp ■To., To Psg. Three* J Io ’hcl Funeral I Jhursday Morning iBr U "' r: ‘ l ** rvl,M for Mrs Emma | Baanor Barthel. s«. widow of the I B- ’'rank Barthel, who died of a | .’al hemorrhage Monday morn | * »’ her home, will be held | M’J’-day morning at 9 o’clock at I Mary's Catholic church. The I Bn Rev M. <r J J Helmets, pa* ■ ** celebraat i>t the mass • B wiil ! * m the Catholic <etpe I Bln addit on to the relative Hated account of Mrs Bar gw* » death. She Is survived by a Mr " Al * h mltt of this city may call at the Gllllg funeral .home after 7 .* Members of g W L ° f C ftn<l th “ Mary < I;®' '* " f "'***' h ’hr deceased was 1 *” 1 ‘“ n *’ ,h ' f' l ”**™ l • *" *’ ■ J*' o’clock Wednesday lo recite the rosary u Weather | eetty cloudy and continued | |'® 0 ' w ”h oce«ional ll t ht rain tsM.'.' near the Ohio river. I I *t.aM^*lL y P *' tly « ,o “<*yt I ■ eMly farmer rftrth and cool * "ear th. “Ohio

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Three Persons Burn To Death In Wreck (’heaterton, Ind . April 13 (UP) Three persons were Tutrned to death when trapped in the wreckage of a traffic accident last night. State police said two semitrailer trucks and a small Croaley sedan IM.qosuj aJ. im iieuto.w w X<| uaipp in the wreck. The woman was identified a« Mrs Marie Louise Eieachy. 65. of Beverly Shores, Ind The dead truck drivers were Earl Sanders of Elkhart, Ind . and Ross Pratt, Morocco, Ind. Q Inquiry Into Berlin Crash Breaks Down British, Russians Unable To Agree On Hearing Witnesses Berlin. April 13 fl'Pi A joint British-Soviet Inquiry into the Berlin sir crash April 5 broke down today when the two powers were unable to agree on whether to hear American and German witnesses. Gen I. A Alexandrov of the Russian air force refused to hear any German, contending that he would be unreliable He also declined to listen to any American testimony The investigation of the collision of a British transport and Russian fighter, in which all 15 aboard the plane* were killed, fell apart In its preliminary phase during the third session on procedure Alexandrov maintained that American testimony would be ’’lm proper." because the Investigation was on a two-country basis and word from other nationals would he unacceptable. Air commodore R N. Waite, chief of the British inquiry staff, replied to Alexandrov’s objections: “We intend to hear all witnesses. Germans and American* are both available with evidence. In view of the lons of American live* (two Americans were killed! I consider we should hear American witnesses. And I do not regard German witnesses as unreliable- just because they are German." The session broke up with Waite maintaining the British would take part only if American and Ger man witnesses were called, and Alexandrov standing firm. He said he would have no part of an inquiry under those conditions. The tentative reports of the crash by the Russians and British conflicted basically. The British said the Soviet fighter huxzed the transport as It Was going in for a landing at Berlin, crashed into It and sent both tumbling to the ground. The Soviets said the transport burst out of a cloud and crashed into the fighter. On another front In the verbal battle of Berlin, a Soviet official charged that the European recovery program meant “Germany’s division. Europe’s partition and war." 0

Judge Names Board Os Review Members Annual Meeting To Be Held In June Two appointive members to the Alams county board of review were named today by Judge Earl B. Adams in the Adams circuit court. Thev are: Mrs. Mary Buckley. Republican, and Miss Mathilda Sellemeyer. Democrat County assessor Albert Harlow, county auditor Thurman I- Drew and county treasurer Norval D Fuhr man are the ex-officio member* By virtue of Ms office. Mr Harlow acts a* chairman the lioard and Mr Drew as secretary The board meets during the month of June to review all assessment* in the county, make alfu»xtngnt* It deem* necesaary •nd conduct* bearing* for •W*c-i tion* or complaint* to any ••**•»-, tnent* brought by taxpayer*. Stat* law require* the tive members be nsmed this Tith and that one each he namfrom*tbe two major political parties »

Mine Owners Threaten New Court Battle Operators Contend Miner Pension Plan Violation Os Law Washington. Apr. 13 — (UP) John L. Lewis was threatened today with a new court fight over legality of the miners pension plan adopted yesterday in settling the 29day old soft coal strike. As the 400.UU0 miner* began streaming back to work, an Indus try spokesman said soft coal operators soon wou d ask the federal court to hold up operation of the plan until the question of pension eligibility under the Taft Hartley law is clarified. Specifically, he said, the operators will contend that the plan vioates the law by permitting payments to union members not employed by operators who contribute 10 cents a ton to the welfare fund. Lewis is scheduled to go on trial at 9 a. m (’ST., tomorrow for contempt of an April 3 court order which directed him to call off the strike "forthwith.’’ Eederal Judge T Alan Goldsborough. who will hear the case, ruled that termination of the strike yesterday—lo days after the order did not clear of ’he contempt charge brought by ■he government Go’dsliorough was the judge who fined the miners’ boss 110.000 and the union 13.500.000 for their 14 days’ defiance of a similar court ords.’ in November. 1946 The supreme court later reduced •he union’s fine to 1700.000 (>ol isborough may Impose jail sentences or fines within his discretion i/ewis was expected to base his defense on a plea that the order <> call off the strike was uncon ttltutional. that he never called a strike and that anyway the men ire back at work Industry sources said the forth oming cour’ challenge against •he pension plan would be filed on behalf of Ezra Van Horn, operator trustee of the United Mine ’Turn To Page Hist

Printing Ballots For May 4 Primary Work Is Supervised By Election Board Printing of ballot* for the pri mary election. May 4. wa* expect ed to tie concluded late this afternoon In the job printing depart ment of the Decatur Democrat company. Actual printing was done »by O K Baker, of the company print Ing staff, under the supervision of the Adam* county lioard of election commissioners. The hoard is composed of Lewi* L. Rmith. Democrat; True Andrew*. Republican, and county .clerk Edward Jaberg. the ex-officio ! member. Ballot* were under guard of the commissioner* at all time* and ! after precinct package* were wrap ped and sealed the ballot* were taken to the county clerk * office to be locked up until primary day The law require* that one and one-quarter time* the number of vote* ca*t In the la*t election be used in computing the number of ballots to be printed Official Democratic ballots are nmk. official Republican are yellow. Sample Democratic ballot* are green and sample Republican I ballots are blue. Two-Year-Ofd Girl Is Burned To Death La Grange. Ind . April 1> —(l’P) — Judith E Colllnsworth. two-year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Burn e* C ColllnfWorti White Pidgeon Vtlch.. was burned to death iaat ' night when the family’* cottage ' wa* destroyed by fire. Mr*. Blanche Uoliingeworth. the victim* iqpther, suffered *ever* idmi «r 4 was u> a Sturgis. Mich., hospital

ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ADAMS COUNTY

Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday, April 13, 1948 •

Miners Read (Jood News ** T* * wl (liners Granted Pensions Btt Lewis Faces Cor. W FRANK GROUSOSKEV. 6» (leftt. and his brother. Lawrence, fit. Cloverdale, I’a . coal miner* since 19<>7 when they came here from their native Poland, read the new* that coal mining will lie resumed. Both eligible for pension, the men rekd of John L l«ewi*’ ar cep’ance of the settlement of the controversy which had tied up coal production for a month. Frank was forced into retirement a year ago through illness.

Non-Communisf Act Upheld By Judges Taft-Hartley Labor Law Section Upheld Washington. April 11.—(UP)--A apeclal three-judge court today upheld the constitutionality of the non-C<>mmuni*t section of the TaftHartley labor law In a 2 to i decision, the federal tribunal tossed out a complaint by the CIO national maritime union that the non-Communist provision* of the act violate the constitution I "We are of the opinion . . that . . . the provision* of the statute assailed by the plaintiff (the union) were enacted and may lie enforced without offense to the constitution," the majority opinion said. The section provides that no union can use the services of the national labor relations board unless its rffflcer* sign affidavits stat Ing that they are not Communist* It I* alined at routing Communist* from the American labor movement The majority opinion said “it would lie unrealistic to say. in the light of all that appears, that the presence of Communist* in key nosltlon* In labor relation* doe* not constitute a clearly discernable and imminent threat to Im portant national Interest*." The majority opinion was written by judge Wilbur K. Miller, associate justice of the U. 8. court of appeals He was joined by chief justice Bolltha J |j»w» of (Turn T<> Pag* Keven* g First Shipment Os Food Being Loaded First Emergency Shipment By ERP Washington. Apr. 13 — (UP) —j Paul 0. Huffman, administrator for economic cooperation, -an nounced today that the first emergency shipment of food for Europe under a Ill.gOO.DgO urgent" program I* being loaded at Galveston. Tex The cargo is 9.000 long tons of wheat It Is the first shipment of 45.000 ton* to be sent to France luring the next 10 days It I* ’>qlng loaded aboard the Luc ken b*ch Line* vessel John 8. Quick This Is the first loading of food stuffs In the 121000 non program vuthorixed bv Hoffman last Fri day for Austria. Greece. France. Italy and the Netherlands The need of these countries is described as "urgent " Hoffman's offke dl*»losel that tomorrow the vessel Hawkins Sudske will be loaded at Halves ton. The Frank Adair Monroe wRI be loaded at the same port m April 17. In Edition, a 9.000-ton rargo (Turn To Psge Osvsn*

Fort Wayne Woman Killed Last Night Fort Wayne, Ind. April 13 (UP) Mrs. Alta M Anderson. 52. wa* killed Instantly last night when site crossed United State*, hlgitway 30 Ju»t outside the city Waldo E Seagley. 36. driver of the ear that hit her. wa* not held. Top GO? Candidates In Today's Primary Free-For-All Race In Nebraska Today Omaha. Neb.. April 13 —(UP)— Ml of the top candidate* for the Republican presidential nomination clashed for the first time to nay In Nebraska’s free-for-all pre(prential primary. Today's voting may tell the story of whether Gen Dougla|t Ma. Arthur, Sen Hubert Taft, or Gov Thoma* E Dewey can stop the power of Harold E. Stassen'* drive in the midwest. Besides these four. Gov. F.arl Warren of California, house speaker Joseph Martin of Massachusetts and Sen Arthur Vandenberg <>t Michigan were entered as passive candidates They were placed on the ballot without their specific permissions and never campaigned President Truman's name stood alone on the Democratic ballot Today was the jxiy-off for the terrific campaigns staged person ally by Dewev Tass and Stassen and by friends of MacArthur on the 1 General's behalf. They battled 1 especially for the state's farm vote I RstiaUy the deciding factor in I Nebraska elections. Poll* opened at S am. (CST) and were to close at S p m. A heavy vote was predicted with possibly 300.000 ballots cast. The forecast was for partly cloudy skies, no rain or snow, cool in the morning and becoming warmer in the afternoon. The vote count tonight I* expected to be slowed by a city primary at (xnaha Thi* wa* the first state primary in which all of the party's presl dential hopefuls had a chance to fight it out. in the previous primaries this year, one or another of the men has not filed. The name* of all seven candidate* were entered hy a non partisan committee which wa* determined to give voters a chance to show how they felt about eac h of 'the party's leading men In effect, today's balloting was a popularity contest with Republican voters casting one vote for the man they would like most to become president They also voted separately for delegates to the GOP and Democratic convention*. The GOP delegates are not bound to follow the results of th* preferential election l.ut most candidate* indicated that' they would follow the choice of voters at the convention. Rtassen came to the Nebraska primarv with the power and pre* tlge of his smashing victory in Wl* (Turn To Pag* Raven)

Thousands Os Soft Coal Miners Waiting Lewis' Hearing For Contempt

Directors Elected To Community Fund Three New Directors Are Elected Monday Three new director* of the Decatur Community Fund. Inc., were elected at the annual meeting of member* held last evening at the Teen Canteen. They are: the Rev William C Feller, pastor of the Zion Evan gelical and Reformed church, representing churches; Joseph E Oellierg. machinist at Central Soya Co., representing employes, and Earl Fuhrman, manager of the Schafer Company glove factory, representing business organizations. The election of officers will take place Monday night. Ray 10-itz. vice-president, presided at the business session, with Mrs Herman Keller as secretary C C. Pumphrey, president, called the meeting to order. Reports were given by chairmen of the various agencies sponsored by the Decatur Community Fund Roy Kalver reported on the Adams county cancer society activities This is the first year that the cancer society has been included in the fund’s sponsorship Mr i Kalver told of the distribution of 1 literature and pamphlets In the 1 schools and in civic and industrial group* a* a mean* of acquainting the puldic with the cancer <am |<aicn The society has purchased a bed and chair for cancer patients. which may be used free of charge. He stated that the Delta Theta Tau sorority would sponsor the educational campaign in the county and that the society planned an Instructive exhibit at the street fair. Steve Everhart reported on three agencies, which operate through the fund’s donations in the interest of youth In the city. He stated that the Teen Canteen or Den. still was very popular with members and.that 25.000 student hours were enjoyed at the canteen during the past year Games and canteen activities are supervised by Deane Dorwin and Mr Everhart in bis report on the Boy Scouts and Cub*. Mr Everhart said the three Decatur trtatps had a mem bership of 75 The Cubs numbered 92. One new Scout troop Is being formed here, he said. Mr Everhart also outlined the • Tiru T- i’.ig- KIM Lamb Is Sentenced To 1-10 Year Term 'Doctor' Sentenced For Fraud Charges Charles A laimb. 27. lowa CjtyJ fowa. wa*i given a i-lo year sentence at Pendleton by Judge Burr Glenn in Huntington Monday afternoon after he pleaded guilty to charges of passing a fraudulent chnrk. Ijmli. who is wanted here on, similar charges, was apprehended, J»y Huntington police after sheriff Herman Bowman broadcast 111*1 description and Issued it to the newspaper* His conversation in posing as a physician proved to he his undoing—for it was the same “line” h« used in Decatur and Hunting ton that first attracted the attention of a Huntington hotel employe. who had read about him In the newspaper* Evidence brought out during taimb’s arraignment disclosed he had served 90 days prevlflusly at Butler. Pa., on a similar charqr Judge Glenn departed from his usual procedure of referring toi the probation officer for investigation before sen’encing and 1 passed sentence upon Lamb Im mediately. Lamb admitted passint three (Turn T» Psge Seven)

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United States Gains Ground In 'Cold War' Marshall To Press For Resolution To Blast Communists By United Press The United States gained new ground today in the cold war against Communism as a result of the bloody weekend uprising in Bogota. Colombia. U S. secretary of state George C. Marshall blamed "international Communism’' for the more than 400 dead, tjie thousands hurt, and the millions in property damage in the South America Republic. He was expected to press hard at the inter American conference for a strong anticommunism resolution. The conference. Interrupted by the Colombian insurrection, ap parently will continue in Bogota The war of nerves between Russia and the western powers continued at various points, but there was one small glimmer of hope that it might be eased in some degree. Moscow published a speech .made by premier Josef Stalin when the tnaty between Finland and the Soviet Union was concluded He spoke only of Soviet Finnish relations, but he said that lie believes that with time and effort mistrust between nations can be eliminated He said the treaty Indi rated that great and small nations can negotiate as equals. There was little decrease, however. in the tension between Russia and the west In the occupied countries of German.’ and Austria. In Berlin, the western powers rushed plan* to rebuild the big “Berliner West" power plant in the British zone, at a cost of |14.000.000, so they would no longer lie dependent Upon Russia for electrldty. In Austria, the Russians continued new restrictions on military transport of the western power* through the Soviet zone to Vienna Moscow radio meanwhile loosed a heavy atta< k on Gen Dwight D Elsenhower Commenting on at tempts to boom Elsenhower for the presidency. Moscow said the allied wartime chief i* a reaction ary. and that right wing Democrats and Republicans wanted him as president to Insure continuation of the aggressive U S foreign policy In Italy, antl-Commun!«t quarter* believed tlm« was running short for any Soviet gesture toward Communism there before the election* Sunday They believed (Turn To Psge S4even> Local Legion Post Buys Resuscitator Furchase Approved For Rescue Purposes ‘ Adam* podt 43. American Legion, in the regular meeting Morntay night. approved the purchase of a re*u*« i’ator for use in the city and community The post ordered the equipment liought at a price off 525 and delivered to thi* city. Arrangement* are to be made by Legion post commander Charles Morgan and city fire chief Cedric i Fisher to keep the equipment at the city fire station The resuscitator may be ueed In near-drowning*, near asphyxiation* and suffocations, choking infant* i and in other attempt* to revive person* , The post alu. voted last night to contribute 1260 to the DanvilleCoatesville in answer to a request from the state department of the American Legion.

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Strike Settlement Sends Thousands Os Miners To Work As Others Wait Trial BULLETIN Washington. Apr. 13—(UP) r- The government today removed all restrictions on coalburning railroad operations. Cancelled, effective at 3 p. m„ CST was a recent order which cut coal-burning railroad operations 25 percent and another order which would have imposed another 25 percent reduction Thursday. i’ _____ r t Pittsburgh. April 13 - (UP) — t Settlement of the United Mine workers pension demands sent a- • bout a quarter of tho nation’s 40°.• I ouo soft coal miners ba> k to the t pits today. I However, thousand* of miners i were reported preparing to ’’sit It out" pending tomorow’* federal I <>urt hearing on contempt of court r charges against I’MW president . John I. l/ewis for delay in calling j off the 29-day strike. . A survey of the soft coal field* showed Pennsylvania: in the w»«tern . fields only 9.1*00 of 56.000 workers p returned. Most "captive’’ pits of ? the steel companies remained clou- ,, ed. Production was estimated at 15 percent in central Pennsylvania. 9.300 of 37.000 miner* returned. 1 Sympathy strike* which Idled 35,I 000 anthracite worker* were ending Ohio — Only 1.300 of the state’s 15.0(if) miners went to work Sev- ( eral liH al union* met today and debled to etay out until after contempt hearing. Illinois About 21.000 of the ‘ 24.000 I MW memlters in the state went l>ai k to work. Indiana It was estimated that I 500 miner* were working. Includ- ' Ing open pit strip mine**. Most of ihe 9.500 deep pit workers failed to 1 report. Kentucky Surveys di*<lre»ed 1 21.500 of the 51.000 Kentucky min <-r* i eturning. Some abKcnteeiam was blamed on storm* which flooded rnin«M and disrupted power and communication line*. Alabama Production was estl- ■ mated at 5o percent However, sevi eral important captive mines failed to reopen I Tennessee lx*e Gunter, president of tiie Southern Appalachian f’oal Operator* association, said he • expected all mines to lie open by . tomorrow. The first of the states S.ooo miners already were entering i tlie pit* i Virginia The Virginia <oal opt craters’ predicted most mine* would reopen sometime tie day William M nton, president of ; I MW district i ailed for all miners to return “immediately." ,1 West Virginia Be ' estimate* I were that between 6U.000 and 70,000 of the state’* 113.000 miners had returned Many mines were < losed by flooding as the result of i heavy storms. Utah None of the state’s t.ooo millets repor’ed for work A I'MW spokesman said meeting* would lie held today to "get memlienihip endorsement of a plan to remain out until af'er the results of the Lewis • Turn T-> P.«ge Threei Miss Aldine Annen Dies This Morning 1 Misa Aldine Annen. 77. of Bluff- , on. iMc-d unexi>e< tedly at 10 o’< lock t this morning at the home of Mr*. M F Worthmaii in this city, where she had been visiting Sh* tie .»me r ill during the Might Miss Annen i formerly resided in this city. Survising are two brother*, Frank of t Toledo. 0.. and Ed «»f Arkansas • One brother. !.ee Annen. pre. nied i her in death. i Funeral *ervlc*i wil !u» held at i 3 30 pm Thursday at the First • Evangel «4»l and Kefuwned church in Bluffton, the Rev Matthew • Warthman officiating Burial will - be in the Decatur cemetery, t Friends may call at tbe Jahn tunerI al home in Bluffton after 1 p ut. Wednesday