Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 46, Number 89, Decatur, Adams County, 14 April 1948 — Page 1

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|EWfS ON TRIAL FOR CONTEMPT OF COURT

jken Wins | ■Nebraska, Bf! Poor 3rd [Horni Vote Carries | Kossen To Victory I 4 Primary Test ■■. ■' '■ " x ' k 1 e|K. . . f.ii. 'ann ■■?• >■: j >.«,■>• of N.-w ol.d lh w..y ./.-aide ciiy ■K,.. on 9^K.. in ■ ■ • Mltltl.-solan >,.. |^K. : the ■■ . I" ■■ I: - \ T." ...nbtned X-O'' I'i Val> lelda-tg. Warr, only seven of the Bf |'*--‘-t: I'.s.-v anil Taft had ■N* -n,'l in Nebraska in adprimary Vanden C ■< »a« entered In the race E Bro !i« will and Warren and <H not campaim expressed by the [ Sff! ,r '"'• is not binding upon [■ V ■ ,-lct delegation to the : otirontion The delegate*! pledge,! to anv candidate, b» p»v< hologi. 11 effect of pre-al'-'iHa' primary was ex •<> reflected in a heavy a delegate vote tor Stas ■ «M tn,. Nebraska vote| In verir<> ago. and Dewey wan Bflainner in 1949 •'. 'orv over Dewey, W n ■ as overwhelming aa the he achieved in Wisconsin al avo in that election Rta» , nW »"n I't national convention ■lealnnt none for Dewey I fir behind in Nehra*-, eight delegates In Win-! ' MS-m al«o elect el delegate* l rational convention, but Sff'' :ir- not pledged to any can fi®'f and are not bound to vote primary winner, mportance of the Nel.ra* ■balloting however, was not it* ■" on the 15 man delegation ■ the convention It wa* the Syff’ ,ls a nopu’ar vote on the W of the country. ■»'••" Dewey and Taft cam ■rtt'd intensively in the state ■_ week Eapij rn ade extended (^■ r ‘ and *pnke to and shook M> with thousand* of voter* dwelt heavily on farm policy, j Pick Sloan plan of develop- •’ "f the fabulous Missouri basin, the Truman adminl*1 foreign and domestic .S T ° f’’’’* "event ■strict Governor ■ons Club Speaker ■ * X*'" 1 flerlg. Port Wayne, dis- ■* »»'ernor of Lion* clubs, spoke ■’d-v. evening before a large ■* <l of Itecatur Lions club mem- ■** 41 the Knights of Pythias Mr t; er j t wpok* o|) lon . T and welcomed the 11 new ■">'*r* who have joined the I<>- ■ ‘ lo ’’ <j orfnK the pa)(1 fjg)al ■l« 1 ’ president Moth Steury was ■ •barge of the meeting and pro •nt luring a meeting of the ■?'" f directors II wan voted to ” l ‘ * af h to Lions clulis at j»'-'i'le Danville and Rising ■ * h '' r * h -»' y damage wa* done ■ » recent tornado Walter J ■L J'din L lie Vos* and Harry " *’’ r * nar,l, ‘d a nominating y” 1 t>e *'* Prepare a alate of » bate* for (hF annua | eiej-t-un ■ •* held in June ■ — 0H „ **athir BL »"d cool tonight It. th "«M frosts west portion; Thursday rally f,| r anAi w>rmtr I

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

Price Increases On Food At Wholesale New York. April 11-I I P) Price increases in 16 wholesale food commodities in the past week pushed tlie Dun 4k Bradstreet index on April 13 to $6 76 from, |6.72 the week before, the ageni y announced today. The index, representing the total of the price per pound of 31 foo<b< in general use, was at the highest level in more than two months. Il compared with 16.24 for the corresponding week last year The all time high of |7 29 was rea< hed .lan 13. this year. i, Gen. Bradley Makes Plea For Draft And UMT Asks Congress Not To Put All Chips On U. S. Air Force Washington. Apr. II <I'P» — The army today aske I congress not to put all Its chip* on Jhe air force WPh the house apparently set to vote more money for air power than the administration want* at 'his lime. Gen. Omar N Bradley warned •’The only certain and safe ‘ guarantee against enemy air attack is to seize ami hold the bases from which his aircraft would j fly ” Th|t. the army chief of staff continued. Is a job for land ami naval forces. Bradley pleaded with the house armed services committee for botb universal military training ' and selective service legislation Bradlev said lie wanted a regu lar army of x22.o‘i<» ba< ked up by 258,<*<40 in the reserve* and nnt ! lonai guard The army now has 542.000 men. more than I2‘i.ooi' ■ short of its presently authorized | s'renvth of 669.000 With lioth houses in session | developments Included' Veto — The house challenged a j presidential veto for the second . time in two weeks. Tile test was (Turn To Psge KighO <1 Smith Is Arrested By Federal Agents Charge Violation Os Car Theft Act Arthur C Smith. Decatur filling station operator arrested by Fort Wayne police for a 11.500 swindle at the I‘nion stockyards in that city, was arrested by federal authorities Tuesday on charges of conspiring to violate the national motor vehie'e theft act. Arraigned before I’. 8. commissioner W Robert Fleming. Smith waived preliminary hearing ami was taken to the Allen county Jail In default of 11.000 bond Smith told FBI agent* he drove! to Van Wert. 0.. last March 2« and stole an automobile, which wa* driven hack to Decatur Lot er. Smith told officials, the auto was taken to Warsaw and offered for sale Sml’h and a younger brother Gale, of near Warsaw, w.-re arrested la*t week fo'lowlng the slltyed swindle at the atockyard* The Decatur man admitted chang•ng a waybill for a cow sold at Fort Wayne, and later admitted, with his brother, burglarizing the stockvards scale house and the theft of three automobiles. Rites Thursday For Cpl. Shelby Faulkner Funeral services for Cpl Shelby Faulkner, killed In action In Ger man* Oct. 12. IM4. will he held at 10 am Thursday at the Jahn funeral home In Bluffton The Rev. | J. ITman will officiate and military rites *lll be <->ndn< ’ed by the Grover Sheet* post of th« American Legion Cpl Faulkner is survived by Bi* parents. Mr and Mrs Everett Faulkner, of Bluffton: a brother., Everett Faulkner. Jr . of Decatur, and two sister*. Mrs. Helen Knox and Dori* Arnold, both of Bluffton.

Ohio Valley Again Prepares For Floods r —— I 1 • • 1 —Il _____ 2 I HIGH WATER again visited Pittsburgh ami is exp •< te<| throughout the Ohio River valley following heavy rainfall over last weekend. Above, a truck isslalled in a Pittsburgh street as the water* went over river banks.

Russia Refuses To Give Italy Trieste I' r Seen As Admission Os Election Loss Rome, April H H’P) Res pons- * ible Italian newspapers agreed to ! day, that the Russian refusal to return Trieste to Italy signifies 1 that the Soviets have given tip ! hope of a Communist election vicI tory In Italy. Rome's two biggest independent r newspapers. 11 Tempo and I! Mes--1 sagero. agreed that Russian an nouncement of the Soviet decision during the last week of the tur- ' hulent election campaign indicated that Moscow considered the ‘ election lost. 1 Premier Abide l»e Gasperl met 1 for an hour with foreign minister Count Carlo Sforza to consider of flcially the Russian attitude ft was believed they planned full ex--1 ploitatlon of the strange Russian I letdown of the Italian Cotnmun 1 ists "fl signifies the Soviet I'nion considers the election contest in Italy lost and sees no necessity to <Ti»rn T'> t’.ae Severn 0 Herman L. Lehrman Is Taken By Death Herman I. Lehrman. Si, former becatur resident, died Tuesday at a Fori Wayne hospital after a long illness Surviving are a daughter. Mrs Alma Merwin of Fort Wayne, three brothers. Henry. Albert and ’ Charles Lehrman. all of Decatur, and a sister. Mrs. Fred Schamerloh of Monroeville Funeral eervlces will lie held al I:3# pm. Thursday at the Klaehn funeral home in Fort Wayne, with the Rev Paul I. Dannenfeit officiating Burial will lie in Concordia cemetery. Decatur Giri Wins District Contest Miss Ann Smith Is Auxiliary Winner Miss Ann Smith, student in the St Joseph grade school. and daughter of Mr and Mrs T C Smith of this city, won first place in the fourth district essay contest, sponsored by the American la-glon ; auxiliary. Subject of the essay contest this ■ year is "Our great American heritage. liberty" Miss Colleen McConnell, sopho more In the Decatur junior-senior high school. won second place and Miss Sylvia Christian, of the l-eo high school, was third. The winners were announced by Mrs Glenn Smiley, fourth district Americanism chairman for the auxiliary. The winning essays will bn sent to the Americanism chairman of Indiana, where they will again be judged for the state confer’ Purpose of the contest is to i create interest In America's fundamental blessing of liberty.

ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ADAMS COUNTY

Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday, April 14, 1948

BULLETIN New York, April l - (UP) —The United Nation* security council reached general agreement today on a resolution calling fpr a political and military truce In Palestine, a spokesman announced. o No Delinquent Tax Sales This Year t Settlements Made i- By County Owners i- — — fi For thr first time In the mem- ■ orv of official*. Adam* county Is without a delinquent tax sale, Il i- wa* made known today County auditor Thurman I Drew, t and treasurer Norval D Fuhrman r declared today that of 17 parcels ’ which were to have been advert!* t e<i. Kettlement* were made In each j :• case. 11 The law provide* that on De i- ceinher J of each year ail properties having delinqucn. ie* of 15 or i more month* be listed and adveri tlsed for sale in April The sale > would have been held thl* week Auditor Drew stated, however, that in recent years it ha* been found many of the person* will pay the dellquency if notified and effort* have be.-n made each year recently to contact all of these | property owners. t This year. Mr Drew, assisted by treasurer Fuhrman ennta. te<l all of iTie owner* and each made a settlement thus eliminating the j yearly sale altogether Proof that effort* of the of l flcial* have been successful I* shown in a comparison of thi number of sale*. Since the method , i wa* first employed in 1943. when, ■ 21 properties were advertised, the - total ha* been steadily cut to i three in 1947 and none this year

New Central Soya Solvent Plant At Gibson City Dedicated Today

Gitwon City. 111.. April 11 <Fpe<-ial> Completion »f a 11.immi.sMM) expansion program in the erection of a soybean oil solvent, extraction plant and allied faillit-' lea wa» announced here today with the dedication of the new plant of , Central Soya Co.. Jnc. I Os fit-ala of the company were hoata today to editora of the trade . publication* and newspapers of the area at a press showing of the en- , larged plant. With the new advent unit In op I > eration, the Gibson City plant's i - prtM-ereing capacity haa been in-1 • reaaed to 25.<MXi bushels per day over I.OW.M* buahela a year r This represent* the annual producI tlon of some 4N.MO acres of Him > <>i* farmlands The feet! manufacturing plant r\ will lie able to produce 11.mtn bags' I of Master Mix livestock and poul-| • try feed* per S-hour day for the | company'* McMillen Feed Milla t'divbdon and will serve the states fj of Illinois. Wisconsin. Missouri.; » Kentucky, southwestern Michigan and weatern Indiana > Ground was broken for the ori- ., ginal plant here In 1933 tor a daily 1 processing capacity of S.eOfl bush-

Rue Alexander Named Lieutenant Governor — I Appointment Made By Governor Gates • -■—■ — Indianapolis. Apr. 14 -tl'Pt — j Rue J Alexand-r. sixth district Republican chairman, to lay was appointed li.-utenant governor of Indiana. The appointment wa* made by i Governor Gate* after an opinion ' was submitted several day* ago ’ by a’t.wney general Cleon Foust -aying that the governor must name a successor to Richard T James. James reslxned to become vice president and treasurer of Butler I'nlv. r*ity here Alexander with the governor yesterday and some political "Insller*" believed hi* ap polntment would be announced a' that time. However, th.- announcement was not forthcoming until this morinng Alexander formerly served a* *e< retary of state from 194 ! to 19 46 111. operated the Pill' Village Feed Co and several farm* in Warren. Benton and Fulton < oun tie* Before hi* election a* «ec rotary of state, a post he held for •wo consecutive term*, he served a* chief of the bureau of motor vehicles under James M Tin ker | then secretary of state. Borne source* believed that ' Alexander might have to serve as lieutenant governor without pay. State auditor A V Bur. h ha* contend-d that he I* empow < red by law .<> take over the dll tie* of lieutenant governor in case of a vacancy and ha* said that he , could. If he w ished, refuse to «ign pay drafts for anyone else. The governor nor Alexander .Turn T-. Page Hlo

els and a storage capa Ity of 1.100.-; neo bushels In two expansion* in 1941, the daily output was raced , to MO" bushels and an additional increase in 1912 brought this to 10.."iOO bushels a dac Storage was raised at that time to 1.900.000 buahela The new addition was started in January. 1947 It included 20 silos' with capacity of l.lHMt.tmo bushels: ■ a work and drier building, a link Ilielt car unloader which easit. u> j ends a box car for unloading in ihlx minutes additional bulk liquid* i storage and the complete new sol-1 vent extraction plant. One of the three largest processor* of soybeans in the nation. Cen tral Soya was one of the pioneers of the solvent extraction method in this county. In 19.37. it sent engin leers to Germany to study their ad Vanced solvent ’eehnlquew and. asa result, bought a con pb te plant t there and had it shipped t«* lie <-atur. Ind . where it was erected and put into operation The new Gibson City plant re- | presents the latest developments in the solvent technique gained hy the company in 10 year* of opera • Turn T-> plgc Two)

Federal Judge Overrules Defense Objections; Half Os Miners Still Off Work

James Marth Found Dead This Morning Decatur Resident Commits Suicide The boily of .lame* .Marth. "<•. a native of Yugoslavia, wa* found this morning in hi* home. >l6 North Thirteenth street, where be had apparently taken his own iife. Sheriff Herman Bowman and coroner Harmon Giliig. who were summoned to the n< en<- said that Marth likely shot himself with a .32'calbre automatic about .* 3t> o'clock i last evening - but Ills body was not discovered until this morning. They said he prsuinably »as I down <>n a footstool It' the front I loom of hi* home, hi* back against the front <|oor. ami. pla< Ing the gun against hl* forehead above the left eye. fired one shot The elug. sheriff Bowman said, pier, ed hi* skull, went out through tlie back of lit* head, struck the <|oor ami fell to the floor. Although little is known about .Marth. neighbor* repotted that he had been ailing for some time They *aid he hail been suffering from a throat ami stomach ailment It ntly he I ailed at the of fire of a Imai attorney, who had ' !-<-n handling hl* affair* for some time, and asked the lawyer to make arrangement* for securing a ceme tary plot Neighbors became Muspiciotie this iiorning when he failed to leave hi* home a* usual and they noticed last night * newspaper lying on his por b They peered inside ami saw his body. Then they summoned the sheriff, who ill turn culled the orot.er. Some neighbors recalled hearing a nose like a gun hot a tout .*> ’a o'< lock last evening Only meager iletaiU are known • t Marth * life Hi* attorney said he lielieved Marth hat some relathes in Yugoslavia, where he was xiin Marth , ante to the I tilted State* some time previous to I!"*!, it i* thought He has lived in the • Tur n T»» I'.i’ 0 Plan Commission To Meet Here Thursday Study Appointing Citizens' Groups The city plan commission will meet Thursday night at s o'clock at the city hall to study the ad vlsald'ity of naming several cltizen*‘ committees to aid In the planning of the various phase* of| ! civic improvements, it wa* an nouncetl todav The method of naming citizen*' groups to aid the planners has been adopted in most Indiana i Itle* which have plan comml* I “lon* In many cities the size of Decatur, only one or two project* toward a master plan are under taken at a time It Is probable that the local commission will first determine what phase* of civic improvement need attention first and the group then w ,!l proi-tw-1 to devote a major part of it* attention toward that improvement The commission is an official! advisory group and its actions must have the approval of the <dtv council in the case of zoning. location of public buildings. ' health improvement, park ami playground planning and other activities In most cities, where plan comI missions are in operation, it I* ’ said that the commission and , -Ittzens' groups gather the necessary information before a new ■ ordinance I* submitted to the 1 council and that in most Instan- ! ce« experts In planning are cmidoyed on a part time basis to i»s!st in ge’titw the material Into ordinance form The Thursday night meeting' wil' be a closed *e*«lon. and will be held in the council chamber of the city hall.

Floods Strike Seven States, Thousands Flee Ohio River Climbs Above Flood Level Over Five States By t'nited Pres* Thousand* of persons fled from l th< •ir home* today a* flood* I *tru< k h-.ril in seven state*. I The Ohio riv. r wa* the ldgge«t I troublemaker Fed by rain ami I swollen tributaries, it climbed ! above flool level in Pennsylvania. J Ohio. We*t Virginia. Kentucky. and Indiana. Hundred* of families were i jevac uated in Ohio. Several hun > dred more families left their home* In Kentucky. The high ’ wa'er disrupted mining in Penn • sylvania. ami threatened home* in West Virginia and Indiana. t In Gran I Fork*. N D. the Red • river *urged over its bank*. <lriv • Ing 5n families front the < i’y ami I East Grand Forks. Minn . a< ro* • the river The Snake river rose above flood level at Alvarado. Minn f ooding basement* in the down ‘ town section ami many hottie* I' S weather forecasters at Chicago said the Ohio river was 1 rising rapidly all the way from 1 Pittsburgh tn Evansville. Ind It ' wa* four feet above flood stage ■c Cincinnati early to lay To 1 night. Il i* < xpeett-d to climb to feet, seven feet above flootl level The Ohio rose three feet above flood stage at Ixiulsvillc. Ky . to day and river experts aid it wa* headed for 60 fee', or five- fe. t above, tonight A light rain fell In the northern section of the Ohio rlvt-r valley but weathermen said it probably would stop l>y tonight A national guard company was ordered into Marietta, o. to helpevacuate more than 100 families I l!es| lent* of Rome, Buena Vi* | •a and other Ohio towns west of, Portsmouth left their home* a* the Ohio river surged above flood stage Government engineer* ha-tily constrm ted a 12"" foot earth levee at N« w Boston. Merchant* in Pomeroy, o. mov tTurn T-. Pag* T« ») o Anderson Funeral Services Thursday Former Monroe Lady Is Traffic Victim Funeral services for Mrs. Alta Anderson. 53. form-r Monroe resident who wa* ki led late Monday night when strixk by an automobile two miles west of Fort | Wayne, will !>»■ held at 1 3u p m Thursday at the C M Sloan A 1 Son* funeral home in Fort Wayne I Burial will be In Prairie Grov< cemetery An Inquest is scheduled next week. Dr A. P Kattendorf, Allen county coroner, announced. Mr* i And- rson suffered a crushing injury to the chest. Internal hemorrhage* an I fracture* «f both legs Mrs. Anderson an emp'oye of the Dixie Cabins, was walking across national highway 3d to i make a purchase wh< n strut i> by an auto driven by Wajdo E Sear . ley. 36. of Topeka it major in the army reserve corp* who was drh Ing home after attending a meet- > ing In Fort Wayne Mrs Anderson Is Xurvived by i 'wo slaters. Mrs James Kessler 'an! Mrs A E Everhart, both of Monrow, and three brothers Per ' ry James and Jessie Johnson, all l of Fort Wayne

Price Four Cents

Mine Chieftain On Trial For Contempt F,or Failing To Call Off Coal Walkout Washington. April II tl'Pt Federal Judge T. Alan Golds borough batted down a serie* of defense obje. tloti* to<la\ a* John I, L<-wi* wa* tried on charge* of contempt for failing to call off the coal Strike last week GoMsborotigh start.ll by denying a defen*.- motion to dismiss the Charge* agait St Lewi* and the I'niled Min.- Worker* union Then in quit k succession, the judge overruled defense objection* to more than a dozen government • t.iflsti. al exhibit* designed to show the nation wa* harmed when ; la wi* ignon-d for nine day* an Xpril "■ ourt order to end the soft coal strike 'forthwith" Lewi*' artion. the government charged, constituted contempt of court At tb<- start of the jury le** trial counsel for Lewi* and the I'MW entered routine pleas of not guilty to both the civil and criminal colt-t.-mpt charge*. A highlight of the first hour* of the trial wa* an admission of a government witness Dr W II Young of the bureau of mine* that he had submitted hi* material lo the governir.ent * chief counsel before putting it in final shape for use in testifying "Do you mean you changed the answer* a* government <oiin*.-l saw fit’" Gold*l>oroueh asked Young .said some slight" change* were made, but not by the justice department. Th.- trial opened two day* after Lewi* got a settlement on hi* pension dispute and ordered the min er* to go ba. k to work But many miner* w. n- slow to he.-d Lewis' order A *urv<-y show e.l that mor.- than half of the nation* soft coal diggel* still were sitting it out apparently waiting to see how th' ir chief fare* in hi* c.int.-mpt < a-.-Lewis, hi* foe !*ile ami drawn, ■at impassively in the same court mom where the same Judgetlolilsborotigh fined him and the ( MW f3.a|t'.''oo for contempt 17 month* ago for failing to obey a court order to .all off a November 1946 strike This was the government'* day In court Tin- government <>nt*-nd* that Lewi* ignored an April 3 court | ord. r directing him to . all off the j soft ...al strike "forthwith " Lewi* alb-1 off the trike Mondav nine ! davs after tile order wa i**u< d The government took the |>o*ition that 1..-wi*' action came too at. and Hut he thu « in < onI tempt. la-wis. accompanied by hi* lawyer*. enter.-d the < ourtroom at 9 12 am EST I* minute* l.efor.. the trial started ||>- str.nl.- to a *.-at in almost the same spot lie occupied 17 months ago. Hi* face wa* drawn and pale. A* soon as court had convene!. 1 MW chief counsel Welly K Hop- • i iv.t 'I.» r.tizv S*vf*Ti> o School Operetta To Be Presented Thursday, Friday Dr.--,* rehearsals were held today for the opening performance of "t'honita," a gypsy operetta to be staged at the Decatur juniorsenior high *< hool Thurwdav afternoon at 1 o* lq< k Repeat performances of the presentation. held a* the annual mush- revue of the School, wifi be i • d Thursday night at x o', lo k and again Friday night at the same hour Approximately *5 student* of th- school are taking part in the presentation, and all departments of the school are ollied ip, staging the affair The presentation I* reputed to be one of the q|o*t colorful ever given by the •< hoot in a long list of similar mipti. al revue* Adult U-kets are bring sold by students at 4<> cents each or may be secured fft the door at any of the performances