Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 46, Number 90, Decatur, Adams County, 15 April 1948 — Page 1

■OUSE VOTES $3 BILLION FOR AIR POWER

Bge Defers Ki< Ruling ■it Monday I I Goldsborough Will I Announce Decision | On Contempt Trial ■ ' X|,r 1,1,1 ~~ ! J.i.l.' T Alan ColdslK>r ■K, : .. until Munday , ontempt case ,ht ’ !'<• w.o guilty ... ivi| * ontempt iBHj.. arguments, the BK n "crystal Lewis and hi* \i, : . Workers Union had EK...' , ..nt.-mpt by not obey RK, ,'i- .i.k to work "forth- < .intended that the ■ ZaJfflf l '' l ” 1,8,1 ral,e< * *'COI»- "> establish a CMC of ■gjdß'.r criminal contempt. ~r i.-rr-d Ids miners to re work last Monday -- nine' court ordered him ... about ba.f of them !*»»■' <»>' miners who are still idle ‘ti’ly hare been waiting to the outcome of the con-, ~-.o- Goldshorougb'x deci-’ delay a verdict until Monto make it unlikely would Ire fullscale this | U i- , .died off the strike after se'tlement on the penjffjdlxp'ite which set off the soft |3>trike March 15. The gov-j contends that this order too late to save and from contempt SU»i»' fate is now up to Golds[Ml li the same judge who 17 ago fined the miners' | Stand the t'MW 13.510.000 for | Mfp'npt tor refusing to obey a court order to tall off a I jA'idier. 1946 strike. Th- government's final argu tn the current case was pre-i by a-sls'ant U. K attorney ' iSrui II Graham Morison. He (Med that a letter sent by la-wis ; 60>. miners on March 12-was a f4y i for them- to go. on strike 1W htter said the union con•ith the operators was "diski 'sl by failure Io settle the dispute. then pointed to Lewis' Ur 12 settlement announce notifying the miners that t now is honored ” j®bb Morison said, "forever dedy*''l the fiction" which ■ tried to create "that he had Bordered a strike or made a inevitable by his March 12 Morison finished Goldssaid the court should defense arguments hut that no power to force them I tilted Mine Workers) to a statement and no desire so " ■aion lawyers yesterday walv Blheir right to argument. court thinks it would he •hil to the court and In the If 1 ' interest for both sides to ■*"' their case." Goldshorough If the defendant wishes to ■ heard at this time the court , W hear the defendant ’ B ’ "e|iy k Hopkins. UMW y '-"tf-sel. told him the daV* betevet that the "abundant Mcleat re<,rd'' failed to prove "■government contempt charges ® ' ■« said he thought a TurV r, '" ! '"'’»e was unnecessary K_,' at the defense did not want ■make anv further statement ■ ' ~ ■trie President ■ Church Trustees ■llbur Petrie was elected prMOs. the tsmrd of trustees of ■, r " p fe.byterlan church of »t"l Clarence Ziner was K,. *<ra'ary.treasurer at a cal! ■£"* of that group Wednesday ■ 1 Pumphrey, retiring preel- ■» »‘'*M*l the organization ■" ,n ' and presided uatil tr Pe ■?° ■" of the Ixtard ■ -• I WEATH* ■--• Mr * n y fair and warmer ■®" 6M and FHday.

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BULLETIN Manila, Apr. 16 — (Correct) — (IP) _ President Manuel Roxax died last night of a cerebral hemorrhage, it was announced today. Koxa* fainted yesterday just after delivering a speech in which he pledged Philippine support to the ( nit e d States in case of another war. 30 Killed As U. S. Airliner Falls In Eire . 19 Americans Among Victims Os Crash At Shannon Airport •Shannon Airport. Eire. April 15 (UP) Thirty passengers and crew members. Including 19 Amer- , Iran*, were killed early today when '' the Pan-American Constellation "Empress of the Skies*' trashed anti burned while landing at the i Mist-shrouded Shannon airport. One American. Marc Worst, man i aeer of the fxx klteed aircraft service at Shannon airport, was the! • only survivor of the disaster. He • escaped by climbing through a hole in the fuselage and suffered only a > burned hand and shock Worst said the giant four engined - plane landed st> yarde short of the . runaway and hit a hay loft It began to burn as It skidded along the . ground -and was a flaming infer- . no by the time it come to a stop, he I said '•When the plane crashed. 1 . plunged through a hole and it blew ■ ’ up." he said. "The weather was bad. with a , low ceiling.>ind there was aground mist. The pilot made one |>ass at ' the field and had to go around aJ gain because another plane was I taking off. "When he made the second pass lit seemed he juet flew directly in ’ to the ground There seemed to be ’ nothing wrong with the plane It ' began burning as it slid along rhe 1 ground." The, American dead included 10 crew mem Iters and nipe passengers. , Other passengers were five Hal ians. two Indians, an 18-yearold , British girl, an Indian woman from Pakistan, a Frenchman and t ' a stateless Jew. Airport official* said the crash occurred at 2:34 am. <9:34 pm. ! Wednesday I and that ail SO bodies ! had been recovered by noon. The plane was* a round-the-world J flight which left San Frantisco last Saturday ami was due in New York today The flight > hanged ’ planes at Calcutta. India, and carl ' (Turn To Pige S.x> I Drs. Kaadl, Benson Convicted By Jury I Federal Jury Finds Physicians Guilty Fort Wayne. Ind. April 15— ’ tl’PI -Drs Peter and Charles Kaadt. eat h convicted of seven violations of the federal pure Laid ' and drugs a»t. today faced possible maximum sentences of seven years in prison and I" otwr in ’ ftneg. The aAme penalty also faced Robert Benson, superintendent of the Kaadt brothers' diabetic clinic dt South Whitley. Ind. who was tried with the two Hoosier .doc 1 'tors. Court officials Indicated thAt ’sentencing of fhe®Kaadts arid Ben ' son. who were found guilty night after a weekend tßaf in fe«Vral cdhrt. might be delayed 10 1 days to give them time to file ap . peals for nm» trials The verdict was returned by the Jufv seven hours aftv it retired yesterday afternoon Each of the defendants was found guilty pn seven counts of the indictments charging thertt with mislabeling medicine sent In interstate commerre Defense attorney Fr®k Corbett indicated that an attempt would be made to secure a new trial. |

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Decatur Newspaperman Visits Central Soya Co's New Plant

By ARTHUR R. HOLTHOUSE In company with other newsmen. the writer attended the dedication marking the completion of 1 the 14.000.000 solvent extraction unit to Decatur’s "Big Brother'’ of the soybean industry at Gibson City. 111., yesterday. The visit to the modern plant, spread over 30 acres just beyond the western limits of Gibson City, was of particular interest to the , writer, because a former becatur young man. Tom Allweln. son of Mrs Grace Allweln, 311 W Madison street, is the manager of the city's largest industry Another former Decaturite. Joe Nunnlnk. is superintendent of Central Soya's new so’vent plant. Begun in 1939. the Gibson City plant has grown almost as rapid- ' 'y as the parent industry in this city Erected on a site along the Illinois Central railroad, that formerly was a swamp, tractors and caterpillars have transformed the grounds Into a buzzing industrial area More than 309 persons are employed in the expel'er and solvent plants ami in the feed mill. The solvent unit was started 11 mon'hs ago The Gibson City sky line is Red Cross Purchases First Aid Outfits Units Are Purchased For Emergency Uses The Adams county chapter. American Bed Cross, has pur- < hased three stretcher and first aid outfits to be used by law en- , forcement groups and at the municipal swimming pool. It was made known today The board of directors of the] fled Cross in a quarterly meeting! at the Red Cross office Wednealay night approved the purchase of two complete units. These wl l be placed in the city po'ice car and that of Adams county sheriff Herman Bowman for use in emergencies. The equipment Includes a collapsible tretcher. reputed to be of invaluable aid in handling fracture victims. etc. Equipment for first aid treatment and protection against exposure are to be included In the two outfits to be used by the law enforcement groups. SoUte of the needed equipment it the municipal pool is now own ed by the Red Cross and the l»al ance will lie purchased to com plete the outfit. _ . A committee, composed of C i. Finlayson, city accident and first aid chairman of the chapter as chairman; Phil Sauer and Hibbard High, have been authorised to make the purchases and deter mine the exact needs The board-also discussed sending a number of persons to the national aquatic school at laske Oliver June 15 25 to furnish qualified swimming Instructors for the Red Cross swimming classes at the local pool this summer Appllcsnts must be at feast IS 1 yegjs of age. good swimmers and submit health certificates. Lyman L. Hann, chairman; Phil Sauer and Arthur R Holtbouse were named to a nominating committee to prepare a state of candidates for the annual election in p.,,..

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Decatur, Indiana, Thursday, April 15, 1948

similar to Decatur's, in that the i towering' silos, which have a <-a---1 pacify of nearly 3,000.000 bushels of beans, loom along the horizon as one enters the attractive litt'.e city of 3,W00 In the heart of the Illinois soybean area. The addition increases the plant’s processing capacity to 13,500 bushels of beans, a day. which can be stepped up to about 15,000 daily Another 10.500 bushels can lie run through the expeller plant This compares with a 27.000 bushel daily capacity at the Decatur expel’er and solvent plants. The Gibson City plant will turn out Si'O tons of meal In an eighthour day and requires tt.000.000 bushels of beans yearly Among the newspapermen who were guests of the company were Wesley D. Bashore and Ted Williams of the Fort Wayne papers; representatives of the Wall Street Journal: the Chicago Journal of Commerce, several Illinois newspapers and Industrial ami agricul-i tural publlcatiops. The entire party toured the plant, even to going to the top of the elevators in the man lifts. From the Decatur office were Norman F Kruse, technical diAnderson To Quit Cabinet On May 10 Albuquerque. N, M . April 15 I Fl’i—Agriculture secretary Clinton P. Anderson said here today he I would quit the cabinet May 10. Anderson arrived here early tie day to lay the groundwork for his campaign in seeking the Democratic nomination as senator from New Mexico He said' "I will leave the cabinet on May 10.” 0 Italy Makes Drive Against Communists Sweeping Search In Communist Towns Rome. Apr 15—(I’Pt—Several hundred Carabinieri made a sweeping search of five communist dominated towns in Bari province today and rounded tsp "large quantities" of arms and amrnuni tfon The drive against communists in southeast Italy was carried out by Carabinieri In armored cars! Just three days liefore the start of the crucial election test between the communists and anti-con-munists. z Ten communists were arrested for illegal possession of arms, police announced. They did not detail what arms and munitions were found The towns covered by the search were Andria. Gravlna. Altamura. Ruvo Di Pug'la and Cogato The area was one of the main centers of disturbance in the violence which swept the country late last year The comtnunlst leadership meanwhile charged that enemies of Russia sought to seize Italy M>d make it a lusne for atomic warfare against the Soviets Three days before the crucial election. Pnlttiro Togliatti, the Moscow-* rained communist chieftain. raised the question of atomic warfare against Russia, and said a "relapse Into civil war" might tTurn To Page Seven)

rector, and Ralph C. Holder, nutritional director, botli of this city Stewart McMillen of Valley Farms, south of the city, came from Pompana. Florida, for the meeting We three newspapermen, and Dale W .McMillen, founder of the Central Soya company 'and H. C. Offutt, a company director, made the round trip from Baer Field Tn the company's twin-motored Beechcraft plane. Banquet at Urbana D W McMillen. Sr . chairman of the lioard. was the principal speaker at a dedication banquet in the f'rliana l.iticoln Hotel in t'rbana. lll.,'Tuesday night. R Ji Fletcher, president, presided and D W McMillen. Jr:, vice-chair man of the board, also spoke. "Our organization may lie a lit lie old-fashioned in some respects." said Mr. McMillen. "Our brick and mortar expansion was made almost wholly from current earnings We be'leve that net working capital is one of the most Important assets for any organlza tion. A company that does not conserve for future operations its Ms working capital is not doing • sound Job.” "We believe In volume at a reasonable profit that business should recognize declines In com modify values. In pricing Its products. as promptly as they recognize advances." Two Persons Killed In Railroad Wreck Heavy Truck Rams Train In Oklahoma Kremlin. Okla. Apr 15 (I'Pi — Firemen and police searched the charred wreckage of a stream lined train today for additional victims of a t rash In which at least two persons were killed and 42 were Injured. Three coaches of the Rock Island line's southbound Texas I Ro( ket were derailed yesterday | when a heavy dump truck rammI e’d the train at x grade crossing I near here Two of the coaches i burst into flame. I Highway patrolmen said the| Imdies of the victims were man gled a'most beyond recognition i They were unable to tell if two or three bodies had been removed | II M of Oklahoma City, driver of the truck, escaped with] scratches. The heavily loaded truck hit! the stainless steel coaches Just hard enough to spread a rati and 'send the speeding train skidding: against a freight train standing on a side track. Clarence E Kester of El Reno Okla., engineer of the Rocket, sgid he was trave'ing about "5 miles an hour when the truck hit The train swerved from the track > and crashed against a row of empty tank cars In the freight Trainmen said the fig'- probably I was caused by friction as thet passenger coaches skidded against the lank cars The fire ; was slow in spreading and reacu-, ers were able to evacuate almost all the passengers l(efore the fire enveloped the coaches Nine ambulances shuttled the Injured from the crash scene to Enid, Okla. 10 miles south of here. Twelve of the victims were treated at the scene for minor injuries and released. fli'l Sturgeon, a brakeman on ( the sidetracked freight sal<F some of the injured were children 7ti‘Wi To Pags Two> a

Waters Force Cincinnatians To Flee Homes Additional Units Os National Guard To Indiana Areas By t'nited Press More than C.Oftff residents of f'in- : cinnati prepared to evacuate their ' homes before a threatening rise of the Ohio river today, adding their numbers lo thousands already stricken by floods in portions of eight states. Cities and rural areas along the Ohio were the hardest hit of the fkxHl areas The sun was shining at most points in the Ohio valley today, but the river, fed by spring rains of the past few days, continued its slow rise. Flood waters spilled over sections of West Virginia. Pennsylvania. Ohio. Kentucky. Indiana. Florida. North Dakota and Minnesota. causing millions of dollars damage. National guardsmen were rushed Into some towns along the Ohio, on its worst rampage in three years, to help evacuate inhabitants. The river was four to six feet above flood stage from Pittsburgh to! Cairo. 11l It was still rising all the rate of two inches an hour at most points. Many outlying sections of Cincinnati. including an amusement park and a race track, already were flooded as the Ohio, rising two Inches an hour, neared the 60f(M)t level. At Gallipolis. 0.. the business district was under water but families in low lying areas had been removed to safety. Guard Alerted Indianapolis. April 15-tt'P) Vlditional national guard units were alerted for duty in Indiana's flooded Ohio river valley today as the adjutant general's office here predicted that the fl-xxls would grow "more serious" within the next two days. The crest between New Albany ind Evansville was expected sometime Sunday. Observers said the river was rising at a rate of two-tenths of an inch per hour. Meanwhile, a veritable tent city arose at New Albany where scores Os persons were driven from their homes by the fhaided Ohio. Tents for temporary housing were issued by the Jeffersonville army quartermaster depot through the national guard and the Red Cross. Sunny skies and forecasts of warmer temperatures cheered many homeless refugees. The national guard this morning evacuated 12 families in the Madison area. The adjutant general's office . T o n To Page s s) o —— Services Sunday For Pfc. Sheets Soldier's Body To Arrive Here Friday The body of Pfc. William E ! Sheets, son of Mr and Mrs. Don i Sheets. 91!» Winchester street, who, I wax killed in action with the I' S ■ annv in France, will arrive in !>e , . <atur at S 17 pm Friday and will be taken to the Gillig A Doan funeral home. Short services will lie held at the funeral home at 2'30 pm Sunday, with the Rev Dwight R McCurdy, pastor of the Church of God officiating Military rites will he conducted at the Deratur ieemetery by Adams Post 43. ' American Ix-zion Pfc Sheets was killed In action l in France Nov 15. 1944 while at ' ta<hed to the 397th infantry He attended the Monroeville I high school and was employed by the Schafer Wholesale Co at the time he entered service. The soldier hero is survived by his parents: four bndberx, Gletui. aliened with th* army in Germany. Robert. Richard and Buddy, all at home. Hh-i three sisters. Mrs IR C. Warr* of Mke Park. Ga. ' Miss Betty Sheets, also of Lake Park, and Mi’* Elizabeth Sheets, at home.

* — Ignore Truman Objections To 70-Group Forces

, I Pastor Resigns I ■ '*• i Rev. John W., McPheetert, Jr. Rev. McPheeters Resigns Pastorale To Serve Whiteland Presbyterian Church i The Rev John W McPheeters Jr . pastor of the First Presbyteri ian church in itecatur for the last three years, tendered his resignation to the congregation at a meeting held Wednesday night at i the (liurch The congregation ac i (epted the resignation subject to the approval of the Fort Wayne ■ presbytery. Rev McPheeters will leave Deca- ' tur the latter part of this month He will deliver hlx final sermon ax the I'ocal pastor April 25. The presbytery, governing body of churches in the Fort Wayne ana will meet at Warsaw next week and final action on the resignation will be taken at that time Wilbur Petrie and Roscoe Glen I dening of the Decatur church will present the resignation and the ac tion of the local congregation at the presbytery Rev Ml I’hecters and his family |1 , nl. oil ■ I I SHI II I HIWSS ■(!.■■■■ • <Tu n i ' ' ‘ Eichhorn Candidate For Lt.-Govcrnor Von A. tPatl Eichhorn, of I'nlon dale, joint state senator fromj Adams. Wells and Blackford coun 'les. yesterday announced his con dldacy for the Democratic nomin ation for lieutenant governor He lx now serving hts third term ax senator. Sen Eichhorn nos oper atex his own electrical business in Uniondale Red Cross Campaign Over Top In County Quota Os $9,060 Is Oversubscribed Here The 194 S campaign of the Adams county .chapter. American Red ('rose, went over the top today--, with some groups yet to re- ' port. II Phil Sauer, county drive chairi man. announced this morning that • a total of |9.6«1 55 had been reported contributed to date more than |6o<> over the 19.660 quota i set for the county Follectlon of 1670 in pledges from the De-catur General Ele tric' • employes boosted the nesr-quota • total of yesterdav over the top Campaign leaders tndav predicted that tl.e 194« total may ■ reach as high as 110.000. since . (Qiere are xtfll a few groups that ha«T not made reports . Red Cross officials expressed ex tretne gratification todav over re- . stilts of the campaign and the ef- > firent and rapid manner in which solicitors conducted their individual parts of the drive.

Price Four Cents

| Accept Symington Proposal To Build 70-Group Air Force To Bolster Nation Washington. April 15 (UP) The house voted 63,195.100,000 for air power today and ordered an Immediate start toward a 70-group air force over Pr< sident Truman's objections. Mr. Truman had asked for some extra money to eirengtiten the present 55-group air forte and for naval aviation. House members chose instead to (•(•(ept udvice of air secretary W. Stuart Symington. He broke administration ranks testify repeatedly that- a 70-group force is the minimum required for aocurity. The house threw Its enthusiastic support to Symington, voting 115 to 0 to add |x22.000.mM Jo an ap-‘ propriation bill for the air force and natal aviation. All tlie extra sum goes to the air force. Appropriations committee chairman John Taber. R. N. Y., said it is the amount required to buy the first planes in a 70-group air force program On e this question was settled, the house put its formal okay on he full appropriation. Originally put at |2.376.1<'< , . , m0.u<i0. It carried 13,195. ittn.OOO, as amended. The sum includes lioth cash and contract authorization, the latter -■iuu| tliroii- i June :", 195" I'he air force gets tlie lion's share |2,2!<s.l"(>.(<"<> |6t<s,!<•<'.<"'o in cash and the rn-t in (ontra.-* authority. The navy gets l9O3.<HH>.o'h< |3ls,oo<(.i«M> in cash and the rest in ((intract authority. Mr Truman orig nally asked for all but the 6522.000.n0d <M» M: Truman at a news ((inference strongly siipisiried the proposals of defense secretary James Forrestai. who asked cotigrexx merely to strengthen tlie present 55-group air force. Hou.re members. Republicans and Detnociats alike, accepted instead -advice of air secretary W. Stuart Symington Symington broke administration tanks to plump repeatedly for an expanded air force.. Chairman John Taber of the house appropriations (Tmmittee set the pate He himself offered tire 7"-group amendment to a pending' apropriatlon lull that already carried 62.376.100,000 (Bi for the air for< e and for naval aviation. Meanwhile two leadi'ng veterans organizations gave new support to universal military training. The veterans of foreign wars, in ' an open letter to congress, demanded that "America's elected leaders stop jeopardizing tile security I'of our nation for political reasons." And James F. O'Neill, commandler of the American Legion, said congress would only "invite periodic sei urity ' crisis if it okays a trig--1 ger air force and tlie draft but bur- ' ies I MT Talier said that 6«22.o<Ht.iMm (Mj i is enough for the air force to lie--1 gin Its 7" group program.” lie said he isn't completely satisI tied with the air force plans for j expansion but that he is going a- : long with them anyway It had been said previously the amendment, would cal! for an addition f922."'"'." , »" (Mt. The exI tra 61"<'""o.Ooit (Mt may be ' made up through renegotiation of contracts, although Talier said that w, uld Cot lie spelled out in ! the legislation At hlx news conference; Mr. Truman said the ptogram submitted by (Ten To I'ug* Sixt • . 0 Trustees Elected For Bethany Church William Linn and Amos Ketchum were elected trustees at the annual congregational meeting of the Bethany Evangelical United IWe'hren i him h held Wednesday nlcht at the Bethany church on • Winchester street John Meyer was chiwen as class leader and Frank l.yn«4> »«* namaa«katan'„ These leaders have charge of the Wednesday night services at the church. Financial and other fiscal reports werw submitted | at the annual meeting.