Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 46, Number 94, Decatur, Adams County, 20 April 1948 — Page 1

SjxLVI. No. 94.

Communists Are Beaten 2-1 In Italian Election lIEWIS, MINE UNIONHNED FOR CONTEMPT

fEasperi States [No Communists lln New Cabinet 11111111® ——„

I Huge Vote Is Being tiled Up By Anti- * Communist Forces iT Italy Election Premier said flatly today lint .litiiat-. b.-atell two toI . election*. will not the new Italian M linent *| 1,. I ■! 1. the possibility of B r • artii Iputliin In the next hsflat .-..••nti.ent " th-- Jubilant n, ;d the I’nitel Press r.mi.l- were reinforced by t&e t> being rolled up by < Mi-tian Democrat part-.' r yel| h polling nearly half the cotntr-l vote f|l i -i.imists were running a peat >. nd with little more than of the counted vote ' Sflk anti ■ Communist parties; wtliU I<l.o-perl's margin, ami: nAi'-.-l Communist exclusion' Ml'the coalition government he’ 1.1 about M.iv 2" ; was some question' vtAi-r the leftists would accept i Arat ;..-a- .-fully Partisans were nrat-1 gathering in the Milan mK and government fighter and ground forces were MMBr to break them up appeared firmly in' however, and he had .336.-I |M' ord police “ready to MB ato situation." bis military I lerar* said * ■■tii'e vote was three-> Wtbs counted, and the chamber; tot-- was following the' Itw indi at.-d in the upper! MBs balloting. f i lal senate count from! of II tils 3*B these figures for the major Bfti Democrat 8.171.569 ■■• Wing Sts iallsts 1 142 Is I Mhjl --al Bloc 1.<195.032 Mar -hist* 302.467 *®al Movement 194.589 AntiCommunista 11.613.925 (ramtmist Front 5.332.076 figiir<-s resulted from taby ' of 17 2*6.139 votes. 76 1 My 1,1,1 ’he ’otal senate vote A y' 1 *- "f votes beyond the totals above was scattered among parties, all of them anti tl-e deputies Voting, official from 7.3*7 pre-in< ts gave: ralstian Democrats 2.319.896; 3 Itnunist front 1.663,155; Kight ■ k Socialists 423.550; National .".<>; Italian Social Move Ji’ 122. MC: Republican* 121.373; ■ >ar hists 34.224. H mile li.. Casper! and other anti B Intunist leaders rejoiced in Mr tofory the rommunlats took from the fact that they ap1 'Tarr. To Page Mix* O Stoub Infant Dies W Hospital Monday Ann. infant daughter of Mr 3 Mrs Bernard Staub. 233 North M'h Street died at 9 o'clock M's* night at the Adams conn Mrctnorial hospital, where the ■ » * horn Sunday morning Sut ra"* in addition to the parents ■ i Mr and Mrs K !>,1 «ericb and Sylvester Staub BP 1 ** 1 * 1 »*r*ices were held this Wrn-on al s , ( . B|hol|( . 9 ‘ lh a Very Ker Msgr J J .J **'•> burial in the Catholic M”fry Pallbearers were Marv K‘"‘ Monica Hdmschlag. Vera & ar ‘d Margie Heiman Ser■7 »*re .'inducted b> the Gillig ■ funeral home n o— I WEATHER ■ ClMt.ng norti , lnd mo#l|y K,.?* / »outh portion tonight tcattered thundershowers Kk.x ,h * ° hio rl ** r - Cooler. ■ *’***•> fair and cooler.

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

City On Daylight Time On Saturday Change Schedules On Buses, Trains Clocks in Decatur and community will |>e set up one hour Satin -lay at midnight in starting the an- ■ nua! summer observance of day light saving time. • Other than a change in bus and train schedules ami tavern hours the switch is expected Io have lit tie effect here Then- will likely lie a few late for church Sunday morn ing if residents forget to move up the clocks, hov-ever Since the state liquor laws are .based on central standard time I tavern* will not be permitted to I begin selling alcoholic beverages jin the mornings until 3 am. They will, however, be permitted to stay I open an hour later at night closing at I a m t'DT Instead of mid night Other business houses, school*, factories, etc, will operate as usual. except that all .locks will be I advanced an hour Bus Time Changes I A check with Lofton Rich, of the 'local ADC bus office* here, reveal* I several changes Most noteworthy I among these are the addition of 'an early southbound bus. leaving I Ite atur at 6 35 a m and the return to the schedule of a late bus from I Fort Wayne This bus leaves the Summit City at 9 50 pin., arriv t ing here at Io 80 ptn and im--1 mediately returning, thus afford ing residents late hour transportation to and from the larger < itv The new ABC bus schedule, all times davlisht saving Southbound 6 35 am . 9:50 am . 1 <to pm. 3 25 pm. ami 7 50 pm Northbound 7 t-'i'a tn . * "3 a m 11:33. a m 2: 5s pm . 552 pm . 10 3o p m Since neither the Pennsylvania or Nickel Plate railroads offer passenger service here. time changes will have no effect W M Bumgardner Erie station agent announ ed the following changes In passenger service on that line starting Sunday West Bound No. I. regular stop now due at 4 15 a m CST; due at I 23 CDT No. 5. not regular stop, now due ffurn T-> <’age Tw-oi 0 - - Youthful Murderer Is Given 22 Years 13-Year-old Chicago Youth Is Sentenced I Chicago. April 20 (CPt Howard Mng. 13. wa< sentenced today to serve 22 years in the state 1 penitentiary for the murder of hi* playmate lamnie Felllck. 7 latng. wearing a sports shirt with a yellow background, brown slack* and a brown suede Jacket was in court. He glanced at his mother. Mrs Alma Lang. 52. before judge Daniel A Roberts pronounced sentence Roberta said that he thought the youth could he rehabilitated with proper supervision laxng was charged with stabbing and then crushing the head of hi* friend In a woods last Oct 18. Hr pleaded guilty last February at hi* trial, declaring “1 am sorry that I lid it." Mrs Lang wept as she heard the sentence Howard remained impassive. Two half brother* of the murMr Victim said thev were happy Z. I (Turn To Pag* Two>

U. S. Willing To Send Army To Holy land Tells UN America Willing To Aid In Trusteeship Plan l-ike fiucce**, N V . April 20 <Ll’i The I'nited States told the Cnited Nations today it would provide American troop* to Impo: <• a trusteeship government on Palestine provided selected other countries of the I’N also contribute some force* American delegate Warren Austin announced in the political and *eciirily committee of the general assembly that the I'nited States was ready to send troops to the Holy Lam! “but it is not prepared to .act alone in this matter " Austin disclosed that, so far. 'American attempts to bring other countries into an agreement for policing Palestine have “produced no tangible results." The Atm ri an spokesman emphasized that unless future negotia- , tion*. bring commitment* of trmtps >'and supplies from other I N coun tries the I'nited States will not j feel bound to semi any fighting| forces into Palestine to back up a trusteeship «r any other government the |'N sets up for Palestine Austin <li«l not tell delegates of . the other 57 I'nited Nations what . lountri'-s the I'nited States wants to |Kirti< ipale in an international army to enforce a trusteeship It was re|*>rted by reliable circle*, howev- r. the American officials plan to exclude Russia from any , such arrangement <> Technicolor Movie At Lions Tonight "Crossroads of America' is the title of a sound le- hntiolor picture I to lie shown this •-veiling at the weekly mee'ing of the Decatur Lions club in the Knight* of I'yth 1 ies lodge home as 6 all o'clock. I The movie <|epi- ts the infiltration jof Communism into the labor movement of the I'nited Statie Paul Ham her Is in charge of the program. o i County Council To Hold Special Meet Will Hold Hearing For Appropriations A special meeting of the county <oun-. ll will l>e called May 5 ami 6 <« conduct a hearing < n 416.366 in special appropriations, it was announced today by auditor Thurman I Drew Sim e the amount is over 415.00 U, the council Will be requited by law | to meet for two days rather than one. The appropriations were approved Monday by the county commissioners in a »pe< lal meeting at the courthouse They include 4200. aeked by the sheriff's department for a power lawn mower to be used at the jail. $350. for cleaning courtroom lib--1 rary. judge < hamtier, jury r<s»m etc. as recommended by the Itecember grand jury. $265. for an adding machine in the clerk’s office sio.7 ut. for repair and new construction <>f open drains, asked by the county surveyor The amount will be paid back in assessments, however The cUrveyor pointed out I '<> the commissioners that more than s|v.ooo I* in the course of collection now from completed ditch 1 work. sL<nu> for the repair of tile ditch ! es at«l I*o® for reallocation of ditciMO. asked by the surveyor for a Irnrrel of weed kille”. asked by the highway department for use where brush has l>een cut along highways, thus preventing re-growth S!.MO for the highway depart (Turn To l*ag* Bixi

ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ADAMS COUNTY

Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday, April 20, 1948

John L. Lewis Fined $20,000 Ph... L. '■ t - • z I jk 1 JOHN L. LEWIS (riciiti is shown leavin-.' I'uiDd .-tit- <li*tt t ■ court in Washington after he ami his I'nited Mine Workers union were convic'ed of criminal ami < ivil i <<nt<-mp of court for defying Irijtim.-tion again*! rm-ent coal strike With him is I'.MW attorney Earl Hom k Federal Judge T Alan (loldsborough this morning fitted Lewis s2<t,otH< am! the 1 MW sL4t'O.<tO« on tin- <-rimiirn contempt <<m vi tion, delaying until Friday any sentence under the civil contempt

Decatur Scholarship Fund Is Established Fund Organized To Encourage Teachers Robert Ashbaucher was elected first president of the board of director* of the Itecatltr scholarship 'mid. which held it* first me tine Monday night .it the home of Roy Kalver Tlie fund i* being set up by the PT A of the Lincoln school to encourage more local high t school graduates to become ele •nent.iry school tea< hers Mr* David Downs was named secretary and Mrs Roy Kalver war named treasurer of the new board Tie board con-ist* of nine members, five officer* of the I’TA and four other* selected by the I’TA The first board includesMr A*hbauclier. Mrs. Downs. Mr* Kalver. Don Jefferies. Mrs Lotti* Jacobs. John DeVos*. lb r man Kru< k’-berg. Walter J Krick ani Dick Heller The newly organized Decatur Junior Chamber of i Commerce has accepted the task of raising the funds for the si lodar ship group. Mr* Betty Erwin Rhoada. Port Wayne, president of the Allen county I’TA council scholarship board met with the local group Monday night to assist in the organization. The Fort Wayne organization sponsor* several echo lar-hips ranging from |2'>u a year for four year* to |*oo a year The Decatur group will sponsor two types of scholarships; one will be on a loan basis and the student seh* ted after an examination will! be granted a loan of |2att a year , for four year*, totalling $1 coo Repayment of the loyn will not he started until the sixth year after the loan Is made. The other type <>r s< holarship will be an outright gift to the student The types of scholarship will be designated by tin donor*. The drive for funds which will be started »<*>n by the Decatur Jaycees will be concentrated on small gift* the first year, and these gifts wili lie grouped together into lots of 11,000 each and the first scholarships will be awarded on a loan basis. However, it was pointed out that if some fraternal or social organization desire* to donate IL"’" 1 or more, that scholarship will bear the donor’s name and will be administered by the scholarship orga nitatlon either as* a gift, divided 1 Into four annual disbursements or jas a loan The type of the scholar • ship will tie at the discretion of the donor The by-laws of the local group were ten.itively adopted Monday night and the fund will tie ini or porat -d a* a non-profit organization. It 1* hoped that examlna I tlons can be given and the first st-holirshlp awmrded. so the iui tTurn To Fag* Seven)

Coatesville Fund Closed Out Today The Coatesville rehabilitation fund was closed out by the Decatur Daily Democrat today and the con 11dilutions were rent to C D Knight, trasurer of tin- Coate- a Hie ! fund. With a i-> donation received from! •• \ Friend,’ < optr.button- totaled o Woman Feared Dead As Home Destroyed Aurora Residence Destroyed By Blast Aurora, Ind \pr 20 < I I’t \u explo -on* and fire destroyed • hoim- of a prosperous banker today and hi* wife was mi-sing Hid fire.limed dead itl the debris The bla*t levied the home of Clateme I! Wilson. cashier of the Aurora State bank The con- - uesion ami fire damaged a house m-xt door ,-md broke windows for several buckMr- Alice Wil-on, 7’>. was missing and le-r husband and laughters -aid -lie was alone in i the house at the time il blew up They believed she was J-ad but he smoking ruin* kept fir- non ! from M-um-hlng tor the body Flood water* of the Ohio river. whi.lt crested lure y> fi-rday. covered part* of the business see lion of llie town and kept the l ily fire department from aii-wt-r .tie a call to the «< en«Volunteer* from Hie northsid* auxilary fire department, a Lawr ••m eburg Ind . fire company ami -tale police battled fires In the two homes Cause of the Ida-t had not been determined State po’iee Haiti the house was loafed by an oil furnace. They believed twines itl tie- furnat e ex plotted Wilson was in the idtv’s fl tod t‘d downtown district when the blast occurred He was taken in a police boat through the Ohio iTur-i To Pag- Sis’) Bread Price War On In Muscatine, lowa Muscatine, la. \pril 20 il’Pl \ bread price war being waged by Must acne grocers hit a new pitch today Some grocer* offered a free loaf of bread with ea h It purchase of groceriw*. Other* immediately of f-red free bread with each 12 pur. ha«e If the housewife wanted bread only, however, it cost hot 10 cents; a loaf The pri e war started when a su nermarket cut it* bread price* 1 from IT ■ eats to 12 ent* Grocers promptly brought their price to a dime.

Judge Goldsborough Fines Lewis, UMW; Tells Lewis He Favored Prison Term - — —

Military Plan Heads For Long Congress Fight Senator Taft Secs Long Drawn Fight Over Military Plan Washington, Apr 2" HID — Tin- military program seemed , heiid<-i| today for ;< long, drawn I out fight In congress Sen Roliert A Taft. It. <• • -i-i tin- controversy over the pro ' gram particularly th-- air power | ph;<*<- may k<-< p congress in se* ion beyond th.- pt-—nt lune 19 i adjournment target date Taft said he favors the "gem-r .<1 principle" of the 7<> group air r< <■ as approved by the hous<Hut Im -ml Io- wants to know mor.- about its "relationship tothe rest of the military program"! M-anwhile. socialist Norman! j Thomas poke out against r.-vlv-j ing the dr.iff He’testified before th-- holt*.- armed service* commit ..- |lu< Io opj»ositton a|'|.ai -*t.t i y f< ll on deaf ears for the com i mittee seemed ready to give over i whelming approval to a 19 'plough 2'- draft plan Thomas said the draft is "un Amerh <n" and will not lead to l-.-a- <■ but war ID- also pr.-diel -<1 that many ' right thinking ' Vni'-inans will follow a civil di* I of., li.-m-e program " Wi'h both the senate and house in - -ion. there were 111. e other congressional developments Folins S.-n Robert V Taft It. <t said there i- an Inclination ->moiic Repuldi. an* to slow down in okaving any more nomination* bv I'resid. nt Truman This wou'd include tin* imminent r<nomination of members of the atomic eti.-rgy .omniissioii l*o llti.al strategy apparently is be hind tin- slow down idea The Re mibll- <n« exp.-. t a <•<>!' president to I this fall The Idea (Turn To Fag.- Hist o Plan Retail Display During Street Fair Decatur Retailers To Exhibit Wares Anv Decatur retail stores which d.-sire to have a commercial exhibit at the Decatur free street fair and <gri<ultural show July 26 31, are! oiked to reserve their spa. at th--f'hambi r of t'ommer<-<* offices in the library building, it wax an noun.ed t.xlay A lent for local retail displays will le set up beside the indus'rin! .‘xhil.it tent ami laith tents will b<■uarded at night* Space in the retail tent will sell for $2 a front f.s.t •nd Hill be I', feel deep Many local stores selling radio*, ■■leetrii al equipment, and also lumber yard*, have Inquired <’on.-erninz space and it is tielieved that manv i will take advantage of showing their product* The exhibit wi'l not Io- limited, to < hamber of Commerce members< and any retailer can buy any a i mount of space he desires Each ex h-bit-.r will he required to ere-1 hi* own layout, but the tight guard; .-4- .• will la. furnlwhed by the fair a**., iatioti It W I'ruden. seer.-tary of the I chamber of Courner. e. has charge ! ~f the re-.-rvations for space in this tent an-l all Interested persons are asked to <ontact him In the next | Week*

Fund President -dOfesHay Leltz. above w.i <-l<- t.-l president of th.- D.-.atttr Com mutiny Fund Inc. at th* annual! m.-.-'m* of ilie direitoi- Molida) night Ray Leilz President Os Community Fund Annual Election Is Held Monday Night A llivv le it/. o«t and payroll supervi or at the General l-.le-iri. , companv' plant wu- . le. ted pre-i dent of th.- De atur Commuiiitv ( i Fund. In-' at th.- annual m.-eiimi lof th.- .111.-- ..r* last niteMr l.eitz ■U- ■ e.-.ls I .ill C I’umphi-y who served a p:---1 .lent of the fun-1 since it or. <ui Z.atioti in 1913 .Ml I’lmi.lir-t ituains on the board. < tth.tr offi. ei - el.- t. -l arJames I-. Stal- - filst vicepr.-si dent Earl <* Fuhrman ■ oml vice presi-leitf. Mi Herman K|er. secretarv. and Joseph E <'el b< n-, trea- urer Beside* Hie officers Hid Mr Pumphrey, th. other dire, tors are Walter J Kri. k the Rev William C Feller am! Francis Lady. I The board me. t ev.-rv month to’ triii *aet ne<-> s-ary l.ii-ine. and to r.a eive reports from the sup ■ ported avetn 1.--The D< atur Community Fun-i---is operating in its filth y--ar through donation* made bv th. publl . It* -pon-or* the Boy atnl Girl Scouts and oih- r vouth pro ' trains in the .itv, including the; development an-l equipment of < < r tain plavground* wlii.h an- super I used by a committer- headed by Mr Kri.-k superintendent <f sch.Mii* o Authorize Strike Os Chrysler Employes Strike If Needed To Win Demands D.-troit. Apr 2<» ft'Pt The 22 i man ex.-entive hoard of the CIO | I'nited Automobile Workers In i ion today unanimously authorized; a strike by 75 <«'<> Chrysler Cor , | tw.ration employes it tie. <■ -ary to ' win wage demands Wlo'her a «lrike wll b- tailed I wa- left to the dis. r> lion of Nor . j man .Matthew-. t'AW regional di 1 rector lii i-htrcw of th* union's, j Chrysler department ,| A spokesman said th* laiard** vote wa unanimous on Matthew* motion ft r strike . cb.iriration to Jba.k up hi* demand for an 18*i I - ect* an hour pay b.a.st Ms'thevrs w»« reported to have < ut the pay demand from 'he orlg ' -T . ' . !•-*. »(- |

Price Four Cents

Penalty Is Double One Imposed For Earlier Offense; One Cha s. Hangs Wn-biti.-tot' 20 tl'l’t Federal jud • l.n ’*'l'l l*iroiijli todav tin- Jo:<n L. la-wls «ml th.- I nited Mm* worker- 41.1" 11 ."00 Tor -riminal contempt of court. The judge sail he wi.llbl havtt ■ent Lewis to ptis-m f In- had followed is a n judgment Hut the governnu-nt did not want to put the powerful min* union leader in jail. So Gold shot oil :fl confined tile pell altv to exaitlv a uxt the government a-k.-d in the way of fill'-* Even so, tin- p-naltv was double that Impo-.-d on L.-wis ami the union in 1916 for a smiilar otf.-n, <• \nd this mat n-.t !«• all Lewis ami lln- union still fa<.- -.-nt.ll' ** on a < r. II - ont.-mpl .barge Gold* borough said that punishment pos- blv more til* ■ will lie con id.-i-'d Fiidav I -a took 11* tn fin- wcl. *it I i t. I i,. ,i word <v- .-pt io t.-ll i- la a ~-i ......I boy . it. t it «at I over. In imposing the punishment, ■..-1.1. . I. . i ■ I-eml L.-ais to prison but that he felt |< in- - * ary to go along with , the .ierirn.-nt s re. -.mmendatioiH Xl'ho.ii i 1,,.1.1 , -ofoii,-|| wanted to rnprio.ii Lewi-, tin- government ■ a tied t oin f.-■-.mtn. inliti.: *m II a ei.-re penalty \p;-ar. uh the einun-lit fear- . d '■ ala ait etitein • vollhl .et tati-ty 111-..- a full fledged Work -t->p|-a ’ i roii. hii.it tin- - oal in i-ti . i ,-al supplies already are I. pleted I -■ le. ell' |.|l tke lief.. . i-oorom-h withheld < pi -.1. --nt.-.. .-again t la-wis. min- .-!• *.i.- a ilhin - out bi tin thou sands hll- law k» pt - letit hi* l hies o-in-el Welly K Hopkins .-goti.ilsly protested tin- tun - am! in. l-ted a alll tlilt llel her Lewis i,oi I iitiio-i had ip.-at.-d alls law When Gold ...rough said he would hav.- s.-nt Lewi* to prison f 1,.- bed In- way. tin- miner* thief ■ imply a/.il around the courtlo- ll When the nidge IlllloUm ed tl • fin. I.l’l th In-d slti! loose f -lire-th a' tli« -tuh.on i- 11-king his lipMmrn Ange.-ed Pills mi all Apt I 2'< t I'Pi Mou- I aati l.ai.'Hi'i -inn.-i- struck n - . a n t ibe . on. I- tion of John L. L--wI -on oiitempt of i.iurt - liai /iThe prides! Walkout swelled Hie t.urn! er < f men nib- to atsnit 25". "tt-i ot th.- |i'","ii" m; er - employed in the soft . oal fu Id* Although th* min.- ■ were angry ■ >ie t. . tteatmt'Ul <>; then union pr.--nl.-nl -i.» I MW di-trL t lead*rs ui.-.-d their tn.-n to return to work Industry’ spokesmen said th.- f >.||. ve,| th-, protest trikes would '-<• short he a-n-.t Lewis eaped a all sent. Hack io wo g .-immetidatiotiH w. i.- made bv . g.- J I'ttler. lire dent of ’ if tri--' .'9 at I’.et kley W A a .> t Hugh Wa te. Uesni.-ni of 1 'dW district 12 at sprlngfleld 111 Distri t presi.l.-nts in Fenncyli .ani.i withheld mn*h order*. Frank Wilson, president of I'MW .Tarn 'I- Pair.- s ». . ft — LATE BULLETINS San Jo»e. C- Rl. April 20— (UP- -Pracident Teodoro Pi cado resigned today and announced that th* unconditional •urrender of hi* military force* to thuxe of Gen. Joie Figueret. leader of *n uprising aga-nat the government, would be effected within 24 hour*. Washington. Apr.l 20— (UPI —Congress today enacted over President Truman's veto a s■•l4 excluding full-time newspaper and magazine vendors from soc’C Mcßrity coverage