Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 46, Number 96, Decatur, Adams County, 22 April 1948 — Page 1

LVI. No. 96.

I S. STEEL REFUSES TO INCREASE WAGES

■t Os Soft 111 Miners tfk To Work ißlar Nor: ial Output 1 ■edicted Soon By Leaders \pr - (1 ? 1 a! ; ■ dB)-* 1 hi “ k 111 -e.| production would K§9 near normal for EflH ill.' strike began 39 ■*,,lk movement he , ~tternoon shift* yes : puk'd lip speed today Wm.'i-'i" ' "iiml M, '"‘ W " rk ■ , . ..ppealed to the ran* h.-ed John L. tawi* m to work. ■ was the first state to a j hark In E.^K li The IMW ha* 24.652 K|K r . ih Production tons daily I’.mnsylvania operat ■faJL ”• 1 'hl' between Mt ami tie mine* IK: io be working later wli'ii afternoon shifts Fti. k Coke Co. a V. S sin.-idiary, reja.rted only it. closed in Pennsylvania. Carnegie j Bjo*' i " r i 1 ' *’ s su'.si.liai y boosted protlm from percent yesterday IB pen • Virginia, only a "very ■Stum'- still were closed. In ■ source* said es'im.i ed 20.n0n of 22 tlfto miners were on the job - state's mines rcsttm K ..ffiiiais in Indiana re K K‘**i of ihe state’s k.ooo Bl “ork today. They pre a tomorrow I .'U.oim miners re tn work as did 11.000 in |Bnia The Virginia Coal (ip association reported ail K|K» nd"** working | J Call* Trustee* | Apr 2.’ tl’Pl I ■ I. lewis called a meeting ■ of Cni'eil Mine Workers I Str a,..! t.-tirement fund tins '< sotk out d. ?ils of the pension plan. ■ 1 MW chief acted despit. I B 1 *" ’"“fed by the I o»mts to block payments B on grounds -hat 18.I B. 1 1 1 " ''"lt es the Taft Hart ■ e Lewis’ chances of ■ ■F"-’ ■"■■••'her stiff contemp' B'9 1 ;!y '"d'toved as near '' ■ t . PITT? I Banish War Vets IBunion On Monday |No Formal Program ■Planned For Vets I ■ ,M have been completed for I 9 s ?’ h a " rii 'eraary reunion of I W S; ' alli ’ ,h American War vet I Ms. to he held al the tagion I IB* h “ r ‘' M,m day afternoon I " ■«"”*' d "*en or more veterans of I W War r ’‘ i,ldln « Decatur and I ynunily. along with several [ B from various part* of the na I B are expected to gather here IJBthe erent. I these is William Weimer I W ><l ' ,!| ' hi * f’a a former Decatur I .■W’” 1 ' »*'" has notified local of W 1 ’ ,h « he will Ite present. ■* rn R*«d. commander of | W«r Miller encampment 52 I 1B ’’vanish American War vet ' ,rian( *»tion. is in general iy" '-’Msted by other Officer, f m leaders I f * onlo “ »UI marg 50 e ?ar « *" * laV **"“* ' h “ m *‘ n enlisted LBB tnf * ,h e oath of the T. S MB 1 S ’° f,,r ««l program is plan ’ ®Lw*” h “ <et together and re f f e*tu rtn< the observ th * m * n • r * mwnlor, of ” IM,h Indiana regiment 5 *•« mastered Into service ■J *mp Mount. indiansimlU if® ' ’ To Fn u ;,' *

DECAT UR DAILY DEMOCRAT

Graduate Speaker n Or. R. B Stewart Dr. M. 0. Latter Lutheran Church To Build New School Establish Fund To Construct Building An Important und far reaching reaoiutioti was passed Wednesday evening at a special meeting of the Zion Lutheran church voters’ assembly, effecting the Christian training and education of the children of the congregation It was resolved to establish a parish edit tjitlon building fund. intended toward the establishment and erection, in the near future, of a narish building with class rooms and auditorium The (lass room* would be so arranged to care more Adequately for the present depart merits of the Sunddy school and Saturday school and the eventual establishment of a Christian day school. H wa* resolved that all funds now in the building fund treasury and all receipts from the monthly building fund envelopes be placed into the newly formed narish education building fund The bo« of contribution envelopes shall carry an envelope so designated The recommend'ation was made to the congregation by the finance committee through Its chairman. Earl Caston The expansion committee, composed of Phil Sauer. Arnold Oster merer, and Henry Krueckeberg. was ordered to let the contract for the redecoration of the church , auditorium and painting of the church basement room*. It was also resolved to conduct two Sunday morning services, hours S and 10:» a m . beginning Sunday. June «. and continuing for a trial period until the first Sunday in October IHiring this period. Sunday school and Bible class will begin at »:1» am. instead of 9 o’clock as at present. The congregation was reminded by It* pastor, thx Rev. Edgar P. Schmidt, that nest Sunday’s aerv , Ice and Bible school classes will operate on daylight saving time r Two Trucks Collide In Pleasant Mills I —- Tracks driven by William W. Wilkinson. U. Decatur and Donald Jefferies. 43. also of thi* city, collided in the village of Pleasant Mills about 10:15 o’clock this morning when the former drove ' out onto the highway from a serv- ' ir« stat infl 1 Sheriff Herman Bowman, who investigated, estimated damage at |I7S.

Name Speakers : For Graduation, I Baccalaureate 1 Speakers Announced At Annual Exercises Os Decatur School Speaker* for the annual Decatur ' school commencement exercises on I Muy 20 and the baccalaureate service* on May 16. were announced , today by Walter J. Krick, superin | tendent of city school*. Dr. Robert B. Stewart, vice-pres-ident and controller of Purdue University. will deliver the address to the 72 high school graduate*. Dr. M. O. lister, pastor of thel First Methodist church In this city, will deliver the baccalaureate sermon on Sunday evening prior to the commencement. Both exercises will be held in the auditorium of the Junior-senior high school, Mr. Krick announced Dr. Lewter ha* tendered his resignation a* pastor of the Decatur church, after serving six years as the spiritual leader of the congrega’ion. He will be assigned to new duties at the Methodist conference to be held next month. Dr. Stewart is one of the nation’s leaders in the field of educational institution financing. Holding the office of controller since 1925 and vice-president wince 1945. *he I* one of Purdue University's most popular speakers. Following the holding of several lm|M>rtant post* during the war vears. which included serving a* special advisor to the director of the office of science research and development, special assistant to the bureau of naval personnel, ounselor to the director of AI»TD. I*. S. army, and chairman of the joint army-navy board for uniform contracts with college training unit*. Dr. Stewart now is chairman of Hie advisory -ommlttee to <len Bradley on veteran's educational affair*. He has recently been named by the department ut the army as I chairman of the committee on army research and developing contract r procedure*. A native of Minnesota. Dr. Stewi art received hl* A. B. and A. M. degrees from the I’niversity of i Wisconsin and hie doctorate from Butler I’niversity. After teaching I for some years in high schools and I business college* in Minnesota and i Wisconsin, he served from 1923 to I i 1925 as business manager of Ali bion College in Michigan. He be- . came controller at Purdue in 1925 . and eubsequently ha* served, in adI ditlon to this post, as lecturer in I accounting, instructor of school , budget* and accounting, professor I of educational finance, treasurer. I (Turn To Page Mist , o— Ideal Glove To Open Branch Al Pennville r Facilities At Local Factory Inadequate The Ideal Glove Co.. Inc., of • this city, will open a new factory ’ in Pennville in aliout three week*. B official* of the local corporation announced todav. ’ Home new equipment and some ’ which ha* been used here — but f cannot lie housed in the local sac--1 tory quarter* —will be *et up Tn * the new factory, the company " officia’* stated. The move will not In any way affect the worker* employed at the local plant and all will remain on their job* for the present Official* said, however, that they may be forced to close their 1 local factory at a later date The '• building in which the plant Is qow located on North Second street ha* been condemned by the state, they stated Despite effort* of officials of the company and the Decatur Chamber of Commerce, a suitable j site ha* not been found in thi* t city to date. . The glove company officer, stated ’hat they have been unable to rent or purchase a suitable site *nd have been unable to secure an agreement from the owner of their present location to renovate t the building in conformity with (Turn To Page ffeveat

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Decatur, Indiana, Thursday, April 22, 1948

Confessed Slayer Sentenced To Life Sturgeon Bay. Wl«.. April 22 — (I’s*l— William Drew*. 50-year-old truck driver, was sentenced to life; imprisonment today for the furnace murder of a wealthy widow. Drew* confessed that he killed; Mr*. Sadie Cody. 85. after she re-j fused to finance his honeymoon. "—J Senate Passes Bill To Ease Home Shortage Measure Provides For 15 Million New Homes In 10 Years Washington. April 22 — (UP! — The senate today passed a bill to relieve the shortage of home*. The measure, called the Taft-KI lender-Wagner bill, seeks to provide this house-hungry nation with 15.000.nnS new homes in the next 10 years. Although It cleared the senate by a voice vote, the bill faced heavy going in the house. A similar mea sure was passed by lh“ senate two year, ago. it never got out of the house banking committee. Tile new measure propose* to speed home-construction throrfgh special credit and insurance aids to private builders. It also would provide federal fund* for 500,000 pule lit houalng units in five years. The senate yesterday voted down a proposal to aladish the publi, housing provisions. Today the sen ate unanimously adopted an amendment to give wheel-chair veteran* up to 810.000 for specially -.equipp ed homes. While the senate acted on housing, the house considered a proposal to ask the commerce department o turn over its loyalty file on Dr. Edward U. Condon, director of the bureau of standards Meanwhile, congress made the following news: Defense Brig. Gen. E. A. Evans, executive director of the reserve officer*’ a**o<-latlon. said the army I* to blame for the fact that it now needs the and universal military training He told the house armed service* committee , turn T<» Page Fourt — O — Berne, Jefferson Graduates Listed 32 Berne Graduates, Eight At Jefferson Berne, April 22 — The Rev J. ('lman Miller, pastor of the First Baptist church at Bluffton, will Ite thq commencement speaker for the graduating class of the Berne high school this spring The commencement will l>e held Tuesday evening. May 18. at the Berne Auditorium The Rev C. A. Schmid, pastor of the Cross Evangelical Reformed church will deliver the baccalaureate sermon Sunday evening. May 16. at the Menn<tnlte church. Miss Ruth Ann Eilspaw. daugh ter of Mr and Mrs. Roliert Allspaw I* valedictorian of thia class. Berne doe* not name a salutatorian. i Thirty-two young men and women comprise the graduating class, in addition to a retnrned war veteran. Horace Stocky, who will receive his diploma after completing hiw high school work through the G. 1. test. Thoae who will receive their diploma* are Ruth Ann All*paw. Valier Amitutx. Sally Bagley Lmetta Bertwh. Roger Bixler. Wlllodean Bollenbacher. Duane Ellenberger. Wallace Flueckiger. Pauline ' Gerber. Elaine Gllllom. Walter t Graber. Loren Heare. Robert HuffI man. Jane Kehrn. Gerald Ix*hman. ■ Willard Ixriiman. Ixirry Lierhty. Charles McCrory. Arthur Muael- ’ man. Conrad Nagel. Waneta Nos* ' baum. Robert Schindler. Betty . flchug. David Scbwartx. Jame* i Shoemaker. Marilyn Smith. Bever ly Sprunger. Kent Spranger. I>i roy Spruager Frederick Stauffer. Coaetta Steiner and Robert Witt- > wer. Jefferson township high achool will graduate eight seniors thia , apflaff. the commencement to be i held May 7. E. 8. Castor, principal (Tara To Pa«» Bevoaf

Jewish Forces Seize Port Os Haifa Today Outnumbered Arabs Ask Truce; Launch Partition Campaign Haifa. Palestine. April 22 tl’Pt Jewish Haganab force* seized the great Palestine port city of Haifa today after an all-night offensive which forced outnumbered Arab* to sue for peace. Haganah issued a ceasefire order at II 3d a m. and the town was reported quiet an hour later except for sporadic firing which gradually de, reased. The Haganah attack was launched yesterday afternoon within a few hour* after British authorities announced they were withdrawing] virtually all troops. Jewish force* swept down from | their position* in the height* of I Hedar Hak Karmel and captured a major portion of the old city bv this morning. Arab*, seeing the Jew* holding] many strategic point* In the down-! town area, were convinced that further resistance was hopeless. A Haganah spokesman *aid the offensive was carried out with a surprising small number of casual ( tie*. Four Jew* were killed and 31 wounded, he said. He said he believed Arab casualties did not exceed 20 dead. Arab official* declined to announce casualties but said a high number of non-combatant* were killed One member of the Arab national committee said the Jew* shot down a large number of women and children attempting to flee from the old city In the Brit-Ish-prote, ted port area. A Haganah spokesman denied the Arab charge* and said the Jews would demand proof. Jewish truce terms presented to the Arab* demanded that all Arab* give up their arms immediately. agree to a 24-hottr curfew i and permit Jewish force* to search all Arab quarter* for arm*. Arab road blocks were ordered ' removed from the street*. The Jew* also demanded that all armed Arab* who were not citizen* of H’ifa be handed over to them These Arab*, they said, would be required to leave within 24 hours. Launch Drive take Success. N. Y.. April 22. (I'Pi-Australia today launched a small-power drive to go ahead with the United Nations program 'or partitioning Palestine despite Arab armed resistance and the United States’ demand for another solution. Australia Introduced in the political committee of the UN general ' assembly a formal resolution In- ' sisting on the completion of Pales- ’ tine partition whether or not the i — —— — (Turn To Pane Five, o Social Workers To I Meet Here May 13 Regional Conclave Will Be Held Here The Northeastern Indiana reg- . ional conference of twM-ial worker*. . sponsored by the state welfare de- , partment. will be held In this city. ■ Thursday. May 13. Mrs Ruth Hollingsworth. publicity director for ■ the meeting, announced today. Approximately 2<M guest* from - this section of the state are ex- ■ I peeled at the one-dak conference. -! which will be heM at the American > ’ tagion hall, rl Noon luncheon will he served ■ at the Masonic hall by the Ea*t-I . ern Star ladies. In addition to di- • rector* and employes of county - welfare department*. Red Bros* executive* and person* represent ' > Ing other agencies whb h assist in 1 public- welfare program*, will attend •| Prominent speaker* listed on the • program include Mis, Jane Mor- ’ gan. director of social work. University hospital. Indianapolis: Mis* 1 Virginis R Backer, director of 1 public relation*. Community Fund. *' Milwaukee. Wi*; and Professor ‘ Everett C. Shimp of Ohio State University.

Rejects Cost-Of-Living Increase; Announces Cut In Steel Prices May 1

130,000 Miners On Strike In France Lille. France. April 22 (I P) I An estimated 13«.WH> miners walk-1 ed out in the northern coal mining district* of France today in a flash strike called by the communist- controlled miner* union. The strike was almost general in I the Big Nord and Pa* De Calais departments. All pits’were c losed in the Bruay and Nethune districts Only a few surface worker* remained on the job. Q Sawyer Named As Secretary Os Commerce Former Ambassador To Belgium Named For Cabinet Post Washington. April 22 (UP)— President Truman today named Charles Sawyer, former ambassador to Belgium, to be secretary of commerce. Sawyer accepted the cabinet • post. , The appointment of Sawyer fol lowed Mr Truman’s action yesterday in naming the present secretary W Averell Harriman to bo • the roving ambassador to direct the European recovery program from the field. Sawyer, a Cincinnati. O. attor noy. conferred with Mr. Truman this morning l>y telephone and agreed to take the job Sawyer formerly wa* Democratic national committeeman from Ohio before his diplomatic service in Belgium. Meantime, presidential pres* . selretary t’harle* G Ros* declined to comment on a report j that Jess tarson. war asset* administrator. would lie named deputy administrator for economic cooperation under administrator • Turn T" P*«' Five! Charles leimenstall Dies This Morning Funeral Services Saturday Afternoon Charles Leimenstall. 74. Kirk- , land township retired farmer rfTed at 1 o’clock this morning at his home following a week’s illnee*. Death resnlfed from a heart attack. Mr talmenatall wa, liorn in I Ohio June 17. 1*73. but spent most ’ of hi* life in Adam* county. He was a sen •>' Reinhart and Rachel Marten taimenstall, both deceased Mr. taiman*tall wa* married to Attaway Barton Oct. 17, 1696. The widow survives, a* do the following children: William taimenstall. I’fiiondale: '■Mr*. Earl Fell. Monroeville; Mr*, tawrenee Zimmerman. Decatur: Mr* Martha Croxier. Craigville; Mr*. Ralph Straw. Bluffton: Lloyd taimenstall, Decatur and Walter Leimenstall. Uniondale, The following brothers and *l* ter* survive: i Mr*. Pearl Hoffman. Preble; Mr*. Susie Hovager. Willshire. O.; Mr* I; Sadie Straub. Ft Wayne: Mr* Ro* ■ <e Leimenstall. Decatur. Mr*. Cath erine Ehrman. Decatur and Mn». ■ tana Sherlock. Decatur. Two brothi ers and two sister* are deceased. Mr. taimenstall wa* a member i of the Chriettan Union church at < raigville The body will be taken fron the Jahn funeral home to the . home Friday morning, where friends may < all. Fnneral'servieeß will be held Sati i urday afternoon at 2 o’clock at r the ('raigville Christian Union, I church and burial will be in the r Pleasant Dale cemetery The Rev. • J Smith will have charge of the j service*.

Italy Requests | Admission To European Union Asks To Join Group Against Communism Formed In Europe Rome. Apr 22— (UP)—Premier Ab ide De Gasperl, granted Indi*-J putable control over Italy's new five-year parliament l>y the recent election*, announced today that Italy had asked to Join the western European union against communism. Whitehall sources in London said immediately that Italy’s application would be considered at Saturday's meeting of the western European union council of ambassadors In Ixmdon. Italy is the first nation to request admission to the European union since it was formed at Brussel* last month. Original member* are Britain. France. Bel gium. the Nelheriand* and tax embourg’ D« Gasperi’* announcement places Italy side by side with the United States. Britain, and PYunce in the global "cold wat* of com munisrn versus democracy. At the same lime military head-j quarter* In Milan reported that 3,oiMt partisans who assembled inthe Appennlne hill* south of the Po river in the Pavla region were demobilizing and returning to their horn** The partisans took to the hills two days ago when communist leader, charged the government w'lh "fraud" In the election*. Observers believed they decided to demohilixe after communist leader Pa'miro Togliattli's announcement last night that the communist* had no intention of making an appeal to force a, the resuits of the elections Italian army fighter plane* flying over the Pavia area reported by radio this morning that group* of partisans could he seen «tr>-aming down the hills toward the Po plane* They were mak-| ing no attempt to escape air observation, these re|H,rt* said Military authorities said army radio had intercepted wireless messages in the Ligurian region between Mian and Genoa saying that other partisan groups there would disperse today. ’ I Order Rabies Check After Dog Is Killed Dog's Head Sent For State Examination The head of a dog, destroyed late Wednesday at the Homestead. was sent today to Indianapolis for a rabies check police and city health hoard officials I announced. , The dog wa* first noticad frothing at the mouth and evi j denclng other symptom* of rabies Po'lce were called and officer I tale Death shot the animal, which wa* then brought into town. Dr James Burk, city health officer, said that a local veterin . arian declared no evidence of rabies wa* found in the animal—- • hut that it* head was sent tn state I laboratories a* a further check i Insofar aa could be ascertained. i no person or animal had been Mt- • ten by the dog. but official* were con'fnulng their Investigation to- • dav. I No evidence of rabies ha* ever • been found in thi* city in the • memorv of Incumbent local off! . rial*, hut several case* have been » reported at various time* In neighboring communitie*.

Price Four Cents

Benjamin Fairless Says Wage Demands Denied, Cuts Made To Aid HCL Fight Pittsburgh, April 22 — TP) ” I'. S Steel Corp today refused to grant a cost-of Itv ing wage Increase to it* employe* and announced a reduction in steel price*. Benjamin F Fairies*, president Os C. S. Steel, announced the company could not grant the wage Increase demands of the CIO I’nited Steelworkers without raising the price of it* product*. The wage demands were denied and steel price* reduced to avoid • further increases in the nation’* post of living. Fairleo* said. Fairies*’ statement came just a half-hour after CIO steelworker* president Philip Murray accused I'. 8. Steel of failing to negotiate | wage demands ‘ in good fa)th." The contract het wee i U. S. Steel and the steelworker* ha* until May ! 1, 1949 before it expire*. The contra, t. when it was signed a year ago. was hailed by both the steelworker* and the company rw the i beginning of a ’’new era” in lahormanagement relation* for its nostrike clause and the wage reopening clause. It was under the wage-reopening 1 clause that negotiation* were begun , here April 6. The » ition* end ••d today. Fairies*, in 'ning V 44. Steel's denial •• ' age increase, j *aid the firm intended to cut prices. effective May 1. 1919. on a wide I variety of its product*. He said the price decrease* will amount to a total of alMtut 825.000,otm a year based on last year’* shipments. Fairlea* »aid that if I'. S. Steel granted the wage Increase demanded by the union that it would have io raise the price of it* product* to absorb the additional cost. Murray cited I’. S. Steel’* profit* tor 1917 and the fact that it recent ly raised the prices on eotne of it* products in hi* demand for a high er wage. .. o —— Graduates Listed At Pleasant Mills 20 Will Graduate On Friday, May 7 Twenty members of the M’lilor ,-la*« at the Pleasant Mills high *ch«M>l will he graduated Friday night. May 7 at 7 3<‘ o’clock In I commencement exercise* at the ] school, principal Hansel Foley announced today. The Rev. Matthew Worthman of Bluffton will deliver the com 1 mencement address. Mis* Esther Foreman, daughter of Mr. and i Mrs. C'f'ud • Foreman of Blue ICreek township. i« valedictorian of I the das* with a four-year average of 94 4 She plan, to enter i nurses' training in the near future. Salutatorian is Mis* Aieta Elaine Ratcliff daughter of Mr and Mr* Ora Ratcliff of Washington township. who ha* a four year average of 92 7. She ha* accepted a portion In a Decatur law office Baccalaureate service* will ho held Sunday. May 2 at 7 Wpm. lat the acbool gym. with Dr. Floyd , B Cole. Indianapolis, as the speaker Following I* a complete list of • graduates: tai* Viola Bauman Richard I I Keith Bollenbacher. Ronald I. . Bryan. Jacueline Rose Byer. A'era ■ tauise Cottrell. Robert J. Drake. Esther Joan Foreman. Rowena • Mae Fortney, taonard J. King. Margarrt Pearl l.uginhlll. Edna Marie Myer*. Helen Jane Rail- ' Ing. Aleta Elaine Rat UM. Ruth ’ Marie Roebuck. Clara Ixvu Schug. ’ Richard P Shell. Robert F. I Sprunger, Doyle E. Straver, Lila ’ Grace Winans. Norman J. Young. •| - J WiW-4188 J * Partly elo* v and warmer toniqht and F Say.