Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 46, Number 97, Decatur, Adams County, 23 April 1948 — Page 1

,VI. No. 97.

DVERNMENT EASES UP ON LEWIS, UNION

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Electrical Industry Joins Price Cutting Westinghouse Corp. Follows GE, Steel Pittsburgh. April 23 — (VP) — The electrical Industry poined steel today in a big price slashing movement to beat inflation. Westinghouse Electric Corp announced price reductions on a wide range of electrical products which will save industrial customers aluiut 13.125.000 annually. The action came after V. S. Steel Corp, delivered one of the biggest blows to the high cost ot living since the war. The corporation yesterday chopped pricsH by aliout 125.000,000 on a myriad of steel products. The nation received V. S. Steel's price-cutting plan with mixed opinion. A member of President Truman s cabinet who tvould not permit use of his name hailed the action as "very tmlutory.” but union leaders and «ome smaller manufacturers were suspicious. Westinghouse said reduction* were made possible “through Increased efficiency and improvements in manfacturing methods.’* The firm reduced prices an average of five percent in electrical equipment which controls and regulates the distribution of power. The company listed affected items as circuit breakers, complete outdoor substations, metal clad switchgear of ail types, feeder voltage regulators, switches, distribution switchboards, lightning arresters and other protective equipment for transmission lines. The Westinghouse cut followed by only a few days a similar five percent price reduction by General ElcOic corporation on the same products. V. 8. Steel slashed prices as an alternate to granting the CIO United Steelworkers a third round of wage increases. The steelworkers received wage hikes in 11*46 and 1947. but Benjamin E. Eairless. U.> 8. Steel president, said they simply "didn't work.” Fairless said the corporation was trying "something new" in the war against inflation by lowering prices. He said the new prices, to lie an nounced In a few day*, will affect items sold directly to consumers and others converted by customer companies into finished steel product*. Gwilyn A. Price, president of Westinghouse, said U. 8. Steel's plan ot cutting prices rather than grant another wage increase "agrees with our own thinking." Westinghouse now Is negotiating (Turn To Page Beveni o Funeral Held Today For Lt. Mark Hall Funeral services were held this afternoon for Lt. Mark Hall, whose laxly was returned from Guam, at Crawfordsville. Burial was made there in the Oak Hill cemetery. Lt. Hall, a son of Mr. aud Mm Roy Hall, formerly of 4222 Indiana Avenue, Fort Wayne, died in action with the U. 8 Marinm on Guam. July 25. 1944. He was well known here. Besides bls parents, he is survived by three sisters. - Saturday Initial Absent Voter Day First Day To Vote At Clerk's Office Saturday will be the first day to personally vote by the absent voter ballot method, county clerk Edward Jaberg reminded cltlsens today. Persons who will be absent from their respective precinH* on primary election day. May 4. may vote by this method. Meanwhile, the clerk’s office has been sending out ballots of this type to persons voting by mall via absent voter channel. About 15 of this kind have been sent out. the clerk stated. The first one to be returned arrived today and will be dispatched to the proper precinct along with others received, on election day. Meanwhile, other preparations for the primary are In full swing, with candidates making concerted last mlnnte efforts to complete their work of canvassing

Violence Hits New Peak In Packer Strike One Packer Urges Government Cancel Proposed Parley Chicago. Apr. 22—(UP)— Wilson and company, one of the big 'our meat packers, asked the government today to cancel a proposed Washington conference design ed to end the nation-wide meat strike In which violence had reached a new peak. An attorney for Wilson here said he had sent Cyrus T. Ching, head of the federal conciliation and mediation service, a message saying that the proposed meeting Monday would give union officials a pretext for prolonging the strike. The message, signed by attor ney Richard C. Winkler charged that officials of the striking United Packinghouse Workers (CIOI. had been using the various dates set by government agencies for meetings and reports, “to repre sent to strikers In some way that the government was going to bail the union out.” It charged that before the strike started, the union officers made representations to the rank and file that the strike would only last a dav or two before the president would intervene under the Taft Hartley law and make 'he packers meet the union demands. Officials of Swift A Co. and Armour A Co., two other big four packers, have said that they would make the trip to Washington. Cudahy has not commented. Meanwhile, dub-swinging police dispersed pickets at Kansas City. Kans., in a battle which a district CIO official called a "most senseless and vicious exhibition of common brutality." The police there charged that strikers and pickets disregarded orders to break up their ranks before Cudahy * Co. plant gates Aliout 45 persons were knocked to the pavement as more than 100 policemen drove the pickets from the plant gate. Hix persons. Including one with a possible fractured skull, sustained injuries requiring hospitalization. Police smashed through the massed picket line and drove the strikers toward the union ball diagonally across from the Cuda(Turn To Psge Right) o— All Indiana Miners Are Back On Jobs 100 Percent Return Reported At Mines Terre Haute. Ind.. April 23 — (UP» — The soft coal strike In Indiana was at a Complete end today. All of the state's 5.500 United Mine workers were back on their jobs. After a holiday which lasted nearly 4" days for many miners. UMW officials reported 100 percent turnouts of workers at some 50 open and deep pits In the Hoosier coal fields this morning. The Indiana miners started to trickle back to the pits Wednesday. Some 2,000 men reported for the first shift; more than 1.000 miners went to work on the night shift. Ernest Agee, spokesman for the Indiana cowl uroducerx association, said that 4.5 v. workers in the state's strip mines were back on the job yesterday morning. Harvey Cartwright, head of the state coal operators association, ot Indiana's 17 shaft mines, said that all but two of the deep pits In the state were in operation yesterday morning. Cartwright reported that all the strip mines were In operation on the night shift. He added that all the mines would be producing at Tull capacity" today. Meanwhile, the resumption of production in the coal fields was felt In other industries. Some 2.000 workers at New York Central's Beech Grove <»«ps in Indianapolis were ordered back to work after a three-week layoff because of the stoppage in coal production.

ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ADAMS COUNTY

Decatur, Indiana, Friday, April 23, 1948

One Post Filled, One Open Soon t I* ■ r ’ .5 L-JfiP' HE* -- I Norris E. Dodd Charles Sawyer NEW SECRETARY OF COMMERCE Is Charles Sawyer, Ent innatl. 0., lawyer, former ambassador to Belgium and friend of President Truman. Sawyer replaces W. Averell Harriman, who resigned to become roving ERP ambassador. A Cabinet post to be filled soon is secretary of agriculture—Clnton P. Anderson leaves May 10 to run for U. S. Senate In New Mexico. Norris E Dodd, agriculture undersecretary, Is mentioned prominently as successor.

Question Tipster In Reuther Attack Admitted Reuther Foe Under Probe Detroit. April 23—(UP)—Police today questioned a tipster who identified Nelson Davis as the man who boasted he knew who shot i United Auto W’orkers chief Walter P. Reuther. The action followed disclosure In Washington that the federal bureau of Investigation would invest! gate the shooting to see If there wss any violation of federal law. Police refused to Identify the tipster who put the finger on Davis, but he reportedly was taken secretly to headquarters Igst night. "If his Identity leaks out." In-1 spector Joseph V. Krug warned, "we may have another shooting on our hands." Dsvls. a 52-year-old negro and former official of a UAW local, was taken Into custody yesterday after the tipster said he boasted: "I know who shot Reuther." Police said Davis signed an affidavit that he was a Communist However, he proved to their satisfaction that he was at work at the Ford Motor Company plant Tuesday night at the time Reuther was shot from ambush while stand Ing In the kitchen of his home. Police held Davis for further questioning today although no charge has been placed against him. Police also listed for questioning several former officials of the UAW who were purged by Reuther In his drive to oust Communists from the union. They already have questioned George Addes. former secretary treasurer of the UAW’ who was (Turn To Page Seven) — O Johnson Trial To Jury At Bluffton Decatur Youth On Trial At Bluffton Late this afternoon a Wells circuit court jury at Bluffton was to begin deliberating the guilt or In nocence of a Decatur youth. Robert Johnson, charged with assault and battery with intent to commit rape. Final arguments of apposing counsel was resumed after lucch today In the trial, which required only two days. It was started Thursday morning and a Jury was impaneled In a few minutes Testimony of state's witnesses, called by prosecutor Joseph T. Eichhorn, began Immediately Decker. Galilvan A Hamilton, law firm representing the defendant, began Ita caae late yesterday and fin ished this morning before final arguments Johnson to charged la the affidavit with having assaulted with latent to commit rape a Mrs Dorothy Howe at her home in Kings land on Nov. 18. 1941 The case was expe< ted to go to the jury about 3 p.m. today.

Sound Movie Shown At Rotary Meeting "By Jupiter.” a sound movie stressing the value of courtesy in business and social life, was shown to the Decatur Rotary club at Its weekly meeting Thurs day evening. C. I Finlayson was chairman of the program. 0 Daylight Time Is Spreading In U. S. Much Os Nation On Fast Time Sunday New York. April 23—(UP)— Golfers, gardeners, others love It mothers, milkmen, others cuss it. That little couplet, written a generation ago. comes Into it* own again thlw Sunday when the clocks move one hour ahead for the start of the daylight saving time season. The golfer* still love it. The milkmen still cuss It. And various states split on the question of davlight time about the way the rolfer and milkman do. In the industrial- and presumably golfplaying east It is more widespread than in the agricultural states. Even In those states where daylight time is the accepted custom this time of the year there are problems. Train schedules have to be altered and radio station pickups of network shows become somewhat complicated The commerce and Industry association of New York, which maintains a comparatively neutral attitude on the question, reports that Its annual survey shows daylight time will be observed to a greater extent this year than in 1947. "Fast" time to official in five states — Connecticut. Massachusetts. New Hampshire. New Jersey and Rhode Island Because of the drought California will he on daylight time until January 16. 1949 unless terminated earlier by the governor. In Nevada communities agreed, because of the power shortage. to observe mountain standard time instead of Pacific which the davllght savings folks regard as a victory. Some states permit local option on daylight time su< h as Delaware. Illinois. Indiana. Maryland. Missouri. Tennessee and West Virginia. Communities in these state* which have decided on daylight time range from three in Delaware (Including Wilmington) to 65 in Illinois i including Chicago). The daylight saving mn**"**"’ is apreading to Canada where British Columbia has adopted It for the entire province and various communities have followed suit in Manitoba. New Brunswick. Nova Beotia. Ontario. Quebec and Sas katchewan Daylight lime gained ground during the war in Europe and has apparentlv come to stay in a number of countries. noUbly Eng land (which even has "double sum mer time" —two hours ahead). Itoly. Holland. Czechoslovakia. Po land Portug*!. Denmark. France and the Vatican. Kentucky ga*" daylight earing (Turn To Page Seven)

Federal Judge Follows Recommendation, Delays Any Action Indefinitely

List Voting Sites For 37 Precincts Complete List Is Announced Today A complete wist ofthe 37 voting sites tor the May primary In Adams county was announced today by the county commissioners. The list follows: Fast Union. Schnepp school; West Union, Luckey school; East Root. Dent school; West Root. Monmouth school; North Preble. Frledheim school; Houth Preble, school mile north of Preble; North Kirkland, Clara Ball home, Peterson; South Kirkland, first dwelling west of store In southwest corner section 20. Kirkland township North Washington. Ben Eiting home; Sonth Washington. Rinaker sehooi; North St. Mary's. Bobo school: Houth St. Mary's. Pleasant Mills high school basement; North Blue Creek. Klmsey school; South Blue Creek. Linooln school; North Monroe. Monroe town hall; Middle Monroe. Election school; Berne A. East Main street filling station; Berne B. auditorium; Berne C, Town Hail. French ’Section school; North Hartford. Linn Grove school; South Hartford. R R. Romey home. North Wabaeh. Wesley Amstutz home; Ceylon. Quinton Hall home; Geneva A, fire department office; Geneva B. new town hall; West Jefferson, liasenient high school; East Jefferson frame school southeast coiner section 17. The sites in Decatur: 1-A. M< Bride s welding shop; 1-B. Frank Krick s garage; 1-C, county Jail; 2-A. courthouse; 2-B. fire station; 2-C. Worthman Field house; 3-A. county garage; 3-B, Frauhlger construction company office; 3-C. Gerlier implement store. 13th street and Dayton Ave. o Arabs Flee Great Oil Port Oi Haifa Flee After Refusing Demands For Truce H'sira. Apr 23— (UPt —The Arab population ot Haifa was reported fleeing by land and sea today after refusing a Jewish truce demanding that they lay down their arms ami submit to search More than 5.000 fled to sea in small fishing boats across the bay to Acre. Arab stronghold near the Syrian border. Other thousand*, mostly women and children streamed out by road to Arab strongholds in the hills. (A Jewish agency spokesman to Jerusalem. Walter Eyetan. said all Arabs had been evacuated from Haifa, the last of them being taken out by British army transport. He said at a press conference that the evacuation was prompted by a policy to show up the Jews as ruthless.) (Other Jerusalem sources estimated the Arab dead in Haifa at 150. They said they had no de tails on Jewish casualties.) Jewish Haganah forces fanned out from the city in expectation of a quick Arab counterattack They captured the Arab area of Huq. on Haifa's eastern gate, and assaulted the southern Arab suburb of Tlreh. Reports from the outskirts said the battle of Tlreh. about four miles south of the port area, was one ot the major Jewish actions designed to protect the great oil port from an Arab counterattack Not more than inotW) Arabs were reported left in the city, with more than 4u.bM> already evacuated. Some were reported to be Arab fighters left to contest full Jewish capture of the strategic port. Three-way efforts for a truce broke down last night after six hours of conferences when mem (Tern To Pago Twa)

Right To Send Troops Abroad Is Challenged Senator Brewster Challenges Truman Power For Action Washington. April 22— (UP)— Sen. Owen Brewster. R . Me., today challenged President Truman's right to send American troops to Palestine without the approval of congress He believed the house and sen ate could pass a resolution forbidding the President to dispatch troops even as part of a United Nations “police force.” Brewster said he would “await further developments" In the Holy l<and before making up his mind whether to sponsor such a resolution. The President told his news con ference late yesterday there is ample historical precedent tor a U. 8. commander In-chief to send troops overseas. But he Insisted no troops would be sent except under United Nations auspices Meanwhile. both senate and house were In recess until Mon day. But there were these developments: Draft-UMT Members of the senate armed services committee were considering a plan to merge the draft and universal military training Under the proposal. 1«-yenr-olds would be inducted into •he regular army for six months of training along with draftees. Then they could spend their remaining six months of service in alternate training courses. Condon - Chairman J. Parnell Thomas. R.. N. J., said his house unAmerk-an activities committee is "going to be tough" about get ting the FBl's loyalty report on atomic scientist E. U. Condon The house passed a resolution yesterday "directing" the commerce department to hand it over. Political row -Ohio Democrats in the house were critical of Charles Sawyers appointment as secretary of commerce. They complained that the President had not CTurn Tn Page Four) —o ——. ——— Harve Buller Dies Suddenly Thursday Funeral Services Sunday Afternoon Harve Butler. 50. a lifelong resident of Adams county, died suddenly of a heart attack at 9 o'clock Thursday night at his home In this city. He had not heea ill and his death was un expected He was born In Root township Oct. 27. 1887. a son of Benjamin and Osie Wllllam«-Butler. and was a retired farmer. He was married April 14. 19<»«. to Amelia; Winters, who preceded him in death April 13. 1930. He was a member of the Loyal Order of Moose. Surviving are his father, who resides in Root township: three sons. Harold W. and Robert 8.. Ix»th of Decatur, and Huhert E. of Union township; one sister. Mrs. William Evsns of Root township; snd four brothers. Herbert of Terre Haute. Keuncth. Brice and Nile Butler, all of Decatur Oar sister and one brother are deceased Funeral services will be held at 2 p. m Sunday at the Zwick fuaeral home and at 2 30 o'clock at the First Methodist church, with Dr. M O. Lester officiating Burial will be in the Decatur cemetery Friends may call at the funeral homo after 2 p. m Saturday.

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Government Keeps Threat Os Further Penalties Alive In Strike Event Washington. April 23 — (UP)— The government let John L. go without further punishment to day for failing to end the soft coal strike promptly But It kept the threat of further penaitiua alive for use if the United Mine worker* should strike anew in violation of a court order. Acting on the recommendation of the government, federal judge T. Alan Goldsborough postponed Indefinitely any sentences on and the uilon for civil contempt of court for disobeying the April 3 'order to end the strike forthwith. The government eased up on Lewis and the union because most of the miners are now back at work. On Tuesday l-ewls was fined |2fl.ono and the union 81.400,000 for criminal contempt a -i g from the name failure to e the April 3 order. He and the u ten will have to pay those fines unless higher courts reverse Goldsborough But whether or not he and the union will lie called up again on the civil contempt charges will depend on how faithfully the union ol>eyn an Injunction against further strikes in the coal fields. Reports from the coal mines Indicated that production soon would be normal. The government estimated that 85 percent of the miners had gone Itack to work In respom«w to lewis' exhortation to return to their Jobs. Assistant attorney genera) H. Graham Morison said he did not know whether the government would seek to dissolve the previous preliminary Injunction against strikes after full production is resumed in the coal fields. As of now. the civil contempt verdict merely In held in abeyance. Government attorneys said that if the miners were to walk out agaln in a matter of a few days, the justice department could seek to have l-ewis and his UMW sentenced for civil contempt. If, however, as mu< h as a month should pass and a new mine walkout then occurred, the government probably would have to launch new contempt proceedings. The government's motion to postpone the civil contempt sentencing was agteeable to Golds borough. When the government moved to postpone this indefinitely, Goldsborough said: "I think the suggestion is perfectly proper. The court indefinitely mult pones any further consideration of civil contempt.' "The defense has no objection.” union attorney Welly K. Hopkins chimed in. "All right, gentlemen, the matter is di*|H>»rd of.' (kddslsirough said, "and thia case Is now adjourned." The entire proceedings took just five minutes. l-ewis and his attorneys had entered the courtroom 10 minutes early, the UMW president taking the same seat to the ieft of the bench — that he has occupied throughout his contempt trial. His Jaws were set and he was looking grim. For the first. Thomas J. Kennedy. UMW vice president «a» with hhn. Kaadt Trial Hearing Scheduled On May 5 Fort Wayne. Ind., April 23 — (I’PI — A hearing on motions for a new trial and arrested judgment for Drs. Charles Kaadt and Drier Kaadt and Robert Benson was scheduled for May 5 in federal court today. The Kaadta and Pt on were convicted April 14 h. a jury for violating the fode 1 food and drug law by mislalteli ig drugs sent in Interstate commerce. They were tried on a aeven-connt indß-tment of violations at the Kaadt diabetic institute at South Whitley. O WEATHER Partly cleudy tonight and Saturday. Warmer tonight and continued warm Saturday.