Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 46, Number 103, Decatur, Adams County, 30 April 1948 — Page 1

txiVl No. 103.

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|eek Formulas 1 L Settlement 1 b Rail Strike I Current Mediation I Efforts Offer Only I Hopes For Solution lnw<> April JO H’PI- Fed ‘ Lj a'or* «' knowledged today E the onlv hope " f h "“ dlnK off a • raihoad strike lien in ' IL-.t mediation attempt*. < ■ kronen for two of the three < brotherhoods involved In < EZpute aid in Cleveland that K,'...uhl not eiibmi' the Issues I E-bitrat on. thus closing one av- I IL toward settlement. Idutrrnan Frank P- Douglas* of < E national railway mediation i Erd acknowledged that "we see | of arbitration at the prefctstM* "' , . 1 Eof.ourse we will suggest It. he E nut we don't think the part- | E»rr inclined to arbitrate. DI- < E negotiation* appear to be the i K, way to solve the problem." | Elxxiglaa* made the statement j E,,-tly before lie met with repre- , E»uves of the nation's railroad*. Eatrrday he and Francis A. ( ■will 'he other mediation board . Ew>r besan their last-ditch set , ELfit attempt by meeting with of the brother- | L. who threaten to call 150.000 tineers. firemen and switchmen ( Eiua atrike May 11. ( ■ Ilnuls** [minted out that the Ettberhoods once before had reExi a proposal to arbitrate, as- ( k the board's first mediation atKtspt failed last January. I Prior to today's meeting. Doug Eu had expressed confidence that Er present settlement attempt j li'jsld succeed lAt Washington, Rep. Fred A IfUttler R. N J . co-author of the Ini Hartley bill said he would Ifrtx fur extending the governlant'i strike control powers to I rover the railroads It a strike it I At prevent, railroad disputes are Ino-td by the national railway iaItor at. Hartley said he felt that |)*in« the rail brotherhoods unite the Taft Hartley law would be I tore effective I Is reply to Hartley, president A. If Whitney of the Brotherhood of llarusd Trainmen, not involved In Ite current dispute, said extension I* the new law to cover the rail Ik** “would not meet with popuIhritr in congress " He said the naI** has had enough of the Taft- ■ Harley law " I Following his four-hour session I’- the union officers. Douglass I said the meeting had been producpr» of opportunities out of which way finally get a settlement.’’ |hr«aid he wan ’ satisfied with the Imnsss made" The brotherhood of locomotive •Uiaeera. representing the BU.OOO »bo run the trains, joined the ptrtke movement officially yesterday The union announced that the •ttaeers would walk out May 11 with the switchmen and Arena. Tbsother tso unions already had « the date for the strike but J. r Shields, assistant grand engin- * * '*• Engineers Brotherhood. M* union » notice was delayed ’ ‘ of procedure." — Coherence Reports wen Rotarians ,?,'**’* on ‘he rece-s lietrict of Rotary international, »' Logansport, were presented *„***•> meeting of the Deg. # ** ry ,la! ’ Thursday even W * T * ,lte ® bZ M,M “7- offk ial delegate of the Io c - • Finlayson, presi “ d th * *•» William C. rt »b president. '"•men Are Colled * Ke This Morning this morning — one at toZ «** at 0:20 o’clock l ’» called to extinguish am equipment that U aiiL* Th * threatening blaze hr the r *‘ r «* “»* Bcha h BM ’"May extinguished **•* noth times , WtATHIR * M warmer tonight. Inttui'r*" I"** 1 "*** with *** ****•»- Warmer gatur-

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

Labor To Celebrate May Day Saturday Labor Is Split By Conflicting Ideals By United Press World labor will inarch tomorrow in traditional May day demonstration but, except in (he Russian bloc. its ranks will le* divided sharply: Communism against anti-Communism. Never since international labor 59 years ago set May 1 as a day of celebration of the emancipation of the working man have the ranks of labor been so split by ideological conflict. Only in Russia and satellite nations will there be even the semblance of unity. In most of the western nations there will be rival demonstrations, some of them staged amid such tension that violence is likely. United Press reporters the world around reported: Moscow - The flags, the banners, the slogans, and the pictures of Stalin and Lenin went up In furbished Red square, where the high brass of the Soviet Union perhaps Stalin himself will review dose to 1.000.0(18) marchers. Rome Italy, where Communist* control the labor confederation, will see Its most Important postwar rallies. Trieste—Yugoslav police regarding Trieste may he shown by May day developments. Anglo-Ameri-can precautions against leftist infiltration have been so thorough that the Communist celebration may fall flat, or it may erupt in a clash. 4’arls — Communists and the rightist followers of Gen Charles De Gaulle will hold rival rallies Just a few miles apart, with more than 1.000 police between them. Berlin Russia hoped to Itup--200.000 to a Communist raly In the Soviet zone by offering free beer and candy. Anti-Communist labor leaders planned a rival meeting in the British sector. and hoped for 100.000 Vienna - There will be separate f -lebrations thOoui|iiout Austria, tn Vienna Communist and antiCommunist parades both were to end at the city hall, hut at different hours Brussels—Labor ranks split for the first time in Belgian history London About 150.0<5( workers will march in Communist parades Followers of Fascist leader Sir Oswald Mo»ley also will parade Prague Communists planned to use .May day to demonstrate national unity behind the new Czechoslovak regime, and on®nizejs i canvassed house to house to make sure that every citizen of Prague will march in one of many parades Seoul -In the United SQtes-oc-| CTurn To Paar Court Boy Scout Camporee At Berne May 15-16 Lehman Park Scene Os Annual Camporee The county Boy Scout camporee will be held at l-ehman park in Berne. May 15 and IS. George Bair, chairman of camping and activities, announced today. Troops from Jay county will Join the Adams county Scouts In the two-day <>u'lng. Mr Bair, who will serve as general Campoiee chairman. stated Karl Hilty. scoutmaster of Berne troop 07. will be <amp master Attendance Is expected to exceed 2**. tince the local troops will be joined by those from Portland and Jay county A meeting of Scout executive* was held 1*" evening at Berne, when plans for the camporee were completed Tent* will be *et up in the park, which is •• southwest edge of Berne, and activities will get underway on Saturday morning Decstur a three troop*, sponsored by the Rotary and Litms clubs and the American Legion, will attend in full regalia Each troop will be In charge of its Scout master and as sistaatri. On Sundsy moniinic. th* Srouti will attend church services In a body Parent* will join tbeir .on* in a carry-in dinner at noon and -amp will be broken following the afternoon program

Denies Truman To Ask Arms To Western Europe White House Flatly Denies President To Ask Shipments Washington. April 30—(UP! The White House flatly denied today that President Truman is planning to ask congress for limited shipments of arms to western European nations. "The answer is categorically no" White House press secretary Charles G. Ros* told a news conference in reply to questions about the plan which had been reported by high congressional source* He was asked if Mr. Truman Intended to send a message to congress to permit arm* shipments. “No such action is in contemplation.” Ross said. "There will be no message to congress next week." In reply to other questions concerning arms for the European “western union” countries. Ross I said “the President knows nothing! about it except what he has read in! the newspapers." High congressional sources had. expected the President to present “a plan for arms shipments in »a message to congress Monday or Tuesday. Senate president Arthur IL Vandenberg has conferred twice with undersecretary of state Robert A latvett on such a proposal. The shipments, these sources had said, would act as "military Insurance” against Communist aggression. The plan was reported ly designed to back up 51-month program for European recovery. Mr. Truman already has pledged general U. S. support for the “western union’’—the five-nation defense alliance of Britain. France. Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg. But Mr. Truman has never specifically said what sort of support the U. S. would provide The military leaders of the five i Turn T«> Page Four! BULLETIN Fort Wayne. Ind.. April 30 —(UPj—Richard P. Kelley. 2«, died today when hi* two-seater airplane crashed just outside the city limits- Kelly, who lived in Fort Wayne, took off from Myers airport shortly before he crashed. 0 Appoint Chairmen For Fair Exhibits Plan Manufacturers' And Retail Displays Frank Lynch, of Unn's clothing •core, and Stewart McMillen, president of Bag Service Co. have accepted chairmanship* of two Important street fair committees, it was announced today by the executive committee Mr. Lynch will bead the retail exhibit committee and Mr. McMil-1 len will act a* chairman of the man ufacturers’ show Both exhibit* will be Important parts of the fair. Several manrfacturers already have reserved space for the show with R W. Pruden secretary of the Decatur Chamber of Commerce, who has l>een assisting in allocating epnce to the various exhibitors. Indications are that this show will be one of the largest ever held here. Mr McMillen will name his aides in the next few days and the location of the manufacturers’ tent will be made soon Several local retailers of electrical. plumbing, household and gardening equipment already have reserved space for a retailers show, and Mr. Lynch will supervise this exhibit. Plane are being made to place the manufacturers and retail exhibit tents adjacent to each other at a central location. Both chairmen have asked that at the present all inquiries concerning space in either tent be directed to Mr Pruden at the Chamber’ of Commerce offices in the library building Plan* are being made so that each exhibitor may *ee just wh<e bis exhibit will be and rental will rary with the amount of space used.

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FOOD COST CLIMB is ciemonstraied by Hep Helun Oahagan ln>ugla* cDi of California as she indignantly learns the basket of groceries costs 516.23 the- same item* she bought In Washington in 1947 for 515.02. and in 1946. before end of price control, for 510.08. Before Congress she blamed Republicans for eliminating price controls and "giving the people headlines instead of health.”

Lower Steel Prices Effective Saturday ; U. S. Steel Slashes In Effect Tomorrow Pittsburgh. April 30—(UP> — Prices on a wide range of U. S. (lorp products, htcludlnr steel used in automobiles and home appliances, drop 51 to 55 a ton tomorrow The specific price cuts came one' week after the corporation, traditional "bellwether" of the industry, announced It* 525>00.000 anil-in-flation price slashing "expcrl ment.” in detailing the move. Benjamin i F. Fairies*, president of the corporation. reported elimination of ; the long-standing 53 price dis ferential on products at it* Geneva. Utah, plant over similar products by it* mills in the east and midwest. Fairiess said that revisions of stainless steel prices also are un der conideration. and will be announced in the near future. The new cuts will affect such items a* nails, fencing, nursing steel, tin plate for cans, type* for automobiles and home appliances, structural steel, and a number of others. Bethlehem and Jones & Uiughlln Steel also are pledges! to follow U. S Steel’s lead. Bethlehem said Its price* would I* reduced by 510.ftb0.000. but J A L. did not disclose the amount of its cut U. S Steel said It slashed prices | rather than grant a third round of wage Increases to the CIO United Steelworker* Prices were reduced at Columbia Steel Co.. Csrnegielllinoi* Steel Corp, American Steel A CTurn To Four!

Central Soya Chorus Presents Concert Here Sunday Evening

The Central Soya chonts will; present a program of best-loved hymn* and specially arranged j choral selections at the First Baptist church Sunday evening at 7 o'clock. The program Is open to the general public, and there will be no admission charged However. a collection for the benefit of the Baptist church fund will be taken The chons of miied yokes, under the direction of Freeman Burkhalter. of Berne, ia composed entirely of Central Soya company employes and members of their families Sunday evenings program will mark the second season that this group has sung together and the event concludes their activities for the current year. In addition to the choral numbers. Miss Carolyn Burnett daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs R S Bur nett, will present two violin se lections, and Mr Burkhalter will appear as vocal soloist. The offertory will be played hy Mrs. John Metzger who will also appear as accompanist for the chorus The complete program for thej

Execution Date Os Slayers Is Delayed Indianapolis. April 30 (UP) — | ■ The execution date of two convicted slayer* of two Hammond polite officers was postponed today. The state supreme court granted deputy attorney general Merl M Wall until July 2 to file a brief in reply to the appeal of Frank R. Badgley and Robert O. Brown, the, condemned men The two men were I slated to die June 19. They were ! convicted of slaying patrolmen Don- 1 aid Cook and John Gerka I ■ ! Kirkland Graduate Exercises May 6 18 Senior Students Graduate Thursday Commencement exercises for the 18 graduate of the Kirkland higli school will be held Thursday. May ■ 6. al 8 pm. The Rev. James A. D»Weerd. of Fairmount, will deliver the commencement address Baccalaureate services will be held Sunday evening at 7:30 o'clock, with Mr*. Dwight McCurdy. of Decatur, as the speaker. Mis* Helen Bieborich I* the class valedictorian and Miss Maxine Erhart is the salutaiorian Member* of the graduating . lass are a* follow*' Adrian Arnold, Rolland Scherry. Robert Baxter. Howard Baumgartner. and William Longenberger. Mary U>u Barger. Beulah Jane Bertach. Helen Bleberhh. Dori* Dick. Glennavere Egly. Joyce Fruechte. June Reppert, Zella Teeple. Betty Zimmerman. June Baumgartner. Lucinda Baumgartner Maxine Erhart. and Marie Ijindla.

> evening - !* performance is as folJ lows: “Crdwn Him with Many Crowns"j, Elvey "Fairest Lord Jesus" German! Air. "Church's One Foundation" Wes- i ley The c horus Violin solo. "Traumerei" S< hu < mann; Carolyff Burnett. "God So Loved the World" I Stainer. “All People that on Earth I»<> i Dwell'* Fames. | ’ The chorus. 1 Vocal solo. "The Lord's Prayer" I Malotte. Freeman Burkhalter. “Dear Lord and Father of Man kind" Maker “Rejoice Ye Pure in Heart" < Messlter. "Beneath the Cross of Jesus" Maker I 1 The chorus Offertory Mrs John Metzger Violin solo. "Berceuse" God- I da rd: Carolyn Burnett. "Climbin' I’p the Mountain"! Neuro Spiritual i "Cherubim Song" Bortniansky j The chorus

Jewish Haganah Forces Score Sharp Successes In Jerusalem Battling

Final Preparations For Tuesday Voting Light Vote Forecast In Primary Election Concerned worker* today made preparations for "last minute") stages of the primary election next Tuesday. Supplies needed at the 37 precinct voting places have been readied and will be distributed to precinct inspector* Saturday. Tomorrow is also the last day : that absent voter ballots mav be j mailed, the last day a voter may make application for one of these ballots and the final day for personally voting by this method. These tasks are done by county 'clerk Etlward Jaberg. along with personnel of his office and election j commissioners L Smith and True Andrews. Meanwhile, auditor Thurman 1. Drew, acting under orders of the county commissioners, ha* been securing and delivering equipment needed at the new voting places In Decatur and other sites reporting shortages Polla will be open from 7 am to 7 p m tCDTi next Tuesday and I most politic al observers predic t a light vote, especially if fair weather prevail*, despite high interest in the race tor the Democratic nomination for judge Fair weather will keep farmer* busily engaged in the fields and hold down any chances of a heavy rural vote, these observers predict To Give Return* The Dally Democrat, a* is customary. will give tabulated elec tion return* as raiddlv aw they are received at the newspaper offices after the polls close All precinct inspectors have been urgently requested to tele phone results to the newspaper office a* soon as the vote has been tabulated In their respective precincts. Special reporting form* have been Included in the election supplies issueci each of these inspectors. The general public may learn running total* of the vote in the I -irn T-I Page I'ocirc e Equipment Arrives For Police Radio Expect Operation Within Six Weeks Decatur and Adams county may Vonn have it* new two-way police radio system in operation. All of the equipment needed In the operation ha* arrived and left at the city hall and county courthouse preparatory to Installation Officer James Hull, technician of the Indiana state police, was in Decatur yesterday to unpack and set up some of the equipment at the city hail He I* expected to return Tues dav to begin actual work of installation. along With a representative of the Motorola Mfg. Co., from whic h the equipment wa» pure ha* ed jointly by the city and county When completed, the city hall police office and the courthouse sheriff's office will have broad casting units, a* well an inter office communication system, the cltv squad car and the two sheriff* department autos will have mobile units. The FM frequency assigned to the local unit* will also be "up”, on the IJgonier Mate pcdice broad cast, linking local law enforce ; ment agencies direHly with the state police It has been estimated that the equipment may be In operation in about six weeks The equipment is of the latest and most modern design and had l»een advocated here for years in making police work more efficient and linking all agencies

May 12 Is Set As Strike Date For Chrysler Will Call Walkout Os 75,000 Workers If Demands Not Met , Detroit. Apr. 30— (I’l’l— The top policy committee of the CIO ' United Auto Workers today set May 12 a* the date for a strike by 75,000 Chrysler corporation em 1 ploye* If no wage settlement 1* reached by that time The date was announced at a 1 special meeting of eight memlters 1 of the policy group to back up de--1 manda for a 30 cent hourly wage Inc rease in a third round pay drive being waged by the union Norman Matthew* regional di--1 rector for the Chrysler depart--1 ment. named the date and won I 1 the approval of seven other policy committee members, including ac ting president Emil Mazet , Matthews said the walkout ' would be called unless the com- • pany and union broke a pay dead r ' lock and reached an agreement ' He was expected to take the com’l mlttee's decision to the company ' at a negotiating session this as 1 ternoon ' Previously, a national confer ence of Chrysler employes and the 22 man International UAW exec utive icoard had authorized a walkout if necessary and placed the strike weapon in Matthew*' 1 hand* 1 Chrysler and union official* still are negotiating to break a dead- ' lock over demand* for a 30-cent hourly pay increase and other benefits estimated at another five i cents The pay deadlock followed the i union * rejection of a Chrysler offer of a six cent raise This of fer later was withdrawn. Union officials also are negotl ating with General Motors cor ■ • poration and Briggs Manufactur-j ing company for wage hikes Negotiations began Feb 27 for a new wage agreement covering | members of 16 UAW locals in D plants In Detroit. New Castle. Ko ( keemo and Evansville. Ind., and i Ixu Angeles. Cal Chrysler em nicy* aliout 6“. mb. in Detroit.! . | Hum To Peg- Four) - -o— ■*— Mrs. John H. Clark Dies This Morning Dies Today At Home In Pleasant Mills Mrs Elma Capitola Clark 75 wire of John II Clark, died at I 20| o'clock this morning at her home in Pleasant Mill* Death folios ed an illness of five years of com1 plications She was born in Monmouth March 25. 1*73. a daughter of Frank and Elizal<*th Yceum-lxvrd and had lived in Pleasant Mill* since l»2o She was married to I John H Clark Nov 18. t»»3 She was a member of the Amerij can legion anxlliarv Surviving in addition to her hus band are two sons. Varlando Clark of Pleasant Mills and George H. of Fort Wayne, and one brother. ' Frank la.rd of Eureka. Calif A ,son Clarence, died in service dur-j in* World War I One brother , and three alsters are also dec ea»ed Funeral services will he held at ’ pm Mondav at the Pleasant Mills Baptist church, with the Rev Robert Johnson and the Rev Alhort Swenson officiating Bnrisl, will h* in the Decatur cemetery The hody will be removed from the Zwi. k funeral home to th* residence where triend* may call after 7 p.m. Saturday

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Arab Defenders Os One Quarter Forced To Ask Truce For Evacuating Dead Jerusalem. Apr. 30— (UP) -* The- showdown battle of Jerusalem blazed up today, and the Jewish militia Haganah scored sharp successes in the first round. Haganah forces seized the Jerusalem general postoffice building, which ccentred* the center of the city. They forced the Arab defenders of the Ka'amon quarter io sue for a truce to evacuate their dead and wounded after bloody fighting throughout the night. Still other Jewish and Arab force* were locked In battle ■ round the Mahmillah cemetery in the heart of the city, and the lew* struck in force against an Arab stronghold on Mt. Zion. The Jews claimed to have seized control of the telephone exchange. the last department of the postal service still working In Jerusalem The other service* had broken down a* most of the ! British nulled out of the city and i left It to the warring .b-ws and Arab* , The outbreak of fighting at the scattered strategic quarter* of Jerusalem convinced most of the jittery population that thi* wax the long awaited fight for the i rlc hc -t prize in the war of Palestine Ta’k of a truce was lost in the din of battle The first big victory went Io the Jews when after a night of I bloody lighting for the Katamon area of southwest Jerusalem the Arabs at midday sued for a truce An official announcement of the Irab request said they macle It in order to tak«- their dead and wounded from the field Preliminary reports said 30 Arabs were killed and »h«» Jews suffered heavy 1 casualties at Katamon Wter th- Hasan- ’■ force* had encircled the q’ t the* Arab* tried to ge> a ■ 'i’<-rattack gee ( ng as midmornl Three houses were blown up !• was a futile gesture, and n little later the Arabs asked for the truce The heaviest fighting raged on high ground around St Stephens monastery, which the Arab* werebe’leved to be using for headquarters The- Haganah seizure of the nostofflc-e building was a less idcswly hut more signifh ant victory Arab workers quit the j>c»*toffice building yesterday The ’ Jews kept on working under a Haganah guard The setup was ideal for Haganah to take over the strategic building command ing much oc the center of the city. This morning they seized the opportunity The Katamon quarter is an important section in southwest Jerusalem overlooking the- Herbron road to the south, the railroad to Jaffa and the water pipeline that supplies the Holy City Haganah treseps also launched a major attack against Mount Zion, an Arab stronghold overcTurn Tn P»a- Keren) p. Curtailed Schedule For City Bus Line Is Clarified Today Decatur bus company official* today clarified their new curtailed schedule, which is effective Immediately. There will be no more Bunday service to any part of the city. | it was announced. On week days, the last eolith sldrun will start at 6 odock and the last north side run will start at 6 15 o’clock. Them will he no service in either direction during week day nights There will be no additional Homestead service, hut the usual Mhnol children and factory employe service which has been tn effect will continue On Katurday nights the last run to the south side will he at 9 o'dcah and the last north wide run will start at » 15 o’clock The new schedule la • effective Immediately.