Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 46, Number 104, Decatur, Adams County, 1 May 1948 — Page 1

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PARALYZING STRIKES FEARED IN 10 DAYS

Jewish Forces Lore Truce Ei Jaffa Front a 70 Reported Killed I By Strong British 1 Counter-Attack LuMlem. May 1 Irunn ■■. >am: •« hr<,lle a ’ K, ,rw* ,hH Jaff * '• a ” !e,r ' m ’ K bU ,M and 7" <>r •h'-ni were , powerful British conn K7t»rk It *“* announced ofKgllv today ■ military reports "ahi the Lgbt« attacked Arab linea with Eun daring the night in the K vir Jaffa border area and ■ " H a house 30 yards from K British lines. Some mortar Kn. m: Within the British area ■ other Innin forces tried to K.» -hronrh Arab lines during K British -imposed truce and K, the Jaffa magistrates court. roporl" "aid Kt British armored car supported K Arnll and Sutherland High Kd< counter attacked the Irgttn HL :c the house and drove them Krk tn their own lines. ■ o-lor British troops hammered K lmni»t» attempting to seise K<ourt building with light canK* mortar* and bazookas. The Kt> continued throughout toe ■ Other Jewish forces probed Arah ■kta«e« south and east of the ■ri<i<h area hut were driven back ■p the Arabs ■ •H. ceasefire was ordered bv Mtish hirh commissioner Sir ■hr Cunningham yesterday Cun■tathsm Issue) an ultimatum say■k he would bomb the Jews out Irf Jaffa If they did not agree hy ■rent,day <5 a m CDTI to give up ■k* of their positions in Jaffa Ini nanntee the status quo trtitil ■hr 15 The night attack apiar■Hlr was the Jewish answer. British casualties during yester■D fighting were reported to he ■» elrfier killed and five woundM Arah casualties were not bbvl [frwuation of Jaffa and Arah •Blues throughout the entire mi was reported continuing The Jews massed strong forces *‘de Tel Aviv, apparently for »» ittark toward l.ydda airport, m. Arabs were reported evacuath' Tillages In their path. Is Jerusalem. Jewish forces rlsiined capture of the Important Batamon quarter in the opening of the battle for the Holy Ekr R»wts from Amman, reversing sroioos Arab threats, said the *"•!> nations had abandoned e“’ for a blitzkrieg attack «ai«*t the Jews when the British ’ i<>»n their Palestine mandate >h» II dtogntch said the chieftains » Arah nations agreed instead aw* a ’ war of attrition" in J** rs a direct assault. It was <bs Arab leaders felt they ’on weak to engage the Jews • tlrw-t assault. Juswrer's Office u shed By Taxpayers t . iMpayers rush wan on at ■iuiatr -reasurer's office today " f ,h * npring Install « Property taxes was expect V *rh . new high. •Wy treasurer Normal Fuhr 2* ‘""ounce# that the office iflZ. °’*n until 4 o’clock thia k 7*'°’ Monday b the last day without liability of a 2’“’’' •••*•**• office also » place today The awes . making their final re--1 * ,b *rs Harlow, county asIndiv idulaa were filing mg tor corporations I ~~ eu . w ««*er -,2, *' w,lh •‘’•were and little Met; BB ** f ** >,rt ' SaCSpt 0.. V* - * •"# warmer near sm-J** ***•*- Sonelderable wtb •”d dunday hr» H * :h anfe in temper* Ms. w 1 ***** Mte 80 north. 1. ****** L ** 44 “**•* to M eeuto.

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BULLETIN Indiana Harbor, Ind., May 1 •—(UP)— Three men died today from burns received when they were splattered with molten slag in an explosion at the Inland Steel company. The dead are A. S. Joseph, of Gary, Glen Becker, of Whiting, and Alfonso Martine, of Indiana Harbor. — — — o — Celebrations For May Day Raise Tension Unrest Is Reported Throughout World In Celebrations Today By United Press Traditional May bay celebrations around the world raised tension between Communist ami an ti-Communlst groups today, mark ed by attempted assassinations in Greece and Korea. A young laborer in Athens threw a bomb that gravely wounded the Greek minister of Justice. Christos tadas. killed one policeman an<l wounded another. The Mav Dav weekend in Korea was touched off by another assassination attempt against the police chief of Seoul. T. S. Chang Chang's bodyguards drove off the wonld-Ae assassins after they opened fire at Chang in front of his home. American troops in the international zone of Trieste smothered communist demonstrations with strict regulations. Other Americana paraded through down.town Tokyo with loaded machineguns bristling from armored cars. Radio Moscow reported the usual vast demonstration of military might in Red square, with Generalissimo Josef Stalin in attendance at one of his increasingly rare public appearances. Subway workers struck in Paris; metal and automotive workers struck In Hannover. Germany, and gas workers struck in Dublln. the capital ot Eire. The unrest spread to Mexico CPy. where in not) federal troops were alerted for poasible May Day emergencies. A threatened strike against the Mexican llulft ami power company which would have plunged the Mexican capital into darkness was averted by a lastminute settlement. Korea and London held the spotlight in the Idealoglcal hattie between Russia and the western powers. Radio Pyongyang in Russianoccupied northern Korea announced approval of a new "couatitutlon" for all of Korea, including the American-occupied southern r I urn To P»«v Knurl o Stove Overheated, Department Called Firemen were called to the James Harvey residence. 620 Meibera street. about 10:11 o’clock this morning when an oil stove became overheated No damage was dofco. ________ Township Trustees Meet This Morning County Schools To . Close Next Friday The township trustees of Adams count v met this morning at the courthouse to complete plans for the closing of schools for the 104748 term. Classes will be concluded for the summer vacation next Friday. Ma» 7. Lyman L. Hann, county school superintendent, ststed. Today> meeting was held st Mr. Hann s office* The annual eighth grade commencement exercises uill be held Saturday. May 18. at the Junior-senior high school, with 21" or more students receiving diplo ■Mb*. The complete program for this event is expected to ns announced anoa. Mr. Hann statsd Thia morning trustees signed diplomas for graduate from their rsapectWß townships. ■ •

Soldier Who Defied Russians On Danube

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WHEN FIRST SGT. FRANK B. DRUSCHEL defied a Russian patrol officer’s order to "lower the American flag, or have it shot down” from a Danube riverboat which ran aground in Soviet-occupied territory near Vienna, he was merely exhibiting some of the spirit he had shown during the war In Italy. This 1 picture shows the Aurora. 1)1., man Hefti as he received a certificate for meritorious service from Lt. Gen. Murk Clark in the Italian campaign from which he emerged a Lieutenant He returned to the Army after the war In his present grade.

Light Vote Foreseen In Indiana Tuesday I Many Candidates In State Are Unopposed ' Indianapolis, May 1— <l’P> A scarcity of context* for place* on 1 the Novemlcer election ballot ' threaten* to dull the Indiana pri- ■ inary next Tuesday. Hooaier voter*, apathetic during • recent year* in taking advantage of • the direct primary nomination method for congressional and locai office*, were expected to turn out In dribble* May 4. • Those who do vote technically i will nominate 22 candidate* for ' congress In II district/. 78 candit date.* for 39 JndlcTil office*. ISO candidate* for Met post* a* prose-j 1 cuting attorney, and many other* i for county office*. They also will elec t delegate* to the state party convention* and pre--1 cinct cotamlttemen Itut In a majority of case*, the primary will be merely a formality. There are more unopposed candidate* than there are contests to de tide. Therefore, with little to do except vote for candidates who are going to Ice nominated anyway because they have no opposition, many voter* will »tay away from the poll* despite appeal* of pary leader* to exercise your franchise " In the congre*»lonal primary, for example, there are contests for only 14 out of 22 places on the Novemi leer ballot. Kight candidate* will lie t nominated automatically. Itemce i c rats in only aix of the 11 districts i will get to decide Icetween rival* • for the nominations, and three pre sent Republican congressmen will advance to the fall ballot without a struggle Thousand* of Republican* and Democrat* in the Id-county fifth district won t get to decide a congressional i»*ue until November. One candidate from each party I* unopposed for the nomination* A similar situation exist* in the Judge and prosecutor races throughout the state Thirty-nine judge* will he elected next fall. But in the i primary, there isn’t a »ingle candidate for l« Judicial nomination*. <T«rn To Page Five! Funeral Monday For Local Man's Brother Funeral *er'lce* will be held Monday for Jesse Henry Brunton. 54. of Skinner Lake, brother of Jack Brunton of this city, who died late Thursday night after a short illness. Service* will he held at 2 p m. Monday at the McComb funer al home in Fort Wayne, with bur lai in Greenlawn memorial park Also surviving Is hi* wife. Verna |{ e wa* a member of the First Baptist chare h ai Fort Warne, aad M president of the <’>•>* •* social ton *

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Decatur, Indiana, Saturday, May 1, 1948

Kentland Man Killed In Airplane Crash Kentland. Ind.. May 1 —(UP)— Authorities today investigated the ; cause of an airplane crash In which I the pilot was killed yesterday. A private plane belonging to Tom and Dick Carton. Kentland, crash- ! landed, fatally injuring Dale Jone*. 33. Kentland, it* p lot. , Wi’nesses said the plane suddenj ly lost altitude and crashed. Jones (lied enroute to a hospital. Puppet Government Claims All Korea Soviet-Controlled Government Claim —. Seoul. May 1— (UP) - The Soviet pup|»et government or northern Korea announced adoption or a "constitution’’ today and claimed jurisdiction over all Korea, including the American occupation zone In the south. The cotHtitutlon. following the Russian model, named Seoul as the capital of Korea hut said that for now the capital will remain at Pyongyang, seat of the Russian occupation zone In the north. Adoption of the constitution, taken in defiance of United Nations] plans for Korea, was announced by Pyongyang radio. Th* announcement opened a tense May Day weekend throughout southern Kor-| ea. Pyongyang described It as the “all-Korean constitution" and said it was approved by the north Korean peoples committee, the Com muniet • controlled interim government in the Soviet occupation zone U provides for an elected assembly. which would name a 15 man presidium, apparently the real rul-j ing body. The constitution provides for government ownership of all mines, j forest*, utilities and other "important enterprises" It l>an* absentee landlords and authorixes state-plan ned programs for "economy and culture." The coixtltutioti also provides a] new flag for Korea, with a design of crossed hammers and sides, and establishes the new government as the "Democratic peoples republic of Korea." Adoption of this document clears the way for Soviet recognition ot the new government is the sovereign ruler, thus tending to free the Russian* of responwiidlity for events in Korea. U. Gen. John Hodge American, occupation commander so far has insisted on holding the Russian* responsible for the actions of their puppet north Korean government It is believed the ronstitation lays the groundwork for proltabl* Soviet withdrawal from northern Korea, leaving the U. « occupying the southern half ot Korea in th* Soviet • labelled role of Coloa I tarn." j

Governor's Record Assailed By Jenner I 1 ■ Hits At Wretched Party Conditions i. Indianapolis. May I—(UPt ■Sen William E. Jenner’s quest for, * the Indiana governorship todav was based partly on what he said was an appeal from “thousands of party workers” that the Hoosier Republican party was In ”a wretch ed condition ’’ Jenner spoke at a rally of GOP Jenner ■ for • governor dull* last night it was his first campaign speech. He assailed governor Gates. Jen ner’s political foe. by inference He said he wanted to be the "best ’ governor Indian? ever had." He provided answers to the question. f 1 "why would a man serving as a l] U. S. senator want to run for gov . ■ ernor?" > "You started al) this." Jenner i told 4"" members of 5R chibs. "I , didn’t have anything to do with it , At any rate, we are here and we . ■ are going to win.” He said he did not consider the governorship a "lesser office" than that of senator since both jobs are ones "of service to the public." Jenner said "thousand* of party I worker*" had "appealed to me to J run becauae of the wretched con dition* Involving our party in the .state of Indiana at the present 1 time." Jenner said that no “personal ambition" »•» involved in hi* bid for the nomination. “I have no pathetic desire or 1 dangerous ambition to have merely 1 ! another job.” he said. Jenner said that “one of the ( principal reasons” why “organlza- , Hon Republican* In Indiana have asked me to run” is "that they have been made promises which were not kept." ( He did not mention governor ( Oates by name but said that "pre ■ cinct committeemen tell me they | ] want party responsibilities restor | ed " ( "They resent pressure and the t firing of loyal employes because I they refuse to follow the political I tactics of the state honse ma i I chine." said Jenner I Gates who is supporting candi ’ date Walter Helmke of Fort * Wayne, fired two high state of- ’ ficials weeks ag"- apparently be- « j cause they supported Jenner’s ’ then unannounced candidacy. ’ ; Decatur Ministers i Will Meet Monday The Decatur ministerial aasocU- 1 tion will meet Monday at 18 am ‘ la the Zion Evangelical and Re formed church. All members of the | assoc iation are urged to attend I

Government Mediators Working Frantically To Avert Railroad Strike .

House Group Plans Palestine Inquiry • Despite Protest Os State Department Washington. May I—(UP)1 —(UP) — Despite state department protests, tiie house foreign attain committee made .plan* today to go ahead with its Hcheduled inquiry into the tense Palestine situation. The department had asked that the investigation be delayed while the issue Is tip tor consideration by the I’nlted Nations However, chairman Charles A. Katon. R . N. J . said the c-ommit- | tee has decided to begin hearings Tuesday on the UN. and follow up with hearings on Palestine. Thouffh both the house and senate were in recess for the weekend. there were these developments: Defense The ranking Democrat on the senate armed services comrnittee said the draft I'MT "blend'' Is the only practical military program that can be put through congress in the short time before adjournment. Sen Millard E. Tyd- ! ings. D . Md.. said that he believes the combination "will do the Job." Atomic The bill limiting th* atomic energy commissioners tfl t two-year terms has a good chance 'of passage, according to an administration source on Capitol Hill. However, this source said that If President Truman vetoes the bill, he will lie upheld. Arms shipments Sen Tom Connally. D.. Tex . has confirmed that a program of American military aid to western Europe is being drawn up The Texan, who is the administration's chief foreign |M*li<y spokesman in the senate, said congress may be asked next week to approve the shipment of arms and munitions abroad Minimum wage House Republicans say the proposed legislation to IxMist the national minimum (Turn To Page Seven! o Two Men Injured In Truck Accident Two Kendallville Residents injured Two men were hurt and several hundred dollars damage done about 3 a m today when a careen ing truck went on a rampage, out of control, seven miles north of Decatur. In the Adams county memorial hospital are: J E. Newkirk. 42. Kendallville, driver of the truck, suffering from a back injury and a severe shaking upCarl Atz. 48, of the same city, suffering from a head Injury and laceration, right side and right j ankle injury and a shaking up. Neither is believed critically hurt Sheriff Herman Bowman, called to the acene, reconstructed the ac-< cident as follows: The northbound threeyjuarter ton truck, loaded with hardwood lumber, slipped off onto the berm of the east side of U. S. 27. when the driver Lamr blinded by the lights of an approaching vehicle. He quickly swerved it to the left and off onto the west side of the berm where it rolled over twice, snapped off a kerosene pump at the Rudy Meyer service station, smashed a parked trailer to bits and <ame to a rest on top of three used oil drums. Another oil drum loaded with used oil. was upset, nearly drowning one of the vic- 1 ttms. When taken to the hospital In the Zwi< k ambulance the men were covered with oil By a queer quirk the wrecked vehicle came to a rest on its side atop the oil drams The side of the service station was damaged some Sheriff Bowman estimated dam (Turn To Pago iWvoat

Cut In Income Taxes Goes In Effect Today Nearly 50 Million Americans Benefit By Tax Reductions t —~- r Washington. May 1. —(UP)—| I- The new federal Income tax cut went into effect today, giving al most M. 000.000 Americans a -! IxHist In take-home pay a From now on the government l> will take a smaller bite out of the paychecks of those on the "pay I as you-go" withholding system .1 This Is the first noticeable effect » of the 84.8IWt.i*>O.OW Income tax reduction voted by congress early t this month over President’s Triti- 1 man's veto "i Everybody who pays a federal income tax will get some bane h fit. About 7.400,000 of the smaller P taxpayers will go off the tax rolls |. altogether H The tax cut applies to pay- 1 - checks you get after today. It P doesn’t make any difference when o the money actually was earned p It’s the date on the check that |.l counts. I I The <ut in "pay ss you go" deduc ' f tlons is worked out so to give tax I payers credit for both the percent age slash and the increased per--I sonal exemptions provided by the I new law. Exemptions were raised . from the present 1500 to SMO a _ person Tax levies w ere redm ed i from 12 6 percent In the low brack i ets to 5 penent in the high brackets. t The other main feature of the t tax law extension of "community property” privileges to all states • has no effect on the new withhold i ing rates, under this provision, a i husband and wife may file separate • returns, dividing the family earn Ings for the year between them In this way, they pay lower surtax rates. For most taxpayers, the changes in withholding rates will be mad< automatically by their employers i They won’t have to do anything | about it. However, the blind and those • over 65 years old get a spe< ial s6m> exemption They will have to file, new withholding certificates with 1 their bosses to get this benefit. ‘-— " — (Turn T<> Page Flvei .— —• — Inspectors Receive Election Supplies I j Primary Election In County Tuesday The office of the - ounty clerk, j Edward Jal»erg. was a busy scene | this morning as inspectors from Adams county’s 37 voting pre< incts . Wleged the office for their elec , tion supplies. Supples to l>e used In next Tues dny'ai primary election are now in the custody of the Inspectors until time for the polls to open al 7 a.m lUDT) election day. Clerk Jaherg and members of the , election hoard. True Andrews and I,. Smith. Issued the supplies this morninx after having | each Inspector "sign out” for the . materials Later, all of the workers were gathered in the courtroom of the (ourthouse for final Infractions concerning the etaging of the primary. Meanwhile, throughout the city and county, election intcreat mounted some, as is customary during the ' last few days preceding the actaai ' vote casting With only four race* - three on ' the Democratic ballot and one on I the Republican — some of the usual last minute hubhub was con 1 spicnous by its absence.

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Strikes Involving 225,000 Railroad And Auto Workers Due In 10 Days By United Press Two strikes Involving 225.00# railroad and auto workers today threatened to hit the nation with a one-two punch within the next i 10 days Some 15".0«0 railroad engineers, firemen, and switchmen were poised to walk out May 11. An'other 75.000 Chrysler corporation workers were set to strike a day ! later The walkouts, coupled with the nationwide meat strike, would deal a (rippling blow to the nation's economy A real walkout would paralyze transportation and cut the lifelines of commerce and Industry. Auto production, already severely ' curtailed, would be reduced even more sharply by a strike at Uhry- | sler. If the rail and auto walkouts should be added to current . strikes, the number of Idle workj ers in the country would total I more than 33".""0. Meanwhile. John L. Lewis requested that negotiations for a new United Mln* ", ,rkers’ contract lie opened '.y Di. If a settlement I* n> eached by 'he time the preset ontraet expires June JO. a sot' (ual strike would Ibe allowed under the Taft-Hart-ley law. In Pittsburgh, the CIO United Steelworkers demanded a 25-cent hourly wage increase for 28.00# workers In eight plants of the Aluminum Company of America. The CIO United Electrh al Workers’ Union announced thel i it bad S( heduled work stoppage j for Monday at the East Pittsburgh and Nuttall. Pa. plants of the Westinghouse Electric Corpora- ! lion Altout 16.500 members of the union will leave their jobs to attend a mass meeting, prelimln- , arv to taking a strike vote. In Buffalo N Y. 22.0## AFL construction workers struck today. halting residential and commercial building. The strike was ordered by the AFL Building Trades Council at midnight to en i force demands for a 25-cent houri ly wage Increase. Several thousand unionists were expected to march In a May Day parade in Chicago to raise money and food for striking pat kloghouse workers in the meat | strike Government mediators, trying desperately to head off the threaii ened rail strike, scheduled meetings with the three operating brotherhoods and the railroads today in a bid to reach a settlement. The brotherhoods have demandi«d a flat 30 percent pay hike while the carriers have offered thelll,5 1 , (ent hourly lioost recommended by a presidential factfinding board o Auto Driver Killed As Car Strikes Bus Rockville. Ind . May t — (UP) — I Ten passengers and th* driver of a Western Indiana Coachline bus were recovering today from Injuries suffered when the litis collided with an automobile yesterday, killing one pet son. Carl Hartman. 53. Rockville was killed when his auto was struck by the bus Joe Hawkins. Ijifayette. 1 said he lost control over his coat h after it hit a hole in the pavnmMt and swerved to the left. None of the bus passengers was ■ injured seriously Furniture Truck Damaged By Fire A l>unhar furniture company track from Herne was damaged a- ' laiut 51" o’clock this morning ’ when it caught fire on U. S 27 at i iiick's corner, orc .la south of I Decatur. The D*c*tur fi « ’.e.-xartment was summoned to t s ene and succeeded in extinx i.xhtag the burning track Some padded mat* on the 1 truck were also burned.