Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 46, Number 105, Decatur, Adams County, 3 May 1948 — Page 1

I XLVI. No 105.

BRITISH POUR TROOPS INTO JERUSALEM

Ely, County [olers Go To lolls Tuesday I ■ Only Four Contests ■ Will Be Decided In I primary Election 1 , i>t Ih i.itur ami Adams Kn'tc, to the [mils Tuesday to K !hrir votes in the primary K.„ n,! the precinct voting t*n.s leader** disagree some- ■ „ n the size of the vote expt* t i ■ s.„ H * point to the fact that ■ «nb ,hre ** " n K [unosratn and one on the ■ J(i thket in forecasting tat' rot# tMh , r . <it# 'he big interest tn ( we for the Democratic nomi-1 lirtt of judge, plus the fact that w t rain* will ,ar j, working in fields, as lir for seeing a heavier t, tlun would ordinarily be cast O'the approximate 11.000 regiaMillie I I'"* voted in the e entity primary and 8,000 in , last genera! election. U*' minute plans for the elecring made today under t .-etieral dire, tion of county Edward Jaberg and election nt-..i.mers la-wis 1. Smith and ~ Andrews Delivery of booths f .".er equipment was made tie polling place* today under r dir»<tion of county highway pni«or Phil Saner. lose confusion may result In ratur he.lime of the re-district-nfpre. m ts and the addition of e new voting places. I 'i. n officials hope to keeg ft it a minimum, however. The i » Democrat again (itiblished Is precinct map and list of Deca r voting place* in today's edlPoli* ire open from 7 n.m. to fit 'Daylight saving ti.ne i Litt of candidate* F wing is a list o* candidates I they will appear on the Itemott ballot* For Conijret* F’ri W Green. Edward II Kruse, Jr. . Chester K Watson. For Judge h Burdette Custer. It »n If McClenahan. M'is* F Parrish. For Prosecutor S*’»rin H St hurger. hr Joint Representative H Helfer For County Auditor Ttiurman | |t r ew. For County Treasurer 'brie, a Hicks. Hi bird [» For County Recorder Nesswald F or County Sheriff Berman Bowman. For County Coroner tltrmon M Glllig. For County Surveyor '"isird S. Christen r ’ f County Commissioner Second District Hoffman. F * County Commissioner Third District “an Aunhurger. /*"*• ~f respective delegates « Rate convention and pre"mmitteemen will also ap- * "»» haHot. is . |M of the Re- *• candidates an they ap 08 the ballot: For Congress 7*»» W GlIHe. k’H R Heaton Herd I , r#r Judß • '•rd L IJtterer. (JUg,/* *•••«•*•# r /* Representative ,rtlß L Fox. • Aarf «or R Arnold. County Treasurer ** f’ Fuhrman , Ro*» Sr bounty Recorder • htr,ff ’ ~ t '22. t *‘ ft**** Tw ‘* > WtATMtR to- • c . •f’owers or thundertZZ*. ‘* u * hw »«t portion late Tuesday mostly ‘ h °*er» or thund ii decided change

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Truman Nominates Baltimore Banker Washington. May 3 il'Pi Howard Bruce, Baltimore banker, wan nominated today l»y Presidefei ; Truman to be deputy administra I tor for the Kuropean recovery pro-' gram. Selection of Bruce was a sur- | prise. Jess * (.arson, chief of the I war assets administration, and William ('. Foster, undersecretary of commerce, had been reported to be the leading candidate* for the post. , Bruce for II years was Democratic national committeeman from I Maryland He is a director of many large corporation*. —— __4) „ House Group Voles To Draff Men 19 To 25 House Committee Favors Draft For Bolstering Forces Washington. May 3 (t’Pl The house armed service* committee today voted 28 to 5 to draft men 19 through 25 for two years of military duty. Veterans generally would be ex erupt Knough men would be tailed '« boost the army navy and airforce from their present strength of 1.384,500 men to atotal of 2.005.882 by 1850. The air force would be built up to 502."0tt men — enough to rapport a 70 group air force The draft would get underway automatically 9o days after it is ap by the president proved by congress ami signed The committee acted after tietense secretary James Forrestal called the draft bill an "excellent" measure He urged fast approval The committee's okay gives the measure a good bomt toward passage But it does not assure that It will become law It must pass the house ami senate ami be signed by tire presi-1 dent Itefoie It can Income ef'“c five However, t te noU‘ ■ Republican leadership hinted today it will give the bill a green light. Rep Leslie \retius. I! 11l . house majority whip ami a member of the armed services committee, announc-; ed that he will suppott the draft in the house He warned, however, he will change his mind if any effort is made to couple the hill with uni versa! military training The senate armed services committee lias been studying a "blend proposal for coupling the draft ami (Turn Tu Page ge.ent o Scholarship Group To Be Incorporated Lincoln PTA Fund For Scholarships John DeVoas. local attorney will file Incorporation papers this week with the secretary of state for the Lincoln pare nt-teacher memorial scho art-hip foundation The group was recently organized by the Lincoln parent-teachers association as a memorial to Decatur elementary teachers who have served for many years in local schools. The purpose of the foundation I* to make lx»th loans ami gift* in the form of scholarships to graduates of the two Decatur high schools who contemplate Ivecom Ing elementary grade teacher* The Decatur Junior < haml>er of Commerce will assume the re •ponsibi ity of raising fnnds for the use of the foundation All ram* of less than »I.M« will be placet! in the general fund of the foundation and will be loaned to worthv students on the bast* of 8250 a year for four year* The loan* are payable in ata year* and are without interest Donor* of »LOOo (825» a r#a r ' ma~ specify whether the fund I* tn be a loan or an outright gift The drive will be made among In dividua's. factories and fraternal (Turn To !*»<• Two!

20 Killed By Tornadoes And Severe Storms Three Counties In Indiana Damaged In Tornado Sunday By United Press Tornadoes and severe electri'al storms left 20 persons dead today ! after smashing through the middlt west. West Virginia and Kentucky. Twisters claimed 10 lives in Oklahoma. Kansas, ami Missouri during the week Four persona were killed by a tornado which ripped through central West Vlr- ' ginia and five died in a twister j which struck near Alpha. Ky., last night. A man was electrocuted a* the result of a storm in Illinois The storms caused hundred* of thousands of dollars in property ' damage. In Fairmont. W Va.. more than 200 houses were torn apart and some 500 persons left homeless. An eyewitness said he saw a group of house* on a mountainside in W Va.. blown dear across a I valley where they were smashed i against another mountain. Police thief Charley Back of Montluel|o. Ky . said ittsiiultiw* I in his city included five dead and at least 5* injured There were four dead at Clarksburg. W. Va. The eastward moving series of storms started with a twister which tore through a 20 mile area In northeastern Oklahoma and jumped into southeastern Kansas, killing sis High winds on the tornado area fringe damaged communities in Missouri and Illinois and Im reused the death toll. Three men were i drowned when high waves capsized their boat on the lake of the Ozarks in southern Missouri. Cvdonia gales blew across Ohio last night, uprooting trees, rip- ; ping off roof* ami disrupting com- . munications. But no deaths were reported The winds were followed i by heavy rainstorms and ele< tri ' <al disturbances Specsling eastward, the storm • Turn To Page Mevent o Three Persons Hurt In Two-Auto Crash One Driver Fails To Observe Stop Sign Three people were hurt, one bad- | |v. in a two-<ar crash aleiut 11:50 odo< k Saturday night that involved nine person* tiding in the vel.i 1., The aci idem happened, according to offhers Dale Death and Adrian Coffee, when Lloyd Dawson. 21. Pennville, failed to Stop as he was , driving toward town on former 11 I'. S. 27 at the intersection with Sorth Se-.ond street. His vehicle struck one enroute northwest on I North Second street, driven by Rob vrt Behout. 19. Monroe, route one Dawson was charged wi’h rackle** driving and will be arraigned Tuesday afternoon before justice of peace Floyd It Hunter. Worst hurt is Roy McKean. 19. 1110 SVtet Madison street, an oc- , cupant of the Behout car. who suf- , sered from shock, a head injury and , possible concussion He is reported , recovering at the Adams <ounty | memorial hospital- > Maxine Dawson. 22. Pennville. ( and June l-autzenhiser. 22. Montpelier. riding in the Dawson car. ( both suffered knee and leg injuries ( hut were not hospitalized. , Jean laiutzenhiser. 2d. and Dale ( Uutzenhiser. 30. both of Montpelier; Dwight Gleason 21. f- S army. ( all oecupants of the Daweon car; ( Ted Douglas. 10. of the Bebout auto. ( and the two drivers all eseaped ( with minor Injuries and severe 3 shaking up < Dawson told police that he did not see the stop sign Damage to f hi* car was estimated at 85<m» and ( that to the Bebout auto at »BW. ( both having been badly wrecked « Damage was estimated at |35 f • hen cars driven by Charles Miller. M Berne, and John Moore. 59. Monnwvdle. collided about 8 10 ( pm Saturday ,h « driveway a' ( the Adam* county inemoilal hue pttai

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Decatur, Indiana, Monday, May 3, 1948

New Air Force Chief Sworn In ~ 1 | loflp: 1 ; I f ,A-| a Hkj r x f Jij vz / 5 ; t Lil _ jWb - ? J

SUPREME COURT CHIEF JUSTICE Fred Vinson fright t adminiter* the oath of office in Washington to Gen. Hoyt S Vandenhetg left), new chief of the Air Force, lacking on is Gen Carl Spaatz. retiring Air Force Chief of Staff The 19 year-o d fli« r took the oath ahead of schedule because Spaatz is scheduled to l>-avc soon on alt inspection tour of American has<-s on the continent.

Fair Weather Seen For Indiana Voters Light Vote Expected In Tuesday Primary Indianapolis. May 3 H'l’i Fair weather who promised by the weather bureau t.alay lor tomorrow a Indiana primary, but political tduterverw in most sections conceded it would take snore Ilian a pretty day to bring out a heavy vote The weather bureau predicted •hat Tuesday would be "generally fair." and indication.* were shat temperatures would be neither hot nor cold at Hoosier polls Interest in the primary was expected to Ite like the weather pro spel ts tepid The reason was a general la k of exciting contests !<h nomination* 7 ht?r»* *< a!’w«l huh im»*r put. however. in hwalftiwi when* thprp wpfp upveral <»n a Ih-kfi Inriiani voter# *lll nominate andidates for II congressional seats. 12a state legislative seats prosecutor offices. :pt judgeship-, and a wide variety of county offices They also will ete< t delegate** to the Democr. *ic a.td Republican state < onvent.-sns. scheduled fo' next month, and pre. :i< t commit teetnen. Ten of Indiana's la.utnbe, • con gressmen are seeking renomm.itton. including all nine iteput>li< ans no* in the house and Hep Hay .1 Mad den. It. Gary. Madden faces < "tn petition from D Lincoln Otiow of .Turn To Page Five! —Q— Continue Effort To Avert Rail Strike Federal Mediators Seek Settlement Chicago. May 3 It’Pi ‘'hairman Frank I’. Douglass of the national railwav mediation board met today with railroad representatives in his fight to throw the switch against a national rail strike set for a week from tomorrow. Federal mediators, railroad offlciais and representatives of the three unions threatening the strike rested from their negotiations yesterday Brotherhoods representing !5'».000 engineers, firemen and switch men have announced that they will strike May 11 unless the railroads meet their demands for a 30 percent wage Increase and 23 changes In working rules The railroads, throughout six months of negotiations, have . lung to an offer to boost wages IS-'« cents an hour and proposed their own set of rules changes The rail roads' offer was approved by a presidential factfinding board Douglass flew here last week in an attempt to avert the strikes He has held separate sessions Crjfn To Page Se.eot

Urge Local Citizens Vote Early Tuesday The election commissioners today urged voters in Decatur to cast their ballots earlv Tuesday at the primary election In transferring i some l,3ini registrations lie. arise of the re districting of precincts and I addition of three new ones, there - is certain to lie some confusion, the , commissioners stated . ■ Hen e. they urged Decaturicv to I vote early, thus affording them .| plenty of time in event of any dis l agreements o Racial Real Estate Agreements Voided High Court Outlaws Racial Covenants Washington. May 3 tl'l’i Tin- supreme court ruled today a gainst racial real estate agreement-, which bar negroes and other minor (ties from "White'' n- ghlior hoods The high court ruled that such ovenants ■ annot be legally enf<<r< , e<| iu < our t The decision knocked tire legal props from under s<>-< ailed restrictive "covenants" that blanket many all white residential areas in altm.-t every big city from . oast to oast Chief justice Fred \l Vinson handed down the decision There were no dissents llow.-ier justices Robert II .la kson. Stanley F Heed and Wiley It Rutledge disquall tied themselves from the case i While justices do not give reasons’ for staying out of . aees. it is known that al least Ja. ksoti and Hutledge own property covered by restrictive agreements. • I pon full consideration ' Vinson said, "we have concluded that in these cases th.’ states have acted t<> deny petitioners the equal protection of the laws guaranteed by the llth amendment " The ruling came in the case of negro families who bought into covenanted neigbltorhoodw in St Loum and Detroit Courts in luith states ordered the negroes edited |.a‘er today the court is expect ed to announce a similar ruling in a ease covering four negro families In Washington The federal government considered the issue wo imisntallt that it intervened formally when the cases reached the supreme court. The justice department asked the high tribunal to strike down all diecrimi natory restrictive leal estate agreements Vinson said that private .oven ants in themselves are legal. But, hr said, for courts to enfor.e them is official "state action" which can- ( not la- permitted under the constitution. j I The llth amendment to the constitution. adopted in !-•>». save in part: "No state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citi- ( sens of the f'nited States noi deny anv person within its juris diction equal protection of the . Vinson said that "these are no (Turn To Pwgs Five!

Silence Arab And Jewish Guns In Holy City Under Tough Cease Fire Orders

Red Cross Offers To Take Over Jerusalem Offer Made To Avert Choas In Holy City l.akc Success. N. V May 3 :<lT’i The international Red Cross has offered to take over the entire city of Jerusalem in an effort to avert chaos in the Holy city, it was learned today. The Red Cross Has stipulated that warring Arabs ami Jew* must agree to the emergency measure Arab ami Jewish agreement still is being awaited, a reliable sour< e disclosed A spokesman for Great Britain told the I'nited Nations trusteeship council of the Red Cross pro- . posal. * John Fletcher Cooke of Great Britain told the coum-il in a hasti-ly-called private meeting that rep resentatives of the Red Cross had ipproached Sir Alan Cunningham. British high commissioner in Palestine. with the plan It was designed to save Jern.salem. holy to Christians. Jews and Moslems alike from the choas that seems almost certain unless some neutral authority steps in after British rub end- Miv 15 Fletcher Cooke emphasized that many detaTls remained to be work <-d out before the Red Cross could, a< •< in the emergen' v. Arab ami Jewish spoke uten who heard of the proposal in the private meetin.- fold the Council they had no word of such an of 1 fer from their superior- in Pales fine An offhiil of the American Red Cross in New York said he could not confirm Cooke's unnoun. e ment. but added that the plan ap peared 'plausible " The offl ial '.ltd it was possible the Rel Cross would take over responsibility for the general wel fan- of Palestine food w iter sup .1 trn To Page Twat o Clean-Up Week Is Opened Here Today Fire Prevention Is Also Observed Here i Tile annual cleanup week ob svrvance was laum hed in Der alui this morning with city trucks pre i pared for the first pit kups of rule ! Idsh and refuse. City street < omm.ssjoner Floyd Acker p an* to map out an organ ized pickup Ity a spet ial crew of men later today to work the rest of the week in hauling away rubbish »es along the < urb» ami al leys Ity lot al resilient* In addition to the < lean-up «>’> ■ servance. a fire inspection i« to lie made Ity member* of the local fire department of downtown building*, industries and perhaps | some residential areas The fire prevention program l« '►taged in conjunction with the clean up observance ami loca! resident* are urged to cooperate in removing waste paper, trash ami other fire hazard* City official*. the De<afnr Chamber of Commerce ami other civic organization*, firemen and, the local insurant e agents' organization are cooperating with the citizenry in the observant e —■ -- — o— — One Man Killed In Gaming House Affray Chicago. May 3*—(VP) Gunmen shot and killed a retired barber and wounded a woman la«t night when their wav wa« barred to an alleged gambling house in sulttirban Klmwootl park Polite raid four unidentified thug* barged into the "poker club" and fired wildly through a metal lined door when the card player* refused to allow them to enter

Meat Strikers Seek To Halt Wilson Plans Pickets Parading At Chicago Plant To Halt Work Move BULLETIN Chicago, May 3—(UP) — Preiirfent Ralph Hel»tein of the CIO United Packinghouie Worker* said today the union would "consider" »ettling the nationwide meat strike for a mne-cent hourly raise, if the packer* would agree to cut meat price*. Chicago May fl'l’i — The biggest picket lines sit K-e the nationwide meat strike began eight weeks ago paraded before a move to ha t a ba< * 'o work at the Wilson packing plan' today in tempt. Officials of the striking CIO I'nited I'ai kinglioii-< Wnrkeis said the company * attempt to *t< p up production at the struck i plant was a ' miseraltle flop" Company spoke-men said it was 11 a "success ' |’o|i< e estimated there w. r< about 1 pickets on duty The tightly forme.| pu k*-' ranks part ed to let about I" loaded truckpass out of the plant entrain. One of the trucks w.i* loaded with hide- presumably from cat tie -l.lllghtereil last Week I'i. k el- leer'd .1- the trucks pa e<| >li rough Al the nearby Swift (k Co plant two ton k'oad* of lamb- pissed through the pi« kef- ami in'o the plant Wil-on office workers and main 'i liaine employe. .nt red unm,. Jested The company had warned striking employes that if they failed to return to work tcslay they would Ice subject to replace rnent by non strikers The warn 1 ing was cotitainecl in a >in ular I letter mailed to strikers I Strikers made a ceremony of 1 burning the h-tl-l* a- the *|e c I line (or their return to work pied About :<•» pic k-ts as-embb-d in a ring while Sam Parks chair man of the Wi -on local. *•■' file to altouf 2""" of tile letters Company spokesmen .c-ked whether the strikers could con i sider themselves fired, said only that they are "subjec t to dismis ' <» Asa McMillen Dies At Pleasant Mills Funeral Services Will Be Wednesday A«a Mi Millen. 82 a retire ! far mer f Pleasant Mills, died Sun day night at the home of a son Brice, after a two months illness of complications He was born in Adam* conntv Jan 12. !*«» a »on of Newton and 'Catherine McMillen His wife' Sadie preceded him in death He was a member of the Plea sant Mill* Methodist church Surviving are two sons Brice of . Decatur route and Glen B of Pleasant Mills. one daughter. Mrs Gladys D Fike of Albert la c Minn : nine grandchildren and nine great grande hildren Funeral services will he held at 2 3" pm Wednesday at the Plea sant Mills Methodist church, with the Rev S J Kleis officiating Burial will be in the Decatur cemetery The b.cdv will Ice removed from the Cowan Ron funeral home to the Brice Me Millen teal dence Tuesday mornins

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Indicate British Are Deters 2d To Enforce F. xe Until Close of . '.undate Jetti-abm May '. cl Pi British reinforcements poured Into Jc-iu-alem tocl.cy and si'em ed Arab and Jcwi-h guns in the Holy t'itv under a tough "cease fire" order Plenty" of fresh British fighting men already leave entered Jerusalem to ' c ontrol the situation' a high British official said, indicating that the government had detei mined to enforce peace here at least until flee May la eipiratfon of the British handate The city itself was quiet, only an occasional single shot sounding during the day and th.- BritI Ish wer.- talking witli Jewish and Arab offi. ials in an effort to ac hieve a so ld truce Sir Henry Gurney chief -weretary of the Palestine government, announced the arrival of the British reinforcement* The swiftly devc-lopitig c hao- in th. Hi.lv City had forced reversal of Britl-I withdrawal tactics \ 1. i Itary op. ration < u-tomar llv i- sec te- Gurney Said but I ■an say that ffn.ent reinfol'•• ment» ;.re now . ,rivi. ” to contrn' the situation It was understood that consul erable units of imn were bcm* flown dir . tly to Palestine frot* Cypru where th. Bri'ish have been guarding !" <"> ■ Jews who were Interned when they sought to enter Palestin- i legally The Br fi-h -poke-man -aid that all I.' members of the \rab higher ccunmilte. have left Pal e-tine for neighboring Arab stat's The last man left only today for Unman, capital of Tian-Jordan Walter Kvetali Jewish agency - pokesman said the Aral, leaders w.re victims of c 'flight psychoI- ' vvlii. !t he said wa -weeping At tbs throughout Palestine I.O" than .1 dora n mm Je wish A.-m-ru ales exclusive of correspondents arnl the skeleton ci'tl sic at. -'-iff remained in Jetu-a lent About 20 Je wish \meili.incuis'ered with the consulate, but a good many ofhet ■ were counting on the new -lew -h -tale to protect lliittt \n Aral, official from Tran* lonian who came here to inve-’i-gate the situation left tot Amman todav aft'-r tes-eritng that Arab femes certainly would to fake control of Jerusalem after May I-'. 0...1 ional singe- shots were fired in several c|uart.-rs of Jerusah m this morning hut they in*wc Troops ignored the "ay shots uinh r iti*t Ih< ? .etch- ' Mi enforce ne cease-fire ord* r Arabs att.ee ke he M- kor Hal vim quartet southwest of Jerusa lem with heavy machinegun fire last night but were thrown back by Jewish defenders British officers took nq action h ■ • t-e- 'ice quartet I ou’-iie th. ceasefire area However, within Jerusa'em itself they fumed hac k '.cm c.rmed Arabs attempting to reopen 'he Katamon quarter battle and «teep|eed Arab gun* shelling Jerusalem Both sides were ordered to atop ■hooting in Jerusalem upon pain of teeing blasted into silence by superior British weapons. The (Turn To »•<«• Reveti! <> Drastic Freeze On Prices In Britain lacndon May 3 fl'Pi The most drastic price freeze in British history Icegan today Pri es were filed at the De.emi.er ■ January level for almost all manufactured Items from table cloths to typewriter* It also restricted profit mar gin* of manufac luret.c, wholesaler* and re'aller*. The only goods wholly exempt a-e jewelry, book*, newspapers tie ha.-, o. automohils'* liquor and a few imported Item-’ Fcstd price* already ate controlled.