Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 46, Number 108, Decatur, Adams County, 6 May 1948 — Page 1

No. 108

AUTHORITIES SMASH MOTOR THEFT RING

Kiway Union Beads Agree To ■eel Steelman 881 — ■White House Calls ■Leaders In Effort ■To Prevent Strike )!•;<>> n 6 (I P» ■' , ’-day ■ ...... strike threaten ■ conference ■, ..., , tii.-.-s Aiit meet with ■ . assistant to P’ee Truman Steelman is fn ■ ... ' la‘t d.t ’■ government es ,,„.,|iate the dispute The ■'.. called a strike for ■• Tuesday ;, a n sill confer with th* an I then report the executive ■,>.. »,.itr '>’i " summoned the ■punl-n leader afl-r a high ofthat ' h ‘' government will 'be ralir ads if a settlement »ac di'i'ii'e i< not reach Bm"!*- the «'i ke deadline some railroads preto lamp <• übargoes tomor Bl on per -liable food shipment* notified employe* that they ... j„ -hut down if tlie Bio *°** "" “* scheduled. tamo-row* meeting V'atih) .lohneion. head B'> lift'-ef. 1 1,1 Locomotive Btitee-s Itavid B Robertson. of the Hro’herhood of loco■me firemen and Engineinen: B< A J tilo'er. of the switcb- ■:. t union ■ u.’e hoi)— secretary Charles ■ koan Mid Steelman reached ■totter, and Hobertaon by tele ■get thia morning and they a ■wd t<> attend the conference ■pi!tcsii sax -till trying to reach ■a- aHI aas in Buffalo, t>Ut the ■ip houee had no doubt that all ■tt would attend. ■ A»»ei whether the white iiouxc ■lid make any definite proposal ■ tetllemelit <>f the dispute, Hoax ■d he could say nothing more ■r could he way • yet" whether ■exan wmiid ail a similar con ■wee with spokesmen for the ■ - Mi Bo nf i ie three union leader* ■uton of the engineer* - said ■ fleieland that he didn't know ■tether "ae can legally strike if ■ toternment seizeu the rail- ■ Mutun was one of two brother ■nd leaders involved In the two- ■ railroad strike in i>«. The was A F. Whitney, head of ■ Vrothc-ihood of trainmen Whit ■ •union i« not Involved in the ■* strike threat ■ !• May istd. Johnston and Whit-1 ■ struck their union* deapitg ■wtiment seizure of the lines and • yernonal appeal by Mr. Truman J* to call their men out. II president countered by Mkf’ "Mresafot legislation to draft I t strikers into the army. The Phis was called off just as .Mr. Ftuiian «a» delivering his request f • joint session of congress. [J high federal official who aak 'Turn To Page Hight) I 0pive Planned For Program, Catalog For Decatur Fair L T **® ,y solicitors will oe named L” .’** ,or a drive for I fw ,h * program and L ” i °* ’•»* Decatur free street L n Wi' uitural show, which F* Published and mailed to all ,Mat* of Adams and surround- ■' ’ h * win be held slmultan “* n P ar ‘» of Decatur and -• sill sell the advertising and ” r th* material at the aame 11 •*• decided by the comin charge of the publication ’Hi be made J’*** u y May !», and the aolici • il be named next week. C. I. Tv.» fha,rnMU »- M| d today. «f sLo2" B * BB Publishing company A., will print the book. •'" contain a rooter of ail U.hu. MUß< T ‘ ,ath «>r«ani*ations. «,?* Bii * H ciube. Boy and totj^ 08 ' ,roo Pa and other organiWSATHfR "erth and showers ft early tonight. •Mak?? * M 1R . _ ri- *y f a |r , little change "

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Packers' Unions To Sue Companies Mediators Ask For More Negotiations BULLETIN Wathington, May 6 — (UP) The government today ordered negotiations resumed at Chicago Saturday in the 52-day meatpacking strike. . Chicago. May 6 (VP) The , I United Packinghouse Workers i (CIO) said today it would file ! suits for damage* and injunctions against the big four meat packing companies, against whose plants the union is on strike. The suits, a union announcement said, seek Io restrain the companies from violating seniority, i vacation and Kick pay contract i divisions. Targets were Armour # Co., The Cudahy Packing Co.. Swift and Co and Wilson and Co Government mediators meanwhile asked both sides in the 52 day-old meat strike to stand by for further negotiations, but reported both were standing pat on their proposals. In its suits, prepared for filing In U. 8. district court here, the 1 union asked an order preventing the companies from circulating let ters which it said threatened workers with loss of their seniority because of the strike No amount of damages was set in the suits. Union spokesmen said the damages would be In a "substantial amount." But that sums would have to be fixed by locals, fifi of which were directly covered in the suits The union said it also will sue for damages to each of Its members affected by the alleged contract violations. The union contended: That during the strike, the com- , panies have violated terms of the balance of the contract, which does not expire until Aug. II; that the , companies cut sick leave payments "even to employes who had become disabled before the strike;" had denied vacation benefits and re fused to process grievances under regular machinery set tip by coni tract. Ralph Helstefn. union president, said that packing company management* had "unleashed an unprincipled attack against their employes and now have stooped to flagrant violations of contract and open threats of further violations ” The union demand* a 29-cent hourly wage increase, and the packer* have offered nine cents. —0 Fort Wayne Pickets Restrained By Court Fort Wayne, (nd.. May fi (l'P) The CIO Packinghouse workers picketing the Marhoefer division of the Kuhner Packing Co. here today were under a temporary restraining | , order prohibiting them from interfering with the movement of live stor k and perishable meat from the plant. The order was issued last night by judge pro tern .lames P. Murphy of Superior court 1. to the more than 250 worker* on strike at the meat plant —— oPhillip Courtney Heads Eagles Lodge * I Annual Election Is Held Last Evening Phillip Courtney was elected worthy president of the Decatur i aerie of the Fraternal Order of Eagles, at the annual election held Wednesday night at the Eagles 1 lodge hall Courtney will succeed I .oft on Rich, who will move to the junior past worthy president's chair Installation of officer* will l>e , held Wednesday nlcht. June 2 Other officer* elect-1 last night ■ »m: > ' Olen Rambo, worthy vice prest dent. Hill Fewtel. worthy chaplain; Cletus Gifford, worthy conductor; Fred Steiner, treasurer; Francis Schmitt, trustee. Wesley Morris, outside guard; James Burdg. inside guard Holdover officers are John Hoch and l»ean Baughman trustees, and James O. Strickler, secretary

Urges Pressure From Public On Home Shortage 1 Truman Asks Public To Put Pressure On Congress To Act Washington. May f> <rpt President Truman today called for public pre**ure on congress to ease a housing shortage which he said has become "almost . . . fatal." He also *ald that this country's bl partisan foreign policy must continue "if we are going to get peace in this world.” Mr. Truman’* remark* were addressed to the national conference on family life meeting here. He xpoke extemporaneously for 15 minute* ft was the first time that a president's extemporaneous remark* of such length had been broadcast over the major radio networks. On housing, the President pleaded wpecifically for house passage of the Taft EHender Wagner housing act which was approved recent- ‘ ly hy the senate He asked the delegates to urge house members to .pas* the bill "Tell them about housing." he pleaded "They probably will listen to you more than they will to me." Warning that the housing shortage is "almost a fatal one." he particularly stressed the plight of veterans who return from serving their country only to find there are no homes for them. Mr Truman said it was disgraceful that a young veteran and his wife, their young child and dog recently were evicted from a park ing lot home here "They couldn't find a place where thev would let a baby and a dog live." he said. Then, extending his arm in an appealing gesture, he asked howfamilies could be reared in such condition*. ''Children and dogs are a* necessary to the welfare of this country as Wall Street and the railroads or anything else," he said Mr Truman said the fact that elections are coming up in a year of many domestic and foreign problem* "is one of the worst things we have to face." On bi partisan foreign policy. h<said "I hope that nothing in the world will interfere with our bi-partisan foreign policy. If we are going to get peace in this world, that bipartisan policy must continue." The President emphasized the clone relationship between the welfare of the American family unit ■ Turn Tn Page Eight) Mrs. Louise Weber Dies This Morning Funeral Services Sunday Afternoon Mrs lx>ul«e Weber, s former resident of Adam* county, died at 7:50 o'clock thig morning at the home of a daughter. Mrs Edwin Hchlaudroff. 121st Huesti* avenue. Fort Wayne, after a year's illness of •ompllcation*. She was born near New Haven but moved to a farm near Decatur, where she resided until 23 years ago. Her husband. Henry Welter, died 10 year* ago. Mr*. Welter was a member of the Fmmau* Lutheran church at Fort < Wayne. Surviving are a son. Herman C. Welter of Decatur; two daughter*. Mrs Schlaudroff and Mrs. Herman Kraemer, both of Fort Wayne; two grandchildren; one great-grand-child; one sister. Mr*. Fred Wielfeldt of Hoagland, ami four brothers. Charles Buss- of New Haven. Henry of Tacoma. Wash . Herman and August, both of Fort Wayne. Three daughters anil one brother pre< t-ded her in death Funeral service* will tie held at 2 p m at the Schlaudroff residence, and at 2:15 o'clock at the Emmaus Lutheran church, with the Rev. Fred Wamb*gan*» officiating Burial will be in the St. John's Lutheran cemetery, north of Decatur. Friend* may call at the Schlaudroff home after 5 pm Friday.

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Decatur, Indiana, Thursday May 6, 1948

Girl Confesses She Killed Father

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FRANCES KORBELIK, 17. *hown us ahe took a lie-detector test during which »h<- admitted killing her fath-r. William Korbelik. a CIO local union leader, in ll>> ir home in a Chicago suburb on Jan I". Frances told Sheriff Elmer Hoffman (center) of Dul'age County, ami States Attorney's investigator , Allan A. Myers (left), that she shot her father after he attempted while drunk to criminally attack her Korbelik * nude Iwnly was discovered Sunday, hidden under a pH- of lumber in his bnseno-nt

Communist Control Measure Assailed Futile Attempt To Quell Communists Washington. May •! — (L'P) — | Americans for Democratic action said today the house Communist control bill would merely "intimidate" a lot of public spirited citl-j zen* without hurting the Reds a bit. The anti-Communist organization urged defeat of the measure as a "dangerous and futile attempt to repress the Communists." The bill, said ADA. tries to root out Communis’ • front groups "by. intimidating well-meaning citizens ind forcing their retreat from virtually every kind of progressive public activity." Vnder the bill, the Communist parly and its various "fronts'' would ' have to register each year the justice departmen’ Party lead ! eis would be for* ed to renounce any ties with M<mcow. under pain of heavy penalties. Other congressional developments: Defense - The 70-group air for< e issue come* up in the senate witli GOP leatler* predicting prompt approval of funds for greater air power Republican whip Kenneth S Wherry. Neb., said "there is no doubt" that the senat • will follow the house in voting for air force expansion Oieo Senate oleomargarine supporters foret ast an early Turn T® Page Klgb«» o Chris Stahly Named To Adjustment Board Chris’ Stahly. of the county council. was named late Wednesday l»y the group to serve as ite representative on the county tax adjustment ls»ard. wliii h meets this fall The council, before the close of its two-day session, also approved more than 115.000 in special ap propria’ions as requested by various office* and approved by the county commissioners

Famous Boys Town Choir Will Appear In Decatur Next Fall

Father Flanagan« famous Boy* ( Town choir will appear in liecatur, next November. under the auspice* of the Pai lota Xi sorority. it was announced today. The choir is composed of 50 boys from Boys Town. Nebraska. and is directed by Father Schmitt.] an assistant to Father Hanagan in the operation of the school Mat year the choir made a national tour, appearing in the larger| cities, and at that time communication waa made with Father Flanagan However, the choir's itinerary did not permit an appearance here The sorority notified the choir ; director today that it would accept responsibility for and sponsor the

Three Men Killed As Planes Collide Detroit. May •> (CP) Three men were killed and a fourth was injured seriously last night when two private (dunes collided 1.500 feet over Detroit city aitport. 0 Big Four Talks On Austria Break Down Recess Prompted By Russian Rejection London, May tCl’t Big ' four talks on Austria broke down todav. at least temporarily, over Russia’s support of mid western opposition to a Yugoslav claim to | a strip of Austrian border terri I tory The recess of tile big four depll I ties dealt a heavy Idow to the remaining fragments of four power 'cooperation within the framework of the council of foreign ministers. A British spokesman hinted that unless the Soviets accept the view point of the western powers that the Austrian bonier of IMS liefore the Anschluss remain unchanged the long negotiations on an Austrian settlement were not likely to be resumed The recess was prompted by a Russia rejection of the western d-rnand for unchanged Vust.ian ,I frontiers. James Majoribanks of Great Britain said that in view of Rus sla's attitude he would have to ask his government about the advisability of continuing the talks. Russia backed a Yugoslav demand for a strip of southeastern Austria, the western power* opjMised it. Tlie decision came after Ham I ' uel Reber. I’ 8 delegate, told | Nikolai Koktomov that anv fur i ther progress here would depend lon the acceptance of two princi ' pies that the Austrian frontier remain a* It was in January 1M«. and that Austria not lie subject | rreern T- Psge Keirin

appearance of the musical organisation. at a date to l>e fixed later November is the month when the j choir will appear here Although details are not com • plete. the concert will be given in the junior senior high school audi jtorium and tickets will lie sold to i the public A large turn-out for the event is anticipated. The sorority members explained that In addition to the musical treat offered by the appearanca of the choir, person* who purchased tick ets were also contributing to the support of Boys Town, a home for boys that Father Flanagan established a score of years ago and through which he has been very. successful in building young man | hood

Soldier's Body Is Enroute To Stales Carl Schamerloh To Be Returned Here The body of I’fc Carl Sch.ime--j loh. killed in ar tion with the I'nited State* army in South France in 1911. ia enroute to the state* for burial, the department of the army l ha* notified the parent*. Mr and Mr* Edwin Schamerloh. of Herat-: ur route I’fc. Sr hanierloh win killed in South France Sept 9. 1911 He was: t; combat infantry tnan with the 15th I Infantry He entered the army Nov 17. 1912. ami after ba»l< training at Camp Wheeler, Ga . went overseas in March. Iht: He wa* a veteran of the North A f ri< an campaign. Sicily, Anzio beachhead ami Italy. He wa* wounded in North \frica in June. 1943. I’fc Si hamerlol) wa* born in I nion towiiHhip June 9. 192<t. and attended tin* Emmanuel Lutheran Mr hool He wa* employed by the! General Electric company in Fort Wayne at the time he entered iter vice Surviving in addition to hl* par ent* are a brother. Harold, and a grandmother. Mr* Augusta S< ham | erloh. <>f Itecatur route 5. i’fc. Schamerloh'* body ie one of I.l*l soldier dead being returned from temporary militiirv (■•• meter ie* in Europe aboard the army tran*|M>rt latwrem-e Victory. The body will be returned to the Zwii k funeral home here hut fun eral arrangement* will not be completed until definite time of it* arrival are determined o Charge Communists Aiding Guerrillas Trained Agents On Island Near Korea Seoul. May « (I’l’l -Army i trained communi*t agent* have anderl on Cheju (aland. 50 mile* south of Korea, to direct guerril la* in a terrorism campaign con netted with next Monday* e|e< tion* the I" S military governor of Korea charged today Silty person* have lieen killed in bloody rioting on the Island since April 2 Ma) Gen William F lean who ha* ju»t returned from an inspection trip there Haiti »eparate in ve*tigation* by him and South i Korean official* led to the com lu *ion that agent* of the North Korean community army had been landed. Thev were »ent. he said. to "in duce misinformed young men to murder peop'e favoring the election* and to burn their home* Two hundred member* of the , national a**emhlv will I* reeled | in the American-occupied south- i (Turn To P«g* *»*•"»

Seize Four Men For Stealing Os Motors At G. E.

Small Motors Stolen At Ixjcal Plant; Sold Below Cost To Many Individuals; Uss Is Over SIO,OOO BY 808 SHRAI.IKA (Staff Reporter) Four men were in custody today as police announced the smashing of the largest theft ring ever to operate in the county—a ring whose loot is already established at SIO,OOO and mounting steadily higher. Three Decatur General Electric workers and a truck driver face charges after being involved by |M>lice in the theft of hundreds of small motors from the local plant. In custodv are: DONALD TAYLOR, 33, Willshire, O„ and formerly of Decatur, a checker in the shipping department of the General Electric and the "inside man" in the thefts. GLEN SMITH, 47. Ligonier, a truck driver for the

’ I I. 1.. »— — ■■■ -..1- I— " I King Abdullah Plans To March Into Palestine Plans March Into Palestine Soon As British Move Out Jerusalem. Way ti (i’Pi King Altduliah ha* det lured hi* intention of invading Palwtiue after the Briti Ish leave whether or not the Arab league act ept* an armistice, di* i patches from \mman reported to ! flay MxlulUh told Aran .eporters he would march into the Holy Land with hi* Trans-Jordan ami Iraqi armies the moment the British »urrender their Palestine mandate, scheduled for Midnight Mav II He *aid lie had recalled hi* for eign minister from a conference with other Arab hadets al llama* lie liecause he wa* "tired of negotiation* and proposition* I have decided to enter Pale Mine after the 15th with an Iraqi army even if the Arab league de fide* to accept armisti. e proposal*." the Arab monarch said "I refuse to accept it The mo ment the British abandon the man late my atmie* will go immediately" There wa* no indication wlietli .-r Abdullah intended to march Into I Jerusalem ami violate the repot! ed "truce of God" reached with \rab league representative* under which the Holy ( ity would be hand (Turn To Page Fiver it Police Radio System Placed In Operation 30 Day Test Period Before Recognition Station WZEH. Itecatur. and ; Adam* county * short wave police I radio system. went on tin- air last I night when officer James Hull. ' Indiana state police tet hnician. , | completed installation The system will be operated for , [ in day* in a test period, before be . (tig given official recognition how ever Station WZEH t* located in the city p<dl«e office while the call let ter* WZEP have been assigned to, the remote control unit in the sheriff’s office at the courthouse The city police car and troth car* of the sheriff'* department are linked with the *v*tem. as well as other nearby < Hie*, including Bluffton and the FM station of the state police at Idgonier The system had it* first official usage last night when chief James Borders and state patrolman Wai ter Schindler apprehended Ira Volland. 19. of this city. They received a call from Howard county via Ligonier asking for Volland* apprehension on a charge of second degree burglary in Howard county. Authorities from there called for Vollad tort*' at the county jail.

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Teeple Fort Wayne Portland truck line for seven years, and the trucker for the stolen motors. CHALMER SNIDER. 38. Willshire. ()„ town marshal, and one of the "salesmen” for the stolen motors. ORTELL MCLEAN. 24. Decatur, another "salesman” who. with Snider, is charged with receiving stolen goods. With police ami General Elec- , trie company official* still check'mg the loot known to have been filch'd over a pyriod of at least nine month* it i* be'leved possible that it may total tut much a* |2't.<t<tn before finally cleared up All Agencies Participate The breaking of the cane ami resultant arrest of the four men constituted a masterpiece in in vestlgation ami sleuthing on thi part of all law enforcement aged < ie* including tin- FBI. state, t ity ami county polite authorities With only the most meager is ■ lie* to start the case about last April 2». the law enforcement offi cer* slowly and *UI>-ly closed the net on the ring. First hint of the theft* came to the attention of E W Lankenau. and John F Width, manager of the local plant and assistant plant manager, respectively. a* will a* Fort Wayne G, E. official* A *a esniati fm tin- company informed them that he had learned of G E motors being sold at below manufacturing cost price*. After some investigation they referred the mutter to the federal bureau of Investigation, who in turn notified state and local authorities Sime April 2<t. state and local police offi. lai* have been ardently investigating the case. "shadowing logical suspect*, etc Then they staged a fake pur chase plan with u Huntington firm and unobserved watched the defendant* operate In the illegal transaction M. l-ean wa* the first to be ar | rested He wa* apprehended Tuesday night on Cleveland street by detective sergeant Frank Jessop of the Indiana stale poll. e. < ity polio- chief Jame* Border* «ta'e patrolmen Walter Si hindler and Truman Bierle Snider was the next to be apprehended He was picked up in Willshire about 2 3t> a in Wed nesday by Sgt Jessop sheriff Herman Bowman ami Van Wert county slier iff Roy Shafter, taken to Van Wirt and when he waived extradition was returned hire Ity Sg' Jessop and Shei iff Bosnia!: Smith, who commuted between Fort Wayne and Ins homo in Ligo nier to maintain hi* employment here wa* nablu-d early We In.-* , day morning at the Fort Wayne truck terminal by officer* Bierle, Behind er and chief Borders Final Arrest Strict sei recy surrounded the I action* of police until after 3 Sn P m Wednesday when Raymond Shai kley t hies of the General I Electric plant police who had lieen assisting in the Investigation. arrested Taylor a* hr arrived to report for work Prosecutor Myles F Parrish, who had been notified of the operation*. conferred with police offi- ' i ial* this morning relative to the type of charges to he filed against l:’lr defendants They were to lie arraigned this <Ti»r* To Page Threat