Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 46, Number 112, Decatur, Adams County, 11 May 1948 — Page 1

XLVI. No. 112.

RAILROADS OPERATING NORMALLY TODAY

■muan Denies LChange In ■rope Policy Sgive Cold Shoulder Russian Claims »f Peace Overture May - - Trirn.i and the state de- ■■/. n-la. • old shouldered lam that the United |K. overture* the "•'"ld war." r.uT.an a-ured Russia in a :h»t tni* ...untry has “no ■E r ureoio- design*." But • equally plain that the |K..> i- h«' kin< down >termina'ion to provide |M- and nlll’ary aid to westTruman's statement was -arioiiH interpretsK' t , n t.. a May I note deliver- ' I' S ambassador Mell Smith to Soviet for|K V M Molotov In Mos al' S offer for "peace" K-/■,.,!> That idea war. Riven wide <-.r< illation by Mom radio. |K,< Mr Truman put the < hill on by raying that |K- . note represented "no de |K.-. n \meri an polity." The Mid it war intended to - -rtain dial Russia doer not file firm but peace of thin country. |Hr- i.t . ompletely Ignor gH. • in'.-rpretatlon that it |Ki. : -e:j-l- to . onferent-ea with other officials here Saw ntful meeting* be utllerr ItUHMia shows will to modify her stand on In mat tern department meantime public a charge that Russia rlolated every provision. ex 'fi' <d the Roosevelt - Litvin w-mrr.t winch reestablished relation* in 1934. The n rptimi permitted the pres an American clergyman m • y Truman picked out what he Mh'Xed file two salient point* 9’ ■ S r.i-t. -tatemen’ to Molotov. were: ■Thr policies of the United r .e-nment in international haie been made amply recent months and weeks bare the support of the overMteninx majority of the AmeriB 1 People They will continue to •'iw-usly and firmly prosecut ■ bn t.-ie other hand thia govern- • sheii io make it unmlstake E *** r ,ha ' ,h ® I n'-ted State* B*’” h.-tile or -.groaaive designs ■U-e.ter »,fh respect to !lle seemed j n dj re( . t opposition B?* Molotov assertion that the ■fctrnataeof American base* wa* tendon lietween the two ■ « atr-department avoided any E* -“ comment But it made pule E* that Russia had vioE* f’erv provision, except one, E' 1 "' X'mM'velt - Litvinov agree ■F ’ h " h r ‘-«*tabll*hed llplc- ■ , >l *'‘«n» in 1934. That one E* ">n permitted the presence of E A®»n<an clergyman In Moscow. ■ w “ m ’ M ** * n ’’••mark* •’“haraador Smith in Mancow E M,, * r hearing Molotov* re ■ 1. .2* ortgtaal American note ■JthM Umn s m | th made no men K, M-detcr'* propoaal that the d, »ci»**ions Im ,or wtttlemc-nt of their ■J*Mototoy, charge that the ■ nM • nc,r( Rus ■ h., h *** i Bj,hh • ,l<l ■ <ror *■' ■ 51 ,./' r ' WM refutation of any E"'"*** » policy which involv ’ M «r » reply u> Molotov | — I CU- WKATHt * I *•'«• and becoming I «»-/ M “ th portion » with oc I ZZ thunder- ■ »"d west porI "it, . * M mort #f ‘ h * I "’’ M Cooler north and ■ wrt'on*. Wedneoday I im/ *** aaaaoional rain I * .J? e *" tr " e * p '' I *** O,Mr " W I jm* *** * *> I U " !,ht *5 to 50 I u M aotrtheart.

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Stockhandlers Call Off Strike Threat Ilth-Hour Pact Is Signed Last Night Chicago. May 11—(UP)—gtockhandlera at Chk-agon Cnfon Stockyard* reported for work thia morning aftiy an llth-hour (ettlement averted a strike that would have tied up operation* at the yard*. The atm-khandler*. who were Kheduled to walk off their job* at 12:01 a. tn today, voted at a ma»* meeting last night to accept a *fx-cent wage booat. The handler* are affiliated with the CIO United PackinghouKe Workers Union, which ha* been on etrike agalnat the nation'* major meat packer* *ince March 1«. Frank Monaghan, preaident of local 44 of the atockhandler* union. *aid that the 400 member* of the union had voted unanimously to accept the aettlenient reached in an eight-hour mediation eeaaion yeat.-rday Other handler* still are acheduled to strike Friday at yard* in South St. Paul. Minn.. Fort Worth. Tex . Milwaukee. Wia. St. Joaeph. Mo., and Fargo, N. D. Official* of the five local* made no announcement a* to what effect the Chicago settlement would have on their strike plan*. Handler* move animal* Into and out of the *to<'kyardß ami it had been estimated that the strike would have tied up about S 5 percent of the livestock marketing in Chicago. The yard* were open for bualne*s today, but the threatened handlers' walkout and the possibility of a rail strike, both of which were averted only a few hour* before midnight, combined to keep down receipts early today Meanwhile, conciliator Frank Walsh and two other member* of the federal mediation staff prepared to meet with official* of the packinghouse worker* and the big four packer* in another effort to end the prolonged meat strike Local Leaion Plans To Attend Meetings Members of Adam* post 43 launched plana last night at the regular meeting to attend two coming district Legion event*. The local post, headed by commander Charles Morgan, will send a delegation to the district meeting at Ligonier on June 3 and a large representation is expected from here at the annual fourth district picnic at Pokagon state park on June 13. During last night's meeting com mander Morgan presented Hugh Andrew*, poet athletic director, with the fourth district baseball trophy, won by the local team. Commander Morgan also made a report on the annual hospital day observance at Marion veteran*' hospital. held last Sunday. The post at its next meeting will open nomination of officers for the coming year. 0 School Patrols To Be Honored May 21 To Honor Patrols From Four Schools School safely patrol worker* from Decatur. Berne and Ossian will be feted here Friday afternoon. May 21 at Worthman Field Malcolm Locke, ssfety committee chairman of the Decatur Lions club. co-*pon»ors of the safety pat rol In Decatur, made the announceThe event will be staged jointly by the Hons club. Adams Post 43 of the American l-egion and the Chicago motor club. sponsor* of the patrol Some 40 boy* from the IJncoin and St Joaeph patrols in thl* city, the Bertie and O«si*n r-“ rol » • M1 be Invited to attend the outing, which will be held after the dis mlaaal of *chool cla**es that day. Games will be staged and prixe. will be given winner* Det*i« o( the event will be announced later The outing I* to be »l«<ed a* part at the obeorvsnee of school safety patrol rally day offk * Hy claimed for Saturday by Mayor John M Doan.

Set Chrysler Strike Hour At 10 Wednesday . Auto Workers Union Sets Strike Time If Negotiations Fail Detroit, May li—(l'P>— The ('IO United Auto Worker* today set 1» am. tomorrow a* the hour for 73.000 Chrysler corporation production employe* to strike. Norman Matthew*. UAW director for the Chrysler department, said he was prepared to negotiate for a wag* settlement with the company until 7:30 p.m. today on union demand* for a 30-cent pay In i-rease. Matthew* announced the strike deadline while federal and Mate labor mediator* were closeted with Chrysler officials In an effort to reach a basis for renewed bargaining. Both aides have clung to their position* since they reached a deadlock April 14. "The union I* prepared to negotiate until 7:30 tonight." Matthew* said. ‘‘At that time, we have to report to the national UAW Chrysler conference on what has happened in negotiation*. "If thl* thing Is not settled tonight. the strike will be called at 10 a m. tomorrow." Matthews said In view of Matthews' statement, efforts of federal labor conciliator !>>o Kotin to bring the company and union back to the bargaining table took on a last-ditch appearance. Emil Maxey acting UAW president. revealed that the Interna tlonal union has a general strike fund of about fWO.OOO but that it would be increased to about tl.500.000 before the end of the month when each member is assessed 11. He said that local union* have additional total assets estimated at more than 27.000,000 o Lisi Programs For Senior Exercises Baccalaureate And Graduate Exercises Complete program* for the an nual baccalaureate and commencement exercise* of the Decatur junior senior high school were an nounced today by Waltar J Krick, city school superintendent The baccalaureate services will be held Sunday night at 7:0 o'clock at the school auditorium and the commencement the following Thursday night at the same place The baccalaureate program: Processional. Call to worship. Invocation — Dr. Charles E White. Trinity Evangelical United Brethren church. Hymn - “Jesus. Saviour. Pilot Me." Scripture reading The Rev G A. Eddy. Nutt man Ave. United Brethren church. Prayer The Rev F H. Willard. Bethany Evangelic*! United Brethren church. Mu*ic— High school choir. Sermon "Thl* Waiting V.ortd “- Dr. M O. lister. First Methodist cborch. Hymn - “I Need Thee Every Hour." Benediction The Rev Ralph Carter. Church of the Naxarene. Recessional Musical selection under direction of Mis* Helen Hatibold. super vl*or of music. The program for the commence ment: Pr» >4’ ion *l. invocation The Rer William Feller. Zion Evangelical and Reformed church. Mnsic- High school choir Address ‘‘Citi«en* of Tomorrow" —V. C. Freeman, dean of agricul ture. Purdue university. Prenentatiotv of graduating elas* - Principal W. Guy Brown Pre»entation of diploma*- R E Momma president, city school board. - Benediction— The Rev Dwight R McCurdy. Church of God. Recessional

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Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday, May 11, 1948

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WHEN PRESIDENT TRUMAN seized the nation's railroad* and directed Secretary of the Army Kenneth Royall (left) Io operate the carriers. Royall chose the Army's transportation chief. Maj Gen. Edmond H Leavey (right), to be his operating agent. They are pictured as they pored over a map of their problem on the lawn at the pentagon In Washington.

Arabs Ask Jaffa Be Declared Open City British Mandate To End Friday Midnight Jerusalem. May 11— (UP) - Arab military leaders In Palestine, rocked by two major defeats within the past 24 hour*, have sought to save the big port city of Jaffa from Jewish capture by dedaring it an open city, it was reported today. A dispatch from Tel Aviv said the Arah emergency committee sought British intervention with Jewish Haganah commanders to declare Jaffa an open city. It was under«t(M(d the Jews refused. Under the Arab plan. Jaffa would be removed as an objective from any final struggle for Palestine after the British lay down their mandate at midnight Friday. Jaffa, a city of 101.590 before the nariltlon plan wa* announced, has been ringed by Jewish forces from neighboring Tel Aviv. It has been reported completely evacuated by Arab civilians. Jaffa was saved from Jewish capture by British troop* who halted a combined Haganah Irgun Zvai Muml offensive. The Arah proposal to declare Jaffa an open city reportedly stat ed that there were no Arab mill tarv forces left in the city. Within the past 24 hours the (Turn To Page Two) Ralph Conrad Hurt In Traffic Crash Seriously Injured Early This Morning Ralph Conrad. 24. of Preble, was reported in a serious condition late today at the Methodist hospt tai In Indianapolis suffering from injuries sustained In a traffic crash. At the last report from Indiana--polls, the young man was still unconscious. suffering from head in Juries. Only meager detail* of the accident were available here Hl* mother. Mr* Frieda Conrad. Pre ble. and a brother. Arnold Conrad Decatur Junior-*et)lor high school teacher, were called to hi* bedside •bout 3 a m. today It la known that Conrad has been driving for the Security Cartage company, a trucking firm, and it wa* reported that the accident occurred near Shelbyville Indiana state police at the In dianapoli* headquarter* were able to conflrtn the fact that Conrad I* In the Indianapolis hospital hut were without detail* concerning (Turn To Psge Two)

Two-Year-Old Boy Killed By Coach Fort Wayne. Ind ...May 11 —(UP) Michael lialough. 2. was killed instantly late yesterday when he wa« struck by a trolley coach. The child was playing In front of his house and stepped off the curb o —— Rail Strike Threat Caused Heavy Loss Freight Embargoes Costly To Nation Chicago. May 11. (UP)— The railroads ran on schedule today with the government at the throttle The scheduled rail strike had been called off in time to avoid any major confusion, congestion or delay. Almost all railroads reported they were operating normally. As the 6 am. strike deadline passed in each time zone, the 150.000 engineers, firemen and switchmen who had threatened to lie up the nation were on the job At the big rail (enters across the country New York, Philadelphia. Chhago. St lauds. Kansas City. San Francisco and elsewhere the scene at railroad stations was the same as on any other day. People (aught their trains on time and arrived at their destinations on schedule. But it had been a close call. The strike threat had caused mil Huns of dollars of loss to industry and agriculture. Perishable food shipments and livestock had been embargoed by the railroads. Some f""d had spoiled. Railroad officials said it would lie several days before they could catch up on the backlog of perishables and goods piled up while the freight embargo** were tn force All the way to lam Angeles, railroad d«l»>ts posted “on time" ndtlce* as the deadline for the cancelled strike progressed across the nation. Twins Suffocate in Chicago Home Monday Chicago. May 11 — (UP) — Thelma and Velma, nine-month-old twin daughters of Mr and Mrs. William Gordon suffocated In their crib yesterday while their mother war visiting a neighbor. Mr* Gordon told police ehe left the infants In their crib for an hour while she went to her neighbor'* home in a south side trailer coart. They were dead when she returned. she said Four Persons Killed In Italian Wreck Vanice. May 11-(UP)— Four persons were killed and S" Injur ed last night when the TriesteVenice express Jumped the track on a hairpin curve near Treviso. 18 mile* north of Venice.

Railroad Union Leaders Call Off Strike After Court No-Strike Order

To Use Vacant Lots For Fair Exhibits Plans Progressing For Fair In July Tentative location of display and exhibit tent* was made last night at a meeting of all chairmen of committee* for the Decatur free •treet fair and agricultural show, to be held here July 24 to 31. The meeting wa* held at the Chamber of Commerce rooms in the library. Plan* were made to u»e »everal vacant lot* near the biiKines* section for the cattle and hog ex ihibits. thereby getting away from the hazard of houning the animal* 'on paved street*. Leo Kirsch, chairman of the 4-H show, which is the feature exhibit of the fair, staled that he would contact the various farm group* Immediately ' for approval of sites for the tents The present plan I* to have the I retail and automobile shows on Liberty Way. starting at a point HMI feet west of the Second street ’ Intersection. The show will ex- ' i tend north on Third street and B will be followed by the manufacturer's show, which will extend 1 from Madison street north to Monroe. The farm equipment show will lie held on Monroe street, east and west from Third street to First street. The Girl S< out* will have a tent on Madison street, east of the Second street Intersection, Livestock will be shown In tents erected on the lot between Macklin'* and Kocher Lumber Co., the Mies lot on North Second street. Just south of Knapp's Service station, and on the lot* north ’ of Monroe street west of the river bridge Other exhibit tents will be located at a later date The 411 ' club home economic* show will be held In the Decatur Junior-senior high school gymnasium. * The carnival midway will extend up and down Second street and . (Turn To t'age Tw-o g List Program For Social Conference I I ■ Regional Conclave Here On Thursday i Following is the complete program for the Northeastern Indiana regional conference on social work. , which will be held here Thursday i The speaking program and business session will be held at the American I-eglon home The noon j I luncheon will be served at the Masonic hall Reservations should be made, with Mis* Bernice Nelson. . director of the county welfare partment. Registration: 9:15 to 9 45 a m Morning sesslnti: Mrs. Helen F • l-auer. Fort Wayne regional , < hairman. will preside at all se»■ionp. Greeting*: Mayor John M Doan Speakers: Miss Jane Morgan, director of social service of University hospital. Indianapolis. "The Emotional Factors of Illness:" Mis* Virginia R Becker, director of public relation* Community Fund of Milwaukee. Wiac “The public- relation* aspect of social work." Noon luncheon' 12:15 pm. Masonic Hall. W. Guy Brown, principal Decatur high school, presiding Invocation: Rev. Mgar P. Schmidt, pastor Zion Lutheran church. Music will be furnished by the male quartet of Berne high school Speaker at the luncheon will be Hverett C. Shimp. professor school of social administration. Ohio State University, on "Community Planning ' Afternoon session 2 pm. at Legion home During this session. Mr* Letta Schoule. executive *ecI ' cTurn To Fage Two)

House Passes Bill To Step Up Air Power Final Approval By Senate Is Expected Later During Day Washington. May II — (UP) — The 70-group air force took a long hop toward reality today. The house put It* final approval on a bill to pour 12.199.000,000 into a plane buying program designed to build up the country's military air power. Final senate approval wa* scheduled for later today. Then all that will he needed to make the bill a law Is President Tru man'* signature. Order* for new planes are all ready for placing as wcMin a* the president act*. Meanwhile, the senate armed, services cor.cnittee wa* touching up its comlrin'Alon military train Ing and draft bill. It had a laxtmlnute conference with defense secretary James '..elore winding up the Job Overwhelm Ing committee approval of the bill seemed certain. With lioth houses in session, congressional developments Ineluded Communists—Congress got two appeals to do something ultout the communists before it Is too late The house unAmerican activities committee urged communist <on trol legislation Movie producer Cecil B De.Mllle asked for a bl 1 giving everylmdy the "right Io work " No —The house appropriations committee turned down a pro|«>» al to give each house member up to 9450 of the taxpayer* money to pay for his long distance telephone call*. A sulM'ominlttee recommended the allowance, which already Is enjoyed by senator*. Next—After It get* through with the 15.300.000,000 European recovery bill, the house appropriation* committee probably will take up President Truman's re quest for 9919.0001)00 with which to help China. Greece. Turkey. Trieste, and the war orphan* of Europe Oleo —Sen George A. Wilson. (Turn To )’»« Two) g Mrs. Robert Moser Is Taken By Death Funeral Services Thursday Morning Mrs Marjory Lucile Moser. 29. wife of Robert C. Moser, of 31S Stevenson street, died at 3 o’clock Monday afternoon a! the Adam* county memorial hospital after an Illness of throe we«*s of heart disease. She was born in Decatur July 3. 1919, a daughter of William II and Georgia S. Anderson-Foughty. and wa* married to Robert C. Moser Aug 13. 1944 A ’ lifelong resident of Decatur. Mrs Moser was a graduate of the Decatur high school and a metnlter of the First Baptist <hurch. where she. was a active in church work Surviving are her husband: her mother, and four slaters. Mis* Georgia Foughty. Mrs Wilma Ross. Mrs Walter Kies* and Mr* Charles Feasel Jr., all of Decatur Funeral service* will be held at 10 30 a m Thursday at the First Baptist church, with the Rev G T Roaselot. a former Decatur pastor. officiating Burial will be In the Decatur cemetery Friends may call at the Zwick funeral home after 7 o'clock this evening! until time of the services

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Rail Union Leaders Assert Wage Boost, Better Conditions

Kail Union Leaaers Assert Wage Boost, Better Conditions Os Work Necessary Washington. May 11 — (UP) — Rail union leaders said final settlement of their quarrel with the railroad* can be brought alMiut only by higher wage* and better working condition*. They said a! a press conference that government seizure of the i roads did not settle the fund*- ■ mental Issues involved, even if It I did keep the nation's rail traffic ' moving The railroads were running normally under supervision of the ariDy And the army was prepared to stay in charge a* long as necessary for the unions and private operator" to make a settlement. Army secret ~y Kenneth Royall set up a small organization to direct operations. Army control Is largely a "token" with actual operation* left to the private management* of the carrier* l-eaders of three unions CC'led off a scheduled dawn walkout last i night after the government obtained a federal court no-strike order At first It was feared the strikecancella-ion came too late ' to keep all of the country's 150.000 engineer*. firemen. and switchmen on the Job But reports from over the counI try showed the trains were mann ed and rolling In seizing the road* and placing them under army control yesterday. President Truman asked the union* to keep their meml»er» on duly Hut they did not call «1 the strike until the court ordm wa* issued Alvanley Johnston, head of the Brotherhood of Ijocomotive Engineers. stated the case today for hl* union and for the Switchmen's Union (AFL) and the Brotherhood of Firemen and Enginemen. "We have complied with the restraining order of the court and we have been compelled to work.” Johnston said "But we have get retreated from our previous position that our wages must be Increased and our working conditions Improved as requested." Johnston disclosed that the union* had offered at emergency White House conferences before the seizure order to call off the strike for certain work rule changes plus a general wage increase of Is>* cent* an hour. The rule changes sought by themselves would have meant more money in pav envelopes of many of the 150.000 engineer*, firemen, and switchmen Involved In the dispute The railroad* had agreed to the 15*, cent Increase and some other rule change* recommended by a presidential board which tried unsuccessfully to mediate the dispute But they resisted the fur ther rule changes and the White House conferences failed. Johnston said the strike would have gone on as planned if the government had not obtained a court restraining order He said he believed government seizure of the roads was unnecessary hut that the union* did not object to It David I! Robertson, head of 'he firemen and enginemen. add ed “We don't care who run* the railroads a* long a* we are getting lair treatment M’e don't think we are getting it under the present setup." Robertson said he wa* not referring specifically to army operation of the road* but to the situation generally The White House said today the rail negotiation* are now out of it* handr end are a matter to be pursued by the unions and the operator*. Secretary Charles (t: Ros* said that John R Steelman, assistant to the president, had scheduled no additional meetings with the contending groups but woutf be (Tura To Psge S.i)