Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 46, Number 115, Decatur, Adams County, 14 May 1948 — Page 1

HuLVI. No. 115.

(JEWISH STATE PROCLAIMED IN PALESTINE

■alional Guard I Called Out ■Minnesota ■Guords Called Out ■To Holt Violence ■| n Packer Strike st Paul. Minn.. .May 14 Kp' (;<>» Luther W Young K ordered out the national Kj tolay to halt three days of K/ztrik® violence, after about ■ tuen invaded '»»♦* Cudahy K plant. smashed machinery |Kabducted non-stribera. ■ogncUhl signed a formal ord Kaobilii'nr the guard for the Ktint- in •• > par " in a ''•'llian Krfency in .Minnesota. Kt the Mine time he arranged Ktisz* al, h repreaentalt ven of ■ a „it packers and Ralph Hel K international preaident of Kgrikinr <l" I'nlted Packing K, Workers who was enroute Kfrom Chicago at the gover ■‘i requ®* l ■ougdahl said he wou’d try to K- i settlement <>f the prolong Ksn.l bitter strike, but he de Km to comment on whether he ■L .< ask 'he disputants to sub- ■ the issues to arbitration. Kwdahl called out the militia ■ r men identified by Cuda ■ Sicials as strikers Invaded ■ company’s plant at nearby ■sport. Minn The attackers ■rearmed with clubs, hammers ■ knives. ■T>r surged into the plant. K ittl kicked non strikers and Kj.'e| JO of them, driving ■-: away in automobiles and re- ■<-: 'hem a'ong country roa<ls ■sr« later, however, seven of ■ hostages still had not been ■ogn'ed for. ■r> mobilization of the national ■an! wa« made at the request of Kc sheriffs who signed petitions ■tiu that they are “unable ■h the forces at our command ■ atfotre law and order and pro ■t lite and property.*' ■ Adjutant General Ellard Walsh ■d nf the Minnesota guard, said ■ 'substantial task force” wil' ■ ••nt to armories in Minneapolis St Paul to draw arms, uni- ■»< an*! equipment. All troops. ■ said will be motorised ami ■ hit. iied. ■ There was no indication how ■« troops would be summoned ■ duty Presumably they will be ■’ m the main Swift A Com ■r plant In South St. Paul and •’he Cudahy plant in Newport To Study Proposal ■ fhingo. May 14—((’Pt—A dl«director of the striking CIO ■kinihouse workers said today ■’ the union's international ■’'* win meet here tomorrow to ■"• i- a federal proposal to settle ■ nationwide meat strike. I Sfayne Thurman, director, of ■ anion's district No 7. said at rille. Ind. that the meeting be held at 1 p m. He said P* '■'’nclllators had been meet ■ almoat daily wi'h the major ■ ’•rv and had "presumably" at some kind of agree■tat 1 * ‘Mbesman at the union's ■garters here confirmed that f meeting would be he'd 'Tom To Pure »tv®» ■ ... Election Coif Figures Over M 26 For Each Vote I ’ rust of conducting the May in Adams county earlier _« *onth amounted to a little Z* '*'*b H.M per rote. ■' shown today In a list *> tiJ 8 h,1,8 ,o **• ■’’hmitted r-c * rOflß, T commissioners at n ’** t,B *- r <*f °f <*« B * ”*• slectlon totalled |5.»22 " l * r * »«re a total of 4,«7» east hy both parties, the cost . ote would amount to the afigure. bills have been prepared by El* Tb’rman I. Drew for subh* ,he commissioners, ft k,, | Bt ° 01 ' * ,OW *’*T. that of L al. three booths for the three L, .a?”"' ” eoß ‘ MW-M. «"d L rt .L.* a><w,Bt »ctd*lly should K * nnmb *r of y«*rs w ' tn « election coats. h. moderately eeel •* and warmer tat

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Motor Thieves To Prison Next Week Packed Courtroom Hears Sentences Three of four mt-n sentenced tat® I yesterday for thefts of motors at the Decatur General Electrc company. will be taken bv sheriff Her man Bowman to .Michigan City Monday to start serving I 10 year prison sentences. They are Donald Taylor. 33. and Chahner Snider. 3S. both of Willshire, O„ and Glen Smith. 47. Ligonier. The next day. Tuesday, sheriff Bowman plans to take the fourth Ortel! McClain. 24. Decatur to Pendleton to begin serving a similar sentence at the state reformatory. All received sentences of the same length, but under state law. McClain goes to Pendleton because he is under 30 years of age. Their attorney. D. Burdette Custer. said all will be eligible for parole in about nine months and 18 days. If given "time off for good behavior. The scene in the Adams circuit courtroom Thursday afternoon when Judge Earl B Adams pronounced sentences upon the (our was the most unusual in recent times and one of the most unusual in court annals. A packed courtroom that saw some even standing around the wall in the rear watched the four men stoically receive their sent ences with hardly a visible sign of emotion Such was not true of members of the quartet's families, however, who sat almost directly behind the jury box. Wives of the four "broke down" intermittently and sobbed audibly, although apparently making a her culean effort to restrain their emotions. Os the four men. only Smith, the truck driver, was precept iblv affected On one accasion when Snider's wife, her bead buried in the lap of a lady next to her. was sobbing heavily. Smith was noticed daubing moist eyes Judge Adams pronounced sent ences one at a time and after each received his sentence he was escorted to a chair at the side of the room by sheriff Bowman and bailiff Fred Kolter Taylor was the first to receive his sentence and Snider the last Speaking in a voice barely audible to curiosity-seekers who sat behind the rail in the courtroom. Judge Adams asked each If he had anything to say before sentence was pronounced Eat h answered in the negative. To Snider, who is reportedly in ill health. Judge Adams said that he was sending along medical reports of his condition to the prison and that the institution has one of the finest of hospitals " To the other sentences he added no comment. Immediately after sentence was <Turn T- Page Two - 0 Volunteer Firemen In Dinner Meeting Mayor Is Principal Speaker Thursday Mayor John M Doan was the principal speaker Thursday evening at a dinner meeting of the Decatur volunteer firemens association and the auxiliary, helu at the fire station Mayor Doan expresed his up oreciation of the cooperation re reived from members of the department. the progress the de nartment had mad® and the valuable assistance rendered by the auxiliary The event was staged by the auxiliary, with members of that group preparing and w *7* n|t ’ h ” chicken dinner Mrs Cedric Fish er. wife of the fire chief, persided ov«r the dinner program Other speakers. besides Mavor Doan. were Clarence Heimann. John Hoffacker. state officer: Mland Frank, chief Fi.R er. assistant chief John Meyer and Bob Shrsluka. of the Dailv Democrat. Mrs Irvie EUey delivered the invocation Following the dinner, photos were taken and demonstrations were gives by the firemen in add! tion to Other entertainment

Mandate Nears End -Jews Take Haifa riLL hHKi k I > M .-Ki » ■JM v. j/ Il mi ’ijfjKff/* s KkW* /li * ifi ' J *ror ? i -*■**■• • - WITH THE BRITISH mandate In Palestine virtually ended, fighting between Jews ami Arabs continues in the Hold Land. Tension of battle is shown in the half-crouched figures of Jewish fighting men as they rout the last few snipers from th® Arab city of Haifa Short.y after this picture was made, the patrol shown above reported its "nil-sion accomplished" and mass < val uation of Arab noncombatants from Haifa followed. Haganah forces now hold all but the dock area of Haifa, which remains in British possession.

Russians Cut Power To Southern Korea Causes New Crisis For U. S-Russia Seoul. May 14 uPI The Soviet puppet government of northern Korea, cut off all electric power to American occupied southern Korea today, causing a new crisis between the I'nlted Stales and Russia. Lt. Gen John Hodge. American occupation commander, immediately put Into operation a vast emergency power generating plan But with maximum effort I'. 8 army authorities could only hope to pro duee one half to three quarters of the power needed in the American zone. The I'. 8. already has one navy power barge at the southeastern port city of Pusan, and Korean utility officials said another American barge at Inchon would add to the southern Korean power pool in a short time. Two and one half hours after the "blackout." power from the north still was off but Seoul street cars were being op-rated with diesel generators shipped in from Japan for just such an emergency. The cutting off of power, which caused temporary confusion in the American occupation zone, came exactly at noon when southern Korean representatives failed to arrive in northern Pyonakang in answer to a Communist ultimatum The Communist-dominated northern government, which the I S has refused to recognize, charged American officials had not dealt honestly with them and insisted on negotiating with southern Koreans Only a few days ago. Lt. Gen Hodge fltllY ’■>•'• ,h, ‘ Hu'"‘‘ an " they were responsible for continued electric service as long as they o< * iipf-d the territory north of the 3Hth parallel In a letter to ‘ (Turn T- Page Tw-*> 0 Communist Control Bill Passes Test Five Hours' Debate Is Voted By House Washington. May 14—<VP>— The controversial Communist control bill won Its first test in the house t(»diy The house, brushing aside op position arguments that the measure should not even be conaldeted. voted to allow five hours general debate on It The roll call »o«e was 29« to 4" This action followed an hours nrelimlnsry dehate in which the , )n „ were clearly drawn betwen friends and foes of the Mundt Nixon measure Proponents said the measure was needed to stott "Soviet medd.inx in domestic affairs of the I'nlted States Opponents charged the , T u r n T*> P»<® Five)

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Decatur, Indiana, Friday, May 14, 1948

Moose Plan Annual Memorial Services Annual memorial services will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Moose home in honor of deceased members of the lodge Robert 11. Heller, of this city, joint state representative, will be the speaker, and special music will he provided by the Magley male quartet. The ser.i.e will be a joint meet ing of tlie Moose lodge and the W.» men of the Moose. Tile public is invited to attend this service. n 13 Persons Die In Three Plane Crashes Joseph Kennedy's Daughter Is Victim By I'nlted Press The daughter of Joseph P Ken nedy. former ambassador to Britain. wks among at least 13 persons known to have been killed in three widely separated plane crashes Thirty six other persons are miss ing Kennedy's daughter. Kathleen Lady Hartington. 28. and laird Fitswllllam, 38. one of Britain's richest peers, died in the crash of their chartered plane in the mountains of southern France during a thunderstorm. Two crewmen also were killed. I'nlte’l States army authorities in Frankfurt. Germany, announced that an American 829 superfort rets crash-d In Saudi Arabia on a training flight killing nine Four were missing There was one stir vivor. The Belgian airline Sabcna re ported iff Brussels that one of its; planes carrying 25 passengers and a -rew of seven was missing on a flight from the Belgian Congo of. Central Africa Th® plane carrying Lndy Hart Ington. a two-engined De Havilland, Dove. Crashed In the Ardeche mountains near Privas. a village ( l( .tween Lyon and Marseille. Os ficials of the Skywav* charter company of lx*ndon. which owned the plan®, said the shin was bound for Cannes from Paris. Miss Kennedy's father, row stay ins In a Paris hotel, could rot he r®a*-h®d for comment on th® death of his daughter who married the Marquess of Hartington. whom she met in British court circles in 1944 Th® Marquess was killed in Franc® at the age of 24 while serving with the Coldstream guards In Saudi Arabia the big Ameri can air force plane was reported to have crashed at a point 124 miles northwest of the American oil center of Dahran. It was one of a group of superfortresses that left Germany on a "navigational training operation" th®ee days ago Sa hen n later said the wreckage of Its plane was sighted near the Ouhangi river about 15 miles south of Lihengo. It said it had no In formation on the fate of those aboard, and rescue crews were on their way to the scene from pcldville The company said the plane was a four-engtned airliner that left Leopoldville Thursday at 805 GMT (2:05 am CSTi for Brussels

Sen. John Overton Dies This Morning Louisiana Senator Is Taken By Death Washington. May 14 (I'Pi C 8. senator John Holmes Over ton. 72 year old Louisiana Democrat and a foremost authority on floo*l control legislation, died early today at the Bethesda. Md . naval hospital. Overton, who underwent a major abdominal operation last week, ha*! shown slight Improvement during the past two days but took a turn for the worse this morning and died at 3:50 am CST Overton was elected to the senate in November of 1932 with the support of the late Huey P Ixtng. Huey's brother. Earl Ixmg is now governor of Ixmisiana and will appoint Overton's successor Ov* rton. a resident of Alexandria. l-a . first * ame to congress In May of 1931 when he was elected to fill the unexpired term of Rep James II Aswell of Ixulslana's eighth district He was elected to the senate In the November elections the next year. Overton was a recognized anth ority on flood control legislation He was noted in the senate for facts and figures on the subject which he kent at his fingertips His pet hate throughout his congressional career was daylight saving time. He fought it Stille bornly and refused even to a® knowledge the existence of such (turn T'* Page Four* () Gromyko Recalled As UN Delegate Russia Announces Diplomatic Shakeup |j(ke Success. N Y. May II — (I’PI Russia recalled veto wielding deputy foreign minister An drei A. Gromyko today as chief Soviet delegate to the I'nlted Nations in a shakeup of diplomatic personnel The stolid. 38-year-old Soviet diplomat will be succeeded In a few days by Jacob A Malik, another d-puty foreign minister ami a longtime aaaoctete of foreign minister V. M. Molotov. Gromyko dlvloaed that he will return to Moscow soon for a longde'ayrd vacation and he admitted •hat he did not know where he would b® assigned when the vacation ends next fall It was conaidered almost cer tain that Gromyko. Russia's spokesman at I’N since Its founding nearly three years ago. was marked for a more important assignment In the Soviet diplomatic service Gromvko'a auccesaor already is en route here from London to liecome chief Soviet t'N delegate He la the man who. as Soviet am ( Turn To Page Fo'irt

New Jewish State Born In Palestine; Fighting Is Bitter In Jerusalem

Steelworkers Bar Reds From Office Party Members And Supporters Barred Boston. May 14— ll'l't The I Citi steelworkers national convention voted almost unanimous ly today to bar communist party members and supporters from holding office in the union The resolution was proposed by chairman James <1 Thimmes of the union's constitutional amendments committee. Debate on the controversial measure started in a lense atmos ph re as police reported the brut al beating of a second convention delegate The victim of the first beating attributed it Io “red bait ing organized by . . . paid union officials " The Thimmes' measure would • xdude from any steelworkers' office including that of delegate anyone who "is a member, consistent supporter, or Who actively participates in the activities of the communist party, or of any fascist, totalitarian or other subversive organization . . ." Victim of the first beating was delega'e \'ii k Mlgas. 35. East Chicago. Ind Mlgas' accusation came as police reported that another delegate. Heyward Myers. 27. St. Dav is I’a . had been beaten by three unidentified men near a Boston hotel where many delegates are quartered Myers was found unconscious, suffering from a head coin usslon. fractured leg and nose and face and head lacerations He had left the hotel a few minutes earlier with tile three met! Police said there was no attempt at robbery <’|O president Philip Murray said the heating of Mlgas yester dav by 20*» angry anticommunist delegates was "unfortunate" and "this union will not and I can | < Turn To "age TwO 0 Clyde Bebou! Body Returned Io States Return Soldier's Body For Burial The Issly of T a Clyde Belsiut. Adams county's first World War II j asualty in the African campaign. I is enroute here for re burial, it was announced today Ly the war department. His body is one of 2.530 being returned from temporary military cemeteries in Africa on the I' S army transact Harney Kirsch baum. Arrival of the vessel will lie announced hy the New sork port of emtiarkat.on T 5 Helmut, then 25 years old met death April 12. 1913 by accident ml drowning, according to in forir st ton re< elved by the father. John Helmut, route three, Deiatur. shortly after being notified of his death Te> hni< lan Belmtlt entered the armed forces through an Allen county selective service board, since he was emploved as a driver for the Kenosha Dr:ve-Way company. Fort Wayne Inducted al Fort Benjamin Harris* n. he received training at Fori Knox. Ky . Camp Bowie. Tex as. Fort Benning. Ga and finally Camp Pi* kett. Va . before going overseas on January 13, 194.1 exactly one year after he entered service. He served as a radio operator in a tank division Ills mother hail die I five years previous to his death Other survivors listed at the time of his death Itesides the father Mrs Vernon Niblick. Deiatur; Mrs L*da Stet ler. Fort Wayne. Mrs Sarah Dougina of near Decatur; Thurman. Faye. Ruth. Bertha and Robert, all of route three Decatur Besides being the first Adams (Turn T*» Fags Two»

Farm Program Is Submitted By President Four-Point Program Termed 'Essential' To Farm Prosperity Washington, May 11 tl'Pi President Truman proposed to congress today a four point farm program which he said is "essen Hal" to maintain a produi tlv». prosperous agriculture in this country The chief executive, in a men sage to tlie house amt senate urged prompt action on this pro gram 1 A permanent system of j "flexible price supports for agri cultural < ommodiHes." 2 "Full support to the con tinuance and expansion of our i program of soli conservation 3. C*>ngr*-ss shouhl "continue and strengthen programs to as sure adequate consumption of ag rlcultiinil products." I "We need Io consider oilier means for assisting farmers to meet their sp*-i ial problems For example, we must support and I protect farm cooperatives We must continue to work toward a sound system of i nqi insurant e Congress already l>" at work on farm legls'athm The senate ag rlculture committee has upproved i pri* •• sii|*p**<i I*lll The senate; bill in general fo'lows the agri culture department recommeml. lions for permanent price suppor' legislation, but on a lower sliding sial*- instead of the present in f exilde program It also provides a new basis for figuring the farm j parity formula Two house bills stl'l being de I bated by iiimndtt- e. would ex I tend present price support l*-gis ! la'foti almut as is for another T«; months i The present price support sy« fem will end Dec. 31 unless con ; giess aits. Mr Truman mad*- no specifl* ; re<ommendatlons as to flu- level at which fsrm prices should !*•■ supported Most basic farm crop-' (Turn To nice Ft* - * 0 Indiana University Club Plans Meeting Robert Dro Speaker At Meeting May 21 Preliminary plans for a dinner meeting of the Adams county Indiana Vnlverslty club to he held next Friday, were announced today by Robert 8. Anderson, club .president The event will be staged at 6'30 nm at the Knights of Pythias home Principal speaker during the din ner program will be Robert Dro field secretary of the Indiana uni versttv alumni association and for mer Berne high school and Indi ina university star athlete The program will also in* lude the showing of motion pictures of the 1947 Indiana Purdue football game, won hy Indiana Not only persons who graduated from I I', hut those who attend®*! th® universltv. are urged to attend An Invitation has also been extended to parents of stud* nt a at the universltv or those interest ed In th® Institution Return poatrarda. calling for dinner reservation, are to !•* returned to Mr Anderson by Tues dav However, person’ desirous of amending who have not received cards may make reservations by telephoning him or contacting him personally The banquet reservations are Sl.s<> each

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' British Close 30 Stormy Years Os Rule; Jewish State Proclaimed At Once Tel Aviv. May 14 tl'Pi A new Jewish stat*- was born In Palestine today. an*l Immediately bitter Aral* Jewish fighting for Jerusalem began. Even as the Jewish dream of almost 2 """ years a state of their own came true at • p m 19 am. t'DTi with a formal proclamation by Jewish leaders. Haganah troops w*-re fighting Arabs in the Holy I city The veteran Jewish troops appeared to have the best of lite fighting which -probably will decide final control of Jerusalem, according to reports reaching here. They had seized the former British se- * urlty zone as th*- last of the Tommies moved out. ending 30 years of stormy British rule In Palestine The Jewish flag blue and white with a yellow star of l»uvid alreadv flew over many strategic buildings in Jerusalem radio reports said, but strong Arab rej sistance was being met by Haganah men fighting their way toward I the Jaffa gate leading to the old city There was bitter Arab defense In Mie area of the former police , b*-aih|uarters and other government buildings in the Jaffa road ; Haganah men advan* *-d house- ' by house The International Red Cross rained Its colors over the King Davit hotel and the YMCA build ing In Jerusalem, it was said and both Jews ami Arabs were exp*-<t-ed to respe* t them To th*- north. Haganah troops attacked the historic port of Ai re, where Napoleon's army was debated. ami by early afternoon had '■aptured It. wireless re|H»rts to Jewish headquarters her.- said The J. wish dream of nearly 2.0 m vears a state of their own * am*- tru*- at I pm <9 am. CDTI a« th*- .provisional government broad*-ast to the world that a new Jewish republic called Israel had I been born, and would be dif.-nd ' ed against all enemies Even as th*- formal tiroclamation I was issued, th- Jews were at war Fighting men of Haganah. the Jew ■ |sh army, were in bloody combat with Arab warriors from Dan to ' Beersheba, the Biblical limits of I the Holy lamd And thousands more regular troops of surround I ing Arab states perhaps 20.<kiq I men in all were poised on the [borders of Palestine for attack. H.u anah sent all its 7"men ami women to battle stations to defend the approximate 5.50'1 square miles of the new Jewish slate al.out th* 1 area the I'nlted Nations partition plan of last November gave the Jews All men and women Ik to .35 were moblliled Air raid pi*-*autions were ordered in Tel Aviv und other Jewish cities Th® British mandate officially did n**t expire until midnight tonight i 5 pm CDTI. but British high commissioner Sir Alan CunIngham formally signaled its end nearly 14 hours earlier At 10 uh am |3:#H am. CDTI. Cunningham stepped aboard a laun< h at th*- Haifa wharf to go to a British cruiser tn the harbor About six hours later, a stocky Cf> year old Polish Jew whitehair e<| David Ben Gurion, proclaimed that the Jewish state of Israel was born, an I would be defended to the last drop of Jewish blood B-n Gurion. 40 years a fighter for a , Zionist state in Palestine will be first president of th® Republic. | He also Is defense minster. Great as w-re the difficulties confronting the new state. Jews hailed with r*-joi. ing the pna-la-mation that their state they had referred to It for months as "our state that will be had become a . reality. Martial Law Cairo. May 1« (CPI— The , Egyptian government today pro- ' claimed martial law effective OM minute after midnight tonight • (Turn To Page First