Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 46, Number 117, Decatur, Adams County, 17 May 1948 — Page 1

XLVI. No. 117.

N AGENCY DROPS ATOM CONTROL EFFORT

kish Forces Inch Attack I Arab Town ■Drive To Reopen ■Vital Highway To ■City Os Jerusalem I BULLETIN ■ Tran.-Jordan, Msy Jew* within the K walled city of Jerusalem ■T, turrendered to Arab E'| Jean N.euwenhuy*. BelE, con .ui general at JeroEem, told the United Pre** Kr ( today■tiieueenbuys c* m e her* ■,th other member* of a Unit* nition* commi**ion which ■ teeing to obtain a true* K, all of Jerusalem. ■h Avir. May 17-(UP)-Jew ■ form. launched a fierce as- ■ todar on an Arab town of » only nine mile* from Tely m a drive to reopen the vital buy lo Jerusalem. V attack on Ramleh Towna which dominate* the vital aiy line to the 100.1*00 Jew* in holy city, was begun aa Egypi fighter l>omb«-r» made three t. raid, on Tel Aviv, capital the three-day-o d Jewish state hrael I vaa made by Irgun Zval Leu Htr-ml.t units who only rally have been incorporated Intbe Jewish army It coincided h a report by a Cairo newspathat Jews had surrendered old walled city of Jerusalem the Arabs. V Jewish army communique kk told of the attack on Ram also claimed Jewish capture the town of Nabi Yusha. on the tenon border about seven h north of Safad. and aaid t thr»e Syrian armored car* r» raptured when an attack by nan regulars on the town of nah. south of Tiberiaa on the lof Gall ee. was repulsed The ttuu were said to have sufferheavy losses. The communique reported three l-run raids by Egyptian spit’s in the Tel Aviv area before « today. There were four Mi yesierday The communi t did not confirm a report that ’ Egyptian plane was shot »n in today s second raid. Radio reports from the Jordan Un said the Arab Legion of • Abdullah of Trans-Jordan • shelling the town of Geaher. *h of the Sea of Galilee, after by armored cars was by Jewish defenders. *« destroyed two of t|>e Arab Jtntsalem Arabs, according ’o t*»h reports, are expecting Ai>Arab legion, some units •kich are now at A tarot h. N’t of the holy city, to aid * in the battle In the city. Hebrew newspapers here play »P the remark made yesterday IWoihe Shertok. foreign minis •Turn To Page Three) o*ings Bonds Sales ™ April Reported 2* *»*base of U. 8. savings •» Adams county during « MKmnted to BU.7M.SS. T. F. county bond chairman »«*d today. This is an In"J* ®»*r a month ago. 1.7 **• been advised L. *°«»ty’s quota in the 1 bond drive, jrhich extends c*** 10 I* 8300.000. Bonds pur»«sce April 11 apply on t w * Bty roota. Investors may . “eir bonds through the ” ’‘■■k. Mr. Graliker Scout Group Wednesday o,r * Scout assocta « > o'clock Wed »se 7 M,ln< »■ ’he library ,h * J ’ ,Blor • seglor t '^ bO ° 4,1 'o-lead committee women, and te - **•*•'■■ bo«h *»•■» •nd * ** -Ud t be present ” -p ■— Cta . weather r? *~»tee tonight. >27/ warm-

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

Club Speaker BHBMBL''' ' ~”~- W t ■■? I | / W If w.wri Robert "Bob” Dro. former Berne high and Indiana university star athlete, will be the speaker here Friday night at the 6:30 o'c ock dinner meeting of the Adarms County I I club, to be held at the Knights of Pythias home Robert 8. Anderson, club president. will act as toastmaster. Greenlee Ousted As Democrat Chairman Franklin Attorney Succeeds Greenlee Indianapolis. .May 17—(UP) — Henry Schrlcker may make up his mind this week whether or not he will yield to political pressure and run for governor of Indiana again. The draft Schrlcker bandwagon, which has lurched forward in fits and spurts for months, got a big boost over the weekend when Democratic state chairman Pleas Greenlee was uprooted In a narrow 12-10 vote, the state committee ousted Greenlee In favor of a JFyear-old Franklin attorney. Ira Haymaker, Jr., seventh district chairman and a prime mover In the Schrlcker draft scheme But neither the former governor nor Haymaker would interpret the victory as an Indication that Schrlcker would move into the battle for the Democratic nomlna tion. Schrlcker spent the weekend in Knox, his hometown, visiting a brother. He had no comment to make on Havmakers victory. He came back to Indianapolis last night, still silent on his future plans, if any But when asked if he enpected to make any statement this week Schrlcker said: "Yea. there may he something thia week " He declined to elaborate, but observers believed he might decide the question which has kept a half dozen other prospective Democratic candidate* laying low for months Twice before, Schrlcker has said flatly that he won’t be a candidate He served ss Indiana’s governor from 1841 to 1945 and since has been a vice president of an Indianapolis bank. But It was assumed that part of Schrlcker » re(Turn To Psge Five) fl. Approve Building Os Super Carrier Committee Okays 65,000-Ton Ship Washington. Way 17—(UP) — A congressional subcommittee today gave Its blessing* to navy construction of a super aircraft carrier The eS.OOe-ton carrier will be the longest ship afloat and will cost about ’ 1125.000.000. B-28 •uperfort planes will be able to take off from It. but not land on it. . K A house armed services »ut> committee gave It* okay to the project after receiving assurance* that all the top military leaders approved the project Some com mlttee members were under the Impression that the army and the air force hadn’t been consulted But defense secretary James For restal and Adm Louis Denfeld, ehlef of naval operations, set them Dnafeld said the p,. p*ed (Turn T« Ps»» Three)

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Hope Revived For Settling Meat Strike More Men Threaten To Stage Walkouts In Auto Industry By I’nited Press Hop*, of settling the prolonged meat packing strike was revived today, but more workers threatened to walkout In the automobile Industry. About 44U.U0U worxer* already are on strike in the automobile, meat packing, aviaiton. brewing, printing and other Industries In organized labor’s campaign for a third round of postwar wage increases. Here were the latest deve’opments: Automobile Industry— Michigan s'ate police were ordered to the Highland Park. Mich.. Chrysler plant after ma»» picketing resulted in a brief flurry of violence between striker* and police With 75,000 Chrysler worker* already on atrike. the CIO I’nited Automobile Workers threatened to call out 225.000 General Motors workers unless wage demands are tnet by May 28. Meanwhile, union spokesman for Ford workers term ed Ford’s proposal for a pay cut ”ridiculou«." Meat Packing—Fed'-ral conciliator* in Chicago were arranging new negotiation* between the big packer* and the CIO United Packinghouse Worker*, whose national strike strategy committee yesterday voted to seek ''immsdf ate” negotiations to end the atrike Gov. Luther W Young dahl of Minnesota, who ha* been meeting with both side* In 84. Paul where the national guard pa trols Minne*ota meat plants, said he would fly to Chicago for the settlement attempt. Steel— The executive board of the United Steelworker* I’nion (ClOt agreed unanlmous'y to teal 'he non-communist provision* of the Taft-Hartley act in court, a* urged bv CIO president Philip Murray The board plans to make a test case of a dispute between the union and the Inland Steel Corp, of Indiana Harbor. Ind. Shipping—A spokesman for the National Maritime I'nion said 13 oil tankers were tied up at Chicago. Hay City and Muskegon. Mich.. Buffalo and Detroit since Friday because the shipowners refused to extend old contracts while negotiations for new one* (Turn To Page Five) 0 Will Solicit Ads For Fair Catalog 15 Decatur Men To Meet On Wednesday Fifteen Decatur men. member* of the Chamber of Commerce. w|P solicit th* entire city Wednesday for advertisement* in the catalog to be published for the Decatur free street fair and agricultural show. C. f. Finlayson, chairman of the committee, announced today « The catalog will contain facts concerning all 4-H clubs In the county: the Girl Scouts; a com plete fair program and other information. Mr Finlayson said The solicitor* will meet Wednes day morning at 7:30 o'clock at Swearingen’s for breakfast and will start soliciting all merchant*, manufacturers and professional men for ads for the hook The one-dav drive will be attempted the first time thi* year tn previous years two or three solicitor* had charge of securing the advertisements and It took about two weeks However since all conv must be In the hands of the printer by May 21 thia year It was decided to try the new method Each team of solicitors will have from *ix t® »• merchants to rontact and the work should he completed by Wednesday after noon. Many of test year's adver tisera alr»ady have placed their ( order* for this year Mr Finlay SOU Mid

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Decatur, Indiana, Monday, Moy 17, 1948

Gromyko Offers His Hand

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AT THE UN. GENERAL ASSEMBLY In Flushing. N V Russia’s Andrei Gromyko congratulates Dr. Abba Hillel Sl.ver. head of the Jewish delegation to the United Nation*. The Soviet delegate ha* Htated officially that he will soon leave for a vacation in hi* homeland. •

Rev. Lengerich To Be Ordained May 22 To Soy First Mass Here Next Sunday The Rev. Vincent Lengerich, son of Mr and Mrs. Clement Lengerich. southwest of Decatur, will be ordained in the Catho'lc priest hood next Saturday morning and will say his first mas* Sun day morning at St Mary's Catholic church, the parents announced today. In ceremonies which will be held at the Catln.L •! it the Im maculate Concep.ion In Fort Wayne. Rev Lengerich will be or dained by Most Rev Bishop John F. Noll. D D. The newly ordained priest will then ce ebrate a solemn high mas* In his home parish church on Sunday morning The mass will lie held at 10:15 o'clock Officers of the mas*, in addition to the celebrant will be: the Very Rev Msgr J. J. Seimetz. pastor as archpriest; the Rev. Ambrose Kohne of Goodland. deacon: the Rev. John Smerke. OSC. of Sa cred Heart Minor Seminary. Fort Wayne, suh-deason. and the Rev Ignatius Vlchura*. assistant pas tor of St. Mary’s, master of cere monies. The Rev Father Adelliert. 088.. of St. Meinrad’s Seminary, where Rev. l-engerlch completed his theological studies, will deliver the sermon. Fo'lowing the impressive rites, a dinner In honor ot Rev. l-enger-ich. for rela'ive* and visiting clergy will be given in the dining hail of the Catholic school building. A (Turn To Page Two'

Meat Prices Increase Sharply Since Strike Os Packers Union

By United Press Meat prices have zoomed sharply In the 62 days since a strike by the CIO packinghouse workers union cut off a large share of the nation’s meat production, a survey showed today. However, there was no way of telling how much of the price boost wss caused by the strike and how much was caused by normal market fluctuations The survey, conducted by United Press bureaus in 20 cities, show ed that on the average across the nation various cuts of meat have climbed from 1® to 20 percent Some cities reported rise* of as much as 40 percent. The survey compared price* today to those of Manh IL The <>ack loghouse workers struck March Iff. * The average price of porterhouse steaks In the 20 cities jumned from 84 cents to »« cent* The average (pr loin lamb chops went from 83 to 87 root* I’ncured

Commissioners Meet On Election Claims The county commiMionera met ( today to consider nearly 16,000 in j expense claim* for the recent prl- ' nary election. Commissioners John \ug*burger. John Blake) and John Chriptener were all present at the session, along with auditor Thurman I. Drew, who serviw a* sec- . retary of the teiard I <’ Scout Camporee Is Held Over Weekend t I - - Adams, Jay County Scouts In Camporee i A total of 127 Boy Scout* attend I ed the Adams-Jay county camporee. ( held Saturday and Sunday at Leh , man park In Berne. George Bair. , genera! ( hairman. announced today Decatur troop* 61. 62 and 63. , Berne troops 67 and 68. Geneva .; troop* 69. all from Adams county. r and Dunkirk troop 205 from Jay county were represented Joe Sander*, assistant Anthony Wayne area Scout executive was ! present Carl Hilty. Berne, served a* campmaster. The event was considered one of the most unusual on record and despite In'ermittent showers wa* not "rained out " The camporee was climaxed by game* and slant* Sunday afternoon. • following a carry In dinner at noon 1 Following is a list of the Scout- ’ er* and Scouts from Decatur, who participated: . Troop 61 L. Gray Paddock. • Scoutmaster; Dave McLean and Gene Zlner. assistants; John I Thompson. Herbert Kitson. James t Murtaugh. Ronald Murphy. Ronald (Turn To Page Three)

ham rose from 58 to St cents The rise In meat prices also wa» reflected on produce such a* poultry. The average price of broiling chicken* in the 20 cities rose from 5* to 63 cents The price on chicken* remained steady In many cities but rose sharply In others The biggest price boost was reported at Knoxville. Tenn . where porterhouse steaks skyrocketed from 80 cents a pound to 1120 Lamb chops went from 80 cents to 81.10 Pittsburgh reported the least rise in meat prices Porterhouse and ham remained steady at 85 and 55 centa and lamb chops rose from 70 cents to only 78 cent* The big meat producing area* did not escape the jump in price* Des Moines, la . butcher* «ald price* rose 20 percent there during the strike At Ltacoln* Neb where welners rose from 4i to 38 reata. a dealer (Turn To f4a« Twe)

Tosses Atomic Control Deadlock Into Security Council; Fear Arm Race

Baccalaureate Riles Held Sunday Evening Dr. Lester Speaks To 1948 Graduates A plea to "walk with God in the Christian way of lite" was made by | Dr M O Lester, retiring pastor of the First Methodist church, to the graduating (lass of Decatur high school at the annual baccalaureate| service held at Decatur junior sen lor high auditorium Sunday night Dr. Lester. Dr Charles E. White, pastor of Trinity Evangelical Vnlt-| ed Brethren church; the Rev. G. A. Hldy. iwstor of the Nuttman Ave I’nited Brethren in Christ church; the Rev F. II Willard, pastor as Bethany Evangelical I’nited Brethren church, and the Rev. Ralph Carter, pastor of the Church of the Nazarene. participant* In the services. were escorted to the stage by Waller J. Kri. k. superintendent of sclkmils. The senior class, led l>y Jack Del ler, class president, and Mis* Na.e mi Steury. faculty member and | class sponsor, was seated at the front of the auditorium W. Guy Brown, principal of Decatur Junior • senior high school, had charge 1 of the processional The service opened with the call to worship and the invocation, given by Dr White, ufte • which the audience joined in singing a hymn Rev Eddy read the scripture and I Rev Willard offered prayer The | high school glee club sang three nunrtters. under the supervision of Miss Helen Haubold. music supervisor in Decatur public schools. Following Dr. i.esters sermon. Rev Carter gave the iienediction. The graduating class, garbed In traditional cap* and gowns, then left the auditorium aa the large audience arose. Comparing graduation with the season in which it comes, spring. Dr I-ester gave the ( teas Christian advice and cautioned each graduate that "life was just starting.” 0 Sgt. Schlagenhauf Body Is Returned Linn Grove Soldier Returned For Burial The tsaly of another Adams county World War II hero dead is enroute to the I’nited Stales for re burial here, it was made known Saturday by the war department The l»ody is that of Staff Ser geant John H Schlagenhauf, son of Mr and Mrs. George Schtegen haul. Linn Grove, who was killed in action against the Japs on the Island of Saipan July ». 1944 • His teidy is one of 1.941 American* l>eing returned from island* in the Pacific aboard the I’. S army Transport Albert M. 800 Sgt Schlagenhauf entered service with the I’ 8. army September 22. 1941 reporting with a Well* coun ty contingent. He recetevd basic tialning at Cam;> Wolter*. Tess* and was sent to Fort Ord. Calif., in January. 1942 In March of the wine year he was sent to Hawaii and then to Saipan for the invas lon early in June He wa* a memtier of an antitank battalion with the 105th in fantry. Although In service nearly three year*, he ..id never been home on a furlough II- was born near Linn Grove Oct 27. 1919 and was graduated from the Hartford township high school in 1937 He wa* employed at the state game preserve near Bluffton itefore entering service He was a member of the Linn Grove Evangelical . hutch and fraternally was affll'ated with ’he Bp. O. Elks lodge at Bluffton Snr riving, at the time of hw death, beside* the parents three brother* Homer of Wells county: Vaughn of MaAon and Robert of near Fort Wayne; a stater. Mary.

Recent Atomic Tests Termed 'Successful' I White House States < Results Indicate Excellent Progress 1 Washington. May 17 (I'Pi 1 Th* White House announced today I I that recent test* of atomic wea'pons In the Pacific "were success- 1 ful in all respects and that the re- 1 suit* Indicate very substantial pro- 1 , gress." The White House statement wa* 1 Issued a half hour after President ,'Truman received a report on the 1 | tests from the atomic energy comJ mission "The first series of the tests • | are now completed." the statement 1 said “The commission reported that the tests, involving three 1 atomic weapoM. each of improved , design, were successf'll in all respects and that the result* Indi . cate very substantial progress." ( The statement *aid Mr. Truman generally approved commission I plan* to start at once further (nuclear development based upon information gained from the test* The testa were conducted under I security provision of the atomic ~ energy act and information as to . scientific results and technical de- ( - tails cannot lie made public at this time, the White House said The proving ground at Enlwetok , In the Marshall Island* also re mains closed to unauthorized per- ( 1 son*. 1 , Se* retary of defense Jamc* For , , restal and the atomic energy com mission have authorized military 1 and scientific leaders of the task , force returning to Honolulu tomor- , 1 row to make statements In ac | . knowledgement of services of per ( sonnet engaged in the tests I , Chairman David E Lllienthal of ] the atomic energy commission told | reporters that the test* marked "a 1 milestone In atomic development ” I Lllienthal said he and the other commission member* told Mr Tru I man that "the present stage of 1 test* of atomic weapon* is now 1 concluded.” 1 Thi» was the first offk ial indi- I cation of more than one test at the newly constructed and closely- 1 guarded atotpic proving ground on Etnwetok atoll in the Pacific The commission announced on April 19 that "an atomic weapon" had been tested at Enlwetok It ' 1 did not reveal the type of weapon and withheld the date of the test "for security reasons” 1 Lllienthal would not elaborate ' | iTuro T-> Page «<»• ( 0 — I Exercises Are Held For Grade Graduates Annual Exercises For Rural Schools I “““ I A huge crowd wf-nesaed gradua ■ tion exercises for some 21" student* of the eighth grade in the ' county's schools, held Saturday as- . termam at the Decatut junior sen r ior high school gymnasium I Diplomas were awarded gradu ate* by the respective trustees of > the 12 township* in Adams county I and county achool superintendent 1 Lyman L Hann I The graduation address was givr en by Dr Tennvson Guyer, with Dr Charles E White delivering the 1 invocation and benediction Music wa* furnished by a Berne - high school hoys’ quartet. Previous to the exercteea held In . the school gymnasium auditorium, picture* of the graduates, trustees , and scbo(d oHkial* were taken Superintendent Hann was In ’ charge.

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Commission Halts Long, Fruitless Search For Pact On Atom Control ijike Success. N Y. May 17 — (I’Pt The I’nßed Nations atomic energy commission today abandoned its long and fruitless search for agreement of world atomic control until the Soviet I nion accept* the majority-backed American atomic (untrol plan. The action toased the east west atomic stalemate Into the UN security council and paved the way for a major atomic debate at the UN general assembly session next Septembtf. Admitting that the alternative is a world atomic «ims race, the commission voted. 9 to 2. to break off the two-year-old atomic negotiations Itelegates overrod® a lastminute attempt of Soviet delegate Andrei Gromyko to continue the talk* Gromyko argued that agreement was possible but "the United State* does not want It.” Only the delegate of the Soviet Ukraine. Vassily Tarasenko. voted with Gromyko The majority consisted of the United States. Great Britain. France. China Columbia. Argentina. Syria Belgium and Canada The majority replied by adopting a sternly worded report which said the world Is dimmed to an atomic armament* race until Moscow accept* the majorlty-ba( ker American plan for a powerful and vetwfree would atomic authority. The report »uid I* e«*em e that the Kremlin must alter Its very concept of relations with the re*t of the world and join "in the world community” Itefore atomic control machinery and freedom from the atomic menace are possible. The atom!' ( emmlsslon. established In January. 1946. In by unanimous vote of the UN getters J UNsemldy. thus be, ante the first I N agen> y to confess failure. The atomic commission trasmlttoil its decision t<> 'he UN security louncil. together with the three reports in which the majority endorsed the American atomic plan and etelairated on It while Ku*sta. Poland and the Ukraine have fought it and attacked it a* a devire to maintain atomic conopoly for the United State* Frederick Oslmrn of the United States. (urrent president of the atomic commiaaion announced as ter the vote that he probably would call one more meeting to approve final draft* of the report Member* agree ! to attach a summary of GrotnykoT minority views. The Soviet delegate advised the I nited Nations atomic energy commission to continue It* two-year-old attempt to break an east-west deadlmk over the atomic problem. The commission had lurfore It a plan to abandon negotiations ou atomic control until Russia accepts the American plan "We have a deep conviciioß." Gromyko said in reference to the majority move to break off atomic talks, that *u< h a procedure will complicate the works of the United Nations ’ We have always felt that decisions concerning the atomic control problem are possible, hut only In (Turn T-I Page Three) Q Daily Bible School Opens Next Monday Mrs Russell Owens will sgain tie dean nt the dally vacation Bible school, which will open next Monday morning at th» Lincoln school. Representative* of the various Decatur churche* are meeting this afternoon to make final preparation* for the school 0 —— Memorial Services Are Held By Moose A large crowd cf member* from Adam* lodge 1311. Loval Order of Moose and the Women of the Moose attended the annual memorial services held Sunday at the lodge home Robert H Helle \ locaFatate r»!»resentadve. delivered the memorial address and music was furnished by tb* Magley quartet.