Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 46, Number 120, Decatur, Adams County, 20 May 1948 — Page 1

XLVI. No. 120.

lEWIS HOLDS OUT HOPE FOR COAL PEACE

K National Bards Called ■Half Riots K OOP Persons Riot ; WJffter Meat Picket Killed Last Night i >^K <K hx>. <•> M “ y 20 <’ •’> - 1 guardsmen with fixed today drove more than a* a >‘ from a two 1 a' 'h- meat park where 2.000 person* h-t night after a non *^^K, r killed a picket. force of 350 guardsmen. „f them combat veteran*. u *> chuu tier to shoulder he ..,» k on older* of Col. Frank am* chief of staff of the division. r > the troops moved forward. m>< k approximately 55 . parading before the plant 9,, 4 .< restraining order mops did not drive away allowed at the plant under a provision of the order. troops < leared a block in of the hour* later. just before m starting time for the shift to report to work. moved up attain. dispersed a crowd of ■Hpp too strikers at the edge of area. making them another bock away from plant Many of the troops 'h.ir campaign ribbon* and star* <>n their uniforms remained in the plant all 'hen left this morning under of the troops. officials said the comhad promised” not to opertoday and that workers who the plant today were only lean up purposes. union leaders said they try to meet with company today to discus* H » vitiation. |H ftunnr the first push, the pick > •hoitted ami swore at the ad ■ ndnr line of xodlers but no |Mk>>nu- occurred. The troops across the street, between louse* opposite the plant 'he alley and through to ■> c'r-c-t .< bloc k away from the jMWii.iarm* ordered no restric"n movement Inside the twoi, u t prohibited all rath of more than two men who lived in the area riven passes, but all others moved out. Robert D. Blue called the out last night after Black |B«u 'ounty sheriff H. P Wag reported police and deputies do a thing" with the mob |MG4*rd units totalling 900 men railed from 17 cities and _ (Turn To Ware Five-1 w — • El Record Is By Solicitors For Fair Catalog ial record was establish■day by the local bust msa who solicited advertising !k * <-H fair catalog, which will _ WMlshed about July I by the iW U, ' ,|r free street fail" association three of the many retailers •Mufacturars Who were con M* !M fall «d to buy space In the ■»»»! book All < opy m<lg( b,, | n (j, e hands of H, W Pntden. secretary of the |H. *«o*r of Commerce. before June Ha* "** ar *noun<ed The group of tors under the -halrtnanshlp H ~ 1 P ‘ ln, * y » o «>- started work Hh ’ W * dnw »dav morning and SB’’*’ 7 team reported the work al by night A few of ■ /”* < ‘*”*d °« who were out of be contacted today and ho "'t will contain a fair pro Be-- ' * °f membership and J •’’•resting facts concerning ■ « Adams county s 4-H organic* ■Z” M< ‘ ,I *° * ,lM ,rs ltwnß * hkh Btate. * hown in the 4-H dub exBZt* ’’**•* w ‘“ ** heW ,n * on Ml** Bttk ’ku street fair. ■E — o ■ WEATHER ■ — u " i,w FrWay - ■ continued

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BULLETIN Philadelphia, May 20 — (UP) — The Democrats today selected senate minority leader Alban W. Barkley of Kentucky to keynote their national convention here in July. The party's executive committee also recommended house minority leader Sam Rayburn of Texas as permanent chairman. The recommendation is tantamout to election. 0 Fires Raging In Old City Os Jerusalem Arabs, Jews Battle At Close Quarters For City's Control Tel Aviv. May 20 — (VP) Huge fires were reported raging through the old walled city of Jerusalem today as Arab* and Jew* battled at close quarter* for control of the Holy City. British sources said artillery and mortar fire have made a shambles of the ancient heart of Christendom. site of some of the western world's cherished religious shrines. Heavy censorship by both Jews and Arabs clouded events of the furious battle within Jerusalem, but It appeared the old city may have to l»e rebuilt for the 19th time in history. no matter which side is victor. Professional soldiers of King Ale dullah's Arab legion launched an attfrk on the old walled city yesterday under cover of a crushing artillery barrage and by late last night appeared to have driven the Jew* Into a pocket into the southwest Armenian section. Dispatches from correspondents with the attacking Arab army said King Alaiullahs troop* on the Mount of Olives, east of the old walled city, t rashed through yester day with armored cars and linked up with other legion forces which captured the Shlek Jarrah quarter to the north. The Arabs joined forces at the Damaacu* gate, cutting off the northeast section of the walled city, and then drove south against Jew ish reinforcements entering through Zion gate In the south wall Other Arab at’acks were launch ed against the modern section of Jerusalem south and west of the old walled city. Arabs claimed that all Jewish forces in both old and new Jerusalem were completely surrounded The Jewish provisional govern ment. under heavy air and land attack. Imposed strict censorship on all news dispatches and declared a state of emergency within the borders of the newborn state of Israel Dispatches from Cairo said Prince Abdulla of Yemen, tiny Arab league state on the Bed Sea. had pledged King Farouk of Egypt that troop* from Yemen soon would join the Palestine battle under Egyptian command Yemen i» the only one of the seven Arab league state* Send Five Boys To Hoosier Boys State I — Five From County To Attend Event i . Plans are now underway for send- ’ Ing Adam* county * representatives i to Hoosier Boy* State at the Ind i iana state school for the deaf, it f was made known today. i Five boys will he sent from I Adams county again, it was an I nouncod by H Vernon Aurand. Le gion poet *3 Bor* 8,8,e r Four of the boy* will t>e r ed by Decatur organlxatKms. InclwdI Ing the American l-egion P - One of the boy* will b* ,r '”" - Berne under the sponsorship of I the Berne legion post Local «trI |c and social organisations <ute£ • marily sponsor the tripe of tbe . boys are sent to the event to learn citlsenship and governmen tai affairs and Aurand has also b*-rn named four h district Boys State chairman by state Logkm offi.fl. «d is in charge of seed lax tbe boys from thia district Complete details wi be announced at a later date

United States Closes Border To Russ Zone Closes Border To Zone In Germany To Soviet Traffic Frankfurt. May 20—(VP)— The. I'nlted State* ha* closed tj)>- bor-1 der between the American andi Russian zones of Germany even | to official Soviet mission* it was learned today. Under an order issued by Mas. Gen. George P. Hay*, deputy U. 8. military governor for Germany, all Russians henceforth must enter the American zone through a V. S check-point at Helmstedt in the British zone. Hays teiegrapneu instructions to the military governors of states in the American zone that entry by Russians “who were formerly permitted to cross at any authorized crossing point ha* been limited to a single outlet at Helmstedt.** His telegrams have no reason for this clamp-down on Russian movements. Only official Russian missions have been permitted to enter the American zone previous- ' iy In effect, the order seals the border between Soviet-occupied Thuringia and Saxony and Ameri- * can-occupied Ravaria and Hesse to the Russians. o—, Scholarship Board Meeting Postponed ■ ■ . The meeting of the Lincoln Parent • Teacher scholarship foundation lioard. scheduled tor Wednesi day night, wax post|s>ned itecause of illness of two of its mem iters. I' . was learned today. Plans for the I awarding of the first scholarship . will be completed soon. Robert AshI baucher. chairman of the foundai tion stated. Assessment Figures Released By Harlow Value Os Household Goods Is Increased 1 The value of household goods In Adams county, exclusive of Decatur. increased from J 954.527 In 1947 to 11.240.136. according to ' figures released today by Albert 1 Harlow, county assessor. The fig 1 ures are based on reports from all township assessor*, filed with Mr. Harlow. I The valuation of Decatur house--1 hold goods was J 388.893. compared I with a 1947 total of J 306 90tt In the 1 county, exclusive of Decatur, there 1 were 5.713 appraisal* made compar- ■ ed with 5.455 made a year ago De- ' catur appraisal* totalled 1.862 com--1 pared with a 1947 total of 1.662. Mr. Harlow stated that the cause of the Increase In both the county and city <»f Decatu • was largely due to new electrical appliances. Auto mobiles and trucks also took a jump In both number and appraised values In 1947 there were 5.847 unite in the county and 1,521 in Decatur The 1947 value in the county was 5189.3t»0 and the value of those In Decatur was |54».67» The 1948 county value was 5234 708 and the Decatur value was 1713.574. The totals of units appraised were 5.946 in the county and 1.554 in Decatur. The appraised value of al) trac--1 tors In the county jumped from 5466.836 in 1947 to 5661.470 in 1948 ‘ the Harlow report reveals While the Iota! number of milk cowi ha* decreased this year compared to a year ago, from 11.080 to 9.854. the appraised value ha* jumped from f 1.168 463 to f 1.250.361 ' Other comparable figures re- ! leased show: f Sows: 1947 total. 3.736; value ’ 5203.314: 1948. total 2.761; value. ’ ,I SS1: J**: total. 16.539; value. 5304.865: 1948 total. 15.169; value. 5243.654 _ . " Poultry 1947 total. 14.315; value. '' 5103.242 1948 total. 12.730; value. ’ 8103-998 . Retail storea and shop march, andise 1947 total 287; value, fl.- ’ 007478: 1948 total 244; value, fl.- < t are T«» P»a« Four)

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Decatur, Indiana, Thursday, May 20, 1948

Walks Out On Coal Parley ’ HBK sw hub urftpil ■r-l il' i.- ■■ | CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS in the coal Induatry coilapited in Washington, less than 24 hours after they began, when John L. Lewis, mine workers' head, turned hi* back on the negotiator* and headed for the door "Big John" left the conference* after a stalemate created by hi* refusal to agree to seating of Joseph E Moody, president of the Southern J’oal Producer* A**ociatlon on the negotiating committee. Zinlsmaster Heads Fair Alito Disolav Funeral services for J. Ray DenI wii inuiv wijpiwy ny i){ , 2< H|lth glree( wll( , died Htiddeniy ot a heart attack I * . . » Tuesday evening while driving his LOCO* AgenClOS IO auto, will lie held at 1:30 o'clock Have AlltO Display Friday afternoon at the Baird funL. R Zlntsmaster. owner of the Decatur Oldsmobile and Hudson su a • a automobile has be r AmeriCdßS MB named < hairman of the automobile show, which will be held in connec — . \l I tion with the Decatur free street 1 31(011 lift yOCtOI fair and agricultural show, it wax VII announced today The auto show will be held on Liberty Way and Third street, ad Z.IOniStS KemOVeO lucent to the retail show, and Indi From American Ship cations are that there will be eight or nine agent-lea take part In the Beirut. May 20 tl'Pi , exhibit. — The l.ebanese government said Mr. Zintsmaster will contact the j n u <-ommunique today that authorother dealers and assignment of hihh removed 69 "Zionists of mill , space will be made soon. It is tary sge” from the American ve« | believed that almost every local Hr | Marine Carp here yesterday, agency will show at least one new (Reports from Haifa, where :he| model car. Marine Carp docked today, said The exhibit will be Decatur's that 41 of those taken off the vex first auto display in many years *el were Americans, and asserted and interest is keen especially that all those removed were forced I since there are reports that most Dorn the ship at pistol point.) suto manufacturers will have new The !.ebanese communique said ’ models soon ’bat the 69 men taken off the ship The show will be limited to local were trying to reach Palestine to dealers this year and only auto- fight in the Jewish army It »a!d mobiles with local agencies will all of them were placed In a con he granted apace in the tents, ac centration camp ’ cording to present plans The (At Haifa. l'nlt«-d States consular — officers boarded the Marine Carp ' (Turn To <• (( -n( j jflned of fleers of the ship abonf the Beirut Ready Municipal (Informants at Haifa »ald tha 1 the captain attempted to halt the Da/J Cas> (aaCAn action of the Lebanese authorities. rOul lUI jCaJUII and that those removed from the ship also protested that the la-ban-ese were violating international law Opening Date Will "These sources said that In ad j .lition to the Americans. 23 PaleDepend Un wearner atlnians. three Canadians, one Pole. and cme Mexican were lemoved Decatur's municipal swimming from the , htp pool near the city plant is now b* y g Disciosurs 1 Ing renovated and made readyJor Ws)|hln(|t(>n MaJf (l PI _ th* annual summer opening. May i nited State* trie-' in advance * John M Doaa annonne „ nt the Lehanes governThe intmrior of pool ha. been R ..ndbla.ted and is ««* froin . VM ,«-I en route to Palatine. ' ed preparatory for the opening. deplir , mFn t officials disclosed 1 Mr. Doan stated . The opening date, however, will '«"■■»• depend mainly upon the weather The disc losure came after the LeMavor Doan stated. While it is cu* 'mnese government announced that ■ •»" «• iX • the closing of schools, the cool cans, were taken off the Marine weather <>f the current season may Carp yesterdav at Beirut and put delav the date this year In concentration camp* A l,ebaa Mayor Doan stated that he ex one said they carried arms and nects to announce the name of the were en route to right for Israel supervisor snon. dher confer State department officials said Ing with members ot the board they hA no knowledge of the sels2’pub ic wTvks .nd -My. -re vet But they s.'d that, before Red Cross swimming snd life the in ident the American m.nl.'sr saving classes are slso being plan at Lebanon Intervened with the Le-J ned for tbe pool season again this leans— government on behalf of I vear | Americans I I

I . — Puts Peace Or War Issue In Coal Industry Up To Three Industry Leaders

“• I Meat Strikers Vote Tonight On Offer Vote On Ending Os 66-Day Old Strike — Chicago, May 20 —(I'Pi Strik I ing CIO United Packinghouse- ■ Workers will vote tonight on whether to end the 66-day wa'.k I out against the* nation's meat i packing plants. Union official* announced yesterday that the 20.000 striker* here would lie the first to vote on a settlement offer and that other locals throughout the- nation would vote later. Even (hough the walkout reportedly was near Its end. violence flared at Waterloo. It* Approximately 2.o(hi persona, mostly strikers, rioted for four hours yesterday at tbe Rath Packing company plant. One man was kll'ed and a spectator was injured The riot broke up after Gov. Robert D. Blue cal'ed out the lowa national guard and put the troops at the disposal of local authorities. A decision to halt the prolonged strike would moan complete capitulation for the union on the Issue of wages. The packers offered nlne-cent hourly wage Increase before- the strike waa called last March 16. and have not their offer during the wa kout The* union sought a 29-cent hourly boost Il was reported (hat union ne gotiators were willing to accept the offer If the packers will guar antee all strikers their |obs Representatives of Swift and company, 'he nation's largest packer, met with union officials last night. Im! the meeting ended with no agreement reached Federal conciliator Frank Wal»h. who has Iceen guiding the settlement talks this week said he did not know whether the dis puling parties wou'd get together i Turn To P««e Seven • O • Mrs. Strickler To Head Girl Scouts Named President Os Local Association Mrs. Gerald Strickler was elect ed president of the Decatur Girl Scout association at the annual organization meeting, held Wednesday evening at the junior senior high school. She succeed* Mrs f*. I Finlayson, who has served for the past year. Cither officers for 1948-49 are: Mr*. Roy Kalver. vice-president; Mrs J. Kenneth Gunther, sec re tary; Robert Boch. treasurer; Mrs Lowell Harper, financial advisor Permanent committees named for the year are as follow* Registration Mrs. Hugh Holthouse. Mrs. Norman Katt and Mrs R. W Fay; recruiting -Mr* Carl Gerlcer and Mrs A R Holthouse, -imgram Mrs Doyle Collier. Mias Glennys Roop and Mrs. Malcolm Icocke: publicity — Mrs Gerald Durkin and Pete Reynolds; troop representative — Mrs. Kenneth Small. Juliette laiwe chairman - Mrs Herman l-ankenau training committee — Mrs Hamilton Putnam and Mrs Sylvester Everhart; registrar Mm Fred Riley: nomi nating Mm Gerald Durkin. Mm. Striker Mm. Wavmon Patrick and Mm Gerald Kohne N*w Serial Story "Love l« Where You Find It" is the title of tbe new serial story by Kay Hamilton, which atari* Friday in th* Daily Democ-mt it I* the story of a luckless voting man who shakes off all th* odd* against ’ mm Don't fail to read thl* I new and exciting story

Taft Doubtful I Senate To Act On Reds' Bill Sen. Wherry Says Senate Should Act Speedily On Bill Washington. May 20 (I'Pi Differences developed today among senate GDI’ leaders over whether the- honse-pu»»ed bill to curb Commimists can be considered by the senate before adjournment .Sen. Robert A. Taft. R. chairman of the senate Republican policy committee, doubted there* would be time to act on the* mea» lire before congress quits, probably late next month. He thought the measure would require* "a lot of real study " But acting senate Republican leader Kenneth S Wherry. It . Neb, contended that the senate should take the bill up In this session He said Its one-sided approval by the house yesterday 319 to 58 "make* It mandatory that we act on that bill or something like It before adjournment." Other congressional develop ments: World health The house foreign affair* committee approved a bill to authorise U N membership In the world health organization. B would limit the U. S contribution to 81.92u.mm a year O'Conor The senate affirmed the right of Herbert It O’Conor. D. N Y to hi* senate seat lt| end* a long contest of O'Conor'si election. Oil A house armed services subcommittee turned down a navy plan to shift control of natal oil reserves In Wyoming and California to the interior department The navy said the reserves no longer have any military value and should lie turned over to the civilian agency But Rep Carl I Vinson D. Ga . objected that the shift might lead to another tea|>ot dome scandal. Olro Benjamin F Nelson of Best Food*. Inc . denied that oleomargarine maker* arc* delaying price increase* until congress com plete* action on repeal o< federal oleo taxes He Issued the denial in response to a question by Rep August H Andresen R. Minn, at a hou«e committee hearing Whether the Communist control (Turn To •’*<» Five* o Disabled Vets Make Memorial Poppies Poppy Day Here On Saturday, May 29 Memorial popple* which the peo pie of Adams county will wear in honor of the war dead on Poppy Day. Saturday May 29. have been received by Adam* unit of the American Mgion auxiliary The shipment came from Veteran* Hospital Marion, where the little red flower* were made by disabled veteran* of both world war* working under supervision of the Indiana department <*f the auxiliary "Making the** flower* ba* pro tided Intereating employment for veteran* at the hospital all durlnr the winter and spring months." explained Mrs. Harold Tieman. Poppy chairman of the auxiliary unit "Poppy making haa given these veterans the encouraging expert ence of being able tn earn monev again, often after many month* of (dienes* They are paid by the •uxtliarv for each poppv thev make and are able to eem helpful (Tura T" Pag* Setae)

Pries Four Cents

Refuses Guarantee Os No Mine Strike; Puts Issue Squarely Up To Three Leaders Washington. May 20—(I P) — John L 1-c-wls today held out hope for peace In the* soft coal Industry Hut he refused to guarantee that his miner* will not Strike before* or after June 30. He put the isue of "peace or war” in the coal industry squarely up to three men — Benjamin Fairless, president of U. S Steel , Corp.; George Humphrey, board < hairman of the* Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Co., and J. B. Francis, president of Island Creek ’ Coal Co l,ewls. wno abruptly broke off new wage* negotiation* yesterday. | told reporters today: "There Is still time to convene a constructive wage conference '•and negotiate a contract by July » I If they want to lie said the United Mine Workers I nion "deplore* the constant I suggestion that the termination of * contract Ju'y 1 insure* a stoppage of mining." •I But, In the next breath, he kept - alive the threat of a strike by *, saying "We are constantly hopeful *| that wage negotiations In good faith would negotiate a succe* f »or contract and make unneces- ' »ary any suspension of mining " Im*wls nerved notice that the * "paramount” issue in any new contract negotiation* will iw* (he * "activation ' of the miners wel I fare fund. Including pension pa*< - merits which touched off (he r« cent soft coal strike He said It is "Inconceivable" th«t the union would negotiate a I new contract "'hat falls to activate the welfare fund." He also macle It plain that the UMW ha* i not changed its po'ley of refusing Ito work without a contract, but , said he was "hopeful” that a new contract could be negotiated by I July 1 L*-wis declined comment on the possibility of another strike Ire- ! fore June 30. but he* charged that the operator* are continuing to , dishonor the present contract. I whic h expire* June 3o In a conciliatory mnod. Ixwis appealed for "fair treatment" from Indiißtry. the public and r "the frcleral judiciary " The latter apparently wa* a reference to hi* recent brush with the law ' when he wa* fined 820 000 and his union 51.400,000 for failing to call 1 i<ff the recent strike sooner "It'* time for the thinking peop'e of this country to atop believing that only coal miner* ar* wrong and onlv corporations are • Turn T*. !’««•■ Elaht ( ——o — • One Child Is Fatally Burned In Flash Fire Richmond. Ind. May 20 —(UP) One child wa* dead and three peraon* were In Reid Memorial hospital here today as the result of a flash fire which destroyed the fiveresem home cd Mr and Mr*. Leo* Fitzwater at New Pari*. O. The body of the child, two yearold Michael Fltxwater. waa found in the ruin* cd th>* home an hour ' after the fire broke out early today. The 27-year-old father wa* reported ‘ In critical condition in the hospital here and two cdher children. Ira. 3. and Wanda, six months, were reported "fair.” - School Safety Patrol Picnic Here Friday A picnic for ihe school safety patrol* of Adam* county will he \ held at Wortbman field Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Patrol* participating will lie St. Joseph and ’ Lincoln of Decatur Geneva and Herne ’ Games, contests and a ball Kame will he held, with prizes awarded ’ hy Adams Post 43. American Gor gion the Decatur Lion* club, and * tbe Chicago Motor Hub Tke latter * organizatiou will alao furnish the 1 picnic- dinner which will bo held ’ for the patrol members