Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 46, Number 124, Decatur, Adams County, 25 May 1948 — Page 1

' ■JI IvjfxLVl No. 124.

IENERAL MOTORS. UNION IN AGREEMENT

See Changes ■ Listed In Klic Schools K cu lty Members Knounced Today K Superintendent . in ths* teaching D<-< atur public School K w ,. r , announced today by LK ! Kii ’» city school super LXnt. Zcrk.l. Jr. teacher and, gjj.,, th.- Kiikland township, Mh,,.,! tor the past two years.] |*K, !n , to Decatur this fall to K, teacher in the sixth grade l.ni, du school, succeeding Miss Grace Coffee. He .C--M Robert Worthman gKn.,ll < oac Icing. Will coach EK n .| sixth grade basketball. in Scouting work. ,<>n of Mr and Mrs. Hubert K <rf this city, he is a gradDecatur high school, receiv K \ Il at Earlham college and on 'he M A. degree at Teachers college. I Joan Cowens Named Joan Cowens, daughter of Mrs Lloyd Cowens, of will succeed Virgil Graresigned, as Latin and Instructor. Miss Cowens, graduate of Decatur high, her A. B. from Western oxford. O. and expects to her M A from Miami uniin the same city this sum She has also been on the instaff at Western ■. Graber, a former principal (>.. high school, refrom the local position two years to accept employIn the sale-auditing departof the Bluffton wholesale After returning from an motor trip through the ■ and southwest. Mr Graber Massume his new duties about ■ 1. Miss Could Returns ilosamound Gould, former H grade teacher at the Lincoln Mol. will return to the post ■ fall after receiving her de- ■ at Manchester college. North Mrhester She will succeed Mrs Mnond Eichenauer, who filled temporarily during the absence. Br Krick said that with the Bible exception of one position, yth.-r teachers will return He ■ be expects to announce this B Cl ' '*“■ ietter part of the week Mher teachers in the system. Boat their assignments: ■»rritt Alger. Hugh Andrews ■ Gsy Brown. Mary Carll. By* chamberlain. Arnold Con- ■ Harry Dailey, Deane Dorwin. Bryn Dorwin. Sylvester Ever B. Georgia Foughty. Florence B»X Kathleen Harris. Vera Har ■ Helen Haubold. Maynard Het B Kathryn Kaufman. Amos y* 811,11 Georgia Morris. John yj** l - Elizabeth Peterson. Ruth B». Eleanor Pumphrey. Glen ■ Roop. Dale w Ross Albert ymeyer, Matilda , Sellemeyer, | ITar » To"Pa«e~Two> Lion Will Elect fbcers June 28 Bfl ers of Adams post 43. Amerf I-egion, will be elected Mon- ■- June 28. at the regular meet ■of Adams post 41 Polls will be f ll ,h * l-e<lon home from 12 ■*k noon until 8 p.m. that day f ,rM nominations were opened P night at the regular meeting of f f* ol ’ by commander Charles f ri » n All officers and delegates I™* fate convention will be namI In the election. pPoHs of the recent spring con P"'* were given during last pt» meeting by commander Mor P- fourth district commander K Staley and various com P 1 *" heads who were present at P Indianapolta event. Plans were F made to participate In the flag f •MtclMa at the Elks home J. . Inon,h Following the business a lunch was served. WtATMCR E«i» north, partly cloudy portion tonight. Con“•d moderately eeel Wod>ncreaalnt cloudiness mhhTT*’- M,fh * to n south. Lew tonight ♦» <*th te 52 wuth

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Tri-Stote Student Dies In Air Crash Angola. Ind . May 25 — (Us») — Indiana national guard, officials today probed the crash of a state militia plane near here yesterday In which a 24-year-old Tri State college student was killed State police identified the victim as Charles Powell. Greenville, O. They said the p-51 plane struck the ground at about 3<M» miles per hour and slid across U. S. 20 after the crash. o Arab Leaders Study Answer To UN Order Original Ceasefire Deadline Extended To Wednesday Noon Cairo, May 25 <UPI — Representatives of five Arab nations met today In Amman seat nf King Abdullah of Trans-Jordan, to frame the Arab answer to the United Nations plea for a ceasefire in the Palestine war. The fate of Jerusalem hung in the balance. Jews still control •he modern city and are fighting desperately to hold It. A cease’ire now would leave them In possession. High Arab sources insist the Arab answer wl'l demand that the Jews disarm and accept Arab sovereignty over the Holy I.a nd ft is known the Jews will never accept such terms while they hold it! the rich coastal plain and modern Jerusalem. The Arabs have until noon CDT Wednesday to answer. The orig Inal ceasefire deadline of noon vesterdav was extended 48 hours by the United Nations at the Arabs' request. Egypt was represented at the meeting by Abdul Rahman Azram Pasha, secretary general of the Arab league Others included Premier JamaJ Mardam Bey of "tvria, Premier lliysd Es-Sohl of Lebanon. and the foreign minis •era of Trans-Jordan and Iraq. Celebrations marking Trsn« Jordan's second anniversary of - independence on May 25. 1948. were cancel'ed att he last momi ant because of the tense atmosphere In connection with the conference. Dispatches from United Press -orrerpond-nt Sam Souki. with the Arab Legion In Jerusalem said there was little inclination among Arab military leaders to ’rant the temporary ceasefire which Jews already have accepted. A ceasefire would only give the Tews a breathing spe'l. which they want to increaso supplies ind continue the fight, the Arab i military men say. The heaviest lighting of the (Turn Tn Pag* Ffvet — o Geneva High School Entered By Thieves Only Slight Amount Os Loot Is Obtained Thieves entered the Geneva high school again some time Inst night, forcing open the school safe in an 1 office of the building. The combination was hammered from the safe and then it was motrd into the gymnasium lobby, where It was battered open and the door broken off. Sheriff Herman Bowman, who led the investigation, stated that only 13 in petty cash had been left in the safe and that this was taken. No visible means of entrance to the building was left by the thieves. ' although they broke orft a small glass panel to get into the office 1 where the safe was kept. Breaking 1 the panel, they apparently reached In and unlocked the door. The custodian of the building first noticed the break'n this morn. Ing. State police were also notified of the breakin Thl is the second time in recent months that the school has been entered The other time the theives were not successful in 'heir st temp to force open the safe

Lewis Ordered Into Gouri On Contract Talk Mine Chieftain To Court Again Before Judge Goldsborough Washington. May 25—(UP) — John L. icewis comes face to face with Judge T Alan Goldsborough again next Tuesday in a cfse that conceivably could lead to a third big contempt fine for the miners' boss. The Judge directed Lewis to appear before him to show cause why the court should not order him to resume contract negotiations with the soft coal operators. These negotiations were broken off last keek when Lewis walked out of the conference room in protest against the seating of a representative of the Southern Coal Producers Association. General counsel Robert N. Den ham of th« national labor relations board asked the court late yesterday for an injunction against Lewis and his United Mine Workers on two counts of violating the Taft-Hartley act Denham charged that they ill refused to bargain with and <2l attempted tn coerce the Southern Coal operators in the choice of a bargaining agent. This controversy could bring two more contempt cases down on lewis' head. If Goldsborough grants the iniunction that Denham asks and l«ewls flouts it — the Judge could Impose naw fines Then if the labor hoard's trial examiner who begins hearings on the charges June 8. recommends action by the board and that body finds and the union guilty, a "cease and desist" order can be issued. Such an order would be enforce able by the courts. To ignore it would subject the defendants to fines, and a possible Jail sentence In 1948. Lewis Ignored Golds borough's order to call off a strike and had to pay $710,000 for contempt of court. Last month, the mine union president defied s second Goldsborough order — to end his pension strike — and it cost him and his union $1,420,000 Ix-wls broke up negotiations for a new soft coal contract last week when the operators voted Io seat (Turn T« P<«» Seven! Arizona Governor Dies This Morning Gov. Sidney Osborn Is Taken By Death Phoenix, Aril.. May 25—(UP)— Gov. Sidney P Osborn of Ariiona died early today of a muscular naralysis that had been killing him by inches. The 84-year-old executive, who helped write Arixona's constitution and was tone of its first officials died in his sleep at home of progressive muscular atrophy The disease had crippled him so badly that he could neither speak nor write his name. His wife, the former Gladys Smiley of Phoenix, and his doctor. Otto L. Bendheim. were with him Osborn had worked since boy hood to realise his ambition of lu-fng governor. He stuck to his Job to the last despite his disease He was in his office Saturday until 5 p.m.. although he was so sick he had to be fed intravenous ly. Yesterday was one of the few lays he missed work His doctor said there was no known remedy for the ailment Osborn's disease, the one that killed baseball player Lou Gehrig, first was noted publicly in September. 1»48. when he delivered a message to the legislature Ry November of that year his speech wae so thick he could make no rampalgn addresses In January of 1»47 he was not able to appear st the opening session of the legislature His aseociatee said since then they had watched Mm die by inchee Osborn first teat partial use of (Turn To Page sevo«»

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Decatur, Indiana, T uesday, May 25,1948

Israel President White House Guest DR. CHAIM WEIZMANN (center), famed sch-ntlst and first president of th« new Jewish sta'e of Israel. Is Interviewed by a newsreel reporter as he leaves Nw York with his wife. Vera, to visit with President Truman In Washington. Dr. Welzmann will leave shortly for Palestine. f

Packing Plants Call Back More Workers Wilson Co. Plants Are Still Picketed Chicago. May 25—(UP)— The Swift. Cudahy and Armour pack Ing companies called more employe* back to work today and official* eaid the meat plant* might he back in full production by the end of the week. However, picket* atill marched before the plants of Wilson and company, against which the CIO united packinghouße worker* union ia continuing it* long strike after settling with the three other firm*. Expert* expected farmer* to send more big shipment* of meat animal* to market today. Price* were expected to rise again a* buy er* for the big packer* stepped up the pace of their bidding to match the increased operation*. Official* said the increased price* at the stockyard* probably would not be passed on to consumer*. But they still could hold out no hope to housewives for retail price reductions in the near future. At Waterloo, la., 4.500 member* nt the union voted by a 97 percent margin last night to stay on strike against the Rath packing company. an independent firm. The Rath plant wa* the scene of violent rioting last week in which a non-strlker killed a picket and wounded a by-stander. A. T. Stephens, union district director, said negotiation* between the union and company would be resumed tomorrow. -- — o Special Meeting Os VFW Is Held Monday A special meeting of Limberlost post 5235, Veteran* of Foreign Wars, wa* held .Monday night at the VFW hall. Richard l.ichtenatei<er and Clarence Steven* were named member* of the house committee during an election 0 Flag Day Exercises Planned For June 14 Elks And Veterans Groups To Sponsor 1 _____ Preliminary plan* for the an nual Flag Day exercise*. to be 1 held June It at 7 pm at the B P. O. Elka home, were announc rd here today The event ia an annual one spon--1 sored by the Elk* lodge, assisted by the American Legion. Veteran* of Foreign War*, and other patriotic organisation* Adrian J. Baker ha* been named general chairman by the Elks lodge. Other member* of the com mittee are: D Burdette Custer ' and Leo "Dutch" Chinger They were also named to a similar committee for the legion The exercise* will be held previous to the regularly scheduled meeting of the Legion, which will be delayed until the ceremonies are concluded Detail* of the program will be announced later

Says U. S. Economy Dependent On Coal French Lick. Ind . Mnv 25 -(UP) The American economy can never get away from it* dependence on coal. Joseph Purglove. Jr., vice-pres-ident of the Pittsburgh Consolidation foal Co. said today. Coal will continue to lie the country's chief fuel resources because it I* so plentiful, he said, although ad mining that " a considerable part of the oil industry's growth during recent years ha* been at the expense of coal." —ex— Greenlee Assails Schricker Tactics Charges Attempt To Wreck Party Indianapolis. May 25 — tl’Pt— Pleas E Greenlee. ousted chairman of the Indiana Democratic state committee, wa* on record today with an accusation that former Gov. Henry F Schricker was a "party wrecker." Greenlee, now openly on the hand-wagon of fellow townsman Harry McClain of Shelbyville who reeks the party’s nomination for governor, fired a blast at Schricker last night In a I nth district organitatiln meeting at New Castle. Schricker I* considered a* an unannounced opponent of M< Claln and two other announce cadldate* for the gubernatorial nomination. Greenlee censured Schricker and former V S. Hen. Samuel D Jackson of Fort Wayne for their campaign tactic* in 1944. when Rchrickdr was running for a senil> 'seat and Ja< kson for governor. "We had candidate* who declined to run a* Democrat*” Greenlee said, "but preferred to call themselves straight thinking American* . . . they refused . . . to mention the name of Franklin D. ‘Rooseve't. then president of the Vnlted Slate* They thought they were bigger men than Jes ferson. Jackson. Woodrow Wilson and Franklin D. Roosevelt.” Gro’-nlee uaid that, "a* a result of their egotism." he "inherited" a "loosely knit organisation" when he became state chairman In 1944. "That wa* a direct result of the '■traisht-thinklna' of a group of Democratic party wrecker*." he added Since then he said, he had rebuilt the party. "The party wrecker* of 1944. well aware of our success in rebuilding Indiana democracy were readv to take over again." he said Greenlee said he “could have I remained as state chairman If he had resorted to underhand tactic*." “Rut the best interests of the ' narty are not served by low b'ows." he added He charged that Schricker met with th* ''antl-Oreenlevg' force* the nisht before Greenlee lost hl* fight for re-election, and that the former governor telephoned a district vice-chairman in her hotel room at 1:30 a. m. "in an attempt to persuade her to vote against me " Schricker, subject of a "draft (Tur* Tn p»g» First

11-Cent Wage Hike Given, Cost-Of-Living Formula Establishes Precedent

I Governor Endorses Fund Distribution Favors Cigaret Tax Fund To Aid Roads r Indianapolis. May 25 (UP) Governor Gates today endorsed a ss.ooo.o<Mt distribution of state cigaret tax collections for street and road improvement program* on a county and city level Gates said he also hoped the 1 state would be able to offer fur- | ther help to the Hoosier school : system from the cigaret tax fund. ■ possibly by next fall The governor said he would ask i the state budget committee to apr prove his highway improvement i program distribution at a meeting ■ tomorrow. He suggested that $4,000,000 be given the counties and $1,000,000 • to the cities, the amount per counI ty and city to be figured on the • same basis now used for distribute I Ing other road funds. At present, : counties are paid on the basis of - county road miles they maintain, and cities get their share on a population basis. Gates said that local government officials had been "receiving much criticism because the bad state of repair of the roads and streets in their Jurisdictions" "The criticism is unfair." he said, "because under existing laws they cannot make local tax levies repairs They are limited to the money they receive from the state in gasoline tax and auto - license fees." The governor said the payments • had not increased proportionately I with the post war spiraling of ma - terials. const ruction costs and i wages for road upkeep. He believed the $5,000,000 allotment would ’ "take considerable pressure off i these local officials and make it ■ possible for them to make much ' needed repairs.” The $5,000,000 distribution would represent nearly 30 percent of the ’ total distribution made In 1947 to cities and counties from the 1 (Turn To Pane Two! a 1 Political Trickery Revealed By Burch I Says Jenner 'Deal' Known To Governor Hammond. Ind.. May 25- <UP I , State auditor Alvan V Burch charged today that a Jenner-for- ( governor "deal" was made even bes tore Sen William E. Jenner was I elected to sc-rve in the senate Burch said that Robert W. , Lyons, Washington. D. C.. attorney. told him of the political agreement on Jan 27. 1948 "He said there had been an agreement made that Jenner was to be the candidate for governor of Indiana." Burch said , Bur<h. one of four candidates j for the GOP nomination, said that , Lyons also told him "the die was cast and things were arranged" Lyons, ftequently accused of being a power behind the scenes in Hoosier politics, visited Burch in . his office In the statehouse. Burch , saM in a speech liefore the Ham rnond press club today, > Burch said he «|Aed who else , knew of "this dent." He said . Lyons told him that Governor Gates and state Republican chair , man Clark Springer were among r those aware of the agreement ”1 particularly asked if this deal I was known hy Sen Homer E. Cape i hart." Burch said "Mr Lyons reI plied yes " , "That to me is why Sen Capei hart endorsed Sen Jenner's candi I dacy for the governor nomination.' I said Burch 1 Burch also charged that Lvons told him that "Tom Dewey wintad '• Jcrser to run for governor of In (Turn T« Page nis»

Truman, GOP Solons Locked Over Measures j .11 ■ — Minimum Wage And Education Measure Passage Are Urged .1...:... Washington. May 25 —(UPI 1 GOP congressmen and President Truman today were locked in an end-of-tlie-session tug-of-war on social security, foreign trade, minimum wage, and aid to schools legis I latlon. There was no indication that more than one or two .if these mea ( sum would get final action before , the house and senate quit work before the political conventiuu* , starting next month. But many worus are lieing and will lie spilled over them. The pres-1 I ident got in his latest licks today ] Os Democratic congressional lead i ers Summoned to a white bouse- con ference he asked strong efforts to get education and minimum wage , measures passed liefore adjourn- . ment. He wants the minimum wage Increased from 4<> to 75 cents an hour.! And he wants the- house to act on ' the federal aid to education bill ' approved by the senate. He will not. however, send a special message to congress on the 1 wage bill as he did yesterday on a ' program for expanding the social security program. * The administration also has ask- ' ed congress to extend the recipro- ’ cal trade act for three years with- * out change. This Is the law which ' governs I'. S. trade- relations with 1 other nations. Il permits the press ident to cut tariffs if other coun--1 tries do likewise. 1 Other developments: ERP Marshall plan admlnlsI trator Paul G Hoffman promised ‘ to find out for congress whether ' American aid is enabling Britain t to subsidize Arab armies fighting against the Jews in Palestine. He was asked about it at a senate appropriations committee hearing He said he would Investigate and report hack TVA Sen. Kenneth Me Kellar D . Tenn, urged a senate appropriations subcommittee to okay sl.OOO.MO to start work on a steam power plant at Johnsonville. Tenn., to supplement power prcaluc tion of the Tennessee Valley authority. School lunches — The senate Tot- • Turn To Psge Two! , -•— Amos A. Dailey Dies After Heart Attack , Funeral Services Will Be Wednesday Amos O. Dailey. 71. retired far--1 mer livinf near the Van Wert--1 Mercer county line in Ohio, died 1 Bunday night following a heart at tack A native of Mercer county, he 1 was born Feb 21. 1877. near Chat 1 tanooga. a son erf George and 1 Sophia Dailey He spent moat of his life near Rockford. Surviving are his wife. Barbara: * six sons, lacmoyle and Ralph * Dailey. l>oth of Decatur, Frank of r Cleveland. Chartea of Van Wert. ' Pvt Eugene Dailey, with the U. S [ army in Japan, and Tom. at home: and five daughters. Mrs Leia Wag 1 goner and Mrs Lnlu Springer, both of Celina. 0., Mrs Mary Tindall of Fort Wayne. Mrs Ronna Dlttcis of Kenton. 0.. and Mias ' Donna Dailey, at home Funeral servicaa will he held at 2 3« p m Wednesday at the Ridge Evangelical United Brethren * church near Rockford, with the * Rev E E Bragg, of this elty. at- * Delating Burial will ba In Rtvar ' sida cemetery near Rnekford

Price Four Cents

Big Industry Line Against Third Round Os Wage Increases Is Broken By Pact Detroit. May 25—(UPl- General Mo’ors corporation broke big industry's line against a third round of wage increase for labor today with an 11-cent hike to its 225.000 auto workers under a pre-cedent-setting coat-oMlving form ula. GM and officials of the CIO United Auto Workers reached an agreement at dawn after some 20 hours of bargaining. The company Immediately offered a slmli lar plan to its 40.000 CIO United Electrical Workers and set a meeting for 3 p m. today The agreement, described by iGM vice president Harry W An I demon as an “entirely new approach to the living cost prob lem." averted a strike by GM'r, production workers set for Friday. i It also is expected to set a pattern for settlement of the strike lof 73.000 Chrysler corporation workers and for wage pacts in - other industries Under the pact. GM production workers get an elght-eent hourly cost of living increase and a threecent hike based on annual industrial efficiency improvement. Terms of the agreement, subi je< t to ratification by union mem- , tiers provide that wages be adjusted up or down each three months to conform with fluctuations In the consumer price Index of the federal bureau of labor statistics I However, the company and un- • ion agreed that only five of the eight cents in the cost-of-living i raise will be lost by reductions If the consumer price Index goes down sharply. John W. Livingston. UAW vice president, and T A. Johnstone, assistant director of the union's GM department, said the agree ment means a $55,000,000 annual raise to company employes Thev estimated it would add $220,000,000 a year to auto workers' payro'is if it were extended to other companies in Die Industry. Anderson said that the agreement not only was important to the company and Its workers, "but through example." was sig niflcant to other industries anti lalxir groups: In fact, on the economics of the whole nation. Main provisions of the cost-of-living wage formula included: 1 An eight-rent hourly raise now. based on a rise In the consumer price index for 100.2 in 1940 to 189 3 for April. 1948. 2. A three-cent raise now and another on May 29. 1949, as an annual improvement factor to Increase the standard of living. 3. Quarterly adjustments in the cost of living factor, up or down, with one-rent per hour added or subtracted for each rise or drop of 1.14 points In the consumer price index. The drop is limited to five cents. 4. Wages under the formula and contract provisions cannot be changed until May 29. 1950. a two ye ar period There is no (Turn To Page Meven! O . Warns Hoosiers Os Cool Weather Over Memorial Holiday Indianapolis. May 25 — H'P) — The weather bureau today warned Hoosiers planning weekend excursions over the three-day Memorial Day holiday to take along their woolen coats and sweater* Weather forecasters Mid that Hoosierdom was in for some cool weather Saturday and Sunday Temperatures will range two degrees below normal over the state, they said Showers were nredlcted for most section* on Friday The wsatherm»n said the weather would bo rather warm tomorrow and Thar»dav bat wroulrf tnra "■ mtto rooter Friday" *nd remain cool for the next two day.