Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 46, Number 131, Decatur, Adams County, 3 June 1948 — Page 1

[iy|. No. 131.

lOUSE VOTES NEAR FOUR BILLION TO NAVY

million jVoted In Ln Funds Committee Khes Fund For Egn Spending EF ‘ . ( ,ri.«'i"t:- . i.rillilit M ’ ■EfHtn upending K,... .-.Ji it wanted to ■gVwxn aid n the 12 t.rV \pr.l 30. H* (l an.i''ee ■<•"•«• o” 1 ' t*«. K lt ,l r i!-«i 1' ''O’ ll ' l ! ' aV ‘‘ T. instead of 12 s ., >• ''' flttart'•• sevin HpU in im'.mv 'he key |>ro i nuriimi by of western •'** ■ ■■■••• d 124'. 1'"" Hu-.recovery K; r_. • Utttf ( 4.0'10 KhrEßl* U' it turned the ■ inene pro ■. | ( eliminated al I ! h Ihe itlillls K., 1,.;.an. red'll K<' .nd from $27.1.Th" ■•■lia'i. opened de i i,| tn draft men IM ■ n order to build up Irf. ‘I !.’(••0.0(10 ■o- »niild I'.' inir Ifil.ooO !" eh. 'I 10l one year K • i- ain exemption K, :-r iheii ■ are older ■l tor the tttff ■(.- • liVU-SS to Ollt■h** .ottlpel their adopHa' ■ *,.J* -o k.-- iii vital in Hk ! indu-' v w ide roller ■nun tut. ■hr- I'ri-iden'H of three ■t limns urged Robert A Hi jnd other senators to Ba - • a.-- oh d w age <ll* fttd»|iute Ir the otle that II •tittiea; seizure of the 18s Th.- hiius.- foreign at fie approved a bill to K ■•■■" in i \f, to the I'nited li ‘ i h>• id'tuarteiH build Rn York h - The < ivil aervit >• Bkoluytd a bill to permit B*l .ern.es the state de ■' »nd the atomic energy IM to (ire disloyal or in * civilian employes. dt»" '.ill *a- the second of Seu.res un which senate >■ "tier- i.aused action I ’ tieduled June lit ad ,sh ' tan passed last night r “ «•♦ hill t<> admit 200.000 R Xie ed persons to this r w« the next two yeai s F*“* M to 11 With nearly R coming from F-'*tno. ra'ie senators f kll on -he senate s prior • hieotie'i extend the reel- • Mreenieui ait. It al !** Wen approved by the ’* e «» is liefore the sen ■** (otnmitlee. ~~ o- « is Appointed Official — 1 I II — _' W "“ I Sian today receiv h * h “ ,! '**» “P---■Hrtor of one of the votu** "* t * used at the Re l» luu* 1 " nr ‘‘ n, i°n next . ■ uupolis Mayor Doan * AnMiction over machine ( • ‘"wdmx to the letter Republican ** «»ber 4 wi)| tabulate coanties of the fourth <‘Mrict. but the J* * •« W been design »‘>l Ko to IndWit Wednesday to re“’•‘ration, Totl «t Monday Jsutkt * l * r< '° n of of ncer» 01 f olombue will K*’ evening at t:M I ■" •inliers are urged to hr * Ut «IR Ipt 21 warm

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Resigns fcw HrXH Rev. Carey R Moser Rev. Carey R. Moser Resigns Pastorate Pastor Os Baptist Church Quits Post The Rev Carey It Moser, pastor. of the First Baptist church in !••• . catur for more than eight years | tendered his reilynatioti to that congregation Wednesday night and ■ the resignation was ac< opted < f fective either August I or Sep teinber 1 1 The date of Rev Moser's <|e 1 parture was not definitely an 1 nounced and will depend on when 1 he completes his own plans Rev ' Moser has ot vet announced Ids future plans For several years. Rev Moser haa played a prominent role in the activities of the Adams county 1 ministerial association and is its ' present president He also is a past president of the Decatur min ' isterial assisiation He also has long beep active in civic affairs ' It was stated by church members of that denomination today ' that selection of a new minister for the local congregation is by call of the congregation The board of deacons serves as a P'.' pit committee _ o— I Attend District Rotary Assembly C. I. Finlayson, presidentelect of the Decatur Rotary < üb: Lowell Harper. Clarence Ziner and Dr and Mrs Fred Patterson attended the annual Rotary assembly of the ’ 15Hh district at North Mam hestet ■ t Wednesday More than 12.1 Rotar i tans from this district attended the • conclave Mr Finlayson. Mr. Harper and Mr Ziner flew from Decatur to ' North Manchester and Dr ami Mrs i Patterson motored to Ylie • <>nclave The affair is held annually for new officers and major committee chairi men. Brownie-Girl Seoul Camp Opens Monday Fourth Annual Day Camps Are Planned The fourth annual llrownietlirl ftcout day will open Monday at Hanna Nuttman park Mrs R <• Hersh, camp director announced today The Brownie camp will nm from 1 June 7 to 12 This camn is tor girls ' who will enter 'he second grade fall up to those In the fifth ' ‘grade , __ The second week, from June II ' to 1». will l>e Girl Scout week Any 1 girl not a Brownie or Girl Scout is ’ eligible to attend, tn addition to the ' members of the troops Age limits ' are 7 to 15. or those entering thsecond grade next fall The registration fee is .10 cents, which includes milk and transpor tatlon Hac h girl is to bring a nose bag lunch the firs' day "f the camp The City bus lines will I* used to transport the girls to and f " " , camp The bus will start at Sam tary Market on Mercer avenue at »:» am and make the following . stops: Presbyterian chur.h regul- ’ ar bus stop m front of . ourtbouae. Methodist church. Gay s filling a • tion and the I- G A g oewv The camp will 'ae operated byjhe (Turn To Pa<» Three*

New Floods In Upper Wafers Os Columbia Poses New Threat Os Destruction in Pacific Northwest Portland. Ore June 3 (CPj ; \ new flood <■!<■■' boiled through ' 'lie iipbet valley of the Columbia j river todav. threatening to add I mor- dent i and destruction to the | Pacific northwest's greatest flood | disaster. The new threa- came as weary volunteers and troops fought to save dikes which were holding back 'be old crest as it swept ponderously toward ths Paciff <> ean be- ' tween Portland and Astoria. Residents in the area around Portland, much ot which is still under water, were warned to brace themselves for the swell bearing down on them today. The new flood raced down the upper t'oinmbia and its ptineipai tributary the Snake, when hot sun melted a deep snow pack in the i mountains of British Columbia, j Idaho and Washington Elmer Fishers. C S. weather bur- ! can forecaster, said the Columbia I was rising from Coulee Dam to the mouth of the Snake The lower Snake, after a brief fall, surged upward again It will continue to rise for at least two or three days. Fisher said This meant that the Colubia. after receding slightly from its Wednesday morning peak in the Portland area, will start climbing again to a danger level next Saturdm The Columbia will drop from its crest of 2S.fi feet to W.i feat on Saturday, then move up again to 2* 7 on Sunday. Beyond that, official forecasters were not prepared to predict. "We have made no forecasts beyond Sunday.” said Fisher, •'but the Columbia at Portland may come up substantially. I would not say that the river will not get back : up to the . rest it leached Tuesday. If it does. Portland and Vancouver. Wash, should look out." The Columbia and other rivets I and streams Ihroughou* the Pacific northwest inflicted record-breaking devastation in which 100.000 persons were forced from their homes. 30 were killed, and lIIWI.OOfi.bOO .Turn To Page Six! — o —- Print Program For Decatur Street Fair Fair On Streets Os Decatur July 26-31 All material for the publication or the 4-H directory and program for the Decatur free street fair and agricultural show, to lie held in l»e catur July 2S •<> JI. inclusive, is in the hands of the printer. R W Prtl den. secretary of the fair group, said today. The ptogram. which will be in the mail alsun the second week in July, will contain information concerning the fair: the program, a roster of 4 II clubs participating, and a short description of the various acts which will be given during the week. Mr. Pruden stated All preliminary plans for the big event are completed and locations for the various exhibits and displays have (a-en made. Application also has lieeti made to the state highway commission for |>ermi»sion to block two state toads through Decatur that week The midway, with dozens of rides and shows, will be set up along Second Mree» from Jefferson to Jackson streets Madison. Monroe. Court and Third streets also will be used !>e<-ause of the large number of ex hiMtors and concewatonnaires who will be here A general meeting of committees will I* held soon and the deadline for applications for "P“‘ e ,or hihits and displays will he announc ed in a few days C i Finlayson, chairman of the hook publhation committee, said that this years publi<ation would be mailed to all 4-H club membera in the county as well «» to rwl « of ot»rs interested in the fair The printing .on'raet was . t warded to the WPnesa Publishing Co of Berne

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Decatur, Indiana, Thursday, June 3, 1948

Prince To .Appear With Truman A AA- 'EHh 1 i:«s ■ iii PRINCE BERTH. OF SWEDEN, son of Crown Prine Gustaf Adolph, is greeted in New York by Police Commissioner Arthur W Wallender. left foreground. At the right Is Consul General Lennart Nylander of New York In the rear are Dr Gunnar Granberg. Gunnar Hirdman. Dr Nanna Hvariz, Bertll Kugiberg. Einar Hjorgren ami Per Sandberg, who arrived from Sweden with the prln< e. B>-rtil wi'l share the platform with President Truman at the opening of the Swedish Pioneer Centennial in Chicago. June I <lnternational)

Check Received For Road Improvements State Distribution Received By County County auditor Thurman I Drew today received a check for $3!>.644 - ( 'SO from the auditor of state as, Adams county's share of the $4.000.- 1 000 cigarette tax distribution to be) used on the county highways. II Vernon Aurand. city clerktreasurer. had not yet received the] city's check for its share of a SLOOO.ooo tax melon from the same source. The motley must be used "forthe 1 put pose of construction, reconstruction. maintenance or repair of county highways or bridges.'' according to the instructions sent with the chc: a. Before the county highway department cun use the funds, it will b? necessary to call the members of the county council in special session. Mr Drew said. Since the appropriation is for more than $15,000. a two-day session will be necessary, it was explained. and the per diem of members figures s2*o. Recently, the state budget committee and Governor Gates allocated $5,000,000 of the cigarette tax for road and street repairs o President Truman Opens Tour Tonight i • First Major Speech In Chicago Friday Washington, June 3 tl'Pi President Truman puts the show on the road tonight At 10:05 pm ICDTt his big rail road White House will chug out of I nion station here for Chicago. Omaha and a lot of points west, on a two week "non-political" but pre-convention swing that will cover more than O.otiO miles and touch I* states Mr Truman will deliver the first of five major speeches tomor row night in the Chicago Stadium The subject: assistance for the dis placed persons of Europe Then will follow big speeches in Omaha. Beattie. Berkeley. Cal., and los Angeles, with more than a store of platform appearances in be tween the big stops At some places, the president may find himself "picketed" bv members of the three railroad unions whose wage dispute led to government seiiure of the rail system Some union members were reported determined to protest the government action wherever the rolling White House stops Mr Truman will deviate from his announced itinerary to make a special side tour of the flood-strlck er part of the Pacific northwest As he goes from Seattle to Portland He baa designated the flood country as a disaster area and (Turn To Page

Checks Operation Os Police Radio System James Hull, chief operator of radio equipment at the Ligonier state police post, who installed the police radio equipment in Decatur and Adams county, was in the city today for a final check on the opI eration of the local station. Mr Hull said that, with a fewminor changes, th-- local equipment was operating in a satisfactory I manner It may be necessary to | change the antenna heated on the courthouse roof, and this will be deI termined in tests this afternoon. p Bible School Closes I Here Friday Evening —.— Exercises Planned For Closing Night The Decatur daily vacation Bible school, conducted for the past two weeks at the Linco'n school under sponsorship of the Decatur ministerial association, will hold its closing exercises Fri dav evening at 7:30 o'clock at the Lincoln school auditorium The Bible school, which this year has been one of the finest in the school's history, has had an average dally attendance of 345 students. ami more than 50 teachers and workers throughout the 'wo weeks. One of the outstanding features of the closing program tomorrow night will be the special lighting effect of the cross, presented by the Rev E. E. Isenhower. pastor of the First Christian church of this citv The cross will first be in black light, i hanging to grass green, then to blood red. and bat k to green. This lighting effect, which has been presented at the Christian chun it several times, has attracted wide attention throughout this area ami will be the closing feature of the Bible school program. Mrs. Russell Owens, dean of th* school, in announcing the closing program also stated that an exhibit of the work done by the students will be on display in the downstairs hallway of the school, and may be examined before and after the program Picnics for the various departments of the school are being held this week as one of the closing features The picnic for the inter mediates was held at Worthman Held Wednesday The nursery, primary and junior department picnics were held todav. and the kin dergarten picnic will be held Friday The school auditorium will Im* decorated Friday night with flow ers from various organtcations in the city. The program for the school closing is as follows; Songs by the school — led by Mrs 11. W Thompson with Mrs F H Willard as pianist Invocation—th* Rev II J Weil> Nursery Dept. Mrs William Dellinger super (Turn To Page Sim

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Catholic Graduate Exercises Friday Rev. Joseph Kenkel Graduate Speaker i Musiy for the Decatur Catholl' I hifh school graduation exercise-, Friday evening, will be furnishedby the school's band, under the dire, tion of E. 11. Stodden. bandmaster of Fort Wayne, who recent ly took over direction of the loial organization. The Rev Father Joseph Kenkel, C. PP. S . head of the social science department at St. Joseph's col lege. Rensselaer, will deliver the address to the 27 high schisil grad nates. Diplomas, both to the high school graduates and those who have completed the eighth grade, will he awarded by the very Rev Msgr .1 J Seimetz. pastor Two seniors will be given awards for highest class averages, their names not being announced until conferring of the awards. Scholarships to the Catholic high school will be awarded two eighth grade pupils The musical numbers to be given by the band, follow ' Rocket March Max Thomas The Traveler Overture F Butchell Now Is the Hour Maewa Kathan. Pomp and Chivalry Processional ami Recessional. The four students who went to Detroit will sing "Ay Waukin O.'j "Out of the Silence." and ''The Lost Chord." "Out in the Sunshine" and “O Sa< red Heart I Pray" will be sung by the eighth grade. o Plan Campaign For Scholarship Fund Give Scholarships To Local Graduates Plans to solicit funds for the Lincoln Parent Teachers memorial scholarship foundation were completed ala meeting of the directors of that organization Wednesday night at the < ity liaii Letters to all social, civic and fraternal organizations ot Decatur will be mailed in the next In days, asking the various organizations for permission for foundation representatives to appear before the groups and explain the scholarship plans. Roliert Ashbaitcher. president, and Mrs David Downs, secretary of Hie foundation, will have charge of sending the letters Several methods of contributing have been devised by Hie leiard and these various plans will lie explained to all organizations, with a view to soliciting funds. Ail citizens of Decatur also will be given an opportunity -o contribute to the schtdarship fund. The Decatur Junior Chaml»er of Com merer will conduct a drive for smaller contributions during the week of the Decatur street fair. July 21 to 31. from their l<ooth on the midway. Contributions will be received at that time for any a mount from 2-1 cents up The final drive, in whh h all dti zens may par'i< ipate. then will lie held in September, just prior to the opening of school, the ls>ard de< id >-d It is the present plan to establish several scidarsliip funds, some on a gift and some <>n .» loan basis Any person or organization de*ir ing to contribute a complete unit, either as a gift ot loan, will give J254' a year for four years Each award, will be made as a 51.<m0 unit, in four annual paymeata of 22.10 each, to a worthy student Examiners Named Four persons have been named a» a board of examiners and this group will have (barge of giving the various tests for the scholarships They are Ed Jaherg countv (Turn To Pxge Four)

Battles Rage In Palestine, Truce Sought Conferences Held With Arab Leaders To Arrange Truce ii Tel Aviv. June 3 — (CP Fighting raged in Palestine today 1 while Count Folk? Bernadotte of 1 Sweden plunged into a new series of conferences with top Arab leaders' to set the hour and date for a four we,-ks truce in the Arab-Jew-ish war Bernadotte announced he plan nd a meeting at noon with Egyp tian Premier Mahmoud Fahmy Nokrashy Pasha in Cairo ami then would leave by air for meetings with other Arab and Jewish lead ers in Amman. Tel Aviv and Beir ut I have always been hopeful th« special I'nited Nations media tor for Palestine said when asked about the prospects for a success fill response to the security council's appeal for a truce Bernadotte Is expected to spend three days or more arranging for both sides to agree on a definite 1 ceasefire hour The date will be set far enough in advance for both side, to advise all isolated outposts Thus the ceasefire order may not be effective for a week or I more During his conferences Berna dotte also will arrange for an in termitiona' team of neutral observ ers to enter Die Holy Land ami j supervise (he truce when ami if the .late ami hour are agreed up on Britisli military circles said it was understood that some 21 I' S army air f<»r< e officers were stand ing by ready to leave for Palestine 'o ioin the observer team-.. While Bernadotte pressed ahead with his energetic program to u chieve a truce. Israeli front dispatches said Jewish forces have launched a major atta< k against 'he Arab strongholds of Jenin ami Tulkarm in Central Palestine One Jewish force striking out of •he Jezn-el Valiev across the n'ains of Armageddon southeast of Haifa has driven within a mile of Jenin, these dispatches said Jenin is the northern anchor ot | the Arab "triangle" recently <a i , iT irn T - r 'a«- Five* 0 - Board Os Review To Meet Here Monday Onen Annual Session On Tax Assessments The Adams county board of review will meet Monday at H) o'clo* k in the office of the county auditor at the court house, it wa* announced today The Iwiard is 1 composed of’ Albert Harlow, countv assessor chairman: Thurman !»rew. county auditor, secretary; Norval Fuhr man. county treasurer. Miss Matil da Sellemeyer and Mrs Harold Owens, the latter two named hy Judge Earl Adams The board will make plans Mon day for the hearing of all ohjec tors and remonst tutors to various real estate and personal prev perfy assesments It is usually the custom for the hoard to set‘aside davs for residents of each town ship and corporation to be heard Vnder the statute* of the state, the l*oard will meet "from day to day after the first Monda* in June for a period not to exceed 30 davs. until al! business is disposed 1 of ” A schedule of dates oa which objections fr«Wn various townships and corporations will be hoard will be announced later

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Action Taken After Rep Thomas Tells House Russia Now Has 50 Submarines Washington. Jin- 3 'l’P' Th- li'iu-e today passed and —nt to th- —nat- a |3.'1m;.733 1.1" bill to maintain the world's biggest navy in th- fiscal year starting July 1. Passage was by voic •• vote This a. tion came after th- house heard from Rep Albert Thomas. D Tex. that Soviet Russia now has 2.1" submarines, including 5" us the long-range, deep-sea typedeveloped by Germany at the end of the recent war Thomas is a member of the house naval appropriations SUbc ominltfee The amount approved was $241 tm.1,4,10 below the loidget requests Funds for aircraft were not included. congress having provided for plane construction in a meas ure approved a month ago In eluded was money to start construction "f a tU.mm-ton super carrier Thomas told the house the tiermans began the last war with 5" submarines and "almost won it" with them ' Whereas we have three of four of the deepsea H.iinorkel type submarines ' he .aid ' Russia ha 50 of them ' A Schnorkel is actually a breather tube, which enables :i submarine to remain at great depths for long periods of time without coming to the surface to reiharge batteries Thomas said most of the cards where the Germans w<-r« prodm ing the Schnorkel type subs when th- war ended are located in Rus sjan -oc« upie<| zones. - 0 Hensley Funeral Is Held Here Wednesday Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon for Mrs D M i Hensley, who died last Sundae night Dr Gerald H Jones, pastor of the First Methodis' church in Decatur. < (inducted the services, held at the Charles I- (linger home on Madison street Burial was in the Decatur < emetery Pall Bearers were Atthut Voglewede. J Ward t'alland, Richard <’ Ehinger, Di. k Heller of Decatur. Carlisle Flanders, of Fort Wayne, am! Doti Hunsn ker. of Bronson. Mi. h I) Former Decatur Man Sells Newspaper E William Kampe. publisher of the Visalia I'imes Delta at Visalia. Cal. has sold his newspaper. Including the publishing building to Merritt C Speidej and associates of I'alo \lto Cal Robert M SpeldeL a wifi of the hew owuei. will lie publisher of the daih tiew*pa|>er. which is the old eat publication in the San Joaquin Valley Mr Kam(ie is a former De.atur ■ esident and for several years was associated with the owners of the lle.atur Daily l*eni<wrat as advei using manager tor this newspaper. ; l - / City's Municipal Shimming Pool To Be Opened Sunday Get ready, kids' City employes started running water into the muni< ipal swimming |mmi| this morning, and if weather londition* are favorable the pool a ill lie opened to the public Sun day. Mayor John Doan announced Harry Dailey. De.atur high ». huo' trai k coach and chemistry instructor. again will xiijiervise the pool He will lie aaalMad by Mrs Dailey, who has had supervision over the girls for the laxt several years. The s< hetfule of hours f<»r the ;hm>l will Im* announced later. Mayor I Mian stated, but the po<d will be ready by Sundav provide* thweather remains favorable Rules, the same a» last year, will be posted at the pool and it will be supervised at al! tea* durin. ' which swimming is permitted