Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 46, Number 133, Decatur, Adams County, 5 June 1948 — Page 1

VI. No. 133.

OUSE SLASHES FOREIGN SPENDING FUND

klicHigh Laie Rites hid Here Liol Exercises Ejlflst Night In Egol Auditorium I-edition or religion. L a gd work. equals Joseph K* nkel, C. ILgd of the social science L. of s* Joseph's c °r E;.*.. 27 graduates of the ffttholic high achool at annual commencetrri*»* EfKetikel »aid that he »e- --| s ,, theme by combining Lm of St Joseph's college urbooitt graduating l!s the first. the motto is. L and Knowledge." The E.. r toH had for Its motKjgtr and work equal sueI jijinma* were distributed L Very Rev -Msgr. J. J. L Made was furntahed by Ibrtoii.- high school band Lb direction of E. H. fttodKfor Wayne director of Lc. band Lgi- were also awarded to th trade graduates and Eirholarship awards conla the graduates Clarice Liar Leonard Lengerich. Lt Laurent and William last thre songs. ■r Kenkel outlined his Li an interesting manner kant of the mind and Is not enough Material bet not to be discouraged. MH with the spiritual- B*. |M knowledge are Inseparrltere is no conflict beItbun tor God ta the author t* he explained. (Star hi* remarks, he ad- & graduates to always as and higher knowledge <n remain students the I fwr Ilves,” he said. Mm belongs In the maria. factory and home It Pto the ruler as well aw to ■ami man." he emphasized kskdge and work sancti I religion fortifies one for ■tb of life Work is nothk should strive to avoid. 1 Mimed by an objective hi. leads to success," the laid r Isimetg announced the scholarship awards: school graduates: highest * Clarice Rumschlag. bt of Mr and Mrs. Louis *5 2 percent; John w® of Mr and Mrs. Leo percent. ■Wta&n of outstanding I the field of Catholic jour- * Maxine Keller. Clarice * whool scholarships to II hmsch'ag and Catherine 1 •warded by Holy Name so- ** Delta Theta Tao soror- ?**’ Legion medals to out**boy and Mjr | of the Mn Leonard Lengerich and ■ wsschlag ** Ja, “tg extended con **• to the graduates and ! 'l** *o«t year's exery.** ••"’• private, since C”* wnditorium would Trustees Session “•“‘y board of edu lh * >* township k _ T® 1 ” Hann, superin *** fl 0 1» held Its regular Ito.” 1 ™orn!ni( at the office In the court *** ,tlll ln F ' hi * mornin « ■«“* It a . ’ M ‘Man routine _ of There 0 *ho aph .?* '*• r * wk «. but their iMrnod to u ***Mr IsT*** !| ’“‘uwm today Ito* 4 wiM ’ eccasiowal •XZ*” ,M ►••XT."!.’’* 1 »«"• w>-,_ ***** W,M * •eetter*Uu “*"• *’'• Oh, °

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Swimming Pool To Open Here Sunday Weather permitting, the Decatur municipal swimming pool will be opened for the firs’ time Sun day afternoon, between 2 and 5 o'clocl. it war. announced this morning by Mayor John M Doan and Harry Dailey, pool supervisor A complete at hedule of hours and regulations governing the poll will be announced early this week, the officials stated. oTruman Takes Non-Polilical Tag From Trip Mokes Second Major Address Os Western Tour This Evening Omaha. Neb. Juno 5 (I’P)— President Truman arrived in the heart of the nation's grain belt today for the second major address of his western tour, after ripping the "non-political" tag from his trip by a direct appeal to voters for support He arrived at union station here at R:ll am CDT. four minutes ahead of schedule, after an over night trip from Chicago The President smiled and waved his hat to a crowd which jammed into Pinion station to greet him After shaking hands with several members of a reception committee he entered an automobile for a over a nation wide hookup The President will spend most of the day at the 22nd annual re union of the Ssth division, the out " ?!t with which he served as a Captain. in World War I He will march In I IH mile long parade, step out of line and review the parade, dedicate a memorial park to the dead of World War 11. visit Boys Town, and deliver a major speech at 10 pm CI>T at the Ak-Sar-Ben coliseum tonight The speech will be broadcast over a nationwide hooup. Mr. Truman was greeted at ths station by Maj Gen. Ralph E Truman Kansas City, former presi dent of the 35th division organ! zation. General Truman is ths nresident's cousin He was greeted also by bis sister. Mips Mary Jane Truman, and Ed McKim. Omaha, former White House as tatant. The 16-car special train halted briefly at Council Bluff*, la. be fore crossing the Missouri river into Omaha There were only a few persons at the station Mr Truman chatted briefly with reporters while waiting for the train to be switched onto the track into Omaha. Mr Truman made the first ma jor address of his trip last night ( at Chicago There he spoke to IR.oOff persons who jammed the Chicago stadium to hear hi* appeal for (Turn To Page Si” , o Drought Is Broken By Showers Today > Three-Week Drought Broken Here Today Shower* early thi* morning broke a three-week drought ta Adams county and the • turn tumbled into the Ws. T > forecast was for cloudy, cool and • probably more showers. r The rain, first since May H b was not near enough to penetrate I the ground, according to farmers but hopes were high for additional I showers as the sun remained be I hind a thick covering of clouds. i The early morning shower* and B the accompanvmg cool weathei ■ brightened yard* and flowers tn r Decatur and aided the pan tv garden*, where growing had almost at a standstill the lasi Farmer* were concerned all this week about the hot dry weathei •nd manv bad withheld ptanttai of soybeans beesugg of the drynes of the ground It will «* slderwbl. more rata over the week •nd t® make the ground fit Joi planting, according to many •• r mere of this locality

Truman In Chicago On 20-State Tour 3 • ?V‘'’-■/*_, KR* F ■ t I 1 JI ST ON HIS FIRST “SELLING" tour of the current political campaign. President Truman ta met in Chin (ago by Mayor Martin H. Kennedy (center) as he leaves the Presidential train at the Union Station. Sen Scott Lucas of Illinois accompanied Mr. Truman and Mayor Kennedy as they rode to the presi dent’s hotel. Mr Truman participated in Chicago's Swedish Centennial celebration, addressing some 25.000 at lite Chicago Stadium during his stay. r , —

Charge Shenanigans As GOP Convention i Charges Hurled By Jenner And Burch Indianapolis. June 5 (VPl—- * Two of the four Republican candi- • dates for governor of Indiana were 1 on record today with charges that political shenanigans were being pulled or about to be pulled in h connection with the GOP state ! nominating convention next Friday State auditor A. V Burc h sound i ed what he said was a “warning of I possible trickery and manmade confusion" in the convention Burch spoke at Anderson. He said f certain Republicans were fooling with the rule book's regulations about the majority necessary to nominate candidates Sen William E Jenner openly accused governor Oates of spearheading a ’’stopJenner'” movement He said patronage and ’ statehouse facilities were being used "flagrantly" in a “desperate ’ effort to bludgeon delegates and prevent a free expression of their choice for governor" Jenner spoke at Bloomington r Burch said "certain forces” in the G<>P were preparing to launch . a stampede aimed at spreading confusion and uncertainty" among , delegates “particularly those vot n Ing by proxy” "Even at this very moment." Burch said, "certain groups of t men whose purpose is purely self ish and not in the basic interests of the Republican party, are formo ing plans which they hope will r throw the convention into a wild state of panic and disorder" Burch took the stand that the party's rule book called for a nomination by a vote of S»lf» of the j. 837 delegates But he said a movement was afoot to change the standing rule so that a majority of delegates on the floor at voting time would lie sufficient to nomi nate a c andidate. f -It i« the plan of enemy force* to snarl convention proceedings with red tape and points of order in an eWort to tire some delegates * and force them to retire from the ” floor." Burch said “When the I vital moment comes, the opposition e will use every trick In the hook II to steamroller their candidate through the convention " ' Jenner charged Gates with seek * ing frantically to solidify support * behind one of Jenner's rivals or ll a "dark horae." "Surly in the campaign he made a public declaration supporting one particular candidate." said Jen r ner “Today we hear nimnrs he " has transferred his political as '* fed ion to another, leaving his Brat n tore standing high on the moun “ tain rating alone at the valley be low** * Gate* openly barked Walter r llelmke. Fort Wayne, for the g governor nomination * Jenner said later rumora were ’’ that "another horse’ Is being ‘ groomed in tha political stables ,r ready to be pranced before the Trurn To Page ait)

Charge Shenanigans ** I At GOP Convention i Charges Hurled By Jenner And Burch Indianapolis. June 5 (UP)— ‘ Two of the four Republican candidate* for governor of Indiana were r . . .... .. .

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Decatur, Indiana Saturday, June 5, 1948

Ministers To Elect Officers On Monday The Deiatur ministerial associa- ' tlon will have election of officer* during it* regular meeting Monday morning at 10 o'clock at the Zion Evangelical and Reformed church. No License Plates, Young Driver Fined i Thomas Rogers. 20. of Cheater . lon wa* arrested Friday afternoon by officer Robert Hili and < harged with operating a motor vehicle . without license plates He pleaded guilty in the justice of peace court of Floyd Hunter and wa« fined fl and costs Young Rogers said that he had , just returned to his home from col- , lege in the east and decided to make a trip into Ohio to visit friends He went to the garage and drove off in the tar. not noticing that the license plates were missing A check by police at Chesterton : revealed that the plates had been purchased for the car and were at the home of the owner. Rogers made a visit to the Adams county license bureau and eecured the necessary permit to continue on lais trip.

Final Service To Be Held Sunday In St. Mary's Catholic Church

The final henediction to the congregation and the celebration of the last Sunday mass in St Mary's Catholic church, a 75-year land ' mark in the city, will take place Sunday (tomorrow), the Very Rev Msgr J. J. Selmetr. pastor, announced today. ' On Sunday. June 13. the masses ' will be celebrated in the improvis ‘ ed church in the auditorium of , Catholic high school building, directly north of the church on Fourth street. Three altars will be arranged onl i the stage of the former auditorium | s There will be the center altar and . two smaller altars, placed on a i slant at either side The tabernacle from the main • altar in the present churc h will i be moved to Its new location next •week and week-day masses will • be said at the side altars, pos slbly up to next Saturday. Msgr Selmets explained l The communion railing will run • across the front of the auditorium on the main floor. The priest, or ■ celebrant of the mass, will proreed - down the steps leading from the altar alcove, or sanctuary, to dis > tribute Holy Communion to those who approach the holy table The Last Weddings Today, the last two wedding ceremonies were held In old St Mary's church. At 9 o’clock, the ’ marriage of Miss Phvllis Rauch to ' Frank M. DeKoninck took place followed bv a 10 o’clock cere- ’ mony which united the Uvea of I Miss Rose Marie Kohne and John • R Eller Statues and' other sacred articles from the church ar* being moved

Hear President At Fort Wayne Friday Democrat Leaders At Meeting Friday Gerald Vizard. Democratic ( hair man of Adams county. Mr* Marion Smith. Geneva, vice-chairman, and Mr*. Charles Low. treasurer, motored to Fort Wayne Friday, where they attended the Truman ' reception and listened to the Presi--1 dent's rear-platform address shortl|ly after noon. i The three official* of the Adam* county organization then were guests at a reception and luncheon given for the various organization officer* of the counties in the fourth congressional district , at the Van Orman hotel. Ira Haymaker. Jr. Democratic state chairman, and former gover J nor M Clifford Townsend were among those who attended the reception. ! Several other Adam* county residents of both political parties I motored to Fort Wayne at noon i'to see President Truman and hear J hl* short talk Thousands of peo ■ pie from northeastern Indiana i crowded into all available space at the Pennsylvania station.

to the new location, which in all probability will serve the congregation as its house of worship for the next two years, or until the new edifice that will replace old St. Mary's is completed. The work of raxing the old church, which was completed in 1871, will liegin this summer. Msgr Seimets is receiving proposals from prospective contractors to do the demolishing work and a contract will be awarded in the near future. The auditorium-type c-hairs have j been fastened together in lines of six for participants at the weekday and Sunday masses Kneelers will not be installed The confessionals from the old church will be moved to the new location. An electrically operated organ, without pipes, will provide the music for the services. Pipes from the organ in the old church have already been stored and will be used in the new church. The auditorium has a small balcony. which will be used by the choir and school children Msgr Seimetx will announce the order nt services and necessary regulations in the use of the temporary church, at the Sunday masses Plans for the new English Gothic stone church are for a building that will seat 730 persons in add! tion to balcony for ion The church will be erected directly south of the present building facing Fourth street, and extending westward along Madison street The rectory will he erected tn connection with the church and will he located at the Madison and Fifth street «m---ner

Two Billion Cut Voted By House; Restoration By Senate Is Expected

New Flood Alarms J Sounded In Oregon ■ Find First Bodies From Vanport City Portland. Ore. June 5—(VP)— Officials broadcast new flood alarms along a 3<M»-mile stretch of the lower Columbia river today as the first two bodies were recov ered from the water that obliterated Vanjtort city la«t Sunday Engineers issued warnings from t'matilla. Ore. to the river I mouth at Astoria, that the new swell rolling down from the hfgh 1 land* would surge at least six i Inches over the previous crest. I Hundreds of additional army i troops were rushed into the Port land area to combat the latest 1 threat to dikes which have been ' weakened by two weeks of con- 1 stant pressure The two bodies recovered from 1 Vanport City were those of a i sma’.l brother and sister Their parents. Mr and Mrs Norman 1 Butcher, identified them as Mich ael. 2. and Sallv. 11 month* They were the only bodies recovered since the Columbia broke through the Vattport City dike and virtually swept the comßiunlty out of existance The army granted the Multnomah county coroner's office per mission to set up an emergency morgue at the Portland army air base refrigeration plant, for use In thef event numerous bodies are recovered from the Vanport i wreckage Discovery of the two children's bodies brought the known dead in the Vanport calamity to three. Mike Skaggs, power company employe, was swept away in his 1 truck in a 15 foot torrent of water when the Itenver Avenue broke Monday and sent a second wave over the town. < At least 35 persons have lost their lives throughout the Pacific ~ ’Turn T-. I’aae Sis) 0 Dr. George Myers Is Taken By Death L_— Retired Methodist Pastor Dies Friday Dr George Hunter Myers. 77. former Decatur resident and retired Methodist minister, died Friday afternoon at Grace hospital In I Fort Wayne following an illness of I several months. Since Iftdi Dr and Mrs. Myers had resided in I'nion , City and two years ago celebrated ' their s<»th wedding anniversary. Dr Myers was graduated from Decatur high school and DePaww university. He later was graduated from Syracuse university and Theological university of Boston He received an honorary doctor of divinity and doctor of philosophy degree at Syracuse in 192'f He served many Methodist churches in northeastern Indiana, including Gaston. Fortville, i'pland. Butler. Montpelier. Muncie, l-ogansport. Redkey and Goshen. He was instrumental in the construction of several new Methodist churches in several cities where he »as loiated and was regard ed as one of the outstanding members of hie profession for more than 4<> years Surviving are the widow. Lila two daughters. Mr* Donald Turn e*. I’nion City; Mr* Jesse Allen. Altoona. Fla : two grandson* two sister*. Mr* Robert Harding Fort Wayne: Mr* Emily Wilson. Cleveland Height*. O Funeral service* will be held ' Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the First Methodist church ta Veio.T City, with burial in the I'nion City cemetery. Dr Myers had a number of relatives and many frietids in Decatur, where he resided during hta young man hood.

Strategic Arab Town Taken By Jewish Forces Arab Sources Say Jewish Defenders In Jerusalem Quit Tel Aviv. June s—il'Pi5 —il'Pi Jewish commundos seized ancient Yibna. strategic Arab town on a height in the coastal plain 15 miles south of Tel Aviv. In a lightning assault before dawn today The Israeli swoop on Yibna. center of Jewish learning in olden time* checkmated an Arab theat to Tel Aviv from the south Egyptian forces edging up the coastal plain had threatened a march on the Israeli capital. At the same time the Arab* claimed they had forced the surrender of a Haganah holdout band under an !*-dav siege at the Hebrew university and Hadassah hospital atop Mount Scopus on the northern fringe of Jerusalem Arab sources in Amman report ed that the defenders of the isolated outposts on the approaches to Jerusalem had run up the white flag, and detail* M the sur render w< re being worked out Both side* were pressing their campaign* while the search for a workable truce formula went on Count Folke Berenadotte, I'nlted Nations mediator, said in Cairo that he had worked out an inter pretatlon of the security council true-- proposal But he added that he did not know yet whether it would lie acceptable to the Arabs and Jews Israeli forces striking at Yibna on the coastal railroad a few miles Inland below Tel Aviv, were folic.wing in the path of Vzzlah. L.ng of Judah, against the Philistines, and of Judah the Mac caliaen against the Syrians. Yibna was the last village remaining in Arab hands between Tel Aviv and Isdud. nine miles farther south Isdud now was the advance base of Egyptian troops In Palestine. Israeli artll lery and planes had been report ed shelling Isdud. raising the pos sibillty of a further southward thrust liv the Jews. The hospital and university (Turn T<> Pare Flv«> o — Man Is 'Problem Child' To Sheriff Home Is Sought For 72-Year-Old Man A 72-year old southern Adams county man has become a "problem child" of sheriff Herman Bowman. The man. who has lieen confined to the Adam* county jail for aluxit five week* on an insanity charge filed by a son inlaw. ha* been found sane by examining physician*. With nine children all living, none will agree to take care of the aged man. who. according to sheriff Bowman. I* normal and has been a model resident of the jail. It is understood that since the man ha* been found to Ire sane, he will Ire released the first of the week, an<l the sheriff ha* been making a frantic effort the last several davs to compel some of the man's children to agree to care for him He ha* less than |3oo of personal pnrprrty and is unable to work, but to date, not one of the children ha* volunteered to provide for the man. according to the sheriff Efforts to place him ta the *' J (Turn Ta Page Div)

Price Four Cents

House Votes Cut Os 26 Percent; Marshall To Make Appeal To Senate For Funds Washington. June 5 (I'P) lender* of both parties predicted today the senate will restore at least some of the |2.16(1.0W.0<H> which 'he house cut from the foreign spending program. Sen Tom Connally. Tex ranking Democrat on the foreign relations committee, was ready to lead the admlnta'ratlon's fight to retain all the money originally earmarked for the Marshall plau and other projects. "We may not get It all back." he conceded, “but I'm confident we'll get some of It " Friends of senate president Arthur II Vandenberg said the GOP foreign policy Kpokesman would campaign for more foreign aid money a* vigorously a* he did for authorization of the program several weeks ago. The house voted last night to whittle down proposed foreign spending by alsmt 21 percent. It lopped off »553.i1tm,000 directly. And by spreading the fund* over 15 months Instead of 12. the house actually reduced overall spending from 1k.140.710,22k to 15.980,710,228. Secretary of state George (' Marshall will go before the senate appropriation* committee next week to appeal for more money Even If the full amount 1* voted by the senate, however, a joint sen-ate-house conference committee will have the final say on the appropriation I) will be up to that committee to iron out differences between the two bills. With both houses in recess for the weekend, there wen these developments: Draft GOP leader* are confident they can maneuver the draft bill through the senate without a time consuming civil right* rumpus Chairman Chan Gurney, it . B. D. of the armed service* comrni'tee said he will move to side'rack a plan to link President Truman's civil rights program with the draft. That's Sen William l-anger's idea. But Gurney apparently lias enough votes behind him to kill the proposal when it i* brought to a vote, probably Monday Communists Sen J. Howard McGrath. D. R 1 . said the way he figures it. the Mundt Nixon Communist -control bill is as good as dead McGrath said he and four other Democrat* on the senate judli iary committee are going to blackmail the measure when it comes to a vote. Two Republican committeemen already have come out against it. So if McGrath's figure* are right, a majority of the 13memliei group is against wending the hill to the senate floor. The house already has okayed it Old age assistance Congress ha* voted to increase by |!84.O0O.(HHI a year the fedet.il contribution .Turn i.i Page Sl»» _o— ■ ■ Auto Kills Women Sitting In Yard Oakland City. Ind . June 3 (CP) Mr* Ruth Cochren. M. was injured fatally yesterday when an automobile ran into the yard of her home and struck her as she sat in a chair The <ar was driven by Jack Sheppard, who told police another <ar crowded him off the street Sheppard's auto hit a concrete wall and veered into the Goehren yard Continued Showers Weekend Forecast Chicago. June » (CP) — Th* weather bureau had good news for farmer* in the western Great l.ake* and northern Mis*l*«ippi valley area* today. Forecasters predict* I that light showers and thunderstorms would (ontlnue to sweep Illinois. Indiana and the southern f.inge* of Wisconsin and Michigan. Scattered rains fell throughout the area vesterdav which had suffered a 19-day drought, the longest spring dry spell in history.. w •