Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 46, Number 135, Decatur, Adams County, 8 June 1948 — Page 1

[JyjjNo. 135.

UTS ATOM ENERGY COMMISSION BUDGET

k Votes Hllow Army fcl Aliens L te Vote Favors Lge Amendment njoft Measure Ljjtos. June * ~ ~ E, rot*d today to let the | M rvi.e» * nlißt :50o ° Lfpi! call vote 10 Lw adopted an amend-1 Henry Cabot lodge, E- to the pending 19-1 E draft bill. ('han Gurney, R.. 8. f”, wnato armed services Lk, |ed the opposition to Eould cut down by 25.000 fl f necessary draftee* L th , f s, many "wonderEjl.enn would become ellgitf S citizenship after five jarTicr in the armed force*. ■ before the vote. Lodge L a provision to restrict tagi to service abroad. He Ip thought the army should ga authority to station the ip'r they are needed. jwr in his speech tor the Lodge said the army inito >e the men in the Carlblluka and the Far East. Ip tinted adoption of his a u the senate resumed , « the lMhrouffh-25 draft tbt request of Sen Millard fco I). Md. he agreed to ■ waoti to 25 000 the numf aliens who would be en- | Udr* said the army plan bmthe alien recruits only bia ths Caribbean and the bit They could win U. 8. etp with five years satisI service Ip said opponen's contend b !u» proposal would dis lluiia However, he ar ‘Mr effor's to please the las have not been crowned ■rrM« and the Soviets are * vinify us no matter what r Rhile senate Republican kftuhed for a final vote on M bill after winning their * tack on an anti-poll tax hnt R Persons Die toms Monday jwryville Badly waged By Storm W United Press * persons were killed, a lb uiMing *nd three other* ■ **’»re injuries In torna•M violent windstorms that •a Midwest late yesterday. ••wkers said today trnlT"* lo^w ‘ r<>ld Gt* l ** d u*** *“ ?G s ’'’ra* l * o defarm home near L®* and Joseph ■* «. South Beloit. 111.. "M wu struck by a fall a storm at Clinton. Lake, Ind. Bernard R * ■- drowns In shallow * »hen rough water *»!uT a ’’ r " frora h,,,m Thomas Mullin. Page Hlx> •Rjeta Elected 1 & wd Knight known Washing-Itiu-k farm * r - elected nJ, * knights of Colum W, J? <U1 ‘ r of the r Z^* t>nin * He succeeds * lect *d are: 'Ralph gj**? mDd *«»«!»«: Lee Rob * rt Hel . ••wder. Leo Alber‘veaeurer; b«» s2T — Toc *te; Jerome b Hit *rt Lengerich. Cj/*** Geimer, trustee •2 H u *“- "'wt Wayne J?. UTWt * Wednss JLZ * tr "'sr extreme *" Wednesday. »•

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

Power Off 50 Minutes In Parts Os Decotur Power In parts of Decatur was tut off for about ',<> minutes at * o'c lock Monday night. It was necessary to pull the switch for repair of the liner. Most of the business section of the city w aK without light* for a short time Workmen, however. soon had the damage repaired and the light* were back on shortly after darkness had settled. Coal Owners Ask Time To Answer lewis Delay Negotiation Session 24 Hours To Permit Study Washington. June 8 tfpt Soft coal operators today asked more time to answer John L. Lewis' new welfare and pension demands An Industry source said Lewis ha* agreed to postpone today’s negotiation *e**ion between hi- Unit ed Mine workers and the operators un‘ll 1 pm CDT tomorrow. latter, the U.MVV announced it has agreed to the 24-hour postpone I inent. The request apparently averted an Immediate breakdown of the new contract talks which began yesterday. The present contract expires June 30. The operators reportedly are working on proposal* to get around the situat'on created by Lewis' demand that they agree to assume responsibility for f11.000.00v in relief, disfrbilitv and death benefits already promised by the trustees of the 1946 health and welfare fund Lewis told the operators yesterday that these payment* have been com-c mined but the 1946 fund does not have money to meet them. Lewis asked that hi* "suggestions" be met befoie actual discussions began for a new contract. There was no immediate indication whether the operators would confine their counter-proposal to a method of procedure for avoiding a new deadlock, or whether it also would contain proposed clauses fwr a new contrac t In addition. Lewi* reportedly said hi* union ha-l no intention of talking about a new contract unless or until the mine owner* agree to pay |IOO a month pensions to all miners 62 and over who retired alter May 27. 1946 These paymen’s would be made (Turn T. Page Three! Robert C. Metzger Is Convention Page Robert C. Metzger son of Mr and Mrs. John F Metzger, of this city, has been appointed page for Ind iana at the Republican national convention to be held in Philadelphia, Pa. Mettger graduated from Decatur high school last year and Is em ployed at the Railway Express agenc y. Notification of the appointment was received this morning from Cecil M Harden, member of the arrangements committee of Indiana Bar Association Elects Litterer Annual Election Is Held By Attorneys Ferd L. Litterer Decatur attor ney todav was elected president of the Adams county bar assoc ia •lon to succeed Henry B Heller 'udge Earl B Adam* was elected vice-president for 1948-49. Other officer* for the new term Include John DeVoss, secretary -nd Lewis L. Smith, treasurer The association members met this afternoon in the library of th. court room The nominating committee, conslating of 0 R*«"T rh,lr ' man. and Nathan C Neltu.m Severin Bchurger and Robert Anderson then filed its report and an officers were elected by Routine busineS* was disposed of by th. ROMP •*»«** • d)OBn ! mant. The alsociation meets ear h uycnth Ad al! attorneys of Adams county are member*

Lewis Resumes Bargaining With Operators 3 1 i a BARGAINING sessions between the I’nlted Mine Worker* and the nation'* soft coal producers have resumed In Washington with the initial view being that the factions are “still far apart.” Participating in the.conferences an- <! to r.l Thoma* Kennedy, vice president t'MW. John L. Lewis; John Owen*, secretary treasurer; John T Jones of Maryland; William lillzzard, of West Virginia, and George Tltler. of West Virginia, all division presidents; Harvey Cartright, chairman. Independent Coal Operators; H K Cook. Diamond Coal Co.; J E. Moody. Southern Coal Producers; G II l»ve. Pittsburgh Con solidated Coal Co.; Charles O’Neill. Cnlted Eastern Coal of New York; Harry M. Moses. Geo. F. Camp bell; J. Roy Browning; 8. M. Thompson; Truman E. Johnson, representing the operators.

Farm And Business Town Hall Planned Series Os Meetings Planned In Decatur A town hall style series of three meetings between farmer* of Adams county and Decatur business men is being planned by the Deatur Chamber of Commerce, to take place starting In September, It was announced today by Robert lame, president of the local Chamber. The meetings will lie in the form of op-’ti discussion*, and agricultural and business problem* of the community will be aired L E. Archbold, county agricultur al agent, and officers of the Adam* county Farm Bureau will be Invited to take part. All farmer* of the county, with ill type* of problem*, and local busin- ** men also will he asked o participate in the meetings All three of the session* will be open to the public. The purpose of t(je meetings, Mr Lane stated. Is to bring the problem* of the two groups closer together with a view that each can help the other devise »olu tion*. * Complete plan* a* to definite date*, nlace of meetings and lead era will be announced after a .(inference of representative* of the two groups. Mr (4tne said. Thomas E. Bath Not Governor Candidate Not Candidate For Any State Office Indianapolis. June •—(UP)— Thomas E Bath announced today he would not lte a candidate for governor and would not seek the Republican renomlnation a* secretary of state. Bath said he believed the Retmblican partv could "select an able man to head the state ticket " from among the four other candidate* He did n<4 endorse any individual candidate for governor Bath ha* been mentioned a* a po* slble fifth candidate for several day* At the same time, Leroy xoder. third district chairman, announced hi* candidacy for auditor of state and Bath said be would support him. Yoder said he decided to run after Bath declined to become a candidate because ” I feel that the third district should be represented by a candidate ■' Fred Ferrinl of East Chicago also made his announcement a* a candidate for secretary of state to succeed Bath Bath said he would support Ferrinl and also the candidacy of Dale Brown for state treasurer. Bath said he decided not to Jumn into the already confused GOP race c4ly "after serious deliberation and for personal reason* known to my friends . "There Is no need to complicate the picture further with an * (Tur* To Page *«»

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Decatur, Indiana Tuesday, June 8, 1948

Clyde Bebout Rites Thursday Afternoon Funeral service* will be held at 2 pm. Thursday at the Mt. Hope church for T/5 Clyde Bebout, war veteran, whose body arrived last night from oversea*. Burial will be in the Mt. Hope cemetery, with the American legion and VFW post* of this city conducting military rites. Pallbearer will be Austin Collin*. Ellis Heeter. Phil Green. Ervin Post, Dale Riff and Bnd Smith. The name of a brother, Gayle, of Fort Wayne, was omitted from the list of survivor* published last week The body was removed this morning from the Zwick funeral home to the home of the father, John Bebout. five mile* south and three miles west of Decatur. Highway And Bridge Problems Presented Covered Bridge Is Closed To Traffic Highway and bridge problem* were presented to the county commissioners late yesterday by farmers and land owners in the areas affected After receiving a report from Walter Gllliom. employed a* a special engineer to examine the bridge, the commissioners ordered that the wood covered bridge east of Ceylon be permanently closed to traffic. Mr Gllliom said 'hat the bridge was unsafe. It span* the old channel of the Wa bash river and sentiment exists in the Ceylon community to maintain the structure as a landmark John Kintz, of Washington township, wa* chairman of a group of eight farmers who ap peered before the board and offered to pay 82.000 toward the blacktopping of two miles of road running west from the termina tion of the brick pavement on West Monroe street to the Kirkland township line. Each farmer pledged himse'f for 3256. They Informed the commissioner* that 'he highway is almost Impassable The l»oard took the offer under consideration. John BoHenba-her Arley Foreman and Chester Adams, of Jes ferson township, appeared before the lioard and urged that a stretch of highway east of the Jefferson school to the Ohio gtata line be blacktopped. The hoard took the matter under consideration Floyd Mitchell, of W’asbington township, requested that the road which passes the St. Paul church be improved. Harvev Tinkham. Ray McMich ael and Arthur DeArmond were informed by the commissioners that the Dal'ey and Weehter drain in Blue Creek township would be improved at once. The highway department was ordered Io repair a mud road which run* from the Jimtown bridge west to Linn Grove, over which a school bus must pass to gather children from an Amish familv The appeal was made by Dr. Ermin D. Bixler of Berne and Ezra Wanner of Hartford township.

County To Retain Home Jurisdiction State Supervision Rejected By Board The county commi»«ioners will not surrender jurisdiction of the county home to th- state welfare department, the board decided before adjourning late yesterday The question came up when Miss Bernice Nelson, director of the county welfare department, appeared before the board rela tive to cotnpi’lng the department's budget for 1949 Under a 1947 law. if the com mhsiotiers desired to have the welfare department reimburse the county for inmates at the county horn ' past 65 year* of age and eligible for monthly payments of 836. the hoard would have to seek state approval of the institution Then, the coun'y home would be subject to state super vision and operation from the Indiana department of public wel fare. At present, the townships are charged at the rate of 87 50 per week for Inmate* at the institution. In several case* individuals or relative* are paying for the care at the same weekly rate There are 30 persons past 65 vears at the county home. The Institution will continue to oper ate a* a county home under the local management of the commissioner* and the wuperintendent. Had the commissioners decided to seek state approval, the county welfare department would have levied for the care of the 30 patient*. their J3't monthly payment* being turned In to the credit of the operation of the county home. Conlracts Awarded By Commissioners Four Contracts Are Awarded By Board The county commissioners awarded four contracts for supplies and equipment to county departments and institution* before adjournment today. The Beavers Oil Service of this city -was awarded the contract for approximately 35.000 gallons of gasoline for the highway trucks at "0.55 cents per gallon. The county doe* not pay state or federal taxes bn gasoline The proposal of the Phil L Macklin Company to furnish a three-fourth ton capacity track to »he highway department for 81.995 was accepted by theboard. It was the only bid filed The Burk Elevator company wa* awarded the contract for three car loads of stoker coal to be delivered at the court house, jail, county home and county garage at 814 a ton. The contract for furnishing groceries and tobacco at the county home for the nett three months was awarded to the Berne IGA store on its hid of 8128 02.

House Commiffee Accuses Money Wasted In Cutting Budcret For Commission

Discussion Is Held On Tax Assessments Many Improvements Reportedly Untaxed Mayor John Doan, clerk-treas-l urer Vernon Aurand and county assessor Albert Harlow met Mon day night with directors of the Decatur Chamber of Commerce and held a long discussion on a plan to place thousand* of dollars of local real estate and improvements on the tax duplicates. The tax committee of the Chamber discovered recently that many new homes, built in the last f«w years, and also many improvements on old homes had not been i added to the assessor's roll. While legaly it is the duty of the owner to report the new construction and improvements on old homes, this is often neglected, the committee reported. Several instances were discussed where new homes valued at several thousand dollars were built and the owner was still paying taxes on only the vacant lot valuation. The same was shown 1 to lie true of improvements on ' real estate and also in Instances where single dwellings had been converted into apartment houses with several thousand dollar* 1 worth of additions, in valuation* The Chamber board, on sugges- • tion from its tax committee, directed the secretary ti> write a letter so the mayor and other city officials asking that the city attorney review the present Imild • ing permit ordinance of Itecatur. ■ which requires that a permit be ' obtained and the stated value of 1 construction or improvement b* 1 then forwarded to the county as- ' sessor for tax purposes; that it be studied with a view to remodelling ft to become more operative. It was pointed out by the Chamber directors that the effort to place all property on the tax duplicates was merely an effort to ' raise the valuation of Decatur's taxable property which would bring more revenue to the city 1 for its many improvement programs. Prepare Budget For Repair Os Highways Ask Appropriations From Cigoret Fund Nearly |3o<W»fl of the 139.614 3« ■hat the county received In the special split of the state cigaret tax melon will be spent for stone and asphalt to lie used on the county highways, the commissioners and Phil Hauer, highway superintendent. have determined A budget for the amount was prepared by the commissionerM and will be presented to the county council at a special meeting this month. The break-down of appropriation* to be asked is: Truck driver* and maln'enanre operators, 94.0 M; atone or the 1 road*. 111.300; asphalt tor the road*. SIS.SOO, tile and sewer pipe. ISM; lumber. 3100; labor, single hands. S2.MO; gasoline for truck and equipment. 13.000. The road repair program is al ready underway and with the ad ' ditlonal fund*, the work will be pushed during the summer and fall i tTurn To Page Fivei Two Youths Killed As Planes Collide I Springfield. 111, June 1 —(TPi — Two P.per Cub plane* collided in flight six miles east of here today . and crashed Into a wheat field, kill- - ing the pilots of both planes Bud Fleck, manager of Fleck's airport. Identified the dead pilots as Charles Durbin. 19. Hillsboro. 111. and Tom Smith. 22. Springfield. Both men died instantly. They were alone in their small p'ane* Witi nessea told the state police that the J two planes crashed bead-on at alrOUt 1,306 feet.

Arab Leaders Study Answer To Truce Plan Bernadotte's Plan Os Palestine Truce Studied By Arabs Cairo. Juno 9- (UP) — Arab leader* discussed Count Folko Bernadotte’s plan for a truce in Palestine for two hours today and prepared to draft their answer tonight. After the meeting of the delegate* of all seven Arab league state*, they forwarded an up-to-the-minute report to their governments. Adbul Rahman Azzam Pasha, secretary general of the Arab league, said the league's politii-al committee would meet tonight to draft the answer to Bernadotte. I’nlted Nation* mediator. He said the drafting might be completed at the single meeting Egyptian premier Mahmoud Fahmy Nokraahv Pasha said that Arab amtwer will be delivered to I morrow morning It was presutnled the Jewish answer would be delivered to Bernadotte at the same time. After the Arab meeting at the foreign office here, foreign minister Fawzi El Molki told newsmen he felt that neither side should profit from the proposed truce He said both Arabs and Jew* should hold their present position*. Bernadotte has not made hl* propo*als public, hut it wan understood he had demanded a straight forward yes or no answer to a compromise he had worked out on the major issue* of Jewish immigration ai.d supplying the |(*><h>o Jew* in Jerusalem Jewish immigrant* will be super vised by a truce commission to make sure they <!•> not enter the Israeli army, ft was understood, and the Red Cross will provide 2* days ration* for the Jewish com munity of Jerusalem. Extraordinary activity took place among Arab league leader* yesterday when Bernadotte fwesented them with hi* proposal* Secretary general Abdul Rahman Azzam Pa* ha of the Arab league conferred with King Farouk of Egypt and both the King and Azzam Pasha conferred with Bernadotte A meeting of other league representatives broke up last night without definite action when Azzam Pasha was unable to attend (Turn To Page Hl*) Philip Bonilas Dies Here This Morning Funeral Services On Friday Morning Philip Bonifa*. 62. of 221 South Fifth street, died at 7:30 o'clock this morning at the Adams coun ty memorial hospital after a three month*, illness of a heart ailment. He was born in Allen county. (>.. Sept 27. 1835. a son of Domi nlco and Mary Bonitas He was married to Violet Willison July 5. 1912 He had been engaged in the res'aurant business in Decatur for the past 20 year*. Surviving in addition to his wife are two daughters. Mrs. Cecil Shatter and Mrs. William Tutewiler. both of Decatur; one aon. Hollis Bonifa*. of Itecatur; four brothers. William of Delphos. O. Linus. Albert, and Robert, all of Mndeck. O. and four grandchi!dm. Funeral services will be held at 10 a m. Friday at the Black funeral home with a nephew, the Rev Robert Bonifa*. of Sandusky. O. officiating Burial will be in the Decatur cemeterv Friends may call at the funeral home after 2 p m Wednesday

Price Four Cents

Decrees Reduction In Certain Types Os Research; Cut Hit By Lilienthql Washington. June S — <1 P) The house appropriation* committee today accused the atomic energy commission of wasting money. It lodged a charge of “general extravagance" against the commission in recommending that congress cut the atomic budget for fiscal 1919 by 348,156,000. The committee voted to give the commission 85«1.8.60."bu to run the 33,00(t.000.u<m atomic Wi and energy project for the year starting July 1. In testimony released by the committee. commission chairman David E. Lilienthal raid any budget cut might be ”cata«trophi ■" Hut the committee decreed a reduction in certain kinds of basi*. scientific research. It diret ted the committee not to curb purely military research. The (ms. it said, should be in the "non-w<-ai-on. non biologii al, and nonmedical" phases of the atomic project. The committee gave the commission all it a*ked lluO.iumi. Contract writing authority for expansion of Insmb materia) production ami work connected with it. Carroll L. Wilson, general manager of the project, said a five-year development. program under way should tsarst production of bomb* and botnb materials "far lieyonr that existing today." Elsewhere on capitol hili' Foreign trade The *enate finance (ommlttee voted to extend the reciprocal trade act for one year without a house approved provision to give congress limited veto power over new tariff cuts. Veterans The house appropria tlons committee knocked 3354.600.oiHi mit us the veteran* administration budget for fiscal I <49. Ships The house appropriations committee authorized the maritime commission to launch a kloi.iem.ooo cargo shipbuilding program to back up the army and navy Hills The house in u pre adjournment spurt passed a raft of bill*. in< hiding measure* to For<e retirement by the end of fhis month of Adm*. Ernest W King ami Chester W Niinitz Set up a national institute for heart disease research. Push a federal urogram for treatment of veneral diseases 2. I D The house asked the agriculture department to find out how the new weedkiller known as 2. I D ' an be safely used on crop*. It was developed during the war a* a aerial weapon, designed to kill Japanese rice crops. "Unwarranted" Prof Richard V Lester. Princeton University industrial relat.on* expert testified against proposals to outlaw indu*try wide bargaining. He told the house-senate committee on labormanagement relations that »uch ait lon would be unwarranted and unfortunate No plan- Chairman Kenneth 8. Wherry. R . Neb. of the senate small business omnii'tee chided leaders of the steel industry. He said they had failed to produce a voluntary formula for steel distribution which would protect small business. Displaced person* - Rep Abraham J Multei. D. N. Y. ciiticixed a section of the senate's dt*pla< ed persons bill which specifies that (Turn To Page Sis) Director Os Budget Confers With Heller Ross Freeman, director of the budget for the state of Indiana, was in Decatur today conferring with Rep Robert 11. Heller. Demo cratlc memlier of the state budget committee While Mr Freeman made no official comment regarding his visit here, it is understood (bat the budget committee i* planning to appropriate 85.<M»«. <W of the cigaret tax money to be allocated to the s hools of Indiana, and it is necessary to get the approval of each member before offfcial action can be taken