Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 46, Number 148, Decatur, Adams County, 23 June 1948 — Page 1

XLVI. No. 148.

DEWEY BANDWAGON IS GAINING STRENGTH

• — ■eadlock Over L| Contract Llle Broken 'J Several New Moves •Jin Negotiations On ■ New Coal Contract •' <l P> ■H ' ;,m| soft <on| opera .-.rot negotiations ~r. a i:**‘ oa l contract. * has been made JH. ntml fact-finding U .-i'.-n them more time | to make a report. Tinman* board of in ' . I that instead of »iTi sides at 2 pm. with them ■K .-s it was learn .... ‘I already has 3K. |.-I a request for an ; he white house. r .. ~ report is made . an direct the jus .m' seek a federal strike fields. The present - -ml- I 3» I in- miners » in.tn their annual on July »-r.- m> details on the .|l. 1.1-WIS ■> But one Inf..i uld IM' the deal could be let < a . tectoocl to have ad . s Jllsl 1,..(0r., this ... - he -.. demands parties tail to make suf • the d * mid go ahead and -..port of I’res.d.nt to the way for the -air es said that ope. xxnt t<> .'ay clear of an in and 'hey fear that they •* joined as parlies to such JBk- were indications •!> dead:... k in the soft coal nad been broken - c I;. A i Oles 111 tile re' ic' d •• w. i-n .loin I. Lewi., that possibility. ■ ’'-•'- likelihood that the •' : . A ,e| . p esldeir iliaV US’-- -eel I new informal offer a' r- on a soft coal con *'.. solid lead to a c hatue present position. HB -.ediat. V permit payments Acdfare fund and that con i,e agreed upon be r-'roa. five to July 1 The " t expires June the broken dead an unexpected re '<i Lewis for a re-ess un'il HM* - ' - :t, tn.« morning* m-go >--io:, Lews said lie want S^B'- 1 * ""*■ t., prepare a report on '»» position to lie submit Bl' <■- I MW* 200-man policy KB* 6 "'” ‘hi li will assemble here made the announcement tiwtmr with the produ ers ati hour and after hold BV‘ ;r .a'e conference with he , .p.-rator spoke.man ■P - . If the recess meant a n.-w MP had been made reThere i- || U c hange " Itut it My f *>orled the operators were new offer. t* l *" was reported to have BBy***** 1 1,1 general terms what he lt> a tie-f contract It was he wanted a wage in » boost in the present In My ‘ '"ti contribution made by op |W»'t<. the ( MW welfare fund «horte. work day. .No spec if were mentioned BH”* fferators and I-ewix had to meet until 12 3" they were to report to a BB ‘a! ls»ard inquiring into ■? The hoard's report is to the government * court order to stop a T* Til * "CBM surprised the *»mt>er* pfesidential board. howe..r, Jointly with the operat l*wis M t the 2 30 confer ,T *rs tw l*aae Twei ■ WEATHER cloud,n *** Wl,h •hewera «r thun■wm "** m ‘**‘ M •***• *"* '* Muth and estreme TharMay. Caelef Rorthw,,t p ° r

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I Democrats Assail G. 0. P. Platform Agriculture, Labor, Housing Planks Hit Washington, June 23- tfpi — Administration stalwarts criticiz e;i the Republican party's I9IK p alferm today a , Bn attempt l( , cover up the •‘failures'' of the (lOP-con'rolled congress The planks on agriculture, labor and housing came in for spe rial denunciation from liemoc rats I lioth in and out of congress. Agriculture sec retary Charles F Brannan said the farm plank "collapsed before it was put in place." “While the platform writers were working on It in Philadelphia." he said, "the Republic an congress was knoc king the props out from under it in Washington " Brannan's aides pointed out that congress slashed agriculture department appropriations by 570.000.MKl The Cop platform, they said, calls for "the development of sound farm credit." yet congress tcsik away |3o mmi.oihi designed to help local production credit assoi iatiotis which make short-term loans to farmers Department sources said that although the platform advocates Intensified research, funds for this purpose- were cut by 16.000,. 000 House Democratic* whip John W Met 'ormack of Massachusetts described the platform a* "an amazing attempt to ford and deceive the peop e ” The planks on labor and housing, he said, are "hypocritical" "The platform." said McCormack. "promises everything the Republicans In congress failed or refused to do during the past two years" Rep John E Rankin. D. Mass who has long Iteen at odds with leaders of his own party on the civil rights Issue, said the Republicans' anti lynch, anti poll tax. anti-diacrlmlnation platform is even worse He said it "must lie a disappointment to decent Republicans throughout the nation Former interior secretary Har old Is Ickes who served in both the Rooseve t and Truman cabin ets, delivered a blast against the GOP pledge to work for stateownership of the oil-rich tide lands. In a telegram to Sen Henry f'aboi laidge II . Mass . chairman of the platform committee. Ickes said ."If these riches of inestimable value should be given away, even collective action and scrupulous personal integrity will not per suade the people that the shade of the late Albert It. Fall <a mem tier of President Harding's cabinet i no longer influences political action." Ickes suggested that the feder al government be given complete Jurisdiction over the tidelands and use the Income to improve the schools of the nation He said ft wou'd be "contrary to the public interest" to permit these properties to lie "exploited” for private profit. Meeting Monday On Series Oi Concerts Study Community Concerts In City Music lovers and civic- minded persons who would like to assist in •ponr.’Hn* community concerto in this city during the fall and winter months are invited to attend a mating next Monday evening at 7:10 o'clock in room No 30. at the juniorsenior high school James Wolfe, organization di rector of Community Concert Sent[<e. New York City. wiH Ulk to the group and show a film n which many <>f the leading artist. In the country appear In the con- ' ert series The concert programs are apon sored through the sale <4 season tickets Three outstanding con !-ert. an. ava.iabie if .uffk.ent tickets are purchased The con certs would I* given «• ,hr h * h school auditorium, leaders in the local movement state Practicalh every noted singer, musician, actor or actress is ."’.Raide through the .o.cert munlty service the exteu of local programs depending on the num her of ummhers enrolled

Communists Planning Cold War Strategy Top Communists In Europe Meeting In Palace Near Warsaw Warsaw. June 23 (|'P| Com-| munism's top brass was planning cold war strategy today in a closely guarded meeting in a 17th century palace five miles outside Warsaw. Led l»y Russian foreign minister V M. Molotov, the makers of foreign policy in all the Soviet satellite nations of eastern Europe gathered here. Communist leaders from Italy and France also were attending. apparently to get the party line for new attempts to spread Cominunlstit in those countries. (ither representatives from Russia. Poland. Hungary. Czechoslovakia, Romania, and *Yukoslavla were on hand as the conference, described by one Balkan diplomat as "the biggest and most Important" since the war. opened in cream-colored Wilanow I‘alace. once the seat of Polish kings A Bulgarian diplomat was reported en toute. A meeting of high Communist officials had been rumored for days, as one after another left his own ration for an unannounced destination. Polish police clamped security precautions unparalleled since the war upon the city. Police with tom-my-guns stood on every corner More pidice were stationed at 20yard intervals along the five-mile route to the palace. Only official cars moved along that road. Ail western newspapermen were barred from the palace by gun-tot-ing guards. The first official news of the conference's decisions ap peared likely to come from Moscow radio ar. a report of the official Soviet news agency. Tas*. Some western diplomats believed a pronouncement on the future of Germany would be forthcoming It also was expected that steps would lie taken tor strong centralization of party control, and that the Communists would decide to pull out of jiopular front arrangements such as that they have had with Italy's left-wing socialists. Nearly all the leaders attending iTm. i• rase ■ Authority Given To Block Streets To Block Highways Here During Fair Authority has been received by the Deiatur free street fair and agricultural show association to block state roads in the business section of Decatur from July 26 to 31. inclusive, during the 19t5 fair, it was announced today by officials of that group. The authority was granted by the state highway commission, and '.he order requires that proper detour markers lie placed along the street* to guide through traffic. Second street and Monroe street are the two state highways which will lie blocked out during the week The temporary traffic routes will be determined by state highway engineers later, it was said Then laith state highway and local de tour signs will be erected during the fair I it is probable that traffic on state [ road 33 will tie detoured on Adam* , street and the east west Monroe . street traffic will lie detoured east and west on .Marshall street for the week These are the temporary designations and they will not lie come official until highway engineers and local police officials have conferred some time in July. ’ . Turn Down Harvester Offer Os Pay Raise I Chicago. June 23 — (VPI — Os ' filial* of two CIO unions representi Ing Eu.'MWi International Harvester • Co. employes said today they have i turned down the company's offer of an II cent hotfHy pay i The two unions are the CIO I'nit- - cd Automobile worker* and the CIO I nited Farm Equipment workers Duane Greathouse, regional di , rector of the UAW. said the offer was rejected because the company I attached tu •»« wage offer certain . contract revisions which would in part nullify it-

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Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday, June 23, 1948

Pennsy Strong a Man For Dewey A • rJ ‘i B ■■ * - Sr qB SEN. EDWARD MARTIN (right i. Pennsylvania dark horse in the GOP convention, created the first major sensation of the 194* meeting when he announced hi* withdrawal, urged the Keystone Stales de egates to throw their 73 A'otes to Gov. Thoma* E Dewey, and announced he would personally place the New Yorker * name in nomination. Specu'ation I* rife as to the reaction of Gov. James Duff tlefti. an avowed foe of Dewey, and a strong Vundenlierg man

Western Allies Put Currency In Berlin Reply To Russian Moves In Capital Berlin. June 23 — (DPI — The western alien ordered their own currency reform in their sector* of Berlin today in reply to a Russian effort to Impose Soviet currency on the entire German capital, including the areas ruled by the western powers. After a conference, the military governors of the I'nited | States. Britain and France sent j •t letter to Marshall Vassily D Sokolovsky. Soviet military com mander. advising him of their de •ision to Introduce currency reform in their sectors of Berlin. Th" letter was de ivered to Sokolovsky at hi* Karlhorst head quarters. The decision of the western allies appeared to mean that two currencies will be circulated in this bewl’dered city, which now is the principal object in the tug of war between east and west. The western powers introduced currency reform in their sones of western Germany Bunday, replacing the old reichsmark with a new deutschemark backed by European recovery program aid They did not extend the plan to their sectors of Berlin at that time, hut the Russian attempt to impose their own new currency on all of the German capital apparently derided the western officials to take this step. The t'. 8. look the lead in opposing Sokolovsky's order, which represented the first Russian attempt to impose a unilateral order on all of Berlin, which has been under four-power control since the war's end. The Russian order was prompt (Turn Tn rear «e»ew> Edward F. Bucher Dies Tuesday Night Funeral Services Thursday Afternoon Edward F. Bucher. «3. a lifelong resident of Adams county, died at 10:30 o'clock Tuesday night at his home on Decatar route 3 He had been ill since March of complications and had been critical for the past three weeks Born in Root township May 22. 1886. a son of John and Minnie Knapp-Bucher, he had never married. He wan confirmed in St Fefer's laitheran church. Surviving are two sisters. Mr* Anna Woodward of South Bend and Mrs Alvina Harkless of Decatur route 3. One brother and two sisters preceded him in death Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Black fun eral home, the Rev Karl Hofmann officiating Burial will be in the Decatur cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after S o'clock Thursday afternoon • • *«

Boyd Reappointed Mine Bureau Head Washington. June 23 tl'Pt President Truman ha* reapiminted James Boyd a* director of the bureau of mines. It was the third recess appointment for Boyd, who ha* served the last six months without pay Boyd's was among II recess ap pointments Mr Truman made late yesterday to top federal jobs. Some others, like Boyd, were not con firmed during the M>th congress which adjourned Sunday. Hoover Appearance Stirs Convention Storm Os Tribute For Ex-President Pbilade phia. June 23 —tl'l’t - There were tears in the old mans i yea. It had been a night of triumph such as few men have known Tlte country's only living ex president had given the Repuhli can national convention its first big emotional thump. And at the end. as the IS.OtMt delegates ami spectators reverent ly_ sang "My Country 'Ti» of Thee." Herliert Hoover was stlrr ed. too and his tears glistened in florid lights The Hoover who addressed the Republican convention last night Imre litt'e resemblance to the Hoover who occupied the White House from 1929 to 1932 Gone were the high collar, the bulging jowls, the grim look This Hoover was a mellowed, whitehaired, pink cheeked, smiling 73-year-oid crowding 74. In his dou-ble-breasted blue suit, soft collar and red polka dot tie he looked almost jaunty He strode to the speaker's stand briskly, prepared to tel! the vounger members of hi* party a few things for their own good But they weren't ready to hear him right away They wanted to tell him something first. Mr Hoover could have expected an ovation Such things are due a former president. But he appeared to be genuinely surprised by the 12 minute storm of tribute that made the great hall throb. While the band played and the throng sang the "Glory. Glory Ha'lelujah" refrain of the "Battle Hymn of the Republic." delegates brought their standard* down front to receive a nod of recognition. a wave of the hand, a shy smile The speaker tried modestly a couple of times to end the demonstration and get on with what he had to Mff His efforts evoked new frenzies of cheering Perm anent chairman Joseph W Martin. Jr., banged away with his gavel and shouted "..come to order ' The effect was the same When the singing and the shouting did finally subside. Mr Hoover launched hi» speech He spoke solemnly aliout serious I Twa To Fane Two,

Stop-Dewey Forces Seek Desperately To Prevent Stampede To Gov. Dewey

Halleck Speaks Al ' Republican Conclave Issues Warning To Soviet Leadership Convention Hall, Philadelphia. June 23 (I'Pi House GOP leader Charles A. Halleck said today that a Republican administration will not tolerate Russia'* "threat to our future nor to the security of the world.” "We will provoke no war," the Indiana congressman said "But we declare for all the world to hear and for Mr. Stalin to heed, that thus far and no farther shall they go." Halleck made the statement in a speech prepared for delivery before the Republican national convention. Tile delegate* also heard Sen. Harry P. Cain of Washington . Mrs Robert W. Macauley. assist ant chairman of the GOP national (ommitt'ee, and Ralph E. Becker, national chairman of the young Republicans. Halleck charged that "new deal Democrat incompetence ami fail ures" are to bla«ie for the Com munlst threat that requires American spending of "billions for national defense anil billion* on for eign aid." He suggested that most of thl* spending would have been unnecessary had the I'nited States demanded and obtained agreements from Russia when the Soviet I'nion was in "life-ordeath" need of American aid during the war. “There was a time when the I'nited States could have demand <-d ami obtained agreement in accordance with the principles for lasting peace,” he said "Instead, the new deal-Democrat administration followed a policy that strengthened. Communism at home and abroad . the policy of appeasement Halb* k said this country has spent more than 120,000.000.000 in (Torn I n I'asr I win Eight Are Drowned In Oklahoma Flood Three Others Are On Missing List Oklahoma City. June 23 —(I'l’i ■ -Eight persons were reported drowned and three missing today in a western Oklahoma flissl that followed overnight rains measur ing as much a* 11 inches New flood warnings were issued by the federal weather bureau The state highway patrol said the eight bodies were reported found near Hydro. Okla. by work men of the Caddo Co Operative Electric Co. Trooper Charles Dawson said the three missing persons were among 54 passengers of a Greyhound bus stranded by the ram paging waters of Little Deer Creek near Hydro Passenger* of the bus were sitting on top of the vehicle The trio apparently was swept off the bus Maroonnd With the bus. Dawson said, were about 100 cars in the vicinity of Hydro on V. S. highwa/ 66. The patrol said rescue efforts would liegin a* soon a* boats could be dispatched to the area The electric company sent it* report by radio, since all other communication to the floisl aector had lieen cut off by last night * pounding storm Six of the bodies were said to have been taken out of a car bearing a California license Th<- Red Croan dispatched disaster crew* to Kingfisher Okla. where 100 resident* were taken from their homes in lx>at* last night Federal forecaster W E Maughn said the South Canadian river already topped thsst stage in some areas and he issued s flood warning for the l?>o-mi'e area between I'nion City. Okla and Calvin. Okla

Sen. Vandenberg To Be Placed In Nomination Michigan Governor To Put Vandenberg Before Convention Philadelphia. June 23—(I'Pl —; Gov Kim Sigler of .Michigan said today be will place senate president Arthur II Vundenlierg in nomination for the presidency before the Republican convention tonight. Bigler said he decided to do so witli Vandenberg's consent. He added that lie believes tile sena tor cun win the nomination The governor asserted, how ever, that the decision to put Vundenlierg'* name formally before the convention I* not a part of any "stop Dewey" effort. Sigler said he believes the sen ute president ha* more thun 1(MI vote* In the convention as of now Not a'l of them will be cast on tile first ballot, however lie said Meanwhile. Vandenberg met with the 41-vote Michigan delegation at an informal reception He described himself to the delegates as a "problem child" so far as the nomination was con rerned. “But I set my course a year ago and I must steer my course to the end." Vandenberg said IL- was referring to hi* long standing position that lie would not be a presidential candidate but would yield to an "honest" draft Vandenberg praised the Gill" platform as 'the finest" he had ever seen He lauded Sen Henry Caliot luidge. Jr. of Massaehu setts chairman of the drafting committee, as “one of the ablest men in public life " Vandenberg pledged his con tinned services “for a free Amer I t urn To I‘nae Sexesi Mrs. Henry Retkamp Dies At Norwood, 0. Word has been received here of tlie death this morning in Norwood (>.. of Mrs Henry Retkamp Survivors include her husband, a former Deiatur resident Funeral service* will be held Saturday morning at 10 o'clock at Norwood War Experiences Related To lions Bataan Survivor Is Speaker Here Russell W Gerletnan of Chica go, a shrvivor of Pearl Harbor Corregidor and the infamous march from Bataan told of his ex periences through the war years to members of the Lions duh last evening Noah Steury was chairman of the program Mr Gerleman was a member of the air corps when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor He was made a prisoner at Corregidor and survived the march of death on Bataan latter he was transported to Japan and was forced to work in the coal mines there The war veteran saw scores of his buddies and American soldiers ruthlessly killed by the Jap* He survived life in a Japanese prison camp, where the American soldiers were given only a few ounces of rice each day for subalstence When a man couldn t walk any mu». or get up from the ground the usual Japanese treatment of running a bayonet through the un fortunate person was followed, be said Jiext Tuesday's meeting will be the last of the dub until after the summer season Gerhard Schultz, president snd other newly elected officers will be installed next Tuesday-

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Pro-Dewey Moves At Convention Followed By Desperate Effort To Slow Bandwagon Convention Hall. Philadelphia. Jun.- 23 (I'Pl Tin- Dewey bandwagon picked up new surges of power today as stop-Dewey forces tried desperately to head off a stampede that could give the New Yorker a first ballot nomination for president. Tiie 24th Republican national convention was thrown into an uproar by i; serie* of pro-Dewey dec .trillions punctuated l>y an-liounc-m-.-nt that enemies of the New York governor are regrouping to stop him if iiossilile Heading the drive to kill off Thoma* E liewey's chances of a first ballot nomination are Sen. Robert A Taft ami Harold E. Stassen with assists from Gov. James H I tuff of Pensylvania and other yet unnamed "leaders." Dewey still lias to lick Taft, his runner up on apparent first ballot strength But Ills lieutenants were beginning to talk about the |H:?-.silii'.ity of winning the party’s biggest prize on the first goaround tomorrow Tlie convention meanwhile, was holding a last perfum-tory session for oratory and platform adoption before getting down to the big business of putting its candidates in nomination That will come tonight with Dewey getting the No 1 spot on the speech program The Alalia ma delegation decided to yield in the roll call of states to permit Sen Edward Martin, of Pennsylvania to make tlie Dewey nominating speech. Taft's nominator. Sen. John W Bricker, will go on next when \rkansas, No 3 In the roll call, yields to Ohio Convention chairman Joseph W Martin. Jr. of Massachusetts — himself a possible nominee slmuld i deadlox k develop said the speech making will lie wound up 'oniglit and tlie first ballot taken 'omorrow morning Among today's boosts for Dew--y was an announcement by -hairman James I* Kern of tbo Missouri de'egatlon that he is for the New York governor The delegation is split, however with Sen Forrest C Donnell holding for Taft Estimates of Dewey strength in the 33 member dele gallon rang* from 15 tn 25 Gov Alfred E Driscoll of New Jersey gave Dewey a shot of staying power by releasing the 35vnti- Jersey delegation after It* first tiaT.it for him Driscoll Mugged for Dewey on the second ballot Majority of delegates are for Dewey, but Driscoll said the delegation in< hided votes for others too Meanwhile, the convention's top lark horse, senate president Arthur II Vandenberg, was given a < fern Tw !*»■*> *lxl Convention Bulletins Convention Hall. Philadelphia. June 23 — (UPI — The GOP national convention adopted unanimously a party platform today calling for an internationalist foreign policy, new civil rights guarantees and a finish fight against Communism. Philadelphia. June 23 —(UP) — Gov. Ow.ght H. Green of Illinois announced today that the 56 votes of the Illinois delega tion would go for Sen. Robert A. Taft after the first presidential nomination ballot. Despite the flat nature of Green's statement. Taft supporters did not claim that the governor could take at- of ths delegation to Taft. They did claim 50 votes for Taft. Philadelphia. June 23 — (UP — Sen Robert A. Taft. Harold E Stassen and Gov. Jemee Duff of Penngglvanis met again thie I afternoon in another attempt to head off the Dewey presidential drive. o