Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 46, Number 152, Decatur, Adams County, 28 June 1948 — Page 1

KTIVI No. 152.

DEVASTATING EARTHQUAKES ROCK JAPAH

fc S. And British [Officials Confer ■On Berlin Crisis u

VHigh American And flyfish Officials ■Confer On Crisis ■Caused By Russia jHLgt June 2* UP)- High and British offli lais SkLhl a' »•*' British fur r ~n the crisis < aus*d by of the Soviet Inion to aeatern powers out of » under te< ret ary of army Itrtiper ant) British for |^T v .Mary Ernest H-vln met 1,. Ai- Ixmglax l»rnp here ell route to Berlin personal inspection of the lie ix to continue to capital tonight. lx aomrapanied by Gen Wcdemever. director of »nd operations of the !’. S. of artny. ’pent most of the day f reign office in conaultn|K| ilth British experts on the orrr Berlin. IK office spokesman in |K)i’ ing the conference said sovernntent Is "in con j|Kc. t..u< b with American and |K' ial’ regarding tile situ •pokesinan indicated the ».,iild explore possible SMp Hie western powers could to meet the Russian chai in the German capital A three.power note tn Russia a« a "possibility” but no Mfio- been taken yet to send i |Mb tpokesman said the emery |Br> arrival from Washington follow morning talks by with Sir William Strang. |Mbh undersecretary of state German affairs, which also at the foreign office British ’[aikesman used his noon press conference to that Britain is detertnined |H*P in Berlin He pointed out rertaln German newspapers Bm ptthlish the full foreign of of Saturday on that statement was very |Bt.' the spokesman said and BB** So possible doubt of our to remain tn Ber BE" AnrloAmerican conference BB'” British public opinion apto be almost unanimously fnat the western powHB* ’lew here, apparently supnEP br American public opinion the back of dlplotost week were admit Wfrlrttely the possibility that M ,T ”* Ta Psse Three) fr Vet's Funeral pday Afternoon body of T/S Truman F who was killed in i« the Invasion of Luxon In to arlve in Dec*wb*Uht at in p m . and funeral BE** ’ill be held at 2 o'clock H*™’ afternoon at the Zwick Hh? hon "‘ that will be conducted by «**' E H Allwardt Surviving Went.. Mr and Mrs Gus BE two brothers. ‘ad Melvin, and four sis “’"••In Dressier and Mrs Miller, and the Misses and Irene Krueckeiwrg f*’»»unity Concert Here Tonight K**** Interested In • commun-i Kj**’ 1 series for Decatur are ■rj® a’tend the meeting this B?* •* • o’clock In room M7 K* »>eatur junior-senior high K? * n, « •«! be shown featur ■L * * ‘be artists who would K*J* Oeratur Bnd t he plan will A decision will be Bkn,' 1 * I '' ** ’hether or not ths * fll bd nMertaken I ‘ —ATMWI B Farabis atowffiness with ■•J/"**' ahewere ae thundsr- ■ faZT 1 **"*•<*• ‘M Tuesday. H *'*** *** , " d •‘•’"lff.

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Crack Appears In Russian Blockade As Barges Carrying Food Reach Berlin Berlin. June 28 (UP) -A crack appeared In the Russian blockade of Berlin today as British authorities announced that 10 barges i carrying food and freight from western Germany reached the German capital. Several more barges have been allowed to cross the border of the Soviet tone enroute to Berlin the British authorities said These were the first to cross the border since the Russians closed the boundary to all surface traffic 1 to Berlin from the west on June 10 after announcement of currency reform in the western zone. It was not clear yet whether the Russian barricade against western supplies for the American British and French establishments in Berlin and for the 2.560.660 Germans In the capital who depend upon the western powers for food would be relaxed entirely. The barge movements, which the British said returned waterborne freight traffic to Berlin to "normal.” came as the U. 8. and Britain used great fleets of trans<port planes to fly a doubled tonnage of supplies into the German capital, and Imposed a stiff ration system to stave off the threat of starvation as a result of the Russian blockade Earlier today there had been a fairly, serious riot among thousands of Germans waiting before the Russian central currency exchange office in the Soviet sector of Berlin to exchange old marks for new under the Soviet current y reform scheme. Touched oft by the currency reform from which the current Ber lin crisis stemmed, the Hot was the first violence of anv consequence here since the Russians uncorked their full dress effort to drive out the western powers ' The outbreak camo as the west-1 ern allies were buckling down to I the job of blocking the Soviet ouster scheme. A stiffened attitude was in contrast with talk in! high quarters last week that the Americans. British and French might have to get out of the blockaded city. A ramor sprang up that all exchange In the Soviet sector was to he discontinued. The crowd surged forward and smashed through a fence in the area adjoining Rus sian barracks. German police said was no Russian interference They said they finally were able to estab (Tarn Te I’sse *•»> Tifo Read Out Os Communist Party Yugoslavia Leader Purged By Russia Prague. Jane 28-<VP) Russia read Marshal Tito of Yugoslavia out of the Communist party today on ground- that he has been play Ing too close to western Imperial A communique published in the Communist newspaper Rude Pr.vo here revealed that Yugoslav Com munists were Purged J* eoninform (the Communist Infor mation bureau, at a secret meet Ing held in Rmnania In June It charged Tito and his support •re in the Yugoslav government with almost every crime In he Communist book ranging fro trotskyism and anti Sovietism “ineptnes. and "faint demag«ic bluntly that the Vugoa’av leaders deserted "intemathmallst traditions to curry favor with Im its actions, the said, the Yugoslav < omniunist nartv placed Itself "outside the r °” side the ranks of the inforfaatioa bureau"

British Send 1,000 Troops To Waferfront Wildcat Strike On London Waterfront Ties Up Supplies June 28. —(UP)—The British government declared a state of emergency today and sent more than 1,000 troops into the strikebound London waterfront to save the nation's already meager food rations. Prime Minister Clement R Attlee told the house of commons that the government bad decided to assume extraordinary powers under the 1920 emergency powers act. as the strike spread from lamdon to Liverpool. Britain's larger! port, with no settlement in sight. Attlee said an urg<nt message had been sent to King George VI. on a royal tour of Scotland.-advising him to issue a proclamation of a stale of emergency. “A privy council will be held for that purpose later today,” Attlee said. "Thereafter orders in council will be made giving powers to the government to do all necessary, troth by deployment of service personnel wherever required for maintenance of essential food supplies, and by requisitioning equipment for Ute maintenance of the life of the community.” As Attlee spoke In commons, more than 1.000 army and royal air force men. with a sprinkling of navy engineers to operate cranes, already wee at work unloading meat ships tied up in the port of lamdon. More than 5.000 other Army, N'avy and Air Force men were standing by for orders which would set them to unloading others of the wildcat strike, which workers have i ontinued In defiance of appeals by the government and their union leaders. Attlee said in commons that labor minister George Isaacs, now at a San Francisco conference, will return by air to London to deal with the strike. Continuing Probe Os Train Accident Riley Still Unable To Relate Details David Riley. M. of Bradenton. Fla . was in a semi-conscious condition at Adams county memorial hospital todav, after being found along the Pennsylvania railroad tracks between Berne and Geneva Saturday morning, where he claims to have been pushed from a northbound train earlier. Sheriff Herman Bowman, who has been Investigating the case, dim dosed that he has been unable to get a coherent story from the injured man. At one time Riley said he had met a woman In Cincinnati and the two had boarded the train. He also claims to have been roblied: his empty billfold was found along the track Riley told the sheriff that the woman's name was "Smith" and that her first name might have been "Zella.” Riley was conscious at Intervals yesterday, and at one time said that he did not remember telling the sheriff about any woman. Sheriff Bowman will question the man again as soon as physictans give their approval Riley's relatives in Florida have been notified of the mishap. In addition to the sheriffs office. Pennsylvania railroad detectives are investigating the circumstances of Riley's accident Catholic Hiah Band Concert On Tuesday The Decatur Catholic high school hand under the direction of E. H. StoddM. Fort Wayne musician hand director, will give Its second public concert at the ramp on IJ’v ertv Wav Tuesday night at I o'clock. It was announced The program to the second of a series given this summar by bands from both local high school. Tbo . oncerts are sponsored J* M-hoois and the Decatur Chamber Os commie. Th. public te Invited to attend. - •

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Scuffle During Money Exchange Hi < j W&FW -OtaS ■ li W. r k/ k HERE’S ONE of the few incidents that occurred when citizens in Frankfurt. Germany, turned up to exchange Roichmarks for Iteutache Marks during the currency reforms instituted l»y the Allies. Policemen are keeping a few angry persons In check. On the whole, the turning in of old money for new to combat Inflation was orderly.

Official Returns On School Merger Filed French And Berne Schools To Merge Eli Graber. French township trustee and by virtue of his office, chairman of the French township canvassing board for the school election held last Friday, filed the official resuits of the school merger election with county clerk Ed Jaberg. Saturday noon, making ‘ the action of the voters official and final. The official count wax the same | ax the unofficial count. 174 for and 99 against. The election wax the final step before the schools of French township are merged with the schools of the town of Berne at Berne. The merger actually will take place next September but a new xchAl Ixiard will he named in the next few weeks, it wax learned. The Berne town council will name two laiard members; the French township trustee will serve by virtue of his office; the French advisory board will elect a member. and these four members will elect a fifth member. Present plans call for the erection of a temporary building on the school property at Berne to take care of additional students and ax soon ax possible an add! Hon will be built to the present Berne school. The merger plans started several months ago, by adoption of merger resolutions by officials of , both school units. No election was necessary In Berne, because no remonstrance was filed. How<Tarx Tx Pase Twx)

Cost Os Living At All-Time High, Survey Shows Costs Still Climb

Ry Vnlted Press The cost of living. which reached an all-time high In May. still l» climbing, a survey showed today. Meat prices are at an all-time peak, and meat industry spokesmen said there is no hope of a price break until September at the earliest. 1 On the brighter side, fresh vegetable prices in many areas have declined recently because of the seasonal shipment of vegetables to market. However, the bureau of labor statistics at Washington predict ed that longer-range seasonal pressures would bring a slow, steady climb in most food prices until Novssnber. The bureau also noted that rent generally is rising Price increases have been announced or are anticipated momentarily on several basic commodities. • As a result of the wage concessions won by John L. Lewis and , his Vnlted Mine workers, the coat ot coal is expected to rise 40 cents a ton or more. The magazine Steel, trade publication of the steel industry, said ♦

Close Democrat Office At 1 P.M. Saturdays Effective next Saturday afternoon. July 3. the Daily (democrat office will close at 1 <’dock each Saturday. The early dosing hour will be effective during July and August. Saturday issues of the Damocrat may be obtained at either Decatur newsstand or at the Democrat office until 1 o’clock. The change In hours is effective only in the business office and the Saturday issue will be published at 12 o'clock n<M>n. as has been customary for several years. Continuing Efforts To Draft Eisenhower Bandwagon Rolling Despite Ike Stand By United Press With the Democratic national convention just two weeks off. Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, the wartime "wonder man.” was the man who had everybody wondering today. The Ike-for-president bandwagon was rolling merrily along, despite the general's Insistance that he doesn't want to be in the driver s seat. Two organizations— Amerirenx . for Democratic action and veterans for Eisenhower—are out to swing the District of Columbia's 12-man delegation to him in today's Demorcatlc primary. A draft-Eisenhower motion touxhed oft a bedlam of cheers, whistles and shouts of approval from Wisconsin Democrats last night at their state convention in ■■ raar Ivra)

that higher coal costs in turn I would force steel prices up. > The basic price of aluminum was hiked for the first time In 11 • years last week by the Aluminum • Company of America. The corni pany raised basic prices one cent t per pound to offset a 10 percent wage increase granted 20.000 work- • era. » At Canton. 0., Timken Roller ' Bearing Co. raised prices on rol > lor bearings five percent last week because of “wage raises and highr er material costs." a spokesman said. The labor department In its ’ tegular monthly survey reported I last week that the coat of living on May IS hit a new high. While I the department had no accurate figures on consumer prices since May IS. Indications are that living - coats have continued to rise. A spokesman for the national association of retail meat dealers said meat prices are expected to I stay high until September or I October, when cheaper grass fed i cattle moves to market. Prices normally climb !• penWnt during the summer because of the sea--1 (Tsrs To |«»I

Hundreds of Casualties, Thousands Are Homeless After Series Os Quakes

Disclose Terms Os Marshall Aid Plan Begin Signing Os Bilateral Pacts Washington. June 28— (UP) — The state department today discltised the "terms'’ which Marshall plan countries are accepting to Insure that U. H. economic aid to Europe is not wasted. The announcement of the "terms” was expected by diphe mats here to signal a fresh communist propoganda blast assail ing the multi-billion dollar European recovery program as ”U. 8. imperialism" and "rule of the dollar." Secretary of state George C. Marshall said the signing of the bilateral agreements represents "one more step In the development of the program for European recovery." .Marshall said In a statement that "the prospect for success of thia great project Ilex in the determination of the people of Eur ope to work together to achieve 1 recovery.” I He said continued "cooperation and effort of the people of the countries concerned” should Insure success of the program. The Marshal) plan countries began signing agreements today In- ’ corporating the terms. President ’ Truman today signed the bill which puts up the foreign aid money. The conditions were disclosed with the release here of the text of bi'aleral agreements with Ire land and Italy. Ireland signed the agreement at Dublin at < a. m (CDT.f And Italy was scheduled to sign at Rome at 1:30 p. m CDT. Officials said all bgree ments are virtually the same Ireland's signing ix subject to final ratification l>y the Dublin parliament. In exchange for U. 8. aid. Italy 1 and Ire'and. as other countries • will, made: ' 1. Guarantees of a favorable ’ economic climate for European recovery— by adopting necexary iTtera T» Tw»| I Two Youths Injured As Auto Is Wrecked Two Decatur Lads Taken To Hospital John Doan. Jr., son of Mayor and ' Mrs. John Doan, and Gene Ziner. ! non of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence ' Ziner. are In the Wells county hoa- ' pltal suffering from injuries bus tained when the automobile in which they were riding turned over on Its side on a curve on state road 216 near Bluffton Sunday afternoon Two other occupants. John Thompson, non of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Thompson, and James ( Price, non of Mr and Mrs. Roy Price escaped with a few bruises , The four young men had attended a picnic dinner of the Adams , county Republican committee and . their families at the state forest and had decided to drive into : Bluffton The car struck the soft . road shoulder on a curve and turned over pinning Ziner and . Doan against the side. Doan received some serious cuts . and bruises on his arm and body. . and his left foot and leg were , severely twisted The index finger of his left hand was broken in , two places, and the finger down to I the first joint was torn oYf The , flesh was sewed back, and phy- , sicians say that, barring infec- , lion, the finger will be saved. Ziner received several severe j cuts on his left arm and also ta suffering from shock, la te beI Iteved both young men will be boa- , vitalized for several days. , Thompson and Price received , several cuts and bruises, but neiI ther was* taken to the hospital ! The automobile, belonging to , Clarence Zlher. was damaged to . the extent of 1500. according io insurance representatives a

| Army Expects Induction Os Over 225,000 Royoll Discloses Plans Os New Draft Machinery Today • Washington. June 28—(UP) — The army announced today that It expects to Induct from 225.000 to 250.000 men from July 1 to June 30. 1949 under the peacetime draft law. The draftees, aged 19-through--25 will serve for 21 months. Inductions probably will start about Sept. 22. About 30,000 men per month will be inducted Into the army. Secretary of army Kenneth C. Royall gave the figures at a news conference ax he disclosed plans for the new draft machinery. The "somewhat limited Immediate requirements” of the navy and air force probaldy will be filled by voluntary recruits, Royal' said. The army will get most of the draftees. Th>> program Is planned to bring the army’s present strength of 542.000 up to 790,000 by July 1. 1949 In accordance with the pro visions of the selerttvw service act. The law authorizes a maxi mum strength of 837.000. How “ver. It does not carry approprla tlons for more than 790.000. The draft act provides for registration of those !8-through-25. Selective service said local boards probably will begin } registration Aug 16. The army expects to get 110.000 eighteen-year-o'd volunteers in the next vear, Royall said. These 18-year-o!ds may sign up for one year active training These youths can get out of the 21-month draft by volunteering for the one year and then signing ' up In the reserve for six years. Draftees Into Army Chicago. June 28 — (UP) —U Gen. Walton H. Walker, fifth army commanding general, pre dieted today that draftees taken between now and the end of the vear will be put into the armv rather than the navy and the air force. The fifth army embraces most of the middle western states Drafted men in Its area will be •worn In and sent to Ft Riley. Kans., where they w'l! be induct 1 esi. classified and sent to units. «Twrs T« t',l» Sts) I ■ Three Are Dead In ' Kansas City Affray i Policeman And Two Negroes Are Killed Kansas City. Mo, June 28 — - (UP) —A routine disturbance call i turned into a mass shooting today I which left one policeman and two [ negroes dead, another officer ridd- , led with shotgun slugs and a third [ negro critically wounded near the I downtown district. I A terrified eye-witness. Rose mary Chriswel. said she saw Er ( skine Stephenson 65 negro, shoot patrolman Floyd Montgomery to death, and blast Emile Jones. . negro, and patrolman Paul War ( rington with shotgun slugs from , the porch nf a midtown apart , ment Rtrbhenson and hl« wife. Lor exine. 2? were found shot to death Inside the building. Stenh »nson had been shot through the ’ head, anpxventlv by a ni’tql. while 1 his wife had been fe'led by a shotgun" The witness, stater of the Injured FJtnl’e Jones said she turn*-’ 1 her hack after the Mt olman fell. ’ het heard additional shots. Jone« his said, had ca’led ’ the noltae aPer- Rtephenaon had ’ "c'lled us nsme« " * Erskine BteohMson. first Idea tTuvu Te Pens Two)

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West Coast Os Main Japan Home Island Rocked By Series Os Four Earthquakes Tokyo. Tuesday, June 29 —(VP) — Hundreds of persons were reported killed or injured and thousands were homeless today after a series of four devaxtaffh* earthquakes hit the west coast of Honshu, main Japanese home island. Unconfirmed reports said that possibly lOO.OM persons were homeless and more than 1.000 killed or injured. Brig. Gen. C. F. Sams, chief of the public health and welfare section of ths U. 8. Sth army, said preliminary Information showed at least 300 dead. The U. 8. occupation army rushed emergency supplies and medical teams to ihe quake-strick-en area. Lt. Gen. Robert L. Eichelberger. U. 8. Sth army commander, announced that emergency supplies, doctors, first-aid equipment and communications teams were on their way to Fukui, a city of 85.000 hit hardest by the temblors. Fukui Ix alaiut 200 miles west of Tokyo. Fires swept uncontrolled through Fukui, known a» the "silk center of Japan " The mayor of the stricken prefecture sent a radio appeal for h«dp. saying all houses in the city had collaps««l. Fires already have burned through one-third of the city and •till are spreading. Governor Olstya said In a radio ROS intercepted by Kyodo news service. Relief trains were en route from Tokyo and Osaka to Fukui. Toyama and Ishikawa prefectures, but army officials feared they may be unable to reach the stricken area because of damaged rail lines. The quakes, worst since the disaster in December. 1946 when a submarine quake-tidal wave killed approximately 1.606 persons on the eastern shores of the home ta’and r <. struck at the dinner hour last night when most people were in their homes preparing the evening m<-al. The main shocks flattened flimsy wooden and paper houses, threw trains off the rails and opened up cracks in the earth. A series of tidal waves followed the earthquakes but did little damage. Seismologists predicted that damage would be comparatively slight, compared to the 1923 earth--1 quake and tire In Tokyo and Yokohama. because many cities in the area were demolished in B-29 raids during the war. Early reports, gathered with difficulty because telephone and electric service was impaired, indicated that Fukui city was the hardest hit. The ministry of communications in Tokyo was Informed that Fukui, a cltv of 52.000 residents, was "virtually wiped out." except for two or three buildings Sti'l <Tam T» Pare Three) [ Plan Commission To , Meet Tuesday Night The Decatur plan commission 1 will hold a meeting at the city halt Tuesday night at 8 o'clock. It has been announced Plans will be completed to form a citizens committee to assist in formulating a toning ordinance to present later to the ’ city council • legionnaires Vote For New Officers Decatur !,eg|onnalre« are voting. ’ ’his afternoon and tonight for offf•ere of Adams Post 43 for the ' ’*4B-<9 rear Considerable Interest has been shown in pre-election ac--1 ’ivltiea A three-wav contest ta on for commander, highest office of ( the post The contestants for the romman- ' der's <oh are !j)wren<-* Rash. Russ- ( ait WeMv and Gilbert Backey. . There also is considerable interest In the comes' for <4’dera’es to the state "onrentire Eight are to be chosen from a list of 26 < andidatea.