Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 46, Number 175, Decatur, Adams County, 26 July 1948 — Page 1

IVI. No. 175.

DECATUR STREET FAIR IS OPENED TODAY

■Congress In Special Session

Mident To Kk Tuesday Hint Meet 9bect Republicans ■ Refuse Truman's F° r Controls 9jmL K t<>n. July 2« — (UP) - ;l .<ll. out rolled <on in extra hhhxloii today s hoping to wind them urging ail a. most WEb^H*P- ak*-r Jone|>h W Mar .indent,.l A fc’MV•-11.-.I the s in response to President rail * will appear before -srion to requests These are to ration to I Im|B- r>l ** oO ** *• rpai, y ,o to K ApM a 9<>mlnute leadership Martin the S *«nt«| [to hear Mr Truman he any definite legisla • BfllH* Mley leader Robert A (). the daily this week if uKe< ide to stay here" He that suggestion the leadership meet 11 1 "'.KieRR adjourn without any of Mr Truman's J Hut no decision was Rasßpreder!i k Smith. J! O . \UBHBH' lioll-e he would introduce i s for adjournment of is no good reason for this *Mrlul session It’s purely move," he believes the session Itfi B three or four weeks who attended the meet Vandenberg. Sens Kenry It Neb. and Eu KkiHli rends R, 1)1. members were MMo l ’" l * floor when Martin ||. Hie roll was called. | members answered. ®|lfc®he answered the roll -for ■KI The only business - resolution to • joint session for _ s IK Democratic lead / Al Mft M Ha I Kley of Kentucky was ft <>f a group of senators fßff Hr* ratul at ed him on his as Democratic vice candidate. Taylor. D. Ida. vice nominee of Henry A progreslve sat desk although he got Kt Ishakes. ’ V Jesse P WoP-ott. R ■HgSf the house banking com reporters he has no to sponsor any new iBBSi ” r ail(> inflation lagtete ■>le X-Ray Unit This Week 'd**" l * county tuber, u Berne all x wer * ’• k * ,n of ■rt "" “ f ’ h " l,u nbar Manu ■SyMp ''" »’ 1 o'clock this afterthe »as placed at the ' b * pub,,< ' la,er ln ' h " 7 : ■"* s'atloned at the office IM^ 4 **"* Service Corp will l>e brought to I>e will operate the t OH' 1 ' the week through Fnf * ny I” , rs<in 15 years old r&l> 0b,,1n * ,re * chest ■ „ Mt 31ld , for eni ,h * I ’*’«’»r G E and . «< hedule for the res, of *‘ ll son Him ed tomor '<!» said I r, ' rth > dearleg south Preeadwt by ea ehOw «rs !r. esteems c<«t (r Tu „ fair With plea

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

Fair Program Monday Night I 7 p m.—Free act. Third and Monroe streets. Commllle’s Dogs. S p.m.—Free act. Third and Monroe Streets. Cliff Kirkpatrick’s Rerghoff magic show. !• p.m.—Free act. Third and Monroe streets. Dick Lewie, . 1 Brownie and Co. 10 p.m. Free act. First and Madison streets. Aerial Venues. .Midway open until midnight. Tuesday Afternoon 2 pm.— Free act. Monroe and Third streets. Commille's dogs. 2 p.m. All rides and concessions open to public. 2 p.m.—All 4-H exhibits open to public in Decatur high school auditorium; tent in front of auditorium entrance; county highway garage on North First street; vacant lot on corner of First and Monroe streets; Doehrman sale barn on East Monroe street and vacant lot on North Second street. 3 p.m.—Free act. Monroe and Third streets. Cliff Kirkpatrick’s Berghoff magic show. 4 p.m.— Free act, Monroe and Third streets. Dick Brownie Co. 5 p.m. Free act. First and Madison streets. Aesial Vesses. One of world's greatest high acts. Tuesday Night 7 pm. -Rides. shows and concessions open for night. All exhibits also will be open at night. 7 p.m.— Free act. Monroe and Third streets. Commille’s dogs. S pm,— Free act. Monroe and Third streets. Cliff KirkPatrick. 9 p.m.— Free act. Monroe Third streets. Dick Lewis, Brownie Co. 10 pin —Free act. Madison and First streets. Aerial Vessea. 12 midnight. — Close for night. Two Bandits Obtain $7,000 In Robbery Manager Forced To Open Store's Safe Muncie. Ind.. July M—(UP)— Authorities today carried on a ' state-wide search for two bandits who forced the manager of a super market here to open the store’s safe for them while holding his pretty young fiancee as hostage and escaped with an estimated 17.000 Don Tuttle. 2«. said the two men accosted them early yesterday in a parking lot behind a drive in movie and forced them at gunpoint to drive to the market. Tuttle's fiancee. Marr Ellen Rush. 23, was held prisoner in a car parked on a nearby side street while Tuttle was forced to open the market safe. Miss Rush said one of the ban dlts. wearing sun glasses, told her that "If your boy friend treats us right, we’ll treat you all right’’ as he held a fg-callber revolver against her. Tuttle said he bad tried to turn around after discovering the drive-1 in was closed but said the bandits, who apparently had followed them from the store after be dosed it. walked up to them and told him that "We want your money..." Tuttle said he first gave the two men his wallet containing around SIS but said they wanted "more than this." So be and Mias Rush were forced Into the bandits’ car and driven to the market they bad Just left. z Then, he said, while one of the men "covered Miss Rush In the back seat of the car. the other forced Tuttle to go inside the market, open up a safe and turn over a money box that Tuttle said contained some |7.Wd in cash and checks. Tuttle said that after the rob- i bury be sad Miss Rush were driven ta the edge of Muncie where they were released «n banned The two men then drove off. apparently headed north. Tuttle said. * ‘ I

Americans And British Seal Zone Borders Embargo Placed On Railroad Traffic With Soviet Zone Berlin, July 28— (UP) — The American and British military governments today sealed the borders of their occupation zones In western Germany against railway j traffic Into or out of the Russian zone. The Anglo-American embargo on rail shipments destined for or coming from Soviet-occupied Germany was one of the most drastic measures employed by the west In the crisis over the Russian blockade of Berlin. The western powers attributed their action in "technical difficulties’’ That was the reason given by the Soviets when they clamped their land blockade on Berlin. British officials said the spe clfic difficulty was that the Russians still held In their zone 15,449 railway cars which belong to the western zones. Lack of the care, they said, blocked any increase in Ruhr coal production, since enough rilling stock was not available to move the coal from the mines. Another reason for the new move. Informants said, was the Soviet blockade of rails between Ber'ln and western Germany, the first move in the blockade of Ber Wu. The order was taken generallv as direct retaliation for the blockade of Berlin. Some quarter* called It one of the first "economic sanctions" which might be taken against the Russians. Maj. Gen. Charles Gross, deputy chief of transportation for the Anglo-American area of western Germany, sent a message to transportation officers which said: "Due to technical difficulties, bizonal authorities cannot In August accept for movement across the United States and United Kingdom zone railway traffic, exclusive of mail, origin ating In or terminating In the (Tarn Tn Page Tbrert Courtesy Drive Groom-To-Be Is Final $5 Winner Richard Cletus Brlede and bis brtdetabe were motoring uptown when Robert S. Anderson, representing the Junior Chamber of Commerce, awarded him Saturday's 85 courteous driving award on behalf of the Chicago motor club and the Decatur Daily Democrat. Mr. Brlede. who lives at 50* West Jefferson street, was observ ed in moderately heavy traffic. He used hand signals, snd when he might hsve "msde the light" at Monroe and Second streets, he stopped Instead to give pedes trians a chance. Studying engineering at MarI quette university In Milwsukee. Mr Brlede is home In Decstur for the summer, and Is working temporarily for the telephone com pany. His fiancee. Eleanor Janin ski. comes from Virginia. Minn They are to be married next month. There’s a driver who lives at Eleventh and Monroe streets who came within a hair's breadth of winning Saturday's award, accord lag to Mr. Anderson Saturday's judge trailed the unidentified motorist for quite a distance, and was just about ready to stop him and make the award when, practically on his own doorstep, the unlucky driver careened around a corner and into his driveway, with out so much as slowing down or making a signal. Saturday's award was the last of eight dally prises ta Decatur’s courteous driving campaign Courtesy on tbe road won't psy oft ta IS Mils from now oe. but It 'always pays oft ... ta hamaa Ilves.

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Decatur, Indiana, Monday, July 26, 1948

Halt Red Ship As Health Menace d4* * k I• ’ J ■ - ’ ■ t t .1-.®. " " ■ - uk ■ ■ A y : '. , ’ ■ 1 AT ANCHOR OFF QUARANTINE the Russian freighter Pobeda is held up for nine hours while U. S. Public Health officials Insisted that there were rats aboard the vessel and it would have to be fumigated. Declaring the ship to be a menace to public health, the U.S. authorities carried on a heated argument with Capt. Nikolov Pakholok. the skipper, who finally consented The Pobeda was finally allowed to proceed from quarantine in .New York harlxir to a dock at Jersey City. N. J.

Wallace Party For Peace With Russia Progressive Party Closes Convention Philadelphia. July 28 — (UP) — Henry A. Wallace's new progressive party kicked off its peace-with-Russla presidential campaign today with a declaration by its leader that "we've just begun to roll." The former new deal vice president and" secretary of commerce stated his hopes for Ibe future before 3.0U0 youngsters gathered here to form "The Young Progressives of America " Shortly after his progressive party had adjourned its first and founding convention. Wallace ad dressed the young people, who are organizing a national youth movement iln his behalf. ”1 was going on faith before." he told them, "but since this convention I know we've just begun to roll ” Wallace and Sen. Glen H. Taylor at Idaho, hie vice presidential running mate, launched their campaign on a I pat form blaming International difficulties on U. 8 foreign policy and demanding U. 8. peace overtures to Russia. The platform was adopted last night, after consirerable working over from the convention floor. By 3,200-plus delegates who the day before bad whooped Wallace and Taylor Into the 1948 white house campaign with nominations by acclamation. In the late afternoon, before the 3.600-word platform finally was adopted. a small group of New Englanders tried to knock down ar guments by Wallace critics that ITa ria To Fair Three)

Silvery Blob In Sky Is Reported By Thousands

Yakima. Wash. July 28 — (UP) — Hundreds of persons claimed today lhat they saw a silvery moon shaped object streek through the skies over Weshington state yesterday. Two employes of tbe civil aeronautics administration were among those who claimed to have sighted the object here. About (he time the object was being reported over Yekima. William B. Applke of Portland. Ore., said he aaw something "big.round and bright" moving west over Portland He said it "suddeely veered •oathwest In en awful hurry." Airport traffic controller Don Hunt and aircraft communicator George Robinson said tipy saw a silvery disc-like obR-A flying west at here about 2 p m and again at 4 20 pm. "At first I thought It the planet Venae, but after checking I know that the planet couldn't be seen here at thia time of year," Hunt said. Robinson said the object looked as If It had fiaahiag lights something like nn airliner's fog lights " They said no airliners were flying In the Yakima area at the time, however Some offkiato believed the object

Legion's District Election Thursday A new commander for the fourth district, American Legion, will be selected at a district meeting to be held Thursday evening at 8:15 o'clock at Post 47, Fort Wayne. Delegates and alternates to the Legion's national convention will also be elected at this meeting. James K. Staley, of this city, who has served as district commander for the past year, will preside at Thursday's meeting. Four Ohio Counties Seek Killer Custody Van Wert Officer Slightly Improved Celina, 0.. July 26 — (UP) — Os ficials of four Ohio counties today planned conferences sometime this week to decide which county will get custody of Robert Muri Daniels, 24-year-old killer who has admitted taking part in six Ohio murders. Daniels was captured and his partner In crime. John C. Wegt. 22. formerly of Parkersburg, W. Ya., was slain in a gun battle with a policeman at a roadblock near Van Wert Friday morning. Sgt. Conn of the Van Wert police department, shot down by West during the brief gun duel, was reported "somewhat improved" by Van Wert hospital officiate today. His condition, however, re mained critical. Gor. Thomas J. Herbert, mean while, shocked by the * rimes com miffed by West and Daniels, both parolees from the Mansfield reformatory. called a meeting at 11 a m today of state parole official* Io discuss supervision of parolees Sheriff F. Roy Shafter of Van *Tura T*» Face Three*

was a navy target balloon which broke away from Its moorings where it was being used to advertise a war surplus store. The bolloon was last seen headed in a westerly direction — possibly toward the airfield. Hunt and Robinson insisted, however, that the object they saw could not have been a balloon because it was headed agamat tbe wind. It was the first sighted by Victotn Kroum. a farmer from Punkin Cen ter. Wash, at 1*:14 a m He told atate police about it. Hundreds of other persons In Yakima and surrounding counties began calling the CAA to report that they had seen the diac "They know just aa much about ft aa we do." the CAA Mid The object reported hero and at Portland apparition aighed in U. 8 skies this weekend In Atlanta, two Eastern airline pilots Insisted that they mw a flame-shooting "space ship' near Montgomery. Ala., on Saturday Capt O. 8 Chiles of Attests and copilot John Whlttad of Hapeville. Go., armed themselvo. with Mill and movie cameras for future flights to prove that the object they mw was "man made and not (TwrWTa F>«« Tw.»

Street Fair Is Resumed Alter War-Time Lapse; Closes Saturday Night

Fair Sidelights Hardly had the courthouse clock finished striking midnight when the hammers began to fly as concessioners undertook the nightlong task of setting up shop for the Fair. Despite a chilling drizzle workmen hied to their tasks with considerable vigor. —oOo— Two anonymous American Legion picnic celebrants caused quite a stir Sunday afternoon. Proceeding the Aerial Yesses by almost 24 hours, the legionnaires mounted the dazzlingly high tower and would have gone through a routine If the equipment upstairs hadn't been locked up. They slid down fireman style, and fellow legionnaires and bystanders heaved a relieved sigh. —oOo— Decatur's first street fair was held in 1912, but it was called “Old Home Week.” Gent by the name of William Jennings Bryan did the rhetorical honors. Among Decaturites on the 1912 committee were F M Shirmeyer. W. P. Shrock. J H. Heller. E Ehlnger, F H Hubbard. C N < hriaten. II R. Moltz. H. J. Yager. French Quinn. Morton Stultz. C. C. Schafer. C. A. Dugan and J. T Meyers. - 000- ■ Actually it’s still pretty much "old home week." Lots of local citizens are having guests from all over the country. And many of the guests are natives of Decatur. - 000— Irene Braun of the Welfare department was the first patient at the Red Cross tent on the north side the courthouse. She got a little too close to the guide wires on the midway. —oOo— Credit R W Pruden. executive secretary of the C.of C.. with keeping the machinery going for several months on fair plans. Mr. Pruden and Robert l4ine, the Chamber's president, shared the headaches which made the first postwar fair possible. o()o— Bob Helm, who has handled con(Tarn To »’»««■ Three* Pfc. Jackson Rites Thursday Afternoon War Veteran's Body Will Arrive Tuesday The !s*dy of Pfc Carl F. Jackson, son of Mr and Mrs. Harry E. Jackson. 12? East Brannlng avenue. Fort Wayne, will arrive in Decatur Tuesday night. The body will be removed to the Zwick funeral home, where funeral services will l»e held at 2 o’clock Thursday afternoon, with the Rev O. D. Wissler officiating. Burial will lie in the Decatur cemetery, with the American and Veterans of Foreign Wars posts of this city conducting full military rites Friends may call at the funeral home after 7 o'clock Wednesday evening. The war veteran. 27 years old when he was killed in action in France July 27. 1944. was engaged In farming in Adams county prior to entering service Nov. 13. 1941. Surviving in addition to his par ents are his grandmother. Mrs. E W. Jackson of east of Decatur, and two sisters. Mrs. Carl Egly and Mrs Howard Goyer. both of Fort Wsyne Pfc. Jackson was a member of tbe Calvary Evangelical United Breth en church, east of Decatur. State Income Over 109 Million In Year Indianapolis. July 28 — (UP) — The state of Indiana had an income of more than liot.oon.ooo during the fiscal year ending June 30. the newly-formed department of state revenue dis* iosed today Department commissioner Frank T Minis said the groas Income tax division and the fuels tax were principal coat ribs tors to the state’s purse More than 185.50e.000 was taken in from grows ncome taxes, and more than 138.0M.0M was collected from the fuels tax. Minis said.

U. S., Britain And France In Crisis Confab Top Diplomats Of Three Nations In London Conference London. July 28- (UP)— High level representatives of the United States. Great Britain and France discussed a new approach to Moscow today at possibly the moat crucial three-power meeting since the breakup of the foreign ministers council last December. Top diplomats talked for more than an hour in the office of Sir William Strang, foreign undersec rotary. The l«ondon meeting followed a gathering of ranking American military and diplomatic emissaries in Berlin yesterday. The series of talks were presumed to be shaping a new policy in the west with re gard to the Berlin crisis and relations with the Soviets generally. Rene Massigli. French ambassador to London, emerged first from the meeting. He dashed to his car and was driven away to a luncheon appointment. Five minutes later the American delegation came out The diplomats posed smilingly for pictures, but refused to comment. They were Lewis Douglas, U. S. ambassador to Ixtndon. W. Bedell Smith, ambassador to Moscow, and Charles Bohlen. U. S state depart ment expert on Russia. While all participants refused comment, the conference obvious ly dealt with a new approach to Moscow looking toward a settle ment not only of the Berlin crisis but of the occupation situation In Germany as a whole. The three western powers must decide whether the new approach should be made personally by theii ambassadors or some other high representatives, or by a further exchange of notes. A foreign office spokesman said no final draft of a new note to Moscow had been approved Several drafts were being circu lated and studied by the three powers, he said. Os today's conference he said only that "It related to the situation in Berlin " The American and British rep resentatives were meeting again this afternoon, this time with foreign secretary Ernest Bevin. Sir Maurice Peterson. British ambassador to Moscow, also was attend ing. He is hero on leave Voters Are Urged To Register This Week Clerk's Office Will Be Open All Week All Adams county citizens, who have not registered to vote in the general election next November, will have the opportunity to do so at the office of county clerk Ed Jaberg all this week, it was an nounced today The registration project is be Ing sponsored jointly by the county Democrat and Republican committees under the supervision of Mr Jaberg The Decatur Jaycees also will assist in tbe drive to get all voters registered for the fall general election • . Mr Jaberg stated that his office would be open each day for rogiatration until 5 o’clock in the afternoon and evening hours would be maintained Thursday night from 7 o'clock to • o'clock. Tbe registration this week is being urged eapqcially for those people In tbe south part of the county. Leaders of both political par tlee are cooperating In tbe drive to register all voters

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Midway Opens This Afternoon; First Free Acts Tonight; Livestock Exhibits Months of planning became a reality at 2 o'clock this afternoon as Decatur's first postwar free street fair and agricultural show began its one-week monopoly on citizens' time and interest. Under murky skies the wellgeared bevy of rides, acta, concessions and exhibits rolled into activity. Uptown Decatur was once again the scene of gaiety and spirit that only a fair can create. From Jackson street south on Second street to Jefferson street, east and west on Madison, and Liberty Way to Third street, and north and south on Third street from Jefferson to Monroe this was Decatur's blazing midway. The first free act was scheduled to begin at 7 o’clock tonight, when Commille's dogs, booked by the Gus Sun fair booking company, perform. Eight pm. will feature the magical miracles of Cliff Kirkpatrick. and at 9 o'clock the hilarious Dick Lewis, Brownie and Co. routine will go on. These acts will take place at Third and Monroe streets. Climax of the acts for the night will come at 10 o'clock, when the Aerial Vesses perform before awed, neck-craning specatators. Thia act will be held at First and Madison streets, where the high wire apparatus has already been assembled. Agricultural aspects of the fair will get underway Tuesday morning At 9 o'clock beef cattle will be judged, and at 6:30 pm. rabbits and poultry will come under the scrutiny of the experts. Agricultural tents are located at the end of Madison street on the river, on North Second street just past Zwick's and at the corner of First and Monroe streets. Beginning Tuesday the free acts will be presented twice daily, starting at 1 p.m and 7 pm. On Friday several new acts will be added, including Art Bassett and his unicycle, and the Lowells. acrobatic team of world renown. An information booth has been set up at the corner of Madison and Second streets. That's the place to go to look for lost children, lost pocketbooks, etc. The Red Cross will be on duly continuously in case of mishaps, and have set up a temporary infirmary in case of any mishap. The public address system will be the the key for last minute news on what's going on where and when, and may also help some of those lost children find their parents. Robert Lane. president of the Chamber of Commerce, and R. W. Pruden. executive secretary of the C. of C.. are In charge of the proceedings They are assisted by Clyde Butler. Robert Helm. Frank Lynch. Gerald Vizard. Kirsch, Al Riehle, Herman Krueckeberg, (Turn To Page Five) LATE BULLETINS Lake Success. N. Y., July 28— (UP) —The United Nations today in effect shelves its two-year effort to obtain world disarmament. A UN committee paved the way for dropping disarmament talks by adopting, over strong Russian objection, a British resolution saying that disarmament would be possible only when international confidence wae restored. Kenvil. N. J, July 26—(UP) —Police received a report today that an explosion had occurred in the Hercules Powder Co., plant here. Two workers were killed in a blast at the same plant several weeks ago. Peoria. July 26— (UP)— Bernard (Bernie) Shelton, a member of the notorious Shelton gong which terrorized southern Illinois during the prohibition era, was shot and killed in ambush in front of his tavern near here today.