Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 46, Number 222, Decatur, Adams County, 20 September 1948 — Page 1

XLVL No. 222.

UT BERLIN CRISIS INTO UNITED NATIONS

Lth Florida warned Os Irm Danger Bumcane Whirls Sus Os Caribbean ■ oward Mainland ■ BULLETIN Kami. Fla.. Sept. 20—<UPi Khe weather bureau today ■ered hurricane warning* Kit'd along the south Fiorigj coast from Key West to Kater Miami. ■Lmi Fla. Sept 2o ITP l K Florida was put on a "preKiiy precautions" status today ■ hurricane whirled out of the K> inward the mainland att-i Kiidine a British freighter on K..ks off little Cayman Inland K- West Indies. K- southern point of the state K|ih chain of islands tapering Ko Key West alerted as the K changed course in mid-morn-1 I tin- new tropical disturbances Led by winds of over lit" miles hour roared up through the, Lbi-an. rem ue craft stood by i dtritish freighter, iaichmonar. i bring herself to pieces on the Lj reefs 5o" yards off little | tian, south of Cuba The aboard were believed in no rebate peril rescue tug reported that seas ) too high to permit an imniedifest ue of the seamen 1" I’. am advisory said the Di was expected to strike the 1; Cuba coast with its 100 miles lc u: winds sometime tins afterweather bureau indicated its i curve in direction might carry Ist the mainland Into the Haas Islands le weather bureau extended its i of caution to the western Bn as Islands as the storm, which two days had moved slowly in ■ortli, northwesterly direction, ■ted and headed toward the ■h northeast. ■s projected path would carry it ■ewliat to the east of Havana. Ba with its outer gales brushing ■ Florida Keys and the southern Biela peninsula ■r: all < raft were advised to re Bn in port as far north as .MelBrno. Fla. and in the western Barna■he tug Curb out of Kingston, Bia; a. had plowed through the ■ Kanes outer gales to the side I the ‘i.ixm-ton British freighter ■hiuoiiar which ran aground yes ■av morning on a reef off little ■than ■h«< Curb notified the coast Brd it would await calmer seas ■evacuate the ship’s six passen B* and t>7 crewmen, if necessary ■lie navy ordered all whips and fee* out of the Key West base ■awr, today Two hours later all frroy ers submarines and other >fa< e craft were sailing out into ff western gulf of Mexico Planes B blimps were dispersed to safer ■ds in northern Florida and brgia ■t Key West, some establish |nts boarded up but schcad* re iitied in session and business gen ■•>’ was as usual. lesbyterians Extend ill For New Pastor F* r A C. E. Cillander. Brazil. r° has been invited to accept the ktorat-. of the First Presbyterian kr. h Decatar. will visit In De Bur tonight and will then motor Ithsian Tuesday to attend a meet ■ of the Fort Wayne Presbytery. I »hi> h the Decatur church is a ■inker. Pj*- C. D. Teeple and Wilbur * r ‘e wilt appear before the Pres--I*ry at Ossian and report tbe a> * the local congregation In •*n< unanimously to cal! Rev “Oder it is necessary for the ■sbytery to approve the local •rcb action before an official call “ I* issued Rev. Gillander will •’ the home of Mr. and Mrs , Smith while in this city to nt. WEATHER Mostly cloudy tonight and ussdsy with showers north **"tral tonight and In “th and central, except *' ’h« Ohio Tuesday. Coolnorth end central tonight " touth and central Tuesday

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

Truckers' Strike Virtually Ended New Difficulty In Western Oil Strike By United Press The New York truckers’ strike was virtually over today new difficulties appeared in tin- California i oil strike with h has cut west coast 1 gasoline supplies. Most New York firms were reported to have settled for a 17*-, cent hourly wage increase, and oth er benefits However, railroad freight embargo continued in New York because large rail freight haul-i ing firms still held out against the demand of one local for a 25-e’ent hourly boost. tin the west coast, meanwhile, the j tanker L. P St Clair steamed out I of Los Angeles harbor last night 1 for Port Sun Luis, leaving its CIO I crew on the beach. Three other i tankers were set to embark with 1 crews recruited on the open market The ships’ original crews, mem 1 i leers of the CIO National Maritime union, refused to handle the ships 'j when pickets from the sinking CIO I oil workers union appeared at the j dock The wife of I’nlon oil maintenance foreman Lester Edwards re '| ported that two bullets were fired . into their home Mrs. Lee Green. I wife of another I’nion oil foreman : told police she received a threaten ing telephone call Saturday night i and later a car drove up and a pis tol shot was heard. Despite a continued stalemate in l the 19-day west coast maritime strike, plans were almost complete for moving army <arfn to the far ' i east. The army signed independent I steveodring firms to move supplies. f leaving the waterfront employers , association out of the picture. The move did not affect civilian cargoes, comprising 7u pen ent of west coast shipping. The WE. a has refused to negot- ; iate with the cio international i longshoremen's union one of five striking maritime labor groups . until union leaders sign non Coni- ' munist affidavits In Indianapolis, the AFL Inter national Typographical union open ’ ed its federal court fight against I the national labor relations board i I which sought to have the li t' cited i , for contempt of court. The printers’ union entered a mo- [ '■ tion to dismiss the NLRB jietition requesting that the ITI be found guilty of civil contempt fur ignoring an older issued last March 27. > I Meat-On-Hoof Sells c' For Record Prices Chicago. Sept ll’Pt Meat on the-hoof sold for record prices at Chicago ami Indianapolis to day Choice to prime steers at Chi 1 cago sold for 111 *»•' per hundred pounds, equalling the markets all ' time high set Sept I At Indianapolis, one load of good ’ and choice hogs sold for ♦I" 35 1 per hundredweight, an all-time high ’for the Indianapolis market. Local Man’s Mother Dies Last Evening Mrs. Mary E. Engle Dies At Petroleum . Mrs Mary E. Eagle. 77. mother of » Harold Engle of this city, died at i 8 o'cloc k Sunday evening at her home in Petroleum after an illness • of four weeks of coronary occiu - non. . She was a menilier of the Church I of Christ at Domestic. Surviving in addition to the sou • in this city are three other sons. - Arthur of Muncie. Dwight and Wa. • ley of near Bluffton, four daughi ters. Mrs Inez Z.egler of Geneva. Mrs. Irene Hunt of Parker. Mrs i Grance Hunt of Blountville and I Mrs Ruth Pease of Keystone; 17 I grandchildren; six great grandchildI ren; three brothers. Harry Shoe maker of Plymouth. Jake of Ore ola and Louis of Huntington. and a Uster. Mrs Susie Smith of Petroleum. Funeral services will lie held at J ptn W’ednrsda. at the Itomestic Church ofsCbnst. the Rev Wayne Piety and tbe Rev Chester Werft officiating Burial will be In the Alberson cemetery Tbe l<ody will be removed from the Jahn funeral home to the residence at T o’clock this evening

Sternists To Be Placed In Israeli Army Jerusalem Rocked By Shelling, Fear Warfare's Renewal Jerusalem. Sept 20 fl'Pi • , More than 2'm Stern gang mem i hers arrested in the wake ot Count Folke Bernadotte’s assus j cination will lie impressed Into the Israeli army, it was reporteu : today Tile Israeli cabinet, meeting into the early hours today In Tel ' Aviv, -ipproved emergency legislation outlawing all terrorist organizations in the Holy laind. The laws are expected to be promulgated this afternoon. The first group of some 2<»o 1 Sternists rounded up during the i weekend were transferred yesterday to Jaffa prison They will be held there until they are absorbed into the army A heavy artillery and mortar iMimhardment ro<-ked Jerusalem last night, wi h many shells fall ing in the residential area of Jew ish-held modern Jerusalem. Observers said it was too early to predict whether the shelling heralded the renewal of large scale warfare in the Holy Land - which some expected as n result lot Bernadotte’s assassination last Friday The firing started along the entire four-mi'e Jerusalem front before dawn Sunday. During the morning. Jewish sources said. Arabs crossed no man's-hind and ! Idew down a wall of Jewisb-held . Notre Dame convent, across the street from one of the gates of the Arab-held old city. The curfew which placed all of Jeru-alem s 90.000 Jews under virtual house arrest Saturday * was ffted Sunday, but house to house searchers for Sternists continued. None of the top 10 Sternis ( on whose heads the British post < I lira Tn !*■■* Sts I Installment Buying Controls In Effect Restrictions Aimed To Battle Inflation Washington. Sept. 20—(t’Pl - Government controls on Install ment buying went into effect today. To buy a new or used ear from now on, you'll have to lav at least one-third cash on the line And the balance must be paid off In 15 months, unles.s its more than sl.tu*o. In that case. 19 months For refrigerators, washing machines. radios, television sets vacuum cleaners, rugs, furniture sewing machine* and many other home furnishings, the minimum downpayment is one-fifth of thr sales price Again the limit is If monthly installments. The credit restrictions are In tended to help fight inflation The) were authorized at the extra ses slon of congress this summer. an<’ will expire next Jane 3o unlsgs t new law is passed extending the time. The federal reserve board draft ed the specific rule*, which repre . sent a slight modification of th« wartime credit curb* which lapsec' last Nov 1 The new control* d< not affect regular monthly chargr accounts, which were regulated in the wartime rules Also exempt from the present regulation W’’ are single payment loans from banks, as well ar Installment payment loan* whirl are used to pay medical bills, fun era! expense*, nr similar ernerg en< y need* No debt of more that ■,ooo i* under control The idea behind the controls i> that over rx|>ansion of credit is at ini|M>rt*nt factor in turning boominto busts Through installmen* buying, economists contend, peopi. mortgage their future intome, re suitlug in too much demand no* and too little later on At present. American* are itdebt about |7.25®.«ff*,0n0 for goodr bought "on time" That Is an all time high, and is about |2 500.000. M* more than tbe pre-war peak part of President Truman's eight Credit control* were the only point anti inflation program which got the nod from Republican leaders of congress at the extra session

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Decatur, Indiana, Monday, September 20, 1948

Truman Campaigns Across Colorado Notural Resources Theme Os Addresses En Route With President Truman, Sep' 2" (I'Pl President Truman <-ampaigned across Colo rad<> today, warning westerner* that ttie Republican* want to defeat their conservation and reclamation plans. He had a heavy schedule laid out for him today. Im hiding at least eight speeches, five in Denver The other speeches will be at Colorado Springs. I'ueblo and Canon City. A large group of Colorado Democrat* isiarded the 17-car president ial special at Hugo. Colo, early this morning They were led by Gov William Knous and Sen Edwin C Johnson. The President's main theme of the day was on proper utilization of natural resources and how. in hi* opinion, the Republican* have fail ed the people of the west. He was expected to add to the Invei-tive he heaped on the 80th congress during his last western trip iu June when he accused GOP congressmen of being "tools" of the private "power lobby” who tried to plunder the west’s natural riches for "special privilege" Hi* main speech was to he de livered about noon from the steps of the state < apitol in Denver after he talked before a meeting of the inter American conference on re newalde resources and visited vet eran* at F'tzsimmolis general ho* pltal. Later he will attend a luncheon for a brief talk before 1.2"" Drum c-ratic leader* After a lot of off and on plan ning. it was decided that hi* main speech at the capltcd would be made from a prepared text Origi nally. he planned to speak from note* The President wa* In fine fettle after hl* clay of rest in his hometown. Independence, Mo. But he wa* having difficulty speaking because of hoarseness, even though he made no speeches yesterday because of tin- Sabbath Hi* voice* was deeply hoarse when he greeted a turn out of several thousand persons at Junction City. Kan*, at 11 pm iCSTi He coughed several times as he spoke to the crowd, explaining that theSabbath prevented him from mak ing a real campaign speech. However, lie endorsed the state candidate* who stood with him on the rear platform of hi* train An army band from Ft Riley blared forth a* the train pulled out He also appeared briefly to wave cheerily to a crowcj at Topeka Bernadotte's Final Report Made Public Urged UN Recognize New Jewish State Paris. Sept 20 H’Pl The as sassinated Count Folke llerna lotte urged the Cnited Nation* in hl* last report to recognize the «xtatance of the J>-wi»h state of Israel and to force both the Arabs and the Jews to proclaim 'ormal peace in Palestine' The final report of the VN ■nedlator for Paelstine to the t’N wa* made public todav on the eve cf the general assembly meeting Bernadotte warned that the as senibly must act at once and de l»ive|y to replace the uneasy Palestine trine with a permanent settlement Bernadotte said he wa* con vlnced that peace in Palestine wa* possib’e if the assembly talk ed to the Arabs and Jew* in lan tuage that Is strong and hacked by most of the 58 I’nlted Nation* The 150-page report was com pleted only a few hour* before Bernadotte wa* *hof to death in lerusalem last Firdsy In it he edvised the assembly that it must make the Jew* and Arabs face he unpalatable facts, holding over both the threat of sec urity ocincil penalties if they renew ed hostilities Bernadotte made the following main proposal* 1. Recognition by tbe t’N gen »ral assemby and by the Aral world that a "Jewish state called Israel exist* in Palestine. and there are no sound reason* for assuming that It will not con tinua to do so" 2. A formal proclamation ending the Palestine hostilities to be Issued by tbe t’N Itself if the (Tara re Paa* T*»e»

f U. S. Informs Russia Troops Stay In Korea Statement Answer To Soviet Notice Os Withdrawals Washington. Sept 2" (I Pt The I tiitc-d State* *ei ved not .>• to Russia that American troop* ailli remain in Korea pending con*idera tion of the whole Korean problem i>y the I nitc-d Na ion* general as sc-mbly In a formal statement the state department also blamed Russia for failure of the two occupying powers to agree previously to withdraw , military forces from northern and southern Korea. Ku**ia occupies the north of Korea, the- I’nited State* the south. The statement wa* a reply to radio Moscow’s announ<em«-nt last night that Soviet troops would be ! entirely withdrawn from Korea by , Jan I Mo*< ow said tin- troop with , drawal* would begin next month ' Russia expressed hope that the. j Cnited States would do likewise About 21""" American troop* oc ■ cupy the southern zone of Korea while an undeteimined number of Soviet troop* were in the northern; , sector Tile state department said It ha*' been llie consistent view" of this| government that the best interest*! of the Korean people would lie- served Icy the withdrawal of ail occupying force* from Korea "at tile earliest practicable dale" It noted that till* view wa* includ- ! ed in a t’N general assembly resol ution of Nov II 19ff7 which lire vlded for withdrawal of troops after the establishment of a Korean got eminent It was the in'eniion of the , resolution tlie department added to bring into tieing an all Korean got ernment Had the .sotiei i tilo't cooperated' in c arrying out the prccvixiccii* of | the resolution of Nov 11. 1947. ” the statement said, "the cpiestlon oil troop withdrawal from Korea would, douldles* have been already re j Cl urn I'u Pnur *l*l Dewey’s Campaign Will Open Tonight To Promise Nation Peace And Freedom Enroute with Dewey. Sept 2o ll’i’l Gov Thomas E Dewey will open his presidential campaign with a promise that a Repiiolican admin istration would give the nation peace and freedom. Tile Republic all presidential nominee formally opens hi* bid for elec , then tonight with a Spec h in Drake I Stadium at Des Mollie* Paul E Imckwood. hl* secretary, said la-wey will discuss the basic I princ iple* and purpose* of free gov-1 eminent as he sees them " "He will pledge hl* unanswering adheren >• tic these principles.' lacckwood said "He believes that they must be followed by the next national administration in order tec unite Vmer tea and to carry forward in a troubled world the hope of fiec-dom and he living premise that men can Ice free and that free men can live in peace” The Ites.Moine* speec-h is one <cf nearly 50 that Dewey will make on a two week, s.omc-mile campaign swing to th- west const and hac k In addition to campaigning for his own election to the White| House. Dewey will barnstorm several state* in which there are close contests for senate seat* He sc heel ii led eight sperc lie* in Colorado which ha* only six votes in the ele< toral college hut has a hot contest for the seat of Sen Edwin <’ Johnson, a Demce rat Similar barnstorminz is sc hedul I rd for New Mexic o. Montana. Idaho and Wyom ng where other hot I senate races are under way. The GOP senate candidate* were invited to board Dewey's special car for the ride across their home states and make rear platform ap p>-aran< es with him 1 Allhongb Dewey will Ice following i President Truman in (cart of bi* trip across the ountry. he appar ently ha* no intention of responding to any of his opponrn* • campaign *p«e< hes Icewey aide* said the GOP nom I ineo will concentrate on laying (Tere Fe l*one t«»c

Expect Western Powers Will Break Off Direct Negotiations With Russia

Start Printing Os Election Ballots 13,500 Ballots To Be Printed Here County clerk Ed Jabc-rg and eh* | tion commissioner*. Lewi* I, Smith and True "Tabby” Andrew* tieday were *upc-rvi*lng the printing of tile official ballot* for the No I vember election in the- Daily Demo | c-rat’s printing department The c cemmissioner* announced that approximately I ' official ballot* ecu white paper would be printed Os this number. I.""" will be reserved for absent voter* ■Sample ballots on < unary colored | paper are being printed for each of I the ”7 precincts in the county These will he distributed to the i election in*pec tor* with the- hal lot* and supplies and p.. te<| at Unvoting p!a< es There are three- ticket* on the I c ounty ballot They are the Re | public an. Democrat und Prohibition ■ parties 'Hie Repuhliean ticket ha* I the outside left-hand column , The Republicans do not have candidate* for prowecuting attorney. rec older, sheriff, and < oro tier The Democ rat* have a c-om plete ticket for all c-ountv offices The Prohibition party ha* a c andi ! date for < ongress The presidential and Mate leal lots an- furnished Icy the state Clerk Jaberg will receive them from Ute printer at Indianapolis There are six ticket* on the state ballot Safe Stolen Here Is Found Saturday The steel safe stolen from the Al Sc hmitt Motor Sales on September I. wa* found Saturday afternoon in a soybean field nortli of West Mon •oe street, extended, near where the Erie ’tiilroad track* cross the highway Sheriff Herman Bowman located the safe, after he had been informed Icy an Etie se. then foreman that the latter noticed an ole jec-t in the field resembling a safe The safe- had been lettered open and all the contents removed. The safe contained |Ss<*. Mr. Schmitt said A money ba; and screwdriver were found at the scene In addi tion to the money. < he< k* and othet papers were stolen by the burglars, who had- not been apprehended. Two Persons Hurt In Auto Accident Automobile Skids Off Pavement Here Two of six passenger* were in iured in an auto accident Sunday afterncMin at l '" o c lock on I S highway 224. about a mile and one c half east of Decatur, when the cat ill whic h they were riding skidded i on the wet pavement and caromed off tile road Into a fence The party wa* composed of Hart ford City resident* They were! driving west when the accident or cured Mis* Magalene Hartley. I. the driver, received a fractured rib and Mrs Fred Roberts I. sustain ••d a knee injury They were taken to the Adam* county memorial hos pital for treatment and later dis missed Other* in the auto were Mr* Esther Hashagen and two c hildren « I ar* r» Pawe M«> 1,356 Youths Sign, Registration Closes A total of 1.35«» Adams county young men. aged 18 through 27 registered at the county selective service office during the peacetime draft registration, which closed Sat urday. IxMtrd offi< ial* announc ed to dav Os the total. 575 of the regis trants are nonfather* and non veteran* While the registration period closed Saturday, youth*: reaching their IMh MrtMay are re ■ quirad to register within five days| 'after their birthday

Weekend Death Toll Is Heavy In This State Over Score Killed Violently; Traffic Takes Most Victims By I ni'ed IT' S* Incliuna’s violent death toll for ! the weekend mounted Icigliei and Ingin i today as s ale polic-e a* . semlded c-poris from busy troop ' er* B> ports showed 21 lost their! lie «■- At least I'l pc rsons were killed in traffi- thr died in I plane • r.c-lie*. a <lirt tr.u k auto | race killed another, a child drown , ♦•• I. a man wa* Ki b-d when a «'ee| lie cm -true k In* lieiul and a fath e-t and hi* eL’lit ye-arold daugh ter were- s-friick and ki.b-d by light ning State police listed these traf fie- accident victim* James A Su'livan tl7 Griffin I'll.el les Peele. Uli C’lal ksleurg Nolan Tyler, 2; Fort Wayne Robert Bal hu* 22 Vinc ennes | Mr- h-«siP Kftiihh. 23. HlJtoh .lack Mich eel 71 \tlhum Marilvn Ruth Pi-ie v. 11. V.n e enne* Bonnie .Jean Atkin* M. < a n ' IL. Scottsburg Willde Wald. J! Rushville t ar! Wallace loin. Edward* i port t'alvin Townsend. I l Soutii ! Bend John <t Linville’ t'hirksburu’ Arthur <i Scheibler. ."I Milroy ■ Balth'is a taxi cab driver was j killed wlii’ti hi- calc < rashi’d into; i tree >ii aii eatlymorning ca l at ' \ UH C’line* Mr* Roush di’d in a Vim-ennc i hospital of Injuries received 111 I ! ■woe ar lollisic.n Nine Other O’ I i upants of the two car* were! burned will’ll olb- of till in c augli' fire Michael wa* killed when .truck tie a tribk State’ police said if wa* Auburn- tit t traffic fatality in eight yearTli • Pieri.’ gill wa* fatally In Jured qhen a trac tor she wa* I learning to operate went out of ! • ontied and oieiiiirned near \in . enne* Mi Xtkin- wa* killed when a ear in which she was riding ea reetied into a ditch and turned ever Two other gir * w ie in I iured War«l was injure.) fatally w lien j an auto *'ri|. k hi* motorbike near Rushville Wallace, son of MJ- Viol* t clurn To •’«*' three. Wealthy Socialite Refuses To Answer Refuses On Grounds Os Incrimination Washington Sept 2" ll’Pi j \ wealtliv New Yota SO< ialite tcal.iv i.-fused on ground* It might in . riminate her to say whether s. ■■ lias engaged in Communist e* •. ege a tirities >'.e wa* lamise Bran- ten 2“ yearold blond heir. **. who rejsirtedly, lias pumped a large part of her ;n lieiitan. •- into thr t'ommuni*t party site testified at a dosed session of a house unAmerican ac tivities *u ' • ommittee Sii'h ouimittee c hairman John Maclhcwril. R . Pa said that Mis* Braiis rn took a typical Comm in st position” on all periinrnt question* i Hr said hr cited thr constitution ai immunity against self in< rinima-, tion when asked whether she wa* a Commiin st “She refused to answer all |wr , linrnt question*, even to the point cef Identifying the income of her hushnntf ." hr said Mac liowetl said she was asked whether »he knew “Arthur Adam*.' [ whom thr committee believes toj 11 ere Te r*». sis i

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General Assembly Os UN Will Meet Tuesday In Paris In Critical Parley Par.* Sep 2" ll’Pi The western powers will break off dire t negotiation* with Russia and throw the Berlin c ri-i* into the I’nited Nation, it wa* a-livved hero todav a* thr world* topflight diplomat* conve'ged for a crisis-rid-den *e-**ioii Ol the I N general assembly. .*>■ rotary of state Geotge < Mar liall ami the- foreign m tiistrrs of Britain and Fran e- w.-ie e-xpse te-d In an urgent extraordinary meeting la r today to to charge the Soviet I nion with violating the I N c hare: in l:npo-hig the Berlin hio< kade The western foreign ministers upp.< etitly already had abandoned '.op.- of obtaining result* from anv further Moscow or Berlin conference* and their envoy in Moscow Wcoe pu pae.ng to fly here to attend the I N session* whic h ojien formally at ’. pm <9 a. i t’D’l’j tomorrow I he-re- I no possibility, either. tha' four power tiegotiat'.ons ill Beilin at the level of tile military .'oc.-tnor would Ice resumed Gen. Lucius D l lav I S militate governor i« die here tonight, along witlr Robert Murphy, hi* political i advi-er Bi t sh military governor Gen Sir Brian RoSrertson also wa* due lie-re- sometime todav <m>e the weighty dm ision definitely to end attempts to negotiant directly with Russia a’d throw th« *Sl||’ lito 'tie I N has ■ e-e-n taken the W.-stern powers ell; issue I lengthy A He paper ' detailing the - uni nei long di*cu*»io:.- at the K i nilin and in Berlin This document will be framed in d p oaf i angilage icut It is expo te-d to place the Illume sc|iiatelv on the Soviet I nioti for failure to .. o. the Berlin n . aid relate 'I German j II is* a already ha* gone on record with the contention that the Bel.in llsl* deco- not tall W'Blllcl I N 111 -dll coll .-Ice and her satellite* in the eastern Eiropean t'ommuni*' hl'" Iliac be expected to fight tcitteily to stall anv I N action in Hie- matter But there- is little doubt that lie w.-stern |*'We c wtl! be able to ’•rrng I II- c|Ue*tloll before tire g.-tle I el assemble where it shapes up a* tlie major battle ot this session, ovei * .adowing all other problemSquads Organized Beilin. Sept 2" it l’t Russia alteadv ha- started to organize .cmnt communist action «c|uad* in Soviet zone factories and will soon arm similar group* n Berlin to help ' 'otlini'llli*l pl..be seize power, the German pres* c barged today The British It en*’d Montags E ho cpioted Heimann Materti. Bei Hu I’ommuni-t leader a* telling a t'oiuiliunist meeting that Soviet see tell German |>cd ce wo lld tee reinfoe ed al b groups of armed worker* trustee* We will have weapon* quite legally when the situation here comes to a head. Matern was quoted a* *av;n.' The paper *ai I tlie action -quad* ill Saxony an I Thuringia wete engaging 111 rifle practice alongside police squad* ci tier development* tn Berlin' 1 Berlin * city assemldy driven oat of the Soviet sector will meet late today at its new headquarters in the British »»*tor to consider the growing Sov let Communist threat to orderly government 2 The western press said the Soviet military administration wa* considering bringing a nun'a-r of city • offuials and anticommunist politic I ora I a l’**r *l* • Judge Swygert Rules Against ITU Request Indianapoli* Sept 2" ll'l’i Federal judge Luther M Swygert | today denied an AFL Typogruphl!c al union request for a summary I judgment and ruled that a hearing tie held on a government petition for a contempt of court citation against the union Swygert also withheld udgment on the union» di .missnl uiotioa until later tn the hearing, perhaps '