Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 46, Number 230, Decatur, Adams County, 29 September 1948 — Page 1

LVI. No. 230.

Lzsfzce Department Blasts House Spy Probers

lUSSI A CHARGED WITH THREAT TO PEACE

\ccuses Probers \f Tearing Down t S. Government

flustic Criticism (j Spy Probers Is ■vealed Today By Estice Department Sept 29 11 I* > department today a< I.ou*- utiArnetb an HHB < oininl'tee. which I* tn atom" espionage. of [ gflHt,, teat down" the Anon I e department issued crith-lam of the con- : spy investigation at 1. th- same time that com |ra|H< I, ■ r man .1 Parmd: Thom n-w < liarg-s of his own ■■ a"oiney general Tom < IjHMbipl President Truman | W'ote Ml Truman that of the justice liepart I the president both had 3K...1 to “obstruct and the committee's inquiry communistic conspire steal the nation's atom!" fgS lu-tice depar ment stat.*■JKra* issued in reply to a report Monday whi-b th- indictments of Teathree m-n and on- woman repot I also hat the administration had to prevent full disclosure ifSiH espionage in tin- i'nited American system of gov gHKit n-cessarily safeguards gßKtempts to tear them down 3Kiti/eious. ’ the department a ihi—way exchange among th- justice depar' Thomas. New Jersey was to sum» measure by the committees inquiry. in-fl.- department said the report Monday was to "dictate to the de. of justice what cases it wly not prosecute.” d-partment said it hid lAo- in its files, as charge I committee, to pro*e< .i'» d-partment had such >- prosecutions wou.d have long ago. a- th" well knows." the 'usstatement said lommittee teport called mdntment on ion-p ..i<y M^Bi .i.n espionage of two Viner i-n: HIS. the former -life of a communist party off!41 St-ven Nelson of I*"t>nsyl ■ justice department said 1H 'hearsay evidence and com *H ‘ 'out luxions canot lie sub ’ for legal proof It said soon as it receives a <>f ’the commiltee'a it Will “study It In de Apparently the depart only the commit'.— r ’.)> ■■report of the hearing). ■i-i.,:ii m-nt sfa-etnen. sa d that the committee re jBH* absolutely no comproof of the act Uli o' I •’■b'-' transmission of de I I 't sew T» Paa* Th*** > B. Herman D. Brown * Tuesday Night Herman |> Brown. 72. who I HI "f her life In Adams > '!■>'• 14( ' 1 mght at the home I ■■daughter. in Findlay. O I left the county six years I W r,ir R, *-'«ford. (). after the I °f her husband She had IjH ,hll<lr ’ ,n "f whom four are ISB Although she suffered » •‘ nu > d *“ th •»* lU* 1 funeral arrange ba ’* not been made, but It "'“d 'he body will be brought bUrla> *" l * < ’ a ' ur 5 B WEATHER I W** tly el#u- r temght. Seat I •■“ »how«r* north and conI w p#rtia " a Mootly cloudy | /J 1 * a " d Partly cloudy south I y' 8 " 1 Thursday Scattered ~f ■*’'» ratreme north portion ■“rsday forenoon. Warmer.

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Two Unions On Blacklist Os Atom Projects Drastic Action By Atom Commission Against CIO Unions Washington, Sept. 29— (UP) — The U. 8. atomic energy cummis sion today blacklisted two CIO unions because of the alleged communist affiliation of some of their officers. In the first such action ever taken by a government agency, the commission directed that the United Electrical. Radio and Machine Workers of America, and the United Public Workers of America lie excluded from two atomic energy projects. thut offiiwrs of the two unions have refused to file non communist affidavits and that there are widespread reports of their communist affiliation, the commission said ", . , (These facial when taken together present a very serious question as to whether represen tation of atomic energy workers ... by a union In which such officers occupy important positions would be consistent with that full and unqualified adherence and loyally to the Interests of the United Stales that the security of the nation and the policy of the atomic energy act of 1916 re quire." At the same time, the commission gave the national labor Malone lioard a green light to act on cases Involving all atomic en ergy installations Previously, the commission had asked the labor lioard to postpone action on union petitions for co'lectfve bargaining rights, in the inter' sts of na ional security. The unprecedented directive blacklisting the two CIO unionwas con’alned In letters written by chairman David E. Ulienthal of the atomic energy commission They were addressed to Charles E. Wilson, president of General Electric Co. which will operate the new Knolls II atomic power lalioratorv in Schenectady. N. Y.. and to Wi liam D. Harrell, bus! ness manager of the University of Chicago which runs the Argonne' national laboratory in Chicago. The directive applies to (Ta>-* Te Page Tssl

Carl M. Shaw Dies Early This Morning Funeral Services Friday Afternoon Carl M Shaw. 39. who resided In the northwest part of Decatur, died at 5:30 o'clock this morning at the Adams county memorial hospital Death was caused by carcinoma He had been ill for two years and serious for the past two weeks* Born in Bluffton Aug 24. 1M».: he was a son of Lewi* and Carrie R Shaw, and had lived In Decatur for the past 11 years Surviving are bis wife. Georgia: atx children. Martha Carl. Mary Jane. Joseph. Carl A. and Marion Shaw, all at home, and two staters. Mrs. I tors German of Ohio City. O. and Mrs Merna Lockwood of Bluffton. Two sisters are doCMMMd Funeral services will be held at 1 p m Friday at the Gillig * Doan funeral home, the Rev H J. ] Weldy officiating Burial will be In the Decatur cemetery Friends may call at the funeral home after 7 o'clock this eveniag until time of, the service*

Charges (J. S. Attache Plotted Assassination

PRESIDENT JUAN PERON of Argentina, speaking from the balcony of Government House in Buenos Aires, charges that John Griffith, former U. 8. Cu I'tnil Attache, had organized ii plot to assassinate him and overthrow his government. With Perots on th- balcony are hit wife. Eva Perun ami Angel Borlrnghl. Interior Minister Hefti, and Gen Sosa Molina. War Minister. Griffith, expel ed from Argentine arnl now in Montevedeo. Uruguay, labeled the charge a “detective story."

President To Visit Indiana Four Times Eight Speeches To Hoosiers Planned Indianapolis. Sept. 29 — (VP) — President Truman wil] Invade Indiana four times In his campaign tours and make at least sight speer-lies to Hoosier audiences. Democratic leaders announced the president's Indiana xpeaklng schedule today and revealed that other, top-level partv members would speak in the state in October. Republican* also announced that two women congressmen would make political appearances in Indiana. joining vice presidential candidate Earl Warren In stumping the state for the GOP. President Truman is scheduled to make a train stop speech at Mt. Vernon tomorrow and a speech at Evansville Democratic state chairman Ira Haymaker said that the president would be in Indiana at least three other days during Octolier. Haymaker said Mr Truman's train wil) stop at Richmond at 8 am. Oct. 12 and at 11 am. at Crawfordsville. The president is scheduled to make an auditorium speec h in Indianapolis Oct. 15. Haymaker said he also had scheduled talks at Gdry .South Bend. Elkhart, and possibly Waterloo on Oct. 26. Democratic vice presidential candidate Alban Barkley will address rallies at Gary. Oct. 29; Indianapolis at noon on Oct. 30. and at Evansvile. the night of Oct. 30. Former Gov. Paul V McNutt will speak five times, at Batesville. Oct. 25*; at Princeton. Oct. 26; at New Albany, Oct. 27; at Kokomo. Oct. 28, and at Huntington. Oct. 29. Haymaker said. Secretary of labor Maurii e Tobin was Ixrnked for an Indianapolis address Oct 20. GOP state headquarter* announc ed that Maine * new woman senator cTerw »• »*■«» Twet Plan Commission, Chief Consultant To Meet Thursday The Decatur plan commission will meet with its chief consultant. Col. Mwrence V. Sheridan. Thursday night at the city hall and members will get their first view of the new use map. which attaches of the Sheridan offke have prepared of Decatur. The use map is the first step toward the formulation of a zoning ordinance, which commission mem bers say will be ready for presentation to the city council in the next month or two. The Thursday night meeting, which is scheduled for 8:15 o'clock, a closed affair. Plans will be made at the meet Ing for publk hearings on the proposed zoning ordinance as soon as It Is completed in initial form Th* law gives every citlsen an opportunity to appear st a hearing before the proposal is sent to the coencil.

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Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday, September 29, 1948

Kruse Will Speak At Meeting Here Tonight -Fdward J. Kruse, Democratic candidate for congressman from the fourth congressional district, will address patty committeemen. vice committeemen and candida'es at a dinner meeting tonight at the K. of P. home Barty organization for the coming campaign will be discussed. Bob Mitchum Pleads Innocent To Charge Denies Guilt In Narcotics Charge Hollywood, Sept. 29 (UP) — Robert Mitchum, who had told police he's been a marijuana smoker "for years.” pleaded innocent today to narcotics charge* He said he would a*k the judge to thiow out the indictment because it wasn't written in the English language. Blonde actress l.ila l-eeds and real estate agent Robin Ford, arrested with Mltchuin in her Hillside cottage. Sept. 1. also pleaded innocent. Dancer Vickie Evans, who, according to police was the only guest at the midnight party without a lighted "reefer" in her hand, asked the court to dismiss her case on grounds of ItiMUfficient evidence. Mitchum's attorney. Jerry Giesler. told the court the indictment against his client wax void and invalid because itx language wax "indefinite. uncertain, and unintelligible." ‘'Parts of it." he said, "aren't even in the English language The only words pertinent to Mr. Mitchum's case that I could understand were -flowering hemp.' "I always thought that had to do with rope." Judge Thomas L. Ambrose suppressed a grin. Giealer said each count against Mitchum contained the words "cannabis saiivk." the l-atin word for niarijuaua. Ambrose may have l>een amused at Glexler's speech, but he denied his request for a dismissal. "Your point is not well taken.' be decreed. "Perhaps the language used in the indictment to identify marijuana is the only language that eould be used to identify it. “It a nickname would help the defense. that might be supplied later." The sleepy-eyed screen star, wearing a navy sport jacket. Kray slacks, a bright red tie and red Sheriff Returns To Duties Here Tuesday Sheriff Herman Bowman returned to lus duties Tuesday nicht after several days of inactivity due to a leg injury. He was confined at the Adams county hospital for a short time while X-rays of his condition were examined Deput v Bob Shraluka carried on during his absence

Report Food Prices On Downward Trend Chain Store Leaders | See Prices Dropping By United Press Head* "f two big food store chain* said today that rood prices are coming down Franklin Lunding. Chicago, president of Jewel Ten Co., said that other thing* being equal, "we haveseen the peak in food price*, and a downward trend I* obvious." He added, however, that there are many factors and many differ ent trends in various fixxl item* l.unding wa* asked to comment on the de< line in wholesale food prices, which accordinx •<• Dun Ar Bradstreet have dropped to their lowest level since March 9 The Dun A Bradstreet weekly Index, made up from prices of 31 basic foods, declined 12 cents dur ing the past week At Milwaukee. H V. McNamara, president of National Tea Stored, said that "food price* are going down and there’s nothing to stop them" He said that this year's record grain crops are sending prices down in a steady decline which probably will last until the end of the year. McNamara spoke at the opening of a new store at Milwaukee The sharp drop in wholesale butter prices at both Chicago and New York seemed to have been checked. teni|M>rarily at least Top grade tTwrw Tw I’awr Ts«l Runaway Youth Is Apprehended Here Left Home Because Os Pair Os Glasses Boys will be boys. And boys will run away from home when the travel bug hits them Some say they want to see the world, but a 11-year-old Columbus. O . youth who wa* apprehended here Tuesday night had the novel reason of them all. He said he was dtaap pointed In hl* parent* when they bought him a pair of eyeglasses he didn t like. Hitch hiking his way to Michigan City, where a married stater lives., he wax given a ride in a Decatur truck. The driver suspected that the lad was a runaway, and turned him over to the Decatur police department The boy wax questioned about hl* jaunt, and explained the saddening episode of the unsatisfactory spect*)!'** He knew his sister lived in Michigan City, but he'd tie darned if he could remember her name. • The youth spent the night in the Adams county Jail while local authorities exchanged data with the Columbus police on the disposition of the case He left for home this afternoon, the Red Cross supplying funds for bu* transportation and food.

United States, Britain And France Lodge Formal Complaints Today To UN

BULLETIN Washington, Sept. 29 —(UP) — Selective service said today 8.584,963 men 18 through 25 years have registered for the peacetime draft. It said about one of every four appears eligible for military service. U. S. Transports Are Buzzed By Russ Fighters U. S. Authorities Demand Steps Made To Halt Tactics Berlin. Sept. 29—(UP) — Russian fighter planes buzzed two American transports on the Berlin "milk run" today, and U. 8. authorities promptly demanded that responsi ble Soviet authorities take "immediate and direct measures" to stop such harrasxing tactics. A vigorous written protest wax filed with Russian authorities only four hours after a number of Russian Yak fighters made repeated offensive passes nt two heavily loaded American C-51 transports, coming within !<••• feet or less of the four-engined planes I*. 8. officials said at least five Yaks, single-engined fighters of which the Russians have a great number, were involved in buzzing the American planes as they near ed Berlin with supplies for the western sectors of the city, hurdling the Soviet surface blockade which now has lasted 102 days. The Russian fighters repeatedly roared in as if to atta< k the transports. but they did not open fire. (Tara To Psae Three! Stolen Tractor And Trailer Demolished Smashed By Trucks South Os Portland Thieves who t<s>k a Ford tractor and a trailer from the farms of Clarence Black and Nimrod McCullough. near Pleasant Mills, got less than 30 miles with their loot before disaster struck them, reports from Portland indicated today. leading the tractor, valued at HUM), into the makeshift trailer, shortly past midnight Tuesday morning, the thieves hitched their haul onto an unidentified auto and proceeded south on U. 8 27. The trailer was eight feet wide Three miles south of Portland the heavily loaded Haller swung into the path of a huge northbound transfer truck, which bount-hed the trailer into |M>sition for a square hit by a second truck, following close behind Both trucks were owned by the Midwest Transfer company. The second truck crushed the trailer and “rolled the farm tractor up into a ball, completely demolishing it." lay county sheriff Clarence Bishop reported The alleged thieves, ignoring the loss of their ill-gained possessions in the crash, sped away. The second track was overturned and much of its contents, glass from a Winchester plant destined for Michigan. was destroyed Neither truck driver was injured Traffic on U. 8. 27 was halted for several hours. Completely demolished, the tractor and trailer were tentatively Identified as those stolen from the farms near Pleasant Mills Occupied with their own troubles at the time of the crash, the track drivers *erq unable to describe the runaway auto or give Its license number: neither could Portland residents who saw the unwieldy trailer rumble through town shortly before the mishap

Pres. Truman To Campaign In New York State Truman Continues Tour Os Midwest; Major Dewey Talk By United Press President Truman will hunt votes next week In N-w York, home slate of his Republican presidential foe, Thomas E Ih-wev. The White House said Mr. Tru man will speak in Albany, New York state capital, on Oct. X and , in Auburn. N. V.. the same day Auburn is the home town of bud get-cuttlng chairman John Taber of the house appropriations com mittee. Taber has been one ol the president's top political tai gets. Itewey. meanwhile, was work Ing on what his aides said would be one of the most Important campaign speeches he has yet made It will be a major foreign policy address at Salt l-ake Cltv tomorrow night. It will be hroad cast (NBC) at 8:30 p. m. CST Mr. Truman wax campaigning today In Oklahoma The White House said he would speak next week in Pennsylvania and Nev. Jersey as well as New York The tour will be his main hid fol votes In the home territory of hi» | C-OP foes. Hix major spee< h-x will be at Philadelphia Oct. C Jersey City, Oct. 7. and Buffa'o. Oct. X Meanwhile, the national Tru-man-Barkley club said if would give the president the "larges* demonstration" he ever received in Washington when he return) to the capital Saturday from hix current trip Before apt aking in Salt latke City tomorrow night, ib-wey will wind up a barnstorming trip a< rose Montana. Idaho, and Utah Dewey told an audience In Missoula. Mont., last night that Ameri(Tare Te !•»«* Three) Schnitz Funeral Friday Afternoon Heart Attack Fatal To Railroad Worker Funeral services will be held Friday for Merle N. Schultz, vet eran Nickel Plate railroad em pioye. who died suddenly of a heart attack at 11:15 a. tn. Tues day while at work at the railroad office in this city Services will I* he'd at 2 3* p m Friday at the Bethany Evan gelical United Brethren church, the Rev F II Willard officiating Burial will l>e In the Decatut cemetery. Friends may call a' the Zwii-k funeral home after 7:30 o'clock this evening until 12 noon Friday, when the body wil' tie removed to the church, to lie In state until the funeral. The deceased was born In Huntington De< 29. 1900. and had been an employe of the Nickel Plate for 30 years. He wax a member of the Bethany church, the Mod ern Woodmen and the Brother hood of Railway Clerks Surviving are his wife, former ly Florence Snyder: Id* mother Mrs Sarah Schnitz: three sons Roliert J. of Van Wert, (>.. Rich - ard of Decatur and Cpl Ralph Schnitz. In army service at Fort ' Ord. Cal.: three grandchildren i and two sisters. Mr* Le« ie Baum garner and Mrs. Wa'ter Beeth ho*h of Fort Wayne The son in ■ the armv was notified by the Red ■ Cross of bls father's death and ’ | in enroute home by plane, ached uled to arrive tonight

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Charge Blockade Os Berlin Violation Os Western Powers Rights In Germany Paris. Sept. 29 - (UP) — The United States. Britain and France formally accused Russia today of creating a "threat to peace'’ in Berlin. and appealed to the United Nationx security council to consider the crisis "at the earliest opportunity." Formal complaint* of the three western pawerx. lodging the Berlin crisis and the charges against Russia in the UN. were delivered to secretary general Trygve l-ie at 4 p in. (9 a in. CBT.) Slinul'aneously the tnree governineiipx released the texts of their identical letters containing the charges against their wartime ally, the most serious charges ever filed against a UN member. The western powers called the attention of Lie to the Soviet blockade of Berlin, and charged that it violated the right* of the big three. Then they added ' This action by the Soviet government is contrary to its obligations under article II of the charter of the United Nations, and creates a threat to peace within the meaning of chaptar VII of the charter." The complalnfs went Into no details They made no suggestions on how the xeiurity council should deal with the case, nor any suggestions on how to end the crisis The big three merely cited ths "unilateral imposition" l»y Russia if the blockade on Berlin, deacribIng it lx a "serious situation." Such action by the Soviet government. the western power* said, violated itx obligations under article .1, which pledges all nation* to setlie Ibeir dispute* by peaceful means. Chapter VII. < Ittnl as the basis for the charge of a Soviet threat to ‘peace, allows the security council, narring a veto, to order diplomatic, commercial, economic, political and military sanctions against a guilty nation. Most of the text of the complaints wax devoted to a recital of two long paragraph* of the three power note to the Russians last Sunday. I'ho*e excerpts (minted out again to the UN

"The issue Is that the Soviet gov. eminent tian dearly shown by lt» actions that it is attempting by illegal ami coercive measures in disregard of its obligations to sectiie political objectives to which it is not entitled and whic h it could not achieve by peaceful means "It has resorted to blockade measures; it has threatened the Berlin population with starvation and economic ruin; it han tolerated disorders and attempted to overthrow thv duly elected municipal government of Berlin "The attitude and conduct of the Soviet government reveal sharply its purpose to continue its illegal and coercive blockade and its unlawful actions designed to reduce he status of the United States, the United Kintdom and France as occupying powers in Berlin to one of complete aul>ordination to Soviet rule and thus obtain absolute authority over the economic, political and social life of the people of Berlin and to incorporate the city in the Soviet zone " The complaint then placed "sole responsibility" for creating the crista u|m>ii the Soviet government end declared the crisis a threat to international peace and security. - The delivery of the big three Isttore to ths I’M was a dramatic •vent Every move was recorded by photographers and officials of the UN Everywhere the feeling was that I pm Parts time. SepL ». I*4l, was destined to he a big moment In history Attached to the note were It cupplementarv documents contain mg the details of four-power talks in Moscow and Bet Un from July t> to Sept 27.