Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 46, Number 232, Decatur, Adams County, 1 October 1948 — Page 1

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RUSSIA HINTS SHE CAN MAKE ATOM BOMB

■s Truman Urges GOP, MM Conspire Biargcs Conspiracy ft Shatter Fight ftainst Inflation I with Piesident Truman. I awt' l ' 1 President TruI up and down the I MsK< Kentucky today. regaling I with stories about how | ••'.opt'd to ShelbyI jjßj-iimaiulfft Lmiisullt- at 770 taking a brink walk ! tiie railrbad He j I -t ries of stops in Kentucky I hiding Frankfort. S'.ielby-; Lexington, as he headed I iSßEaiteuton, W. Va. where he I tfgKaio' his major xpee.h of the I Louiseville last night, he the Republicans with conI SB? *‘ ,l ‘ na,i,,nal aM * ,M ' ia ' I manufacturers to break anti inflation program » IB bi- Id- talk at Louisville Ky . I Mr Truman put in a I f>>r his Kentucky runI Sen. Alben W. Barkley, the I 3B 1 ' " f ~ian' J dArers for using • vicious I to wreck his anti-infla-I U' 11 ~ 1,1 ,ha * " ,t "' re;,H " ll ,hp out to price con- | trHras that, in their greed, the I jKt of big business wanted to I h.gber profits " He accused I Ins recommendations for control. fl »»•, he said, "the NAM set I ' eftr a well planned and well fin- | ampaign to destroy price and in one year the or-IKMh'i-m -pent fl.mm.mm for thn that business suffered I : 1 " ■ontrol and rationing I n.-.er was a more vicious organized campaign to I St*' >i, ‘ k: * l ' l 1 ,lon t ,h,nk you ■ . 1., be deceived again by nyrot " -. Hints train was more hours late arriving at. I i e but a crowd of I"."®* I tiie railroad station for a KjSjHat in n \nother 30,000 lined j I i turn l» Ps«» Three, ■,OOO Fire Loss AlColumbus Plant {■■.a' 'he Columbus Brass ami 1 " al P*®** estimated loss by fire ' l, '" ,r " vei ' ,lie plant yesterI *■' $36,000. blaze started on the roof IQB 1 ’ ' mpanv furnaces ami got I' S^B t,f before firemen arEMM ;-.ant owners Earl Ttmbrook KflMlorrls Hauk said. I ami limbrook said loss in •• 1 ~,p compan/s pattern's ■kland PTA To Ben Member Drive i Monday Night j Bkt Kirkland Gym IK Kirl ‘ lan ' , >own'hip parent a ** oc,a,|,,n will “P* n •” membership drive at the IHB| meeting of the school year evening a* 7:30 o'clock I ** Klrkl • n<, R y ,n - 11 wa ’ l an I ,l>,lay by Mr * Walter lUHr president of the organiza I iB musics' program will be pre | by the Fort Wayne orph I ■ ban,> - a, “ l I’TA l ’ TA I th» year's program 119 ** ,o rr, * n ' I jß ,ur * n,w,| 'n«» ami programs I h** y * ar ,r * •’ fo'l n «« I 1 — "Presenting Tomor I |M* Hooka." speech contest I 6 The Christmas Splr I B' h " R,v ° c Bu ** e I IB* 1 3 " , ** v *l«»plng Talents in I W •' h,M ’ l children." Miss Mo I Wale I ’—"All American." Paul I *T»ew T« Ueeea, I H WtATHtR IWf to " , ’ h ‘ •*»<» ••’urday. f W o '" Saturday and in north Wct'on toesight.

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Hog Prices Tumble Again On Markets Indications Point To Food Price Drop By I’nited Press Ilog prices tumbled again today as Indications grew that the long-awaited decline In food prices may have begun. j Wholesale but'er prices at New York and Chicago, however. ' held steady after a sharp drop •tar ler this week. A sjmkesman for the U. H. department of agriculture said that i "doldrums seem to have overtakI en the whole livestock and meat trade." Hogs at the big cornbelt livestock centers today were down -50 cents to |1 per hundred ' pounds. Ixisses so far this week were as big aa M. At Sioux City, la., where the all-time high of t3t.&o was paid for hogs in mid August, the top price today was $26.25. a drop of more than $6 in about six weeks With wholesa'e prices on beef, lamb and pork tumbling on the New York and Chicago markets, there was a general feeling that meat prices may ha.ve passed their peak. But experts sti’l were wary about predicting just how fast the drop could Im* expected to reach the consumer. A spokesman for one of the big four packers said frankly tha.' "for the moment, we have too much meat on hand." Heasons , for the glut on the market. In- : dustry spokesmen said, ranged ! from increased consumer resistance to high prices to Increased shinmen's of meat by farmers. At New York, markets commissioner Eugene fl. Shulz Said butchers have lu*en “disappointed" by the absence of the usual autumn Increase in m>*at buying. In the dairy industry, the story was the same, with butter prices faltering. At Milwaukee — in Wisconsin's dairyland—lo dairies announced cuts of one-half cent on milk and cream. The president of one of the companies said the cut was made i because officials think the price ! of raw milk Is dropping In Chicago. Richard F. i'hlmsnn, president of the board of trade, blamed the government’s . grain export buving for the high • cots of commodities during the : last two years. He also contended that farm price supports j should be kept at low levels The agriculture department, meanwhile, made p'ans to advance the date for granting farmers price support loans on the record crop of corn expected this year. Prices of corn, usuellv an Indication of future meat prices, were well al>ove the support price in mid-Sep ember. but were expect* • rare T« Stowe «»vee, Mrs. Florence Bain Dies Thursday Nighl Funeral Services Sunday Afternoon M-s Florence F. Bain. 8». one of Decatur's most prominent residents, and w*ll known In lodge circles throwahnu' the s'ate. dies! at 11:20 o'clock Thursday night at her home, 810 Nor*h Third street. In failing health for four years, her condition had been serious since suffering a stroke a week ago. A lifelong resident of Decatur, •he was bom in this city Nov. 10. IXSB, a daughter of Jacoh and Mira Klnr She was married to James Bain June 12. 1888. the couple ob-l ' serving their <oth wedding annlver saw this summer. Mrs. Bain was a charter member, of both the Pythian Sisters and the Pocahontar lodge of this city. She was pest grand chief and supreme representative of the supreme lodge of the Pythian Sisters, and nast grand Pocahontas for the sta’e of Indiana. She was a lifelong member of the First Presbyterian church of this city. Only survivors. In addition to her husband, are three nieces and two nephews. Funeral services will be held at ! p m Sunday at the Gllllg 4 Doan fnneral home, with the Rev E. E. Rrarg officiating Durlal will be In the Decatnr ceme’ery Friends may call at the funeral home after 2 p m. Saturday until time of the terrices

Railroads Ask For Increased Freight Rates Fifth Request For Increase In Rates Since End Os War Washington. O't. 1 — (VP) — [ The nation's railroads today asked j the interstate commerce commission for an eight percent increase in most freight rates. They estimated the new increase would yield an additional $672,500.* OOu in revenue. The railroads said they need this extra money because their operating costs have greatly increased. It was the fifth railroad request for a freight increase since the war. The railroad's said today's request was based entirely on current operating costs and does not take Into account imssible future Increases In the cost of fuel, materials. supplies or wages. The railroad petition to the ICC proposed maximum increases of eight cents a hundred pounds on fresh fruits and vegetables, five •cents a hundred pounds on lumber and sugar. Increases of 30 cents a net ton for cowl and 34 cents a gross ton for coke were proposed. The railroads asked an inc, ease of 25 cents a gross or net ton for iron ore, except that no increase was proposed on ore sent to upper lake ports for transshipment by water. Schricker In Area Twice On Oct. 12 The Indiana Democratic state central committee announced today that gubernatorial candidate Henry Schricker will speak twice in this area on Columbus day. October 12. Mr. Schticker is scheduled to ap|H*ar at an Allen county Demoi cratlc rally in Fort Wayne In the evening, following a talk at a Wells county luncheon at Blnffton. the committee said. World Communion To Be Observed Sunday Decatur Churches To Join In Observance On the first Sunday In October. Christians all over the world will: assemble about the l-ord's table In their respective places of. worship to partake of the Holy Communion At this table will gather Christians : of many colors, races and nations to be enfolded by Christ's unfailing love. They will come to- ' gether In response to His request, j "This do in remembrance of me." Thia fellowship of Christian* on world Communion day is a source of Inspiration and strength. It Is a witness In the broken world to lan unbroken world Christian fel- j I lowship Each one of us Is a part - lof thia glorious com|>any Although It is an unseen company of believers, yet our fellowship with the family of faith is very real Our unity is in Him Our fellow ship is with Him and with one an other Many fellow Cbrlatians across the world are In great need Some are homeless, others are in pri son camps and still others are sick and hungry Many are starving spiritually for lack of faith, hope and love. On this day. let all pray for them and enter Into their fellowship of suffering. Because of tbv indescribable needs of men in the troubled, sinful world. Christ calls all Christians everywhere to rededicalion of life to increase His church numerically and spiritually and to extend His imperishable Kingdom in the hearts of all men A world without Cod Is a world doomed to atomic dust. Thia significant day begins October 1. with the churches in New I Zealand, the first country on the ' other side of the international date line. The worship services in the churches there begin at 1«'30 in the morning When it is 10:30 a m in New Zealand, it is 6 o'clock Sat urday evening In New York. $ o'clock in Chicago. 4 o'clock in Denver and 3 o'clock In toe Angeles. More Christians in more nations will participate la the World Com-i Cltorn Te Pane Slat

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Decatur, Indiana, Friday, October, 1, 1948

Girl Freed In Dad’s Slaying ■BB'B I fIHK ■ ■HL I I I M mil ” t ft I l I il ’I A B^ t ■Br x / FRANCES KORBELIK, IU. leaves du Page County Court u< Wheaton. 111., freed of a charge of having murdered her father. Wil.lam. whose Ixsly was found under a basement wood-pile several months after hr dixap|>eared Judge Wi'in Knoch ruled a confession purportedly made by the girl was inadml-<sable Iler mother wa ks by tier siile as her attorney. Joseph Lustfirld. beckons her to freedom.

Heavy Registration I Os Voters Forecast Monday Is Deadline To Register Here | • County c ork Rdwsrd F. Ju berg today forecast a heavy voter registration In Adam* county, based on reports from Held work er* and the number ot Inquiries which have been received at bi< office. Figures on the number of voter* registered In the county will not be available until after the I deadline for registration Monday night. Hut partial report* Indi- j cate “a good rental ration for the November election." Mr. Jaberg j stated. Twenty five d«|Uty regl.trars. j mostly precinct committeemen are canvassing the county, many with excellent result*. Mr. Ja i berg aaid. Two Decatur regisi tiara have reported that more - than . r >o voter* tinned up with i each of them, and a similar flg- | are was turned in by a worker .in Berne, Mr. Jaberg diac oaed While in'ereat in registration I | was only lukewarm up until the beginning of thia week, there ha* been an ever Increasing number ; of telephone and per onal Inqttlrlea a* to proper registration. Mr. ‘ Jaberg ieported. (Tima* of the ' regia'rat ion periml will come Monday when the laat-day crowds I traditionally Cock to the clerk'a | office to aaiure their e igildllty I Tars T<> I'see *e«es> Mrs. Buffenbarger City Vice-Chairman Appointment Mode By Democrat Party Mr*. Alva Buffenbarger. well-, known Decatur woman, ha* been named Democrat city vice-chair * man. Dr Harry Hobble, chairman announced today. Mr*. Buffenbarger will take an active part In the present campaign and will devote considerable time in charge of Democrat headquarter* in the K. of P. building on Third atreet. The new city vice-chairman ha* been active in politic* for a number of year* and ha* served a* precinct vlce-commltteeman, during several elections. Gerald Vlxard. Democrat county chairman, stated that he is preparing a schedule of hour* for the new headquarter* on the second floor of the K- of P. building The rooms will be open every afternoon and night until the day of the general election. There also will be some morning hour* for person* seeking I information Someone versed in election law* will be on hand at all time* to give authentic Information. Visard said Several meeting* and smokers also I are being planned ,

Many Taxpayers Pay November Installment Norval Fuhrman, county treas- * urer. stated today that taxpayers were already paying the November installment of property taxes at the treasurer’s office. Monday, Nov. 1. I* the final dale for paying the fall installment, without a penalty being added for' delinquencies. The treasurer’s office is open from eight to 11:30 a m and from I to I p nt. Other office hour* will be announced later. Mr. Fuhrman aaid. Maps Prepared For Plan Commission Prepare Pattern Os Zoning Ordinance The Decatur plan commission cot Its first glimpse of Decatur i * 'n colors Thursday night, a* Col I I.a w retire V. Sheridan, planning I consultant, exhibited three newly constructed map* of the city, .howing how each foot of apace I it. the corporation limits is now I being used and preposed plans j for further use Col. Shetidan. who naa the job in Decatur of making the prelim mary survey* ami preparing the pattern for a rotting ordinance. I'-ft the map* and other pertinent information with the commission for two weeks of study before a rough draft of the ordinance Is 1 comp’eted. The three map*, showing the | i present use of all land in the city 5 and contemplated use* after a > toiling ordinance la effective. > have been placed on the wall In the mayor’s court room at the * city ha'l and they will remain I mere for two weeks. The public I i* Invited to study the maps with ■ a view to making suggestions at j a public hearing later thia fa’l. The proposed toning ordinance * aeta up residential. business. I manufacturing, school ami park areas, and re tricta business and' manufacturing to certain seci tion*. Col. Sheridan will return to Decatur after the middle of October for an all-day meeting with com misson member*, at which time iTwrw T« Faae Ueeew* Boy Scout Leaders To Meet October 13 Adams county district leaders of Boy Scout* will hold their fir*' autumn meeting nt Berne Wednes day night. October 13. it was an nounced today. The meeting will . open with a fish fry and leader* have been Invited to bring their , wives. Following th* dinner, plan* for the win'er program for all troop* of , Boy Scout* In Adam* county will be outlined Th* leader* plan to meet each month during the winter to discus* plan* and program* for th* i troop*. |

Vishinsky Tells United Nations That U. S. Has No Monopoly t On Bombs

Decatur’s Present Population 7,500 Service Clubs Hear Planning Consultant Iteca’ur's present population is ' 7.500. according to Col. laiwreiu'* V. Sheridan, planning consultant, who gave a review of what the l<»< al plan commission had done in its first six months of exist ence. at a joint meeting of the Rotary and Lions dubs at the K of I*. home Thursday night. Col. Sheridan disclosed tlmt engineers from his office had taken tbe complete census of Decatur whi e making the new land use map. which is necessary before a zoning ordinance can be adopted In a city. Other interesting facts ascer tained by the survey disclosed that Decatur has an area of a little more than two square mile within the corporation limits The engineers found that the average family per square foot of 10l area wax excellent in Decatur and Col. Sheridan stated that the ci y in its natural growth had taken cure of many items, such ias parks, recreation centers and schools in "fine style." 1 Col. Sheridan exp allied the purpose of organized planning • (or a city and also dealt with the i proposed zoning ordinance. He • explained that a zoning or land • use ordinance was not a law to prohlbi*. "hut rather to protect those who already have money 1 invested Mi homes and buxines sex. ('. I Finlayson. president ol • the liM-al Rotary club presided al i the meeting and introduced Clar ' ence Ziner. memlier of the plan commission and < hairman of the zoning committee. Mr. Zine, then in'roduced the guest speaker. Seek Transfer 01 Beverage License VFW Seeks Transfer To Local Residence Notice was pub'idied In today's Berne Witness at Berne, that the Indiana Alcoholic Beverage Com mission will hold a hearing Oct 20 in the court house in this city . on the petition of the Veterans o* Foreign Wars, to transfer the ■ VFW'x beer, wine and liquor II ! cense from its present location. IM N Second street, to 407 N j Second street The bearing will be held at 2 • o'clock in the county commission er'x room in the auditor's office The public is invited to the form a! hearing of the app'ication VFW memliers stated that the new location wax the Merryman home, northwest corner of Second and Marshall streets. A member xaid that a conditional contract for Hie putvhaxe of the residence of the late Judge and Mrs. James T. Merryman, had been entered into with the heirs The VFW will acquire the property. members stated, if the liquor license transfer is approved by Hie alcoholic Iteverage commission. The dub ns>mx I would then be mover! from their I present uptown location to the > new site. Three local citizens and a rep resentative of the state ABC comprise the bearing board. The local members are James Fiberson. Ed Warren and Henry Deh-n'-r. I Indianapolis Pilot Dies In Air Crash Anchorage. Alaska. Oct. I —(VP) I The Alaska air command said I today that Ist Lieut. John E. Troaj tel. <4723 North Lockwood). Indianapolis. was one of three army of fit era killed in the crash of a 1 B-29 at Fbemya IsTand Mondav nifbt Eight parsons wore injured j in tbe crash.

One-Man House Spy Prober In Hearing Today Four 'lmportant' Winesses Testify At Milwaukee Today Milwaukee. Oct. 1— (t'P) —A | one-man house unAintfrican te** tlvltlex xulM-ommiuee today secretly questioned four "important" witnesses to try to piece together some of Hie missing links in the congressional atomic spy investigation Rep Richard B Vail, R. 111., opened the special hearing at lit 3u a m. by l ulling his first witness. Dr Arthur 0. Steinberg ' of the Mayo clinic at Rochester, Minn. Shortly before noon. Steinberg wax spirited away from the hear Ing by a comini'tee investigator No due ax Io what he might have «aid wax given. O'Keefe left a few minutes later. Vail hail refused to Identify Hie other three witnesses. But as he entered the hearing room former FBI agent Bob O Keefe admitted that he had been sum- 1 moned to testify. O'Keefe said he now is a buyer for (Hmbe '* department store He declined to say what evidence he was expected to provide a: : ■he hearing. Who the otiier two witnesses I sere remained a mystery as the hearing got underway But Vail ■aid ear (er that they were Wisconsin residents. Despite the secrecy surround ' Ing the hearing. Vail indicated , some results might be announci -d at th'* dose of today's session 'lt all depends on what we find out." he said. Vail also would not disclose the specific mission of the hearing but It was considered certain that questioning would center around the al eged activities of t | "Hcientist X." Prof. Clarence, Hlskey of Polytechnic Institute ’ and Joseph W Weinberg of the I I’niver Ity of Minnesota. The full Committee charged ■ last Monday that Hixkey, who wax born in Milwaukee an# raixed In LaCrosse. Wix. gave vital atom iMimb secrets to a Russian I Tam Tn Itoae Three, Mrs. Aliza Ewell Dies Last Night Funeral Services Sunday Afternoon Mrs Aliza Ewell, 78, widow of Theodore Ewell, died at 9:15 pm Thursday at the Castle convales cent home at Van Wert. () Death wax caused by complications and followed a long illness She was horn in Cincinnati, 0.. April 24. 1872. a daughter of Fred and Juliana Nickel-Kipp, but had spent most of her life in Preble - township She was a member of St. Paul's Lutheran church. Surviving are one son. Theodore Ewell. Jr., of Preble township, with whom she made her home; five daughters. Mrs Hannah Stoppenhagen. Allen county. Mrs. Ilulda Kuhlman of INllaboro. Mrs. Adella Macke of ITeble township, Mm. Caroline Thieme of Decatur and Mrs. Ema Tennison of Fort Wayne; 22 grandchildren; 13 greatgrandchildren: three ball-brothers' ami three half-sisters. One daughter preceded her In death. Funeral services will Im* held at '1:8® p m. Sunday at the home, five miles northwest of Decatur, and at 2 o'clock at the St Paul Lutheran church, the Rev. O C. Busse officiating Burial will be In the church ■ cemetery The body will be removed from tbe Zwick funeral home to the residence this evening, where friends may call until time of the | service I

Price Four Cents

British Delegate Denounces Soviet Attitude Toward Destroyed Plants Paris. O«t I—(UP)— Russia hinted strongly today that she can make an atomic bomb, and Great Britain conceded this might ho true. Soviet deputy foreign minister Andrei Vishinsky told the I’nited .Nations political committee that the I'nited States no longer hud a monopoly on the atom bomb. Answering Vishinsky. British delegate Her tor McNeil denounced ax "nonsense and the poorest type of propaganda" a Soviet claim that world confidence would be restored by destruction of all American atom bombs. "We don't know whether Russia lias the Im,mb or not," McNeil said. "I just say we don't know Wa don't know how near she lx to perfecting one "On the other hand, everyone knows the I’nited States has the bomb. And equally, everyone know* she Is willing to make her information available for international control, providing she obtains by agreement reciprocity from other nations regarding international control and inspection. "To destroy all bombs In America. to destroy all plants known to be in America, to destroy plants known to be In the United King--1 dom none of these things would create world confidence " Vishinsky. in rejecting the American plan for control of atomic energy, had repeated the long-standing Soviet demand that all atom bombs in the hands of the Americans must be destroyed The only way confidence can he restored to tbe world. McNeil said, ; 1s for ull the world to know that , the atomic bomb is not possessed ••xduslveiy by any one power. j "Confidence can only rest upon the world being assured that no nation is able clandestinely to manufacture atomic energy for atomic weapons. And that can bo done only through development of international control through successive stages.'' he said He deplored the tone of Vlxh* > insky's speech, and said that while It was remarkable for Its "range lof vehemence.” he didn't think It wax “equally remarkable for its ac|curacy " He said the atomic problem is haunting the world, but he express- «| fear that the "firmness and fier<-enexs" of Vixhlnsky's language indicated agreement is impossible, McNeil said he wax sure that if the plain people of any part of the world were confronted with a choice of surrendering some of their sovereignty or fa< Ing atomic was "they would grasp any kind of reasonable assurance that atomic war might be delayed and possibly averted." He warned delegates that they would be denounced if they reported back to their peoples that an atomic war is threatened. McNeil did not answer Vixhlnsky's bitter invective and his denunciations of the I'nited Spates. Vishinsky had cited a campaign dpeech by Gov Thomas K. Dewey of New York, the Republican presidential candidate, at Phoenix. Aria., as a pr<x,f of the I'nited States' "aggressive policy." He also cited a recent report by ' President Truman on progress In atomic weapons shown by expert(Tars T* Page sis, Mrs. Ido M. Lee Is Taken By Death Mrs Ida M. L®e. 63. sister in-law of Wilson Lee of this city, died Wednesday at her home in Fort Wayne Surviving are two daughters. Mrs. Perry Newville of Fort 1 Wayne and Mrs Florent Toira<. a missionary in Haiti, and two sons. Paul of Ito ven port and Arthur of Fort Wayne. Funeral services will I* held at 2 pm. Saturday at the Fort Wayne Gospel Temple, the Rev. Stewart (1. Billings officiating, assisted by the Rev Forest Weddle Burial will he in Greenlawn memorial park. Friends may • all st tbe C M Sloan iff Sons tunersl home until 11 am. Saturday, when tbe body will bo taken to the church to lie tn atate.