Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 46, Number 233, Decatur, Adams County, 2 October 1948 — Page 1

Jin VI No. 233.

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K. Truman I Returns From | Two-Week Tour Clecring Thousands ' Wet President On BEurn To Capital I 0,1 2 " P ' ■ Truman nturned home I i'it«-n-iv<-JUKt to |S^Kj 1 ....ui.g fiioiisali’ls gather v. li--n • ...KyMib ntl.il tain i.-tii'iie-l I W dk capital, ’ho president no let tip his "give to in the I Iff" 1 I’" 11 ,ny I" 1 ’ 1 to | brief talk to the < row<l I M-Sto miles to the west < oast I Mr. Triman said he hail travel I «#4 k made 140 talks and } and had seen from 2. I to 3.000.000 people I the larger figure Is to he the he said he learned I people are beginning up to the I “The people are against the interests." he I 41° " f w ” rk awaitod him at desk. he off again spin through the home Republican E liewey and Penn I »ytm • N'-w Jersey and De!a I pi i-sid>nt was met at I II 11 oil officer* I "I’lte ÜBI ''' ,n Tl,en a, "* r ,nal<lnK speerh to those the Mr Truman got op House. plav-d and tbe «rowd as president BK u at.tor- w.vinc -a'.i. II fll '''''' '''" > "' >l ~:' *r v Wm t. ' and 'I larger on. I tile rot. less Voters ii c ■ eotifid. n in MM t' ' - !■: 'I i led : I nr ssioii of about 3 flßtl'. les fr on I Ilion „ B While House I on the last dav of hl» I WB b " President was taking ad of every opportunity to Id- opposition wherev»r gathered to wa'ch his elide toward Washington Trumtn's train «topne<’ at Charlottesville. Va.. at CST But the president apnear I 10 persons were on Five of them were Repnb who wanted to give the I a membership card in Republican club Tbev I NMr Truman had done more I COP ’han anv other man | though he had m-tde at I 19i '"' ,l ’beeches during his I out west, the president for more cnmnalgn ISM 11 ""M bf> intended to I ,^B bls work here fn a h"r I ’■»'! do some •maneuvering I foreign situation " I M” he wi | set off Oct. 6' I r,»i r •... whfr| f' rou I *■» New York Pennsylvania. 11119 1 r " v an ' l i) * ,( * w * r * I <9 Truman made his last mai iTwres v* I ’Bono Banks Seek j ® Day Work Week I Ort 2 - (UP) — bankers association 1 a new state law next I rv permitting Hoosier banks 1 **M on a flv week H C Morison of Craw I IR 1 "* * al<l ’ he " ,a,p I Mk *’*’ ,o h*"" “ ,aw ft‘du< I sM 1 * b *n>t »**k from six days 1 ’* "t> to each hank to de I I’aflf if It wanted to close I >1 ~>r ,h ‘‘ • ’•'■l* woultl 1 * Pffixtaal to stay open I m,nor holidavs now ob I 1,1 *he banking industry in, I Morrlaon added | WCATHCR »t ”/ and cooler north, fair I V Co * l * r *»“<h. Fair and ■ IM I*'’ 1 *'’ tonight. with bght SUM* '"l'ca’ed in mucklands 4 W t ~ f forth Sunday fur I !■* eMl *

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Dewey In Bid To Missouri Voters G. 0. P. Candidate Winds Up West Tour En Route With Howey. Oct 2 itl'l’t Cov. Thomas E Itewey | swept across safely • Republican ‘ Kansas today for a try at President I Truman's home state of Missouri iat the wind up of an 022-ifiile I campaign crusade preaching "unity for peace and progress " The Republican presidential nominee scheduled nine talks from tlie rear platform of ills special train on the last days of his twoweek "meet the people" tour. The brief addresses were to he delivered in Ellis. Ealina. Junction City and Topeka in Kansas, and at Warrensburg. Sedalia. Jefferson City. Hermann and Washington in Missouri. Along the way through Kansas. Hewey was expected simply to pat national committeeman Harry Itarby. since the Sunflower state's 10 electoral votes are unquestionably in the Republican bag Itarby asked Dewey to show himself in the state even if he made no major addresses. The New York governor was glad to oblige since it led him directly along the trail into Mr. Truman's home territory Dewey definitely was out to snatch Missouri from the President If at all possible. Missouri went Democratic by 46.000 votes' in 1944 when Dewey was the GOP presidential nominee and Mr Truman was the late president Roosevelt's vice • presidential running mate. The Kansas-Missouri shew climaxed a 14 state tour In which Dewey delivered 13 major addresses and made 38 whistle stop appearances not counting ills talks today from the rear platform. He let himself be seen by folks along the way from the campaign opener at Rock Island. 111 . to sparsely settled Cascade and Wolf Creek. Mont His major talks were delivered it Des Moines. Denver. Alburquer'iue. Phoenix, lx>s Angeles. San Francisco. Portland. Seattle. Spokane. Missoula. Mont., Great Falls. Mont.. Salt Lake City and Cheyenne. Many were broadcast over national hookups In Ids last big speech at Cheyenne last night, the GOP candidate threw a veiled charge that the Truman administration's Justice department hasn't used all the evidence available In its drive against Communists In America. Discussing the Communist threat at home and abroad, he promised "I can assure you that witnesses will not he kept out of the grand jury under a Republican administration. and if our laws need strengthening, we will strengthen them " State Shifts Dale For Tax Hearings State Review Set For October 12 The state Imard of tax commissioners. originally scheduled to review Adams county budgets, and tax levies on October 21. has changed the date of its hearing fto Tuesday. October 12. it was 'earned today Moving up of the date will facilitate the comple tion of comp'lcated l>ook work before the budgets take effect on tne first of the year The budgets of Adams county's 12 townships will lie considered beginning at 9a. m Begin ning at 1:30 p. m. the following budgets and levies will l>e stud led: Berne civil town; Herne school i -orporatton. Berne pub ic library. I Geneva civil town. Geneva pub lie library. Monroe civil town. Decatur civil city. Decatur school corporation. Decatur public library, and the county unit The hearing, open to the pub 11c. will l>e held in the county court house Individual citizens will be permitted to present eviI dence to support any opinions ' they have regarding possible I "hanges in the budgets. Decatur Ministers Will Meet Monday The Decatur ministerial associa tion will meet in the parlor of the Zion Evangelical and Reformed church Monday at 10 a m All members are Invited to be present 1

British-American War Games In Reich IN THE LARGEST SCALE EXERCISES for combat troopt In the European command this year. Briti Ish armored cars, simulating tank*, lay down a smoke bomb cover for the British 2nd Constabulary Regiment which is optioning troops of the First I' S. Infantry Divirion in war games at Grafenwohr, Germany. The Bri Ish took the part of the "attacking enemy" in this phase of the maneuvers.

Fortune Carried By 85-Year-Old Widow < $128,525 Found In White Waist Belt New York. Oct. 2 (VP)—Mrs. Antoinette Lindsey, who carried J 1128.520 in n while si'k hell strapped to her waist, apparently has so much money she just i doesn’t know what to do with It, police theorized today i In addition to ihe fortune she i carried on her person. police dis covered that the tiny. 85 year-old I widow owned considerable pro- ' perty and had 1150,000 in securi-1 i ties mid stocks sent to her in a | . registered letter which her chauf . four said she refused to accept I The letter is being held for her j at the Grand Central branch ol the post office I’o ice became interested in Mrs. Lindsey yesterday when she was taken to Bellevue hospital for observation. While a nurse and an attendant were iindressing her they discovered the money lie t. They ' <all*‘d the property clerk who j opened It and found 55 11.000 bills. 86 1500 hills. 300 5100 notes, tl.i 50s and more than 57<t00 in 20s, lbs and ss. Mrs. Lindsey offered no objection to removal of the money belt and lioasted of "my other money in the bank " Mrs Lindsey lived in a |3#o •■month. two-room suite at the I-Hotel Weylln in midtown Man ' hattan. She was taken to the ■ hospital on Ihe recommendation of a physlt San who said she was confused. The hospital described her al ment as ‘‘senile psychosis." Thomas Bussell, manager of the Hotel Weylln said her stay liierc had lieen far from quiet, although she lived alone He ' said she had caused "a lot of disI tress" by shouting threats to k7l herself He said he had to call police severa' times to quiet her Kuesel) said she always gave . the impresdon of being tight fisted and never tipped employes < Tare T« Os we aevem Pupils Wounded By Mysterious Gunman Eight Children Not Seriously Injured Dayton. 0.. Oct. 2 — (UP! — Eight Middletown. 0.. school child ren on a hayride were wounded when fired upon by a mysterious gunman near Farmersville, 12 miles west of here, last night. None was seriously Injured They were treated at a Middletown hoepital and released Ten other child-i ren and the chaperone were unln I jured The children were in the vicinity of a farm known as "the Bottle Farm" when the unknown assail ant opened fire with a shotgun. Marilyn Witherspoon. 12. who was shot in the face and legs, said a group of the children got off a truck to "eiplore around” "We went Into an old. empty house." she said "We heard a shot hut just thought that one of the Isvys had shot off a firecracker. Then we heard another shot. It hit I a couple of us."

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Decatur, Indiana, Saturday, October 2, 1948

Monday Deadline For Voter Registration In order to accomodate the lastminute rush of voters who wish Io make sure they are properly registered to cast their ballots in the general election next month, the county clerk’.i office will remain open after usual hours today and Monday. This afternoon the office will be open front 1 to 5 p.m.. and tonight from 7 to 9. Monday, the deadline for registration, the clerk's office will remain in operation from 8 a m. to It p m. Indiana Candidates In Hectic Campaign General Election Just Month Away Indianapolis. Oct. 2 (CP) — The general election was exactly a month off today and Indiana lie publicans and Democrats squared off for the final, furious month of speech making and vote hunting. Both Democrat Henry Schrlcker and Republican Hobart Creighton looked ahead to strenuous speecha day schedules or worse. The activity at party headquarters here reached a feverish peak. Candidates for other state offices also were touring the state. Schrlcker took a day off yesterday. But Creighton spent one of his busiest days touring Madison coun ty and making a total of 10 talks, including a major address at Anderson last night. * Schrlcker. just back from a tour in northern Indiana where he courted labor supiairf. spent the day at Democratic headquarters opening mail which had stacked up He went to Martinsville to an open house today and attended the Indiana-lowa football game at Bloomington. He speaks at Terre Haute tonight. Creighton appears at Nashville and Mt. Vernon today. Creighton bid for labor votes himself last night at Atiderson. He 1 -taid he doubted that the rank-and file members of the AFL and CIO were going to vole against the He publican party. “I am fully aware — there have been attempts to force organized labor to vote against my party,”. he said But he added he was "confident that the decision is not that of the vast majority of union mem tiers.” Before bis Anderson talk. Creighton rode in a caravan which stoplied at seven Madison county towns in a daylong tour. Meanwhile. Lt. Gov. Bue Alexan ! der spoke at a sixth district GOP ] ; rally last night and praised the Republican record on veteran legislation. "You older veterans will remem- ’ bet how the Democratic party treated disabled veterans during the depression." he said. Alexander said the Democrats were now "promising the moon and knowing full well they can’t deliver any part of it." "The Democrats have made a phony Issue out of the the veter ana' bonus by acting as though they want to pay a bonus but pledging at the same time to do away with every form of state revenue that might allow payment of ttera To Face Sisi

Stale Os Illinois Loser In Tax Fight Attempt To Collect Cigaret Tax Rebuffed Chicago. Oct. 2— (VP) —The ' state of Illinois today suffered a double setback In its attempt to collect the state tax on r igarets from smokers who buy their cigarets by the carton from Indiana and other states. *Two Cook county court rulings i were issued yesterday f inding j »he tax collections Illegal. In one decision, circuit judge ’ | Corne lus Harrington ruled uni constitutional that part of the Illinois revenue act whir h defines anvone who imports 10 or more cartons of clgarets a year as a distributor.” Shortly afterward. superior i ourt judge Frank M Padden duplicated Harrington's action and also Issued un Injunction prohibiting the state revenue department from enfor< ing it. Some 30.000 of Ihe estimated 300.000 smokers who have saved money by ordering cigarettes by - Hie carton from dealers in surrounding states received tux bids from the stute ren-nue department last spring. They were notified that the department considered them "distributors" because they had Imported io or more cartons during the year. The Illinois lax. which they were asked Io pay. •mounted to 3 cents a package, or 3ii cents for each carton Judge Harrington held that the fax law was aimed at persons ’engaged In the business of se I , ing cigarettes." Judge Padden said the attempt to define a dis- ' trlbutor on the basis of the amount of cigarettes imported was an attempt to "create something out of nothing—to declare * something a fact which Is not a fact." Richard F Babcock, an attorney. brought the circuit court suit The superior court suit tTara Ta Page Flvei Tugboat And Tanker Collide, Nine Dead Mixup In Signals Blamed For Crash I New York. Oct. 2 — (VPt — A tug boat sank after a collision with an oil tanker in upper New York harbor early today with the apparent loss of nine lives One of the surviving members, of the tug's crew said a mixup in signals caused the crash The tug went down In 48 feet of water seconds after colliding head on with the tanker. Six other members of the crew were rescued from the swirling river waters. Several hours after the crash a salvage company began operations I to raise the tug. while coast guard - and harbor boats stood by to recovI er bodies of those who may have been trapped All of the nine men missing were presumed dead Four of the six durvlrors were discharged from the hospital after receiving treatment The tanker was not damaged and police reported that no one aboard that vessel was injured

Russia Offers To Drop Demand; Move Is Termed Just Another Maneuver

Debate Proposal To Aid European Union Propose Lend-Lease Os Military Goods Washington. Oct. 2 (UP) — A rar-reaching top level debate is underway within tlie administration over proposed lend lease of military equipment to liolster a western European military alliance, informed quarters said today. If advocates of tlie iend-lease program win out. the proposal probably will be presented to congress next spring. But several things must come first. They are: 1. The western European fill ■ tary alliance must complete its or-1 ganlzation The alliance is com posud of Frame. Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg. It is meeting now in london. British field marshal laird Montgomery I has been pi oposed to head it. 2. The alliance must decide what ' it needs, what it can make itself, in the way of arms, and what it must ask the t'nited States to produce. 3. The president and the national, security council must decide whether the military aid is for the best security interests of the United States. informed quarters are certain that the new alliance will ask the t'nited States for lend-lease mill tary aid But how much will be forthcoming u ill depend on the admininstration and congress. A high ranking state department i official is reported to be the chief I proponent of tiie proposal to sup i port the European military alliance! with lend lease It also has consid • erahle support within the national military establishment with some reservations Some military leaders reportedly j i are < on< erned over several angles • I. Impact on the American civil-I I tan economy. President Truman al . ready has ordered the defense bud get for fiscal 1950 held to 315,000. 000.000 (Bi. It is feared that more I I urn Tn I’sae sl» i Support Prices For Hogs Are Announced New Chicago Prices Slightly Increased ' Washington. Oct. 2 tl’Pl—Support prices for hogs at Chicago for the next six months will range from 315 25 to 31750 per 100 pounds [according to the agriculture de part ment However, department spokesmen announced yesterday, no sharp drop In hog prices is expected dur ■ Ing the period between now and March 15. The new support prices are IS cents per 100 |>ounds above those In effect for the past six months Support levels at livestock market* other than Chicago will vary be cause of differences in transporta tion costs Agriculture department spokes men said they saw little chance of ! hog prices dipping low enough for ' support prices to take effect The market has been considerably above support levels for several : years The Chicago support price will 1 begin at 317 25 for the first week of October and then drop gradually to 31.125 for the last week of December. the usual season high point for hog deliveries The support price then will go up gradually to a top of |r? 5o in March Studebaker Back On Five Days Per Week South Bend. Ind . Oct 2 — (l’P», — Truck and automobile production at the Studeliaker Corp plant here Is liack on a flve-day-week basis, company officials said today A steel shortage last mon’h fore ed a slowdown in production to , four days a week Officials said “correction of a difficult spot in , 'be source of supply permitted the | return to a normal work week. |

Russia Warns Combat Firing Near Airlift Soviet Warplanes Plan Aerial Combat Practice During Day Berlin. Oct. 2 — (UP) — Russia announced today that Soviet warplanes will engage in aerial commit firing prai-tice during thu day near the western air corridors | 'o Berlin The aerial < omhat maneuvers will he held wast of Berlin, over the Soviet zone crossed by airlift planes on their run to the German capital, the Russians Informed th« I four jsiwer air safety < enter. The Soviet announcement said ' the firing practice would continue : throughout the day. ending at •’> p m Il did not specifically state that the Soviet planes would be using live ammunition, but it was clearly ImI plieil that bullets would be flying i in the air corridors. This Is the first time the Russians have announced aerial combat firing practice In the vicinity ! of the western air corridors. Previously they have announced ground anti-aiicraft firing practic'd but no aerial combat maneuvers. American airlift pilots flying the Fassberg corridor to Berlin late yesterday reported they saw Soviet planes engaged in air-to-ground strafing in the corridor. Two Soviet Yak fighters earlier I buzzed a British chartered plane hauling ' argo to Berlin To Resume Regular Bus Service Monday Regu'urly scheduled bus ser vice will he resumed Monday. Gene Houser, owner of the local bus line, announc'd today. No change in schedule will be made One-hour service will be given, with the north kide bus leaving oil the half hour ami the south side bus on the hour. Mr Hous er said. From 2 p m to ti p. tn half 1 hour service will !>•- maintained, but it will revert to hourly service In the evening The south 1 side route has been changed to! include Cleveland and Stevenson 1 streets. Buses will alsn take in the Homestead addition at 8. 7. j in and 11 p. m Local Legionnaires At Fall Conference Five Local Members Attend Conference Five Decatur Legionnaires are attending the annual tall confer en<e of the Indiana American I .eg ion at Indianapolis thia week! end They are Commander Joe Rash. Dave Terveer. John DeVoss Hugh Andrews and the Rev O C ! Busse Plana for the coming year, mem berahip programs, contests and |M>at activities are among subjects to be discussed Department Com mander Joseph F Lutes has an nounced that the conference will have schools for ail newly-elected |MH>t officers, instructing them In the duties of their office The Indiana Legion is making a concerted drive to have all clti zens vote In the November general election, with the World War II bonus the paramount issue for the organization Among activities on the weekend schedule at Indianapolis is the annual Century club dinnerdance, to lie held at 7 o'clock tonight at the Antlers hotel Sunday will be devoted to department committee meetings, and at 11 am a band concert will be held in front of the department headquarters bv the Indiana champion band of | Ray Post <5. Richmond

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Vishinsky Proposes United States Agree To Scrap Bombs When Treaty Is Signed Paris. Oct 2 ri'i’i Russia offered today to drop her adamant demand of the last two years that the United States destroy its stockpile of atomic bombs at once. Andrei Vishinsky projumed for the Soviets instead that the United States agree to scrap the bombs I on the day that a treaty for international control of atomic energy Is signed But Vlshinsky's plan left. the western powers cold. It was des11 crihed by U S delegate Warren ’ Austin as another oriental maneu1' ver." The Soviet proposal was made ! i in the political committee of United Nations assembly. It took the west by surprise. The Russian retreat from the hitherto unwavering posl--1 tion on control of atomic energy came on the heels of u hint yesterday by Vishinsky that the Sov- ’; lets themselves might now have i the atom bomb ' I Western officials saw no hope ! that the Soviet move would produce an agreement on one of the thorniest problems to beset the UN. They said It in no way narrowed the vast gap between the east and the west over what constitutes "es- ! fective control " 1 Vishinsky introduced a two-part > resolution before the political com--1 mittee of the United Nations general assembly which would 1 Order the security council and atomic energy commission to conI tinue negotiations on atomic enerj gy. and 2 Prepare two draft conventions , on banning atomic weapon* and creating an International control agency. Both treaties would he I "signed and put Into force simultaneously " American delegate Warren AusI tin described tlie Russian proposal a* "just another oriental maneuver of the kind we have com* to know " Western atomic experts conceded that Vlshinsky's proposal was a change In Soviet tactics on the atomic problem, and re> ognized it as a Soviet retreat from the hard and fast position that the United Stntes must destroy all its bombs before negotiations on an InterI national control agreement But they said it would make no contribution to any narrowing of ' the east west disagreement Even though the offer marked a 1 break In tlie unchanging two year : Soviet demand for scrapping till i American atomic bombs as tho i prime condition for establishing international control, it did not appear to Increase greatly the chances of an east-west accord on I the problem Vishinsky* announcement of Russia a willingness to (Histpone ■ the banning of atomic weapons until agreement on international con- | trol I* reached was a major change ! In Soviet |H>llcy But It still left the east and west as far apart as ever on what constitute* 'effective International I control." . The United States insists that international control must be de- ! veloped by stages. The U. S Is willing to turn over its atomic energy Information and destroy its bombs for an international authority only after the various stage* have become effective and security safeguard* are assured Vlshinsky’s resolution was Introduced after another long tirade answering western speakers and again attacking the American ' atomic energy control plan Western delegates immediately 1 interpreted Vishinsky * proposal as another Soviet propaganda move designed to place the blame for breaking off atomic negotiations on the western powers Vishinsky * proposal was made 1 after a tirade against French defense minister Paul Ramadier. who ' had called upon Russia to support ' the American atomic energy con- ' trol plan ' Ramadier warned that failure to 1 reach agreement on atomic energy ' control would mean the death of ' the United Nations He said that if the United States (Tara Te Pen* asveal