Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 46, Number 247, Decatur, Adams County, 19 October 1948 — Page 1

LVI. No. 247.

RUSSIA TIGHTENING BLOCKADE OF BERLIN

exas City Blast Kills Four

MOf 1947 Mgedy Scene ■a!al Blast feline Explosion ! Kids Wall Os Fire ■ 14 Automobiles I City. T»-x , Oct. 19 (UP) pipeline explosion a spectacular I fisJfO'ei It automobiles left at I per»on* dead and 19 in I jM|today in Texas City, still I over a series of waterfron I which klllud more than SOC In I of the Injured m> critically that physi for their I City police chk»f William believed a spark set of! I I .■»“ ash - a *P arlf ,rom I* l * pipe of some passing < ai a bit from th< engine, or even a stra; one of the many ga ■ tgMLti that dot the oilfields near I blast occurred near the oil refinery last night whll ■3K u ' o,no1 ’ 1 w *‘ r< * u> * waiting for a swltcl I to shunt a string of car a crossing I high pressure pipeline. Io I I taHjed without warning, send I xingl- sheet of flame scroll I like a blast from a giant* HK.r I searing flame floated a vacant 10l and bbrned itleaving behind its 23 ylcroasting In their automoI until switchmen broke the could motorists on the op side reach the stricken pas I Merc they found automobiles I with passengers fight I burned hands to open automobile doors ami The air was filled with reams of the injured I of the break in the pipe I Sißwas not determined. ! the fact that the sheet of I “SW dl< * <1 nver an empty stretch prevented greater dam loss I the flames gone in another I or reached oil or gasoI KBstorago tanks, the city might I been swept bv a aeries o' I V similar to those of April I 17. 1947, when a cargo of I B’"'' exp'oded aboard the I Grandcamp Th- exnloI *** nff a rhaln of 7lrro •*"*’ ■ Mgnv.re than 4<m» dead and de I ‘B*' 1 Property worth million* ■ night's ac-idant occurred B 'he <|ty limits and lust one- | Wg mile west of the Monsanto I liars T« Paw- • ««> I ■ mi>,oVment Ma ” Ifr 0 n Wednesday I of the employI Mt and claims s*rvi<-e will l>e a' I B’l'V hull Wednesday at 1:30 ■ “*'* ~n,>" >nloved neraona in I < W >lr n " w *° h * nr o, d«ining unem I ißtnent compensation. The serI ■ »»" be riven on the first and I V* Wednesdays of each month ■ ng tomorrow | K Cross Meeting | Kid Monday Night I M Webb of Bern*. vi*enf county R-d E nsestded st the n -sr I meeMnc „f the nrvantra'lon I W*---*’” in the absence of ClarI v chairman. I H eorn»n|tt«.» c/.mnosed of phi' I W*’ * n '* ' vman ’. Rann was -am I W » n-estlcate the cost of two g ‘ *ds and fu'niah'nrs which I«& rr °** ’’ ro »»i d *rln« pur I W ln « for home use of pa'lent* f B- hl>m> service report for Sep I B* r *•' read bv Judge Ear! B | » T ' rhai-maa of that commit I I WEATHER I tLL* rt,y cloud * •*•«*•■ •"<* f«'r I EZ2 h ,hi * •«* »®- I ty*' Wtd "»«*«y f*ir. not s B** eh •hanja in tamparatura.

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

Drive Launched Here For Community Fund Kick-off Dinner 1$ Held Monday Night The f.O volunteer workers for the Decatur Community Fund drive were soured to enthusiasm at the kick-off dinner at Swearingen's Dairy Bar last evening with talks by L. R. Zlntsmauter, city chair man: Ray president of the organisation and the Rev. Ignatius Vlchuras, assistant pastor of St. Mary’s church. "You are performing a labor of love," Father Vlchuras told the assembly of civic workers, as he en- : 'huslastlcally urged them to complete their canvass of prospective donors this week. "It is a labor of love, because you Io not receive a penny for your vork. As you pass a playground, 'he smile of a happy child using the qulpment furnished by the Decaur Community Fund may be your ecompense. Or you may know of 1 person whom the fund had aided in his fight against cancer Then, *oo, you are helping the Boy and llrl Scouts. Il is a fine thing to *o for you are helping your comnunity In its desire to be a better tlace in which to live," the key--toter of the campaign stated. Supplies were distributed to the vorkers by Messrs. Lelti and Zlntsmaster. The red feather for the coat lapel rill be the symbol of having paricipated in the drive. The goal for the drive is 110.200 >f which 27.700 has been earmark ed for the agencies sponsored by the Decatur Community Fund. These are: Uirl Scouts. 11,700: Boy Scouts. 12.000. recreation commit tee. 11.500; Salvation Army. 21.000; Adams county cancer society 21.000. General expenses, postage etc.. 2500. President exp'ained that last year's quota was 211.320 oj 21.120 more than the current budget. Contributors donated 213.964. he said Chairman Zintamaster. urged the workers to start out immediately and complete their canvkss this week No house-to-house solicitation will l>e made Employes in factory, industrial plants, stores and offices will be given to participate in the fund The workers were furnished lists which gave the amount donated last year by Individual or firm The Decatur Community Fund was organised in IM2 so that al) drives, except Red Cross, could be Incorporated and at the same time raise funds for youth programs In the city The Youth Center or "Den." as it Is called, will continue to operate during the fall and winter months from a 21>220 balance carried over from last year The Den has been made avail-1 able to Boy Scout troops as aj meeting place on Tuesday and ( Thursday nights The American legion and Lions troops will meet there once a week Democrats Planning Meetings In Homes Residents Os Two Precincts In Meet More than 35 residents of B and C precincts of the First ward in Decatur met last night at the home -vs N. D Oehaenrider on Line street. Mr Oehaenrider. Democratic pre -tnct committeeman of liecatur 1 R and Lawrence Kohne. commit 'eeman of IC. were the hosts Democratic county chairman '’•ergid Visard and city chairman nr. Harrv Hobble and all the coon *v candidates attended Mrs. Alva nuffenbargee city vice<halrman presided and introduced the candidates Following the meeting, refreshments were served. A meeting for voters of Decatur *C will be held nt 7:20 o'clock tonight at the homo at committeeman Walter Butcher on Ninth street. All candidal ee will attend and the introduction at candidates will be the first order of business so they can also attend the meeting In Friedheim later. ft is the plan at the county and city organixaUous to hold aeveral home mretiafl durtnj the next two weeks

French Seize Flood-Menaced Coal Mine Pits Government Makes I All-Out Effort To Save Struck Mines 1 Paris, Oct. 19 — (UPI - Troops 'and security police rushed aside J slight opposition of Communistj led strike pickets and seized nine more flood-menaced pits In the cen- ' ral France cm! fields today. Additional troop reinforcements were hurried In’o the central and ! northern mining areas an the government made an all-out effort to save pits threatened with destruc- ; tlon or heavy damage by the genetsi confederation of labor (COTi rder withdrawing all security and , maintenance crews. ■ Strikers counter-attacked security forces with rocks and crowbars j V the Roche-La-Miliere near St , Etienne. Government forces replied with tear gas Eight strikers were . t rested and about 20 police and 20 . strikers Injured Government forces also seized , 'he important electrle power ata ion at nearby Carmaux after over oming some resistance by 1.000 I . rikera led by Roger Carraudy. a ommunist parliamentary deputy The troops carried full battle kit. ome crack detachments were vithdrawn from occupation duty In f lermany. There already was scattered vlor 'ence. At St. Etienne. In the middle of he cent)al France coal area, some ,000 strikers tried to recover the ,’illiern pit from troop* who seized it late yes'erday. Guards hurled [ ear gas Itombs to force the strikers • to withdraw and reports said "a - number of persons on ea< h side - were Injured." Tear gas also was used to dis- . terse some »o strikers who hurled ■ done* at a trainload of non-strik-i rrs entering the pita at Merlebach . late yesterday No tn juries were ■eported . I In eastern Fiance some pits re • sorted that security guards and 12 per cent of the other workers were i >n the job. Some other areas alI M > deported the security crews at work. I Jules Moch. minister of lalror. I barged in a nationwide broadcast i .hat the comlnform had fomented • .he strike action He said it could i tring a major disaster to the ■reneh mining industry. Schools To Close Thursday, Friday I Teachers To Attend Fort Wayne Meeting Adams county school children will be given two days of vacation Thursday and Friday when all public schools will close to permit teachers to attend the meeting of the northeastern Indiana teachers' association in Fort Wayne. Lyman L Hann, county school superintendent, and Bryce Thomas, of the Decatar public schools, are on the 1946 executive committee of the association. Adams county teachers on the 1943 nominating, 1 committee are Miss Blanche Aapy. A. F Byrnes and Meritt J. Alger Other Adams county teachers participating in the meetings in elude the following: Freeman Burkhalter, of Berne, chairman of the Gutephone demon it rat ion committee of the muaic section: Waiter Krick. Decatur , <hool superintendent, member of 'he superintendents' and prlnci pala' section committee; and Hilda Morehouse, chairman of the home economic* section committee Featured speaker* at the two- . day session will be Dr. Herman B Wells, president of Indiana university. speaking on Europe s edu i cational problems." and Dr Roy L > Smith, editor of the Christian Advocate. whoso topic will bo "the i rutted State* come of age." Twelve Decatur high school student* will participate in the alll district chorus concert scheduled for Thursday al Fort Waygo’e Qu! i" by auditorium

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Decatur, Indiana, Tues do *■, October 19, 1948

legionnaire Truman At Convention

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LEGIONNAIRE HARRY S. TRUMAN shake* hand* wllh national commander James F. O'N il al Miami airport a* the preaident arrived to make a "non-polltlcal" adilrea* liefore the American legion national convention. Mr. Tinman left Miami immediately after the address.

Sen. Capehart Will Speak Here Tonight Hoosier Senator To Address GOP Rally Roy Jorg. Ligonier, fourth district Republican chairman, will pr- side at tonight's GOP rally at the court room in Decatur, il wa* announced today by Harry Essex, j Adams county chairman Sen. Homer Capehart. Indiana * senior senator, will be the principal' speaker. The meeting h scheduled toi start at 8:30 o'clock. County can didates will lie Introduced at the meeting, but Sen Capehart will ' deliver the oniv address. He will ■ discus* Isith «tate and mtioesl i**ue* and the meeting will he the highlight of the Republican cam- j palgn In Adam* county Sen. Capehart will arrive in Decatur late this afternoon and will l»e greeted l>y a reception commit-, tee headed bv Mavor John Doan He will establish headquarter* at the Rice hotel, where he will remain until Wednesday morning. The Capehart meeting will be •he principal Repub lcan political rally In the county. Mr. Essex said, and all GOP commlt'ee members are making an effort to have a large attendance. Hen. Can»har» la a favorite among Republican* In northern Indiana, and he I*, conatantlv In demand a* a speaker throughout the na'lon. herons* o' hi* lone and successful bust-' ness record. Several automobile load* of partv worker* from other fourth distrfet coun’le* are exneeted to attend the meeting snd GOP *•*!• candidates who h»nnen to •»* t" this part of »h* state also are ex- ■ ne-t“d to attend Mr. E**ex ata’ed that h* me**- [ ■ I I I Bl— Ceagnlina |« From Countv Garage One hundred gallons of gasoline were reported stolen from the pump at the Adams county garage com* time between Saturday nicht •nd Monday morning The pump's | lock was found along the carb near the nump. having been forced open The key* for the pump remained In ’he deck drawer of the road department office. •* was the switch for the pump. City pol P-e are investigating the gasoline theft

Two Diphtheria Cases Are Reported Today Two cases of diphtheria in the Floyd Bullinger family, southeast of Decatur, were disclosed today by Dr Richard K. Parrish. Decatur physician, following word from the Indiana state board of health that specimen* sent by the local doctor showed positive reaction. The physician stated that five other children In the family also have symptoms of the disease The home has been quarantined and the doctor advised Immediate immuni za'ion of all children in the area. . Four of the Bullinger children attend the Pleasant Mills schtsd Use Two Schools For PTA's Fall Festival Expect Huge Crowd At Festival Nov. 1 With the expectation of a huge attendance which will duplicate or exceed that of last year, the LinI <oln School P. T A fail festival will lie held Monday evening. Nov. 1 in Ito'h the junior senior high and j 'he Lincoln schools so that everyone tnav be accommodated At the high school gymnasium the main festivities will be staged, and In the ’ Incoln school «ym. a teen-age dance will be held. A poster contest Is being copdne'ed In both schools under the direction of Miss Ksthryn Kauffman. art teacher, and prizes will be •warded to the posters best ad ver •king the festival. These posters will be displayed In downtown More windows. An advance ticket sale for the affair will be nromo’ed by the Linedn school nupila nnde» the chairj -r<«u*hln of Rrvce Thomas, princi- ' rol Kenneth Reronr Is chairman of •he dance committee and has promised a rood orchestra and refresh m*nt stand at the Uncoln school •vm. Solicits*lon for food 'o be sold at fh* fes’ival Is underway with Mrs "sui Rancher in charge of candy. Mrs. Gerold Schultz, caks. and Mrs. *4. A. Karjala. pie. The high school Irym will be transformed into a veritable carnival with games, fish nond. cake-walk, blnro stand, movies. refreshment booths snd ether features to delight the hearts of ' *he youngsters The festival wTU xet underwav immediately follow- , Ing the ralithumpian parade aad is scheduled from 6 to 11 p si.

United States, Britain And France Notify UN Os Action By Russians

Spiritual Emphasis Week Nov. 7 To 14 Decatur Ministers Sponsor Observance Spiritual Emphasl* week, annual union church services sponsored by 'he Decatur ministerial association, will be held this year from November 7 to 14, it wa* announced tolay by the Rev. William C. Feler. president of the minlNterial sKociation. Dr. Chester Mcl’heet>rs. pastor of the Metropolitan lethodist church of Detroit. Mich, rill be the guewt pastor. Services will be held each night ' >r eight nights and four local Pro■stant churche* will be ho*ts to 'ie member* of ail churche*. The 'rst meeting. Sunday night. No**mber 7. will be held at the Zion Evangelical and Reformed church nd the closing Herndon will be conucted at the First lurch. Two other local churches. Trinity !vangeiical Vnited Brethren and Irst Christian church also will be nets during the week A complete ehedule will be announced later, lev. Feller said The service* were moved up to arly in November, it wa* Mtated. o the meeting* will not conflict -ith Thanksgiving holiday plan* <nd also because the weather is nore settled, and there is not a* nuch danger of icy road*. Special music I* being arranged, ind these detail* will be ready for ■lublication In a few days. .Minister ind laymen committee* will be named immediately to take care of the detail* and all local minister*, who are member* of the wponsoring group, will take part in the services. The opening of the week will be preceded by a salad and sandwich mpper November 7 to which all member* of official board* of the participating churche* will be invited Thl* feature of the open Ing I* new thl* year, it wa* pointed out Rev. Feller Mated that It wa* the hope of the group that this year would ant a new all-time attend ance mark for church going in Decatur The *e*Hions have drawn large crowd* annually, not only from Decatur but from a radius of many mile*. Each night will be designated a* a special night All detail* of the event will be announced soon. Rev. Feller said, and he urged all local people to reserve these date* on their calendar to avoid later >-nnflict* Forecasts Election Os Henry Schricker S*(l Chas. Fleming In Prediction Here SUBe Senator Charie* Fleming. iHpifocratic candidate for secretary ofstatn. predicted to a group ot friend* here Monday afternoon, that on the basis of polls taken Gy two Indianapolis newspaper*. Hen ry Schricker would be elected governor by a majority of between lOO.fMM) and 150.000 votes. His prediction was based on the vhowing that Schricker was lead Ing his Republican rival for governor by 55 percent In one poll and by 58 pins percent In the other He further stated that the polls showid that President .Truman is now -unnlng neck and neck with his Republican rival and could win In the state If the total vote exceeds two million. Senator Fleming met a number ’f persons Monday afternoon in a veriee of Informal meetings Tonight at 2 o'clock the annual Preble township Democratic rally will tie held at the Friedheim school with William Fruechtenlcht. Fort Wayne attorney, as the priacipal speaker Robert Heller. Democratic candidate for re-election as state joint representative from Adams and Wells counties, will also speak Thursday night a meeting Is planned at the Blocks school in Union township at | o'clock with <Tevw la Feo* Mat

Pres. Truman Hits At South For Party Split Three Former U. S, Presidents Honored In Raleigh Address Raleigh. N C.. Oct 19 — (UP)— President Truman told southern Democrat* today they can't settle their party split by "walking out in a huff." The message, aimed at potential vo ers for the states' right* Democra'lc ticket in the Nov. 2 election, wa* couched in a speech Mr. Truman made honoring three former president* which North Carolina claims it gave the nation. Mr. Truman didn't mention the north-south split on racial rights. But in dedicatory ceremonies for u monument honoring former pre*! dent Andrew Jackson. Jaine* Polk and Andrew Johnson, he said "men and women who exercise their franchise in the spirit of these three great men will not lie blinded by passion or prejudice.” The speech at the monument ceremonies wa* the first of two Mr. Truman scheduled In Raleigh today a* part of his determined b»d to »ave the traditionally Democratic south from inroads by the Republican or state « rights parties The monument speeeb was tag ged by hi* associate* a* patriotic and non political. He scheduled a frankly iiolltical speech till* afternoon at the state ■ fair opening In which associate* said he would warn that a vote for the states' rights ticket would ton tribute to a Republican victory in the Nov. 2 election. Although the monument *pee< h ( was supposed to lie nonpolitical there wa* much tn it which could I lie compared wl h the p«ditl<al sit ] uation In which Mr. Truman finds himself this year Each of tile three president* he wa* honoring, he said, "lived hrough day* when leason wa* over some by emotion (and) their act* were misunderstood and misinterpreted" As a result, he said, "they were libeled beyond the lot of most pres ident*" History, he added, ha* proved them stronger and wiser men than their contemporaries lie lieved. Mr. Truman* own difficulties with the Mouthern revolt against , his racial rights program was re fleeted in hi* tribute to Jackson Recalling the southern rebellion against Jackson o'er the tariff act of 1823. Mr. Truman said Jackson knew it did some injustices to South Carolina and other soutberr states. “But Jackson also knew that the way to correct injustice* in a de mocracy I* by reason and deviate. i rwra Ta I'ase Sis I Monmouth PTA To Hold Fall Festival Pre-Holloween Event Next Friday Night Plana have been completed f<r one of the moat elaborate PTA tai' festivals ever staged at the Mon mouth high school, for Frida» night. August Selklng. chairman of the pre-Halloween celebration an nounced today Sponsored by the Monmout* PTA. the event will be ataged In 'he school. It will ba In the form of a community gathering, with every detail worked out for the en joyment of guests Amidst Its rural setting and neighborhood noted for its friend llness. the entertainment will in clade square and round dancing cake walks and games The Mud Slinger* of Union township, an organisation of local musictans, with a wide reputation for putting the sip In music, will • Tara Ta Paua Twal

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Security Council Orders Jews, Arabs To Cease Firing In Palestine Fighting Paris. Oct. 19 — (UP) — Thd United States. Britain and France the United Nation* *ecurIty council todav that Ru**ia is tightening the blockade of Berlin even while the UN debate* the crisis. Anglo-American delegate* served notice of Soviet step* to damp the iron grip more firmly on Berlin when the security council resumed debate on the Issue after a fourday recess Russia was on trial on western charge* of menacing world peace and violating Its UN pledges by sealing off Berlin from the west except by air. "At the very moment in which the security council I* considering the b'oekade. Soviet authorities have taken additional steps to tighten it." Dr Philip Jessup of the United States told the council. Jessup spoke for all three western power*. Sir Alexander Cadogan of Great Britain had made a like report in answering another part of the council inquiries on behalf of the western big three. Cadogan formally notified the council that the western power* would not negotiate with Russia on any phase of the German problem until the Berlin blockade was removed nneonditionally The council convened at 3:25 p tn. (8:25 a m (’ST). Andrei Vishinski. the chief Soviet delegate, took his seat and bek-an perusing copies of speeches to be made by the Atnerican and British delegate*. Jessup cited announcements l>y Soviet authorities yestetday that all vehicles coming from the Soviet zone into Berlin must enter through Hie Soviet sector one tiling emerges clearly from Giese announcements and actions - the blockade not only exists but is lieing intensified The duress of which we complained Is being increased ev«ui as the security council deliiterates " Cadogan, preceding Jessup, departed from hl* prepared text to refer to the Intensification of the blockade He said the Russians were imposing "further measures to prevent any food from reaching the western sectors of Berlin from the Soviet zone. " Trucks liearing foodstuff toward the city have been stopped. Cado gan said The council. liefore resuming th" Berlin debate, ordered the Arabs and Jew* to accept an Immediate order to cease fire In the Palestine I t ars re l*ase *>«> Draff Appeals Musi Be Filed In 10 Days No Report Received On Induction Exams Ixrcal draft isvard officials tolay reminded registrants who are insatlsfled with their classlficalons that they must file a written totice of appeal within 10 days >f classification or else they will 'tave no chance of being deferred. Registrants will remain in their ■riginal classification unless they 'Be written evidence or ask to neet with the board, the officials dated No deferments are being ■isde solely from the Information ncluded in the questionnaires, and ■ach case is to be considered in'ivldually. and then only on appeal. The board classified 75 more •ten at Its last meeting one week igo. No report has been received r the 13 r en who underwent their ->re-iuducti<>u physical and mental ■xamtaaiiua* iu Fort Wayne tael week Adams county board one. located in the library. I* open Monday through Friday from 3 to 11 am. •nd from noon U> 6 p.m The office is cloned Saturday and Sanday*. New registrants— tboee who have reached their 13th birthday—and men who wish to appeal their rtaeaincatloos. must report to the board during ibeee hour*