Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 46, Number 250, Decatur, Adams County, 22 October 1948 — Page 1

yMLVL No. 250.

UN DELAYS VOTE ON BERLIN COMPROMISE —

■ran Bids ■Support Os liberals Bends Roosevelt K Deal; Fights B-Hartley Law 'li'.m.ill ,mBS; I "I I I ' I- I: ”11 !!• 'I aft I l:«l Il‘ > l.iln.r •i'-t' " f Franklin I' fßi.• <>■< ’i 'll "iiiy i" day* fi.adr II i ilkinv points wb-n row :l 1 ••■»< in tin* White four more yearn ■■■ his (..I tile 111 us.- tadio talk last night • time he renewed hi' t<> Republican nominee K to drop like an I make his position the people u made tin- Taft Unit the chief target of his broadsides lie said It ihe Wagner act from a protecting the basic right*' * into instrument 1., *SHtI • age of that law lie Kepubln tasted y,w he went "they for the I >> ► " ah.-ad wlf h a It" ■ r and a P.epubh ’. ' d ' a haf< '<■ an was introduced by hM T.illiilab Bankhead who - going to vote for him be- ' a team player who tries thing I. • -tat W II" • • fat'.l.'. I ' in southern politics for I hided Dewey on his' campaign ami said the we know hell be J • . •'nmoliy the metal Zip ■ ’he dial telephone ■«||M*!"r all said h-.i-IU ■ H l ' 1 ' Kat'i’"- 1 ’ ■MH.! :du I", 'hat the p 11. 9H'a. • atl-fied to -'op with I 1 (her are go . 11 . ptogressive f..r. e. a. realize the grave fIH 't it lonfronts them E..r and for the Demm rati. . ompletely reject the idea Should eliminate" the new AjMlnosad. we should build up ' •Wk better way of life " Truman reiterated his ap MBm boosting the national mini ■■Bwage from <u to 75 cents an broadening social security i My providing aid for slum ' 'Mp* l '" 4,1,1 ~,wr* n * housing, and ’ttgting federal aid to education ■ president leaves Washington for a quick swing I •^y l Pennsylvania lie will fly I tlie capital tomorrow night **®»l out Sunday aboard his < arm train for the midwest ■ Timers' Meeting HBned By Democrats y Ad."us coiin'v Henns raix are ti»t» so a smoker and "old tima t Democrat head ’MN’ ’■ In the K of I* building right at 7 3d o'clock Ml •h» rmc-n. committeemen '■’’her workers are espe tally will he a number of ahort ; *B h "• the county candidates will Refreshments will fnlhiwlng the speaking the program Vizard. Demo rat county Wnan, will in charge of the B l ** and will Introduce the and candidates bb| — ■rett Plans For ■kome To Truman ®tr*tt. Ind . Oct 22 (VP| r Fred 1., Fetch said today plan* were almost complete ■W 1 *' 1 r*'ep ion of President yttt'- here Monday The presi jß*' train will stop here briefly to Chicago ■ WEATHER SC'cjdy tonight. Scattered B** er « southeast and extreme B' ,h portiona. Partly cloudy Mturday With scattered show ••"ear Ohio river in fareF ” Little change in tempera

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Indiana To Vote On Bonus For Veterans Vote On Referendum At Nov. 2 Election Indianapolis. Oct. 22 (IP) .The voters of Indiana will decide Nov. 2 whether they want to pay Hoosier veterans of World War II a Iron us But their decision won't be binding. The results of the referendum will serve only as a guide to the . 1949 general assembly. • Voters will be asked "do you favor the payment of a state sold lers’ bonus for veterans of World War II?" They will also be asked Io choose I one of five methods to finance the bonus, estimated by the Indiana stale chamber <>t i ><rrnerce to cost (J I2.f(m.<uur. The five alternatives: A sales tax. Increase in gross income tax ra'es. a net income tax. real estate tax exemptions, or exemption from I gross income tax payment for a I specified period I Attorney genera! Cleon Foust has ruled that voters may vote in favor of a bonus and ignore the five alter naive financing methods. But the state constitution prohibits fund ’raising by any other means than . direct taxation The Democratic state platform I pledges |>ayment of a bonus. Item ocratic gubernatorial edndidate Henry F. Schricker has not cam 1 paigned on the issue Secretary of state candidate Charles Fleming j has plugged the bonus, as his lieu tenant governor nominee John Wat i kins, former state commander of the American Legion Republican governor nominee Hobart Creighton has charged that the Democrats cannot possiblly fulfill , 1 their latnus promises If they also 1 carry owt their pledges for tax re- I duction The Republican platform 3<>es riot mention the bonus Progressive party candidate for , governor. Walter Friable, has ac'(•used both Schricker and Creighton |of being "strangely silent” on the 'bonus ques ion The progressive* urge immediate p&vment of a bonusThe bonus referendum will mark the first time in 100 years that an Issue ha* been carried to the people In 1848. Hoosiers were a*k ed to express their desires on the question "Ara you in favor of free schools." They voted cfterwhelming .ly In favor of what became the state's public school system ; The s'ate Chamber of Commerce, which has complied detailed data on ' the question, estimates that approx I imately 185.000 Indiana veterans 1 would be eligible for payments The chamber said that the average pay , ment probably would be about |369 j (Tara Ta P«u» HlaMt Detective Speaks To Decatur Rotary Joe A< kerman. of Toledo. () . a private detective, presented an interes Ing account of hi* experiences at the weekly* meeting of the pDecatur Rotary (lull Thursday . evening I Ackerman was for years with the Pinkerton detective agencies until i he resigned to form his own agency ; | Ills interes'ing and amusing exper ien<es were enjoyed by the Rotar Ilans Otto Beehler was In charge of the program Rev. James Conroy Speaks To Students Our Sunday Visitor Staff Member Speaks . The Rev. James Conroe of Our Sunday Visitor staff and director "of the Hi Angle radio program spoke to the student spiritual coun- J di of the I»ecatur Catholic high school this afternoon Saturday morning at 8:45 o'clock over station WOWO. Father Con roy will l>e the moderator of the Hl-Angle program. In which Cath otic high school students will lead the discussion. ' The Decatur students who will I participate are Mary Jo Grallker. Jacquelyn Teeple. Shelia Murtaugh. Phil Terveer. William Kintz and Donald Smith The Rev Ignatius Vichuras. assls tant pastor of St Mary’s church and religious instructor In the Catholic school, will es«ort the students to the radio station Father Conroy was born In Decatur and since hi* ordination has been assigned to the staff of the Catholic weekly pufilished at Hunt ington.

Israel, Egypt Accept Orders To Cease Fire Nations Accepted Order From UN In Palestine War Tel Aviv. Oct. 22 11'1’1 Both ‘ Israel and Egypt accep'ed the t'nlt- . ••<1 Nations cease-fire order today and directed their troops in the N« ' gev region of southern Palestine to observe the i’N order to restore peace to the Holy Land The truce went Into effect officially at fi ti tn. CST. but front line dispatches said both sides bod ceas'd fighting hours l.efm.. dead line. The deadline was s;t ', acting Palestine mediator Dr. Ralph Bun- < he after both governmenhs had In dicated the cease-fire would lie oh- | 1 served only if the other side agreed to It. Several bombs were dropped on Tel Aviv this morning during the second of two air raid alerts, hut officials said there was little dam age and no casualties Israeli forces held a firm grip on Beersheba, Egypt's main base In ■ the Negev desert area of southern Palestine, and were In position to threaten several other Arab towns If the fighting flares again Majdal. Faluja. Iraq Sweldan and Isdud. all Egyptain held, were reported on the verge of surrender when the cease-fire came Moshe Perlman. Israeli spoke* man. reported the Arab popula'ion of Gaza fleeing the city on the heel* , of the Egyptian defeat at Beersheba , to the southeast. ' The Egyptahi military command ' er was reported to have retreated north to Hebron. i An Israeli spokesman said "scores" of Egyptafns were killed and much arms, ammunition and ( trans|s>rt seized when the base fell Geneva Principal Head Os Teachers I Elected President Os NIT Association Ramon O Hunt, principal of the , Geneva high school and well known educator of this county, was elected president of the Northeastern Indiana Teachers Association, at | the annual convention In Fort Wayne yesterday. Mr. Hunt succeeded to the presi , dency after serving one year as i vice-president of the association 'As president. Mr Hunt presided jover the general sessions of the NITA in Fort Wayne today Charles E Ei< khoff. an Elmhurst high school teacher of Fort Wayne, was elected to succeed Mr Hunt, and Kelro Whiteman. Allen county superintendent, was re-elected to serve his third term as secretary treasurer. '• Since 1929. Mr Hunt has served a* principal of the Geneva school, which also embraces the Wabash township schools. He received hl* A B degree from Indiana Central college and an M- A. degree from Indiana University. Decatur and Adams county teachers have been attending the annual convention which opened in Fort Wayne yesterday. Dr Donald Simon, professor of education at I I’ spoke to the teachers this morning Dr Herman H. Wells, president <•» she state j university was scheduled to give the closing address this afternoon I The NITA has a membership of approximately 2.51H1 teachers and educators. Five From County At Medical Center Five residents of Adams county are enrolled as students on the Indiana University Medical Center campus where the training school for nurses, the final three years of medical and denial instruction and the clinical labora'ory training for medical tei hnologlsts are local ed Students from Adams county Include Norma !x>u Eady. Deca'ur and Eloise Bernadyne Soidner. Berne, who are in nurses training Elmer D Habegger. Berne; Howard M. Ijtginblil. Berne, and Max E. Johnson. Decatur, are enrolled In the school of medicine

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Decatur, Indiana, Friday, October 22, 1948

A Real Poster Girl, Is Anita HP x Bju • ’ ' ■ - * v \f twfflw Community f ■ IT HARDLY seems possible that bright eyed, merry little Anita Adcock. 2<t month* old. was the model for the Community Chest poHter behind her. She was born with club feet so at three week* old her feet Were encased In plaster casts, ( hanged frequently a* she grew At end of a year the cast* wer removed and she took tier first steps, completely cured Becau*e of care she received from several agencies *u|>porte<| by the Community Chest she was select e'.l as Community Chest postei girl.

Dewey Fearful Os Democratic Senate Dewey Confers With Republican Leaders New York. Oct 22 tl'Pi The j {specter of a Democratic senate [next year today haunted the hall* of the Roosevelt hotel where Gov Thoma* E Dewey, the GOD presi dentlal candidate, has spent two I days in high-level conference with' hl* political lieutenant*. The Dewey people are sure that their man will win the presidential race, but they are not nearly that, sure about the senate Dewey will spend the day here conferring, a* he did yesterday, with his top advisers, before returning tonight to Albany. He will spend the week end at the gover-1 nor'* mansion, then hit the road late Monday night for a windup of hi* campaign Dewey will *peak on Oct 25 in the Chicago stadium Cleveland on ' the night of Oct. 27. Boston on Oct | IM. with the big windup In New York City on the night of Oct 30.1 The -Republican candidate will apeak again on election eve from New York on Nov 1 and remain in Manhattan to hear the election returns. Among the Dewey staff, the senate race was being discussed as! much, or possibly more than the prewldential vote hunt. If elected along with a Democratic senate, | <Tsr» To I’nar KlaMt Reds Have 115,000 Followers In U. S. House Committee Head Lists Figure Washington. Oct. 22— tl’Pt The Communist party, through secret registration* and other underground means, today command* the militant following of some 115.-1 (too persons in this country, according to chairman J Parnell Thomas of the house unAmerican activities committee That Is almost double the 00.000 members claimed by the party itself Thomas told the Vnited Press his committee ha* information Indicating that secret registrations run the list of actual member* closer to 75.000 In addition, he said, there are about 40.000 unregistered person* who are con- I sldered members under strict party disciollne The New Jersey Republican said the largest concentration of Com- ■ munists is in New York City, with Los Angeles. Chicago Detroit andi tTwre TW Psgr F.tafcti 1

10 Former Nazi SS Officers Executed Lansbcrg. Germany. Oct 22 tl'Pt Ten former Nail SS officers were hanged today on charges they i participated in a common design to kill all allied filer* who para chuted Into Germany from disabled plane* The prisoners were convicted i during a trial at Dachau in 1f»47 The executions were completed without incident. Texas Man Elected Legion Commander Younger Element Is Beoten For Control Miami. Fla. Oct. 22 (DPI I Some 30.000 member* of the Amer ican Legion straggled out of Miami | toward homo today after the most placid national conven'lon in the I Legion'* 30-year history. I In their last business yesterday, i the delegates elected 55 year-old ;S Perry Brown of Beaumont. Tex national commander to succeed James F. O'Neil of New Hampshire | Brown, veteran of Itoth World War* and the candidate of the M- > gion's *<ecalled "Old Guard, won I an easy first ballot victory over two i opponents, both World War II vet ■ eran* . The convention made his election unanimous on th* motion of the 'two defeated candiate*. James F i Green of Omaha Neb and George ! N Craig of Braz.l. Ind Thus an attempt by the younger element to "take over control" of the Legion was defeated and the j World War I "Old Guard' remained I in power During it* four day parley, the convention delegates approved reso lu ions call ng for immediate enactment of universal military training legislation and urged congress to outlaw Communists In the I'nlted , States It condemned Ute Russian blockade of Berlin a* an • a< t of aggression which could kindle the flames j of war" and hammered repea'edly . <>n the idea of "keeping America strong to guard the peace " In a final policy statement yesterday. the Legionnaires urged upon like nation "military preparedness i ’O the extent that never again will I our policy for peace outrun cur ability to enforce it." The legion reversed its 30-year stand against soldier {tensions The ■ onvention uiged the federal gov ■rnment to grant veterans of both World Wars old age stipends be ginning at age 55 Cnder the conventions pension i resolution, congress was asked to provide monthly pensions of !«•< for i all veterans, regardless of income. 1 tTwra To r»s» Klabo

Soviet Russia Request For Delay Granted; See Early Settlement Hopes

Allot More Planes For Berlin Airlift New U. S. Move To Bolster Supply Run Washington. Oct 22 (CPI The new I'.S move to bolster the Her tin airlift was seen in diplomatic i quarters today as a further warn ing to Russia that this country in 1 tend* to *tay in the German capi tai Gen Lucius D Clay, American commander in Germany, got pre* Identlal authorization last night to <-all up 6fi additional four engine transport plane* whenever he need* them on the supply run Into the blockaded city. The action came as the t'nited Nations securl'y council prepared to take up the Berlin question Dip lomatic source* here suggested that the C S decision to step up the -airlift may have far-reaching es feet* on the negotiations in Pari* The additional C 54 Skymasters will be recruited from military stations through the world The I'.S I air force now has 117 such plane* I running the blockade and recently ordered 40 more to Europe There are ulko SO twin engine C-47 Iran* port* participating In the airlift \ir tran*|*>rt expert* e*timan-d that if all tiU plane* were added to the air fleet, another l.oOn tons of food and fuel could be flown into the former tierman lapital every i day. Gen Clay told newsmen yester , day that the airlift now I* carrying more than 5,5tm ton* a day in good weather, and over .3.mm ton* even In “very bad weather condition* " With winter approaching, the new transport* will prove an important reserve for the airlift Speaking in New York last night Clay said the Soviet I'nlon "de liherately picked Berlin ax the place to apply pressure to check (Tara Ta I’asr Civet 17 Aboard Missing Plane Feared Lost Algiers. Oct 22 tl’Pt Seven teen persons aboard a French B 2fi bomber nd**ing in the Mediter ranean since yesterday were pre sumed dead today follow ing a wide spread search for the plane The plane left Rabat. Morocco early yesterday for Iwtre* airport near Marseille* It carried a crew of five and 12 officer-instructor* from a Morocco aviation school who were being flown to France to pilot plane* to North Africa | Catholic Primate Os Poland Is Dead Bitter Foe Os Both Nazism, Communism Warsaw. Oct. 22 <l'l*l Aug u*t Cardinal Hlond. Catholic prl mate of Poland died at I*< a m today after undergoing two oper ations for appendicitis He was 67 Cardinal Hlond opposed both communism and Nazism in To land On Oct 20. 1946. he dm-lared the Catholic church's opposition to growing communist influenc* in the Polish government and «-n dorsed then vice premier Stanls : law Mikolajczyk’s Polish' p>-a»ant 1 party Then in April 1947. the cardinal urged the Polish people to oppose "modern heathendom" which h« said was trying to "replace the worship of the creator with the cult of the creature and world!! ness " Although his language obvious ly was chosen carefully, his appeal in a pas'oral letter left no doubt’ in the minds of Polish Catholics that he was as much oppo*ed to communism as ever despite the communist victory in the 194? elections. The prelate had Keen primate of Poland since 1926 As "second man in Poland." he left the coun (Tore Ta Ts<» llvraei

Miner Killed During French Strike Battle First Gunfire In 19-Day Strike Wave Led By Communists Paris. Oct. 22 il l’) Striker* and republican sei urity guard* opened fire on each other near St Etienne today in the first gunfire of the 19-day wave of communist ■ led French strikes One miner was killed and 1" other strikers and three security I guards were wounded The shooting occurred at the Comebefort mine at Firminy ; about 12 miles southwest of St Immediately who fired fir t Etienne ft was not determined who fired first In northern France, striker* I seized four coal mines In the Val«m ienes area of northern ! France They ousted noncom munixt miners who had remained in the pits t<> carry out mainten ance work Gendarmes stood by without in fervening I siik workers at Calais an nounced a sympathy strike They wild they would support 350.nn0 striking coal miners by refusing to unload coal nt that port In Brux-els. a high sour< e said the Belgian government sei-retlv has been sending a substantial amount of coal to France to help the French government weatlp r the wave of strike* The inform ant said he feared communl«tx mav retaliate bv railing strike* In the Belgian coal mines i At Lille gas from fixtures left : onen during a pa* shm off ki'ied four persons in 'heir home Gas mo'i'illo* we*e being turned on and off sna modicallv without warninIn French towns a* ras planttried to conserve their coal sup (Tnra T<. I»a«e t hree I * Muselman, Sauer Democrat Speakers Party Rally Held Thursday Evening "If you want to vote against special privilege and for the com mon man. vote straight Demo* ra tic November 2 <’ H Muselman Berne attorney, told a crowd <»f ap proximately 50 persons at the Bleeke school in I'nlon township Thursday night Except for a little clgaret tax money as a preelection bonus, the Republican party has made scarce ly no increase in fund* for coun ty road improvement in the last eight yeara,” Phil Sauer, county road superintendent, told the crowd at the Democratic rally in an ex|' , -< , ’<*<ton a* to why th* road system is falling apart over tl. state in the face of rising cost -of material and labor Special music by the "Mud Sling era" was highly enjoyed Tonight at a Democratic rally at the Monroe school. Myles Par rish. D*-in<»< ratic candidate for judge, and Severin Schurger. unop posed lienitM ratic candidate for .prosecuting attorney, are ached uled to speak at « o'clock Person* wishing transportation are request ed to be at the Democratic head quarters here at 7 3# o'clock and car* will be provided Final arrangements were an nounced today for a liemocratl< rally for the entire north part of the county, to be held at the Mon mouth high school next Wednesday night when Ed Kruse. Demis ratii candidate for congress, will share the platform with state senator Von A. Eichhoni of Wells county Special music at this meeting will be furnished by the Hoffman sisters. Fort Wayne radio stars Saturday night at the Democratic headquarter* in Decatur an old i timers night will be held at 8 j (Tara Ta t*a*» Tbreat

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Security Council Adjourns To Monday After Giving Delay Sought By Russia Paris. Oct 22 ll'Pi Hope for early settlement of the Berlin blockade crisis rose today as Russia requested and received a delar In voting in the I'nlted Nasecurity council on a smallnation compromise formula for settlement The council adjourned late today until Monday after delegate! had debated briefly th- resolution of the six "neutral" nations of the < (>um II which ' ailed on the big four to end the blockade crisis now. and suggested a council of foreign ministers meeting on German problems about Nov 30 Just why Russian delegate Andrei Vishinsky asked a delay in voting on the resolution was not clear. Western big power delegates appeared optimist! however, as they ••merged from a private meeting in which they approved Vlshinxky’s request, and it wax believed a lleW Russian move might be forthcoming before Monday Russ a hail not agreed to accept the compromise formula, however. A high American official when asked if he could confirm a rumor to that effect replied "I can't confirm It because it isn't true " j But there appeared to lie reason to believe that V shinsky hud Inditcated Russia might be prepared to make some new concession which Would offer hope of a settlement of the crisis which began Just over four mon’hs a.-o At that time Russia < lamped a blockade on all road, rail and barge transport from the *e*tei(i zones of Germany to the I' S British and Ereii h sectors of Berlin Since that time, about 2.sih>.O('i< persons hl the western so-tot* of the German capital and all ’'extern o' cupa'lon forces then- ('•• been supplied bv th< <>*G> Anglo American air lit* Vish : .ky • an- •! an hour's deh«y in start of the security coun il'i: . ssion today by hl* unexpected request for postponement of the Vote on the resolution American. British and French delegates met privately with Juan Bramugl.a of Argentina, chairman of tile I Olin it. atbl act epted the request Their smile* as they finally took their places at the council table suggested that Bramuglia. s ho had talked earlier with Vishinskv had given them reason for optimism Then Bramuglia. who has been the leader ill inedi.ition efforts of the small iia’ion members of the council, introduced the compromise resolution with the statement that it offered away ' '<> avoid a dangerous decision which might lead to war." The neutral resolution, following the lilies Indi'ated before its formal presentation .called upon the big four I To prevent any in< -lent which would aggravate the situation in Berlin To put into effet t ximultanw ••iisly. on the day the tesolution is transmitted formally t» the four -<.i•rmiHi.' .. measures to remove al; restrictions on transportation atid ■ omnium, at on placed by both Russiaa and the west In the Berlin bli>< kade. and to begin at on< e talks in Berlin to e»taldi»h the Soviet mark as the sole currency, with an agreement to tie rea< hed by Nov io. 3 Within 1" days after the currency proltieni is settled "or on a date mutually a- < eptable to the four iTars Ts r»«- EU.bti Three Persons Die As Train Hits Auto North ludson. Ind . Oct 22 — (I'f’i Joseph AA'aisno. 45. Cicero, 111., was in serious condi'.ion today suffering from injuries sustained in a train auto crash here that killed three other Cicero residents yesterday The victims. Stanley Po< ius. 45, his wife. Barbara. 42. and Anna Mazeilra. 4A were killed when a Pennsvlvsn'a passenger ' train •truck their car at a grade (Tossing <in English Lake, a small village near here.