Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 46, Number 251, Decatur, Adams County, 23 October 1948 — Page 1

No. 251.

BAIT KREMLIN DECISION ON COMPROMISE

Mfldßrns County M Killed In Sn Accident C. Miller Is 'B Kiiled Friday When 1 bn Over By Tractor , Miller. 61. prominent farmer, wa* killed Iridav afternoon EJX... ...... by a traitor at his - on the KM, . *. re no witnesses ■■ tn.ye.h it is believed the ettlc.r suffered a heart at Ka. . dizzy and fell under <- r which he was operating reported there were no Kfl) or rough spots near the would cause- him to tie Ls. from the machine which operating. (io ar and James, were »K^ X in a different part of the Kdlnd investigating upon seeing K>fa, t.,r running loose, found father s body The well farmer suffered a broken died victim was born In county March 17, 1X47. a ■g U Andrew and Mary Miller. Ki la> a lifelong resident of the wa< a member of the St. Kff.c Catholic church, the Holy Km '•o. ie'v and the Knights of are his wife, the forBtf ftertha Case, seven children. Rosalia. Oscar. Andrew, h ami Maureen Miller, al) and Sr Bertha Ann. J Kan two brothers, KJ Millet of Adams county and II Millet of Decatur: and four I Sr Itasilla of Beloit. Wis Haves Kan . and BBjulius Kohne and Mrs Ben Kiting, both of near liecatur services will be held at Monday at St Mary's Cathh the Very Rev Msgr .seiinetz officiating Burial in the Catholic cemetery will be removed from the ■i * Itoan funeral home to the late tonight, where may call after Sunday The Holy Nam» society at the home at 7 30 pin to the Kung Girl Takes w Under Train ' ■Spurned By Lover, Suicide Oct 33—(UP)— Donald _’| didn't know how much Stein loved him until it -end in,- flowers just one she wrote In a note penBflori her favorite violet station t,v ’hen the pretty 19 year old choir singer was dead ■B* m “rose before dawn BBerday and walked to the Belt railroad tracks near her home fIM »ai'ed until the gates lowered freight train approached she slipped out on the and buried her far e In her hands Witnesses said she W*" ! silhouetted in the glare of flB locomotive', headlight until struck her killing her In a handsome, wavy hair |HM*lephone installer who served !h * air force, said he and Miss )«■“ 1 *Tt company for several iHM*"’ b -" never had been formalhe had begun dating an Kir! and they had decided to evening he took Mias BB? tu ch,,lr practice at Calvary ■X * n rhurch It was on the ■V home that he told her of his rr ’ m,n '* ar "l 'hat he wouldn't her much longer EM -/lldn t seem upset about It." i’keci her to go to the church HT*/ FrtlUy nl « ht bu ' she said ”* doing something else " KZ* *’*• m «her Mrs Marie K*’ M,<l ,b *' w hen her daughter Wp ®“* ,rom choir practice she ■ **** *”•’ II WtATM «" ■ cloud,, cool.r north K ~** Clearing and ' U "'* h ‘- Bunday. /fair »*rm«r northwest.

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BULLETIN Frankfurt, Oct. 23.—(UP)— A U. 8. air force four-engined C M air lift plane crashed today near Oberursel, north of here, Frankfurt radio reported. No details were available immediately. Truman Lashes 'Hypocritical' 80th Congress Backward-Looking Republicans Are Truman Targets Enroute With Truman. Oct. 23 — (UP) —President Truman accus ed the Republican congress today of waging a "hypocritical'' attack on labor, and discriminating against Jews and Catholics In European refugee camps Campaigning In coal mining areas of Pennsylvania with heavy for* ign born populations, the pres Ident assailed "selfish backward looking Republicans who. he said, are trying to “dose the doors to progress that are being opened by American unions." He urged audiences in Scranton and Wilkes-Barre to vote for a Democratic congress that will "help oit all the people of the United States, not just the power ful and wealthy few." Mr. Truman told an early morn Ing crowd In Scranton that the Taft-Hartley law is “like a ter mite, undermining and eating away your legal protection to organise and bargain collective ly." This law, he said, is only a sample of what the Republican will do if they win the election In Wilkes Barre, which has a large Catholic population, the president rapped the law passe.V by the Mlth congress to admit a limited number of European dis placed persons In this country. "It excludes nearly all displaced persons who belong to the Jewish faith." he said, "and it excluder an unfair proportion of those be longing to the Catholic faith I do not think this is right, it is not American." Mr. Truman was scheduled tc make one more stop at Johnstowr late this afternoon before going on to Pittsburgh where he will deliver his major campaign ad dress of the day. It wi I deal with labor and other key domestic issues. The president originally had planned to fly to Pittsburgh but decided to go by train betause o bad flying weather. He left Washington shortly before last midnight and plans to re'urn to the capital tomorrow morning A few hours later, he leaves on his final trip of the campaign which will take him to Chicago. C!ey land. Boston. New York, Brook lyn and St. Louis. Home Comforts Are Promised Draftees All Comforts Except Mom's Home Cooking York. Pa, Oct 22—<UP>— Draftees will find the new peacetime army has all the comforts of home except for Mom s cooking, according to Gen Jacob L. Devers, chief of the army field forces Kindly sergeants, whose personal conduct, manners, morals and speech" are above reproach, will set an example for the rookie to follow. Devers told the Pennsyl vania state convention of war mothers. Daveni the draftee* will be sent to a poet as near home as possible. He will be met at the train "no matter how or when he arrives." and will be served a hot meal promptly. The draftee will get an advance on hie pay. an indlvfduallv fitted uniform and bis hair cut the way he wests It- No more blllard ball haircuts. Devers promised I hiring his processing the draftee will be taken on an educational sightseeing tour of the poet And just to make sure mothers know how their sons are getting along. Devers said, the company commander will write parents a persona! report from time to time

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PICTURED ABOVE is the architect's drawing of the new garage, service station and auto <ll*play room for the Saylors Motor Co., to be constructed on Nor 'h Thirteenth street.

Work on the construction of a modern, one-stop type garage, service station and auto disulay room for the Saylors Motor company, on the west side of N. Thirteenth slreet. (U. 8. highway 27) between Nutt man avenue and Monroe street, will begin as soon as the foundations are completed, Leo Saylors announced today. The largest buildings yet to be . erected in this district, which was ipi-ned to residential and business expansion rerouting of U. 8. rsgh : way 27, it also represents one of ihe most extensive automotive Investments ever made in the city Extending 140 feet along the highway on a 240-foot lot frontage, the modernistic structure will be constructed of a glossy finish, grey colored washable brick, which the architec ts selectee) for its high quality of reflection results in the lat■jst technique of flood-lighting displays The buildin” will be I. shaped and the 50-toot wide <li“plav room

Dewey Planning For I Close Os Campaign I Nagging Head Cold Bothers Candidate ( Albany. N. Y., Oct. 23—-(UP) — ' Gov Thomas E Dewey nursed a 1 nagging cold today while he plan ned the windup of his presldenI tial election campaign. 1 Dewey returned here by train 1 late last night—two hours and 15 minutes late — from New York City. His train was delayed when ' a water pipe on the engine broke 1 near Hudson. N. Y. Members of his staff said his head cold was not serious. Just annoying. He ran a fever ot less t than one degre yesterday, the | I third straight day and he told Republican conferees his head i was so stopped up that he couldn't hear himself speak. He was still suffering from an j I attack of bursitis in his right I shoulder and was under osteo pat hie treatment I The Republican presidential i .-andidate put In a busy day of ) politics yesterday and planned to i spend most of today and Monday i finishing the major speeches with i which he will close hi* campaign Dewey leaves here late Monday night for a whirlwind finish He will make major speeches in Chi cago on Oct. 26, Cleveland on Oct. 27. Boston on Oct. 30. Dewey cautioned campaign workers in New York yesterday to refrain from trading "vitupera tion and abuse" with the Demo crats in the closing stages of the campaign. He said he thought it would be bad for the country Before leaving New York last | night, he reaffirmed his support of a "politically and economically sound Jewish homeland in Bales ’ tine. r As Dewey boarded his train, he was greeted by heavyweight box • mg champion Joe Louil who now doubles as a weekly columnist for the New York Age. a Negro news ' paper Loul*. who supported Dewey in | his race for governor in 1946. wouldn't say whether he wanted | (Twr- Te Tee* ••»» ! Frank W. Dibble • Dies In Michigan Funeral services will be held here . Tuesday for Frank W Dibble, for | mer Decatur resident, who died at , a Carol Mich, hcwpital His wife I the former Hariet GUpen ‘i cd in . j 192<. Surviving a son. O'i» Dib 1 , ble. of Carol, three grand nildren . - and three great-grand children Funeral services will be held at > 2pm Tueeday at the Black funeral - home. Dr Gerald H Jones offlcla r ting Burial will he la the Decatar i cemetery Friends may call at tbe| funeral home after 7 pm Moadaff-

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Decatur, Indiana, Saturday, October 23,1948

Build New Garage, Auto Display Room

will extend 30 feet beyond the line of the 90-foot-long garage. The circular front display wing will be walled with glass and extend east ward within 15 feet of the highway Passing motorists will be able to glimpse the new models The office and parts department will also be housed in this wing. The new building will have a J floor space of approximately 9.65t> | square feet. The display room runs east and west Sa feet ami the gar- : age building will be 6tt feet deep It will be 20 feet in height. Specialized departments in the garage will include the lubrication and | washing, and a body shop, in addi- ; tion to the general auto repair department. The Saylors cotn|>any has the agency for Buick and Chevrolet automobiles. The business is nowlocated on North First street and location of their auto agency and garage at the Thirteenth address lis literally a trip across town The,

Refuses To Dismiss Indictment Os Reds .New York. Oct 23—(UP) — Twelve top Communists accused of conspiring to overthrow the government by violence will stand ' trial Nov. 1. A federal Judge turn ed down motions to dismiss their Indictments , Judge Murray Hulbert turned down two motions by attorneys for William Z Foster, national Communist party chairman, general secretary Eugene Dennis and the 10 others Democrats Cheered At Monroe Meeting Capacity Crowd At Meeting Last Night Myles F. Parrish. Democrat candidate for judge, and Severin Schurger. Democrat candidate for prosecuting attorney, were the principal speakers before a capacity crowd at a Monroe township Democrat meeting Friday night at Monroe high school Gene Hike. North Monroe precinct committeeman presided, and Introduced ail the county candi dates It was the third Democrat meeting in as many nights In which over-capacity crowds attended Mr. Parrish traced the origin and ; history of both major partie*, and showed by facts and figures how the Democrat party had been the "aid and friend" of the common man since Its origin The speaker also traced the origin of his own party connection, and promised to "continue to follow the Democratic principles and traditions" under which he was reared Mr Schurger criticised the Re publican controlled state legisla tore for passing "unconstitutional ripper bills" against former Governor Henry Schricker and then showed by figures the trend of in creased taxation under Republican governors since 192'* Both speaker* received old fa«h ■ toned ovation*, and at time* both j were interrupted by applause The meeting was regarded by veteran I political worker* as "one of the best ever held In Monroe town- ! ship " Smoker Tonight There will be a public smoker. I honoring past Democrat county i chairmen at Democrat headquar ter* In the K of P building at 7:3« o'clock tonight Short speeches by several former chairmen will be followed by refreshments The public is invited The Democratic Womens club will sponsor a dinner Monday night j at < 30 o'clock at the Loyal Order of Moose home, with former U. 8 Senator Sam Jackson of Fort Wayne as the speaker Following the dinner the dining room will be opened to the public to hear Sen I Jackson The speech is scheduled (Twra T» r*«* Ms)

i Saylors brothers <ame here in 1922 , and are widely known as su< cessful ind leading auto dealers in northi ern Indiana. The filling station service will be . located in front of the garage build ing. with wide drivewavs from the highways. A used car division will be located north of the building There will be three entrances to the building from the highway and four at the rear, the latter being large enough to accomodate Ihe largest trucks and trailers Mr. Saylors sta ed the company did not expect completion of the building before next June The general contract has been awarded to Bultemeir Cost ruction company of this city. The plumbing eon ract Is held by the Walter Plumbing and Heating company, also of this city The McKay Electric company of Fort Wayne has the electric contract. Pohlmeyer and i Pohlmeyer. of Fort Wayne, are the I architects.

Urge Teacher Post ‘ Out Os Politics Other Actions Taken At Teacher Parleys Indianapolis. Oct. 23 —(UP)— Hoosier school teachers went home from their annual convention todav after taking a stand in favor of making the office of state superintendent of public instruction an appointive Job. The convention of the Indiana state teachers' association ended last night In Indianapolis. Region a) conventions also ended at Fort Wayne. Gary. South Rend and Evansville. A resolution adopted by the Indianapolis group urged that the office of superintendent of Indiana's public school system be removed from politics That office is now filled by voters who choose at genera! election* la-tween polit leal party candidate* At the closing session last night, author Maurice Hindus scoffed at rumors that Russia wants war Hindus said In an address that Russia wanted war about like a man with a broken leg wanted a broken hack. too. Earlier, the teachers elected R ' E Hood, principal of Oxford school, in Benton county, to succeed Miss Gertrude E McComb of Terre Haute as president; Miss Belva Newsom. Redford, vice-president, and H. E Binford. Bloomington, treasurer They also elected as delegates to the National Educational As soclation Convention Henry L. MeHargue. Gary; Martin L Stamm. Lfffayatte; C. A Anderson. South Bend; Helen Ford Fort Wayne; Harold S Brubaker. Portland: Ernest Cortner. Noblesville; Jessie Beard Long. New Albany; C H. Wadsworth. Richmond, and Oliver Kling. Indianapolis Regional conventions elected Rov Stuffie. as president at South Bend: Arthur Sluvter. Hammond, as president at Gary, and Charles C. Robinson. Evansville. as president at Evansville The Indianapolis convention also adopted resolutions calling for a state-wide school term of nine months. exemption of pensions and annuities from federal income taxes up to the subsistence level, equal protection and privileges under tenure laws for men and women; a better retirement law. and extension of the state s contract tew to all teachers There were other speakers on the program Governor Gates commended the teachers for devoting their time and 125 ooh to study state school rondltloas Mrs Acne* E Meyer, ro-owner of the Wash Inaton Post, urged that public school sducstloesl programs be streamlinad aud that the teachers support federal aid to education

Answer To Small-Nation Formula To End Blockade Crisis Awaited Eagerly

Grand Jury In Probe Os Rep. Parnell Thomas Charge 'Kickbacks' From Employes In Washington Office BULLETIN Washington. Oct. 23.— (UP) —Rep. J. Parnell Thomas. R.. N. J„ charged today that a federal grand jury Investigation of nis activities is a "vicious smear technique." Washington. Oct. 23 (UP) Justice department officials said today it is “a toss-up” whether a federal grand jurv now investigating Ben. .1 Parnell Thomas, it .NJ. will a -t before election day The grand jury began an inquiry here late yesterday Into charges that the chairman of the house unAmerican ac'ivitles committee received "kickbacks" from employes of his congressional office There was no indication Jus' when the jury would take action Justice department officials said the Inquiry would be "comparative ly long." at least a week or 10 days One said that It Is "a question" whether all the evidence can be placed before the Jury by the end of next week "That depends, to a great extent, on the at itude of the jury." he said Thnmas is up for re election to a seventh consecutive term in the house on Nov. 2. Even Democratic foes concede that the 53-year old congressman probably will win Thomas was recently ac cused by newspaper columnist Drew Pearson of placing cer’atn individuals on his congressional payroll and then |mm keting all or part of their salaries The employes Involved alegedly did n<> work at all A group of lawyers, from Thomas' own congressional district asked the justice department to look into the <barges The congressman is a< < used spec I fically of reprsen ing all the indivi duals on his payroll as letna fide congressional employes when, as a matter of fact, they were not Informed that the grand jury was looking into the case. Thomas told the United Press by telephone from his Allendale. N J . home thnt he had "no comment at this time' Kerr Is Accused 01 Excessive Spending Jenner Quits After Committee Report Washington. Oct 23 - lUPf Sen William E Jenner. R . Ind said today there was "no connection" between his "resignation' as head of the OOP speakers bur eau. and ttte activities of his sen ate elections subcommittee Jenner asked to be relieved of his -OOP post last night, only a few hours after his subcommittee had accused Robert S Kerr. Ok lahoma DMSOcratic senatorial nominee, of spending more than 10 times as much on his two prim army campaigns as the state al lows Jenner said he wanted to be re lieved of the speakers bureau so be could take an active part in the Indiana political campaign Re publican officials in Jenner* home state said he had been plan ning "all along" to stump for GOP nominees Despite these explanations, how ever, reports persisted that Re publican bigwigs had asked Jen tier to s'ep down because they were displeased with his subcom mlttee's activities Jenner's move climaxed a series of rapid fire political develop ments Within four hours 1. B Nelson Deranlan counsel for the subcommittee. reported, tTwrw Te •’»<»

To Speak At Geneva u| If 1

Raymond Willi*

Tlie well-known Angola publisher and former United State ' Senator from Indiiina will speak at a R ji-ihltc in r-i'ly at Geneva high school Wednesday night at S:3O o'clock, following a free* picnic at tlie school

Raymond Willis Al Geneva Wednesday Republican Rally Planned At Geneva Raymond Willis. Angola publisher and former United States senator from Indiana, and Judge Paul A l.enninaton. Muncie, candidate for judge x>f the appellate court on the . Republican ticket will be the head liners at a meeting at Geneva high school Wednesday nlizht at M 3" o'clock, it was announced today b> j Harry Essex. Republican count* | chairman The meeting will follow an hour of free eats for all. which starts at G 30 o'clock. Mr Essex said The public Is Invited to latth part* ot the program Refreshment boothr will be set up at ihe high school building. It was announced, and food and soft drinks will be distri buted ( hairman Essex will preside ami introduce the county candidates Mr. Willis always has been a pop ular speaker in Adam* county and has lieen here <>n several occasions He is well known throughout the county. Judge Lennlngton is at present Delaware countv superior <>-urt judge and a set-kin; the state udge 'ship for the first time Heteral c arloads from Dec atur are planning o attend the rally and chairman Essex stated that those who cleslr j ed to attend and did not hate trans portation should call Republican headquarters in the auto license building 4-H Achievement Meeting Planned Meet Friday Night At Pleasant Mills County recreational director Den nl* R Norman today announced plans for the St Mary * township 1 annual 4 H achievement meeting and family night, to he held at the Pleasant Mills high school next Friday night St Mary's township I H memt»er» t will be awarded their club pins and will receive grades on their record book*. The boys will conduct a corn and soy bean displav. and the girls will show canning and cloth 11 Ing project* Activities for the entire family 1 are planned. Mr Norman stved ' There will be group singing games for all. prizes, and interesting dis plays and demonstrations Parent, of 41!‘era. neighbors and friend* ' are invited to attend. Mr Norman said The program I* commended by the Farm Bureau and the home ' economic* club* To close the evening the 4 H er* will codduct a solemn candle-light j I Tara Ta Pa** Tbr*«>

Price Four Cents

Postpone Debate On Holy Land Conflict Until October 30; Reds Renew Charge By United Press Th*- western powers waited with some op itnism today for a decision from the Kremlin on the latest compromise proposal to settle the Berlin blockade crisis. In Paris, the United Nations security council was in recess until 3 p m Monday, when Soviet delegate Andrei Vishinsky probably will reveal Russia's attitude toward a small-nation formula whic h would have the Soviet Union and the western powers: 1 End Immediately Russia's surfa< e blo< kade <>t Berlin and th*- counter blockade against the Soviet zone of Germany estale j lished by the United States. Britain an I France 2 Make effective the earlier plan agreed u;h>u in Kremlin <-onf* ren< es hut never carried out to establish the Soviet-backed ••astern mark as the only currency ,11 I!: r'ln ■"< Hold, about Nov 30. a coun- ; cil of foreign ministers meeting on the whole problem of Germany. The Weatern powers have indicated tentative acceptance of the proposal, which would not brand Russia as a threat to peace as the west originally planned tu do Vishinsky was understood to he less than fully satisfied, however But he had agreed to submit the question to Ills government, and there was hope that Russia might accept the formula, or at least might make some concessions that would lead to settlement j The UN also had put aside tern porarily the troublesome Palestine ques-ion Tin- .'cs nation political ommlttee first agreed to take up Ithe question »t Aral* Jewish conflict in th-- Holy Land Immediatei ly. then reversed its decision and postpolic-d It to Oct 30 Russia promptly renewed charges that the I sue- was Iceing shelved at tlie instigation of American delegates until after 'he- U S elections Nov 2 Other world news Seoul Korean official sources reported that loyal troops captured Sunchon, the last city held Icy ■ communist rebels in South Korea, thus practically ending the revolt which broke out Tuesday Berlin A British licensee! newspape r said that the police force of cti estimated 300,000 men in the Soviet zone of Germany is being given full infantry frainif u as th** first step In a Russ u plan to convert it Into a communist atominnted German army • Tel Aviv Arab and Jewish rer certs sai'i severe fighting has broken out In the Syrian liorder area of northern Palestine. Each side blamed the outbreak on the other. Syria protested to the UN. Israel protested to UN truce head quar'ers at Haifa In the- Negew de*ert area of South Palestine* where Jewish and Egyptian forces had fought for a week The situation was quiet and both sides seemed to Ice obeying a cease-fire order from the i'N Paris The French government, hitti.ig hard at a communist led mine strike which already was costing France as much as that nation receives from the Eluropean recovery program, sent tough Sengaleae Infantry from Morocco (Tar* t* I**** fc»*r» Community Fund'! Drive Is Reported Well Underlay Here Partial reports on the 194* Com munitv Fund drive show the campaign is well on it* wiy to success. L R Zlntsmaster. Fund di ec*..*-. disc-bleed today "Everything reported thus far has been favorable." he said, voleinc hl* belief that the rampaitn would be wound up in short order. Mr Zlntsmsster urged citlten* who bare n«t vet b*en contacted and who wish tn contribute to the c-wnse ’o get in touch wi»h Arthur Heimann, treasurer of the Fund, el the First Slate bank