Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 46, Number 265, Decatur, Adams County, 9 November 1948 — Page 1

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H Stronger ■l Control Im Congress Bector Woods To Kk Strengthening Os Present Measure . Nov. ■ 9 (PU) L Tighe E. Woods said 7Bk. will ask the new congress to extend but to strengthcontrol law. shortage of rental housing serious today, especially in communities, than it ago," Woods told the ■ press in an interview. He said he will ask congress to the rent law for 12 months LKts present expiration date, 31. and to close what he conthree big loopholes in the Kt act. lie probably will procongress give him new to restore controls, or imfor the first time, in ■ that may be boomed by new activity. are the major changes he Hsk in the present law. [llEviction controls — restore control over evictions. Now Hons are left to local courts, her suit. Woods said, is a serious H market in rents. Et i reble damages-•give the rent Hor. power to sue rent violaHfor three times their overLa,. Now only the tenant can H such suits. This means that Hords usually get off with sim Repayment of the overcharge. HgCriminal sanctions — provide Henns and fines for convicted Rtors. This would give the .rent Hlor weapons to hack up his Rs. Now he has no such wea believes the new Demo■c congress will receive his, Rtsals cordially. Capitol sourHupported this belief. Some pro- ■ deal senators were reported ■sing for an extension of two ■s rather than 12 months. Halt Investigations ■ashington, Nov, 9 —(UP) — ■ house unAmerican activities Bmiteee has dropped virtually ■dans for investigations during I ■rest of this year, it yas learned By. ■'o major inquiries affected by ■ decision were the committee's Bh spy search and its check on ■munism in Hollywood. ■ committee source said it would ■p to the Democrats who take > B leadership of the committee | ■January to decide whether the ■atlgation plans will be revived. Bhe reason given for the aban-, ■Went was the election defeat 1 ■wo key Republican members —] ■>- John McDowell, Pa., and Rep. I Bard B. Vail. 111. In addition. Birman J. Parnell Thomas is ■er indictment on charges of fcspiring to defraud the governpt through payroll-padding and knot devote his full time to the ■mlttee's work. Both the Communists-ln-Holly-l°d investigation and the atom V inquiry had been slated for re■npri'in this month and next, per investigations on the comIttee s agenda of new or unfinishI business which now have been • Turn To Pore Five I Ipnual K. C. Dinner Wednesday Evening r“dge John Logan, well-known *t Wayne man. will be the prinr 3l ’Peaker at the annual Knigh’s I r olumbus chicken dinner, to be r at the K. of C. hall in Decat I Wednesday night at 6:30 o'clock, lye annual event is for members f ;fleir wives and a large turnout pvpected The affair is held each fV in November. There will be a F**i hour following the speaking, j ronttnitee has announced. County Youth l|!ie d In Accident Bhiffton. Ind.. Nov. 9 — (UP) — ri *n Jesse Jr. 13. was fatally lured night when the car drivy h - s 16-year-old brother. David, ned inoo a ditch near here. 1 roner A. W. Drown today ,aid , n ,?° v °f a broken neck. The b , *** wer e on their way to a ‘ ration at Ossian high school. WEATHER s n and colder tonight. r *sday mostly cloudy and * ‘ «’ with rain east portion ra.’ly fo'enoon.

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Find Japan Plotted War Against Russia Tribunal Rejects Plea By Defense Tokyo, Nov. .9 —(UP)—Japanese warlords plotted a war of iggression against Russia, the far east war crimes tribunal found today in rejecting a defense plea that they were only throwing up 1 a bulwark against communism even as the western powers now are doing. Aggression charges against Hideki Tojo and 24 co-defendants were sustained on the fourth day of the reading of the verdict. It will be climaxed within a few' days by the judgments and sentencing of those of Japan’s wartime leaders who may be convicted. • Sir William Webb, the presiding justice, said the 11 judges agreed with Cordell Hull, former U. S. secretary of state, that Japan’s plans against Russia actually were “predatory moves for subsequent measures of forceful expansion.” Ti/e tribunal noted that Japan had drawn up plans to govern Siberia and outer Mongolia. Germany tried to get Japan to attack Russia, and Japan was inclined to do so when the German war against Russia was going well, the court found. But when Russian resistance stiffened, the Japanese — the Tokyo leadership now on trial here — played for time, saying they wanted to attack the Soviets at the most propitious time. “At this time there was no evidence of aggressive intention on tJw part of the U. 8. 3. R. against Japan/' the verdict said. The court found that the intention to lay the foundation for a war against Russia “has been shown tp have been one of the basic ele--1 ments of Japan s military policy.’» The defense had claimed that the Japanese plans against the Soviets were similar to those of the anti-communist powers today. ■ But the court ruled that the Japanese plans “were not a defense against communism, but rather the occupation <sf far eastern SiI beria.” Proof of preparation for aggres sion against Russia came with the signing of the exis pact against Russia, the court found. Paul Felber Dies At Hospital Last Night i Funeral Services. Thursday Afternoon Paul Felber. 65. of 611 West Jefferson street, well known Adams county resident, died at 6:25 o’clock Monday evening at the Adams county mehiorial hospital after an eigfft months illness of a heart ailment. Born in Switzerland March 10, 1883, a son of Jacob and Magdalena Moser-Felber, he was brought to this country when one year old. He resided in Berne until 10 years ago. when he moved to Decatur. He was foreman of the maintenance department of the Central Soya Co., chief of the company’s fire department, and president of the employes’ credit union of the. Soya Co. „ While a resident of Berne, he served for a number of years as chief of the volunteer department. I and also serted two terms on the Berne town council. * 1 .He was a member of the Trinity Evangelical church at Berne. 1 He was first married to Lydia 1 Luginbill, who preceded him in death. His second wife. Ina Aeschllman. survives. Also surviving are two daughters. Mrs. Lenora Anderson of Modesto. Cal. and Mrs. Edith Lehman of Berne: one son. Gordon of Modesto; four step-daughters. Mrs. Winifred Price. Mrs Florence Hl ty and. Miss Gwendolyn Aeschli- ’ man. all of Berne, and Mrs. Frances Schamerloh of Decatur: , one stepson. Eupene Aeschliman of Decatur: one brother, Jacob J. ’ Felber of Bluffton: two sisters. ‘ Mrs Louisa Hirschy o£ Berne and Mrs Elizabeth Kneuss of Geneva, four grandchildren and fire step--1 grandchildren. One son and one brother preceded him ind'’®’*’ Funeral services will be held at (Tara Ta rage Twee

Indict Rep. Thomas On “Kickback” Charges ff 'JVH HR 'X. '"’RR » BRRgSjA Ifca Illa 1 mH < w/Wnh? 'zz SSL ; IN mHmb 4 REP. J. PARNELL THOMAS (left), (R), of Allendale, N. J., chairman of the House un-American activities committee, who has been indicted by a Federal Grand Jury on charges of conspiracy to defraud the government and filing false claims, is pictured with his wife as they appeared on election day. At the right is an exclusive picture of Miss Helen Campbell, Rep. Thomas’ ex-secretary, who also is named a defendant in the conspiracy which alleges she and another employe were "induced" to “kickback’’ their salaries to Thomas.

Civic Youth Center Urged For Decatur High School Pupils Appeal To C. Os C. Two Decatur youths who said they Represented the student bodies of both high schools, con-; fronted the board of directors of the Chamber of Commerce Monday night with a plea for the construe-‘ tion of a civic youth center. Robert Hansel, president of the senior class at the Decatur juniori senior high school, and Ronald Smith, a senior at the Decatur Catholic high school, appeared before the directors to discuss what they considered the sorry plight of local youth. They asked the Chamber's directors to investigate the need for additional recreational facilities, and advocated the building of a yoilth center to incorporate such features. A letter to the editor expressing this viewpoint, and signed by 30 Adams county high school students, appears in The People's Voice in today's edition. The board decided to hold a meeting of business, labor, school, ministerial and other leaders for. the purpose of hearing the arguments in favor of such a project. No date was set for this meeting. '49 Street Fair OK’d The C. of C. directors put their I stamp of approval on plans for another free street fair and agricul--1 tural show in Decatur next year. I A vote of the membership will be taken to clinch the decision, although it is considered that the directors' OK makes the 1949 street fair a foregone conclusion Five men were appointed to the nominating committee of the (Turn To Pee* Two! Review And Poster Winners Announced Winners To Receive Books For Prizes ' . Winners in the Lincoln school Parent-Teacher association book • review and poster contests were ' announced today Each winner will receive a book as his prise The grade prizes were contributed by. the Lehman bookstore. Fort L Wayne. and the home room prizes • were donations of the local Ameri ■ can Legibn post. • Jane Lentz (8-AL Joyce Callow • (5-Bl and John Dorwin (4-B) plac- • ed first in each grade for their r book reviews. Prize winners in ' the poster contest were cha ’’le* • Dull (3-CL Cecilia (2-C1 and Jerry Mclntosh tl-81. Home room winners were John Hammond (8-BL S^ Co ” b |(5 A> Sara BrunneKraff (4-Al. Lan- • da Norris (3-Al. Alicia Ann Ley (3-Bi Ted Anderson (2-AL Connie • Baxter (2Bt. Jimmy Reidenbach 1 <l-0. and Nancy Edwards (1 A It was announced that the Lincoln school book fair at the school » gymnasium Thursday and Friday will close at noon on Friday, in1 - stead of 4 pm. Friday as originally scheduled.

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• Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday, November 9, 1948

Gentis Funeral Is Held This Morning Funeral services for Ralph 0. Gentis, Decatur business man, were largely attended this morning at the Bethany Evangelical United Brethren‘church. with lhe Rev. F. H. Willard officiating. The Scottish Rite oration was i given by Samuel Geake of Fort ; Wayne. Pallbearers wei e former associates of Mr. Gentis' from the ' Schafer company. Burial was in the 1 M. R. E. cemetery, west of Berne. Bob Heller May Be New House Leader One Os Experienced Legislative Heads Indianapolis .Nov. 9 — (UP) — A little band of men with previous experience in the Indiana state leg is’atvre today were expee'ed to i lead the 82 Democratic legislators in ’rying to carrv out tjjeir party program in the l*Mt> session. Only 24 of the 82 ever served in the legislature before. The other 58 are new comers. Those newcomers are expee'ed to sit and listen while the veterans expound their ideas at a caucus of the Democrat--lic assemblymen in Indianapolis j Nov. 18. Top men in the crew of former Democratic legislators who will be on duty again the next session are Sen. Walter Vermilion of Anderson and Rep. Robert Heller of Decatur. Heller has been minority ler in Heller has been minority leader in the house the last several sessions while his party was the underdog. The 12 Democrats in the house had little to say about a legislative program while 88 Republicans dominated the 1947 session. . Now that the Democrats have won control of the house by a 61-10-39 margin, .yc g Heller stands in good stead to ecome majority ; fluor leader. Over in the senate, the Democrats s ill are in the minority by a margin of 28 to 21. But the 21 mem- ■ her minority group Isea numerical improvement over the 12 Democrats who served two years ago. and on some controversial issues that aren't divided strictly by par-; ty lines, the Democrats may be a’> le to get enough • uM»ort among a few Republican senators to swing their proposals. Adirect primary bill to which the Democrats are pledged, may be one of the controversial issues to win sufficient COP support in the senate for passage observers say. Vermilion is a veteran assemblyman. He has been minority floor leader through the last several sessions and may be agai% this time When the Democrats meet next week, they intend to thresh out the legislative problems that cqpfront them, and to oiganize for the 61day regular session that liegins early in January. The caucus likely will come to an agreement on leadership and the tact to be followed in carrying out the state platform. That platform pledges payment of a soldier bonus to World War 1! veterans, passage (Tara Te l*i»ae ?•»»■»

Demands Seats Be Denied Republicans - AFL League Cites Records Os Pair Washington. Nov. 9 — (UP) — The AFL's political league demanded today that tfo Republican congressmen be denied seats in the new congress pending an FBI investigation of their financial dealings. | It named Sen. Homer Ferguson. I I R.. Mich., and Rep. Alvin E. O'Konski. R.. Wis. The AFL political branch said charges against O'Konski. recently published by a Madison. Wis., newspaper "'were almost the same as the charges against congressman J. Parnell Thomas." It did not elaborate. Thomas, chairman of the house | unAmerican activities committee. | was indicted bye federal grand jury yesterday on charges of con: spiring to defraud the government through payroll-padding. The league said Ferguson, chairman of the senate's top investigating committee, should he denied a seat in the new congress until the FBI looks into charges 'hat his family benefitted from certain "complicated" transac • ions with the Chrysler Corp. These a'legations. aired by columnist Drew Pearson end by Sen Elmer Thomas. D.. Okla., have brought staunch denials from Fer guson. On Capital Hill, meantime. Sen. Francis J. Myers. D.. Pa., promts <Tlirw Tn Two| Longshoremen Strike Threat Is Averted Agreement On Wage Boost Ends Threat New York. Nov. 9 — (UP) — Agreement on a 10-cent hourly wage increase ended today the fhieat of a strike bv 88.000 AFL longshore ■ men in Atlantic and Gulf coast, norts. The walkout had heen set for midnight tonight. Thomas R. Steutel. U. S. conciliation commissioner, announced the agreement after a six hour session last night between Joseph P. Ryan, 'nternational president of the Inter-; national longshoremen's Association (AFL). and representatives of •he New York shipping association The commissioner said that the new contract muss l>e submitted to the union's membership for ratification hut that they were expected •o anprove it. The agreement prevented what would have heen * general shutdown of all American shipping. CIO lone shoremen have been on strike for 89 days on the west coast. New , negotiations to end tiie west coast tie-up were expee'ed to begin in San Francisco on Thursday. The east coast agreement, according to Steutel. will run for one rear, from Oct. 1. 1948. to Sept. 30. 1949. In addition to the wage increase. it calls for retroactive pav 11to Sept. 15: two week vacations as (Tara Ta Pew* Twe> I

Acting Mediator Urges Security Council Act In Palestine Warfare

Allen County Jury Indicts Two For Murder Pair Indicted For Murder, Appears To Clear Howard Case Fort Wayne, Ind.. Nov. 9 — (UP) —- Ralph W. Lobaugh. who is awaiting execution for three slayings which he alternately confessed and denied, appeared today to have been cleared of suspicion in one of them. The Allen county grand jury yesterday indicted Charles D. Dodson. 30, Memphis. Tenn., a former soldier stationed at Baer Field here, and Robert Christen, 39, former Fort Wayne druggist and operator of a Denver, Colo., notions store. Allen county deputy prosecutor Everett Bloom said the men were charged with first-degree murder in connection wi.h the death, of Dorothea Howard. She died a few days after she was beaten and raped in an alley near a Fort Wayne tavern. Mrs. Howard, wife of a Fort [ Wayne soldier, was one of three women figuring in Lobaugh's con- | viction of murder. Lobaugh, in Indj iatia state prison after being grant ed his fourth stay of execution in eight months last Friday, has alternately confessed and denied the slayings. He was scheduled to die Jan. 15 while his attorneys prepared defense briefs in their effort to obtain a new trial. Bloom said Dodson was brought ' here from Memphis to testify in a grand jury hearing concerning Mrs. ' Howard’s death. He was arrested | upon his arrival in Fort Wayne. I Christen was arrested in Denver I and held for return to Allen county. Fort Wayne authorities said police secretly conducted their probe into the death of Mrs. Howard even after Lobaugh confessed to the crime. Their contention that the Kokomo. Ind., factory worker may be innocent in spite of his confes(Turn To I’uice Seven» National Book Week To Be Observed Here Decatur Library To Join In Observance National book week, with emphasis on the children's phase, will be observed across the nation this year from Nov. 15 to 2<l The Deca- ' tur public library will join libraries throughout the country in observance of the week. There will be numerous ex hibits at the local library and open house will be observed all week Several Decatur organizations also| are planning on making art and I book donations during the week and the entire program will be announced soon, according to Dr. N. A. Bixler, president of the Decatur library board, and Miss Bertha Heller. librarian. This year s, observance will serve a double purpose locally because the DeCatur library building has undergone a complete face lifting. , inside and out.’ When painters were dressing up the building last ' spring, it was discovered that the I walls were spreading away from i the rest of the building. This made necessary maor building repairs, which have been completed. making the entire building 1 safe again. In addition to these imI provements. the entire second floor = has been redecorated and new ntod- ' ern lighting fixtures have been in ' stalled making the reading rooms ! considerably more comfortable. The complete program will be released later this week. Miss Heller said. In connection with the observance. the Daily Democrat will publish a special page next week, relating the early history of the Decatur library and also containing interior pictures of the redecorated I rooms.

O e To Give Devotionals ■ V'hh 1 Rev. H. J. V/elty Rev. Welty, pastor of First Missionary church in Decatur, will have charge of devotionals at the third session of Spiritual Emphasis week tonight at the First Christian church. The Rev. Lawrence.T. Norris, who had charge of devotionals at last night’s session, will preside tonight. Attendance Large At Union Service Spiritual Emphasis Services Continue Attendance continued large at the second session of Spiritual Emphasis week, sponsored by the Decatur ministerial association, and Dr. Chester A. McPheeters delivered another stirring message at Zion Evangelical and Reformed church last night. The special music including singing by the congregation, choral selections and a solo, was conducted by Prof. Paul Halliday, head of the music department of Manchester college. Prof. Halliday will be here all week to have charge of the music. The Rev. F. H. Willard, pastor of Bethany Evangelical United Brethren church, presided at the second night's services and the. Rev. Lawrence T. Norris, pastor of Union Chapel Evangelical United Brethren church, conducted the devotionals. Local ministers will take part in each night s session The meetings move to First Christian Church on South Second street tonight at 7:3tt o’clock. Dr. McPheeters is filling an engagement of long standing in Philadelphia. Pa. tonight, and in his place will be Dr. Ed Garrison, pastor of Wayne Street Methodist church at i Fort Wayne. Dr. McPheeters will • return to Decatur Wednesday and will conduct the services here the ■ Turn To I‘nge Tw»l Search Intensilied For Missing Bomber Sighted Wreckage Not Missing B-25 St. John’s. NHd . Nov. 9—(UP> Search for a mi «sing American B-25 bomber war intensified today after some wreckage sighted eight miles west of Gander airport was foun<l to be that of a fonrengined B-24 that apparently crashed dur ing the war. It was believed at first tha* the wreckage was that of t(ie B-25 which has been missing since last Friday when it was on a flight from Washington to Argentia. A U. S. air force search plane sieh’ed the wreckage in rough country and a helicopter was sent to the s<-ene It returned to Gan der airport and reported the wneckage was that of a B-24. Meanwhile the search for the mining homier Went ahead bo’h In the air and on land. E even ■ planes were scheduled to take off 1 in the b'<nt as weather conditions : improved 1 One land party was questioning (Tara Ta Face F.labO

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Renewed Efforts By United Nations To End Berlin Crisis Are Also Revealed Paris. Nov. 9— (UPI —Act’ng mediator Dr. Ralph Bunche urged the United Nations security council today to order an armistice in Palestine, establish a broad no-mam's-’and between the Arabs and Jews and seek reduction of their armed forces. Informed pro-Jewish said Israel almost certainly will reject the proposals. They complained that the plan did not provide for direct ArabJewish peace negotiations and said the establishment of a no man’s land would compel Israel to .give up positions in northern and southern Palestine. Dr. Bunche presented his plan to the security council at a closed meeting and asked immediate comment from the 11 members. At the same time. Bunche called for tomorrow afternoon the first meeting of a sevep-naiion subcommittee formed to study possible punitive measures to back up the securi'y council’s order to Israel to withdraw from Beer-' sheba and other southern positions taken in fighting during the truce last month. A UN press, officer present at today's council meeting was authorized to make public the bare outlines of Bunche’s armistice proposal. He said he could not report comments made by council member’, however. Israel so far has ignored tha security council’s order to return to positions it occupied in the Negev area of southern Palestine Oct. 14 befpre last month's outbreak of fighting. To do so, it would have to give up not only 1 Beersheba and other hamlets, but surrender control of roads to isolated Jewish settlements. Another resolution is Bending in the security council calling upon the J°ws also to withdraw from territory they ca.ptured in Galilee in northern Palestine Israeli leaders believe that the Negev and Galilee belong rightfully to the Jewish sta’e. and talk of any withdrawal finds no response from them. Reports .from Palestine, said the Arabs are withdrawing from Gaza. their main base in southern Palestine. It also was the capital of the Egyptian-sponsored Palestine Arab government. Renewed United Nations efforts •o solve the Berlin crisis also were disclosed in Paris. UN sec-retary-general Trygve Lie disclosed he is studying the kev issues i in the case in the hope of finding • some compromise solution. 1 In the 58-nation UN political committee, the Soviet bloc still was filibustering tn an attempt to prevent a showdown vote on a resolution indicting Yugoslavia. Bulgaria and Albania for aiding Greek guerrillas. Kev paragraphs of the resolution already have been approved, however. Other foreign .news includes: Shanghai—l2.ooo railway work(Tara To Caar Tw<>> Fourth District Os Leqion Aaain Leads' In Membership Drive The commander of the Am“rlcan legion’s fourth district has for the l!th consecutive year l>een. chosen to represent Indiana at the Armistice day ceremonies at Arlington national cemetery. Arlington. Va. Arthur R. Rus«elL of Kendall ville. district commander, will be pre-ent Thursday when a wreath is laid at the tomb of the un- ' known soldier, nameless hero of World War I. I-ast year James K. SJaley. of Decatur, former commander, par’lcipated in the cere- . monies. ( I Th«fourth district this year has ' topped all other Indiana districts J in its member hip drive. Some 75 I percen’ of tihs district's quota has I been ft led. with the fifth dis’rict next highest. 65 percent having ’I been leported.