Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 46, Number 267, Decatur, Adams County, 11 November 1948 — Page 1

XLVI. No. 267.

HART OF CHINA PUT UNDER MARTIAL LAW

® Warlords [■Hear Court I™ did Friday Notion Tribunal ar End Os Longest al In History )t Nov. 11—(UP)—Former • Hideki Tojo and 24 other Japanese warlords prob--11 hear their fate from the lter n war crimes tribunal w. 11-nai:on tribunal neared 1 of the longest trial in today. Sir William Webb, ig justice, was expected to reading the 250,000-word it tomorrow morning — this evening in the United after a reces’. he was exEK to begin reading the indi*■l judgmen’s again-t the 25 .^^L an ts accused of shaping and ffHing Japan's wartime policy i®Bgression. The sentencing itto follow. gK>l> took up the last phase of ■ ■'.0.000-word judgment today, day of the reading of based in a trial of a half years. g Bwas a solid condemnation of iHsßapaimse government, anil the '£■ who handled its policy, for committed in China and in other Pacific war theatwho'e tenor of the bulk of EKourt findings unfolded so far of conviciton of Japan and leaders on various iKri's of war criminality. Court :S|Hrv<rs -aw no loophole through ■■h the fanatical militarists ?• ‘k|K and possibly other of the defHants could escape. of the peacemeal findso far was today's verdict the Japanese army and navy '■■e guilty of war crimes such murder, rape and other of the most inhumane barbarous character. ■HI;.- atrocities were on so vast common a pattern. th“ court ■■. that the only possible conwas that they were “either ordered or wilfully per■■ted by the Japanese governor individual members and by the leaders of the forces.” of cannihali°m and vivi■■hon bv the Japanese were reat length. The judges said even officers up to the genrank and rear admirals took in the eating of human flesh. in some cases cannibalism when other food was obs- rved that the Japanmistreatment of prisoners of was a deliberate policy. He * the prisoners were regarded EB disgraced and entitled to live, by tid rance of their captors. beginning to end the cusand conventional rules of designed to prevent inhuman- ■ <Turn To I’aice Toot Oorion Woman Dies S Traffic Wreck |B<arion. Ind . Nov. 11 — (UP) - Homer Kunkier, Marion, was |Be<i yesterday when her car went |3 nf control and plunged from a above a railroad trask. Po|H e said a freight train crashed rhe wreckage while they atto remove Mrs. Kunkier's Coroner Robert G. Young the woman was dead before ttain struck the car. Anniversary Os Wor / End Is I Observed In Decatur 30th anniversarv of the end of ■■•’uities in World War I was obm’' e d in local schools, offices and KII? 00 ** hj a minute of reverent |B.* e at 11 c clock this morning v were f - red b >’ contingents and American Legion j^r nl) *rs. and ‘taps was sounded thistle atop the municipal pow. W Plant blew for three minhtes begionnairc-s and their wives or will attend an Arm Is!■*.dinner at the Legion home from |:jo to S p.m. B t WEATHER ■ kttu' r •"< Friday. A 3. . t9!der extreme north

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To Give Devotionals ■I ' Bitfe ® H I |k ■ Rev. E. E. Isennower Rev. Isenhower, pastor of First Christian church of this city, will have charge of devotionals at the Spiritcal Empha is services tonight at Trinity Evangelical United Brethren church, corner Ninth and Madison streets. The Rev. H. J. Welty, pastor of First Missionary church, will preside. Spiritual Emphasis Week Closes Sunday Observe Youth Night At Service Saturday Dr. Chester A. McPheeters. Detroit, Mich., guest speaker at the Spiritual Emphasis meetings being held in Decatur all this week, returned after a one day s trip to Philadelphia, Pa. and delivered another interesting sermon to a large crowd at the First Christian church Wednesday night. 'Special music was conducted by Prof. Paul Halliday, of Manchester j college and the Rev. Dwight McCurdy. pastor pf the Church of. God. presided. The Rev. F. H. Willard, pastor of Bethany Evangelical United Brethren church had charge of devotionals. Many Decatur people have expressed the opinion that Dr. Me-1 Pheeters has brought to Decatur a “new look" on Christianity and his week's stay here will be one that ( will be long remembered. The services tonight move to. Trinity Evangelical United Bre-j thren church at the corner of Ninth I and Madison streets. Services will | start with a half-hour songfest at :30 o’clock, followed by Dr. McPheeters' address. ■ The Rev. H. J. Welty, pastor of the First Missionary church in De-J catur. will preside and the Rev. E. E. Isenhower. pastor of First Christian church, will have chargb of de-1 votionals. The public is invited to all of , the remaining services. The union meeting will continue at Trinity church Friday night and then move to First Methodist church for the last two nights. The week's event will close Sunday night. Plans are completed for youth night. Saturday night. A large part of the main auditorium at the; Methodist church will be reserved for voung people and there will be other special features including music and singing — ' CROP Meeting Here Next Monday Night ■ To Pion Drive For Overseas Relief Hemdr W. Arnold. Adams coun-l tv f airman of the Christian ntr-1 at o«-®rseas program, has called a meeting of townshin and general committee workers for Monday evening at 7:30 o'clock at the county agent s office. Dennis Anderson, s'ate CROH director, will attend and plans will be made for the county-wide canvass to be made this month, when wheat and soybeans and cash donations will I* solicited for ship ment to the hungry peoples overM previously. Mr. Arnold appoint ed chairmen in every township and in the towns in the county to make contact with farmers and other don ors in the interest of CROP ship Cha‘.man Arnold request s that all workers attend the meeting, so that final details can be completed and the drive launched wi hin the very near future.

Attlee Rejects Suggestion To Call Big Three Russian Move Seen As Another Effort To Destroy Unity London, Nov. 11 —(UP) —Prime Minister Clement R. Attlee today rejected a suggestion in commons that he propose a new big three meeting wi h Premier Josef Stalin and President Truman. The suggestion that Attlee approach Stalin and Mr. Truman “with a view to meeting them at an early date for a discussion of presen*-day problems” was made during the question period in the house. Propaganda Washington. Nov. 11 — (UP) — Russia’s apparent encouragement of a Truman-Stalin “peace meeting” was seen in diplomatic quarters here today as another Soviet at'empt to destroy westernpower unity. High-ranking diplomatic authorities expressed the belief that the Kremlin would exploit any conference between President Truman and Premier Josef Stalin solely for its propaganda value. These sources predicted that Russia would waste no time in using such a two-power meeting to weaken cooperation between the United States and the non-com-munist nations of western Europe. They suggested that a conference between the two leaders would give Russia additional ammunition to sabotage the Marshall plan and the proposed North Atlantic security alliance. The Washington Times-Herald i reported Monday that a TrumanStalin meeting might be in the i wind. The report was picked up by the Soviet news agency TASS and was given heavy play in Moscow newspapers yesterday. This ] was in'erpreted generally as a sign that the Russians are not 1 opposed to the idea. The state department heaved an official sigh of relief when a i spokesman for the president said | at Key West, Fla., that Mr. Tru-' ' man had “no plans” for a meeting | with Stalin, unless the Soviet leader came to this country. | In the opinion of state department officials, such a meeting probably would be unprofitable, <Tnr-- T« Pn«» ’lst Varied Program By i I Boys Town Choir Famous Bovs Choir Here On Wednesday Religious, semi-classieal. folk mi's’c and. standard American favorites will make up the concert program of the Roys Town choii when thev appear here next Wed nesday night. The voice choral group, under the direction of the Rev. Francis i Schmitt, will be featured at the I I Decatur junior-senior high school auditorium under the auspices of the local chapter of Psi lota Xi sorority. Tickets are priced at $1.20. including tax. A Viennese medley will be featured in the first portion of the program. These native airs will be sung in the Viennese dialect. The 1 songs were particularly loved by the hate Rt. Rev. Msgr. Edward Flana I gan. founder of Boys Town. | Following is the choir program: Folk group — “Kathryn's Wed ding Day." German: “Blue Danube. Strauss; "Londonderry Air.' Irish. Viennese medley — "A waltzei von Strauss." Lorens; “Geh inach die Fenster auf.” Jurek; 'Teh muss wieder einmal in Griming sein." Benatsyk; "Wien Wien du nur allein.” Siecvzynski: “Wiener Fiaker song. Pick. •Ho La Li." Bavarian; “Pizzicato Polka." Strauss. “Glory to God in the Highest. Pereolesi: "O Bone Jesu.” Palestrina: “In Monte Oliveti.’. Haydn; "Panis Angelicus." Franc; Kyrie. Sanctus and Benedicts from “Mis sa O Magnum Mysteria. Yittoria. | “In Paradisum," Faure. | "Donkey Serenade." Friml; ‘ Make Belive." Kern; “Old Man River. Kern; ‘Erie Canal;" "Rain and the River, fox; "Summertime." Gershwin; “Railroad Reverie." Sacco.

Decatur, Indiana, Thursday, November 11,1948

» Marines 173 Years Old » A. y’lKwß > K >/« \ 'wß gI \ 1 *H J I AS THE U. S. MARINE CORPS all over the world celebrated its 173rd birthday, Col. Melvin J. Maas, national president of the Marine Corps Reserve Officers’ Association, places a wreath on the tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery, honoring the corps’ dead.

Fall Savings Bonds Campaign Is Opened Citizens Os County Urged To Cooperate Indiana’s goal in the fall promotion campaign for U. S. savings bonds, which begins today. Armistice Day. is 40.000 additional payroll savers and 3,800 more bank depositors on the bond-a-month plan. T. F. Graliker, chairman of the Adams savings bonds committee announced on the opening of the national campaign. This is Indiana’s pro rata share ot the national goals of 1.250.000 added pavroll savers and 150,000 added bond-a-month buyers, Mr. Graliker explained. “Adams county will want to do its full share in reaching out state's quota. There are no dollar quotas in the present campaign." In the rural phase of the camipaign. the goal is to teach every I possible farm family and urge them j to build up their financial reserves (against the future by investing as I much as possible of their current crop money in savings bonds. In this the county savings bond committee will have the help of implement dealer members of the national retail farm equipment association. which is backing the farm ■ bond campaign nationally. 1 "As a result of the security loan drive and steady promotion of savings bonds during 1948." Mr. Graliker continued, “some 2.000 additional firms employing more than 100 | persons each are now offering the payroll savings plan and through campaigns within the firms some ! 2.500,000 additional payroll saver* 'have begun buying bonds regularly, swelling the national total to 7,500.000. Scores of thousands have joined the bond a-month plan, of iTora To Fare T«»i

Dr. Maier Started Radio Gospel Idea 20 Years Ago

Few of the 20.000.000 persons, who listen to the Lutheran Hour broadcast, picture its dynamic nreacher as a student of Hebrew, a teacher of Arabic and a translator of the New Testament into Chinese Dr. Walter A. Maier, whose vig ' orous attacks on divorce, birth control. liquor and sin are aired each Sunday by more than 1,000 radio s'ations. inaugurated the idea of radio gospel 20 years ago as a for ( ward-minded professor at Concord- , ia Lutheran Theological Seminary. St. Louis. Today Dr. Maier continues in the post of professor, earning a white , collar salary while his radio pro , gram works on a budget of one and i one-quarter million dollars. He draws overflow audiences In all of , his speaking tours, and has pulled , 75.000 persons into Chicago's Sold- | ier Field ' i Dr. Maier dldects hU radij ser-,|

Plan Work Stoppage To Seek Lower Prices Frankfurt. Nov. 11 — (UP) — Four and one half million union members in the British and American zones of Germany will stage a 1 24-hour work stoppage tomorrow to ! press their demands for lower pi le- ' es. ’ | ~ Workers on the Berlin airlift, em- ' i ployes of hospitals.-public utilities I and police will not ioin the walkout. Berle Says Russia Does Nol Want War Former Assistant Secretary Speaks Chicago. Nov. 11—(UP)—A. A. Berle, Jr., former assistant secreI tary of stat?, says Russia does not want war but expects it. "The war it expects is an attack upon Russia." Berle said last night at the 22nd anniversary dinner of the Exchange National bank. ‘The communists calculate this war will be a by product of a big 'economic crisis in the United States." Reviewing Soviet-American re-; j lations. Berle said there were j three high points in recent Rus-' sian diplomacy. I The first was in the summer of | ,■ 1944. after the invasion of Europe., i The extremists in the Soviet gov-; eminent, "headed by Molotov.' j Vishinsky and Zhdanov.” won over ■ I the moderate’, and the Russians 1 pushed expansionist tactics. To meet this policy, Berle said.; ' the late President Roosevelt made: ; concessions to Premier Joseph Staifn at Yalta. Although the attempt to placate Russia was "not di-creditable.” it felled, said Berle The secrfnd high point was in «Tum Tn I*hk? Two!

rnons to those who aren't in church. | since his program is l-eard at the ; I church hour in most of the coun ; try. He avoids anv denominational slant to his messages, which merely uphold a stem, relentless fund- [ amentalist doctrine. A network executive described his radio style as "the soaplmx delivery of a Harvard script." In the broadcasting studio as on the speaker's dais. Dr. Maier puts his entire body into what he's driving at. shaking his head, pointing an ac j -using finger and raising clen< h?d| fists. Dr. Maier's appearance at the De ; catur junior-senior high school Sun-: day afternoon is expected to at j tract an outstanding audience for | such an event. Lutheran laymenand others seeking inspiration an 1: guidance are expected to flock to Decatur from miles around for an opportunity to see and hear this phenomona! preacher.*

Nationalist Government Seeks To Quell Riots; Halt Communist Drive

I Armistice Day Is Observed In U. S. Urge All Americans To Pray For Peace Washington, Nov. 11 —(UP) — Military leaders urged all Americans on this Armistice day to work and pray for the peace.that 440,000 of their countrymen died to achieve through two world wars. At Arlington National cemetery, just across the Potomac river from the capital, the American Legion paid tribute to the unknown soldier of World War I. A wreath was laid on the tomb of Col. Louis H. Renfrow, assistant military aide to President Truman. In Key West, Fla., where he is vacationing, Mr. Truman himself planned no special observance in commemoration of the 30th anniversary of the end of World War I. Navy secretary John L. Sullivan asked all citizens to join in a "prayerful petition that God may give us the wisdom and the courage to do all those things which need to be done to keep this America safe and this world of ours at peace." Air secretary W. Stuart Syming- . ton appealed in a statement for’re- , newed determination “to help bring >; about a lasting peace through full | support of an increasingly effictive ! international organization devoted . , to establishing the basis of world ; ' understanding.” “If it takes patience.” he said, "let us be patient. If it takes humility. let us be humble. If it takes strength, let us be strong." Adm. Louis E. Denfeld, chief of naval operations, reminded Americans that if this country had not won victory in two world wars "then the history of the world would have been turned permanently away from the path of freedom." Symington in a speech prepared for delivery at Rochester. N. Y, warned that the world is now living in a state of "armistice, which is no peace." "We all know that this hope for permanent peace was not realized (after World War IL” he said “Peace does not come to a people for the asking . peace must be planned for. negotiated for and. if all else fails, fought for." In Birmingham. Ala., army secretary Kenneth C. Royall told a ■ “world peace" luncheon that "wish- ; ful thinking and good intentions (Turn To I'nite Tnc> Real Estate Groups Fight Rent Control Realtors To Oppose Strengthening Law Washington. Nov. 11 —(UP) — Real estate groups served notice today that they will fight a proposal .by rent director Tighe E. Woods to extend and strengthen rent controls. • A spokesman said the realtors will ask congress to let the present rent control law die on March 31. They will work out their legisla tive strategy at a convention of ; the national association of real I estate boards in New York next | week. Herbert U, Nelson, executive ; vice president of the powerful real estate association, told the 1 nlted Press "we undoubtedly will ask for an end to the present law and for a program of systematic decontrol that will wind up the rent program over a period of months.” Nelson said ceilings should be abolished at once in "more than hair of the nation's SW defense rental areas and as fast as possible i all over the country. The controls not only are unfair to owners of ! existing property, he said, "but they also deter new construction." Woods believes the housing shortage is worse now than a year ; ago He said Tuesday he will ask : congress to extend controls for a year beyond March 31. the present expiration date, and to close loopholes in the existing law. President Truman also is committed to j extend rent control.

China Charges Communists Use Jap Prisoners ii, Charge Made Before e UN; Opposes Soviet Disarmament Plan 11 Paris, NoiZ 11— (UP» —China 11 charged id the United Nations ” political committee today that s Chinese communists are using 50.00(1 Japanese war prisoners as 0 artillerymen, airmen and tankmen in the war in China. s Another 30.000 Japanese are doing "technical work" in Manchuria '' for the communists, T. F. Tsiang j of China said. He said the Japanese were taken prisoners by the Russians and turned over to Chinv ese communists. Tsiang was opposing Russia’s proposal for a one-third cut in the s armed forces of the big five powf ers within one year. He said disarmament was impossible for nationalist China in her present >. plight. g Tsiang said China would proll pose UN action for "disarming e (communist) fifth columns d throughout the world." d Despite the fact Hut the outcome was sure to be negative as I. regards any reduction in arma- (• ments, I'N diplomats were ready' s to argue the Soviet proposal and I ultimately to adopt a resolution ; f underscoring the desirability of r arms cuts when they can be based 1 on in'ernational confidence. s The entire UN setup was shut L * down for the morning in a half- j ifay obset ance of the armistice i. anniversary. Backstage ;he UN diplomats , ' were working m conflicting plans , ! for dealing with Palestine, and on , new but still vague schemes for | r ea ing or solving thi Berlin crisis , I British officials soi ght UN se- , curity council action to force the ; , Jews to yield their N -gev gains , as a prelude to coming assembly f debate on the overall Palestine i situation. I A securi'y council committee t t studied proposals by Dr. Ralph ( . Bunche. acting I'N mediator, for 1 i demilitarization of the Negev. Tile committee will meet again I in closed session Friday morning ' Tile Berlin negotiations revolv- t ed around secretary general ' Trygve Lie of the UN and Juan 1 A. Bramuglia of Argentina, leader of earlier mediation efforts in the I security council. Bramuglia was reported plann-J ing to call together the six "neu-1 • tral" lielegates on the security 1 council to discuss Lie's proposals and pirssilde means of putting ■ them In'o effect. . • | : i Fear Missing Girl Is Murder Victim > Body Is Tentatively Identified As Coed Boulder, (’olo.. Nov. 11. —(l'P>— ' Two hunters today found a body ( ! tentatively identified as that of IS- ( ■ year-old Theresa Foster, missing ( 1 Colorado University coed, who was _ ‘ abducted from a street here Tues day night. The body was found near Mar- ' shall. Colo.. 12 miles south of here 1 The Greeley. Colo . freshman stu- ’ dent was returning to her lodgings 11 from a church club meeting when 1 she disappeared. The sheriff s of- ( ' tfice began a large-scale search , when her landlord reported that , she failed to return to her room. Sheriff Art E verson yesterday I found a scarf and a ring, identified j ‘ 'as belonging to the girl, lying , 1 alongside a lonely road near pools ( of blood, and scraps of hair and ' scalp. Everson then announced that the girl was "no doubt" dead 1 and posses started scouring the «lara Te !*■*' 81 St 1

Price Four Cents

Chiang Kai-Shek, Facing Disaster, In Drastic Steps To Save Government Shanghai. Nov. 11 — (UP) — The nationalist government imposed martial law today on the entire lower Yangtse Valley, including Shanghai and Nanking, in effect converting the Chinese heartland into a forward war zone. Threatened with disaster, Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek suspended civil rights in a vast stretch of China as Communist armies struck for the gates of Nanking and hunger riots spread. Along with marial law. the government ordered a nightly curfew from 11 p.m. to C a m. in the rich valley from Shanghai to Nanking, 260 airline miles west of Shanghai, and on northward to Communist? threatened I’engpu and south of Hakchow. The sternest measures that this part of China has known since the Japanses occupation were invoked as a precaution against Communist fifth column activity, to deal with internal disorders, and to throw every resource against the Communist push down from conquered Manchuria. The martial law decree authorized local military commanders to censor the mails, telegraph and publications, and to forbid strikes, demonstrations and whatever other activity they may deem necessary The army was enposered to re quisition private stocks of fool ; for Its own use or to dispose of as it sees fit. Travelers will be subject to strict screening before they can enter or leave the area. The drastic measures were invoked as nationalist defenses crumbled on the approaches to Nanking and Communist columns rolled over the weakened Kuomintang bastions. The Communists claimed victories on all sides of Suchow, strategic rail junction 200-odd miles northwest of Nanking. But the official Central News Agency reported government successes in some sectors of the cen'ral front around Suchow. and said the city itself was normal. The Communist radio reported the capture of Haichow and Hsinpu. east of Suchow, and of two towns west of the city. Earlier a Communist column was reported to have pushed across the Grand Canal within 25 miles of the city. At I’engpul. 130 miles northwest of Nanking, the nationalist situation was reported critical. The Communists were reported to have taken Huaiyuan. 15 miles to the west. A wholesale exodus from Shanghai and Nanking took on the cppiarance of a mad scramble after U. S. army dependents and other American civilians liegan leaving by plane and ship. Fort Wayne Judge Is K. C. Dinner Speaker Judge John Logan of the Fort Wayne city court, was the guest speaker, at the Knights of ColumVus dinner party last evening. Judge Logan told of experiences in his court and outlined procedure in the filing of charges for traffic violations and other misdemeanors. Brief remarks were also made by the Very Rev. Msgr J. J. Seimetz. pastor and the Rev. Ignatius Vichu:as. assistant pastor of St. Mary's church. Richard I’ruden acted as toastmaster and presented the speakers. Two Autos Collide • Late Last Evening Damage totalling $275 was incurred in a collision in Monmouth late Wednesday night, involving automobiles driven*by Loren Reichard, of Rockford. 0.. and Adam Runkel, of Decatur route 2. * Reichard told sheri'f Herman Bowman that he fell asleep momentarily as the two cars approached ea- h other from onnosi'e directions. A head-on collision was averted when Runkel swerved from the path of Reichard's machine.