Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 46, Number 273, Decatur, Adams County, 18 November 1948 — Page 1

LVI. No- 273.

IHINESE COMMUNISTS DRIVE ON SUCHOW

Res Acting Birman For ■Delegation 1 Biles Appointed IB Act In Absence ! | Secy. Marshall Fla.. Nov. 18 —(UP) Tinman today appointKB E(lst( T I miles acting chairt!lt, f s delegation to the ■B Nations meetings in Paris, adviser <n foreign policy ffiK nus E. Dewey during the g* !IL .. campaign, will serve as of the delegation durMB absence of secretary of K8,.,,-.- C. Marshall. Marshall home to confer with Mr. IK in Washington MonRJprecdetit also appointed BenCohen, an alternate dele■B >| lt . I X general assembly, to B. chief delegate temporarily. M will replace Warren R. Au■lu> is of tire appoint-|B-.re. ,-i-u a luncheon conferH|i,etweeii President Trutnan secretary James Forcritical world problems. Dulles appointment was |Kst affirmative action bolsterK s country's bipartisan handaffairs since Mr. TruDewey in the Nov. 2 elecappointments were announc|Bciia:les G. Boss, White House He issued the folstatement: IK president has appointed Cohen as United States to the general assembly of Xa'ions to replace amAustin, who has returned r.im 1 .!". ne ause of illness. Dean Husk ta member of the ' staff) is appointed in place of Cohen. the absence of secretary from Paris, the president John Foster Dulles Kning chairman ot the United delegation." said he believed the pripurpose of the Truman-For-

conference was to give the secretary a chance to rehis recent trip to Europe, China's desperate plight was assured top at their luncheon conferThe White House confirmthat Mr Truman had a letter from Genera'isH Chiang Kai-Shek, reportedly ■fpeal for a strong expression H S. support. B the eve of his flight to Key M. Forrestal told newsmen in that another major B of discussion would be U. S. B sr -'' ">d to the five-nation Bern European union. who returned to this Bby Tuesday from a European seid he also would dis-1 ■ Hrenethening of th» Berlin the need for better housing troops and means of the unified defense Brutal has decided he will in the cabinet through I y r four years in Washington. I ■*' ,he ■ amp ,im e he is leaving Mr. Truman the date of his ■Hire. • B President’s talk with ForH 'Ton. T. EIrM , ■ " Withdraws I Application For g Permit Transfer Not 18-(UPI — B ** gS of Ft, reign Wars post B^ atUr tod ’> withdrew its apfor a liq aor permit trans- ■ it faced “overwhelming Bba' n - ln i,s to set B a r,era,nr residential ■ J «ial hearing on the organ!- ■ « S r. lp ? llcatlon waß held *>y B- . ~COhoiic beverage com- ■ eral days Mo A petiBj. pr *sented at the hearing BL B ' 0, ’ e ,han required • r * nion stratGrs. dssion official, said today OMt * lett * r ,rOm ,he Indrawn " that ~ h - Petition I lai. WBA ™£* tosijht and Friday, kna w L ehM ’ in « t« snow • P° r * i ® B s Friday, t** " 1 • * becoming I Frid «y- Windy.

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More U. S. Marines Ordered To Tsingtao Assist Evacuation Os 4,600 Civilians Washington, Nov. 18 — (UP) — Official quarters said today American marines at Tsingtao will fight Chinese communists only if the Reds attack them or threaten U.S. civilians. This was disclosed as the navy ) ordered an additional 1,250 ma- . rines to the communist-surround- ’- ed port city to assist in the evacua ation of an estimated 4,600 civili. ians in threatened areas. They t have been warned to get out while a escape routes remain open, s Officials emphasized that the - marine reinforcements were ordf ered only to safeguard evacuees. 1 There is no question of fighting, • it was said, unless the marines are • attacked or the civilians are threatened. This policy was understood to • be in keeping with recommenda- ’ tions on the Chinese situation re- • cently worked out by the national security council for President Truman. U: S. marine and naval forces are expected to continue training of Chinese nationalist 1 seamen at Tsingtao as long as possible after the evacuation is completed. Defense secretary James Forrestal said yesterday the decisions on withdrawing the American forces at Tsingtao, and whether they would fight were up to the state department. The answers, ( a state department spokesman said, "depend on circumstances." The 1,250 marines will reinforce I 3,600 now on duty at Tsingtao i under Vice Adm. Oscar C. Radger, • commander of U. S. naval forces . in. the western Pacific. The surface fleet there normally includes three cruisers, 12 destroy- . ers, two transports and supporting aircraft. The carriers Tarawa and Princeton, two cruisers, and 12 destroyers recently arrived at the port city. The marine reinforcements, the navy said, are scheduled to leave Guam next Tue'dav aboard the transport Dayfield. which 'will be used to evacuate Americans upon

> its arrival at Tsingtao. It has a ■ normal capacity of 1.500 persons. As nart of the emergency pro 1 Jrct, Forrestal said the fast naw ' i transport. Gosselin, will arrive in Shanghai tomorrow to pick un Americans assembling there. The navy transport. Gen. H. W. Butner. is due to arrive in Shanghai Friday. It has a capacity of 5,000 persons. City Will Receive Parking Meier Bids , Dec. 3 Deadline For Sealed Bids Sealed bids for the purchase of Decatur's new parking meters will be received at city hall until 2 p.m. December 3, according to a legal advertisement signed by H. Verj non Aurand, city clerk-treasurer, which will appear in Friday’s edition of the Daily Democrat. First inkling into the number of meters to be installed is given in the advertisement, which specifies “200 parking meters, more or lesTtT The devices will be set up on Second street from Jackson to Jefferson streets; on Monroe and Madison stree’s between First and Third streets: and 'on Liberty Way from Second to T hird streets. Bids will be for nine months rental with option to purchase the meters after the initial period, tc"ording to the adver'isement. Bidders must submit specifications of their metm. methods of operation and installation, and must submit samples of their products. Bidders must file a SSOO guarantee that they wifi enter into the contract if thev win the award. The successful bidder will have to furnish a performance bond in th? amount of $5,000. Citv In Portugal Shaken By Quake Oporto. Portugal. Nov. 18 —(UP) — A strong ear'h tremor shook Oporto early today, but no casualties were reported. Residents of the north part of the citv were awakened t>y the quake and fled screaming into the streets.

French Troops Rushed Today To Dunkerque Striking Workers Barricade Selves Behind Locked Gates Paris, Nov. 18.—(UP)— Strong forces of French troops and security guards were rushed tonight to Dunkerque, where 2,000 striking dock workers barricaded themselves behind locked iron gates of the port. The longshoremen’s strike scheduled to paralyze all French ports next Monday already was effective at the channel port, and the situation there was described as serious. Strikers seized port entrances and locked the iron gates which were put up by the Germans during the occupation. They reinforced them with wire, barrels and packing cases, and pushed freight cars up behind the barricades. Ferry servifces from Dunkerque to Dover—the route taken in 1940 in the historic evacuation of British forces from France —were suspended. and the boats were diverted to Calais. Communist leaders of the dock workers union asked premier Henri Quequille to receive them for a “final" talk before the Monday deadline for the strike, but all indications were that a general stoppage would tie up French ports on schedule. At the same time, leaders of the Communist • controlled merchant teamen's union threatened to call their members out on strike, making paralysis of France’s overseas trade complete. The strike would, of course, seal French ports to European recovery program shipments. I Coming close on the heels of the longshoremen’s strike on the east coast of the U. S„ the strike would cut off all Marshall plan aid to France. It already has been | -.lowed because of refusal Os Com- ■ Turn To Paar Five) I

' Pic. Vidor Schoeler ; Funeral On Tuesday War Veteran's Body Returned For Burial 1 Final tribute will be paid Tuesday to another Adams county war veteran dead when funeral services are held her£ for Pfc. Victor A. Schueler, son of Mr. and Mrs. Adolph Schueler of Preble township. Pfc? Schueler died of a kidney tofection in a hospital in Italy Aug. 3, 1945.’ He had previously been vounded in action but had return?d to front line action prior to his fatal illness.. He entered service Aug. 18, 1944. ind was sent overseas in January if 1945 as a combat infantryman with the 85th mountain regiment if the 10th mountaineer division. The veteran was born in Preble township Jan. 23, 1924, and was a member of the St. Paul Lutheran church near Preble. Surviving in addition to the parents are a brother. Marcus, at home, and a sister. Mrs. Donald Jeffrey of Washington township. i Funeral services will be held at I 2:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Zwick ‘ funeral home, the Rev. O. C. Busse ifficiating. Burial will be in the St. Paul' Lutheran cemetery, with Adams Post 43. American Legion conducting full military rites. The body will arrive in Decatur late i Monday night, and will lp> taken to the Zwick funeral home, where friends may call Tuesday. ■ Thanksgiving Dance For Teen-Agers • 11 The fifth annual Thanksgiving dance for teen agers wil be held at i the American Legion home in this city Thanksgiving night. Nov. 25. | beginning at 9 o’clock, it was announced today. All expenses of the dance, as in previous years, are defrayed by th’ i Legion. A special invitation is ex- t ended to all teen-age college stu 1 dents, home on vacation, to attend the dance, for which no admission t is charged. The Den will also be open the entire evening for teen t agers not attending the dance, and c for the dancers wishing refresh- t ments. 1

Decatur, Indiana, Thursday, November 18, 1948

■ Talmadge Inaugurated JK B ■£] i JSHa ItilxßKW B bH Hb Jlf &BLJB sb ■OB ... SKgjS |! jA f HERMAN TALMADGE, son of Georgia's red-gallused governor. Eugene Talinadge, becomes the nation’s youngest state chief executive as he is sworn into office by Judge Charles W. Worrill at the ceremonies in Atlanta.

Nominees Selected For C. C. Directors Four To Be Chosen In Annual Election Eight Decatur men were placed' in nomination to serve as directors of the Decatur Chamber of Commerce for a three-year period by the nominating committee of that group which met last night. Four dew directors will be elected at the annual election to be held December 1. The nominating committee, including Roy Muinma. Dan Tyndall, Raymond Kohne and John Barth, met Wednesday night at the Chamber of Commerce rooms in the library building.’ Four members, two of which will i be elected to serve as directors at large, were nominated. They include Earl Casten. Wilbur Petrie. Robert Macklin and Dick Heller. Two qames were placed in nomination, one of which will be elected to serve as a representative of local manufacturers. The two nominated were Stewart McMillen and Noah Steury. In the retail division Albert Riehle and ’ Richard C. Ehinger were placed in nomination, and one will be elected. The annual election will be by cards, mailed to each member, and the votes must be cast on or before December 1. The newly elected directors will take office January 1 and will serve for a period of three years. —————— * Bob Heller Slated For House Speaker Democratic Solons Gather At Capital Indianapolis. Nov. 18 — (UP) — Robert H. Heller of Decatur, vet eran Democratic floor leader of the Indiana house of representatives, was scheduled today to be elected speaker of the house for the 1949 session. Heller’s advancement to the position held the last three sessions by Hobart Creighton ot Warsaw when the Republicans controlled the lower house of the state gen»ral assembly was expected to he iecided at a pre-assemhly caucus if the 82 Democratic legislators, now in the majority for the 86th ! assembly beginning In Januarv. Walter H. Maehllng. Terre j Haute, was men'ioned as a poten<T«r» T« Pn«- Kluht > Rent Control Taken From Three Areas Washington. Nov. 18 — (TP) —| Housing expediter Tighe E. Woods , today removed rent control from narts of three defense rental areas ! n Indiana. Mississippi, and Utah. Remoral of rent controls applied to: In Crawfordsville, Ind., defense ( rental area — all of Montgomery county except Unioix.township an<i that portion of new market within . Scotts townskip.

BULLETIN Oslo, Nov. 18—(UP)— The Nobel committee of the Norwegian parliament announced today that the Nobel peace prize will not be awarded this year. Sees No Peace Until I Stalin Regime Out Writer Asserts U. S. Foreign Policy Weak Cincinnati. 0., Nov. 18 —(UP)— Max Eastman today told the American Federation of Labor's 67th convention that the United States has not "yet faced the fact" in its foreign policy .and that “there wi l be no peace in the world so long as the Stalin regime survives in Moscow.” Eastman, Veteran contributing editor to the Liberal Weekly. New Leader and roving editor for Reader's Digest, said Stalin is sitting in the Kremlin now “pulling a big fracas in Berlin fn order to distract (our) minds while he coni solldates his hold on Manchuria and builds his own impregnable Ruhr in the far east.” He said this proceeds while the United States practices "self-de-cep’ion as a wor'd policy.” He said Republicans failed to expose the substitution of "Sunday school sentimentalism for informed diplomacy which has brought us up to another war.” Instead, he said, they “chimed with the Democrats in what has been mistakenly called a non-partisan foreign policy." “It was a bi-partison no-foreign policy," Eastman said. Eastman's criticism of Arnerica's’dealing with Russia came as the AFL drafted the legislative nroposals on domestic and foreign issues which will serve as a test for congressmen who will get labor’s support in the 1950 election. The legislative committee was readv to mak° recommendations on minimum wage, social security, foreign aid and other matters to come before the new 81st congress in which the AFL claims 172 house and 38 senate “friends.” The AFL political league last night authorized the convention to raise $750,000 by levying 10 cents per capita assessment on union members to pnbli’h the votI ing records of the 81st congress ; and carry on other political edu- ' ca’ton until Feb. 1. 1950. This fund is par* of the political program adopted hv the leaen** as a permanent future political nnticv. The nolicv commits the AFL to es'ahlishment of effectb-e volunteer teams in the nation’s 110.000 vn*ini» precincts and an alliance with the CIO. farm, veteran and other liberal rronps so that “never aeain" will there be a concross unfriendly to labor. Secretory - troanror Georcc Meanv renortM th») despite 1948 eteetion victories the ioh of re<Hne a co"ero«« friendly to tohnr still is i*nHnish«d. He «»id there will be *AS members pf (be n»w house and a maturity in the sen- • Tara Te Pesc tevea)

100,000 Troops Driving On Nationalist Bastion, Trunk Railway Is Cut

Ask Truman To Hike Budget For Defense Defense Leaders To Seek Higher Budget Washington, Nov. 18 — (UP)— The whole town is guessing what the national defense department has up its sleeve in the way of bigger spending for next year. -One of the navy’s top admirals huddled Tuesday night with a group of newspapermen representing powerful publications scattered around the country. He let them in on this secret: The joint chiefs of staff have decided to urge President Truman to hike next year's national defense budget by the sum of $2,500,000,000. The alternative would be a demand that the extent of operations to which the armed services are committed next year he very substantially reduced. What the two generals and two admirals comprising the joint chiefs plan to tell Mr. Truman is that they cannot do the job cut out for them with any less. That makes .or argument because the presiden: already has set a limit of $15,000,000,000 for defense costs next year. The joint chiefs want $17,500,000,000. Defense secretary James Forrestal held a news conference yesterday afternoon and he was asked about defense spending. The secretary was pretty cagey. But the gist of what he said when dis-en-gaged from the double talk in which it was started indicated that the $15,000,000,000 lid on for keeps. This head-on conflict with the program outlined by a navy spokesman the night before brought to the pen agon inquiries at which point the mystery deepened. Several of Forrestal’s aides were at the news conference. One of them said he had listened carefully and- heard no statement by Forrestal warranting the belief that the armed services would be content with $15,000,000,000. Another of Forrestal’s aides, also present, told inquirers that the implication of Forrestal’s involved (Turn Tn Pn«r Two) Maritime Strike Costly To Nation 50 Million Daily Loss From Strike New York, Nov. 18. —(UP)— The maritime Strike on the east and west coasts has idled 143.000 work ers and 647 ships and is costing the nation's economy some $50,000,000 a day, a United Press survey disclosed today. While negotiators and federal mediators worked to settle the west coast strike of 12.000 CIO longshoremen and the east coast strike of 65,000 AFL dockworkers, some 34,000 seamen and 32.000 workers in allied indusetries were thrown out of jobs. Spokesmen for the sugar and wool processing industries, de pendent on imports, said they were faced with imminent shutdowns. And the national defense prb gram is being curtailed as the flow of imported strategic materials is cut off. according to a report by the commerce and industry association of New York. Total exports for September were $926,000,000 and imports $584.900,000 according to department of commerce figures. Nearly all these now have been cut off. except for a trickle entering gulf ports, mean ing a loss to the nation's commerce of slightly under $50,000,000 a day. Losses in wages amounted to more than $1,500,000 daily. The longshoremen on the west coast were out $200,000 a day and those on the east coast more than SSM.000. Seamen and other workers were losing out on an additional SBOO,OOO a day. On the Atlantic coast. William N. Margolis, assistant director of the United States mediation and conciliation service, arranged for <T»ra To Itoae Sevea)

Neutrals Seek Solution For Berlin Crisis Experts On Berlin Currency Summoned To Aid Solution Paris. Nov. 18 — (UP) — The American delegation to the United Nations today summoned experts on Berlin currency from Washington and Germany to take part in another effort to end the Berlin blockade. The experts will prepare answers to a questionnaire submitted to the big four by Juan A. Bramuglia of Argentina, the leader of a new conciliation move. He sought an answer to the currency problem, the key to the crisis. Bramuglia, assisted by other neutral nations, was trying to work out a new resolution for the security council which would he satisfactory to both the east and the west. • His questionnaire asked primarily for technical information on how to obtain four-power control of the Soviet mark in Berlin. Earlier the east-we t negotiations broke down because the Russians refused four power control and the west refused to agree to anything on Berlin without the four-power control of currency. Trygve Lie. secretary general of the UN. and the western powers—especially the United States —were involved in what was described as an •‘understandable misunderstanding.” Some time ago Lie decided to have his assistants study the Berlin currency situation in an effort to find a formula. They asked Dr. Philip Jessup of the United States for technical information, and Jessup agreed to provide it. Later the United States apparently had a change of mind, and decided it did not. want to submit the information to Lie if Bramuglia were going to ask for similar information The answer now is that the United States wanted to submit such information onlv to one organ of the UN, and decided that the security council was the best organ. The “misunderstanding” is not vet cleared up. Lie and his assistants feel that the United States is refusing to give the secretary general legitimate information, and thereby <Tai>« To P«r right) Emelie Bullemeier Is Taken By Death Funeral Services Saturday Afternoon Mrs. Emelie Rultemeler. 58. died Wednesday at her homo seven miles northwest of Preble, after an illness of several months. She was born in Preble township Feb. 9. 1890. a daughter of Chris’ and Charlotte Stonpenhagen Eieh off. and was a lifelong resident of •he townshin. She was married to Adolph Bultemeier April 17. 1922 She was a member of the Zion Ln'heran chnrch at Friedheim. Survivine in addition to the bushand are four sons. Paul of New Jfaven. Gerhard. Elmer and Clarence. and a daughter. Eldora, all of Preble, township: seven grand rMldren: one brother. Rudolph Eichkoff. and two sisters. Mis*Clara Eichkoff and Mrs. C. J Korte, all of Preble township. One brother is deceased Funeral services will be held a' 2 pm. Saturday at the home and at 2:30 o’clock at the Zion Lutheran church at Friedheim. the Rev E T. Schmidtke officiating. Burial will be tn the church cemeterv. The body will he removed from the Zwiek funeral home to the residence at 7 o'clock this evening.

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Nationalist Forces Claim Big Victory Over Communists Southeast Os City Nanking. Nov. 18 — (UP) — Five Communist columns totaling 100.000 men were driving on Suchow from the southeast today, and thrust a spearhead within seven miles of the imperiled nationalist bastion, a special government communique reported. Na ionalist headquarters at Suchow claimed a big victory at dawn after an all-night battle at Pantangchen, seven miles southeast of Suchow. Despite the victory claim, the special communique distributed by Hie official Central News Agency shaped up as an acknowledgment of a hitherto unreported Communist threat to by-passed Suchow, 200 miles northwest of Nanking. A Communist flanking swing around Suchow already had cut the Trurtk railway south of the city, while one of the hottest sectors of the entire Suchow front was reported to be along the Lateral railroad 25 to 50 miles east of the Kiangsu bastion. Thus the reported Communist push against the city from the southeast indicated that the prongs of the half moon arc hyound Suchow were being pressed closer together. posing as apparent threat of complete eneirclenifht. The special communique reported that the five Communist col inn ns were driving on Suchow from the southeast in an effort to relieve government pressure on Communist forces retreating in the area of Niencbuang. 33 miles east of Suchow. The battle in the Suchow environs ended in a “total Communist defeat." the communique reported. It said the Communists suffered 20,009 casualties in addition to losing several thousand prisoners and large quanities of arms. The ijgtionalists earlier acklowledged the loss of Suhsien. 35 miles south of Suchow on the railroad to Nanking. The government reported that strong nationalist columns were driving south from Sitchow and north from Pengpu in an attempt io reopen the Trunk railway. The propaganda battle of conflicting claims subsided, apparently reflecting a like condition on the fighting fields. Veteran observers of the Chinese civil war noted that battles sotneimes seesaw fdr months, and the one now going on in North Kiangsu seemed to be following the pattern. Nevertheless the official American view was that the situation was serious enough to warrant the departure from China of all Americans who were not prepared to [face grave hazards. (Washington announced that 1,250 U. S. marines were leaving Guam next Tuesday to reinforce 'he marine garrison of 3.600 at Tsingtao. and to help evacuate American citizens from China. The U. S. fleet at Tsingtao normally comprises three cruisers. 12 destroyers recently arrived in Tsingtao waters.) Cites Difference In Cast Ballots In Computing Cost County clerk Ed Jaberg today explained the difference between the number of ballots cast for the presidential candidates and the higher num tier on which the cost per ballot in the Nov. 2 election was computed. The presidential candidates received 9645 votes, according to the official re’urns. The per capita l>allot cost was computed on 9913. .Mr. Jalierg sad that he took the figures from the inspector's returns, which tabulated the number of ballots called for. Presumably there were muTHated ballots arid unused ballots in nearly every precinct, which made up the 268 vote difference. Voters were given four ballots and in some cases, marked only the county or state ballot, or voted on the referendums.