Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 46, Number 281, Decatur, Adams County, 29 November 1948 — Page 1

VI. No. 281.

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| County Ln Killed I eca,ur 3 Anno Knipstein Zd Saturday In K-Auto Collision services will be held afternoon for Mrs. Anna K sil , ~f Monroeville route K a s killed almost instantSaturday in an auto collis- ■ county road intersection K s north of Decatur. Her K)arked the second traffic the year in Adams Kaband. Charles Knipstein. K sustained serious che t nfjl in the crash, and is under K: a t the Adams county K| hospital. His chest was Kgainst the steering wheel ■ shoulder was also injured ■ impact of the collision. King physicians today said Kiipstein was "doing all ■ lie at no time lost conKriver of the other automoKotiert Fiedler, of Fort ■escaped injury. Fiedler's ■ion. Laverne Fiedler, also K Wayne, sustained minor K The two men were on ■r say to a hunting foray. Bf Herman Howman, who Kited the crash, said both ■st have been travelling at Heeds. The Knipstein main struck at the center of Krsection. There are no Kts at the intersection, and ■theorized that neither driv■ered to look out for other K'isibility was good. ■a county's traffic fatality ■ had been spotless since ■th of Frank Linigcr. form ■ty commissioner and prom Kcal citizen, on January 14. Iniger car crashed into the ■ a semi-trailer truck on I’, ■rest of the city and Llnlger Kstantly of chest and other J Funeral Tuesday ■ Knipstein was born In Bn township, Allen county, K. 1888. a daughter of Wil■nil Elizabeth Brewer-Mold-Band was a lifelong resident ■ township. I was married to Charles ■ein Nov. 2. 1911. She was a ■r of the St. John’s LutherBrch at Flat Rock. Hiving in addition to her !id are her mother; two Otto of Madison township bold of New Haven; three ers, Mrs. Luella Stahlhut of county, Mrs. Loretta It of Fort Wayne and Miss y Knipstein, at home; eight hlldren; five brothers. Henlliam. Charles, and Martin an. all of Hoagland, and Bd of Paducah, Ky., and one ■- Mrs. Edward Melcher of ■Haven. Bral services will be held at |P tn. Tuesday at the home. I miles east and three-fourth I ITurn To Puce Six) has Hutson Named for Commissioner ■ansuoiis Nov 29 — (UP) — r” I’ti'son of Brazil today was f 1 b.» Gov.-elect Henry F. ■t'kcr as Indiana state labor Iksioner in the Schricker adn Hutson served as ■ yonmissioner in Schricker's iMmln-sfration from 1941 to [He win succeed Charles Kern pt poll's frirker also announced that he B name Kenneth Kunkel of ri'l* as direc'or of the state Fwiyn department and Col. | Gardner of Indianapolis [Monticello as director of the I employment security division F Arminda Hand p r al On Tuesday P«ral services for Mrs. Arminr -former Adams county rest *‘° Saturday morning L w »Fne. Will be held at L l "\ Ttt *sday at the D. 0. Mc- | son * funeral home In L arn * The Rev. W. R. * UI officiate and burial “ ‘he Huntertown cemetery. CIM WUTH « L rin * «»d colder tonight. | rr ®* ,iir »nd warmer.

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BULLETIN Hull, Eng., Nov. 29 — (UP)— Four persons were killed, 34 were injured and six were missing tonight in the still blazing ruins of the British cocoa mills plant which was wrecked by three explosions at midday. Most of the 40 to 50 workers in the factory when seeping gasoline ignited were teen-age girls. Striking East Ccast Workers Return To Jobs West Coast Tie-up Continues, Eastern Strike Is Settled New York. Nov. 29—(UP)— Marshall plan .shipments to Europe were resumed for the first time in nearly three weeks today as 65.001) striking AFL longshoremen returned to their jobs from Maine to Virginia. However, the maritime picture still was clouded by the 89-day-old west coast maritime tie-up which threatened to continue indefinitely. Despite an agreement reached with shipowners by the CIO dockworkers who began the walkout, CIO and AFL mariners still were bargaining with employers. On the east coast, longshoremen returned to work at 8 a m. yesterday loading and unloading some of the 400 ships that had been caught in port during the tie-up. Dozens of coastwise vessels sailed yesterday, but the first trans-Atlan-tic ship, the Jutlandia, sailed for Denmark today. During the strike, some $36,000,000 worth of Marshall plan goods piled up in port, 300,000 sacks of overseas mail waited on the docks, and $540,000,000 was lost in wages and business. Atlantic coast members of the international's longshoremen's association (AFL) voted overwhelmingly on Saturday to accept a new contract for a 13 cents an hour wage increase for day work and 19 bj cents more for overtime, both retroactive to Aug. 21. The raise brings hourly pay to SI.BB and $2.82. Other benefits included in the •one-year contract were a welfare fund and new vacation schedules for dockers working more than 800 hours in a year. Brooklyn longshoremen who had voted to continue the strike, gave in late yesterday and agreed to the terms already accepted by other ILA locals.

On the west coast, members of the international longshoremen’s and warehousemen’s union (CIO) in San Francisco. Seattle and Los . (Turn Tn Pate «l*l Mrs. Schoenstedt Dies Last Evening Funeral Services Will Be Wednesday Mrs. Katherine Anne Schoenstedt, 90. well known Decatur lady, died at 7:30 o'clock Sunday evening at her home. 1016 West Monroe street, after an illness of five days. Born in Madina County. 0.. April 25. 1859. she was a daughter of John and Rebecca Goldner-Brein-er, and hed lived in Adams county since 1919. She was ina-ried in 1879 to James Madison Steele, who died in 1888. Her second husband. Henry Schoenstedt, whom she married in 1894. died in 1930. She was a memlter of the Zio.i Lutheran chureh. Surviving are three daughters. Mrs. Otto Bleeke of I mon township. Mrs. Gerhard Retaking. De catur. and Miss Minnie Steele, at home; one son. Edwin Steele, of Van Wert county. O.; 25 grandchildren. 51 greatgrandchildren and three great great grandchildren. Two children and two sisters preceded her in death Funeral services will be held at 2 p. m. Wednesday at the Zion Lutheran church, the Rev. Edgar P. Schmidt officiating Burial will be in the Emmanuel Lutheran cemetery in Union township. Friends may call at the Zwick funeral home after <;3O o'clock this evening until noon Wednesday, when the body will I* removed to the church to lie in state until time of the funeral

Bramuglia In New Effort To Solve Crisis Asks Big Four Give Early Replies To Latest Proposal Paris,'Nov. 29—(UP)—Juan A. Bramuglia apparently gave up hope today for a quick solution of the Berlin crisis and probably will name a special committee of experts tomorrow to study the Berlin currency problem. Bramuglia asked the big four to give him their answers at once on his proposal to set up a neutral commission to examine the currency matter. The United States. Great Britain and France were expected to reply favorably to Bramuglia's latest idea, primarily on the theory that anything is worth trying. They doubted that it offered any chance of solving the Berlin crisis. Bramuglia wanted to wind up his month's term as chairman of the United Nations security council tomorrow with a public statement on the Berlin crisis. Argentine sources insisted throughout the week-end that Bramuglia had developed a new plan for solving the Berlin crisis. But after morning conferences of Bramuglia and the western powers. it developed he did not have a new formula but merely a variation of earlier pioposals and a suggestion for procedure. Western sources were skeptical that Bramuglia’s idea would bear fruit. They said no formal action through the security council was contemplated. The Argentine was understood to have suggested the following procedure: 1. An informal agreement to create a neutral committee of experts. including representatives of the UN secretariat, to study the Berlin currency problem and try to find a solution satisfactory to both the east and the west. 2. Set a time limit, _ probably one month, for the expert committee to study the problem. 3. If by some miracle the committee found a currency plan acceptable to boh sides, then the east and the west would start at the same time and by degrees lift the blockade of Berlin and intro(Turn To Pnxr Blx> Improvement Noted In King's Health Report King George Gains Some Relief London. Nov. 29—(UP)— Rest and treatment have given King George some relief from a painful circulatory ailment of the legs which had prompted gravT concern for his future. Buckingham palace announced today. A bulletin by the royal physicians disclosed that some improvement already was apparent, though restoration of circulation is a slow process. Anxiety regarding the king's right foot has diminished somewhat, the doctors reported. This second bulletin in the king’s ailment was awaited with widespread anxiety by Britons. They had heard ruuiut.- of the possibility of amputation of the right leg. Some reports u>«-n mentioned operations on both legs, but palace quarters discounted them. Al'hough the announcement failed to name the ailment, an authoritative pa'ace source said it had been diagnosed as Buerger's disease. It causes, constriction of the arteries, and by shutting off the blood supply can result in gangrene in the limbs. Prof. John Learmonth. Britain's leading authority on Buerger's disease, who was at the Mayo clinic for some years, was said to be in constant attendance on the king. "improvement in the general health of the king is apparent." physicians attending the king reported in a bulletin made public by the palace. "There is less cause for irnmed- < late anxiety regarding the right foot." The lung's circulatory ailment, | (Ta»a • •

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Decatur, Indiana, Monday, November 29, 1948

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IN A CEREMONY AT THE BLAIR HOUSE in Washington. Margaret Truman officially opens the 1948 Christmas .Doll Campaign as she presents the first doll of the season to broadcaster Bill Herson. The United Community Services will distribute thousands of donated dolls to needy children throughout the United States at Christmas time.

Crown Point Farmer Hay Crown Winner Fourth Consecutive Title To Sauerman BULLETIN Chicago, Nov. 29.— (UP)— An Indiana farmer and his 12-year-old son were named corn king and corn prince at the International livestock exposition and grain show today. They are Newton Halterman. Rushville, Ind., who won the corn king title in 1946, and his son, Lair. Show observers said it was the first time father and son had won the titles. Chicago. Nov. 29— (UP) — Veteran winners wore the 1948 crowns today for the best wheat and hay shown at the International Livestock exposition and grain show. S. J. Alsop of Red Deer, Alberta, was recrowned wheat king yesterday for the second consecutive year. George J. Sauerman of Crown Point. Ind., won his fourth straight hay title, winning both first and second places. Alsop's sample of Reward Variety hard red spring wheat, weighing 66.9 pounds to the bushel, gave Canada its 22nd victory since the start of the contest in 1919. The United States has won the coveted wheat crown only four times. Sauerman won the hay title with a showing of red clover. His sample of timothy was judged runnerup. Sauerman also won first and second places in the 1947 show. He previously won hay crowns in 1941 and 1946. The show was not held during the war years. Canada took another title, when John T. Elink. Hairyhill. Alberta won the oats comnetition. Herbert Sadre of Bad Axe. Michentered Michelite field beans that were named champions in their class. The alfalfa seed competition was won by Clarence Smith. Frankberg. Mont. \V. S. Ray of Sparta. Tenn., won the cow pea championship. Canada won a fourth title yesterday when soybeans entered by William R. Beattie. Staples. Ont. were judged best in the show Thousands of city folk crowded into the huge livestock show to watch the best products of the nation's fields judged carefully by a battalion of judges. Judging of the more than $5.000.00u worth of blueribbon stock was suspended while the grain producers had their day. Judges will resume work on livestock today. First livestock judging took place Saturday when junior champions were named. Judges, however, did consider collegiate livestock judging teams yesterday. In the contest in which the youths match their choices against the decisions of the official Judges. Oklahoma A & M college won the team championship. Purdue University took second. lowa state college placed (Tara Ta Tau- Six)

Mortgage-Burning Ceremony Is Held Members of the First Christian! church held a mortgage-burning . ceremony Sunday afternoon, the Rev. E. E. Isenhower presiding. Principal speaker was the Rev. Epheriani D. Lowe, of the Indiana Christian Missionary society. The church, located at Second and Jefferson streets, was built in 1924. Many Elementary Schools Inadequate Elementary Phase Often Neglected Indianapolis. Nov. 29—(UP)— The buildings and equipment in 1 many of Indiana’s elementary schools provide a "depressing atmosphere which tends to stifle the interest and initiative of the children." The Indiana school study '. commission reported today. ! Burley V. Bechdolt. director of a I survey by members of the com1 mission, said that many Hoosier I 1 i elementary school teachers "are I employed in schools in which even the most capable and well-trained I teacher would be unable to over-. ‘ come the obstacles to effective, teaching and learning.” The commission, in a published 1 report, said that in smaller schools, the teaching principal predomi--1 .nates. But. it said, the principal, in , many cases, gives little attention '! to the elementary phase of the ' school program. The report said that the township as a school Unit 1 is "too. small to provide even 1 minimum facilities." The survey revealed that, in gen--1 eral. city elementary school pupils’ 1 are getting more adequate educational opportunities than those en- ' rolled in rural school*. William T. Kinder, commission chairman, said the greater number of children served in the cities can ‘ provide more favorable conditions than the small township adminis- ' trative unit. The commission said that many elementary schools had inadequate seating, poor lighting, ventilation and heating, too many pupils per ' teacher, too short terms, and inadequate health services. The commission recommended (Tara T« P-—» Three) l Seven Persons Burn To Death At Detroit Detroit. Nov. 29 — (UP) — A 48 year-old negro father and his 13-, vear-old daughter were held forquestioning hy the police asson r squad today after a fire in which , seven other members of the family , died. ) A flash fire swept the second story flat of the family of Jesse I Jenkins about 10:30 last night. . Jenkins and his daughter. Con- . s'ance. leaped from a window and I were saved. His wife and his other six children suffocated. 1

Senator Connally Says Committee Should Hear Appeal For China Aid

Charges Truman's Victory 'Stolen' Publisher Charges Bosses Stole Votes Manchester. N. H, Nov. 29. — (UP)—Publisher William Loeb of the politically-independent Manchester Union charged in a frontpage editorial today that President Truman's victory in the Nov. 2 election was “stolen.”

Loeb, who supported Gov. Thomas E. Dewey of New York, said that "corrupt bosses of big city Democratic machines" stole the key electoral votes of Ohio, Illinois and California for Mr. Truman. He demanded recounts in those three states and said that a change of their electoral votes to Dewey would give the Republican candidate the presidency by one electoral vote. Loeb based his claim on what he said was the recent discovery of 10,518 uncounted Dewey votes in Cleveland, cutting President Truman's Ohio plurality to 3,444 votes. | "An honest recount" of other big city votes in the three states would easily swing them to Dewey, he said. Discuss Recount Chicago. Nov. 29. —(UP)— Illinois Republican state central committeemen will discuss the possibility of a recount of the presidential vote in Illinois at a meeting at Springfield Friday, it was reported today. Attorneys were uncertain as to what course might be followed if a recount were attempted. Werner W. Schroeder. Republican national committeeman for Illinois, and generally regarded as an authority on election law in this state, said that the Illinois law does not contain specific provisions for contesting the election of presi dential electors. Schroeder said that he believed that any contest would have to be settled by a federal, not a state body and some authorities felt that any dispute over the Truman Dewey vote probably would be air(Torn Tn Vnu>- ’ Flooded Areas 01 South Gain Relief Milder Weather In Three States Aids By United Press Milder weather brought relief to (lay to flooded areas of the south and windswept portions of the | southwest. Steady rainfall for three days had sent rivers and streams surging over their banks in Georgia. Ala bama and Tennessee. But the forecast today was for clearing skies. High winds and snow lashed Kan sas Saturday for the second time within 10 days. Strong winds and rain swept over Oklaluuna and the Texas panhandle. But the storm abated yesterday, and the forecast today was for rising temperatures and clearing skies. In the southern states, the Red Cross had sent out emergency calls for boats at Birmingham. Ala.. Atlanta. Ga . and Knoxville. Tenn At Birmingham. 300 families were removed from a low-lving section threatened with inundation. Snow blown by winds reaching 55 . miles per hour was heaped in drifts in Kansas. Dodge City, still recovering front last week's storm, got four inches of fresh i snow during the weekend. The temperature plummeted to nine above at Goodland. Kans. but -was climbing today. V. S. weather forecasters predicted temperatures in the mid-thirties and low forties for most of Kansas. At its height, the storm blocked some Kansas roads, and cars were ditched in may areas. The high winds dipped into Oklahoma. knocking down communications lines In the Texas panhandle many roads were blocked by know 1 and ice.

Two Convicted Japs Ask Court To Intervene Ask Supreme Court Set Aside Imposed Sentences Os Death

Washington. Nov. 29 — (UP) — Two of the Japanese warlords condemned to hang hy the far east military tribunal today asked the supreme court to set aside their death sentences. Gen. Kenji Dohihara, called “Lawrence of Manchuria," and former premier Koki Hirota asked the tribunal for a stay of executions and review of their trial and conviction. Five other Japanese war leaders, including former premier Hideki Tojo. have been sentenced to hang for their part in starting the Pacitic war. Sixteen o'hers were given life terms and two more were given lesser sentences. Gen. Douglas MacArthur has upheld the death sentences. Presumably, the appeals may delay the execution of Dohihara and Hirota until the court acts. The court is now in recess. It appeared possible that the tribunal would take no action on the appeals until it returns to the bench next Monday. Dispatches from Tokyo suggested that preparations were being made to hang the seven warlords today. But there was no official word that the hangings would take place today. I here was no indication that the other five condemned men would appeal to the supreme court. Tojo has said he will not appeal his case. Dohihara and Hirota said in their appeal that MacArthur had no authority to establish the military tribunal which convicted them. They said their trial violated the U. S. constitution and treaties and international agreements of the United States. They also said the acts of which they were accused were in the line of their duties assigned by the Japanese government. The two men specified they would not seek to appear in person before the supreme court if the tribunal decides to review their cases. During the last two years, the supreme court has received a number of similar pleas by convicted Ger-, (Turn To I’aue Hix) Auction School Is Opened Here Today Approximately 100 Enroll First Day Approximately 10(1 men from all sectors of the United States and Canada today began their first day of studies at the Reppert school of auctioneering. Housed in the barracks at Beil mont park and in the homes of local residents, the auction student* will spend three weeks ir Decatur, emerging with a diploma I from America's oldest school (>9 1 auctioneering The students hai‘ from as far ' away as Washington state. Cali i fornia. Idaho and Canada. They will conduct their first public : auction sale Saturday at the MansI field garage. Three well known Adams coun.ty citizens are on the faculty They are Roy S. Johnson and Ned I Johnson, both of Decatur, and Meli vin E. Liechty. of Berne. Auctioneers from nearhy eiites who will teach this semester are Roy Hiatt and Ray Elliott, both of Portland. H. W. Sigrist. of Fort Wayne, and Earl Gartin. of Greensburg. Others on the faculty are G. L. ! Pettit. Bloomfield. Iowa; Q. R. ; Chaffee. Towanda. Pa.; Clyde M. Wilson. Bucyrus. O.; C. B Drake. Joliet. 111.; Wal'er Carlson, i Triumph. Minn ; Roy G. Johnston. (Tarn Ta I'ace six)

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Texas Senator Also Assails Chiang For Failure To Lead His Nationalist Forces Washington. Nov. 29 — (UP) Sen. Tom Connally, D„ Tex., said today that a congressional committee should hear Mme. Chiang Kai-Shek's appeal for emergency military aid to China. At a press conference, Connally also assailed deneralissimo Chiang Kai-Shek for failure to take the field at the head of his nationalist armies against the communist forces. Connally is incoming chairman of the senate foreign relations committee. He also is a ranking member of the congressional “watch dog" committee on foreign aid which may hear Mme. Chiang on Friday. Meanwhile, the state department disclosed that Mme. Chiang will be the house guest of secretary of state and Mrs. George C. Marshall. The navy plane on which she is flying to this country now is at Honolulu. It is scheduled to arrive at San Francisco at noon (PST) tomorrow and get to' Washington sometime Wednesday. Department press officer Michael J. McDermott said the Marshals invited Mme. Chiang to lie their house guest. The Chinese embassy said she has accepted. No one has revealed yet who invited Mme. Chiang to the United States. Reports from Nanking said an unnamed private Amerb can organization had asked her. The state department said Mme. Chiang will be met at Moffat Field, San Francisco, by Raymond D. Muir, assistant chief of the department's protocol staff. She will be flown to Washington aboard the “Sacred Cow," personal plane of the late President Roosevelt. Mme. Chiang now is m route to Washington on an "unofficial" visit. Connally said the “watch dog” committee “ought to hear her.” He said he had not made up his mind on the issue of more aid to China, but that he expected to consult with secretary of state George C. Marshall soon on the subject. As for the Generalissimo, Connally said: "Chiang is a generalissimo that never goes out in the field and generalissimos." Connally added that Chiang would do more to "revive the enthusiasm and module" of Chinese forces by taking the fie’d than any other single step. Connally's statement that Mme. Chiang should be given a hearing | before a congressional committee came after Sen. 11. Alexander Smith. It.. N. J., acting chairman of the watch dog" committee on foreign aid. said he would carefully consider a proposal that the Chinese first lady lie invited to testify Friday. The proposal Io give the wife of China's generalissimo a hearing on Friday was made by Rep. Sol Bloom. D. N. Y. Significantly. Bloom is in line to head the housn foreign affairs committee in the new congress., Bloom did not directly criticize the administration's reluctance to undertake any new large-scale support of China's war against the ( t urn To Pits? SHI State's Holiday Death Toll Is 25, Traffic Is Leader Indiana's accidental death toll for the Thanksgiving holiday was one >f the heaviest on record and lacked only two of tying the 1947 total of 25 fataliues. according to state Itolice reports. latest reports showed that 23 persons died in a variety of holidav weekend accidents from Wednes- ' day noon until midnight Sunday | night. Nineteen persons died i:i i traffic acciden's. two died in hunt- ' ing mishaps, a fire was fatal to one 1 and another person was killed wh“ti ’ a train backed into him. Meanwhile, the Saturday and Sunday death toll stood at 13.