Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 46, Number 288, Decatur, Adams County, 7 December 1948 — Page 6

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Reject Proposal To , Boost Rent Ceilings White House Vetoes 15 Percent Increase Washington, Dec. 7 — (UP) — The .White House has rejected a proposal to raise all rent ceilings by 15 percent, government sources reported today. The general increase, these sources said, was suggested last week by Robinson Newcomb, chief housing economist on the staff of the president's council of economic advisers. John R. Steelman, assistant to the president, turned thumbs down on the plan. It was reported, however, that the council has | neither rejected nor accepted it as' part of its recommendations. A recent administration survey was reported to have shown that landlords don't need a general increase. On an average they make i

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SEVEN YEARS LATER ■U. S. TRIES TO APPLY ITS LESSON Japan bows at last on U.S.S, Missouri IMI : ■ jnik IfOII I MMJB i B flpl® I ’ -L' Penalty of unpreparedness is paid at Pearl Harbor. AHJI' '* ‘ ’ i JUST SEVEN YEARS AGO TODAY, the United States learned the lesson of unprepar- iks hmBmML f A edness the hard way when Japanese bombers struck without warning and destroyed LSF BBlHk ' JU .jSI a major part of the American fleet anchored like shooting gallery ducks in Pearl BT W Ww Harbor. It took nearly four years to fight back and complete repayment in kind —with interest. In hope of averting another Pearl Harbor, the U.* S. has recently f£ gjggo started its first peacetime draft program, not counting the selective service bill r S lUmm SBMImHKSMBBHLmI passed after Europe already had been plunged into World War 11. (International) America's youth dons khaki again

more money than before the war. the survey indicated, largely because they aren’t troubled with vacancies. Newcomb, according to one source, suggested the general rent boost as an anti-inflation measure. The idea would be that pressure on prices generally would not be so great it people spent more on rent. Rent director Tighe E. Woods said the proposed plan did not come from him, and that as far as he could see, no general rent boost was justified. The first air express shipments were flown a thousand years ago when fresh cherries enclosed in tiny silk bags were attached to the legs of carrier pigeons and transported for considerable distances. I Trade in a Good Town — Decaturl

Indict Coal Dealers For Fixing Prices Indictment Made By Federal Grand Jury Kansas City, Mo.. Dec. 7 — (VP) — A federal grand jury today indicted 15 leading coal dealers, a coal dealers’ association and its executive secretary on a charge of price fixing and suppressing competition in the greater Kansas City area. The indictment charged that, since Sept. 15. 1933. the defendants had been engaged in a combination and conspiracy to fix, stabilize and raise prices of coal. The indictment charged the defendants agreed on the cash prices to be charged for private users and for public and large private buildings, that they submitted bids to sell coal to the public school system at prices agreed to by the defendants. and that they agreed upon uniform charges to be made by the defendants and other dealers for extending credit to purchasers of coal. The true bill charged that the defendants had threatened to cut off the supply of coal to dealers unless they agreed to adhere to the I "agreed upon prices for coal” and that they foiled producers and wholesalers to discontinue selling to dealers who declined to agree. It charged the association promoted "uniform price increases for coal." . The indictment also was announc-1, ed in Washington by attorney general Tom C. Clark. Named in the Indictment were the Greater Kansas City Retail Coal Merchants Association; Burdette Yeo, the association manager; six coal corporations, and five of their officers and nine other individuals doing business as separate coal companies. Clark said the case was in line with the justice department’s policy of prosecuting price fixing conspiracies which affect the cost of living. 4,000 Children Ride Merry Go Round Here An estimated 4,000 children bad ridden the Christmas merry go ‘ round by midafternoon today, the | Chamber of Commerce said. I At least, that number of tickets I were collected. However, many of I the riders were repeaters, with bunI dreds of children leaving tbe carI ousel after a ride and getting back I in line for a second trip. Saturday I I saw the most bustling business, j I Three thousand rides were taken i I that day alone. Weekday patronage I is limited to the late afternoon and I early evening. I * Elks Open Yuletide With Dinner-Dance A dinner dance ushered in the I Yuletide season at the B. P. O. Elks | home last evening as members of I I the lodge, their wives and sweet I hearts, gathered tn enjoy the gala j | festivities. A feature of the even | tag was a minstrel show by sever ! I al members of the lodge, and the ap : I pearance of Santa Claus. Leg Is Fractured At School Today | Raymond Lichtenberger. 13 year | old Bobo school student, suffered a , fractured leg in an accident while at school tbit morning He was tak en to the Adams county memorial | hospital for treatment.

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Will Seek Federal Pension For Vels Vets Os Both Wars Included In Plans Indianapolis, Dec. 7 — (UP) — An American Legion national subcommittee today recommended to national legion officials that veterans of both World Wars I and 11 be included in a federal pension plan to be presented to the 81st congress. The subcommittee was appointed to consolidate pension plan proposals following the Legion's national convention in Miami, Fla. The three-man executive subcommittee said that a federallysponsored pension program should include veterans who, served 90 days or more an active duty or discharged for service-connected disability incurred in line of duty and "discharged under conditions other than dishonorable.” The proposed pension would be effective at 60 years of age at the rate of S6O per month, jumping to S9O on the veteran's 65th birthday anniversary. The Legionnaires said that veterans now receiving monthly pensions for service-connected disabilities under the proposed law would continue receiving them in addition tp the old-age pension, and that other income would not be considered upon application for pension. The national executive commit-

tee of the Legion, at a meeting here last month, authorized appointment of the special subcommittee to study the proposals made at the national convention. Steals Money Bag With 2,000 Quarters Franklin, Ind., Dec. 1 — (UP) — I A drugstore clerk was held today on a charge of stealing a money bag with 2,000 quarters. The Federal Bureau of Investigation said that Lee Curry, 22, found the bag on a counter at the Johnson National Bank when he went there Oct. 28 to check his safety deposit box. The bag weighed more than 62 pounds. When arrested at his home yesterday, FBI agents said Curry

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