Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 46, Number 299, Decatur, Adams County, 20 December 1948 — Page 1

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UPREME COURT REFUSES TO SAVE JAPS

Kia's New L Willing Llk Peace ■fliino Government lulling To Seek | Peoce With Reds hw Dec. 20—(UP)— Natpremier Sun Fo said tohis new government Bl lIP willing to talk peace communist leaders. St his government will settle BLljing less than an “honor. K peace" and will continue Estly to fight the communK|il and unless a just agreeE (or peace can he made, Sun K announced at a press conferhe has succeeded in Egg a war cabinet, and said E | ie submitted to President E r Kai-Shek tonight for apEs and may be announced to■tto*’. ■Lit what his conditions for Ehonorable peace" would be, Eaid that would have to be Essed "later." E’s peace feeler came as Eglicial sources said large unnist forces were driving jily toward the Yangtze river I an effort to deliver a rtout Now to Chiang’s govern!t. baununist units under Gen. Su the victor of Tsinan, were reltd within 35 miles of the river n capturing Kaoyu, 63 miles theast of Nanking. | ihey should Be able to cross river in force, they would cut dial rai way between Nanking Stanghai. ( wther large communist force reported driving east across Nanking-Penpu railway, then expected to turn south toward Yiugtze on a line parallel I that of Su’s advancing At new premier’s new open tanent that his government Id be amenable to beginning »negotiations with the comits was the first official inBtion that Chiang's nationaltrould con ider seeking a setnt. t ns not clear whether the Meement indicated the possit that Chiang might resign, Might be preparing to turn i most of his powers to other hrs. But communist leaders tys have insisted that no peace eement was possible as long Chiang remained in power. Be generalissimo had indicated Mtedly that he had np intenet trying to negotiate peace | I thl communists. His unMing ttitude has been blamed | the failure of secretary of »(then Gen.) George C. Marte conciliation attempts nearho years ago. « continued communist mi'.iAccesses coupled with plain stions that no more United ‘id for China would be •Otting as long as Chiang's ke remained in power appearh> have had the effect of deterd” the nationalists to bid for iT»vb Tn Pnae Seven I «»c From Sky' Central Soya Broadcasts Carols ,Bis from the sky again be- * • Christmas gift to the comu the first of the carols «wic was broadcast today 1 ‘top the silos at the Central h company. Loomis. in charge of ar•®ents. announced that twice •’ Programs would be broadcast •the industrial skyline in the F of the city. hour programs will be given 11000 and at 5:30 o'clock, in "’tiing. from today through r** 1 Ere. Broadcast of the J* I** 1 ** carols was started by Soya company and em- . l *° years ago, much to the * of many citixens. The music "“hvly he* r( j < n tlle nor gh part 'diy and frequently can be . . ‘rar a wide area, depending lr currents. WtATHER * tonight Light snow ' hiring colder extreme wd scattered light rain • » *’ ‘nd south portions 1 * w, y. »

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Confirm Conviction Os Carl A. Marzani Washington, Dec. 20 — (UP) — The supreme court by a 4 to 4 vote today confirmed the conviction of Carl A. Marzani on charges of concealing Communist ties while he was a U. S. government employe. Narzani, former state department official, has been free on $2,500 bail. He was sentenced in 1947 to serve one to three years in prison. House Probers Declare Spy Menace Strong State Department Dismissals Cited As Proof Os Menace Washington, Dec. 20 — (UP) — House investigators pointed to recent state department dismissals today as evidence that a "fifth column” of communist spies still is menacing this government. Rep. Karl E. Mundt, R„ S. D., acting chairman of the house unAmerican activities committee, said 17 state department employes have been dismissed as “security risks" in the last .five months. Securinty dismissals since Jan. 1 of 1947, he added, number 151 and 91 of them “might be classified as of acute significance.” “The communist espionage hazard is still very much present in our government offices today,” Mundt said. “Our investigations, have now made this fact abundantly clear." He made the statement as the committee was called together to discuss a year-end report and map Its investigating program for the rest of the year. It also may con-' dues’ closed-door questioning of George Hewitt, ’ ex-communist negro who reportedly has offered to reveal “vital information” on Soviet espionage in return for personal protection. Committee members said Hewitt could receive FBI protection merely by formal acceptance of a subpena. This would bring him under coverage of a law making It a criminal offense to molest anyone who has testified before a congressional committee. Investigate ots declined to reveal Hewitt’s full background. Grant Postponement New York. Dec. 20 — (UP) —| Francis B. Sayre, former assistant j secretary of state, asked and was! granted a 24-hour postponement in, appearing before a federal grand jury investigating espionage, It. was announced today. p The former official who was Al-1 ger Hiiss' superior from 1936-39, had been scheduled to testify today. However, he asked the justice department for the delay to study developments affecting Hiss and Whittaker Chambers, former communi t spy courier. Thomas J. Donegan, assistant U. S. attorney in charge of presenting evi-1 ( lorn Tn ’’nae Seven Youths To Be i Inducted Dec. 2d Ordered Into ArmyService Next Week Seven Adams county youths who took physical examinations the dqy before drastic cuts were announced | in the nation’s draft quota, will be inducted into the peacetime army December 26. . They are Frank Clear. Jr., 1»41, North’Second street: Merlin Junior Ross, 727 Dierkes street: Hugh Lee Ehrman. Decatur route 21 Harold W. Nussbaum. Berne: Kenneth Yoder, Berne route 1: Leonard G. Zurcher. Berne route 3, and Woodrow Joseph, Monroe. Local selective service officials said they had received no further call for physical examinations or inductions The defense depart ment announced last montthat the January quota would be halved t 0 10,090 and the February quota .cut to 5,000. The December 28 contingent will nrobablv be the largest to leave, Adams county in the near futurej Originally the draft was to have, taken between 25.000 « nd 30 men in February, but a ? res ‘ de ” ,i, ’ : order that the budget be kept to 115 000.000.000 caused the defense, department to pare its quotas.

Dutch Forces Pushing Deep Info Indonesia Capital, Cabinet Os Republic Taken In Initial Drive Batavia, Dec. 20— (UP) —The Dutch army reported tonight that its forces were pushing virtually at wi.l through the Indonesian republic, ami that American trained Dutch marines had reached the big oil refinery city of Tjepu along the north coast near Soerabaja. The 'Dutch campaign which plunged Indonesia into war after an uneasy truce of several months was reported progressing without a hitch after initial lightning blows overwhelmed the Republican capital of Jogjakarta and netted the ranking leaders of the republic. The United Nations committee of good offices for Indonesia charged the Dutch with violating clauses of the shattered truce in failing to notify the commission in advance that they were repudiating it. The commission asked the UN security council in Paris to consider the outbreak of hostilities as a matter of extreme urgency, it notified the council that the Dutch action violated terms of the truce, signed by the Dutch and the Republicans aboard the D.S.S. Renville. (In Paris the security council met to take up the Indonesian case, but put off deliberations until Wednesday by Russian request to enable a Soviet delegate, on the way home from Paris, to return.) Afield the situation was obscured by a Dutch army decree clamping censorship on all outgoing reports. It had the effect of cutting off all news except that issued officially by the Dutch. At the outset the censor refused to pass a 95-word cable submitted by this correspondent outlining the progress of the fighting. "No military information other than information contained in officially released communiques can be written and dispatched," the decree said. The Dutch government announced Saturday, preliminary to the "police action" against the Indone ian Republicans, that it had decided to set up an interim gov(Turn Tn I'nae Severn Jesse Roop, War Vel, Dies Sunday Funeral Services Here On Wednesday Jesse B. Roop. 73, retired painter. well known Decatur man and a veteran of the Spanish-American war. died at 11:30 o’clock Sunday morning at the Indiana soldiers’ home at Lafayette. He had been in failing health with heart disease for the past five years. He enlisted in Co. 1 160th infantry. April 12, 1899. and was discharged as a sergeant at Mantanzas, Cuba. Jan. 30. 1899. A lifelong resident of Decatur, he was a charter member and a past governor of Adams Lodge 1311. Ixxyal Order of Moose: a member of the Veterans of Foreign War and Arthur .Miller camp 52. United Spanish War Veterans-. He was born in Decatur June 2, 1875. a son of George and Sarah Hoover-Roop. He was married! Oct. 6. 1895. to Elsie E. Reed, who preceded him in death April 13. 1938. Surviving are three sons. Ralph E. ami Brice Roop, both of Decatur. and Raymond, with the army a- Shreveport. La.: two daughters, Mrs. Reba McManama of Waterloo and Mrs. Ruth Coffee of Chicago: 12 grandchildren: two greatgrandchildren. and one brother, Miles F Roop of Decatur. Onfe daughter and one brother are deceased. Funeral services will lie held at 2 p. m Wednesday at the Zwicki funeral home, the Rev. Otto C., ! Busse officiating. Burial will be I lin the Decatur cemetery, with ' the VFW and the American Le--1 gjon conducting military rites. ! Friends may call at the funeral home after 7:30 o’clock this even ' ing.

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Decatur, Indiana, Monday, December 20, 1948

Answer Stork’s Emergency Call A * i f ' ‘OjffiaWsMßgl frwOwß TWO NEW YORK EMERGENCY SQUAD patrolmen get a few vital stati tics at the bedside of Mrs. Florence Santavecchi after deliver ing her of her first twin baby, a boy, and aiding in the arrival of the 1 second, a girl. They are Patrolman Otto Peters (left) and Walter Casey, who answered a telephone call from Mrs. Santavecchi’s father. The twins arrived prematurely, not having been expected until March. The officers, later assisted by a Greenpoint Hospital doctor, found themselves in a life and death struggle. At one time it appeared that the girl would die, but she was revived through the prompt use of oxygen.

Seek To Recover Bodies Os Miners Sealed Under Tons Os Rock, Timbers St. Meinrad. Ind., Dec. 20 —(UP) —Mining engineers today began drawing plans for recovering the bodies of three dead miners buried in the debris of Christmas coal mine, state police reported. The bodies of three of the four men killed when the shaft of the slope mine caved in last Thursday j were sealed beneath tons of rock I and timbers. Renewed cave-ins frustrated operations to recover the bodies yesterday and federal mine inspectors ordered the shaft closed for a second time. State troopers said that engineers (jnd miners planned to confer today on arrangements for tunneling under the old shaft to reach the bodies of Jacob Harpenau, 40, Tell City, one of three brothers who owned the mine; Thomas McAllister, 37, Troy, and Robert Kellums, 59, Grandview. The body of William Huff, s 4O, Tell City, was extricated from the rubble several hours after the first cave-in. No date was set to renew digging. Mine inspectors said the job would be a tedious one. A day after the accident, federal inspectors ordered the mine closed until yesterday because of new cave-ins. When workers reported yesterday, they found operations hampered more than ever by later rock falls. Dr. Charles W. Westerbeck. St. Meinrad. a physician who aided the rescue team, said the shaft had caved in beyond a point where' crews dug Thursday and Friday.] State police Lt. Don Stiles of the (Turn To I'uue Two I

Need For Clothing Cited By Good Fellows Club

I # The Rood Fellows club, currently Winding up its campaign to bring Chris .mas Joy to the less fortunate in Decatur, today outlined its specific needs in u letter to Santa Claus, .which follows. Dear Santa Claus: ‘Scarcely a week has past since my first appeal to yog. and now 1 find myself having to make still another. First of all I want to thank, all of th» Good Fellows' who have in same way contributed to our cause of bringing some good cheer and happiness into the lives of those, some of whom have never realized the true meaning of Santa and his bag of toys, and never have had a ‘Happy Christmas ’ "It is going to be through all of you ‘Good Fellows’ that some 60 families, and approximately 125 children will have a Christmas din ner. Christmas trees, food and clothing. and numerous other things 'that have been donated this past week. Since most of the money that has been donated so far will have to be spent for food and baskets of food dor them, shoes, and a fewother essentials that will not be do-

Big Crowd Attends Christmas Program A huge crowd attended Decatur high school’s'Christmas program at the school auditorium Sunday afternoon, sponsored annually by the senior class, assisted by the school choirs. Miss Catherine Weidler, Miss Helen Haubold, Miss Kaftryn Kauffman and Lowell J. Smith, of the faculty, 'were in charge. Appraisers Named By Commissioners Take Inventory At . Adams County Home Appraisers who will take the inventory at the county farm and home on January 1. were appointed today by the county commissioners. _ I They are Theodore Bleeke of Union township and Barton P. Walters of Washington township. The inventory consists of livestock, hay and grain on the farm and clothing and food in the county home, of which Frank Kitson is the superintendent. County commissioners John! Augsburger. John W. Blakey and | Otto C. Hoffman, will assist in the | inventory. In session today, the commissioners devoted the forenoon to checking and allowing of bills. Mr. Hoffman, who will take office on Jan. 1, attended the special meeting. Several appointments are achedI tiled for the January meeting, in I eluding a highway superintendent, i district road supervisors, hospital trustee, county attorney, a jtemI her of the alcoholic beverage com-1 iTurn To i'nar Sl<>

nated. I find it necessary to make ; this appeal to you in this manner. “We have already received num1 erous articles of clothing, the majority of which is for children of various ages, and a few articles for their parents. I thought it might ' be worth your while to know just j exactly what other articles we need 1 for the many less fortunate than • you and I,’ so am taking this manner ' in which to compile a list of cloth- ' ing. and also the sizes we still need for the numerous children, who will ' definitely want to -l>e warm this win'er. and it may he the first win- ■ ter that many of them have ever ' had something more titan just a sweater or a light jacket. ’ -Stockings, iboys’ and mens’, siz1 es 3-11; underwear, boys' and girls'. 2-11; slips, girls’ HI; slips, womens’. 36; blue jeans or overalls, boys'. 6-11; pants, boys*. 6-16; sweaters, girls’ and boys'. 2-11: coats, girls’, boys', adults’, any siie: any baby clothes t diapers, dresses. ’ pants, etc.), 4 mo • 1 yr.; wool slacks, girls'. Ml ’’Bib-overalls (girls' and boys’ (Tara Ta Page Twa)

Rules No Authority To Intervene In Findings Os Military Tribunal

Suggests Cigarel Tax Law Broadened Legislators Divided On Repeal Os Tax Indianapolis, Dec. 20 — (UP) A Republican who will serve in the Indiana house- of representatives next month suggested today that the state eigaret tax law be broadened to include soft drinks and candy. He also favored taxing "other luxuries." including cigars and tobacco, according to a United Press survey of the 149 legislators who will convene in the 1949 biennial session of the Hoosier general assembly. The survey disclosed that the legislators are sharply divided on the question of repealing the three-cents-a-pack tax la-w enacted by the 1947 legislature which was dominated by the 'Republicans. Os 68 legislators who replied to the U.'P. questionnaire, 33 opposed the repeal of the law and 25 favored taking it off the law hooks. Almost 90 percent of those favoring repeals were Democrats. On the other hand, more than 30 percent of those against repeal were Democrats, who will lie in control in the house but in the minority in the senate. The questionnaire replies came from 49 percent of the members of the new house and 40 percent of the senators. Some of the replies gave qualified "yes" and "no" answers. The tax -was favored by 22 members of the house and 10 senators. Politically, they were divided with 22 Republicans and 10 Democrats thinking the tax was all right. Those favoring repeal of the tax included 21 Democrats and four Republicans. Os these. 21 were representatives and four were senators. I The Republican representative’s | belief that that law should be mod ified to “shift a portion of this load to other luxuries, such as soft drinks, tobacco, cigars, candy, etc.," was shared in part hy a Democratic (Turn To !■«<» Bwo' Eight Masses Here ' Christinas Morning First Christmas In School Auditorium The first of eight masses on Christmas morning will be said at 5 o'clock at St. Mary’s Catholic church. It was announced by the Very Rev. Msgr. J. J. Selmetz. pastor, today. Following the solemn high mass, during which the men’s choir will , siiw. seven masses will be said The last mass will be at 10 o'clock. I followed by benediction of the Blessed Sacrament. This will be the first Christmas that the congregation will assem bie in the church in the Catholic school building. Since last June, services have been held in the school building and old St. Marys church, which was built in 1873. was closed. Hearing of confessions so that, the faithful may receive Holy Com munion on Christmas morning will begin Wednesday afternoon and i continue through to Christmas Eve. It is the custom of many parishi ioners to hear at least three masses lon Christmas day.. Priests are , privileged to say three masses on I this day, It was explained Good Fellows Club I Previously reported 1531.091 i Mrs. Ben Shroyer 10.001 1A Friend ] Reformed Church Girls Guild 10.00 Nurses and employes of Adams County Memorial Hospital 30.40 i A Friend 100 ’ Delta Theta Tau Alumnae 5.60 j Mrs. Mary T. Holthouse .. 5.00 , Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Klepper 10.00 Friend of Lions club 4.00 Judge and Mrs E B Adams 1.00 4 Friend -05 1 Total 1624.05'

37 WAs Heavy Storms Sweep Nation New York Smothered Under Heavy Blanket Os Snow Over City By United Press ’lntermittent light snows swept the northern half of the country today in the trail of a heavy snow storm that left at least 37 persons dead and smothered New York City under the third heaviest snow blanket in history. The storm was the most widespread of the -winter season which is scheduled to begin officially tomorrow. The snow area stretched from lowa across the Great Lakes and Ohio river valley to the east coast. The heaviest snowfall was recorded in the New York area. Experts said the exceptionally heavy fall there was due to a "collision" of the western storm with another that came north off the Carolina capes. New York's mayor William O'Dwyer personally directed the work of 18,340 snow removal crewmen who used thousands of pieces of equipment to prevont a disastrous snarl of the city's iraffic. Almost 20 inches of snow fell, rivaling the record-breaking 25.8 inches that fell almost exactly a year ago and Ihe blizzard of 1888 when 20.9 inches were measured The dead across the country included 14 fatally injured when two navy buses collided on a slick, fog-1 shrouded highway near Delle, Utah. | A Buffalo-to-Cleveland Ims struck I a car stalled on an icy highway J near Erie, Pa„ killing an Erie wo [ man. Six -fatalities attributed to the I storm were reported in New York City and 13 persons sustained injuries on slippery pavements. After their "collision" in the New York area, the two storms formed a single disturbance area and headled northwards along the Atlantic jcoast toward Nova Scotia. About Id Ito 12 inches of snow was expected Ito fall in New England as the storm area passed. Despite the- efforts of highway and street crews, some breakdowns (Turn To I'nirr *l»t | Season's Initial j Snow Covers City Retail Stores Open Here Each Evening ; Decatur was bedecked in sea-1 ' sonal white today after the first | real snowstorm of the winter | Three and one quarter inches of snow fell during the weekend, ac-l cording to local weather observer Herman Meyer And about another inch of melting snow dropped on 1 the city today. All was in readiness for the holi-, | days. Stores in Decatur were to remain open every night this week until 9 o'clock except Friday, when they will close at 6 p.m. The city pulrtic schools will close Thursday noon, and the Catholic ■ schools will suspend classes Wed 1 nesday noon Rural schools were - scheduled to remain in session un | til sometime Friday, but it was I believed that several would close 1 I sooner at the discretion of the I i township trustee | Seven carriers' helpers were pdded to the post office staff for 1 the Christmas rush. They are Donald R Fruchte. Harold Ham brock. Janies M. Ketchum. Jerry J. Leltl. Floyd A Reed. Paul Speakman and Ralph Johnson. One regret on the part of the youngsters Is that they can’t ride the merry go round this snowy week before Christmas. The Good ing amusement company’s ride was dismantled Saturday night, hut not before an estimated 75.0 W round i •trips had been enjoyed

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Ruling Apparently Leaves MacArthur Free To Go Ahead With Executions Washington. Dec. 20—(UP)— The supreme court today refused to save seven Japanese warlords f by the far east military tribunal to hang for their part in starting the Pacific war. By a 6 to 1 vote, the court ruled it has no authority to intervene in the convictions by the far east military tribunal at Tokyo. The ruling apparently leaves Gen. Douglas MacArthur free to go ahead with the executions of the seven former Japanese war leaders. Tlie decision of the court was announced by chief justice Fred M. Vinson. Associate justice Frank Murphy dissented. Justice Wiley B. Rutledge said he would announce his vote later. Justice Robert H. Jackson did not participate in the final decision since he had served for a year as U. S prosecutor at the Nurnberg trial of German war criminals. Only four of the seven Japanese condemned to die had appealed to the court. But the ruling applies to all seven, including wartime Japanese premier Hideki Tojo, wl|o did not appeal. MacArthur recently had delayed their executions until the supreme court ruled on the appeals. The court also turned down the appeals of seven other Japanese war leaders who had been sentenced by the far east military tribunal to long prison terms. In all. the decision affects a total of 25 Japanese uur leaders convicted by the far east tribunal. The court acted with utmost speed in making public its decision. I Only last Thursday and Friday ; oral arguments were heard on the , issue of the court's right to inquire | into the Tokyo proceedings. I "We are satisfied." Vinson said, "that the tribunal sentencing these . petitioners is not a tribunal of the United States. "The United States and other allied countries conquered and now occupy and control Japan. "Gen. Douglas MacArthur has been selected and is acting as the supreme commander for the allied powers. "The military tribunal sentencing these petitioners has been set up by Gen. MacArthur as the agent of the allied powers. "Under the foregoing circumstances the courts of the United States have no power or authority | to review, to affirm, set aside or annul the judgments and sentences imposed on these petitioners . . ." The court turned down specific I appeals from: Former premier Koki Hirota, ex Gen Kenji Doihara. and lleitaro Kimura and Akira Muto—all condemned to hang. ■ Kofehi Kido. Takasunii Oka. Kenryo Sato. Shigetaro Shimada ( Turn Tn I'nar Sit I Christmas Party Os Moose On Wednesday Moose members and their families will be treated to entertaininent and Refreshments Wednesday evening at the Decatur high school gym when the local lodge putij on its annual Christmas party, i -Santa Claus will he there, and I four professional acts -will lie presented —a puppet show, an acrobatic down, a ventriloquist, and Bonzo. the dog-faced man. The par'ty will begin at 7:30 p.m. EnterI tainment chairman is Wesley Titus. , LIFT/ y • Ip