Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 46, Number 303, Decatur, Adams County, 24 December 1948 — Page 1

I XLVI. No. 303.

N ORDERS FIRING CEASED IN INDONESIA

■ejects Plans L Reform In Le Methods I House Unamerican I Activities Group I Rejects Proposal ■ Washington, Dee. 24 — (UP) — ■ l lo i lS e unAmerican activities ■jujittee has dropped plans to reK„ P nd that the new congress investigating procedures, Eras learned today. ■ two Republican members — L Karl ®. Mundt, S. D., and Eard M. Nixon, Cal. — have deE ( d to issue a minority report E-rr’tig four recommendations for ■vising the committee’s policies. Klundt and Nixon drew up the L ipoints for inclusion in the ■jimittee’s year-end report. The Lp concluded its spy inquiry, at L for this year, after yesterEs questioning of former assistE secretary of state Francis B. Ee, onetime boss of Alger Hiss. Ke report is now in preparation [. , w in be made public sometime Kit week. ■ jlundt and Nixon said their proEs were designed to protect ■tresses from “unfair" publicity. ■But the committee members now ■ Washington, on a tie vote, decid■to drop all suggestions of "reLn.” The recommendations were Losed by Reps. John McDowell, ■, Pa., and Johu E. Rankin, D„ ■is. (McDowell was said to feel L responsibility for any reform Eld be left to the Democrats who Ke over the committee next Kith. ■The latest appeal for revision of K committee’s procedures .was Led by Laurence Duggan oneLe state department official who Led or fell to his death Monday Lt in New York, They accused L unAmerican activities commitLos “inhumanity” for publishing Loyalty charges against Duggan Iter his death. I Reps. Mundt and Nixon had reLed testimony linking Duggan ■an alleged prewar Communist ■> ring inside the government, he testimony had been given to L committee at a secret session [ ■lssaac Don Levine, magazine edi■and intimate friend of confessed B Whittaker Chambers. ■Two Democratic committeemen— Lukin and Rep. F. Edward HerLt,. La. — have asserted that relue of the testimony was wrong ■ in violation of committee agree■tots. I The Mundt-Nixon recqmmendaIm for reform are: [1 That every person .who has p accused before the committee • permitted to submit a list of Mtions to the chairman. If they I pertinent, the chairman would • the questions to the accused. ■’ That etary witness be ques®ed privately before he appears i Public session to avoid "surprise (T—• To P«<c Three)

•token Christmas V County Hospital ■ Some-hing like 35 adults will ■*'* chicken tor Christinas dinner • l ->e Adams county memorial ®*Jital, it was learntd today, nurses will also par of the fowl dinner. H A! I! >e county home, where 35 •■■sons are now residing, the menu •ft chicken, too. Also on hand will dressing, c ran berry sauce, pie. Kappa-furnisheJ ice cream M Bi: toe best bet seems to be the Ml. where .Mrs. Herman ■“•nian will serve turkey for the •bitmas (east The only drawback Bjltere win be no inmates to en That is, unless there is a ■*' ® :n “te addition to the jail's B*Mation. i j WEATHER ■ C'oudy with occasional light I ba? 'M*' ,nb WMt ' central ■ to' ,pr ea<ling across north I i * nd tonight with 1 , ■* lly h * , *y amounts accumu- ■ *'•9 south tonight and Sat- ■ ***y. Snow changing to rain ■ “trtme south tonight and toI fr^ F ° W ’ with n,rrow banil of ■ "W»ng rain or sleet giving ■ >torm across south-cen-I ’ kittle temperature ■ " a "9t. High tvday 25 north ■ * *2 south. Low tonight 22 | and 32 south. I

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

All County Offices Are Closed At Noon Offices in the court house closed at noon today. County officials, their deputies and clerks joined in the singing of Christmas carols, lead by Elmer Baumgartner, Berne banker, who transacted business at the court house during the morning. Judge ,Earl B. Adams held a short session of court during the day. State Supreme Court Refuses Bond Mandate Reverses Judgment Os Lower Court In Wabash Dredge Case The Indiana supreme court has reversed the judgment of the lower court, in the mandamus suit to have the board of county commissioners issue $250,000 in bonds for the construction of the Wabash river dredge project, a case that has been in court for more than 30 years. County attorney Ed A. Bosse, who. with co counsel, J. A. Bruggeman of Fort Wayne, presented arguments against the lower court’s decision in the mandate suit, was advised of the supreme court’s reversal of the judgment this morning. Heard previously by two special judges, the mandate suit was reopened a couple of years ago and in 1947, Earl B. Adams, prior to his appointment as judge of the Adams circuit court, was named special judge in the case by Gov. Ralph F. Gates. Special Judge Adams ruled in favor of the petitioners and mandated the commissioners to it«ue the bonds. The decision was appealed to the supreme court by Mr. Bosse on behaif of the county commissioners. Originally the Wabash dredge case was petitioned for under the name of the Fennig drain. It has been contested through the years and only three of the original peti ioners now live. The mandate I suit was carried to the higher court under the name of Elmer Gibson, et al. Attorney Bosse contended that | the decision of the late Judge Endi- i co t. special judge in the bond hearing. who ruled in 194(1 against is* suing of the bonds was final. The supreme court, in its reversal up(Turn To I‘niie Elahtl Plan Final Rites For Pvt Berning Pay Final Tribute To War Veteran Final rites will be conducted 1 here Wednesday afternoon for Pvt. ( Arthur L. Berning, who was killed in action with the IL S. army in Luxembourg Jan. 27. 194;>, while, serving with infantry company L.' third platoon. IHis body was interred in Grand 1 Faillv. a United States military cemetary in Northern France, and j was re'nrned to this country, aboard the United States army 1 transnoH Carroll Vlctorv. pvt. Bcnine's body will arrive, in DocMur late Mondiv night, and will be taken to the Zwick funeral home, wbe-e it will lie in state ■ a f. Pr 7 o’clock Tuesdav evening. A brief funeral service will b® hold at the funeral hogt® at 2 n m. Wednesday, the Rev. M. H. Beh-i line nac’nr of St. John’s Lutheran 1 church, pecatur mad. of which the -otoron woe a member, officiating. n,.rial will b® in th® chu-eh ®em®♦nrv. with Adame Post 43. A"l®ri-c-n Legi®n. conducting military ri*°s. Pe»ntn» w” ho®" Anri' *9. in 'la-ion fn»n«M»». Al'»n „„ nn . v ,nd wo, employed in farm. ,» (ho *<m» he entered service Inh- m i<H4. „ I »,M-fn- •”* *•» ; „d V-o Feed C T»®rn*nt. „„ n««tnr- on. broker Fred tv .* hem® a-*bnr r WJofor ®» noo«i«nd on® and Miss Leila P ttemln®. at *""•» Polihonrc-t win he p-vln'nh <W.| dotmever. nonaid Pont'r’ Ro’’** Panl Schlaudorff and Raymond Stoppen- ( hagen

Pope Appeals ' Io World For ■ Lasting Peace 35-Minute Appeal For Lasting Peace Broadcast To World Vatican City. Dec. 24—(UP) — Pope Pius XII appealed to the world today in his 10th annual Christmas message to build a lasting peace by tearing down economic and immigration barriers, and by quarantining nations which “break the law” of peace. In a 35-minute, 5,000-word speech broadcast to the world from the Vatican, pie Pontiff said he hoped the United Nations might become "the full and faultless expression of this international solidarity for peace.” Pope Pius, now 72 years old, spoke in Italian in a clear and resolute voice which showed no sign of weariness even near the end of his long broadcast. He: 1. Demanded that every nation which was a “violator of the law” be "banished in disgrace to solitary confinement by civil society.” 2. Urged free distribution of raw materials, freedom of emigration and immigration, and the tearing down of tariff barriers. 3. Said that true Christian peace was realistic, and opposed both to the pacifist theory of “peace at all costs” and to the Latin maxim of "if you want peace prepare for war/' 4. Called for solidarity of "all nations against the spirit of ag gression.” 5. Said that the Roman Catholic church would spare no sacrifice to seek the return of those who have left it, but would not seek to achieve this at the price of yielding any ground in the matter of its "custody of the Christian faith.” 6. Appealed for the second time for internationalization of the holy places in Palestine. 7. Condemned all "unjust aggression," scorned "apathetic neutrality" and said the Christian will for peace made it a matter of di(Turn To Pnae Three) Canada Recognizes New Israel Stale Ground, Air Forces Continuing Attacks Ottawa, Dec. 24.—(UP) — The Canadian government announced' I today that it officially recognized, the new state of Israel. , De Facto recognition was announced by Lester B. Pearson, minister of external affairs, at a press conference. Canada was the 20th nation to recognize Israel. Pearson added that the action did not indicate that Canada would I support Israel's application for, ' membership in the United Nations. 1 i He said the government had .cabled Moshe Shertok, Israeli for-! , eign minister, that Canada was' boundaries of the new state have I not as yet been clearly defined.". Pearson said the move was taken "in the hope that it may be I possible to settle these and all I other outstanding questions in the; i spirit of the resolution adopted by ■ the general assembly of the United, ; Nations Dec. 11.” Pearson said the Canadian gov-1 ernment was satisfied that Israel had proved that it had the essential qualities of statehood which i "are generally recognized to be external independence and effective internal government within a reasonably well-defined territory.” Pearson’s cable to Shertok said in part: "1 have the honor to inform you. on behalf of the government of panada, that Canada recognizes de facto the state of Israel in Palestine, and that it also recognizes de facto the authority of the | provisional government of Israel | of which you are a member.” Continues Attack Tel Aviv. Dec. 24-(UP)-lsraeli ground and air forces are continuing the attack against Egyptian lines of communication in thej I Negev, official sources said today An official announcement said ■ Israeli planes also mad® another attack against the airfield at Telj El Arish. which is inside the (Tara Ta Page SU>

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Decatur, Indiana Friday, December 24, 1948

Carolers Sing At Truman Home I Ej&'ySi ► . ” ’ * W ITSh |‘i X '■ ? Y 1111 | 'MO ; - W Will-i jgjf' ............ . mEZ. ; ..sat m......... J YOUNG PEOPLE of Independence. Mo., gather in front of President Truman’s home to serenade the First Family with carols. Light from Truman Christmas tree shines from windows.

Direct Primary Is Favored By Solons ✓ State Legislators For Direct Primary > Indianapolis, Dec. 24-—(UP)— Three out of every four 1949 Indiana legislators who participated in a United Press opinion poll said ■ they favored a statewide direct i nominating primary. Many of them were Republicans. Replies from 71 members of the . new general assembly to a U. P. questionnaire showed 56 favored the primary over the convention method, nine opposed the primary, two gave qualified answers and four either were undecided or declined to answer. Seven of the opponents of the primary were Republicans and two were Democrats. The Democrats outnumbered Republicans among those favoring the primary, but the margin was small. There were 31 Democrats and 24 ’ Republicans in the list of legislaI tors who answered "yes" to the i question, "do you favor a direct statewide nominating primary?” One legislator failed to mention his politics. The direct primary was a hot issue in the 1947 general assembly and was championed by Republican state auditor A. V. Burch. A primary bill failed to pass but only after a long battle. Burch, now retired from office, recently (appeared before the Democratic I policy committee to renew the fight. i The Democratic state platform l lnrn To I’nur Mlvl

Charles Brock Retires From Active. Business

(■Editor’s note — Beginning his career as a local merchant 6ft i years ago, iMr. Brock Is now retiri ing from active business. In his own i handwriting he contributed 'he fol- : lowing human interest story about Ids ancestors, parents, himself and the Brock store, one of the oldest merchantiie es’.ablishnients in the city). .(BY J. CHARLES BROCK) >As I am now discontinuing the business that has since my father's dea h on Decoration Day 1915. been known as The Brock Store. 1 have been asked by this newspaper to write some incidents of its early his ory, as well as a Few words with regard to the life of its founder. my father. John Brock. Father was lx»rn January 29.1 1833. at Meisenheim on the Gian, a 14th century German town found ed by the Franks. I He was the son of Samuel Brock and Mary Catharine I Swartz) ; Brock. His mother died when he was eight weeks old. The father ijmigrated to .America with five motherless children, and settled at l

Sailor Killed When Train Strikes Auto Indianapolis, Dec. 24 - (UP) — Dale Giiium, 23, Indianapolis, was killed yesterday in a train-auto collision. Gillum was a sailor, home for a Christmas furlough. Beller Christmas I Food To Europeans Berlin Christmas Menu To Be Short London, Dec. 24 — (UP) — ■Europe will have more and better i food on the Christmas tables this j year. | Every .European west of tlie iron 1 curtain 'who is willing to pay heavj ily will dine on turkey or goose (Christmas pudding and fruit, with | liberal draughts of liquor or beer. For the first time since the war the Italians will be aible to celebrate with all the trimmings their traditional “cenani” —two fabulously big Christmas meals, the first on Christmas Eve and the other on I Christmas day. Although the black market gobbled up many of the turkeys on which the government con'rols the prices. Britons can bank on poultry and their traditional plum pud { ding. In Switzerland, reputed to be among the most thrifty nations, the Christmas tables will creak tinder loads of American turkeys. French Pheasants. Norwegian fish and wild boar from Germany. (Turn To I'ngr l'.)«l(«>

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Security Council Adopts American Proposals For Orders To Cease Firing

Christmas Spirit Pervades Decatur Business Suspends Here This Evening The hushed reverence that comes with Christmas Eve began to fall over Decatur this afternoon as citizens scurried about in final preparations for Christendom’s greatest anniversary . . . the birth of the Child Jesus in Bethlehem, nearly two thousand years ago. The weatherman predicted a white Christmas. All business will cease and observance of the holy day will be centered in the homes and churches, where services in commemoration of the Nativity will be held this evening and Christmas morning. Public offices, stores, factories, professional offices and all commercial establishments, with the exception of movie theaters and possibly a few eating places, will be closed during the day. Filling stations will also be idle. Industrial plants were closing this afternoon or arranging shifts so that employes could spend Christmas Eve at home. None will operate Christmas day and normal schedules will not he resumed until Monday. Bars and clubs will be closed over the weekend. Pastors have arranged special Christinas Eve services and from pulpit and choir will come the messages that “Christ, the Lord is born." Christmas morning masses will be held at St. Mary's Catholic church, beginning at 5 o'clock, and special services will be held at the Zion Lutheran church at 8 and 10:30 o’clock. Retail stores will close at 11 o’clock this evening and business will not be resumed until Monday. Shopping has been extremely heavy in the city and many mer-| chants report peak sales for the holiday season. The Good Fellows Santa visited more than 70 homes last evening leaving baskets of food, clothing [ and toys for the families that might not have been remembered had it not been for the Good Fellows spirit of giving. Family reunions in keeping with' the tradition of “Going home for Christmas" will predominate in the observance of the holiday and the following Sunday. Everywhere, people were saying (Tiirii To I'iiit® '*'Bfee) Good Fellows Club Previously reported ... $715.15 A Friend 2.00 Mrs. William Heller .. 1.00 John Laurent 1.00 \ Friend . S.OO First State Bank . 25.00 Dr. and .Mrs. Fred Patterson 10.00 Bellmont Trucking Co. .. 25.00 A Friend .. I.OOJ Mr. and Mrs. E. N. Wicks 1.00 C. E. Hocker .. 1.00; Mrs. Chas. H. Bittner . — 1.00 Alma Brayton 50 Friend .. 4.00 Friend 75 Friend .. 1.00 A Friend 1.00 John W. Shafer 1.00 Brownie Troop 14 2.001 Friend 5.001 Friend .95 A Friend .. — .5,1 i Friend 1.00 Friend 5.00 City Light employes 0.25 Friend ...................... 1.00 Eagles Lodge . 10.00 TOTAL $ 928.401 Indianapolis Man Fatally Injured Indianapolis. Dec. 21 - (UP)* — Robert Taylor. 59. Indianapolis, died in General hospital yesteiday of injuri(« sustained when struck by a car Wednesday night. Taylor suf . sered head injuries and a crushed' chest when a car driven by Delbert A. Dale. 10. also of Indianapolis., ran over him.

Snow Promised Most Os Nation Christmas Day Hazardous Driving Warning Is Issued In Midwest Areas By United Press A snow storm swirled slowly over midwestern states today toward the Atlantic coast, promising to bring a white Christmas to most of the nation. A moderate to heavy fall of snow was sifting to earth this morning over a wide band extending from the Rocky mountains tj Ohio. The bad weather struck as linn dreds of thousands of persons began trips via auto, train, bus and airplane for Christmas visits at home or with relatives and friends Weather forecaster L. L. Means issued a warning at Chicago that highway traffic would lie hazardous in many areas, particularly in Illinois, Indiana. lowa, Oklahoma, Kansas and Missouri. Means issued a bulletin warning that dour to six inches of snow would lilanke.t central Illinois, southern Indiana and lowa He said freezing rain and sleet would fall in a narrow band across south central Illinois and southern Indiana. Tile national safety council wai n ed that 265 persons would be killed in traffic accidents over the Chris; mas holiday. It was rot known whether the bad weather would lower this figure, by reducing traffic. or raise it by increasing the number of accidents. New York authorities expected airplanes and buses to lie more crowded than last year lint railroads I expected a five to In percent drop fioin the last Christmas holiday. Fifty-six extra flights took off from La Guardia 'field yesterday and 58 I more were scheduled today. I Generally, the New York o.fieI ials estimated, travel will be 10 ■percent below that of last year’s I holiday. I The storm in the midwest was ex Ipected to diminish air travel considerably lx t ween cities in the central states. Some fields warned that traffic might be storied if the storm increased its intensl'y. The storm center this morning was located over Colorado, most o. which was receiving a heavy blank et of snow. The disturbance was moving north-northeastward very slowly, Means said, and there was a chance that Hie east c >ast might escape its heaviest blows. However, h® said he expected some snow to fall over the upper (Turn To Pn> r Thrrri Slate Aid Health Bill Is Proposed To Be Submitted To 1949 Assembly Indianapolis. Dec. 24—(I’Pl-r ' The Indiana advisory health coun : cil said today it planned to present to the 1949 general assembly a proposed bill providing for a $3,500,000 state aid health program for Hoosier cities and towns Dr Leroy E Hurney, state health commissioner, said funds for ' the program would be raised by local' and state taxation. The council, created by the 1945 I general assembly to recommend health legislation, worked with the state board of health In drafting the suggested bill. Burney said He said the bill would include provisions for local control of comI municable disease with state board lof health aid. periodic physical I examinations for pupils in all Hooster public schools, public 1 health nursing clinics, close checks <>n sanitary conditions in public eiting and recreation facilities and I inspections of water, milk anl food supplies.

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Demand Rejected For Both Sides To Return To Positions Held Before Attack Paris, Dec. 24. — (UP) — The United Nations security council today ordered a cease fire in inAmerican resolution from which a donesia by adopting an amended demand for troop withdrawals to tlie old truce lilies was removed. The council voted seven to nothing with four abstentions for the resolution which softened the vigorous stand taken by a majority of , the delegates in condemning the Netherlands for opening a campaign against the Indonesian Kepublic last Sunday. The United States, Great Britain, Colombia. Syria. China. Canada and Argentina voted for the amended resolution. Russia. France, and Belgium abstained. The Ukrainian delegate was absent and the lack of a vote was counted as an abstention. On the paragraph calling on both the Dutch and Indonesians to fall back to the lines of the broken ; truce, tlie same four nations abstained. together with Argentina . anti Canada. The proposal needed seven affirmative votes to carry. Russia’s abstention was based on a technicality. The American reso- , lution called for troop withdrawals ' by both sides, although obviously it applied only to the Dutch since i they were the gainers. But the Soviets insisted on a more specific resolution plainly branding the Dutch as tlie aggressors and leaving no room for criticism of the Indonesians A Soviet resolution embodying those principles was killed in a 1 series of paragraph by paragrap't votes. Only Colombia. Syria and China supported the Soviets on tlm ■ paragraph to order tlie Dutch troop withdrawal. The other seven memI bers abstained. ■ Tlie council approved an amendi inent calling for the release at i once of tlie Indonesian president and cabinet members who were captured at Jogjakarta by Dutch paratroopers who dropped on the Republican capital Sunday morning. Canada submitted a resolution calling for the UN good offices committee in Indonesia to advise the council what steps it should take "for the speedy establishment of peaceful conditions in Indonesia." Tlie Canadian resolution was defeated by a vote of six tor and five abstaining The council adjourned with the Indonesian question still on its agenda Canada said it favored a ceasefire but would submit its own resolution calling for the good offices committee to recommend to the council the best steps to take to "establish peaceful conditions in Indonesia ’’ Dutch delegate J H Van Royen said the results of a Dutch troop withdrawal would be "disastrous." "Undisciplined elements which necessitated the present action would he utterly ruthless in the n um T« l*«ur Three I Good Fellows Club Spreads Christmas Cheer Last Evening The Good Fellows dull spread Chris’inas cheer to many a Decatur family Thursday evening when approximate')' 70 baskets were distributed among the city's less fortunate residents. Included in the baskets were fix si. such as i ham or chickens, canned fruits I and vegetables, other food articles, and clothing and toys. Cash donations reported today by club mem tiers swelled to a total of $928 40. while clothing was) donated by the L A- O shop, toys by the llaugk Appliances store, and several dozens of doughnuts by the Stocksdale Donut Shop. Many articles of clothing could I not l>e distributed last night, and i Mr*. Kenneth Arnold, chairman, . announced that open house will i be held from Itosp. m. next ■ Tuesday. Wednesday and ThursI day at the front rpartment off the I alley at 215 West Jefferson street 1 for distribution of these clothes.