Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 46, Number 304, Decatur, Adams County, 27 December 1948 — Page 1

JjjCLVI. No. 304.

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lent Director I Upheld By appeals Cour) I Right To Set Up I Minimum Standard J Upheld By Court Washington, Dee. 27—(UP)— 1 emergency court of appeals upheld the right of rent diTighe E. Woods to set up standards which local ren t boards must follow in Woring the need for a general rent it the same time, the court erru led Woods' partial rejecW, of a 20 percent rent boost profor Jamestown. N. Y.. by the rent board. court ordered the full 20 increase put into effect. W b; boost will become effective as ■L as local laws and individual permit. Woods had approved only eight of the proposed Jamesincrease—that portion based increased taxes on rental proHe had turned down the board's plea for an additional percent increase, based on deearnings of a “sample" Kggp of landlords. iV fnder Woods’ regulations a IMianiple" in a city the size of — with 19.000 rental must comprise at least" 45" iHuts pHThf Jamestown board supplied ■tports on 494 units—more than number required. However. Hws rejected 200 on grounds Hiey were not properly filled out. Jit appealing the decision, the Hoard contended Woods had no ■itht tu specify any particular num■it of units as a proper “sample." ■ The court, however, rejected this ■mention Woods’ attorneys said Ha: if it had been upheld, the rent ■lector's authority would have Hten so seriously impaired as to ■tnpdiiiize rent control. ■ While rejecting the Jamestown Hoard's main contention, the court ■proved its plea for a 20 percent Hrrease on grounds that Woods Hisr.iit justified in holding part of He reports invalid. ■ “It is obvious that in order to be Htfficiently represented to have Hnbative value a sample must in Hinde enough examples of the in minimize the danger that Hdiritlual aberrations will distort H< result.” the court ruled. J “Accordingly, a minimum must H established, and we are of the ■pinion that the housing expediHr's (rent director’s) requiremen' ■ is not unreasonable. It folH»s that the requirement is valid ■>4 binding . . ■ Ender the 194 S rent act. any| hoard recommendation re by Woods or approved only part goes automatically to the court of appeals for a J has said he will ask con to change this. He wants tenants and landlords to have H* nght of appeal from local board ■ < r»~ t o i> nrr <ii,, ■jfs. W, Cr Shane Ves At Sturgis H/ r? W. C. Shane. Sturgis, Mich . Sunday at her residence, ac ■•rding to word received by relatH* 8 in this city. No details were ■“*” •"'I Mrs. Shane was not preHI Her father and mother. *nd Mrs. W. D Hendricks, both her in death. ■ *®ong Decatur relatives are Mrs H* ,r * Crill, an aunt, and Tom FishH *n uncle Funeral services will W2«id at Sturgis Tuesday after■t” *' 2 o’clock (EST) and bur ■“‘ill be in the Sturgis cemetery. ♦ •other Os Former H cc ol Priest Dies ■?* Very Rev. Msgr J. J. Sei pastor and Rev. Ignatius Vich■j* Msistant pastor of St. Mary's church, will attend the H*** l services for John Jasinski ■ 4 Mary’s church. Michigan ■ ; Tuesday morning. ■^ l! *'* r of the Rev Alvin JasinH* former assistant to Msgr Sei Jasi n«ki’s death occurred i K’ 1 ' 31 ” Eve. Burial will be the ■* i!j ii<’ cemetery at Michigan City ■ I WEATHER ■ oitly cloudy tonight and •omewhat warmer

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Indianapolis Man To Succeed Bixler Indianapolis, Dec. 27 — (UP) Governor Gates today apointed Drs G. C. llallenbeck, Anderson, and A. C. Danke. Indianapolis, to the Indiana state board of registration and examination of optometry. Hallenbeck was named to fin a vacancy created by the expiration of the term of Dr. Kenneth D. Dutton, Kokomo. Danke succeeded Dr. Noah Bixler, Decatur, who resigned recently, Gates said. Both will serve three- - year terms. i i Soviet Demand ■ On Indonesia ; Beaten In UN Defeats Effort To 1 Order Dutch Troops t To Give Up Gains I Paris, Dec. 27—(UP)—The Unit- . ed Nations security council today , defeated an attempt by the RusI sians to have tne council order . the Dutch to withdraw their forces ■ I in Indonesia to the lines they held before their eight-day campaign ; there. ’ A Soviet resolution calling for I the Dutch troop withdrawal receivi ed only five council votes and needed seven for approval. RusI sia, the Ukraine, China, Colombia i and Syria voted for it. The Unit- , ed States, Britain. Canada. France. Belgium and Argentina abstained. Also defeated was a Soviet reso- ' lution ordering the Dutch to cease i fire within 24 hours. It received four votes, with Colombia joining the-abstainers. ’ The council action killed the second Russian attempt to get a UN order for the troop withdrawal. The council voted down a similar Soviet move last Friday before approving an American resolution calling for a cease fire and the release of captured Indonesian leaders. At Mopup Stage Batavia. Dec. 27—(UP)— The Dutch, army's one-week campaign against the Indonesian republic reached the mopup stage today with Republican forces ousted from all the main cities of Java and broken into disjointed guerrilla bands. The Indone ians themselves acknowledged the breakup of their army as a unified fighting force They called by clandestine radio for guerrilla warfare against the Dutch, and said isolated units already were striking at the Dutci I in hit-run raids. The Dutch high command reported that mopup operations were continuing in scattered sec tors of Java. The Dutch were consolidating their positloas (Turn To Poise Three I War Vet's Funeral Saturday Afternoon Cpl. Don Imler's Body Is Returned Private funeral services will be held at 2 p. m. Saturday at the Zwick funeral home for Cpl. Don Kenaston Imler. son of Mr. and Mrs. Chester Imler of WocottWile, who was killed In action with the U. S. army in Butzbach. Germans’. April 8. 1945. The war veteran's body will ar rive in Decatur Thursday and will be taken to the funeral home, where it will remain until time of the private services. The Rev. Car’ O. Wirew. of Modoc, will offi?fa’e, and burial will be in the Decatur cemeterv. Cpl Imler was born in Cadillac, Mich.' April 24, 1919. and was employed bv Lust kin Rule Co., Sarinaw. Mich. at the time he entered service March 23. 1942. Injured' while in training at Drew Field. | Tampa, Fla., he was sent overseas , in a non-combat unit with the eighth air force in March of 194a. llp w ,* . member of the Metho- j dist church. Surviving are his par’nta. a brother. Richard Imler of \a par-| ri«o and a grandmother. Mrs D. V. Steel*, of Hammond. The veteran’s father is f<* the Pennsylvania railroad at Wolcotf-, rille.

Holiday Death Toll High, 473 Latest Figure Is Among Highest . Chistmas Weekend Tolls In History By United Press The nation counted 473 dead today in one of the highest Christmas weekend death tolls in its history. The weather was a major factor in boosting the top. Slippery highways and fires spreading from overheated stoves saused -most of the deaths, a nationwide survey by the United Press showed. Accidents on ice-glazed highways claimed 286 lives. Fires killed 77 persons and 110 died in miscellaneous accidents. The traffic toll compared witb 265 deaths which the National Safety Council had predicted for the period from 6 p.m. Friday to midnight last night. Subsequent deaths from fatal injuries will boost the final total even higher. “This was at least one of the worst Christmas holiday death tolls in history,” a council spokesman said. “It* may be the worst, but we won’t know until we check further. He said one of the worst previous Christmas tolls was in 1946 when 213 died in traffic accidents during an evening and a day Christmas period. The total that year, including fires and miscellaneous, was 305. Temperatures were rising rapidly today and skies were clear over most states as warmer air came down from Canada. The frigid air mass which caused the cold wave had poured down rom Hudson’s Bay and sent the mercury tumbling as far south as the deep Dixieland states. At least 33 children were among those killed in fires resulting from overheated stoves and unsafe (Turn To I’nge Two)

McMillen Companies To Hold Convention 14th Annual Sales Meeting This Week A number of local employes of the Central Soya company and Me Millen Feed Mills, will attend the 14th annual two-day sales convention of the companies at Fort Wayne on Tuesday and Wednesday. at the Hotel Van Orman. Arthur H. (Red) Motley, president of Parade Publications and publisher of Parade Magazine, will be the principal speaker at the dinner meeting on Tuesday evening. Motley is one of the leading salesI men in the country. S. W. Thomas, company president, will preside at the Tuesday morning session and Street the salesmen and executives. Others appearing on the morning program will be H. W. McMillen, director of sales; W. A. Seaman, sales manager for the northern division. At the Tuesday noon luncheon the theme of the speaking program wiN be “Successful Selling." Subject will be discussed by E. E. Reynolds, assistant to the director of sales; D. W. McMillen. Jr., vicechairman of the board of directors, and D. W. Haulier, director of education. Those attending the convention will come from 14 states and in elude, besides company officials and salesmen, executives of five different manufacturing plants operated by the company and a large number of warehouses scattered j throughout the 14 states. Managers in the retail stores di vision also will be present, along with field representatives of the company's farm supply division. Harry J. Brown Dies At Home In Arizona Harry J. Brown, formerly of Toledo. 0.. died Christmas day at his. home in Mesa. Aria. He was a bro-ther-in law of William and Frank Schumacher of this city. Funeral arrangements have not: l»een completed The body, accom-| panied by Mrs. Brown and William Schumacher, is being returned to i Decatur for burial.

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Decatur, Indiana, Monday, December 27, 1948

Prized Magna Carta Goes Home - #1 * jk- << Mh Ofc. ' Mi . r .0 w;<| b ONLY REVISION copy of Britain's famed Magna Carta, guaranteeing people's rights, is turned over to British Anibassadof* Sir Oliver Franks in Washington after being on display in the U. S. for two years. Congressional Librarian Luther H. Evans (left) returns the prized document in presence of Chief Justice Fred M. Vinson. Original Magna Carta was signed at Runnymede by King John in 1215. This is revision of 1225, only one in existence.

Truman Returns To Presidential Tasks Peaceful Christmas Is Spent At Home independence, Mo.. iDec. 27—(UP) — President Truman today turned back to White House duties after a peaceful Christmas weekend at home, The chief executive was ready to confer on several pressing matters with White House staff members who returned late yesterday from Washington. He was expected to arrive at his temporary headquarters in Kansas City's Muehlebach hotel at mid-morning. Then he was scheduled to spend most of the day at his desk. Mr. Truman's state of the-union message to the next congress was high on the list of unfinished business. Parts of the comprehensive address outlining his legisla’ive program have been written, but others — some dealing with touchy topis — are still to be workM out. Presidential secretary Matt Connelly and press secretary Charles G. Ross Flew back from Washington yesterday in the White House plane after spending Christmas at home. With them were Maj. Gen. Harry S. Vaughan, the president's army aide, and Brig. Gen. Robert B. Landry, his air force aide. Mr. Truman spent a restful Sunday in the familiar scenes of his boyhood. He rose early for his customary walk despite the near-zero cold.

I Once, Mr. Truman almost fell o.) the slippery pavement. But secret l agents grabbed his arm and he Ikept his feet. He walked a mile and I a half in the nine-degree-above-zero temperature. I Later, he and his wife and daughter, drove 28 miles to Grandview, Mo,, for a second Christmas dinner of turkey and trimmings with his brother. J. Vivian Truman. | Mr. Truman carried a large basket of apples as he left his old home- , stead for the drive. A crowd of about 75 persons applauded him as he drove away. Twenty-six relatives including the president's sister. Miss Mary I Jane Truman, attended the dinner, j The president, Mrs. Truman and Margaret returned to'lndependence

lin mid-afternoon. Later, Mr. Trti-. 1 - man spent a half hour visiting an • ' old friend, William Duke, a few • ! blocks from the family home. ' Mr. Truman expects to fly back | J to Washington Wednesday 11 — Used Clothing To Be Distributed Here , | Used clothing and shoes, receiv- ' ed too late for Christmas distribution by the Good Fellows club, may ' be obtained from 1 to 5 o'clock 1 Tuesday. Wednesday and Thursday afternoons in the front apart-1 j ment. alley entrance, at 215 Jefferson street, it was announ.-ed today by Mrs Kenneth Arnold, chairman ‘ Needy families who did not ob- , 'tain needed clothing last week, or ( -those desiring to make exchanges in sizes, are asked to call at the ( I above address during the hours list- . led.

Quiet Christmas Is Reported By Police City -police were smiling this morning. Not a single accident or disturbance had been reported to officers over the double Christmas holiday. No arrests were made for traffic violations, but Chief James Borders said that traffic was heavy I all day yesterday. Streets and roads were imported in good condition. Automobile accidents have been on the downgrade ■ the last month, chief Borders re- • ported. Utility Arbitration Law Mostly Favored Poll Os Legislature < Favors Utility Law . Indianapolis, Dec. 27 — (UP) — The Republicans sponsored the 1947 Indiana state public utility arbitration law and the Democrats are pledged to repeal it. but a poll of the new legislature showed today that personal opinions dot>'i so low strictly the party policies on the issue. The United Press asked the 149 members of the 1949 general assembly “do you favor the publ*'utility arbi'ration law?” Seventy-four replied. Thirtyfive said yes, 27 sa : J no. and 12 either were undecideu or did not commit themselves. If personal opinions had any thing to do with the outcome of the issue if a repeal bill were *ntroduced, the figures indicate there would be a relatively close battle. But observers pointed out that the legislators might forego ‘heir per onal feelings to stay in . line with party policy. The Democratic state platform ' last summer took a firm stand j against the law. Republican leaders point to the j fact that it has been invoked eight I limes, six by unions involved in labor disputes with utilities. When the bill was introduced in the 1947 legisla'ure it drew heated criticism from labor. The controver- ! sial so-called "anti-strike" law ' sets up an arbitration system and prohibits walkouts while it is in i operation.

The 35 who favored the law inI eluded 23 Republicans and 12 I Democrats. Nine of the Democrats were house members and , three were senators. The Republicans included 15 representatives and eight senators. Tho'.e who opposed the law included 19 Democrats and seven Republicans. There wire 14 Democrat house members against it and five senators. The Republicans opposed included six from the house and one from the senate. One legislator who opposed it did no’ list his politics. One Democratic representative gave a qualified answer. He said he favored the law * basically." Fifteen percent of the legislators who r. plied to the questionnaire either skipped the controversial issue entirely or said they hadn't made up their minds A Democrat!.- representative said he wanted “more time to study this.*’ A Republican repre- . (Tara Ta Tas* Slat

Some Coastal Positions Five Miles From Border Taken By Jewish Troops

Indiana's Violent Death Toll Is 27 By United Press One of the heaviest Christmas holiday accidental death tolls in recent years was recorded in Indiana today. State police reports said that 27 persons died in accidents between Friday night and Monday morning. Seventeen were killed in traffic accidents. nine died in fires. And one person was injured fatally in a .fall Europe Asks For Additional U. S. Strength I Leaders In Western Europe Ask Troop Increase Os U. S. Berlin, Dec. 27— (UP) —IT. S. army secretary Kenneth Royall I said today that officials of west- . ern Europe had asked for an ini crease of American troop strength . in Europe. Royall held a news conference after reviewing U. S. occupation troops in a ceremony at American military government headquarters. He has been on an inspection tour of U. S. installations in Europe. Gen. Lucius I). Clay. American military governor, and Clay’s political adviser. Robert Murphy, accompanied Royall at the head- • quarters ceremony. Asked if American strengtli in Europe would be increased, Royall replied: , “That is a matter which has not yet been determined.” He refused to say what country or countries requested the inI crease. Royall said he had not recommended any increase in Germany. ; asked if he thought U. S. forces i in Ge-many were strong enough. I he said: "Our strength is a relative matte*. On the basis of the >vera'l 1 army troop strength now, I would not be inclined to recommend ar { increase in our forces in Ger many." Royall said he had heard no dis(Turn To Pnite Thrrr) Hungarians Arrest Catholic Primate Cardinal Is Seized By Hungary Police Budapest. Dec 27 — (UP) Joseph Cardinal Mindszentv. Romae Catholic primate or Hunearv and leader of church opposition to the "o'-ernment. has been arrested hv Hungarian police, a brief official announcement disclosed todav. The cardinal wns accused of hieh •rensnn. trvjog to overthrow the p ud->nest regime. esniona”e and | 'oreien currencv abuses. The first i announcement of his detention gave ' no details. official cuarte-s refused to comment on the arrest of the prelate. '» o |j.' io annrces renorted that a statement in some detail was exner’ed to he issued within 48 hours. All Budanest newsnapers published the official announcement under Moq'ieal headlines — "Cardinal Mindszenty detained.” None commented editorially. Unofficial reports circulated that although the arrest was not unexpected. it came somewhat earli n r ‘han had heen antielnated. Both '.-hurch and government sources appeared to lie at a loss to account for the timing of it. Police were reported to have heen i collecting documents regarding the i card’nal’s activity since the arrest i of his secretary. luijos Za< har. on 1 Nov. 19. several other per 'sons closely connected with him were arrested.

Sumner Welles ; Is Reported As Improving Lay Unconscious For Hours, Apparently From Heart Attack Washington, Dee. 27 — (UPI — Former undersecretary of state Sumner Welles "continued to improve" today from his ordeal of lying unconscious for hours inside a frozen Maryland brook. Dr. George R. Huffman, the former diplomat's personal physician, said that so far as “complications resulting from exposure are concerned. we'll just have to wait." Welles condition was serious, but not critical. Dr. Huffman said Welles as yet had not been able to say how he collapsed in the open field about a mile from his Oxon Hill. Md., estate. The 56-year-old Welles appar- ' ently suffered a heart attack while on a stroll, slwrtly after midnight Christmas. He was found yester--1 day about 8 a. m. beside a frozen brook. ’ The doctor said that while 1 Welles remained in serious condi--1 tion, he had “reacted well" from • shock ami his hands and feet were much b’etter. It had been feared earlier that it might be necessary 1 to amputate his toes. The latest bulletin said Welles' heart was “behaving well" although he complained of some pain in his chest. It said he was 1 conscious and resting easily. 1 The doctor said there was nothing to indicate "foul*play" against the former undersecretary, who had figured briefly in the house un-American activities committee's Red spy investigation. Welles, who was one of the dos est advisers of the late President Roosevelt, left his estate at near--1 by Oxon Hill. Md., shortly before midnight on Christmas day for one of his nocturnal strolls. Exactly when he collapsed was not known ! but temperatures dipped as low as 15 above zero during the hours he was away. Welles' clothing was frozen to his body when h e was discovered by a neighboring farmer. Brooks Kerby, and his 10-year old son. Henry. The youngster spotted Welles in the Kerby field as he and his father were driving horn • • from church. “His face was swollen and his hands and feet were scratched as I if from brambles," Kerby said “I called my colored tenant but aven then we couldn't get him on his feet alt hough he roused somewhat. Finally two of my neigh hors came and we all carried him into the tenant house. We tele phoned the police and the rescue (Tura In I'aite Twa) Quiet Holiday Is Observed In City. Decatur Returns To Normal Activities Public offices were reopened 1 factories resumed their regular schedules, retail stores and offices were again open for business to- ' day. following shutdowns for the' double holiday observance which | began Christmas day. Ahe community was spared any serious accident, fire or tragedy during the Christmas observance One birth was reported on Chris'mas day from the Adams county memorial hospital. Christmas weather was cold, the temperature dropping down to . about 'even above zero. The prei dieted snow did not arrive. : Attendance at Christinas day I church service* was large and all ' except (he i I or those confined to their homes, joined in the reliriaus . celebration of Christ's natal anni (Tara Ta I'agr Six)

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Report Negev Battle Is In Full Swing; Jerusalem's Truce Is Reported Broken Tel Aviv, Dee. 27.-(UP)- The Egyptian commander in south Palestine reported through the United Nations today that Israeli troops overran some of his coastal positions less than five miles north of the Egyptian border. Israeli officials in Jerusalem reported that the Arab legion broke a 26-day truce there today, firing on Jewish positions from the old city wall and wounding seven Jews. ’ The report of the Israeli victory at the frontier south of Gaza was the first news from the Negev bat- ' tiefront clearing through UN truce headquarters at Haifa for some time. The headquarters had joined , the Israeli government in a news blackout. Tlie positions which the Egyptian commander said were overrun were south of Khan Yunis, Palestinian coastal town some five miles from the frontier. The general cabled the report to the UN truce mission, which made the announcement of it at . Haifa If the Israeli were operating in force there, they would be in position to cut off most of the Egyptian ’ troops still in Palestine. Khan Yunis is on the coastal railway northeast of the Rafa border station. The Israeli army reported that i the Negev battle was in full swing, and that the fighting had spread to the central front northeast of Tel Aviv. Col. Moshe Perlman, Israeli military spokesman, said Jewish and Egyptian ground and air forces were locked in heavy combat along the muddy, irregular front in the Negev all last night and today. Fighting flared up on the central front, along the western sir’t ' of the Arab "dangerous triangle’ northeast of Tel Aviv. Perlman ru ported. Jewish and Iraqi troops face each other across a narrow no man's land in that sector. Iragi artillery shelled the Jewish settlement of Ramat Hakovcsh. midway between Tel Aviv and Haifa, beginning at 5 p in. yesterday and continuing into the night, the spokesman reported Reports from Jerusalem said the rumble of heavy guns had been heard there, hut official confirmation of any fighting in that area was lacking Perlman's daily report on the military situation furnished the strongest evidence relayed by official Jewish sources since the hostilities broke out Thursday that a full fledued campaign was being waged there. United Nations trine observers had reported eat Her. however, that the Jews were fighting hard and on a broad scale in tlie Negev, despite a I'N order five weeks earlier for a cease fire. "Egyptian troops still are deep in Israeli territory." Perlman said with reference to the Negev frontier approved by the UN in th* original Palestine partition decision 13 months ago. Perlman refused to answer requests for additional details on the Negev fighting His inference to Egyptians in Israeli territory appeared to hint at an Israeli determination to oust them from it regardless of the UN truce order. Holiday Decorations Attract Visitors i The oeautifully lighted ever- ■ green trew at the J S. Bowers resl idenee. North First street, and the attractive Santa Claus sign at the IGt neral Electric company's plant .on North Ninth street, *ere enjoyed ■ by hundreds of persons over the . Christmas weekend. i The electric display at the fire : engine house on South Seventh I street and Christmas exhibits at I the jchools and Methodist parsonage. also drew additional sightsetrs. The native tree at the Rower* home is decorate! with ahont 111 colored lights anl can be seen fiotn a lone distance. It stand* more than 40 sett high and is on ■ of the most attractively de. orated trees in the ' city.