Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 47, Number 17, Decatur, Adams County, 21 January 1949 — Page 1

XLVII. No. 17.

■ROMAN ASKS CONGRESS HELP AVERT WAR

■mdard Time SI Advanced ■Upper House ■ill Passes Second Reading In Senate, Showdown Is Near ■llanapolis, Jan. 21 — (UP) — ■■ltrs won a victory over city r Kents today in the Indiana sen- : Kvben a bill to put the state .■entral standard time through- ' .ffthe year passed second read- ?' iff and moved to a final show- ;■> in the upper house. ? time standardization bill wffsent to third reading with one ■ndment that would allow in- ? (Hries, stores and individuals to ! sßtheir clocks on daylight savifftime if they wanted to do so. Bui governmental units would ?■ to stay on standard time. ■ the house, two bills to permit ;■consolidation of school corpor- . were introduced by neps. A. Rogers, D., Bloomingand Jess Andrew. R„ West s Hher new senate bills would: i| Continue for two more years ff present percentage system of state gas taxes to citiff counties and the state. 1 S Transfer auto license branI ■ to county courthouses in all J Hkty seat cities. | 9 Outlaw music monopolies. * a Give radio stations the same ■ts as newspapers to withhold B Hees of information. ||' ■ Require all city police chiefs J Have five years of police experHie senate passed and sent to ff house a bill prohibiting teleHrn sets in motor vehicles with' ■lew of drivers. The vo'e was I Hth house and senate adjournI eff around noon until 11 a. m. | ■<iay. j He legis'ature resumed while Hew controversy flared on the f ■><' welfare old age lien law 1- ■ r a public hearing yesterday. Hforts to repeal the law, reij Hted two years ago after a 8 ■ yf ‘ ar la P se - were expected to I ■>py much of the time of legis4 Hrs during the next few hectic I B ks a'though it is not a major g Htical issue. I house social security comHee held a public hearing yesf Hay on a hill introduced to ref ■ the lien law. Although ans public hearing on the- direct s Htary was expected to provide iff fireworks, the lien law stole H tff show. J. ffhe law was reimposed by tne general assembly. It proWHs that recipients of old age 1 ff I,ance checks must agree to f Hnit the state to place a lien on | Hr property. The owners of the are permitted to live ther? ff|ff the remainder of their lives ||pff the financial aid they get will S-'Hadded to the lien against the Batty. the ag,, ‘' P erson ' 3 death, the has first claim up to the •- Hntnt of the lien. But the state 5 Meets only what sale of the proj|My brings. The law has the of either forcing children fftMaged persons to support their Bents or denying them the right , Hnherit the property if they fail Montribute. ffHta'e welfare director Otto S-Hlls said that if the lien law was Mealed. It would mean the outlay ffjffenme J 9.000.000 additional fedW'Ml- state, and county, funds to ffMride assistance for persons not on the rolls. ■mese Girl Twins Be Soon After Birth iß**' v «n»on. 111.. Jan. 21 —(UP) 1' of ’he Siamese girl twins ■BHn here Wednesday were dead ffH*y after living 21 and 42 hours 3|Mpectlvely. ||H"r* second baby died this morn MM incubator following surgery separated her from her sisBurial was scheduled in Oak ■M* l cemetery here this afternoon ™M cir -“S as autopsy. J..’' WEATHER I ■ W °”'-* r,in tenight except be4 Homing mixed with snow northH**st portion; colder extreme s?H«rthw*«t; Saturday snow ranerthwest and rain southeast, H«Wer nsrthwest.

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Alaskan Airliner Reported Missing Anchorage, Alaska, Jan. 21 — (UP)— An Alaskian Airline DC-S, with an unknown number of persons aboard, was missing today on a flight from Homer to Anchorage. The civil aeronautics authority said the plane was last heard from near Kenai when the pilot reported he would not land there as scheduled hut would continue on to Anchorage. Chiang Leaves Nanking; Seek Peace In China Leave Os Absence Taken; Door Open For Chiang Return By United Press Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek left Nanking on leave of absence as president of China today to give the Nationalist government a chance to try to make peace with the Communists and end the threeyear civil war. He turned the reins of government over to vice-president Li Tsung-Jen, an ardent advocate of peace negotiations with the Communists. Then he boarded a plane on the first stage of his journey into at least temporary exile on, the island of Formosa off the southeast coast of China. But he left the way open to return should the Communists spurn all Nationalist approaches. In .a speech explaining his departure, lie used the Chinese word for L'igiuporary leave of absence" rather than outright resignation. By the same token, a peace agreement would result in Chiang's resignation and probably permanent exile. The Communists class him as China’s No. 1 war criminal. After seeing off Chiang at a Nanking civil airport, Li and other members of the premier Sun Fo's government returned to the executive Yuan and immediately began making plans to send a peace delegation into Communist territory. It is the first time in 21 years that Chiang has not been either; actual or behind-the-scenes leader of the Chinese government. Just after Chiang announced his decision, the Chinece Communist radio rejected the government’s appeal for an immediate cease fire. Any peace conference, it said, must be held before hostilities cease. The broadcast obviously had been prepared before Chiang left, how(Turn Tn PnKe Two I Elks Vole Fund To Hoosier Boys Town Over S3OO Voted By Decatur Lodge Decatur lodge No. 993 of the B P. O. Elks, last night voted more than S3OO to Hoosier Boys Town, located at Crown Point, along U. S. highway 30. Walter Schug. exalted ruler, announced today. Hoosier Boys Town is in its infancy. being established in July. 1947. It is located on a farm and additional acreage has been purchased by the corporation for fu ture building expansion and farm operations. Mr. Schug stated that the Elks had voted a donation equivalent to one dollar per capita and that •he total would exceed $314. The contribution will be paid Im mediately. From information received here, 16 boys already have been admit-' ted to Hoosier Boys Town, which is operated similar to Father Flanagan's Boys Town in Nebraska. The purpose Is to aid and train delinquent boys and restore them to full citisenship. Walter J. Bock man presented the proposal to the lo one of the men interested in the development of Hoosier Boys Town is Dr. J. Stewart Niblick of Indiana Harbor, formerly of this city. Dr Niblick vouched for the school and has a personal acquaintance with the directors who established and operate the place. Father Michael A. Campagna is the founder and director of the school. The Elks lodge also voted to send (Tara Ta P»l» T "*>

St. Mary's Catholic Church Will Be Razed To Make Way For New Edifice; Contract Awarded For Demolition

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The Very. Rev. Msgr. J. J. Seimetz, pastor, and members of the building committee of St. Mary’s Catholic church, have entered into a contract with the Mar in Wrecking company, of Fort Wayne, for the razing of old St. Mary’s church. North Fourth street, the former Sis ers’ home and Notth Fifth street addition, it was announced today. Removal ot the church, a landmark in the city since 1873, and the two additional brick, two-s!ory buildings on the parish site, will begin within two weeks, Msgr. Seimetz stated. The work will be completed by next May. The church was abandoned last June. The auditorium in the Catholic school building was converted into a church at ’that time and ser-

Oller Scholarship Loan To Graduate SI,OOO Scholarship From Lincoln PTA The Lincoln Parent-Teachers Memorial scholarship foundation is ready to offer a SI,OOO scholarship loan to a graduating member ot either of the two Decatur high schools, it was announced today following a meeting of the foundation directors Thursday night. The scholarship will be on a loan basis, with no Interest and no specified time for repayment except “within a reasonable period of time after graduation.” The recipient of the scholarship will be required to take a teachers' training course with a view to becoming an elementary teacher and may attend any Indiana college, state or private. which offers such a course. Details of the offer will be given this week to heads of both Decatur high school and Decatur Catholic high school and applications will be accepted until February 21. The foundation directors will meet February 22 and complete plans for a competitive examination among the applicants. It is the hope of the foundation that sufficient money can be raised each year to provide at least one scholarship a year on a loan basis and later it is their desire to be able to make outright grant scholarships to worthy students. Mrs. David Downs resigned as secretary of the foundation Thursday night and was succeeded by Mrs. Louis Jacobs, member of the board since its origin. Arrests Woman For Passing School Bus slrs. Lavera Arnold, of Willshire. 0.. was arrested at 3:15 p.m. Thursday for passing a school bus while it was dlKharglng passengers Sheriff Herman Bowman made the arreet on U. S. 33 seven miles southeast of Decatur. Mrs. Arnold will be arraigned in justice of the peace court here at 5 p.m. today.

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vices have been held there. The Sisters’ home was erected in 1893 and the addition, which extends north on Fifth street, was-built in 1907. The latter building was formerly used as a house for the parish custodian. Recently the Graham duplex on Fourth street, directly opposite the rectory, was purchased by the congregation. The janitor and his family reside in the residence. (Modern type equipment will be used in razing the fortress of brick. After the roof and stub of the steeple are removed, a clam-tooth shovel will chew down the walls, it was explained. The wrecking company will salvage timbers and other materials from the three buildings, but will not clean the brick. It will be used for fillins and

Concentrate Search For Missing Plane Hamilton, Bermuda, Jan. 21 — (UP)— Planes and ships hunting a British airliner missing since Monday with 20 persons aboard concentrated today on an area 3ffi) miles southwest of Bermuda, where crew members of a British overseas Constellation reported sighting a light and a foating object. The search was stressed in the re gion despite the fact coast guard and navy planes criss-crossed the area yesterday without sighting anything. U. J. Recognition Granted Countries Military Regimes Given Recognition Washington. Jan. 21 — (UP) — The Un'ted States today granteu full diplomatic recognition to new military regimes in Venezuela and El Salvador. , The s t te department made public an exchange of notes with Venezuela in which it recognized that country’s revolutionary government. Later it announced similar recognition of the government of El Salvador which seized power on Dec. 14. American recognition of the new state of Israel and of Transjordan al.o was reported under study. The state department said Walter J. Donnelly. U. S. ambassador to VeiiMuela. delivered a note of recognition to the Caracas government today. The document said the United States had noted statements by the new regime that it would “strictly fulfill its international obiHations," and would prepare elections. Venezuela in a note dated Nor. 25 notified this government that the new military junta hat. taken over in Venezuela because of the “grave circumstances threatening (Tara Ta Pace Twa)

ballast. The Martin Wrecking company is operated by two brothers and is fully bonded under conpensation laws. It is one of the leading concerns of its kind in this part of the state. The contract price was announced at $3,200. Following removal ot the buildings, the site will be graded and crushed stone spread on top. Included in the razing project is the removal of the trees within the church yard. It is possible that work on the new church may start next year. The arcdiitect employed by Msgr. Seimetz is completing his plans, and bids for constructing the Gothic type edifice, with connected rec tory that will be located at the corner of Fifth and Madison streets, may be received late this year.

Medina Refuses To Testify Al Trial Presiding Judge In Communists' Trial New York. Jan. 21.—(UP)—Federal judge Harold R. Medina refused today to let the defense make him a witness in the communist conspiracy trial over which he is' presiding. Attorneys defending 11 U. S. communist national board members had threatened to call as witnesses all the judges in this federal judicial district in their pretrial challenge to the New York jury array as being a “Park avenue penthouse panel" which systematically excludes laborers, negroes, women and minority political parties. Medina opened the fifth day of the trial by stating he had decided he could not be a witness in a case over which he presided. “I simply will not testify.” he said. “I’ve had nothing to do with the jury system and have not participated in it at ail." The 11 top communists are charged with conspiring to “teach and advocate” the violent destruction of the U. S. government. Medina had requested government and defense attorneys to prepare overnight memoranda citing legal precedents on whether he might testify at the trial in which he was a judge. U. S. attorney John F. X. McGohey submitted a memorandum, and the defense stated it concurred in the cases cited therein. Medina then asked: "does the defense intend to call me?" Defense attorney Harry Sacher then rose and said “we genuinely do not know at this time.” The defense attorneys had indicated it planned to call scores of witnesses to testify about the "Illegal” jury system, which they contend uses the social register, who’s who in New York, and the directory of directors to select (Tara Te Pace Twa)

Dean Acheson Takes Office As Secretary Marshall Successor Assumes Duties As Secretary Os State Washington, Jan. 21.—(UP)— Dean Acheson took the oath today as secretary of state, a role in which he will be charged with pushing President Truman's “bold new program" for fighting communism and human misery. He was sworn at 11:13 a.m. EST in President Truman's office in the White House. The oath was administered by chief justice Fred M. Vinson while Mr. Truman looked on. Acheson succeeds Gen. George C. Marshall under whom he helped to map the anti-communist GreekTurkish aid and European recovery plans. The 68-year-old Marshall resigned, effective yesterday, for health reasons. Members of Acheson's family, cabinet members, other government officials and congressional leaders of both parties also watched the ceremony. Acheson stood in front of Mr. Truman's desk as he took the oath. Immediately afterward Mr. Truman stepped around the desk and shook hands with the new secretary. Just before the ceremony, Mr. Truman performed his first official act of the new term—signing the commission of his long-time friend former Sen. Carl C. Hatch of New Mexico to be federal judge of the district of New Mexico. Among the 84 persons invited to ceremony were Acheson's wife; Mr. and Mrs. Edward Acheson, the new secretary's brother and wife; and Mr. and Mrs. David Acheson, his son and daughter-in-law. Congressional leaders present included senate Democratic leader Scott W. Lucas, senate foreign relations committee chairman Tom Connally, house foreign affairs committee Sol Bloom, D., N. Y.; Sen. Arthur H. Vandenberg. R., Mich., and Sen. Walter F. George, D., Ga. After the swearing in ceremony a reporter asked Acheson when he would move into his new post. He replied. "I’m going over right now." He said he would make no public statement in connection with his induction into office. President Truman after congratulating Acheson took the blackrobed Vinson aside to present him to five of the women who witnessed the ceremony. In a laughing allusion to a line in the Gilbert and Sullivan operetta Pirates of Penzance, the President said, “I'm (Turn To Pnae Two»

Crippled Children Aid Is Explained Society Director Speaks At. Rotary Kenneth D. Patton, director of extension for the Indiana society tor crippled children, was the guest speaker at the weekly meeting ot the Decatur Rotary club Thursday evening. Mr. Patton outlined the work and aims of the society, stating that the organization was first started by he Rotary club in Elyria. 0.. 27 years ago. and the Indiana society was launched 10 y<ars ago by the Jeffersonville Rotary club. The society now has active organizations in all 48 states of the union, and the District of Columbia. Hawaii and Alaska. At the present time, the speaker said. 44 counties in Indiana have chapters and the work of organization is being continued in the state, with the aim of having all 92 counties in Indiana wi h an active chapter. Sole source of revenue for the society for crippled children is from the annual sale of Easter sales. The society has five principal aims. Mr. Patton stated They are: 1 — Medical care; 2 — education: 3 — recreation: 4 — employment; 5 — acceptance in he community. Following his brief talk, the director presented i moving picture of the work done with the physically handicapped at the medical center of New York University. The Rev. William C. Feller was chairman of the program

New Snow Blanket Threatens Plains Report Storm Shows Weakening Signs By United Press A sudden storm threatened to lay a fresh blanket of snow over the deep drifts on the great plains today but the weather bureau said it was “showing definite signs of weakening.” Forecasters issued warnings that the storm, which it termed "important," would be heavy over southeastern and extreme eastern Nebraska and north central Kansas. Blizzard conditions were forecast for sections of Nebraska and Kansas today as the winds shifted to the north. However, in a later forecast, the Kansas City weather bureau said the blizzard might not develop as the storm was moderating. Another storm concentrated on northern Arizona after spreading 20 inches of ‘new snow over western Utah and eastern Nevada. Flagstaff, Ariz., had three feet of snow on the ground. At Salt Lake City, experts warned that Utah's 1,616,000 sheep were undergoing a "calamity" because their ranges had been covered by the deep snow. Director Marion Clawson of the federal bureau of land management said it was "impossible to exaggerate" the peril to flocks. Other experts warned that meat prices would climb if the snow resulted in starvation for many sheep. At least 100.00 sheep and 20,000 cattle were endangered in eastern Nevada and some farm officials feared livestock losses would approach $1,000,000. The cold wave that brought sub zero temperatures to most of the northern part of the nation this week hit the Atlantic coastline last night but had moderated to the point where the chill was scarcely noticeable. It still was cold in the northern border states, however, mainly due to radiation from the heavy blanket of snow. Dickinson, N. D., reported 30 below zero and Mowbridge. S. D., registered -28. Fort Wayne Pilot Air Crash Victim Frankfurt. Jan. 21 — (UP) — The U. 8. air force today identified the American pilot killed in the crash of a Berlin airlift C-54 Skymaster Tuesday night as Lt. Robert P. Weaver. Fort Wayne, Ind. The plane was going in for a landing at Fassberg, Germany, when it crashed and burned. Auto-Truck Crash Fatal To Two Men LaPorte, Ind., Jan. 21 — (UP) — Cornelius R. Adeline, 48, LaGrange, died last night following an autotruck collision near here yesterday which killed Glenn W. Horning ot Howe.

Geneva Residence Destroyed By Fire Elmer Uhrick And Family Escape Fire iMr. and Mrs. Elmer Uhrick, o! Geneva, today continued to salvage possessions from their all but devastated home, which was razed by a stubborn fire at midnigh' Wednesday night. Geneva fire chief James M. Bren nan. who said he could see the fire emblazoning the sky from a distance of one-half mile, stated thdt the house's two small rooms were almost completely destroyed, with not a window remaining. He theorized that a small fire in the interior wallboard earlier in the evening, which Mrs Uhrick said she extinguished, might have smouldered and again ignited short ly before midnight. The first fire i started at a point where the stovepipe touched the heavy paper wail board. The Uhricks and their 15-month-old child could consider themselves lucky to have escaped from the flaminc house with their lives and their nightclothes, the fire chief said. They were able to remove a small amount of other clothing, and firemen later brought out some of the drawers of a bureau, which had been afire. I The tire victims have moved in <Twra T» Page Five,

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Asks Support For Plans To Preserve Peace Asks Congressmen Aid In Assistance To Other Countries Washington, Jan. 21 — (UP) — President Truman today asked congressmen to help him avert war by supporting his plans for improving the economic lot of other countries. The president said at a breakfast meeting of Missouri congressmen and others in the capitol that he will need the cooperation of congress if his efforts to maintain world peace are to succeed. Some of his own congressional leaders were, however, bewildered on this first full day of his administration by the president’s “bold new program" .for raising the living standards of backward peoples abroad. He announced the plan in his inauguration address yesterday and returned to it infonmally at today’s Missouri breakfast. The breakfast, in the speaker's dining room, was in honor of Missouri's new Gov. Forrest Smith and Rep. Clarence Cannon, dean of the Missouri delegation and chairman of the house appropriations committee. A member of the Missouri dele gation who attended the breakfast said Mr. Truman told the gathering that the next war will be one of total destruction. He again expressed hope that the economic condi'ion of the world can be improved. He said this would assure continued prosperity in this country. (Mir. Truman was quoted as saying that, for example, if Asia’s purchasing power could be boosted by a small percentage — one or two per cent, perhaps — the United State* would enjoy 100 years of prosper ity. In yesterday’s address the president denounced Soviet Communism as a threat to peace but did not refer to Russia by name. Today he did, it was reported. He voiced the opinion, it was said, that Russia is not a true Communist state but rather a dictatorship pure and simple. Major party figures were questioning the program on and off the record. There were signs of a Republican attack in force. In contrast, there was general acclaim for iMr. Truman's challenge to Soviet Russia. Men known for their liking far the Communist party line were critical, but not a great many other were. As congress pondered the president's inaugural outline of foreign policy, Dean Acheson began his chores as secretary of state. It was obvious from Mr. Truman's forceful inaugural statement that Acheson would have less to do with making policy than in carrying it out in his new position. Mr. Truman already has said what the breadlines of foreign policy shall be. While the capital scrambled for more information on the controversial “living standard" portions of Mr. Truman's address, world bank president John J. McCloy returned to Washington and said mayl>e It originated with him. The plan might have come. McCloy said, from some papers he sent to the White House recently. He said a program for aid to backward peoples might be worked out through the world bank cr the export-import bank. Any loans would be for a long term. Whether they would be tied to the Marshall plan program, McCloy did not know.

Congress will insist, however, on getting from Mr. Truman or Acheson considerably more detailed information. As Acheson picked up the direction of foreign affairs, there was a barrage of questions, doubts, and dissents from congress on that part of the foreign policy stated yesterday by Mr. Truman. It would divert American and other private espial into the development of backward countries. Tl»e president did not go into detail But he did say that such developments would be cmtrolled. presume’..’y by the United Nations or some governmental agency. anl that returns on investments would be both limited and guaranteed.