Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 47, Number 32, Decatur, Adams County, 8 February 1949 — Page 1

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Gov. Schricker Urges Surtax Io Pay Bonus : Urges Legislature | Take Time To Raise I Vets' Bonus Fund | Indianapolis. Feb. 8 — (UP) — Lovernor Schricker recommended L the Indiana legislature today [hat the state take its time rais [ng the money for a bonus it promised i s ex-servicemen. I Schricker asked enactment of a [aw imposing a "fair and reasonLie” surtax on tne state gross Income tax as a means of financing the bonus. The method he fcugeested would take years to ■mild up a big enough fund. | Legi-lators listened solemnly to the Democratic governor's expressions on money matters, then (convened in separate session to tackle a heavy calendar of bills up for second and third reading. In recommending the gross income tax increase. Schricker re Ijected a Democratic plan to amend [the constitu ion so the state could issue $150,000,000 in bonds to finance the bonus. The governor, speaking on budget matters before a joint session of the house and senate of the 86th. general assembly, also recommended passage of a gross income withholding tax bill and retention of the three-cents-a-pack cigaret tax law. Schricker’s regretful recommendation that the cigaret tax not he repealed represented a major departure from his campaign pledges and a plank in his party’s state pla'form. He said previously in his message to the assembly Jan. 11 that he could not then recommend repeal of the law as he had hoped to do but that if it “became possible" he would do so. ‘ Now it is abundantly clear that I we will need this revenue or its equivalent for general fund purposes,” Schricker said, adding I that the income should go into the general fund as suggested by the I state budget committee. Schricker recommended the budget committee’s report completely. including a preamble letter signed hy the Republican chair-, man of the committee and a’l the members. The letter urged a four point program for balancing the general fund during the 194951 biennium, including use of the cigaret tax for the general fund, exercising strict administrative economy, refraining from pas- - age of bills increasing general fund expenditures, and refraining from removing liens on welfare aid recipients’ property. About the soldier bonus, Schricker said he believed the money should he collected “over a period of several years." He said be personally opposed amending the constitution to allow the ctate to float bonds, and furth more such an amendment fac*l ’he possibility of defeat In a referendum. "Many veterans would prefer to 'receive their bonus in the future »nd at a time when the dollar ha I Greater purchasing power," he said. Schricker urged the legislator® n °t to make any “substantial" increase in state tuition support to j •chools. it would “threaten a Proper balance between income Md expenditures." he said. After his speech: the senate de<Tnr» To l*a K r Ms) Mrs. Mary Schaupp * s Taken By Death ■Mrs. Alary Schaupp. 82. a former rrsi-lent of Linn Grove, died Sunin the Haven Hubbard home a’ Carlisle. Surviving are two * on »- Arthur of Klamath Falls. Ore | Ralph of Lafayette: nine grand ' ’ dren and one great-grandchild Funeral services will be held at "a m. Wednesday at the Yaw R ®*ral heme in Berne, the Rev. C. Matters officiating. Burial will in Greenwood cemetery near Grove. WEATHER ®«n«ralfy fair tonight and *dnesday except cloudiness l ’ e '' t4 »itig south portion late Wednesday. Colder Wednesday ** in north and west portions »Might

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Service Station Is Destroyed By Fire Indianapolis, Feb. 8 —(UP) — V $150,000 fire destroyed the Tansy ‘ire service station today after ar. explosion from which four attendants escaped unhurt. A truck and an automobile and t large quantity of merchandise were ruined. Elmer Booe, 27; Fred Losey, 40; Walter Mann, 41. and Russell Fisher, 25, were trapped a noment as the flames spread. But me of them hurled an automobile lattery through a plate glass winiow and they jumped through the pening. Prices Tumble On Commodity Market Today Sharpest Decline in One Day Since Big Postwar Break Chicago, Feb. B.—(UP)— Com-, modify market prices tumbled to’day in the sharpest single day’s decline since the big postwar break a year ago. Grains led the decline with all futures contracts at Chicago dropping the limit permitted in a day’s trading. Grain futures at other markets also slumped. Cotton, cottonseed, oil. cocoa and coffee futures, hides and wool dropped in trading at New York. Drops in these commodities, while marked, were not as drastip as the slump in grains. Wheat, corn, oats, rye, and soybeans joined the downward parade at Chicago. Board of trade analysts stfid then it was the first day since Feb. 6, 1948, that all grains had gone off the limit. Stocks were irregular on the New York exchange. At Pittsburgh, economist Arthur C. Babson said that 1949 will see a downward "readjustment" in business that will continue until 1952. Shortly after noon, prices on wheat, all off the 10-cerd limit, were: May. $2.08-% a bushel; July, $1.87: September, $1.88%; December $1.90. — May and July corn dropped 10 cents to $1.16 % and $1.16-% repectlvely, but recovered. Then September and December futures dropped to $1.13 % and $1.06-% a bushel, off the limit. May and September oats dropped six cents a bushel to 60 % and 56-% cents respectively, and recovered. May rye dropped 10 cents to $1.19 a bushel. March. May and July soybeans were at $2.15%. $2.11% and $2.09 a bushel, all off the 10-ccnt limit. Market sources believed that traders were disappointed at development in the government’s grain-buying program. Hog prices dropped here and at other midwest markets, and at Cleveland best quality hogs were s2l a hundred pounds, equalling their low since the end of OPA. Cattle at Chicago were fairly steady, remaining around the levels reached Monday, when some steer prices were at the lowest point they have reached since OPA controls were lifted. Woman Is Injured When Hil By Aulo Miss Laura Stanley Is Injured Monday Miss Laura Stanley, of 115 Harvester lane, was in the Adams county memorial hospital today an d er treatment for injuries sustained W hen she was hit by an automobile Monday afternoon. She suffered a fractured right wrist abrasions of the left hip and contusions of the hip and elbow. The automobile was driven »y Billie Dean Bidwell, of 1016 Line street. Bidwell said he was makng a right turn from Second -.treet onto Je'ferson street when his auto struck the P* dw,r ' He said he was momentarily blinded by the glare * “ B ‘ .nd did not see her as she crosseJ lefferson street. He saw acme -htldren waiting to cross and aswmed that everyone knew of hb nt < nt ion to make. turn, he City police are investigating the mishap

House Group Approves Bill For Air Force Expansion Os Air Force To 70 Groups Within Five Years Washington, Feb. 8 — (UP) — The house armed services committee today approved a bill to authorize expansion of the air force to 70 combat groups in five years. It also approved a proposal to get the expansion program going by giving the air force $800,000,000 asked by President Truman in his fiscal 1950 budget for universal | military training. Since nobody believes UMT has a chance, the house committee pointed out that the switch would not affect the overall budget totals. The air expansion bill also would authorize the army and air force to buy and use guided missiles. And it would make permanent their, present temporary authorized strengths of 837,000 men for the army and 502,000 for the air force. President Truman in his budget for the fiscal year starting July 1 asked only enough money for the air force to finance 48 groups. The, house committee’s plan would finance 57 groups. Separate bills will be needed from time to time before' the 70-group goal is reached. The committee action was unan-1 imous. Chairman Carl Vinson, D„ Ga., said he would ask the house to take the bill up soon. Other congressional developments: iMarshall plan — Secretary ofj state Dean Acheson told congress, the European recovery program is' succeeding in its purpose of stop-, ping Communism. He joined recovery administrator Paul G. Hoff- | man in asking a 15-month, $5,580c 000,000 extension. Rents — Rep. Albert Raines, D.. Ala., said a case can be made for extending rent controls 15 months. But he thought a 24month extens ion, as asked by the administration, is too long. Still high - Leon 11. Keyserling. vice chairman of the president's council of economic advisers, told congress that the cost of living has dropped “only about two percent j from its all-time peak.’’ He said it is "still 74 percent higher than in June. 1939," and there is no assur(Turn To l’*«e •!*> Railway Mediation Board Is Stalled Dispute Over Two Unions Is Blamed Chicago. Feb. 8-(UP)-A factfinding hoard appointed by Pre 1dent Truman to Investigate a threatened railroad strike was s ailed today by a jurisdictional dispute apparently developing between two powerful rail unions. The board was appointed to investigate a threatened strike on western railroads by the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineer*, which demands that au extra engineer Ik* employed on each big diesel locomotive. The fact-finding l>oard was forced to ca'l a recess today when the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and l Enginemen asked to be made a party to the hearings, on grounds that the extra man on diesel equipment should be a fireman Instead of an engineer. David B. Robertson, head of the firemen’s brotherhood, sent a letter to the board last night asking that it give consideration to the firemen’s interests. When the hearing began today. l Clifford D. O'Brien, counsel for the *nglneers' union, declined to present evidence until the board has ruled on the jurisdictional is-ue. The board reces ed briefly, then I proposed that the engineers and the railroads involved present all (Tara Ta Pare *ese«» State Police Officer Undergoes Operation State police officer Walter Schindler this morning underwent an emergency appendix operation at the Adams county memorial hospital.

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Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday, February 8, 1949

Arrives For Pact Talks * 9 '-x • . SftX fill ' Sil Jh ■HE hHm NORWEGIAN FOREIGN MINISTER Halvard Lane is greeted at the State Department by Secretary of State Dean Acheson (left), on his arrival in Washington from abroad. The two immediately began preliminary discussion of the possibi ity of Norway joining the curren, North Atlantic Alliance talk.

C. C. Program For 1949 Is Discussed I C. C. Directors And Organizations Meet Representatives of 15 Decatur organizations, including students from both high schools, met Monday night with the directors of the Chamber of Commerce Co make suggestions and proposals for a program for 1949 for a better Decatur. The'meeting was called by Glenn Hill, president.of the Chamber. Both short-range and long-range programs were discussed, and the proposals were recorded for further action by the board. A complete 1949 program and also a longrange program will be announced soon, Mr. Hill stated. Suggestions were made concerning the annual spring clean up, instituted several years ago by the! city. Several of the representatives of women’s organizations favored a general clean up of yards, with emphasis on flower gardens, to follow the city program. After each visitor had been given the opportunity to speak, each board, member also was called on, to give a brief report of present plans of his respective committee. Mr. Hill urged the representatives to make use of the Chamber's services and pledged cooperation of his organization for all worthy projects. The meeting was the first of a series of joint sessions planned by the Chamber during the next several months in order that all of Decatur's civic forces can work together for the betterment of the city. Big Narcotics Haul Made In New York Core Os East Coast Racket Is Smashed New York. Feb. B—(UP)—The largest narcotics haul in police history—s3,ooo,ooo worth of heroin and cocaine-was seized early today by detectives who said they had broken "the core of Hie east coast narcotics racket.” Police arrested Joseph Basile. 39. whom they described as "one of the biggest dope peddlers in the business.” Detective William O'Grady, of the polke narcotics squad, arrested Basile In front of an East 6 »th Street tenement bui’ding. In Basile's posses s ion were found five packages of narco‘lcs. Detectives said they found the bulk of the narcotics In an apartment ren'ed bv Basile in the building. They said the apartment was used as “a cutting plan’" to dilute the drugs for ire by addicts. O'Grady said detectives, had been trailing Basile for three we®k». "The total loot would be worth about $3,000,000 on the Illegal drag market." police said- "We’re convicned this was the source of most ot the drug* being peddled on the east coast and we've now broken the core of the east coast (Tar* Ta Pssv Twa)

Driver Killed As T/ain Hits Auto Danville, Ind.. Feb. 8— (UP)— Austin W. Cook, 57, Clayton, was killed when the automobile which he was driving was struck by Pennsylvania railroad freight train on a county road one mile north of Belleville yesterday. K Commissioners To Convene Wednesday Contracts Awarded By Commissioners The county commissioners will convene again Wednesday, adjourning today for the funeral ot Henry Barman, well known Root township farmer and father-in-law of Thurman I. Drew, county auditor. Petitions for road improvements and hearing delegations from several townships interested in black topping of coun‘y highways, consumed most of the commissioner’s time«yesterday. Contracts were awarded for redecorating the interior of the jail, and workmen's compon-ation insurance. The Ho'thouse Drug Co., was awarded the jail contract on its hid of $777.15, for labor and materials to redecorate the cell blocks, hallways, the bath room and kitchen in the sheriff's quarters. Three other proposals were filed by Stuckey & Luginbill. Berne, $789.60: R. M. Kolter, $949.27 and R. E. Gantz. $1130.05. Identical bids were filed by Wa’ter J. Bockman of this city and Schug ar Neueuschwahdei, Berne, for the workmen's compensation and employes' liability In surance. The down payment on the policy figured $832.71. The contract‘was awarded to the latter company. Road Mileage Certified The county commissioners certifi°d the county's road mileage to the auditor of state at 725.78 miles. Distribution of the state gasoline tax is made on the number of (giles of road, o'her than state highway*, in the county. Light For Sheriff's Car The commissioners authorized sheriff Herman Bowman to buy an electric sheriff's light for his official car. Roads and Ditches Delegations came from Jefferson. Blue Creek. Washington and Union town-hips seeking road improvements. Sam Fog'e. E. H. Hill. Henry Rumple. Jack Weaver. Woodrow Kellv, Dore Brewster. William H. Smi'ley and Marcus Luginhill. 'ought th» improvement of county road No. 29% in Jefferson township, beginning In center of the ‘ownshin and running north three, miles to state road'No. 118. Th* firs' mile *outh of road 118 has already l»een graded, the petition tor b'ack top having been filed last year. The one mile may Ite comnlr’ed thl* year. J. O. Teeter and Harley Tumble‘on. of Jefferson township, appeared end stated they were Interested in black topping coun‘y road No 22. vest across Jefferson and Waba h townships, to U. 8. highway (Tara Ta Page Twa)

Primate Os Hungary Is Found Guilty; Appeal Sentence To High Court

Strong Winds Rip Up Snow In Plains Stales Death Total Since Jan. 1 Because Os Weather Now 626 By United Press Strong winds ripped up the deep snow across western Nebraska and the Dakotas today, flinging it into new drifts that threatened to re-block roads just opened by thousands of men and machines. The storm roared across the northern plains after leaving more than 10,000 travelers stranded in the Rockies ajul along their western slopes. Little snow accompanied the blow once it hit the open ranges. But forecasters said the wind has •\plenty of ammunition" in the way of snow on the ground to hurl against ranch houses, fence lines and road cuts to form new drifts. A new storm pulsed off the Pacific coast, ready to slug the west with another punch within 24 hours. It was born in the Aleutians and raced toward the California-Oregon-Washington coast early today. Forecasters said it was a “twin brother" of the storm lashing the plains. They said it would “be just as bad and will follow the s.une path." A 30-mile wind whistled across western South Dakota. It sliced the tops off the hills of snow, redu ing visibility to zero at Philip. S. D., and to a half-mile at Rapid City. Authorities agreed, however, that most ranchers and their stock were prepared for the storm. Farmers were able to get to town recently and had received shipments of feed for their cattle. The latest United Press tabulation showed that since New Year's day, 626 persons had died across the nation due to the weather. Os (Turn To Page Two I

PTA Founders Day Banquet Thursday Fort Wayne Pastor Principal Speaker With the Rev. Robert J. Mac Danel or Fort Wayne as guest speaker, the Lincoln school parent teachers uaodatiun will hold its annual lounders’ day banquet at 6:30 o'clock Thursday evening in the Methodist church. The meeting will celebrate the tounding ot national P. T. A. and honored guests will be the past presidents ot the local organization and teachers of the Lincoln school. A carry in supper will be served, starting at 6:30. Rev. MacDanel, who is pastor of the Third Presbyterian church in Fort Wayne and also a noted singer. will take as his subject. "Songs Around the World." He has had eight years of vocal training and has appeared as baritone soloist in the United States and some 40 other countries. He illustrates his talk with renditions of songs from many lands. Rev. MacDanel is also chaplain of Lions Interna tional. He was the'principal speak er at the first general meeting of the Decatur Woman's club last fall and received enthusiastic acclaim by all those who heard him. Mrs. H. L. Lankenau is general chairman of the affair, assisted by Mrs. Robert Lane as co chairman H. L Lankenati will act as master of ceremonies and the invocation will be pronounced by Rev. Gerald Jones The past presidents will give short talks on the accomplishment* fulfilled during their terms ot office. The room mother* of the Lincoln school were all active in assisting the chairman to make the event a success Mrs. Roy L. Kaiver. president of the association, urges a large attendance to help celebrate P. T. A. founders' day.

Given Life Term j • Cardinal Mindszenty Some Setbacks For Truman In Congress Stalling For Time On Tax Increases | Washington. Feb. 8 — (UP) — In this fifth week of the Democratic congress which ass milled here triumphantly on Jan. President Truman’s legi-lative program has accumulated some hard and foreboding setbacks. The Democratic veterans of the house and senate who will control revenue legislation apparently have decided to stall for time on the president’s request for steep tax increases. The chance that he will get the entire $5,660,000,000 increase for which he asked h slim. The chance that personal income taxes will not be increased is quite good. The administration is about to lose control of its Democratic congress on one enormously costly issue. That is the question of general benefits to war veterans. Changes in house rules have deprived the leadership of power to avoid a showdown vote on some kind of general pension or benefit bl I. If the bill reaches the floors of the house and senate it is reas onably assured of passage. Mr. Truman would veto it. The showdown on repeal of the Taft-Hartley act s ill is to come on the floors of the house and senate and. ultimately, in conference betw o en congressmen and senators to compose differences in the labor bills as they have passed the respective houses. On the record so far. however, the Re(Turn To I'ugr «rirn( Hospital Trustee Appointment Slated Name Successor To Resigned Trustee When the county commissioners meet in continued session tomorrow. three matters of business are sebedukd to come before the board The appointment of a trustee for the Adams co"ntv memorial h<w»i tai. suc-eedin; Earl Colter, who has res’sned. will he made. Repairs for the dragline and lull doxer operated by the county stir reyor's office, will be discussed Tools for the machines also are I missing, the commissioner* have been Informed. Unpaid bills fox ditch and drain projects complete.l last year will be discussed with the I commissioners by Herman Moeller inr. county surveyor, who took office January 1. A meeting between the ettnmissloners and Mayor John M. Doan end Ed A. Bosse, countv attorney. 1 on parking spaces around the court house and location of parking met era. is scheduled during the day.

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Catholic Cardinal, Six Co-defendants Are Convicted Os Treason To State BULLETIN New York, Feb. 8-(UP)- A spokesman at the Hungarian consulate said today that Bela Balassa, ranking Hungarian official in this country, and eight subordinates in New York, Washington and Cleveland. were resigning in protest to the life sentence given Joseph Cardinal Mindszenty. A Budapest, Feb. 8 (UP)—Joseph Cardinal Mindszenty. first prince of the Catholic church to be tried on civil charges in modern times, was found guilty of treason by a Hungarian peoples court today and sentenced to life imprisonment. The primate of Hungary heard the verdict and sentence which ended his historic trial in silence. He spoke only once during the climatic court session of a dramatic trial which already had evoked protests from Catholic and other groups throughout the western world. That was when his attorney announced that the sentence would be appealed to the supreme peoples tribunal, and Dr. Vilmos Olti, president of the five-man court, asked if he approved the appeal. “Yes," replied the 56-year-old Cardinal. He spoke in a low voice, but looked directly at Olti as he spoke. A few moments later he was led back to his prison ceil. The courtroom., room 27 of the grim, gray, brick peoples court building, was hushed as Olti rattled off in clipped, machine gun fashion the verdicts and sentences against the primate and his six codrfendants all of whom were found guilty and sen'rnced to prison terms ranging from three years to life. Four of his co-defendants joined the Cardinal in appealing. But the prosecution also appealed by renewing its demand for a death sentence for the primate and higher sentences for the others. In the past there have been some cases in which the supreme tribunal has increased sentences assessed by the lower court. Uniformed guards with tommyguns patrolled the fog-shrouded streets outside and paced the corridors. Security police not in uniform swarmed in the courtroom. Five and six checks were made on the credentials of all who were admitted. Olti made plain, in explaining the sentence of the primale, that Cardinal Mindszenty had escaped a death sentence, which the prosecution had demanded, only becaute "extenuating circumstances” were found in fits case. He said the court invoked a paragraph of tire Hungarian judicial code permitting it to reduce the sentence by one degree. The court also deprived th 0 Cardinal* of his civil rights for 10 years and ordered all his property confiscated. Explaining the reasons for the ‘‘clemency” given the primate. Olti said that one factor in it was the testimony that United States minister Selden Chapin had "encouraged" the primate in his ariemnts to overthrow the Hungarian government. The presiding judge also took notice of foreign reaction to the trial, asserting that "the imperialistic foreign press and domestic reactionaries tried to picture the trial as an attack against the church and the religious life.” "The trial, carried out in the presence of the world press, undoubtedly showed there was clearly no connection between Mindszenty's priestly functions and his criminal acts, and that his priestly functions were not made the subject of criminal charges." Olti said. “'Roy al Irt organixation. espionage and black marketing have nothing to do with religion. Mindsxenty for years used his high clerical post to lead open cr disguised attacks trains' the regime, in order •o cause difficulties (or the peoples democracies. . “The court left these facts out of consideration None of the defendants spoke about persecution (Tara Ta Pag* Sis)