Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 47, Number 54, Decatur, Adams County, 5 March 1949 — Page 1

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

Vol. XLVII. No. 54.

DRASTIC SHAKEUP IN RUSSIAN CABINET

House Votes Standard Time

Filibuster In House Fails To Halt Time Bill Rural, Small City Forces In Victory For Standard Time Indianapolis. Mar. 5 — (UP) — A five-hour filibuster during one of the wildest nights in Hoosier legislative history failed to stop passage today of a central standard time bill in the Indiana house of representatives. Rural and small city forces In the house won a smashing earlymorning victory over big-city legis'ators who went all out in an unsuccessful effort to kill the measure. The filibuster touched off last night by the fight, however, seriously threatened other important pending legislation. For a time early this morning before it was suddenly ended, the filibuster appeared to be raging indefinitely. Almost anything that happens during the next three davs of the 86th genera! assembly will be anticlimactic after the first full-scale filibuster in the history of the state legislature. But in spite of the filibuster, the house for the first time in recent years, had its calendar completely clear. After the smoke cleared early this morning and the time bill passed, representatives worked until after 3:30 a. m. to finish all the business at hand except consideration of conference committee reports and the budget bills.

In the senate, it was a far different story with bill after hill stacked up awaiting consideration. Full political repercussions of the Democra'ic inspired filibuster may be felt in the Republican-controll-ed upper house. The 100 weary representatives forgot their bonus woes, their budget blues and everything else as they sang, shouted, and argued over parliamentary predicaments which cropped up during the long evening. Republicans claimed the breaking of the filibuster was a victory over the Democrats, who started it. But the show was not entirely along political lines. A group of Democrats from Marion and Lake counties carried the brufit of the attack. But they had much assistance from Republicans from high-ly-populated counties. And if was a Democrat. Rep. Wayne Combs. Vincennes, who (Turn Tn Pace Ms) Flora Rilev Rites Sunday Afternoon Funeral services 'Will be held at 2 pan. Sunday at the .Methodist church in Winchester foF 'Mrs. Flora Riley, who died Friday at the Randolph county hospital. Her only near survivor is an aunt, Mrs. Amos Brandyberry of Monroe. Following funeral services, the body will be returned to the Lobenstein funeral home at Monroe, where friends may call after 6 p m. Sunday until 10 a.m. Monday, when ■brief graveside services will be held at the Tricker cemetery. WEATHER Fair and mild today. Cloudy tonight. Tomorrow cloudy and colder with occasional rain central and south. High today near 56 north to 65 south. Low ton>|ht 30 to 35 north and 45 to 50 south.

House Trailer Badly Damaged By Flames A house trailer owned by Doyle Stiner was damaged beyond repair late Friday in a flash fire which ' apparently was started by a spark from a stove exhaust fan in the clothes closet. The trailer was located at Strickler’s trailer camp on Mercer avenue. Some S2OO worth of clothing was also destroyed in the fire, which was confined to the interior of the trailer. Firemen were told ■| the trailer was fully covered by insurance. Pair Charged MMOf Federal Data

Justice Department Girl Employe And • Soviet Agent Held New York. March 5—(UP)— Judith Copion, 27, a pretty, bru neUe employe of the justice department in Washington. D. C.. and | a member of the Soviet delega'.ion to the United Nations were heli by the FBI today on charges of stealing U. S. government information. Miss Copion. a native New Yorker and a graduate of Barnard College. and the Russian, iden'ified as Valentine A. Gubitchev. 32, third secretary of the U. S. S. R. secretariat of the United Nations, were arrested last night by FBI agents. Arresting agents said Miss Coplon had concealed in her purse a flat package containing typewritten summaries of information taken from confidential documents involving security data and restricted information. The FBI men had trailed the girl from Washington to her appointed meeting place with Gubitchev at 193rd St. and Broadway, New York, the justice department said. They appeared there at 7;23 p.m.. agents said, but avoided direct contact until 9 p.m. when they boarded a bus near 42nd St. Agents arrested them on Third Ave., between 14th and 15th Sts. Announcement of their arrest was made by the justice depart(Turn To PuiW Three» — ! David Bodie Dies Friday Afternoon Funeral Services Tuesday Afternoon David Bodie. 81. a lifelong resident of Adams county, died at 4:50 o’clock Friday afternoon at the home of a daughter. Mrs. Ilda Patsel. ««4 Schirmeyer street. Death followed a two weeks illness of complications. He was liorn in Jefferson town ship July 4. 1867. a son of Abraham and Rachel Bodie. His wife.. Deborah, preceded him in death. He was a member of the Nutt-, man Avenue United Brethren church. Surviving are four daughters. Mrs. Patsel. Mrs. Lucy Applegate and Mrs. Litha Lee, both of Marion. and Mrs. Lona Myers of Van Wert county, 0.. and a sister. Mrs. Ro«a Pierce of Delphos. O. Three i children and six brothers and sis i ters are deceased. Funeral services wi 1 be held at 2 p. m. Tuesday at the Black fu- I neral home, the Rev. George E 1 Weaver officiating Burial will | be at Bobo. Friends may call at i the funeral home after 7 o’clock • i this evening.

Vishinsky Replaces Molotov-Mikoyan Fired ■■■■■■M O ET KmL' t If w A 7-3 » —I A.-K V ' ' si B I » IrL JI jifi ntf HH sL Ila Jg EgL ■ THE SUPREME SOVIET, in a startling news broadcast from Moscow, summarily announced that Foreign Minister Molotov had been "released . . , from his duties" to be replaced by his former deputy, ' Andrei Vishinsky (left), with whom he is pictured on the left. In the same casual "news broadcast, the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet also announced the dismissal of Foreign Trade Minister A. I. Mikoyan (right), who will be replaced by A. Menshikov.

Trial Completed 0115 Clergymen Announce Verdicts Tuesday Afternoon Sofia, Mar. 5- (UP) —Fifteen Protestant ministers facing possible death by hanging pleaded for mercy and promised to be faithful servants of the government today in final statements to a district court trying them for treason, espionage and black marketing. After the so-called "last words" of the pastors were heard, the court announced that verdicts would be handed down Tuesday afternoon and adjourned until then. Lawyers for the pastors accused of spying for the United States and Great Britain and of p’ottlng against the government pleaded for leniency. Most of them solicited mercy on grounds that their clients had confessed and merely j were "tools of American capitalism." One by one the pastors went to the witness box to make their final statements. Some wept, as they had done during the earlier court sessions. Others were cool. All except one had pleaded guilty to ! all the charges, and that one confessed black marketing. Yanko Ivanov. 48. bald and lame Methodist pastor, was the most composed of the defendants. Ivanov, for whom the prosecution demanded the death penalty leaned comfortably on the rail of the witness box. • Standing at this trial’ at the frontier between life and death." he said. “I tried to re-estimate my life. It is given only once to a man. so everyone attempts to use his life so that at its end he may not say it was empty.” He said he regretted the mis takes he had made, and asked the court to give him a chance to (Tara Ta Paar Three I Berne Churches Plan Food Friday Service Berne. March 5 - The churches of Berne will unite in holding a union Good Fridav service on April 15 at the First Mennonite church It will be a three-hour servics from 12 noon until 3 o’clock. The local ministers will appear on th* program and a large community choir, directed by Freeman Burkbal ter. will sing the canata, "Seven Last Words of Christ" by Dubois

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Decatur, Indiana, Saturday, March 5, 1949

Decatur Ministers Will Meet Monday The Decatur ministerial association will hold its regular monthly meeting in the parlor of the Zion Evangelical and Reformed church Monday morning at 10. All members are requested to he oresent. Party blocs Caucus On Bonus Measure Consider General Tobacco Tax To Pay Indianapolis, March 5 — (UP) — A special conference committee to iron out the soldiers’ bonus prole lem indicated today it was "giving serious consideration" to a new general tobacco tax to help raise the necessary funds. But the bi-partisan senate and house committee won’t make a final report until Monday, last day of the 86th general assembly. But that time they hope to work out a compromise accepto'dc to both Democrats and Republicans. Party blocs in both houses caucused today in efforts to reach agreements to baek up their conference committee representatives. Rep. Joseph Klein, D., Gary, said the committee was "strangely inclined" to compromise on a “pack(Turn To Page Three)

(Rev. Ignatius C. Vichuras, Assistant Pastor St. Mary's Catholic Church) THE GLORY OF GOD “The heavens show forih the g’ory of God and the firmament deciareth the works of his hands.” Psalm 19:1. We have all. time and again, allowed ourselves the pleasure of marveling at the beauty which the heavens provide. Have we however in the midst of our wonderment ever stopped long enough to a-k ourselves as to their origin. Perl'.dps with the Psalmist we will dec ar ■ that these heavenly glories are the handiwork of God. which would be correct. But should we stop here? We would if these silen' witnesses in declaring Gods glory had no lesson to give to God's nolde-t creation—MAN What is the lesson to be derived? There are many hut the most appropriate at this prrtlcular time is the realitation how all creation is depended upon its Creator. A given law guides the destinv of the firmament, all vegetable life, brute and ra’ional lite. Man alone enjoying the freedom of will has dared either through ignorance, indifference or malice to defy his Creator by vio ating. even flagrantly, the natural precepts. Such viola'ions have been respon'lble in hampering universal harmony that should be prevalent among all of God's creation. Man's destiny a< a mere creature is to seek ahd find his Creator and repose in Him as his suprein- happiness. No lesser dignity is worthy of man; for he in too suhllmnlv great a creature to be fully content with anything less than God.

4-H Club Show To Be Held With Fair Committee Votes On Site For Show The annual 4-H chib show will be held this year In conjunction with the 1949 street fair. By a narrow margin the Adams county extension committee Friday night voted for the Decatur site, eliminating plans for moving either to Shroyer lake or Monroe. However, the committee decided to conlinue its quest for a permanent home for the 4-H show. The desire was expressed for a show site at which the committee would be able to control other features which detract from obtaining the high ideals of the 4-H movement. The vote was taken following a period of discussion on the objectives of 4-H cluh activities, including sportsmanship, learning to 'work and play with others of their age. winning without bragging and losing without sulking, learning to assume responsibilities, developing skills in home making, crop and livestock production. August Selking. chairman, was instructed to appoint committees to visit other counties in the state which have permanent homes for their 4-H club shows. The investigators are to learn how the set-up was obtained, how maintained, and (Turn I'o Page Five)

Molotov Is Replaced By Vishinsky; Call Change Promotion For Molotov

Americans Caught 'Off Guard' By Sudden Shift In Russian Cabinet Washington, March 5 — (UP) — I American diplomats speculated to-1 day that Russia's failure to extend Communism beyond eastern Europe's iron curtain prompted the ! drastic Soviet cabinet shakeup. •Experts on Soviet affairs conceded they were caught completely off guard iby the "release" of Soviet foreign minister V. M. .Molotov, and ! foreign trade minister A. I. Mikj oyan from the kev iposts. They did not profess to know why the toughi talking Andrei Y. Vishinsky got Mo- ! lotov's old job. i But this government has suspecti ed for many months that rebuffs I to Moscow’s scheme of rapid world I domination would develop strains on Soviet policies, and that new tactics would be applied. Officials said the Russians may now be preparing to' embark upon a program designied to consolidate their postwar ; gains in eastern .Flurope, rather Ithan to expand their orbit of in- ! fluence. But they insisted that any new change in Soviet policies would be in tactics — not in objectives. They warned against any hope that Russia has abandoned her long-range program of world domination. Secretary of state Dean 0. Acheson and former secretary George C. Marshall, now in New York to address the overseas press club, had no comment on the .Molotov-Mikoy-an ousters. iMost congressional experts also declined to discuss the cabinet switch. But those who know Vishinsky from international conferences feared that his rise to the ixist of foreign minister means only more (TWrn To ?a«e Five) Injuries Fatal To Elmer Hockemeyer Funeral Services Monday Afternoon Elmer F. Hockemeyer. 30. died at 2:45 o'clock Friday afternoon at the Lutheran hospital, For! Wavne of injuries sustained when struck by a falling tree while working In the woodlot of his farm, one mile east and one-half mile north of Hoagland last Saturday afternoon. Hockemeyer was working with his father. Herman, and a brother., Raymond. The three men were carrying a log from the woodlot when a tree which had been notched fell unexpectedly. The trunk of the tree struck Hockemeyer on the head. The accident victim was horn in Madison township. Allen county. July 10. 1918. a son of Herman and Clara Poehler-Hockemeyer. He was married to Frieda Wietfeldt March 30. 1941. He was a member of the St. I John's Lutheran church at Flatrock. Surviving are his wife; his parents: the brother. Raymond, of near Hoagland, and a shier. Mrs. Wanda Guenin of Fort Wayne. Funeral services will be held at 1:45 p. m. Monday at the home and at 2 o'clock at St. John's Lutheran church at Flatrock, the Rev. H. W. Hartenberger officiating. Burial will be In the church ' cemetery. The body will be removed from the Zwick funeral home to the residence at 7 o'clock this evening.

Dairy School In This Cily On Wednesday Dairy Caravan On Exhibit Wednesday At Decatur School • The doors of the Decatur high I; school gym will open in welcome | • to all Adams county dairymen and • women nt 9:30 a.in. Wednesday. : Tills is the time and place of the •! dairy caravan or extension school, i No speech making, but lots of exhib--1 its and plenty of time to get ans swers to questions from the spec- ■ ialist. 1 Purdue will have exhibits on: ; 1. Control of cattle grubs. 2. Farm safety. r I 3. Methods of curing hay. r 4. Ladino clover. •] 5. Dairy herd health, j 6. Artificial breeding. Movies showing on the all • | day entitled, the problem of "line- • teria in milk" and "hay is 'what - you make it." Style Show A styling of clothing for 'farm ' chores at 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. model- • ed by members of the Adams conn- ■ ty home economics clubs. Com--1 ments on each garment will ne ' made by a home economist, Miss Lorraine Ammy. ’ Free noon lunch will be served 1 by members of the Adams county ' home economics clubs through the ■ courtesy of the sponsoring dalrj r firms. ‘' Walter Zueixher and his nccordian band will furnish the noon time entertainimnt. Industry Exhibits 1. Milk house and equipment that will meet the “code" specifications. 2. Dairy products made from Adams county milk. 3. Dairy barn and milk house I floor plans. 4. Demonstration of sediment testing. 5. Showing direct microscopic examination of .liacteria in milk. 6. Washing milk house equipment ■ 7. Demonstration of the correct (Turn Tn Paar Five! I i I . Seek To Salvage Filibuster Drive Anti-Filibuster Curbs Unlikely Washington. March 5 — (UP) — j Administration senators were called into conference today to see what can be done about salvaging the administration's anti filibuster drive. With southern Democrats and Republicans apparently combining against any attempt to choke oft the weA-old debate, some admini st rat ion sources said frankly that they had about given up hope of writing anti-filibuster curl s into senatd rules this session. But senate Democratic leader Scott W. Lucas of llinois was determined to fight the issue out with the southerners to the bitter end He scheduled an unusual Saturday session In order to reach a showdos n as soon as possible. Lccas said that at the pre-ses-sion meeting administration forces (Tuva Te Psge six)

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Cautious Approach Taken By Officials To Changes Listed In Russian Leaders London. Mar. 5 — (UP) — The j British foreign office received today an "urgent report" from Its j ambassador in Moscow describing the "release" of V. M. Molotov as Soviet foreign minister as a promotion rather than a demotion. The report, it was learned, was j received from Ambassador Sir ! Maurice Peterson, and confirmed the cautious approach taken by j British officials here in assessing the replacement of Molotov byAndrei Y. Vishinsky. I Western Europe had hoped [ that the shift might presage a • Russian bid to ease the cold war, ■ but Peterson's report apparently ■ did not give any hope of this, indicating Instead a possible intensification of anti-western policy on Russia’s part. The British report from Moscow I coincided with expressions of i "great apprehension” from quarters close to the French foreign office in Paris. French sources considered A. L Mikoyan’s replacement as minister of foreign trade as even more significant and ominous, since Mikoyan was regarded as the most western minded of the Kremlin's inner circle. He was replaced by one of his deputies. M. A. Menshikov. Fe’erson's report was said to have taken this line—that release of Molotov from his duties as top men in the Russian foreign office will give him more time and opportunity to carry on in his role of the second most important in the Soviet Union. Molotov long has been considered second only to Premier Josef Stalin in the Soviet hierarachy. and Peterson’s report apparently gave no reason to believe that his status as Stalin's probable successor had changed. Sources close to the British government said the most it anticipated was a change of Russian tactics and emphasis in the cold war—that there is not the slightest reason to expect any change in basic Soviet policy. A high French source took the same view, puttihg It this way: "Vishinsky is a tool who can be extremely tough and aggressive. He is not an embodiment of basic policy as was Molotov. Vishinsky • is method." All quarters pointed out. in speculation regarding the surprising shifts announced last night by Moscow radio, that Molotov and Mikoyan both remain members o? the Po'ithuro. Their successors are not members of that all-pow-erful body which in the end determines all Soviet policy, both foreign and internal. Brl ish officials said the shift from Molo’ov. who is the recognized No. 2 man in Russia, to Vishinsky. the fiery prosecutor of the (Ture Tn l‘a«e Mil V* A L. < 4° ;