Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 47, Number 66, Decatur, Adams County, 19 March 1949 — Page 1

XLVII. No. 66.

RUSSIA ASSAILS NORTH ATLANTIC PACT

■cas Doubts ■alition To Buttle Plans Senate Democratic Reader Sees Passage Os Truman Program March 19 Democratic leader Scott W. today belittled reports that Oblthern Democratic Republican ?eoa|t: n was about to scuttle ■■dent Truman’s entire iegisHHe program. Egjjcas told newsmen' that he think the coalition, which administration a bad on the anti filibuster issue, .’ will take up the cudgels against party bills. He said there were no "serious SHhgs of .antipathy" between ■aHßheni and southern Democrats M 1 result of the administration’s tboßive three-week battle to write strtfcg anti-filibuster curbs into HBKte rules. gB. Wayne Morse. 11. Orc., said. that talk of a GO?southern coalition could do "great darage” to his party. He said the MUqmblican party needed "saving Itself." ■ “It needs to be saved from those in the party who would take us to the 1920’5." he said. wWßy're scared to death that, if the| don't somebody might accuse of being a ’me to' party If go back. I am sure they ■n a ‘has been' party." Other congressional develop, 3 Mu- Senate foreign affairs iers expected President TruMto make an urgent plea for’ ratification of the north At-' security pact. ■■'- Senate Democratic lead- ■ er Stott W. Lucas predicted the senate would pass its 12-month rent exttetsion bill next weik without mater amendments. But some Rejfftjye'Qis claimed mounting support for their proposals which would weaken the measure furCommunists Sloven Nelson, ■■bslav-horn Communist organi western Pennsylvania, will ■the first witness when the unAmerican activities begins its investigation of J congress on April 18. . . I Love—Maj. Gen. John E. Dahlluist. army personnel chief, told a home armed services subcommitthe army prefers its low looking enlisted men to be single. H|*a< ( time, he said, the G. 1. has "fBo Jusiness with wives and kidtfltea. He asked the subcommittee upset the applecart by pro HKg for family housing allow 1 (Turn To l*ng«* MM ■hr Persons Killed HKTrain Hits Auto |.. Mirth Judson, Ind., Match 19 >«JP) Pour persons were killer, ■ today when a southbound Penns,. 1 railroad passenger trait. K «tru«k their car at a crossing hi re | Coroner J. R. -Matthews idem, ■fiiflnhe dead as .Edward Orth. 29; MMfcter Okeley, 30; Mrs. Marcella ■ Glass Wovith, 34. and Mrs. Vah-n K ttarSpen-er. 31. all of North Judl | State police said «rm kave of t.o B earjras carried for nearly a :mo I before the train could be stopped |B The train was enroute from ChiLogansport. gwo Appointments ■Made By Schricker ■I t Itaianapolis. March 19 — (UP) — more Democratic officials were slated today to move into governor Schricker's administration ti. i’SHfce holdover Republicans. Soricker said he had appointed Dr I M. Dill. Danville, as state wettare director, and W Herschel Skta-r Carthage, as state personDill replaced Otto Walls of KnAtstown. while Skinner sue ■M James M. Knapp. Hagerstaten Both appointments will he cffncthe April 1. WEATHER ■Mostly fair today and to.•lg"’ Increasing cloudiness Ipday. Continued co>d today •M tonight. Somewhat warm•■Bunday. High today 35 north U 43 south. Low tonight 20 to 30 south. ’

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Teamsters Union To Check Members On-The-Road Check Planned By Union New York. Mar. 19—(UP)—The AFL Teamsters Union announced plans today to make a nationwide on-the-road check of its more than I.o’ 0.000 members "to see that our drivers are all in good standing ahd that employers -are carrying out contracts.” The unprecedented check, announced by Dave Beck, executive vice president of the union, will begin April 1 and is expected to take several months to complete. It will involve checking nearly all the 6,521,000 trucks registered in the United States. Beck emphasized that no trucks will be halted on the’ highways. But union spotters will be placed at a l natural stops such as roadside eating stands, tunnel heads, weigh-in stations and fueling points to check the union cards of drivers. Much of the checking will be done in garages at night. Beck said. For the first two weeks, union checkers will concentrate on two of the union's 15 divisions, over-the-road and local freight drivers, involving between 100,000 and 140,000 members, Beck said. After this check has been completed, Beck said, the union will ■ start checking its drivers in other , divisions, such as the milk and ■ dairy industries, garage and service stations, new. paper drivers, and laundry and bakery drivers. The check was understood to have a dual purpose. First to make certain that employers with | teamsters’ contracts are living up ’to their bargain and are not secretly employing non-union personI nel. and to give the union information on the number of truckers not under contract. Bock announcI ed some time ago the union would launch a giant membership drive. A form letter announcing the on-the-road check has been mailed to ' thousands of employers, advising I them to see that their drivers are in good standing, Beck said. “In order that you will in no manner be inconvenienced, and in the Interest of expediting your trucks oh their way, we hereby (Turn To Pncp Mil K. 01C. Oratorical Contest On Monday Winner To Compete In District Meet The city winner in the Knights of Columbus oratorical contest will be selected Monday tveiling in the elimination meet at the K. of C. hall. , Contestants from the Decatut Catholic high school will discuss the subject. "Catholic Contributors to American History." The winner will represent Decatur Council No. 864 in the district contest in Fort Wayne next month. Similar events are being held throughout the state by the Knights of Columbus and the state contest will be held in Indianapolis in May. The local Knights of Columbus will award prizes of sls. sljl and $c to the three highest contestants. The Rev. Robert Hoevel. former assistant pastor at St. Mary’s church, and two other priests from Fort Wayne, will act as judges o: the local competitive event. The number of contestants was , not announced, hut one of the students said that several intended to discuss the topic and compete for [ the prizes. 'Voice Os The Deep' Here Monday Night “Vcice of the Deep.” full-color •ound shins of new discoveries, will Ire shown at 7:30 p.m. Monday at the Zion --’vangelical and Reformed chur.h. und r sponsorship of the Decatur ministerial association. The films depict discoveries made ■rv'the navy and staff memlrers of Moody instltnte of science in Los Angeles, showing that fish really talk. These studies reveal the fishv inhabitants of the “sileift decn" cackle, cluck, click their teeth and create a general hubdub that resembles a marine barnyard.

Truman Holds Vacation Press Conference

t gay- ■ jMSpMR W Pios f, ■■HB A • F w J rF-4 -nA sr-X,,, ' r ’ ■ inflMi IN THE WARM SUNSHINE on the lawn of the little White House, President Truman holds his weekly press conference at Key We-t. Mr. Truman was optomistic that most of bis legislative program would be approved and expressed hearty commendation of Secretary of Stale Acheson's radio address on the North Atlantic pact.

Radar Defense Bill Passed By Congress Awaits Signature By Pres. Truman Washington. Mar. 19 — (UP) — A bill to authorize the air force to construct ah $85,000,000 radar network for the protection of the North American continent today awaits President Truman’s signature. The bill passed both houses of congress after the defense department callol it "urgent" legi lation. Top air force generals testilled in its favor in secret committee sessions. The senate completed congressional action on the bill yesterday without a word of opposition to it. The radar network, to be built in cooperation with Canada, wilt stretch from Alaska across the Arctic wastes of Canada to Newfoundland. Locations of the radar stations and their number is a closely guarded military secret, but they are expected to be about 150 miles apart. These stations, picking up the approach of enemy bombers on their radar screens, would radio the information back to a control center. This con'rol center would in turn order combat centers to. dispatch fighter p anes to intercept the enemy planes before they could reach their targets. Such an ambi'ious radar network never was attempted in (Turn To I'nae Mxi Charles E. Sours Dies This Morning Funeral Services Monday Afternoon Charles Edward Sours. 67. died of a heart attack at 6 o'clock this morning at the home of Icel Shanks in Hartford township, where Mr. and Mrs. Sours had been visiting He had been ill for the past yeai but his death was unexpected. The deceased, a resident of Linn Grove most of his life, where h( was a carpenter, was boin in Toe sin June 1. 1881. a son of George and Mary Bricker-Sours. He was a member of the Congregational Christian church of Linn Grove and the Eagles lodge at Mun cie. Surviving are his wife, formerly Jennie Hale: two sons. Paul Ed ward Sours of Portland and Ceorge E. of Muncie; two brothers. Claude of Muncie and Naaman of Cleveland. 0.. and two sisters. Mrs Harry Campbell and Mrs. Edward Lutton. both of Muncie. One bro ther and two sisters preceded him in death. Funeral services will be held at 2:30 p.m. Monday at the Linn Grove Congregational Christian church, the Rev. Leo McKinley officiating. Buriai will be in the Linn Grove cemetery. The body will be removed from the Jahn funeral home to the residence at 2:30 p.m Sunday.

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Decatur, Indiana, Saturday, March 19, 1949

Meet Here Sunday To Plan Religious Census Pastors and two lay representatives of all the churches of Decatur will meet Sunday afternoon at 2:3u [ o’clock in the Zion 'Evangelical and Reformed church, to draw up plans ’ for the proposed religious census of Decatur, which will take place ’ some time after Easter. It is desir- ' ed that each church have its rep ’ resentatives in attendance. World Wheal Pad Agreement Reached Russia, Argentina Are Out Os Market Washington, Mar. 19 -- (UP) — [ Russia and Argentina watched from the sidelines today as some t 40 nations put the fini hing touches to a wheat pact that would shut off these two nations from half of the world's market. ; Exporting and importing nations were able to reach agreement on - terms yesterday only by freezing i the Soviets out of the negotiations, after Russia refused to com- ,; promise her demands. The pact, scheduled to be sign- ,: ed early next week, would assure the other three major wheat ex porters — Canada. United States , and Australia—a minimum market ! for about 450,000,000 bushels a year for the next four years. France and Uruguay, minor exi porters, will be given small shares in the export quota. Acting conference chairman J. C. Van Essclie of Belgium indicated the U. S. share of the market probably would be about 165.000,000 bushels a year, or about one third of its present export rate. Van Essche emphasized the decision to by pass Russia was taken reluctantly and only for "purely technical" reasons. What happened was that Russia played for "double-or-nothing” at , the conference -and lo't. She insisted on a guaranteed market for . 75.000,000 bushels a year. That'S slightly more than twice as much wheat as she exported last year, according to statistics gathered by the Uni'ed Nation? food and azrii culture organization. The five exporting nations had. I as they put it, "gen’rously” offered Russia 50.f100.000 bushels a year under a proposed pact covering • 500.000,000 bushels, the maximum 1 the importing nations would take • Tnr« To I’aae SU>

IVteclifatirM. I (Rev. Ralph R. Johnson, Pleasant Mills 4 Salem Methodist) i' The term “justified hy faith" Is a familiar one in the Scriptures and indicates to us the importance of faith as a basic I element in Christianity. In this text the apostle mentions other characteristics of the Christian. These are not piled one on top ' of ano'her but rather on -is an overflow or outgrowih of another With faith then as the basis, the Christian experience iin’olds | to virtue, virtue to knowlelre. knowledge to temp ran*e. temper- ! J ance to patience, pa'l-nce to Colliness Godliness to brotherly kindr| ness. and broth rly kindness to charity. I’For if these things be in you and abound, they make you that ye shall neither be barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ."

Truman Concludes Florida Vacation • Will Seek Reversal Os Congress Trend Key West. Fla., March 19-(UP) —President Trumati returns to Washington today still feeling that his program will get through congress despite the reversals it has suffered during his >two-week Florida vacation. The President was tanned and rested and said he was holding his weight to an even 176 pounds. He. plans to attend the White House news photographers annual dinner tonight and then settle down to his usual heavy schedule. In an effort to reverse the trend against him in congress, lie will have his usual Monday morning meeting with his legislative big four. He also intends to have a conference during the day with his cabinet. The way for another round of arguments over White House cen sorship of vacation pictures of the President was optned on the eve of his departure from Key West. Five exclusive photographs of Mr. Truman appeared on a billboard in the lobby of the swank Casa Marina hotel. They showed the President strolling around the grounds with Leonard Hicks, the owner. The billboard advertised who's who at the Casa Marina" and declared that "these photographs may be ordered from Clint, the hotel photographer, or by phoning 837.” But when news photographers telephoned the hotel photographer ind wanted to buy prints, he told them they were not for sale but merely were posted for the guests to look at. The pictures were taken by thr hotel photographer when Mr. Tru man paid a surprise visit to th< hotel Thursday. Regular news photographers as signed to cover the President's va cation, whose shots of the Presi dent swimming were protested oi grounds of an “unauthorized in (Turn Tn Page Ml) Israeli, Lebanon To Sign Armistice Rhodes, March 19 — (UP) — Is raeli and Lebanese officials uil sign an armstice tomorrow, author itative quarters said today. The Israeli-Transjordan talks have been adjourned until Monday Mem Iters of both delegations hav< returned home to consult with tneii governments over the weekend «

Declares Atlantic Pact Means “War On Soviet;" Europe Hails New Treaty

Urgent Plea From President Truman For Early Adoption Os Pact Foreseen Washington, March 19 — (UP)— Senate foreign affairs leaders to-1 day looked for an urgent plea from ’ President Truman for early ratifi-j cation of the North Atlantic security pact. Chairman Tom Connally, D., Tex . of the senate foreign relations outmittee said he believes Mr. Truman will send the treaty to the senate immediately after it is Signed lg participating f itions on April 4. Connally alerted his committee to be ready for speedy action on the issue. In demanding early senate approval, it was reported, iMr. Truman will be acting on the advice of his diplomatic aides who believe that tension between Russia and the western world will mount until the pact formally is put into effect. The treaty, formulated within the framework of the United Nations, binds together in a 20-year mutual I defense agreement eight western Democracies — The United States, Great Britain, France, Canada, Belgium, the Netherlands. Norway and Luxembourg. Four more powers— Italy, Denmark, and Portugal — are expected to join in the pact before it is.signed. Radio Aloscow's first official reaction to the pact was that it means "war on the Soviet Union." The terms of the precedent-set-ting treaty were made public yesterday. They would pledge the United States and the seven other free nations to take immediate ae-; tion to light an armed attack I against any one of them. The treaty leaves it up to each individual nation to decide if it wanted to use military force against the aggressor. But secretary of state Dean G. I Acheson made it plain that, as he views the treaty, the United States probably would be committed to tTlirn To I'nge Ml) — District Guernsey , Show During Fair Guernsey Cattle To Be Shown At Fair The northeastern Indiana Guernsey cattle show will be held in Decatur in connection with the Decatur free street fair and agricultural show the last week in \ July, it was announced today. Peter Lehman, prominent dairy 1 farmer and Guernsey dairy herd operator and showman, has received word from state officials of the Guernsey association that the northeastern show will- come to Decatur. Last year's show was held at Swayzee in Grant county. 1 The Guernsey show was held in Decatur several years ago. but dur- ( ing the last 10 years, it has been held in various places, because the loc it fair was discontinued. However, when the fair was re-1 established last year, there was a move to include several of the topflight cattle shows in connection with the fair and 4-H displays. Local fair officials decided to invite a number of cattle shows to Decatur this year and the acceptance of E. T. Wallace, secretary .flthe Guernsey breeders associa.ion of the invitation, is the second ;o be received recently. The northeastern Indiana Jersey show also will be held here. • Miss Glennys Roop Heads Alumni Group Miss Glennys Roop, teacher in the Lincoln grade school, was elected presidtnt of the Adams county alumni association of Ball State Tea hers college at the annual dinner held in this city. She succeeds Mrs. Myron Habegger. of Berne. Other new officers are Margaret Rhoades. Geneva, vice-president: Everett Renner. Berne, secretary, and Beulah Augsburger, Hartford, treasurer.

Fad-Finders Study Wabash Strike Monday Wabash President Says Settlement Up To Government St. Louis, Mar. 19 — (UP) — Settlement of a strike that has shut down the Wabash railroad is “entirely in the hands of the government," Wabash president Arthur K. Atkinson said today. Atkinson turned down a proposal by four striking unions that 1 attempts be made to settle the dispute before a presidential factfinding hoard begins meetings i Monday to determine the causes i of the strike. John E. Donnelly, spokesman for 1 3,500 engineers, firemen, conduc- ' tors and trainmen, had announced that the “door was still open” to 1 railroad officials if they wanted to try to settle the strike before the board opens hearings. Both sides promised to give the board their full cooperation. The men walked out Tuesday when ’ negotiations broke down after months of discussion on more than 100 long standing grievances. The railroad, meanwhile, was' reducing to a skeleton force. I About 1,300 employes of its main [•shops in Decatur. 111., were laid off yesterday. Most of the office workers at the line's general headquarters here will he laid off Monday. About 8,500 workers faca lay-offs. I A check of cities and industries ’ which usually rely on the Wabash for transportation showed that most were switching to truck and bus service. Twenty Indiana towns are serv- [ ed exclusively by the Wabash but ! officials said no hardship was reported among them because highway vehlc'es were filling in by I carrying cargoes and passengers. The International Rock Salt I company at Detroit laid off 200 I m n duo to the lack of shipping facilities. The Ford assembly plant at Robertson. Mo., warned . It would have to lay off 1.500 men if the Wabash strike were prolonged and the Sinclair Mining Co. al I Huntsville. Mo., said it would lay off 90 workers. I I Rural School Music Festival April 1 Annual Festival At Geneva High School The annual Adams county mu ie festival will ho hold at the I Geneva high school auditorium Friday. April 1 at 8 p. m.. it was announced today by Lyman L Hann, superintendent of the coun i ty schools. 1 The seven rural hieh schools of ' the county will participate in the program and it is estimated a to'a' of 25'1 students will he include l. Varner Chance, supervi or o* In struniental music of the For ( Wayne schools, will again direc ' the massed choruses in six select ed numbers. In addition, each school will pre-ent one or more numbers of either vocal or instrumental music, either solos or en semhles. as they choose. i Mr Chance will meet the group for rehearal of the massed chor uses Wednesday morning. March 30. All members will make the trip to Genova in their school . buses. Ticket', priced »• 23 cents tn take care Os nec“«'anr inctlen’al expanse', are on sale by the par- . tieipatiqg schools. A rapacity audience attended list year’s . music festival

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| Nations Os Western Europe Hail Pact As Escape From Soviet Destruction London. Mar. 19 — (UP) — Russia declared today that the Atlantic pact meajß “war on the Soviet Union" but British foreign seen tary Ernest Bevin hailed it as the west’s means of escape from destruction by the Kremlin. All other nations of western Europe, fearful of the Soviet menace, hailed article five as a provi- | siou of the pact which has placed them at long last under military protection equal to that of Russia and her satellites. Article five states that "the parties agree that an armed attack against one or more of them in Europe or North Africa shall be considered an attack against them all." "This past means war on the Soviet Union." said Radio Moscow in an English language commentary. the first Russian reaction to be heard in the west. In the broadcast, however. Moscow avoided giving details of the North Atlantic treaty. In addition to denouncing the pact in , familiar ideological language, Moscow pointed to communist an- , ti-pact demonstrations throughout , Europe as proof that the treaty , did not have popular support. . "The Atlantic pact is being put , over by one of the greatest lies in the long and crooked history of i diplomacy." said the Daily Work er in London, "the lie that th< Soviet Union ... is plotting t« invade western Europe and launch a third world war." Bevin took to the world-girdling British radio in person last night to explain to the people of Britain and the dominions why the British government joined the North Atlantic powers. He said the Soviet communists were trying “to create a situation of chaos in order that the will of tlie Kremlin could be carried out and the whole of Europe brought into bondage." Earlier, speaking in the house of commons. Bevin said he believed the pact would lead to "universal peace." French foreign minister Robert Schuman sail the pact contained a legal as well as a moral obligaHon upon all signatories to go to the immediate aid of an attacked member. However, he took a gloomy view (Turn To I'iiuo Three) ‘ 17-Month-Oid Child Is Burned To Death Vincennes, Ind., March 19 — (UP)-- Funeral services were arranged today for 17-month-old Ronald Holman who burned to deatn late yesterday. The child, son of Mr. and Mrs. William Holman, died when lire destroyed his parents’ home near here. The mother. Mary, is, suffered severe burns as she attempted to rescue the child. Cause of the blaze was not determined. Philippines Head Urges U. S. Form Pacjfic Alliance Mainla. March 19 — (UP) —President Elpidio Quirino said today ! .hat the United States should take he initiative in forming a Pacr.ic .illianc ■ similar to the Atlantic pact to fight Cctnmunism in the far ,-ast. “America should take the lead in the far east and not concentrate her entire attention on Europe." Quirino said. “If America is going to abandon is. then our vast potential strength to the United States will be lost. “Europe is used up - an economic liability. But this is a virgin rs i tion. with unmeasured resout'e* tnd people who are eager n take advantare of the blessings offered ■ by democracy. i "America should not fail us In the Orient”