Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 47, Number 76, Decatur, Adams County, 31 March 1949 — Page 1

.VII. No. 76.

TRUMAN OPPOSES CUT IN RECOVERY FUND

■eneral ■Boost mew Bill » Director Says ■General Boost ■tents Likely u.',Hgton. .March 31 — (UP)— Tighe K. Woods astoday that ,he n - w law does mean > sBrJl rpnt ill( ' rease for 1111 .B said in a statement that njw law's provisions for a “fair* n |^B u t ins income" for landy.oisHa liberalization of present which grant financial Kn t s. “Thßprovision." he said, "will 9B* particularly of any small BBBs who may not be obtainadequate net operating inlaw to the 9HKxpediter to determine fait' does not involve any .uimiHratively unworkable plan sf on some valuation, paKSfa it mean a general rent all tenants. mereof a trend in provisions which has - place over the past Truman signed th? ihi Manlay and described it as Present controls expire The new law foes Into Hlect tomorrow. It extends BKtmls months, communities the right the governor. indicated it will be many r " nt ’"creases under the “falrjw operating income" prothe Ho add a new adjustment regulabe issued to take care of landlords who are not earning a operating income’ thMHbp‘”ti<-s. This regulation, he be based on study income of representative period. "Uilptcily will cover operations and under provisions processing of petitions hand.” present regulations, landIn at a loss can petitton fol so-called "hardship" in listed eight improvemeat* In the new act. These irnwere the one cited yes jßßb' Mr. Truman signing They Included sri'i'.ig the housing expediter authority to regulate and the right to sue for for violation of Astor he "local option’ provissaid this merely repreiM&l extension of the principle the operation of local rent Bvisory hoards. This princiheen. he said, to give ~SSt® discretion to local authorit--1*» tojsay whether or not federal rentiMptnd is necessary in theii .W* national association of real also hailed this pro ’■tbm.A spokesman for the boards ••M the local option provision is • d.■control measure as by congress." ®|Br this week, the associaexecutive vice president Ilf *g® Nelson, had warned the in a telegram that by bill, he might bring or ‘® S *Ounemployment, a housing and a general business de .n.rtatem nt accompanying the * ) Truman said the rent "'|B passed by congress "depropaganda barrage which to destroy rent con passage of this effective p®t eoxtrol law." he said. ' clear"^P s!ratp ’ lhp Purpose of the tFjB I to maintain adequate proSH for tenants until the housrelieved “ WEATHER •ClOuly and colder tonight W ..t tJrr; l '® h ’ rain er drlxzie • *W and east portion*, pcs*k>. Cha " B ' na t 0 sro * Uurrie* north. Friday genBM*y fair.

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Dow Chemical Head Dies In Air Crash Dr. Willard Dow, Four Others Dead London. Ont., Mar. 31—(UP)— Dr. Willard H. Dow, 52-year-old president of Dow Chemical company, his wife, and three other persons were killed today when their plane crashed and burned three miles east of the London airport. The victims were Mr. and Mrs. Dow; Mrs. Calvin Campbe’l, 45. 1 wife of the company's general 1 counsel who escaped with injuries, and company pilots Fred Clement and A. J. Bowie, all of ” Midland. Mich. Campbell. 46. staggered from an ■ emergency door of the plane as 1 the craft crashed and burst into flames. The control tower at the ' London airport had been in con--1 stant contact up to the time of the accident and aid was sent immediately. Campbell, taken to St. Joseph's ! hospital suffering from shock, lac- ; orations on the legs and a possible hack injury, told attendants that his wife was unable to unfasten her safety belt and was engulfed in flames with the other victims. “The emergency door flew open , and I got out,” he explained, saying he was dazed and unable to help the other victims before the flames drove him back. Sgt. George Blub of the Ontario ! provincial police and several other officers were the first officials ( on the scene and brought Calvin ( into London for medical treatment. t Dr. Dow, head of one of the na- . tion’s biggest chemical firms, and I his companions took off from the .JrbCities airport at Midland this morning en route to Buffalo, N, Y„ . in •- company plane. Bodies of the victims were badly burned, according to police dispatcher Harry Gilchrist. They were removed to funeral homes (Turn To l’n«e Elfthtl Noblesville Woman And Young Son Killed 1 Noblesville. Ind.. March 31 — (UP)— Mrs. Charles Heaton. 30, and her four-year-old son. Charles, were killed yesterday in a two-car collision in which Mrs. Walter H. Miles was injured critically. 'Nubbins' Hoffman Dies, Ends Long Battle For Life Cheyenne, Wyo„ March 31 — (UP)— Seven-year-old "Nubbins" Hoffman died today. His five-year fight for life had touched the nation’s heart, and his courage had amazed the doctors. "Nubbins" died in the modest home of his foster parents, Mr. and Mrs. Marshall Hoffman. Only Mrs. Hoffman was present The youngster had been in a coma, broken by brief spells of consciousness, for the last four days. Frank Smith Dies Suddenly In Oregon Former Decatur Man Is Taken By Death Frank Smith, 70. formerly of Decatur, died suddenly at his home; in Oregon City. Ore., Wednesday afternoon, according to word re : ccived by his brother, Fred Smith.| last night. Mr. Smith had not been ill. Frank Smith was born in Adams county August 13. 1579, son of Wil-1 liam R. and Nancy Rice Smith. For many years he was a farmer in LaGrange county, but about a year ago sold his property in .northern Indiana and moved to Oregon City, where his son. William, lives. Before moving to Oregon. Mr. and Mrs. Smith came to Decatur a year ago and with Mr. and Mrs. Fred Smith they motored to Florida for a several weeks' visit. Surviving are the widow. Grace , SmicckaSmith; a son. William at i Oregon City, and a daughter Mrs William Thompson. Cincinnati. 0. Two sisters, Mrs. Albert Lachnit. Indianapolis, and Mrs. Den Vancil. Cincinnati, O. and two brothers. Fred of this city and Robert of Indianapolis, also survive Funeral services will be held in Oregon City Friday afternoon and burial will be in that city.

Ask Probe Os FBI Chief On •* • 1 Wire Tapping / Urge Senate Probe Os Wire Tapping By Edgar Hoover Washington, Mar. 31 J, (UP) — A group dominated by new deal Democrats called on the senate today to investigate director J. Edgar Hoover of the FBI on charges that he violated the law by tapping telephone wires. ’ The charge was based on the following statement by Hoover in a recent issue of the Yale law journal: “It is no secret that the FBI does tap telephones in a very limited type of cases with the express approval in each instance of the attorney geenral, but only in cases involving espionage, sabotage, grave risks to internal security, or when human lives are in danger." The request for an investigation was addressed to chairman Pat McCarran, D., Nev., of the senate judiciary committee in a letter signed by Paul A. Porter. Joseph L. Rauch, Jr., and Wendell Berge. . of Americans for Democratic Action, and Roger Baldwin, James , Lawrence Fly and Arthur Garfield . Hays of the American Civil Liber- ; ties Union. Porter and Fly are former chairmen of the federal communications commission which . consistently has battled against wire tapping by the FBI under any , circumstances. Americans for Democratic Action is the organization of new deal Democrats which sought to . prevent President Truman’s nom . tnation last June. It wanted eith • er supreme court justice William 0. Douglas or Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower. In connection with the request for Investigation of Hoover, it was revealed McCarran already has junked a request by the justice department that the use of wire tap evidence be made legal in government prosecutions of spies and in the interests of national defense. McCarran introduced In the sen ate a national security bi'l requested by the justice department but eliminated from it the sections which would have made wire tap : evidence legal. Although Hoover conceded that Five Workers Killed As Bridge Collapses Unfinished Section Os Bridge Collapses Hinton. W.’va.. March 31 — (VP)— An unfinished section of the new Bluestone river bridge collapsed today killing five construction workers and injuring four others. The men were sent crashing into I the river 150 feet below when the center span of five sections buckl- ' cd from what was believed to he a ■ snapped shear pin or a defective j j metal plate. Bodies of all but three I lof the victims were Immediately recovered. i One of the Injured was in criti I cal condition. | Construction superintendent C. C. 1 Stedenfeld said the section dropped without warning. The section which collapsed was ; the center of five sections in which , I the bridge is being constructed over I the Bluestone river at its junction with the New river near True. Highest highway bridge in the state, it stands 150 feet over the: water bed and measures 1,150 feet from end to end. Two of the injured were In critical condition. 51 Japanese Killed By Mine Explosion Tokyo, March 31 -(UP)- Thi explosion of a stray mine today killed 48 children and three adults watching attempts to dispose of It | st Nadachi on the Japan sea coast 170 miles northwest of Tokyo. The blast injured 115 persons and damaged ISO houses.

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Decatur, Indiana, Thursday, March 31,1949

Johnson Holds First Conference Ugg 40 i i ■ WWMM ■ wlw A -Jk mts flit liWt- M i Hw f rUIU Wis i I m Ml i -‘-a t W sSßH’ir 1s- c-i J■ ? -HI ’ i T Ek’l v "waWMilr 1 ■ All® DEFENSE SECRETARY Louis Johnson tells reporters at his first news conference since succeeding James V. Forrestal that he will end inter-service bickering. Seated beside the new cabinet member in the Pentagon is Gen. Joseph T. McNarney, chief of the Air Materiel command at Wright-Patterson field, Dayton, 0.

Six Feared Killed When C-47 Crashes Transport Wrecked In Missouri Pond Edgar Springs, Mo., March 31— (UP) —An air force salvage crew today removed two bodies from the wreckage of a C-47 transport that “hit a big black cloud" and crashed in a pond three miles south of here. The bodies of at least four other airmen were believed still in the submerged craft. The salvage crew was flown here from Scott air base near 1 Belleville, 111. It dynamited a dam I at one end of the pond in an esI fort to drain out the water to get the other bodies still in the craft. Burvin Mace said the plane i missed his farm home by just 50 I feet. "It flew low over the house at i 7:10 last night,” he said. “I looked out and saw it, and it seemed I to strike a heavy, black cloud. When it hit it seemed to spin around and crash straight down into the pond. Mace said he did not see anyone parachute from the plane and air force officers said it was doubt-' ful any of the occupants could have jumped safely at such low altitude. High winds were buffeting the rough, hilly Ozark country at the | time of the crash. The plane flew apart as it hit the pond, and debris was scattered over the hillside. Capt. Lawrence Krogh, public relations officer at WrlghbPatterson field in Dayton, 0., said the plane was en route to Tinker field. Oklahoma City, from an undisclosed air base. It had refueled at Wright-Patterson yesterday after noon. i i Trailic Deaths In Nation On Increase National Council Reports Increase Traffic accidents killed 3.070 per sons in February and there is "an upward trend in traffic deaths this year." the national safety council reported today. The February deaths compared with 2.090 in February, 1948, but the one percent decrease was due , "to the calendar and not to better traffic behavior." the council said. last year February had 29 days while this year there were only 28. The average daily death toil was 74 this year, the touncil said, which is three percent higher than the 1948 February figure. Traftic deaths for the first two months of this year totalled 4,400 an average of four percent over the 1948 total. The three largest cities with perfect safety records for February were Portland. Ore., Providence. R. I. and Miami. Fla. The largest one re porting no fatalities for the two-month period were Worchester. Maas.. Hartford. Conn., and Grand Rapids. Mich. f I

{Mass Os Cold Air Moving On Indiana Indianapolis, March 31 —(UP)— : A cold air mass is moving in from j the northwest and may bring light jto moderate frost in central Indiana by tomorrow night, the weather bureau said today. While Wabash and White rivers r rose slowly in southwestern India- » na toward early crests considerably t below those of the January floods, ■ the weatherman warned of the new f cool wave. He said it might be a heavy frost r day.in northern Indiana. But in the s central portion the mercury will dip not quite to freezing. i Continue Hunt For t Absconding Banker ) Theft Is Biggest In New York's History I New York, Mar. 31 — (UP) — I I Auditors checked the books of the , National City Bank today to determine if 41-year-old Richard H. . Crowe, accused of fleeing with i i (883,660 in cash and bonds, might . 1 have been tapping the bank’s ■' funds for the 19 years he was a . trusted employe. ’ Police pointed out that he could ' I not have supported his $30,000 Staten Island estate, a 35-foot pow--1 er yacht, two cars and a luxurious mode of living for his wife and three children on an estimated J $7,500 salary as aasi-tant branch i manager for the bank. FBI agents and police meanwhile searched along the Atlantic coast for the handsome, athletic executive accused of looting the j bank’s vault last Friday, then 1 calmly spending the weekend with his family before fleeing, appar ently to Florida. Mrs. Crowe revealed to police ,that she had received two letters from her husband, one mailed in New York and the other from an undisclosed Florida city, which ex plained to her that he "wasn’t I coming back.” One letter contained SBOO cash with the explanation that he had cashed some war Itonds to obtain the money. Police said the embezzlement of $193,660 in smal bills and $690,000 (Tara T» Paa* Tw*» Ask Suit On Bluffton Youths Be Dismissed Bluffton. Ind.. March 31 —(UP) ' — The trial of two Bluffton youths accused of kidnaping a Wells county farmer was adjourned until tomorrow morning to allow time for preparation of hriefs on a defense motion for a directed verdict of aquittal. Attorney for Kenneth Bennett and Joe H. Compton filed the moion on the basis that state evidence did not support the contention that farmer Jess Easterday was kidnaped from his home. The defense claims he left his home voluntarily. The state concluded its .case yesterday morning

Truman Backs Program For Tax Increase And Anti-Inflation Fight

Rain, Snowstorm Sweeping Midwest Heaviest Rainfall Is In Chicago Area By United Press March roared out like a lion today as heavy rain and a snow storm swept the midwest, heading toward the Atlantic coast, and below normal temperatures chilled the far west. The leading edge of the midwestern storm was over lower Michigan and Indiana, moving up the Ohio Valley toward New York and New England. Behind it, the storm left heavy snow blanketing the great plains, inches of rainwater that flooded viaducts, and gorged streams which threatened to rise out of their banks and flood miles of farmland. A delegation headed by Mayor ■ R. H. Kohtz and chamber of commerce president V. C. Jelinek was scheduled to leave Bloomfield, ■ Neb., via railroad handcar for ’ Lincoln to enlist the aid of state officials in fighting mud that has 1 isolated Bloomfield and three oth- ’ er villages for two weeks. North Platte, Neb., was digging • out of 15 inches of snow that was piled into towering drifts in a 60 mile an hour blizzard late yester1 day. Goodland, Kans., had nine 1 inches. Valentine, Neb., six inches 1 and Dever five inches. The heaviest rainfall was in the Chicago area. In the 24-hour perlofl ending at 6:30 a. m., the city had 2.10 inches and the forecast called for more. Joliet, 111., 40 miles away, had 1.5 inches. The Heart river was rising at Mandan, N. D„ and flood waters poured through a break in the dikes caused by high water earlier this week. Water was pouring Into two neighborhoods in Mandan. More trouble was feared six miles below Mandan where the Heart joins the Missouri river. A federal weatherman said the Missouri's iee appeared to he breaking up and that the chunks might (Turn To Piik» Two) Veteran Chicago Merchant Is Dead Henry C. Lytton Dies This Morning Chicago. March 31.— (UP)—; ! Henry C. Lytton. Chicago merchant, I since the late 1880's, died at Wes-1 ley Memorial hospital today. He was 102 years old. Lytton was the last member of I the original Slate Street council of 14 "merchant princes" who developed State Street into one of the world's leading' shopping centeis. He was active in business until last year and was known as one of the city’s besbdressed men. One of bls original business ventures was in St. Louis, where he | worked, at $8 a week, for a firm which sold shoes to mustered-out Civil War soldiers. Lytton was a business contemporary of such men as Marshall Field and Potter Palmer. He lived to see many of the advertising and merchandising principles which he helped pioneer accepted as stand trd by stores and businesses He bad been ill for weeks and in an oxygen tent. He would have been 103 July 13. He began his career as an office boy for a New York attorney, at 50 cents a week. Then he moved westward. He and his brother Isaac, a Civil War veteran, opened a clothing store In lonia. Mich.. In the late 1860's. They opened another in Grand Rapids. Mich., but the panic of 1873 wiped them out. By 1887 he had saved capital of about 812.000 and came to Chicago, where he opened a store which he called 'The Hub.” He invested a third of his money in advertising, and some of his publicity cam paigns became a part of th* State <TWra Te Page 1W»)

Yugoslavia Is Boycotted By Soviet Russia Soviet Russia And Satellites Putting > Squeeze On Tito By United Press r Yugoslavia's relations with its 1 communist neighbors crumbled in 1 several directions today and a poll showed that Russia and the com- ' inform satellites have squeezed a • diplomatic boycott on Marshal 1 Tito. 1 Th Soviet, Bulgarian, Romania, f Czech and Polish embassies and 1 the Hungarian and Albanian legations disclosed that all heads of r missions left Belgrade from three ’ weeks to three months ago. ’ Those countries participated ■ • last year in the expulsion of the r Yugoslav communist party from the nine-nation comlnform and the ’ denunciation of Tito’s regime as ’ Trotskyist and nationalistic. Comlnform leaders, meanwhile. ’ announced that the Greek rebel ’ government would be broadened to include Bulgarians, Albanians ■ and anti-Tito Yugoslavs as gart of 3 a “United Macedonia" movement. 3 Yugoslavia suspended a 1946 agreement with Bulgaria because ’ of "repeated brutal attacks" by ■ Bulgarian frontier guards on Yugo- ' Slav militiamen escorting trains l across the border. 1 The Yugoslav communist organ Borba accused Russia of crippling ; the "democratic peace front," I playing into the hands of the west. ' with its attacks on Tito. It also ’ lambasted the Soviets for alieged- ' ly using capitalistic methods to make the sate’lites economically : dependent on Moscow. Meanwhile, the middle east calmed its nerves today. Syria, ■ under firm army control after a ■ bloodless coup yesterday, reopened its frontiers and communications and reportedly prepared to go ahead with armistice talks with Israel. Berlin—The western powers pro- ! tested the Russian use of live ammunition by maneuvering yak fighters in a Berlin airlift corridora. Delegates to the communist German peop'e's congress — in(Turn Tn Pawn Tkrrrt Disputed Highway Funds Are'Frozen' > I ’State Auditor To , Seek Court Action Indianapolis. March 31—(UP)— . A disputed 86,500,000 In highway funds was “froztn" today and state auditor James M. Propst planned , court action to provide a declaraJ tory judgment as to its disposition ! The problem of whether the i money should go to the state high- • way department or be split among II the cities and counties of the state 11 for highway use arose when the 11 86th Indiana general assembly , enacted a new law for dividing highway revenues. The 1947 law. which is in’ es-i j feet until midnight tonight, pro- , vldes that the state should get the first 830.000.000 of the annual high way receipts, and the remainder should be distributed 64 percent to I the state. 16 percent to cities and . 20 percent to counties. I The 1949 law. one of those pass- ! ed in the 41 hours of “overtime" by the last legislature, carried an , emergency clause and went into effect March 11. when Governor , Schrirker signed it. It gave S 3 percent to the state. 15 percent to J cities, and 32 percent to counties While waiting for the court de- . cision Propst said he would go ahead and make the regular distil J button of funds under the 1919 I law tomorrow.

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Opposes 10 Percent Slash In Economic Recovery Funds As Proposed By Taft Washington, March 31—(UP)— President Truman today stubbornly defended his tax, anti-inflation and foreign recovery programs against congressional attacks. In response to questions at his news conference the President: 1. Said in defense of his request for a $4,000,000,000 general tax increase that it is more dangerous to run the government in the red than it is to boost taxes. He asserted that Sen. Walter F. George, D„ Ga., was wrong when the senate finance committee chairman said a tax hike could cause a depression. 2. Insisted that his requested inflation controls—which congress seems certain to ignore—are just as necessary now as they were when he first asked them in January. He credited the January re- ! quest in part for recent price drops. 3. Said any cut In the 85,580,I 000,000 asked for a 15-month rei newal of European aid spending I would be wrong and would impair j efforts to put western Europe back | on its feet. Considerable bipartisan support has developed in the senate for a proposal by Sen. Robert A. Taft, j R., 0., and Sen. Richard B. Rus- ’; sell, D„ Ga., to cut the Marshall plan Spending request by 10 per--1 cent. 1 Science—Deltev Bronk, president of Johns Hopkins university, asked congress to authorize a ; broad program of scientific re- ! search sponsored by the government. He and other scientists i want congress to set up a naJ tionai science foundation. | Beer barrels—Sen. James P. : Kent, R., Mo., called on recovery administrator Paul G. Hoffman to explain why purchases for Europe include "beer barrels, whiskey barrels and false teeth." Kent said he found these items iti a report for the Nov? 16-Dec. 15 period last year. White House—The house public works committee approved crea- < tion of a commission to supervise the |5,400.U00 job of rebuilding the White House. Crop lnsurance--The house agriculture committee approved a bill to expand the experimental federal crop insurance program. In the debate on foreign spending Lucas appeared confident that the Taft-Russell reduction amendment would be beaten easily. Other sources indicated that the administration expected a fairly ! close vote but thought the proposal would be killed. It was tini derstood that administration leaders > xpeeted to lose a maximum of 12 Democratic votes and to gain i some counter-balancing GOP support. Despite the administration claims. Sen. Robert. A. Taft, R., 0., said the amendment had a ‘ "good chance” of being adopted. I The amendment, sponsored by Taft and Sen. Richard B. Russell, D.. Ga.. would slice 8543,000.000 from the 85,580,000,000 requested (Tara To Page Kight > Two Tennesseeans Volunteer To Trap Churubusco Turtle Churubusco. Ind.. March 31 — (l"P)— Two experienced turtle trappers were under contract today to capture the giant quarterton turtle of'Fulks lake by April 16. Farmer Gale Harris said “two young men from Tennessee" had volunteered for the job with a trap they believe will snare the beast i "within 48 hours” after they set to work. The fabulous turtle, rumored to be 500 years old and weighing 500 pounds and credited with attacking herds of cattle, ba* eluded all attempts at capture for the past month. Several experienced divers have failed to bring up the reptile. and trap* have been baited to no avail. Harris said he didn't know anythin? about the ntw trap. "That * their secret.' he said. “I don’t care bow they do It. just so they get the turtle."