Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 47, Number 86, Decatur, Adams County, 12 April 1949 — Page 1

XLVII. No. 86.

TRUMAN SENDS ATLANTIC PACT TO SENATE

lye launched ■lower House I Reduce Aid Submits Proposal Io Reduce Foreign ■id By 10 Percent ■sliington, Apr. 12 — (UP) — ■npaign to cut foreign aid was E| off in the hou e today but Kistration leaders promptly ■er-attacked. K Prince H. Preston, Jr., D., ■introduced a proposal to cut ■5,380.000,000 Marshal' plan reK bill by a flat 10 percent. ■ and a fellow economizer, H Lawrence H. Smith, R.. Wis.. ■ted that the cut wou.d not ■ European recovery. They ■ this country is now in a reHon and has to think of its ■ tconomic health. ■p. Mike Mansfield, D., Mont., ■tered that now "is the time to Kard for European recovery." ■said the Marshall plan coun- ■ are getting back on their ■ But if help is reduced, thev ■ fall flat again, he suggested, ■e senate last week passed a ■ authorizing Marshall plan ex■itures of $5,580,000,000 in the ■ls months. House leaders ■d their somewhat smaller ■ion would pass as is by night■her congressional develop■is: ■1 or nothing—Chairman John ■lnski. D„ Mich., of the house ■r committee ruled out a com■nise with southern Democrats ■repeal of the Taft-Hartley la- ■ law. ~ _ ■nsions — Chairman John E. ■kin, D„ Miss., of the house ■rans committee said hearings ■is revised pension bill will be Bed Thursday. ■terans — President Truman ■d congress to give him $595.■KU) to spend between now and ■ 1 on unemployment and edu■nal benefits for veterans, ■cial security — CIO president ■ip Murray asked the house to ■le old age and survivors in■nee beenflts and extend cov■e to everybody. ■X’s-The house armed services ■mit'ee ordered an dnvestlga■of the big business done by ■tary post exchanges, commiBei and ship’s store". ■ rejecting any Taft-Hartley ■promise, Lesinski said he will »ke a straight-out fight for the Ministration’s bill." ■I am not going to accept anv Mndments and the committee is B going to accept any amends h» said, “if we get lick- |*« get licked and that is ail is to it. | am not going to | k e any deal." [ he administration’s bill, intro f e( ' by Le inskl, would repeal f Taft-Hartley act and enact a F'fled ver.-ion of the old Wag f la *’- The measure is schedul- '° rome before the house on til 26. Southern Democrats say they ■ sstermined to stage an all-out <T»r» T» I‘aire sit, BULLETIN Athens, April 12 — (up) _ be Greek government resign'd toni B ht. and King Paul ask. ‘be outgoing premier, Thertocles Sofoulis, to try to a new cabinet. ' Gerald Jones Is 0 State Speaker rsti^ M Jonei *’ PM,or of ,he ' Methorlist church In this city, asl ' speaker religious emit ro eek at Ball Sta'e «Hege. Muncie, today. lirimis' ICe * SFe ’ ponMr «> by all D- . * rou P’ on the campus. one. spoke on . perMnal Re _ rt,° English ' wciology and * < *ftes^to\ an< ’ ° n " P< * on:d «y J ls J ,h « general study rjiiu . F x7° ckthuenn - F *i‘h for our Times.’’ ciJ. WEATH ER b*m« ” uth • Bd «■ I'igati, 1 p ’ rtioM ‘onisht north y Wed 7 e J ' n •c-.Mio«n e X e '° udy w,th ntr, ’ ,ho ** s - Cooler in north and turning *central pertion.

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Three Arrested In Attempted Slaying Shirley Banker Is Seriously Wounded Indianapolis, Apr. 12 — (UP) — Two men and a woman Were arrested today in the attempted assassination of Fassett W. Hinshaw, 51, president of a small town bank. . Hinshaw, who heads the Citizens State Bank of Shirley, Ind., j was shot in the doorway of his ' home last night when he answered a knock. He was wounded seriously by a bullet in the abdomen. Indiana state police arrested Lawrence Albert Anderson, .30, and Francis Earl Hedrick, 19, in rooming houses at Indianapolis. They also took to headquarters for ouestioning a woman found with Andercon. In frqnt of the northside home where Anderson and the woman were found, police located a black, sedan with Nevada license plates tallying with the numerals on a car seen by residents of Shiriey several days before the shooting. Police said Anderson admitted stealing the car in Las Vegas, Nev., March 28, and told them he also had been implicated in California burglaries. Hedrick admitted, knowing Anderson and told police both men I had been in Shirley recently, pq I lice said. While detectives questioned the I three, investigators were considering a theory that Hinshaw’s assailants intended to kidnap the banker and make him open the vault of his bank to facilitate a robbery. They believed one of the gunmen might have become “triggar happy” and fired before the plot was carried out. ""State police said the three a?sailairs asked the banker if he was Hinshaw, then opened fire. The town marshal told state j troopers that the three men were I driving a black, 1949 Cadillac with Nevada license plates, and had been seen in town shortly before the shoo ing. Hinshaw, shot once in the abdomen. was taken to the county hospital at New Castle, In L. where doctors said his condition was fair. Authorities said they knew of no mo'ive for the attempted assassination. “We can't imagine who could 1 have done it,” said J. R. Hinshaw : (Turn To Face ElgPt) Marcus Foreman To Dislricl Contest Wins Group Rotary Discussion Contest Marcus Foreman, a senior in the i Decatur high school, won the group Ro’ary discussion contest.. held Monday evening at Berne defeating conte tants from Berne. I Fort Wayne Central-and Churubusco. By his group victory. Foreman' will represent the Decatur Rotary club at the annual district con test, to be held during the annual, district conference at LaPorte I April 29 and 30. The discussion contest is slated | for 10 a. m. Saturday. April 30. The Decatur student, a member I of the high school speech class| taught by Deane Dorwin, qualified for the group contest by winning > the local conte T, held at the mefting of the Decatur Rotary club March 31. The topic for this year's discus sion contest, sponsored for many years by Rotary International deals with Rotary’s part in the fight for world .peace. The con test is limited to high school stn ■ dents. Through his triumph last night. Foreman was awarded the group medal, and Decatur high school was awarded a plaque. Earl M Webb, superintendent of the Berne schools, and pas- president of the Berne Rotary club, was group chairman for last night’s contest. Other contestants were terne Sheldon. Fort Wayne Central, who j p aced second; John Ford. Churu--busco. third, and Bill Barrett. Berne, fourth. Auburn and Bluff ton. other clubs in group F. did not have contestants. W. Guy Brown is conte’t chairman for the local club.

Arrest 25 In N. Y. Student Riot '‘'’ n J. ’ a Hl W&SfejL H r. * aS gg ... . . w er jwu ■ A GIRL STUDENT falls to the pavement during a mass demonstration which developed into a riot at City College in New York. The students, 25 of whom were arrested, were demanding suspension of two instructors they charged were anti-Semitic.

British Labor Party To Seek Reelection > Seeking To Steady Postwar Economy By United Fress Britain’s labor party announced today that it will seek reelection In 1950 on a militant program of increased nationalization and permanent socialist economic planI ning. | Simultaneously, British industry, with the labor government’s assistance and blessing, prepared to launch an all-out sales drive in the "virtually untapped markets” of the United States and Canada with scientific selling, cut prices and plenty of ballyhoo. The laborites avowed objective was to steady Britain’s extremely shaky postwar economy. They hoped that the export drive, increased socialization and the grim austerity budget would bring the nation financial stability and thenown party re-election. The sales campaign will be aimed at the American west and south in the hope that trade can be balanced by 1952 when Marshall plan aid expires. The labor party executive issued a 15,t)00-word statement demanding that the government take over ownership of cement manufacturing, sugar refining, industrial insurance, wholesale meat distribution and the nation's water supply system. The record low meat ration in ! Britain threatened to plunge lower, however, as London docks were tied up for the second day by a walkout protesting the firing of 3J cllegedly "inefficient" employes. Other foreign news included: Nuernberg — Two additional I Tom To I’mko Two! Gov. Schricker To Host Bond Leaders Decatur Leaders To Meeting Next Week Governor Henry F. Schricker will be host to the state savings bonds advisory committee, county savings bond chairmen and div! sicn bend chairman at a dinner next Tuesday evening in Indiana polls. Among those from here who have received invitations and are plan ning to attend the dinner are. Theodore F. Graliker. county chair man: Eirl Csston. cochairman: Ray Leitz. payroll bond chairman and Arthur R. Holthouse, chairman of publicity. These men served during the war years in the Adams county bend organization The federal treasury will launch a drive to sell $1,040,609,000 in binds daring May and June. Indiana's quota is $28,200,000. Mr Graliker was asked to as some the county chairmanship for the bond drive. He served as coun y chairman throughout ths war years and in each bond selling dsive. Adams county more than met its quota.

Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday, April 12, 1949

Time Tables Changed By Erie Railroad Conforming to daylight saving time schedules which will be adopted in many cities, the Erie railroad announces changes in time tables for trains that operate through Decatur, effective April 24. W. M. Bumgerdner, local agent, announced that the railroad time table was based on central stand’ard time. The trains affected hers . are: eastbound No. 2, will arrive at . 8:48 a.tn.; westbound No. 1. due at 3:25 a.m.; and westbound No. 7, will be due at 9:05 p.m., all CST. Assistant Manager Is Named For Fair Cincinnati Band To Play Entire Week Work has started on the 1949 Decatur free street fair and agri- ■ cultural show and today Clarence Ziner, general chairman, announced the appointment of Robert C. Bonekemper, Central Soya Co., as assistant general chairman for the event. Mr. Bonekemper will have charge of several phases of the annual event, including direction of the manufacturers' and retailers’ exhibit, automobile show, and 4 H club show. He will name subchsirnteu 6f each of thtse events. It also was announced by the fair office today that Smitty’s band. : Cincinnati. O. organization, and for many years the official band for ; the Cincinnati Reds home baseball games had been secured to play the entire week of the 1949 fair July 25 to 30. inclusive. The Ohio musical organization has obtained a leave of absence from the baseball park for the ! week. The Decatur fair will be one of the few events for which the famous band will leave Cin cinnati and the contract was made after several weeks of effort by the local fair organization and the Gus Sun booking agency. Fair headquarters have been established in the Chamber of Commerce offices in the library building and Robert Helm, conces sion chairman, reports that more than half of the concession space already has been sold. Local organizations receive the first op (Turn To I’acr Twol Debate Is Presented By Catholic Seniors Seniors of the Decatur Catholic high school speech class debated the question "Should the equal rights amendment be adopted" liefore the Holy Name society meeting Monday evening at the K of ; C. hall. James Parent chairman of the society, and Edward Case, president. introduced the panels', which included Marlene Laurent. Marth Laurent. Marcyle Gelraer. Mary Jo Graliker. Jackie Teeple. and Naomi "yanson on the affirmative side: and Dave Glllig. Tom Keiler. Tom Briede. Tine Miller, and Don Schmitt, negative.

Royall Denounces Hoover's Charges Says Waste Charges 'Totally Incorrect' ' Washington, April 12—(UP)— i, Army secretary Kenneth C. Royal ■! today angrily denounced as "total 11 ly incorrect" charges by formei president Herbert Hoover of “start ling” waste in the armed services Royall demanded that a closed meeting of the senate armed serv ices committee be thrown open t< the press so that he could answei Mr. Hoover’s accusations. He said the air and navy secretaries will want the same privilege. ( Mr. Hoover, chairman of the Hoover commission on reorganization of the government, told the senate committee yesterday that the three services are guilty of "staggering waste" adding up to $1,500,000,000 a year. • The committee acceded to j Royall’s request that i*s closed ti meeting be opened to newsmen. i The military committee of the j Hoover commission had earlier aci j cused the armed forces of wasting ■! money. Royall placed in the senate committee record a copy of a letter ‘ written to Mr. Hoover last March • in which the secretary answered i the original charges. He noted that this letter was not affixed to the critical Hoover commission “task ! force" report. "1 don’t wish to say that Mr. ■ Hoover misrepresented the facts . or permitted erroneous inferences ■ to be drawn.” Royall said. "He is ■ an outstanding American and a strong supporter of adequate defense." But the secretary then made a point by-point attack on the Hoover commission task force report. He said the report criticized the (Turn To I'aae Eight) Total Eclipse Is Scheduled Tonight Period Os Eclipse Is Unusually Long New York. April 12.-(UP)-The moon, the earth and the sun team un tonight for the presentation of one cf the best heavenly shows in years. The moon will be the star per former, aided by earth and sun. The show starts exactly at 7:32 p.m. CST when the shadow of the earth from the sun’s rays will start moving across the face of the moon. At first it will be just a wee bit off the edge cf the moon Gradually, the moon’s full face will be overshadowed and at 9:28 p.m. the eclipse will be total. The “big climax." or totality, of the act will run for an hour and 28 minutes. At 10:54 pm., the earth’s shadow will begin to withdraw, and M 12:50 am.. Wednesday, the big j show will be all over. Gordon Atwater, curator of the Hayden planetarium, said that the eclipse will be one of the “best astronom! :al shows" in years. The moon, when eclipsed, will be in the (Tara Ta ?•«« F.lakt)

Asks Senate Ratification Os Pact As Step Leading To Peace Under The UN

Red Cross Campaign Goes Over Top Today Quota Is Exceeded By More Than SSOO The Red Cross fund went over the top today with a margin of more than SSOO over the county’s $7,070 quota. At noon the fund totaled $7,650.32 Weekend contributions, including $718.50 from Central Soya company and employes, sent the total over the goal line. Mrs. Ruth Hollingsworth, executive secretary in the home service office, said that additional contributions, not yet turned in by solicitors, would skyrocket the 1949 fund over the SB,OOO mark. Clarence E. Bell, county chairman of the Red Cross, expressed his appreciation to donors and volunteer workers for their contributions and services in the recent drive. "Meeting the quota assures the Red Cross that its services in the nation and locally can be carried on without interruption. We are grateful to the workers and donors for their support of the 1949 campaign," Mr. Bell said. With no major disaster occurring in the county the past year, the i Red Cross largely has devoted Ils services to the servicemen, veterans and their dependents and to civilians, in need. The Red Cross expended nearly $4,1100 in financial! aid last year. Phil Sauer was chairman of the county drive and Kenneth Runyon! acted as chairman in Decatur. Based oh the $7,070 quota, the county chapter will receive $4,340 and approximately GO percent of the excess over that amount. The national quota was $60,000,000. The drive was conducted throughout the country during the ' month of March. i I ! Seven Nazi Bigwigs Guilty Os Slaughter Guilty Os Slaughter jl Os European Jewry Nuernberg, Apn 12 — (UP) —p Adolf Hitler's press chief, Ottoj 1 Dietrich, ami six other Nazi big-1 1 wigs were found guilty today of ' taking part in the slaughter of j European Jewry. An American war crimes tribu- 1 nal continued for the second day j ! the reading of an 800-page verdict in the case of 21 German officials ' in the so-called ' Wilhelmstrasse” I group of diplomats and other po! ‘ | icy makers. It was the 13th and ‘ i final war crimes trial here. Only two defendants were cleared on all counts —Otto Von Erd mannsdorff, 60, former German minister to Hungary, and Otto Meissner, former chief of the ' rcichschancellory. Von Erdmannsdorff was tried only on charges of crimes against ' civilians of invaded countries. Meiirner was cleared of charges of persecuting Jews after charges of waging aggressive war had been dropped earlier in the trial. I I "It is clear." said the judgment in the ease of Dietrich, "that a well thought out. often repeated and persistent campaign to arouse' •he hatred of the German people 1 against the Jews was fostered and directed by the press department and its press chief. “That part or much of this mayhave been inspired by (propagar, da minister Joseph) Coebhels is undoubtedly true, but Dietrich ap proved end authorized every release. as his own witnesses ad mit." , Others found guilty of crimes; against the Jews included: Richard Walther Darre, Nazi I agriculture minister. Hans Kehrl. chief of armaments I and war production. Ilans Heinrich Lammers, chief of the reichschancellery. Gustav Adolf Steengracht Von (Tara Ta Faac Five)

Open Debate In UN On Trials Os Churchmen New Cold War Issue - Will Be Aired In General Assembly Flushing. N. Y.. April 12 —(UP) — Debate on the proposal to conduct a formal investigation into the trials of Joseph Cardinal Mindszenty and Balkan churchmen opens in the United Nations general assembly today. The new cold war issue was certain to be included on the assembly’s already trouble-laden agenda despite fierce Soviet and satellite objections against 58-nation action. Deputy Soviet foreign minister Gromyko was expected to lead the Soviet bloc’s fight against the! church hearings on grounds those | convicted were "criminals and tral-1 tors" against the nations of eastern Europe. The campaign likely will center also on contentions that the trials were internal matters conducted by sovereign, non-UN member nations. The fight over inclusion of church trials on the assembly's agenda may be used -fey Gromyko as the springboard for his first atI tacks on the North Atlantic pact | in the full assembly .Poland charged yesterday in a committee that the 12-nation treaty was "atgagreu-, slve organization shaking the very foundations" of the UN. Meanwhile, there were these oth-1 er UN developments: Spain — Latin American nations sought to line up support for a plan to amend a 1946 general assembly j resolution that asked member states to recall their ambassadors I and ministers from -Spain. The United States would favor such a! move, officials said, but will nut i press for action at this session. Italian colonies — Lengthy de bate on this issue in the UN's political committee shows agreement that Ethiopia should be given an outlet to the Red Sea through Eritrea. Britain appears to have a good chance of acquiring a trusteeship over Cyrenaica as does Italy over Italian Somaliland. Positions of various delegations are farther apart on the disposition of, Tripolitania and Fezzan. But debate shows compromises still are pot sihle. On guards — Overriding bitter; Soviet bloc coinplaints, a special j UN political committee voted to; create a 14-nation commission to consider UN secretary-general Trygve Lie’s plan to establish a non - military guard force of be-1 (Turn To Face Fbrl Prepare Premium , Books For Fair Contain Complete Data On Free Fair Work has started on the preparing of the 4-H club premium book and Decatur free street fair-pro-gram for the 1949 event and letterhave been mailed to all 1948 advertisers soliciting their support for this year’s book. Clarence Ziner. general chairman for the 1949 fair, has written a letter to each advertiser stating that this year's book will be mailed to every (arm home in Adams coun ty Annual distribution also i« made in Decatur, Monroe. Berne and Genera. Deadline for copy -and ad vertising for the book is set for May I<> and the book will be in the mail about two weeks before the fair starts July 25. The brok will contain sketches of al! 4 H organize ions in the county, awards to be offered at the fair and a complete program of the fair with descriptions of the tree acts, shows, rides and other events, chairman Ziner said.

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Calls Ireaty Great Move For Nation's Desire For Peace For Entire World Washington, April 12—(UP)— President Truman today sent the north Atlantic treaty to the senate for ratification as a step "on the road to peace" within the framework of the United Nations. in a message to the senate, Mr. Truman called the piact "a great advance toward fulfillment of the unconquerable will of the people of the United States to achieve a just and rnduring peace." By indirection, the chief executive rejected criticism from Russia that the pact contravenes the United Nations charter. He said the 12 signatory nations through the pact would exercise their right "of collective or individual self-defense against armed attack" in accordance with article I 51 of the charter. He added that the defense treaty is subject “to such measures as the (UN) security council may take to maintain and restore international ! peace and security." 1 Originally, Mr. Truman planned to send the pact to the senate with a mere letter of transmittal. Over : the week end he decided to draft a major message emphasizing his de--1 sire for early senate approval. "This treaty Is only one step—although a long one—on the road , to peace," the President said in >! bis message. 1 "No single action, no matter how 1 significant., will achieve peace. We must continue to work patiently and carefully, advancing with practical, realistic steps in the light of ! circumstances and events as they occur, building the structure of peace soundly and solidly." Mr. Truman said the pact is ! such a step, "based on the-realities i cf the situation we face today and trained within the terms cf the ' United Nations charter and the constitution of the United States." He said the world is "too small” for this nation to achieve peace independently. Then he hailed the treaty as "an expression of the desire of the people of the Uni’ed States for peace and security, for the continuing opportunity to live and work in freedom." He made no mention whatever of the financial role this country will I have to play if the pact is approve:! I and the United States undertakes to implement it with aimed aid to i the nations of western Europe. The financial details of arms asI sistance are being studied by var--1 ious government agencies and will be submitted to congress later. "The people of the north Atlantic community." the President said today, "have seen solemn agree- ® and the rights of small nations, broken one by one and the people ! of those nations deprived of free- . mcnls. designed to assure peace ! dom by terror and oppression. "They aie resolved that their na- ’ Hons shall not. one by one, suffer ’ the same fate. “The security and welfare of each member of this community 1 depend upon the security and web ! fare of all. None of us alone can ! achieve economic prosperity of a military security. None of us alone i can assure the continuance of freei dom.” Then Mr. Truman asserted that the "joint strength" of the Atlantic pact nations is of "tremendous significance to the future of free men (Tarn To Fag« Eight I

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