Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 47, Number 90, Decatur, Adams County, 16 April 1949 — Page 1

XVII. No. 90.

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Liiion To ■nan Health ■rance Plan ■ft Says Senate Kor Committee ■posed To Plan Bington, Apr. 16 (UP) ■)l>ert A. Taft, R-, 0., said ■hat a majority of the sen■or committee apparently is K to the essentials of PresiKumans national health in■e program. ■aid that seven members of ■man committee are spon- ■ hills which reject the prin■t compulsory insurance, the Kture in Mr. Truman's plan. would seem to indicato ■majority is against national ■ insurance,” Taft told re■out approval of the labor ■tee, the national health inK plan would have tough goKen and If it reached the ■ floor. Kinrli both houses were In ■ for Easter, there wen Kilter deve'opments on capl-Kng-Sen. John W. Bricker, K demanded an estimate on Koch the senate’s lone-ranee K bill will cost. Right now, K. "no one knows what the Kost will be"—not even the Ke's staunchest backers, Kan Burnet R. Mavhank, D., ■ of the senate banking comK which drafted the bill, said K "depends on the future of Kited States." But he said ■ that the nroeram wou'd, Kaxpavers {20,000,000.609 In Kt 40 vears were exageer- ■ The bill would authorl’e ■notion of SIO.OOO public K units tn the next six years ■11,500,000,000 slnm clearance ■m. K— The senate Peptiblican ■ committee mnv take a stand , ■IP demands for a thorough ■“■sional in'-es'igation of “d---■ration policy on China. S°n. Il Bridges R„> N. H.. raid bn B?k the committee next week ■port his demand tor tb» lorn Jml eha'man Robert A. ■ R, n„ said tbs arnun "wo”'d Bt (-tad to eo Into it." The ■t for an In-es'lention w>s Ip'i’d bv a letter from '■acre. I of state Denn Achcon to ■nan Tnm Connallv of the ■n relations committee, nng further r. S. military aid I’ionalift China, ■ f—ter Party For Children Sunday At The Elks Home' trvthlng Is in readiness for the | I Eister partv for children at i llki home Sunday afternoon, i trd Clark, chairman of the B. • Elks committee, announced i Party, for all children up to wrs of age, will begin at 2 k. • program will he divided into •actions, the first children no 1 years of age. They will he baskets as thev pass through al -v-v of the home and every ’ill receive a gift. “ basket and gift hunt will f j|. on the Elks grounds, weather itting. Mr. Clark said. Wilma Ybarbo ed In Germany *»kfart. April H _ (L . p) _ *uma Ybarbo left by military • today for an Easter reunion , slx -ye*r-old son in Mas&f,OT being freed from prison sentence for kill*r *rmy sergeant husband. ’ brunette Maasachusetts *••>*■ M. took off from the ®’in air base outside Prank- “ Pm. (8:30 a.m. CRT). »t Westover field, ■ tomorrow morning. J, ew . leather >ld »*«***'*"’ ,nd enntlnued diminishing t oZ, C ** r r «bsr eeld with „l ’ r temosratures [’"’rrow fair a n 4 t#)hy jg *t a t» U jT

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Easter Sunday Will Be Celebrated Here \ •** ; ' 1 . t » Church Services To . Feature Observance The joyful feast of Easter, commemorating Christ’s Resurrection from the tomb, will be appropriately celebrated in Decatur churches Sunday with services beginning early in the morning and continuing through most of the day. The complete list of services appears on pags two In this newspaper. The weatherman offered a ray of hope for moderate temperatures. The forecast was “fair and warmer." with temperatures ranging in the high fifties during the day. The first Eastern morn religious service will be the solemn high mass at St. Mary's Catholic church, beginning at 5:30 o’clock. A sunrise service will b? held at the First Methodist church nt 6:30 o'clock, the members of the youth organizations of five local churches participating in the devotfonals. In all the churches, services will be he’d during the morning and in several the usual Sunday evening services will be conducted. The prediction for favorable weather will be encouraging to those who have spring raiment for the traditional Barter parade. The (ashion expert and society department of any newspaper will vouch that the featore of anv Raster parade is madam’s chapeau and this crowning ormanment h exnected to be seen in profusion among the feminin° church-coors. The annual Ea°ter partv for th* children of the city will be he’d at> B, 6. Elks Sunday afternoon at 2 o’clock.

Lisi 22 Graduates Al Pleasant Mills Annual Exercises On Friday, May 6 | Twenty-two students will be’ graduated from Pleasant Mills. high school Friday evening. May' fi, it was announced today bv Clifford L. Prihble, principal. Joseph L. Tucker, Jr., vice-prOsideht Os International Business collage, will deiver the commencement address. , Two studcfits, William Richard Musser and Forest Gordon Railing, have oualified for diploma < by , meeting the requirements of the general education development tests, it was announced. Mildred Madeline Deßoo will he valedictorian and David Lee Ripley will be salutatorian of the class. These appointments are based on seven semesters of school work. The annual baccalaureate services are scheduled for | Sunday night. May 1. Following is the tentative list of graduates: Anna Belle Case, Eleanor Myrtle Chronister, Mi’dred Madeline DeRoo. Ruth Ellen Ehram. Patricia Ann Gephart. Glen H. Geyer. Lee D. Girod, Jo Ann Heimann, PhylH" Heimann. Alta Ruth Jones. Edward Alan McCullough, Nona Rets Manlier. Brvce James Miller. WlViam Richard Musser Forest Gordon Railing. David I>“f Riplev. Josephine Virginia Sheets. Harold Eugene Suman, Sab'na Joan Tavlor, Beverly Sue White. Robert K. Wolfe, Alice Louise Young. 22 At Geneva The Geneva high school will graduate 22 young men and women at the commencement exercise* May 5. at 7:30 P- m. in the Geneva high school gymnasium. The commencement speaker will be Dr. John R. Emens, president of Bal) State Teachers College. The graduates are Cerie Amstutx, the valedictorian: Paul Banman, the salutatorian: Don Kelley. Wane'a Moser. Harold Smith. Jarvis Steiner. Helen Everhart Kenneth Nevil Mary Ellen Boice. Phy Ils Jean Burk. Roscoe Purdy. Margie Teeter. Be 1 tv Alice Farlow. Richard Vaaeh. Kenneth Teeter. Sam Zuercher. Dean* MaeWhfnney, Boh Call. John Stanley Sh# idan Potter, Tom Fennig and Carl Hart.

Berlin Airlift Marks Smashed in 24 Hours Ij Dramatic Display ‘ To Show Russia Os - Blockade Failure Berlin, April 16—(PU)— Anglos American planes smashed all airp lift records today by flying 12,940.9 tons of food and coal into the city in a dramatic 24-hour display ? to Russia that its blockade has ■’ failed. ’ The four-engined aerial freighb ters roared into each of western e Berlin’s three airfields at threeminute intervals from noon Friday 0 to noon (4 a.m. CST) today. They 1 topped the old airlift record of c 8,246 tons, set only five days ago, by more than 4,500 tons. ) In the final hour of the "big t push," some planes were landing B only one minute apart. Air authI orities estimated the total number of flights in the 24 hours at 1.364 compared with the previous high of 922. The planes came in such a con--1 tinous stream through clear, sunny ? skies that a harrassed Soviet controller at the Berlin air safety cen- ? ter refused to accept a three-power i protest against Soviet maneuvers r in the airlift corridors. “Your flight pattern is changing r so fast I can't keep my records 1 straight," he complained. r Even Ma. Gen. William H. Tunn ner, American commander of the , airlift, felt the fever pitch of the j successful record attempt. When die asked for an airlift pilot at s Templehof airfield for a ride back ’ to western Germany, the pilot just glanced at the regulation jacket which hid Tunner's rank and shouted: "You’ll have to shake your tall and get aboard. We’re in a burry." Tunner grinned, and climbed aboard. Airlift officials announced shortly after noon that the unofficial total tonnage for the 24-hour operation was 12.833.9 tons. The official figure announced later was 12,940.9. The display clearly was a demonstration to Russia that the western allies are capable of supplying B • by air a city the sixe of Boston with . 1 all needs.

Harry Wayne Liby Is Taken By Death ; Funeral Services • Monday Afternoon Funeral services will be held Monday for Harry Wayne Liby. 22, of Linn Grove, who died Thursday night at the ve'erans hospital at Fort Benjamin Harrison. Indianapolis. Services will be held at 2 p. m. Monday at the Zwick funeral home, the Rev. Robert Convert officiating. Burial will be in the Decatur cemetery. Friends mav call at ihe funeral home after 4:30 o’clock this afternoon and after 4:30 p. m. Sunday. The young man had been ill since serving in the U. S. navy during World War 11. and had been a patient at the hospital for the past six months. He was born at Linn Grove Oct. 27.1925. a son of Fred and Justine Denny-Llby. He attended the Hartford township schoo’s and was employed by the Central Soya Co. in this city at the time he entered service In October of 1944. He wa* discharged Nov. 20. 1945 as a seaman. second cldbs. He was married to Mi s Barbara Ounder of Decatur in September of 1947. Surviving are the wife, the par ents. and a baby daughter, Pamela Kay. Pedestrian Killed By Auto Friday Night Fort Wayne. Aoril id — (UPI— John Crush, «. Dixon. 0.. was killed instantly last night when struck hv an automobile while walking , st-ne U. S highway 3« a mile west of the Indiana-Ohio eUte line The driver. Carl D. Mollenkopf. V». port Wayne, was on bl» *ay to Van Wert. 0.. for Easter. Ho had just passed another car and was getting back into the lane whin he bit Grueh. He was «>« he’d

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' Decatur, Indiana, Saturday, April 16, 1949

Blizzard Strikes Mid-West gr ■ ■ Ur : JWSKSU&tt till ■ W v ll -Jr' ' • 1* 11 . ’ ' ' * / 5 JI ’ l/M • V ■ ~f Iffrix l ■ IKK: I i ■ ' v 1i . *MLJ-: ' 1 WwCTtC-'.--J T JK? ' ' y IK VENTURESOME motorists cut a one-way path around a stalled truck near Des Moines. lowa, as a pre-Easter blizzard piled 14-inches of snow in mid-west areas. Nebraska and Kansas also suffered as the snow gave a Christmas-like appearance to the Easter-tide.

Wallace Beery Dies Al Hollywood Home Heart Attack Fatal To Veteran Actor Hollywood, Apr. 16 — (UP) — Grizzled Wallace Beery, who recently celebrated his 34th year as the “lovable old rascal" of Hollywood’s rough and tumble movies, died at his home last night of a heart attack. He was 65. It was the last of many seizures suffered by the lusty character actqr since he strained his heart j last summer cranking an outboard motor. He had been under constant care of his doctor ever since, and for the past several weeks a private nurse had been at his home to make sure the once-active Beery lived quietly. The end of one of Hollywood’s longest careers came at 10 p. m. (midnight CST). “He has been confined to the house for the past two weeks," a sobbing nurse said. "We allowed him to do nothing strenuous. Hej couldn't even go out in the gar den and putter around. "He ate a fairly large dinner last night and was resting. He was reading a book and seemed in very good spirits. “Then suddenly he seemed to crumple before our very eyes. He collapsed to the floor and died | immediately. There wasn't time I to do a thing for him." Present with the jumbo-sized actor when he collapsed were his adopted daughter, Carol Ann. her mother, Mra. Reta Beery, Beerv’s brother Wi l and his wife, and his nephew, actor Noah Beery, Jr. They said the hard boiled actor passed away suddenly. “It all came so fast,” they said. "Hi apparently felt no pain or fright." , His death brought to a temporary halt the headline making charges of a willowy movie bit player that he was the father of her year old son. Honey blond Gloria Schumm, 33, sued him for support of her baby charging the actor was intimate with her rnanv tlmea in his Hollywood home and on his cattle ranch In Wyoming. Mrs. Schumm. who has since re-' turned to her husband, said she visited Beery often as a friend of the family and of his daughter Several years ago. she charted , the relationship became‘"more than frtendlv." The lumbering Beerv raid h» thanked her for "the eomnllmen’." but vehemently denied be had anr thing to do with the fathering of young Johan.

Warmer Weather Is Predicted Sunday Indianapolis, April 16 —(UP)— Temperatures dipped below freezing and more anow fell today In Indiana but the weather bureau predicted that after another cold night it would be fair and warmer for Easter. Forecasters indicated the temperature may drop to or below freezing again tonight with frost to some areas. But tomorrow will be fair and temperatures will rise, the forecasts said. Farmhand Admits Kidnap, Robbery Two Accomplices Sought As Suspects Morgantown, W. Va., April 16 — (UP) — Two men named by a young farmhand as his accomplices in a series of bank and store robberies in Pennsylvania and Mary--1 land were sought today as suspects j in a recent three state crime wave, j The manhunt began after Roy L. Mann. 26, of Sabraton, W. Va., conI fessed to five holdups including s 3300.000 Baltimore, Md., bank rol>bery following his arrest yesterday. He named his brother-in-law, Carl j Close, alias Klosz, of Pittsburgh end Close’s brother-in-law, Janies i ! Bernett. of Jamison No. 2, Pa., as i his accomplices. I CapL D. -E. Adams of the West ! Virginia state police said Mann i named Close and Bernett as the two men who robbed a bank at Follansbee, W. Va., of $5,000 Wednesday. He said the FBI would take Mann to Follonsbee for further questioning concerning the holdup which reportedly was done by three gunmen. Police reported that 12,400 in cash was found in the Mann home. Mann denied having any loot, but broke down when his wife. Margie, surrendered cash from a small looker in the house. Mann told polhe he spent his share of the loot for (Tara Ta Paa* Six I Man Is Convicted Os Slaying Stepson Martinsville, Ind.. April 16 — (UP) — James C. Edwards. 22. faced a mandatory prison Malevce j today after a jury of 10 women and two men found him guilty of slaying his two-year-old stepson. i- The jury deliberated six hours before finding Fdwards guilty last night of murder in tht death of Victor Thomas Brummett lut Nov. 22. Prosecutor Hugh Couch charged that Edwards pounced on the baby boy in a flt of anger and broke hie neck while shaking him.

Head Os American Relief In Czechoslovakia Freed Following Stiff Protest

Romania Replaces Two Vice-Premiers One Post Given To Communist Woman Bucharest, April 16—(UP) — Romania replaced two of its three vice-premiers today and gave one of the jobs to Communist boss Ana Pauker. Already foreign minister, the gray-haired, Moscow-trained Mrs. Pauker thus moved up another notch in the Romanian government hierarchy. She is regarded as one of the most important Communists in the Balkans. The presidium of the Romanian people’s republic named Mrs. Pauker to succeed agriculture minister Prof. Traian Savulescu as second vice-premier. Finance minister Vasilij Luca, another old-line Communist, was appointed third vice-premier, succeeding cultural minister Stefan Voltec. Major interest centered in the elevation of the 56-year-old Mrs. Pauker to the No. 3 position in the government. Although her influence has been felt in the conduct of Romanian affairs since she returned to her native Romania with the Russian army in 1944, she did not enter the government until Nov. 7, 1947. She was named foreign minister then, and within the next few months King Michael left the country to go into exile. Romania became a people's republic and the Socialist party merged with the Communist to become the New Workers’ party. She presumably will keep her foreign affairs portfolio in her new post. The presidium announcement said both Savalescu and Voltec had asked to be relieved of their jobs because they intend to devote themselves to more Important duties. First reaction in western capitals to the Romanian cabinet shift was i that it consolidated the Commun-; ists’ hold on the government of Russia’s southern neighbor. The shuffle was believed cut (Turn Tn Puli'- Five!

Sunrise Service To Be Held On Sunday Youth Os Churches To Conduct Service Youth organizations ot five Decatur churches will join in a union Easter sunrise service at 6:30 a.m. Sunday at the First Methodist church. Churches participating are the First Methodist. First Presbyterian. Trinity Evangelical United Bre-i thren, Zion Evangelical and Reformed and the Bethany Evangelical United Brethren. The organizations will present a poetic drama under the direction of the Rev. John E. Chambers of the Trinity church. The youth choir of the First Methodist church, directed by Mrs. Walter J. Krick, will sing an anthem. Following the worship service, a light breakfast will be served in the church parlors by the host church. The worship service will last about 40 minutes, enabling those attending to also attend regular Easter services at their own churches. The public Is Invited to attend the early service. Special ushers for the service will be Dr. Joe Morris. Judge Myles (Tara Ta Pa«» six I College President's Wife Is Found Dead Indianapolis. April 16 — (VP) — Mrs. I. Lynd Esch, 45. wife of the president of Indiana Central College. was found dead last night ’n the kitchen of her home when her husband returned from a Good Friday service at Peru. • Poilce said four unllghted burners were turned on tn a gas atove and that a note wax found near the tody. Mrs. Esch bad been ill several years. »

Iran Seeking Showdown On Soviet Russia Iranian-Russian Treaty Os 1921 Is Considered As Void Tehran, Iran, April 16 —(UP) — Iran appeared today to be seeking a final showdown with Russia, her tormentor since Czarist days. Usually reliable sources said the Iranian foreign ministry has informed Soviet ambassador E. V. Sadchikov that Iran considers the 1921 Iranian-Soviet treaty “null and void.” That treaty permits Soviet troops to occupy Iran and when Russia feels its security is threatened. Sadchikov was said to have been told that the treaty automatically lapsed when Iran joined the United Nations. UN membership, Iran maintained, automatically repudiates all treaties signed under duress. Furthermore, these sources said. Iran informed Sadchikov that it would complain to the UN security council if Russia does not ease its pressure on this country. Sadchikov left Tehran for Moscow by automobile yesterday to deliver Iran’s message to the Kremlin. He was expected to remain in .Moscow only a short time. (The Iranian embassy in Washington said it understood that its government regarded only article 6 of the treaty nullified. Article 6 permits the Soviet Union to send troops into Iran under certain circumstances. The embassy said Iran felt the disputed article has been replaced by article 105 of the UN charter, which provides that UN members shall grant it privileges "necessary for the fulfillment of its purposes.") The Iranian action follows increasingly hostile Soviet radio broadcasts alleging that Iran has become a tool of war-mongering capitalist interests. The broadcasts seemed to imply that Russia felt its security was being threatened by activities in Iran, a development that under the ! 1921 treaty presumably would per-1 mit Russia to send troops Into Iran. There also have been sporadic border clashes in the disputed frontier zones between the Ater(Turn To l‘H«r six I

Payroll Increase Is Noled In March ' Employment Steady j Here During Month Decatur's indu-trial payroll' climbed 10.7 percent during March, while industrial employment In the same period remained steady. 1’ | was revealed today In the busines-. barometer of the Chamber ot Com merce. Last month's payroll for six ma I jor industries in thjs area hit $354.-1 228, compared to $306,226 for’ February, the barometer shows Only three new employes were hired in the six Industries last month In spite of the payroll increases, j 20 more people received direct poor. relief, a rise of 16 percent over the I February number. Poor relief went. to 155 persons in March, compared. to 130 in February and to 56 in March. 1946. The number of births reported! in Decatur jumped 51.8 percent: during March. 54 babies being born in that month compared to 26 in the previous month. On (he other hand. 10 deaths were reported in March and 14 in February, a decline of 28 5 percent The business barometer records increases of 10 8 percent in total car loadings. 4.1 percent tn railway express shipments, 16 6 percent in postal receipts, and 14.6 In the value of building permits

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Miss Vlasta Vraz Is Released Today After Arrest For Political Activity Prague, Apr. 16 — (UP) -■ Miss Vlasta Adele Vraz of Berwyn, 111., was freed from prison by Czech authorities today after a stiff protest by the American embassy against her arrest last Saturday on suspicion of "political activities." Government authorities notified U. S. ambassador Joseph E. Jacobs, that Miss Vraz, head of Amer- ! lean relief In Czechoslovakia, was I freed in the interests of better reHattons between the two countries. | Jacobs said, however, that Czech police still contended she was guilty of espionage. Miss Vraz appeared at the embassy early this afternoon after | her week in jail. Zdenek Fierlinger. deputy premi ier and acting foreign minister, I notified Jacobs of her release. The embassy protested yesterday against the "arbitrary’’ arrest . of Miss Vraz, and demanded that I she be released. The note of pro- - 1 test was delivered to the Czech foreign office. It said Czech officials had promised her when she - was arrested that she would be returned to her office at 5 p. m. the same day. 1 Serving notice that it expected the early release of Miss Vraz, the embassy added that in any case it expected to be advised immediately of the facts and circumstances 1 i In the case, including specific charges, if any. | Jacobs said Miss Vraz told him ■ she had not been mistreated. Ho - said she was questioned only once during her week in jail. She was held In a large room with another woman prisoner. j Jacohs said she did not appear to have been suffering, but was extremely nervous. She was anxious that her mother be notified of her release, the ambassador said. He said he "sent her home to get some sleep " Floritnger told bint. Jacobs said, that Miss Vraz was released with "no s’rings attached" regarding her departure from Czechoslovakia. He said Fierlinger already knew that Sen. Paul Douglas of Illinois had introduced a bill in the U. S. | senate demanding state department action. He also was aware of a telegram sent bv Rep. Adolf Sahath to President Klement Gott--1 wald. i However. Jacohs said no apolo1 gy was offered, but merely a re- ! port that a reply to the embassy • protest would be dispatched within a few days. Miss Vraz was taken from her office by nollce last Saturday. Opinion Aroused Washington. Apr. 16 — (UP* — - The state department disclosed to- | dav it has informed CzechosloI vakia that American public opin- | ion has been "aroused" over treatment of American citizens there The warning was contained in I >h“ American note which demandled the, release of Miss Vlasta ■ Adele Vrnz. American relief worker held by Czech authorities. She I was released today. I The state department released 1 portions of the American note. It sharp’y criticized “the sudden and drastic action" taken by «T«rw Tn Fs«» Sis I Second Telephone Conversion Tuesday ( Tuesday morning the Citizens . Telephone Co. begins the second of - its conversions to full-antomatic I telephone service. Company officials announced today that the Linn Grove exchange, comprising 17! subscribers, will be converted to dial service April 19. This work sill take several days because the i Linn Grore exchange Is a new on» where no exchange existed before. . making It necessarv to severe ex’sting lines from the Berne ex- ; change and route them Into the ’ Linn Grove exchange.