Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 47, Number 115, Decatur, Adams County, 16 May 1949 — Page 1

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BITISH COURT CONSIGNS EISLER TO JAIL

lommunists Ring Shanghai

Il City In n Isolated ■ommunisfs ■ Os Men, Guns ■hrown Around gat China City May 16—(UP)— ChiKnnunjsts threw a ring of around Shanghai on ■ today. ’■cat city in China was isoCommunist forces driv- ■ the outlying suburbs, save ■trowing corridor down the ■co river. ■onimunist vanguard press- ■ to the Woosung forts at ■th of the Whangpoo a few Krth of Shanghai. They also Ear the Hungjao air field ■thwest of Shanghai. And ■re across the Whangpoo Bf the city, and pushing a Kd past Shanghai tq the ■e southeast across the ■oo river from the billion■und, Communist guerillas ■ the Nanhwel district, ■ miles distant. ■travelers from Shanghai to ■long reported that the ComK swarmed across the ■io. which bisects Shang■s afternoon a few miles Ks the city and about three Kouth of the Lunghwa inter■l air field. ■ also said the Nationalists Kun a water borne withdraw- ■ the east coast east of Kai They were boarding ■craft along the coast, and ■ere being ferried across the ■poo and marching toward ■al.) ■foreign ships were diverted ■he port of Shanghai. A U. S. ■ni been plying up and down ■hangpoo between Shanghai lie American ships off the ■ of the Yangtze, ferrying out Ist of 1,500 Americans who ■ to leave. ■is dispatch did not make clear ■er the diversion of "all for■hips" from, Shanghai meant ■he LCI had made its last Bid no more U. S. craft would ■up the Whangpoo.) ■ passenger train service on ■hai's two lines, to Hangland Nanking, had been halt■util further notice." All lon both lines were reported ■andccred for troop move■nghai became an armed I Armored cars patrolled the I streets. Residents remained ■ne unless their business was ■Hing. I sound of explosions was I intermittently from the I and west all day. Boxes and sandbag emplace- ■ were being thrown up in ■s downtown streets. Stone Istandba? barricades sos maI gunners sprang up around ■ municipal and government Bus in the heart of the city. I* block from some offices of I ITun To I’ogc sis) Ws Census Is Conducted On Sunday Afternoon but 400 Decatur homes were *•*l by 225 enumera'ors in ity-wide religious census conJ Sunday afternoon. * a follow-up census has cov*b« houses missed, the informfathered in the interdenom- *“ Project will be compiled * in membership drives by “f a churches. plans called for assign- ,’° enumerators to each of W census districts, but ■ 4 fe sometimes necessitated only one worker in a disRhoades, in charge of . ’otters. stated he wish- ‘ B * both the public, which * exceptions cooperated in "t’’ 1 ' and the enumerators, “•ntarily donated their time Cunuis WEATHE * . Arable cloudiness toTuesday with local Conand rather humid.

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bulletin Washington, May 16—(UP) —The supreme court today authorized the federal government to sue Texas and Louisiana in its effort to establish ownership of rich tidelands in. the Gulf of Mexico. Congress Nay Be In Session Entire Summer Speaker Rayburn Breaks News Os Lengthy Session Washington, May 16—(UP)— Congress got the word today that it probably will have to stay in session all summer to work on President Truman’s program. Speaker Sam Rayburn broke that news as he and other members of the Democratic congressional "big four" left their regular Monday conference with the President. He said talk now about a special session of congress is "nosensical" because the present session still has “another three or four months” to run. That indicated the congress would have to swelter through the Washington summer until midAugust or later. Rayburn said that the house at least is not behind schedule on the administration’s legislative program. But he acknowledged that the entire program could not be passed at this session. Part of it, he said, probably will have to be held over for next year. The lawmakers have not completed action yet on the regular appropriations .bills, funds for the second year of the European recovery program, housing legislation, the Atlantic pact or the supple-! mentary arms-for-Europe program. And the outcome of the Taft-Hart-ley repealer still is in doubt. in other congressional developments: Kickbacks —Sen. Clyde R. Hoey, D., N. C., opened a senate investigation of the marine insurance! business with the charge that Pi> land was overcharged >IOO,OOO on amrine insurance, which was kicked back certain marine insun [ ance brokers and freight forwarders. Marshall plan—Foreign aid chief | Paul G. Hoofman handed congress ’ his third quarterly report on the European recovery program. It] said the first phase of western. Europe’s recovery was almost com-] pleted by the end of 1948. Indust-, rial production in most Marshall plan countries is back at pre-war] levels, Hoffman said, but further expansion is needed to make them economically independent by Mid--1952. when the aid program is scheduled to expire. Malmedy—The only American officer who survived the massacre of American soldiers at Malmedy denied that the perpetrators were tortured into confessing the slayings. Writing to the senate armed (Turn To I’uite Six) , Allen County Farmer Dies This Morning Louis Schearer Is Claimed By Death Louis Schearer, 59. well known farmer) of Madison township. Allen county, died at 9:35 a m. today at the Adams county memorial hospital after a two weeks illness of lymphatic leukemia. He was a native and lifelong resident of Madison township, and was a member of St. Peter’s Lu theran church. Surviving are his wife. Pauline five sons. Melvin and Raymond Schearer. both of Hoagland. Wil fred and Lloyd Schearer. both of Deca’tir. and Robert of mrerille: one daughter. Miss Eileen; Schearer, at home; eight grand children, and one sister. Mrs Lydia Boerger of Monroeville. The body was removed to the Marquart 4 Painter funeral home at Monroeville Funeral arrange- , meats have not been completed !

Gen. Clay Leaves Germany For Retirement

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CASTING A LONG SHADOW across the foyer of his headquarters, just as he has across the European scene. Gen. Lucius D. Clay strides toward the door and retirement as U. S. Military Governor in Germany. Relieved of his duties last week. Gen. Clay left Germany by air, for home and a meeting witli President Truman, on Sunday. He had been military governor since 1947, and his initiation of the Berlin airlift had given him a decisive victory over Soviet Russia in the cold war over Germany's future.

i Upholds Legislature Right To Stop Clock Suit Dismissed By ] Indianapolis Judge Indianapolis. May 16 —(UP)— A judge ruled today, in effect, • that the Indiana legislature had 1 a right to stop the clock last ■ March and finish its law-making r business. Marion superior judge John L. ' | Niblack threw out of court the r suit of Claude Cline, a Huntington - attorney, who sought to invalidate laws enacted by the 1949 legisla- ' ture during an "overlime” session. The legislature stopped the clock just before its 61-day legal life was up and spent the next two days passing bills that got snarled in the legislative machinJ Cline thought the laws were \ i enacted illegally. They included , ] the soldier bonus law and the bien- . i nial budge appropriation bills for . the expenditure of some >205.6’00,.000. | Niblack upheld a state plea in ! abatement and overruled Cline's i demurrer. The s’ate contended the - suit was illegal. Niblack based his ruling on his i belief that the judiciary could not ■ control the mechanics of the state ■ legislature. — Mrs. Edith Willkie And Son Injured I Hurt In Auto Wreck During Rainstorm Cambridge. 0.. May 16—(VP)— Mrs. Edith W. Willkie. 50. widow of Wendell L. Willkie. and her ,son. Phillip. 29. were "resting very comfortably" today after an ' autonwbile accident 20 miles east i of here yesterday. The widow and son of the late unsuccessful Republican presidential candidate in 1940 were injured when their car left the road and 1 overturned during a driving rain- ] storm. ] Officials at St. Francis hospital described Mrs. Willkie’s condition ! as "serious" and that of the son as “good." Hospital spokesmen said Mrs. Willkie suffered severe shock, possible internal injuries and a possible concussion. Preliminary X-rays failed to show she had any . broken bones. Young Willkie, a member of the Indiana legislature, suffered a throat hemorrhage, but was not considered in serious condition, according to doctors. He was expected to be released later today. The accident occurred while tho Willkies were en route from New York to their home at Rushville. Ind. They were the only persons j in the automobile. I Willkie. who was driving, said he was blinded by rain and lost (T»ra To Po<» Two)

ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ADAMS COUNTY

Decatur, Indiana, Monday, May 16,1949.

Carl Gerber To Head New County Society Carl Gerber, Decatur Merchant, has been elected president of the Adams county society for crippled children and adults. Other officers are Leslie Sprunger, Berne, vicepresident; Elizabeth Scott, Decatur, secretary, and Rose Ellen Miller, Decatur, treasurer. The next meeting of the soceity will be held at 8 p. m. Friday, June 24. Plan Real Estate Reappraisal Here Training Planned For All Deputies Plans for reappraisal of all Adams county land and Improvements are slowly taking shape and as roon as final instructions are forthcoming from the state tax board, Adams county machinery will be set in motion, Albert Harlow, county assessor, said today. Mr. |larlow said that a school for all deputy appraisal officers would be held here before the actual work started. The township trustees in all of the townships but Washington township will have actual charge of the work and each trustee will name two deputies. Two deputies also will be named in each city and town corporation in the county. Will Winnes, Washington township assessor, will be the officer in charge of the appraising in Decatur and Washington township. All deputies will be under the supervision of assessor Harlow and all appraisals will be cleared through the county office. Mr. Harlow said that tentative plans provide for the deputies to make the appraisal on the land and a point system will be used to evaluate buildings and homes. Actual appraisal figures on homes and improvements will be compiled by a staff of assistants in Mr. Harlow's office, using the regulation state' system of appraisal so that values in all townships will be uniform. The list of deputy officers and the staff for Mr. Harlow's office will be announced later, Mr. Harlow said. Several changes have been made on the names first sul>mitted by the trustees. An exact date 6n which work will start has not been set, but it is predicted that most counties will start the job about June 1. The new figures will be used in determining tax rates payable in 1951. David Studler Dies At California Home David Studler. 71, former Linn Grore resident, died Friday at his home in Los Angeles. Cal. Surviving are five brothers, Albert Studler of Decatur. Fred of Vincennes. Daniel. W’illiam and Charles, all of Fort W’ayne. and two sisters. Mrs Harry French oi Fort Wayne and Mrs Ole Waldo of Seattle, Wash.

To Take More Paris From Struck Plant Writ Os Replevin . Given Toledo Firm South Bend, Ond.. May 16—(UP) -Willys-Overland today filed for and was granted a writ of replevin to remove brake dies and parts from the strikebound Bendlx Aviation Corp, plant. The Toledo, 0., firm joined a growing list of automobile manufacturers who sued to get equipment out of the plant where 7.500 CIO United Auto workers have been on strike 97 days. Willys was granted St. Joseph circuit court permission to remove four dies and more than 1,000,01)0 parts valued at more than >20,000. The writ was turned over to sheriff Stephan Hipsak. who said he would wait until tomorrow to serve it. He said the union indicated it might object to removal of some of the parts. The union and company officials hoped that negotiations to end the strike and resume production of airplane and automobile brakes would be continued tomorrow. Federal mediators returning from a week-end rest sought to arrange a new conference between union and management. It was indicated that a negotiating group headed by international vicepresident Richard Gosser of Detroit might figure in the next conference. Meanwhile, observers speculated (Turn To Pnicr Six) Aid Is Pledged To Federal Mediators Seek Settlement Os Strike ; Detroit, May 16—(UP)— Both sides in the Ford Motor strike promised cooperation today to federal mediators when they step in to help settle the walkout that was idled lOK.ouo men and brought about the complete shutdown of the manufacturing empire. Cyrus S Ching, director of the federal mediation and conciliation service announced Friday his intention to step in if the strike continued for a long period. Walter P. Reuther, president of the striking CIO United Auto workers, appealed for immediate federal intervention and Henry Ford 11 pledged his cooperation. Federal mediators were expected to intervene early this week. Ford, in pledging his cooperation. reiterated his charge that the strike was political and not economic. He charged that thousands of families were "victims of political cross currents in certain factions of the UAW-CIO." Close Plant Richmond. Cal.. May 16— (UP)— Ford Motor company's Richmond assembly plant will close opera tions today for lack of parts from the strikebound Rirer Rouge plant. (Tara T® P«c* Uli)

Consigned To Jail Until Hearing May 24 On U.S. Request For Extradition

Denies Motion For Rutledge Acquittal lowa Murder Trial Is Resumed Today Cedar Rapids, la., May 16 — (UP)—District Judge J. E. Heiserman today denied a defense motion for a directed acquittal in the murder trial of Dr. Robert C. Rutledge, Jr., St. Louis. Heiserman announced his ruling without comment as the trial resumed after a weekend recess. The defense immediately called Dr. Frank Peterson, Cedar Rapids, former head of the University of lowa surgery department, as its first witness. It was believed Peterson was called in an effort to offset prosecution testimony last week ny Linn county deputy coroner Regis Weland. Weland said Rutledge's alleged victim, Byron C. Hattman. 29, apparently was not moving when he received a fatal knife wound in a Cedar Rapids hotel room last Dec. 14. The defense also was expected to call Rutledge and his 23-year-old blonde wife, Sydney. Defense lawyers contended Hattman "seduced and debauched” her in the Rutledges’ St. Louis apartment last July. Prosecuting attorney William Crfssman charged that Rutledge trailed Hattman here and killed him “wilfully, deliberately" for reasons of "revenge and jealousy" because Hattman seduced Mrs. Rutledge. But defense attorney Walter Barngrover contended that Rutledge acted in self-defense after offering Hattman money to stay away from his wife. Barngrover promised in his opening statement that Mrs. Rutledge would describe the "advances and approaches" made to her by Hattman before he "seduced, debauched and carnally knew her.” "She will tell you of her humiliation and embarrassment in this sordid chapter of her life." he told the jury. Mrs. Rutledge and Hattman became acquainted on a Mississippi (Turn To Pane Two) FDR, Jr., Seeks Election Tuesday Congress Candidate In New York City Washington, May 16. — (UP)— History ges a chance to repeat itself tomorrow when another Franklin D. Roosevelt attempts to spark a political career by licking Tammany Hall. The late FDR made his first J political mark in the New York I state legislature by taking on Tammany. In later years as president he nearly put the old machine out of business. Franklin D., Jr., picks up tomorrow where his dad left off. If he wins. Tammany probably will be in for another shake-up and young Roosevelt will be in con-' gress. He is a candidate in the] strongly Democratic 20th district] on New York's west side which! was represented in congress for more than 25 years by the late Sol Bloom. The man Roosevelt has to lick is municipal judge Benjamin Shalleek. Tammany's Democratic candidate. Roosevelt was denied the Democratic nomination. He is running on a liberal-tour freedoms] parties ticket, a new deal contraption which embraces the left wing kntelleg-tual and labor elements which rose to poli'ical power and maturity under the late president The two other candidates are William H. Mclntyre. Republican, and Annette T. Rubenstein. Amer i lean labor party. Neither is given much chance. Miss Rubenstein's prospects are so dim that the communists who comprise the core! (Turn T® Pag* Sil)

Five Dead And Scores Hurt In Texas Tornado Amarillo Struck By Twister Last Night, Looting Breaks Out Amarillo, Tex., May 16—(UP)— Looting broke out today as guardsmen and rescue workers picked their way through the rubble left by a tornado that killed five persons, injures 83 others and caused almost >1,000,000 property damage. The twister roared down upon this Texas panhandle city of 65,000 persons about 9 p. m. yesterday, smashing through an area of about 30 square blocks. More than 20 persons were missing hut it was believed many simply were out of touch with relatives or friends in the general confusion. The storm was sighted as it leaped crazily over the prairies 15 miles to the southwest. Radio stations flashed a warning to the city's residents. But few heard the warning and the tornado crashed through tLe southside residential area a few seconds later. The screaming funnel skipped capriciously over the south side as a deluge of rain and egg-sized hailstones pelted the city. It demolished 45 airplanes and their hangars at Tradewind airport. a private field southeast of the city, and derailed 35 cars of an 80-car Sante Fe freight train about a mile away. The train crew escaped injury. The locomotive and tender were among the cars which stayed upright. In one block, three occupied homes were levelled. An adjoining house was not touched. It wa6 vacant. The high wind pushed the roof of their home down onto Mr. and Mrs. M. C. Bryant but a flying mattress shielded them from the rafters. Sam Pepitone and his wife, who is expecting a baby, were evicted i from their home last night, and left to spend the night with friends. They weathered the storm in their automobile and arrived at the friend’s home to find .nothing but a pile of wreckage. The national guard was called out when looting was reported. Texas rangers arrested one man looting a wrecked home and a woman reported her automobile ] (Tara To Pan Ku) Geneva Man Killed When Hil By Auto Funeral Held Today For Clyde Rynard Funeral services were held this morning at the Hardy 6 Hardy funeral home in Geneva for Clyde I Rynard, 34, of Geneva, who was] I killed Saturday when he was i struck by an automobile as he was walking along state road 18. two I and one-half miles east of Fiat. Rynard. a veteran of World War If. suffered a skull fracture, hip fracture, neck fracture, and both legs were broken. The car was driven by Mrs Marianne S. Teehardner. of Rochester. A verdict of accidental death was returned I today. After serving in the navy, Rynard had resided in Winchester before returning to his home in | Geneva. He was employed at Hart- ■ ford City. Surviving are a daughter, Carol.! of Winchester; his mother, Mrs ] William Huffman of Geneva, tour' . brothers, Vernon. Edward. Dewey and Homer, all of Gebeva. and four sisters. Mrs. Gladys Cox of Rich mond. Mrs. Joe Carpenter, and | Mrs. Edna Beutner, both of Fort Wayne, and May Huffman. Geneva.

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Protests Against Arrest Echoed In House Os Commons And Foreign Office London, May 16 —(UP)—A British court today consigned Gerhart Eisler, German communist agent wanted by the United States, to a jail cell for eight days while protests against his arrest echoed in the house of commons and the British foreign office. Magistrate John Eastwood of London’s Bow street court set May 24, a week from tomorrow, as the date for the hearing on American attempts to extradite Eisler to the United States. East wood refused to allow bail for Eisler. The balding communist will spend the next eight days in Brixton prison, London. While Eisler stood in the Bow street prisoner's dock, the Polish ambassador was at the foreign office delivering a stiff protest against Eisler’s arrest. Eisler was dragged off the Polish liner Batory by British police in Southampton harbor Saturday night despite bis own frantic efforts to escape and over the protests of the Polish government. He was sped here by police car from Southampton, where a magistral's court this morning remanded him to How. street court for the extradition proceedings. As the small, bespectacled little communist agent was driven through the iron gates of the Bow street police station courtyard, eight communist pickets paraded up and down outside the building. At Southampton, fellow-commun-ists had shouted “down with the Atlantic pact” and "good luck." The Polish ambassador, Jerzy Michalowski, made an appointment for 4:15 p. m. (9:15 a. m. (’ST) with British foreign secretary Ernest Bevin to lodge a stiff protest about Eisler’s arrest. The foreign office made it cleat in advance that the protest prob ably would be rejected. Communist and leftwing socialist members of parliament framed questions to put the government on the spot for its action in taking Eisler off the Batory with force. The former No. 1 communist agent in the United States was seized at the request of the United States, which wants him for skipping bail of >24.500 pending appeal on conviction for passport fraud and contempt of congress. Eisler slipped aboard the Batory in New York and was bound for somewhere east of the iron curtain. The London communist Daily Worker said he was slated for an important post in Leipzig lin the Soviet zone of Germany. ' By contrast to his kicking, I screaming and punching then. Eis- [ ler was calm throughout today's proceedings. Scotland Yard asked for a (Turn Tn Pnxrr Two) Receive Bids For Court House Work The county commissioners met this afternoon to receive bids for painting the metal cornice on the court house and furnishing a iiay bailer to the county farm. Prior to the 2 o’clock session, the commissioners were scheduled to allow claims to be paid from additional appropriations made by the county council and approved by the state board of tax commixI stoners. The proposals for the court house improvement will include labor and material. Complete Remodeling Baptist Parsonage Work has seen completed on the remodeling of the Baptist church parsonage, just south of the church on Fourth street, and the new pastor and his wife, the Rev and Mrs. | H H Hammond, will more to DeI catur in about two weeks. I Rev. Hammond will complete his college work in Chicago soon. Modernization of the residence was done by members of the congregation and the entire interior has been rebuilt. New plumbing and wiring also have been installed.

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