Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 47, Number 124, Decatur, Adams County, 26 May 1949 — Page 1

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lIIENTHAL PROBE OPENED BY COMMITTEE

«|yfe 1 7 s wr Plant ' ” fcl-Op erate< * BL Studied By U investi gation toward seventh street auxiliary f Kjerated city P»wer plant adebv Lester Pettibone, ls of !lie city light mH*’ P lant ' the cl ' Ul "’ il aU * h ’ steps * : .er generator buildW* W'_ enough to house a secdiesel engine, if power n' The city owns C 4 rround on North Sev- ■ " us St ' Mary ’ 8 Pettibone informed the '®gl project es,lm ‘ 1531,000. Bond attorneys firms believe an exS The electric departI a cash reserve of ap- ■ {340.0 which offi■ay can be applied on the ■ ttdicing the bond issue to ■fide action was taken by ■ and board of works in f ■ iiW rawing a contract r- taiim-Ml.higan Power •Hgyforthe standby and ener*Ks.- :;<>w rendered to the ■ 7;e city dues not intend to ■ j i-rrir contract offered ■" ,ires 111 " le 1 ■" is B the city with standby Jo Wcw -ertbe. The contract ■ion Jane 30. 1950. it has minimum of $3,525 .. . ■& the demand and energy ’Ltwinc Currently the ■Br i-yimumt ,< using more KWH p-r month, on writ an annual bill \| r pettilione ' xiSl y ' al ,lle li,y I>ur ’ Bd limb;22 worth of cur■it an cost of 1 4 M. •:.a' ■!.,- >i:y was canB B 'or the 11.51 m B|!B®Nr.<- ami ~ p ] ang f lir -■EgB Bmore than {:i.2iio,ooo. The ■»««- ;.r..;e V t is a step to- ■■■>’■ jil-r ink, since officials the plant suffifor the future. total Soya companv. - percent of all ®BB” ’’' irri “ni produced and pur■^F 'J the municipal plant, is g installing a turbine at ; ° r production, has surplus of hits boiler plant, much of 4 B| f» waited. By instal■■Bl’’"’o'- this steam coul.i S^F* 1 in the production of ' c,ais !avi| r the switch of “ e electric load to the Plant. Mr. Pettibone -■/'*' Sel,!e Contracts of the contracts Da cun Uenser and W ' ! *' consul • lllHhjT'' Enwy ' Marker an 1 ls in !he I ' rocm °f *15.000 was mad J ■H*.,*’ 11 Efectric company on ' a!or I)oan said that Electric comin damages for lta contract for the lhl ’ settlement has ’M Cl ° since Westan alternate propoon future purcom P an T for simi- ‘ pr °POß“d in the of the pow®ay h e with th* .‘7 ai!y 'he engineers *25.977. based on 'he fee; h * am °unt Con- ,. ® ad e with the engiPettlbon e said that t 0 submit a * e *ther J? ' ool to ' ,: ’ h * li»ht fro.t “■ IJM "Orth portion.

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One Man Killed In B-29 Bomber Crash El Paso, Tex., May 26—(UP)— One man was killed but eight others parachuted safely when their air force B-29 bomber crashed in flames, Biggs air base officials said today. The plane smashed into the foothills of the Sacramento mountains 31 miles northeast of here. The craft, which was attached to the 340th Bomb Squadron, 97th Bomb Group, was destroyed. Prospects For Agreement On Germany Fade New Proposals From Soviet Russia Seen Only Parley Hope By United Press Prospects for a big four agreement on Germany seemed to be fading today. Western observers believed only some new proposals from Russia could save the council of foreign ministers in Paris from failure. U. S. secretary of state Dean Acheson, British foreign secretary Ernest Bevin and French foreign minister Robert Schuman began their fourth day of talks on Gej many with Soviet foreign minister Andrei Vishinsky just as far apart as when they started. No hope for agreement was seen unless Russia gives up its demand that the four powers return to fourpower military control of Germany under the Potsdam agreement. Other foreign news included: Berlin—American transport officials rescued passengers strand--ed aboard three strike-bound U. S. military trains in the Soviet zone outside Berlin. Shanghai — Communist troops launched a final attack to wipe out last 300 Nationalist troops holding a small island of resistance in the heart of occupied Shanghai. Assault units stormed across Garden bridge on the billion-dollar bund and began to surround the last Nationalist holdouts on the north bank of Soochow creek. Frankfurt-S. P. Bergere, European director of the U. S. Voice of America broadcasts, said 8,000,000 Russians in the Soviet Union listen to the voice programs. Maceio, Brazil—Hundreds of persons were reported dead in floods caused by torrential rains in northeast Brazil.

W. Guy Brown Named State TB Official W. Guy Brown, principal of the Decatur high school, was elected first vice-president of the Indiana tuberculosis association at the closing meeting of the annual convention in Indianapolis Wednesday. Dr E. W. Custer, superintendent of the Healthwin tuberculosis hospital, South Bend, was elected president. Other officers include Dr Harold D. Caylor, Bluffton, second vice-president; Mrs. George Moser, New Albany, secretary, and Dr. t, J. Mclntyre, Indianapolis, treasurer. First Scholarship Award By Sorority Tri Kappa Award To Miss Sally Smith Miss Sally G. Smith, senior at Decatur high school, is the «mnH of the first SIOO Tri Kappascho a ship award. Miss Kathryn Kauff man. chairman of the sororiti Kholarship committee, announced tO X Smith, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Smithy 628 Mere gvenue, will use the scholars!) P money to further her educatfot> in the nurses' training school at Bali Memorial hospital. Nuoc l * She won the award on the bad of her grade in a genera know! edge examination open to senior S, and rirlsinboth lo«lb.gb fnSlhed T * C W Helen H.ubold is the secS h, mUe m " i.n«.r rehoUrshlp awards annually hereafter.

World Premiere Os G. E. Technicolor Film, With Aeolian Choir, Here June 2 Lights! Curtain! Action! In the words of Hollywood, cinema capital of the world, next Thursday, June 2, will be premiere night in Decatur. The first public showing of the Hollywood-made film, “By Their Works,” in technicolor, featuring the Decatur General Electric aeolian choir and local GE employes, will be given at the Decatur high school auditorium. And what’s more, the premiere is free. E. W. Lankenau, manager of the Decatur General Electric plant, announced today that arrangements have been completed for showing the film here, ahead of any other city in the country.

. “By Their Works” is a complete show in itself. Filming of the picture was done last year. The picture was produced by the Raphael, G, Wolff Studios of Hollywood, Cal., and scenes were taken in the many G. E. plants throughout the country. The 70-voice GE aeolian choir, under the direction of David Embler, is featured in the film. Reproduction of the songs and filming of the choir’s participation in the full-length feature, were made from the stage in the Catholic high school auditorium. The film will be shown throughout the country, but because of the conspicuous role played by the aeolian choir, it was decided to give Decatur the premiere. The G. E. company and members of the choir will distribute 2,000 tickets to company employes and friends for the premiere. Admission to the auditorium will be by ticket only, since seating capacity is limited. The aeolian choir will give a short concert in connection with the program and the evening's entertainment promises to be one of unusual delight for Decatur citizenry. Scenes of persons at work in the Decatur G. E. plant are incorporated in the film, making it of common interest to local friends. Members of the choir will be hosts and hostesses at the premiere and persons who desire a ticket are invited to contact a member, or apply at the G. E. office on North Ninth street. Discharges Needed For Bonus Payment Questionnaires To Local Vet Groups

Word has been received here that questionnaires for Indiana veterans of World War II to fill out for the soldier bonus voted by the 1949 state legislature will be sent to Leo Feasel. of the local Veterans of Foreign Wars post, and James Staley, of the American Legion post- , , Handling of these questionnaires will be done by these two veteran organizations throughout the state, working in cooperation with the In diana department of veterans affairs' — The questionnaires are expected to be mailed to Feasel and Staley on approximately June 8 or short- • |y thereafter. Veterans are warned that original discharges must accompany these questionnaires when they are returned to the state. Veterans who have lost their discharge papers must obtain replacements through, the war department at ' The state bonus will be paid to (Tur« To F|Tr> Wildcat Strike At New Castle Plant New Castle. Ind . May 26-tUP) -The Chrysler Motor Compaq piant was closed today by a wlldeal strike of members of the (IO United Auto Workers union. UAW-Cio pickets kept some _ . 000 workers from entering. The "ike over, seniority dispute, be ganin dept. 86 on the 10:30 p. m. shift yesterday. Careful Driving Is Urged On Hoosiers Indianapolis. May 26 — ’L P‘ Indiana state police Hoosier motorists o fensively" during the three J “defensively, instead of often1 p2ct(iX 1 killed during the holiday 3*."ute police records .bowed n ne and 1» in I,4< ’

Decatur, Indiana, Thursday, May 26,1949.

Hoover Commission Makes Final Report Cautions Against Half-Way Measures Washington. May 26—(UP)— The Hoover commission today cautioned congress against “partial or half-way measures" in carrying out recommended reforms in government. The commission, headed by former President Herbert Hoover, also warned that democracy’s highest ideals can be thwarted by excessive costs, waste, disunity and the "other by products of inefficient government." In a hard hitting concluding report, it frankly acknowledged that] congress has a big row to hoe in attempting to bring both economy' and efficiency to the executive branch of the government. Thenj It cautioned against any “piecemeal attack" in carrying out reforms recommended by the commission. "It is necessary that the President and the congress give careful i attention to treating the whole body of our recommendations even though the implementation mayl have to be done on a step-by-step! basis . . . once the practice of exempting certain agencies and excepting particular functions has begun, the chances of achieving substantial improvements in the, efficiency of the government will! speedily diminish." With a note of urgency, the commission said “we cannot afford to lose this opportunity to put the operation of the federal government on a sound and efficient basis” because the people are entitled to receive full value for their tax dollars. The commission, reduced to 11 members by the suicide of James I Forrestal last Sunday, presented a united front in its windup report. Three weeks before he died, Forrestal gave his general okay to the last report, although he was too ill to read it. The final report was both a summany and evaluation of 18 previous reports on ways and means of (Turn Tn •*■«* Five! Unemployment Shows Increase In State Indianapolis, May 26—(UP)—i Unemployment in Indiana rose last week for the third straight time, and officials of the Indiana employment security division said today that reversed a normal May trend. Col Everett Gardner, division director, said a total of 64,659 claims for jobless pay were filed last week, a 2.1 percent increase . from the 63,337 filed in the previous week. Safety Awards h; a TAXI fHPf \ TO MWO I > ACCIOfNTC/ MAWfWAJ UMTT COIMI ■ —» Motorist: Ralph J. Dixon. I Giiffith. Ind. Selected by Policeman Robert Hill and award donated by Suttles Co. Pedestrians Mrs. Geiald Ross. Decatur. Selected b? i Chester Gallemeyer. Porter 1 Tire Service, and award donat ed by Why store Mr and Mrs. Kenneth Saunders. Monroe, route 1. Selected by C v Pumphrey.

To Probe Air Force Use Os 836 Bombers Thorough Probe Os B-36 Procurement Planned By Vinson Washington, May 26 — (UP) — Chairman Carl Vinson said today that his house armed services committee will launch promptly a “thorough and searching investigation" into air force procurement of B-36 bombers. i The Georgia Democrat said he will ask the committee Tuesday to undertime a "complete inquiry inj to all phases of the B-36 bomber.” "Specifically, 1 shall ask the committee to look into such acts as to when this bomber was purchased, why it has been purchased, how it was purchased, and any and all other collateral matters that] J such inquiries may develop," Vinson said in a statement. i Vinson had said earlier bis comJmittee would look into the B-36 11 controversy only if the senate arm- . j ed services committee failed to do i so. ; ! The senate group has asked defense secretary Louis Johnson for a full explanation of big air force' orders for the six-engined bomber, manufactured by Consolidated Vul- • tee Aircraft Corp., of which Johnson formerly was a director. , Vinson told reporters he understands the senate committee will not carry ouk the investigation. "For days there have been disturbing rumors and gossip in the congress and in the press with reI sped to this giant bomber and those connected with it," Vinson said. "It is high time that those who have been the object of this steadily increasing tide of criticism and innuendo be given an opportunity to put their case squarely before ! the committee, the congress, and the public. "Therefore, on Tuesday of next week, I will lay the matter before the committee. Needless to say. there will be a thorough and search- ! ing investigation and all sides of this controversy will be afforded an opportunity to be heard on this important question." Vinson apparently hoped to head ! off house action on a proposal by Rep. James E. Van Zandt, R.. Pa., who yesterday introduced a resolution to create a special five-man (Turn To I’nae Fhel I Council Approves Transfer Os Land Site For Proposed Community Center The city council, in special session last evening, adopted a reso lution favoring the transfer of a[e proximately 6.8 acres of land from the water department to the civil city, in the 4Oacre plot directly east of the Monroe street river bridge, as the location for the pro posed community center. The resolution states. "When and if the said civil city is able to use said above described real estate for the establishment of a youth center.” It further states. "When said conveyance shall be made it shall be on terms satisfactory to said water department and said civil city.” The F. Ellwood Allen organisation recommended the site across the river bridge, because it is city owned and is of ample sixe for a building, together with parking space. „ The city has three water wells on the site, which officials point out will in no way interfere with loca tion of the proposed youth and civic j center.

House - Senate Committee Launches Intensive Probe Into Lilienthal Ministry

Blast Indictment Os Harry Bridges Political Spite Is Charged By Union San Francisco, May 26—(UP)— Angry west coast CIO Longshoremen today blasted the government’s indictment of Harry Bridges and two other union officers as a “monumental case of political spite." The powerful International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen’s union, representing 39,000 members, charged that the Truman administration was trying to silence “critics of its failure to meet campaign promises." The indictment, returned yesterday by a federal grand jury after eight super-secret sessions, charged that Bridges lied in denying he was a Communist when he applied for citizenship in 1945. It accused Bridges of conspiring with the two union officials to obtain his citizenship by fraud. Itj also cited the other two for perjury. Bail was set at $5,000 for each. At the same time the indictment I was returned, the government filed a civil suit in federal court seeking to deport the Australian-born labor leader. ' Conviction on the indictment | could result in maximum fines of 1 $15,000 and seven years in prison. One of the men named in the in- ’ dictment was Henry Schmidt. ’■ ILWU leader currently directing '[the union's strike strategy in Hawaii. He surrendered to federal authorities in Honolulu and posted $5,000 bail. The other was J. R. Robertson, first vice president of the ILWU. The union here announced Bridges would leave New York today for San Francisco "to answer the false charges." "The indictment is on its face a monumental case of political spite, the union said. “It is a political frameup and it indicates that the Truman administration would go ' to any length to silence critics of its failure to meet campaign promises. "How many times must a man he tried before an end is written to the book? The next trial of Mr.| Bridges on the same threadbare, discredited, charges will be triple (Turn Tn I‘inte Fleet Nursing Course To Start Here June 1 Interest Is High In Home Nursing Closs Home nursing courses now being organized are proving even more popular than had been expected At a second organization in Decatur yesterday afternoon, the group was so large that it may be necessary to have two sections. The group present decided that Wednesday evenings through June. July. August would be the most appro priate time for their lessons. The following ladies enrolled at yesterday’s meeting in the home economica rooms at the high school: Mrs. Frank Fisher. Mrs Clifford Hakey. Mrs Orval Reed. Mrs. Luther Arnold. Mrs Theodorr Heller Miss Rosa M. Coffee. Miss Mary C Coffee. Mrs Max Kreps Mrs Albert Langerman. Mrs Her bert Banning. Mrs Lee Fleming. Mrs Russell Fleming Six members of Union township had previously enrolled and six ad di'ional women from Root township had previously signed up It is understood that several Decatur women will enroll at the first eve ning's lesson Mrs. Robert Mon nier Red Cross nursing teacher. wa« present and explained the re quiremrnts of the course The first lesson Will be held from . to 0 pm. Wednesday. June I EntwlF ment will still be open at this first If Mrs Max Schaefer amt Mrs Ruth Hollingsworth of the Red Cross of flee attended this session. These disses will spoßsored •1 by the Adams county home ec<> ' nomics association.

Ford Employe Questioned In Reuther Attack Seized As Suspect For Questioning In Attack On Reuther Detroit, May 26 — (UP) — Charles Barabash, 47, of suburban Dearborn, a striking Ford Motor company employe, was held for questioning today about the attempted assassination of Victor Reuther, a CIO United Auto Workers official. Barabash was arrested by police after a tipster reported hearing him babbling drunkenly in a liarroom about .'Reuther being shot" more than 24 hours before twin shotgun bias's were fired at the union official. Police said he was too drunk to be questioned immediately. While police squads tried to lift the drunken fog from Barabash's past 48 hours, other investigators said they would look into charges of “international implications" in the shooting. Other teams of the 40 detectives assigned solely to the case worked on possibilities that a "crackpot" or a person having a personal grudge against the Reuther family fired the near-fatal shots. Reuther, educational director of I the union and brother of UAW i president Walter Reuther, was r«ported "resting comfortably' at Henry Ford hospital. Doctors removed his right eye in a three-hour operation yester- 1 day as a result of the blast winch [ felled him in the living room of his home as he was reading a | newspapef near midnight Tbes-1 day. Labor and civic leaders put the' blaum squarely in the laps of com- j (Turn Io Pagi* Eight) Young Hitchhikers Resume Trip Today Young Couple Hooded For Job In Illinois A 19year old Wisconsin woman was well enough to leave Adams county memorial hospital and resume hitchhiking to Springfield. 111, with her husband this morning, after sheriff Herman Bowman had discovered her last night doubled up in pain while her hus band stood helplessly by. The woman. Mrs. Melvin Hanson, and her veteran husband. 23. were walking through Decatur, after having thumbed their way 7tt« miles from their home in Cottageville, Wis, in three days, when she was seized with stomach cramps at Third and Monroe streets. Sheriff Herman Howman happened along and took the woman to the hospital Hanson, it developed, had only $-<| in bis pocket, not enough to pay a| hospital bill, but sheriff Bowman • arranged with trustee John Stoneburner that the expense be paid by. Washington township Hanson i spent the for a hotel room here last night, while his wife was be , ing treated I Hanson explained to the sheriff he had been promised a job in Springfield but did not have enough monev for transportation for his wife and himself. He refused to seek aid from local organizations so the two could continue the trip by bus. "We are not beggers," he told the sheriff. The only further help he and his wife would accept was a rid* »" the intersection of V. S. 224 and 2. Two drivers, Mrs. Florence Strickler. 26. North Second street, end Veda Howe. 25. Fort Wayne. w»re arrested for excessive speed on North Second street Wednesday Sheriff Herman Bowman, who made the arrests, said both women were traveling 50 m p h In the •>< m p. h zone Both drivers will ap-1 pear in J. P- court later.

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Chairman Discloses Security Officer Os Group Overruled By Atomic Commission Washington, May 26 — (UP) — Chairman David E. Lilienthal said today that the atomic energy commission overruled the decision of Its security officer in clearing Dr. Edward U. Condon and Sen. Frank P. Graham for access to atomic data. His disclosure came as the house-senate atomic energy committee opened an exhaustive investigation to find out whether Lllienthal's ministry of the $3,500.000,000 atomic project has been good or bad. Condon is chief us the national bureau of standards. As one of the country's top physicists he helped in development of the atomic bomb and other wartime weapons. A house unAmerican activities subcommittee once called him the weakest link in atomic security. His government superiors gave him a clean bill of health, however. Graham was president of the University of North Carolina and head of the Oak Ridge institute of nuclear physics before his recent appointment to the senate. He had limited access to atomic secrets. Lilienthal said that in both cases the atomic commission overruled decisions of Rear Adm. John Gingrich, until recently the commission's director of security and now chief of staff of the Pacific i fleet. i The AEC chairman said the • commission lias final authority over security clearances and exercised that authority In the cases of Condon and Graham. In response to questions from [ Rep Charles Elston. R . 0.. Lilienthal said there "may have been” | other cases in which Gingrich was I overruled but that he could not | recall them. The opening phase of the hives- ! ligation produced: | 1. A dramatic confrontation he- ! tween Lilienthal and his chief congressional critic, Sen Bourke B. Hickenlooper, R.. la, who told the chairman to his face that his atomic policies have heen "harmful" and "not in the best interests" of the project. ' 2. A plea by Ulienthal that the investigators air his "accomplishments" in building up a stockpile of improved bombs and atomic explosives ■as well as his ' mislakes" 3. A declaration that the giant atomic explosives plant at Hanford Wash, had experienced "two major threats" to its life. The commission has said before that when it took over the project in 1947 it found production at Hanford threatened with extinction by plant deterioration It claims it brought production back and built it to an all-time high. Lilienthal did not give any details today about the "threats to (Turn T.i I’nae Fhrel Winner Os Safety Award Donates Prize To Scouts Ralph J. Dixon. Griffith. repre< sentative of Sinclair Refining Co., who yeaterday was awarded the IS ! < ash ffrize by policeman Robert Hill for his careful driving, has asked that the award be turned over to the Beaver Island camp fund of the Decatur Boy Scouts. Mr Dixon has asked that Steve Everhart, scout commissioner, repre«ent him and collect the award from the Suttles Insurance Co. Police officer Hill stated that he followed the motorist for several blocks and that he observed every traffic »i£D- , Awards will be made the balance of this week to one motorist and two pedes’rians daily ’ho receive the blue cards for their observance of safety rules The two weeks drive is sponsored by th® Decatur Chamber of Commerce and the awards are made each day jby local retailers and inauranc® cutnp» n,w -