Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 47, Number 126, Decatur, Adams County, 28 May 1949 — Page 1

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FORD REJECTS UNION BACK TO WORK ORDER

b Again k On Air h For food m 0 55 Offer To End Like Rejected By I Railroad Workers |tfin.May2B- (UP) - WtestI, Berlin fell back «P° n the ILnieriean airlift for sustenin the face of a SovietKL rail blockade intended to E, the eight-day strike of Berlin rail workers. EJjji! and American planes Eroaring along the Buckeburg ter into Berlin despite Soviet Engs that ground-to-air firing t start in that area this mornE part of Russian army sumKt maneuvers. E Russians said an area seven ■ll miles in the airlift corridor E be unsafe during the firing. Eerer. no guns were reported Eiigby noon (6 a. m. EDT.) Eriet authorities asked airlift Er to skirt the area by flying Ep north. British authorities E this would cut the 20-mlle-Eiirlift to nine miles, contrary ■u international agreement. ■ gestern officials at the air safeKteiter in Berlin made it clear ■Wet authorities this morning L airlift planes would fly their ■mil routes along the Buckefc corridor. estimated 40,000 Russian Lt were reported maneuvering ■die heavily wooded area of Lep-Eer-Heide, second largest troop lhaing area in Germany. I takers at present were reM on a small scale, with millK problems carried out at com; fe and battalion level. 11l Berlin, Soviet sector officials ■ further steps to end the fee, called May 20 to enforce Bat Berlin rail workers' demands ■fill salaries in western marks fe the Soviet-controlled city feiy management. [Wet sector police said nine seers were arrested for invad- ■ the Soviet sector and attack- ■ tenths guarding railway ter' fehet sector police chief Paul fetraf said last Monday that fests found guilty of violence fnbotage faced severe punishr and even the death penalty. P* rail blockade showed no I of easing. The Russians r to let strikers handle f Berlin switch terminals on r” coming from West Gerp- »hich they had been doing. W freight trains were Uj the single-track line beF* Berlin and the West GerP border (joint of Helmstedt. P e carloads of fresh fish were F* °n a siding at Wansee on C®”’ ’ Mtern outß klrt»L , ’ ,riffic still was moving L Berlin Helmstedt highway, L*' American officials said P'Mroys would bring in L j fre *kht on rail sidings on ■b*u German ,ront,er * f the C ’* not end by next WedL 5 ®Mdleberger, chief state L/*° representative in the sector, denied reports L « Plans to take the rail r ‘Mue before the big four k? ace >n Paris. L."’’?’: 1 cant say what wlll k ta . the future - hut at the U, J?i ttrl, ‘ e is • till a mat ‘ L s ‘* al lut hori:lea,” RiddkI taders meanwhile reject- ** T * Five I ’* J ®hn Schultz I ' Cholic cemetery, 9a. Ph? n’ “ Fra " k Llniger'a k cemetery, 9 q. IS? at legion F L,IW °f March F** M " ,wn RuL *' ond *° Monrot ' *u. * er br 'd9‘- returning **aKu? rtr * et * nd peace *• ceurt house. My W J A ™V %\ Wlth "*»’• ’ temperature today h j. lettered light showwarmer to- “ »® *>■ '•"t 45 t 52.

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Ripley Dead . IF w K - -HI i F' ‘ VI IBS Robert L. Ripley, 55, noted cartoonist and creator of the widely published feature “Believe it or Not,” died suddenly Friday afternoon in a New York hospital. A native of San Jose, Cal., Ripley made his home in New York. He never married. Hear! Attack Fatal To Robert L Ripley Famous Cartoonist Is Taken By Death New York, May 28—(UP)— Robert L. Ripley. 55, the cartoonist whose name was synonymous with the bizarre and unbelievable, died unexpectedly yesterday of a heart attack at the Columbia Presbyterian hospital. The circumstances surrounding Ripley’s death had the "Believe It or Not” quality which marked the varjpty of odd subjects he brought to the attention of an incredulous world in newspaper features, books, broadcast and television shows during the past 30 years. Ripley’s last public appearance was on his regular television program Tuesday night on the National Broadcasting Company network. He told the story behind the bugle call for the dead. The program closed with the playing of taps. Thursday he entered the hospital for a "checkup” although apparently in good health and died 24 hours later. Ripley was born on Christmas day, 1893, in Santa Rosa, Cal. His unique career began when he illustrated a column about sports oddities while working for the New York Globe in 1918. The cartoon 'was so popular that he expanded the feature to Include bizarre facts of all sorts, and later it was syndicated all over the world. At his death his cartoon appeared in 326 papers In 38 countries. It was printed in 17 lanquages and read by 60.000,000 people daily. He had 55 film shorts, a series of books, and several radio programs to his credit, bringing his annual earnings to an estimated $500,000 a year. He hired a staff of 80 persons to cull and verify the 1,000,000 letters which flooded his office annually bringing him fresh subject matter. Ripley visited 200 countries in search of lore to amaze the curious. He interviewed Eskimos, Cannibals, and Tibetan Lamas and returned with such treasures as a Chinese juLk, shrunken human heads, and a preserved mastodon’s foot. He even found a one-armed paper hanger with the hives in Dedham. Mass. Grand Jury Probes Allen County Home • Demands Ouster Os Home Superintendent Fort Wayne. Ind., May 28— (UP) -A grand jury said today that ” people may have died in the Allen county old people’s home because “the aervices of a practical farmer are not adequate" to run it. The grand jury which investigated the wave of deaths praised Dr. Noah Zehr. infirmary physician, but demanded the ouster of Sup.. Enlow Disler and his wife. It reported that food conditions were "bad” in the home, substantiating Zehr’a criticisms. Disler was appointed superintendent last January under a state law which requires that county commi sioners shall name farmers to operate county farms and homes for the aged.

Ask Russian Zone To Join German Stale Western Powers To Submit Invitation To Soviet Russia Paris, May 28.—(UP)—The western powers will ask Russia today to permit the Soviet zone to join the new federal German state in western Germany, a French official said. The invitation will be included in a western counter-proposal on Germany to be presented Soviet foreign minister Andrei Vishinsky in the big four council of foreign ministers. U. S. secretary of state Dean Acheson, British foreign secretary Ernest Bevin and French foreign minister Robert Schuman approved the counter-proposal at a private meeting in the French foreign office this morning. The French source said the west-, ern powers also will insist that the Soviet occupation forces grant Germans in their zone the same Democratic freedoms that western Germans now enjoy. The paper is expected to follow the general lines already stated by the western ministers—that there can be no going back to Potsdam and another attempt at four-power rule; that German unity can be attained only if Russia will let eastern Germany join the new western German state. The western counter-proposal will be presented to Soviet foreign minister Andrei Vishinsky at a meeting this afternoon at which Bev iwnill be chairman. Bevin ie expected to submit the plan in behalf of all three western powers. Acheson and Schuman will make additional remarks. Then Vishinsky is expected to ask for time over the weekend to consult Moscow. The council then is expected to recess until Monday afternoon, giving the Russians a chance to study the western offer and prepare an answer. Boy Scout Camporee Here Next Week-end Annual Camporee At Hanna-Nuttman Park The Adams county Boy Scout camporee will be held next weekend at Hanna-Nuttman park, west of the city, Clarence Ziner, county scout chairman, announced today, i A tented city will rise in Camp Quinn, in the northeast section of the park, and approximately 150 scouts from Decatur, Berne and Geneva are expected to attend. Kenneth Secaur, scoutmaster of troop 61, will be camp master of the camporee, assisted by scoutmaster Marion Drum of troop 62 and Dick Linn of troop 63. Activities will get underway early Saturday morning and con tinue through Sunday afternoon. A pot-luck carry-in dinner will be provided by parents of the scoifcs Sunday noon. Sunday morning the Scouts will march back to the city to attend church services. Catholic boys will attend one of the masses at St. Mary’s church and others will attend the 10:30 service at the First Methodist church. George Bair, chairman of camp activities, will be in charge of awards Sunday afternoon, prior to the break up of camp. The Saturday afternoon program will be in charge of Lowell Smith, chairman of leadership training. A court of honor will be held Saturday evening. With W. Guy Brown, high commissioner of the court, in charge. Chairman Ziner announced that the area camporee would be held the following week. June 11 and 12, at Kendallville and that 3,000 Boy Scouts would attend. First Weekly Band Concert On Tuesday The first of a series of weekly band concerts will be given next Tuesday at 8 p. court house ramp by the combined Decatur high school and Catholic high school bands. Albert Sellemeyer. director of the DHB band, will be in charge of the program. About half a dozen of concerts will be presented during the early summer.

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Decatur, Indiana, Saturday, May 28,1949.

Rita-Aly Cut Cake I i * - 1 7 JP JL \ * I la l i IBihu it • < jfl I i' 6 i . * ‘ i—J . HIGHLIGHTING a sparkling champagne-and-lobstsr party at Chateau d'La Horizon at Cannes. France, Rita Hayworth and her entranced bridegroom, Aly Khan cut their many-tiered wedding cake with a sword.

Holiday Dealh Toll ! Low In Early Hours Record Travel Seen I Over Long Holiday By United Press I Record crowds of travelers and, ( picknickers swarmed into the open today to enjoy the long Memorial Day weekend but the holiday | death toll was slow to begin its i | rise. Some 30,000,000 private automo- < biles will jam highways, the nat- | ional safety council predicted. Travel by rail, bus and airplane was expected to be heavy. Deaths from auto accidents, drownings and miscellaneous mis- r haps may exceed the Memorial Day tolls of 482 in 1947 and 453 1 in 1948, advance predictions indl- j cated. Only 11 deaths had been report- ( ed at mid-morning. Os these, 10 , were attributed to traffic. T The national safety council t estimated that 215 people would t die from auto accidents alone. £ Memorial Day auto accidents ( claimed 212 lives in 1948 and 206 in 1947, United Press surveys j showed. t Fair and seasonable weather i was predicted for the far west and l "typical early summer weather" t for the south, but U. 8. weather t (Turn To I’ogr Tbrret

C. Os C. Safety Director Uraes Sians Be Observed

Know and heed the "Signs of Life." This is the reminder to motorists and pedestrians from the Chamber of Commerce, today as the twoweek safety campaign is brought to a close. "Signs of Life,” explained R. E. Lane, Chamber safety director, “are the traffic signs, signals, and pavement markings in use to protect and guide us. This program to emphasize the importance of these devices is a part of the Chamber of Commerce safety campaign.” Although traffic engineers have devised and standardised signs, signals, and pavement markings to the point where they cover practically every situation that the motorist and pedestrian is likely to encounter, carelessness, and the failure to observe and heed these signs, is a factor in a great many accidents. "For that reason." he said, "we should review some of the ways in which we can make for safer and more efficient motor traffic, through a closer observance ofthese safety devices." The 10 suggestions that Mr. Lane made were: 1 Learn the shapes of the five basic highway signs so that you can recognise them Immediately They are: round markers at approaches to railroad crossings: oblong signs that indicate speed limits

Donates Balance To Student Loan Fund The graduating class of the Decatur high school has voted to contribute the balance of the senior class fund to the high school student loan fund, it was announced today by W. Guy Brown, principal. Walter J. Krick, superintendent of the city schools, is treasurer of the loan fund. U. 5. Is Stymied On Custody Os Eisler Communist Agent To Go To Germany The United States today appeared thoroughly stymied in its effort to regain custody of communist Gerhart Eisler. The state and justice departments insisted officially that they were still "exploring all possible means" of getting Eisler back into the country. Some officials admitted privately, however, that so far as extraditing him from Britain is concerned, “we are licked." The state department said it has left further action in the case up to the U. S. embassy in London. But it conceded there appeared to be no recourse from the ruling of the British magistrate who yesterday rejected the U. S. plea tor Eis(Turn To Page Six)

’ fend other regulations; diamond shaped signs to warn of danger ahead, or of temporary road conditions; eight sided signs that always mean stop; and cross bucks, that mark all highway rail crossings. 2. Regard, and obey, all traffic control devices as though they were flesh-and-blood policeman. 3. Do not become careless on familiar roads. Familiarity breeds contempt. 4. Control your speed so that you can observe the “signs of Life." 5. Stay in our correct lane, and heed the yellow “no passing" zones. 6. Remember that the stop sign means a complete atop, not a mere reduction of speed. 7. Slow down for all round, and diamond-shaped, signs. 8. Be sure that all tracks are clear at railroad crossings. 9. Be cautious when walking with the traffic signals, in pedestrian crosswalks. Such devices are not fool proof insurance against vehicles. 10. Do not cross railroad tracks . when lights, bells, or other warn signals are working. A alow freight may screen a flyer. “A conscientious observance of these points,” Mr. Lane said, "would help, immeasurably, in reducing the annual toll of accidents and fatalitiea resulting from a pas sive attitude toward traffic signs and signals.”

Otfer To Befurn Pending Selection Os Arbitrator Is Rejected By Company

Communists Take Shanghai Control Administration Is Formally Assumed Shanghai, May 28 — (UP) — The Chinese communists formally took over the administration of Shanghai today, outlawed nationalist currency, seized the Central bank and reportedly suspended all afternoon newspapers. Communist Gen. Chen Yi assumed administrative control of this city of 6,000,000 and announced that the military control commission will be the supreme governmental organ. The commission immediately outlawed the nationalist gold yuan currency, effective June 5. Communist jenmin piao currency henceforth will be the only legal tender in the city. The use of gold bars, Chinese silver dollars and foreign currencies was prohibited. Communist political commissars began taking over the nationalist Central Bank of China yesterday. Reliable sources said the communist People's Bank of China will open Monday. Other government corporations suspended business awaiting their turn to be taken over. Two of the three largest Chin’ese vernacular newspapers, Shun Pao and Sin Wan Pao, were closed yesterday on grounds they had been too closely identified with the nationalist government. The nationalist government's central news agency also was taken over by the communists yesterday. Two smaller newspapers, tire nationalist army organ Peace Daily and the government organ Central Daily, suspended voluntarily, , Reliable sources said the communists also had ordered all Chinese evening newspapers to suspend publication. They include the China Times, To Wan Pao, Hua Mei Wan Pao and Hsin Min Pao. The first full-sized communist newspaper, Emancipation Daily, appeared on the newsstands today with eight pages of official news and communist China news agency reports. It was published in the plant of the suspended Shun Pao. Mrs. Max Schaler Is Red Cross Secretary Appointment Is Made By County Chairman Mrs. Max Schafer of the Homesteads, will succeed Mrs. Ruth Hollingsworth as executive secretary of the Red Cross home service office in this city, Clarence E. Bell, chapter chairman, announced today. Mrs. Hollingsworth was married today to Jesse W. Haffner, of near Uniondale, and will make her home in Wells county. She will continue her services with the local office until about June 10. Appointed in 1944, Mrs. Hollingsworth, a former Adams county recorder, took a course of training at the eastern area Red Cross headquarters in Alexandria. Va. During 1945 and following the war. the services of the Red Cross were extended to servicemen, veterans and their families. Mrs. Hollingsworth developed these services to an efficient degree and administered the numerous details in connetion with this work and civilian aid needs. Mrs. Schafer has been assisting in the office during the past two months. She has had prior office training and during the war years served as a nurse's aid at the Adams county memorial hospital Formerly she was an assistant in the Junior Red Cross division. The Red Cross office is open every week day until 5 o'clock in the evening. Aid to veterans and their families is a paramount serv ice of the Red Cross and this work will continue to (>e carried on by the new secretary. Mr Bell com mented.

Important Data Given To Atom Probing Group Data On Security Os Atomic Program Under Military Rule Washington, May 28—(UP)— David E. Lllienthal has given congress an important document on the security of the atomic program when it was under military control, it was disclosed today. Congressional sources said that Lilienthal, chairman of the civilian atbmic energy commission, presented the data two days ago to the joint congressional atomic energy committee. But chairman Brien McMahon, D., Conn., has refused to make it public as yet. McMahon explained that he has not yet read the document “to other members of the committee” so that, therefore, it is not now a part of the committee record. The committee is investigating charges by Sen. Bourke B. Hickenlooper, R., Ia„ that Lilienthal has been guilty of “incredible mismanagement" of the entire atomic energy program. Lilienthal has been trying to convince the committee that it should judge his administration by comparing it with the army's handling ! of the atomic program before his civilian commission took over in 1947. McMahon's committee was in recess over the weekend. It will meet again Tuesday, when Hickenlooper is scheduled to present a bill of particulars to back up his charges against Lilienthal. Hickenlooper’s accusations were prompted in part by the commission's admission that suspected .communists have infiltrated its science fellowship program and that a small amount of uranium--235 turned up missing in February at the Argonne national laboratory in Chicago. Russian Evangelist To Speak To Lions Peter Varonoff. Russian evangelist and author of "12 Years Under Dictatorship,” will describe from first hand knowledge conditions in communist Russia when he speaks to the Lions club Tuesday evening at the K. of P. home. Called one of the best-informed authorities on the religious situation in Russia. Varonoff worked for 12 years in that country with his missionary parents, who are now in Soviet concentration camps. His illustrated lectures have been presented at leading clubs, community forums, universities, and churches ’ throughout the United States. Jam Stale Highways For Long Holiday First Prolonged Holiday Os Year By United Press Thousands of Hoosiers jammed highways today as the year’s first prolonged holiday began. Memorial Day week-end traffic was heavy. Many families bad a full three days of vacation to spend on motor jaunts, picnics and visits miles from home. The travel rush preceded pa rades. memorial observances and sports events set for tomorrow and Monday throughout the state. Top entertainment item on the holiday menu was the Indianapolis Motor Speedway s annual 500-mile race. It was expected to attract some 200.000 persons. Hotels and private homes in In dianapolis were filled with race visitors. Railroads and commercial airlines prepared tor an unpre cedented influx of travelers. War veterans will march and ride in Memorial Day parades all over the state tomorrow and Mon(Tara Ta Pa«» Slit

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Arbitrator Choice Is Chief Stumbling Block To End Os Ford Plant Strike Detroit, May 28 —(UP)— The CIO United Auto workers offered today to send its striking Ford Motor company workers back to their jobs pending selection of an arbitrator to end the strike, but company negotiators spurned the plan. Walter P. Reuther, UAW president, made the offer after round-the-clock negotiating sessions to end the 24-day-old walkout bogged 1 down on the brink of settlement. Further negotiations were sched--1 uled at 8 p.m. tonight, EST, after the company refused the back-to-t work offer. Reuther called it a “common sense proposal. e It came when dead-tired union and company negotiators could not 1 agree on the selection of an arbitrator to referee the main issue J that has blocked final settlement of 3 the strike. 5 The union proposal suggested , that if after 72 hours the negotiaj tors could not agree on an arbitrator, that President Truman, the governor of Michigan, or the director of the federal mediation and conciliation service pick a referee. h In turning down the union offer, c the company also proposed a back-to-work move after 72 hours. But its offer called for direct negotiad tions to pick an arbitrator first, H and then turning the matter of choosing a referee over to the regu- ’ lar company-union umpire if agree--1 ment could not be reached. Negotiators had reached agreement on all but the selection of the t arbitrator and rehiring of 20 discharged Ford workers when peace ( talks were recessed. Company and , union officials had met in mara- ’ thon session since yesterday morn- , ing to settle the strike which has _ idled 106,000 Ford workers across I the nation. , Despite the recess, both sides I appeared confident of quick settlement of the strike at Lord's River , Rouge and Lincoln plants where , 62.200 workers struck to protest alleged “speed up" of assembly lines. The main stumbling block in the negotiations—what should be decided by the arbitrator—already was settled. Five other ‘ minor” issues also have been agreed upon. Federal conciliator Arthur C. Viat, who held negotiators together for almost 24 hours, said barriers to settlement were “not insurmountable." The question to be decided by the arbitrator: "Does the company ... on the basis of health and safety or otherwise. have the right to require an employe to perform his work assignment ... in less time than the company's time study shows for his assignment . . .” Issues already settled were uni'form flow of work along assembly lines, additional workers when auto body types are mixed, relief (Tara To Pine Flvrl Safety Awards DAMM A BARGAIN IJOKAYIF IT'S IN 60C0 cworrnN. ■unoMi surer «wwi v” Motorist: Dr. H. R Frey. Decatu r Selected by patrolman Robert Hill Award donated by Decatur Insurance Agency. Pedeztrians: Jean Shackley. Decatur. Selec'ed by Ben Webster Award donated by Kelly Flower Shop. Albert Lehrman. Decatur. Award donated by Gay Mobil Station.