Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 47, Number 129, Decatur, Adams County, 2 June 1949 — Page 1

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fttaSays ft Obtained -ft Papers Documents fS&venTo Head Os Underground York. .June 2 — (UP) — ChamUers ,estifietl al Hiss perjury trial today Ljg^K H | !S in 1935 procured docuthe state department of the senate muniinvestigating committee ”^■4 were turned over to the alof Ute Soviet underin the United States. ' Eat that time was counsel ■lie senate committee, the so committee. testified that he and had a conference in 1935 the possibility of get-departm-nt documents ■leans of Hiss' position in the receive any papers?" T. S. attorney ’Thomas asked. j-dßft ;n t-ived certain documents ■ i)': Green at the state deChambers said. "Hiss ... the documents from K: which he asked for in the die Nye committee. BeI returned the documents. 1 them and the film to J. Peters." .■filers has been identified at hearings as head of , r.itntini t underground orgin this country. He releft the country by agree.jßti the immigration depart■Stt which had found him to be ■nolutionary alien. ■‘■■isrphy asked what material the £■« ma ' ned - bore or. munitions trade. I can't be more definite." i Bubers said. Jtebers testified he first met Bn in 19’8. He testified he M a second conversation Bi Hiss concerning "a Colonel kBb!). a munitions broker." On ftßwition of defense attorney ffl Bi Paul Stryker, federal judge f >ej H. Kaufman ordered the •'■*•&)• allout Colonel Lamb BBte from the record. a confessed former « !or a Soviet ring in tire ■ ■l!3os and resigned $25,000 a Sew 1 jm!llr editor of Time magaftjrl barged Hiss turned over secrets to him in '3os for delivery to the ■ R Ttle government charges in ftß !resfn t case that Hiss perjur-ftßfa-’elf when he denied the ■B®t*rs charges. I described for the first IR it o "' he introduced Hiss to 1® te ' 511>k ° V in Xew York in ftß*' Cambers said in a prev■W* discussion with Hiss tn he had told the deftß) Wllo Bykov was. d«cribed Bykov as head of ’iderground apparatus to ' * as lken connef ted and H' 88 "-as to he connect"wtnbers said. I in llis opening state ftR? yMlenla >’ said the governft® to ' Jlj Prove that Chambers. nK.' V , >n<l Hiss plotted for Hiss K. 4^( 't documents" from the for delivery to ° r the counts in the two Perjury indictment charges j F I ’l* hen he testifi»d he had 1 Pict Fite) Opening Os Emotion Program ~„i c f ‘eld will not open until ißtuc- C '° M of ,he dail >’ vac3 ' •chool. Walter J. Krick. Os BChools ’ announEB|,l T want to cooperate trials of the school." (tatM |B^“ :W1 wt win be made soon summer playground 41S ° * pperviMrs will Bu P« ri ntendent said. ■C hfwl ’''l June 10. ' ni 4ate of su P«rvision at n>un<i and the complete aS * 1 h« announced soon k,, Father » 4 ti *“ dy ,nd continued I ■*, oL humid ,hr<,uflh Fri-showe-s or * < *>t T"'* north * n<! WMt in north- « west tonight. I

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G. E. Film Premiere Here This Evening • The first showing of the film, “By Their Works,” produced by the General Electric company and featuring the Decatur General Electric aeolian choir, will be given at 8 o’clock this evening at the Decatur high school. The 70-volce aeolian choir, under the direction of David Tmbler, will give a short concert during the evening. Reservations have been made for 2,000 guests, tickets having been distributed by the choir and G. E. employes. Truman Denies Any Plans Io Slump Nation Stoy In Washington To Seek Enactment Os Truman Program Washington, June 2. — (UP) — President Truman said today he is prepared to stay here all summer — and longer, if necessary — to work for his legislative program which now is bogged down in congress. Mr. Truman brushed off any suggestion that he might take his case directly to the people in a stump tour of the country. He had said recently that he might find it necessary to make a whistle-stop tour to discuss current issues with the people. But today, the president told his news conference that he intends to stay In Yyashlngton as long as congress does—and probably longer — to work on behalf of his legislative program. He said he had no vacation plans whatsoever, except for week-end holidays on the Potomac river and Chesapeake Bay. Asked if plans for a nationwide stump tour might he revived in August or September, Mr. Truman said there was no chance of that. Reporters asked the president whether he intended to expand his “must list" of legislation for the current session of congress. . He replied that his so-called “must list" was included in his state of union, budget and economic messages to congress last January. Asked if that was the must list for this session, he said it was the must list for congress. "But there seems to be intention of complying with your list," a reporter said. The president quickly contradicted the reporter, saying that it was impossible to reach any such conclusion at the present time. He said it was not possible to comment on the work of a session of congress until the end of the session. “Do you intend to stay in Washington as long as congress does?" (Turn To Pier Five)

Judge Orders G-Man Jailed For Contempt Chicago FBI Chief Is Ordered To Jail Chicago, June 2 —(UP)— A federal judge today ordered George B. McSwain, Chicago FBI chief, jailed for contempt of court for refusing to produce FBI records subpenaed in the court fight of Roger (The Terrible) Touhy to get out of prison. Judge John P. Barnes instructed Touhy's attorney. Robert Johnstone. to prepare a contempt order and return to court with it at 2 p.m. 'McSwain retained his freedom. : meanwhile, and court observers bei lieved legal action would be taken to prevent his being jailed. McSwain told Barnes yesterday that he could not produce the records because ot regulations of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. ' His stand was supported by federal district attorney Otto Kerner. “Have the order precise and correct.” Barnes told Johnstone. "Bring it in at 2 o’clock and have it read that Mr. McSwain be ad judged gniltv of contempt of court and held in jail because of failure to obev a subpena of this court. Barnes said that McSwain should be held until he complied with the subpena “or is released by ■’w pro cew of tew.” It wu believed that as soon as (Tara Ta Pm» Five)

Demands Atomic Documents ■r t ® BlL ■*? '3b b fl & * 7j| ' ibW 7 B JI SB - bBBHBRbBbSBHWBBMBx.> < SENATOR BOURKE B. HICKENLOOPER (R), lowa (left), member of the joint congressional atomic energy committee, faces A.E.C. chairman David E. Lilienthal (far left), and A.E.C. general manager Carroll Wilson in a showdown hearing into the senator's charges of "incredible mismanagement” of the U. S. atomic energy program. Hickenlooper demanded the A.E.C. chief produce a long list of documents, including the Potsdam agreement on atomic energy for committee study.

Four Slates Hit By Tornado Wednesday Three Persons Are Missing, Nine Hurt By United Press Heavy thunderstorms lashed the midwest today on the heels of tornadoes that injured nine persons and caused about $1,000,000 damage to rural property. Three persons were missing. The twisters struck late yesterday near eight towns lying in a 200-mile radius where the Missouri river joins lowa, Missouri, Nebraska and Kansas. Seven funnels dipped to earth from dense black thunderheads, causing damage near Sidney and perci val in Iowa; Tarkio, Burlington Junction and Fairfax in Missouri, Bern and St. Bendicts in Kansas, and Nebraska City. Neb. Most of the casualties were caused by the twister that struck near Burlington Junction and Fairfax. It smashed the farm home of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Clark, injuring them and their four children, Kim, 4, Kent, 9, Shirley, 12, and Margaret, 14. Donna Louis, who lived 50 yards away, was hurt when she started walking toward the Clark home at the storm’s height. Her mother, Mrs. Owen Louis, and two other Louis children were missing. Her father was in Kansas City for the day. Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Stoldorf were hurt when a twister smashed their farm home south of Essex. la. i Stoldorf suffered a broken leg. His wife was cut and bruised. The tornado that hit near Berne, j Kans., demolished two farm houses and then leaped over the small community. Meanwhile, another damaged farm houses and barns at St. Benedicts. 10 miles to the south. Rain and hail accompanied the tornado that swept just west of Nebraska City and then tore into the area near Percival. Some freight cars were blown off (Tun* To P««» Sl»>

Two Reappointed To Welfare Board Appointments Made By Judge Parrish Joseph C. Laurent, veteran ot World War I and Decatur postal employe, and Mrs. J. Fred Fruchte. widow' of the late Judge J. Fred Fruchte. today were reappointed to fouryear terms on the Adams county welfare board. Judge Mylee F. Parrish announced. The term of each board member expired May 31 and the new appointments extend to May 31. 1953, Judge Parrish said. The welfare board is the governing body of the county welfare department, of which Miss Bernice Nelson is director. Other members and the expiration date ot their terms of office are: Elmer Baumgartner, Berne. 1951; Eli Graber. French town-; ship. 1951; Mrs. Lenora Glenden ( ning. Geneva. 1950.

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Decatur, Indiana, Thursday, June 2,1949.

Lifts Rent Control From 250,000 Units Washington, June 2. — (UP) — Government records disclosed today that housing expediter Tighe E. Woods has lifted rent controls from 250,00(1 housing units in 29 states since the new rent law went into effect two months ago. In addition, Woods has allowed rent increases averaging between 8 and 9 percent on more than 275,000 units. . Summer Activities Os School Teachers Several Planning To Attend College Several Decatur public school teachers will attend college during the summer vacation period; others plan to travel and several will remain in Decatur, a survey announced by Superintendent Walter J. Krick reveals. Mr. Krick will be in his office most of the summer completing reports and preparing the school budget. However, he hopes to get a short vacation some time after the fishing season opens. Bryce Thomas, principal of Lincoln school, will remain in Decatur most of the vacation period. Mrs. Gladys Chamberlain and Mrs. Ruth Petrie plan to spend most of their vacation in Decatur, the survey shows. Miss Rosamond Gould is now on a tour of eastern states and when she returns she will become supervisor at Worthman field during the balance of the vacation period.. Miss Elizabeth Peterson and Mrs. Kathryn Dorwin will spend most of the summer in Decatur. Miss Vera Harris will enroll for the summer term at Indiana Universi’y. Miss Florence Haney plans to remain in Decatur. Mrs. Mary Lee Carll will go to North Carolina for the vacation months. Miss Georgia Foughty will work on her master’s degree at Indiana University. Mrs. Georgia Morris will remain at her home and Miss Kathleen Harris plans to travel in the outhern s'ates. John R. Parrish, Miss Mathilda Sellemeyer. and Miss Opal Sprunger plan to remain at their homes. Miss Glennys Roop and Hubert Zerzel. Jr., will continue their studies at Ball State Teachers college at Muncie. Principal W. Guy Brown, of De-* catur high school, will remain in Decatur and conduct the summer school. Following the closing of the school, he and Mrs. Brown are planning a trip to Virginia. Merritt J. Alger will be employ- , ed In Fort Wayne. Mr. and Mrs ; Hugh Andrews already have , started a tour of Mexico and Cali- ' fornia which will be of several weeks duration. Harry Dailey will , be in charge of the municipal i swimming pool in Decatur. j Deane Dorwin will attend Ball i State and also will assist at < Worthman field. Sylvester Ever I hart is enjoying a trip to Califor- 1 nia with his family and will return (Tara Ta Page Ei«ht»

Lewis To Ask For Conlracl Parleys Maintains Deadlock With South Owners Bluefield, W. Va„ June 2—(UP) —Southern coal operators said today they have heard that John L. Lewis is ready to ask northern commercial bituminous operators to talk about a new contract. The current contract will expire nationwide June 30. The traditional policy of the United Mine workers has been “no contract • no work.” Southern operators, here to resume their own negotiations with Lewis, said they have heard re ports indicating that the UMW chief will send northern operators a request for talks within 24 hours. Meanwhile, Lewis maintained a deadlock in the credentials committee of the conference with the southern coal producers association. Southern operators said the continuing deadlock in the credentials committee strengthens their conviction that it is only a question of, time when Lewis will walk out on' them here. The southerners reportedly have maintained a solid front since Lewis last week challenged the credentials of association president Joseph E. Moody. Lewis is said to have failed to split further tonnage away from the association. Two groups—the Virginia and winding gulf operators associations—split away from Moody’s group last week. Moody has failed to win them back. Lewis almost certainly would' face new court action if he should; break up the talks at Bluefield. Moody could ask Robert N. Den(Turn To Pose Mil Civil Rights Fight Moves Ahead Today Job Discrimination Forbade In Measure Washington, June 2. — (UP) — I The civil rights fight in congress moved ahead today when a house labor subcommittee approved a bill to forbid job discrimination for reasons of race, or creed or color. Chairman Adam Clayton Powell. Jr., D., N. T., said it was approved unanimously and would be brought before the full labor committee "as soon as possible.” The bill was a major plank in the civil rights platform that split the Democratic party wide open in the 1948 campaign. The southern states rlghters formed their own ticket in protest against such measures, and they tagged the fair employment practices bill as the "worst” of all. i The bill would create a fair employment practices commission with federal authority to eliminate job discrimination in all commerce subject to federal regulation. The • commission would be empowered 1 to seek court orders to carry out 1 its decisions. Other congressional develop(Tani Ta Page M»>

Veiled Testimony Shows Man With Police Record Had Access To Lab Safe

Catholic Graduate Exercises Friday High, Grade School Exercises Planned The program for the annual commencement exercises of Decatur Catholic high school at 8 o’clock Friday evening were announced today. Graduation exercises for the 37 eighth grade pupils of St. Joseph’s school, also will be held during the evening. The 25 high school graduates will receive their diplomas from the Very Rev. Msgr. J. JI Seimetz, pastor. Seated in the front rows, the graduates will march up the steps to the sanctuary, where they will be handed their diplomas and a red rose. Genuflecting before the center altar, the graduates will then proceed to the main floor and place their rose in a vase before a statue of Mother Mary. The Rev. Michael Vichuras, professor at Fort Wayne Central Catholic high school, and Catholic chaplain at several Fort Wayne institutions, will deliver the sermon. His theme will be, “Catholic Education, the Last Stronghold of American Morality." The Program The formal program follows. Processional—Praise Ye the Father, Gounod. Hymn—Sacred Heart<>f Jesus. Baccalaureate sermon—the Rev. Michael Vichuras. Distribution of diplomas, Msgr. Joseph Sefmetz. Offering roses to Blessed Moth-er-graduates. Hymn—O Star of the Sea. Consecration—graduates. Benediction of Blessed SacraI ment. Recessional — Holy God We Praise Thy Name. The eighth grade graduates will form a guard of honor for the high school graduates. — Urge Registrations ForC. [.Convention State Convention At Berne June 16 To 19 .1 All young people who are planning to attend the annual state convention of the Indiana state I Christian Endeavor convention at Berne June 16 to 19 are urged to send their registrations to Miss Janet Brown at th? office of the county auditor in Decatur immediately. It was pointed out that the registration fee would remain at $1 until June 6 and after that date the fee would be $1.25. Miss Brown stated that those who do not have regular registration forms could make a reservation by giving their name, address, church connection and enclosing the registration fee. The fee includes a reserved seat at all of the convention programs; an official convention program and a badge. Those who attend from outside Adams county will also receive free lodging while in Berne, it was announced. Several thousand young people are expected at the convention. The general public will be admitted to the sessions only after registrants are seated, It was announced. Several nationally known speakers will attend the convention.; which boasts "the greatest Christian Endeavor program ever given in Indiana." Additional information concerning the meet can be obtained by those interested by calling Miss Janet Brown or the Rev. E. E. Isenhowcr in this city. It also was (Tara Ta Paar Eight I Forrestal Estate Is Over $560,000 New York. June 2. — (UP) — James V. Forrestal. former secret ary of defense, left an estate of more than $5(0.000 his will filed for probate disclosed today. The will established a $500,000 trust i fund for his widow. '

West Powers Abandon Hope Os Agreement Paris Conference Expected To Close Within Two Weeks By United Press The western representatives at the council of foreign ministers in Paris are about ready to call it quits and go home. They have virtually abandoned hope that any agreement at all on either Germany or Berlin will emerge from the current series of meetings. They indicated they are prepared to close the conference on June 15. In the meantime, they will continue to go through the motions of negotiating. As a last resort, the United States, Britain and France may agree today to a series of secret meetings to see if Russia's Andrei Vishinsky will make any new offers when the spotlight of publicity is withdrawn. But they see little prospect of that. This conference, like those in the past, has bogged down in disputes over the veto and on each side’s insistence that Germany be unified only according to that side's own terms. Other foreign news included: London—British defense minister A. V. Alexander took off for an on-the-spot study of the defenses of Hong Kong, now in the path of the Chinese communist advance. He said he would visit a number of other near and far eastern bases. , London —Informed sources said Emir Sayed Idriss El Senussi of Cyrenaica went a step further than he was supposed to when he I proclaimed complete independence j for Cyrenaica last night. They said the British view that he I should proclaim only self-govern-ment for Cyrenaica under British over-all supervision would prevail. Cyrenaica is part of the- former ! Italian North African colony of Libya and borders on northwest Egypt. London — Radio Moscow said Russia has rejected as a "gross slander” charges by Marshal Tito's government that Russia is hostile and discriminatory toward Yugoslavia. Russia said the real; cause of worsening relations be-! tween the two countries is the (Turn To Five)

Clarifies Stand On School Consolidation Congressman Kruse Clarifies Position Congressman Edward H. Kruse has written this office asking that his stand on the question of school consolidation be clarified. His office has received several letters recently inferring that he favors consolidation, his letter stated. The fourth district congressman pointed out that he “would assist in every way possible toward the securing of federal aid" if and when a consolidation of schools was voted. The text of the letter is as follows: “It has just come to my attention that a number of persons tn Adams county are somewhat perturbed over what they consider to be my position concerning the matter of consolidation. Somehow or other, the impression has been conveyed to them that I have taken a parti san stand relative to the consolida-1 tion plans which have been under discussion in your county for quite some time. You know, of course.; that such is not the case, and I knew that you would want to be advised of this misunderstanding I would greatly appreciate your (Tun Ta Page Etgbt)

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Sen. Hickenlooper Says Commission Cleared Many For Test Without Check Washington, June 3—(UP)— Veiled testimony today disclosed that a person with a police record of grand larceny had access to the safe at an atomic laboratory from which a small quantity of uranium--235 disappeared early this year. The disclosure was evoked by Rep. Charles H. Elston, R., 0., of the joint congressional atomic epergy committee in questioning of Carroll L. Wilson, general manager of the atomic energy commission. Wilson carefully guarded his answers. Beyond confirming Elston’s information in outline, he said little for the public record. Wilson said he would make a fuller explanation at a closed session scheduled later today. The U-235 was mislaid at the Argonne national laboratory near Chicago. The commission says all but one-eighth of an ounce of the atomic explosive has since been recovered from laboratory residues. Questioning about the unnamed man with the grand larceny record, was a highlight of the second day of hearings by the joint committee into charges of “incredible mismanagement" hurled at atomic chief David E. Lilienthal. Others included: 1. A charge by Sen. Bourke B. Hickenlooper to take in the full mission cleared “many, many" persons for the super-secret atomic bomb tests at Eniwetok last spring without full FBI investigation of their loyalty. He said 3.280 persons have been given similar “emergency clearance" in the two years since the civilian commission took over the $3,500,000,000 atomic project from the army. 2. Defense of the emergency procedure by Lilienthal on the grounds that on many occasions it saved valuable time when atomic production was in danger or urgent atomic projects were being started. He said persons so cleared pending full investigation were subject to FBI "file checks” and required to file questionnaires and their finger prints. Lilienthal said he knew of no "break of security" at Eniwetok. 3. A broadening of charges by Hicken looper to take in the full five-member commission instead of just Lilienthal. He asserted that the commission had violated security provisions of the atomic energy act with "brazen effrontery" and opened the project to possible infiltration by subversives.

in countering Hickenlooper’s cri- | ticism of the emergency clearance procedure, Lilienthal said the congressional committee had known about it a long time. But it has made no suggestions, he said, for any changes. Hickenlooper charged misuse of the emergency clearances. He said that they put the $3,500,000,000 atomic project in danger of infiltration by subversives. He said the commission had “weeks and weeks" of time before the Eniwetok tests in which to subject every person involved in them to a fullscale FBI inquiry. The tests at Eniwetok, a remote Marshall Island atoll in the western Pacific, were held last April and May. Three improved atomic bombs* far more powerful than those used against Japan, were exploded under "laboratory control" conditions. Press and public were banned. Lilienthal gave three examples of what he called the necessary use of emergency clearance procedure. He cited: 1. Work now pending at Sandia, N. M.. weapons engineering base which he said, will “strengthen security in the real sense" by boosting “quantities of production" of atomic weapons. He said the commission was considering granting emergency clearances to two of the “most important executives" in the country to save the time — 6b to 90 dav s—needed tor full FBI investigations. 2. A threatened shutdown in atomic explosive production at Hanford. Wash , in 1947-48 which jeopardized "the country's security." the commission gave emer(Tun T» Pan Five)