Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 47, Number 156, Decatur, Adams County, 5 July 1949 — Page 1

■ol. XLVII. No. 156.

HOLIDAY CARNAGE IS HIGHEST IN HISTORY

lebate Opened n Senate On Atlantic Pact I Senator Connally I Urges Senate Vote I Pact Ratification ■ Washington. July 5 — (UP) ~ K" Turn Connally. D.. Tex . asked sebatc today to ratify the Krth Atlantic defense pact as a KamiiiK sign" to world commonKn that It can advance only at risk of war. ■ opening debate on the 12-na-K» treaty, the foreign relations Smmittee chairman told his colKaguea they face a “momentous K< Inion” made necessary by RusK's “divide and conquer” tactics K<l the “hostile threat" of com Hunlsm. ■ “The North Atlantic treaty," Kid Connally. “Is a flaming sign K an > aggressor, to any nation K&t contemplates armed attack K">n a peaceful and law-abiding Klon-do not enter’—the North Kllantlc area.” ■ Anticipating a question certain K he raised during the debate. Lnolly asserted that the pact K>*l the proposed 11,460.000.000 K ,,h program are “not Siamese K |ns " a ’°’* for the p*®** he Kid- would not bind a senator to KPPOH the arms plan as well. K'wever. he expressed the earnK' hope that both would be apK> v ed at this session of congress. ■ The mutual defense pact, signK here April 4. pledges the sigpowers to regard an armed K ,a < kon one as an attack on all. K<’h nation promises to take K h action, including use of force. K I’ deems necessa-y to protect K North Atlantic security zone ■The treaty must be ratified by fl two-thirds vote In the senate K r ' ir <* •' •• binding on the I’nited K»tes. Administration leaders Kre confident that fewer than 10 K<*» would l>e cast in opposition K ’he pact, but they were not so Kre that the companion arms prowould get through congress K* r y* ,r ■ Connally gave a "categoric no" K suggestions that the treaty in* an automatic war commitKent for this nation. Each nation K H| ld determine for Itself Its acK* nx ' n event an armed attack, K lk, d- ■ But he added a solemn word of K otion - 9 Let us not avoid cold reality K searching for escape clauses." K M, d. ■“it is possible that a diplomatic K' ,, “" 1 may suffice On the other K n<l ,n she face of an all-out -atK*> might be necessary to K lo * ,B, ° rull P' a V the whole of the partnership and the K imata decision of war. We shall Kt be neutral in the face of ag■ln the event that war should K m * Connally said, the pact K>nhl Join together almost 300.K* i - (W '° people of the western K ,r, d- along with their armies K*l th *lf Industrial output. ■ln advance of the debate. Sen. Kmer Ferguson. R. Mich , warn K his colleagues that the treaty K^* 119 oßt certain things for ■hlch we’ll fight.” ■ “It means," said Ferguson, “that by armies Into westK n European countries will be an act of aggression Sainst this country - all of the KnUsras nMwithstandin,. ■ ’’lf it doesn't mean that In the of the United States senate ■e had better not ratify it because K would only be deluding our K n People and those of western K ur °P* In this day of the atomic K mb and the guided missile, our K'by must follow a straight line Kd we must not talk one thfng ■hile we mean another ” KK ■ >Bl « Kigh School Drum Borps To Rehearse ■ The Decatur high school drum Kri* will meet Wednesday eve K 8 * at 7:W o’clock at the junior K ninr building Every member I urged to attend An Important K ap,lr * will be held until 9 o'clock stated WEATHER Meetly fair. hot and humid to- ■ "•ght and Wednesday but with ■ a few widely ecattered after ■ M as Wumderwhewera

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT OHLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ADAME COUNTY

Tokyo Rose Treason Trial Opens Today Treason Charge On Jap Broadcaster San Francisco. July S—(UPI— Mrs. Iva Toguri D'Aquino, known to thousands of Pacific war veterans as Tokyo Rose, goes on trial for treason today. Rhe is accused of making treacherous broadcasts to American troops during the war. If convicted, she faces a maximum penally of death and a mini mum sentence of five years In prison, plus a 110,000 fine. She already has served two years in prison awaiting trial. The round-faced, slender. 32-year-old American of Japanese descent admits she broadcast to American troops during the war. but denied there was anything treasonous In her remarks. A graduate of the University of California at Los Angeles, she claimed she was forced to stay In Japan during the war. She went there to visit relatives in 1940. The government claims Tokyo Rose committed treason from 1943 to 1945 when, between recordings of American boogie woogie and blues, she fed Gl's such statements as: "HI. boys. This Is your old friend .. . I've got some swell new recordings for you. just in from the States. You'd better enjoy them while you can, because tomorrow at 0400 you're hitting Siapan . . . we're ready for you. So, while you're still alive, let's listen to . . .” Tokyo Rose admits she was oue of six women who provided the English-language narrative for the nightly radio show—but she emphatically denies her scrip was treasonable. She was Indicted by a federal gtatid jury on eight counts of treason in San Francisco, the city where, the government alleges. Tokyo Rose once predicted the Japanese Imperial army would march in triumph. Her attorney is Wayne M. Collins. a San Francisco lawyer who took the case without fee at the behest of Mrs. D'Aquino's father. James Toguri, Japanese-born Chicago grocer of modest means Collins said he came to the defense of the quiet, black haired woman because “she is destitute, literally penniless, and hasn't a friend In the world." ”1 am convinced the girl has had a ‘raw deal' from the word 'go',” Cplllns said. “And the government is perfectly aware of It." Toguri. who said he had always preached to his daughter "to be a good American” was prewent in the courtroom when the trial began, go was Filipe D’ Aquino, a Portuguese cltlten whom Tokyo Rose married In Japan In 1945 when he was working for a Japanese newspaper. Presiding at the trial Is chief district judge Michael J. Roche, veteran of 14 years on the federal bench Both Collins and assistant attorney general Tom E DeWolfe predicted the trial might last six weeks or longer. The government Te P«»e T««l Brutal Murderer Is Sought In West Murdered Two Men, Raped, Beat Woman Sonoma. Cal.. July S—(UP)— A murderer who crushed the skulls of two sleeping men. then raped ami beat a young mother, was at large today in California’s Valley of the Moon Highway patrclmen and sheriff's deputies searched along highways around the valley in northern Cali fornla for a suspect known as “Hank” The Sonoma county sheriffs office sent out an all-points bulletin for a dark green 1941 convertible the murderer was believed driving. Deputies sought to question several students at the Merchant Ms rine Maritime Academy at Alameda. Cal., who were friendly with one of th* murder victims. Merchant Marine Lt- Peter J. Flint of Boyes Springs. Cal. Flint was found dead with Peter J Jensen. 51. head landscape gardner st the Sonyni state mental home. Among those sought was Henry Brun Guldbraadaen. a 1944 graduate of the New London. Conn . Maritime Academy. The bodies of Flint and Jensen (Tare T» ran* Tkrsel

Nation's Coal Miners Return To Work Today Under Lewis Orders To Work Only Three Days In Each Week Pittsburgh. July 5 — (UP) — The nation's coal mines went back Into operation today as the 480.000 members of the United Mine Workers ended their annua) 10-day vacation. But miners in the soft coal pits east of the Mississippi river were under orders from I'.MW president John U l*ewis to work no more than three days a week until a new contract is signed. Bituminous pacts expired June 90 during the miner's holiday. And reports from the coal fields Indicated the miners would go along on their leader's temporary abandonment of the union's traditional policy of "no contract, no work." The coal operators, who were posting full work schedules despite the Lewis order, said the arrangement was a "strlke-every-Thursday” program and “illegal and wrong " Leaders in congress said they will look Into the legality of (he threeday week. The 76,000 hard-coal miners In central Pennsylvania are not affected by the short work week. Anthracite contracts still are In force and opens negotiations with that segment of the Industry on Thursday? Mwls issued the “stabilisation" order last Thursday after northern and western mine operators. In contract negotiations with the BMW at White Sulphur Springs. W. Va.. rejected the plan as submitted to them by Lewis. The parley at White Sulphur Springs and negotiations with southern operators st Bluefield W. Va.. broke off immediately after Lewis issued the order. Both conferences are to resume July 12. The directive told so/t coal miners west of the Mississippi to work a regular five-day week. But the bulk of the UMW membership east of the Mississippi were to report for work only Tuesday. Wednesday and Thursday of this week, and every Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday thereafter until a contract settlement is reached. Lewis' action was Interpreted as a move to strengthen his bargaining position by preventing the record 70,000.000-ton coal stockpile from getting bigger. Lewis also avoided (Tore To Pace Five) New Safely Law In Effect In Indiana Heavier Penalties Provided By State The amended Indiana safety responsibility and driver improvement act. with heavier penalties for violators is now effective and the various city and county courts have received copies of the new act. Suspension of drivers’ licenses Is mandatory in several cases and is optional in any violation of a traffic law or ordinance in which moving traffic is involved. A court may. at its option, recommend that a license be revoked on a speeding charge or even running a stop sign, and It is msndatory that the state department carry out the recommendation, according to section 9 of the amended act. There are certain occasions when a driver is convicted of a felony in connection with the operation of a motor vehicle that suspension of the license is mandatory. These include conviction of drunken driving, manslaughter, third conviction of reckless driving and several others. A driver's license also Is automatically suspended following certain auto mishaps, involving a loss of life or personal property damage. nntil the person involved fur nlshes proof of financial responsibility Additional costa of 11.75 for each offense have been added under the new act for the parpose of local courts reporting transcripts of their records to the state. Thia includes all types of moving traffic (Tare To rage Five*

Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday, July 5, 1949.

Hero Gets Reward ■ 7 KhTT -«Jk ImF 4 f ALWYN "SONNY" IVERB of Ix>s Angeles places a wedding band on the finger of his bride. Betty Bowen in General Hospital where he is recovering from a bulietwound in the mouth. Ivers was wounded when a holdup man accosted the couple as they sat in their car in a lovers' lane Ivers surrendered his wallet, but sprang into action when the outlaw threatened to harm Betty. Shot through the mouth, he wrested the pistol from the bandit and shot him dead. Dr. W. A. Pegg performed their scheduled wedding ceremony as Betty's sister, Norma (right> looks on.

More Marshall Aid Needed For Europe French Leader And Snyder In Parley Paris, July 5. —(UP)— Finance minister Maurice Petsche was reported to have told U. 8. treasury secretary John W. Snyder today that America must grant more Marshall aid and continue it beyond the 1952 deadline If Western Europe is to be put back on Its feet. Snyder, seeking a first hand solution of a threatened European economic crisis, talking for two hours with Petsche at the finance ministry this morning. Both were accompanied by high advisers. Informed sources said Petsche asked Snyder what additional help the United States would be prepared to give to cover the dollar deficit of Western Europe. Informants said Petsche gave Snyder a four-point outline for a Huropean recovery plan. Thee points were: 1. Restoration of convertibility j Into dollars of Europe's "soft” currencies when the internal economic situation of each country makes it possible. 2. Devaluation of »ome overvalued European currencies. 3. Stabilization of European currencies plus a maximum freedom of exchange among them, aimed toword a single western European monetary system. 4. Suppression of trade barriers between Marshall plan countries After his talk with Snyder. Pet(Tara Ta Paae Tbreei Chiang To Continue Nationalists Fight Asks United States To Aid In Struggle New York. July 5 — (UPI — generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek said today that he will lead Nationalist China's struggle against the Communists and asked the United States to help if It wishes to avert another world war. Chiang broke his long alienee In an interview with Clyde Farnsworth. Scripps-Howard staff writer, and another American reporter at Talpeh. Formosa The 61-year-old Chiang took a leave of absence as president of Nationalist China laat January to cleat the way for the government to make Its futile attempt to negotlata peace settlement with the Couimunists He still is director-general of the Kuomintang (government party!. He told the two American newsmen: I.—Although be may never resume political office he cannot give up the "revolutionary leadership" of China he inherited from Dr. Sun Tat-Sen. 1—" It Communism ia not check-1 <Tuea Te Page Three*

Decatur Stores Close Thursday Afternoon The majority of Decatur retail stores will close as usual Thursday afterixKin It. C. Ehinger retail director of the Chamber of Commerce, announced today. They will not remain open because of the holiday weekend, he stated, it has been a policy of Decatur stores to close at noon on Thursdays during the entire year. Authorities Report Quiet Holiday Here Four Minor Wrecks, Five Under Arrest The sheriffs office and city police report a quiet Fourth of July weekend with four automobile wrecks and five arrests. Only one man was placed in the county jail during the three-day period. James Worden was fined fl and costa and given a suspended sentence of 30 days in the mayor s court on a charge of public intoxication. Worden was arrested Saturday night at Madison and Second streets. He was given 30 days In which to pay the fine. Bruce E Macy. 17. was fined |5 and coats, totaling 116.75. by Mayor John Doan today for reck less driving. Macy entered a plea of nolle contendere. He was charged wi'h failing to stop at e stop sign at Marshall and Second streets, and hitting another automobile belonging to George T. Harding, Decatur. Damage whs estimated at 4100 to the Harding vehicle and |M to the Macy car. Macy stated that his seat slid back as he readied the interaction. and he was unable to step on the brake. He tried to avoid the Harding automobile by turning south on Second street. The accident occurred at 4:20 p. in. Sunday. Don W. Wefel, 18. was arrested Sunday at 9:50 p m. for reckless driving in the Stratton place. He will appear in justice of the peace court at 7 o'clock tonight. Dorothy Dersch reported to 'he city police that a wrist watch, compact, lipstick and comb, worth 445. were stolen from her beloagIngs in the bathhouse at the citv pool. Chief of police James B. Borders asks that all persons using the city pool check their clothes and valuables to less-n the danger of thefts. The city does not accept responsibility for valuable* left in the bathhouse. Sheriff Herman Bowman made two arrests over the weekend and investigated one accident. Ivan Bolinger was arrested at 8:30 o'clock Monday night five miles north of Decatur for passing in a no passing zone He will appear before justice of the peace Floyd Hunter Wednesday night. Boling er gave a Fort Wayne address Fred N Miller. Willshire O, was also arrested for passing in a no passing zone one mile north west of Pleasant Milla at 10 (Twrei Te Pane Ftve)

Observance Os Holiday, Efforts To Escape Heat Bring Death Toll Os 804

Indiana Pays Price Os 38 Lives For Fourth Os July Holiday Weekend By United Press Indiana paid a price of 3g ilves for its Fourth of July weekend, a United Press survey showed today. The highways claimed 18 lives, io persons drowned, four died from heat prostration and six others died in miscellaneous accidents. The highway death toll was boosted by two accidents, one Saturday night and the other early Sunday morning, which each claimed three Ilves. The total of 18 was one above the number which the Chicago Motor Club predicted Friday would die in Hoosier motor accidents during the long weekend. Safety officers credited the un usually warm and humid days with much of the blame for the long death list. Highways were crowded during the weekend as city dwellers sought to escape Into the cool country. The temperature, which soared well into the 90's on all three days, sent both rural and urban Hoosiers to beaches, streams and gravel pits. Six ot the nine drownings occurred yesterday. The Indianapolis General hospital still had not identified one of three men who died in a bus-car collision south of Indianapolis Sunday morning The driver of the car was identified as Charles B. Rhoades. 25, Indianapolis, and one passenger was James Yates, Jr., 26. also of Indianapolis. But the other body almost was cremated by the flames which enveloped the car after the accident. Only twobf the 36 passengers on the Greyhound bus. bound from Evansville to Indianapolis, received minor injuries. Driver Ward Johns, assisted by several soldier passengers, was able to get his passengers out of the bus before it was <Tura To I'aae Three)

Government's Case On Hiss Completed Alger Hiss Trial Is In Sixth Week New York. July 5 — (UPI — The government completed its case against Alger Hiss in federal court today. The government's esse wss completed with the calling of one witness. who testified for 10 minutes as the sixth week of the trisl began. The witness, Walter Hebb, a Washington real estate man. testified that the Woodstock Typewriter Company leased a first floor space at 1526 K St. in Washington on May I. 1938. for a two-year term Hebb was the 10th government rebuttal witness and 70th witness of the trial Before starting its rebuttal testimony, the government had put on 33 witnesses. The defense called 27 witnesses. A defense witness. Perry Catle’», who did odd Jobs for the Hisses in the late 193<>'s, had testified that the Hisses gave him the old Woodstock typewriter on which the spv papers in she Hiss case allegedly were written Catlett testified that shortly after he received the typewriter he took It to lie repaired io a typewriter repair shop at the corner of Connecticut Ave. and K SL In Washington. He said he believed he got the typewriter in December of 1937 A previous government rebuttal witness, who also was a Washington real estate man. testified that the Woodstock Typewriter Companv did not move into the building at the corner of Connecticut Ave and K St until Sept 15. 1918 He said, however, that the Woodstock Typewriter Company previously had been located about a block and a half away at 1526 K St Hebb's testimony todav showed that the typewriter concern had not moved into the previous K St address until May 1 1918 and had moved oct in September of that year, just prior to moving to the corner address.

Hoosier Weather Forecaster Right But Prefers Cool Rushville. Ind. July S—(UPI — Indiana's most famous long range weather forecaster said today he'd rather be cool than correct. Mark Purcell, who studied the winds last March and predicted a five or six-week heat wave in late June and most of July, said he was "proud" ot his forecasting accuracy. But he said he was tired cf the hot weather, like everybody else, and willing to see the heat wave end even If It spiked his prediction that it will be hot until late July. “I'd settie for a little cooler weather,” Purcell said, “even If I am proud of my accuracy." Purcell reminded H< tiers that his forecast said when the current beat wave ends, the summer's worst weather will be over. True, he added, it will be warm again for two or three week* in August. But that weather will be “changeable" and not so extreme a< the present heat. The heat will be tempered by “mild summer weather" the last < f July and early August. Purcell said September will be mild and pleasant. he added. Hot In Purgatory Satan's Kingdom, Conn., July 5— (•JP)'*—Tha temperature was 96 yesterday, but it was hotter in Purgatory, another Connecticut village, where the mercury rose to 100.

Commissioners In Monthly Session The county commissioners met in July session this morning and da- ! voted the forenoon to checking and ; allowing of claims Few business matters were scheduled on the calendar This afternoon the board will recgive proposals for furnishing gro<’cilcs ' and tobacco at the county home during the next quarter. The commissioners will begin work on their budget the latter part of the month, but so far no figures have been compiled. The county has not yet received the second quarter's distribution of the state gasoline tax for the highway department. Discuss Move On Labor Bill Fight No Decision Made On Continued Fight Washington. July 5 — (UP> — President Truman and his congressional "Big Four” failed today to reach a decision whether to give up ' tbeir fight for repeal of the Taft- > Hartley labor law or try for a com- ' promise bill. I “We discussed what we might do I aliout revision of the Taft-Hartle | law in the house." speaker Sam Rayburn said after a White House • conference “It is not determin'd yet whether we're going to try and get a hill out of committee." Rayburn said this determination will come after house leaders talk with chairman John l-esinski. D.. I Mich., of the house lalior committee. He said the talks will be held soon. Reporters asked Rayburn if he thought there was any point in bringing the administration's “repealer" up in the house In view »f the senates action last week in a bill largely written by Sen Robert A. Taft. 41.. O. "That's what we've gut to deter- ! mine." Rayburn said. He added that Mr. Truman ex- : pressed no opinion. Organized labor has given up <>n efforts to repeal the Taft-Hartliy law at this session and has vowed to make It an Issue in the 1950 congressional elections Rut Rayburn hinted that the administration may not be giving up completely He said It might be 1 possible to bring before the house a bill similar to the Sims compromise measure which tailed, earlier in Uit imi too.

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Safety Council's Spokesman Terms Holiday Death Toll National Disgrace By United Press The nation's observance of the Fourth of July and efforts to escape the worst heat wave of the year cost 804 lives in the heaviest holiday carnage In history, a survey showed today. “This is a national disgrace," a national safety council spokesman said. "Something must be done." A United Press tabulation showed that from 6 p. m. Friday to midnight last night: 321 died on the highways. 277 drowned. 57 died from heat prostration. 18 died in airplane accidents. 131 died violently in miscellaneous accidents. In addition, on the basis of safety statistics, an estimated 10,000 persons were injured on the highways. and uncounted thousands of others were injured by fireworks and In other accidents. The safety council said that the previous record was set in 1941 when nearly 700 persons died violently. The council did not have available a breakdown on the deaths. However, it pointed out that Fourth of July holiday tolls always exceed the death counts of other holidays, and added that there was no doubt this one exceeded all others. The toll exceeded all the Amer- | lean casualties killed and wounded in the battles of Bunker Hill and Yorktown. (The Encyclopedia Britannica says 420 were killed and wounded at Bunker Hill, and 85 killed and 199 wounded at Yorktown.) By comparison, during a normal, three-day summer weekend last August, 383 persons were killed, including 224 on the highways and 48 by drowning. During the past weekend, New York led all states with a total of 63 deaths, including 15 on the highways and 25 by drowning. The safety council issued a blistering statement that the huge national toll “is a disgrace to a civilized nation and a reflection on America's famed tradition of fairness and sportsmanship.” "It is shameful." council president Ned H. Dearborn said. "Most of the traffic deaths over the holiday weekend were due directly or indirectly to cheating on traffic rules and to poor sportsmanship that the nation would not tolerate for a moment in a ball game or other athletic event." he said. He said the council "Is not proud” that it again was able to predict the traffic- toll. The council had estimated there would be 290 highway deaths and had warned motorists to use extreme care. “Iryctead." Dearborn said, “so many drivers and pedestrians ignored all pleas to common sense, caution and courtesy that our estimate was almost right." The leading states In the weekend toll in addition to New York Included: • Michigan 5! deaths including ll CTsru T» Pace Tw») A Public Hearing On Zoning Ordinance For City Tonight Formal public hearing on the proposed zoning ordinance for the city of Decatur will be held by tho council in regular session tonight at I o'clock at the city hall. The proposed ordinance. was submitted to the council by the plan commission two weeks ago. following a hearing by that body. Any objections by individuals or groups will be heard tonight and further action then will be decided by the council. The next action of the council, following the meeting tonight will be to either accept the proposal and suAt regular proceedings to make it become an ordinance or to reject the proposal. The council also has the right, under the statute, to return tho proposal to the plan commission with