Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 47, Number 161, Decatur, Adams County, 11 July 1949 — Page 1

TxLVII. No. 161.

I RUM AN JUNKS PROGRAM OF HIGHER TAXES

|v. Jester Os has Is Found lad On Train B» * |6 Year-Old Chief Ixecutive Is Found Bead This Morning Button Tex. July 11. - (UP) Kesuford II Jentere wan found ■ hpr- early today In a pullm.’ii B the Southern-Pacific railroad Bn. B- body of ,hp M year-old gov- ■ was found by a negro porter ■ went to hi* berth to awaken L porter. Charley Jimerson. ■he called softly. and then B the governor gently when his ■ remained cloned. Bter left Austin before mid- ■ last night, accompanied by a Buard of state highway patrol- ■ He was to spend several days ■ <>n a vacation and to complete I he had called a “secret misBenton summoned the conduc■«ho in turn called one of the ■rnor's liodyguardn. patrolman ■i Hawkina. Hawkins told tetr' he felt no pulse beat what l-r. and immediately called poke governor had left instrucK to be awakened at 7:30 a. tn. Kit her the time of death nor Fa use was Immediately determI Austin, Jester’s office reported I an unidentified official ot the Jhern Pacific railroad notified ■office of the governor’s deat.’i. lie governor, his secretary said, I going to Galveston for a rest la fishing trip. He left Austin hr this morning for the trip, liter entered public life in 194.!. In he defeated 10 opponents to I a place on the state railrond ■mission. He had remained i L official since that time. then he became governor >f Ils in January. 1917, He was folIng in the foot steps of his lath■Jeorge T. Jester, who served •« ■Hiant governor of the state L 1894 to 1998 Inter was born at the family I in Corsicana, on January 12. I He always considered that his ■e His mother, Mrs. Frances ■on Jester, still Ilves there, later had proved himself to be a fessful lawyer, farmer, business I and a leader In civic affaire. |e was a graduate of the Unilily of Texas law school. He red overseas as an Infantry capI with the 90th division, in lid War I. Ister volunteered for service in rid War 11, but was rejected on binor physical disqualification pas elected to office on the railI commission in 1942 and again |914, the only condidate for that f in 20 years without opposi8 1944. Jester was elected go.’br with the most decisive victory r obtained in a gubernatorial kff campaign in Texas. Two r* later, he sought re-election on basil ot his record and won by jrge margin. bster was often heard to «ay I "Texans are a race of people" P “distinctive characteristics I Qualities ” )is political philosophy was that krnment should “stem from the l °m up. and not from the top, fa — that those who are governleast are governed best.” le is survived by his mothe, - . i Frances Gordon Jester of Coi - ina. his wife and three children, ’bars (Mrs. Howard Burris). Jo»nd Beauford Jr. > wd Os Review includes Session ■he board of review concluded a l»y session Saturday. The board. Ing that period, readded and recked the personal assessments by the township assessors. 1 also acted as a board of apis Members of the board were ‘°unty assessor. Albert Harlow ln « *s president: the auditor. »tman Drew, secretary; county ‘••rer. Norval Fuhrman. Mrs. •nor Snyder. Geneva, and Mrs. mces Schamerloh The latter ' •’'pointed by Judge Myles

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Fail Os Solution On Britain's Troubles Fear Sterling Bloc Is Near Dissolution Umdon, July II. — (UP) Some of Europe's economists feared today that Britain's sterling bloc is tottering on the brink of dissolution. A communique issued by the finance ministers of the United States. Britain and Canada at the end of a three-day conference yesterday appeared to sound the death km-ll of the sterling bloc as it now oper ate* A conference of the British commonwealth finance ministers here Hits week may determine to what extent and in what form the bloc will continue. Tile three men failed to find a solution to Britain's troubles, and postponed a further search until September when they meet In Washington. They agreed the difficulties were so deep-seated that additional American and Canadian aid will not solve them. The representatives of the two dollar countries the United States and Canada obtained from Sir Stafford Cripps another promise to review British policy and try again to move to eliminate the sterling bloc's restrictive trade and currency practices. The communique said the aim must lie to achieve "a pattern of world trade In which the dollar and nondollar countries can operate together within one single multi-la'er-al system. All |>arties concerned mutt be prepared to review their policies with this object In view." If that promise is carried out and "one single multi-lateral system" Is attained that means the death of the sterling bloc as now constituted. And there is some doubt whether BriCain's financial status Is sm-h that she again could act as the frc<> banker in a sterling bloc system such as existed before the war i Ever since the original $3,750,,900,000 American loan to Britain in 1944. the United States has sought unsuccessfully to get Britain to abandon the redistrietive trade ami monetary practices which have ; been part and parcel of the st< rling bloc. These practices involve Britain'.) ! policy of bilateral trade agreements in contrast to the Amerit an desir- d policy of multilateralism. They also involve Britain's policy of peg- ' (ring the pound's value at 41 03 and t anning its free exchange into other currencies The sterling bloc Is a vuluntai y association of nations, which includes most of the commonwealth and several other countries which maintain reserves in sterling. Samuel Acker Dies Saturday Evening Funeral Services Tuesday Afternoon Samuel Acker. SSyearold retired Decatur businessman, died at 5:35 o'clock Saturday evening at his home, 1038 North Second street, following a four months illness of complications He had resided in Decatur since 19ot) and operated the Acker Cement Workers for many years prior to his retirement a few years ago A native of Adams county, he was born May «. 1860. a son of Samuel and Lavina Friedllne Acker. His wife. Alice, died in December of 1941. He was a member of the Methodist church, and a charter member of the Knights of Pythias lodge at Willshire. O. where he also served on the board of education prior to moving to Decatur. Surviving are two sons. Russell and Floyd Acker, both of Decatur; fix grandchildren; eight greatgrandchildren; and one sister. Mrs Albert Hertel of Van Wert. O One eon. Albert preceded him in death. Funeral services will be held at 2 p. m. Tuesday at the Gilllg A Doan funeral home. Dr. Gerald H. Jones officiating Burial will be In the Decatur cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home until time of the services WEATHER Generally fair and pleasant tonight and Tuesday. Low tonight. «0 to » In the north, tb te M in the south- High Tuesday, 16 to H.

Senate Group Votes Cut In Marshall Plan « 10 Percent Slash Below Request In Truman's Budget I Washington, July 11. —(UP)—| I The senate appropriations commitI tee today voted $3,778,000,000 in i Marshall plan spending for fiscal 11950 -• Iff percent below President Truman's budget request. In voting the funds after an hour of heated debate, the committee overrode its chairman - Sen. Kenneth McKellar. I).. Tenn. - who had sought a bigger slash in European . recovery funds. President Truman had asked ! for $4,198,000,000. The house had I voted $3,558,470,000 for 10-H months of fiscal 1950. The sum vßted by the senate committee Is for the entire 1950 Hscal year. It includes $150,000,000 to be furnished to Western European nations as longterm exportimport loans for which no congressional appropriations is necessary at this time. The committee action is subject to approval by the full senate, which Is in the midst of an economy drive If approved by the senate. it must go to conference with the house. The committee also voted $1,000,000,000 to wind up operations of the 1 economics cooperation administration for the last three months of fiscal 1949. which ended June 30 This was $74,000,000 below the budget request It also cut 10 percent from the army's request for funds for occu pied areas, voting $90,000,000. The action came as the senate swung into the final week of debate on the north Atlantic defense treaty. BULLETIN Washington, July 11—(UP) —President Truman will go before the nation by radio Wednesday night to discuss the economic situation in “plain, understandable English,” the White House announced today.

Complete Layout For Street Fair Midway Annual Fair Opens Here In Two Weeks Layout of the midway for the 1949 Decatur free street fair and agricultural show has been completed. according to Robert Helm, chairman of the concesiions committee. and Clyde Butler, chairman of the rides and shows committee. The tented city will stretch from Jackson stkeet south on Second street to 2<)o feet beyond Jefferson street. Rides and shows also will be erected on Madiwn street and Liberty way. Exhibit tents will be placed on Third street and Monroe street. f The layout will be similar to last year's plan Location of free acts will be announced later this week, and when the free acts are located the entire plat will be complete for the opening of the big event which starts two weeks from today. July 25 Tents have been secured for the various exhibits and they will be erected Sunday. July 24. Streets will be blocked in uptown Decatur Sunday night prior to the opening of the show on Monday, and detour signs will be erected to bypass the business section. Fair officials and fire chief Cedric Fisher have worked out a plan so that open lanes to all parts of Decatur will be available in case ot emergency The annual catalog giving a com plete program and awards in the various 4-H club showk is off the press and will be mailed Immediately. The various committees will meet this week with general chairman Clarence Zlnrr and assistant chairman Robert Bonekemper to give final reports on the progress of the individual departments City electricians started this morning to place the temporary wiring throughout the business district. Ornamental lighting and connections to all booths and con cession Mtands will be tapped Into the temporary wires.

Decatur, Indiana, Monday, July 11, 1949.

Discuss Approved Housing Bill Hb x - -J Il K. ~ bI I ft ft % Ik IN WASHINGTON, Senators 11. to ri John S Sparkman <D-Ala ), Burnet Maybank <D-S. ('.I. and Kalph Flanders ilt-Vt 1 discuss the compromise long-range public low rent housing and slum clearances bill after it was passed by congress and sent to the White House. President Truman is expected to sign the housing measure

Leo Kirsch Heads Stale Postmasters Decatur Postmaster Elected President I,eo W. Kirsch, Decatur postmaster since 1940. was elected president of the Indiana chapter ot the national association of postmasters at the state meeting held in, Indianapolis last Saturday. A former first vice-president of the association. Mr. Kirsch assumes office immediately and will represent the Indiana Ihapter at the national convention of postmasters in Chicago next November Other officers elected Include Mrs. Thelma F. Shuff, Van Bnren. secretary-treasurer; Mrs. Wriglita William*. Monon, first vice-pres-ident; Joseph M. Bowen. Mishawaka. second vice-president; Harry Clump. New Harmony, third vice-president; Mrs. Jane Davis, l,e Roy, fourth vice-president ami John V. f’inegar. Rockville, state director. There are 900 Indiana postmasters. all of whom belong to the state chapter. Mr Kirsch succeeds Perry 11. McCormick of North Judson. Economy and efficiency In the postal service were the topics dlscu**ed at the state meeting. The advice came from Clinton B Uttley, Washington. D ('.. deputy first asslslant postmaster general, as he addressed 250 Hoosier postmasters at a conven- 1 tion banquet at the Claypool Hotel. Payrolls account for 90 percent of the cost of the department, Uttley said. - Lawrence Strickler Dies Saturday Night Funeral Services Tuesday Afternoon luiwrence 11. Strickler 68, retired | farmer of south of Decatur, died at i 10:15 o'clock Saturday night at the' Adams county memorial hospital after an illne** of several years A lifelong resident of Adam* lounty he was l>orn in St. Mary's township Feb. 1. 1981, a son of Georse and Jane Thatcher-Stricl ler. He was married to la?na Cooa . Dec 23. 1906 He was a member of the Church of God Surviving in addition to his wife are a daughter. Mrs Hubert Kelbr of Decatur; a son. Lester of Indianapolls; six grandchildren; two i brothers. Gilbert Strickler of Deca- i tur and George of Monroe, and om • sister. Mias I .aura Strickler of De-1 catur One daughter preceded him in death Funeral services will be held v’ 1:30 p. m. Tuesday at the Zwick fbneral home and at 1:45 o'clock at the Church of God. the Rev. Dwight R McCurdy officiating. Burial will be in the Decatur cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home until time of the gervicea.

Gordon Augsburger Is Placed In Iron Lung Gordon Augsburger, 3oyear-old Berne Bu* I n es*m an, Adams county's second polio victim of the year, was taken to the Methodist hospital in Fort Wayne Saturday, a few hours after he was stricken. Augsburger was immediately ■ placed in an Iron lung, liis respira- ’ lory muscles having been paralyzed • by the disease. His left arm and I leg are also completely iwrnlyzed, and his right leg partially paralyzf ed. II Injuries Fatal To Sgt. Gordon Shaw ) ;i Army Sergeant Dies In Kansas Hospital Sgt. Gordon <>. Shaw. 27. local army recruiting sergeant, died , Saturday night at Station hospital. Fort Riley. Kan . of injuries sus- . tallied Thursday in a headon col- , lision of two autos near Marysj ville. Kun. Sgt. Shaw was the second of the family to die of injuri s suffered J In the crash, hi* infant son. Monte, having been killed instantly. Mrs. Shaw and two-year-old ! daughter. Chert, are reported recovering in the army hospital. , Mrs. Shaw suffered a broken ( thumb and a s< vere shaking up. , ami Cheri a fractured leg and nu- ■ merous cut* and bruises. T Sgi. Shaw, who had been stationed in Decatur slightly more than a year, and his family were ' enroute to California when their I car t rashed h- adoii with another auto on a narrow bridge. A woman occupant of the other car was kil!*-l ITlie army sergeant suffered a crushed chest, lacerations and fractured facial lames. In army service during World War 11. Sgt, Shaw was a prisoner in Germany for 22 month a. | Surviving Shaw in addition to i his wife and daughter are hl* par- > ent*. Mr. and Mrs. Thaddeus Shaw J of Elwood; three brother*. John, with the army in England. Herliert and David. Itofh at home, and two slaters, Alice and Opal Shaw, laith at home. Sgt. Shaw was a memlier of th* Methodist church and the American legion and Veterans of Foreign War*. The body will he brought to the Zwick funeral home in this city. Funeral arrangements have not been completed, but doulde rites will be held for the two victims. Fort Wayne Boy Is Drowning Victim Angola. Ind. July 11—(UP)—A aix-yearold boy drowned in Clear Lake where he and his family were on a week end outing. The victim was David Meyer, •on of Mr and Mr* Arthur J. Meyer. Fort Wayne. Authorities said be was wading in shallow water whea be aank and drowned.

Opposes Congressional Moves For Excise Tax Cut, Reduced Spending

Exlend City Mail Delivery Service Additional Service Announced By Kirsch City mail delivery service will lie extended on Twelfth and Thir teenth streets, between Jackson | street and Nuttman avenue on August 1. Leo W Kirsch, Decatur postmaster, announced today. Approval of the city mail delivery loutes. which affect carriers l.awrence Rash and Robert Light, was received at the Decatur post office this morning Postmaster Kirsch also announced that city delivery would be extended to two other streets, probably within the next 60 days, when patrons along the routes complete compliance with department re-1 quirements. These additional areas are on Indiana street, between Ninth and Tenth streets, and Marshall street, between Eleventh and Twelfth street*. Requirements which must be met by residents who want city delivery include numbering of the houses and sidewalks to the street in front of the properties served by i the city carriers. The extended service on Thirteenth street will include the west | side of the street, commonly known as U. S. highway 27. New buildings going up in that area are included in the 18 patrons to be served by the carrier* Postmaster Kirsch has been working on the extension of city i delivery service in the west part of j I the city for several months. Here-; tofore. patrons were served by the rural mail carriers. City delivery I Includes two deliveries each day. Sundays and holidays • xcepted Red Cross Receives Bonus Applications Aid War Veterans File Applications Bonus applications for Uidiana veteran* of World War 11 arrived here today. Mr* Max Rchafer. executive secretary of the Red Cross stated. The applications may be filled out In the Red Cross office on Madison street. The one-page form, which must be filled out in triplicate, are for bonuses for living veterans. Applications for dependents of deceas j Cd veterans will be available soon. Mr*. Shafer announced A committee of Red Cross member* ha* been appointed to aid In filling out the forms. The Red Cross office is open daily from 9 until II am., and from 1 until 4 p tn Members of the marine*, coast j guard, and navy must fill out a j statement concerning domestic-and | foreign voyage* All veteran* must i bring their original discharge papers or a certificate in lieu of lost discharge papers A photostatic copy is not satisfactory. The papers will be sent to a central office and photographed, and the original returned. Disabled veteran* must also bring a disability certificate or notice of award. Mr*. Schafer will aid in filling out the form, and give a large site envelope in which the forms must be mailed to head quarters. They should not lie folded she wsrned Mrs. Shafer also advises veterans to send their applications by registered mail to en • Twew r» Mil

17 Persons Injured In Traffic Accident Manchester. 111.. July 11—(UP) — An automobile driver today balmed a faulty *teertng gear for a collision which injured 17 per sons on their way to church In a truck All seventeen, and two other* who eacaped injury, were thrown to the pavement by the colli ion last night Six of the injured were hospitalized, bnt their con dilion waa not serious.

Stale Traffic Toll Heavier Than Holiday 20 Persons Killed In Traffic Wrecks On State Highways By United Press Indiana counted toqay a week end traffic death toll higher than it* startlingly heavy Fourth of July holiday period fatality list. At least 20 persons were killed on Hoosier highways between 6 p m last Friday and midnight yesterday, or died of earlier accident injuries. The total was greater than the 18 chalked up in a period 24 hours longer during the week-emL preceding the Fourth and the holinay Itself. Three multiple-death accidents sent the total soaring. Four persons were killed in a single head on collision near Elwood, two others died in a head-on crash near Lebanon, and two mor - were killed when a car hit a tree near Columbus Dozens of other persons were injured, many seriously, in perhaps the worst wave of non-holl-day week-end accidents this year The Elwood crash victims were Arthur Koos, 31; William W Briddick. 32. and Mrs. Marie W Webster. 18. ail of Upper Sandusky. <).. and Vincent Trzydlski Grosse Isle. Mich. Three other persons were injun-d. Near Columbus on Ind. 58. Chester Minton, 19. and Morris Perry. 17, of Taylorsville, were killed when their car plowed into a tree. Two other persons were hurt. Linda Hays, 3-year-old daughter of Mr and Mr*. Clyde Hays. Edinburg. was killed last night when a car driven by her mother left a road east of Edinburg and hit a gate post. The parent* w«-re injur -d. Lee Bowman. 33. Pine Village, was killed on U. S. II near Gary when two autos collided. Mis Grace Rinker, 69. Indianapolis, was killed when an auto carrying seven persons home from a relig ioua camp lilt a pole near Martinsville. The others were hurt. A train lilt an auto near Mt Vernon, killing farmer George Willman. 66. Posey county. At New Albany Edwin L Townsend, t lnrn To I’asr Mst

Retired Farmer Dies I At Hospital Sunday Miller Funeral Rites Tuesday Afternoon I i Edward Miller. 88. retired farmer, •'who resided one half mile south of Salem, died at 12 15 a m. Sunday • at the Adams county memorial ho»II pita). He had been in failing heal’ i 'for two years and bedfast six I month* He was Imrn in Mercer eoun’.y. > O. Nov, 25. 1865. a son of Heni v ' and Mary Ann Miller He and his I wife, the former Maggie Harb. ce|«- ■ brated their 50th wedding anniver- , sary in 1946 He was a memlier of the Salem I Methodist church Surviving In addition to hi* wife are three turns. Henry and Chalmer ■ of Fort Wayne and Roy of Hlu-‘ I Creek township; two daughters. Mr*. Etta Sawyer of the state of Washington and Mr* Ode Habegger of Monroe township; 12 grandchildren, five great-grandchildren, a half-brother. James Thrush of Rockford. O . and a half sister. Mrs. ■ Sylvia Leonard of Woodburn Funeral services will be held at 2 30 p. m Tuesday at the Zwick funeral home and at 3 o'clock at i the Salem Methodist church, the i Rev. Seth Painter and the Rev. J Ralph Johnson officiating. Buritl will be in Riverside cemetery at ■ Rockford Friends may call at the lunaral home until noon Tuesday,

Price Four Cents

No Indications Os Depression Noted In Truman Report To Congress Today Wanhington. July 11. (UP) —• President Truman today junked his anti-inflation program of higher taxes in favor of deficit spending by the, government and a stepped-up attack on unemployment and de< lining pnniuction Making a complete aliout-face, he shifted hi* Mights from postwar inflation to threat of depression. He did not see any indication that depression is imminent, but declared this as a "period of transition’’ ind I “declining national economy." H- | said right action can assure continued prosperity. In a mid year economic report to congress, the president made these basic recommendations: j 1 "No major increase in taxes should lie undertaken at tills time." In January he had asked for a $(.- ooo.tioo. obq general tax increase, ■ which congress ignored 2. He rejected congressional ' moves to slash excise taxes, with the sole exception of the three per- ! cent tax on fr» ight. He projstsed i granting business tin- right to 'greater allowances for past losses in computing corporate taxes ll« also favored restoring gift and j estate taxes to the former higher level*. 3. He rejected congressional demands to cut government spending to prevent a federal deficit ’hat Home senators estimate may run to $5,090,000,090 this year He said tins isn't the time to try to balance the budget: reduction of spending | would increase the danger of depression. 4 He called on btislnes* to make further price reductions, but not by < uttlng wages. 5. He renewed his demand for a minimum wage of 75 cents an hour, instead of the present 4o cents. 6. He asked that unemployment compensation payments be increased. 7 He proposed federal expenditure of S9.fHH).OOO,OtH) on public sorks over a three-year period 8. He .would permit the old-age insurance payroll tax to rise to I’4 , percent < a<-h on employer ami eut I idoye next January, as now schedulII <1 The present rate is one percent ion each. He did not renew hl* I earlier plea for new payroll taxes ' to finance a health insurance ptogram. Other plank* in his latest economic platform included "an improved program of farm income supports." renewal of tile reciprocal trade agreements law; lncr«ased dal security benefits and coverage; and logislalion to give technical aid for underdeveloped areas of the world. In addition to a full retreat on hi* higher income tax plan. Mr Truman asked for re|>eal of t ie three percent tax on transportation of goods. To encourage business in<e->t- < iura •» f’aae Will

Young Democrats To Meet Here Tuesday Pion Reorganization Meeting Os Chapter A reorganization meeting of the Adams county Young Democrats will he held at the Charles Low home. 615 Mercer avenue. Tuesday evening at 8:30 o'clock Announcement of the meet 'tg waa made today by Norliert Lo*-'. i t>r<**ident of the organization Ail young men and women <>f the county, aged 18 to 35 are invited to attend the meeting, with a particular invitation to Young Democrats of Berge. Monrue and Geneva Officers will l>e elected for the Xdams county chapter and delegates will t>e chosen for the Indiana state convention of the organization. to be held at Indianapolis July 22 snd 23 Robert Hines, of Fort Wayne. . fourth district president. Is expect- ' ed to attend tomorrow night's mteilog bur*.