Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 47, Number 175, Decatur, Adams County, 27 July 1949 — Page 1

I XLVII. No. 175.

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. S. Chiefs Os lass To Visit ealy Nations Consult Atlantic Treaty Nations On Military Situation ygshington. July 27. (UP) e u 8. joint chiefs °r *t*ff will ve Friday on an European tour eoniiult North Atlantic treaty jons on the proposed military pnintion under the pact, the deM department said today, mile the announcement did not , M . the visit also will glee the nt chiefs an opportunity to dism president Truman s proposed 150.00tf.000 arms aid program. The defense department said the nt chiefs will not be able to riaall the pact nations on their 10y tour Hut "it is hoped," the an* uncement said, that talks "can arranged with military repreitatives for North Atlantic pact mber nations at any place cored in the Itinerary conrenlent them." The joint chiefs also will Inspec t s. defense forces In Europe to in "first hand Information” on Hr status. They will rlslt Frankrt. Germany; London; Paris and nina. The announcement said a repwntatire of the joint chiefs "has ready t>egun informal talks" with representative of the Canadian tefs of staff. , Making the tour will be Adm. mis Denfeld. chief of naral operkms; Gen. Oman N. Bradley, ary chief of staff; Gen. Hoyt 8. inden berg. air force chief of Ms. and Maj. Gen. A. M Gruen»r. director of the joint staff. Before leaving they will teatli at a house foreign affairs comifttee hearing on the arms aid lan. Meanwhile, secretary of state lean Acheson told a news confer-! ice that the administration is landing pat on Its controversial 1.450.000,000 arms aid program. Acheson called for speedy conresaionai approval of the program | roposed by President Truman: londay as vital to safeguard for-' ten countries against Russia's! asssive might.” He told a news' inference there should be no wtunate. bob-tailed reductions. In the face of mounting congresMai opposition to the adminlstraluo program, Acheson appealed to Mgress to suspend further judglent until the administration has ►♦seated its supporting evidence. Then. Acheson said, if any modirations are necessary he would < course have to abide by that deteion But any traductions would » unfortunate, he said, adding that ♦ felt the administration has a »ry good case for the full program He said the department would >*ke available to congress informtion — which at best would be •rtial - on Russia's armed forces. At first denying that the department has any Information on serK plans of a hush-hush nature, uhesun later said it does have •»♦ data on Rusala's armed for< e M on other European countries •kwh will be presented to conHe said that not all of it been made public heretofore K<wding Sen. Arthur H. Van"•berg's support of an interim program, Acheson said Michi*c kepubHcaa’s views are entitled *■ »*d will get. moat tespectful Corp., Union >'9* New Contract *■«* Bend, Ind., July 27—(UP) of the CIO Unit- * Equipment workers union * ‘’liter Corp, today signed a ** two-year contract which did , include a wage increase. Jj** l No. Hi of the UFEW-CIO. Z* 1 . I **- woa improved insurance 10 be financed by the yr—F* three week vacation* ’ M yean service, sis paid *°d seniority rights after " days service WEATHER “•rtty fair, warm and humid and Thursday with a *• widely scattered afternoon OVOflieM » **--■- A J PlunJHHinGwCriZ" WnWht, 70 to 74. High 90 to 99.

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No Rush For Vets' Bonus Applications Indianapolis July 27. — (UP) — < The Indiana department of veterans affairs said today that Hoosier | war veterans weren’t exactly rushing to apply for their bonus pay- I ments. The department said about 10,- I out) veterans applied during the first two weeks applications were available. A spokesman said they expected nearly 100,000. But there’s plenty of time for a rush —until Dec 31. 1950. the dead line for applications. Urge Dropping Os Contest On Senate Seats Senate Committee Recommends Four Contests Dropped Washington. July 27 — (UP) -- The senate rules committee unanimously agreeil today to recommend that the senate dismiss the contest* against the seats of Sen. Homer Ferguson. R., Mich., Harley M Kilgore. D. W. Va . Robert 8. Kerr. 1).. Okla., and Lyndon It Johnson. D., Tex. Kilgore’s seat has been contested by Republican Tom Sweeney since the 15»46 elections. The other contests involved the November, lf»48. election of Ferguson and the 1948 primary contests in which Kerr and Johnson were nominated. Briefly, the findings of the rules subcommittee on elections, confirmed by the full committee. were: 1. Ferguson There is no indication that he was directly or Indirectly responsible for any of the irregularities and Illegalities j charged by Democrat Frank E. ' Hook, his opponent, on which the ; sulM-ommittee found evidence. 2. Ki'gore There were numerous instances of "gross irregularities and violations" but they were a series of Isolated acts by local officials of which neither Kilgore I nor Sweeney were aware, and j were indulged in by both Democrats and Republicans. 3. Kerr Virtually all the ex i pend it urea in the primaries ehargI ed in affidavits filed with the com mittei- to lie over the state legal limit were made by Kerr for senate club*. There is no evidence to support charges he contributed, expended or caused to l>e contributed or expended such funds to obtain his nomination. 4. Johnson — There is no evidence to support the allegations by former Gov Coke Stevenson that there were election frauds) and irregularities in certain Texas counties in the runoff primary in which Johnson won by an 87 vote margin. To Study 4-H Shows In Other Counties Extension Leaders To Make Inspection Members of the executive group . ot the Adams county extension l committee will organize groups of . cooperators to visit in other counties that have 4-H club shows set up and operating. The purpose of these visit* I* to !earn how ,h " M ' 4-H shows acquired their grounds and buildings, and how they raised the necessary operating fund*. These people sill then report their finds to the county extension committee in the fall meeting. Gu* Selking will visit the Steuben county 4-H .how August 14 18. i taking local people from Washingi ton and St Mary* townships I W. 1- Gerge will visit Whitley county August 24-27. getting his , load in Root and Union townships ■ Edwin Re'.fsteck will “** • Huntington county. Augu.t 14-18 • taking people from Preble and I Kirkland township* Menno Augsburger on Augu.t 1419 will visit Well, county. roeruMIng hl* load from French and Hartford town.hip Dennis NormoJtoad from Blue Creek and Monroe Xsblp. to »l.h Montgomery Tt Arcbb-dd will vi.lt H-ry county August 8-11 bU (Ton , t* rsa» ««••'»

Mrs. Roosevelt Denies Charges By Spellman Answers Cardinal Spellman Charges Os Anti-Catholic New York. July 27 — (UP) — Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt replied today to Francis Cardinal Spellman's charge that she was an “unworthy American mother" by writing him lhat the final judgment "of the worthiness of all human beings is in the hands of God." .Mrs. Roosevelt wrote him in a letter dated last Saturday in answer to the open letter Cardinal Spellman Wrote her last week In which he charged her with being anti-Catholle in her stand on proposed federal aid to education. "If you ckrefully studied my record." Mrs, Roosevelt replied, "I think you Would not find it one of anti-Catholie or anti-any-relig-ious group. • ”1 assure you that I have no sense of being an 'unworthy American mother.' The final judgement. my dear Cardinal Spellman, of the worthiness of all human beings Is in the hands of God." .Mrs. Roosevelt told the cardinal that she would “continue to stand for the things in our government which I think are right.” She denied point by point the charge* in Cardinal Spellman'* open letter which he made public last Friday, that she had previously shown prejudice toward Catholics, particularly in the Cardinal Mindszenty case, and that she had attacked him personally in comment* In her daily newspaper column on the Barden bill. .Mrs. Roosevelt added In a postscript that she hadn't then, last Saturday, given copies of her letter to the pres* but the cardinal was welcome to dp no if he wished. Copies arrived at headquarter* of the pres* associations early today, mailed special delivery id envelope* bearing Mr*. Roosevelt's return address Italian Government To End Food Rations Rome. July 27.-(UP) The Italian government said today that rationing of food will end this fall, tin Aug. 1. bread and pasta, the last food item* under state control, will go off rationing. Area Meeting For Polio Friday Night Local Chapter To Send Delegates .Member* of the Adams county chapter of the National Foundation for infantile Paralysis have been invited to attend a 12-county polio preparedness meeting at the Chamber of Commerce building in Fort Wayne Friday evening, it was announced today by Pete Reynold*. chairman ot the Adams county chapter. Several officer* and member* ot the county chapter and other interested persons, from Decatur. Berne and Geneva, plan to attend the meeting. Otto Adam*, chairman of the Allen county chapter, is in charge of the meeting, and .Miss Betty Malinka, ot Gary. Northern Indi ana representative for the NFiP. will be in attendance. Other counties who will send delegates to the meeting »re DeKalh. Huntington. Jay. Kosciusko. LaGrange. Noble Steuben. Wabash. Well* and Whitley. Purpose ot the conference is to discus* mutual problems In the care of polio patient* Plan* for pooling equipment and personnel will be discussed. together with j the most efficient way of using all facilities, including transportation ■nd hospital, in the handling and cars ot Infantile paralysis cases Similar meetings have been held In Muncie. Lafayette and South Bend. "In each of these meet lng*.“ Miss Malinka ha* reported, “manv problem* relative to the •peedy and complete cere of polio patients have bee* solved The pooling ot equipment such at hot packs and machines, tee emitment of nurse*, the collection of wool for making th* hoi packs and other vitally important mat ter* have been met and solved."

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Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday, July 27,1949.

Discuss School Health Measure r x "X. I ’ ■ V 7

APPROVAL OF A compromise school health measure by a House subcommittee paves the way for action on controversial federal-aid-to-educatlon bill which would permit allocation of |35.00(),00tf in federal fund* to Catho ie and private schools as well as public schools. Discus iug the compromise measure are Rep. Joseph P. O'Hara (R). Minnesota, (left) and its author, Rep. J. Percy Priest (D), Tennessee.

Soli Coal Owners Discuss Short Week Drastic Action By Owners Is Proposed White Sulphur Springs. W. Va., July 27—(UP)—Soft coal operator* promised a decision today on proposals that they take drastic action to and John L. lewis’ (hree-day work week In the coal mines. The producers are considering suggestions that they make a new ! formal demand upon the United, Mine Workers chief either to end the short week or face the prospect of a operator-inspired suspension of all mining. Such action on the part of the producers, observers believe, would prompt the UMW president to call a strike of his 400,000 soft coal miners. The counter plan was put forward by northern commercial interests and by the steel companies which own the so-called captive mines. Harry M. Moses, president of H. C. Frick Coke Co. and chief negotiator for United States Steel Corp., told reporters that the operators "are discussing what can be done to bring this situation to a head.’* "The three-day week Is a messy situation from the standpoint of safety, coats and every progressive mining technique." he said. Lewis ordered his mine worker.) to labor only three days a week when his contract with the operators expired on June 30. The operators had previously rejected his demands that they themselves Impose short-week operations. Lewis' action is now being investigated by the aenate banking i committee. The United Mine Workers and the operators resumed negotia(Twra Pase Kight* Advisory Board To Assisi New Teacher Select Agriculture Curriculum Here An advisory board to determine what will be taught by Decatur high school's new agricultural teacher was appointed Tuesday night. Walter Krick, superintendent cf city schools, stated this morning. Ben Gerke, Oscar Fuelling and Lawrence Beckmeyer were selected to aid the new teacher. Vaughn Miller. In setting up a suitable curriculum for Adams county students The new board will also decide which books will be used. Krick states that many bulletins from the state's agricultural col lege. Purdue, have been received to aid them in their selection. John Cooter. Purdue's supervisor of agricultural teachers, will meet with the group August 8 to help them with their work Miller has attended many meetings of farmers and TH groups dur log the last few weeks getting acquainted with the county and Its land.

Gose Funeral Rites Thursday Afternoon Funeral sen Ices for Mrs. Hubert Gaae. who died Tuesday morning, will be held at 2 p. m. Thursday at the Zwlck funeral home, with the Rev. R. Paul Miller and the Rev. Ord (lehman officiating. Burial will be In the Catholic cemetery. Friends may call at life funeral home until time of the services. Mrs. Gase was a former school; teacher, having taught for two rears in Mercer county schools, I and seven years at Willshire. O. House Votes Bill To Outlaw Poll Taxes Appears Headed For Senate Pigeonhole Washington. July 27—(UP) — The house-approved bill to outlawpoll taxes appeared headed today for a senate pigeonhole, at least for this session of congress. The measure was passed by the house late yesterday. 273 to 116. and sent to the senate where It was referred to the rules committee. It was the first of the recommendations in President Truman's civil rights program to be passed by either house this year. In the unlikely event that the senate committee should approve It before adjournment. It still would face a southern Democratic filibuster which almost certainly would block action at this sesion. Sen. John C. Stennis. I), Miss., a foe of anti poll tax legislation. Is chairman of the rules subcommittee In charge of such bills. The subcommittee has held no hearings this year on senate bills to outlaw the poll tax Stennis told a reporter that no hearings are scheduled and he has "no red hot plans” for any now However, senate Republican lead er Kenneth 8. Wherry. Neb., a member of the subcommittee, ex pressed hope for committee action so the senate might consider the bill this year. Senate Democratic leader Scott W. Lucas. 111., declined to comment on the measure's chances. The house action marked the fifth time in the past 10 years that that body has passed bills to ban j payment of poll taxes as a voting i requirement in federal elections The previous four have died in the senate, where freer rules of debate have enabled the southern Democratic bloc to kill such legislation by filibuster. The house-approved bill would affect seven southern states—Vlr- | glnla. Arkansas. Texas. Mississippi Alabama, Tennessee and South Carolina Voting for the measure were ISI Democ rats. 121 Republics and Rep Vito Marcantonio. ALP. N. Y Against were 92 Democrats and 24 Republicans. Most northern Democrats voted tor the bill and most southern Democrats against. During acrimonious debate which preceded the vote. Rep John E Rankin. D„ Mias., charged that pas sage of the bill would be followed by an anti lyncbfng measure and then the fair employment practices Mil "that Stalia drafted la 1920."

UEW Delegation Urges Schricker Call Special Session Os Legislature

Union Orders Filing Non-Red Affidavits Steel Union Board Orders Affidavits New York. July 27.—(UP)—The ( international executive board of the United Steelworkers of America (CIO) today directed the union's officers to file iton-CommuniMl affidavits with the national labor relation* board. The hoard's action on the resolution containing the directive was unanimous. "In order to safeguard the Interests of the membership of the union and to go forward with the organization of the unorganized within our jurisdiction, the international executive leiard direct* the international officer* of this union and such officer* of the various he al union* a* may be designed by the international officers to file the non-Communiat affidavit* required by the Taft-Hartley act," the resolution said. The Taft-Hartley act specifies that labor board services are available only to union* whose officer* file non-Uommunist affidavit*. Non-filing unions are not eligible to petition for labor board elecI lion*. The executive board's action came as union leader* and representatives of the steel industry gathered here to present their cases before President Truman's factfinding board, which is seeking to avert a September steel strike. The resolution said the union would pledge the resources of its 1,000,000 members and would dedicate the membership “to the unfinished task ot repealing the Tafti Hartley ai t and restoring the Wagjner act with improvements designed to safeguard labor’s basic rights." In complying with the Taft-Hart-ley act requirement, the resolution said, the union reiterated Its objection. in principle, to the stipuia(Tors T« Pace Ktebti Flying Farmers In * Decatur Thursday Over 200 Expected In City Tomorrow Scores of airplanes are expect ed to visit Decatur Thursday in spite of the polio scare, bringing Flying Farmers here to visit the Central Soya company and the Bag Service plant. Gene Dydeil. airport manager, said this morning. A special invitation to other air port managers in this area has ■lso been extended, he added. The Soya company inspection makes an interesting show and many persons in the middle west have desired to see how soybeans are utilised The guests will tour Decatur by courtesy of the Adams county airplane booster club and the Cham ber of Commerce, who have pro vlded the transportation and made arrangement* for the visitors. Plane* will be parked on the unused landing strip at the Decatur, airport. Rydell- explained Persons wishing to see the spectacle of hundreds of planes landing and taking off may visit and inspect the airport tomorrow, he added Ail kinds of small plane* will partici pate. Meal tickets will be Issued to the visitors at registration at the airport. The ticket* will be honored in all restaurants whose owners are members of the Chamber of Commerce. More than 200 flying farmer* from four midwestern states are expected to attend. Indianapolis Youth Is Drowned In River Noblesville. July 27 — (UR) — Hamilton county coroner C M. Davt* said today that John Henty Tramell. 21. Indianapolis, drowned yesterday while trying to swim across White River north of here Hi* wife and teste two children witnessed th* drowning-

Discuss Issue On Sharing Atomic Data Acheson, Johnson Talk Issue With Joint Committee Washington. July 27.—(UP)— Secretary ot state Dean Acheson and defense secretary I-ouis Johnson go before congress today to discuss the administration view that this country for strategic reasons should share its atomic bomb information with Great Britain and Canada. The administration believes It has full legal authority under the atomic energy act of 1946 to bring its wartime atomic partners up to date on improvements in A bomb design and productloh made since the war's end. But it wants to convince congress of the wisdom of its plans in order to forestall legislative action which the administration argues might destroy the original threenation atomic partnership and jeo pardize this country's bomb output for want of raw materials Several members, particularly William F. Knowland. R. Cal. Rourke H. Hickenlooper. R. la. and Millard E Tydlngs. D. Md. argue that the atomic energy act (forbids exchange of information, about weapons. The atomic energy commission and the administration argued that It docs nothing of the sort. They agree that the act flatly prohibits export of atomic explosives or bombs. They say that this probition is not at issue In the discussions which started July 14 at the Blair House conference called by President Truman at the request of Acheson. What brought the Issue up at this time Is the fact that a U. 8.British Canadian working agree rnent entered Into on Jan. 1. 1948, will expire in another five month*. Under the agreement the three countries have been exchanging non weapons information in such fields as raw materials supply, health and safety, recator research, chemical separation, and radioactive isopopes for research The agreement was discussed fully with the house-senate atomicenergy eomwrlttee when it was drawn up. Section 10-a-l was brought up and the committee that time agreed it did not bar the kind of coopeyation then contemplated Bui the British a year ago. having made considerable progress with their own atomic project, decided to work toward production of tTsrs Tn Paar Test Jay County Reports Second Polio Death Confirmed Cases Now 185 In State Indianapolis. July 27—(UP) — The poliomyelitis outbreak claim ed it* 18th Hoosier victim today a* the state board of health reported 188 confirmed cases. The state board listed 40 confirmed cases In Jay county, the home of the newest victim, but the Jay county chapter of the national Infantile paralysis foundation list ed 44 active case*. Ernest W Funk. 22. who lived four miles southwest of Portland, died today in St. Joseph's hospital at Fort Wayne Funk was stricken during last weekend, and taken to Fort Wayne Sunday. Doctors said he died of bulbar polio Il was the third death this sum mrr-ifoni polio in Fort Wayne hospitals The other deaths were those of a Fort Wayne resident and a Berne businessman The Portland city board of health asked that no children under 18 year* of age. unless they were close relative* of Funk, attend hi* funeral which was scheduled for Sunday. e

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Jobless Benefits' Liberalization And Public Works Plan Asked By Delegates Indianapolis, July 27 — (UP) —• An ex-GI told Governor Schricker today at a conference with ialmr union spokesmen on the unemployment situation that "if something Isn't done soon for u» war veterans. you know what a mob can do." John C. Schulze, Evansville, was a member of a delegation of CIO United Electrical Workers who asked Schricker Io take ac--1 Hon to help Indiana'* jobless. He said he was in the service seven i year*. Schulze charged that war veterans were the first to be laid off ' In industries because they lacked seniority. "It's lime for the legislature to do something for us," Schulze ‘ said. “If it Isn’t done soon, you ‘ know what a mob can do.” The I* meml>er delegation, large- ' ly from Evansville and Fort Wayne, asked Schricker to call a special session of the legislature to liberalize jobless benefit* and 1 seek prompt federal aid for public 1 works projects. • Schricker said he was sympathetic. "I am just as concerned as you are because I’ve seen this coming for three year*," said the gover- ‘ nor. He said he would “consider" • calling the legislature, which ad- • journed Its biennial session only • four months ago. 1 Schricker said what Indiana *> needed was "a building program " "Ini reaslng jobless benefits Is ’ not the answer.'*he said "Sooner 1 or later, we are going to scrape ' the bottom of the barrel " ’ The delegates, claiming jobs r were scarcer in Fort Wayne and ' Evansville than any other area in ’ the state, urged action to liberalize ! the joblest benefit* from the pres-’ ' ent 820 for 20 weeks to 830 for 30 1 weeks. Spokesmen said the unemployed 1 who have exhausted their benefits "have no place now to turn except, to county relief They said they ■ believed the legislature would be more ’sensitive" now to the *itua- ‘ tlon than last winter when it ! turned down a liberalization bill. 1 They said "some people” believe • the situation will be worse next ■ fall. Bpt Schricker said he also had heard that "some people” believe it will be better. 1 The delegation Included two ' Evansville legislators, Rep. 1 Meagher. D., and Sen. !>-slie 1 Thompson. R There also were 1 five women in the group 1 The delegation estimated unemployment In Fort Wayne at 12.000 ' and Evansville at 10,000. They 1 urged that St h rick er summon the state legislature into special sesf sion to liberalize unemployment compensation benefit* and that the governor ask federal fund* immediately for public work* project*. John Gnjack. Fort Wayne, district 9 director of the UEW. said he was alarmed by parallels between the present job situation and 1929. “We feel that responsible officials are not yet sufficiently alert to the situation we now face." Gojack said r Gojack and other* in the delega- . tion said the true picture of Hoosier unemployment wa* not shown in "official" figures released by , tbe state employment security dit vision. These, he said, did not I include person* dropped from compensation rolls or who never were eligible for check* in tbe first j place. The delegation carried two pla tTWra T« P*s» Flvel > —T — ■ i Youth Is Drowned h In Lake Michigan Michigan Ulty. Ind., Jaly 27 — (UP) — Authorities said today " that Donald Pscion. 14. apparently drowned in Lake Michigan Hi* , body ws* found on a beach near , here He had tieea missing sime , Sunday He left a Fort ways* os* r phanage recently to live with relatives here.