Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 47, Number 231, Decatur, Adams County, 1 October 1949 — Page 1

BjCLVII? No. 231.

STEEL MILLS IDLED BY PENSION STRIKE

■lreme East ■western Coal Jits To Open Majority ||Of Coal Used For | (Heating Os Homes Httsburgh. «... I—(lT)—Mine in »"* pastern HK rII HHls of the nations tp-lt prepared today to B*l fl .a.nu' again Monday to asHK, Le.it for American home* winter i<hm»<»o Lulled Min* Workordered back to work by John m the firm break of the ii.il strike, produce mom HK. (Oil u«ed in home consumpthe reinainiiiK 380.00® soft miners nut included in Lewis' iKk-to-work order. continued -BjL f strike However, the de"vKn,| for soft coal »!a< kened con ~®K»r,hiy with the closing of the ■Kteslile assuring adequate supof coal for heat inn. the re- ■ gm of Pennsylvania"* 78.000 an miners also will ease a ■ jr.ete eionomlc condition In one ■ 3 th. nation's hardest-hit labor Onlv recently the Scran Wilkes Barre area In the heart anthracite region was pla<I 3on the federal government’s ■ MB*nten<y list ■ ■The Other 22 (toft miners will reI jjkm to the soft coal pit* west of Mississippi, except in a few where the coal will not be I »■ !-.! until the steel mills operagain. ■ ■The Colorado Fuel and Iron Co. Co’o. said Its mine* at Walsenburg and Canon, about 1.000 men would reopen Monday desplta the order, liecause it had no ■. for the coal. ■ ■lush the anthracite and the far miners probably will work a ■■ll five-day week to make up for ■ I< ” t I,l *‘ ,wo w * e,< * ■ ■•i'her group had bean Included Lewis’ previous three-day work order I ■The short week had applied only ■ the SsO.OOO soft coal miners ■ ■ho will remain on strike In the «<dt coal fields In West Vlr|®»l» Pennsylvania and other ■ W 1 '*' , ‘ , " t " f Mississippi. Af■■r the rerent one-week "staldlist' l-page. la>wis restricted ■ ■ orlt to three days to prevent I yskprinr and to strengthen bls ■ ■>Bd in industry bargaining | >200,000 Fire Loss Bluffton Friday ■■ •' number of Decatur people ato> K® h *' r "'feet fa r goers witnessed tn H Bj® 1 fire in Bluffton last evening B® 4 *' 1 the Cline Lumber company H®** destroyed by flamts. causlt g damage. The bl,M ’ ot unknown origin. ■ yas noticed almut 5 45 o'clock and g rapidly through the lumber ■ ■ >rii Threatened for a time was B®* Rwl 'T"»* foundry, adjacent to B®* va, ’l H escaped damage. I W The early-evening fair crowd was ■ Witracted to the spectacular fire. I ■ * Blurf '” n celebrated g ■overnor s day yesterday with th > lOlbr.dai.re of Gov Henry gchriekI Vr who crowned Miss DaYlene MorI ■»». 14 year-old Lapaz high school |Mer.i.,r », Junior Mis* Indiana jK“" negraff Mont ®*' es Friday Evening I® ( Vol Ann Brunnegraff. infant |yi<hter of James and Patricia 122% North lOtn Mu* '■‘” nt>r m *morial hos- !■[? W minute* after birth IK d ? ,r * n ‘»- Mr. and Mrs. CtarMr and Mrs K ' t,on - » nd • great-grand-Win."’ Jo * Brunnegraff. all IKld . f Will lie |flT r * 4 ’ m '“’V »t the Oilllg I E Wm S"”* 1 R,V R IK*i. .L offlcl * ,ln * Burial will ( “ ,h * cemetery WKATMCR I w»rl r U ” ,y ,M s.» W^ x ** m,w - H, »h t* »• < U L ** u "‘t w 42

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

Decatur Ministers Will Meet Monday .Members of the Decatur ministerial association will meet Monday morning at 10 o’clock at the Zion Evangelical and Reformed church. Final plans will be made for the Wings Over Jordan choir concert, to lie presented by the association at the Decatur high school WedKsday evening Seek To Oust Nationalists From UN Seat Russia To Launch Drive For Ouster In United Nations Lake Success, N. V., Oct. 1 — (UPl —Russia soon will launch a drive to oust Chinese nationalists from the Vnited Nations and seat a Chinese communist delegation, a highly-placed Soviet bloc spokesman said today ’’Thi* undoubtedly will be the last assembly in which the Kuomintang (nationalist) government will participate.” the spokesman said. The Soviet government was ex pected to renounce the Sino-Sovlet treaty of friendship of 1945 and recognise the communist Chinese 1 peoples republic. Russia also pushed a diplomatic offensive on two other fronts, seeking victories over the west on the Issues of Korea and the former Italian colonies. ( The Soviet Union scored a tri- ’ umph yesterday when the general assembly's political committee relefated Chinese nationalist charges against the Kremlin to a lowjy fifth place on it* agenda. As a result the nationalist chargee probably will not be considered for several week* and may not reach the full assembly until mid-November. Also this week the United Nations felt keenly the repercussions of the steadily worsening quarrel between Moscow and Marshal Tito's renegade government The Belgrade bid for the security council seat ordinarily reserved for the Soviet bloc was given a ’ strong boost when the United I States announced it* «upport. Developments day by day: Monday—Britain's foreign secretary. Ernest Bevin, challenged Russia to “come out of it* »hell'' and open its atomic facilities to the kind of International inspection system proposed in the majoritybacked atom control plan Yugoslav foreign minister Edvard Kardelj told the general assembly that Soviet threat* against hi* government were a ’periua nent source of war,” adding that if Russia really was interested in peace, it should patch up it* rift with Tito. Tuesday— China’s back-to-the-wall nationalist government formally accused Russia of threatening It* independence in violation of the Sino-Soviet treaty of 1945 and eTara Ta r*a* Professor Charged With Aiding Slayer Former Professor At I. U. Indicted Bowling Green, Ky.. Oct. 1. — (UP)— George Melvin Daggit, 85. former piano professor in th* Indiana university school of music was held today in 15.500 bond on a grand jury indictment charg ing he aided Jn a double slaying Daggitt was indicted in the slaying 1« months ago of Dr. and Mr*. C. R Martin near Bonding Green, for which Harry Edward Kilgore is serving two life terms. Kilgore, who wooed unsuccessfully a girl who married,the Martins' son, said nothing about an accomplice until after his conviction. Then he Implicated Daggit. whom he described as his "very close friend ’’ Darslt was charged with aiding and abetting murder after wire recordings were made of conversations In Warren county Jail tween him and Kilgore. Daggit taught at I. U. in 1940 He was a professor at Western Kentucky state college at the Has of hi* iadictment.

I*ast Ditch Try For Steel Peace Fails If ’ J * I Hl. . - ...j >TH PARALYSIS settling over the nation's steel industry ax the Friday midnight deadline drew near company and union mediators met at Pittsburgh in a vain effort to reach agreement. laixt ditch conferees were (I. to r.) CIO President Philip Murray. Peter Seitz, general consul, and William Margolis, assistant director of the federal mediation board and John A. Ntephens, vice president of United States Steel.

Outline Duties Os Civilian Defense Outline Plans On Atom Bomb Attack Washington. Oct. I—(UP) —The recent atomic ezploslon in Russia may blast loose a long-delayed official report bringing Americans up to date on what A-bombs would do to their cities if war came. It already has stepped up the speed with which city, state, and federal civil defense p'.anners are operating Dr John R. Steelman, presidential assistant and acting chairman of the national security resources lioard, last night dispatched a let, ter to state governors outlining the parts to be played In civilian defense by the various governmental units. It was Just a year ago today that the late defense secretary James Forresta) Issued without recommendation the so-called Hopley report on “civil defense for national security.” It called for training of mobile reserves equipped to go into action everywhere in event of an atomic or other attack. It said 16.000.tw0 civilians should he organized for clvi'lan defense — with perhaps 15.000.000 being mobilized in a time of "grave emergency." This report ha* never been accepted in whole. But defense planners under NSRB guidance have used it as a reference in discus<Tarn Te !'■■* sis) Gunman Critically Wounded By Sniper Gambling Feud Is Believed To Blame Tulsa. Okla. Oct. 1 — (UP)— Twogun Willi* Newton, one of four-cowboy brother* who aided In a 92.050.011 train mail robbery at Rondout. 111., in 1924, was in critical condition today after beins shot by a hidden sniper. The mysterious assailant fired two shots through a bathroom window last night at Newton's sixroom home in a middle class neighborhood here. One bullet hit Newton under the right shoulder, pierced bis lung snd emerged near bi* left collarbone "Call the police. I've been shot.” Newton yelled to hi* wife, who had retired Mr*. Newton said she heard a "scratching sound on the bedroom screen” just before the shot* sounded Outside the home, poltce found an empty cartridge from a German Inger pistol. Detective Sgt L N Hedgpath Identified Newton a* a member of the family which conwnlred with several other criminal*? including a postal Inspector, to pull the 1924 robbery of the Milwaukee road** fast mail train No. 5? near Chicago. Hedgpath said he doubted that the shooting had anything to do with the old robbery, although 175.00® worth of loot in cash and bond* was never recovered. He said it was more likely that Newton was shot ns result of a gambling fend her* Newton oper ated two night club*, the ShangriLa and tbe Stable, both ot which were closed after recent gambling raids.

ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ADAMS COUNTY

Decatur, Indiana, Saturday, October 1, 1949.

BULLETIN Raton, N. M„ Oct, 1. —(UP) — An Air Fore* S-17 crashed in rugged Mesa country six miles nerth of her* sometime last night and civilian authoritiss said today they feared none of the 10 crew member* aboard had survived. Pickets Parade At Gary Steel Plants 70,000 Men Idle in Calumet Area Gary, Ind. Oct I—(UP)-Pick-ets paraded under smoko-fr<*e skies outside steel plants in this "Pittsburgh of the midwest” today aftw 70,000 steel worker* of the CJUumet area struck when wage and p -union plan negotiation* deadlocked. The walkout began early yesterday when all but "finishing employees” engagetl In work after the steel left the furnaces were told not to report to work. As the evening shift reported to work at 4 p. m most of them walked to the union headquarter* where they heard the news nt the strike. By 9:30 p m.. picket line* had sprung up around the Universal Steel Corp, plant. By 10:30 p m . all was quiet at the Carnegie-Illi-nois South Works at South Chicago. The moon, which seldom pierce* the pall of smoke hanging over the Industrial area here, cast Hgbt on picket* carrying strike placards. John Daugherty, personal representative of Philip Murray. USW president, who sat In on the negotiation* at the Inland Steel Works, appeared before a mas* meeting of rtriken at Indiana Harbor. "Were impre*»*d that the Industry feels It I* in a position to bust our union." he shouted. "I've observed thst it is the attitude o< Inland that ft is not the cost of selling the dispute that brought the crisis. The company I* Impressed that the union I* getting too strong and want* to submit it to the acid teat.” He indicated the company face* a new aet of proposals new that ITurM T» rase *1(1

Community Center Model Will Be On Exhibit Here

The people of Decatur and surrounding area will now have the opportunity of seeing the Community Center proposed for this city A scale model of the building and ground* has been received by the Memorial Foundation and will be displayed next week. According to Curl C. Pumphrey, general chairman of the Community Center fund. ”it Is wholly po* slble for Decatur to raise the 1275.00® necessary to make the project a reality " 1 believe." said Mr Pumphrey, "that thi* amount will be sub ttaatially oversubscribed Thi* is our opportunity to make Decatur a better place for our young people wbo will take pride la tkelr home town and become better ettisens because of the Community Center. It is an opportunity to make Decatur a place where folk* will en jey living, thus assuring u« of continued growth and increasing popu

Adams County Home Conditions Excellent Magazine Writer Makes Comparison in an article in the October 8 Issue of Collier's magazine, author Gordon ffchendel scathingly report* that circumstance* in the Alien county home are little better than when an alarming number of death* occurred there due to "malnutrition.” The article, entitled. “To the county home to die." states that condition* for the most part are no better In the home, and the inmate* are listless and uninspired, and completely Indifferent, it seemed to him. to any surrounding activity or direct questions. The author mentions that, for purposes of comparison, he visited the Delaware and Adam* county homes Os the Adam* county home he xald. "The Adem* county home Is small, with only 35 Inmates. The farm embrace* 274 acre*, and raiaex grain, hogs, cattle, chickens and garden truck. Last year it produced all the requisite* of the horns* with an 18.060 surplus ” A check with Mr*. Frank Kitson. wife of the Adams county home superintendent, reveal* that condi tions remain similar to those reported by Schendel. who visited the home last spring. There are currently the same number of inmates—3s—as then; the surrounding farm I* producing nicely, a* Mr*. Kitson »ays. "... outside of a few items we must buy at the groceries, we're pretty much self sufficient" The home also buy* government surplus food, th* "same used for school lunches ” The county home Is checked twice each year by a state inspector. and every report sent In ha* been favorable. "We've had no trouble here with malnutrition." Mr*. Kitson said. There ha*, apparently, been little trouble with anything at the home ' Schendel. in hi* article about the Allen county home, lamented there was so little activity for the mem bera; therapy or even occupation seemed horribly lacking There seems none of that at the Adam* county home: there is enough to keep everyone bu*y. and conseiTara T» Psae »(*)

lation. ” "The model will be on display at several place* during the cam paign so that everyone may see the good Investment they are making They will see the ample plhce provided for large gatherings; the playroom* tor young folk* and adult*, the snack bar and dining facilities There are adequate facilities for fun for everyone and comfortable room* for elub and sorority meeting* There are terrace* for outdoor dining in good weather and the surrounding area* are showa well planted and restful" The model will be first displayed al the joint meeting of the Lion* and Rotary club*. Tuesday evening nt the Knight* of Fythla* borne The next exhibition will be nt the town-country fish fry at the Deca tnr high school auditorium on October 9. where It is hoped many hundred* of propl* will eomo to see it.

Strike Os Steelworkers Threatens To Hurl U. S. Into Economic Tailspin

Nearly Million On Strike In U. S. As Steel Workers Join Miners On Strike By United Press Almost 1,000,000 American workers were on strike today as steel workers joined John L. lewis' miners in labor's fight for fourthround benefits. The number of idle was expected to rise swiftly—possibly to as much as 2.000.000 — If the work stoppages in the two basic Industries lasted long enough to cause shortages of fuel and materials in factories. The total of 980,000 strikers* included 514,000 steelworkers who quit their mills and furnaces at 12:01 a. m. today and 380,000 United Mine Workers. About 87,000 other workers were on strike or idled by strikes In disputes stretching from the Atlantic to the Pacific. Well over a mlLion workers would have been idled had not Imwls decided yesterday to send luO.OOO Pennsylvania hard coal diggers and western soft coal miner* back to work on Monday The steel workers who manned the picket lines today carried signs vowing that they were “with” their leader, CIO president Philip .Murray, to the bitter end in their fight for pensions and insurance benefits financed entirely by the employers. The big plants of Indiana and Pennsylvania stood dark and silent and the customary red glow reflected from the furnace* was missing from the cloud banks over Gary and Pittsburgh The union struck against 38 steel firms. At the last minute, the big American Can company, employing 14,835 workers in 23 cities. gave in to the union demands and its employes were ordered to stay on the job. Seven other firm* also were not struck either because they acceded to the union or because their contracts had not terminated. Violence in the coal fields tapered off following the UAW order that sent some miners back to work. The order came after mine owners warned that the industry was suffering loss of markets due to frequent shutdowns Negotiation* in the coal dispute were recessed until the middle of next week. Union and company official* apparently were watching developments in the steel strike before reaching a settlement of their own squabble. Meanwhile, there were indlcacTurn Tn Page Sl«> Steel Men Tighten Belts For Walkout Steelworkers Stand Behind Union Boss Homestead. Pa.. Oct. l-(UP)— The men loafed and waited today: the giant mill was asleep They *tayed pretty much to home, these steelworkers who stood behind ' Phil’' in hl* fight to win them pension* and social Insurance •They didn's particularly care how long the *trike lasted-just so they won. So they filled the pantry with canned goods and cereal for the kids, made a mental note to have one beer instead of two-and waited. Didn't seem right, though, with Carnegie-1, linoi*' sprawling mill dark and quiet That's where the bread and butter came from. But they took *olace knowing that the few who went on the 4 p. m shift yeatrrday finished off the orderly shutdown without Injuring equipment The quiet that hung over the mill stuck like a sore thumb A few flickering light* showed last night through the smoke thrown off by passing railroad engines. But no smoke rolled out of the mills' stacks: the awe-inspiring glow cast against the sky by the be«*emer ronrerters was gon* Many town merchant* sat outside their shops last night and watched darkneee settle over the iTWra T* Pea* *la>

Marshall Tito Warns Russia On Pressure Yugoslavia Accuses Russia Os Applying Aggressive Pressure Belgrade, Yugoslavia. Oct. 1. — (UPt —Marshal Tito warned Russia today she must assume responsibility for “the consequences" j which may result from breaking her treaty of friendship with Yugoslavia and from "the demonstrative movement of Soviet troops" on Yugoslavia's border* In an official note handed to the Soviet charge d’affaires here at' 11 am, Yugoslavia accused Russia of applying "aggressive pressure" on her. of endangering world peace and of violating the United Nations charter. Earlier this week Tito in a speech at a Serbian village charged that Russian troops were digging trenches in Romanian and Hungary and said the Soviets were "sabre rattling " Tito is in direct charge of Yugoslavia's diplomatic affairs In his capacity of acting foreign minister during the absence of foreign minister Eduard Kardelj, who Is at. the United Nation* g*n*ral assembly in New York. The Yugoslav note was 2.000 words long It was an answer to the brief note that deputy Soviet foreign minister Andrei Gromyko handed to the Yugoslav ambassador in Moscow Wednesday renouncing the Soviet • Yugoslav treaty ot friendship and 20year military alliance. Since then both Hungary and Poland have broken off their treaties with Yugoslavia and three other cominfotm countlie* — Czechoslovakia. Romania and Bulgaria--are expected to follow. The note to Russia was delivered a few hour? after the Yugoslav government told its people about Russia's denunciation of the treaty In a communique which described it a* the "latest unfriendly act" of the Soviet Union The note referred five time* to the "non-peace loving” actions of Russia It said the "peace loving policy of the Soviet government remain* empty word*." Utility Lineman Shocked Fatally New Castle. Ind , Oct I—(UP)— Service* were arranged today for James Shaw, 22. a lineman for the Indiana Public Service Co. who was shocked fatally at work ye* terday. Shaw touched a 6,900 volt power line while changing trans formers with a repair crew. Lapaz Girl Is Named Junior Miss Indiana Crowned At Bluffton By Gov. Schricker Blufrton. Ind, Oct. I—(UP)— Sixteen year old Darlene Morrow of Lapaz, who find* it old stuff to win queen and beauty conteat*. reigned today a* "junior Miss In diana " Darlene, a brown-eyed brunet from Marshall county, was crown ed at Bluffton's street fair last night by Governor Schricker Rhe also will rule as state tomatc queen. Darlsne previously won a North Manchester contest and a Syracuse "beaui y pageant thi* year In IHB she was northern Indiana muck crop* queen and won a Syracuse beauty pageant. Her latest victory qualifies her to participate In a national "junior Mis* America" contort nest summer, in an effort to keep that crown In Indiana It now Is worn by Carolyn Rudy of Bluffton Judge* named as alternate* Dixie Lee Corn*. Winslow, and Jayne Martin. New Castle.

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Picket Lines Form Before Steel Mills Across Country As Workers On Strike Pittsburgh, Oct. I—(UP)—Some 514.000 CIO steelworkers shut down the steel Industry in a pension strike today which threatened to plunge the nation into an ecr> I nomie tailspin. Picket line* formed before steel mill* across the country at 12:01 am (EST) on orders from CIO president Philip Murray after 11th* hour negotiation* with U S Steel Corp, collapsed. The pickets said they were prepared for the strika to last into the winter Murray proclaimed the first nationwide steel strike in three year* a "just and righteous” crusade. U S. Steel president Benjamin F. Fairies* blamed the strike on Mur* ■ ray's "inflexible" stand In negotla* 1 tions. A total of 306 basic steel plant* were closed throughout the nation by the strike. Another half million steelworker* in lubricating plants are expected to quit their jobs as the strike , continues. Federal mediators failed to bring "big steel" and the union together on the vital pension-insurance issue. The company agreed to pay the 10-cent an hour "package" program but demanded worker contributions. Th* union atubbornly held out for the recommended non contributory" program Shortly after lb* midnight deadline, the CIO united steel worker* dramatically called off a strike of 14.835 members against the American Can Co. plants in 23 cities. The union said the big fabricating firm had agreed to company paid pension Insurance plan in last minute negotiation* in Cincinnati. O. Although the firm was not directly involved In the basic steel dispute. It was the first major company in the Industry to accept the recommendation* of a presid« ntlal fact finding hoard Two smaller steel firms previously gave In to the union demand* on pension-insurance and were not struck. They were the Portsmouth (O.) Steel Co., employing 4.01*®. and Standard Steel Work*. Lewistown. Pa., with 1.160 workers. The ÜBW said Firth Sterling Steel Co. (1.425 worker*): Alle-gheny-Ludlum Steel (12.000). and Kaiser Co.. Inc. (3.237) would not be struck because their contract* have not expired The union ha* no contract* with Weirton Steel or the American Rolling Mill* Co, which has plants at Middletown, O . and Butler. Pa They have Independent union* Even before the strike began, however, the nation's steel mill* already had been closed by producer* who saw the walkout a* inevitable, Maintenance worker* remained In the plant* with food supplies and bedding Picket captain* set up coffee-and doughnut kitchen* A picket at the Homestead. Pa , plant of Carnegie Illinois typified the sentiment of most steel workers when he said, "we don't want to strike, but it's a necessary evil" Federal mediator* William Margolis and Peter Seitz returned to Washington after long, futile conference* with Murray and U. S. Steel vice-president John A Stephens They admitted the outlook was hopeless and said they had no immediate plans for further confer<Tiara Ta !•*«» Three) Leaion Is Expecting 1950 As Best Year Indianapolis. Oct 1 — (UP) — Th* American Legion’s national headquarters today said it looked *• if 1950 would be the biggest year evwr for th* 20-yeur-oid veterans' organization*. National commander ffborg* N. Craig said 4M.376 legionnaire* already had nald tbeir 1950 due*, compared with 194.509 who were paid up in advance a year ago Craig, of Brasil. Ind. said th* advance memberwhipe w»re •specialty encouraging because "we are starting a historic movement to counteract the growing trend toward statu socialism.*