Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 47, Number 233, Decatur, Adams County, 4 October 1949 — Page 6

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Lutheran laymen Hold Convention Louis Jacobs Named District Secretary The fifth annual convention of the Northern Indiana district of the Lutheran laymen’s league was held Sumin' at Fort Waytie at the Bethlehem Lutheran church, the Bethlvhe:n men's du > acting a* host The Bev II I. Krue» kehi-rz, Bethleht .ii Lutheran church of Indi.iliaftolot was the speaker at the convention servins At 2 p in all tueinn> i xh.p secretaries o. the di-fiitt held a spe. ial meeting to diet uss problems and method-; In cunnei turn with membership driveThe convention proper opened it* meeting a’ p in The Rev A (' S< hoiz pastor of the Bethlehem Lutheran Inarch, held the opening demotion- The meeting was called to order and presided over by the Rev Edirar St nmidt of Fort Wayne Field repr entative from the natioual trffhe tis the Lutheran laymens lea.ue Martin Uaib was the principal “peaker for tin afternoon meeting. Election results Wile as follow Carl Toepfer of I’crue was elected president ill win Knake vice-pres-ident. Louis Jaiohs Decatur. secretary and Robert W s. hmidt Lafayette. treasurer Various reports of committees and officers were given and the convention voted to tin- next meeting in Ifi'm .it Napoleon, Ohio Following the evening dinner, the e ening program consisted of a panel disi io«ion oil Stewardship This panel discussion was lead by the Rev Ervin Kurth. Edwin Knake Thurman Hay and Edward K. Schmidt Many Lutheran laymen from Deintur area attended this convention Representatives from Decatur were the Rev and .Mrs Edgar ?

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Shmidt. Mr ami Mrs Henry Krm- keberg Louis Jacob*. Robert Z.wii k. and Mr ami Mi II II Krtiei In herSays Fact-Finding Board Helps Public Asserts Steel Board Efforts Not Futile Evanston. 111. Oct. d (IT) — Prof Carroll It Daugherty, one of the three members of President Truman s steel fact finding board said today that the board helped ’ the man in the street see t'o* dispute issues in their simplest terms. Daugherty aid the prestige of RUc II boatdv makes them exert some "social pressure when they report But this, he said, "is not inconsistent with the principles of democracy." In an interview, Daugherty said he agreed with David L. Cole, another board member, that their j efforts had not been futile even] though the dispute resulted in the | current strike "Fact finding boards focus the issues so the man in th- street can see them in their simplest terms." he said "Anything that works toward the public's interest certain- ; ly is not futile" Daugherty, chairman of the department of business and commerce at Northwestern Fnivernity. said that the board’s report laid a foundation for reaching an agreement in the steel strike by "responsible, good-faith bargaining between the parties involved." The only alternative, he said, would be compulsory arbitration which he said Is undemocratic. "The essence of democracy is compromise." Re said. Shawl weaving virtually has teased in India’s Vale of Kashmir, where it was long a famed indiisi try But scarves and other articles I are still made on small hand looms from the superfine pashmina wool.

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I Study Coal Stock At State Institutions Hutson Will Visit State Coal Fields Chicago, (let I tFl’i State officials of Illinois and Indiana today investigated the coal stockpiles at state Institutions and made plaos for wintertime operations if the nation-wide strike of soft coal miners Is prolonged William J. McKinney, state purchasing agent for Illinois, said he had "fortified his supply within the past 20 days by purchasing 33.boo tons of <oal mined by the Progressive mine workers PMW members are still work ng while John 1.. Lewis lias called all his t'nited Mine Workers east of the Mississippi river out of the pits. The two unions are bitter rivals in Indiana and Illinois where most of the PMW miners work Thomas R. Hutson. Indiana lab- | or commissioner, planned to visit the coal fields in southern Indiana to determine if some wav can be found to furnish coal for the state’s 22 lienal and benevolent institutions which house 22,000 persons M< Kinney said the Illinois institutions use more than 350.000 tons of coal annually, but that they nowhave a 50-60 day supply on hand "If the Strike lasts another month, well begin worrying.” McKinney said. He said if the walkout is prolonged, state officials might appeal to the union to allow coal to be mined for the state. So far. no violence has occurred In either state Several roving bands of I’MW pickets visited nonunion and Progressive mines list week but no clashes occurred A few of the non union mines halted production during the picketing, hut all returned to normal operations All of those affected were small mines employing 50 men or less. Juneau, Alaska, has an average annual snowfall of 105.7 Inches.

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Russia To Set Up East German Stale Establish State By Proclamation Berlin. Oct 4 _ (V|) communist <.ffi. U l» ln IU 'J tone of Germany ar. pr.-jJ? establish an East by proclamation bef Wt 7? tellable sources ,aM t(4l ‘ 1 Reliable German to the Russian military i ment said Otto Grut.» o h| man of the mmmunlst m 2 unity party, would l>» cham . Ror in the new |. i; . These sources »aid a ministry would be new government. Soviet ntJ and Russia would I j cognize the East Gernuj J j j They said, and there J ! i exchange of atnbassadori. Top German officials ft,,, j Soviet zone have been wrJ ■ to Berlin for confc-r*oceiogj I clamation of the new state |<! reported. These sources said the tai - move would be aimed M a ( ing incorporation of th. t man state into the w»,:. n jZ ean union by playing co i>2 r desires for a single centered in Berlin.