Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 47, Number 235, Decatur, Adams County, 6 October 1949 — Page 1

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DODGERS TAKE SECOND SERIES GAME, 1-0

iSf vis Agrees Mediation Government esidcnt Truman ) Keep Hands Off Steel Dispute By lulled Press I Lewis agreed to governnielw'ioii in 'he soft coal (ofay but in 'he w'eel walks government said it would off for the present. idi-nt Truman said ai a news en,e that neither strike had 4 the point where it was gr y for him to intervene ally I Les is and the mine owners t<> a conference with fedleliatnrs at Washington to- , .Meanwhile, negotiations ged today f I S conciliator Cyrus stepped into the coal strike reporting that it was "aping a < rials" and that some t air ady iias resulted. lite the government move, owners were pessimistic settlement prospects. Milwaukee, officials of 'he t . work r» anion called off mr strike w hi* h had cut the f gas to Mi waukee homes ~- of a wage Authorities o-.- to inkets for alleged dispute 1 reached the < nici-il .c who!, it Would ho ojipor to smooth the way for a ■ Nmment arcotnmore *y 1.-ttinr things tool ■ot little he salt) |M> ■■ st, < Iworkers Kii-er Steel corpor tn agiei-ing to pay the full ■' .< and welfare ending the strike in I' ' ’ that the " se< retary Charles ’ ui last night that despite oid coal strikes which st: employes *l' the nation's economy BM* 1 ' IL- said, however, the hurt the nation if B? 1 'l' turned down the H ® I 'l >1 workers’ demand BJ '* li’oimd wage increase B 7* ''*" r, "i ergain on a pen fund to which I* • nid the company would ' daily one big union IB ttmne.iMteiy authorized a against the firm |l - the CIO I nited Auto ■ Mr..--. ... u .h- „ l)ujlk BBf’ dispute With Chrysler B I; " n of the pension recently from Ford I . ’•artiest" negotia B •'* "h ,n -l with Chrys er. the ■ omanded lion monthly for mo.miu employes " —- | Town-Country Fish I** This Evening first annual town and I , fish fry wponsored by the I a division of the Decatur ot Commerce will start N’ , ’ , npt:y at 6 3u o'clock 13 "m high school gymnasium. I ««, ' ani ><>unce(l today bv the *• •' Schmidt, pastor of IT '“'"‘•ran ihurch will deliver Ki ‘V*”* 0 " R c Ehingen ° f the ret,H division. T Ilea ‘ n ‘” one *" uld be ad » d U(ke|i •a, 7 * ,O " M T after B. at 5 o clock an<J a ( . r()W(1 of J an SM I. expected Pro I 'rum the banquet will go to B Jonah club <,f Akron, whose Khe ", I,r *l , » r| n« 'he meal ft "nafa <lub simnsors and - WEATHER I "Csn #Ji * W, " d > lhi « after IX h Wil ” Ose «'-W rate I *«• Mo *" X C OUdX I ' d * 1 eon »'derabi»

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33rd Polio Case Is Reported In County Adams county's polio toll was increased to 33 lute- Wednesday at ternoon. when the Hines of Laura K Schwartz. 2. daughter of Mr. and Mrs John B S< hw-irtz. north west of Berne was din-no-ed as polio The child, who lias been ill about a week, has paralysis of the lower extremities and also Hal paralysis of the left at ,he is being treated at home but mav be hospitalized it her condition becomes more serious Robt. Hannegan, Ex-Postmaster General, Dies Former Democratic National Chairman Dies This Morning St laiuis. Oct »1 tCl’i Rob rt E Hannegan. 4'l. former post master general and the man credited with putting President Harry S Truman into the White House, died of a heart atta< k at his home today Hannegan. 4fi. had be n ill for several years He wa. stricken with a heart attack and died shortly after !» a. m CST Hannegan. the son of a policeman. rose to the highest post In the Demociutic party, that of national chairman He retired from politics two years t go because of his health He bought a principal interest in the St Louis Cardinals and served as the club's president until he was forced to give up that job last January due to illness. Hannegan had severe I all his political connections to assume his duties as Cardinal botts "the job I always wanted” and there were tear* in his eyes when he so d the club to Fred M S tlgh. Jr He said that only the advice of his physi-ian. who had advised him to take a year's rest, had indue-1 him to dispo e of bis interest in th» team Hatinegan's health had s.-emed improved of lat- He made his last public appearance at the tes timonltil dinner In Kansas City for William M Boyle Jr, new chairman of the Democratic party President Truman, who attended, noted in his talk that Hannegan A had something to do" with Truman's becoming president of the I’nited States A priest administered last rites of the Catholic churl h before he died. Hannegan. a lawyer, recently returnel to his Horn ■ after taking his family on a tour of Europe, including Rome where he had a private audience with the Pope He had been ill for some time (Turn To l*a>r six. Start Patch Tests Os School Children Pupils In County Schools Are Tested Tuberculosis "patch tests" program started today fair all county school students from the first through tenth grade-, under the supervision of Miss Jean Shockley, county nurse, and Mrs kk Guy Brown, secretary of the Adams county tuberculosis association Parents of pupils who participate In the test will he notified by , mail and will be advised to see the, family physician should the <garni-1 nation warrant it. Provisions are ( being made by the association for students In need of it to lw x rayed by the mobile unit due here in February Bach student will be scratched, •hen patched, and in 48 hours a check will be made to determine whether or not the student is Victim of tuberculosis Once these checks have been made, the test will move to another sector of thcounty. Today, the check is being made in the southern part of the county at the Hartford town-hip. Geneva. Jefferson township, and also the Kimssy and Lincoln schools Friday, students will be tested at the Monroe. Sackett. Sprunger. Betne. and Mumsterberg schools. Ail juniors and seniors in the schools will participate in the tuberculosis survey when the mo bile unit returns in February.

House Passes Bill Expanding Social Security Notable Victory By Administration On Security Benefits kVa*hlngton. Oct. tl'Pt Tin- si-mite put the house-approved social -i-iurity diiisioti bill In c-ilrl storage today and promised to leav • '' it there until next year With most senators anxious sot adjournment. Democratic leadorr decided to put off consideration < f social security legislation until ’ll' second session of the Slst congress. But the broadening of the so< ial seentity program and the increasing of its benefits will have a high priority then. Admnistration Democrats scor <1 a notable victory on the social security issue in tin- house late yesterday First, the Democrat* licked a Re. publican sponsored substitute for their own measure by a margin of 232 to 113 Then they won overwhelming approval of their own bill ;on a 33 to 14 vote 1 An increase in old age survivors insurance benefits ranging from r. i to ir-o percent and averaging about so percent. The average primary benefit, now approximately 126 a month, would be boosted to an average of about Illa month ? Extension of coverage- to about JLOoojum persons not now covered, making the total number of Americana umi-1 the • tninent ail , Insurance program about 46.000.fMU1. Among the new groiljs covered are tlie self-employed <except doctor-, dentists, lawyers and other proses- . siotiaU). domestic workers, state i and local government employes, emi ployes of non profit Institutions. . and scattered other smaller groups. 3 A giadual Increase in the tax rate between now and 1970 Tnd-r present law. tlie social security tax : rate on each employer and employ - will jump to 1'- per, ent next Jan. I t'ndir the house-approved bill, the rate would go to 2 percent on i .ich on Jan I. 11'51. to 2‘- percent i Jan 1. 11'61. to 3 percent on Jan I. 11165. and to 3'« percent on Jan 1. ' 1970. I Inclusion of the permanent and totally disabled under the social security program for the first time Persons who can establish that they iTnrn To !•«»» WI*J C-47 Is Missing With Nine Aboard Crash Reported In Carolina Mountain Mt Mitchell. S’ ft. Oct 6 — H'Pi Two persons reported to i the It S. forest service today they I heard a ' larg* plane" crash on • the fog-bound heights of Mt. | Mitchell yesterday some two hours I after a missing C-47 with nine aboard left Washington Fon-st ranger Tom Huffman of the Busick ranrer station near here said two men who live on ' the mountain told him they heard an explosion about 10:30 a m ( Thev said the crash apparently occurrel about half a mile down from the peak of the tallest mountain east of the Mississippi A C-47 has been unheard from since it left Bolling Field near Washington at 8 55 a m yestrr- ' day en route to Mobile. Ala Nine ' men were aleiard the long overdue craft Huffman sai l it was raining and , foggv yesterday at the time the cra*h was reported. Police of southern states and air rescue squadrons along the route were alerted to watch for the missing plane All civilian planes were asked by the air res 1 cue service to report to Bolling Field if the silver-colored C-47 Is «Tara Ta I’ase Slst Youth Is Killed As Jeep Is Wrecked Warsaw. Ind. Ort. 6-fl’Pt — The body ot Daryle C Kaiser. 21. Etna Green, was found today In hl* wrecked jeep near Etna Green State police said the car skidded off the highway and overturned They said the accident happened either late last night or early today.

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Decatur, Indiana, Thursday, October 6, 1949.

Justice Minton ‘Shown Around’ Ik M k EB H iBBM ' - - -i- ' - PLAQUE OUTSIDE Senate * temporary quarter- in Washington stat ing that the Supreme Court first met in th- room IMH to I8"x j. shown to Sherman Minton (rightl. newly confirmed as a Supri-im Court Justice, by Senator Scott Lucas (Di. Illinois.

Add Horse Pulling Contest For Fair Feature Os Closing Day On October 15 A horse pulling contest, to be I held ea-t of the river bridge on Monroe street Saturday morning. October 15. at 10 o'clock, ha* been added a* a special attraction for the closing day of the Decatur free street fair, it wa* announced today 1 by Clarence Ziner. general chair man The big show, which starts Monday noon, i* about ready. Mr Ziner said Several car* of local merchants visited towns and cities within a Simile radius Wednesday and placed posters advertising the postponed event in windows an J on fences One change in a chairmanship I was announced by Mr Ziner James Moses will be In charge of ' the milking contest scheduled for Wednesday night Peter Lehman, I original chairman, will not be able- ' to be prest nt i It W Pruden. fair secretary, received a letter today from the Gus Sun fairbooking agency, which concern will furnish the free acts The letter said that it might be necessary to substitute one or two acts scheduled for Decatur because of injuries to actor*, but that in any event the scheduled number of acts would be brought to Decatur for the entire week, and in case of substitution, the new act* would carry the same guarantees a* the original* • Smitty'* band will be on hand 1 Monday noon to sfart the fair and . the first presentation of free acts will start at 7 o'clock Monday night. Cliff Kirkpatrick, nationally known magician and a favorite among both children and adults ; in Decatur, said today that he had j several completely new Illusions to • try on the Decatur fair crowds He ' will be here all week * A complete program will be'pub lished in Saturdays Dally Democrat. Printed programs will be I l ara To Page IT»e» Justice Department Is Accused By AMA Drive To Discredit American Medicine Chicago. Oct 6-HP'- The American medical asaerciatlon charged today that the anti trust division of tpe department of justice was "engaged In a campaign to discredit American medicine and terrorize physicians Into abandon ing their opposition to compulsory health Insurance " The AMA board ot trustee*, in a statement released at a news con ference. said that 16 state* and county medical societies and other medical group*, including the AMA have been target* of investl gation* by the antitrust division during the past 3v day* The statement said that the board of trustee* room In Chicago wa* broken Into early on the morning of last Feb 1" and thoroughly searched Entrance wa* made through a window and brief ca*e« of the trustee* were searched, the statement said "We want it clearly understood tTara Te Peg* Btae

Three Children Die As Truck Hits Bus Rocky Mount. N •' Oct 6. il'Pi A school bus and an ice tnii k collided on a narrow bridge near hen- today. report»‘dly killing three children and injuring at least la other* The Red Cross in Atlanta said i it had reports that at least 25 and possibly 3u children were injuri id The Red Cross asked radio r stations In the area to broadcast * app<-:ils for blood donors. Gas Workers Slrike Ended At Milwaukee i Union Heads Agree ) To End Os Strike . Milwaukee Win. Oct 6 (I'Pl -CIO gas worke rs union offii ia’s agr--ed today to end a 2.»-hout /strike which has deprived Milwaukee ot Its ga* supplies and upset meal time* throughout the ( city I nion official* agreed to end the 1 strike "immediately" on the- basis of a tentative contrm t agrei mi nt providing wage increases and pen- ' sjons They said they would broadcast an order to 700 union members, who went on strike- at ,7am Wednesday, to return to work ‘I Member* of the union will meet , tonight to approve the contract officially B T Franck, company I vice-president said gas service I could be restoreel som- time today . "if strikers go back immediately The strike cut off ga* supplies to 210.000 Gas Light Co customers and forced many Industries, rest ! aurants, hospitals, housewives and I others to turn to other type* of , fuel. The tentative agreement provide* for a five-cent hourly wage increase for all worker*, retroactive to June 1. and an additional ~three-cent hourly boost for night workers after Nov 1 It al»o provide* that the coin pany pay 12 2 cents hourly toward pensions while union members contribute 2 * cent* hourly into the pen>ion fund The- plan will be effective next Jan 1 Earlier the union had demam|e*d a straight eight* ent hourly wage Increase and payment of pensions in full by the* company The agreement wa* reached as , ter an all night mee ting ot coin pany and union officials with fed eral judge Roliert Tehan. mayor Frank Zwida-r. and federal con- ' ciliator (T ment Murphy Chester Walczak, international representative of the union said the ' s'rlke wa* successful because iTura Ta l*aae ai«i Utility Foreman Is Fatally Shocked Middlefork. Ind. Oct « —tl’Pl A line foreman of the Kokomo Futdic Service Co was shocked fatally west of here yesterday when the truck he wa* driving ' accidentally hit a 6 Sim volt power line he wa* to repair The shock threw Charles Welds. 53. out of the tru- k and into the ditch, member* of the crew told authorities A car broke the aupI I porting pole near its base ping the wire

Roe Shuts Out Yankees To Pull Brooklyn Even In 1949 World Series

French President Seeks New Cabinet Accepts Queuille Resignation Today Paris. (i<t. 6 ll’Pi —President Vincent Auriol today accepted the resignation of Premier Henri Queuilh 's 13 montli-obl govern no-nt Queuille'* resignation, handed to the president yesterday, was an outgrowth ot the economic crisis brought about by British devalua lion of the pound Informed sources said Queullle would r- fuse to serve again Auroil was expected to begin immediate < unsu-tations with all party leaders in an attempt to form u new government Queuille announced to Auriol yesterday that there was a division in liis cabinet concerning the economic situation Some ministers, mainly socialists, opposed Queiiille's program of refusing wage Increases • The premier handed his resigna tion to Auriol yest- rday but the president i.sked for 21 hours to - make up his mind Queuille'* cabinet was a middle-of-the-road three-party coalition of Popular Republicans, Socialists ami Queuille'* own Radial Socialists, Any new government will ne-d the same general coalition to obtain tin- ne e-sary majority In parliament Observers said that nothing basically was solved by resignation of the Queuille government The wage pt ice issue, precipitated try devaluation of the franc in the wake of the pound sterling. »ti I 'remained Workers want more wages but no pi i<e increasetjueuille's term in office begun Sept 10, i 948. an<l lasted longer I than any government since that of, , Eduard Daladier from April 10, 193« to Sept 12. I!'3!> Ease Restrictions On Gl Education Vet Administration Issues New Orders Washington. Oct 6 (I’Pt — The veterans administration order relaxing restrictions on Gl education was greeted with < uitious ela tion by educators here today Dr Francis J Brown of the American council on education called it "a recognition on their tVA-t part of the broad concept* lof edmatlon and training includ ted originally in the G| bill of rights." Other educators said they, too wire tiMpf>y about tlie ruling, but th* y ti fu-id to amplify their re marks until they had a chance to study the new directive in detuil I Veterans administrator Carl R Gray. Jr. issued a new order, ts fective Nov I. which r» laxe* the tight restriction* made by tlie ad ministration on the educational provisions of the Gl hill. In effect, the order does away with the "complete justification*' clause in the Gl education regulation* Thi* p-ovislon required veterans to show that any con templated course wa* necessary for their future employment or busl nes* It was sternly criticised b> < dueator* The new VA directive also elirni nates the prohibition against vet eran« attending school* founded since June. 1944. without showing complete justification. However. <T»r* T« I'nar Sts I Child's Condition Is Still Serious The < ondition of la-o Child Findlay. O, manufacturer, who became | ill here Tue-day and was removed | to the Adam* county memorial hospital. was still reported today as seriou* Mt Child, however, has shown improvement. but will remain in the hospital for several days Mrs Child is remaining in. D*atur to be with her husband. |

Deny Secrecy In Hearing On Unification Navy Secretary's Request Rejected, Officer Suspended Wa-hlngton. Oct 6 fl’l’i Secretary <>f navy Fran-1* P Matthew- made an iin-ui i-e-fu: at tempt today to keep the public out of congn-lional hearing* at which top admiral* are scheduled to testify again-t unification The navy secretary made the request for secret hearings as the house arimd -t-rvices committee continued it* inquiry into th-- t» billion of high naval officer* ngain-t th*- way unification of the armed for es is working < ut. Committee chairman Carl Vin son. D. Ga. flatly rejected Matthews’ proposal fir a secrecy lid on the intra service squabbblb- said the hearings would continue to Io- public Matthews, himself a supporter of unification, was the day * first witni He acsirted that navy morale I* good and declared that ' officers who have ' blemished" the services tradition of loyalty will to- brought to book A few moments before Matthews : testified, navy ('apt John II Crummelln was suspended from duty and placed under uhat looked likhouse at rest for making public statements by three admiral* criticizing unification polii'jt Today's devi lopmints spotlight ,d a cleavage betwien the civilian boss of the navy ami some of Its most famous uniformed figun ■ Matthews specifically wanted t - keep out of the new-paper- 'i 'i nioiiy by Adm Arthur W R.ulf nil. , commamjer if the pacific fli. • and probably tin- toughest fighter i f thim all for navy beliefs and view points The secretary had read R olf rd'* testimony in advance Matthews told the committee he believed it would disclose "si-rii.u* differ tnces" on defense policy that could aid "a possible enemy While it might not contain in formation whose technical nature subjected It to military cla*“lfiea tion. Matthew* -aid. Radford's statement should he In secret Io line it would have a "definite < f feet on the security of the country" other navy wi'ms •* schedu s-d to testify are Adm lenils E inn , fold, chief of naval opt rations and | Vi e Adm Gerald F Bogan, com mander of the first ta k fleet In the I’ai ifi Columbus Day Is Observed By K. C. Observance Held Here Last Evening Martin Johnson, insurance com pany executive and prominent Catholic layman of Fort Wayne, extolled the Virtues of Christopher Columbus a* the discover* r of America in an address before 2"" Knights of C ihinibu* and their guests at K of C hall last eve nine Juliu- Baker was toastmaster a' •he dinner mee'ing He present ed the V Rev Msgr J J Seitnetz pastor, and the Rev IgnatluVichura* assistant pastor e f St Mary's church City judge John la-gun. of Fort Wayne, presented the speaker Mr Baker announced that the Columbu* Day observance marked the opening of the K of C social season The club and hedge rooms have bun re modeled and redeco rated in a very attractive manner Mr Johnson related th* hard ship* en< -un'ered by Columbus on hit flrat and subsequent voyage to i the new world Columbus was mis (Tara Ta !’•«» (Naas

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Jackie Robinson Scores Lone Run Os Second Game Os World Series Score by inning*: RHE Brooklyn 010 000 000—1 7 2 New York 000 000 000—0 6 1 Today's Lineups Brooklyn New York Ri-ese. ss Rizzuto, ss Jorgente-n, 3b Henrich. 11> Snider, cf Baue-r, if Robinson. 2b DiMaggio, cf Ih-imanski. if Lindell, if Rackley, If Johnson. 3b Hodges, lb Cob-man, 2b Campanella, i Silvera, c Roe. p |;.i*i hi. p New York <> t 6 tl'l’i- Big Vi Ra-i hl. who won 21 games In i the- Yankee drive to the American h arm p-nii nr. and Preacher Roe, the dutch man for the Dodge t :, battled it out today in the ,--i mid game- of the world serie* With R.i-clii going, tin- Yankees were- 13 to 10 favorites to make it ! two in a row, having won the openi r yesterday on Tommy Henrich'* ninth inning home iun and Allie Reynold*' twohlt pitching. 1 to n. The- injury jinx, which has hampered the Yankees all na-on, < aught up with them again today '' They 10-t their squat, hardhitting 1 catcher. Yogi Berra, be< au*<- if a ! swolh n fing< r ' Berra, wh" had been out a month ; just before the eason dosed wbh 1 i broken finger. Injured it again yesterday in catching Reynold/ ' fast balls It was *0 swollen today he tobl manager Casey Htengel he could not catch, and could not grip a bat properly Cail Furlllo. the Dodger outfielder also was aerate li< d at tin- la-t 1 moment bei-au • of an Injury IL- ' had played with a torn groin musle- all ta|ied up yesterday, but to- ' day after butting practice h«- wa* withdrawn from the starting lineup ami Marv llai kley put in hi- pl.t • A play by play description follow Fertt Inning Dodgers Rio- (lied to Lindell Jorgeno-n grounded out. Henrich una-'i-teel Snider grounded out, Rizzu'o to H» nrlch Yankees Rizzuto lined a single, down the left field line Henrich filed to Hernrinskl. Rizzuto hold ing first Bam r fouled to Robinson behind flr-t ba«e DiMaggio flint to Snide r No run*, one hit, no erroi*. one- Jef' Second Inning I'idg'ffs Robinson doubled d'-un the left field lin-- Hermanski fouhd to Coleman near th> stand* ba k < f first. Robinson going to [ thirei after the cate-ii. when Cole- | mm slipped an<l fell after making •he c iti h 11.0 kb y was out. John -on to Henrich. Robinson holding thin! 11-edge* singled to left, scor ing R ’bin e,n. ami when Lindell fumble el the ball. Heidges Went tee •ee inel on the- error Carnpanalla *va purposely passed. Roe struck e-ut line run. two hit*, one error, tw-. left Yankee- Lindell filed te> Her-man-ki Je>hn-on file d to Snide t ('-deman filed to Snider Third Inning Decdgers Reese grounded out. Rizzuto to 11-nrlch Jorgensen fout cd to Silvera Coleman threw e»ut Snide r Yankee* Silvera popped to Jorgensen Ra-chi grounded out. Re e *e- to Hodges RiZZUto wa- saf--it first when Reese fumbled his .round ball Rizzuto stole second lenrirh grounded out. Reese to Hodge* No runs, no hits, one error. one left Fourth Inning I lodgers Robinsun struck out llermanskl tripled to right center The ball took a bad hop just a* D> Maggio wa* set to tie Id it and rolled to the bleacher wall Rackley grounded to Coleman who*e* throw got llermanskl at the plate •tying to score. Rackley wa* sat» nt first un a fielder * choke Hodges filed to Bauer No runs, one hit. no error*, one left Yankees-Bau«r -Ingled to center. but wa* oat trying fur second. Snider to Reese The game waa held up » Rackley and Reese left the t: a and went into th* eTwra Ta Page El*bt»