Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 47, Number 240, Decatur, Adams County, 12 October 1949 — Page 1

LVII. No- 240.

lENOUNCE ATOMIC THEORY OF WARFARE

pities At | Slowed By ft And Wind Hdway Forced To ■sc Early Last Eht By Weather K,..! wind slowed the Tu.*- . •ram ami finally th- midway to clo*o ru.xday night, but the K,. „ut .ally today and cav-* K>n- that children's (lay a big < rowd to the K,. n admitted to all K . al I' < -nt I'fiic from - special price will K • k this afternoon. -r pulling contest, m h-d Hr dds morning, /wa* postKtitil Tlmrsday morning at 9 because the rain left field in muddy condition. band opened the Wed- ■ pr-ziam shortly after noon free acts started today et Kk A complete showing of Ac Moses. In charge of the ■ng content, announced ■ the event has been post■j this year due to a lack The contest was for tonight on the ■arts stage, but official* ■ forced to call off the asHuhen the necessary quota K*WS became unavailable. Bts each afternoon and night Hduled for the balance of the Bral of the rides did not opcr■ll Tuesday, but late Tuesday Ks n some were opened for a Burn- The crowd wax small ■ly a dozen of the conces■ad any buslUOM. Bliy about 9 30 o'clock, rain ■ had fallen throughout the B various speeds came down Kents and the tinted city was (B up and the lights were turnBhli dance will be held each ■the rest of the week at Ute ■end of Second street, it was Arced today ■ officials were optimistic con■g the rest of the week's show Be weatherman has promls-d B( weather, but some cool* r. Bldway will open each day at Bind free acts will start ea-’i ■non at 2 o'clock. Ksday has been designated as ■s' day and indications s-e ■ntest crowd of the week will I the midway ■ auto show and industrial ■ housed in tents on Liberty ■nd Third Street, were draw■rge crowds today. Both of exhibits will Im* open tonight r »ry afternoon the rest of the There are several displays rm machinery on Monroe Fair Sidelights Isouu caught near the midw; y ■ Tuesday's squall, were won- ■ which would do the most |ge to the tents, the wind or ; -oOo—b don't know too much about pile* of salesmanship, but we ktice a cotton candy vendor r w ics cream cone while on —-oOo—r ’Parse population along the [»» Tuesday evening aWernat. • pcked for shelter when the I 'ante and sought recreation I ’hey stopped Most of tent | ,<rtM l «arly; the weather was' o 100 much competition. J M noon ,o<,a J r revealed O ' hddren had been reported Thi " ml<ht ‘•MUr®’” ' Hdren are aomewhat m»r« tent than their predecessors f»lr officials believe it to the weather and , rrowds —O®o—- ** inches of rain r "*» T, f.,,, ( . h r ( . , WKATMtR .‘J! *** •"« "•«*. elear- ' •*“**•••* Portion and cool F,lr ,nd 6001 ’ ***’ scattered frost a» .r». Ulr ** «r -w tonight U * high Thursday TO ®a

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

Says Russia Forced Into German State East German State Organized By Soviet Berlin. Oct. 12 —- (VP) Communist prime minister Otto Grotewohl said today that Russia virtually was forced by "the serious threat of war in Europe" to form the new east German government. I'nification of Germany was more urgent than ever. Grotewohl told a joint session of both housed of the new east German legislature i in his maiden speech as prime minister. Grotewohl delivered a major ■ statement of policy for the new east German government in an I hour-long s|H*e:-h in which he said the new state would 1. Pay Russia war damage reparations and "overcome the national misery created by war" 2. Welcome with open arms al) nou-crimlnal Nazis. 3. Embark immediately upon a new Soviet-engineered two-y-ar plan. I, Provide an abundance of fool for Its people. ■| 5. Remain staunchly loyal to the ' Soviet union. 6. Fight for unification of Germany against the west German state, which Grotewohl denoun. -J , as an “imperialist" puppet g tvernment "founded jn London ” 7 Take sharp legal measures tgainst any antl-semitic activity. "Western Germany today is th gathering place of foreign and German militarists." Grotewohl said in a major statement of policy before' a joint session of both houses of .the legislature j The western German government al Bonn, he charged, was founded in l-ondon and not on tho Rhine. | Grotewohl pledged his east German government to pay reparations — presumably to Soviet Russia — for damages in World War II and said his government wants peace and the unification of Germany. "The wav toward peace contains' a recognition of the payment* of reparations," he declared. Adams Circuit Court Open Despite Holiday Adams circuit court was open, today for business as u-ud in spite 1 ' of the fact Discovery day is generally recognized a* a legal holiday When questioned concerning his staying on the job. Judge Myles, I F. Parrish cited a law passed in 1 1952 which gave the court only one] legal holiday, Sunday excepted < The one holiday that the court I 1 can enjoy is July 4. He is required] I by law to remain on the bench on| I all other holiday* which fall in any ■ of the four terms of court. Several I minor transactions were noted on today's court records Click Murder Trial Set For November 28 Alleged Fort Wayne Killer Faces Trial Fort Wayne Ind., Oct. 12. —-j (UP>— The trial of Franklin Click.' 30, indicted on five counts of murder. i.lnnping and attac, will begin Nov. 28 He was accused of ths 1944 and 1945 sex slaying of Anna Kuzetf. Wilhelms Haas* and Phyllis Co dor. kidnaping and attack will betried only on the charge of slaying Mias Connie. Allen circuit judge William II Schannen. who set (Tick's trial date yesterday reversed an earI Her decision and said the grand jury would not have to be recalled to draw a new- indictment against the former celery field worker Schannen first said because the words "human being* ' were omitted a new indictment would have to be made, but he reversed his decision w-hen prosecutor Alton L. Bloom cited stat* supreme court i decisions in similar cases. Click, the father of five children, was "not responsible" if he did commit the murders, hl* attorney. Robert Buhler, said because "he haa the mind of a fire or six year--<l<l Ralph Lobaugh. Kokomo factory worker who alternately confessed and denied two of the three murders of which was accused, has received seven stays of execution i Click was arrested on suspicion (Tara To PM* Flvsy

Lewis, Mine Owners Renew Negotiations Both Sides Under Heavy Pressure By Federal Mediator Pittsburgh, Oct. 12 Il'P) John i I. Lewi* and the major coal producers were ixpected to discuss a possible compromise today to •nd the 23-day old soft coal strike. Hoth iid»» wire under heavy pressure from federal mediation director Cyrus H. Ching to make "substantial progress" in the longdeadltlcked negotiation* or face government intervention. Industry sources speculattd that Lewis may drop his wage and shorter work week demands if he cun get an increase from 20 to .invents a-ion in royalty paymints Into the united mine worker welfare fund But Joseph E Moody, spokesman for the southern operators, indicated he will first insist on a new set I of standards which would make the) fund self-operative. He charged'' that the depleted fund, now admin- - Istered by trustees, was a "Tam-; many Hall proposition <f hand-1 outs." The meetings resumed at White 1 Sulphur Springs and Charleston. W Va. as Iron Age-, national metal working weekly, warned that 1 only a speedy settlement of the 12I day old steel strike can prevent its I crippling effects from engulfing the entire economy. Cnempioyment resulting from the twin coal A steel strikes already ha* shot pa*t the LUO.ouO mark with announcements of new cutbacks In allied industries. The layoffs ranged from lUO bus drivers in the mill city of Gary. Ind. to 3.500 employes of International Harvester company's MeCormlt k Works. Chicago, who will I be furloughed Saturday because of ' a steel parts shortage. The Chicago association of comI merce said there were 390,0001 i tpetal tradesworkers in the Chica- ' go area who face layoffs because ( of raw material shortages If the j strike continues. Picketing in the coal fi< Ids quieted as the miner* awaited outcome (Turn Tu Page Klaibn Family Night Held For G.E. Employes Three Performances Held Here Tuesday Members of the Decatur General! Electric plant and their families' injoyed three performances of I "family night" glvin Tuesday in' 1 the high school auditorium. The program was given at 1.7 and 9 pm performances and included films depicting GE's, strength In the community and a one-act playlet, interspersed with a film, entitled, "Tremlin in the Kremlin ” John Estabrook, assistant to the work* manager of the Fort Wayne General Electric, acted as master of ceremonies for the evening, and also narrated the "family album" sequence. The family album showed the progress of the General Electric plant in Decatur For background, the album went as far back as 1991 when the Fort Wayne plant opened and concentrated on 1920 - when the Decatur plant began operations. It was the beginning of constant expansion by the company. from the time when men wore bowler hats and heavy gold watch chains to today, when they don't it was as Estabrook said, the story of people. People who worked und played together. They were not always happy, he said but in the main they were people who were good families and good neigh bon. There was also on the program a film entitled, "By Their Works." telling the story of the electric Industry, its vastness, its worth, and its necessity tn the community It is the skill of working together for the good of one another, and for ail. that proves itself worthy of ak pro ba'ion of a selfless society The story is also of revolution, the players in the cast of the "Kremlin" plsylet hinted A revolution whereby freedom evoked production And the story Tuesday night was iTara To rs«e Kiuhsr

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Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday, October 12, 1949.

In Navy-Air Force Feud Hrs > ' WI I ' COMMANDER EUGENE TATOM Hefti, of the Navy Bureau of Ordnance. an<l ('apt J II Rides (right). Navy guided iiilxhllph expert, appeared before the lloUKe armed Hervices commiuei- In Washington a* the Navy continued attack on the Air Force* B-3(J Ixrmher. ('apt Side* teHtified that the Russians t<s>k over. "lock, stock and barrel," Nazi plan* he said were near perfection, for a guided missile that could locate and knock down aircraft at 40.000 feet. Comdr. Tatom was asked to exp'aln his statement that our A-bomb is not as destructive as popularly supposed.

Minton Sworn In As High Court Justice Hoosier Takes Oath On Supreme Court Washington. Oct 12 (l'P> —i Sherman Min’on was sworn in a* a supreme court justice today ut u White House ceremony attended hy most high Washington official.*! and a lot of Minion's fellow ' Hoosiers. More than 400 persons gathered in the rose garden of the White Hous** to watch the former Indiana senator take a double oath of office from Chief Just lie Fred M. VliiKon. Minton placed his left hand on a supreme court bible which has liten in use since 1801 a* Vinson administered the constitutional ami judicial oath*. Mrs. Minton and President Truman stood between the new a**o elate justice ami Vinson Before the oaths Were admlni*I tered Mr.-Truman told th- itssem blage, one of the largest ever to i attend such a ceremony at the : White House, that presentation of I the judicial commission to Minton was one of the most pleasant duties of hi* political career After the ceremony Minion rhopk hands with the president and Vinson ami then went into the cabinet room to greet members of the cabinet house und senate leader*, ami . u horde of I friends from Indiana. Minton succeeds the late Justice Wiley B. Rutledge. , American Republics To Exchange Skill Truman Speaks At Council Os States Washington. Oct. 12 — (1'1’) — Preaident Truman said tmluy tnat the Anu-riran npuhiics IM nd .to step up the exchange of "tech-i nical knowledge and skill " Noting that the nation* of th'> western hemisphere already are cooperating In an iffort to raise living standards. Mr. Truman saiJ: ‘ "We look forward to an ev**n more vigorous technical coopera-' 'ion through all available channels. Including the I'nited Nation* and its specialized agencies. We intend increasingly to help one another in the efforts of each to help blmself." Mr. Truman spoke st s White House mee'ing with the ambassador* tu the council of (he organization of American states. The council was created to help pre«T«ra Ta !*•«» sl<> Two Air Force Pilots Are Killed In Crash Mt. Clemens. Mich., Oct 12 — (L’Pl— Authorities today invest! gated an airplane crash in which two Selfridge field pilots were killed The victims were Captain John F. Gerding. 29. Ottawa. 111., and Lt William B Bloyd, Jr . 24. Sa Haas. Cal Air force officials said the light training pl.-.ne. on an Instrument training flight from Atterbury Heid. Indianapolis, to Wright Patterson field. Dayton. O. cra*hed when it took off late yesterday. They said the plane apparently went out of control.

G.E., Union Talks Adjourned For Week .New York, Oct. 12. —(UP) — Contract negotiation* between the General Electric Co, and the I'nited Electrical Workers (CIO) were adjourned fur one week today after a brief meeting at which the union restated it* demand for 'a |sootayear parkage pay boost. A company statement after the demand was "unchanged from | what had presented four ' month* ago and then had been considered In detail." However, the statement said. G. 11. I’fief. manager of union relations tor the company, told the i'E negotiators that the union's demand* would "again be carefully examined" and that he would give the uuiou "a statement of the company's position" al next week's meeting. Communist Forces Sweep Near Canton Notionalists Flee Temporary Capital Canton. China. Oct 12 -(VP) — Chinese communist forces swept within 35 miles of thi* disintegrating temporary nationalist capital today. Nationalist officials were fleeing aboard every available plane to either Chungking or Talpfh on Formosa They are expected to be designatid co-capilal* of nationalist China when Canton falls However, acting president Li I Tsung-Jen and his cabinet still were In Canton at 5 p.m (3 atn (’ST). They were awaiting the reurn of premier Yen Hsi-Bhan. who j (lew to Formosa yesterday to con1 -ult Generalissimo Chiang Kai- , Shek Communist Gen Chen Keng sent hi* sprat brads late today into Ti*ungfa. famed hill resort 35 mites northeast of Canton From Tsungfa, a broad paved highway leads di (Tara To !*•«• Klabo Funeral Rites Held For Gould Infant Funeral services were held this afternoon at the Black funeral home for Rodney Ray Gould, infant son of Shermau and Mary MankeyGould, of Monroe, who died at 5:15 p.m Tuesday at the Adams county memorial hospital, five hours after birth. The Rev Vernon Riley officiated. with burial tn the Pleasant Dale cemetery Surviving in addition to the par ents are the grandparents. Mr and Mr* Odis Gould of Monroe and Mr and Mrs Forrest Mankey of Kirkland township. 2 60 Inches Os Rain In 24-Hour Period Rainfall for the 24 hour period ending at 8 o'clock this morning ' amounted to 2.6<> inches. Herman "Hi" Meyer, local weather observer reported The fair midway wa« drenched last evening and few stand* operated Following the ifteraoun downpour, rain fell early in the avening and during most of tbe night. Farmers had to curtail the com blnlng of soybaans and it will be a few days before combining opera tions will be resumed St Mary's river is rising. Meyer said, and thia morning the stream measured 4 05 feet.

Admirals King, Halsey Assert Atomic Bombing Theory Is Overplayed

Report Progress In Ending Rail Strike Many Os Grievances Reported Settled St. Louis. Oct. 12 -(VP) Negotiators reported "new prte gress" today toward ending the 3.1-day-old strike of railroad brotherhood* which has tied up the Missouri Pacific railroad. They entered the third consecutive day of direct talk* with approximately 75 of the 2X3 grievances that caused the strike on Sept. !t understood to be settled. Earlier. Roy E Davidson, spokesman for the four striking union*, had said "quite a few" had been decided. The pattern of the talk* was set by a conference of governors and representatives from tight states served by the Mo Pae last week. Davidson reported the progress uft<r Guy A Thompson, federal trustee for the bankrupt railroad, quietly walked out of the conferences. Thompson d* legated full authority t<v Paul J Neff and Theodore Short, chief executive officer and personnel officer of the railroad, respectively. He said he left after Neff and Short told him it would "not be necessary for me to be present at all times." Ho said he resented implications "that I am not a good negotiator." Davidson said lie approved the move "There's a fine spirit now. no ial ting of voices and flaring of tempers." he said "We're going along fine and there seem* to be complete harmony." Neff said he agreed in the report. Horse Pulling Al Fair On Saturday Rules Are Listed For Contests Here Rules of the horse pulling con test, which will be held In conjunction with the street fair Saturday, were announced today by Paul Davis, associated with the contest. Davis also stated that Earl Ruby, Eaton. ().. and Joe Griffiths, Galveston, have promised to appear Saturday for th<* i local contest. These men were I winners of the national lightweight contest held Tuesday at | Hillsdale. Mich. In order to be eligible, any twohorse team must appear on the field with a weight ticket Issued Saturday morning from the Cash Coal and Supply Co., Decatur Heavyweight teams, however, need nut lie weighed Lightweight teams may weigh 3.200 pounds or under; 3.201 and above will be considered heavyweight teams Pulling positions will lie chosen by lot. The pull will be between lines 15 feet apart; stepping on the line* or over it, will disqualify th" pull. Each contesting team will be allowed three pulls, the first and second pulls made consecutivey. though the driver may come back in turn for the third pull, and will be given choice of direction. Light teams will begin pulling prompty at 10 a. m ; heavy teams at 2 p m Merl Parr will announce the activi'ii-s, and Russel' Hoffman will serve as clerk Judges, linemen and weight men will he selected from the crowd by the committee, which include* H I. iH'hner, II P Schmitt. Ravmond Becker. Paul Davie and L E. Archbold Ruby and Griffiths. Davis added, had teams working under different rules than will lie In order here when they won the horse pulling crown yesterday Pulling on a load of 3.200 pounds Davis said Ruby pu'led 23 feet. X Inches, am! Griffith*. 23 feet, five Inches Thera were 7< team-; from 10 stales and Canada entered In the national contest.

Delay Seen In ■ Adjournment By Congress Some Sources See Presidential Veto Os Farm Measure Washington. Oct. 12 — (l'P> — Chances for congressional adjournment by Saturday night all but disappeared today. Senate Democratic leader Scott W Lucas of Illinois said after a White House visit that he did not think adjournment this week-end would be possible Thwar'ing Saturday adjournment are the senate controversy over liberalized displaced persons legislation and the farm bill. Lucas said be believed the farm bill would be passes! today, but he did not know whether the Anderson flexible price support till) would be acceptable to President Truman. Some Demes ratic leaders predicted a presidential veto if tho Anderson bill is passed by hot i houses in its present form. It provide* for supporting price* on basic crop* at from 75 to 9o percent of partly. The house-approv-ed measure provide* for a rigid 90 percent of parity. The displaced persons bill finally was ant to the senate by (be judiciary committee, but without a recommendation. . The Democratic ieiidrrship now may call I: up for consideration ut any time. Other congressional developments Five Percenters — Congressio:i. al investigation of the Washington "influence buslnes*" i* over for this year. Chairman Clyde It Hoey, D. N ('. of H senate subcommittee which conducted the "five percenter" investigation, said more public hearings are likely next year Hoey also said that Jarm-s y Hunt, whose activities touched off the investigation, is going out of business as a management counselor because of hi* h* alth. Air Force President Truman sided with the senate today in a senate-house dispute over the size of the nation's air arm. The senate fe'-ls that 49 groups are (Turn To I'ose «)«> Milton Zimmerman Is Taken By Death Funeral Services Friday Afternoon Milton Zimmerman, 7#. lifelong resident of Kirkland township, died at 12:15 o'clock this afternoon at his home three miles south of Preble following an Illness of two years. He had been bedfast for the past five months He was born in Kirkland town ship Oct. 16, 1572, a son of Peter and Nusanna Nibllck-Zlmmerman and spent his entire life on the same farm He was married May 7. 19c>3 to Opal Landis He was a member of the Church of the Brethren in Kirkland town ship Surviving in addition to his wife are seven daughters; Mrs Ora Me Alhaney. Mrs. Noah Arnold, Mrs Ed Rice. Mrs Harold Wortbman and Mrs. Walter Fairchild, all of Decatur. Mrs. Victor Rice of Lakeville. and Mrs. Ralph Waggoner of Spencerville; four sons. Gerald and Waler Zimmerman, both of Decatur, and Gregg and Avon Zlm merman, both at borne. 26 grand hlldren; two great-grande bildren. and one brother. Dayton Zimmerman One daughter Is deceased Funeral services will be hold at l:3u pm Friday at the Zwkk funeral hum* and at 2 o'clock nt the Chu-'h of the Brethren the Rev. Rnssdl Weller and the Rav. Wil Ham C Feller officiating Burial will be In the church cemetery Friends may call at the funeral home after 2 pm Thursday.

Price Four Cents

Ask Congress Strip Defense Secretary Os Power To Weaken U. S. Naval Power Washington, Oct. 12 <VP) - Two fleet admiral* — Ernest J. King and William F. Halsey • today denounced the atomic bombing theory of warfare, and asked congress to strip defense secretary Louis Johnson of power to weaken the nation's naval power. Both five-star veterans of World War H attacked what they called the air force's "mistaken, overplayed" theories of intercontinental bombing Both said that in any war this country must hurl its striking powi r not al cities but at enemy military forces. King, wartime chief of naval operations, told the house armed services committee that "we have been over-emphasizing the atomic bomb and the bomber that was planned to deliver it." The next war. "if we really expect to win it." will be fought much like the lasi—with vast armies and navies and the "important services" of long-range bombers, he said in a statement. To build up the mobile striking power which he said this country must have. Halsey urged the com* mittee to demand completion of the 60,000-tou super aircraft carrier scrapped by defense secretary Johnson. He also said congress should strip Johnson of authority to cut naval spending below figures approved by congress. The committee ha* heard Johnson plans to do just that. A* for the super-carrier, Halsey assorted that It is "not super" but merely "a normal development" from the carriers of World War II And another navy witness — Cant Arlelgh A Burke, assistant chief of naval operation* in charge of research declared "If we build this carrier ami find that we don't need It. the co«t to the nation will be list).nuti.ooir It we don't build this carrier, and find that we do need it, the cost to th*- nation may be the nation itself" King said the notion that the air forces* 11-3(5 atom bomb combination rightens Russia is "wishful thinking " King did not appear in person. But Halsey, who a* third fleet, commander in the Pacific war guided history's greatest concentration of naval forces, did. The hard-jawed tough little man known as "Bull” rapped ut "city bombing" as capable of accomplishing nothing but unification of enemy people* in "fiery patriot-ism"-as the assault of Pearl Har(Turn To l*ag* Kight) Fair Program Tonight 7:04) p m —Free act on platfor In front of Rice Hotel. 7:30 p. m. -Cliff Kirkpatrick. Berghoff magician, on platform 6:00 p m —Matt Tuck. Juggler. on platform. 9:00 p m.—Mark and Marcia. acrobats, oq platform. 10 00 p. m - -The Gretonas. aerial act. at east end of Madison street. Hmitty'a band on midway all evening Thursday 9.00 am.—Tractor Pulling Contest. Schmitt's field, east Monroe St. 2:00 p in Free act on platform in front of Rice Hotel 300 p m -Cliff Kirkpatrick. Berghoff magician, on platform 4.00 p m —Mark and Marcia. acrobats, on platform s:o® p. tn —The Gretonas. aerial act. east end of Madison street 7:00 pin—Matt Tuck. Jugg ler. free act platform 6.0® pm—Cliff Kirkpatrick. Berghoff magician, on platform I (W p m -Mark and Marcia. acrobats, on platform. 10 ®0 >. s —The Gratoaaa. aerial act. east end of Madison street.