Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 47, Number 246, Decatur, Adams County, 19 October 1949 — Page 1

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HR FORCE CHIEF ANSWERS NAVY CHARGES

* Walks « < ' JBnCoal jJ Parley 4 IK New Tension i SjK Negotiations ? |Hvalkout Today ■ Spring*. W. Va.. I MW president inj‘ < »*"* tension negotiation* today , u: on the mine union’s anti northern and westI, <W*l° rs » hor,l > after ,he iFftdLne union chief refund on his a» he left in Kt3Kn dub for an unannounced KgjflLm le.-s than an hour after K, iMtitig “tatted The confer ■ MN* the meeting, a source K£|Vth> negotiation* intimated Hna'TK mild operators’ front united mine workers' demands may be ■"R«&i><l broadly that the out • ndrtiß the month old >• '.coo united mine workKi not be as gloomy as the and western operators K'i|Ke A l.ove, spokesman for said after yesKgX meeting that the talks, if KgifljK were "losing ground"' ■si St government intervention inevitable before the out ■ {gSi-lni.i."<,i l It was reported ■tatflth*- current negotiations fail ■M Mg an agreement, the I'. 8. service will again call ■ LhS the operators to the for conciliation meeting Then the dispute referred to President ■ for action. A southern attending negotla ■ Bluefield made a similar K informant said, however. ■ ftwAtre growing Indications that BftlAu! financial Interests were ■ moving the industry negotiators a settlement. Lbwis last 1 ■ bi- demands would boost ■*yt’ m,ntn « ro * > 30 ,o 35 hour, but refused to elaborr indication that the union ■ ”’SF‘‘ kii “' l ,r " l ‘ reM In writing <ame from Thomas ■ 1 Mw '*“■ president who ■MM th.- negotiating team in 1 B absence He said he dis-| ■ ■■• eh Love that the meetings' B •Mfcetting nowhere. i I go so far a* to say' i ’ jf* 3 " n ° P ro t rM a" Kennedy j are generally moving' ■ checked in at the Green g 1 here last night to take command pf the negotia ' ■ H ‘ **’ "‘' h ’ d,ll * d Io attend , B W "■ meeting, hut failed to I _■*''•> meetings with the | ' f^B r n coal producers at Blue g Va also were to resume ■ iB B A br,< f meeting was held I t,ul 1 “ nd * ndu * ,r y | ' W" r ‘‘ n Mu '“’ d '» «ay whether* had been made indicated the situation was ■ W'’ ~e laid no progress of I FW“ r ' had been made because ■ -W Bl,>n ?al! ’“ d ,o t,ke a "real!* ■ Wj** (J f the industry's stand reiterated that the industry B Dl,t fr,nr an Increase and gW 1 competitive in the fuel I I “S' r "pcrators wanted to | ’he °ld contract, which ex I taH JUn ' 3 "' bul wlthou( 'h*- ■’TH* | i^B nd able” work clause which I I 'Tara T. p aBV Seven* 1 W ures Are Shown ■Lions Meeting I * n, *restlng sound pictures I 3w* n *' the »e«ltly meet |SB ,h * l*catur Lions club I «■* eTen * n * Kob Tinder pro I Hw * Deeat,r golf club, spoke I 3* y Ot> th * fu “damentals of | al *° presented a picture s ßrn * T,B * other film was t ‘ representative of the | <7 >n Tobacco Co. I AB7» r, .J ,ohhouM " p,Mt P rMi ' the club, was presented .a" f< * hl * • er¥lce “> ‘he n<l *** aU ° chaln!n,n ° r wiathir . j eleudy tonißM. Thu rei BE ° ul y cloudy, scattered eT * e-orthwest portion. K hlpn Thursday 71 to

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Congress Approves Minimum Pay Bill 75-Cent-An-Hour Minimum Approved Washington. Oct. 19.—(l’P|— The new minimum wage bill approved by congress is expected to provide a pay boost for more than I.UOU.OfJO workers The 7&-cent-an hour minimum would become effective fto days after President Truman signs the bill into law Boosting the minimum wage for workers in interstate commerce from 40 to 75 cents was one of the main planks of Mr. Truman's legislative platform The President also sought extension of the wage-hour act to an additional 100.000 workers. Instead, the compromise bill provides for less coverage. The house passed the compromise. 131 to 19. late yesterday and the senate promptly accepted It by voice vote and sent II to the White House. Sen. Claude Pepper. D.. Fla., who managed the bill in th< senate, estimated that the direct wage increase would total about 1300,000,000 a year. Labor department officials said that between 1.000,000 and 1.500.000 workers would get pay hikes. Neither administration officials nor members of the senate-house conference committee which wrote the final bill would estimate the number of workers who might be removed from coverage of the wage hour act. The compromise specifically ( exempts employes of retail firms; doing more than 50 percent of their business within a state, newsboys.' Western Union messengers, and taxicab operators. It also nroadens the exemption for small newspapers. Present Jaw exempts employes of weekly and sembweekly papers with less than 3,«oo circulation, most of which is in the county of publication The new provision extend* the exemp tlon to dailies and weeklies of less than 4.000 circulation, most of which is In the home or adjoining: ' counties. | Andrews Named To Local Draft Board Announcement was made today | by Mrs. Earl ..v.f i the local selective service board. lof the appointment of Hugh Ani drew* to that board. Andrews has! J been named to fill the vacancy on 1 i the board created by the death of ' Walter J. Bockman. I Andrews is a teacher in the Dej catur high school. He was grad | bated from the Decatur high school and Franklin College: and is a member of Adams Post 43. American Legion. Andrews appointment followed ] presidential confirmation of his selection He will serve along with Omer Reusser. of Berne, and Ralph E. Roop. Decatur. Five Slightly Hurt In Accident Today Early Morning Fog Blamed By Drivers Five person* were injured, none of them *eriou*ly. in an accident early today three mile* north of Decatur on U. 8. highway 17 at the intersection of the Monmouth road All of the drivers involved. Ben Bauer, and Henry Jack, both of Fort Wayne, and Robert O'Shaug nessy, of 1044 H North Second street, told deputy, sheriff Robert Shraluka. who investjgated. that the early morning fog obscured their vision The car driven by Bauer, in mak ing a left turn off 27 onto the Monmouth road, struck a car driven by Jack; the impact sent the Jack car into the OShaugnessy car. throwing all three cars off the road Lonnie Boggs, passenger in the Bauer car: Carey Knittie. Dori* Meyers. Jean Faurote and Clemen tine Egtes. passenger* In the O’Shangnes*) car. were (lightly injured. The car* were damaged at an estimated llofl for the Bauer car and |lW> to the Jack car In an accident reported to police Tuesday, a car driven by Ethyl Halterman. 423 North Second street, sideswiped one driven by Bud Sheet. 911 Winchester street The accident occurred In the 3<X' block of Third meet Damage to the Halterman ear was estimated at H 5; to the Sheets car. 115.

Congress In Final Hours Os Session Longest Session In Peacetime History Due To End Today Washington. Oct. 19 — (L’P> — CotigreMH rolled into the final hour* of It* longest p< acetime Hesston in history today with only three major item* of unfinidied business before it. None of the three was expected to interfere with plans for adjourning thin afternoon or tonight. Along with an assortment of minor bills, these were the big item* awaiting action before the windup: 1. The compromise farm price support bill which goes before the house and then the senate for final approval. 2. The appointment of Mon C. Wallgren to the federal power commist ion to succeed Leland Olds, whose reappointment was rejected by the s»nate The senate is expected to confirm Wallgren over protests of Sen. Harry P. Caln. R . Wash. 3. A 11 .C2tt.000.000 appropriations bill which Includes cash and contract authority for the administration's foreign military aid program. Unless the house actcept* amendments approved by I the senate yesterday, this measure imust go to a conterence committee for adjustment of differences. The last big obstacle to adjournment was overcome yesterday when house and senate conferee*. , hopeless'y deadlocked as late as Monday night, resumed negotlaI Hons and brought forth a compro- , mise farm bill. Since it was supi ported by all the conferees. It was I not expected to draw much oppo- | sition when put before the house and senate today To resolve the fundamental dis- : pute between rigid and flexible ! price supports, the compromise I called for continued support of. ; basic crops at 90 percent of parity next year, then at 80 to 90 percent ' I for one year, and finally at 75 to i 90 percent for the next two years. 1 The bill also provided two alI ternative methods of computing parity. Prices will be supported I under whichever formula is highI er The senate sidestepped another barrier to adjournment yesterday when it put over until next year <Ture Te Hear SI*I Mrs. Elva Barkley Dies Tuesday Night Funeral Services Friday Afternoon Mrs. Elva M. Barkley, 66. of 703 North Second street, died at 10:55* o'clock Tuesday night at the Lutheran hospital in Fort Wayne follow ; ing an illness of five week*. A life ] long resident of Adams county.* Mrs. Barkley had resided in Decatur fur six years. She was born in Union township Dec. 15. 1882. a daughter of John D. and Louisa Kline-Nidlinger She was married June 8. 1901, to Jacob C. Barkley, who died Oct. 11. 1947. She was a member of the Trinity Evangelical United Brethren church and th* Union township home economics club. Surviving are three daughters. Mrs. Forest Walter* of Decatur. Mrs. Stephen Meyer st Fort Wayne and Mrs. Donald Brown of Indiana polls: two son. Ivan V. Barkley of Monroeville and Lawrence E of Convoy. O.; 13 grandchildren, four great grandchildren; two brothers. W. E Nidlinger of Fort Wayne and Hugh V. Nidlinger of Decatur, and one sister. Mr*. Clarence McKean of Decatur One daughter and one son are deceased. The daughter. Lt. Beulah Barkley, an army nurse, was killed while serving with the U. S army nurse corp* in Europe during World War 11. Funeral services will he held at l:N p m. Friday at the home and at 2 o’clock at the East Liberty Evangelical United Brethren church, south of Monroeville, the Rev. John E. Chamber* and the Rev Kenneth Hostetler officiating. Burial will be in the IOOF cemetery at Monroeville The body will be removed from the Zwlck fun oral home to the residence, where friend* may call after 7 oclock this evening.

ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ADAMS COUNTY

Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday, October 19,1949.

Pays S4O For $5,000 Painting ' mAAN ORIGINAL J M Whistler painting apprai ed by exp* rts a* worth at least 55,000 l< held l>y author Irving Stone and his wife in their Beverly Hille. Cal. home Stone nay* he paid Ito for the painting in an antique shop In Brussels. Belgium, after telling the dealer It was a rare piece of art.

Vishinsky's Move In UN Condemned Attempts To Block Yugoslav Election Lake Success, N. Y, Oct. 19 (UP) _ Russian foreign minister Andrei Y. Vishinsky’s attempt to block Yugoslavia’s election to the United Nation* security council wai condemned today by American and British authorities. in Washington, secretary of state Dean Acheson made it clear the United States would continue j to support Yugoslavia’s candidacy despite Vishinsky’s veiled threat at a news conference yesterday that Russia might walk out of the security council if Marshal Tito s regime was successful in defeating Czechoslovakia, the Kremlin-sup-ported candidate. Acheson said Yugoslavia’s bld for a council seat was in no wise I legal as charged I by Vishinsky. At UN headquarter*. Porter McKeever, American delegation spokesman, denied any agreement had been reached, as Vishinsky said, that the council representative Europe--rhoultl be only a candidate selected by European states Vishinsky Im- i plied such an agreement had been reached In 1948 at the UN preparatory commission meetings at London. "I. talked with Gov. Adlai Stev- • enson of Illinois, who was chief of the American delegation at the preparatory commission," McKeever said. “He recollects no discussions whatsoever of the manner in which a candidate for the east* rn European area should be selected. • lie recalled only that artie’e 23 ot 1 the charier indldates that there should be two eastern European representatives on the council. "To imply that there was at: ’ agreement as to how the candidate ■ I should lie selected is quite inac [ curate. The recollection of Mrs. (Eleanor) Roosevelt, who al'o at- ' tended the London meetings, is similar to Mr. Stevenson’s. "There is a great difference between a geographical group choos- i ing a candidate and just one state insisting on the right to choose the candidate and to veto any oth* (Tern Ta ••*■» Sts) Opening Meeting Is Held By Lincoln PTA Big Crowd Attends First PTA Meeting A capacity crowd of parents and teachers attended the opening meeting of the Lincoln PTA Tuesday evening at the school The initial meeting opened with an open house tour of the class rooms, where the students eshibited samples of school work completed so far this year. Follogdng the business session, a short Program was presented by pupils of the school Miss Giennys Roop and the <-A pupils presented two selections by the rhythm band. ’ I’m looking over a Four Leaf Clover." and "Shortnln’ Bread " A play. "How Andy Helped His Team." was written and presented by the pupils of Miss Rosamond Gould s 4-C room Following the meeting, the hospital! tly committee served a light | lunch to those present

38th Polio Case Is Reported In County Adams county's 38th polio case for the-year was confirmed today, with a report from the Methodist hospital. Fort Wayne, that the ill- • nes* of a young Decatur girl has been diagnosed as polio. The latest victim Is Judith Ann Harman, five-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Oliver E. Harman. 164*-j South Second street Her I’l- - when she was first admitted to the hospital Oct. 12 was believed to be meningitis, but further dingi nosis determined the presence of I polio. Dr. Edwin Nourse Hits Big Spending Spending Spree May Ruin Nation, Nourse Washington, Oct. 19. —(UP)— j President Truman * chief economic adviser is scheduled to quit soon. , after a public warning that the . government's big time spending spree may ruin the nation Dr. Edwin G Nourse rocked the capital to its heels yesterday with a speech before the national retail farm equipment association here. Nourse is chairman of the president's council of economic advisers. His disagreement* with fellow council inen have been revealed and reported hereabouts for many j months. His colleagues are Dr. 1 Leon Keysering and Dr. John D. ! Clark. The United Press was authI oritatively informed that Nourse has resigned effective Nov. 1. Nourse did not single Mr. Truman out especially for criticism. 'ln fact, he told newsmen later that he did not Intend his speech 1 as an "attack" on the administra tion and was surprised that It, had been widely interpreted as such. In his talk, he admonished farm, labor and other pressure groups i for squeezing the national econI omy In their own special interests. He cited industrial management for failure to nake a robust es fort to cut prices In the national interest But Nourse’* prime target was government and what he regards as dangerous financial practises. A passage which rang all the speculative bells here was a warn Ing against playing tricks with our m«>ney system "Monetary and fiscal tricks have no power of magic," Nourse said. • Turn Te Pwwe Garard Funeral On Thursday Afternoon Funeral services will be held at !:M p m Thursday at the D. O. McComb funeral home in Fort Wayne for Mrs Benjamin C. Garard. >O. of Bryan. O, who died Monday at the Methodist hospital In Fort Wayne. The Rev V. O. Barnhart will officiate and burial will be in Woodlawn cemetery at Auburn. Surviving in addition to the husband are two sons. Charles A. and Blaine f . both of Fort Wayne: one sister. Mrs. Jay Myers ot Routh Bend, a brother. Harry Marvin, and four grandchildren Robert Garard of this elty Is a cousin ot Benjamin Garard.

Gen. Vandenberg Says Threat Os Atom Bomb Deterrent To Russia

Severe Cold Snap Hits Wes! States Report Cold Front Spreads Eastward By United Pre** A severe cold snap whistled over the wsxtern state* today, blocking highway* under snowdrift* and endangering crop* in California. The cold front wa* spreading eastward into Nebraska and the Dakota* today after bringing *now, hail, rain and high wind* to portion* of Montana. Wyoming. Colorado, Utah. Nevada. Oregon. Washington and California. The massive body of cold air earlier set off blizxard* in Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba, plungI ' ing temperature* to below frees I Ing and piling snow into huge ' drift*. One Canadian wa* Ji*ted a* I dead due to the storm and two were Injun d Road* were blocked and telephone line* knocked down. Weather foreeaxter* at ‘L o ■ Anvele* said it wa* the earliest cold snap to hit southern Call fornia In 30 season*. Farmers were advised to run water through Irrigation ditches throughout the night to offset expected low temperatures.: of 28 degree* In some localities. I Fear wa* felt for some Vegetable crops. High winds swept dust clouds over the Los Angeles airport, disinpting airlines schedules, and falling tree* cut electrical power to about 500 homes Rancher* In the western plain* feared that today's storm might be nn om«n that they face another winter such a* last when the worst, snows In history killed hundred* of thousand* of livestock and scores of human* 1 Temperatures dropped to within , 10 degrees of xero In some spots with snow reaching more than , eight Inches at Cutbank. Mont . six i Inches at Havre and Billings. ! Mont., and **v*n .inches at West Yellowstone. Mont. While the west wa* getting its foretaste of winter, the remainder of the nation enjoyed relatively mild weather. The mercury lingered around 55 degrees at New York (Tara To Pa*e *l*l City Council In Regular Session Survey Ordered On Sewer, Sidewalks The city council. In it* regular • meeting Tuesday, either adopted or f placed on record ail matters brought before it. The ordinance committee of the city council recommended that the necessary tinrt* required of a watchman at the Winchester atreet cresting of the Nickel Plate railroad be reduced to a five-day week — the duties to be performed by a clerk In the railroad office Railroad officials had asked for the abolishment of a watchman, stating that flasher signal* would suffice for the limltel amount of railroad traffic whlcn passed Winchester street The committee'* recommendation wa* made a matter of record by the council. A resolution was presented the council by Mayor John Doan asking the city engineer and street commissioner direct an investigation of the sewers of the Homestead sec tlon. and. within 30 days, to report back to the council their finding*: the resolution also asked for the city engineer and street commissioner to make a survey of the sidewalks and curb* of the city, especially the more flagrantly ruined section*, and in conjunction with the city attorney to report tbelr findings to the council with the ultimate purpose of that body to make or supervise net.ssary repair*. An ordinance was adopted by the council which wotfld fix the service charge for the remaval of light and power pole*, the minimum to be either 110 or the actual removal expenses An ordinance, drawn up by the city attorney and presented to the <T«ra Te rage Star

Ching Meets With Leaders Os U.S. Steel Mediators Armed With Threats Os Action By Truman New York. Oct. 19 — (UP) — Tlie government sent Its chief labor mediator* to U. 8. Steel Corporation headquarters today armed with the threat of presidential action to settle the 19-day-old steel dispute. Federal mediation director Cyrus 8. Ching reportedly was ready ' to tell U. 8. Stoel that President I Truman will Intervene personally in the strike. Other official* in Washington said that if President Truman does It probably will be In tacit support of the CIO Steelworker*' side. These officials said Mr. Truman probably would tell both sides that the recommendations made by hi* special fact-finding beard in the case were fair and equitable. Should the president Intervene and do this, these official* said that would amount to cupport of the union because the union ha* accepted the board's rucommenda- ' Hons. The president could use the seixure powers of the wartime selective service law* to end both | the Hteel and coal strikes which have already Idled more than I 1,500,090 worker*. Ching will ask "big Hteel" official* for a proposal to end the damaging walkout now forcing cutback* in the automotive and other major stee -dependent industries. But industry observers expressed little hope that Ching would be any more successful with U. 8. Steel, the industry's traditional pace setter, than in his "exploratory" discussions with other major producers. Ching apparently was ready to make a last ditch effort to break the deadlock with CIO president Philip Murray's United Steelworker* who are demanding industryfinanced pension and social insurance benefits. Ching was reported ready to stay In New York several days In an effort to reach a *tee| agreement. Murray ha* refused to budge from Mr Truman's fact-finding board's recommendation ’hat steel firm* contribute six cents an hour for pensions and four cents for social insurance without a supplementary contribution from workers. "The xero hour Is now st hand for many steel users." Iron Age, authorative meta.-working Industry Journal, reported today "some <Twrs Te !*««■ Sis) Make Appointments To Library Board Seven-Member Board Here is Completed The city council announced It* appointments to the library district, thus completing the required membership of the seven-member board On recommendation and approval of the council. Raymond Kohne and Mrs Alma J. Brayton were asked to serve. Kohne for one year and Mrs Brayton for two years. Earlier appointments to the board had been made by Judge Myles F Parrish and by the school board The judge bad chosen Mrs £lol*e Indrew* to serve on year. Mrs Mary Willard, two years, and Lowell J. Smith, three years. School board appointee* were Mrs. Sylvester Everhart, for a term of three years, and Dr N A Bixler to serve four years. Mr*. Everhart wa* appointed la place of her husband because under the new law each appotntiag group must nam<* at least oae woman

Price Four Cents

Navy Supercarrier Unnecessary To Fight America's One Possible Enemy Washington. Oct. 19—(UP) — Gen. Hoyt 8. Vandenberg said today the threat of atom bombing by the air force Is deterring Russian aggression, and there Ik no netd for a navy supercarrier to fight . America's "one posHible en< my." Striking back at the navy admiral* in the unlflcaiion squabble, the air force chief of staff said that strategic b< mbardment. carried out by 838 plane*, "is the current national plan" in event of war He said the navy, only two month* ago. agtttd to thl* concept. Testifying before the home armed service, committee, Vandenberg answered the navy's charges that he not only opposed construction of the supercarrier—which wa* cancelled by drfense secretary Louis Johnson— but also wanted to put the en'ire carrier fleet In moth--1 balls. "I am In favor of the greatest I possible d’velopmmt of carrier aviation to wha'evtr extent I* I necessary to meet the one possible i enemy we may fact," he said "Less than this would be unsound More than this would be ( unnecessary " But he said there is no justification for keeping large carrier , task forces in peacetime unless , they sre needed to carry out the strategic plan* of the joint chiefs of staff. He did not believe they are nece,-aiy. He said strategic bombardment, a* "the current national plan" in event of war. ha* the approval of Adm. f-oul* E Denfeld, the navy's highest officer. As chief of naval operation* and member of the joint chief* cf staff*. Vandenberg said Denfeld agreed to the soundness of the plan Then, in measured tone*. Vandenberg said: “A* the professional military head of the United States air fores I so assure the country and so declare to the world, especially to our friends, that the strategic such as the B 36. can do their Job." Obviously primed for the carrier question. Vandenberg said the next war will be like the one fought In Europe- not like the island war of the Pacific. Carriers, he said, will be necessary to meet the enemy'a submarine fleet and to keep the sea lanes open. That should be their role, he said. Vandenberg didn't think that under present war plans the nation I Tara Ta !•■«» Kight t UE Presses For Package Increase New York. Oct. 19 — (UP)— United electrical workers (CIO) pressed for a SSOO a-year package Increase In separate contract talks today with Westinghouse and General Electric. The union and General Electric officials went into closed session ad the company was expected to reply to UE's package demand It wm the second day of UE negotiation* with Westinghouse. Both aides said there was "nothing to report" on yesterday's talks. Boy Seriously Hurt In Fall From Auto Ted Shaw, two and one-half year old eon of Mrs Georgia Mae Shaw, of route 5. suffered a skull fracture and hemorrhages when ha fell from a car driven by Joseph Hower, also of route 5. The accident occurred about 7 pm. Tuesdav at the corner of Jefferson and Third streets. The Shaw bov was riding in the hack seat of the moving vehicle when he opened the door and fell to the pavement. He was rushed immediately to the Adams county memorial hospital Officials there termed hie condition as “Imprevtag" though still serious. The lad wss aneoßscloas when brought to the hospital bat since has regained consclousnees tor short periods of time