Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 47, Number 252, Decatur, Adams County, 26 October 1949 — Page 1

11. No. 252.

fCHESON ASSAILS CZECHS’ SPY CHARGES

a toalptr ike I MO,OOO I Workers I |jßr ss F° rce d I I On H» ousan^s ore < l*W el Walkout I ■ ( ni:td ■ v't- ite'-. railroad work-1 y m-f Ktv frw |,| " u “ and * n ‘" r ‘‘ * unemployment by | *• K .:<*#» k,,u ' al* IT’-burgh area a*ked h < > E'immH »* ’’-'ailed to clarify" <t) th- ~-. 'I 'll> st — l strike - Ctucible Steel Co. Ki AW*f !l ’'' l-udlutll Steel Co , Er««O’i [ '"l b > "' , " rs Egthae o s.ilkotl’. the western Ks’ucW I'toducers assoclaI to striking * inviting th-m *• tll work Km «■ immediate response * K* tk* s'riking united mine i z E t^Bc'o •< k of unemployment KtMBl nation showed that Eliuill | if I ~ cancel about K tnUß' because of dwindling w* re hardest hit The Kr.wylVWii.* and New York CeltElMhad laid off 15 Ono work-j K, A Ohio had fur Kuthed 1- And the I-oul,Ville ■ Suhfli■Of th* major industrial cities, KtsbUffb appeared most adverseK&teted In addition to striking Ktlvw*’- themselves, an eatlKkted w"" workers were idled Kiimtib. »ith railroad and trqck. Kt (Moye- forming tite biggest j ■ ftoMsa-- iti Pittsburgh depart Bat Kr- • for the week ending Kt ft wer- none than 30 percent, Kk>* th- of the comparable KHi I s»«n en<e was reported in the ■MW I S- of soft Bui oKr« A dynamite blast de■troyiA fl".mm steam shovel at ■ MMMon strip mine near Cou-1 Bn. no one was injured I Mol mediator Cyrus Ching I with C. S Steel ' Ktfa Wii ials tn New York in a effort to K? sty “ink*- without interven , :>b ut Truman ■M M* i- not optimistic" and KkhA believed the President | I < to ■ !4«B»t"r< for John L Lewis’| workers their ptkWnfh of negotiations with mra'ot- at Bluefield. W V i owners said they 'tian ■ '-»r<t replacing the old contract . I’’’••F l -' 1 ' “pot in the labor pic-1 y* the ■et'ieiiient of a threat-| ■M *.k> by 15.000 AFL tru k would have 11'sm.ooO consumers The drivers f** •V ,ra ’ ! based on the recoin pM»r.« f President Truman s compani'-s ptveftg to provide a welfare and (■MB I'lah equal t<, jv cents an worker. I ’•••[and more railroads were I rv Entertained FY lecatur Lions Norman, county recrealed the Lions club I**’®* * nil ’ h< ‘ lr ln |,*^K’ n activities for the hulk a t the I.lons Ij J?' nl * h * The I-ions met la.m.oriel school in i nion KcW 1 ' fur their regular weekly Jb"'' * a ’ ’“‘voduced by Th’ir r, n the program ar Glenn Manlier Follow ’’•me, and activities the “ttd their wives played ■ ° nly winners I /. ’■* mt *r won he was required the priM to his assisted |ts*3*r ' '’* u ” er the bingo evening , activities f..|J I* "f ‘ rhicken dinner whichi by the ladle, aid of I WtATHER I dE‘ r *" d Mld * r wi,h fro, ‘ of I W n ’ temperature* tonipht fair with mpher I B" 00 '’ '•'"ovratures. Low I y Mto m "• rth »*«»« J •« H, t h ThueMay Uto »Z.

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Yugoslavia Approves New U.S. Ambassador Allen Is Approved As American Envoy Belgrade. Yugoslavia. Oct. 26 (CP) — Yugoslavia has approved assistal'.' secretary of state Geor-e V. Allen as the new Cnited States ambassador, it was disclosed tod. y Allen's appointment was announced a few hours after Russia dei manded the recall of Yugoslav • m- ■ bassador Karlo Mrazovi. from .MosI cow on charges he spied against ‘h<.So vic. l t'nlon Observers believed Mrazovic's ‘ expulsion was a step leading toi ward an eventual break in dipl.t[mafic relations between Russia i and Marshal Tito's government. The Russian action made no impression here. Mrazovic has been in Belgrade six months and the Russians have had no ambassador to Yugoslavia for four months But Allen's appointment to replace ambassador Cavendish Cannon. retiring because of ill health, was regarded as a pledge of support by the western powers should Tito's dispute with the Kremlin -go to the I'nited Nations seem ty council. It was recalled that Allen v.as American ambassador to Iran during the crisis in the security coutt- ‘ cil created by Russia's delay la I evacuating .the northern provnee of Azerbaijan The name of Allen, whose apI pointment had not yet been offic .illy announced by Washington, was submitted to the Yugoslavs late last week The announcement said Allen . was suggested for the post a lew hours after Cannon left for the Lon[don conference of I'. S. envoys from eastern Europe Aller was accepted by Belgrade Saturday, the announcem -nt said 1 The Soviet action in expelling Mrazovic merely confirmed what .il ready was assumed in Belgrade [that Russia has no intention of i sending an ambassador to Belgrade and is gradually paving the way lor a complete diplomatic break Marshal Tito in recent interviews [has Indicated he thought diplomatic rehv'ions eventually would be broken Russia charged in a note deliver.ed to the Yugoslav embassy in Moscow yesterday that Mrazovic'a guilt as a spy was established dur- . ing the recent trial of former Hun , garlan foreign minister Laszlo R ijiv in Budapest Mrazovic, however, returned to i Belgrade from Moscow last month 1 shortly before Russia denounced its 20-year friendship pad with Yugoslavia. A veteran of the Span:th ' civil war. he was appointed to M->v ' cow on Dec. 16. 191*. Russel! Weldy Dies Early This Morning Funeral Services Friday Afternoon Russell E Weld*'. 52. ve'eran o* World War I. and for nearly 25 I years an emp’oy" of the Decatur I General Electric plant, died nt [ 1:30 o’r'ock this morning at hie ' home, 410 Routh Fifth street, fol-! I lowing a year's Illness of compll- ’ cations. lie was born March 7. 1*97 in [ Mercer county. O. a son of Jesse M and Mvrtus Crosw-Weldy. both o* whom survive. He was married | March 22. 1»1* to Adah L Glick He was a member of the Church of God. Adams Post 43. American Izeion 4« et 8. and the Ixtyal ' Order of Moose Surviving in addition to his j parents and wife are three chil- . dren Mrs Marjorie Terre'l of De- | catur. Jat k M Weldv and Mlaa Waune'a A. Weldy. both at home: a foat'r son. Rov Shosf of Mfavette- two brother’. W V. W-ldv of LaCrosse, Wl« . and L F Wetdv of Mies. Mich.: two sisters. Mrs. K F Strape of Fort Warn* . and Mrs R C Sallenborger of Wash'ne'nn. D C. and two step- . grandchildren I Private fun ral service- wi’l lie | held at 2 p m Friday at the Black j fnm-ral home the Rev Dwight I’ McCurdy olfklstlng Burial will be in the Decatur cemetery, with Adams Post 42. American Legion. condu< ting military rites. Frl-nd, may cal! at the funeral home from 7 to 10 20 p. m Thursday Friend, are requested to omit flowers, hut may make contributions to the cancer fund

luxml Lines For Striking Steelworkers w \t <■l w > ’!& flk Ji ..-i, n vIHHb STRIKING Steelworkers at Hazelwood. I’a . lino up al la« til I*l3 headquarter, to receive bag, of food being distributed to members and their families as the steel plants throughout the nation remain idb-

Autumn Gale Hits At British Isles Report Two Ships Driven Aground London Oct 26 tl’Pl Autumn kales with winds of 68 miles an hour battered Britain and the North Sea today, driving two ships aground, endangering a third and slowing the mighty luxury liner Queen Elizabeth to less than half | speed. The Elizabeth rolled through the north Atlantic 24 hours late on the j crossing from New York with her normal cruising speed of 27 knots! reduced to 12 She was scheduled to dock at Southhampton today The tneteoroligical bureau report ; ed Gtsmlle an hour winds with torrential rainfall were general over most of the British Isles, with the, winds increasing to some 68 miles an hour over the Scllly Isles Sixteen hours of rain flooded ;>art>« of Btlfast in northern Ireland and sent water washing knee deep ‘ through many streets in London Buses in London were delayed as much as 30 minutes in some areas All ships wire alerted and fish ing schooners ittnalned in port this morning, not daring to venture out I into the mighty rollers lashing the i North Sea Small boat* fl<d for I shelter along the German coast Off southwest England the 827ton British steamer Yew Park flashed an SOS that her engine room was flooding and four vessel* rushed to her rescue. including 1 the big British aircraft carrier Illustrious The Yew Park reportedly carried a crew of 12 Two oil company vis | self, a Falmouth lifeboat and the Illustrious searched the position ' given in the SOS without success The Yew Park radioed that it i was firing rocket signal* but none (Turn Te I'sae Food Price Index Reverses Decline Takes Biggest Jump In Past 15 Months .New York. Oct 26—(1 - P» — The Bun k Bradstreet wholesale food index abruptly reversed It* decline of the past six week* today and rose It cent* in the biggest jump in 15 month*. The *purt boosted the index to |5 72. wiping out half the decline which had cut the food figure from 15 85 on Sept 13 to 15.57 on Oct. 11. The index made a small Bn■rrovement last week, but not suf'icient to signify an end to the de lining trend Last week's gain measured cnly one cent, boosting the index to |5 58. Today - * Increase wax the largest finer July 13. 1948 when a gain of 24 cent* to 17.36 was recorded Dun 4 Bradstreet said that 15 of the 31 foods used in compiling its index rose this week and only seven declined The Index is the urn total cf the price per pound of food* In general use Sharp Increases in the part week in coffee and steer prices were largely responsible for the rise The 15 foods whose prices In creased last week were flour <Terw To Pe»o I

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Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday, October 26, 1949.

Two More Cases Os Polio Are Reported Two more polio case* were reported today, increasing Adam* county'* total for tin- year to 41 The latest victims are Janet, eight months, and Ronnie, two years, children of Mr and Mrs. Harve Smith, who live near Cop per* Corners, west of Monroe. Both children are in the Lutheran -hospital, suffering from weakness in the legs and back, hut with no paralysis. Fwal Preparations For CROP Campaign Churches Sponsor Nationwide Drive Final preparations are being made l.y the officer* and township ebairrnen for the solicitation for CROP October 30 to November 6 in Adams county The Christian rural overseas program (CROP! Is a program through which com moditie. are solicited from farm people on . communlfy wld* basis and turned <>v- r to established church relief agencies of the Individual donor's choice Tli»--«-commodities are then distribute I oversea, through the,.- agencies to orphanages, institutions for the aged and ill. refugees and the him ery. irre p.-< five of race or creed, in Europ- nnd Asia CROP is sponsored on a nation wide basis by chtir. h world service serving some 21 of the larger Protestant tienomination’. Catholic rural li'e nerving war relief ■•♦•rvice-t of th- National Catholic welfare conference, and Lutheran world re'lef. which serve, eight Lutheran hodie. Last year, food was ,' nt into 22 of the 43 countries in which these bodies work In addition. CROP re. elves commodities for such agencies as the American Jewish committee, American Friends s -r---vice committee, Mennonite central (Turn T» I’sse *i«t

■ I Local Legion Commander Scores Perfect In Exam

Kimer Darwachter. commander of Adams Post tS. American Legion, is a hard man to beat - in an examination Darwachter attended tlie fall conference of the Legion held recently in Indianapolis. along with other members of the post The meeting I was to honor George Craig, recently elected national commander of .the Legion from Brasil. However, as an adjunct of the dinner and speeches, various meetings were held, and Darwachter attended th« class for commanders With little warning, those In harge of the class passed out papers and announced an examination was going to i»e given to the comn.ard«m. Dr.rwachter. along with the other commanders, finished the | »xam. handed in their papers, and were told their report cards would be mailed to them Darwachter recelred bl* report 'ant week, and announced the result . —a perfect score — to the n«a- ( ibers of the post at their regular

Boy Seoul Court 01 Honor Held Tuesday Big Crowd Attends Honor Court Here Ronald S«-<-uur. Dan Thomas and Tom Bosse, all of troop 61. became Eagle Scouts, highest award in S< outing, at the court of honor held Tuesday night at Decatur high sthool auditorium before one of the largest < rowds ever to attend a session in Adams county. W Guy Brown, principal of Decatur high school, served as chair man of the court and Steve Ever hart acted as scribe. Others who assisted in making the awards were William Spurgeon. Berne; E M Webb, superintendent <>( the Berne-French schools. Herne, Bry-j ice Thomas, principal of Lincoln school, the Rev Robert Hammond, pastor of the First Baptist <hiir ih, and the Rev AC E. Giliander pastor ot the First Presbyterian < him h Special awards went to Norman Stingely, troop 61. Burdette Custer and Don Smith, troop 6? Iti'hard Linn, troop 62 received u sfher palm and Ted Wemhoff. troop 63. was awarded a bronze palm. Kaye Runyon troop 63, David Blackburn troop 62. Dimitri Hendricks, troop 63. became life scouts Star scout awards went to Don . aid Aurand. James Rowley, and Ronny Hurphv. troop 61. Jack Lawson and Don Metzger, troop 62: Dimitri Hendricks and Edgar 1 Swager. troop 63. and Reginald Myers 67 The foliowin became first class scouts Norman Andrews, Adrian Baker. Bennie Butler. Allan Cole. Jim Helm. Phil Krick, Perry Sheets, i [ Byron Stitzer. Bill Troutner. Dav- ' id I’hrlck and Charles Voglewede. troop 61. Joe Cowans. Donald Foor. Edgar Gilbert. Muri* Gray., troop 63; (Jerry Hilty Dan Liech ty. Roger Rawley. Keith Rein hard. Ji:n Sprunger. Charles 1 <lu>h to l*»*r Kight!

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Says Espionage Charges Against Six Americans “Obviously Trumped Up”

British Debate On I Austerity Program Has Little Effect On Present Budget Iztndon. Oct 26-—il'l'i The labor government's new austerity program will have little If any effect on this year's budget. Sir Stafford Cripps, chance'lor <>f the exi hequer, admitted In commons today Two days ago Prime Minister Clement Attle- announced overall < uts of |784,(ht0.000 in spending But he hinted that none of the i iits could fake effect until next spring. Cripps opened a two-day debate on the program, which has been assailed as "too little, too lute" He said 1 Government expenses this year will be considerably higher than anth-ipa'ed in the budget, and an anticipated I!.4'‘rt,ooo.o<iii urplus will be much smaller 2. Defense spending will be higher than the budgeted fl.*lß. ooo.mio, "due primarily to the western union arrangem-nt, " 3 Spending on the socialized medical plan a'so will be higher than expected because of "improv ed conditions of service." 4 Britain's armed forces will be ' mole than 20,000" below the 750,tH)0-man figure previously anticipated for April 1. I'.’aO 5 Britain cannot continue to [ repay her sterling debts at tincurrent rate. 6. Expenses will be higher for some departments that have to carry slocks of materials and foodstuffs. The original Cripps bildg t for this year called for expenses of f!'.262.400.000 Cripps said today he could not yet estimate how much that figure would be ex c eded. "It was decided that short of slashing some major social seivices, which it was not proposed to do. our economies must consist of a large number of relatively' small Items from a wide range of: miscellaneous activities with r laI I urn Tfi Puce Fl»r» Observe National Girl Scouts’ Week Observance Here Will Begin Sunday I>«■<-.-.• ur Girl Scouts will join in the observance of national Girl | Scout week, beginning Sunday for J * by Mr, C I. Balz-11. Girl Scout week < hairman The week's observance will open Sunday, with the Scouts attending church in a body The CMholic g.rlv z ill attend .the 9 o'chu k mas,, and Protestant girls will attend the ' regular morning church service at I the Zion Evangelical and Reformed * church at 10 o’clock 1 The observance will be brought to a close with the annual roundup i’ a roller skating and games part) at 8 Sun Set park Saturday afternoo i. 5 ' Nov 5, from 2 to I o'clock A Girl Scout outdoor .•heme div > nlay will be exhibited in the cen'er ' display window of the Niblick stora from Monday to Friday of next j week I The week's program is being dir- •' eci«d by Mrs Dalzell. Mr, Huth * Holthouse. Mrs Rolirrt Bonekemp ’ er. Mrs Kenm-'h Small and Mrs.’; I Noble Isibslzer Troup leader, a’» « -iskr-d to register all troops at on<- • I with Mrs Watson Maddox - - —— j t Decatur Library On Fall, Winter Hours < The Decatur public library is now , o’ ,er-, 'ng fall and winter ached'ila > • of hours. It was announced today , hr Miss Berths Heller, librarian , The library It open ea-h day, M-m- , dav th’.uigh Saturday, from 12:18 , p hi Ir .’he afternoon until 9:20 o'clock In the evening , The library Is not open on Sun- , day. Miss Heller stated

Minimum Wage Law Is Signed By President National Minimum Wage Increased To 75 Cents Per Hour Washington. Oct 26 tl'P) Pre-ident Truman today elgtxd Into law legislation Increasing the national minimum wage from 40 to 75 cent, an hour The new law. which becomes effective in 90 day--. Is expected to provide a direct pay inerea-e for 1.500.000 workers, according to the labor department It said most of the ral’< s would be 5 to 15 c< nt i an hour Sen Claude Pepper. D . Fla . who managtd the bill in the senate, estimated that the direct wage In eri-ase would total about J30U.000.nob a year One provision of the new law. how. v<r. may result In exemption of some workers who have b< < n covered by the- old law The old law applies to workers wl i. ate "necessary" to production In industri’s engaged in Interstate commerce. In the new law this u. rhang< d to make the wage floor ap , pllcahle to work, r.s who are "direct ly . ss.ntiai" to production of goods in interstate comm*rce Neither administration officials nor numti. i- of congress would • - tlmate the number of workers who l might b>- removed from coverage by this change in language Hut there was general agreement that this was a tightening up of the law whi- h would exempt some workers fiom coverage The measure explicitly «xempts employes of retail firms doing mon than 5o percent of their l<-i-i nt “s within a -tat.- Al -o exempt are newsboys. «< -'.rn union me ■oiig.rs and taxieah operatorThe provision of the old law if fitting small n.w-.paper- Ibroaderitd At present only w.ekiy and se-ml-weekly papers, with than 3,(H)v circulation, are ■ xe nipt Tin- new law extends the •x» :n|e tloti to dallies and weeklies with les, than 4.000 circulation, tne.-t of which l> in the paper's home or adjoining counties. Arrested In Texas In Muncie Killings Dalton's Arrest Is Announced By FBI Indianapolis, Ort 26 el'P) The FBI today announced th.- :-r rest at San Aii'onio, Tex . of l»onr.! I F. Dalton, wanted for murder in connection with a poker game holdup at Muncie. Ind. <tct 13 Spen-ial agent Harvey <; Foat*-r said lialton admitted to federal agent, in San Antonio he participated In the Muncie holdup attempt, which resulted in the death of three men Foster said the FBI entered t'a* ease after a Delaware county araed jury indited Dalton, and Mun. .- said they thought he had tied . fie state Halton was arrested un a federal warrant charging him w! h unlawful flight to avoid prosecut: >n for the crime of murder. Foa’-r said The FBI traded Dalton, a 24-ye.ir old Bedford. Ind . man to Ohio. Illinois. Missouri and finally Han Antonio Foster said Da'-’un wa, Identified as a participant In the attempted holdup by George Gratxer. 27. alao of Bedford, who was found wound: d In tho abandoned getaway car after th** shooting Gr.-.’zer told police Dalton deeerted him a’ter Gratgor wa.; grounded ty one of Dalton** ‘B l I shots. I Dewey Will*. 82. a poker play r. area found dead after the ahootia;, and Theodore w Rains. 48. aleo a j (Tara Ta Fa«» El«h«i

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Dedored Move Os Intimidation On Czech Citizens, May Send Protest Washington. Oct 26. il'P) Secretary of state Dean Acheson said today Czechoslovakia':: espi- ! onage charges against six American . mp'oye, of the American embassy in Prague were "obviously i trumped up" to intimidate the Cxechs Acheson told a news conference I that Czei-hoslovakia used police method* to pros -cute ' politically Inspired propaganda ca-'.-s of this kind." On top of the American < mbassy's protest to the Czech foreign office, Acheson said he is considering sending » protest dlre< t from Washington Acheson scoffed at Cxechoslovakla's dalms Hint it had "Irrefutable proof" that the accused Americans were spying on uranium rich Czechoslovakia ' This government ciinnot admit th- principle th: t mere contact bv It, officials abroad with the citizenry of a friendly coentry constitutes espionage," Achemn said. In Prague, meanwhile, the Cze h government put off a s< heduled visit by a C S .-mhassy official to Samu<l Meryn. embas'y clerk held Incommunicado since his arrest last Friday on spy charges. 1 Mervn Is among six American* nrcuaed of esnlonare The Czechs aaked for a r-traction of a Voice of America broadcast which, th.-v said, announced that they ha.l "rejected repeated requests" to see Meryn. Acbe*on noted Meryn’* ca«e to. day and referred to Isaac Patch nnd John G Hevn. two other employe, ordered by the Czechs to leave th<- country within 24 hours Both Patch and Hevn already were out of the country wh.-n Czechoslovakia sought to expel them, hut that obviously dll not <■> ••• Achcon's annoyance at the J' -e. h 1(0 til , ‘Th.- unusual and drastic demand for depirttiro In 21 hours is 'vpl.al of tin- disregard of usual Inf rnational courtesies by the communist regime, of <-a«tern Et'ropo." A. he«on said American <>ff|< lais fear that Czechosfnv-Rkla ha, started an antl-Amerl<-an campaign of haras*. m<-nt and that relation, will get Wi>r«e before they get better Twl. e tn five days, the Czech for. I n office has hurled a "any" . charge at < mplove, of the I'nited ' States embassy in Prague Meryn was among five Xmerb-an, mri»! in the first charge, and i« the only on.- of the lo’ to fall into Czech hands <'ze. hotdovakla yesterday accus* ed a “Ix'lt American. John H*yn. of economic espionage Tho 1 Cze. hs orAered him tn leave t’i-» i coun'ry within 21 h<.'ir. but he sl-r.-adv wa, on a vacation In Murph Germany He will not return to Prague I'nited State, offlt lais were pr-. oared to deny the overall charge that the embassy In Prague war trvine to spy on uranium rich Cze. ho'lovakla The first formal protest to the Czech foreign office, however, was baaed on what Americans considered the Czechs, high handed manner of dealing • I urn Tm Five) Den 10 Donates To Community Center Youth's interest in the propo r ed Community Center becomes increasin'!' evident. Jerry Wheel, e, l»en chief, announced today thu.' Den 1” has collected and invented 83 In the campa'ffn to ralte funds for the center. "The spirit ot youth in this campaign to ra!,e more than |27B.<h»t' for ’he Decatur Community Center. !• an important factor In Its success Th* young people of Deca’ur expect the adults to take the ' all from them and cam- it on .’o su> ce*a." headquarter, explained The member* of Den 10 reporting are Don Strickler. Roger Cookson. ChU' k Antllla. Dick Dauler and Jer|ry Wheeler. Mr* Doyt Dealer 1* the Den mother