Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 47, Number 254, Decatur, Adams County, 28 October 1949 — Page 1

■IVIL No. 254.

BENCH AIRLINER CRASHES, 48 ARE KILLED

tick-off Dinner lr Community Infer Nov. 3

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fl Kfl © W. McMillen, Sr. Adm. Denfeld Is Ousted As Naval Chief Thorough Shakeup > Os Navy Command Is Foreshadowed • Washington, Oct. 28—iVPI— Pentagon sources predicted today that the ouster of Adm. Ixiuis E Denfeld as chief of naval optra. tlons foreshadows a thorough shakeup of the navy high com mand Hut further shifts of admirals were expected to await appointment of a new chief of naval operations. Some, however, may resign or retire to show their sympathy for Denfeld and the anti unification stand which cost him his job Denfeld himseif withheld a decision on whether he would get out of the navy altogether or accept the ‘important" new duties to be offered by navy secretary Francis P. Matthews. An aide said Den feld's decision would depend on bow important the new post is. Navy sources said they expect Denfeld's successor to make a clean sweep and name new admirals for the vice chief and the five deputy chiefs of naval operations. informed sources said Vice Adm Forrest P. Sherman, commander of the sixth task fleet in the Mediterranean, is the No. 1 pros pect to succeed Denfeld. Secretary Matthews would not discuss the sutgect of a new chief of naval operations Neither would he confirm nor deny reports that Sherman had been ordered to come here. President Truman and Matthews ironically picked yesterday—a date formerly set aside as navy day—to announce Denfeld’s removal because of his opposition to the administration's program for the uni ticatioß of the army, navy and air force. Congressional reaction ranfd from protests that Denfeld’s removal was a dictatorial insult to congress, to expressions of approval on the ground that civilian control over the military had been challenged Latest developments In the seiwice row included: I. Disclosure that Matthews believes the controversy over unification should be put before the president's national security council. Matthews was represented as feeling the rebellious admirals would accept the council's recommendations as final and stop their “beefing" M . f. A demand by Msgr. Maurice 8. Sheehy of Catholic university here that Matjhew*. one of the nation's leading Catholic laymen, resign “in the Uterests of national security." Msgr Sheehy, a World War 11 navy chaplain, termed Denfeld's dismissal ‘lnfamous 3 Denfeld's informal remarks to a delegation of 2M sailors that he had fought for the nary for 40 years and intended to “keep on fighting for it as long aa I live (Tara Te PW« ««•*•»

Coal Supplies For Homes Low In This City ' Little Soft Cool For Homes, Utility Has Ample Stocks . A continuance of mild weath'Mf I seems the only hope for Ifecatur homes that*use coal unless there is a sr/tlement of the current coal strike and miners return to work, according to a survey made today I of local distributors. One operator state "The situation is terrible," in summing up .‘he supply on hand The supply on hand is practically nonexistent for local families, only two of the coal companies checked having coal. Mrs Jack Holthouse, of the Cash Coal and Feed Co said their suitply was dwindling, and the company has imposed a ration system in order to make .the supply last longer. Even with this rationing, however Mrs. Ilolthouse does not believe their supply will last more than a week and one-half. The other company with stoker coal for sale, Burk Elevator has less .‘han a week's supply, according to officials of that company. Decatur Lumber Co.. Kocher and Krick's have either no coal on hand ; at all or only a meager supply of hard coal. The city of Decatur, the hospital, and the county schools are in better shape should a sudden cold wave strike. Officials of the public school could not be reached for a statement. but It Is believed they would be able to continue operations for a time at least beforF such drastic J step as closing the schools would [ lie necessary, as Is being considered in some communities throughout the state. Mayor John Doan and L. C. Pat’ibone, superintendent of the electric department, have stated that “Tli-j city is In good shape." Under normal conditions they fcolieve th’ I city's supply would last about 100 days. Cal Peterson, trustee of the i Adams county memorial hospital. ’estimated 4 hat Institution has enough to last until February 1. Hansel Foley, superintendent of * county schools, states the schools have enough to last until at least the first of the year. It Is custom ary. he said, for the schools to buy 1 a six-months supply of coal at one time, which accounts for the amount they have on hand. As one of the coal dealers said. (Tara Te Fear *»»»■! Local Men Reelected Company Officials Annual Meeting Held By Central Soya Co. George D. Mae Lean and Norman F. Kruse of this city were reelected vice presidents and Richard N. Allen was reelected assltant secretary and controller of Central Soya company at the annual meeting of directors of the company in Fort Wayne this week. Directors reelected at the annual stockholders meeting are: Dale W. McMillen. Br., chairman of the board; Dale W. McMillen. Jr.. Fred W. Thomas. Harold W. McMillen. Harry C. Offutt. Fred It Shoaff and Charles W. Crowe. I The officers in addition to the Decatur men are: Dale W. McMillen. Jr., vice-chairman of the board: Mr Thomas, president; Harold W. McMillen. Charles W. Crowe, and Wilbert E. Huge, vice-presidents; Edward T. Scheie, secretary-treas-urer. Established In 1»34. Mr McMillen. Sr., reviewed the 15-year pro gress of the company. The sales for the last fiscal year were 1»5.423.145 as compared with 3104. 107.100. for 1348. the decrease in volume being duo to the reduced prices of the products sold by the company. The net profit for the year was 17.32 per share as compared with 15.78 per share for the previous 1 year. It was voted to increase the quarterly dividend from 40 cents to 50 cents per share, payable on Mov. IS. The directors and officers visit ed the Decatur plant of the company following the annual meet mg.

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Decatur, Indiana, Friday, October 28, 1949.

Nehru Meets A Tractor Maker ,-c 4 4 < Kbl INOIA‘3 PREMIER Jawaharlal Nehru, wearing safe'y glasseK to protect his eyes from flying particles of steel, shakes hands with Frank de Angells, machinist in a Chicago tractor works which Nehru visited on get-acquainted tour of America.

Rep. Thomas Trial Is Set For Nov. 7 Salary Kickbacks Charged To Solon j Washington, Oct. 28 — (I'P) — Federal Judge Alexander HidtzofT today directed that Rep. J. Parne.vs Thomas. R, N. J, bn tried on Nov. 7 on charges of taking salary kickbacks from his congressional employes. Thomas' request that his trial again lie postponed beyond Nov. 7 because of hi* lit health wa« turned down. Thomas has been suffering from a stomach ailment. Holtzoff made his decision today for the congressman to stand trial after he had an independent physical examination made of Thomas. Earlier this week. Thomas' attorneys had ask'd for another trial postponement on the basis of affidavits submitted by Thomas' I physicians. After the new examination this week—by two Washington physicians—the affidavl's were filed with Holtzoff "I deny the application for continuance." Holtzoff announced in the court r<s>m today after < xaminlpg the affidavits. Thomas was Indicted by a federal grand jury here in November. 1948. He was stricken with a stomach ai m<-nt. however, and spent most of the time since the indictment until June in Waller Reed army ho-pital here. Since June he has i been recuperating at his home in ; Allendale. N. J. ' Thomas was indicted last Nov. 4 on a four-count indictment, one \ of conspiring with his then secretary, Miss Helen Campbell, to pad (Tura Ta l*Me Flvei Six Jail Escapees Are Still At Large Two Men Captured After Wild Chase Wilmington. Del. Oct. 28 — (UP) — Fear spread among residents today that six heavLy-arm ed escaped convicts may break Into homes for refuge from cold and hunger In their efforts to etude a four-state air-ground manhunt More than 200 state police combed the four-rtate area while 30 national guard fighter planes were ready to chase — and even strafe—the fugitives If they are spotted In automobiles. Two of the eight desperate convicts who made a daring break 1 from the largest prison in the state were captured after a wild 84-mi'e-an hour police chase across the Maryland border last night The desperate chance the two captured men took to evade the manhunt Indicated that the six I still at large, led by a "nerveless" baby-faced killer, would stop at nothing to continue their bid for freedom, police said. The captured convicts drove through the heevieot concentrs tlon of police te • stoioe ear in an (Tote Te Feau BNve»

Indiana Man Dies Os Polio Thursday Terre Haute. Ind., Oct 28. — t UP) — Arthur Hartman, 34. Rosedale, died yesterday of polio in Union hospital Hartman, employed by the New York Central railroad. was Hi only a few days, hospital attaches said One 01 Fishwheel’s Nuggets Is Brass Two Other Nuggets Are 'Pocket Worn' Fairbank's Alaska, Oct. 28 — i (UP)—One of the original nuggets of the Fishwheel gold strike is bra**. University of Alaska geologist Richard Ragle said today. Arid tests and microscopic exam inations also revealed that two of , the other nuggets of the original find were "pocket worn" or had I been carried in a "poke” for several months, he said. Ragle's revelation came a* cries of "hoax" echoed through the terri 1 tory from embittered prospectors who returned empty handed from the strike scene. But the hardy gold-seekers re mainifig at the claim site were still enthusiastic and hopeful Some I said they intended to brave the rigors of winter and possibly bring in heavy equipment to work the claims. A test-tube of the original nug gets unearthed two weeks ago on the Yukon river 185 miles north of here was brought to the university yesterday and given to Ragle for microscopic and chemical examination. The nitric acid test, standard for all gold, proved one of the nuggets to be brass. Ragle said He added that one small and one large nugget appeared to be worn, as though carried in someone's pocket or in a bag He said a microscopic examination showed two smaller nuggets were from entirely different sources and were too delicate to have been pushed along the Yukon river's bed by the water for any appreciable distance. In Washington, meanwhile, the bureau of land management said its Fairbanks district manager. Fred J. Weiler, reported the value of all gold actually taken from the Flshw hc e 1 strike "probably wouldn't exceed 35<V' Veteran Alaska prospectors said the total amownt of gold taken at Fishwhed could be duplicated at “any of ■ million points on the Yukon river.” Al least six men In Anchorage were of the out-spoken opinion that (Tara Ta Pa»e Twat Service Topic Os Rotary Discussion “Service Is my Business" was the topic of an interesting discussion presented by W. Ixjwvll Harper, manager nt Ba? Service. Inc of this city, at the weekly meeting of the Decatur Rotary club Thursday evening The speaker briefly reviewed the book of the same title, prepared by Rotary International on vocational service, the second object, of Rotary clubs throughout the world .

11 Americans And French Boxer Marcel Cerdan Are Listed In Crash Victims

Halloween Parade Here Monday Night Annual Event Will Be Held In City Jiecatur s annual Callithunipia.i . parade, spontfored by the retail division of the Decatur Chamber of Commerce, will be held Monday night, starting at 7:30 o'clock. Dr. | Joe Morris, chairman, announced today. Nine bands from high schools in Indiana and Ohio will take part *n .the event. Dr. Morris announced j Hundreds of entrants already have signified their intention of marching for the more than (300 in prize i money. Awards will be made during the parade and the cash will be distributed by It ('. Ehinger. local merchant who has handled this job since -the parade was originated. Awards will be made immediately following the parade at the Daily Democrat | office, Mr. -Ehinger stated. The line of march will form at ; the yard of the Adams county jail, and will proceed west on Adams ’ street to Second street. The entire ' group will appear on Second street j twice. i * Judges will be lined along the { street on platforms, as usual, and awards will be made immediately. City poli.-e officials J nnount-ed thay would clear Second street of all auZombFdles starting at 6 o'clock Monday night. No parking will be permitted on Second street during ' the celebration. Dr. Morris said today that from all early indications, he believed this year's parade would lie the bigger? ever held In Decatur, where the original Calllthumplan was born many years ago. Stores will not be open Monday night, it was announced. Put Beans In Former Sugar Beet Factory Act In Anticipation Os Soybean Scarcity The building formerly occupied by the Central Sugar Co. is In the process of alterations for the purpose of storing more than 300,'l'iO bushels of soybeans, .according to a statement released today by C. I. Finlayson, plant manager of the Central Soya Co. The company is buying and stor Ing the soybeans now, Finlayson ' stated, because of the anticipated scarcity of n»xt year The company ] | feels that should they pro -tire. enough beans before nexz January i 1. it will reduce the possibility of- - next summer. Paul Loomis, personel employ-1 merit manager of the company, pointed out that when .the company i ; buys beans now. at a lower harvest price, "the greater the chances of | continuing operations at full capacity and ketping prices and /heir products competitive.'’ The additional storage space will increase the capacity of t. he company to more than five million buaa-1 els in the Decatur plant. The sugar beet factory is being | completely stripped, the windows Isiarded. and the soybeans will be zaken from trucks and railroad cars . through feet of screw-type conveyor belt, which has been add-“1 ! into the building. Hy so adding this space, a company spokesman state ■ that "we will not only tie able *o | receive truck beans from the surrounding elevators, but we can also continue to unload boxcar receipts" IxMimls said that he believed the work on the building will he completed and the soybeans will be stored by the end of this week or the first of next week. The company is undergoing this expansion of storage space to insure against shortages next su nmer because of the Increasing number of "new processors In the in- | dustry — and the acreage of beans | plantel this year is below that of (Taro Te fm» *Mb<>

Ching Renews Effort To End Steel Strike Truman To Exhaust All Means Before Taft-Hartley Act By United Press The government's chief labor mediator. Cyrus Ching, kept up a steady pressure for settlrment of 'he steel strike today amid signs 'hat his efforts might finally be taking effect. He scheduled another meeting with U. S Steel officials in New York and his assistant. William Margolis, said cautiously that they “might" be making progress. Meanwhile, President Truman let it be known that he wouldn't invoke the Taft-Hartley act in the coal and steel strikes for some time yet. Labor experts believed he would exhaust every other means, including use of his personal prestige. before using the law as a cudgel to batter through a settlement of the twin stoppages. The President told a news conference yesterday that he would not hesitate to use the law If he felt that a national emergency existed. However, he said, he's convinced the nation is a long way from a crisis. There were other signs, in add! tlon to Margolis' statement, that the steel dispute might get off d<-ad center and start rolling toward settlement: 1 Bethlehem Steel Corp, chair man Eugene G Grace said the firm was "ready, willing and anxious" to settle “on the right terms" regardless of what other steel firms do. He hinted he thought. Mr Truman should use the Taft Hartley law. however 2. Allegheny I.udlum Steel Corp was "highly optimistic" that a new contract "outside the industry pattern" would be reached before Its 13.000 workers are scheduled to join their fellow CIO steel workers on strike. The firm Is the last of 19 basic producers still operating 3 The stock market moved to the highest level of the year as traders caught the optimistic mood for a possible settlement. Margolis said Ching Interrupted the talks with U S Steel yesterday to telephone Arthur J. Goldberg, general CIO counsel. He implied that Ching had won concessions from the Industry officials and was seeking the union's reaction. Goldberg said later, however, that (TneH To I'sae Seven > Native Os Decatur Dies At Fort Wayne Funeral Saturday With Burial Here Funeral services wilt he held Saturday for Lee O Sampson. 50. a native of Decatur, who died late Wednesday night at the Methodist hospital in Fort Wayne He was born In Decatur, the son of Mr. and Mrs. John Sampson, who resided on Eighth street at that time. The family moved to Fort Wayne in l»03 The deceased had been a driver for the A. C. Borgman Co. and prior to that was a conductor for the Pennsylvania railroad. He was a member of St Paul's Lutheran church and a veteran of World War H Surviving are bl« wife. Beulah: one son. Gerald Lee. Fort Wayne; one grandchild, his parents; one sister. Mrs. Oval Hartwick of Chicago; two brother* Nelson E. Camp Atterbury, and Clarence. Fort Wayne, and one stepdaughter. Mrs Beulah Gennalttee. Fort Wayne. Funeral services will be held at 1:15 pm Saturday at the Klaehn funeral home and at 1:30 pm. at St. Paul's Lutheran church. Dr < Paul F Muller officiating Burial will be la the Decatur cemetery

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Airliner Crashes On Azores Mountain Peak, All Aboard Plane Are Killed Santa Maria, Azores. Oct. 28 — (UP) An air force conatellatlon bound for New York crashed Into an Azores mountain peak today, killing all 48 persons aboard including 11 Americans and Inner i Marcel Cerdan The word that all 37 passengers i and 11 crewmen of the constellation were d''ad blasted hope peristing for hours that at least •omo of them might have survived. A search pilot who first spotted the smouldering wreckage on the 3,800 foot peak had reported seeing “some survivors” moving about the wreckage. Ponding clarification. it appeared that he might have seen natives who went to the -cene earlier Rescuers fought through wind, rain and fog to reach the wreck- : age near the peak of Mt. Algarvla, on the northeast tip of St. Ichael i Island north of Santa Maria. The 48 persons left Paris last night and were due in New York today after an early morning pause at this Atlantic way gta- ! lion. The French trans Atlantic liner I crashed In flames on Mt. Algarvln ! on St. Michael island early today just after radioing that It had ’ sighted the Santa Majdn airport ’, and would land In five minutes 1 A r'scue squad reached the wreckage of the constellation la to todxy and reported that the big four-engined ship was destroyed and there were no survivors. Clouds shrouded the upper part of the peak when 'he constellation smacked into It soon after radioing at 3:50 a m that It was coming in for a landing. ' Residents of the vi'lage of Algarvia at the foot of the mountain said they saw flames and stnoke, apparently from the burning plane. (An Air France spokesman in Paris said he believed the piano was about seven minutes behind schedule whan it radioed That might explain the fact that it crashed some 60 miles north of Santa Maria > The clouds and fog which eni ve'oped the Azores heights In the early morning hours lifted during the day. and aerial scouts were aide to locate the wre< kage near | the summit of the peak 6" miles north of Santa Maria. The constellation left Or'y field outside Paris at 9 p. m. <2 p m. I'STt yesterday At 3:50 a m. I* radioed that the Santa Maria field was in sight and it would land In five minutes. Nothing more was heard from it The clouds which shrouded Mt. Alearvla at the tfm- of the crash lifted sutflclent’v la'er In the day to enable the search plane to sight 'he wre< I The airliner carried 37 pasa- ngers, among them Cerdan, the former middleweight boxing champion. and dinette Neveu. French concert violinist scheduled to appear at Carnegie hall In New York, and a crew of 11. It smacked into the 3.5<M1-foot peak on the Island north of this trans Atlantic refueling base, only a few minutes after signing in with intentions to land at Santa Marla. For nearly 30 minutes the airport radio tried in vain to contact the plane Then rescue squads went Into action. Vague reports of an explosion and fire circulated. Trucks an.l automobiles shuttled through the heights on 'his and other islands (Tars Te Page Twnl « . MMine i ■ i Forty Hours Opens Here This Morning Forty Hours devotion opened at St. Mary's Catholic church this morning. Services will be held this evening at 7'30 o'clock and again on Saturday evening. Solemn dost of the devotions to the Blessed Sacrament will take place Sundayevening at 7:30 o'clock. A missionary of the Precious Blond order Is conducting the de- | votioae and will preach at the i morning masse# and evening aervices.