Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 47, Number 256, Decatur, Adams County, 31 October 1949 — Page 1

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EPORT STEEL STRIKE RREAK IS IMMINENT

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DECATUR DAIIY DEMOCRAT

Dies Suddenly * Hwyr -St ■ ■ B Edward Stettiniut Communists To Be Run Out Os CIO Union Phil Murray, CIO Leader, Predicts Action This Week Cleveland. O. Oct 31—(VPi — CIO president Philip Murray said flatly today the CIO would run all communists out of the big union before the week is out. In an opening speech to the national convention meeting here. Murray promised to ‘'make quite sure" that the CIO is 'cleansed' of communist Influences this week Murray said the communist par ty serves “the Soviet Union and the Soviet Union alone." “As president of the CIO. I have exhaust'd every measure of patience and tolerance that I have with these people." Murray said He said be had l-arm-d through long and bitter eiperienct that if Soviet Russia tells the communist party leaders in this country to direct their stooges In the labor movement to "tels the trade union movement to go to hell, they will do it." "This is a fundamental issue,” Murray told cheering delegates. Murray accused a combination of interests- big business and the communist party —of "joining hands in 1928 to destroy the united (Turn To Paae l-'ourr Admiral Sherman Is On Way To New York Brussels, Belgium. Oct. 21. — (VP)— U. 8. vice admiral Forrest Sherman arrived here by Pan American clipper today on his way to New York The gray haired commander of American naval forews in the mediterranean refused to comment on reports he would be named to succeed admiral U»uis Denfeld as chief of naval operations. Den Will Open For Year Tuesday Night Youth Center Opens Tomorrow Evening The Den, Decatur's teenage meeting place and recreation hail, will open for the balance of the 1919-50 school year Tuesday night at « o’clock, it was announ ed today by Sylvester Everhart, supervisor. On Monday and Thursday nights, the Den will be used by Boy Scout troops 81 and M from 6 15 o'clock. Otherwise, teenagers will use the facilities of the Den every night egcept Wednesday Boys and girls of Junior high age will have the use of the building every Saturday afternoon Deane Dorwln, who has been connected with the Den In a supervisory capacity for several years, will return again this year on a limited schedule, which will not Interfere with his coaching duties at Deeatur high school For several years, the Msdlson street building adjscent to the American I-egion home has been a popular meeting place for young men and women of high school **• A complete program of dances and reerwation will be announced >oon. Rterhart stated

Governor Says ' Coal Shortage Is Emergency Calls Government And Industry Heads To Parley Tuesday I Indianapo'is, Oct, 31 — <UP» - : 1 Governor Scbrlcker suid today ‘ that Indiana was in a state of | emergen-y because of the coal | shortage He called a conference of government leaders and heads of private organizations for 10 a. nt. to- - morrow to discuss th" situation, “al I he might enlarge bis fuel co- , ordinating commission and hinted • he would issue n proclamation aimed at "averting disaster." "We are In a state of emergency." Schrlck'-r said, "and it will get worse if this cold spell continues." As Schrlcker announced the confer* ncc to newsmen assembled on the season's coldest day. temperatures only a few degrees above freezing were recorded on state- j house thermometers. Schrh-ker said the situation was growing worse by the hour as a result of a prolonged strike of I United Mine Worker*, whose 8,500 I members in the western Indiana . oft coal fields are idle The governor said he had been swamped with phone calls and j telegrams from worried local communities. One report from a small town . reported 25 percent of homes had no coal and retailer bins were . empty. Mayors of Tipton and Vincennes . told the governor this morning I their situations were "critical ” ,| Si hrlcked announced the conferf ence after meeting with state la- , I bor commissioner Thomas R Hutson. who returned from week-end i conferences with miner represen- [ tatives at Terre Haute. Th- governor said Hutson told him the UMW representatives • agreed to consider speeding up , coal mining for "specific purposes II — public Institutions." i But this wouldn't solve the • householder's problem In the face i of winter weather, the governor f added. , I "We arc going to try to find , effective re ief for everyone but I the stale cannot undertake to put coal In everybody's bin." he said. Rev. Gilbert Eddy Dies This Morning Retired Minister Is Taken By Death 1 The Rev Gi'bert A. Eddy. «•'. former pastor of the Nuttman i Avenue United Brethren church . In this city, died at 7:30 o'clock i this morning at the Lutheran hospital In Fort Wayne following a jlO day* illness of a heart ment. | Rev Eddy, who served as a minister in the Auglaize conference of the Unl'ed Brethren church for 35 years, had made his home in late year* at 71 in Bradbury Ave. Waynedale. Included in hl* charges were Wren. 0.. Bobo and Decatur. He was born in Paulding couney 0.. Nov. 15. 1883. a son of i James R and Isalielle Miller Ed- , dy. and was marri'd to Stello ' Springer Sept. 9. 1908. ir Rev. Eddy retained hi* membership In the local church here Surviving in addition to hi* wife are two sons. Care Eddy of Decatur and Paul, with the I’. S navy at Norfolk. Va.; five daughters. Mrs. Gladys Emrick of GermanI town O. Mrs. Mabel Bowen of . Bradenton. Fla. Mrs Evelyn Black of Waynedale. Mrs. Thalya Mhman of Fort Wayne and Mrs ' Fred Warner of Dayton. O ; eight grandchl’dren: one great-grand ' child, three brothers. Charles and ' Melvin, both of Fort Wayne, and William Eddy of Convoy. O : and 1 two sisters. Mrs. Roy Melferd and 1 Mr* Howard Mefferd. both of Con- ' voy. One son. Loy. preceded him ' in death. Funeral services will tie held at i i p. m Wednesday at the Nutt- ’ man Avenue United Brethren I chunh. the Rev Paul Parker and ! the Rev. George Weaver oSiclat I Ing Burial will be in the IOOF cemetery at Convoy The l>ody t was removed to the Zwick funeral I home, whore friends may call after 7:80 o'clock this evening

ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ADAMS COUNTY

Decatur, Indiana, Monday, October 31, 1949.

First U. S. Woman Ambassador I '* A \ , idij- 3 1 VW k ■ oL \ pt I i AFTER TAKING THE OATH of office in Washington as I 8 Am- i I ba«Mdor io Irenmark, Mr*. Eugenie Anderson. 10. Red Wing. Minn , j shows h"r commission to Sen Hubert l> Humphrey (D-Minn i. and , 1 her husband. John (centert. The fir-t American woman to hold thi* top diplomatic rank, Mrs. Anderson wi I be In Washington for three . week* of "briefing" before leaving for her post in Cop -nhagen. ■ I I. mill. ■■ I ■■ I ■>■ll!- - — ,l I n- ■ 111 ■■ -

n I ■ ill ■ —■ -• ■ ■»■■!■ I— — H... , - —- I, — . — , — ,l Adams Central Fund Aproved By State Building Fund Levy Is Voted Approval The 75-crnt cumulative building ' I fund levy for the Adams County Central consolidated school corpoI ration, affecting taxable property in Washington. Munroe and Kirkland townships, exclusive of De- • i catur and Berne, has been appro*''led by the Indiana state board of tax commissioners. The state board Voted on th*- tax 1 levy last Friday and notified Thur- ' man I. Drew, county auditor, of Its 1 action today. The approval by the stat*- board 'i read*: '! "This hoard does now hereby ap '' prove the creation of such cumula five building fund and tax levy of 1 75 cents on each 81"0 of taxable property In said taxing district, being first levied in the year 1919. taxes payable in 1950. and continuing annually for five years." The trustees In these thr*e townships levied the 75 cents in their budgets, which were approved locally. An appeal was taken to the state board and the official approval followed Taxable properly in the three townships is estimated at approxlnnt* ly seven million dollars The 75-cent levy will therefore produce about 855.m'0 annually, based on ' current valuations. It was stated . Forty Hours Closed Here Sunday Night Devotion Closed At St. Mary's Church Forty Hours devotion closed at • St Mary’s Catholic church last evening wi’h the final sermon by ■ th" Rev Urban Hoorman. CPI’S. > missionary, and procesflon with the Blessed Sacrament Twenty two visiting priests par-’ ■ ticlpated In the solnin close of the • I devotion*, which opened Friday morning. Boys and girls of last May's communion class, servers and altar boys also marched in the • procession I The Rev. Robert Hoevel was i celebrant: the Rev Vincent Len terich. deacon and the Rev h Urblne. sulideacon. all of Fort Wayne Th- Rev J. O'Connor of Fort I Warne was chanter and the Rev I L. Gollner of Hessen Castle, reclt er of the litany. I Missionary Hoorman spoke on ihe holy sacrifice of the mass and i the Blessed Eucharist. Benediction was given by Rev. Hoevel The Very Rev Marr J. J Seim etx. pastor, stated that practically i every member of the parish r n - I reived Holy Communion during . the devotions The chunh was filled to over r flowing last evening as the faith I ful Joined In the solemnities of > closing Forty Hours, which were conducted by Rev. Hoorman

Zoning Ordinance Is Published Today Decatur's new zoning ordinance is published In today's Dully Democrat The ordinance will become effective November 7, following its second publication. Contractors, plumbers, electricians and others interested in the new ordinance are urged by city officials to save the pages containing the new ordinance and zone map. Violent Death Toll Is Heavy In State Excellent Driving Weather Is Blamed By United Press Near p< rfect diiving weather was blamed today for an accidentcrowded weekend which saw nine persons killed in Hoosier highway accidents and three others die after accid«nts for a violent death total of 12 The victims were: J Raymond Bowling. 19. LoogooI tee. Andrews Roeders. 18. Loogootee | Raymond Strahm. 27. Bluffton > Allen Kuhn. 17. North Webster ' Paul Patus. is. South Bend William Rose. 58. Chicago Mary Edith Sutton, 11, Indiana polls. Marshall W T'»dd. 39. Indiana polls. Billy William i. 17. Indlanapoli* Joseph (’ Wheatley. 2". Colum bus. Chester Wheatley. 18. Columbus Willis Oral White. 58. Marengo Three accidents each took two lives, but lhe most spectacular wreck was lhe train and truck col llsion near Bluffton Saturday In which only Strahm was killed but 33 persons were injured and taken to hospital* Stralim's track, loaded with gravel. hit the fifth car of a westbound Erie railroad passenger train. Strahm wa« decapitated in the accident All of the train stayed on the track for nearly a half mile after the accident, but the 1 last six coaches finally left th* rails Only on* coach toppled over, though the other* were tilted •harply Traffic on the Erie was not delayed because it Is doubletracked at that point, and only one track was torn up At Least Three Dead As Plane Hits House Yeovil. England. Ort. 31 —(I'Pi I —A new-type naval fighter plan* craabud Into two bones near this southwest England town today. Lining the test pilot and at least two occupants of the houses A married woman and a slx-year old child died in their homes Police feared another woman wax hurled l*eneath the burning wreckI age Both housea w*re demollshI ed. 'I

Report Bethlehem Steel And CIO In Agreement On New Steel Contract

County To Pay Hike In Judge’s Salary Opinion Given By Attorney General The 83.3(h) additional salary voted by the county commissioner* to Judge Myles F Parrish (nay have to be paid by Adams county, according to an opinion given by I J. Emmett McManamon. Indiana I attorney general. At the time the commissioners | voted the salary boost, the com- ; miasioner* were under the Impres- i *lon that the state would pay It. •dong with the judge's regular salary of 87.200. In a letter to Thurman I Drew. ' county auditor, Otto K. Jensen, I i -ta'e examiner of the state board I of accounts, stated the following "After passage of this act. i 'chapter 128-Acts 1919) James M , Propst, auditor of stat", submitted the question to the attorney gen-1 i eral a* to the agency that was to , j pay the in< rease provided The attorney general h -Id "In my opinion the state I* not . ; obligated under the act in question ' to pay any Increase of *alarles that might be ma < by the county commissioners but \»t same must lie paid by the county granting the i increase. "This opinion was given under . dale of June 7. and is official opinI I ion No. 19." The state of Indiana pays judge's falarie.s and th- law was interpret-! "d that the Increase would follow from state funds. Judge Parrish ( I urn To ('*«» l:i*h( > 42nd Polio Case Is Reported In County Adams county's 12nd po io case I I of the year was repor'ed today. ( , with the illness of Rolland Zlm-1 ' merman, I' l , son of Mr and Mr* ' Walter Zimmerman, of |)<-<atur , route 2. definlt' ly diagnosed as polio The Zimmerman boy I* In the Lutheran hospital at Fort Wayne, with stiffness of the back and neck Argue Wednesday On New Schwartz Trial Attorneys To Argue New Trial Motion Judge Myles F Parrish of Adam* ■ i circuit court has set Wednesday > 'morning at l'» o'clock a* the date I to hear arguments on the inu’lon i of defense attorneys f. H. Mussel-' man and Ed A. Bosse for a writ of j error coram nobis in the case of the state vs. Peter L Schwartz, on , a charge of incest. Schwarzs pleaded guilty to ths i harge September 27 and was sen , fenced to from two to 21 years at I the Indiana state prison He is now serving that term At Jhe time of the arraignment and subsequent plea of guilty. ■ Schwartz, who is a memh*r of the . old Amish faith, steadfastly refuv , ed the suggestion that he employ > ! legal counsel He pleaded guilty as-. •er admitting his guilt in open' I court. The two defense attorneys <Ld I not enter the legal picture until «-•»- • eral days ago when they filed a :no : tion to "set aside and vacate Jndg-, men' and permit the defendant to > withdraw bis plea of guilty, allow Issues to be made and a trial had . In this cause.’’ Several affidavits were filed with the motion by relatives of Schwarts j and a Berne doctor A statemei.t was filed by one of the daughters stating thal she "misunderstood tiw charge when she testified [>st Wednesday when the moth' i was filed, prosecutor Seveiin Fchurger issued a statement In which hr said that he could see no reason f< r Judge Parrish to *<• verse himself He added that he l ad conferred with the attorney general's office and wws informed th*’ i ths records of the case "were cor|rect."

I Vice-President Barkley To Be Wed Nov. 18 To Marry St. Louis Widow, Engagement Is Revealed Sunday 1 St. l-ouls, Oct. 31. (UP) The' nation's No I lovebirds, vice-presi-dent Alben Jlarkley and Mr*. Carleton Hadley, spent today together, excitedly settling details for their i i.edding on Nov. IS. The best wishes of the nation were showering down upon the 38-year-old widow who will rise from secretary to second lady of the land on her wedding day. Congratulatory messages from throughout the world flooded her modest apartment where the ' "Veep" hist night smilingly told newsmen "I yield the floor to the senator from Missouri" to let her tell of their wedding plans Th" remaining 18 days before the ceremony will he busy ones for Mrs Hadley. There's a trousseau to be selected And presumably she will leave her position as secretary to the general counsel of the Wabash railroad. The ceremony will be performed here but the couple probably will reside In Paducah. Ky. where Barkley has a mansion. The wedding announcement i came as no surprise. Both the Veep and his lady had parried questions about a wedding ever since Barkley began squiring the attractive widow around about ix I months ago President Truman, who friends said he wviuld attend the wedding ,if official business allowed him. was informed by telephone prior to the public annoiincement. Barkley's daughter, Mr* Mux O. Truitt, hi* official hostess for the past five years, said in Washlnv ton that she had known the good news since last Friday The couple said last night they had not decided on honeymoon plans yet Mrs. Hadley met the 71-year-old i vice-president and former Ken- . tucky senator at a luncheon Inst summer In Washington They were , Introduced by Clark Clifford a member of the White House staff No political argument* have (Isra Tu fsev Five) I Driver Is Killed As Truck Crashes Train Erie Train Wrecked At Kingsland Road Raymond Strahm. 27, of Bluffton. was instantly killed Saturday aaft* rnoon when h« drove his heavily laden gravel truck into the side of a Chi*ago-I>ound Erie railroad passenger train at th*- cros--1 *ing of state road 1. 12 miles west ' <*f lie, atur More than 30 persons on th" pas ’ seng< r train. which passed i through I)** atur only a short time i before the crash, were injured but none seriously. Thev w.re taken , to hosplta's at Bluffton and Hunt- | Ington for treatment The truck hit the fourth coach back of the locomotive and six of ' the coaches left the rails hut did i not overturn The westbound main track was ; damag' d for several hundred feet hut traffic was rerouted over the other track, and service wa« hack to normal today, although the west track has not been completely repaired State polic" and Wells countv authorities. who investigated. theoro»le<l that Strahm may have fallen asleep at th" wheel, failing to see the train Htrahm la survived by hl« wife., Eilna. a son. Steven, his parent*. Mr. and Mrs Calvin Strahm. of Bluffton, two ststsrs. Mrs. Duans j iTwx Te Psge Fl»s>

Price Four Cents

I Company Finances Pensions, Both To Contribute Social Insurance Program Cleveland. O. Oct. 31 (UP)—• CIO President Philip Murray and the Bethlehem Steel Corp haw ( agree I on a new contract In which the company will finance pension* for the steelworkers, and l»otli I company ami workers will cons tribute to a social Insurance program, a high steel source said today Exact terms of the reported agreement were to be disclosed by Murray at a press conference today. union source* Believed. Informed sources said later that Murray would be joined at tho press conference by offii lais of , the Bethlehem firm They said the company officials ar- due to ariive here about 2:30 p. m . ('ST. The compromise solution to tha strike was expected to provide that the company continue to finance In whole pensions for It* workers, but that the company would pay half and the workers half of the social insurance program A steel official »nid the program would guarantee payno nts *>f a stipulated annuity when employes • reach the 65-year retirement age. Bethlehem Steel has long been con*ld‘ red the weak spot In the I Industry's solid front Inasmuch as ■ It already has a pension system to ' which employes do not contribute, i A Bethlehem agreement would J go fur towards ending the 31 dayold strike of 500,000 CIO United Steelworkers, which already ha* made dras'le Inroads on the nation’s economy In Detroit the Chrysler Motor Corp announced last night that it will halt production In all but two divisions on Friday because of ths I steel shortage The I’lymouth and Dod n e truck divisions will con'inue to op- rate, Chrysler, DeSoto and Dodge car divisions wilt he do ed. a spokesman said. Other auto industry shutdowns were expected to idle 200.00" by Nov !’• In Washington federal mediators r fused to comment on th*- r«- | ports that Murray may have reached a settlement wi'h Be'h'ehem or any other major steel company t Murray himself did not reveal what he plan* to say at hl* m ws conference But his aides described him ns "more cheerful and confident" than he hns been In a month The sted strike will he a month old tomorrow It also was reported that officials of one steel company were on their way here to meet with Murray. CIO attorney* met far into the night last night and did not announce any details of their long session In Washington It was I Tara Te Psge Tw®» LATE BULLETINS Washington, Oct. 31 —iL'P) — Secretary of cowteterce Charles Sawyer reported to President Truman today that employment dropped about 400,003 as of Oct. 8. partly be cause of the cost and steel strikes. Sawyer did not Indicate whether this figure Included any of the coal or steel strikers. Washington, Oct 31 —(UP) —The United States has demanded the recall of two Czechoslovak diplomats in this country, the state department announced today. The department informed the Czech embassy that con-sul-general Ervin Munk at New York, and Jan Horvath, embassy attache here, were ••personal non grata to th*a government Budapest. Hungary, Oct. 31 —(UP) — Hungary said today that its frontier guards opened flee on Yugoslav troops Thursday night only after the Yugoslavs had crossed into t Hungary. The Hungarian foreign office said a Yugoslav patrol of 90 to 40 soldiers was drivsn off without casualties.