Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 47, Number 262, Decatur, Adams County, 7 November 1949 — Page 1

VII No. 262.

■JUNCTION POWER ON STRIKES OPHELD

Klors In It To End ■ Walkout H Ditch Effort Bnd Crippling ■ Coal Strike : <UII< Il<<l a list „ Imdir. .'<<r S. ‘ ‘ *"•* •*'’■" |,h ■K ~r , .1 1| .i1- of the south■S’.-<■ -iation and Hg. : owners. He < *>nf* r with repre- „( th. of the in- ...» ..r W-dne<day It aa^M^r ... ,d pre . - to UH..,rd- 'lie would lead to t ;■• • -eitltrnint be. 11 of 'he .-."•day < he HK- Tium.ui Io take a< ion .Hi.io.n' official- said ; < I 'he Strike oil |L. oi.y has been o. I t.-id. nl will have !.<»: we.k.nd if there »K....;, -p*-i t ot settlelead.rs agreed ■Kir!, f.Kininent official . c however, that Mr no intervention o A far as the White if m t hing s hands. -aid night |^K ; . xp. ' Ching to decide tight whether bls ».?th>r he should turn problem over to 'he ' a pos-ible action Taft-Hartley a< t tin- law. the President an < - lay anti strike inSt.en.wr he believes a .-. tit- the nations! safety Industry of ■B- I a at dangerous |H*-..rr.n' ...al cont rover <y requirement Trua.at i« known to be rtlui'ant to Use the an against the unit- > riot- 1- committed l^B-, <<■<.■ I 'Io law ami. labor believe, would use it to al walkout only as a Committee Meets Nm (UP) — John met today witli his 2'Mtn.ine workers’ policy amid reports that he » rk out a separate IBM* 1- ■’<- Indiana opera IM the ?eday old IMW coal ■B* hd t.o - otntnent on the reof the fillsaid they had not ■H 1 ’ "1 !-< *i< Adlai StevenIHBbuti'ii. said that "as far as the IMW and the Illi■■B'.ui' planned no meeting Schricker of Indiana on other business, hut US’ known to have a meeting course of the coal I' i» planned by Lewis to t,, outlined at the meeting of the full T. I>..e ntslit I 1 B 0" To Observe •mist/ce Day On 1 I Thursday Evening HV ‘"‘“genients have be. n ■Hr* 1 *' ,r th e Armistice hay »I>i<h Will be observed HK >r ik the Legion Poet 43 5 to 7 o'clock in charge of the |^ft'“* nl " tor the banquet said ■■ for Legionnaires, their H?’’ 0 c. Busse. chaplain BE ' »nd th# Rev. A. C. £ Mr* "Hl have charge of the ■K k m *“' ’•“ring the banquet. A,t * r ,h * banquet a K (k ** he| d- beginning at y Parrish To ®k At Bluffton IB**' I** 1 ** F ’’•rrlfh of Adams K r will be the principal d»y ob- ■*«’' on^| h * W Thur,d *’’ by B’lhih’" 1 * Clob M,m K w.n M:o ° c!ub »“<• their ■ 4L“I* n 4 din °' r Purhh*** 4 * th * • 4dr,e * hl '

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Today Final Day To Pay Fall Taxes The payment of taxes 1s going along "jrery well," according to county treasurer Norval Fuhrman The delinquents, he estimated, would .Ire “Just about average." Today ends the fall tax period and Fuhrman claims that tire people have been coming in steadily and a’tog ther doing a nice job. "Os course." he said, "there ure some who have forgotten, but on the whole things are going along nicely.” The treasurer's office will be cion d for the remainder of this week, he said, for compilation. Irook work, and "to catch up on the mail." Czechs Give Uranium To Soviet Russia Czechs' Uranium Mine Deposits Go To Soviet Russia Prague. Cte» hoslovakia. Nov. 7 —(( Pi — Premier Antonin Zapotocky announced today that Czechoslovakia is giving uranium to Russia. Tens of thousands of persons who gathered to hear Zapotocky sneak cheered his report that uranium from Ctechoslovakia was going to the Soviet i'nion. The crowd massed in a dismal fog at a hall near the center of Prague for the celebration of the 32nd anniversary of the Bolshevik revolution. •'We will not hide the fact that there are uranium deposits In our territory." Zapotocky said "We 1 are proud of it. and that we can supply this richness to the Soviet Union." The Czech uranium mines are around Jacymov In northwest Bohemia. a few miles from (he la»rder of Soviet-occupied Germany. They have been cloaked in secrecy since the communists t<s>k over In Prague. Many reports have reached Prague that the Russians have been working the mines with 41 era Ta Page Five) Fourth District Wins Legion Membership For the 13th consecutive year, the fourth district. Indiana Amer lean Legion, has won the state membership contest, and as a resuit. Art Wilkie. Fort Wayne, district commander, will represent the state department at Armistice 1 Hay ceremonies nt the tomb of the unknown soldier In Arlingjon cemetery. Washington. B- C., Friday. Three Decatur men previously won this honor while district commanders They are V J. Bormann. Tillman Gehrig and James K. Staley. i Essay Contes! To Be Sponsored By VFW Americanism To Be Subject Os Essays The fourth district of the Veterans of Foreign Wars will co operate with state officials in sponsoring an essay contest for students from the eighth to the 12th grades. It was announced by local post officials today. A district meeting of the VFw was held Sunday in Garrett, with district commander Harry Marti in charge Other district officers pre■ent were John Tinder, department commander: Clair Beck, depar meat Inspector, and James Herod, department adjutant The essay contest will be on the subject of "Americanism" The winner of the local post’s contest will win a 125 bond; winner of the district. 150 bond and of the state IboO bond All students interested rfiould contact officials of post •23C. Decatur. It was announced It was discussed also at the district meeting to form a "father's auxiliary ' of the VFW Those digible would be fathers, stepfathers and fosterfathers of a son who is eligible to jota th * Veterans of Foreign Wars. It was also announced that the neat dtotriet meeting will be held at LaGrange. December 11.

Expect Steel Strike To Be Ended Shortly Two Companies On Brink Os Settling Pension Disputes Pittsburgh. Pa . Nov. 7.—(UPt— The united steelworkers (CIO) had two more big steel companies on the brink of strike settlements today and txpecled the entire industry to fall in line with the lIUO-a---month pension formula before the week is out. CIO president Philip Murray was close to agreement with the Republic Steel Corp and Jones A Laugh lln Steel Corp., the third and fourth largest steel producers employing a total of 83,000 workers. J * L will submit Its offer to the I'SW at negotiations scheduled to open this afternoon. Industry observers also believed (J. S Steel was getting ready Io tike action aimed toward ending the strike of its 170,000 employes, possibly today or tomorrow Murray, back in Pittsburgh from the red-purging CIO convention in Cleveland, expected a series of offers from smaller firms still idled by the 38 day walkout. Hi already had agreements reached over the weekend with three smaller companies. Republic officials reportedly submitted the draft of the company's proposal to (’IO general counsel Arthur Goldberg at Cleveland Goldberg and the union s negollators left for Pittsburgh this morning and will confer with Murray on arrival here. Agreements similar to the settlement that sent Bethlehem Steel corporation s 80,000 employes back to work in the strike’s first break a week ago were reached with firms in Pennsylvania and Illinois. Three thousand employes of the Lukens Steel Co., Coatesville, Pa., approved an agreement boosting the benefits of a previous insurance and pension plan Others that settled were Northwestern Steel and Wire Co.. Which employs 1.500 at Sterling.* 111. and Pittsburgh Bridge * iron Works, with 150 em ployes at Rochester. Pa Youngstown Sheet 4 Tube Co., with 2'tooo workers in Ohio, will in. < t with the union tomorrow Pittsburgh Steel Co., employing 8.000 workers at Monessen. Pa., and Allenport. Pa. meet* with the union again early this week Other independent producer* were expected to bid for reopening of negotiations. McMillen Speaks To School Pupils Decatur Students In Joint Assembly At the request of high school students. Dale W McMillen, founder and board chairman of Central Soya company. Fort Wayne, ad dressed a joint meeting of students at the Decatur high school at 3 o’clock this afternoon Student* of the Decatur public and Catholic high schools, who are representatives on the advisory council for the Community Center, heard Mr McMillen give hl* Insplr Ing talk last Thursday at the Moose home Early Friday, the student* contacted W Guy Brown, high school principal, and said they would like to have Mr McMillen deliver a similar talk to the high school 'students In Decatur Mr. Brown was placed in touch with Mr. Me Millen and relayed the stud*nt's message to him He accepted the Invitation and arranged to come here for a 3 o’clock general assemb'y of both high school student bodies. Following the philosophy of It Is more blessed to give than to reel Ive.” Mr McMillen in*plr<<i the large crowd at the kickoff dinner with ki* talk on Chrhtlan principles. The Central Soya company, through Its board chairman, made the generous offer to donate up to tliMi.oon If Decatur rai«ed another 8200.000 for the projected civic cen ter. WEATHER Fair and mild tsnigM and Tuesday Lew tac'pM MU**. hlfO Tuesday M to M

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Decatur, Indiana, Monday, November 7, 1949

New Mother For Tipperary Tot

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A RAY OF SUNSHINE enters the life of Mrs Harold Petre Hefti of Houston, Tex., as she greets six months-old Mary on tl.e lot's arrival in New York. The child was brought ov*r in tin- care of stewardess Joan Appel (right* from shannon. Ireland Childless Mrs Petre will adopt tiie infant, who was found In an orphanage by ii vidting priest last year. The Petres plan to adopt a second child In near future

Township Trustees In Monthly Meeting School Affairs Are Discussed By Board The county board of trustees met Saturday in their regular monthly meeting and passed favorably all but one measure and further discussed others. The lone reversal was the purchase of a jeep, which hail beo*i recommended as a mobile library, the money to be taken from th« surplus of the recreation fund To ■ members of the board, however, noted that this was simply the first such proposal as to the disposition of the money P is believed that members are more favorably Inclined toward a general distribution of funds for playground equipment throughout the county. Also dlscusstd by the mi-nibe*--* was pay for school personnel for attendance ut the teacher's convention recently concluded. Teachet* will be paid, it was announced, for the Kcssions. and Ims drivers will also be reimbursed for their oll<’day meet The trustees also discussed withholding taxes for substitute tea 'ller*, regardless of whether it is for liut a <lay; maintenance of school huscH in accordance with inspection reports of the state police; and I* was voted to have the hearing test* conducted "sometime around March” In accordance with a contract with Purdue University. It was agreed by the trustees that all township officials, except Ims drivers, have bond* recorded In ‘he county recorder's office. Including the school* extra-curricular activities fund*. Bu* driver*, however, are clansified a* individual contractor*. *o will not be required to record bond.

Noted Journalist Will Visit In City Saturday

Decatur will lie honored n*xt Saturday with a visit hy Paul Wooton, nationally famous correspondent, editor and journalist of Washington. D. C.. a former resident of this city He will be a gueat at the Ri<-e hotel. Now the Washington correspondent for the New Orleans, (Ixrnlslana) Times-Picayune, one of the leading papers in the country, and a former president of the Wbi*e House correspondents' association. Mr. Wooten began his lllustrim» career in Decatur. Hie first Job was as a telegrapher for the Erie raiload in this city from 1900 to May. 1903. trnter. he was a reporter for the Decatur Journal, which then was published by Harry Daniel, who also now Ilves in the nationsl capital. Mr Wooten, who was born In Clinton County. Ind. a* a l**»y had an after school job on the old Auburn Courier. Mr Wooten has tieen a mem! er of the pres* galleries of congr-A* since 1914. He ba* gathered new* in the capital* of several European countries as well as Mexico. In rec ognltlon of articles written from bomb plagued London during the war. Mr Wooten was decorated by

Plan Commission To Meet Tuesday Night Tli® Decatur plan commission will hold a formal meeting Tuesday night at 8 o’clock at the city hall, it was announced today. Col. Lawrence V. Sheridan, consultant for tiie local comqiission. will attend. Plans will he made for tiie commission's work tor the next year. The new Decatur zoning ordinance, sponsored by the commission, will become effective Tuesday following second publication in the Daily Democrat. Security Training Endorsed By legion Staley Is Named On National Committee Indianapolis. Nov. 7— (UP) - The American Legion's national executive committee ended a three day annual session yesterday by adop'ing resolutions endorsing national security training for youth, annul forces unification, and secrecy < lamp on atomic energy developments During the session*, the committee heard aildresses by secretary of defense IXHIIs Johnson and Gen Craig announced the personnel ot Dwight D Eisenhower. National commander George N. national commissions, board* and committee* who will serie the '.igion during 1950 They included 29 Hoosiers. Johnson, in a frank statement An strategy, said Saturday night *li4t the I'. 8 and it* allies may ne-c" again have superiority in number* In war. "Number* alone may not be decisive in battle," he said “We mast (Turn Te I'***' Thrrrl

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High Court Refuses To Disturb Contempt Fines Imposed On Lewis, Union

Kidnap Story Hoax, Baby Died In Fall Sobbing Housewife Released By Police Clayville, N. V.. Nov 7. —(UP) Housewife Stella Komorek went free today after confessing her Infant son was killed whin she accidentally diopped him on the floor and her kidnap story was a hoax to "spare my husband grief." Police found the blanket-dra|e ped body of six weeks old Stephen Komorek. tied in a feed bag. In a creek ton yards from the couple's home yestitday. Bosses had searched 36 hours for a "tall stranger" she said had run off with her baby. At first Mrs. Komorek, 27, stuck j to her accon||j that the child had been kidnapped from its bassinet during six hours of questioning But tlie plunip wife i f a 34 year-old , | factory worker broke down during i i hastily summoned coroner's in I ! quest and sobbid out the "true story." Her husband. Henry, led his sobtiing wife home when authorities ruled the child was killed accidentally in the full from her arms dur Inga feeding and had not drowned He said he "will stick by" her. "It's all right. Honey." he said la«t night Their first son was killed by au automobile four years ago at the age of seven Mrs Komorek. under questioning - at the Inquest, suddenly broke from her stoty that a tall stranger kidnapped her child "I dropped him.’ -he said She told coroner Preston Clark the baby slipped from her hands while she was Biding him in the kitchin Friday He was dead whin she picked him up. she said Clark ruled that the child's death was accidental, and Mrs Komorek was released Her grief Strick* n husband, who stood beside her and (patted hir consolingly during the inquest, took hi r home District at'otn.y Everett Arthur said as far a* h* knew the "case Is’ closed with the coroner'* ruling of aciidintal death.' He ta.d he did, not plan any proceedings against it'ara T» !•■■» Five) Argue Increase In Salary For Judge Protest Increase In Pay For Judge Arguments for both sides of the question concerning the Judge's i -alary raise were Presented to the, unty conimivt .oners In their regular session in the auditor's office today. Dick Biuden. secretary of the I Chamber of Commerce, acting as I spokesman for the tax committee ' if tiii' group, protested the recent-, ' ly enacted raise on theory there would be a resultant Increase in ' county taxes to pay for the raise Ed Bosse, county attorney, and Von Eichhorn, joint state senator. I also appeared before the commisi tinners, both of thim certain that I the state wou’d have to pay for the ft << i'« di-pi ea recent tuling of i the state attorney gineral that It w uld be a county obliga'lon Eichhorn said that his impres■ion of th« law was that there would develop a surplus amount from the newly devised 81« docket fee. "The industrial counties." he said, "would more than tupply meuth capital to cany the rural i counties " He further questioned where the money In this docket fee surplus would go If the state did not pay the salaries Howiver. Pruden said that he was unconvinced He thought that If a county contracted for the amount. It would surely be the party to pay the bill. The commissioners have airs aly passed favorably on the raise, but ‘ the protests were for the purpose of the commission reversing Itself I At a late hour this afternoon no I vote bad been taken on the matter

Lehman-Dulles Senate Battle In Spotlight Seen Major Test Os Truman's Program; Will Vote Tuesday Washington. Nov. 7—(UP) — President Truman's high tax "welfare state" program get* its first major test tomorrow since his party swept to a surprise triumph last November. A scattering of off-year congressional and city elections is achedi uled for tomorrow from coast to coast But the big show is in New York Sen John Foster Dulles. Republican foreign affairs exp* rt. seeks to hold his seat against the \ attack of former Gov Herbert II liberal Democratic candl ' date, in a campaign in which the "welfare state” Is top i«su<Dulles' slam-bang campaign ha* ' attacked the Truman administration's domestic program as "stat Ism" which will lead the people to super-regulation and. ultimately, to financial disaster U-hman has gone all out in support of Mr Tru man's domestic plana. The Preali dent made a broadcast appeal over the weekend to New Yolk voters : to send Lehman to the «ena:e The odds favor Lehman partly' because the contested seat is the one long held by Robert F Wag tier. Democrat, whose resignation because of ill health enabled Gov. Thomas E Dewey to appoint Dulles to the senate this year Dulles has the advantage of age Hr is 'll again -t Lehman's 71. a time of life when Voteis seldom If ever send a man to congress for a first term. Di wry won New York last Nov* mh r and the state elected a Repub- , II it h na'ci in 194’i N-i hir par y can afford to lose this one because It is recogniz' d us , i • > < ff i n the 1950 congressional elirtl n* A Republican victoty , would enormously stimulate a party which is shot with dispute.; conflicting leadership and con fu< n A Lehman victory would .be further substantial evidence j that Mr Truman's "welfare state' i pi gram hai political sex appeal in the great industrial area* B Lrhman I* licked, the Democratic party would he Jarred to its heels I and the rebellion within the party , against Mr Truman's leadership iTarn T® !•»■» «igb)> ( Coal Situation Is Becoming Critical Mayor Reports To Governor Schricker Mayor John Doan ;hls afternoon sent a telegram to Gov Henry b Hchricker giving him the detail* i f a "condition of coal aupply survey made In Decatur and tell leg in governor that the situation in De itur was "fast becoming er' leal " | The survey completed by the 1 n iyrr at neon today revealed that iar ng householders in Decatur. 31 o have a less than one week coal supply More than 1400 faml in the city have les* than a 30-dsy soppy, rbe mayor stated A check-up cf coal dealer* in Dees ur revealed that their supply h»- dw ndled to les* than 100 tons. !r- w<? ra slack. Local Industrie* appear to have fair supplies and ie cßy has more than two month* i cell supply Msyor Doan said that he was considering rebasing some of the city supply io needy local people through dealers. The plan l< still in the formative stage The mayor ■ddid that the coal used by the I city was r ’ adaptable to all home furnaces It is Indiana coal and re I quires a strong draught, to b* burn J ed lx>cal authorities will keep a close watch on the situation. It was said

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Refuses To Rule On Constitutionality Os Taft-Hartley Law On Injunction Clause Washington, Nov 7— (UP) The supremo court today In effect affirmed the government's power to halt national emergency strikes with injunctions. Tli tribunal refused to disturb the 81,42U.0(>0 In contempt fines that were imposed on John L. Lewis and tl:e I'ni'.cd Mine Worker* alter the 1948 cc.al strike Tin- court's tuling. by a 5 to 3 vote was of extraordinary importam e a' this time because the govetr.ment repcr idly I* again considering Invoking the Taft-Hartley law's B't-day Inj n 'ion clause to halt the current mln- walkout. Si eciikally, the ic irt t<-'ii-<-d to r.' •• on the con* ? itlonali'y of the Taft Hartl'-y fnj n lon uau-o under which Pre*'lent Truman a<t<d to stop the 1948 strike and may tot to step the present strike Lewis and the mine union Ind au *1 that the law Is tin. oust i uUonal In ar< th>r case, 'he court refnse l to ml'- on the au’ho-ity of the Ire Went asd th*- t* •- - ! < ■* t< it n railroad strikes hy Inunction. Such nr Irlunetlon —outside the Taf Hnrt ey ln« «• l-stte l here by federal judge T Alan Goldsi bcrough wh n a strike threatened ' las' year The ral'rcnd unlone obeyed B But they wanted to fight cut the Is--e In • c-ir' any- ■ way, cn grout S 'lint vi-lesi the question Is set led t 'ey may i<«» deni'-d forever 'he rlgh' to strike with* -t first getting judge's approval The Taft-Hartley act doe i no - apply to ‘he railroads. In that ra-e. the government seized the lines and t' *-n x<-' an injunction vrt'r its general powers. In the coal ca- *• the court simply tefused to hear an appeal from an »t p*'«ls court ruling which upheld Goldsborottgh in imposing the fine; on L*-wi» and the union. Thl* means the lower court action sticks. Today's fl'-tlon *lo‘-s not rule out the po Ability that the high tribunal In the future may consider the l< galltv of strike stopping injunctions involving a different set of circumstances. In the Lewis case involving the 19|s strike. Goldsborough Imposed the fine* because Lewis and the I MW failed to obey a court order pending a hearing on Its merits. This was hased on a 1947 supreme court ruling that l-ewis should obey any court order until i tiie right to issue it can be determined in an orderly manner The supreme court decision today mean* that th* government can continue to seek Taft-Hartley Injunctions and that these injunctions must be obeyed — at least pending court review of the merits of the case. Three Justices —Hum L Black. Stanley H Reed and William O. Douglas—thought the court should have considered the constitutionality of Taft-Hartlev injunctions on the basis of the lx-wis case Five were against review They w re chief Justice Fred M Vinson ami justices Felix Frankfurter. Robert H Jackson. Harold H. Burton and Sherman Minton Justice'Tom (' Cleark did not p.-i rticipate in today's action involving Ix*wi*. because he was atI Tur® T® )’•■» »e»®«) K. Os C. Memorial Services Tonight Ritualistic memorial service* for deceased members will be held this evening by the Knights of Columbos at 8:30 o'clock at the K of C. hall Approximately 15V member* attended the memorial high mass Bunday morning at St Mary's Catholic church and received Holy Communion In a body. The Rev. Ignatius Vlchura*. chaplain at the ftecatur Knights of Columbus council. read the mass Nearly l«0 of the members attended the breakfast at the K. of iC hall following the mass. Father Vlchura* made a short talk to the men during the breakfast boor.