Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 47, Number 265, Decatur, Adams County, 10 November 1949 — Page 1

’HK|I No. 265. —

HING HINTS AT GOVERNMENT COAL MOVE

Keel, ■ ■ Begin ■ Talks |y n ßj States Steel |. ; Kation Offers I ■ Pension Pion EH,. v , . ■■ ■ ■ : ' - -• ’ 1 "'"' l HH I ,r '" ,li *' I. b’ jir iaK'. ■ .: ) a-" 31 'iik. \iK.,. K' ' " ,| ''' . . . 11l I" EB |-„ 11! , ; ..t..»ii si & t*-nn- yesterday ks. ' ■* l s sil ''' l . A> K>. <i . "mpiinies ... ..lupins' A. I ' Hl' l ’ .... Hr $■ .' ii.'’ -übmiHed "an to the KjZinv with plants at Allot! I '* • nii ed an KaMi i. .rant the union's deHritß a : I. -ohtllbutory $!«•>- KaMpt'i- ->"» !« "grain and a ■Mpn ii. nan"- program by Rk. today Kkr'it t'.<- o umption of negoHBmU.I En. ••111. Maurice, who .■ I’ittsbnrgh ■Milter- said that if the comHr H in i sign by that time people will the ■Mi ■siiilil throw the entire ■to O' ptesititin.- damage to ii..i ■ fkMnn if a. of supervisory Kefir-.,t I..ikes ,|| H | Younis. Rnßi -nts followed the pat fcs~MMy Bethlehem Steel Corp. ■ ii* MB.- in 1.1 last week 'l ite agreed B4b -n i--n plan assuring a ■ss®uh pension, including benefits, to workirs ■ SBri" .leant employment BMw->: •• plan i osttng five am! th.- workers sharing ByR I.iughlin Steel and He agreed settlements empl.oing isii.imo B Wjyb'isible for some 32 pery B’ ’’ ! '"1"I1S steelmaking been the biggest the CIO uilit'-d ■Mmers pension demand*. w,. r( . confident the ••"ft was ready to "get in ffjr w 'ot ’lie announceFl' 1 ”’ meeting with V S ry ra ' '■‘ li ' - ' 1 I,iH steelworkK H*""' * ‘-' , *'l M| ii | V commit B (■nice! ) )( . re tomorrow the I T» Pair Hyes Pledge p Community Center I ore sororities have vol- * their investments in r .Memorial Community be Itelta Theta Tau’s B® Kappa Kappa Kappa and the Het a Sigma '•edged S3OO. i 'he campaign, the wotnUationa have shown lo® percent for the •Mr». Roy Kalver. chair- ' women's organizations pressed confidence that r > n ’*n * organization will Project with pledge* " 13|.* P .‘ ril of '“operation back- * ald Mr „ Kah .„ L|3 J* encouraging to all CH 11 ‘•fipulgn It .hows rw* “r wants the Community *" "tiling to work and r’l B,k * ,h * dro,n c< ” B ° weather 7.X *. M Wl,d tonight and 50 »• » ■ Fr ?D 70 to 70.

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Submarine Barely Escapes Sinking Navy Supply Ship Collides With Sub With Second C S Ta-k Fleet in the North Atlantic. Nov. In il'i’i The battered submarine Tusk plodded through tossing seas toward the N< wfuundland coast today after a midocian collision that narrowly missed sending her to the bottom with all hands. The destroyer Hauer steamed' close alongside the stricken sub to help guide her back to tile V S naval base at Atgtntia. Newfoundland. The base is about s<mi miles southwest of the crash scene and some 420 miles from the Tusk’s positl' ii last midnight (9 p ut.. (’ST Wednesday). The submarine ten der Tringa put out from Argentia to lend a hand If needed, and planes from the base also were eg pe< ted to join the escort later today. The Tu-k. biggest and most modern submarine in the fleet, bad ss officers and min aboard whin she I was tun down at noon yesterday i (io a tn., EST t by the I'. S navy I supply ship Aldebaran timing a ; raging storm l"’> miles off Labra j dor. Half blinded by churning seas ' that kicked lip as high as I" feet. | the submarine was inatieuveiing at peilscope depth for a mock torpedo attack on a big supply force of the second fleet whin the collision oc curred Still incomplete reports to the fleet flagship, the carrier Franklin l». Roosevelt, indica'ed that a heavy sea hurled the .12* foot long submarine almost dear of the water Ju-t as the Aldebaran bore down,on her on a zigzag course. The careening submarine rolled under the supply ship from bow to stern and took a terrific blow from the Aldebaran'* propeller. The impact crashed in her conning tower superstructure and lore away | her ladar and radio masts. The Tusk’s hull was not penetrated, however. She popped up to the surface almost immediately after the crash to report that no casualties ! had bee n suffered Despite the icy seas and winds . ot more than ">o miles an hour, the .submariners scrambled out on deck and managed to complete emergency repairs to thdr radio , and get the Tusk under way on th‘surface. Their radar was completely kniii k< d "u 'i • i i■■ "##dTringu were ordend to help guide the Tu-'k through th'- dangerous shoals in the Grand Banks enroute to Arg< ntia. Hog Prices Drop Below OPA Ceiling Chicago, Nov. 10 tl'l’l — The top price paid for pork-on-the-hoof here today dropped behrw the Ol’A j ceiling pri e of October. Hilti, for I the first time since Ol’A controls were removed from the livestock \ market. 1 Highest price paid for hogs at the Chicago yards was f|t».2" per hundredweigh . five c nt* below the last Ol’A ceiling of 119.25. Only a few choice 2tt"215 pound porker* were sold at the 116.20 price, and mo t in the good to choice class aold from fill to sl6 10 per hundred pounds Mrs. Ada Marfin Is Taken By Death Former City Official Dies This Afternoon Mrs Ada Martin, well known Decatur lady, and a former city official. died shortly before 2 o’clock this afternoon at her home. 221 Hugg street Death followed an el tended illness Mr*. Martin served as Decatur city treasurer for nine year* and as city clerk-treasurer for four year* 'following the merger of the two city offices She was a member of the Beth any Evengeiical I'nited Brethren chart h and of the Business and Professional Woman's club of this city. Survivors include three daughter*. Mr* Chester Mclntosh of De catur. Mrs. Robert Bumgerdner of Marion. ().. and Miss Marcia Martin. at home; and one son. Glen Martin, in California The body was removed to the Black funeral home Funeral ar rangetnents have not been completed.

Truman Denies Any Plans To Devalue Dollar No Raise In Gold Price As Long As Truman President Washington. Nov 10 tFl’i ■ I’lfid'iit Truman said today that | the price of gold in this country I will not be raised a* long as he is i presidt nt. The pr< <nt price of gold is atl ounce This rate was fixed whin the dollar was devalued in ’ l!»::i. A reporter told the president at a new* confer* nee that according to a current Washington rumor, some administration officials were giving through! to a possible increase; in the gold price. This would havi the effect of a further devaluation Asked if this were so. the President said categorically no. Then he added that the price of gold Is fix'd for as long as he Is i i president. other gold producing nations, particularly Canada and the I'nlon of South Africa, have long desired a higher I' S gold price , | Kumors of a possible dollar de ' valuation have be, n circulating 'since Great Britain devalu'd the pound on Sept. 1M and more than a score of other countries followed suit by chtapining their curren i cie- Britain devalued the pound i from fl "3 to |2.so a drop of : about 3i» perct nt. In rect nt weeks. Sen George W Malone, It . Nev , and Rep John Taber. It.. N. Y . have reported I that the I’nited States would fol f low through and d> value the dollar Secretary of the treasury John W. Snyder npratedly denied the t'rumor* Mr Trumans pres* conr ference statement today apparent • ly was Intended to silence those . rumors once and for all Th'- one and only time the I'nited • Stans ha* dr valued the dollar in t modem times was r arly in it' ll some nine month* aftrr this coun ' tty a well as Britain went off the • gold standard At the time, the i pi ice of gold wa* $2" t»" The priv fluctuated for some month* until i it was prggrd at $35 an ounce • the cui I 'lit price. Sherili Bowman Is " I Reported Improved No Definite Word On Operation Success The "no visitor" sign has been I ■ taken down from the door of the! 'hospital room occupi'd by sheriff I Heiman Bowman, and it is now but -a matter of time and healing until any official word cm be given as to the success of the sheriff* recent operation However, unofficial reports state' that the sheriff 1* doing quite well I at least a* well a* can he expect - ed. Doctors, though, must wait for I a period of possibly six weeks be-1 ■ fore they will be able to determine! fust how successful they were in J cutting about an inch and a qu ir I ter of decayed bone off the sin riff* leg At the end of a four or five i weeks' period X rays will be take n j 'of the leg. and if the bones have j (mended correctly, they will placej | the leg in a cast. If. however, they I ( have not mended, then doctor* plan ■ ' another operation, and in all prob ! ability will graft another bone into! the leg. The sheriff was on the operating table approximately two hours for the operation, which was performed Saturday morning It was the fifth operation doctor* have performed on the left leg of the sheriff which was mutilated several year* ago when the sheriff alighted from the rear of the Berne fire truck into <Tarw Ta Paw* H»*t James Wilson Rites Friday Afternoon Funeral service* ter James Wilson. father of Mr* Gordon Harvov. of Fort Wayne, formerly of this city, will be held Friday afternoon at 2 o’clock at the Flzey and Son funeral home in Ossian. Mr. Wil*on'» death occurred Wednesday morning at his home in Bluffton. Besides the daughter hn is survived by bis widow, one son and two other daughters

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Decatur, Indiana, Thursday, November 10, 1949

Coal And Steel (io Back To Work L i ‘g* .. ia i i ' (t!n» 1 j ... »• *- Bk a. JU 1 SIMULTANEOUSLY with announcement by John I. L-wi* (.enterbelow i. of an end to the 52-day-old coal strike, smoke began to beb h from the ftirnac-s of the nation * steel industry Assured of at lea t a 3 w-'-ks 1,-guar supply of coal, most s'eel operator* have sign*-'! new contracts with their I’nited Steelworkers (TO unions and. like It public ste.-l (above), at Cleveland, are resuming operations Seat j el with L'-wi* as he called off the coal strike are I homa.a Kennedy. Heft! vice president of the I'.MW. of Hazleton. I’a . and John Owens, of ( aiiil'i idg-, Ohio. -e< re'ary treasurer of I’MW.

Unseasonable Warm Weather In Nation Westerners Shiver In Pacific Storms By lited Press Most of the. nation enjoyed unseasonably warm, sunny weather today but far westerners shivered as Pacific storms drove a belt of I rain and snow inland as far as ‘—Mj I- - ' Chicago weather forecasters said the mercury there would room to 7fi degrees, breaking all records for Nov 10. The hottest previous Nov 10 was in 19« t!» when temperatures hit 6t>. I Maximum temperatures of 75 or I higher were predicted over most of lowa. Illinois and Indiana. NewYork expected thermometers to l register C*>, the same maximum that was forecast as far north as Lake Superior But while the midwest and east • njoyed shirt sleeve weather, resiI dents west of the Rockies were i getting a bitter fortaste of winter Storm warnings flew along the Paeifi • coast and heavy rains shorted out power lines and flood sewers in parts of the San Fran- < Isco Bay an a. Snow fell in the mountains and chains wore required for autos driving through Sierra Nevada Nevada cattle ranchers were warn ed that considerable snow would rturn To T««e S’.laMl G. E. Not To Deal With Rival Union Continue Contract Parleys With UE New York. Nov 10 (l.'Pt The General Klectric company refused today to recognize the n<-w rightwing CIO E.ectrical Workers t'nion and continued contract negotiations today with the Cnited Electra al. Radio and Machine Workers t’nlon The < ompany *abl it had rejected a demand for recognition by James B. Carey, president of the new union. bw-ause it is ‘ required hy law" to continue dealing wish I'E. whi< h was expelled from the CIO Nov 2 General Flectric and CE currently are negotiating a new contrait for 125.000 employes. I>a vid Scribner. I’E general counsel, said s ruling by f. dera’ judge Luther M. Swygert in Hammond Ind . yesterday made "raid(Tara Ta rags tUy

99th Polio Death Reported In State Indi.tlmpolis, Nov. 1" fl’l't Poliomyelitis Im killed 99 person* in Indians this year, the Indiana stat, board of health reported. Mt- lb strife Hutton. Greenfield, di. d at Methodist hospital. Indiana polls, yesterday where she was taken when she was stricken last July . She was Hancock county's first i polio fatality lor 1919 The state . bnd of health reported 975 con fumed case* and said 7G counties had re port# d «tie or more etc-. ■ i Seek Compromise On German Reparations Big Three Leaders Meeting In Paris I Pari*. Nov 10 iCI’l The big three western foreign minister* summoned their Benelux colleagues to a meeting late today and planned to conclude their twoday special conference on G« rmany after dinner tonight. r. S Mcretary of state Detin Acheson. British foreign secretary Ernest Bevin ami French foreign minister Robert Schuman tried all morning to find a compromise, for multi on German reparations that would help Germany recover and yet satisfy the French on security ‘ So far. all participants in the conference hav<- been gagged against making even the most routine statements about the discus- ' - ion* A final communique will be issued after dinner tonight. Before concluding, the ministers will discuss briefly the problem of Communist China, aid for Yugoslavia's Marshal Tito, anti probably the cunsequences of Russia's move to take over direct control of the Polish army. Schuman was host at a luncheon at the Qua! DOrsay between today'* morning and afternoon meet ing*. The Belgian. Dutch and Luxembourg foreign ministers will arrive during the aft- rnoon Every move the three statesmen are considering or will make I.* i framed against the background of anticipated Russian moves in east- , era Germany now that a Communist state ha* been set up there Th* western powers want to grant th* new west German re pubi lie the greatest amount of freedom consistent with security in anticlpa ( tlon that the Russians, for props ' gaud? purposes, will make a new move to "free" eastern Germany MM Western official* are convinced | that tha assignment of Soviet Mar (Tara Ta Page *a«ea)

Mediation Chief Hints Government Will Act To Prevent Walkout Nov. 30

Majority Os Miners Resume Work Today Idle Coal Fields Resume Activity Pittsburgh, Nov. Hi tl’l'i ■ John L Lewis' 21-day truce order sent tlie majority of the 3H0.000 striking I'nited Mine Workers I back to the pit* today and the coalfields, dormant for 53 days, ■ leaped Into activity. Railroads r called long idled , train crews during the night to ! "spot" cars at the mine tippleI Bai i-e pushing river boats Jammed I Hie locks in livers of the Pennsylvania ami West Virginia field* An operators' spokernan in w tern Pennsylvania said the ! turnout of miners was "pretty rood" and he predl< te.l fil l opera tions by Monday. An estimated Xu penent of the 52.000 miners in 'he Pittsburgh district were on . the job. John P. Busar Ho. president of I I’.MW district 5 at Pittsburgh, said ‘ the miner* would be available for i "full work." Prior to the strike ; Lewis had cut the work week to three .lays to “stabilize” the industry. One operator in th« Pitts- : burgh district said his company planned five day*, perhaps six. next week D H In-vonahi. of the Illinois j coal operators association, said > ” miners of that state wi 1 work six I il l' s a week This would net them | more than sim a week. »< > ording I to bituminous coal institute fig lire*. Devonald said the miners will * tie asked to work Thanksgiving i day. Kentucky’s So.dOO miner, return- . --d except for remote locals which l did not receive Lewis' telegram : Indiana, which ha* s *im miners.' r< porte I almost a full* turn out t Most of Illinois’ JG.imrt I’MW miners were working However. i some I MW locals delayed return . to work until meetings could he held to formally act on the I’MW HefTr-TTVdw~frr r>“--rperr Thw-nriTm*-until Nov .in pending negotiations for a new w.ig - agreement At other mines, resumption of operations was delayed until maintenance men could “dean up” (Turn T» I‘uicr Z’.litbl, Resume Production In Indiana Mines Near 100 Percent Show Up For Work i By I’nited Press Indiana’s 5,300 soft coal miltin' , were back at work today for the I first time since Sept. 19 Mine officials throughout th* J western Indiana coal field reported I I show ups of close to Dm p, rcent i | for today's first trick A few scat-1 . tend mines worked the third shift j I yesterday, getting ready for full . scale operation this morning Officials "f the big colleries said it would be at least two days be fore the daily output of the Hoosier i strip and shaft mines reached a - normal level l’s»rs of Indiana coal; could «xp»ct a two or three day I "lag" in addition to that because it . j will take that long to fill transpor- ,' tation lines. A typical coal county was Knox, i when- a spot che< k showed all five shaft and two strip mines hoisting coal An estimated 3.000 members , of the united mine workers w» re digging coal again and daily pne . duction was scheduled to hit b«* twern 8.000 and 10.000 ton* ! V'igo. Sullivan. Gre«n and War- , rlick county mine operator* report* j - ed similar conditions prevailing in I their areas. . , ,Mine operators said they ex- i peeled full crews to report for work , daily between now and Nov. 30.1 when John L threatened to i tall hit miners out again. "It looks like the boys want to get in all the work they can and ' get as much money ahead a* pos eible." said one Green county own- 1 er who did not want to be Identl ' I. tied. “I think they’re going to work | a five-day week, hut I haven’t 1 beard that ofticially." i

Martial Law Is Declared In Colombia Dissolves Congress To Defeat Threat Os Impeachment Bogota Colombia. Nov 1" (I'P) Thousands of ttoops with I" tanks Impos'd martial law on Bogota today af'er presidtnt Mari •no ()»pina I’tt'z dn lur'd a of siege and dissolved congress to meet an oppo-i'iiui tint at of Imp> achment Presid'nt Ospina i’ei'Z told the I'nited Press in an exclusive Inter view that the Nov 27 presidential • I'Ctl'int would be held as schedul'd despite the announc'd withirawal of the opposition libetal .candidate. Dario Echandia In re-p-ent wk* hundreds of persons i have been killed in pn-election clashes. Troops ami tanks began pouring into the city last night after the president’s action was announced I over tiie national radio. A 9 pm. to ! I a.m. curfew was declared. The announct inent, and the ap--1 pearance of troops, panicked the ' city People raced through the streets to reach home before the j curfew- went into tffect. Censorship was declared over the pre-* and radio. Provincial governors. all appointees of the preside nt. were giv'ti absolutt powt r to maintain order Soldiers with machine guns hogan patrolling Bogota’s street* Tht y stoppt d all i ar* in a search for corii-i aled weapon- Pass' ng< rs arriving by commercial airlim i wire s*oppt-d for id« ntlfication on the way to tin ir hot' Is Declaration of the state of siege j climaxed a bloody battle for powtt Ibetwien the conservative and .J„. lej.al in__-vI-ii“.. . f :-■ l i-. ■ ■ of person* have btin killed throughout the country. The conservative party control* the executive branch of the gov ' ernment. Including the army, presidency and provincial governors. Tiie liberal party controls both hou*'-- of congress, with powt r of 'legislation and impeachment Tiie stale of siege wa* declared ' 2hour* after a liberal party ongn »*ional commission call' d on l lurtt Tw l*«Kr » Freedom Is Denied To Frank Grandstafl Tennessee Refuses Request For Parole Nashville. Tenn. Nov 1" tl’l’i The Tennessee board of pardons and paroles has d>*cided that six days of frtedom for life term ton v ict Frank Grand- ’aff was enougn,! even it he has written three novi-ls and a cantata in his prison cell The itoard yesterday decid' d unanimously against recommendi.u freedom for Grandstaff. who recent ly made a six day special trip i-> Big Spring, Tex . •<> hear the premiere per.’ormance if ins musical < omposition Grandstaff. 47. is serving a Lfeterm under Tennessee’* habitual criminal law After his trip to Big Spring.*. Grandstaff applied for a pardon He said if he got It he would spend l ('hristmas with hl« aging mother in ! Adams County, Ind Frank Grandstaff, who was! known In hit* high school day* In Decatur as Francis, Is well remeni-1 Iten d here by his at hool mate* ,n 1918. 1919. and 1920 when hr at-j tended Decatur high schotd He re- ! sided in Preble and left Adam* county in 1921 At rhe time of his conviction. Grandstaff was employed by a southern railroad company. He ha* I written many short stories and one of bls novels may be published soon.

Price Four Cents

Ching Is Irked At Lewis' Refusal To Attend Conference Scheduled Today Washington. Nov. 10 -(('Pl - Ft-dtral mediation chief Cyrus S. ching hinted strongly today that the government will act to prevent th'- soft < oal mint rs from walking out again Nov 30. ”We're not going to just sit around and wait for the deadline.” Ching told nt wsmm after a governtin nl-sponurt d peace conference. i scheduled for today, whs put off in- ’ dt finitely The talks wire cancelled when John L L» wis curtly notified Ching - he couldn’t make it until Monday. - Ching K-pll'd that he couldn’t uccommodate him then. Chine, ohviou-ly irk'd by Lewis’ ■ brti'htdf. *iid he has no present plan* for further meetings on th" I i coal dispute He met with newsmen after an I hourlong ronftreiice with pit-i-I dintlal a- Istant John R Sttelman following law!*’ telegram that lio i would be fully occupied until i Monday in st curing maximum resumption of coal production ” ; Ching -aid In and Steelman dis- • . cussed the coa) -iluation, but that I no conclusion* were reached " 1 Lewi* yesterday called off tint strike until Nov 3t» Asked about the deadline. Ching ' said ?i "We're not going to Just sit "around and wait for tin- deadline” Ife did not i labora'e But I’resi•Jdent Truman ha* authority under - the national itnirgeney section < f the Taft-Hartley law to t.k a i federal court InJune Jon to pievtnt any possible new strike f >r xt' days. At any rate. Ching disclosed that tlo government was ready to era'k i! down on I.'wi* if lie had not call'd i off the 52dav strike yesterday He aid it wa* "quite obvious” i that the government would liav" had to take ,om* action "had tho • mint r.* not gone back to work ' Ching had a-ked la wi- nnd th" I -"ft coal op. ratots to met t with 1,/;t-.■ 1 a-. 1'1i...... <!: o t «'ors. Iphowtd up but la-wi* didn t In I st' id. Lewi* -tntiChing a telegram ■ -ayinc the I’MW it pie • ntativt s would be in Ching's office Monday. ■ Thinking there had ben a misunderstanding. Ching wired ia-wis i that no no eting had been schedII uh d for MondayThen la-wi* math it char that I there was no misunderstanding Ho wind bat k that Monday was th" i "first available” moment union official* would bi ft"- to attend tho Washington conf' k m « (ibviiiusly annoyed. Ching canctihd today's conference ami -aid ter-ely there is "no meeting -clied- ! ul< d for Monday.” Ching -aid he will decide b.twetn now and Saturday whether to set up a tn w conference. but h'» I clearly indicat' d that he plan* n<» i further meeting*. "We don't want to go through th.» motion* of calling meeting* unless . there Is some chance they will result in progress." he said "My opinion i* that the parties are not closer to settlement than when thty started negotiations last »nrinc They may even be further apart ’’ Meanwhile, the national coa! association estimated soft coal production la*t week at 2 6<u.mm ton*, compart I with 2,770.0t»t' ton* the previous week and D».740,WM) tons for the corresponding Week • Tar* T* !'■■* «!«• To Receive-Bids On Telephone Building ' Contrac tors are being invited •*» i submit blds on the remodelling and (addition to the building of the Cits’- ; en* Telephone Co on Monroe street. Charles Ehlnrer. general j manager, said today The double I room Will be completely retnodell'-d and an addit'an will be built on the rear to houte tiie dial equipment and toil switch board Fhinger said. Plans and specifications fur the improvement can lie ol -ained at the office of the manager on and after November 11. All blds must be returned not later than November JI Work on the improvement (Will start immediately after November 25. Ebinger s«>d.