Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 47, Number 267, Decatur, Adams County, 12 November 1949 — Page 1

I|Sf|l No. 267

COSTLY STEEL STRIKE VIRTUALLY ENDED

■ Offer ■Little ■nition ■■ Reception And Officials X'nV i in* • t wiih . I.'llbll'. 1 KB iii-inii* k«i i ’"" 111 1 '' llir " "' ‘ ■K.s |4< In Ini' "" pll'l'H In ||||fl|Sr .. "t Lewi- uml ,|, at viliinr in . i Munday ' ||. .'nlihil be K*. . a mill take any -.nd tin ' H-'ieill>g nego'ia l.i wi- hi* In • II ■E2K,.. . . a '■iiii ii I'-* n»" ■fegCT Lewi* “everal K mine worker*' S„ riady tn alter hi* -KflBL pay shorter I tin- opt t a ■ th., uninn Wfl <-tiiiiatid that would cost the ■ < ton ■tflK.-, - dispute aln ad> liai strike Al 1- tn ■hr S *"k on order* from K »4»*dliii fm another strike K|||Sii.>i.' reached before working ■ preliminaries to a Taft <• ord* r which could Uni atoned strike for llnll.e an would decide whether he the labor Hh ■Bal said it I* a “good will bi* mB M *k the court injuncBntA'liall permit the millers ■■i coal . strike ran be iuiiu nt economist* beinanufai tutors will rethe efficts of tile coal walkout* in about a look for MtHM thiee-niouth period of ■■irißodiK imn while industry backlog of orders. I OK. Initiation ■■led Sunday member* of the NIB <''dii:nl.us who will ta i • work Sundae a' the K H||B w.ll be guests at dinn.-r -It the I-Iks home degree will be confer o', look Sunday mor’. IO*"’"' 1 “" ,l 1 ‘"' l **♦**’■•• ■ in the afterat 2 o'clock i'.n men will tak • * orl ‘ Thir'y are from i : from Huntington >i I 88 1 (Jarrett and MonroJ ”bn laigan of Ko. , dlstrti t deputy will degree J...- Murp-.v and Herman Knapk. . | of |>e<atur Council KB"" 1 officers will he 'll i ESH ritualistic w/>rk lepsßruse Leaves ■cific Tour LTr 00 ' s '° v u —d pt f»«»rd H Kru»e. Jr. D. £aH lhrt ‘* congreaainen left , rSy 1 * - ,n ' l,l * l| on of secretary Louis Johnson to make '* r «P«tion work in the members of a NubcointniiMudy the work Ire Ing C'lam. Korea. OklBB “>♦ Philippines 3Bher rnemtier* of the ■ SW, B*"* 8 *"* W F N'orrell. 1» , MHIw. R. Neb. and •* WUsmu. D. L«. »sw WF * TMt « ’ c °“ dy a " d miw ’» showers this < * nd ***"'"•: cloudy To t el «udy and cool. < Jo to yt. |# . ( B»td H.

DECATUR DAIIA' DEMOCRAT

Spiritual Emphasis Week Opens Sunday Decatur Churches Join In Services I late*, November 13 to to, Ineluaive. Sponsors. Decatur ministerial aasoclation. Place, Zion Evangelical and Refotmed church. Time. 7:30 o’clock each night. Guest ipeaker. Dr. Gaston Foote. Grace Methodist church, Dayton. (». Decatur'* annual spiritual emphasis week, Kponsorrd by the Decatur ministerial association will open Sunday night at the Zion Evangelical and Reformed church where all seven sessions will be held. Services will start each night at 7:30 o'clock. On Sunday evening at 5:45 o'clock the annual sandwich, salad dessert supper for ministers and their wives, and official board members and their wives or husband* of all participating churches, will be held in the dining room of the Zion Evangelical and Reform td church. All person* planning to attend are asked to bring their own sandwiches and a covered di«h of either salad or dessert and table service. The supper will adjourn in time for the evening service. Dr. Gaston Foote, pastor of Grace Methodist church at Dayton, O. and world traveller, will be the guest speaker throughout the seven nights. On Sunday night, the Rev. William Feller, pastor of Zion church, will preside and the Rev. George Weaver, pastor of Nuttman Avenue t'nited Brethren church, will read the scripture and give the invocation The choir of the First Methodist church will furnish the special music and Mrs Edgar Gerber will serve as organist. Monday Night On Monday night, the Rev H. J. Welly, pastor of the Missionary church, will preside and the Rev John E. f.’hambers. pastor of Trinity Evangelical United Brethren church, will have the scripture and prayer. The choir of the First Baptist church will have charge of the special music and Mrs. David Emb ler will preside at the organ. Ohio State Studen!'1$ Shot To Death Youth Fatally Shot By Fraternity Pledge Columbus, ().. Nov. 12. —(I'Pl — Jack T. McKeown. IP-year-old star journalism student, was fatally shot here early today by a fraternity pledge after a boisterous homecoming game celebration. Police held for questioning the fraternity pledge James D. Heer. 21. Euclid, and Joyce Crafton, 22, a Cleveland girl friend of Heer. McKeown, from Norwood. 0.. was shot in the abdomen at 2 30 a.m. when he attempted to take a .45 caliber automatic from Heer's grasp, police reported He died a half hour later in the University hospital. Heer fled from the scene but surrendered to police a short time later. The scuffle began at the Defta Tau Delta fraternity house in the university district. McKeown was a member of the fraternity. Coroner Richard A. Evan*, said the shooting followed a formal dance held by the fraternity at a club. Heer arrived from Cleveland yesterday with Miss Crafton to celebrate the homecoming weekend which will be topped off by the Ohio State Illinois game thia afternoon. Police said the couple went to a <Twrw Te Wawe Sisi Additional Guards For Pres. Quirino Manila. P. I. Nov. 12. — tUPI 'Additional guards have been placed around the presidential pala< et» prevent assassination of president Elpidio Quirino. victor in the country’s bloodiest election In history. It was reported today. Reliable sources said a plot to assassinate Quirino had been discovered by officials responsible for the president's safety. The plot called for three or four <unm»n to •Ingle with nailers at Malacansn palace, the Philippinee white house

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The Decatur public library will join hundred'* of other libraries in the United States in observing national book week. November 14 to 20, it wax announced today by Dr. N. A. Bixler, president of the board, and Mixa Bertha Heller, libtarian. Starting Monday morning, special book week featurex will be on display at the Decatur library. Because the local churches are observing spiritual emphasis week during the same dates, oue of the principal exhibits will be of Bibles, written in many languages and some over a hundred years old Mayor John Doan has proclaimed the week effective in Decatur and in a special proclamation has Yugoslavia Breaks Pact With Albania Accuses Albania Os Ruthless Acts BelKrmte~.Yu.tUKlav.in, N<r; • U.... tl'l'i Yugoslavia took the ti.plomay< offensive against the Cominform countries today by breaking its treaty of friendship and mutual assistance with Albania. It wax the last major treaty link between Marshal Tito's government and his former Comlnform partners. Marshal Tito's government In an official communique accused the Albanians of willingly carrying out the role of provocateur assigned to it by Moscow and declared: “The Yugoslav government despite the fact that It is not indifferent to the impediment of the Independence of Albania, and despite the fact that the sympathy of the government and peop’es of, Yugoslavia for the Albanian people continue unwaveringly and sincerely, states that It considers itself free of obligations arising from the treaty of friendship and mutual help which was concluded between tjje federal peop’e's republic of Yugoslavia and Albania on July 9. 1947." In the note to the Albanian government, the Yugoslav government said the Albanian government "entirely trampled on the treaty of friendship and mutual aid. taking upon itse’f the role of provocateur in conspiracy against the independence and Integrity of Yugoslavia." ft accused Albania of hostility “with Its ruthless acts against Yugoslav citltens and political <T»r» T« >lll Mrs. Reseda Corrigan Will Turn To Stage Chicago. Nov. 12 — <VPI — Mrs. Reseda Corrigan, whose swindling charge led to the imprisonment of. master lorer Sigmund Engel. 7s. said today that she will go on the stage to show how Engel made 10.-* to her. She also said she will myry Al Turk liandsman and book In r agent, whom she met two years ago Turk confirmed the engagement Tnrk said that before the wed-, ding he and Mrs. Corrigan would work out a vaudeville roetine In which she will pantomtao her m- | peri safes with Engel

ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ADAMS COUNTY

Decatur, Indiana, Saturday, November 12, 1949

urged all patrons to visit the library i at some time during the week and learn of the many services made | possible by th«»e In charge. Miss Heller said: “You are ail invited to visit the' Decatur public library every day of the week. Monday through Saturday. from 12:15 p.m. until 8:30 p.m. You are especially invited to visit the library during national book week We extend a special invitation to the schools of the county and we hope you will take this opportunity to bring a class to the library and see how It functions. To avoid confusion, please call the library and arrange for an hour to make your visit.” Lawrence Sanders' Light-Bulb Eating Costly For County Lawrence Sanders, who currently I reside* in Putinanvllle, proved to j one and all that eating light bulhs i is u costly habit — and the county council i* expected to recommend 'Jm' bo pnwjnak/- a Uoady diet ' glass. For eating a 10 cent light bulb,' Sanders cost the county 8628 !*>r his 26 day stay in the hospital. 8452; for a specialist, 8100. and for local doctors, approximately 875. The hospital bill Include* the sheriff's service. Sheriff Herman Bowman stayed with Sanders for his stay in the hospital to prevent any repititlon of the youth's peculiar tastes for uncooked food. Driver Is Unaware Os Fatal Accident Indianapolis, Nov. 1* (UP) Police today said a truck driver who ran over and killed a five-year- , old boy probably was not aware o( 1 the accident. Hobart E. Moore wa* killed ye* i terday while lying in a pile of lea'/- i es in a street near his southsido ' Indianapolis home.

Mrs. John Snow Observes Her 92nd Birthday Friday

Mr*. John F Snow (Sarah Ho*klnson), one of Adam* county'* oldest cttilen*. quietly observed her 92nd birthday Friday at her old family home in Ceylon, where she again reside*. Mr*. Snow I* still active and listen* constantly to the radio. She doe* not read any more because she says her vision is “Just fair " Mrs. Snow came to Adams county from Licking county. Ohio in IMS. when she was seven year* of age. She came with her father and mother. Andrew and Mary Foster Hoskinson and two brothers. John and Pan. Another brother. Will, aged So. I* still living In Geneva. He was born in Adam* county. The Hoskinson family, arriving in a covered wagon, first settled on a farm cast of Herne Mr*. Snow said she could remember coming through Columbus. O. In IMS just' like It wa* yesterday. The body of Abraham Lincoln wa* placed In that city in the stat* building a* the Hoskinson family wa* coming to this county. Shortly after the family arrived tn Adam* county, B. B Snow,

i One of the features of the week will be a story hour Tuesday after- | noon at 4 o'clock for pupils of the fourth, fifth and sixth grades, at j which time Dr Gaston Foote, guest I speaker for spiritual emphasis week, will be the speaker. This special children's meeting will be held ih the auditorium of the library on the first floor. Other features will be announced during the week, but Miss Heller emphasised the fact that patron* are welcome at any and all time* during regular hour* Besides the librarian, Miss Dorothy Cottrell, assistant, also will be present to show visitors the various displays. Young Couple Held In Jewelry Theft Old 'Switch-Trick' Charged To Couple > Albert Lea, Mihti, Nov IS : (UP) — A young man and wife wer» held today on charges that they used the old “switch trick” to steal expensive diamond rings I from jewelry stores. George Hchoucks. 27. and his wife, Isabel, 29. of Cedar Fall*, la., j will be arraigned on grand lar-, ceny charges here Monday. They were arrested ye terday in Owatonna. Minn.. 3" miles south : of here, on a jeweler's charge that j they substituted cheap rings for I authentic diamond rings by divertI Ing his attention momentarily. The couple denied the charges. Police said the Shoucks first ! pulled the old trick on three stores in Albert !>a. They asked to s"e diamond rings to match the wedding band Mrs. Schoucks was wearing, po'ice said. After a clerk would lay out a tray of rings, the couple would , examine them. Albert M-a police 'Vwra Ta !*■■» Sis)

■(father of John Snow, was laying ■ l out the town of Ceylon The elder I Hoskinison was a carpenter and • I went to Ceylon. where he helped t erect the new town which for a I time threatened to be one of the i t bigger town* of this part of the » state. It was at Ceylon where the Ho* ’ klnson girl (Mr*. Snow) met John F. Snow and they were married in i 1991. Mr. Snow wa* a school teach- ' | er at the time and later served for II almost 25 year* a* county superin- ' I tenden: of school* He also wa* an\ attorney and abstractor in Hecatur , i for many year* and wrote a history J of Adams county. The'Snow* resided at the south edge of Deca’ur for year*. Mrs. Snow related how Ceylon grew and at one time boasted a school, churches, factories, a fine t hotel and several boarding house*. However, she related with regret, a few years later, following the building of the O. R and I. rail-1 road, how the station wa* placed at Geneva. "From that time .on." Mr* Snow tTwrw T* Fn«e Five*

Pension Agreements By U. S. Steel And Inland Virtually End Walkout

County Council To Meet Nov. 21-22 Ask Appropriation Os Additional Fund The county council will be ask-i ed to approve 317,410 of additional appropriations when tiny meet November 21 and 22. according to total figures rtbused by Thurman Drew, county auditor. The largest amount—97,o2B -asked by the highway department, will be appropriated from gasoline tax and license f«e monies. Drew said. This monty will be used for additional labor, material and repair expenses incurnd since the first budget estimate. The state had first proposed that 820.160 be sufficient funds for reassessment to cover expenses of a county the Hire of Adams. Since then, however, the county has asked. and received in August, an additional 85,000 to continue the work of reassessing the real estate in the county. Now. they are seeking 85.711 more because the work, once I begun, mu*t continue. This sum. Drew said. Is to pro cess information and establish value of real estate. The field work on the cards ha* been completed. but it is necessary to continue the processing. Other appropriations sought are: Clerk's office: StdU for operating expense*. The office is inaugurating a new record system which will be put In use beginning January 1; J this amount Is to cover unforeseen < xp< nses. Superintendent's office: 8112. the amount due to meet the minimum , salary requirements of the superintendent. County council: 815 k, fur salaries for current year Soldier's burial: 8675. By a 1949 act the amount for burial wa* Increased from 875 to IIPO and the present fund is rxhauxted. ('hailing cemeteries: 8252. Under a 1947 act. shandoned ccit^4 teries wherein are buried soldier*,: sailors, marines or nurses of any! war must be cleaned; the highway department has charge of this (Tarn Tn Pace Ms> Blame Engine Fire For Bomber Crash . ( Two Men Killed, 10 Parachute To Safety Brownsburg. Ind. Nov. 12. — (UP)—An engine fire apparently caused a 1129 bomber to explode) and crash, killing two air force men. witnesses said today Ten other airinets parachuted to | safety before the big ship crashed in flames in a farm pasture near here yesterday during a routine | training flight. Five men were taken to hospitals ! but their injuries were reported as minor. The other five were taken to the luth air force base at In- ; dianapolis. One of the dead apparently was killed when his parachute failed to . open, state police said Names of the dead and survivors were withheld pending an investigation. However. Lt. Robert CarlStrom. Minneapolis, Minn, identi fled himself as the pilot Capt. David 11. West, operations officer for the 10th air force, said the plane was on a round robin ' ( 12hour navigational training flight from the 830th bomb squadron. s<*9th bomb group at Roswell. N. 1 Mex . air base. Witnesses saw the big four-1 1 motored plane burst into pieces at: 1 an altitude of between 3.p00 and 1 5.000 feet They said the left out- ' board motor seemed to be afire before the shattering explosion ' which sent flaming segments to ' the earth. 1 "Men were jumping out with chutes." said Claude Unton. on ' whose farm the plane plunged , 1 When the plane wax just about ' overhead, it w«nt to pieces and ' we had to wateh out for falling debtls” Witnesses who talked to sar ' ! vivorx said that Cartetrom saw the <Toea Te Pace Ft vs)

I Secretary Os Navy Warns Os Atomic Danger Says Destruction Os Human Race Is Possible By Bomb Washington. Nov. 12 — (f’Pi — Navy swre’ary Francis P. Mat-1 thews believes developm*nt of nn atomic weapon that could destroy the human race Is “perilously possible.” Speaking before the Association of Mi'itary Surgeons of the United States last night. Matthews said, “the setting is perfect for the end of society— perhaps even for the end of human life." "The danger is undeniable.'' he said. ‘‘Total annihilation is not Inconceivable. In fact. It Is perilously possible" Then he made It clear that he thought tho devastating force i which could blow man off the earth would be an atomic weapon. •'The force for the potential end of human society Is within the possession of two nations — the United State* and Russia." he declared. “Each lias th* secret of atomic energy. Each Is building a stockpile of atomic bomba.” Matthew* said “the right spnrkj Ignited at the right moment in international relations, could' launch the struggle for man's ultima's survival.” The damage Inflicted by the atomic explosions at Nagasaki. Hiroshima and Bikini show that “the magic of scientific genius has in Its grasp the formulae and mechanisms which can create an annihilating force,” Matthews said. The chief ray of hope that this (Tern Ta !•««♦ Sts) L ....... , — . • R .. .... Electric Shock Is Fatal To Workman Logansport, Ind., Nov. 12 — (U”» —An electric shock from a 2.Sunvolt power line yesterday claimed | the life of Paul Gettings. 38, pro at I Dykeman municipal golf course f Gettings, working at the cly ; electric plant puttying windows.. p en«d a casement for fresh air and the metal frame hit the wire Fire- : men worked more than five hour* j in an unsuccessful attempt to revive him. .j Mrs. Sarah Arnold Is Taken By Death Funeral Services Sunday Afternoon Mrs. Sara! Arnold. 74. of Bluff ton. died Friday at the Wells county hospital after a three week* ill-1 ness of a heart ailment She was born in Wells county Feb 3, 1875. a daughter of Peter and Elisabeth lleckathorn-Beeler Her husband. Allen Arnold, prtced ed her in death She was a member of the Lancaster Chapel United Brethren church. Surviving are a son. Floyd Arnold of Decatur, two daughter*. Mrs Oscar Steward of Bluffton and Mrs DeWitt Wolf of Bluffton rural route; 18 grandchildren; 2" great-' grandchildren: two brothers. Ma-; nus Beeler of Bluffton rural route: and David Beeler of Pasadfna. Cal., and five sisters. Mrs Jennie Smith i of Bluffton. Mrs. Anna Peny of| Weeltha. Okla . Mrs. Lydia Snider of Elmira. N T. Mr* Ada Shady of Seattle. Wash . and Mrs. Nina I llueon of Florida Funeral services will be held at 2 pm Sunday at the Lancasterj church, four miles north and one and one-half miles east of Bluffton, the Re r. William Eller and the Rrv Matthew Wortbmsn officiating Burial will be In Elm Orove ceme-1 tery. Friends may call at the Thoma funeral borne uatil time of the services

Price Four Cents

Predicts Smaller Companies To Fall In Line Quickly On Big Steel Formula Pittsburgh. Pa.. Nov. 12 —(UP) ; — Pension agreements with the glutit U. S. Steel Corp, and Inland Steel Cd. virtually ended the coatly 43-day-old steel strike today with the steelworker* union predicting percent of the industry back in production by Monday. ‘ Big Steel” an<l Inland sent crowds into their plants Immediately after CIO president Philip Murray announced the two firms had settled with the flitted Steelworkers on 8100-a-month pension ami insurance agreements. Murray predicted that smaller ! companies still holding out In tho I nation's costliest steel strike in history would settle quickly. Ho said 90 percent of the industry "a* far as tonnage and manpower are concerned” will be back at work by Monday. Steel firms that signed agreements based on the now famous 'Bethlehem settlement” represent approximatly 80 percent of the ’ nation’s steel production, including U. S. Steel's 32 percent. In Pittsburgh, heart of the country's *te'-l production, broke but jubilant workers celebrated through the night “It’s wonderful to be going back to work." said an open hearth worker with 35 years in the mil)*. ‘'This is the worst strike I’ve ever I seen." More than 402.000 of the 514.000 ! steelworkers who went on strike for industry-financed pension last Oct 1 have been ordered back to work. U. S. Steel employs 170,000; Inland employs 18.000. Murray said he thinks Wheeling Steel Co., of Wheeling. W Va. will sign up “Hometime today" Wheeling employ* some 20,000 in j Ohio valley plants. He said Alle. ' gheny-Ludlum. with 12.W0 employes at plants in the Pittsburgh district and at Dunkirk and Watervti. f V V ■ | j . Monday. Other holdout* (m inded Crucible Steel. Sharon. American Rolling Mill and Pittsburgh Steel. Numerous small fabricators still were to bo signed. The U. s Steel and Inland settlements called for 8100-a-month ( pensions. Including social security, for 25-year men after they have 1 reached the age of 65. Retirement Is not compulsory. The Insurance program calls for the payment of 2*-j cents an hour by the comany and 2'4 cents an hour for each employe. ( (An Inland official at Chicago said that firm's settlement was unique in that it provide,! two I pension plans and "preserves for the individual worker his right to I choose between them " (The plans are not competitive, the spokesman said. One is a company-paid rHan baaed on the Bethlehem formula, the o'her an I "optional pension plan" which ; the company has had for many years (He said Imth plans offer 8100 | minimum pen*ton* for 25 years’ service ) The ''Big Steel" agreement was announced by Murray after three days of intense negotiations to iron the kinks out of the com<Tmw T« Face «l«> ——■ Richmond Plant Is Facing Shutdown Richmond. Ind.. Nov. 12 — (UP) : International Harvester Co's, nlant here faced a complete situ'- ; down by Tuesday following a "sit down” strike by 20 grinders, officials of the firm said today The company already has ordered 2pt : of the 1.200 workers not to report ■ for work Monday because the flow I Os material stopped. Harvester officials refused to dis cuss the dispute but it was known that 16 grinders, who stayed on in the building, did not report for work after lunch yesterday. Four night shift grinders left without working after reporting for duty. The stoppage was termed a “wil The stoppage was termed a “wi!dcat” strike by farm equipaent workers union officials