Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 47, Number 288, Decatur, Adams County, 8 December 1949 — Page 1

VLVhTNo. 288.

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linßequest Irs Resume Ler Hours Lrocite Owners Lew Request For Enol Work Week De, 8 (UP)—AnK orators today again askK rell e.l Mine Workers to, diggers to a nor i ,eetl .. . K\uon made no immediate! Kjj the request was believfor warded to John president of the union But Lewis reject KZur appeal yesterday. Lotion* for the union and held a two hour sesKL, before adjourning until tomorrow Ralph E. Tagu ( the operators’ deleul < the conferees had disK nany things.” including ■it i new contract, the comKiiituaiion in the fuels inK/nd the present three-slay K* la-wis was signing a «oft coal operators to ■n calling for a 95-cent-a hike for miners. Kraite.l Mine Workers chief Kri <>n liis strengthened K'o disregard the hard coal Kn request that he call off K-iay work week decree 'h» union's 480.000 memto quit the mines and ■m until Monday. . ■ irrro it- operators and unKn resumed negotiations at K a (EST) Thoma* Ken- ■ MW vice president said he Kt sell get down to contract Kahy" ■waaiounced in Washington Kittltional companies” will ■ list he referred to a* the K bituminous coal wage Kat" He indicated that he K«my negotiating contracts ■ Mlrtdual companiea to re■uNrv York to join in negoKiuith hard coal producer* ■Bplty TS.OtHi miners. Kta'itied companies in Ken- ■ liduna. Ohio and Illinois. Ku i total of more than ■m tons of coal a year, ac■l the contract term* yester- ■ ktn said, with the oper Baned Tuesday, that placed ■ uul at some 7.340.800 tons ■ production under the new ■k<b these operator* repre- ■*> than two percent of the ■< industry's total produc- ■ Uvis indicated that they ■<tti "pattern'' which the en ■tatry must accept. most major producers to scoff at Lewis' nego,llh ’he small companies B**«d they would go without rather than accept conK which would raise the ■ffmsl. Kb H Love, chief spokes ■•» northern soft coal opera t B* 1 produce two-thlrds of the B* roal said yesterday in that la-wls had failed B/ Wor '' "nd WM abusing B** M * f'tion president B*** mu "< *»d this man's B Monopoly over miners and thus the industrial life B* w "y" Love said. "This ■ and destroy must r* irom this one man and F ® Mt <»»* to the coal J’ -Utement squashed any ■ '*" his group of operator* ■'My to cone to terms with ■ Ralph E Taggart, chair'h* hard coal negotiation* r T »k. said he had no re ■/‘‘k ,0|,0W,8 « talks wt,h K yesterday. ■ w?* 01 ,he con ' 'he small bituminous ■ ** »*ge increase from K * d,,r <UMI r * ,urn Bi we * ll ■u ®<*hte-ton Increase in F haynw-nts to the union’s KT ud retirement fund. *H»eat* to 35 cents a of the eight hour I *? *“■* rl ’*’ ■ Wssther Kz/* lr W"d eeld tonight ”»*riss near Lake Mostly cloudy and warmer Friday with fete Z? Friday „| -M , Lew fe ****** ’• oorth a"d 15 Frt <ay JO north. 30

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Good Fellows Club Previous report —BIOO.OO Inja Fr-liti 1.00 Cash In boxes ... 3.49 Total ....1104 49 Gen. Chiang And Cabinet Flee Capital II To Establish New I Seat Os Government On Island Fortress Hong Kong. Dec. 8. — (UP) — Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek and the Chinese nationalist cabinet 1 fled the mainland of China today and established their new seat of 1 government on the island fortress of Formosa. Chiang left Chengtu this morn- ' Ing In his personal plane as com- ’ rrtunist forces dosed in on the ’ nationalists' last mainland capital ’ from three directions. Communist capture of Chengtu was expected In a day or two. Th* cabinet, meeting in an ex- ’ traordinary session last night, agreed to remove the seat of government from Chengtu to Formosa. It also created two guerrilla head.l quarters to command all military . operations on the mainland. One of the headquarters was established at Sichang. capital of J remote Sikang Province In the mountains of far western China. The entire nationalist position t in southwest China collapsed along . with the defense of Chengtu. Na’l tionallst official* fled Kunming. t capital of Yunnan Province, and left the city In the hands of Pro- , vlnclal army men who were reI ported ready to join the commun- , ists. •I J Season's Coldest In State Tonight • » Indianapolis. Dec. 8. —(VPi — The weather bureau today predict- ■ ed the season’s coldest weather. * earlier forecast for this morning. ' would hit Indiana tonight. Chief meteorologist Paul A. ■ Miller said a cold front, moving ' in from the northwestern states. 1 didn’t reach Indiana It was 15 * degrees above zero at Chicago this r morning. lowest temperatures reported ' this morning in Indiana were read- * ings of 23 degrees at South Bund ’ and Terre Haute, and 25 degrees r at Fort Wayne and Indianapolis. . Appropriations Are I - , Approved By State Tax Board Approves Appropriations Here 1 The state board of tax commit--1 sioners approved the special ap- ' propriation* voted upon by the county council at their meeting J November 2t and 22. The appro--1 priation* were for the balance of * the current year. * The entire amount. 117.410, was divided into 18.382 for the general i fund 17.028 for the highway department. and 12.000 for the wel- . fare department. A further breakdown in the fug- ‘ urea reveals that the clerk s of- ' five received 1100; sheriffs of flee. f<2B; school superintendent. ! 1112; properties. 148; county , council. 1158; reassessment. »5.711- soldier burial. I«» 5; clean- . ing of cemeteries. 8242. and deputy , assessors. |7O«. The highway amounts were I single hands. 8500; repair of , trucks. 8'00; sessment. 8400; stone 82.500 as- , phalt. 81.500. and bridges 8102 ft . The welfare department s 82.000 | t |s for assistance to dependent chil i * dren. r Farmer Is Killed In Fall From Barn Crs-sfordsvills. Ind. Decbl. - (UP)- Funeral services will be held Friday for Irodel T. Ping, a Fountain county farmer who died of injuriee suffered in sfa>' fro ™ a barn roof Ping fell Dec . and died yesterday at Culver hospital.,

Wartime A-Bomb Chief Testifies JKA 3 UH Hk ’jruny - A) ■ pk. M B if* RETIRED LT.-GEN. LESLIE R. GROVES (foregrounds wartime chief of the Manhattan (A-lmmb) project, tells the House un-American activities committee that. Russia got atomic material from this country during the war. but that he didn't know how many shipments. He testified also, that he knew personally in 1942. that the Russians "were engaged in espionage on the project."

Contracts Awarded By Telephone Co. Plan Addition And Remodeling Work Contractu tor the construction, plumbing and heating. ventilating* and electric work for the Citizens Telephone Co. have been awarded, according to an announcement made today by Charles Khinger. secretary and general manager or the company. Khinger noted that in each con . tract there is a clause stipulating that the effects of the contracts< are null and void, on the company's part, should the city of Decatur. I through its zoning commission, deny a building permit to the company. It is believed that the telephone’ contract for an addition to the rear of the present building and remodeling of the offices will be one of the first test cases to come before the newly -appointed board of appeals. Khinger announced that Carl Striker was awarded the general contract, which was In two parts Striker bld a low of 513.9C3.N7 for the new addition; remodeling of the present office was on a costplus basis, and the hid was an estimate of the amount possibly necessary. The plumbing and heating con tract was awarded to Baker's, which bad a low bid of 8-3,609.<>2 for the work; ventilating bid to Ashbaucher's, 83,311. and electri-1 I cal work to Kngle and Kiesx. 81.737 96 In describing the new addition to the telephone building. Khinger stated that all the new dial system equipment would be housed there. Once the addition is completed. he added, it will be possible for the company to close its Herne office and handle all calls from this office. A feature to be instigated with (Tara To Paar Fleet — Mrs. Purmelia Weis Dies Last Evening Funeral Services Saturday Afternoon Mrs. Purmelia Weis. 73. widow of Adam Weto. and a lifelong real dent of Adams county, died at 10 o'clock Wednesday night at her home. 112 East Oak street She had been in failing health for three years and critically Hi for Ih** past week. Sh- was born in Union township Feb. 18. 1878. a daughter of Smith and Sarah Jane Stevens, and was married to Adam Weis Sept. 2.1 1887. She was a member of the Zion Evangelical and Reformed chur< h. the Pvthlan Sisters and a charter member of the Ben Hur lodge Surviving are a brother. Clinton Stevens of DUMtar. and three sis tens. Mrs. Mary Pierce and Mrs Ruth Webster, both of Monroeville. and Mrs. Ethel Roth of Paulding. O. Four brothers and two sisters preceded her in death Funeral services will be held at IS p tn. Saturday at the Black funeral home hud at 1:30 o'clock at the Zion Evangelical and Reformed church. the Rev W. C. Feller officiating- Friends may call. ■ at the funeral home after 10 a. m 1 i Friday.

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Decatur, Indiana. Thursday, December, 8, 1949.

Retoilers To Change Holiday Store Hours Decatur merchants are going to remain open evenings for a wees and a half before Christ mas. it was announced following the meeting ! Wednesday of all retailers, who met in the Chamber of Commerce off I ■ Ices. Stores will remain open until 9 p. in. starting Wednesday, December 14. and continue that schedule through December 23. This an- | nounceinent will increase the num her of evenings originally planned 1 by the stores to remain open It mid lieen previously planned to keep the doors open in the evening only 'during the last week before Christmas Stores will close at 6 p. n;. Christmas Kve. Awards For Owners Os McMillen Homes 10th Annual Meeting Held Last Evening Twenty-eight prizes for beautification of grounds and buildings and additions to homes in the three McMillen additions in the north part of the city were awarded last evening at the loth annual meeting of the McMillen Home Builders ' Corporation. The banquet wax served at 6:30 o'clock at the Masonic hall, with 175 home owners and guests ati tending. Fred W. Thomas, president of Central Soya company. Fort Wayne, was toastmaster. "Dusty" Miller, famed story teller and humorist of Wilmington. Ohio, featured the program with his wit and humor in a talk on "People I Like.” The awards were made by Harold W McMillen of Fort Wayne, sales manager of Central Soya ; company and a director of the home-building organization. CerI tificates rede< triable in merchan- | disc at the company's farm supply I store were given the winners. Highlights of the program were the talk by Dale W McMillen, founder of the McMillen Home Builders Corp., and board chair- , man of Central Soya company: a film of Mr. McMillen reciting "I»usty” Miller's famous story. This Is the happiest day of my life.” and J. Ward Calland's tri bute to Mr. McMillen, "the man who made it possible for us to own our own homes In behalf of the 73 home owners. Mr. Calland. director of the Na t ion a I Soybean Association, pre sented McMillen with an engraved | tribute, signed by individual own- ■ era. Mr. McMillen responded with an inspiring talk. "Home and Human Kindness ” He stated that a home ws man's greatest possession 1 "Kindness to what distinguishes a person in life. I don't see what one gains by being unkind" Mr. Me Millen outlined in his personal remarks to home owners and guests For many years a mutual friendship has existed between Mr Me Millen and ' Itosty" Miller. The latter originated a story of a salesman who found going bard and was discouraged with results. Mil-, ler turns the story Into In Inxplrs tion for the live, alert salesman and it ends. "This to the happiest day of my life" Mr McMillen has recited it hundreds of times and now Mr McMillens recitation has been filmed I ' Mr. Calland stated that 115 (Tern Te Page ••»>

Denfeld Uncertain On Navy Retirement Ousted Naval Chief Undecided On Choice Westboro. Mass.. Dec. 8. — (I'P) — Admiral Louis K. Denfeld, ousted chief of naval operations, said today he will not retire unless he decides it is best "for the navy and national defense ax a whole." The tall, bespectacled admiral | confessed he to having a hard time trying to make up hto mind whether to quit the navy or stay on and accept a new command in Kuropean waters. "It's a tough problem." he said in an interview. "I'm torn be-, tween two things. But I'm going l I to do whichever is right for the navy and national defense as a whole.” Denfeld, spending a 80-day leave in the small New Kngiand town where he wax born 58 years ago. has little more than a month left in which to decide his future. "I'll have to figure things out soon." he said. "I've had some attractive offers-both business and political. And If I get out it will give a chance to younger men." "But there’s another side to it." he said. “I've given 41 years of my life to the navy and I want to be certain I do what's right now.” 4,000 Hoosiers To Aid Census Taking Start 1950 Census First Os February Washington, Dec. 8 — U'l’l More than 4.000 Hoosiers will lie employed starting Feb. I taking the 1950 census. Census bureau officials said applications for 4.370 jobs would he accepted during January and Feb ruary at 11 district offices. They ( said the greatest need wax for enumerators — persons who will make the house-to house canvass to count residents. Officials said the territory covered by each district office com • aponda to the area in congressional districts. The Bloomington dtotrht. for example, covers the countlee in the seventh congressional diatrh’ They are Clay. Daviess. Gibson. Greene, Johnson. Knox. Martin. Monroe. Morgan. Owen and Sullivan counties. Listed are district offices, with figures after each city representing the number of office workers, crew leaders, enumerators and overall total. Terre Haute 21-21 328-370; South Bend 22-21-384 407: Seymour 20 .7 282-319; Bloomington 22-21-319-382; Gary 18-18-328 382; Evansr'l'e (Tara Ta Fs«» MuMl Christmas Tree Bill To Total 50 Million Washington. Dec. 8. —(UPiI The U 8 Christmas tree bill this year will total 850.000.000. according to agriculture department eeti mates. Arthur M ftowder. extension forester. said a nationwide survey shows 21.500.000 trees worth more than 150.0dff.000 will be placed oa the market.

General Groves Says He Deliberately Withheld Reports On Development

Arctic Air Shoves Temperatures Down Cold Mass Moving From Canada Border By United Press A mass of arctic air temperatures to 15 below zero on the western plains today and sent | bone-chilling winds whistling from the Great Lakes to the east coast. The frigid air rode south across the Canadian border on two storm centers, one that cut across Cana da through New England and onto the Atlantic and another that was moving into North Dakota today. The eastern storm left five persons dead in Canada as it laid a | blanket of snow 18 inches deep in i some areas. New England counted ! six dead with a lesser snowfall .Most victims died on slippery highways. The chill wave dashed the hopes of New York officials who were waiting for warmer weather to melt snow on watersheds and fill , reservoirs depleted by a long drought. The water shortage was so acute that officials ordered all automobile washing stopped and warning that rationing would be put Into effect at the end of the month unless New Yorkets cut consumption drastically. {(kies were clear over most of the area hit by the cold but gusty ( winds in the region from Chicago i to New York hit speeds up to 30 miles an hour. The coldest spot in the nation shortly before dawn was at Minot. I | N D.. where the mercury touched 15 below z« ro. Jamestown. N D.. I had 11 below. Bismarck. N. D . 8 below and Aberdeen. H D-, •> below. Temperatures were expected to (Turn To Page Elgho May Put Soy Beans Under Crop Control Consider Controls On Nine Field Crops Washington. Dec. 8. —(UPI — The government may put a total of nine field crops under production controls to hold down surpluses next year. It was learned today. The agriculture department, officials said, is considering adding soy beans and dry edible beans | to the list of seven crops fori which 1950 controls are certain | Production of dry edible bean* ret a new record this year and ' soy bean output was second only j to last year’s record-smashing j , crop. The department was said to be considering acreage allotment programs for these two crop* as an alternative to slashing tremendous |y or eliminating entirely price support guarantees in iHd. If so. the planting allotment for dry beans probably would call for a cutback in acreage. The soy bean allotments would be designed to jwevent a boost in plantings Compliance with acreage allotments is voluntary. But farmers who overplant their allotments rei-eive no price support. Thus, allotment* limit government price support guarantees. Adoption of the proposed programs would affect farmers in the midwest and far west. The corn h»lt produces most of the nation's »oy beans. Illinois alone accounted for almost 40 per<ent of this year’s production Indiana. lowa. Ohio and Missouri together accounted for more than 40 percent Minnesota also is a big producer The government cut the support price for dry beans from an average of 84 80 per 100 pounds last year to 83.12 this year in an effort to discourage overproduction But the plan didn’t work Grower* produced a crop that was about onethird more than the agriculture department believes was needed Without some control over plant ■ (Tw» Te •'■*»

Wreckage Os Missing Plane Is Sighted No Signs Os Life At Scene Os Wreckage; Seven On Airliner BULLETIN Martinez. Calif., Dec. 8. — (UP) — A ground party today reached the wreckage of a DC-3 non-scheduled airliner which crashed into a low hillside last night during a rainstorm and reported all nine persons aboard were dead. Martinez, Calif . Dec. 8. —(UP) — A coast guard rescue pilot today slghti-d the burned wreckage of a DC-3 airliner, missing since last night with seven persons aboard. There were no signs of life in Ihe wreckage, the pilot radioed. Lt. Jerry K. Rea of the coast Kiturd. flying un amphibian rescue plane, said he spotted the wreckage 4H miles southeast of Napa, nbout in miles due north of Vallejo on the northeastern end of Ran Francisco Bay. He said he could dearly see the number of the non scheduled air-Hner-NCfio2s6. Rea reported one wing and the tail section of the plane were intact but the fuselage was burned. Rea said the plane hit on a low hill and that wreckage was strewn over a considerable area. Contra Costa county sheriff's office first reported that Rea sighted the plane near Pacheco, in Contra Costa county. Instead, the plane actually crashed across the i Carquinet straits in Solano county. The DC-3, owned by California tTurs Tn Pa** SISI Evansville Man is Held As Deserter Indianapolis, Dec. 8. — (UP)— A 29-year-old Evansville man, who allegedly deserted from the army more than six years ago. was held by federal authorities today. The FBI said Anthony Monnier. 29. formerly of Woodburn. Ore., reserted from Camp Breckinridge. Ky., Dec. 3, 1943. He went to Bnsikvllle. Fla. and moved to Evansville a year ago. the FBI I said Two Appointments I Are Made By Mayor Fireman And Zoning Board Posts Filled Mayor John Doan today announc 1 ed two new appointments, one es fective immediately and one on January 1. Vernon Hill will become a full time fireman January I, it was announced today, and Robert L Yost will be the fifth : member of the board of zoning ap peals Voat’s term is effective at once and will be for four years Hill was selected to be a full time fireman following a vote tak en among the members of the volunteer company, the mayor said There were two applicants for lhe post and the names were submitted to all members of the department Yost, asstwiated with his father in lhe construction business, will complete the five-man seining ap peals board Mayor Doan today asked Dick Heller, chairman of the plan commission and also a member of the appeals board to ! call a meeting of the new board as soon as possible. Date of the meeting was tentatively set for Monday night. Mayor Doan, accompanied by Frank Kltson and Ben McCullough, left at noon today for Indianapolis The mayor will be a speaker at a luncheon Friday noon of the state , association of county and township, officials.

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Chief Os Wartime A-Bomb Project Urges Congress To Make Close Probe (Copyright 1949 by United I’ressi Washington. Dec. B—(UP) - Lt Gen. Leslie R Groves, chief of the wartime A-bomb project, said today he deliberately withheld several secret reports on atomic development from former vice president Henry A Wallace during the war He made the statement in an intervk w when asked to clarify his testimony before the house unAmerican activities committee concerning Russian attempts to spy out U. S atomic secrets in 1913 and 1944. Groves also called on congress to delve deeper into charges by George Racey Jordan, onetime army air force major, that top U. S. official* helped Russia obtain secret materials and documents in this country during the war. Saying his testimony should not be construed as disi r* diting all of the ex major's story, he added that "I think it would be criminal negligence if Jordan's charges were not explored to the utmost." Groves bad testified that Wallace, who bolted the Democratic party last year to run for president as tlie left-wing progresaive party's candidate, only saw one of about five secret atomic reports which were distributed among a I limited group of the hjghest rank- ' Ing officials He did not elab<e rate Interviewed later at the army* navy club. Groves was asked why the other reports were not shown to Wallace "Throughout my conduct of the Manhattan project, my decisions were based on what I thought were the best interests of the United States." the general said "I de- ’ elded I wasn’t going to show any more reports to Mr Wallace.” Asked if that meant he decided I it would be against the best interests of the country for Wallace to see the documents. Groves replied: “I don't see how anything could be more positive than what I said before.” Pressed for a more detailed explanation. he added: I "Our objective in the Manhattan project was to save American lives by shortening the war Many securj Ity hazards were deliberately taken i to accomplish this goal, but no unnecessary. recognizable hazards were ever taken.” Groves also told the reporter that ! his testimony should not be conj strued as completely refuting the j story of Georg* Racey Jordan, former army air force major, that I suspicious shipments poured i through the lend lease pipeline to | Russia during the 1943-44 war years. He urged the committee to delve into It further, saying "I think it would he criminal negligence if Jordan’s charges i were not explored to the utmost by I congress ” Radio commentator Fulton Lew--1 Is, Jr. who first aired Jordan’s charges, has accused Wallace of putting pressure on some official* to obtain approval of uranium shipments to Russia At the time. Wallace. a« vice-pre-sident. was a member of President Roosevelt's top policy committee to oversee development of the atomic bomb Wallace ha* denied Lewis' charge and ha* demanded the right to "meet my traducers face to face” before the house committee as soon as possible He notified chairman <T«r« To Pose Bls* 1“ / r i’ ’’Ur I / vaf Lev y. b i’ WORiSWS W