Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 47, Number 303, Decatur, Adams County, 27 December 1949 — Page 1

IXLVII. No. 303.

IOLIDAY CARNAGE KILLS 611 IN NATION

■veland's ■mil Strike Kught To End MbQOO Strikers At Agree To Hllow Court Order !>♦•<• (I Pt HHB •rtrikinu trniHi; IM,, auit-ftl to obey ;t Mlnnld t-ntling tlo-ii HiMl.tv ■ul »..ik<-r*. member* of the Am il- ainah-tl Asso. iatioti trie Railway ami Motor Ejnphiyt'H. voted at mats ’o return to work ini ;t |„| -fre-t ear service W.IM H-linte.l as quickly as the ■■.,..!!<! reach fhejr tar barns the union meeting. jneshlt-nt Thomas Met :: mat union men at the that If you have eonfi in union you will take ami return Io work to it.,• members then voted . uppling six.lay walkout system officials said |K.| s. nit e would be resumed |K. .1! that full schedules wilt ittant'etl for today to min: - ft tfflc congestion exoK u u- the evening rush hour g-neral manager Donald K. “.till he was "pleaset!" with ■ eAws' decision ami add.-I |M he hoped "the people of will bear no strong tgainsl our employes be|Ke the strike vote represented small minority." |K alerted police for what could BHh. worst evening traffic Jam history. luo.itm autos crowded into |Moty again today ami with the busses and street cars in luilice feared tieups would far surpass even the Mfk snarls of the first predays of the strike, preChristmas walkout the nation's sixtli largest Kin the final .lays of the hullM rush, stranding l.tHtn.mm daily The motormen struck over that "public employes St tike." Judge Joseph Art I ■Hr.imii pleas court issued a restraining order last ■i after an extraordinary hob session to hear the municipal gHowne.i transit system's request an injunction under Ohio's law. That act. passed in M;. forbids strikes by public etn ami authorizes the firing ->f who walk out a mandatory order Artl di Kte<l 25 officials of the AmalgaAssociation of Street. ElecRailway and Motor Coach Em Byes (AFLi to send their memB* back to their "normal dut ■ " lb- termed the strike an "un hardship." ■ttica Lodge Home ■ Looted Os $1,200 ■khica Ind . Dec 27. —(VP* ■ estimated (1.200 was taken by Mrrlars who entered the Moon* Bh'- home here yesterday. Police Mki nearly a dozen burglaries oc ■**">! i n lhe srea during ChristBony Gifts Received B Home Residents ■**«idents of the Adams county enjoyed one of their fim st Cn*tn U s days, according to aupei Cadent and Mrs. Frank Kitson »aa brought about by the kind C* "* rnor * ,han *" Decatur r,T '" ■ba Utions. lodges sororltte' ■> -I ■**»' (Ifta were received by tne ■•denu. Including apples, nuts B****- '••’dies tobacco and oth ■ h **» AMg Christmas din.ie- ■* * llMl served and several kwa■fy visited the home and sang ■ WEATHER ■ •"« somewhat colder B Wt4n, *d»y cloudy fol- ■ <* M by rain Wednesoay afUrBu**" * "*•**• Low »•"**’ 25 ■ " » "<>rth ti U tt M aoirth I **•*’ Wadnaeday 32 to M north ■ *** 42 to W aoMth.

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New Cosmic Theory Offered By Einslein New Gravitation Theory Is Evolved New York, Dec. 27. (Ul’i i’rof. Albert Einstein today offered scientists the world over a new cosmic theory that, once it Is solved and understood, may set them on the solution of the mystery of li-e The new "generalized theory of gravitation" was evolved by the 7 • year old Einstein during 3o years of study, lie has put together a theory several times in re.-n' years, hut in each case discarded it himself, having found it to be in error. The newest theory, made public at a press conference during fl.e annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement ot Science, attempts in one series of equations to set forth the laws governing two fundamental forces of the universe gravitation a.nl electromagnetism. Those two forces, scientists a gree, produce virtually all the pinnomena of nature, but there has been no single formula that explains their relationship anil wnat is behind their functions. For instance, any school chin! knows that when something Is dropped the object falls to the ground or lowest level because of gravity. And knows also, that a magnet attracts metal. Scientists point out that these are two different forces of nature and that for years an overall formula was need ed to explain Just what the forces are and the par| they play. In .he physical world It was just such a simple form ilia that Einstein offered in I’m.' that eventually led to the atomic bomb. In that year he first pnldUlied his special theory of relativity that showed that the amount ot energy In a muss could lie determined by multiplying the amount of the mass by the velocity of light squared. The newest Einstein theory, oft ered a "unified formula" for gravi tation ami electromagnetism, con tains 29 symlads which must Im written in long hand Off record comments of sclent Ist.-: at the AAAS meeting indicated that once Einstein's new theory is un derstissl and can be put to work, the mysteries of the universe ami of life itself may be solved. William L. Evans Dies Sunday Night Funeral Services To Be Wednesday Funeral services will be held Wednesday for William 1.. Evans. 70. of 904 South 13th street who died Sunday evening at the Adams county memorial hospital after a short Illness Services will be held at 1:30 p m. Wednesday at the flllllg ADoan funeral home, the Rev. F. H. Willard officiating Burial will lie tn the Decatur cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home until time of the services. He was born in Indiana Feb. 9. 1979. a son of Steve and Serena Humble-Evans. Surviving are the wife, Marie, five sons. Robert. Raymond and George of Shelby. 0.. Sgt. Paul Evans in Japan, and William Evans. with the V. S. army, at Nor folk. Va.; three daughters. Mrs. Lloyd Stevens of Decatur, Miss Opal Evans of Fort Wayne and Mrs. Loderna West of Toledo. O.: two brothers. Zeak Evans of Decatur and Henry of Vicksburg Mich ; three sisters. Mrs. Frank Everett and Mrs, famine Zolling er of Colon. Mich . and Mrs May Welch of Decatur; 20 grandchildren and 1» great grandchildren. Three New Quokes In Area Os Tokyo Tokyo. Dec 27. —(PPI— Three new earthquakes shook the area north of Tokyo today in the wake of heavy shocks yesterday that killed eight persona, injured W and damaged 2.5<M» houses Although the shocks were felt In Tokyo, none was strong enough to cause any damage In the Japanese capital Thera were no cas ualtiea reported

Fire Adds To Christmas Toll Os Death xjtf |F ' /’■" < WHILE THE TOLL of violent death tn the nation mounted above the 500 mark for the :: day Christmas holiday, fin-men fight a blaze at Hyndman. Pa., that wiped out the business district. Started when an upset Christmas tree caused a short circuit, the fire rendered 30 families homeless, and one person is missing and feared dead.

Says Japs Planned For Germ Warfare Experiments Mode On Gl Prisoners London. Dec 27 (VP)— Moscow nidio claimed today that the trial of 12 Japanese in Siberia on germ warfare charges has disclosed that experiments were made on American war prisoners to determine their immunity to bacteriological weapons. The Japanese are being tried In Khabarovsk, near the Manchurian frontier, on charges they used living prisoners as guinea pigs while developing germ warfare in Manchuria during the last war. Western circles believe the trial is an attempt to cloud the issue of 376,mm Japanese w'ar prisoners whose return has been demanded by Gen. Douglas MacArthur in Tokyo. A Moscow broadcast, quoting a Tass agency dispatch from Khabarovsk. said the confession concerning Americans was made by Tomio Karasawa. a major in the Japanese medical corps. Karasawa was identified as a section chief in unit 731. which Moscow claimed was established hy a secret order of Emperor Hirohito in 1940 to study bacteriological warfare. "To ascertain the degree of vulnerability of the American army to different combat Infections, mem bers of unit 731 studied on American war prisoners the degree of thiir receptivity to different Infections," Karasawa was quoted as telling the Russian war crimes court. Tin- broadcast said that the experiments on Americans were held in Mukden in 1943. "Was the prospect of using hac(Twrw Tu Pwae Sis I Reports Inspection Os County Jail Here Inspector Reports Jail 'Fairly Good' The state department of public welfare, in Its recent inspection of the Adams county jail, declared that "at time of inspeition. strength, security, safety, sanitation. and segregation appeared to lie fairly good " The re|»ort. which was prepared by Maurice Holland, however. <‘e spite the indifferent recommendation. does state that “this counts jail appears to meet the present needs of Adams county.” A general description of the Jt-.1l Is given In the report, noting that the food, heat, ventilation and lighting are adequate The health aspects of the prisoners are well taken care of. according to the report, with toilet articles furnished and bathing a requirement. In case of medical or physical care a physician is called. The report offers the sheriff’s office the opportunity to make comments disagreeing with anything said in the report This will fiot he done by sheriff Herman Bowman. though hw was discouraged by th* 'fairly good" report; Rie feels certala that tt should have been a hotter comment.

ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ADAME COUNTY

Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday, December 27, 1949

Decatur Retailers Announce Store Hours A special schedule of retail store hours for Decatur stores this week was announced today by H. ! Ehinger. chairman of the retail division of the Decatur Chamber of Commerce. Retail stores will close at noon Thursday of this week and also at 16 o'clock Saturday evening. Reta>! <-rs will remain closed Monday, Jan ' 2 and will start Tuesday, Jan. 3 on the regular s< hedule. Indonesian Slate Is Created Today Long Dutch Rule Os Rich Colony Ended Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Dec. 27. — (VP) — The world's newest nation was created today. ; Queen Juliana of the Netherlands formally transferred sovereignty over the Dutch East Indies to the I'nited States of Indonesia, ending 350 years of Dutch rule over the rich colony. In a solemn ceremony In the "Cit iliens Hall” of the ancient royal palace, she signed two documents which created the United States bf Indonesia and established the Netli t-rland Indonesian union with her self as the titular chief. Seated around an oval table with the queen were her husband. Prince Bernhard, the Netherlands cabinet and members of an Indonesian delegation. leil by prime minister Mo ham med Hatta Signing of the documents ended 4H years of confusion, fighting and negotiation. The move created a republic of 16 autonomous states, covering an area of 2,<MM».O(H> square miles ot land and sea with a population of 72.tmu.mm. The main islands of the ■ new republic are Java and Sumatra. While Indonesia will he entirely independent. Juliana and her xuetlessors will tie recognized as the heads of tire Netherlands-Indom slan union. UN Congratulations Uike Success. N. Y . Dei- 27. ; (Ul’i — The Netherlands tixlay pledged all-out support to the n«-w state of Indonesia when it applies for admission to the United Na tions. V. N. secretary-general Trygve Lie and the three-nation V. N. commission for Indonesia extended con gratulations to the peoples of both nations on today's transfer of sovereignty to the United States of Indonesia. The V. N. was notified official!/ of the transfer in a letter handed to iTwra T« !•■«» Three! Good Fellows Club Previous report *935.71 Junior Police 1.E9 Eastern Star . lE.M Ed Mutschlrr 1000 K. of C. la t»o A Friend 1.50 George Trtcker ’ oo A Frtoad IM Cash In boxes ...» 1 3C Total *973*3 Donation — Mrs O K Baker pre sented hand made doll clothes to the dab.

Indiana's Holiday Death Toll Is 20 15 Persons Killed In Traffic Wrecks By United Press Hoosiers today counted a Christmas accidental death toll of 20, including 15 killed In highway accidents and five others from miscellaneous causes. Two Terre Haute department store clerks, Laverne Haddm-k, 19. and Shlrlay Joan Calvin, 20. were killed In th*! only fatal accident Monday. Tlie car in which they were riding was ramni'-d hy another car. seven miles west ot Terra Haute, and the girls burned to death when the car burst into flames. The worst accident of the long holiday weekend was Christmas eve. at Anderson, when Mr. and Mrs. Charles W Jarrett and their two small children were killed hy a New York Central passenger train which struck their automobile. Albert Lnmrtoti. 96, Chicago, died ill a Gary hospital Christmas morning four hours after he was lilt by a car at a railroad overpass The total killed on the highway* was far lielow 1949's Christmas death record when state police reported 22 deaths for th>- Dec. 24-26 period. Irina Glen Sanson. 19. Monticello. died in a Logansport hospital last night of injuries suffered when she fell from a moving auto on Ind 16 near Buffola the day before. Miscellaneous deaths includeil' two killed in a Madison county plum- crash, an Elkhart man burned to death «n his home, an Indianapolis hunter killed when his shotgun discharged, and Eugene Ellis. 71. Kokomo, who died of burns suffered when he fell Into a pail of scalding water. Says Flying Discs From Other Planets Manned By Men From Distant Civilization New York. Dec. 27— (VP) — True magazine said today that "Informed authorities" believe that "flying saucers” are "Interplanet ary vehicles” manned by spacemen from a distant civilisation more ad vanced than on earth. Concluding without reservation that “flying saucers are real." True said it learned that "a rocket authority stationed at Wright Field. ().. has told ... (air force! personnel flatly that the saucers are laterplanetary and that no other con elusion I* possible.” (Wright field officials, however, did not support this view. "The air force material command has been working very closely with In telllgence on the whole matter of flying saucers.” a field spokesman said ("We probably have the most complete file on the saucers any where, hut there Is nothing new or startling to Indicate that the san eers are Interplanetary vlsltors' l Basing Its conclusions on an eight month Investigation hy DoniTwen Te Ul)

Christmas Holiday Toll Horrifying; Traffic Is Worst Offender With 420

Christmas Observed In Quiet Fashion Church Services, Family Reunions Decatur citizens observed Christmas In the traditional manner by attending church services and holding family reunions in the home. The weather was mild, with temperatures climbing near the 50 degree mark. There was no trace of snow and the rain held off until Monday. Business was at a standstill Factories and stores resumed operations ami store hours today after being closed through Monday. The community was spared tragedy over the two day observance of Christmas. No serious accident was reported and city firemen were not called out over the holidays. . Pastors reported a large turnout of the faitlijul at Christmas Eve and Christmas day services and masses. Reunions and happy gatherings in the homes featured the observance of the anniversary of the birth of the Christ Child It was a joyful day for nearly everybody. The Good Fellows did their part in distributing food and gifts to humble homes so that the needy also could enjoy the blessings that come with Christmas in . in— i „i Anthracite Wage Talks To Resume New York. Dec. 27. - It’P) Anthracite operators and the unit ed mine workers return to the bargaining table at 1 p.m. iESTi today after a Christmas recess. Sources close Io the talks said there hail been no developments since the last meeting lii-c, 22. Take Inventory Os County Home Jan. 2 Commissioners To Meet Next Tuesday With the disclosure that t'-e county commissioners will hold their regular meeting in the court house Jan 3. it was announced that the commissioners, appointed appraisers. county attorney and a:>dl tor will take the annual Inventory of the county home Jan, 2. Thomas Johnston, Washington township, selected by commissioner Otto Hoffman, and Tillman l.eh man, Hartford township, by J C. Augsliurger. will serve as appraisers assisting in the inventory ine Inventory, which is of the livestock, grain, hay. feed, mmltry. clothing and produce, was apprais ed at 125.244 in 1949 The 1950 inventory is expected to be less, off* cial stated, "due to the fact tba* the price of grain and livestock are not as high as a year ago." There will lie a reorganization of th»- Ismrd of commissioners at their regular meeting, an election of a president and vice-president. J. <’. Augsburger currently serves ar presidt-nt of the Ixiard It is likely that other appoint ments will lie made. It was noted One memlier of the ixiard of trustees of the Adams county hospital, to replace Cal Peterson, is to be chosen Peterson is finishing the term iiegun by Earl Colter in 1945 but who resigned in March of thl* year The term expires Jan. 1. 1954Also to tie appointed are a county highway superintendent, present ly held by Phil Hauers; four district highway superintendents. tm< x drivers and helpers; county *Murney. the post now held by Ed A. Hoase. which expires Feb. I; county physician, no* Dr. John Terveer. expires Dec 31; and the ap pointnient of a member to the alcoholic beverage board, the opening to occur Feb. 1 The post is no* held by Groce Tope, of route 3.

AFL To Demand Another Round Os Wage Hikes Pessimism Shown In Bulletin Issued By Labor Federation Washington, Dec. 27 tl'Pt The AFL said today it w ill denial d another round of "substantlt-l wage increases in 195 U. In a bulletin to all affiliated un i ions, tlie federation hinted Ilia n will be unwilling to settle for an; | thing less than an average boost of more than 10 cents an hour. I.f told its memlier unions Ilia 1 aa matter of fact, management could afford pay raises of from 7 to 13 ■ cents an hour without a price crease if it would trip its prixiuition costs. Tlie bulletin, however. Includ-d these generally pessimistic 1 omlc predictions: 1. t’nemployment In !95n *i , l reach the s,imt.tm<» mark, about I. imm.iHHi above the 1949 high, mainly i liecause of the influx of n< w work i ers into th® labor market. 2. The business outlook is "bright” for the first six months of the new year, lint "doubtful" for tinlast half Lt said business will go into a slump after June, in nil probability, unless wages are <n- < reused and prices low-red The bulletin quoted no AFL spokesman, but lalmr soiines aid that it unquestionably represented tlie top leie| thinking of pr> side-.-t William Green and Ids assix iat<The federation warned that the i i'nited States faces “another h i i I Hess r> adjustment" next year iluv i‘here is a "strong ami healtliv' economy in tills nation. It said, and a depression can lie avoided if :.ll segments cooperate In a con-trm five program. "Wages must lie raisid withoil' causing a general increase in livinr. costs," it added. The AFl.'s views contrasted site those of president Charles E. Wi! son of General Motors Corp, winsaid that husineaa i-ondit ionshould lie "quite goixl" in ItlSlt But iti a copyrighted interviewin I'. S. News and World Report. 'ie conceded that lalxir strife or un foreseen developments in the Inter national situation could easily n,i set his forecaaL • The AFL bulletin said that if i v • Tur* Tn (*■*• «l( * Miss Della Harruff Dies Monday Night Decatur Lady Taken By Death Last Night Miss lb Ila Harruff. 72. well known Decatur lady, died at 11 oclocl Monday night at the home ot a brother. Russell C. Harruff. 1122 West Wildwood. Fort Wayne Site > had been HI for three weeks with ■wonary thrombosis and critical for the past 10 days. She wa* Imrn in Herne Aug. 30. 1977. a daughter of Harvey and Suzanna Teeter Haruff. hut had li' - ed in Decatur for more than 50 years Miss Harruff served as secretary for the Suttles Co, for the past 27 years, and previously was secreiary for the Krick-Tyndall Co. She wax a memtier of the Evangelical church and the Reliekah lodge. Surviving in addition to the brother, to whose home she was taken when she became HI. are a slater. Mrs. C. D Marshall of Detroit. Mich., and several nieces and nephews Funeral service will he held at I:3d p. m Thursday at the Zwick funeral home, the Rev F. H. Will ard officiating Burial will be in the MRE cemetery at Rente Friends may call at the funeral I home after 2 o'clwk Wednesday afternoon.

Price Four Cents •

Eight Persons Die Hourly In Holiday Period; Warn Os New Year Weekend Chicago. Dec 27 <l'l’l Christmas weekend accidents killed fill persons in a carnage which the national safety council said today should horrify tin- nation as much as the Texas City disaster of two years ago. Tie- council warned that the toll would be repeated during the New Year's weekend unless "the : people have sickened of making honor days out of th ir holidays." Traffic accidents killed 42« peri son*. C 3 died in fires, four were killed in plane crashes and 121 died in miscellaneous accidents, a I'nited Press survey showed. The highway toll fell short of (he safety council's prediction, th® highest for Christmas in council history, that 435 person would lie killed on tile highways. However. deaths from injuries suffered in highway accidents were exi jiected to bixixt tile actual toll above 43.5. From •> p m. Friday until midnight last ni“lit. eight ix-rson- died every hour or better than one person ev-ry seven minutes. The [ dead included 7* children Forty holiday deaths were reported in Canada during tin- same periixi, including 23 traffic fatal!i ties. About 500 persons were killed p tlie Texaa City. Ti-x.. disaster whet an explosive laden ship blew up at | a dis k The exact toll has not been determined Tlie Christmas weekeiul toll was double Hint of tin- "non holiday'* weekend of Nov I 5-9 this year when 31" persons died violently in ac< (dents across the nation During that weekend. 22'- pet ons died on the highways, three in plane I crashes and s’- from other i-aitses. During th- past weekend. Delaware, Vermont and Montana were | the only stales which did not report any accident fatalities One ILinoi -ill choked to death on a piece of Christmas candy and i San Fram lsi-o re idetit died w lien h < h<>ked while eating his Christinas dinner. Mid a California woman was ncclilentally killed witli a rifle she gave her son for Christmas. Tin- number of dead in traffic was below the national safely eoiini-H's gloomy prediction, the highest in i-oiim-H history, that 435 persons would b- killed on streets and highways But council president Ned 11. Ih-arliorn believed the final total would reach the predicted figure “It ix ironic ami tragic that tlie nation spent Christmas, a holiday devoted to gixxl will toward m< n. liy killing approximately perI sons on the highway- especially | since most of tin- victims were on happy holiday trips or missions of mercy." he said. Badweather. including cold waves, sleet and snow, increased tlie death count by making highways hazardous and causing many <T«VW Tw Pwr* Fl*»» No Changes Planned For City Officials Mayor John Doan, completing the M-cond year of his administration, announced today that there won’d 1 Im* no changes January I in his <*ial family. However, he added that Maurice Teeple. who has been ent ployed as a temfxirarv officer would receive permanent status January i 1. The mayor already had announi i-ed the appointment of a new full time fireman. Vernon Hill, who wit! - start his new duties Jan. 2 Other . i iMMirds and individual appojntno-nta » i will remain nwchanged. it was stated. I Mayor Doan was busy tiwlay c<mipleting his records of fines, atmi fences and recommendations in con net lion with his duties as judge ot mayor's court The annual repor* i mast he completed by Dwc. 31. Oth- ■ er city officials also were busy this I week preiutring annual reports, all r ot which will he submitted to the city cu«n«'H early In 195 d.