Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 48, Number 15, Decatur, Adams County, 19 January 1950 — Page 1

Vol. XLVIII. No. 15.

TRUMAN KEEPS HANDS OFF COAL DISPUTE

" ‘ ■' H Seize Six In Million Dollar Boston noioup Ex-Convict, Five .BULLETIN AMawta. Mre, Jam 10.—(UP) KaMaa aAmAm rwulrne ata WUnereveWre wwvua g mete. •« «m«M by •*•*« In ■Mttonrn attl control Mtoing tadtoy. Oacupania «f t*v» Mr, last mm toMwMn Reekland SfMl TlweiMMrtMt woe* ftor MMtlMlne Ito lodsa'l »1.H»X)00 haMugBrretoto, Maaa Jan. W— (VPI — R..Aneix-cntovicl's long-dtarance tels phone “confession" ••' hi* part |n the lUM.WO Brinks. Inc. holdup led to kb arrest la Newark, N. J» early today aad the questioning here at five alleged accomplices Throe of the suspect * already had been picked up in Boston when the telephone call came In to Capt John D. Ahearn of the apecial ser vice M«ad about 2 a. tn. EST While talking to the man In New. ark. Ahearn aignaßed other officers to twee the call and notify police in Newark The man was netted th a tavern from where he was calling and held for questioninc bj thFBI. Ahearn said the man told him he drove one of two toeMwapr«awused by the bandits who Stole >l.umi.MMi in Mils aad IWS.Ahi in checks, most of them noa nero «table, from Brink s worth and irffIce Tuesday al«ht " *’ Shortly after the telephone call poMra Marked off an eighth ida. square mHe hr th* bort* ead aad surrounded an abandoned bnlMing In wlllrtl tire »t Hisilrl saM ’he loot had been sZored However ho cash was found in the InHldiiK But police Mid they found an Italian make gun similar to those used by the bandits 2 Ahearh Mid the suspect told him rig tv men were In the gang that Med up and geared five Brink s mi ployes in New England's largest holdup Seven masked gunmen had entered the .-tegr where the varlt was housed amt police pirvinu.-'. lout believed that two oilier ban dlls bad remained outside as lookout Sj The suspect re|H>rtedly said that he and two other meinbtrs of the daring holdup gang drove to New ark the night of the robbery while the ruber five remained in Boston Ahearn Mid the five men affixed here would lie viewed in police lineup later today by tiir- five Brink’s employees. He quoted the man arrested ip Newark as saying the leader of the gang was a former Brink's employe, supporting a police theory that it was an "inside Job ." Another former Brink employ's also was an alleged member of the . gang, according to Ahearn/ Though Boston police were somewhat skeptical of the man's story, they believed they finally had go.-1 ten a “break - ' in the ease In which-! at least .1.000 law enforcement off! cers are purticipating “Some of it checks and aome of It doesn't check," said Ahearn, "it doesn’t sound quite right to me. Parts of the story which check include the finding of-k pistol in .'he koine together with l.Uou rounds ut ammunition." In their haste to flee, the gunmen left behind more than fl.oofl.Oiin But they took pith them “at least" fl.Oflfl.flflfl in small denomination , hills and JSOfl.oflO in checks, mostly ( non-negotiable Al least 1.000 enforcement offl , eera, the greatest force ever mo bl Ilied to solve a New England crime, were spurred by offers of rewards ( totaling IIW.OOO Bal ns lead after lead petered out. they were left , with only aweiter of theories. , Prior to the alleged confession ( atid arrests, police had believed •» , break In the case would come be- , cause 11,000.000 “Is too much dough to alt m." The president of Brink's said the , firm would spend ILOOO.MM) tv M catch the gang,.dead or alive. ~ ..- 4 WEATHER 1 Fair earth, clearing Muth end colder tonight. Friday fair 1 aad eentiausd cold. Lew to- ■ night aero to' • above north,' 1 H Blilii .-ir-*-' High Friday 12 north, IB Math. - ' - )

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

T Candidate Albert Harlow Albert Hartow WHI Seek Renoinnulion Is Condidote For County Assessor Albert Harlow, couni y assessor and welhhnown Adame county tnislness mon. today announced his candidacy for renomluaiiou to tlu*i asnipMVor'a .post, subject to the de-! vision of voters in the BenioOrallt*! primary In May Mr Harlow Is completing the: last year of hl* first trim In that I office and has supervised the re assessment job In the county He slated that because of the large amount of work linked with his office 'durlpg the negt several Uaunihs It would lie neceaMry Io tCrtt- bls personal lariipaigli. How dyer, jbe randldale said that he woulA make an effort to-tatk with aa Wiktiv voters as possible * — Mr Harlow is a native of Ovneva 1 He served I*6 lento as auditor.of Adams ctvunty and then returned I to. his business at Geneva until an years ago when the Harlows moved tn liecatnr He has been, vivgirg'ti Io ’h* shrubbery, plant and flower sales business in Thiaiiui 1 for the last si« years. - The candidate si.,ied |u aimoum . lug hts desire for a-JMs*und term that lie lieiievvd that his ripvftence + had, qualified him well for the post "if nominated and elected. 1 shall continue to do all in my power tu serve I lie best’ Interests of the pesv.lv pie ot Adams county. Mr Harlow said 16 Persons Die In Spanish Air Crash Madrid Spain. Jan I l ' tl'Pl Officials blamed an air poclret to day tor the crash of a transport plane yesterday in which HI Iversons were killed. ■ Lt. Col. Tudela. conimandant of tbe”San Javier air academy and a' least five other officers were v j niong those killed when a-Juhkers ,52 erkshed on the southeast coast of . Spain near Cartagena. Jherfe ! were no survivors. Retail Merchants Committee Named Initial Meeting Os Committee Monday / Thirteen prominent Decatur mer 'all committee of rhe Ireealoc Chamber of Conimen-e. L. E. “Bud Anspaugh. chairman of I io* commit tee. announced" today. The rw-'ail ! vmnmltteeTiag charggmf all special days such a* dollar days, the Ha', loween parade. chrHluuu decorations and entertainment and other similar programs. The commluee mem tier for 1050 are: _ — Virgil Doyle. Ixvuls Jacobs. George Stulti. Ben Webster. Glen Oswalt. Cletus Miller, E. D. Stocks dale. Harold Niblick. Robert Cole. XHMlt' Batr ' Robert Astrhaw-her. _ George Helm and Robert Ggy. Chairman Anspaugh his called the first mealing of the new committee for Monday night at 7 .10 o' •clock at the Chamber roome in the lieVoks building At this meeting the year's program will be formulated. - . Among items to be discussed are dollar days. Mllettaflon control, and an employee’ dinner. The committa» also wilt decide on plans for .adding -other special daya to the present program. — -

10,000 Forced irrom nssoun I Mammae lowland noftts In Midwest Flood Zoom Now ? 20,000 f... Charleston, .0.. Jan. I*—(DPI —The threatening Mls issippl river forced 10.000 persona from their lowland homes In Missouri today aad the number of displaced persoaa In the midwest flvwd »one soared to 20.000 Only about 2.000 farmers - and aharecrooppers stood their ground in the Birds Point-New Madrid spillway of southeast Missouri as the Ohio river flood eiMt Imre down toward the 'father of waters' at Cairo. HI. Army engineers, who had feared they might have to flood the 18#.-000-ai-re spillway to relieve the MTarlaalppl's pressure, today said that such drastic action probably would not he necessary. The engineers said they would not turn the Mississippi's waters Into the floodway unless the Ohio's i stage at Cairo passed the 57-foot : mark. i The Ohio was leveling oft slight j ly abova 55 feet this morning, and : Sgt George Klein of the Illinois i national guard said It was ekpm-t---ed tn crest a.t 5514 feet later ♦<> ■ day MeanwfttTe? resldehtl' ot Vtjlcen * new. Ind., oh Bbe long-rampaging Wabash river slept -oundly for the first night In two weeks The Wabusb dropped gluu»l two feet In 12 pours up to mMnlght last night and continued to fall j steadily. ____ The. threat to Vlnceune.s'.aea.w»ll ’ appeared past, and only a token patrol was maintained pn tile huge barrier .last night Several thou- ■ sand soldlera. national guardsmen, civilian volunteers and school < hll1 dren halted their efforts to butj wark the dike. The. erect -of the Wabash IjaiL 1 pushed downriver past Mt Carmel. 111. liufhorities there.said, and the tlhio's main crest was believed past Old Shawneetown. 11l L... “if looks like-the-threat to the! levee at Old Shawneetown is over." said Sgt Edward Hake of-the Illinois highway police Many of the 5,000 persons made homeless by the Wabash and its tributaries in. Indiana and Illinois were t-omlng hack to their homes The Red Cross was caring for vTwrw Tw V'aae F.laWf 1 Vole Is Urged On Excise Tax Repeal < Defeat Os Move Is Sean By Sen Lucas t Washington Jan. 7# — fl'Pl—j Senate Jiemwratlc leader Scott AV Lucas predicted today that party members would kill a Republican move o force arCTtnmedfate vote on repeal of wartime excise taxes The Illinois senator made the prediction after Sen Harry P. Cain R . Wash., urged the. senate to sidetrack administration bills until a vote is taken on Tills excise tax Caln's bill would cut sales levies on jewelry, cosmetics, amusements i and many other Items back to th"lr 1042 levels. Elsewhere in congress Coalition House Republican and Democratic .leaders eald the other's party would he at fault if fair, employment practlvea legislation is lost in the struggle to change house rules. A coalition of Republicans and southern Dmmw crals Is trying to revive the rules committee's power to block Indefinitely any Irtll it doesn't like. Five percenters—Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy. R . Wls . demanded that President Truman oust Maj. Gen. Harry H. Vaughan aa his milltarv aide if Vaughan continues hie "pollticai'' activities Ren. Karl E. Mundt. R.. St. D. said the general should atop being a “political hatchetman" or get out of uniform Korea—Chairman John Kee. D.. W Va.. of the houae foreign affairs committee predicted easy houae passage for the 8150.000,000 tTwrw Te Pace Uabt)

ONLY GAILY NtWBFABCK IN AOAM# COUNTY

Docotiir, liufama, Thvrtdcy, January 19, 1950

Millfoil Mian Left BMM r)JiMMH THEM MONEYBAG* bidding more than a million dollars in cash were left behind by the Brink's Express robbers in Boston, eo great waa Hie |1.500.000 cash load they took away In laundry stocks. Police Detective Walter J. Armstrong looks at the "residue" in the Brink* vault aa manhunt gets underway.

Adm. Lows Denfeld Retires From Navy Irked By Ouster As Operations Chief RoatcHi, Jan 19. —Admiral laouiw K. IttnfHd. irked by hiu ohm er a* rktef nL naval opera Ltahit in fhr unrficaitbn sHiuahble iimjird to be reth«*d from tin- navy today after <1 years srrvlra. >ft» . retirement la effective ■ Jdnrebl— Denfeld told a new* conference at first naval district headquarferN [ that he'had no future plan*. Pending acceptance of his appli ration, the '»S year old Ih nTe ld was aitaiirned desk «pa< e in the - general iiiapector’a bfffc't* of the district’* Fargo building There, he aal<L jie. WllL <‘°tn plete his affair* before quitting active service. ' • '' ' - ,-.el»rn« fid announced his derision to retire a day after The wnate de 1 ferrrd roafirmation JLdmirai t Forrest P. Sherm an -to -eu4’4*eed him .»s chief of naval and a month after he rejected a high overjieaa.command Be explained then that seMTetary j of navy Franrin. P . Matthews bad a< <-UM'd him of lack of loyahv to supwioiK. a charge he felt hud destroyed his usefulness for a pi»st in which he would have to deal with foreign governments and-of-ficials. ’. ”■ . r . ’ ■ . . He entered the conference room to face a battery of newsmen and radio men with microphones set up,; Be was accompanied by his aide.]. Lt, (’orndr John Sjrgent. ”f guess this is what you men want to hear,” Denfeld said with a smile. ”1 have submitted my request for retirement after more than years in the navy I’ve asked it to be effective March 1.1 haven’t an>*4 v plans as yet for the future." Russia Walks Out On Atomic Talks Hath Discussion ■ On World Control Lakt- SaceeM. N. if , Jan. 1# —! il'Pi Rus’ia walked out of the I'nited Nations Atomic talks today.l--bringing to a halt discusshins among the big five powers and Canada on a World control plan The experu from the six countries met for an hour behind closed doors while a jepre of reporters huddled kt the entrance, waiting for Jacob Malik, Russian delegate to walk out. Malik spoke four separate times in the meeting before he. made his departure-the sixth Soviet VN walkout in the last week Malik's walkout came as a re suit of Russia's refusal to participate In any I'N meetings- while, the delegation- of nationalist China is accepted here. Malik disclosed that he had pre seated the following resolution, which tlfy experts rejected "That the six permanent memhers of the Vnfted Natlrm« atomic e.nergy commission, gathered for' fTtosw Te race SMtoU

Begin Court Room Cleoning, Pointing Painters moved into the court rooms today to begin the cleahinx and painting wbicb was approved by the county commissioners In their January 0 meeting. The firm of Jackson and Vents was awarded the contract by the commlsattohera on a bid of 11,151 40 - The court will Ire in vacation from January 21 to FebriMWy •» lt~to mged. and workers are *»■ pAled to complete much ot the i reflnlsking during that period Royalty Payments Hay Be Withheld Coal Operators May " Hold Up Payments ' PRtsburgh. Jan 10 tVl’i Plans of a number of major soft ( coal operators to withhold royalty paynirntjs to (hr unir<<l initir work ! ora welfare fund raised new doubts 1 today that John 1. Lewis can stop wildcat" waikouts of more than <S atui miners i-t-wis' lieutenants were in the coal fields with a back towork order but they admitted they didn't know what will happen.'" Adding Jo .the anger of the miners was the i government's petition for an in | junction against Lewis and the union ‘ New violence broke out Two i power shovels, of a strip mining ( company near t'nlonlown. I’a . were Wrecked by an “enormous" dynamite explosion early today The blast shook a Lemile area The mine had been picketed yesterday. / Aa operators source said that. ; many northern and western-opera i tors, perhaps a majority, will re fuse their monthly tueyments to I the welfare fund, due tomorrow.| because Irewis had refused to seat their representative and formed a new board of trustees. AH tpines were closed today be cause of the I’MW imposed three I day week. Coal supplies dwindled. However, iJ.tt£sMepx '. Truman aaid he still | found no national emergency and r had no-plans to intervene in coal dispute. At Pittsburgh. Duquesne Light • Co., which had planned to shutoff power to 2.000 industrial consumers tomorrow night, said it had found sufficient coal to postpone ration tng until the first part of next ' week. An Ohio coal operator, who' has met the UM W's.demands, ot I feted the company IS.ihsi tons | Welfare fund payments due toj morrow total about #4-.50".000 • Northern and weatern operators. have continued tbeir payments into the fund despite expiration oUtheir! contracts with Irewis last June .20 Withhold In State Indianapolis. Jan 10—<rpr— Producers of to percent of In ' diana's coal will withhold January royalty payments to the united mine workers welfare fund, the Indianapolis Times said today in a copyrighted story. They will withhold payments due tomorrow as "the result of grojt-_ Ing bitter feeling over, the three ' day week and a new determination ■ • tuttsto We Ptotov Fleet " n '• ''s—J «t . .

Tnuncm Sees No Present Emergency In Supply Os CoatNo Intervention

- re - Pjkcac Dili Bdktohdkehlatotodto dhi KcpuHng Taxes On Oleo Early Agreement By Congress On Minor Differences Seen Washington. Jan 1». — il’Pi — Senate leaders predicted today that congress will act quickly to send president Truman tbe oleomargarine tax repeal bill. Democratic leader Scott W. Ijicaa. 111., said senate conferees espect “no trouble" in reaching agree ment with bouse members on minor differences between the two MBs. Sen. J. William Fulbright. D.. Ark . leader trf the senate's vTc tor- f kmn fortre*, mH‘l he saw ho • nerious differenren” and prediciUi ; a hwwl.v - Early aireeniefit will xiiake! i? ! poMibh* for Mr. Trumaty t<» nail domvofll* plan in hi* fttf/prenidwi lia! platform repeal M . y#ar «dd fedt ral levies mancarine.. , Tht* Nenate compteted action op ,ttbe Mil rit’t* M to Hi, afr Mating down all attemjly W' , th*r hnttsr bh»e Io make Jt was the firijtf major hill | paxMed by either houae in the aec4ii»tl Mettaioti nf fheMirf ctdlareaAs —-The- -aenate jnaiiiedLttn confer**ea hnme<!iately The house is expected *o ph k its ronferees txatay, Repeated attempla io-aaddte the hili with irrelevant “riders" we.?e j defeated:- - Three civil rights measures, pro | jMiJied by Sen William luiliger. IL. I X*. 1>... i|ere tabled • larae majo*ilieir Am amend which wouM. have r«*peab d wartime ex» t<c.'Taxes also was rejected. . ..... Both the .senate and house versh»ns would/ repeal all taxe>+' on oleo. Tney include a 1t» ce.nt a.- I pound levy on colored marK’ariti»l and a on,equarter cent a iwrnnd ta? j on unrolored margarine. They also would eliminate IR-enae fees and handling taxes for manufacturers, wholesalers and retailers. B<Mh bills require leatauranta (Terw Tw r»a«> Flood Situation At Vincennes Is Eased I Floodwaters Drop From 28.60 Crest Vincennc- Ind., Jun IS (UP) ■■ - A small force of 20 men pat roll- ■ eil the Wabash river leve ■ here I today us lhe floodwaters held sta j Hungry at 27 feet, more than a foot a half .under the crest of *« Str feet loucireiT yesterday morning Th.- Wabash was falling as far down as Riverton. ,Isl miles north of here and river observers predicted it would remain near T7 feet I i feet above the next three days — ' C,»M weather, which added to the dlscomfprt of families forced from their homes along -Wabash and White rivers, was credited with assuring foret-asts of •no heavy precipitation today or | tomorrow Army engineers said they I thought oflfl soldiers from Ft j Knox. Ky . and 250 Indiana nation- • al guardsmen would he kept here . for possible duty at least through (today -- | “There'ls"SH!l some seepage through the levee “ an engineer spokesman said. “and_jre're equaltrine pressure on the wall by releasing some of ttye wgter tm pounded behind It by the temper ary dike “But I don't believe there'll be another crisis here." he said The 20. men watching the muddv Wabash and the 20-foot flnod wall “Were only a small part of tbe thousoldiers' and volunteers <Twr« Ta pa«e B4«*<>

' ‘ ***• luMaM Ptertor , Or. Ephraim J. Lowe To Install Christian Church Pastor Sunday Dr. Ephriam D. Lowe Speaker At Services Installation services for Jonas M Berkey, recently appointed pgstor oLlhe First t'hrlstiws cbtorulHa this city, will he held at 7:20 o'chwk Sunday eientttg tot'tße' church. j thr. Ephraim D Lowe.-of Indiana polls, general secretary of the Indiana Christian missioaary aae.wla- j tlon. state offlcA of the Disciples, of Christ <Christinn>. will deliver the sermon and charge during the | installation rites \ Dr. Lowe was pastor of the old’ j historic Olive Branch Christian church in Indianapolis _f<w_?o and is a longtime trustee of the national church extension hoard'ilf .the liiseipu* aCCbjiat. He.ts »t' cutive vice-presM<tit of Bethany assembly, state park of the brotherI hood, editor of~ifie'TntHfifiF’CWt'i tian state patter of the chutchts I and a lecturer In the depart menu of * Christian ministries of the nollegr of religion at Butler University The new Christian pastoi will be graduated from Butler- this year with a bachelor of divinity degree He was Serving as assistant paA tor of the First Christian church a£ Marit'm and director of youth acll vllles there wh<n he aireented the cajj to the local pastorate early thl« tnouth The public Is invited to attend the Installation service Sunday evening Soviets Threaten — Rail Traffic Cut ! Threaten Cut To r I Western Germany Berlin Jan IS —(UP)— Soviet zone officials threatened today to curtail railway traffic between Her litt and western Oermanig __ , A cut in train service was the first step in the Soviet land blockade of western Berlin In 1040 and 1049 whl. h gave birth to the famed Berlin alQift Soviet tone officials threatened kwew restriction as an aftermath ,of seizure of the Soviet-run railway . administration building in the ‘ American sector by western Ger ' man police Tuesday night The Russians already have cut | service rm Berlin's elevated rail- j way« In half as result of the, sei , ture | ■Erich Kramer deputy chief of the Soviet'gone railways said other ( Mep< would be taken "Inter zonal traffic also will be a affected since we cann<u permit danger Io lives because of insuf ] fb lent safety measures." he told-a press conference - Kramer and firhart Eisler. bond" . jumping one-time, cooimuhist chief ( in the United States who Is now « Ea*t German propaganda chief, said police occupatnm of the railway building hitel’fered With' raiF (TWra .Ta race Ms)

Price Four Cents

Any Truman Actioa From Court Move Token By Denham Washington. Jan H.—(UPls~ President Truman said today there still Is no national emergency in coal supplies and be has no plana at the present time to intervene 1b the <-<>al contract dispute. Tbe President l«M ns» weekly news <<mference that he Js in slant touch with the coat situation and g« t< dally report* on gjippliev. He said there Is too emyrrenev although many congressmen senators and ‘industry officials hare urged that the White HPuse seek a court injunction to put, the miners back on a five day week Even the - governmeat's own labor official, believe (hat presidential action will be neceaMry In a few days. Mr. Truman said that tee. and he alone, will determine when and if an emergency exist s. ' He said that ! if he ever decides there is an - J emergency, he will move agqinst John L Irewls and hl< united mine workers unbni ActhHi.by the President Would be entirely separate from .ttee court move started szalnat _L«wis and ibe unbqi yesterday toy Botoert..N. Depham general counsel for Hie national labor relations /board Denium formally Iwwis of demanding three selfie ll).»»-f- —~ lontrac’t terms He adked federal judge Wehimhld B K,/>rh to grant an injwuetion forcing the whirrs to. Work a full ffveday week until Lewis'dropih'is"illegreily illejiaf de-' -luands Thia ra sc will ire argued hl 1 court a week from today Mr Truman said Denham s action had nothing tu do with the amount of coal on hand He «aid Irenham acted on what he thought acre violations of Hie Taf: Harllt y act ■ ;“AtrtriM=tMre“lHHUtive h hjs "IsJnarv — ing t« Denham a -eourl nuive the President-answered that ill Is not his husipt’a trt t.j. ss or ur.bb -s Dinhani > -Should Mr. Tiuniat deride to go to court too, he would act under another section of the Taft Hartley wet which fives the Prvwiden: power to seek a nostiike order tn — any labor dispute which threatens the nafijonal health or safety Up to now he has resisted heavy pressure from industry and congreaeional leaders to act, saying there Is no'emergency a- yet Whltr House -ources «aid Mr Truman also delayed until iynhani ciaild tert The»e sources had ex peered Ibmliam to aak for an imTnediate han on coat strikes, but tbe acltotsthe NLRB official took will rtqUirv more than a week to resolve Many government labor officials believed dwindling coal supplies w.'Uld reach the criHeal |-ani Tre-' tore then Thus: they said, the | Presideni might have to inlervene e 10-tore the j-uurt acts on Denham's I • I'l' St j. Mr Truman has asked congress !ro repeal the Taft-Hartley lafV and hasn't used ir tn more than a year Under Hte law. tire President fir-i would appoint a special board - to investigate the dispute aad deter- - mine - H a naHorral nuerxi ncy exists. After tbe board reported "uu he WffiniuSrW’MNM MNTt — the attorney general to seek a court lirdet prohibiting a strike for at leaat 00 dsys Judge Baltzell In 26th Year On Bench Indianapolis Jan 10 —fUPI Robert r RahkeH began his t’C'h year a* federal district judge here today amid spewnlathw aa Io who hts successor would be Baltzell appolatad by *b« I«ui president Calvin Coolidge in tafS. annoanced when he celebrated hie *fftrh birthday anniversary last August that he wtould retire this month President Truman nominated . Matthew Uriah Vincewxrea last Tuesdav to be the next federal attornev tor the Southern Indiana _ district to succeed B Howard Caughran of Indianapolis, but Mr. Truman did not mewtroa Baltzell s roccesaor