Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 48, Number 27, Decatur, Adams County, 2 February 1950 — Page 1

Vol. XLVIII. No. 27.

COAL OWNERS BREAK OFF CONTRACT TALKS

Proposes U.S. Offer Global Marshall Plan 50 Billion Dollar Proposal In Return For Arms Control F« h 2tt*FT Sen. Brien McMahon, D.. Conn., proposed today that the United States offer a |snjhH».ooO.<H»o global Marshall plan in return for true' _ world cunlfnl of atomic and other weapons The chairman of the joint <on-' PTWonul atomic committee made his recommendations for roping with the H bomb shortly after President Truman in effect rejected another senatorial atomic/ control- suggestion Sen Arthur H Vandenberg H.* Mich,, haft proposed that rhe prrsident notify the I’hifed Nations’ that, this counlry wouflkjuisprnd its- superbomb projn-r-t-fce moment atomic weapons are •dependably outlawed " • Hut Mr Trumafi said at his new* that it tan « I-.. * .‘Ksary or athLJl* fur this country (u rnak» that promise -trj isn’t neresaary he said because the United States han been lire itir international atomic control all along • W< Mahon made .hi-.proposal in « sengte speech If th. proposal a« «u. tv m-Teptmi. we would have com -Lot-• «»d the cheapest monetary bare-on in our history ’ .McMahon hdd • We would have probably I mankind from destruct ion by ’ ■ M«Mab*m said the hydrogen hmub project P.rci*b»l* States with two chmre * He said -jt either continue a < old w..n armament* ra« r or hiniu-1* » rrn. ■ Made Tor a world wide ahmiipeaces . The Penne* t.toH t -J, ••_ .1 thai lh«.-r ■ • i-_. >'' - ‘ I <•! Ilx- hyili..’‘ , n ' M< Mahon «ai<l \hwrl<-.«u.-bl-coil'd not nurvlvf in 1 slin.ifion; wtUU* <l«-(ous. s. , hll .'Oiil mi l-'ite--1... .h ■ v..i-. .t. io mrot in ill.li 1 ’ ha‘ I' I - ' 1: " " . r ... ...hi Ainu , an n -f- ... .. 0.1 .. ■. .o.r H trt; tn of nihitii..-'" il, t this . Oti.mw N -nJtn.-' j 1 r,,K.«.> m»f »HO> - v..;n f,.i .>:-u i.• rnotllH He |sroi>o,.. I. ,' s!<’-j pHO.mm.ooo ’of thi-s amount em-,h. vh:tr f<>! -five y»ujs ami -Off.; it 1<» the world on two condition* , I “General ;<*•« eptam of ui.'j effe< ' ivr- program for internal ion ! ulrontiol of atomic energy . An at' cement *bv all • •< tries enforced through itispe. tion that two thirds of fhmr pre cm t spending upon ‘armaments’ he de voted toward constructive ends", liri. : Natmi lie .d-l*-I. ' wonbl admit.i* ei the i nw f lii iHiii.mm.oim fnfid untlvr’in • proposal ■ • • The ’president told a news <•.<>« fer< n< e that the Ainerh an dri.*‘. ; n tion Ip "th- I N has i.eeu jiruinv international control of at*>mu i weapwo almost every week l/.i has been doing F<». he said *4 hisj d4re< f ioh 1 Wjthoitt r eplying direc+ly »o »!>• Vandenbeig proposal. Mr Triimau; bard he thereto! saw no io «• <Tar* Ih ra*» »!•» Founders Day WrU Be Observed By PTA The J Jncidn par* nt tea.du r a« MM ; i:dlon ■ : ’wHt "observ** fonnd*-fw-’ da> with a dinner *n«etinr at th* /.!■!. Lii<h*-ran ■_< loir* h b . •n• n’ Tuesday evening at 2t» o’clock J It wTiFhe a pot luck : »ij»per and. are a«k*d to brine the.: ow n table servo c ftobert H Heller, of .this ci'y/' joint stale representative from Adams and We||< totitPtr-c ami hou>» *q>eakej£"du>MUK ’be J3A|kl*..gilative session, will he Th* p»ak»i 1 Dr .|WTy Hebhlr will preside as toa-itmaster Mrs Hermah Krneck-< ♦b* rg D chairman of the •■commit rev- ■ant.nt “by 5 ’ Mt= — rhTt t> k~*' Mrs Robert Gay. Mrs . Rngvt Kell) . and. Mrs. Don Jefferies WEATHER Clearing and colder tonigM. Friday fair and somewhat warmer. Low tonight 12-18 ! north, 22-30 aouth High Fri- * [ day — — . -

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

Candidate M lllii"Y - John W. Blakey | _ . . . ‘ ’ -I Blakey Candidate I For Commissioner Seeks Renomination On Democrat Ticket Inltti W Blakey rafiimiHHhtfier of 1 the first district atwi well known I niou township farmer atitf *iv» I worker h»da. annouro «*<i that would seek reiluinhiatton to that , jMiMt Hulijr i t iii -thi: tb*‘ • b*n oj A i-t ' .it the De II • ! .It .pl;l 'l l! v m Max ' Mr -• -fmwr Aatrmr. ty ‘ .treasurer, ftr comph4ih ■ hts first t» rm as Com n.*sio H*r He a b.ijg oecii active i»‘ Iratout! I]‘y amt..district jHilith a. .. ' Tf]^^3gWW , r’T;“ Mt. Blakey w*v» i • |c» tA<| ’ Os -h ‘ couutv I ybuanl. suu erdThg J»*hn \u«r»*Hirg r I ♦ r. third dinlrh i * omitbssloner Th ■ rllofi no .über o' ’io ’ •! • - • n -•iliiffmah, repter nrrn-r the K»-»-oud- ; il istrh t. ,*• | AV' i-’e lit - u*m e*sa»v he- tn»- com ' !iti’--!o!Q’! s *o-resnt-v in <«t ain <ll <4-?-Cb t-', the -Vide! S . *»t the ‘ »■!>!!' i- . . •’, > d I' >! i S ■ rm ■ arnlhiaie H* tv. 4 t ak.. term • , ■a* Hv.umier o| Adam- .-..miffy Hr-j ’ h-j't v.l ♦vh-r-’-fo- •« -mhl nw k» an AC! I' *• ‘ <a n ’.i.o’ ‘,.i’d . U-- '■ -» d OU - ill • ■•*; e<» i.piTati ' a d.h the .d* -H» of ’lie p- «ude. • Mnn Fatally Hurt When Hit By Train . —'Auburn, -Itid. E»?b 2 cl !’• j 1 Xl.itjiii x XllS't • ’ ip Hlled w hen ' •irjiTk by. h Haiti db -i lust" i.i- Ip v ; Ml.-T’t. a bu rner \\ det 100 pou tua.siet. w'.i . bi‘“at Wal* i liM) Tm ilay. .. - ' . j Harvey Lammiman Is Taken By Death Former Decatur Mon Dies On Wednesday i Harv* v H Lammi’iiaaT 71, form* r--llheafur Ilian. <li*’<l 1 ' l><. I ilili. I’a \\ . <ln. -.l,<v after union ll.i I .1... ’' . nan mas . ..nil. U — ‘.••I »i'h -‘i. Kui.lt Hit.- alHi.lu.al.' ' Kri.u r. fti Ti.s.aiJW I la’.'r. i.iirr-J 4 I" 11 ■■•’ ■ **sy jk*r*’ . •Born in |u. itur. 27-. ,h< .*■■> !' ■■ ..tt OT V f tr. ? ( J H ? ta;u iaxhuSL' 'ttu wAH Hinxrivd- fo-.t- ■ XliiLi Bhi<so:n. who *lh-d -12 yearago He Lift i ntarri*-d liuhy Millet. • <d De .I’ui, w 1 ,.» died in j’ Sinn of- Im hide iam -i.us. Dm 11 I. I .I In< . "I I >re\« 1 flill atid Ro! jert Uuuailnan of Atlanta. Ga 1 x I !•, ■ Hay m'L’v. Mich., f’hnrlips iJimniLp man, Wai nodule, ay*! D \\ . !.am J [mimai! Toledo, o . and four sisters. 1 1 Mrs Hugh rerner. Omaha; N** 1 * ‘ NellieJ.a nmiman. Warreh. <* Mr.-. ■ Raymond < ri*t M**nr*»c. am! Mrs L kiiiiy-iir. 1 >«’’ atur ' ■ I Mr lutmmimaJi was a ntemlwr of: | |*he Kmghts *»f Pythias .lodge and I l :he F’irst Baptist . hur< h in U.’iu-J 44e ul uuuiel lor xoin. i nandvt of* Hie De* atur Knights o' j 1 Pythias and Was active in that or H ga’uzation tor many years H F'uh* ral services w ill be held at|*'2: Vi p m at the Zwrick A . fun* r.il lidmc. the % Rev Robert I Hammond, pastor «f the First Bap-‘ l | *lir chtftrh. officiating Burial wrijljf bt- in thy D* cauir c* metrry « I

U. S. Scoffs At Demand To Try Hirohito Russian Move Seen By U. S. Officials As Mere Propaganda ! ‘ *Mir ■ I Piilled States officials Today curtly 5 rvjecUd as ‘ unthinkable" a Soviet ■ move to proiw-rute enifMHW Hirohito of Japan as a war criminal Atnern an .authorities said Rus?da taDcd the only for props ganda. and this country will have no part of It. RWia stntrrwtM- tn a lengthy note to ,the United States that an | international tribunal try Hirohito | and four or five other Japanese for ! allegedly planning germ warfare i U S. officials naw the move a* ,;I b-. Ru--!;* to welsh on |h longstanding agreement to cur : .'all such trials in Japan All of the countries that fought Japan, in frintHttg RuxFia, agreed laM Feb 34 I that no mot*- * lass A" war crime* •1 I c w< uld to-'h* Id - a There was speculation that Rus 1 -ia sought t*» win (he syrmpathy of the (..’hinesr, who | still hjte Hirohito for his attacks. on Manchuria bef«»re World War II Il aho might be intended as a rallying point for Japanese com tnunhts But official* here believ rd it would antagonize most Japa ' nr-, who rv-irre their enipMttr • Wlvn Japan first *»ffe»rd to «ur *rend*i the om condition was that ’ the al)h > keep Hirohito on the” Ilion* The allies sidestepped a . din*( answer on tha’ one. but fadopted the policy J»f having Hiro Id.tu lit 'ak» <oders from Gen f I iouglas slac A fTIfUT and rehry fhem i to the Japanese people. The artangv tneut has enabled rh. I ’ nit e'd St a tv*' T<~occu py~ Ja pa n with a minimum fc»rce \f:H Aft htfr hits J Old Visit orx that ! the etupetor .is fl sincere K libi-ral mindrd man »•ar*'t to ptax a d*4n*> •A Fa!u.,tol« in Japan To pros* *ut* AiriiAiou I S officials saW.-uould-hr n nth ink a bl* Subs In Pacific Tok>»! Feb 2 tUl'j Russia ‘ has »;o **’ subniarin* operating in the western- Darifb‘ Adm For •r. O !' Slortiian. I chief of l; ,; i ,I.’ ion- itid (♦•do) . mad. the .innnuni'c }>!. <h••!Tly after he d that ! rhe i *tii»*d—States plans Ip build (Term T« >*««e M»» Annual Meeting Os C. 01C. March 2 Tickets Placed On Sale For Meeting "liekHi. b.-. ii |iU. «><! im «»)•• 2.'th auH.ial lut'ctiiiK of tl - ! !.<■< ~tiir <'iHi'mt.jT of < onimw. e. 0 Krii.’. kt lwrg . hulrman of theTW 1 . tVftwiiiiUo. .< ... Thi- publit i< ipvit<“l to atte.ul 'Hiih lutfudona of tho ...»•• tittr. »hi< ii will bi- Man h ..’ I hl. hiKhluht of the afnMiKHin ae--J!Ill at the \m. 11l rm l.i uion luuil.' Hill tie .m. adornss Uy J<isp|ill T Mi-t'ks. utivp so. rotary of Hullltiu.is federation of retail assoel.i ti«>u< The title of Mr Meehe' talk Kill ‘.e Ereedi.iiH tn Fail " The eienins session wHI he etrirt ]> enrerrainnirnt. startin« al tl p th . wl'h a dinner prepared by the tilarm e-Hiii.- h.iin- .ei yuntni r _ lufrus Fofioa iiic-the duiher eUtff staite ai ts direct from Chteaeo will, he presented This- Vrogran. w ill tie held at the high srhtxrl. The ladies are es|weially invited to attend the liriiitrani. fn-kets may lif purchased at the TirsL Stale t’-ank, Decatur Hally liemoirat. Holthouse drug store Kphtie drug store. Smith drug, store or the Cham'ier of Commerce. Mrs. Ida Salisbury„ Dies In Chicago Word has b**cn receive*! here otthe dea£h of -.Mm hia Ehlnger Sal isbury-,.-Jia?ire*-of- Decatur. wh<YMfy*T Wednesday morning at a hospital ip Chicago... She was a daughter of •he late Mr and Mrs. Conrad Ehin RP r - — • Funeral services will he held at 10 a m ’Friday at St Jerbme's Cath(4te church In Chicago, with burial in Iha4 city

ONLY DAILY NCWtFARSR IN ADAMS COUNTY

Decatur, Indiana, Thursday, February 2, 1950

‘Big Mo’ Floats Free Again '"■*■** B-’ ' J •->. , « It.. 1 L i i tJ Msi p « 1 K < L w iiHefriadw -As e M I 1 VICTOR. AT LAST, hi the twowwk "Battle <>t Chesapeake Bay.'' the giant hattieship Missouri moves slowly nut into .» dredged i-h»n- --‘ net off the mud which look her prisoner on Jan 17 Her sue. esstul refloating Involved 12 iugl«<«ts. other craft and an estTmated b fr.iHiti ugieera and mea, — - . • : . _

k -.11- — ■■■ ■ 1 ■ ■ , Kokomo Students Return To School Striking Students Return To Classes Kokomo. Ind Feb’. 2 l Ut’i ’ Nearly l.lbtl striking Mtu*ientH re turned to <-la*tw*s at Kokumo high t M-hool today when their negoiiatt Ing committee reporte«l the school board was justified in detnbtittg tty* head football coach, k t The Mtmlcnts st nick Tuesday morning be< au»e the fu*h<»ol lw»ard 1 /rduce<l Raymond fTuhbyt Trpi baugh Tb claAMfoom teacher after 13 years as grid coach. f All ’"fj!””n»»*ffilters of The cdfntnlf te*« spoke in favor of returning to classed on a temporary ba>is at a ; mass meeting hold in th** . high H s<-h*»ol auditorium I* —They Fvcfteduled a meeting to ■ night with interested adult* .it ■ the CTO hall here, at which Hi* ! strike * auk* and further action, J will be dDenwKed Student spok»«tnen‘ scorned gar . l«dl*-d with th*- -...♦it- .-xplati.* . tion of Trobau-gh *- demotion, but I they added a new complaint -They want the Itoard t<» r*-moVe (’b* s<et Hill a athletic dire* tor Hill has -b**vn piu; the roa* bing staff sin* lb'-'i aii»l athjeth dir***tor si rue IHt’fC’ They sai*l Tuesday night that they would call off the wulltout j ypsforday Bui instead, the strike gr**w t and l.'**m of the, school's l,r»pn pupils stayed out yesterday 1 The met with super intendenf O M Swihar.t and jhe school" 1 I>oard last night and the students demanded an explanation of Trobaugb’s demotion to * lass n*otn instructor after 13 years as grldir.ojrjnent_or. The board president J*»seph A Noel, replied that Trobaugh , had shown an "improper atijtmle" for' several years and was removed so the school rould organize the ’best possible" athletic depart iTurR T* race

Winter Over? Groundhog Sees No Shadow Here

A diligent •*earch-df'-the highways | - aftd 'bycwayg of Ihpcatur. a 1 amtHar.ii»n- pF <iw of rhv; jand ♦v♦ n a \ i-it to a l« •< al -a loop failed to divulge the information that -the groundhog had seen his shadow today The principal reason for no one ■ know itm defin!?* ly wlwl.er or pot he kmw his shadow. i< that no one saw a groundhog In a United Fres?* story, written by Harman W. Nichols, much in for niataon concerning th* history of the legend of groundhog** day is given some of it worth repeating* For instance. February 2. lie says" is- candlemas day. *a feast day .so; old that it precedes the Christian era. 'The ancient Romans selected the date to burn candies to tUe'gpdF dess Februa, the mother of Mars? He goes on to say that one of the verses of period was - If candle mas be fair and clear. the'rell be ?w(i( coFfecD. winter* injbe year ”; He continues that the custom wa< brought to America by the Im i migrants from Great Britain- and

$20,000 Damage In Noblesville Fire XoblMvittr- fmf. Fwh 2 vl’ P v j- The Blusburgh Pi|ung and Equipment Company estimated a ; fire whl< b destroye*! a toolshe*!. and • <|!*lput» iil at l:!\eiw«M>d. ; four miles north of here, caused ; damage ■ The mwNHiy Is erm toig a new i ■ |l4,MW»,<mm* power plant there for] ■ the Publl* Service Company of Ind . I! iana. Spokesmen said last nigh* 1 jlfire would delay completion several months. n " _ _ Havoc, Suffering Caused By Weather. H Sheet Os Heavy Ice Causes Much Damage (*hi*ago. Feb * (UP) Fart or fancy, just about everyone tn the lountr) hoped that the ground j hog .wijuldn t sight Ips shadsiw t«> da) ... .?-4 Sn’nw ire flbtxls r and landslides i caused atid ► u ffering i n widespread «in this < andle mas ivnd many Ameriians worm ( taking chances *»n whether the ground hog legend were trne Tlrey wanted winter to end A sheet of heavy ice extended frpm Missouri’s Jtoulheel across Arkansas and southern Oklahoma into north central Texas Almost 100 communities were isolated and • thousands of persons needed aid, ' Flood waters caused three deathJr.in West Virginia drove Too from their Kentucky h»»m»‘s. and i sent the Ohio f(fver surging to- 7 ward a new winter erest At Cincinnati. The big,, sandy. Kentu* ky. Lirkingc Green. Pond Tradewatcr Ti.vers were all running out of their hanks in~KentuckyRains -continued in the flood, 'area today and at Petros. Tenn. w here a mile square area <»f -roat ■ •nine slag and dirt slipped down a* ridge The avalanche smashed, two «T«rw T» Pwc*

| Germany. Once in this country it ; was given much play, even to the some '’merry I ing in Pennsylvania, donning silk J 1 hats and poking the brush in search of the woodchuck which is. of course, the groundhog. However, the weatherman is go * ing to rely more on his instruments 'han on the groundhog, according ; to Nichols, because. he-quotes the weatherman as saying. the ground-, hog is unreliable « Nichols further quotes the wea ■ ?herriian : stating that if you •heftedv.i • in the groundhog legend you might • as well follow this myth 'lf the' woodchuck comes, out wearing anovercoat, iHf.be “cold If ft cotnes • »‘in of its hole wearing booh. >ou can expect Wet weather; and if the tittle—fettow ts-htqeping around in shirtsleeves, you can expect sunny weather * Nichols fails to comment on thi« ■ type of sniping at the groundhog however, never mentioning that the weatherman with instruments ha* made a pretty sad record himself (Tara Tw l'a«* Klaks >

Northern, Western Coal Owners Accept Truman's Plan For Mining Truce

Telephene System Automatic Dec. 16 Decatur Changeover / Is Due On Sept. 30 The final cut over to a completely automatic telephone system by (’itizens TelephonKC’o. will take plate Saturday. December 16. when the Berne system is rfcuHlKed. lb*-, catur phones will become completely automatic Saturday. September 30. These date* were announced today by Charles F.hing* r se* tary and general manager of the l*>cal concern AL4he present time dial teie phones are in use In Pleasant Mills. TTryanr "TJnnr"iri^e“Mur’’’M<WiT<R sr j Work Is underway now in Decatur and telephones are being changed < here in preparation for the switch! Jo the dial system Wluju the entity system Is- «-un i verted, all long distance call- will| be handled by dialling the long; distance operator in De-catur The person placing rhe call will be ask-| ♦ dJ«» remain at. the ielepKnrrpraTrd-r operator will complete the call; . imm* ‘l. *i* I) The instantaneous method is i luring used now by aft --w tiers- of . dial phones in the local system at j ; Pleasant Mills Monroe. Bryant and Linn Grove Mr Ehlnuer stated that he had hoped •*) have rh* vstem complete lyyautomaticiied earlier in .Hie <UH»iwer but there has been n IMMay j delay in securing some of the pec essai) equipment. Whetl completed HvAJ P* Crjnb* r the local concern will *be one of th* most modern tel* pbom systems in th* United State* Boy Scouts To Hold Annual Observance . Week's Observance Will Open Sunday De* atur. Boy Scouts sn«i <?».! • Scout- will meet Sunda' ?m»ruin . j at 10 o’* locic at. De* atur high scho*»i j gymnasium and attend the I worship services in a body ;v Trii. > it) Evangelical I’nifed Brethren | < hurt h The John - . Chamberl pasim ut'-TnuitA. will delbet the) sermon. ; J Sunday wjll oj*vn jhe annual o I serva.nr»-.*of Boy S,**»ut Week and 1. the four Decatur troops*will have a. busy tinie all week The parti*-ipa ; ting troops Include P T \ troopl •»*». Rotary troop 6L’Lions, troop <;.'•* and American troop t»3.’ | The P. T V troop has he**n added * itt -Herattrr durjm; -Uteriari -year ruul i» will be the first participation of Seoiit. week for these Levs The <w ; set\am e‘nrxt week will mark tip* |4oth birthday wc<Hitine in the United States / i -Highlights of the week wjfl •*- the annual hampief to he held Thursday night lit hi- </rlock •’ the Masotrir haH Rotary' LHmjs < tab* will attend the dinner and members of P X A. and Adam* P(»< of the Am* to an I « -h»n- alao will attend -' .I--....- ...' ' Phil Eskew prim ipal of Wabash high selmol. well Known speaker ’and le* : Tut er. ‘w!nTGKftr?'etinpf • Mr Eskew is well known through out the middlewest as an after din n*T orator He has been in 1 *••*.;« • lur on other occatrions. Sheriff Bowman Is Home From Hospital ; Sheriff IDrman Bowman was J returned to his home al the conn* tr mil today from the Lutheran j hospital. Fort Wayne, where he had recently undergone the sixth operation on his left |eg. A!r< B**wman Stilted t*»dav find the .sheriff "Is doing just fine." and resting,.comfortably, from rhe operation that fbok -.three houra to perform last Saturday Th* sheriff Is Io remain in bed to recuperate for two weeks then will refnrn to the Fort Wayne hospital Tfor a further' check on the progress as. a'result <»f the operation

Truman Urging House Vote On FEPC Measure Prodding Rayburn For Weeks To Act On Employment Bill WaHhington. Feb 2. <UP< President Truman said today tha* 1 ta- has been prodding speaker Sam for weeka. for a house vote on FEPt’ Ravburn. who does not like the Ffair employment practices biTL re-< * fused to <oinment. The president was ask**d at his ’ ! news conference if he planned. j any special “bixmt” . foi* FEPC. ’ j which- I# the -fepyrioiie of his> civil J right* program. Southern 1 democrati<- opponents |of the civ.il rights program have so far in blocking a I house vote on FEPt' •»< <Hli. r < i*ngre*#i<m#i devri**p.--monrs ; I N Sen- Paul H |>«*ugla.s. D HI . and Elbert D. Thomas. D. Utah 'frropoaed that the J’nited Nations he strengthened by. curbs the.. | big nation veto power and by authority to send international polig* again st- an aggrraaor. Ts il iMk'l Ihmglas said, the cbihmuaisi drivh* for Asia may touch off. “a final bloody struggle between the ‘ United States and- Russia.Potatoes " President. Truman i blamed <oiutress for tlj* 1 potato ■ surplus and the agriculture de, 1 mutment’K. de* udnn' t*j damp mil-, ! lions t'f bushel* "f spuds He saut !.t-t \ ♦-.>• ■ ■ j- urphis. aZh-Ji is rs;»**<<-ialh ’treat- - I tin Mainer, ,, —■ j ■ ' * said senate approval »>f a n* w w. j-. ’6f counting the ■!>!. -!<!*■!•' . • • Lt oral ,v< »,t ej< j* ,^tep„Atj JfXJL - J I direction A reporter :*->ke»|’ *' if | would affect hi</ > han* *•*- ct re-. ■rie* tb*n The president replied th:p ' the proj>o*Pd < imstifilthrtYal afnctiM ; . rn»• n? *»u<l not |M»sstblv be, in eft»Tt’ !!■ 1.g52 ! < >leo The h»ng fight for re j pea.l of federal taxes on ole«»mqr ! * frantic moved into tjic house- "f---j the next to the las! round ” i With dairy state members scrapI jung o all. the way the house was | scheduled to vote »*n sending the | bill to a joint conference commit *T**m Th |»n Br R-:i a bti I ■ ’ Rudolph Schlemmer , Is Taken By Death Funeral Services Saturday Afternoon Rudolph Schlemmer 47 Union f*»iSmsltTp farmer, died iiti♦ xpect rdTy~ I Ck \\ *-<!’•» -Lt h!g‘; ' ‘ • i '*w Ih'U-' .If*! bi/jllg CtH-ktl 1 with ahgitp pectorD n**r t*.a tn y ‘ ? H* w**> born in M**nr«>eviile Sept 4 19*»2 a son of <’ha.rles J and Magdaleha TTOTTfuah - r He- was married D* * • IS Irene Kohjtneier He was a member of the ln» manuel Lutheran * hu»- h the £ meh < club of the the Union township- conservation jriuh Suryivlftg are hK wife his par epfs. near vilk four * hil dren Charles Frederick Anna Mafic and Dortlfy. all ar horn* three brothers WaPes-and .Arthut hlemmer. b*‘*th of Monroeville, and George Schlemmer ofMMxon O. and Three sisters Mrs KHie Crabil of Waynedale. Mr- Frieda Reinking'of Fort Wayne and Mrs Mane. Steele **f Uni*»n township Funeral services will be helg gtj • at 2 o’clock at the Immanuel Luth -t] eran church the Rev E B All ] wardt officiating Friends may call’ at The Zwrick funeral home Fridav afternoon and evening, and the body *k H! be teturped to the home | Sa’drda) morning <4

Price Four Cents

John L. Lewis Has Until Saturday To Accept Proposal Os Truce Os 70 Days Washington. Feb 2 *UPI — Non hern and western soft, coal operators broke **ff contract talks with J*>hn L Lewis today’ but ar * re pied President Truman s' pro pusal for a Today mining Jruce beginning Mbndai There wHf be no truce however, unless Lewis also a<repts If he doesn't, Mr Truman apparently ‘will b« forced to seek a Fait Hart- ; ley MVda) injunctioii. L* wi- ha- until 4 p ft> <’ST SaT i urday ’«• reply to Mr Tram A- pri> jh>sml that normal produ?’i<*n a five-day week^ -be resumed Monday for 7d days wliiU a special presidential board studies Hi? dl*f*ute : and makes n • bmmendalh»ns • gave n*» hint of his next j move But h»- angrily >rcu»o *i >he s mine owners of wrecking -he .txullLnH r talk* TH hop* that the . government riAyy now hrnvr Tn i’ll-- courts and the-Taft- . Hartley slave statute to *!•' the- -■•b the »u»erhfbrs themselves rannot ,<!■> udtKe ?bc mine uork*r- to a • ? :. | ;h’ \ 7 . r rTh-e-'..up<:Ja<ors. , walked 0ut...0n | Lew i* h-’s than an hour vftrr Mt - TrSRHan /’-kl a mws . : .nte.i<-n*-.-* = » will invoke' the Taft Hart lev law in the coal situation when an ■ tmetgeucy devriopsv But he still J didn't aay that there i? an emerg 1 eSuOilW': Mr Truuw J w hen !»e asked th* disputants Tu< v b day -4o resume Znorntir’ . prod UrI flon Monda\ be mean’ a five dav Week .. . - ' . ■ ''' u*• ■»• Lewis ordered th* miners on a thre* day week ias? lArrember after \ ptevl**u« . neg -fiations collapsed - * -ta+o-e * h ?tn 1 ■ ers liavV ’ ..!Ji,_et r.ikr. t * fuwlng/ , 'A •dr ’a <oijr»Mr! "" E ■ ■ • •- !‘d:*y> J/.-J Id. WTI i!:. •!;♦■ T♦ A liri ._ w M gat ■.,.••■• ; •,■.) I’ L •«» union ■ ag : * * idi tv • ’ .... • • r-o’i. .04 i <*:d ’.-:ipul-p r i«'iiS H*- < alh da • — [ jtmvh* ial T?.v |*. ■.TU*.< The tinted Ttiit:*' *a 'rkvrs ■I <.*- >tge If Lov* spok*.’-u, in I h« n.-o-tlo in and western op<o « • .-■il- to il* desiriMo coßtroi "■■ T< •* iT- '■■ ■ I f<; '-<lh :• • y--* d.*X« e<o U.-!k : »k a- fL»—-; marke d* maiid'. .IL -a»«l 'h* <w!i* r wanted L* wh •■<• drop Ms demands for a • • which would prrmi’ mi£. }r?< ? * w irk imh when willing and 1 abfip ' # —- —— . . '■■ I \\Ji* t. tlu p*u <’.»nf*’*nr* wiT -»t up Tas'r w* : HFThV'TKdW<rrx-'srir-- — I * d ! . u !- ■ I tn and s tafoTv bargaining proceed e«l Wis replied tha’ h» wrould -f-. nit*’ the .nine owior* wt’-p I .nr - ---—radxwtt • ipnla’i**!; . »•: ; The opera!, rx accepted Hit* p' .i •»»day L* w h charged tha: •- * - • • * the Talk- b»-c;o. Th* <;•*•;*:<-r-' »•?- deLeriiLLlke*l tc break *>ff. ?h»sy cop- -, •*-• r< • 2 *»!••'.♦• -s~ThF mtrrr work* • ' acrepfed their term* ’’ ■ • . ■ v j M- Trii’*..sh ha* hoped-alt alert That ; - 4Mt ! held* with--xr -bv'tief?* . (T«r» Ta !'■«* Klab« t | August Selling To Seek Trusteeship August Srildng. well known farmer and agricultural leader. • dav ann*«it». e*f hi< * * ■• - the Ikemocrati* nomination for t-t-ustee of Root township Srikiru. 4e the first |»erson to atHimnu '* for th™ offl* e n*)U brid.hy Ge.tf :? S< hejt» r«t* in who wilt retire a*4e»'arsing ,lui* term* t- Srikifoi JiMwi -ail AvU |_hfa. _ .;..._. Jih KimW township For the |*a** \ jsFvrt rear* he has been a mem»*er. -~ j ot rhe. urfy is n boar*Uarid recent»v Jrriirpd as ctUitgrnan. of th Adan < ''.•' ’ fountv agnrultunft extension com- . ’ mtrVee a post he held for two year* . ’■ -