Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 48, Number 40, Decatur, Adams County, 17 February 1950 — Page 1

VoI.XLVIII. W. 40.

REPORT PROGRESS IN COAL NEGOTIATIONS

Hold Tourneys On Schedule

IHSAA Leader In Statement Alter Parley Soys Less Cool To Be Used In Gyms Thon In Schools IniliaUapoll*. Feb 17 d'P). ' Indian*’* 40th annual hl*h x-hqol baskatball tourney probably will A be held <W schedule despite the critical coal shortaae. Commissioner L. V Phillips of the slate high school athletic association Mid today after a conferem-e with Covert or Schrlcker. "= Phillips left the governor* o<- ; flee and told ndwstneiTaf a tori-' ference that he ami the governor ■ considered the fact that most of the 746 schools entered In the. tourney would lie dismissed part of next week to allow puptis !<•( attend. 'That would mean hasting 61 gymnasiums instead of <66 school buildings, ’ Phillips snM indb-ato Ing coal would he saved rather than used In above-normal quail ’ titles if the tourney were held ' Two hours after the conference. ‘ Phillips said he had heard from! half of the 64 centers, and all a» ; | »ured hint they had enough coal, j Phillips said he also called W* J high acbool athletic commlaalonJ ers In Ohio. Kentucky and Illinois and all were proceeding with their high school tourney plan* as| scheduled. Ohio's l<egins this w«<k. with Kentucky and lllii.oo nett Week along with Hw- Indiana ' meet He said Schrhjier asked him to t-ontarl Alp seiWiHar host -nchools Whole h* ll»4 IW knowledge «'• the oral situation, and’dfterinme .i< tinilel) if there was enough, oral and M the shortage would. Im' helped or Worsened try holding the. tourneys on schedule - Phillips said he knew detinit-ly of at least a doren" centers whiili were "In * .ant 'condition j He said lie wotil i send telegrams i Immediately in a survey of thWj others "I’m assuming we will be able: to go ahead.said Phillip*, ‘ but ■ If ail centers cannot have their tournaments on schedule the whole tourney will bejrotttponed The tourney—hi-scheduled to begin Feb. 21 and end March I* j 'Those centers I contacted Mid; they could go ahead ami think they should" Pltilllps said "No-, body has contacted me to th.- < on trary. as I Irelleved they would if th'-y didn't have coalJrgcauwTfiey ’ -— got their schedules yesterday morning and probaldy have tlcjt-j eta and programs printed by. now." Phillips added, however, that If the situation got "very crith al ' early next week an 3 there was some "unforaeen development there remained a possibility of ( postponement "But I think its unlikely." he I Bald Phillips said actually little fuel was needed to heat gynts " "After the initial chill Is taken; off. flrts are turned low and the packed .crowds provide their own heat." be said "As a matter of, fact, they need .ventilation add 1 not heat" Phillips said he and the governor talked also about complications that might result from postponement. The basis for his discussion was a call from the Lafayette Journal and Courier which •advised the governor that Purdue university officials said postponement would create complications in the -use .of their fieldhouse where semdeM are schetililed "on three of thyl four week-ends of the tournament 1 WEATHER Meetly "fair tonight and Saturday: " increasing cloudiness north Saturday: a little warmer Saturday. Low tonight 20-25 north, 2640 south: high Saturday 36-40 north. 46-60 sosrth.

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

Candidate ■vi Kl G. Her- aterly Bierly Candidate For Legislature Seeks Nomination As Representative (J R»f«y Bierlv. well ktrowti at ■i torney of Uh* aijd’ a former (ouniy official. i.hLiv ’ .afim.uiicMi hie candidacy for the Democratic, i nomination for joint state repts--1 tentative from Adam* and Weil* | counties. j Bierly in th? first perMtn io anj nuance for this office. a poat which I wfo served an speaker of the house Lin th* last cession of thh HtfN A former principal and tearher I of the Poling high school InJay county. Bierly nu»y<d to In.aiur from the southern part of th# cotin- ; ry. when he Was wierted county ~4Jeik_ Luiff f ilt^wasL : Jt < Utinr attorn* ' ulid Mjved ohe H rm in Hi <’ < ! !fL • Bh rly began th*' prartlo- of law ‘ m thi <r v iir'tkV* Hr-relj - bring a mtTnbrf ul th» Adams riftm-ty--bat. , he ha< be» n admitted to the Didi it ■ ’ - • '-H ’ ' The Ih inoi rat candidate i* a mb* uof -t vt tal frattrnui O!L‘ani ; zatMiis in ihe city and ha- loon an ; active worker in Ihinocrat political circle*. r Mr and Mrs BWly »♦ -side al IJO < South Third street; Mrs. Eva Stapleton — — ' ' Dies Last Evening Funeral Services Sunday Afternoon Mr-t Eva E Stapleton. s><K w» 11 tTh\.wit Tb-i••3TUY" Fhs f<WF. WMOW W {'r’-iwreiih’e-A--SDtp4w»Hi-.-'-dHMi-ae M 45. T4mf*day night ar-4h«* 4a*thi erau hospital in Fort Wayne follow--i ing an illnem <»f two ' . Sh<* wan burn in Fort Wayne »- Si pt \la daughter of Frank i and '•Eiixaix’tnsFle'hchnian-Grashoff. amt wan tna-rtivd March It. 191?' Ihi husband wbK was manager 6T the Voffhcrri Indiana Public Servii-e Co offite in tmXcity, died !-6Ut!<hnl> Aprt: !’• 1 1T She was a Tnember of the Zion I : Lutheran church and had he« n ein [ ployed by the Citizens Telephone i <•» ; Survivine are two won*. Clarence ' A Stapleton. Jr., bf Decatur, and ■ Robert J Stapleton of Park Forest. 1 Hl.* one grandchild: two brothers., Frank Granhoff of Fort Wayne and i Benjamin Grashoff of Cleveland. (>. and one sister. Mrs Viola Metker. afoo of Cleveland. Funeral services will be held at ( 1 p.iii Sunday at Lutheran j church, the Rev Edgar P Sichrhidt officiating Burial will be in St. John-ik .ce metery 4U. The body w’ili be removed from the 'Zwi-k funerKi home to the t»-i denee. 1422 West Monro** stjeeL where friends-may call after 7:30 o’cUxk this evening. « World Day Os Prayer Here Next Friday The World Tray nf Prayer observed in Decatur with a union, meeting at the Trinity Evangelical T’liited Brethren* church neat Frl-1 day evening. Feb 24. at 73Q (irlrvrk All elHirehe** t»f the city ! are tfsked to participate The com . plete program will be announced I nest week

Dwight Kimble, Veteran Employe Os Decatur General Electric Company, Receives Charles A. CofSii Award

llwight Kimble. 544 N. Fifth -Btreel. tool room group leader at the Decatur General Elec-trie eompatiy'H plant, today received the Charlea A Coffin award, moat honored ( <j-eeognlUon given by .the comiMiny to employe* for their acc'ompliahmetit*. •V Mlsh Irene Meyera. aupervlaor of women * actlvitie* for the Fort Wayne work* and advlaor to the Elex dub of women emp'oye*. alao waa named aa a recipient of the outstanding award at a ceremony held at the Broadway ptant In Fort Wayne She waa the only woman of 47 G-E employe* who received the citation* today pt 16 plant location* over the nation. The award wa* prenented to Mr Kimble by M E. Lord. Fort Wayne, manager of the fractional horaepower motor division Among those who attended the ceremony, which was held at the US E plant al -II o’clock this morning, were" K W Mnkenau. manager and' John F W-'h-h. as sistant manag* <d the in-catur Isabelle Kintz Is Oratorical Winner Adjudged Winner Os Legion Contest Miss Isabelle Kintz a junior in i thee Decatur Catholic high school, ua- deviated the* winner <>f the county Amt riran Igegiun oratorical ronfewt; and wffi r» pr»>eflt Adams «••unty in the district meet to be h<!d February 27-in the new Legion honie rirColumbia City ’* Mi*- Margaret Hattie a junior in • IVt l h ■ atqr high echoed. wa*» run up Mr** Kintz will reeeive- S 2. r » f.ror»t Adams .post n Ameri< an Legion as winner of the contest. - fir* Both students, speaking this morning before* the combined student bodie* of the two Decatur high srhoo.* ( fiincide nt ally chose as ffretr~sirbjeri. Out <*emsfiiuthm in a changing world, Th** speakers’ names wer# not announced until the completion of their talks, when the judges retired to one of the rooms in the De- * atur high ochonl butiding, where the’ contest was held, to judge the wjnner Judges named'fevr the contest by Ed Jal\rg.Jn charge of the contest for Adams post 43 -were Mayor John M Oohi. R W pruden u ’i\» ;t).inau*r of :h»- Chamber of -Comiuerce. -the Rev Robert- Ham* triond. of the First Baptist church, arid I tennis Norman, county recrea Hon officer. C. Os C. Tickets Are Selling Fast Deadline To Buy Tickets Feb. 25 Ticket* for the annual meeting ot the Chamber ot Commerce are being sold at an unprecedented rale, according to H H. Krueckeberg. chairman ot the cotnmlttee In charge "There is no doubt that the 500 ticket** available will be sold before the dradline of February 25.' h« said The meeting in the evening at the high aehool auditorium promises to be the entertainment high-Ihrtit-or-the year Eight ataga Bcts now playing in Chicago have been engaged to present an hour and a ■haW program lu-nn Smith *a4 Six Orchestra will provide the music and several- specialty number* Specula!ion 1* -Fife, concerning t)ie identity of the person who will receive the honor of being acclaim- < d "Citlien of the Year " The dinner will be prepared and served by the Adams county borne economics chore* The afternoon meeting at the American ,Legion pome will Include the reports of director* on Ihe -ac< complishment* of the Chamber dur Ing the past year and Mayor John «Twvw Te raw* Mat

OHLY DAILY UCWBRAMUt IN AOAMff COUNTY

— Decatur, IwdiMO, Friday, fobruary 17, J 950

li Worka; Frank Braun. Ruaaeil t Owena. Clyde Beery. Tillman Oehc riff. Kenneth Eady and Ralph i Stanley, veteran employee and t co-worker* of Mr. Kimble Tu the a plant . Ona executive from the r company'* office in Schenectady. N. Y, F. L. Lewie, manager of r manufacturing of the apparatu* t department, attended. s Also present wa* L. D. Hodell of I- Fort Wayne, manager of manufacf turlng of the fractional horsepow- >. er motor division, and Arthur R. t Holthouse. editor of the y democrat. » Mr. Kimble received the award 6 ‘for hia resourcefulness and ingenuity in the design of tools, JUa. - and fixture* used in the manufact ture of fractional horsepower J motor*, resulting in decreased cost* and improved quality.” e Mr. Kimble waa first employed <• by th* General Electric company s: a* a "machine hand” In 1615 at i. j the , Broadway plant In Fort i Wayne loter ‘he worked on a r; drill press under E W. Lankenau County Ministers Will Meet Monday The Adams county ministerial clock Monday morninx at the ML HoUe Naorene church, aast of Berne. The bCbgram will baa dis ; i cnssion of “The ethical problems of n the ministry,’’ led by the program I. chairman Decatur ministers plan p ning to attend are asked to tele I phone HO to arrange fnr transp<»r p ‘ ' River Continues To Recede Here Today L Traffic Returned To Nearly Normal s Roads were opened today and I I traffic assumed a somewhat normal aspect as the St. Marya river con tinued to recede rapidly With 1 i colder weather, there was no ini j mediate danger of a new flood and ! the river’s depth continued through " j out today to lessen ' ■ Many Decatur residents who preI viously had reported water in their ( basement*, started the task <4 1 ! cleaning up after the water had ' disappeared Water was to ,yuch i- a height in a few basements that H I. bad been necessary to shut off fur * Hares anti n-rnove motors, to avoid ■ serious losses. There was still water in Bellmont park and it probably will be several days before all the residents of that section return to their homes ' No serious damage Wa* reported to any homes, but it Is. fear-, ed that there was considerable road damage — Phil Sauer; county road superintendent. stated thgt it would be impossible to determine road dam age for some time, it 1* feared that the water undermined roadbed* In t some of the lower section* on . county highways. The extent of this damage will not be known un Hl normal traffic has been re , established on these road* p Herman "Hi" Meyer, local river j observer, reported that the danger f ot dams going out In the vicinity of Fort Wayne was past and that t the rivers in Fort Wayne also were receding . . . ■ ;. ; Harvester Plans New Fort Wayne Building e•• ' ■ 1 Fort Wayne, Ind. Feb 17—(VP) B 1—International Harvester Co an j! bounced today~R would construct a 36.50u.(HM> engineering build- , Ing across the road from its local , plant where; 5.006 person* ure em- , .ployed making truck part* god as- ! sembling trucks W C Rchamaclier of CMcago p general manager of the motor truck ,; division;, announced a brick build- : Ing containing J50.0W square feet , of floor space would’ be erected on' a 15-aCre tract on Meyer Ro*d

IN in the tool room of the old I tM machine division there „When the General Electric eetnpany began operations here with Mr. Lankenau a* plant suparlntendent. Mr. Kimble was aska4 16 help get the new plant set UP and operating. He was transferred to the local plant on June 24. 1920. as a toolmaker. |Mr Kimhl* Is married ami has <«Ap sons and two daughters. — Vhe Coffin award was presented *4 Mia* Meyers by C. H. Matson. SMrks Manager, "for her. contrlWtions to General Elect rl<- progress through unusual and meriteriou* accomplishment* made in the name of better human relatNtas.'' T —' — Ml«« Meyers joined the com puny In 1919 aa a clerk In 1922 she wa* transferred to become a machine operator and In. 19& wa* appointed * divisional welfare worker After serving again a* a clerk from 1932 to 1934 she htln ed the personnel division In 1946 she win named Rupervisor of wo | ■Min’s activities Plan Commission To Study New Proposal Moy Extend Zoning Ordinance Areas The Decat nr plan commission will get its first study of th*» proposal prepared V Sheridan, planniltu consultant, to inr’Hrpwwf* the twmflc area araund?TTJ^catur into the zoning ordinance, at a meeting’ of the Commission to he held Monda? right February 27. it was. acitfiiuiit ed today Because there has been much i oricern that undesirable construction will move to the edge of Decatur as it is forced-from the Hty proper, the (otumission deciderl S4tm« time ago to make a study of the possibility of bringing that area under control of the recently enacted zoning ordinance. The local thoroughfare problem and “fllans for wider streets in the future also will he dis<usM4*d by the commission Since the February 27 meetih will be the first of 1950 officers will be elected for the year Mem bers of the local commission are *Mayor John Doan, city engineer Ralph Roop. Charles Kent. Kenneth Hirschy. Clarence Ziner and Dick Heller. Robert Anderson is attorney for the group; , .. Slight Decline In Employment Here —Slight Decrease Is Noted In January Industrial employment declined slightly in Deretnr during the last month, according to the report released today by the Chamber of Commerce, though employment 1 remained higher than a year ago With six industries reporting, employment figure* for January were 1.352. a Secline of 2 S percent, or 39 persons, from a muntJi ago: but still 4 3 percent bettb'r than during the same time list year, when 1.293 were employed. Accordingly, the payroll figure* i declined from *356.196 for Decene . l»-r t• > *32l.2ms,jt lo** of This is 9 1 pert-eel lees than a month ago. and 9 S percent less 4hM- a-ysar -gbk— —- Carloading* into Decatur declined 3b 5 percent, in the past month, though, the difference --1' . percent - in carloadtng* out of Decatur was almost negligible I, Railway expres* shipments and jlbMar receipt* declined coh*idef ably, but this Is understandable when this month's total is eemparm! with the normally bnsler'month of December One noticeable gain that was! made, .though, wa* in the number 1 ' of building permits gristed durtTwew T« me* rt,.i

Government Peacemaker Says “Real Progress” In Deadlocked Dispute

Emergency Steps Token Throughout U.S. To Conserve Coal During Crisis Pittsburgh, Pu.. Feb. 17—'(UP) — Local auXhoritiea . throughout, the nation ordered etuergenty steps today to cohwrve th*- country’s rapidly vanishing eiglit-day supply of coal., Coal rationing became effective today in New York state. And a dim<nn order banning electric display advertising in New York s f'THKfeji’"Square and throughout the State was ordered starting Sun day. — In Pittsburgh, more than 40,tw conmiereial and Industrial j£U»t<> mers of the Duquesne Light Cm , pany wefe asked to begin an im mediate voluntary cut of 2t» per- , cent during daylight hours. Com pany sj&kestnen said the power slash was not ex pet ted -U> curtail employment Ot production I mined lately. While . John L. l-ewis and < .(•♦-rat.jr 4 <-ontHiU4t*d hp.h’ in Washington, new vßßeace Kitj ’the roal fields A band of ph krts -toured northern W- st Virginia closing more than 1” small non union mines. Two truck drivers were beaten, thair fuyl.t( taken and rhe truck® dumfted. Several other truck* were damaged and ignition keys were taken. Yesterday Unite*! Mine Work i ers pickets engaged in pitched battles with non-union operators in Weßt' Virginia and burned equipment near Fa _J Four pickets and the sonnaf a; c(>iit (iperator suffered -——minor: wpumis In the . shotgun and .riXlr skirmish at Junior., W Va . how i ever The mine owners said they ■intended to jWutne 'production Monday. ' i In other parts of the nation more than 55.000 workers were • idle as a direct result of the coal ( slxirtage. Railroads -were hit' most heavily, with 44.555 men fur J loughed. The serious coal situation in Illinois was expected to get after next Tuesday when an esti-i mated ld.‘H)O members of the Fro-1 'Tun T*» I»««r » Plan Lent Services At Lutheran Church ■ .. Initial Service To Be Held Wednesday I The Zion -Lutheran.* hurch. West : .Monroe and. Elvvrnth street* will | observe of.. l.<-ii: fby again condui t Ing special mid--w***k vvilpf-r* Wednmdav evvnincs at 7 30 oi liM'k The first lx<nt vesper will be hold Ash Wednosda". ■ Febrwary *3-——-—-—-—' ; The them* of th* Lottt vesprrs I will center als>ut the seven sentence* from the Cross each vesper concentrating on one "Word" Cal very climaxed the most momentous career in history. “In the death of Jesus Christ we have the deatn of th* Son of God and the reconciliation of the creature to his Creator Knowing the. Importance of Him who hangs there, knowing th« Son of God Is about Jo die we listen closely to the Seven sentences He spoke These words ‘ from the cross are among the brightest and loveliest jewels In - -the- *-6ni» tre**nre erere M-C’hriH tv teachingOn Ash Wednesday the vesper rttl concentrate the theme of the first Word: "Father, forcire them, for they know not what they -do " ■ 35 —7—*—-’-The pastor of the church, the I Rev Edgar P. Sch,mldt. will con dugt all the services and occupyj the pqtptf f<W the lent messages 1 The church choir., under the dl 1 section of Dadd Embley trHI-j>re-j sent an appropriate choral or anthem each Wedpeetev Ihtnal.l Bielierfch." church ' organist, xrill precede ekch service with a_ 15mimtte Organ meditation

Truman Makes GOP Answer On Socialism Gigantic Dinner Is 11 Held By Democrats In Nation's Capital I ’ Washington. Fab. lX . The Iteiwu rut® rame up today with i their battle theme to? 15*50 The J - RepuWrapft are aelfi.«h political ‘ ' hypocrite* who think more <>*; , their pocketiMMikn than of the na ■ tioa. • ' • It waa their answer to Gol’ ■ charges of -* a tag the j Democrata hope to shake off be- ' fore entering the crucial stages of this year'a rongFesshinal election.- i 1 Truman, viie president Alhen W. Barkley and apeak; ■er Sam Rayburn unveiled the* JtMeatc: lK>t WUbt ,in lining Tidicul- ■ pari asm and -invv; tu at hh-i :•. . !' Republicans at a gigantb Jeff err- ,; son-Jiu kaon day dinner here. i--41 More than 5,300 IR*tno< rats con- j itributed SIOO each to the party 1 to eat filet mignon and drink American burgundy with the jiresi K dent, the cabinet and just aboutT 8 even big name in the adtpioiatra-: ? tion. The mammoth party was held at the National Guard Annury. with 1: the foot! and drink trucked by ’ Ion? distance from two downtown Q hotels . * ' . i Mr. Truman wa+»- naturally s,main attra<*tb>n. He called the Re ’ipttbljcanr t*WvfhHig from ink ih: leash:: . ,t<». ‘ < .•lies’ of false economy” and 'me. 2 cliant ft -us- _’istiare_:w<>rd* ” ;r The preNidetit •seornfrtllv i uJdL-JiiiattUiuiWL. uxgurn eatA same old moth-eaten scarci row of < socialism' an insult to the in telligencp of the Amerieen pe<>j»le Barkley said the <X)P had nt j come up’w ith a newjdea in near- .! jy .Kd. years. I llayburn said busineus labor and agrhulture never had RTWISp good aS under the Democrats. i The Democratic diners whoopefj ! and banged their water classes -in f? approval It’s the same old story - the same old words and the same old inHsir - the same empty and futile attempt to scare the -American • people - in complete contradh tion ; nf the plain facts that are visible I daily life.. to i, ( - boomed And we re not going to let them get awav with it -- don't worrf t about that ’’ I This- afternoon— the De*ff(»cra4i< - ■ love feast will continue when the A PTest.dent- roes tp the' Stat let; • «4 pm.* to attend a re« ep- : tion for approximately 2,<»O»T Deni ocratic leeders Mrs. Glen Stucky “y Is Taken By Death Funeral Services ? Sunday Afternoon Mrs RuJh Stucky V -3<. wife of] Glen Stucky, and aßTelnng resident . of Monroe, djtd at $ 4<* o'clock j ;Thursday evening at her home after , a three-year illness of carcinoma • She was barn in Monroe-, a daugh terns Charles and Daisy' Scherer ! Bahn»*r and was married to Glen I s trTrr-'^Liv T" i• Sh»*. was a member of-the Mop-J. rtte church Surviving m addition to'her hu* i are W mother of Monroe ; two trbOdren Ned ind Marilyn both at;, home, two brothers. Paul’ Rahner << Monroe and Max Bah ■’ i ner nf Indianapolis; and one sister 1 Mrk. Fred SmUM 44 Fezt Wayne.; 1 ’j One brother preceded her In death j Funeral aervicsa will be held at ; 2 p tn Spnday at the Mnproe. . txiist church, the Rev W L Hall 1 . taring she body will be re : moved from the Jahn funeral home' ■ to the residence at 5 o'clock thisTl ’ ei>niag ‘

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Fact-Finding Board Chairman Reports _ Optimism In Coal Contract Dispute Washington F<l» 17 H r* - A. xoixrJßWni pv*i:tu*akrr jffffNKX* ed “real progress" in the deadlocked soft coal negotiations tud&y at the ck>«e of a three hour bargaining nice ti ng bet weeu John L L* w aRd the coal operators. That optimixtie report came from chairman David L. Cole of Pr» si dent Truman * fact finding b<»a»d He and federal WtfliaHon 4L *-cn>r Cyrus 8 Ching bad been standing by throughout the union-re ansa «- moßf meeting to take a hand if n ► < (I*-d Cole Aaid some of the proposals Lewis made yesterday for a n**w~ •■ o n true • w»- re . 4; p* u a led '■ •wi * y He united mine workers Tias narrowed the i-nue* on which he wants to bargain pintieuiarly with regard to pay ra4*ey. • Cole said the operators who pre% ' ! ' ' ' ing bft'»r than their uid contra* have y ' Ithpj-oyi’d Hh ir nitrtrrT--^f-frr.' Hi’*eo*r (oh wuuhß uv» ** •. sperjficaHy. what' («»n'ract w-ere being dheussed - The confer*ore broke up t*. • ‘unch with bo(h sides st heduled ta ! resume negotiations later after j noon Ching kft with the mine i *"trer"rt■ ■■»i a lie nth e**mtn* nt I Lewla'and his aides remained for i ATrnie'Jh’llie riuiferejitce wt*h rCoIe But • they - weren’t talkiftg Cole hinted to newsmen that if j the negotiations should -break <!r wn un* XpFf’ediV' '1 U; rniMh: ask congits.- for pow» r c«>al rniney Th* White House announced tar Uer rti the dßVthat Unb and- Ching -ie ■< rt- 14.1 we- .-ai- - (’•de *ald Lewis continued:L> refer »o the pr4*pfe*al« h*- made' ywa-. carnal not to refer to them as 1.-.!-: ’ Cole ,>aid L(?wis~wa«s ‘ mor» >p4-e - tt« ' in ;-x!;i\sessim was quite speeiiil t etnUig <4j(ne <>f th* .money things ’ Co - told o p< beforo today A ” !’♦ s’.-o th.V ’• uh< 'a - - • ak in ’ h*- • < • jTht in.wood.' 2” 'iiar; negona'ini. ing up-to now w'» re pared down ■four’each f<>r hxiay’s session B<»tt >ide«i were reported read' to talk t. and drive for a speedy seiHe mt nt Federal mediation.director Cyni* S Chine and David L Cede. < hajrman of Mr T.rumahw coal fact -frtvdtear*ht*w*-d wp - jiiaxi.-of Lht iHguLiaHons hut dJ4. xuut jfo into the tonferehce room imine4lately. They wuibd rake a baud if devtlopments war raitfed. •-•*-. ■ TMe opc rat ora' n erot iatin g su te •committee consisted of Georg» Jbwye. -p.*k('smai‘ for .norrh* rn ai ■! u. ( >pe:c..r«: Hair' IfcMNM f* 1 s Site! C.‘»rp .sp ikesman for "tapU*r'_minr' (q*vra?ers; Harry ef the ■ ind iina coal opetat ors associa: ion. and Joseph E Moody, president ?l.t southern (.oaT- pfodUccfs' socia t ion Lewis negotiating committee iueluded UMW vice president Thoma# Kennedy. TMW secretary- . -i .b.»hn Owens, and ( J Tiller, president ot UMW 'di>i<T«rw •» HU* W«» Warns Truck Owners To Purchase Plates fniHanapolii Feh. Secretary of state •ChaHe* TTeh’ir.g warned Hoosier tru*k owners XodLxJ -io Itcensei plate? r*'_• s teHCSiS get invttjved In a jk ■ Mble "last minute jam ” • : • Ftemfng said a survey Khowod aboul .30 of the expected rrumber of truck lieepaes had been sold He thought the J»»ner« . wer* waiting for a declnion tn a suit to void the IMB state law boosted license "Were no* go*nr' tn extend the deadline be ytvnd Feb said Fleming and if a Trtirk ’ doeahn t have “plates on Mar k 1. the state piilice woal lst H operate