Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 48, Number 43, Decatur, Adams County, 21 February 1950 — Page 1

Vol. XLVIII. No. 43.

U. S. SEVERS RELATIONS WITH BULGARIA

|i,»’ ’ __ . 0 Foresees Seizure Os Mines

High Official ' Sees Seizure As Inevitable Coal Miners Shrug Off Government's Contempt Action Washington. Feb. 21—(UPte ,A hbth government official said to day that federal leisure of the soft coal mines Is "almost inevitable" — within a few days. -■- ----- He told newsmen the crackdown could be averted only by an unex pected speed-up In negotiations between John I- Lewis and the soft coal operators or by an equally unexpected back-to work move on the part of the 372.000 striking united mine workers. The official did not disclose details of how President Truman would seise the tnlues Mr Truman has said he does not hare selxurr powers now and there have been no indications,that he plans to ask congress for the authority - Whit* -House press Charles G Ross said there will be no presidential action today on — coal * Kosa was asked If Mr Truman has "planned anything" regarding seixure. He said not to bls knowledge. but that be Ji" not fore-clbs- ' log any specific type of action Ross said he was talking ottlj on a basis of 24 hours aTa thfte As Lewis wad the operators resumed negotiations some govertF 1 ment officials said they believe the parleys would bog down even more as a result of the govern- - ment'« contempt of court action against the union Federal judge Richmond It Keech directed the union to show cause pert Friday why it should not be cited In contempt because its members ignore the lOday "no strike" order he issued on Feb 11. — -Keeabse-acHwm-wae- nuUdix.eiJ.esl_, against I<ewis personally The mine workers chief twice has pleaded wi'h his miners Jo return to the pits In accordance with the court's order In the past. Lewifr-and-t-ho JtatatL has lieen fined $2.130.0(H) for Icnoi Ing two federal nrestrike court or '"def* ' Still Idle Pittsburgh. Feb 21 tCPI ' Striking unfed mine workers saidtoday that government seixure of the soft coal "mines "might" end the outlaw walkout which has pushed the nation to the brink of economic disaster The miners shrugged off the government's contempt action actrttrst thel'-M Wbulwetetaler;] rated in the statement of a high; government official that federal ! seixure was "almost Inevitable" j within a few days Weanwhile, local authorities in- 1 unsifted coal conservation meas ure- as the nation's stockpile dropped to less than six days supply A cold wave battered the east eg- •- -gravating the fuel emergency. . Rank and-file miners tended to favor government seixure of the mines because they believed it would lead to the signing of a con tr»t. "Speaking for myself. I'd probably go back under government seixure." Lee Burkey. a strike - leader at Maxwell. Fa,, said, "because under those conditions We'd probably have a contract ” When the government seised the mines on May 22. 1948. the striking miners held out for seven days until UMW president John L. -Lewis and secretary of the Interior (Ter* T* Fase Tw*> Funeral Heid Today For Smitley Infant Funeral services were held this morning at the Black funeral ' home for Linda Mae Smitley. daughter of John and Pauline MoC tinger-Smltley of Wren. O„ stillborn at the Adams county memorial hospital nt noon Monday. Surviving-are the parents; two, brothers and one sister, and the grandparents. Mr. and Mrs. J R. ; Smitley of Decatur Jesse Mottlng- | er of Van Wert. O-. and Mrs.. Gladys Springer of Decatur The Hey John E Chambers officiated, with burial in the Mt Tabor cemetery. I

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Two U.S. Officers Die In Plane Crash Tokyo. Feb. 21. — (UP)-- An air force F-S2 twin mustang fighter plane crashed on the runway of Johnson air base west ot here last night, killing both officers aboard, it wax announced today An air force spokesman said the plane apparently stalled shortly after a takeoff and smashed into the runway. Names of the victims were withheld pending notification of kin. Approve Plan To Cut Power Use In State I - ——.——--. Power Rationing I To Be Ordered To Save Cool Supply 1 Indianapolis. Feb 21—(UP) — 1 The Indiana public, xervlie coin mission today approved an electric power rationing plaa-tortulch the stare's meager coal supply . .. . 1 Following a conference of PSC] members and representatives of, 1 the state's power suppliers, chair : man Hush Abb»ft of she commie-1 talon indicated an order would be! ' I issued before nightfall giving utTH- | ties with tit days or less of coal supI ygjg UV authority to cut industrial service ;, The utilities would be allowed to’ Treduce power where they thought “] It would hurt employment and pub ] 1 j lie Welfare the least The- rationing plan will follow the ■ sance general plan used by Ihe war. production board when miners struck In IMC The program will be set up this L afternoon by a five-man cum.nlilec, selected from „appri>xlriiaMy.!'•_ ' utility » xc-cuth;ts who attended the 'conference called this morning by Li x The order will apply to. those I Utilities which use oil and gas as ‘ j well a* coal' ■t Variou* power companies laid i their supply figures on the table at : r fhr eoHUreßce Tbt' u: trail Pl;”)))', ’ was none- too goodl- The Public Servic eCo of-Miana ' |re ported c-bal rang ink from two, I week tee tiisday -upplies at various 'generating stations 1 ' The Northern Indiana Public Se rvice Co had an overall supply 1 of 2<> days . The Indianapolis Power and Light Co. reported 30 days ten hand and more coal enrouter7__— The Indiana and Michigan Elec--1 trie Co had a supply ranging from YH-He-37 daya-with mure, coal .ell;. ‘[.route. 'j These four and .tjrol^Wrcom- , panics furnish percent of the ; power supplied in Indiana - Hesides the big company repre«T«rw r« PuMr K»«btv John Henry Becher Dies This Morning _ ■ _ ■ », Funeral Services To Be Thursday ~ John Henry Becher. M. retired farmer, died at 6 o'clock thir morning at his home five miles* west of Rockford. 0.. following an extended illneaa s . I He was bom in Mercer county. O . Oct. 7. IW3. a non of Jacob and f Mary K*4H4n#-fUvTMr. and. . married to Rnea Rollenharher Oct. |- *ti, 3D1.1 in thia cltjr. He was a member of the Zion Lutheran church at Chattanooga. -. , Surviving afe hU wife; one son. Vernon Becher of Kenmore. K~Y : two grandchildren, three brothers, Edward of Lakeville; James of Port-1 land and Ray mond Becher of near Decatur and two aisfera, Mrs Min-, nle Wilson Willshire. 0.. and Mrs. HarlejrJ. Reef of near Berne .One brother and three sisters are’ deceased Funeral services will be held at I 2 p m (EST) Thursday at the Zioni Lutheran church at Chattanooga. 1 i the Rev Waldo Myers officiating. * Burial will be in the church reme tery The body will be removed ( from the Yager funeral home toi | the home at uoton Wednesday. |

Robt. Vogeler Sentenced To 15-Year Term American Business Man Sentenced In Hungarian Court (UP)- Roliert A. Vogeler. 3*. Amerii-au buxlnemi man anil a former rasldeut of LaGrange, ill., i who pleaded guilty to sabotage and spying against Hunjtbry for thv United Slates, wax sentenrad to ll> years in prison today The proai-. ution appealed at once, as Is Itx privilege In Hungarian eoarts. on ground* that the court had In-on "too lenient " A British assca-iate. Edgar Bandera, was sentenced to 13 years Imprisonment Two Hungarian co-defendarit*. were given death sentences. Three other Hungarians were to prison terms of five to 10 years. (In Vienna . Morris L. JErmrt. •Saw. Turk attorney Who waa rej fused a visa to defend Vogeler. said the trial was "a rigged up atI Talty" He said ha counted 8K i mi^tajaßa^^BOT-wrnwr-tky 1 tluiuny Vogeler read, and "torture or drugs apparently were used”) (In London, .a foreign office i xpokesman said it was fair to speculate that "threats, inducei mentis and pressure” had been spoiled to cause Sanders to incriminate himself. I i-—Judge- VUmo* Oltjty of the liudapevt peOfUe's coart pronounced sentences after a trial that lasted only three days All seven de fendant* pleaded guilty to operatIng and taking part in a spy ring < Tara Te I I Robert Zeser Wins Oratorical Contest Catholic Senior Is K Os C. Winner ICobert Zeser. <’afh«dk high si-bool «eiie.r and son es Mr and Mrs Dan Zener. IIS Ja<k»on< I street, placed first in the 10, al Knights of Columbus oratoricalJ .ronteat held hut evening at the K of C hall The winner will represent the Jiecatur lodge in the district con . test at Huntington Three C«iib- ' oiii- high school Students part id pkted in the ellmiriatioh contest Joseph Adams won second and Daniel Kit son third place Zeser received a IIS prise and the other two orators IJO and |S respectiveliy. I The high school students pre i sented the tuple. "What The HoiV i Year Means to Me." Judges were the Rev. Michael Vlchuras of Central Catholic high school, Fort Wayne; Severin Schurger. prosecuting attorney, and Arthur E. Voglewede. local attorney. Herman Knapko. grand knight, was chairman of the program. Many members attended the ora- > torlcal presentation and gave the : young speakers enthusiastic applause in appreciation of their talks. The youths are members of Sr. ' M A x nes" sVeech rtwsa st tbw ' Catholic school. Bridge Repair Work Awarded By Board Bids were received from Bskef ’ and Schults construction company. Yost construction company, both l of Decatur, and Ruckman-Wansen. Inc of Fort Wayne, by the board •of county commissioners Monday in the afternoon portion of their all-day special meettag The contract; for repair of three fabutmeflts bn two bridge* one in Kirkland townshlff. the other In i Monroe township.-was awarded to Baker and Schultx on their lowj ; bld of 13,517 30 for labor and ma-, IterAl |

ONLY DAILY NIWDFAMU IN AftAME COUNTY

Decatur, Indiana, Tnasday, February 21, 1950

Congressman Pays Fine WELL RESTED after a week-end In jail. Rep. Fred Crawford (Rl. Michigan, poses with Lt. Eion Turner of Prince Georges Co., police 1 at Upper Marllx*o. Md . before entering court where he pleaded guilty of assault, and paid a $25 fine. He was charged with striking I an employe on his farm, and elected to spend the week-end in jail as a ptotext against the state's bonding system

Adams County Home Coal Supplies low —Will Trorntw Coal From Court House l(rith the coat supply at the <-ounly -bon)? dwindling fant, and th* threat of cold weather at hand, and aermingly here for Rome time, Frank Kltaon, superintendent of the bonio. is making arrangements to transfer noma coal from j court houte atoekpfle to the home. 1 The county coal supply, w hen | pur<*ha#e<l. i« not I Knight for a upeetfic Institution hut ft allocated as the nroti artaeu ('oneequently w.um *urh an rjnergen<’y a« is presenter fniakeu Itself known, the pile on tramt-H transferred Th«* bins fit the court bfifiiH hn • quite some coal, offh ials there j stateil. and they are preparing to augment the county home supply ‘Thurman Drew, auditor stated that the cottflty hak Wb < arioads of i uml s»rdcn-d but there ia no i moans o£ determining when it will j »• delivered In the meantime, the supply bn hand Hill probably take ♦ are of the county's heeds, nn.i > •nly a prolonged strike by the miners will reduce it to the danger point Frank M. Coppess Dies Monday Night Funeral Services To Be Wednesday i Frank Monroe Coppess. 71. wellj known retired farmer of Washingion township, died at 10:50 o’clock I Monday night at hla home, one-halt mile west and one mile north of Coppess Corners, fleath followed an illness of two and one-half years He was born In Darke county. <).. Aug 29. IX7K. a son of John and Ida Cast le-Coppess, and was married to Minnie Leßrun Nov 30. l«9g, Mr and Mrs Coppess celebrated their golden wedding anniversary in 1948. ~ Surviving in addition to hla wife are two sons. Albert and Calvin Cop|M*M, both of Monroe; one daughter. Mrs. Hansel Foley of Preble; three grandchildren. Gene and Richard Cnppesw. and O IM. Foley of Bloomington; one sister Mrs. Minnie Babcock of Sarasota. F1a...-and a 'stepsister. Mrs. Pearl Johnson of Monroe. ___ Funeral service* will be held at 2 p m Wednesday at the Zwlck funeral Lome, the Rev Roy Gibson' ottUHnilßg Burial will be in.the' Decatur cemetery Friends may, call al the funeral home after 4 o’clock this afternoon. —ufa.. ——c weather Cloudy tonight with (hewer* eantral and south and rain changing to snow flurrle* ea- — tr*mo north. Wednesday partly cloudy and turning colder Snow flurrto* ertrewie north. • Low tonight 20 to 25 north. J 5 to 40 south. Wednesday slowly I tolling tomporotiMWS.

. 1 - '■ 1 ■ ■ - City Hall To Close All Day Wednesday I City hall officials announced to-! d»y that theg too would be absent from their desks Wednesday, and t*e city ball trill bo ctosod. The court house, library and bsah bad previously announced that they ! wauta be closed for Washington's ! birthday and no mall deliveries will I be made. —_ ■ ; Plan lent Services A Trinity Church « Services Planned For Lenten Season Asti Wednesday will mark the beginning of the special Lenten svrv ices at the Trinity Evangelical' United Brethren church At the service Wednesday evening at 7:00. ihe pastor, th» Rev John E Chamber*. pastor will speak on the sub ret ‘The Saddest Word Sin”: the special music will be a vorsl trtn staging "Lead Me Gently. Father.” ■ The Wednesday evening services will continue through Holy Week The choir will sing each evening, and the boys and girls will meet in the sanctuary for thj opening part of each service The pastor will have a special sermon story for ; Ihent etich evening, after which - they will go to first floor for their WI srrvtrv The Wednkeday eve- . tilng sermons will be on seven words of the Bible February 22--’Sin," March 1 "Forgiveness;” j March 8—" Now;” March 15 -’ No;”] March 22 “Come;" March 29— “Why?" and April s—" Prayer." Holy Communion will be celej hrated Bunday morning, the first Sunday in Lent, at lt':3u The sermon subject? for the following Sunday mornings in March will be: March s—" Why Should I Be a Christian?” March 12—“ Is It Easy ito be a Christian?" March 19 - What Kind of Christian Am I?" and March 2« "Why Should I Unite with the Church?" On Palm Sunday. April 2. the sermon will be "A King for a Day.” and the rite of baptism will be administer ed. On Easter Sunday. April 9. the sermon will be "Alive Forever more" Members will be received into the church ‘ SWntHy evening services at 4»20- - Will indede four sermons on "Bacltsllders of the Bible”—David. Jonah. Lot. and Teter Sunday ' evening - March 12. the sound film. “Like a Mighty Army." will .be shown On Palm Sunday evening, the sermon i will be "Jesus and the Crowds." Easter evening will be The Easter Story in Full Color " The Rer. Marshall Chambers, pastor of Ihe First Evangelical United Brethren rhureh Hammond, and brother of the local minister, will be at Trinity church for two evantag aervlces. March 30 and 11 Service* during Holy Week will follow the traditional themes Mon day -"Jesus In Worship;” Tues day—" Jesus In Service:" Wedn»« ; day "Jesus Is Retirement." and Thursday "Jesus tn Communion.' (Tara T» ra«e Msi

Diplomatic Relations \ Broken On Accusations Against U. S. Minister . -- ■■ - - ii- - i ■ < - - •- iwiri-. i. ... •»—*■***»

ToVtsHCityOu Air Force Academy Study Possibility Os Location Here Word was received by the Dally Democrat today in a telegram from Ben. William E. Jenner, of Indiana, that the Ohio river diviaion engineer would visit Decatur soon to advlae with local residents concerning the possibility of locating the United Blates air force academy near here. Through the efforts of Glenn Hill, president of the Chamber of Commerce, and other local citixens, Itacatur was listed with several other Indiana citie* aa a possible site for the proposed permanent academy. The first notification came several weeks ago along with a questionnaire asking about available land and other pertinent information Nothing was heard concerning the proposal until today a telegram, which is as follows: “The Democrat. Decatur, Indiana. Air force advises Ohio River] di vision engineer will contact your | communis/ to arrange for inapec-1 Hon of proposed site tor location! giermanent air force academy within near future. 1 Ben Wffltam E. Jenner" • The telegram waa sent from Washtagton at noon today. The i date of the proposed inspection i I trip w-as not gifen. R. W Pruden j executive manager of the chamber I of -Commer<y> has been working for some time with other Interest-; ed hx-al people concerning a pun-! sible site. I Frank Smith Dies - Early This Morning Funeral Services Friday Afternoon Frank IV. Smith. 82, died at •> o'clock this morning at his bogie on Thirteenth street following an illness of two years He was born In Servia. Ind., a son of Samuel and Harriet Egbert- j Smith, and had resided in Deca tut- for a number of years He was a member of the ChUri-h yf the Naxarenc ...J Surviving are his wife. Katfe; 'four sons. Ufiafles" Hmiih~'fflf“p4 ,T catur. Frank Smith of Howe Ernest Smith of Celink. O. and I Ora Smith of LaGrange; two daughters. Mrs; Gladys Anderson and Mrs Ruth Sells, both of Decatur: 32 grandchildren; IS greatgrandchildren; and three broth-, era. Bill Smith of Decatur. Sam of Huntington and John of Portland Seven children two brothers and one sister are deceased. Funeral service* will be held at 1:30 p. m Friday at the Black funeral home and at 2 o’clock at the Church of the Nazarene, the Ralph A. Carter officiating. Burial will be in the I treat ur cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 7 o’clock Wednesday evening Adams Central PTA Meets Monday Night Rafety was the principal topic of discussion at the meeting Mon day night of Adams Central par eht teachers association at the Monroe school bailding The large assembly rooat was packed to capacity a* state police officer Russell Pryor delivered his gafeljr message to the parents Motion pictures were shown in the basement of the school building for children during the adult program Following the meeting refreshments were served Lester Adler is president of the tri-lown-ship organisation and Mrs. Harry Croa-nover is secretary The group meets each mouth.

Warns Russia Is Driving To Control World Acheson, Hoffman Ask For Renewal Os Marshall Plan Washinngton, Feh. 21—(UP) Warning that Russia is driving for world domination witb “increasing boldpass,’’ secretary of state Dean Acheson and ECA administrator Paul G. Hoffman ask ed congress today 'ToF' a ’ tMrdl year. IS.ItKI.IMHI.OOO renewal of! the Marshall plan. They told a joint aesei-m of the senate foreign relations and house foreign affairs committee* that •the European recovery program will require $2.9aP.U00.00U of new money for tha 12 m-mtli* beglpning next July 1. pi&s' $150,000,!<M>O cash left over from this year's appropriations. -- ~ Acheeon said the aid program Its a “basic element" of a national poliqy that calls tor tacraastagly close cooperation with “our European friends." In solemn tones. Acheson told li the joint committee that great (progress has been made toward rebuilding western Europe's wartorn economy. But, he said: i “The Kremlin can and is pur- ] suing its course with efficiency, ami with signs ot increasing bold j ness, using whatever means seem i ' appropriate to it in a given aitua- | tion ~ . . In the context of the present world crisis the task is doubly acute, doubly urgent " gave the committee memliers’a'aetailSil and gene rally optimist'll- review of the progress] of the. .Marshall plan thus far But he joined Acheaonwta warning tltat i any slackening of American aid now would "wrer k” European re covery and derail our own economy The EUA administrator* request fur new aid funds was flbti.t'iio.bOti legs* than "President Truman asked for In bis budget message last month Aeheson, in hi* testimony, ham ; mered hardest on the internation-] al political implications of the pro- 1 gram and It* bearings on the c<»ld War wlltr Russia- - - — I - “Mo xasa .can. prmUct .With con Hdence how long it will take nor what demands it witi place upon us." Acheson said. "Support ot ERP is only one part of it. al -Twrw Te Faws Msi Wairen A. Wherry Dies This Morning Funeral Services Thursday Afternoon Warren Alton Wherry. 71, I ninn township farmer, died at I SO a m today at bis home on Monroeville route 2. where he had resided hi* entire life. Death followed a week's illness. He waa born in Union township Nov. 2. 187$. a son of Joseph and Elisabeth Rice-Wherry He' waa a member of the Metho dirt church. ' 'Starrtvtag -’nre Ma wHec Dllve: one daughter. Stra. Chauncey Clem of Auburn; a stepdaughter.. Baralyn Sue Berden; one brother, Joseph Wherry of'Fort Wayne, and two slater*. Mrs Hannah Miller of Union township and Mr*. Gertrude Hite of Brooklyn Six brothers and sisters are deceased Funeral services will be held at I N PR Thursday at the Black funeral home the 'Rev Hofstetter of Monroeville officiating Bui tai will it* in th* IOOF cemetwry at Convoy O Friends may call at the funeral bom* after 2 pm Wednesday

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Bulgaria Accuses Heath Os Secreting Spy In Attic Os U. S. Legation Washington. Feb. 21 —(UP) — The state department announced today that it has broken displcmatic relation* with Bulgaria State department press spoke*man Michael J. McDermott said th* United Stale* informed th* Bulgarian foreign office of the break in a note delivered in Sofia yesterday The Bulgarian charge d'affaires in Waalhngton. Peter Voytov, was Informed today and was asked to make immediate prep*ralkMi* to withdraw the Bulgai lan dipto* ] matlc mission from Waahingtoti The United State* broke off relation* because Bulgaria had accused Donald R Heath, the U. 8. minister in Sofia, ot . conspiring against the Bulgarian government Bulgaria declared him persona non grata, and asked hi*-recall. • The United 31*les warned Bulgaria at the time that this country would bteak’ rblattoM vnfras Bulgaria withdrew the cbarge* Bulgaria Ignored the U. 8. warning. « The break waa the Drat aiaoe b the war toe the UnHed Btatda. The U. 8 note te BeMaria eaid 4 the .Amertean miweton in Bulgaria ( had been instructed to leave "as [| soon as possible" "Thia action on the part of the Bulgarian government."' th* note ' said. "Is putting forward wholly (unfounded charges against th* principal diplomatic representa- ; tive of the United St*:** as the basis of a demand for big recall, could be taken by the United States government only as conformation of the mounting evl dence that the Bulgarian government was qnwilling, in Its relaj tion* with the United State* to ! observe accepted standards of International comity.' And the note added "Cordiality tin diplomatic relation*) was scarcely to He expected when Bulgarian official* and the controlled press were constantly denouncing and insulting the United State* and when the 'Bulgarian- governi ment was violating, it* peace trea< Ity obligations, ignoring resolv.- ! the United Nations and ! supporting armed action agalnrt ! Greece. ' Hid Spy Rofla. Bulgaria, Feb 21-2(UP> - Bulgaria aecuaed Amtrtcu m in• later Donald Reed Heath today of hiding a spy for six month* in the attic of the U. S legation Heath and several other American* were named in an indictment. published in all mornine papers, charging five Bulgarian* with espionage tor the Uni tel — States. Two were said to he former legation employes > The announcement wa* carried under the. .headline “Legation of the United States in Sofia center of plots and espionage again*' the peoples republic ot Bulgaria ' The Indictment quoted one drfendant, Mihail Sbipkov. 39, sakt to be a former legislation interpreter. as saying be hid in the attic of the Amerii'an legation on Heath's order* from August. until Feb 11 thia year, when Heath allegedly tried to smuggle (Tern Te Fea* TUsee) Most Markets Will Be Closed Wednesday By United Pres* AH securities market* and mwt rommodlties market* will be <lo*«d tomorrow in observance of M’ashingtons birthday Canadian and London markets however will operate as usaal The New Orleaas cottoe' exchange In addition, will colebratMardi Ora* day today by shutting down Livestock and produce exchanges however, will remain opee in Chicago and St Louis