Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 48, Number 51, Decatur, Adams County, 2 March 1950 — Page 1

Vol. XLViil. No. 51.

MINE UNION FREED OF CONTEMPT CHARGES

ColdWealher Increases Coal 1 Emergency Here Cool Fool Dwindles Rapidly, Some Wood Reported Available The new siege of Weather ha* brought doxen* of emergency <alto for aM in getting coal to city trffhlal*. Mayor John Doan reported today. The pool of coal olrtained for emergency eaten from local factories is dwindling and there to no’, much likelihood at local planta re-, reiving more coal for soma time. Mayor Doan announced today that there waa some wood available s Two men. Ed Shoe and Oscar Bay. have a quantity cut and ready for delivery. They can he contacted at telephone numlier 6695 Four other Adame county men have offered to permit local people to eul wood Which they have avail aide. They are Ray Eichenauer. Ben Shroyer. Herman Bleeke and True. Andrew* Three men can lie coa tarred by rural telephone for permission Fa ID tit?* tn trtatur ulna to double up with neighbor* ; and retMlve* and the Mayor »aid ‘ the outlook for the next two week* | was rather pessimistic for lie**- : tar. - ... . ... The City supply to good for ab.ee three week* Several uptown total-.] peaa house*- were completely <>u of coal and while some retafi*i< had small quantities. their supplies were far smaller than the preamt demand. Electric heatera. keroeame burn tr« and all types of apace beaters are twins, used by Ber-atur -resi-,] --- foheSlpari* of then home* r sufficiently to keep, plp«* from fronting" . ... - ; Emergency Shipmanta Indianaiw'li*. March 2 H l'i Governor Sch'ricker and the military conferred today on the Indiana coal shortage. While near-aerb temperatures and biting winds whipped the coalstarved state and small shipments ■ of furl to hardest hit communities helped slightly to relieve dtotrees. HihrlcS.r met with Col Peter C. Bullard.' executive of the Indiana military district and commanding officer. of Fort Harrison Bullard and the governor talk ed of defense secretary I-ouis Johnson's order to the'armed forces to < ut coal consumption to the Don* and turn over parts of their stock ■ piles-for emergency civilian use After the conference. Bullard said he had no comment But Schricker » office said that a committee representing the military district and the state would' ” sdrveyT® - miUtarr »nd" "aval l»~ stallations In the state to determine what coal was available 'for ’ ,-iviHan needs f But. state official* said, the emergency x shipment* only postponed ihe day of reckoning when everybody In the state will be out of coal If the miners don't go back «Twrw T» W««» ««»

March Roars In Like Lion As Blizzard Hits Decatur

The month of February, a* far as . the weather Is concerned, spoiled most people it .made them forget ■here was’such a thing as a hW*tg wind that could whistle down Sec end street and make everyone snuggle a little deeper into their overcoats. H There Mad been some snow and rain during'February. and a hit ol ■ uncomfortable slush through whl ’i pedestrians were forced to navigate, . ' but there was little cold weather So everyone betaine complace it, ' and eVen friendly. The people be tiered they were on good term* with the weatherman, and had a Mg smile on their faces, and gave Fen ruary a lot of credit for lielng a good fellow So when March came along, we stuck out our hand and were ge’- ■: sing ready to say. "welcome." when March swung 'at us and almost knocked our heads off. To come In like a lion, though | the sun shone moat of the day. a) high wind, with much rd the velocity of a blizzard, awept Decatur, and those out on the streets shixer- ! pd a couple of times, then shoulder- ; cd their way into the wind. Bring- 1

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT ONLY BAtLY NKW» COUNTY

Summons Served On Lewis In Law Suit Legal Papers Served While Aboard Tram Defiance. 0., Mar. «— (UP)— John L. Lewis. president of the United Mine Workers, waa served with a sumiuxma üß<l a petition In connection "JKth a »l ..Miokon suit against kirn and the I’MW as he passed through Defiance county on a Baltimore A Ohio passenger train last night. Deputy sheriff Don Kehnast said he served the papers on the mine chieftain by shoving them under the door of his compart ment after Lewis slammed the door. Kehnast. who boarded the train at Garrett. O. said la>w|«. In answer to his knock, opened the compartment door slightly and inquired. "Who Is IP" "When I told him it »a« a deputy sheriff of Defiance county. Ohio, he slammed the door.” Kejr nast said. "1 then slipped the pa- ' per* under the'iioor and left the ' train- at the nest stop " It was the second Hine Lewis had been served with legal papers as he passed through Ohio by train On Jan 19 Van-Wert county sheriff F Roy Shaffer entered Lewi*' compartment on a' B A (1 ' train and handed the I'MW leader papers requiring •he answer suits filed against, him by tlhlo ; coal operators within 3” days In f'ohimbw." •'an attorney- for- - mine operators said the palters served oh last night require that h» file, an answer in Franklin county common pleas court iCollHnbusi by April 1 to a suit , for recovery of |I.SOt).(HHI filed by the Aunnyhlll Coal To. The pepere .nerved last night do not require that Lewis appear in I. person In Columbus but merely j that he file an answer Sunnyhill is one of nine Ohio operators seeking I' 1 00H.0.H1 frotp Ixtwis and the I'MW under the Ohio Valentine act which prohih Its restraint of trade " “ maneuvering by I'MW attorneys spared Lewis the neves«fty of appearing in Columbus , Feb IS 40 answer the charges contained In the papers served by Sherilf Shaffer The deadline for l4:«d<.aiipe.aratue . was ex',..nd.ed when the I’MW moved to quash rhe'snnimon* thi- automa»i< ally postpon-d the nee.l for L**i- to ti ara Ta I’sa* Fisht > Local Lady's Brother Dies Near Roanoke Clarence A. Dolby. IS. brother of Mr* L*-«' Eh in ger of this < in. died of a heart attack We<hi<»Mday after noon at hi* home two and one half miles east of Roanoke Also nurvivina are hie wife, two daugh twrr two aomr two grinds-Till'd-ren; hi* mother, Mr* Otha bofby. -an<T two brother* — — ; Funt-ral nervh-e* will be held at Saturday at the Pleasant Chapel Evangelical United Brethren church, with burial tn l*an • caster cemetery. The body haa hren removed from the Bailey mor , ttiary to the

| Ing snow with it. that looked Ilk-’ a I fog when viewed from Indoors lan* night March made quit* an auspi. 'clous start But the wind cleaned much ot the sidewalks leaving the Imre lee to slow traffic today Th* tliermhmrter on th* front oF . th* Democrat office registered six labor* xero at S o'clock this morn Ing: by 11 q’elock it had risen to 11 above. Th* weatherman threaten* though.' ’hat th* temperature will nose-dire again toward the xerj mark, saying that ft'will be be : tween lhe five above afid five-be-dew mark tonight. The county and city schools were in session' Today, and It is believe,! They will be able to weather the Mdrm — or a spell of cold weather with their current aupplies Homes..however, are getting cliilI Her ech day a* coal become* a de* perately needed but hard to obtain commodity- People are *U!I noted doubling up with friend* and relation. and lodges and halls in the fclty remain on a stand-by emergenTry h*sis to care for those unable to i obtain fuel.

AskFBIHaH Violence As Coal Mines Mining Equipment Blasted In Alabama; Situation Worsens Pittsburgh. Mureh J—(UP)— Authorities culled on the FBI today to halt union violence nt southern mines which have been supplying a trickle of coal to the nation's fait vanishing supply. The appeal came after nßroglycerine blasts shattered mining equipment near Japser. Ala . and armed pickets persuaded small Independent atrip-mine owners to quit mining coni. Officials asked both the FBI and state poHee-to halt further outbreaks Meanwhile. Henry Ford. IL preai deni of the Ford Motoir Co., predicted that "this country will be shut down in two weeks" if the coal strike, now in Ha,Jsth dny. continues "If John L wants to put hl* own pri«tige above the welfare of the country, we're licked Ford said "Von can't make a man work it he doesn't wknt to,” The number of workers; Including striking miners and those laid off by coal-dependent Industrie*, shot pa«t Mt,MN More school* -closed and brownout* dimmed llgtlto in half a dvsen state* -- *- A new cold wave added to the increa*ing .odds against northern states where soft coal to a major source of heat and p.ower. A blanket of sub freeting air and snow hit those area* pressed hardest by the critical fuel shortage Rank-and-ma member* of the progrehaive mine workers In Illinois rebelled against an agreement to return to work under a contract extension unlTT'March -31 PMWi miners normally produce nvore than' one-third of the state's coal, and, bx-als representing more than % of the ttnhm* Jftoos members voted! to ignore the order and slay home. I’MW president John March! indo reached the agreement to eon'inue negotiation* with operator* y oerday ’ : Ford-eaM- operation* at hM big plants will be put on a dav today ba-ix after tomorrow His statement indicated that hi* automobile company would be forced to halt production after two weeks, idling IttiOOO production workers Pack aril Motor company plans to close mxl Monday and other auto producers said they could noLJkyep open much longer. Defense secretary Louis Johnson (Tara Ta l*aae Five) i Russians May lead On Hydrogen Bomb Data Furnished By i Fuchs Aids Soviet larndon. March 2 —(UP) — Ru*»la may have gained a head start over the I'nlted State* on hydrogen I bomb research through information futnlshed by Dr. Klaus Fuchs,atomic scientist* said today They pointed out that Furb* was known to have been working on hydrogen bomb theory al the time he was meeting with Russian agents.- He was then the third leading atomic scientist in Britain and head of the theoretical research department at The" Harwell atomic center. During hi* last major contact with Russian *ple* early last year he was, believed to have advtoed Soviet ' agents That the I’nlted State* and Britain were convinced *, by drogen bomb and it* vast destruc; five potentialities. President Trpmaa dM *ol announce the American decision to go ahead with production of a hy4fogen’bomb until early, thl* year, although preliminary wotk . had been going, on for some time With the secrecy removed from the case as a result of Fuchs' trial yesterday, informed quarters disclosed thst Fuchs was trapped through a single word In a Russian agent'* notebook found in Canada last year. WtATHCR Fair and eeld tonight. FrE day Increasing cloudiness am* warmer. Lew tonight sere ha five below ns i th, eight to 1b above south. High Friday 25M north. »35 south.

Decatur, Indiana, Thertdoy, March 2, 1950

Medical Referee Testifies ~MH

HILLBBOROUAH County Medteal Referee Dr Robert E. Biron <right I. who took the aland in tba elghlk day of the “mercy slaying’’ trial of Dr. Hermann N Sander at Manchester, N. Henters court with Attorney General William L. Pbtnhay. It was Dr Biron who first called authoriUee In the celebrated case on the basis of a re view of primary evidence In the death of Mrs. Aubie Borroto

American Airlines 1 Reducing Service Schedules Reduced By Workers Strike New York. March 2 —(UP) -1 American Air Line*, largest do- I meatlc passenger carrier, operated i only 40 of its normal 201 originating nights today and an official of a striking union of maintenance ' planes would be grounded by to- - nlghi Tie company said only that it was doing the best it. could to operate drspße the walk-out of tke-j---t.SOO worker* who maintain and! ' service It* plane*. ! /it «ald it would refuse to negie I Itlate with the union, the trans-, jport worker* H'lOl while thej strike to in effect But It said the • strike. »« a success "from the union point of view" William progan. International vice-president of the union, said the company could not maintain even its curtailed schedules with-' <mW "jeifpardizittt Mfety ” "The airplanes can't go long without getting service." he said I The -line appealed hy mail to It* striking employes to return to. work It said it had "made gains in New York and Chicago, but had "lost ground" In St. Louis and Nashville. Hold Three Truckers For Theft Os Coal Brasil. Ind Msrch 2. —(UP) — Three truck driver* were free on bond today after state police ar ’ rested them on charges of steal-' Ing 10 ton* of coal from a strike- . bound mine.' - . Sheriff Marlin Slack said David Pague. Frank Reynolds and Glenn ' Ferguson forced their way into the] l Jones Brothers atrip mine near - here hy shooting off a padlock I They were on their way-to Alex i andrla. Ind. in two truck* when ,- officers stopped them ■ I : Tarpaper Shanty i Burns, five Die | r Entire Family Os t Five Die In Fire j ! Kenosha-Wl*. March 2 —(VPI ’ — A family of flva pariabed thia] 1 morning an flame* ripped throuxh ’ their tarpaper shanty home in a ; trailer camp near here. Carroll Maxwell, 28. hi* wife Butty/ M. and their children. Jim- ’ my. 4. Stere. 2. and Patricia, two month* perished In the abate ' | . A neighbor *otled "Die burn ! b* three-room dwelling at 3 "3H , this morning, but the Game* were I beyond control before firemen could reach the trailer camp Just I outside the city limit*. , Neighbor* believed no one In ! the building, alnce no *creamlng was heard. Later five bodlee were found. Firemen worked four hour* to recover them ? Th* cause of the tire hs* not ~ been determined, but trailet camp residents say the Maxwells i had been having trouble with tbeirj oil burner The family was on relief.

1950 Tax Receipts Mailed By Treasurer All tax receipts have been mallei, county trea»urer Richard D. Lewton Stated today, for the tax due for 1950. The statement*, used into year tor the first time as a result of last year's legislative action, uig ter I»4» lo W paM - lbte year Wi~ first payment is due May 1. lhe sex end Installment, Nov. .1. The amount on each receipt, Lewton explained, to arrived at in the anditor's office, compiled In led ■ gers, then transferred to the tree* ' •irer'a office, from where th* liguriw are affixed co the receipt*, then mailed. L__—2 a-.--—- J Prosecution Resh In Doctor's Trial Defense Moves For Acquittal Verdict Manchester. <K ’H . March 2 - (l’P> The prosecution rested at 201 pm (EST 1. today at Ur Hermann N Sanders mercy murder trial, and the defense moved im- , mediately tor a directed verdict of acquittal The *ll male Jury 12 men al "! a ” alternate- was taken from the courtroom at 2:03 pm. andqsuperlor judge Harold F Wescott began hearing argument* in the defense motion The defense had brought two ;' large cases of law books into the courtroom to back up its motion for a directed verdict. The motion was based largely on ] two points: L-.-Faliure of.the. to estab- : Hah a corpus delicti, meaning I : specifically that the death wa« oft ■ a felonious nature 2. —Failure of the state to show that the air and not cancer killed. Mrs Borroto When court reconvened after the : luncheon recess county solicitor William H Craig rose and said: i "The state rest*, your honor." Through It* IS witnesses the state had attempted to prove: I—That Dr. Sander injected 40 cubic Centimeter* of air into the' vein* of caneer-doomed Mrs Abbie C. Borroto. The psyaiclan's writ- ! ten record at the Injection plus I>la aii*s>cil ailmis — i',f,- to hospital of-1 lOctal* and Inyeetlgators were al<VWe*> VW Pun* Mai Monroe Elevator Is Entered Last Night Deputy eheritf Bob Shraluka waa called to Monroe today -to- taveetL gate the breakin of the 'Adams | county Co-op elevator that occurred | some- time durinc ' Wednesday . night However... official*, alter a. thorough check of the premise* today. Mated that nothing in the elevator had been disturbed; there I waa no indication of any missing • money Elevator official* did tell the deputy that about 4 o'clock Wednesday afternoon tbe power went off. and w*» atill oft when they cloeed the elevator for the night Sometime after closing, however; tbe power cam* on. and tbe eleva i tor was lighted II I* believed that ! thi* deterred any burglary once the l back door had bees smashed and entry gained.

Ruling Leaves Next Move In Coal Crisis Squarely Up To President Truman

Banker Confesses To Faking Robbery Faked Robbery And Pocketed $21,779 Milltown. Ind., Marchi —<Vl‘> — A bespectacled bank cashier and former Sunday School auperintendent was in jail today after confessing that he faked a 121.779 robbery and pocketed the money. Kenneth W. Boldt, 44, broke down yesterday and confessed after a three-day Investigation he took the money from the First National bank here where he bad been cashier since 1946. FBI special agent Harvey U. Foster, who made the announcement in Indianapolis late yesterday, said Boldt said he took the money "to pay off obligation*.'' After confessing. Boldt led state and federal authorities te his ISO- 1 acre farm outside of town where 119,099 was recovered in glass jars and a concrete pipe under hi ? Jaas fc- mK-Jw. the rest of the money to bls account. Authorities first became suspicious of Boldt when an investigation of the bank's ledgers shov|ed several irregularities. The) I said Boldt apparently had forged several note*. They continued to anwit the bank’s book* for other discrepancies . . CjnTronted with the evidence, Boldt readily admitted the theft But at first he had blamed, a weekend holdiip for the shortage. He reported to bank president E K Roggenkamp last Monday that bandit* broke into the vault over the weekend*and made off with the funds Actually. Boldt said he worked Friday and Saturday nights after other employe* left to get ready •for the robbery He said he first -awed off a metal hasp and then sawed through a steel bar before gaining entrance to the vault. He said he took the money Saturday night and buried It on his farm <Taken before U. S. commissioner Thomas J Jackson at New Albany. Boldt waived a preliminary hearing and was taken to (’lark county jail at Jeffersonville under , US.tJOO liond. Boldt is Crawford county as- ! sessor- and formerly was super (Torn Ta rasa Flvet r v~ ~ “ — -— — Eight Os Family Die As Home Destroyed Fire Sweeps Maine Home This Morning Monson. Me.. March 2. - (t'P)Eight members of a family, includ- ' Ing wix children, burned to death shen tire swept a one and a halt 9 story dwelling here early today ’ i The ninth member of the family e waa hospitalised with critical burns. “ The dead xrere teamster Elwood ’ Smith. 35 his S5-year old mother. Mrs. Harriet Smith, and his six children, ranging in age from two months to 11 years. The mother of tbe children. Mrs Elwood Smith, was reported near death in k-hospital, ' A Belghbor Mr*. Earl Jackson. * said she was awakened by the H sound of Mrs Smith screaming J hysterically In the back yard of 5 her home. Still conscious when aid ' arrived Mre Smith said she . and * her husband had escaped tbe flam- , es and then Smith had dashed p back into the house in a vain «<- f fort to save the children. Mrs. Smith's body was covered r with burns and her nightclothes l_ were burned off t Before she collapsed Mrs Smith y said the fire apparently started In , an overheated oil stove tn the -. kitchen of the frame dwelling She > raid the five older children and t their grandmother were trapped e In second-etory bedroom* Tbe In j rant *was sleeping with Mr and Mrs Smith on the first floor. '• < r 5

TramanNotTo Go To Moscow As President--News Conference Is Told President Not To Go To Russia I Washington. March I-— (Up)—, President "fruman told a news con-1 ferenee today that he would never go to Moscow as President of the •I'nlted Stale* —— - Mr Truman's apparently ail in elusive statement about But going to Moscow followed news conference Inquiries about a proposal yew ■ terday by Sen Brien McMahon D . Conn. McMahon proposed that the Atlantic council lay out the stra-i tegy for atomic peace and that the : I'N assembly then meet in Mo*-. ‘ cow to consider s new peace pro , gram . | “F -Mr Trutnwmdr. tmed*-.. xxHwmetKion t'he feasibility of the McMahon I proposal, but said he would co operate wholeheartedly with anything’that would cimtrlbute to the ' peace of tbe world. I Asked it he would be willing to * go to Moscow ta talk with the Rue ° stan*. lhe Preetfent said be would r not go to Moscow st ail. Bat he added- a* hr ha* said many time* that the di«ir ft always open here' at any time for discussion* on any I subjsel. ' A reporter then asked if his determination never to go to' Mos I cow applied ottif to the current ■ period of touchy issues between i this country and lhe Soviet I nion I Mt Truman said firirily he would I. never go to Moscow while jje -is •| President He said he was putting I It a,- plainly as possible He addril however thai when 1 he quits b* inc I’resideWlie would , i like to go to the Russian capital and see the place “ Two Moves 1 Washington. March 2—il’Pt — The government may yield to con gyessional demands for a boid. new ' prl'gram to assure the world of the peaceful aims of the I’nlted ■ States in World affairs It was learned that these two moves are definitely in the wind 1 A big three foreign ministers • conference, at which the proposal of Sen Brien McMahon. D.. bond, for a new approach on atomic run jtrol* may be discussed It was be-; lieved likely the conference would coincide with a spring meeting of • the rounett of the Atfantlc TTart 4 2> A persobal appeal to Preaident - Truman from hi* congressional ‘ lieutenants for a nation-wide radio address that the I’nited States — as always—is ready to explore jn the Lnlted Nations any sound proposal for ending cold war difference* • . with Russia. j Thus far. the President has ref jected any tgpectacular move for' easing east-Vc*' tension He has f fetr that some of the suggestion* of ~ hi* congressional leaders do not | Jibe with the realistte tact* of the; . nation's Impasse with Soviet Raw. lT«r» r*ae

Gotten ‘MtolitfitiM 1 “MOVERS OF MOUNTAINS’’ I, ' - ■' ■ r , (Rev A. C. E Gtllander First Presbyterian Churvhi ‘ Mark 11M. W—Joeus asith unto them. Have Faith ta J - God; for verily I say unto you that whosoever shall say unto this mountain. ’Be thou removed and cast into the 1 nee.--.aa4 shall not doubt _in...hia hasn. bmsbaH.bieUezn-..-.... (* • that thos* things which he aalth shall come to pass, be d shall have whatsoever be aatth." ' 3—* ■ - • •' Jesus may have been linking at mighty Mount Herman when d speaking the above Hyperbole, and the oriental minds of His , Disciples would recognize It to be hut a figure of speech to emph* size His point A pointless physical miracle such as tbe removal . of a mountala could never In itself be tbe object of a prayer of faith such as Jesus described A faith that ci» overcome difficul 0 flee by seeing beyond the Immediate problem Is what our prayer •_?; * life' should bring us Surest Illustration The 'mountain' of death ’ is the most staggering problem wo can know when seen with mered iy human vision Rut when faith tn Him who was ’’lifted up" on d the Cross and tn the Ascension r’ears our vision we can see be i yond the eosmingly impassible mountain to the Fathers House d which He show* -— .

Prica Foot Coots

: Federal Judge Says Mine Union Is Not Guilty Os Civil, Criminal Contempt Washingrpn. Mar 2 — (VP» — John L. Lewis' United Mine Worker* nnlon was ac.qrtWed joday 4L civil abd crixntaai contempt charges growing out of tbe miners’ refusal to call off their strike. Federal Judge Richmond E. Keech's "not guilty" ruling left the next move in tbe coal crisis squarely up ~4a the execuXJy t branch of the government. Barring an unexpected contract — agreemejit. President Traman is likely to aak congress for poweto sells the struck mines an I thus end a crisis which tbe pre* • -dent himself today dem-ribed ax a very serious national emergei ey. Keech announced that he had considered tbe goverament's petition and the evidence in. the eas and found the union "not guilty" Los both civil and criminal con♦'tvnnt* charge* hroughi ufc.fn - Keech's ruling, apparently upi held tbe union's claim that the union * office* had done their beet to comply with his no-strike I order issued Feb 11. Union attorneys contended that '* 3Ttr,fHH> miners hare remame t , • away from their jobu "IMtivMi • ' - ally" by their own independent '‘ action. : ../“i/L /X./://". 7/?*/ A*«i*t*nt attorney general H. Graham Moristm said tbe goverrment "undoubtedly" will upper 1 , the acquittal on the civil chatK< it cannot appesai the irinilni! charge.. But an apiieal would take-lime,-— and time is -running out in tbe coal crisi*. Keech's action cleared the xiv , for President Truman le take dtasKe, aclJon l« get the. miner* bar*' ro work Barling, gtr-mriv—-contract- settlement which seemx unlikely Mr Truman is expected I to ask congress, for power to seise '' the mines. Many miners—have said they would resume digging under a "bona fide" government setxur* — with the miner* working for the government and the profit* goltig into the federal treasury instead of to the mine owner*. Up to now, Mr Truman has «ai ! he could take no further action while the ca»e was in the eoayts. But Keech's action removed that I obstacle. Only this morning Mr Truman told bls new* conference that the . coal ertois now J* a y«y aerioua national emergency / Rep. Eugene K. Cox, D Ga. told the houae today that the eoai strike "has developed into an insurrection against the govern- ' naStit.*’ - ' j "l would pot it down it it calls tor th* use ot every soldier in tha ' country.” Cox declared the president has done th* best be could in an amiable way if be Meds store power. J n> surq. congress will give it td him for . the asking ' Judge Keech summed,up hisT <Tw»o To teak -.