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■ ■ M. , ■■— Keorganuanon Plan Submitted By Pres. Truman 21 Bara And 23 Massages Sent To — Congress Today Washington. March 13. i— (UP)— President Truman today sent congre»» a bundle of 21 plain and 23 message* on government reorganisation which he acid would make half Um Hoover commission’s dream come true In an omnibus prase nt at lon to the house and senate. Mr Truman dispatched legislative proposals which would: 1. Shift the maritime commission to the department of com , mere*. t. AboHah th* Independent eta* tus of general counsel to the a* tumal labor relations board and return his functions to the hoard itself 3 Strengthen the hand ot the labor department by giving it more work to da.—~’ ■ . The President's plan* would move toward the eventual goal set by the bipartisan commission headed by former president Herbert Hoover of an executive branch of -government more streamlined, more efficient and lots more eco"do'micUT’’’' ’* -*-*■•***—"* j . They would become effective tu 5" days unless vetoed by either bouse of congress. --- . "When these plans become effecting the President wrote, "we shall have- acted on almost half the proposals mad* by the commission on organisation I expect t* trM* mil additional plan* for putting Into effect other rvcumniendatlotT* of the commission later In the pre sent session of congress." Mr Truman's proposals can be summarised this way: Number I to ti transfer to* the. heads of the department* of trees ury. Justice. Interior, agriculture., - labor the ’.'functionutid power**’ Uuw ’ ?onfFflfed ~’oif . anhnrdi—l* cracMtls- f J Number* .7 to 1.1 set Te«pofi<l ‘ bijjtjr In th* chairmen of these I regulatory bodies instead <rf other members «tor dally administration of the interstate commerce com mission, the federal trade com , mission, the federal power commit -j slon, the securities and exchange commission, the federal communications commission, th*, national labor relations board and the civil aeronautic* board. Numbers 14 and ID give the labor department two new functions First the bureau of employes' com pehsation is transferred from the( federal security agency to labor j Semndly, the labor department wfll] be responsible for coordinating en forcemeat of wagee-and hours legislation affecting federal or federal ly financed contract* Number* 15. IS. and W transfer certain functions to and from the general service* administration to round out the organisational pat Tern of this agency created only last ■ year on the advice of the Hoover commission ' «• Number 21 — perhaps the moat Important move contemplated tn the President'* series of messages would take the maritime commission out ot th* category of "Indepeudent office*’! and make it an arm of the commerce department Its functions, under Mr Tru man's proposal*, would be reconstituted tn a federal maritime board and a maritime administrator In addition, there would be created an undersecretary ot commerce for transportation "who will-assist the |Ts*i Ta Fane Five, American Airlines Strike Is Settled New York* March 13. — (UPIAmerlcan Airline* reported today . it waa flying "routine" passenger flight schedule* after the end of an 11 day strike which bad forced the company to reduce It* operation* M perennr — An airline spokesman *ald about 95 pefeent of .th* company * normal 181 dally flight* had been scheduled and practically all flights will be resumed by late today. wIaTHER Pair north and clMring seuth. colder tonight. Tuesday fair and somewhat warmer north. Low tonight 4-W north. 12-14 south. High Tuesday 2432 north. 24-M south, s-wi,

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■■■■'»■■ I' I * I I ■ . *:■■-■* Israeli'riant Down With 25 On Board Cairo Egypt, March 13. —(UP) — The newspaper Al Ahram quot*d an Alexandria wireless station today that an Israeli plane carrying 25 passengers had gon* down In the Jtd Sea 240 miles south at Sues and sent out a distress slgnOP The newspaper said * the KOS waa reMyed from the British ship MHMok '• " ' ,«h.!i«*MMi_!isii> i . C aawQ asgsZlaaa jen. Mcianny Labels Hanson Pro-Communist State Department Official Is Scored For Communist View Washington. March IS—(UP)— Sen. Joseph R McCarthy saldtoday that state department Haldore Hanson is a man "with a mission a" mission to communis? the world ” Th* Wisconsin Republican cited Hanson a* having "pro-commuiilsTs j proclivities." He said Hanson join ed thd stale department In 1942;,' and read a department announce I. meat that Hanson would head a ‘ technical staff to help develop' President Truman’s point four pro -gram- . j-.tss:— ■ ■ : 7 ... . ■ . Wfa | e’ department spokesman Michael J McDermott countered j Immediately that .Hanson was 18-j vesfigated thoroughly before and after Joining th* department and ha* been -leareg for loyalty "The department Is satisfied that Wwwwpn does not constitute a »e-, eurlty disk and that he is loyal to n»e United States." McDermotti 'said ™ ~ j McCarthy’s statement was made. to a senate foreign relations sub committee which I- Investigating; McCarthy’s charges that there art--57 communist* in th? state depart 1 , meut ‘ McCarthy had promised "pheno-nf, nal dlnclo-ur,- “ r^td’Hwd-JdsutsoU. yuv* . I associated with '"pro-commn, ; I etilfav<srs iyr writer and- rejtwew* | in China -Im c September W.S He read at leogeh from_UaMufiXjLl|L Ings, lauding Chinese., communist leaders and the Chinese red army • ; McCarthy said Hanson showed a! jdistruhlng amount of hero worship" tor eomtnuitist leadejr Mqo Ties Tung ahd his aides "Gentlemen, here Is a man with a mission u tnisslon so comtnun ixe the world a man whose energy and intelligence coupled wjib a burning albconsuming mission has raised him by his own bootstraps | from a penniless operator of aJeft (tat magaxlne in Peiping hi thg mid die thirties to one of the architect* of' ou r foreign pblicy lii tire xtatedepartmynt today." McCarthy said . He said that if secretary of state! l»ean Acheson "gets, sway" with I <Ts»s Tsr«s *t*» I Reid Erekson To Central Soya Co. Director Os Soles Training In City Reid Erekson. whose appolnt| ment an director of sale* training fee Central Soya company and I McMillen Feed Mills in this city l was announced-over, the weekend. L wilt not assume his new duties until June 1 IHreetor. of the Fort Wayne Civic Theater since 1941. Mr Erekson has resigned this post tion effective next May He I widely known for his outstanding’ work at th* Civic Theater'and in teaching dramatic* at the University of Minnesots He had early sales experience with the Standard OH company lb ltl» new position with the local Industry. Mr Erekson will direct sales training activities for nel. Both Mr and Mr* Erekson are well known in Deeatur through their Jheater work and here before social and civic group* The Erekson* will make tbelr home In tbl* city.' following Mr Erekson'* assuming ■ of hl* sale* director duties nett . Jxs* ’ David M Fisher, technical director of th* Civic Theater, has been named director, succeeding M). Erekson

- Air Disaoter Takea 80 Britfaii l|k«i ; . Kv ... WRECKAGE of the giant Avro Tudor II British chartered airliner la wUeh 40 ot the S 3 persona aboard ' lost 1 heli lives Sunday in probably the wetwt'disaster 4a aviation Mstont The huge sirllner plowed ipto a hillaide at Llandough. Walea. near Cardiff. The 78 paaaengerß had %haHrr**d the rraft to attfffid International Rughy match™ at IWlfaat. and the transport was about to land at Uandough on the re- i turn Jottrwsy when the i-raah occurrad. Five crew mem bars were aboard —

SeasonTHeaviesl Snow Hits Decatur Over Five Inches Os Snowfall Over City i ftecsturltes dug themselves out ‘i of the snow todsy as »Mewalks and driveway* were cleared of ihe season's heaviest snowfall Up until 8 o’clock this morning the snow liad idled up to a depth ! of 5’4 inches. Herman "Hr M*yI eg. local . Weal her gauge reader. ! staled Meyer estimated the snow i will make about 21 of an Inch ? precipitation. - . laist night's snpw was the heaviest seen .Here In several years Mey.-r said that it was tmire than had fallen in tjie past two year ■ Highways were treacherous, but “ho s<.^®-^; f ’ -W’' ed,. in,! he,A’.t‘lilruUand.mmjh_,pgfflj_ of the stat- a -lee' storm mad, driving hazardous’:. . - ‘ ‘ !»»• «»m- , p|tiy»-<i her*-. Mriynn Johli Doan ! •<x|>liSih»‘<l. br< ;VUM» ? no oh»‘ had a horsp #lwr~WWi k contautwl did got have a.'ti<»rs»- pro [iurlv sh«»<l for pullinu a plou The tractora owned by the chy are 100 large for sidewalk service Pedestrian* trekked through the unbroken allow this morning, citizen* generally limiting their ahoveling to private walks so the house and garage Winter Smack* State .IndtanaprdiM. Mai IS <ri’> Winter smarted lirdianx again ; last night and today with freez , Ing rain, afreet, snow and below freezing temperaturea -The on»*Utight left highways I slippery in the central and north ern part of the state and Flat*police today warned motorist* t< take it easy.” • One to six in< h«'» of new enow in the extreme uorih made roads hazardous. State iwilire said, and flurries In the central area left roads “spotty with ice but not too • had “ IDumN tn southern Indiana iltini Paa* <l«i Deficit In Dog Fund Reported In County Deficit Os $505.49 In Township Funds A report wa* made today by Mr* Thurman Drew, of the auditor’* of sic«. of the dog fund, revealing that the fund ha* a >505 49 dyflclf which. Mr* Drew explained, will be charged to the state auditor in Township trustee* make’ their an nual report to the auditor’s office concerning the amount In the dog l.Wthc first M 0-1 r> *.r t*. >4 tiiTiu -on ’ne* 111vK’itudi rft mnun The »urpTu* of any townchip over >loo t* turned In and that money I* distributed to those townships that have a deficit The deficit tbl* year wa, larger than the amount turned , in. therefor* ah application will ’ be made to the state for the money I The township* and their "do«" I Hnsrce* range from the >559 50 deficit turned iri by St Mary* township to th* >392 surplus credit etTto Monroe township Otlier town tTwew T* Fan* Mai

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Belgian Vote Favon Return Os King Leopold Majority So Small Cabinet Splits On Return To Throne . i ■ BrupHCln. Geigium. .Mar. 13 - <!’»•> King Leopold’a incom lui nive hairbreadth majority in a nationwide popular vote on hin return tc the throne (dunged the coalition -Belgian government into a crlfda today. I*co(Mdd agreed that he would abdicate If received lew.-th.fn t’l a majority of’s7 6k percent Put oft i !9I *| PT-itld.TiO 'yi tfnfc »> ; l Premier Gaston Eynkena called * bid „wAlithlJ), emercenry' Session to coßidder results <»( the,plebiscite I*eopold'a majority was ho small the cabinet split on the issue <d whether the government should consider it a mandate to-4hvit» the king • back to his throne aftvi five years of post war exile. Premier Eyskens and his Catholic ministers were reported iu , favor of the king’s return on the. basis of the vote hilM-ral minimi ters wore against It They said before the election they would V»PJ»QMe bis return on anything less than a two thirds majority The cabinet recessed without a decision after SO minutes. Govt ernment sources sai4l the mtnist ' ers would hold <»onferen»‘es wttff{ their party leaders before m* et inx again for another cabinet meeting The premier planned to fly lab I er; today or tomorrow to confer' I with I><3p<>l(l himself at Pn-tny. on Lake Geneva, where the king * was awaiting the outcome of the i vote The King’s margin was so skinb; .; py that observers felt he could hot r» turn on the strength ot H ■ without splitting the nation trom (Twra Pae* »•«»

(Rev. Walter Johnson. Mt Tabor Cifeuitl “THE COMPLETE LIFE” r ’ But as many a* received Him. (Christ), to them gave He I _ power to become the son* of God. even to them shai he . lleve on His name." John 112. - . Sin human bepri. I* vacant Either ft I* filled with the love of \tod. or it Is filled with ungodlines*. The modern Christian ofteh ’ trie* tn fill his heart with both But what doe* tbe content* of the t heart have to do with a .omplete life? Thia.’“that Christ may r It Is not enough to live in a Christian country, behove In « Christ, or belong to a church One must receive Him then He t give* the power tt, brume the son ot God. He doe* no* griv«» the r power to take sin to hear-n. hut He come* Into the heart to re I piace tin I A powder house neeii* only one spark of fire to conaplete y destroy ft. Tha heart need* only one known atn to stake life Incomplete. for ,*Jn I* an element of death Life and death do not j mix. "A little Teaven leavneth the whole lump" ’ FoVow holt t ne*« without which no man *h»U see the Lord ’ 1 The word* of Jesu* are- He ye there tore pert-ct. even a* your Father *wbk h i» in heaven I’ perfect "

To Eled Diredon ; Os Coniimimly Fund Annual Election Is Set For April 20 f Thu annual eln’tion of 'three di—eetors to the board of the Decatur Community Fund, Inc, the fund ruiaing agency that supports Boy and 9irl Scout aeUvHle*r will be held April 20, Joe Oelberg. president ann«»un-< ‘ ced today. Six men haws been nominated three of whom will fill places to he ’ vacated with the retirement of Wai 1 ter J . Krick, superintendent of city schools; Ray Leltx, payroll super visor 0T the General Electric com pany. and James .Stafeyf furaier W 43.rummji4ef •>*? ed of Ray Leuz. \V? Guy and .. Kemy frjlerly named candidates ♦roin the titrec‘.tlFf t ‘ikToffirfir^jtrT|R^ J - • d by the election. The and their respectful groups are C Langston. E. Oweps. Indus, trial; J H. Brennan ami A L Hariiion fraternal; Hugh J Andreas and Harry Dailey, schools The annual and election will lie held at the Den.on Madison street. i Carry over director are: Mr. Del- . • ’berg, president of the board; the Rev. William Feller, pastor of the | Zion Evangelkal and Reformed ♦ hureh, first vice-president; Bri< e Roop, second vice president; Ai thur J. Heiman, executive secn - itary; Miss Joan Wemhoff, secretarg Mr Staley, one of the dlret •itora who will retire. treasurer of ’he board Elet’tion of officers will follow the i naming of the directors. - ; The Decatur Community Fund • was organized here in 1H43 as a cl* : ic. non-profit organilfai ton-■to-rwiHe *unds Tor the Scout and youth pro jtama and to eliminate the’'incon- ‘ renfences of frequent drives in the jetty., ( Carl C. Pumphrey served as firs’ IpresfdAnt of retiring two) ♦ ars ago when Mr. Leitz was elect--1 ed to head the organization

Power Failure Is Blamed For Worst Air Crash In History In Wales Sunday

High Court To Rule | Ou Loyally Program Constitutionality Os Law Faces Test I Washington. Msrvh jr - (UP)— I Th* supreme court today axreed |.o rule on the eonslltutionnlity at President Truman’* loyalty pro gram tor government worker* The court agreed to hear argu ment* .by the Joint antl taselet refugee committee, wtiivh want* Io get off the Attorney general*' subversive list. ; Justice Tom C Clark, former attnsney gxaaraL did. >»! partlripate in the decision to bear the cas*. The committee’' said the Presi dent's loyalty order’ "punishes civil service employe* for their thoughts.; -belief*. -nXMSaiteIHL *°«l c ssoeta ’ ] Hon" and subject* allegedly sub' verslve organisation* to "drtama * tlon. to economic lons. Io loss of] good wfll. to loss of esaentlal, I privilege*, to lot* ot !aud support " The committee waa the first to ,’llHng sulf mm-orhe kovewtmew to have it, name removed- from’ the 1 subversive Hal. Issued by Clark when he was attorney general The committee said classification- at any group as subversive without a hearing of any kind deprive* It uL Us constitutional rights 1 Under the Truman loyalty program. the President said, member ship in organisation* <>n the sub versive.Jlsi ‘‘would be considered; in connection with tier determin* (lon of disloyalty ” Federrfl. judge F Dickinson lotts dismissed \be antl-fasi Ist commit ree's suit, agd was supported by the IHstrlrt of Columbia court of . AUl'f ’ll’t.c---T-’’* court held that. .the' of i f« i.d .iiiv denial of Q- rivhts aiidfishing loyalty board* tn govern-’ ■iu<nuns- io oi- .A" >' -ut. 1 0. j • uiiil n vi< W. A like complaint, filed latet 1 by the national council rd AmericaSoviet friendship, received the-; same treatment Both organixa tion* appealed to lhe kunremej (Turn Te, Pear. Twel. Final Report Made On Community Fund Lacks Only Small Amount Os Quota Final report ,in -the Decatui Cunununlty Fund drive made last fall under the direction "of Royr t Kalver. chairman, wa* made today jby Joe Oelberg. president of the ; Community Fund. Donation* received totaled >9.S’4o S 3 lacking only >lls 17 of meet , Ing the budget for the approved agencies which receive allotment of fund* for current year migrations. Oellrerg stated that the Community Fund had paid Decatur’s assessment toward the Boy Scout mess hall and recreation room on Big Island, and therefore had eliniinat ed the amount from the budget With disbandment of (he United’ Service Organixatlon iUSOi last January, the city's quota for this agency alas reduced from >l.T(KI tn >275 The latter amount waa palit to the’ I'Bo in the closeout of the national agency shortly after the tlAst of the year Complimenting Kalver and hl* wo/kiT* f W -sucre** of the drive. Oelberg reported the following oom; trihutlon* from the divisions! ’ Tharrmen Itiduetrie* and empioye*. cash >3.922 44; Industrial employe pledges. 22.J9093; club*, lodges and__women * orgaalsaiion* $1,155: retail, merchant* and pro- j fessional group*. >3.472.50. The budget totaled >9.955 with the following organltations participating as follow*: Ctrl Scout*.! 11.700. Boy Scout*. 92.040. Youth I center iDen> >1.895 city recr»a-[ tion committee tor playground*.j---11.335, cancer society. >1.250"; Sallatloti Aritjy >U<9w. operating expenses W* The allocation* tu(Twee Te rwa* »’*•»

House Delays Action On Cut In Excise Tax I Committee Delays Action, Seek Ways To Offset Decrease I Washington. Mar 13 — (UP, ] The hou»» ways and mean* com mlttee agreed today to delay action of cutting excise taxes until the government • k>*» by inrrea ' se* in other tale* By a IS to 1« party line vote i L4J»„,Cmni>«ltire rep»'<”l a Repub . , further delay.-a cut nt approxiI mately 31.WXi.iKMi.00u In wartime excise taxes The prop<Mi*l was offered by inßep Roy C Weaulruff K Mich Woodruff told the commhtee-wome JU4<PUM>-Wfcuiat, i Mult of ‘ uncerfataty' over ' tax cuts Hr* Mid Ui» ”|mpfra-' . live*’ ccmkreaa iet at emce. f‘ The (‘ommiyae i ruff's proposal It adopted InMead f] a substitute by Rep Herthan !•. Eberharter D.. Pa. raßlns ffzr ► study not rmly of the wart tone ea clue taxow but alas of "other ex fine Late* that are I and at rax ne*d*d to make up the loss in rewfiiie The vote w’aa taketMus the < ook miti-ee dpehed wfriat promised t<> j, be long t»n«l arduous MSakmk I exactly what taxes tn cut and , in H«ht <»f todayli decikiion -how Lto'nuike up the loan with the Tea*t, Indha'iohß are’ the group sTfniw ■ | pH'sent law and aleo'to- hwd l.bte...•Xftfrftoj’a’tinjTH . addi’PH ai • •burden Both eddHNMM* wet». |MMed-J<y Prusideiit Truman i Mr Truman proposed-a net < utj of ifiss.<HHi.oon tn excises He; anked that the 2<’ percept tai on j furs, luggape. jewelry and toilet ; j preparation* be cut to Iff ptWent I He also recommended that , lone distance rriwftlnne and telegraph taxes be cut from 25 to 15 percent, that passohz‘r ticket taxes he cut from 15 to' TO--percept, and that* the three percent, ta* on freight lie eliminated altogether The only fault committee mem<Ter« To Pa*r Tw»> Local Man's Mother Dies This Morning Mrs. Jane Daily Is Taken By Death Mr*. Jane Daily. 80. a lifelong resident of Adam* county, died at 5 o'clock this morning at th* hom* ot a daughter, Mrs Henry Schaadt. Hartford township She had been bedfast for several months duid -serious for the |>ast week She Ws«"l*orn iu Jefferson town »hlp Nov. 5. 1*59. a daughter of : llgHirge and Mary Belt-Trippy Her husband. David Dally, preceded her in death < She was a member of the Mt Carmel Evangelical United Brethren church in Jefferson township Surviving in addition to tbe daughter are two son* Gus Daily of Decatur and, Herbert Daily of i near Berne; -15 grandchildren. 10 gre*t - grandchildren, and one brother. John Trippy of Celina. 0 ; One brother and two sisters-pre-ceded h* r in death 4- Funeral *erClbe* will bn he’d-nt [2pm Wednesday at the Evangelical and -Reformed church in Berne, the Ret C A. Schmid officiating Buri*! will be Hr the Mt Hop* camctxry The body I will he removed from the Yager mortuary to the Schaadt reri- ; dence, two and one-hxtt nrtta* southwest of Unh Orovc where; friend* may call af’er 1 p m f Tuesday-—— I

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Hoge Airliner In Crush, Crowded By Welsh Rugby Fans Enroute To Homes Uandow Wale*. Mar. 13—(UP) - Eyewitnesses Mamed a power failure today for tbe <rash of a gUM British tador airliner cMUU■ned with gay Welsh football tana in which ft person* w*r* killed and three-Injured--the worst air disaster in history. Tbe huge airliner, filled te c<paclty with 78 pasaengera and a crew at ffve. pßMHmwed brio -» plowed field jast short of Uandow airport *»d broke in two, while ar tempting to land on a return charter flight from Dublin yeslerTh* Welsh passenger* were Singing with joy after watching Wale* whip Ireland S to 3 in a t Saturday match to win the Inter--nntioaal- Hogby UuttuLll .cbAmpi'.'liship for ‘the first time In 39 year* Wreckage of tbe ship scattered i over lou yard* hut it did not barn. Twelve jrersons crawled out of the plane alive Beven died IMcraily tn the arm* of rescuers Two , remained alive raday. one in »rit> l<al condirton An airport official said ’ tbe "plane broken in two as It rolled ' sideways and forward with nnm* ri (w-ople thrown out the gaps" torn ’ la the fuselage "W* had to cut the str»n* to get som- hodte*." he said Th* , -worst- waa. the fronf of -the plan • ’ a here they were 12 deep agarn-t the forward wall ' >s ; Coroner Col. Harold Bee* called an inquest to Identify the So dead Among the viritns were seven women tn< luding lb.' planes stewardess Eyewituesse* said, .I he four ertar alrUrier a-pp • tile ship tip’ for- ahott .-r. Updlrg iimteaMrt nfter. .u t iow , I the first flme ] They said the plane was climbi Ing slightly to starboard when its ■ nclne* <u: out and t; *u-b!enl. ■ heeled over on Its side and fell I two mile, short of Its landing point, an RAF field here The crash wgs near the village of Sigglngstone oqislde Uandow Rescuers said those who survived mcupled rear seat* The glam airliner wa* operated by a < barter flight concern. Fair Flight Ud.’ Chairman of the company is air vice marshal Donald Bennett. 39. former chief executive of the British South Amerii can Airways from 1945 to 1948 Bennett said the pikß-was ’E. G Parsons, a veteran tiler who ha 1 \floWn the same tudor for a recor! * V srs T» Pure Sl* r Four Persons Killed In Traffic Accident Poplar Bhiff Mo. —(UP) — Fonr person* wen- killed In tbe collision of an Automobile and a truck 15 mPee *abth of here on US highway 57 state highway patrolmen reported. The victim* alt were occupant* OT the autopsobile out Tor a pleasure ride" They were Mr*. Pauline M’tiittington 22. St Uuil* Pawl R. Bowman. 29. Spencer. O\ and Hulan E Rigdon. *7. and hisK 24-'ear<dd wife of NeftgyvUle. Two Persons Die In Wrecks At Nappanee Elkhart Ind March 13 —(UPi — Kuners’ service, were arranged today for two- person* killed -iwseparate traffic accidents near Nappanee ■ Sat urday . Mito F. Hoyb*t«rtl*r. 41 Nappa-' nee. was killed when a Baltimore and Ohio railroad train hit his truck The accident occurred at a eraaslAg lly miles w**< ot Narpane* Mr* Lydia Toder alar of Nappanee wa* killed when a rar driven bv bar huaband- Simon, skid-, ded Into the path of a. car driven by Darwin Wenger. 22 EllI batt,