Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 48, Number 111, Decatur, Adams County, 11 May 1950 — Page 1

Vol. XLVIII. No. 111.

VIOLENCE BREAKS OUT IN RAILROAD STRIKE

■ -- Keep Prorate Profits From Public Power President Truman Pledges Battle To Combat Power Lobby Aboard Tramas Train. May 11— —(flH- President Truman today promised a vigorous federal battle <to keep private profits out of public power. The chief executive, traveling through the northwest where the rapid rivers hold untold promise of unlimited electricity, spoke at the edge of Grand Coulee dam. the massive power, flood control and irrigation project in Washington state "The benefits of public Invest meat must be passed on to the people whose tax money is being used.” said Mr. Truman 'Those benefit* must not be diverted for private profit. We will continue to fight -and win—dor that princl hug- t* -* nm-d r~-t—---has been in operation for year*. The occasion of Mr Truman's "non . political" visit was to dedicate the Installation of the last of the big ttir bines that produce hydroelectric power for the northwest. Mr. Trutnan used his visit to, Grand' Coulee to review his pro gram for the development of the nation’s major watersheds Into f , smrsge Jit.,ppw.«t. inrtcatiMi and ,« general betterment for the populace. • ' ■ * The President fought with the sleungsat words at his command against those "who think expend! turns for resource development are a waste of public funds." "They should have disqualified themselves by now." trumpeted the ‘ President, who has been firing one charge after another at his Repule lican opposition “Their fantastic Claims about Grand Coulee prove that they can t tell the difference between a waste of funds and. a sensible investment The President ' left his train at S I’, am at Coulee City and drove to the massive dam returning after tuniWme to continue his rail tour of the northwest Mr Truman-called, for new es forts to combat “the private power lobby, and other people who have selfish imerests" against his drive to develop the basic river basins, such as the Missouri and the Columbia river valleys. Koons Is Reelected District Chairman James L. Koons, 'of Avilla, was] reelected Itetbocrallc fourth dlst rlet chairman at the party" reorganisation luncheon at Fort Wayne Wednesday Other district officers are: Mrs. Marie Lhamon. Fort Wayne, vice-chairman' Mrs. Goldie Clssler, Mungo, secretary. _and Robert Riddle. Auburn, treats urer The district organisation reaffirmed its endorsement of Alex M Campbell, for the Democratic nomination for U S senator. Gerald Visard, chairman, and Mrs. Catherine Lose, vice-chairman, of the Adams county central commit tee. attebdeu the meeting John W. Crist To Head State Agency Indianapolis. May 11. —(UP)— A retired executive of the General Electric Corp. prepared today to take over as director of the Indiana employment security division. John W. Criae Fort Wayne, was named by Governor Schricker to succeed the late . Col. Everett Gardner as director next Monday. May IS. Crise. who was associated with General Electric for nearly 4<' years, was a board member of the security division for 11 years and served as board president for eight years. WEATHER Meetly eleudy tonight and Friday, eccaolonal coin oeuth portion, little change In temperature. Lew tonight 45-50 north. «0 oeuth. High Friday 55-70 north, 70-75 oeuth.

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i i -■ ■ lUi.ll T 9 91 LosMtaa. May 11 - (UP)— The big three foreign mtata WWOp vMMRw IO mOOoJF 9999 they meet ekriagfe— their Mothe peealbUtty of another <|.S.Mrods Employes leave Czechoslovakia Orders All But 15 To Leave Country Following Warning Prague. Csechqslovakia, May 11. —(UP) The United States In ' structed all but 15 of the American 1 employes at Its embassy today to leave the country after Cxerhttsfe vakia warned It would not be responsible for their safety beyond Sunday The instructions were Issued by ambassador Ellis O Briggs American official* said Briggs bad decided to bow to a Csechte Slovak demand on April 28 that the Ualted States cut its diploma--1 -ttr staffs .in HHs cwmry by tarothirds The Csech government supplemented the demand last night by Informing Briggs orally that it would not be responsible for the safety •of American diplomats if tM staff cut was not completed by Sunday " , , . The Csech* said that unmarried members of the embassy staff affected by . the : redw-ttan-. .should leave Csechoslorakla before mid- > Wight Friday. Ths Csech note of April 28 aceweed American diplomat* of "antlstaie activities' and charged that they had aided persons who work rd against the "security of Csecho Slovakia " "These activities have •nothing ( In common with the usual activity of diplomatic and consular office* looking after the interests of their state in Cxechoslovakia. a. tivltWs which of course, tiny have only pretended.' tlw note spld The reduction would leave In Prague only Briggs, political ad-J yl-er James K Penfield, two air' attaches, two milita'ry attaches, two piilitbal officers, five office Workers and two air- crew, memitet* AnietJcan officials— said The I S information service. I Tara Ta rear Jl_ Geneva, Hartford Teachers Unchanged Teaching Staffs Os Schools Announced Trustees of two townships an- j nounced today that teacher con- ‘ tracts for schools within their jurisdiction had been completed for the 1959-51 term, anti in Itoth instances, there were no changes Charles Teeters, trustee of Waitash township, today released the names of the instructors in the Geneva schools Those whose contracts were renewed were Ramon O. Hunt, principal; Peegye Reynolds, clerk. Charles T Mays, vocational agriculture; Blanche Aspy. commerce; Margaret Rhoades. English, physical education; Bernlece Von Mat re. social studies. Latin: Dorothy Owens. music, art and health: Lavaun Keller, home economics; Marvin Mullin, industrial arts, physical education «= Raymond VanEmon , eighth grade; Harold Long, seventh grade; Edith Walters. sixth grade: Esther Augsburg*r. fifth grade; Pauline Houser."fourth and fifth grades; , Dawna Fosnight. third and fourth grades; Blanche Shepherd, third grade. Kathleen Shuck, second grade: Viola Lehman. first and second grsd-s. and Catherine Fravel. first-grade At the same time Ralph Miller, trustee, announced the names of the teachers In the Hartford Center school. Hugh Tate, “principal, who also teaches English and science. will be retained, as will Burney Jackson, industrial arts, mathematics: Hugh Cobh, commerce. English: Herman Neuen sebwander. social studies, physical education. ' health. Frances Smith, music: Grace Smith, home economics. English; Edna Glendening. grades five and six: Magdelena Johnson, grades three and four, and Martha Habegger. the first and second grades.

Ftremen’a Strike Ties Up Rafi* ■ ■ I I Iy" V FIREMEN on four major rail mads wM up picket line* in Chlrafo an tbeir long threatened strike went into effect to enforce employment of a second fireman on deisei unit*. Koad official* estimated more than 2,000 passenger and freight train* will be discontinued during the strike,

Outbreak Os Rabies T - '™ — —.— Is Feared At Gary Keep Close Watch On Kindergarten Pupils Gary Ind Mayll (UP)—Doctor* kept unclose watch today on lOF .'kindergarten pupils’ for fear That rhey - atmy -haw--, contrasted rabies from a rabbit which died of rhe dineane The parent!' of cx-b child were warned by better and telephone trails to consult their family physic' lans as quickly as porodble The rabbit had been kept at the Horace Mann school for three I weeks as a kindergarten pet. It* condition was discovered after Charles Barnes. 6. told kinderearten teacher Mrs Janice Croli. that the rabbit trit him onj the -fineer. The boy s physician j :edvised ihal the rabbit bv placed under ' - ' The rabbit died. Saturday and its j lit ird was shipped to a laboratory sot analysiy Tests showed the animal>had ‘ rahies The b;>y inttnediatcly wax in iMM'uleted with anti rabie* shots and si hool authorttips ht Ran an Investigaiion to determine whether any.other pupils had been bitten by the rabbit The situation was ex f ptstired tn the parents at a meet it>K siioti after the laboratory made its report. —r ■ ————— The patina w» re warned that < hildif*n did not need,, to be bitten to contract the disease Ikictors said i1 could enter their Innlits through tiny scratches when they | foundled the rabbit. I The school board a’ Gary agreed 1 to pay part of the cost of Innix ula lion* for children who need them. pn>tN d »d Ibe parents waived Hahi!i:\ The rabbit was hrowrht to the rswrW Ta Pave Hungarians Reject Appeal By Vogeler Appeal From Prison Term Is Rejected BudapeM. Hungary, May 11-r 4 UH) The Hungarian •upicme coert today rejected the appeals of American hueinexsinan Robert Vogeler and hta British associate Edgar Sander* from long prison terms on espionage charges. V'ngeler. a«*tsfent vice-president of the International Telephone and Telegraph Co., was sentenced to 15 year* in prison Feb !1 after conviction on charge* he was an American spy. Sanders, a bnainegs associate, was sent to prison for 13 years A communique announcing that their appeals had been rejected appeared in today's newspaper*. Ir also announced that the Hungarian*. Imre Geiger and Zoltan Rado. their codefendants, had been handed. The sentences of three other Hungarian codefendaats also were upheld They were: Keleman Domonkos. 10 years: Dr Istvan Just. 10 years: and Baroness Dory, five ■years — r ..... - . AM were accused of espionage In behalf of the U. S and Britain (Turn Ts Raws star

Decatur, Indiana, Thsrrfoy, May 11,1950

Schmidt Funeral Friday Afternoon Funeral services wlfl be held at 2 pjn. Friday at the Eion Lutheran church for John EUlott Schmidt, six-year-old non of the Rev and > Mro Edgar P. ScbmML who waa j fatally Injured Tuesday evening In Install from a wing. ; *The_ Rev. O. C. Busse, pastor of St Paul's Lutheran church at • Preble, will officiate, and burial will be lu the Decatur cemetery. Private services will he held at • the home prior to th« church serv- • ice. and the casket will not be opened at the church. The body has been removed from the Swick funeral home to the residence, where friends may call. Decatur Factories Shipping By Truck Railway Strike Has Effects In Decatur Shipment* from-liecalur. factor-; l«* located along the Pennsylvania! railroad tracks were moving by truck and over the Erie and Nickel Plate roads today, local managers of the plants stated today The strike of Pennsylvania firemen wijl Idle 22 railroad employes in this city by tomorrow. William Bartrer. tncal agent fee the -Pennsylvattia tGRIt road, said Hit* morn Ing This Is in addition to the fire men on the two switch train* which operate out of the Decatur yards to the Central Soya company plant Fires were pulled from all engines tyflay and the "iron horses " were standing on side tracks There were no pickets at the local Pennsy station. Barber said. The Central Soya company and General Electric company, two of. the principal industries affected by the firemen'* strike, were employing trucks to make shipments Feed and motors were being loaded at the Erie and Nickel Plate yards for cross-country shipments. For territory coverages, additional trucks were hired. Agents W. M Bumgerdner and Ed Highland of the two operating railroads said that business was brisk, but got extraordinarily heavy Sufficient cars were available for shipments, they said C. I. Finlayson, manager of Central Soya, said that trucks were being used to pick up shipments into Decatur and also for out going deliveries If the strike continues a couple weeks, the picture would be different. Finlayson indicated. E W Lankenau. 0. E. manager, rating between the plant and the said that their trucks were opetTwrw Ts Powe Fswet Mother, Two Children Are Burned To Death Brasil. Ind . May 11 — (UP) - A 25-year-old Cory. Ind., mother who poured kerosene on a cook stove fire was dead today, along with her two children, as a result of the fire. The victims. Mrs Patricia Ad-: sms. and Viola’Adams. 4. and How ard Adams t, were burned fatally yesterday when their kitchen was* engulfed in flanrea when the kerosene biased up

Holder Is Reelected GOP Stele Chairman Indiana Democrats To Meet Saturday Ihdisnspolta May 11-<l’P»— Cale Je Holder Started hl* first full two-year term as chairman of the Republican state committee today as the Democratic district committees reorganised with only s tew ’ elhagea — Holder. an Indianapolis attorney, and other state OOP officers were re-elected unanimously yesterday to complete the biennial reorganisation of the Republican party. Meanwhile the Democrat*, mov Inga little more slowly, were holding their reorgahhtaUon meetings on the district level.. Ten of the II Democratic district chiefs got new tw<>>year terras and the only newcomer was Paul McDuff. Indianapolis.- Ih the 11th district, replacing Kreginald Snliivan Two new vii-e-chalrmen. Mr* Hasel Byram. Vevay, In the ninth, and Mr* Into- : rsme McCleary. Indianapolis, llfh I district, also were re-elected The first meeting of the Demo- < ratic *tale committee that will rule the party for the next two years will he held Saturday at headquarters here, it appeared Ira Ifewnaktr. a Franklin lawyer who became state chairman two years ago with governor S.-hriek er's backing would he selected for a second term The re-elected • Republican state officers, in addition to Holder, were Mr* Mabel ST Fraser. Delphi, vicechairman: Edwin Steers. Sr . In dianapolis, treasurer, and George J Edlck. Plainfield, secretary. Holder ha* been head of the patty since Ia»l June, when he replaced H. Clark Springer. Butler, who resigned. J. Before the GOP committee meeting, Holder released the names of Hl members of an 11 man committee formed to draft a platform to be submitted to the nominating convention next June 30. Holder Mid the committee would take a "positive" approach, and would not content Itself with; smearing the Democratic platform This year, for the first time recently, the Republican sanvew. tion will follow Instead of precede the Democratic meeting. Members of the platform committee were Nick Stepanovich. East Chicago; Hobart Creighton. Warsaw; Lloyd S. Hartxler. Fort Wayne; Byron Kennedy. Wabash; Noble Shaw. Crawfordsville; Kenneth Miller. Brasil: John Peters. New Albany: Yandell C Cline. Columbus; Crawford Parker. New Castle, and Erie Kightlinger. Indianapolis Uniondale Firm Low On 224 Resurfacing The C. A. Studebaker Co. of Uniondale, submitted the low hid on bituminous resurfacing <4 US highway 724 la Wells and Adatgs counties The low Md. of lIM.- : 572 11. Is tor resurfacing 19 5 mils* from Markle to the end of , the coacrwte jtsvemenr west of Meat ar. and .57 mile* extending east from IT. S highway 27 In I this city to Fourth street

Strikeis’ Replacements Fixed On In Tennessee, Report No One Injured

At least 41 Miners Die In Belgian Blast Coal Gas Explosion Kills At Least 41 Miners In Belgium Mons. Belgium. May 11—(UP1— At least 41 miners were killed today t>y a coal ga* explosion 1.550 feet below the surface. It was Belgium's worst mine accident since the war. A mine spokesman said “two or three” other* were reported missing and might have been trapped in a 7(M*foot tunnel, the deepest in - <lie mine : The blast wrecked elevators and machinery and sent deadly fumes billowing, through the mine, located in the Traxengles region along the French border A number of miners were injured seriously. The main mine bliUdlng way I turned into' a temporary morgue f loaded with wooden / coffin* stood at 'the mine entrance - A* bodies were brought to the surr face they were placed In the coffins and taken to the building. Scores of weeping Wive* and r relatives clustered around she pitr. head, which authorities sealed off ■ to facilitate rescue work. Oscar Behogne. acting labor minister, and member* of his staff Trent ,to the sedan from Brussels. More than 10b miners volunteered for rescue work Wearing gas masks, they were working against time aitd the deadly fume* which s|>read'lhrough the mine. Preble Cannery May Operate This Year Elwood Men Seeking To Operate Plant Tomato growers tn Adams and surrounding counties received good news today, with indications that ■ the canning factory at Preble would be operated by two experienced. tomato canners. Charles Cooper and Grover Hutcherson, of Elwood, both veteran canners. are reported to be making arrangement* with the federal court so they can lease the factory and equipment at Preble, which was formerly the South-Bud corporation. The Elwood men at present operate three tomato canneries, and they hope to increase Hie produc- ' tion at the Preble plant immediate- : iyA rncatlngjsf foxier grower* and all other* feterested in growing tomatoes ba* been called for Friday night at 8 o'clock at the warehouse at Preble. It Is hoped thgt least 600 acres of tomatoes can be -contracted in the next two weeks. The new operators pointed out that there would be no limit on the amount of acreage since their other three plant* could absorb any *ur pin* of tomatoes grown in this locality. Cooper stated that all tomatoes ' would be purchased strictly on a cash basis and that each grower would be paid on delivery at th* plant plants and planters will be furnished to growers where i necessary Both of the new operators will be on hand at the Friday night meeting to meet local growers and explain the plan tar this year's crop - In the meantime, the new operator* hare contactri! federal authorltie* and Hi* believed that arrangements will be completed today whereby a lease between the receiver aad the operators will be consummated This will clear the way for operation of the plant this year Following termination of the realwee To Paw* MtaMt

State President - A .ouJN " 5 I W. Guy Grown W. Guy Brown Heads State Association Decatur Man Head . Os TB Association , W. Gay Brown. prin>lpaJ o( the Decatur high wchoel, president cf the India** tubereu lost* assrriatfon at the annual meeting of the organisation in in- ' dlhnapolf* Wednesday Mr Broun, who served as vicepresident during the" p*-l year after several year* a-* a director of the state crganisa'lon. succeeds Dr I E W Cu«J»r S uth Bend, s- pre sldent. The Decatur educator. long active In the coun.y und sta:e,4ubercut *U utany yepr- a* executive, secretary < f the Adam* county association, a position now held by his wife Dr Harold D. Caylor?' of Bluff ton, ra« elected first vir-epreal ! dent. ahiT Mrs. Mdigueri'y Crnmer. executive manager rtf' the , Irene 'Byron sanitorium. near Fort Wayne, was elected tyffretary Lynn Stewtirr, of CcMmbu*. wa« named second vicepre sidint. Mrs, Brown secretary of the local association, was elected vicepresident of the secretaries' association at yesterday's annual ■ meeting Decatur Young Man Slashes Own Throat Denies Suicide. Just Despondent If Bill Grant, of 928 Schlrmeyer street, has a well-ventilated neck It Is not for reasons of air conditioning his throat, nor is It because be shaved too closely — rather It's because the 20-y Mr-old son of Mr and Mrs Russell Miller plashed hi* throat while driving hl* girl friend home. Dwclariag that he was despondent and discouraged >«cau*e family difficulties kept him from rejoining the army, but otborwla* he could not state the reason* for th* gesture. Wtiich was performed with a single-edged raaor He took seven slices in his throat, requiring 10 stitches by doctors at the Adams county memorial bospltal. . • When questioned-today by state trooper Boh Mercer, who investigated the incident which Wednesday shortly before midnight. and also deputy sheriff Boh' Shraluka. Grant said he didn't know what made him do It. He said he had given much thought to returning to army dvty. "but that's impossible right txt*, and 1 guess I just’got discouraged at the world in general." He emphatically stated, how ever, that he had no intention of committing suicide, though the gashes erased bl* jugular vain Ail of the 10 stitches were taken In the right side of the n«ek doctors discerned that the cuts on the left side of the neck were superficial, requiriag no surgery <Twew Te Pew* Etatat

Industry Begins To Feel Impact From Strike; Supplies Cut In 27 States Chicago. May 11 — (UP) — Vtoience broke out In the coast-to-coast railroad strike today when White-collar replacemeet* for striking employe* were fired upon from ambush at Knoxville, Tenn. One bullet pierced a crewman's sleeve but no one •» hurt ' striking locomotive firemen and - eaginemen charged la tarn that they were stoned by strikebreaker*. ' Officials of the Jtoutheni railway. which had announced It would try to move a* many trata* aa possible with supervisory personnel. said one bullet was fired at each Os two moving freight • trnlu. ; ■ — Railway 1 spokesmen said the , bullets were fired from bush*-* along the right of way between a freight yard aad.a station Union officials denM the shots were fired by striMrs. The Ranta Fe' aano«need that it is closing all Rs shops except | those- on an unaffected auhsidlary I ta the gulf region bot-anue somee employes have refused ta eroea g the Hchet line* of the striking t . firemen The road said It would U announce closing dates later ~ Msanhhlle, Industry began feeling the Impact of the strike, which has cut vital supply lines r - tn f? states In western PennsylI vanla. 13 coal mines were forced to close and 4.2 M miners were thrown out of work Coal mines in Indiana began closing, too. because cars at the mine tipples were loaded but . stranded and there were no empty hoppers Into which newly dug coal coaid lie dumped At Cleveland the Fisher body plant and Midland Steel Co li*d closed, hut hoped to get hack intp -partial prcsl tn tion by using truck- to luihl finished material* .to rail lines not involved In the strike Efforts to' settle the walkout were stalemated Presidential assistant John R Steelman at the White House talked by telephone with chairman Francis O'Neill of the national mediation hoard at Chicago and. was tofil that no further negotiations had lieen scheduled. The strike, called yesterday at 6 a m (-rippled the Pennsylvania, the New York Central, the Santa Fe and the Southern Indirectly, it curtailed operation* of the Chesapeake A Ohio.- and the Colorado A Southern The New York Central, Santa Fe and Southern were maintaining, as much service as possible with the aid of supervisory pernonnei. But the Pennsylvania - announced that not a wheel is turning” on the segment of its system ferolved in the strike But the portion east of Harrisburg Pa was not involved and waa operating normally. Worn Os Possible Deadly Tablets In East And Midwest Washington. May H— (CP)— The food and drug administration today issusd an emergency warning that thousands of poteatiaHydeedly tablets cd» tain Ing dangerous amount* cf boracic acid have been distributed . throughout the east and midwest by a Pennsylvania drag firm AU hospital*, physicians, drag gist*' and consumers in the. area were Warned against use of the tablets, which anr being soM aernes . drug countely without preacriprtou The tablets, psed to combat urinary InfectloM. gonorrbea and occasionally Influestta. were distributed by Drexel Laboratories and Louis E Evoa. of Dvekel HUI aad Upper Darby. Pa The goverauwat agency said that the tablet* contain "dangerous amounts of boracic acM“ and that their use mny r»«ult tn *erWu* pci aaatag