Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 48, Number 115, Decatur, Adams County, 16 May 1950 — Page 1

Vol. XLVIII. No. 115.

COAST-TO-COAST RAIL STRIKE IS SETTLED

Truman Speech Highlights Big Democrat Rally • icoycs vonnnuea Fight For Program For A Fair Deal Aboard Truman Train. May 1$ -I UP)—President Truman sped toward Washington today, winding up a <,MO mil* "non-polltlcal" tour that war climaxed last night when he pledged himself, and the Democratic party to remove "obstructionist" congressmen block Ing Ma fair deal program Th* president'• Mg speech, delivered over four networks from Chicago, also was the high point of the Democrats' biggest rally in history. Immediately after the speech. Mr. Truman hoarded his special . train for the final tag of his long tourney As n luu-kdrop to IM speech, which klcaed og the fall congees atonal campaign the Democrats staged <ne of the mod elaborate parade* .nd spectacles In political history lAsteaer* cheered wildly aa-Mr--Truman Mid. 'I hope that by nest January some of the worst ohaCrectlonlst* will be removed" from congress Ifta challenge apparently included* conservative Democrats ‘ for be said hU tegi*iath>n had met with "strong opposition frcAn various oddly assorted groups." ll* promised be would fight • thia yew: west ■year end* Hm fol lowing year" for repeal of the Tafi-Harttay fu-t. and enactmagL of hl* medicine, housing educa tlon. farm, and civil rights biff*. The Chicago stadium was* jam med with 25.400 listeners and an overflow cyowd watched telsvi slon screen* outside William M Hoyle. Democratic national chairman. sa|d the rally was "as sue ressful a* the 1944" inerting when Mr Truman campaigned here Sen Robert A Taft. R . 0.. will respond on Icehalf of the Republican party tonight with a natlon- ■ wide- speech over the same four . net works. There are still many backward looking senators and representative* Who hare tried to detest everv progressive measure they . could, and to obstruct and delay those they could not defeat.” Mr Truman said. "Despite the efforts of these men tjie Slat congress Is moving forward Its record will lie a I great deal better than the record , of the With congress" Among the 41<rt congress' contributions. he said were of the North Atlantic treaty, extension of the | European recovery act. approval. of International wheat agree | merits., strengthening of the soil | conservation program, restoration of government grain storage facilities. authorisation of a nation al science foundation. Increasing the minimum wage from 40 to 75 rents an hour, enactment of a farreaching housing and slum-clear-ante program Worm Weather And Showers Predicted " Indianapolis. May 14—(I’Pi — Hoosiers will get more warm weather and showers, the weather bureau - predicted today in a ftve day weather outlook Temperature* through Thursday will average above normal highs of 71 to 74 and lows of 47 to 1.2. the oatlook said, but Friday and Satur day Win be cooler Shower* WIH begin Wednesday night or Thursday. and continue Friday, but the weatherman said It'would be dear Saturday 1 - —— Greenfield Infant Suffocated In Bed _ Greenfield. Ind.. May IE—(UPt - Coroner Joseph L. "Allen said today he would return a verdict ad accidental suffocation in the death of staphejn Brucg Smith, four months-old The babe's body was found yesterday In his bedclothes by hi* mother. Mrs. Robert E Smithy WEATHER Ctaudy with scattered showera tonight and Wednesday. Ns decided change In temper aturo. Low tonight *4-42 north. 4040 south High Wed nesday $4-74 north. 7440 couth.

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Lafayette Woman , Is Killed By Anta Lafayette. Ind . May It -1 IP) —Aa automobile struck and killod Mrs. Helen Matlock. 24. Lafayette as she walked oa V. «• el south of here yoeterday. Mrs. Audrey Wynona. Chicago, the driver, was Injured seriously when her car amaah*d into a.culvert aM overturned after striking Mrs. Matlock. MdveloPkig Loopholes bi uiviaenas lax House Group Favors Withholding Method On Stock Dividends Washington. May 14 tl'l’i Th* house ways and nieans committee voted tentatively today to apply the wllble.oiiHM method of in come tat vollectkin to stock divl dtnds. - The withholding tax came into being for wages and salaries when the pay anyujsgo system of ctilJeet- . Ing taxes-was -adopted cacly in lbe war The house tax writer* voted to apply a modification of the same method of dividend* on which, they said, many person* now pay no lax. The ways* and mean* committee’s Idea was to plug a loophole in tire, present lax collecting eyriem It figuted the I<> percent withholding tax on dirMnid* • wmttd"add ribotii MW.ooo.oup to the government's The committee I* looking for lunphnli's to plug because. In other action*. It ba* voted to cut federal revenue from excise taxes by about 11.1Mi.ihMi.iioo a year Other congress lon al develop ments: , Coffee— Angus Mackey. New York coffee merchant, said high '.-offer prices may make this a nation of tea bounds.and milk sip per*. Mackey told a senate agricul lure subcommitlye that the public Is showing "terrific resistance" tn high cuffee-prjcc s " Freight car* Chairman J Monroe Johnson of theUnterstate coni-J mere.* commission said It will take: three to four years of peak produr tlon to give the country as many Height ears as it would need if war ■ cam*. -—-— Cavalry The house armed services committee approved a bill. Io : aleiljshihe cavalry. FEPC Sen Walter F George. It.. <l* , said Republicans and Denier crats can quit" wrangling over which party gets credit for the fair employment trttt- He said neither. ■is Its 'daddy' The real author, i George said, is the communist party George, like other southern Democrats, strongly opposes the measure. Meanwhile, in the argument over: «Tee* Vw Paw* Gir! Seoul Awards Court Held Monday Annual Girl Scout Court Is Held Here The annual Girl Scout court of award* was held Monday evening al the Lincoln school auditorium, with a large group of parent* and friends In . attendant e. The meeting was opened with the flag ceremony and the salute to the flag, after which Mr* Cheater Dalaell led the group In singing "America the Beautiful." „- Mrs.. Robert Boaekemper. chairman of the meeting. Introduced Mr* A R Holthouse, who spoke <m “Community Service." The speaker stated that community service I* not new to <1 tri Scout*, as the Scout doe* a good deed each Award* made al the meeting included : Attendance pin* to Brownie troop 3. first year Brownie pennants to ’Brownie troop 4: second year pennant to Brownie- troop 4: second year pin to Brownie troop 17. Fly up service* were held for troop* 14 and IS and they are now Intermediate scout* Senior scout*, and intermediate troop* 7. 4. *. 10. 11 12. IS. 14 and 14 received badges earned during the past The court closed with trobp 14 leading In ringing "Tap*."

Giant Airlift Is Formed To Aid Winnipeg KRrita—B AuoaoauoauMA ACnivvC wwßwßwwwßiwwp Citizens In Event Dikes Are Broken Winnipeg. Man.. May 14—(UPI —The federal government today organised a gigantic airlift capable of removihg the remaining residents from this fkKHk-threatened city should the Red river break through the remaining dikes. The federal air traaaport board assembled enough military, commercial and private plane*—together with their pilot* — to Ely S.tHMk peraon* a day out of Winnipeg Almost one third of the. city’* Ijoium resident* already had fled. The hoard said the airlift' would be used oiily in “aS extreme ' emergency" where II wax impow xlble to get the resident* out fast enough by train, bu«. and car The city's remaining 20 mile* of dikes were weakening under the peak pressure of the river'* thrusting ’<»mile»n hour current A S«1 ' tuar flood < resT was pounding them. The warned that the xero hour vaa at hand. Ten main dike* already had been smashed. 'We re ln.danger." sai£ brigadier RE A Morton, flood control ’ chief Our ■troops and civilian '• flood fighters must keep diking to prevent catastrophe This may D M StA-phenn, deputy pr&nfftac- ' lai resources mlnbtferjt said the Ttnt reached a peak of 12.1 feet above minimum flood lavel yesterday and might begin to drop during the day. barring heavy rain* The weather bureau forecast ahow- . Stephens said the crest Would continue for a week with minor fluctuations and flood conditions would last until the middle of June Weary flood fighlers waged their most desperate battle along a seven mile dike protecting St llonlface, a suburb - ■ — ' ”'I Eng-lneer* said erosion of the] dike threatened to flood St Boni-1 face's IS square miles with 12 feet lof water At least half of the 30.. «HH» residents had fled Radio and sound trucks urged those who stayed to leave Immediately. latest statistics on the flood's .fCwew T* r*«» *lsl | I China Nationalists Abandoning Chushan Leaves Formosa As Sole Chinese Base Taipei. Formosa. May 14—<UP| t I' — The Chinese nationalists an < nouiuwtd tonight they have abandoned the Chushan Islands main base for their blockade ot comniunlst Shanghai, in the face ot a powerful Hed assault toss of the Chuahan Archipelago. some so miles south of Khanghai. leaves only Formosa in nationalist hand*. Generalissimo Chiang Ktlshek has vowed to tight to the_death here. Gen. Chou Chih-Joa. nationalist chief ot ata*, said the nationalist* "voluntarily tranaferred" their army, navy and air force* from Jha Chuahan Archipelago to Formosa. "The evacuation of 154.000 troop* and pari of the civilian population, together with large quantities of equipment and war ■applies, was, started the night of May 13 and completed tonight according to plan." Chou aald He said the abandonment of the Chnahans was ordered so that 'our armed force* can deal a heavier Mow. at the enemy at the moat favorable time anti place"—ota viouily when the communist* attack Formosa Goshen Pilot Killed In Morvkind Crash ' * www- vvagp* • VVrvvw MtfwMvwww Baltimore Md. May 14—(UP) —Authdritlau naught the caase today of an airplane accident in which a pilot from Ooahen. Ind . was killed Maryland police said Robert N. "Cray. 24, Goahen. was killed ye* terday when a Cessna he was flying smashed Into a'i tree and crashed into a wheat field near her*

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■ —*—n———M—— ■! ri*—mmm—m—m—■— Inonu Party Beaten In Turkey L" H A fl f J Wffi ' — lamet taaatt'-— Nacmaddin Eadak ■ PEOPLE'S PARTY of Turkey * President lamet Inonu. which ha* held power 30 year*, has been swept out by a landslide tor the i-year-old Democrat party, reports Indicate Among cabinet officers reported defeated la the general election for the 447 seats in the ' grand national assembly is Foreign JMutater Net meddln Hadak

New Registration Period Underway Daadlis* Far Fall Election Oct, 9 A new registration period got ' underway Monday for those Inter- ' e*t«d in ."getting (be record . straight" before the general electlon November 7 The last day, that anyone may register is October » 1 If you were 'registered properly , for the primary election, you have nothing tb dc> but Vote Ifi'the fatl. If. however, since that election yon ’ have changed your name or changed your precinct, you should cheek with the clerk'* office to be cer- ; tain of eligibllily Those whose 21M birthday will be attained before the general elec- . tlon are also eligible to vote.' pro vldlng they register before lhe I'October 4 deadline 1 ' County clerk Ed Jaberg reminded all those who ate uncertain of their voting hiatus to check .with ' his office. There were several people. be »ald. who failed to get their. | names on the approved list for the | primaries because they tailed to report in time \ Those wjiow nmaes were on the I lists for the primaries will be re tained on the lists for the general! election, because there will be no purge of voters until January. ISSI. 1 ‘ i Reject All Bids For 'School Sound System The City school board, in then !! hritatfas-Monday-ewjeeJed all blds for the console desk type centralised sound system for use tn the Lincoln elementary school, it was announced today through superin ! tendent of school* Walter J. Krick, i The board reported that none of the bids received met with xpecifl- • cations. It was indicated that the ftoard will readvertise for further hid*, to be opened at the June 5 meeting Superintendent Krick stated that the board did approve one Md. that for new bookkeeping desk* and chair*. Allied Inc., ot Indianapoli*. entered the only bld for 442* 32. —’ . Summer School To Open Here Moy 29 Two Subjects To Be Offered At School W. Guy Brown, principal at the Decatar high acbool. today announced lhe subject* to be taught In the eight weeks' summer school at the local high achool. which will run from May 2* to July 01. Two subjects will he oEered. sociology and American government. and a full aemester's credit win be Allowed student* tor these subjects The summer school. Brown said. I* tally accredited by the Indiana state hoard of educetlon and I* operated on s' jiiiytasyrra go plktt' Each student will be asaeesed SIA for each sabject for the term, which make* the school self sup porting Many atodent* from Decatar [ Catholic high school a* well aa| from many of the surrounding county school* ar* expected to attend the aeeeioa IM* rammer, as they have the pest several years stare the school was In- ] aaguralad

Chairman Reports April Bond Sales > A total of $34.049.42 In serie* E saving* bonds were purchased by Adams county people during April, T. F Grallker. county chairman. . MJ4t>anred.. today ; - All series E through |> amounted to $47,249.12. ._ — | I - - - ■ — - - ■ . John Lewis Denies ‘ . -Hr-.’ Any Secret Orders H Refuses Invitation To Testify Tonight Washington. May 14—(I’Fl—• I John L. Lewis denied today that . he gave orders to his soft coal mln . era Io ignore a no-strike Injunction , last winter. But he turned down an Invitation to testify on that question at a congressional hearing to ’ night . i That was Lewis' first public re-| . ply to charges by Lloyd 11. Sidener. . Canton. Jll. miner, that he secret- . ly ordered the-miners to ignore the J government injunction. _ , The Lewis denial was disclosed , I tn a letter to Itep Andrew Jacobs, ( i D , Indc. chairman of a house-labor '■ subcommittee investigating the . Sidener charges Jacobs originally had subpenatd 1 Lewis to appear at tonight's hear-1 i ing but Rep John Lesinski. D.. ( Mich . chairman of the full labor committee withdrew Jacobs' sub pen a power as subcommittee chairman • - Lewis-, in 4rts letter to Jambr.' said Sidener "is In error in bis press quoted assertions' that he rei reived directly or indirect+y anyj j 'whistle stop' Instructiona" from] I united mine workers headquarters j "No such instructions were uttered or authorised at any time by this office to Mr. Sidener or any| other of the hund'eds of thousands lof officers and member* of the united mine workers of America. Tke term "whistle stop' has no signlfkam-e in the coal mining' in-j duslry," the letter said Ridener ha* charged that he re-| reived telephoned instruction*i from Lewis that “the whist 14 blew ones," indicating, according to Kidener. that miners were to Ig nore the injunction and stay out of the pits Sideaer said he lost bl* Job and was fined SS4>.WH) by the union a* a result of hi* charges. "Il 1* aafortanate that community feeling ot the part «rs Mr SideSer's neighbora and working associates ba* resulted ia this epF soba." Lewi* told Jacob* “If. aa a result of this feeling, unjust or extreme action was taken against Mr Kidener by the local union of which he I* a member, redress would be given him un--dvr the rule* of the united mine woehees ot America tt he wouta avail himself of hi* unqualified .right tq nie aa appeal from , th* action <>f bi* local union." Sideaer ha* not availed himself ot his right of appeal and therefor* the UMW headquarter* ean sake > no -ofHetat action. “For the above reasons." Lewis told Jacobs. “I hope that th* rne'nv bers of your subcommittee, including yourself, will feel that 1 am ] warranted in not undertaking to testify publicly oa th* question at this time." , Jacobs had said la advance that the bearing would go on at 7 pm. . ] EDT. with or without Lewis ApJ patently Sideaer was the only wlv mm he coaid count,on to testify.

Railroads Hastening To . Restore Service After Strike Is Ended Today

Chwchmen Dinner Held last Evening First Annual Dinner Held Monday Night “The real purpose of Christian, churches can be accomplished only when we work together a* one great unit," declared Dr. Frank Ruf. executive secretary of the associated churches of. Fort Wayne .-.nd principal speaker at the first annual churchmen's dinner ot the' Decatur associated churches, at th* Masonic hall Monday night PotaMng out Chat there is no chane* of communism gaining a foothold tn a community where Christianity ia placed Drat, the m.ti-d Fort Wayne minister urged more unity among denominations and cogently expressed the heed for Christian evangelism In all communities. I Ed F. Jaberg. president of the Decatur group, opened the meeting and Alva Lawson gave the Invocation During the dinner, which was •tctved to more than iw Decatur men- and women. reprhstnttnK tit . Mipucber churches; Mrs • -James Kucher. Jr. entertained with several nhraharp selections. Dennis Norman, county recreational director led the group in the singing of several well known hymns. The Decatur high school t quartet, directed by Miss Helen - Haubold. almost stole lhe show i with' two perfectly rendered spfri ituals. The group consisted of Hsr old Bohnke. Jack Petrie. Wilfred Norris and BUI Kocher. I President Jalierg then turned the I mc-etUig over to J. Ward Calland. prominent Decatur business, civic and ■ r htirvh leader Mr "Cillanff called for rein>rts from the various committee* of th'e association. I 1 Those making reports Included the i Rev John E Chambers, -fitinnn iHwmstra. In-ohard holiday and two others of his evangelism committee. Charles D Teeple ami the I Rev. Herald Welty. Don Smith. I I Thurman Drew. Dick Heller and j Mrs. S E outgoing | president of the council of churcn I sroncen. Mr. Calland then Introduced Dr. Ruf, -who-held-Ms andtem-r rn deep Interest The visitin' pointed out C l aris Ta t*a«e ac«i County To Receive - Bids For Tractor Highway Department In Need Os Tractor j The board ot county commission(era will receive blds at their next I regular maeting. June S. for a new tractor for th* highway department Phil Sauer, county highway superintendent, explained to the board In th* afternoon sesxion of their special meeting Monday, that the tractor now in use is obsolete, and should be replaced. It was decided to. retain the' maintainer tor rpare part* Hauer also recommended to th* board that SSO be allowed a* the conaty's ihare of expense* In balldoting the brush growing indiscriminately along the road near the trac t of laud in Jefleraoa township owned hy Delmar Bollenbacher • The Burk Elevator company submitted the only hid to the board, and was awarded the contract for three carload* of coal at sl3 94 per lonMrs H«rsel Nash and Mrs Amo* Ketchum, who also appeared before the board, were granted permis*i<>n ■by the- Tommtestoner* to nse the' corridors of the court bouse for a flower show to be held in conjunction with the street fair The commissioner* also made aa inspection tour of the Paul Bieber ich ditch and agreed unanimously that the banks of the ditch should not be disturbed but "k woaM be practical to clean out the bottom ot the ditch 14 inches below the bottom of the 24-Inch Mie" Thl* action followed a petition filed with the coamtasioeers ".

Sen. Myers In Bitter Attack On McCarthy Charges Deliberate Move To Undermine U. S. Leadership Washington. May 14 “ (UP) — Sen Francis J. Myer*, acting. Democratic leader, today uccuaMr Sen. Joseph R McCarthy of" a “deliberate and malicious'’ attempt to undermine I' S leadership in world affair*. He said the Wisconsin Republican's campaign against the ' "WECF"7B*JwrtiM®t — and is motivated by politic* It would "undermine Anterica's -leadership in foreign .affair* and . jeopardize our constructive efforts toward* world peaca." Mrer* said ' The PeansylvtnianA* attack, ope of the moat blistering yet de-. iFvered by a Democrat. was tonch- - ed off by McCarthy’s demand In an Atlantic City speech that President Truman fire secretary -of state Dean Acheson and other i "prancing mimic* ot the IhanaMT 1 l party line " 1 My ar* said Acheson, now tn i Europe, wm attending “a most r Important conference” with for- . eign ministers of other nation* that was intended* "to farther strengthen the free world against communist' aggression and infil- , tration " “This reckless and political demand for hi* resignation." h- said. T* a deliberate and malicious *t tempi to undermine America's leadership in foreign affairs McCarthy told the diamond j«l>i lee of the'Sons of the American Revolution that Acheson, while "pretending" to fight communism found an "axis" wltji Johns Hop kins professor Owen and ambassador -at Ikrge Phillip I C Jessup to deliver the far east land the. Pacific to the cotnmunI Ist*. It was a "vicious hoax and fraud,” he said. In which the, -“sris" ptxnarts’ “Sili'Mer. ' KuF make tt look like suicide " Demanding that President Trui man end his "whistle-stop cam I pafgnlng" and return to Washington. McCarthy called for a crackdown on the men who are "bitting at communists at the front door with a silk handkerchief while they beat the brains out of your friends at the back door." "Come home. Mr Truman, and fire the pied pipers of the polltburo." he said. "Fire the headmaster who betray* u* In Asia Fire the collectors of corruption CTwvw Ta Tare Mac 4 , n ' . Charles F. Fleming Speaks Here Tonighf Lions Club To Hoor Secretary Os State Charles F Fleming. Indiana secretary of state will ba the principal speaker at th* regular weekly meeting of the Decatur Uoe* club at the K of >. home at <:M o'clock thta evening. Dr ’’N A Bixler, chairman of the program, announced lodar Th* speaker will relal* the history and caaee of Indians htafeway automobile mtahap* aad atao will dteelo** some as th* remedial ■tep* wMch will be proposed at lb*. '«*■ —rytTn at ..tta tadtaM genera! assembly a* a means of cartaillag scrMen's oa highway*. Mr. Flemmg will arrive m De catur at about 4 o'clock thta afternoon for a pro meeting confer eace with Dr Mater and other tern! propte interpetad $h the speaker'a aabjaet. Secretary Fleming ha* been ta•tromeatal in promoting a safety oa the highway program .'ht* year •nd is one of the Indtana leader* in the move to mak* the highways sat* for trarei. Dr Bixler staled

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Union Drops Demand For Aa Additional Fireman On Board Big Diesel Units Chicago. May 14—(UP)— The locomotive firemen's union ended its coast toco*ci strike today and* the four erippled railroad* raced to get trains back on tail acbeduM* by nightfall Th* strike was ended during a nightlong negotiating aeerion In which the brotherhood ot locomotive firemen and enginenten abandoned its demand tor an additional. on big multiple-trait diesel However, the union may at any ' time reinstate h* demand. The anion also won an elimination ot a Wage differential previoa» iy tn existence between firemen on various type* of locomotives. A vniem spokesman sate) that th* amount* Involved ranged from a tew cent* to about sl. In return, the railroads agreed to submit two other Issues to routine arbitration under the railway labor act which will be binding on both parties. , In one teen*, the anion was demanding that a fireman br placed _ abbai< small "teapot" awitch diesel* now manned only by an engineer Both side* agreed that "taapots" now manned by firemen r wouM rentiM* to carry them notwlUratandlng the arbitration re- , aalta. t The unioa said th* railroad* fur- . (her agreed to assign flrsw on , any nep «wHch engines pat Into . service Th* road* had nothing to [ hay on this matter, bowevrr. The second dispute to be submitted to arbitration involve* union charge* that the com pan lo* are Violating various working rate* Brotherhood president -D B Robertson sent telegram* to local* throughout the nation advising the is ihh) striking firemen to halt their picketing arid return to work He and other-union and company * -nrgotlatrirs <xpre*«ed pleasure at the te: nlnaUim of the six-day old strike The company and union representative* looked drawn and tired when the agreement was reached r about 3 a m today L W. Hornung, vice president of the New York • Central rairraad nine of the struck carriers, said “It'* a good setilement for all concerned" "We’re going to get the wheel* rolling on the struck line* within a couple of hours." he said Robertson issued a statement In which he said: "After" more than six month* ot negotiation and medtatioa and six day* of strike, a satisfactory settlement of air isaue* involved ha* been reached and our key men kave been notified and Inst meted to have our men return to service Im mediately " The agreement was reached through intensive efforts ut the national railway mediation board, headed by chairman Francis- A O Nelli which held the Mg<*tatO*n M s***tea until S. U Am CDT O'NeiH said the agreenieat couldn't have been reached “except for the reasonable aftlfwd* of both ' P* rt ta» " ■ Th* firemen's demand for an ad--Tw Pape TWiicc Femisy Yorrf Crew Mooißers Hetvm Ta Duties Here Today With the embargo lifted with the -ad oc the railroad strike. WlUtari Bather, local Penraytvaata raftrq*d Ue*L stacra- that “things have been pretty l*t all day ~ H* stated that yard erew work •rs wouM retnra at 3 pat today. - - a*L Other* rixretn oprewiite* wm re-' : ' ; turn Wednesday moratag The operator* have bee* oa duty all day today The first trnla—soathboand—went tbrangh Drearer abogt nnop today It stopped to pick up ear* here, other* were expected to follow shortly, aad k sboglda’t b* too long. Barber said before th* regular schedule is maintained He added that railroad workers In Berne Genera and Monroe affected by the strike, would return t* their job* Wednesday proraiag.