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Index to Today's Herald 1 Editorials Page 8 Sports Pg 17-13 Household Page 20 Radio Page 22 Society Page 21 Comics Page 23 Vol. 68 No. 174 DECATUR, ILLINOIS, FRIDAY, JULY 25, 1947. 32 PAGES 5 CENTS HERALD-REVIEW BUSINESS OFFICE 8:30 a to 3 OECATUM STORE HOURS Monday 12 noon to 8:30 m. Tuesday-Saturday 9:30 a ra.

to 5 p. m. SANK HOURS: Monday-rTIday 9:30 a. to 3:30 m. Saturday 9:30 a to noon DECATUR HERALD list D) ViUUUUUU (i UUUUUUVii7 Scene of Mine Explosion Air Shaft Saves 170 From Death 11 -Hour Radio Program Of Pure Silence Plugs Mattress Manufacturer Louisville, July 24 (API Radio station WKYW of Louisville, like other radio broadcasters, sells its air time to commercial sponsors but WKYW has gone further and has sold the time the station is not on the air.

Station Manager Edwin E. S. Weldon did the selling job and now WKYW signs off at 7 p. m. with an announcer saying the "next 11 hours of silence are sponsored by a firm which makes the kind of mattresses conducive to restful sleep.

Congress Will Quit Saturday Subject to Call Washington, July 24 (AP) Republican leaders decided today to adjourn Congress on Saturday in surh a way that they, as well as President Truman, can call a special session next fall if they see fit. The Saturday adjournment goal appeared assured of realization, meanwhile, as a batch of appropriation bills and other "must" legislation made good progress. The final conference version of the bill to put the armed services under a single "secretary of defense" was approved unanimously by the Senate. House action, exported speedily, will send the measure tn the rirMdcnt. (1.

I. LEADERS d. Tided upon adjournment resolution which will stipulate that Congress can be1 'SlK fe West Frankfort. July 24 (AP) Franklin County Coroner' D. J.

Clayton tonight said 2S miners perished in an explosion that rocked the Old Ben Coal Co. No. 8 mine this afternoon. About 170 other miners in the diggings at the time escaped, most of them through an air shaft. Clayton said 15 bodies of the trapped victims had been removed to.

a temporary morgue set up in the Central junior high school and that 12 other bodies still were in the gas-filled pit. One miner was removed dead from the shaft shortly after the explosion. Howard Lewis, brother of United Mine Workers Chieftain John L. Lewis, is underground superintendent of the. mine and early was feared to be among those trapped he later turned up safe.

30 IX. Cars Are Derailed Near Tuscola I '3 i Gallon, July 24 (Staff) loaded coal cars of called back into session by the: sneaker of the House, the presiding I Hurly Uhis aerial view of the Old Ben coal mine No. 8 near West shortly after an underground explosion killed 28. A crowd officer of the Senate and the Re-! double-engine Illinois Central publican floor leaders of the two freight train derailed into a twisted, chambers. I mass of steel at 6:30 o'clock Unlew there is a sim.

session. tonight as they left the tracks in is gathered at the shaft in the and the mine powerhouse center. The tipple is on the left (smokestack) is at the right. (ASSOCIATED PRESS WIREFHOTO) Frankfort was taken Thursday List Victims Of Mine Blast West Frankfort, July 24 (AP) Here is a partial list of men dead. this Douglas eounlv village, four the 80th Congress will not meet' A U.M.W.

official announced the death toll for the disaster at 26 shortly before Clayton released his figures. KDDIK FRANCO, official of local 959 of the U.M.W.. emerged tonight with bodies of four men and said: "There are 21 more men down there all dead." One identified victim. Carroll miles south of Tuscola. None of the crew of the 75-car train was injured One of the cars plunged into the elevator of the Galton Grain Oil Co.

causing extensive damage to injured and believed trapped in the Old Ben No. 8 mine blast: gnin until Jan. 6. The Republican leaders at their meeting also decided to put through before Saturday resolutions calling for joint Senate-House investigations of prices and housing. On the controversial resolution by Sen.

James P. Kem (R-Mo) for a Senate investigation of Attorney Tom C. Clark's handling the structure. Oil storage tanks of tie company which were being Identified dead: Carroll Stevens. filled at the time escaped damage Stevens, was removed dead Java Guerrillas Plan Next Move As Dutch Gain Batavia, Java, July 24 (AP) The powerfully-equipped Dutch army in four days of mobile warfare apparently has won its campaign for control of Java's strate and no fire resulted.

A woman and two children nearby were the pit shortly after the explosion Franco said carbon rr.onmr-o fumes were preventing atterrr-? Injured, at U. M. W. hospital: John Banicky, 40. Frank Casper, 43.

Charles Smith, 36. Thomas Kirby, 41. Thomas Palmer, 40. Believed to be in mine, from reach six of the bodies. cf the Kansas City vote fraud sirucn Dy tne nying aeons, charges, the Republican leaders de-j THE ACCIDENT occurred on the cided to put it up to the Senate) "Streamliner Route" of the Illinois alone.

Democrats have blocked it Central, and among trains delayed William W. Lamont. manager cf the United Mine Workers horira' there so far. and Kem had asked by the derailment were the line's examination of miner's checkboard at mine head (miners must hang a check on a hook indicating they are the Hmiso leaders lo put through New Orleans-bound Paimnui Lim-n investigating resolution in their itcd which was held at Chnmpiiign chamber, where G. O.

P. control is and the City of New Orleans, north going below, and take it off when gic areas but in mountain and village strongholds the Indonesians planned tonight for another kind of resistance guerrilla fighting. they return) and presumed among Unable to match their equipment against the tanks and aircraft of the Dutch, the Indonesians now Mj4 (x ffii csfe ir feN I were discussing how to conduct a fight in which snipers and spears bound, which was stopped at Mat-toon. Both tracks of the line were blocked and torn up for nearly a quarter of a mile. It was expected that even one could not be cleared before late Friday.

The trains were being rerouted via Clinton, Decatur and Mattoon. The two engines of the freight, one of which was in tow, remained on the tracks with the 14 cars immediately following. Thirty-one cars on the end of the train likewise remained upright. might play a more important part stronger. ON APPROPRIATION bills, a busy day brought this action: The House passed the 8 billion, 189 million dollar conference version of the bill to finance the so-called "independent offices" those rrt connected with the cabinet departments for the fiscal year which started July 1.

The bill is 21 million dollars more than the House had voted originally, 119 million dollars less than the Senate version, and 310 million below the President's budget estimates. The House passed and sent to the Senate the conference versions the dead: Curtis Stagner. Arthur Fritts. John Yattoni. Tom Boycr.

Adolph Nichlcvich. "Sparky" (James or George) Wilson. Gus Gaubautz. J. M.

Childers. Willis Hilliard. W. R. Smith.

Ebbie M. Pheron. Dominick Pacentini. Hiram Chitwood. Louis Marlow.

Believed in mine from other than armored cars and planes. PRESIDENT SOEKARNO hinted at the new plan in an impassioned speech over the Jogjakarta radio. Declaring that there will be "no said one of the miners Thomas Palmer. 40, previously reported dead at the hospital, was alive b-t "in an awful condition." FOUR OTHERS now in the hospital were "sinking," the ir.ar.azer asserted. They were John Banicky.

40. recently brought into the hospital Frank Casper, 4.3. Charles Smith, 36. and Thomas Kirby, 41. Carroll Stevens was the or.e positively identified dead miner.

Rescued miners reported that at first there had been telephone communication with the trarred men but that it had r.o-.v broken down. They said there as a fire below the surface following the blast. Most of those who escaped did so through an auxiliary air shaft equipped with stairways for an emergency. The trapped rr.en were in telephone communication with rescue workers at the surface. MINE SUPERINTENDENT P.

L. Adams said the entire day shift of 200 was in the 500-foot deep rr.ir.e at the time of the explosion arl that about 20 men were workir.z the immediate vicinity of the blast. There was no official for the cause of the blast but A Chicago road spokesman said i Families of miners crowd around ambulances at Old Ben Coal Co. Frankfort sion Thursday. (AP WIREPHOTO) mine No.

8, West scene of an explo the accident apparently was caused and order in Indonesia until by a broken wheel, but officials at the scene said that the cause could not be determined immediately. CONDIXTOR A. L. Wooley of sources: Frankforf Mine Union Asked End to Rock-Dusting May 23 Louis Owens. Don Bowker.

Quake Shakes Los Angeles we have our freedom. he appealed to the "whole Indonesian people soldiers, laborers, religious leaders and especially youth to fight the Dutch." "Let each home, each river, each forest be the stronghold of your defense. Try to reoccupy every inch of our beloved soil taken from us by the Dutch," he declared. West Frankfort, oi two more or tne regular appropriation bills $900,044,908 for the Agriculture department, and for the government corporations. The Senate passed and sent to the White House a bill providing $74,254,000 of supplemenJal funds lo run the Reconstruction Finance Corp.

until next June 30 and finance the conversion of wartime housing for veterans at colleges. July 24 (AP) The safety committee of local 959 of the A. F. of L. United Mine Wnrkprs hnd askprt tho Olrl "Ron Turn to Paee 3 "Train Wreck' Crash Injures 7 NearTaylorville Russia Rejects Balkan Plan Los Angeles, July 24 (AP) A rocking type earthquake was felt in Los Angeles at 4:11 p.

m. (C.S.T.) today. The quake also was felt distinctly at Santa Ana, about 40 miles south of here. SOEKARNO ALSO broadcast Co. May 23 to take "immediate to comply with the federal mine inspector's recommendations of wetting or dampening the dust at its source.

"IT IS OUR contention that the production shift at this mine is nine hours over all, leaving 15 hours of non-production time at this mine. Therefore, it is obvious to see that the federal mine inspector's recommendation can be com appeal to President Truman and; steps" to stop "rock-dusting" dur Lake Success. July 24 (AP) the American people "to exert every effort to halt this war in In appropi unions com-1 Taylorville. July 24 (Special) Hopes for a compromise solu- donesia" and "stand up to the There was no immediate report tion of the Balkan problem faded Lamonl saia the injured miners seiu 10 me Mouse noor Sevcn ptM.sons were injured, new supplemental appropriation SCriouslv, in a two-car col-rt 00 Or.fl no Tt cu nun principles of justice and right for of damage there, but the treTliblor todav when Russia turned down nim dust ifinited by a spark: v.u. 0I nPrc about 7 p.m.

plied with, and we so recommend today. which you fought so valiantly only two years ago." At a clandestine meeting tonight during the time that the mine is caused a decided stir in the crowd- French proposals intended a motor caused the explo-ed courtroom where the Louise "soften" the American plan for and Overell-George Gollum murder powerful semi-permanent commis- The bIast occurred about 2 30 trial is going on. sion in the Balkans. I P- m- (C.S.T.). approximately when a well-informed republican told re In Huber Memorial hospital at Pana were Clyde Moses, 45, and his wife.

42, of Pana. He was receiving treatment for a serious hip injury. Mrs. Moses was suffering of porters that Indonesian troops were under orders not to waste themselves in a futile attempt to San Bernardino, 60 miles east of here, also reported feeling the for flood control projects. It also slashes by 75 per cent the funds Mr.

Truman requested for loyalty checks of government workers. The House quickly passed it and sent it to the Senate. Aside from the money bills. Congress also did this work today. The House banking committee approved a bill requiring the Fed- not in production.

(Signed) James Edwards, chairman safety committee. Dwain Swain Bill Thomson." Soviet Delegate Andrei A. Gro-jthe night shift cf 85 miners re-myko declared that Russia's op- lieves the day trick, position to the U. S. resolution.

West Frankfort lies remain unchanged regard-j ly 55 miles south of Central a where less of what happened to the; on March 25. Ill miners lost their quake, and it appeared general in from several fractured ribs. Both block Dutch armor and infantry. the south and east portions of Los numerous cuts and bruises, Mr. and Mrs.

William C. Reish of I Assumption and their three chil- ing working shifts, according to a publicly-posted notice at the company's disaster-struck No. 8 mine here. Rock dust is spread over the coal dust in the mine to reduce the hazard of a coal dust explosion. THE NOTICE was posted on a bulletin board under glass at the door to the miners' wash house.

Still there today it readt "To the management of the Old Ben Coal Corp. and all concerned, mine No. 8, West Frankfort, 111. "The undersigned safety committee makes the following request: "That the rock dusting be discontinued during the time that the mine is in production immediately. The practise has been started at this mine of rock dusting all through the working shift, making it very hazardous, due to the accumulation of rock dust that stays in the air for.

some time and is They have been instructed to destroy as much property as possible and then retire for guerrilla action, he said. French proposals. Warmer DECATUR AND VICTNITYlFair lives in a disastrous explosion. Twenty-one miners were killed in West Frankfort Jan. 9.

1S28 in an explosion at another mine. NO. 8, on the southern outskirts of the city, was last inspected May 9 and "conformed to ail state rr.me The Soviet attitude was disclosed after the delegates had left unresolved a new difficulty raised by a French proposal that the Big Five powers be excluded from the proposed Balkan commission. The nronosal was stronclv on- and slightly warmer Friday and Friday night; Saturday generally fair and warmer; high Friday 84 Says Germany Report Hushed erai Deposit Insurance Corp. to dren were treated in St.

Vincent's pay back to the Treasury and the hospital here for cuts and bruises Federal Reserve banks the money and all were released except Mrs. they invested to get it started. The! Reish, 27, who also received a fa-Senate already has passed a simi- cial injury. The children are lar measure. Charles.

9. Ronald, 7 and Richard. 2. The Senate public lands commit-i Sheriff's officers said the acci-tee unanimously approved James 'dent occurred as the car driven by Boyd's nnomination to succeed R. Mr.

Reish. 31, coming from As-R. Savers as director of the Bureau sumption to Taylorville on the cf Mines. Boyd, former dean of the blacktop road struck the Moses car' Colorado School of Mines, was vig- which was southbound, on the low Friday night 64, high Saturday 90; southerly inds 12 to 18 M.P.H. the state rr.ir.es nosed hv the United States.

China i safety regulations reporr- and Britain which insisted thatand minerals departmen land minerals department LOCAL WEATHER Thurs. Wed. Thurs. Wed. each of the 11 members of the ed- ne 01 thc mines sur.K Secm-ilv Council should he renre-itne arPa- jt had 8 output of about 4.000 tons.

Washington, July 24 (AP) Robert P. Patterson, retiring secretary of war. said today the Stale sented on the commission designed Angeles county. Missing Plane Trace Found Longmire, July 24 (AP) A searching party radioed tonight from its base camp on Mount Rainier that it had identified the crash scene of a long-missing marine transport plane by discovery of a marine's personal record and a piece of a uniform on Tahoma glacier, near the level. Rainier Park Supt.

John Preston said Navy Lt. Gordon Stanley reported from the camp, more than a mile high, that the evidence was unmistakably from the transport which vanished last Dec. 10 with 32 men aboard on a San Diego-Seattle flight. The bits of evidence were found on the snow-covered ice by the to set up a semi-permanent watch over the disturbed area. 7 a.

m. Noon 7 p. m. Highest Lowest 60 81 74 85 52 55 77 69 80 49 Precip. Fri.

Sat. Sun-Rises 4:51 4:52 Sets 7:18 7:18 a War uruuMj opposed oy jonn u. Lewis. Uivanrco road. he intersection is i department had overruled injurious to the health of the miner's breathing.

And also makes it very hazardous for the men to department proposal to make pub "Hum iin- null-: 111 i rtj till 1 1 nr. I The Moses vehicle was struck broadside. Senate Extends Tax Exemption for G. TEMPERATURES High Low lic a new report on economic conditions in the American and British zones of Germany. The report was prepared by Robert Moses, New York City planner, who made a study of the conditions in Germany at the request of the War department.

Blood plasma was being rushed from Springfield to the disaster scene after Dr. R. W. Smith, chief surgeon of the U.M W. reported that his supply cf plasma "won't hold out until rr.orr.ir.g" Smith said mine officials had asked the hospital to prepare for 23 ere injured.

Rescue operations were under the direction of Robert Weir. Zeigler. assistant state mines and minerals director, pending arrival cf Harold L. Walker of Sprir.efield. director.

In Chicago. Gov. H. Green cancelled plans for California vacation because of the disaster. The scene of the mine was a familiar one, reminiscent of other 22-Day Rain Stops; Triple July Average Hazleton.

July 24 (AP) Residents of this Eastern Pennsylvania anthracite region city ventured outdoors without umbrellas and remained dry today for the first time since July 2. Weather Observer Andrew B. Evansha reported the 24-hour period endine at noon was the first Washington. July 24 (AP) jTaft Flays 'Filibuster' The Senate today voted an addi-' tional year of life for special in-jUri VOte rrOUd inquiry come tax exemptions allowed mem-; Washington, July 24 (AP) bers of the armed services in war-! Sen. Robert Taft (R-Ohio) threat-time, jened tonight to try to hold the Sen-The chamber approved an amend-i ate in session all night and contin-ment by Sen.

Joseph R. McCarthy uously until it reaches a decision (R-Wis fixing Jan. 1, 1049, instead j0" Republican-sponsored legislation cf Jan. 1. 1948, as specified by the fr investigation of Justice de-Kouse.

as the date for ending a partment handling of the Kansas provision which excludes from tax-; City. vote fraud case, ation all the service (ay of mm-1 Taft shouted angrily at a hec-oflicer personnel and gives officers 1 tic night meeting that "the genlle-an exemption of $1,500 on their! men on the other side of the aisle see the light on the moving machines. "In the last federal mine inspector's examination he recommended that dust be eliminated at its source. Our contention is that the company is not making an effort to eliminate the dust at its source, but creating more dust. "We further recommend and request that immediate steps be taken 400 Jewish Refugees Approaching Palestine Jerusalem, July 24 (AP) Haganah, the underground Jewish resistance organization, said tonight another refugee ship named "Return of Zion" and carrying 400 unauthorized refugees was approach U.

S. Agency for Grain Surplus Export Planned Washington, July 24 (AP) The White House said today that a government trade organization to assist in the distribution of grain and other supplies for export in times of surpluses is under consid- eight-man party which Assistant Chief Ranger Bill Butler led up the Boston 82 60 New York 83 62 Miami 84 75 New Orleans 88 67 Chicago 84 57 Cincinnati 81 54 Detroit 83 57 Memphis 89 58 Milwaukee 82 57 Bismarck 93 69 Des Moines 83 59 Kansas City 71 63 Indianapolis 82 52 St. Paul 84 62 Omaha 75 60, St. Louis 82 61 Sioux City 7B 57 Denver 88 50 Los Angeles 91 59 San Francisco 67 54 Seattle 72 65 treacherous mountainside today. break in a record streak of 22; disasters.

A large crowd many r.iinv riavs which have brniiL'ht 13 women with babies in their arm bae pay. jhave been filibustering" the motion oration by the Administration. inches of precipitation, triple the Kokomo Editor Dies Kokomo. July 24 AP) Edwin M. Souder, 75.

editor of the Kokomo Tribune, died early today after an illness of only one day. He celebrated his 50th anniversary with the Tribune July 1. ine income tax exemp- oi ,1011. James i.cm (it-ivioi jir an Presidential Press Secretary tinn for an individual civilian is inquiry into Attorney General Tom Charles G. Ross made this asser-S-iOO As a result, a House-Senate Clark's conduct of an inquiry intoition this afternoon to clarify re.

average July total. Rainfall for surrounded the head of the shaft. AS THE RESC UE crew etrersed from the pit. there was a ing Palestine waters and that 1947 to date is 46.54 inches, com 'already are on conierenre committee must attempt aiiegert irauds in the 1946 Kansas; marks by President Truman at an British destroyers to reconcile the differences. Ctiy Democratic primary.

jearlicr news conference. her track." pared to Hazleton's average yearly rainfall of 47.82 inches. I Please turn to Fife 5 "Mine Blut".