Sullivan Daily Times, Volume 48, Number 9, Sullivan, Sullivan County, 11 January 1946 — Page 1

' RAIN CHANGING TO SNOW Indiana: Rain, changing to snow late tonight. Snow flurries Saturday. Much colder in northwest portion tonight and over entire state Saturday. , VOL. VOL. XLVTII-No. 9 UNITED PRESS SERVICE SULLIVAN, INDIANA FRIDAY, JAN. 11, 1946. INTERNATIONAL PICTURE SERVICE PRICE THREE CENTS

l - '

"Back To Civvies."

EARL ENGLE DISCHARGED Earl Engle, - son of Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Engle, and husband of Ruth Allen Engle was

p discharged at Camp Atterbury

January 4. ATTERBURY DISCHARGES CAMP ATTERBURY, Indiana, January 11 Among' Indiana men discharged at the Atterbury Separation Center recently were: ' Cpl. Harold E. Rich, RFD 1, Box 215, Shelburn. T3 Denzil L. Rusk, 316 John-

son Street, Sullivan. J . Sgt. ' Garland E. Martin, 250 Cs Thomas Street, Sullivan. . Sgt. William H. Pierce, RFD

1, Shelburn. T4 Norman R. McGarvey,

V RFD 1, Shelburn.

T4 Paul Wayman, Dugger. I '1st. Lt. Francis H. Black, Air Corps, Carlisle. Capt. William M. Dickerson, ?rAir Corps, 739 Court Street, I fu U 1X1 VclXl. i Sgt. Raymond IT, Huff, 1204 N. I State St., Sullivan. Y T5 Norman A. Wright, 421 S. .Court St., Sullivan. Cpl. James R. Street, 919 E. Washington St., Sullivan, v T4 Guy H. Boles, 602 N. State St., Sullivan. "FIRST ROBIN" V That Spring is just around the V'nTnfir la 4ho holinf rt A T. Winlrline of Carlisle, who discovered robin Monday, January 7, 1946 ion his farm. One Sullivan resident is not "iso optmiistic, however. After see ing a robin recently on the lawn at the Dr. Ramsay home she ex pressed belief that the bird, which shad a crippled wing, had been were all winter. . . I Mrs. Walter Keene also report W to the Times office this mornthat she saw IheJKrst tobin of (sto.ing.; The robin wa, siTiging: in ft er front yard.

Complaint Is Filed Seeking To fv Clarify Commissioners' Dispute 5 "A complaint was filed in Sulli- at the regular meeting .of the

fan Circuit Court yesterday by the State of Indiana on the relajion of Joe W. ' Lowdermilk, Prosecuting Attorney of Sullivan Cqunty against George D. Getynger, who with Dr. Garland p. Scott is claiming the right to Succeed the late Clarence (Lib) LJIcClure as Commissioner for lihe First District of ' Sullivan County for the term commencC1pg January 1, 1946. l'JChe complaint filed -by Mr. towdermilk sets out that upon ... nniu r,t rinnnn t tu nr vJure on February 6, 1945, a Wancy was created in the office 'ounty Commissioner for the "irst District of Sullivan County, pr the unexpired term that expirea on uecemDer ai, mio, ana tor the prospective term begining on January 1, 1946 and con tinuing ; until January 1, 1949; hat under the terms and provi-

fteX!at and ?hettirr

rduncil was held in the office of i he County Auditor on February k ioak u j--!, H ZZrr.y t " 15,. 1945 for the purpose of fillAg the vacancy then existing in viie omce or county commislioner for said First 'District of 4illivan County, and thereupon he County Council appointed Heorge D. Gettinger to fill the juliexpired term of Mr. McClure ' Commissioner for the First jistrict but made no appointraent to fill the prospective term jof the deceased, , which, had he liifit died, would have begun on Vce first day of January, 1946 pel extended for a period of Airee years, and because of the Failure of said County Council Jto make any appointment for Uich prospective term a vacancy Ai the office existed for the Jerm of three years beginning tfanuaryl, 1946. V rlt was further charged in the Complaint that in the gelieral Cession of the Indiana General xssembly last year the law authorizing the County Council .if counties to fill vacancies in he Board of County Commisoners of such counties was (iniended so that after March 7, K945, the power to fill such vacancies was conferred upon e county Commissioners inead of the County Council and

f HEW III

go m

May Link Olaymg attention, he dispatched a fire II T I 111 I truck with City Fireman Floyd With LipStlCK Dozier and Chief of Police Barit r 1 ft ir'ck an(i the ca was brought

IVlUrUer yjl Vnl-.down

cago Wave.

CHICAGO, Jan. 11. (UP) As A few weeks ago the fire demourners attended the funeral of partment scaled another resilittle Suzanne Degnan today, po- dence and saved a pigeon that lice found a clew which might had been caught on a radio

link her kidnap-slaying with the recent "lipstick murder" of Wave Frances Brown. . j Detectives found scrawled on a post, near where Suzanne's body was butchered, this message: "Stop me before I kill more."

The message was the same as that found scrawled on a mirror After sustaining two straight in the hotel room where the Wave defeats the Sullivan Golden Arwas slain last month. It was writ- rows hope to bounce back into ten with lipstick, as in the Wave's the win column tonight when killing. Miss Brown's slayer never they invade Bloomington to has been captured. I meet the University high school Police believed that the mes- basketball varsity. The Sullivan sage found today was the work of "A" and "B" squads were to a crank or morbid prankster, but leave by bus at 4:30 this afterthey were so short of clews that noon for the trip to Bloomingthey prepared to compare the ton. writing to see if both messages Coach Keek's squad is rewere written by the same person, ported in good physical shape At the funeral services for the but will have their work, cut out six -year-old victim of a sex fiend for them on the basis of comdetectives mingled with the parative scores, University high mourners in their search for the having defeated State of Terre killer. Haute recently while State in As the funeral services were turn trimmed the Arrows last held, other detectives retraced Tuesday . night. ,v ' their steps in the Degnan neigh-j ,.

borhood with the hope of uncov ering some clew previously overlooked. v The funeral services were held atSt. Gertrude Church where the Mass of the Angels M6st ' at Suzanne's was sung, first grade classmates attended the rites. County Commissioners of this county held January 7, 1946 the chairman of such board John Howard announced that . a vacancy existed in the office of Commissioner for the First District of the county and Garland D. Scott was nominated by Chairman Howard. Upon vote of Chairman Howard Auditor James McGarvey, Scott was declared to be the and Dr. the duly appointed Commissioner. It is the contention of the County Council, however, that in making the appointment of Mr. Gettinger last February that they were appointing him to fill both the unexpired term consisting of the last 11 months of , icim aim axsu me second three year term beginning January 1st of this year, A state of confusion has arisen nfnA Tn ' Cm nnn:4-A.a duly elected, qualified and actlnS commissioners i.awrence Huff and John Howard. Business of Sullivan County, which is handled through the Commissioners' Court, was deferred from Monday, January 7th, until Thursday, January 10th, and at that session the commissioners made the record that all bids for County business would be postponed until February 4th, the same being the next regular meeting date. The prosecutor said in a (Continued on Page 6, Col. 5) MR. AND MRS. WILLIS WILL MARK THEIR 61ST WEDDING ANNIVERSARY . ! ;, Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Willis of : North Section Street will celebrate their 61st wedding anniversary Tuesday,' January 15th at their home here. The occasion will be marked with a family gathering, and open house from two in the afternoon until nine o'clock Tuesday evening. Friends are in vited to call on the well-known Sulhvan couple and join in their anniversary observance. .

FIRE DEPT. RESCUES CAT STRANDED ON ROOF

: j& The fire department turned rescue squad again today and , saved an Angora cat which had been stranded of a roof-top for more than two days and nights. How the cat got there no one seems to know, but when its VxlirtVit ...nn nnlUJ i U T T V. unharmed from the roof of Mrs. Zilpha Luzader, West Graysville street. The cat belonged to a neigh bor, Charles "Cy" Davis.aerial. mm T,Tn ARROWS FACE STRONG QUINTET AT BLOOMINGTON JUNIOR HIGH CAGER WIN Coach , Lloyd Boyll's , Sullivan Junior high teams marked" tip two more victories last night when they entertained the New Lebanon cagers at the community gymnasium. Sullivan copped the preliminary game 28 to 7 after leading all the way. They held a 9-6 margin at halftime. McClure led Sullivan's last half scoring splurge with five field goals while, Grayam accounted for four two-pointers. Volk led the losers with 5 points. In ,the varsity tilt the ' little Arrows, , although trailing "their husky opponents . in the early stages, rallied in the second quarter to lead- 19 to 7 at the half. They went on to win 29 to 17 after holding a 25 to 8 third" quarter lead. Coach Boyll was able to use every member ' of the squad during the game. Johnnie Neal topped Sullivan's scoring efforts with 9. points while seven players broke into the scoring column. New Lebanon's scoring was led by Monroe, with five points and Thrasher, with four. SPECIAL SERVICES Y AT PTT.GRTM WOT. TIMERS - TllA.n ...ill Vn .' 1 . : : zvices atHthe, ium:an pilgrim The speakers will be Rev. and Prime Minister Clement Attlee of England addresses delegates to the historic first meeting of the i United Nations General Assembly

-ft. , 1 HdM M t--' i ,yt,t 'i'A ' -

Questioned In

Mrs. Margaret Perry (right),' operator of a nursery home in the northshore neighborhood where

little Suzanne Degnan was kid-j, (left), who, according to Assistant naped and brutally butchered,: State's Attorney Sam Papanek who disclosed to police that the 'figured in a sex offense case five ladder used in spiriting the child years ago. Young Perry was disfrom her home had been stolen 'charged from the Army last Sepfrom her establishment. Police tember. (International Newsphoare searching for a discharged ex- tos.)

LATE NEWS

BELIEVE NAZIS MURDERED 3 U. S. OFFICERS FRANJfFURT, Jan. ll.U(UP) U. S. Army intelligence sources announced today that the charred bodies of three military government officers, apparently victims of vengeful Nazis, had been found in the ruins of their burneid dwellings at Passau on the Danube. Military intelligence experts were dispatched to Passau, between Linz and Regensburg in southern Germany. An autopsy was scheduled tomorrow. It was expected to establish whether the officers were' slugged and beaten before they were killed. An intelb'gence spokesman said authorities believed the officers were murdered by Nazis out to do whatever they could to avenge the U. S. Arniy's sweep through south and west Germany. -i

PATTERSON PROMISES SPEEDIER GI RETURNS ( ' - (By Unite Press)- '--r vSecretary of War Robert P. Patterson, seeking to calm world-wide demands by American soldiers for faster demobilization, announced in Tokyo today that more than 400,000 men in the Pacific will be brought home before May 1. Patterson told a press conference that more than half the 807,000 servicemen in the Pacific on Jan. 1 would be relieved within four months. No replacementts will be sent for them. He said he found troop morale in the Pacific good. Three thousand scldiers in Hawaii nresented demands in

Washington today for "a clear

iiiuuiiizaiion. . . At tthe same time, Lt. Gen. Roy S. Geiger, commander of the Fleet Marine Forces in the Pacific, issued orders forbidding marines in his command from holding mass meetings. He told them to submit their complaints through normal command channels. In Washington, it was learned that Gen. Dwight Eisenhower may be called before the full Congress next week to explain the Army Command's side of the dmobilization controversy. Protest demonstrations among Army personnel spread to India and continued in Frankfurt, Germany, the Army's European headquarters.

LESS BUTTER,

WASHINGTON, Jan. 11. (UP) Near-record supplies of food will reach civilian tables in the next few months but some items will fall short of unparalleled demand, the Agri

culture uepariment reported today. Housewives will find no more butter in grocery stores than they did a year ago, when butter stocks were the lowest in 50 years. Production is expected to continue 10 or 15 per cent less than last year. Less meat also is in nrosDect. The rather lihprnl snnnlipa

of recent months will drop

First UNO General Assembly

in London. He warned the. dele- , gates that with "the advent of the atomic bomb, it holds the choice

Kidnap - Murder

it 1

employe of Mrs. Perry and also have taken into custody for aues.tinnm? her 23-vrar-nlrl snn Pvril foreign policy" and faster deMEAT SEEN off with a seasonal dip in proSession of "life or death" for mankind in its hands. (International Radio Soundphoto.)

Mary J. Lowry Becomes Bride Of Ensign Markey In a candlelight ceremony at 4 o'clock Wednesday, January 9th, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Gus Lowry, their daughter, Mary Jeanne, became the bride of Ensign John A. Markey, son of Mr. and Mrs. George P. Markey, Sr., of Andover, Mass. The ceremony was performed in the presence of relatives and friends. Preceding the ceremony, bridal airs were played by Mrs. John Prather and the songs, "O Prom

ise Me" and "I Love You Truly were sung by Virginia McGuire. Miss Rosemarie Scully of Indianapolis, attended as maid of honor and George P. Markey, Jr., brother of the groom, was best man. The bride was lovely in a powder blue dress with black acces

sories and an orchid corsage. Miss (By United Press) Scully was dressed in gray with Thg nmnber'of strike-idle American workers shot toblack accessories and a corsage of mark tod&y as te,ephone Rervice wag Following rthe ceremony a din- disrupted bv the first of a new wave of work stoppages exner was served at the Davis Ho- pected to affect 2,000,000 employes. I tel. The.ridSJ!r Ja" dS Lone distance telephone service was mralvd and local tered with a three tiered weaaing . . . . . cake with miniature bride and service disrmrfpd bv work stonw whmh, if 100 pey cent, groom, surrounded by bowls of effective, would add 263.000 to the 400,000 workers already roses, carnations and ferns. After idled by strikes and shutdowns. bhrLfnonOUPle Other workers threatened to leave their iobs next week Mrs Markey is a graduate of in disnutes in the meat, steel and electrical industries. Sullivan High School, a graduate Nearlv 8 000 telephone installation workers, members of of Stephens College and a mem- the Association of Communications , Workers (Ind.) estabber of the Tri Kappa Sorority. Jished nicket lines at telephone e.vr-har.e;es ptoss the country She has been employed at the to back up wage demands on the Western Electric Co. Picket Sullivan state Bank. lines were thrown nround exehfmo-es in kev cities in 44 states. Ensign Markey has been in the The National Federation of Telephone Workers (Ind.) in U. S. Navy for the past three pageg 0kserve(j the picket lines, and only emergency years and is still on active duty. lAnjr d?stance calg were being. aocented in such cities as New School. 71? YMh' ChiCag0' PhiIadePhia Detroit' CleveM

tended Boston College and Tufts College. He is a turret gun officer aboard the U.S.S. Portland. He received his commission in Navjy at Fort Scuyler, N. Y. r District Scout Court Of Honor Is Held Here The Sullivan District Court of Honor for the Boy Scouts was held at the Presbyterian Church in Sullivan on January 10, 1946. The opening ceremony was in charge of Troop 53, after which a excellent address was given by James A. Campbell, City Superintendent of Schools. Various awards were made the troops of the county. Troop 57, the newly organized troop' at Hymera, led in a number of scouts receiving recognition since there were ten of this troop to receive the Tenderfoot Award. After all recognitions were given, Mr. "Bud" Hummel, the new field man for this district, was introduced to the group, at which time he gave many helpful remarks for all who were in terested in scouting. These Court of Honor ' meetings are held every two months and it is felt that the patrons should receive much help and inspiration . if they would attend. EVENING SCHOOL MEETS TUESDAY The second meeting of the Graysville Agriculture Evening School will be held Tuesday evening, Jan. 15, at 7:30 o'clock in the Farm Shop. Poultry Culling is the topic for discussion. Each member is requested to bring two to four hens to the meeting for culling practice. Ladies are always invited to attend. EVANGELIST AT " MT. TABOR CHURCH A special meeting will begin at Mt. Tabor Methodist Church Tuesday, January 15th at 7:00 p. ms The Rev. E. H. Rosen is the evangelist and will lead special singing.' HOSPITAL NOTES Admitted Jan. 10: Mary Alyce Donnelly of 440 West Washington Street; Floyd Marshall of Jasonville; Mrs. Emma Johnson of Sylvandell Street. Dismissed Jan. 10: Mrs. Charles H." Bedwell of 339 West Washington Street; George Wilson of Wheatland, Indiana.

Long Distance

Service Disrupted As Number Of Idle Grows

Only Emergency Long Distance Calls Being Accepted In Key Cities Across Nation- Unsuccessful Attempt Made To Withdraw Picket Lines Local Service "Normal" In This State.

tUlu If C. mAwtn Conducted Today J Funeral services were con- ' ducted this morning at nine o'clock at the St. Mary's Church for Francis E. Kerlin, who died Tuesday afternoon at the Mary Sherman Hospital following an extended illness. The Rev. Father Henry J. Bilz was in charge of the requiem high mass. , Pallbearers were H. P. Christie, Herman McKinley, Robert Robbins, Charles Kaufman, George Kearney and Williams. Hartley Burial was made Ridge Cemetery. in Center MISS DONNELLY HURT IN STAIRWAY FALL Miss Mary Alyce Donnelly, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Tom Donnelly, Sr. of West Washington Street, was painfully injured in a mishap at' the Sullivan High School Wednesday. Miss Donnelly suffered a fractured bone in the right foot in a fall on a main floor stairway. The injury was at first not believed to be serious, however, examination revealed the fracture. Miss Donnelly, who is a senior student, is now recuperating nicely at the Mary Sherman Hospital. AMERICAN LEGION The Sullivan American Legion Post No. 139 will hold their regular business meeting Tuesday evening, January 15th, at eight o'clock in the American Legion Home north of the city. TWIN SONS BORN Monday morning, Mr. and Mrs. Emery Drake received a telegram from Oak Park, 111., informing them of the birth in the Suburban Hospital, of twin boys to their daughter-in-law, Mrs. Mack Drake. The father of the twins is a Major in the U. S. Army and at present is in Japan. Mother and twins are doing nicely and the paternal grand parents are greatly rejoiced over the event. Carlisle News.

Phone

At Washington, Secretary of Labor Lewis B. Schwellenbach announced that Ernest Weaver, president of the installation workers', .union, had promised to try aainrto "'-wrfth4raw picketvlktes-' Weaver made 'an unsuccessful at tempt last night to reach his locals and call off picketing pending further negotiations. ( The nation's two biggest meat packers rejected a government price offer, aimed at heading off a nation-wide strike of packing house workers. - A deadlock developed yesterday between the meat packing industry and CIO Packing House Workers unions, scheduled to strike T . i . i A"w. I weanesaay. wnen owuuum vuMr ' pany and Armour and Company rejected as "impractical and inadequate" a government price relief offer. ! The government proposal amounted to a price boost of 50 cents a hundredweight on meat supplies for the armed forces and foreign releases, which the company contended would allow them to increase by only one and onehalf cents their previous seven and one-half cent offer. The union has demanded a 25 cent hourly wage increase. ' Wage adjustments averaging 17.4 per cent were recommended by the president's fact-finding, board for 175,000 striking CIO Auto Workers employed by the General Motors Corporation. The board proposed raisps of 19 and , one-half cents an hour and called on. the union to "end its sevenweek walkout. PICKET SOMKHOOSIER EXCHANGES INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. 11. (UP) Association of Communications Workers picketed Bell Telephone offices in five major Indiana cities today, but company officials said local service was "normal"' throughout the state. ' A company spokesman said that "practically all" switchboard and clerical workers scheduled for duty reported for work this morning. However, maintenance and construction workers affiliated with . the Indiana Telephone Workers (Ind.) were honoring the ACEW picket lines. Union President Ray Waldkoetter estimated that 600 . ITW members refused to report for work. Pickets patrolled Indiana Bell offices in Terre Haute, Evansville, Indianapolis and South Bend and the Illinois Bell office in Hammond. ' .