Sullivan Daily Times, Volume 48, Number 16, Sullivan, Sullivan County, 22 January 1946 — Page 1

JOIN THE MARCH OF DIMES Jan. 14-31 FAIR AND WARMER Indiana: Fair and warmer tonight and Wednesday. VOL. XLVffl No, 16 UNITED PRESS SERVICE SULLIVAN, INDIANA TUESDAY, JAN. 22, 1946. INTERNATIONAL PICTURE SERVICE PRICE THREE CENTS

News Of Our Men And Womei With The Colors

nOME FROM JAPAN Sgt. Leroy Woodard recently returned to the States from Japan, and is visiting his mother and friends in Sullivan, South Rpnrt and Coshocton. Ohio. Sgt.

I Woodard is on a 60-day reenlistr ment furlough. , j Sgt. Woodard is with the 11th J Airborne Division. He is a broth

er of Staff Sgt. Martin Woodard, arhn lpft. last Fridav for Ft Sher idan, xney are xne sons 01 mr. and Mrs. Leo Woodard. LIEUTENANT LOWE VISITS Lt. Harry Lowe, who has been' visiting his mother, Mrs. Maude Lowe and family returned to Dan ville, Illinois Saturday. Lt. Lowe, who is stationed at Fort Ord, California, is spending a twenty-five day leave with his kvife and daughter in Danville. He. has recently been promoted to the rank of First Lieutenant. "Back To Civvies." SAILORS DISCHARGED GREAT LAKES, Ills. Among persons discharged from the naval service at this center re cently whose homes are in Ind iana were: ( i Harold E. Burns is, cx (T), fS'helburh.W 7 - William S. Tinsley. S 1c, Carlisle. Vaughn E. Lawlor, SF 3c, farmersburg. Leedoine Mills, S 1c, Shelurn. James H. Marshall, AMM 2c, I. R. 3, Sullivan. I , William F. DeNeve, CM 3c, bugger. Lawrence I. Anderson, Cox., bugger. , . Clem E. Reynolds, SM 2c, lymera. Joseph Eugene Hux, GM 2c IT), R. R. 3, Sullivan, JOnN L. HAMILTON HOME John L. Hamilton, U.S.M.C., In Sullivan Rnnrlflv Jnnjhary 20th. He was discharged at jthe Marine Separation Center, Great Lakes, Illinois on January il9th, 1946. He entered service Janluary 29th, 1943 and spent 20 Imonths In the South Pacific. He Participated .in action against the nnemy at Tarawa, Tinian, Saian and Okinawa. Since September, 1945 he has been stationed it Nagasaki, Japan. He served .vith an Engineer Battalion in he 2nd Marine Division as a ramofleur. ATTERBURY DISCHARGES CAMP ATTERBURY, Indiana, I Among Indiana men dischargd at the Atterbury Separation tenter recently were: T5 Loren L. Cox, RFD 2, helburn. f Cpl Joseph E. Picrson, 223 Cross St., Sullivan. TSgt. William L. Drake, Fairjanics. , Pfc. Lynn E. Riggs, Carlisle. LCpl. Jack N. Fisher, 315 N. CJross St., Sullivan. TSgt. John J. Rambis, RFD 1, pox 209, Shelbum. VCpI. Herbert W. Gambill, Dug:er. . F T5 Lester W. Wright, RFD 2, Bhelburn. I SSgt. Louis D. Power, RFD 2, uiiueisuujg. T3 Rex Pirtle. 201 N. Broad t., Sullivan. T5 Jack M. Robbins, 341 W. Jraysville St., Sullivan. Pfc. Garland Cox, RFD 3, Box 54, Sullivan. MARINES DISCHARGED INDIANAPOLIS, Ind.. fSDeclal) The following Sullivan, nd., Marines recently were hon orably discharged from the U. (Continued on Page 4, Col. 2).

1 1. I CROIER CALLED SUDDENLY

TODAY IN F Death Removes Eminent Physic-, ian Who Engaged In Medical Pr acticeHere Nearly Half A Century. Dr. Joe R. Crowder, eminent and beloved leader of the medical I profession in this community for many years, passed away suddenly this morning at New Smyrna, Florida, following a heart attack. I He was seventy-one. Although Dr. Crowder had been in failing health for some time, his death today came as a great shock to the family and innumerable friends and associates in the medical fra ternity here and throughout the state. Particulars of his death were not immediately learned and funeral plans are pending the return of the body to Sullivan. Dr. Crowder had gone to Florida several weeks ago. His wife and daughter-in-law, Mrs. R. H. Crowder, were with him at the time of his death. Joseph Reid Crowder was born in Sullivan, July 15, 1874, the son of Dr. Robert H. Crowder and Juliet Minerva Reid Crowder. He was graduated from the Sullivan high school, attended Purdue University and1 graduated from Rush Medical College at Chicago on May 26, 1897. Upon graduation he received, the highest honor . that Rush bestows, the Rush medal for highest distinction in his class. He began the practice of medicine in Sullivan on July 1, 1897, continuing the practice without interruption here for practically half.. a century. . Dr. Crowder was married August 25, 1897 to Ada P. Wilkey, who survives along with the son and daughter, Robert H. Crowder of Sullivan and Mrs. Josephine Engberg of near Fairbanks; and a grandson, Joe R. Crowder of the U. S. Navy. He is also survived by two sisters, Mrs. Martha Stewart of Sullivan and Miss Grace Crowder of Indianapolis; and one brother, Claude Crowder. of Indianapolis. Two brothers, Neville and Dr. Thomas Crowder are deceased. Member Pioneer Medical Family. The deceased was a member of a . prominent pioneer Sullivan county family long associated with the development of the medical profession here and was one of four generations of physicians in the Crowder family.' The grandfather, Dr. William Milton Crowder, an early practitioner here, graduated from Rush Medical School in 1851 and the father from the same institution in I860. In recent years he had con ducted his practice in conjunction with Dr. James Harvey Crowder, Jr. The modern Crowder Medical Building was opened on North Section street" January 1, 1941, their offices having been formerly located on West Washington street. His political affiliation was with the Republican party and he was a member of Nu Sigma Nu and Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternities. He was also affiliated with the Masonic and Elks lodges here. He was active in the Sullivan County, State and Aesculap? ian Medical Societies and was a Fellow of the American Medical Association. Prominent in the affairs of many civic and business interests here as well as his profession, he served as president of the County Medical Society in 1903 and was a former member of the Sullivan School Board. Upon completion of his medical education he became associated with his father in practice here until the latter's death and was associated with Dr. G. D. Scott of Sullivan from 1911 until 1919. Dr. James Harvey Crowder be(Continued on Page 4 Col. 4)

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Voting Under Way In Expansion Of

Conservation Disk Many Sullivan County farmers are now contacting their neigh bors for the purpose of getting the votes concerning the expansion of the Sullivan County Soil Conservation District. All farm owners of the ' outlined expansion area are eligible to vote provided that they own more than ten acres in the area. Most of the voting is being done by the absentee ballot method and the votes must be completed by February 21. People who have not yet been contacted concerning their, vote, ; should see the county polling officials or their township polling assistant and request to cast their ballot. In case the land is owned in joint deed or a estate, all members who have qualified ownership are eligible to vote or they may designate an agent to cast their ballot. The polling officers are anxious that all owners cast their ballot in the referendum so that a true picture may be had concerning the expansion. County polling officials are: John P. Curry, R. R. 3, Sullivan, Chairman Roy Jewell, R. R. 2, Farmersburg, Aria Lester, R. R. 1, Sandborn, Fred Wheeler, R. R. 5, Sullivan, Polling Assistants. The township aids are: Curry, John F. Allen, R. R. 2, Farmersburg; Jackson, Earl Quick, R. R. 2, Farmersburg; Hamilton, Malcolm Campbell, R. R. 4, Sullivan; Cass, Thos. A. Sevier, R. R. 3, Sullivan; Gill, Jason Phegley, R. R. 3, Carlisle; Haddon, Albert Snyder, R. R. 1, Paxton; and Jefferson, William Johanningsmeier, R. R. 1, Sandborn. The area being included in the expansion of the present Soil Conservation District include all of Haddon township, and part of Gill, , Jefferson, Cass, Hamilton, Curry and Jackson, townrhips. . Urge Response I In Drive For Old Garments Arthur H. Hankins, Sullivan County chairman of the Victory Clothing Collection drive now in progress and which will end January 31st, today again urged all organizations to do their utmost in the collection that will help clothe the homeless, suffering humanity of the war-torn countries. All organizations are to be re sponsible for the packing of these garments and the packages are! to be brought to the Sullivan ' uny mu for forwarding to the state collection and shipping cen-j ter- I Individuals wishing to join in this humane effort to ease the! suffering of war victims are also 1 asked to package their articles of clothing and deliver them to the -

City Hall. fact that the Army was caught You have only a few days left napping" by the Japanese attack in which to make those old gar-jO" December 7, 1941. ments hanging useless in your! - , , . closets become the means , of ' The, depsed ??anm,uider ?f th! bringing a brave smile to the face y s ,Hawaiian department of some child or adult war suf-l I,e"ceJ de"

ferer. Mr. Hankins .also .states township groups having no ship-Aav-mLio may cusu Uilllg garments, properly packaged, to the City Hall here to be combined with the local shipment. ROTARIANS TOLD

YOUTH PROJECT mand ten days after Pearl Harbor, iHe retired soon ' afterward with Will H. Hays, Jr., of this city, the rank of Major General. spoke before the, Sullivan Rotary Short's statement was similar in club at their Monday luncheon purport to that of Adm. Husband meeting, outlining the progress E. Kimmel. former commander of that has been madS in the organ- the U. S. Pacific fleet, who preization and establishment of Sul- ceded him before the committee, livan's 'teen canteen, "The Dart n', Like Kimmel, he blamed his Arrow," which is located in the Washington superiors for the former American Legion Home on crushing defeat at Pearl Harbor, North Court Street. Mr. Hays re-j Kimmel had charged that the" ported that enthusiastic response Navy Department, by withholding j

v W A 1 to the project has been received both from adult supporters and the youth who enjoy. the recrea - tional facilities. He also explained

to his fellow Rotarians some 'of of Marshall, former Army chief ' Mrs. Maude Pethtel, mother of the plans ofr future development of staff. Marshall had told the Earl Pethtel of Sullivan rural of the canteen. He was introduced congressional committee that the route three died Monday mornby A. C. Owens, program chair- Hawaiian command had all' the ing at two o'clock in Robinson, man for the meeting, i advance warning it should have Illinois. E. C. Corts, JrtI of Vincennes, needed to be properly alerted The family formerly resided in formerly of this cityj was a guest against a Japanese attack. 'Palestine, Illinois and the son at the meeting, held at the Davis' The deposed general vigorously has resided on the Sullivan rural Hotel, Monday. , , r. LX L rejected this view. He declared' route several jears.

LATE NEWS ., j

REPORT GOURN TO HEAD FRENCH GOV'T. PARIS, Jan. 22. (UP) Felix Gourn, Socialist president of the Constituent Assembly, was reported reliably today to have received and accepted a bid by France's three main parties to head a new government succeeding that of General Charts DeGaulle. Unofficial but responsible sources said the Communists, Socialists and Popular Republicans had agreed to nominate Gourn. They had been whirling through an unbroken series of conferences all day. in an attempt to find a compromise candidate acceptable to the B;g Three parties.

The formal nomination of to be called premier as against put orr until tomorrow when

utes. lt sat m silence while DeGauie's letter ot resignation

was read.

RETURN SUSPECT" IN DEGNAN CASE CHICAGO, Jan. 22. (UP) Sydney L. Sherman, 22, a

Northwestern University student, returned with polce today

from his interrupted honeymoon for questioning about the kidnap-slaying cf 6-year-old Suzanne Degnan. Sherman, who was found by detectives at Toledo, Ohio, denied that he knew anything about the Degnan case. He left the train at an outlying station with the detectives who accompanied him here from Toledo. Sherman was turned over to Chicago police, who had trailed him after he was reported missing from his room, his Northwestern University classes and his job in Chicago.

RUSS CHARGES TOUCH OFF CONFERENCES LONDON, Jan. 22. (UP) Russian charges that British policy in Greece1 and Indonesia threatened world peace today touched off a series of high level conferences on how to handle a concurrent Soviet request for an investigation by the United Nations Security Council. Many high quarters regarded the charges as aimed at counteracting Iran's formal charge that Russia interfered with Iranian internal affairs. 1 Ernest Bevin, British Foreign Secretary, discussed the Russian charge at a morning cabinet meeting before Commons reconvened after the holiday recess. In Commons, Prime Minister Attlee indicated Bevin would make a statement on British policy in Grerce and Indonesia, but did not hint when.

L7. BEHERAL M MB WAR DEPARTMENT TRIED TO HIDE 0WI( GUILT IN PEARL HARBOR DISASTER

Deposed Commander Of Army's Hawaiian Dept. Is Openly Critical Of General Marshall In Testimony Bex fore Pearl Harbor CommitteeBreaks 4-Year Silence.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 22. (UP) that although the War DepartLt. Gen. Walter C. Short today ment had Drior knowledge that

accused the War Department of trying to hide its own guilt by making him "the scapegoat" for the Pearl Harbor disaster. j Not he Short asserted, but Gen. , George C. Marshall and the War Department were to blame for the cia ,? u"ore l"e .or n" SJST long .I.' T i"g ures. "Instead," Short said, "they passed the buck' to me, and I have kept my silence until the opportunity of this public forum was presented to me." Short was relieved of his com-

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vital miormation, deprived his fleet of "a fighting chance to avert the disaster." Short was outspokenly critical

a new chief of government

DeGaulle's presidency was tlte assembly met tor live nunwar was at hand, it did not pass it along to him. He put the finger on Marshall as the man to blame for keeping information out of his hands M . .. ' FIVE PERSONS IN NARROW ESCAPE IN AUTO MISHAP Five persons narrowly escaped death in Busseron bottoms Sun- I .,v, v- ino, i, , 10-37 1 Ford coach in whTch they wre maa ka slid down the twenty-foot em- j bankment near the Busseron bridge, overturned and landed in five feet of icy water, The occupants of the car were the driver, Woodrow Wools, of ast Chicago, Indiana, his wife, i ana jane ana margarei lernune and Paul Richard Borders of Dugger. They were rescued by a bus driver, authorities reported, who happened along as the car slid from the highway. Seeing the plight of those inside, the man, whose name was not learned, broke the windows of the auto, enabling the five to escape the death trap. v , " MRS. MAUDE PETHTEL I DIES AT ROBINSON

Verna J. Dugger Married Here In Pretty Ceremony Miss Verna Jean Dugger, daughter of Mrs. Thomas J. Dugger of this city, became the bride of Theodore R. Harmon of High Point, North Carolina, in a pretty wedding solemnized at the First Methodist church here Saturday afternoon, January 19 at fourthirty o'clock. The Rev. R. M. Criswell officiated in the ceremony which was performed be-

, and friends The m is the son of Mrs Caroi Townsend of Newland, North Carolina. The bride, who was given in marriage by her brother, Thomas Dugger, Jr., was lovely in a white ; satin gown with fingertip length: veil. She carried a bouquet of i white roses. Her matron of honor, ' Mrs. Thomas Dugger, Jr., wore blue and carried yellow rosebuds,

SSSSS Pled American industry today as the administration sought pink gowns and their bouquets means of breaking the deadlock over wages, were pink roses and carnations. Strikes from coast to coast made 1,786,000 workers idle Mrs. Dugger, mother of the bride, and cost them $13,500,000 in lost wages every day. wore black silk and a corsage of A United Press survey showed that more than $100,white carnations. 000,000 in wages already have been lost in the steel, auto, William Lanham of Carlisle mckinehouse and electrical strikes.

served as best man and Jack Brown, Dr. Robert Henderson aim j-uren nan is were usnei s. Mrs. Loren Harris presided at the organ and preceding the cere mony, Mrs. Kathryn Keid sang three numbers, "i Love You Truly," "O Promise Me," and "Because." Following the ceremony she sang "The Lord's Prayer." At the reception given in the church parlors the bridal table was centered with a three-tiered wedding cake. Mrs. William Lanham ar.d Miss Frances Phillips served. , Mrs. Harmon is a graduate of the Sullivan high school and attended Indiana State Teachers College where she was sr member of the ' Gamma Gamma sorority. She-is a member of the Tri'Kap pa sorority of Sullivan and is As sociate Conductress of the East. ern Star Order. Before returning home several months ago site was employed by the Navy Department in Washington, D. C. Mr. Harmon is a graduate of the Mills high school, Thomasville, North Carolina, and served eighteen months with the 9th U. S. Army Air Force in the European Theater of Operations. He is associated with the Atlantic States Transport Company at High Point, North Carolina. Following a short wedding trip the newlyweds will make their home in High Point. List Special Contributions To Seal Sale Drive bpecial contributions to the 1945 Seal Sale Campaign of the! Sullivan County Tuberculosis Association have amounted to $915.00 to date, according to R. H., Billman Chairman of the Special Gifts committee. The work of the Association is supported entirely from proceeds of the Sal Sale. The Association is deeply grateful to those who have made special cc have made special contributions ? the campaign. At time they hke to the feel same that everybody in Sullivan County is participating in the work of the ; Assosciation i its support by contributing to accopamg to nis . I means. i Christmas Seal Health bonds in denominations of $5 have been purchased by the follow(Continued on Page 4. Col. 1) BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT Mr. and Mrs. Harmon Kelley, Jr. of 315 West Thompson Street, announce the birth of a son, Michael Harmon, born Monday afternon at five o'clock at the Mary Sherman Hospital. The baby weighed seven pounds and one ounce. Mrs. Kelley was before her marriage, Misg Patsy Campoen. In University Concert BLOOMINGTON, Ind., Jan. 21 ! Gloria Nichols, Merom, a stu- j dent at Indiana University, will participate in the University Concert Band's "Pop" concert on the campus Thursday evening

(Jan 24). Miss Nichols is a tied their way through a smokemember of the clarinet section, filled restaurant here.

Nations Wors

Of Strike

Idles Nearly

Administration Launches Moves Seeking To Break Wage Deadlocks Survey Shows Strikers Losing $13,500,000 In Wages Daily Meat Industry Seizure May Come Today. (By United Press) TVio nmvof M7QT7Q vf ofri'Voc it tVip nation's historv crib-

Tne white House announced that President Truman is

considering Seizing the meat i tnHnv Pce louay Secretary of Labor Lewis

William H. Davis, former chairman of the War Labor Board,

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ana Artnur s. Meyer, cnairman

diation board, as mediators in the strike of 200,000 C.I.O. Electrical Workers. Schwellenbach and his newlv appointed mediators met with officials of General Electric and Westing-house and C.I.O. Electrical Workers Union members, who struck a week ago

for a $2 a day wage increase. Chas. L. Davis, Jr. Announces For County Assessor " Charles "L. Davis, Jr., today announced his candidacy for the nomination for Sullivan County Assessor in the May 7th, 1946 Primary Election on the Democratic Ticket. ' . Mr. Davis is at present serving his first term as County Assessor, prior to which he served as Hamilton Township Assessor for six years. Before entering public office he was engaged in the insurance business. The son of Mrs. Carrie Davis of 841 North Court Street and the late Russell Davis, retired farmer of Turman Township, he is a native of the Graysville area where he lived until his father's retirement from active life, at which time the family moved to Sullivan. RE-ELECT DIRECTORS FIRST FED'L. SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOC. At the annual meeting of stockholders of the First Federal Savings and Loan Association of Sullivan held last week, Charles D. Hunt and Dr. Paul Higbee were re-elected directors. Other ji . t li A . directors of the Association are Roy Simmons, Charles W. Thompson, James R. Brown and Tom C. Brown. Following the re-election of the two directors, the board named the following officers: Charles D. Hunt, president; Walter H. Leach, vice president; James R. Brown. secretary; Dr. Paul Higbee, treasurer. MERCURY TUMBLES TO TEN BELOW Sullivan shivered in the most severe cold snap of the entire winter last night and early today as the mercury tumbled to 10 below zero accoring to unofficial thermometer readings here. The weather gradually moderated this morning and warmer weather was promised by the weather bureau for tomorrow. Transportation continued greatly hampered in this area today with streets and highways heavily packed with snow and ice. TIPPLERS IGNORE SMOKE QUINCY, Mass. (UP) The i bartenders fled, but a group of , tipplers stayed at a bar finishing their drinks while firemen bat-

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industry. The action may take B. Schwellenbach appointed f l T T T 1 r-i 1 1 oi me iNew-iorK &taie meThe steel strike, now in its , second day, was beginning to be I felt in allied industries. The strike already has forced the layoff of 100,000 non-striking office workers and about 50,000 railroad, river barge, and coal miners. A jbrolonged . steel : walkout might bring" compfete shutdown of the automobile, farm equipment and electrical appilance industries, already plagued by mass walkouts, industrial observers said. In the major work stoppages: 1. A government fact-finding board began hearings in the nation-wide strike of nearly 300,000 A.F.L. and C.I.O. Packinghouse Workers, entering its seventh day. 2. Steel tonnage dropped to a 53-year low as representatives of 750,000 striking steel workers preI .)ai cu iui i lung urtiwc uv ci wage demands. 3. Thirty thousand members of the United Farm Equipment Workers (CIO) remained on strike for the second day in U plants of the International Harvester Co. 4. Union and management officials met with' government conciliators in Washington in an attempt to avert a threatened strike of 700.000 shipyard workers. Meanwhile, at Washington the House LaDor Committee approved . ... a watered-down version of the bill to authorize the president to create fact-finding boards in labor disputes. The bill, as approved by the committee, would not authorize the board to subpoena company j-ecords nor would lt forbid strikes while the board is making its investigation. BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENTS Mr. and Mrs. Frank H. Huff of 521 North Olive Street, announce the birth of a daughter, Judith Kay, born at the Mary Sherman Hospital January 21st. Mr. and Mrs. Ted Cadwell of Midland, Indiana, announce the birth of a daughter, born at the Mary Sherman Hospital January 22. She has not been named. Mr. and Mrs. Herschel Swick of Carlisle, are the parents of a daughter, Diane Rose, born at the Mary Sherman Hospital January 22nd. HOSPITAL NOTES Admitted Jan. 21: Mrs. Hartley Williams of 317 East Jackson Street; William Lee Rooksberry of Carlisle, R. R. 2. Dismissed Jan. 21: Ralph Dugan of Carlisle; R. R. 1; Mrs. Paul Willis of Dugger.

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