Sullivan Daily Times, Volume 48, Number 17, Sullivan, Sullivan County, 23 January 1946 — Page 1

COLDER THURSDAY Indiana: Mostly cloudy tonight and Thursday; snow flurries and considerably colder extreme north portion late tonight and Thursday; considerably colderThursday; strong southwest winds shifting to northwest tonight. JOIN THE MARCH OF DIMES Jan. 14-31 VOL. XLVIII No. 17 UNITED PRESS SERVICE SULLIVAN. INDIANA WEDNESDAY, Jan. 23, 1946. INTERNATIONAL PICTURE SERVIC5 PRICE THREE CENTS

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News Of Our Men And Womei With The Colors

HOME SOON Mrs. "Toody" Bogard received a phone call late Monday evening from her husband, who had just arrived in the States from the Philippines where he saw combat with the 37th Infantry Division. He expects to be home in a few days. "Back To ivvies. ATTFRBITBY r,TSCHARGWS CAMP ATTERBURY, Indiana.! Among Indiana men discharged . at the Atterburv Separation Cen ter Saturday, January 19th, and 1 Sunday, January 20th were: Pfc. Arthur Evans, Dugger. Cpl. Joseph E. Daniely, Hymera. SSet. Lloyd Reisner, RFD, Shplburn. T5 Frank II. Huff, 521 Olive 1 St., Sullivan. i BUSINESS HERE CHANGES HANDS The Usrey Grocery on East Depot Street has been sold to Harold People, of Sullivan. Mr. and Mrs. Ferd Usrey, owners and onera tors' of the business for e'M yearg, announced tcjday. ' ' The sale; was comsummated vi'flniinrtf Ifith and Mr. and Mrs. -f vmi- UaH since- assumed trie management of their new business interest. . The Usreys today recalled that ' the erocery was oDened in its present location thirty years aeo making it one of the city's oldest continuous grocery , establishments. r "In its beginning the store was "owned by Frank Usrey, father of Ferd Usrev. Mr. and Mrs. Usrey stated they will retire to their home at 245 West Donaldson Street with no r immediate plans for the future except a well-earned rest. WANTS ATTICS LIVED IN niuw JEJJt ukjj, Mass. (ujp; .Mayor Arthur N. Harnman of New Bedford has a proposal that I he thinks might alleviate the housing v shortage. He says that attics should be used as living Lquarters. And he proposes an diiicituuiciiL tu me tuning jaws permit the use of attics as apartments for the next two years. BEATS WILDCAT TO DEER . BOONVILLE, Mass. (UP) Louis Murray shot and wounded a 150-pound buck, but had to kill a 35-pound wildcat before killing the deer. The wildcat was stalking the wounded animal. NO" HONOR AMONG THIEVES INDIANAPOLIS (UP) Mrs. Eleanor Brown complained that thieves added insult to injury. They took her purse when she dropped it while sliding on the kice.

Will Present Congressional Medal To " Volunteer Selective (Service Workers

INDIANAPdLIS, Ind., Jan. 23 Congressional Selective Service Medals will be presented by Governor Ralph F. Gates to a r selected group of uncompensated workers of the Indiana Selective Service System in public ceremonies to be held in the auditorium of the World War Memorial Building here at 1 p. m. Wednesday, January 30. Those members of Selective Service who have been invited to attend the ceremonies at Indianapolis on January 30 from Sullivan County are: Roy A. Duffer, Paul Higbee, M. D., Alonzo C. Owens, Walter F. Wood,

SHORT PLACES j ON WASHINGTON

Ex-Hawaiian Com mander Charges War Department "Wholly Respon sible" In Pearl Harbor Disaster. WASHINGTON, Jan. 23. (UP) Lt. Ges. Walter C. Short charged today that the War Department in Washington was "wholly responsible" for the fact that the Army's Hawaiian defenses were caught by surprise in the Pearl Harbor disaster. The former commander in Hawaii told the Pearl Harbor investigating committee that Washington's responsibility relieved him of any blame. He said Washington headquarters had a dual responsibility, to give him all the information it had indicating the possibilities of an attack on Hawaii and to cor rect any mistake he made in or dering merely an anti-sabotage alert on the basis of information he did receive. Committee Counsel Sam Kaufman suggested, on that basis, "although the first error is yours, Washington is partly , responsible." "I would say wholly responsible," Short responded, "But it doesn't relieve you of responsibility, does it?" , ' '"Yes, sir," Short insisted. "I reported fully the action I took." 'The chief of staff (Gen. George C. Marshall) has stated before this committee that I had a right to assume that I would be corrected." Short charged that the War Department in Washington had information four hours before the attack that an attack was coming. NEW CO. HOME j DEMONSTRATION ' AGENT BEGINS WORK Miss Jeanette Gentry of Cannelton, Perry County, Monday assumed her duties here as Home Demonstration Agent, succeeding Mrs. Mary Sabol, who resigned recently. Miss Gentry's office is located at the court house in conjunction with the office of the county agricultural agent and she will be in charge of Home Economics, 4-H Club and Youth Leadership work in the county. The new Home agent served in a similar capacity in Perry County and is a former teacher of -Vocational Home Economics in Gibson Cunty. GrS HELP HER COLLECTION HOLLYWOOD, (UP) Dolly Dawn, radio songstress, has one of the largest and most unusual collections of compacts, thanks to the Yanks who were former members of her orchestra. TT (II ) .xi i i. . ci- uuys , scattered an over the globe in the armed forces, ! send her powder-and-puff sets from places ranging from Pana ma to Alaska. John P. Curry, and Harmon Kelley. ; Lt. CoL F. Lyle Summers, State Selective Service Director, has announced that the selected group will include those uncompensated members of the agency who have served in their posts for two or more years and who have been recommended for faithful performance of ' their . duty. The Selective Service Medal recently was authorized by the present Congress in a special act which declared that "it is the (Continued on Page 2, CoL 4)

Navy Post for Him

IN THE NAVY DEPARTMENT since January, 1941, William John Kenney of Los Angeles, above,. has teen nominated by President Truman to be assistant secretary of the Navy, succeeding H. Struve Hensel. (Intertiationrl) Shelburn And N. Lebanon Set For Finals Play Sullivan County basketball enthusiasts focused their attention today on Wabash Valley Tourney Finals opening at 7:00 p. m. Thursday in Terre Haute Indiana State Teachers College gymnasium. In the first session the Shelburn Panthers and New Lebanon , Tigers will follow up their sectional '. championship victories with bids for the right to enter the quarter-finals. The initial game will pair a highly-favored Robinson tquintet against Loogootee, a strong contender of last season, at seven o'clock. At 8:15 the Tigers will collide with Roachdale, whose power on the hardwood court is little known here. " However scores show the Sullivan County team's opponent slipped passed Bainbridge, 38-34, in the, Greencastle center finals after downing Cloverdale; 41-36. New Lebanon showed a smooth attack to win the Sullivan tourney and will be the favorite ,of many at Terre Haute. The third and final contest of the evening will send the Shelburn Panthers onto the court against a, thus-far, smooth working Spencer five of which a little more is known. The Sulli-. van Golden Arrows earlier in the season eeked out a two point win over the Spencer ball club. Reports say their scoring ability is something; to talk about. On the other hand, the Panthers i have repeatedly shown marked signs of a well-rounded ball club with each player, as well as a goodly number of reserves, showing plenty of offensive ability. Coaches F. E. Ward and C. B. Lisman ' put their charges through their paces in the Community Gym here and in Shelburn and were passing out lastminute instructions today in hopes of definite results in Thursday's battles. . The Tigers in downing their first adversary would meet the winner of the Robinson-Loogoo-tee tilt Friday afternoon at 4:15 and the Panthers would vie against the winner of the Tangier-Clinton game Friday evening at 7:00 p. m. should they also uphold the hopes placed upon them to edge out Spencer. 173-YEAR-OLD" PILLOWS WIN LAREDO, Tex. (UP) Two 173-year-old pillows, older than the United States, are owned by Mrs. Warren Gilbert of Laredo, and aside from their value as antiques, ' they recently won her $50 in an "oldest pillow" contest here. The pillows were made in Seguin, Germany, in 1773. 2,015th DOORBELL RIGHT ONE BOSTON (UP) Soldier .Maurice Kennedy, in search of his long-lost sister, decided to call on all the Kennedys in Boston. He found her but not until he had rung 2,015 doorbells.

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i STREICHER SUFFERS HEART ATTACK NUERNBERG, Germany, Jan. 23. (UP) Julius Streicher, a major defendant in the Nazi war crimes trial, suffered a heart attack today and was ordered to bed for emergency treatment. ; . : Prison doctors indicated that Streicher was in no immediate danger, but his condition was regarded as sufficiently serious to prevent his return to trial for several days. The war crimes tribunal, meanwhile, went ahead with the hearing of Strc'cher's fellow defendants and took under advisement a request of Rudolf Hess that he be permitted to conduct his own defense for the duration of the trial.

DEVERS ORDERS RELEASE OF 150,000 WASHINGTON, Jan. 23 (UP) The Army's new discharge orogram will result in the release of 150,000 ground force officers and men by June 30, the War Department estimated today. Most of those affected will be discharged during February under the speed-up discharge orders of Gen. Jacob Devers, Army ground forces chief. They represent 70 percent of the ground force personnel remaining in this country, the War Department said.

CANCEL UNO GENERAL ASSEMBLY MEETING LONDON, Jan. 23. (UP) Big Five delegates to the United Nations Assembly, meeting for the first time with Andrei Y. Vishinsky of Russia, were unable to agree today on a candidate for secretary-sreneral of the organization. A UNA General Assembly meeting scheduled for three p. m. to adopt the Moscow resnlut'on to establish) an atomic energy commission was cancelled unexpectedly. , Despite failure of the Bis; Fivd to settle on a candidate for secretary-general, all 11 member nations of the Security Council met again informally! to try to end the deadlock. Sources close to the Big Five believed that the Russians were holding out for an eastern European or at least a European for the job in contrast w'th the apparent willingness of the United States and Britain to settle for Lester B. Pearson of Canada.

SEEK TO STRENGTHEN i WASHINGTON Jan." 23.

tay in the House today to strengthen the labor committee's atered-down version of President "'Truman's fact-finding bill. Supporters of strong anti-strike legislation were reported working on a comprehensive substitute wh'ch they hope to stress when the committee's bill reaches the1 floor. It was learned that its central theme probably would be "mutuality of contract responsibility" making unions and employers equally responsible under the law to live up to contracts.

DELAY ELECTION OF " PARIS. Jan. 23. (UP) Gouin as president of France

round of sharp bargaining among the three major parties ary. win spea on aunaay which had agreed upon him as a compromise candidate. , evpning- f ebraary 3rd, The Constituent Assembly, which will eleet a new president to succeed Gen. Charles DeGaulle, met for five minutes MAKE APPEAL TO

at 3:10 p. m. (8:10 a. m. C.S.T.), and adjourned without setting a time for meeting again. ! The delay appeared to have been prompted by desire on the part of the Communists, Social'sts and Popular Republicans to dicker; further on undisclosed issues. :

(By United Press) C.B.S. quoted the French, radio as saying today Felix Gouin had been elected president of Fiance.

Faints At Inquest Into Husband's Death

Mrs. Virginia McElhiney (right) of Los Angeles, faints in the arms . of her mother, Mrs. Estella Briscoe, during the inquest into the death of her husband. Airs. Mc-

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FACT-FINDING BILL (UP) A move was under FRENCH PRESIDENT The scheduled election of Felix was delayed today by a new that Elhiney admitted putting arsenic in her husband's coffee because she "loved him so" and wanted to nurse him. (International Soundphoto.) J

! I Youth Revival

Opens Sunday At Baptist Church Ministers From Out-Of-Town Churches Will Conduct Evening Services During Next Week. REV. WESTPHALL A Youth Revival will open at the First Baptist Church Sunday morning and will last through each night of the week, including Sunday, February 3. This series of meetings is sponsored by the B. Y. P. U. of the church and will have Rev. Arnold C. Westphall, returned Army chaplain, who is an author, musician and minister.. He will conduct services at both the B. Y. F. at 6 p. m. and Sunday evening, and will also preach Sur.dAy morning. During the week following there will be visiting Baptist pastors, each preaching one evening, as follows: Monday evening, Rev. j Powell Forbes, pastor of ' Baptist ' Chtirch in Linton; Rev. William I Flemming, pastor at Brazil, will preach Tuesday night; Rev. Raymond Skeleton of Greencastle, on Wednesday evening; Rev. Ray Crawl of Clinton, on Thursday. 1 and Rev. Esmond Elliott of Terre Haute Eighth Avenue Church on Friday. There will be no Saturday evening service. ' The Youth will have a part in !the Communion Service Sunday morning, February 3rd and Rev. Samuel D., Bawden, returned GROSS INCOME TAXPAYERS OF STATE INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Jan. 23 (Special) Do not send cash or stamps in payment of your gross income tax. This is the appeal which officials of the Indiana Gross Income Tax Division broadcast ' to taxpayers throughout the state today. The state cannot accept responsibility for payments which fail to reach the, tax division's office at 141 South Meridian Street, Indiana 13, Ind., and in I recent years numerous taxpayers nave iouna it necessary to pay their tax bill twice because their cash remittance was lost. "Negotiable remittances such as currency or stamps sometimes I just 'disappear,' " State Treasurer 'Frank T. Millis explained here today. "We have no way of tracing the payment, so the most we can do is to urge every taxpayer to secure a receipt for his remittance. Use of personal checks, money orders or bank drafts will eliminate this complaint." Meanwhile, facilities of the gross income tax division are being flooded with the 1945 tax reports and employees are unable t6 precess the thousands of returns on the day of their arrival. A recent day's mail alone consisted of 23 full bags, or an estimated 70,000 reports. Thousands of Hoosiers are paying their tax well in advance of the January 31 deadline in order to avoid the last-minute rush which will be in evidence at every license branch throughout the state. Yesterday's deposits sent the January receipts above the two and one-half million dollar mark, but this is less than one-eighth of the amount the state expects to receive on the 1945 annual payments.

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White House Announcement Reveals Agriculture Department Will Operate Plants, War Department Will Assist In Seizure If Necessary AJF.L. Union Workers Will Return Under Government Control.

BULLETIN! CHICAGO, Jan. 23. (UP) The A.F.L. Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen's Union today called off its share of the meat strike and ordered its members to return to work Saturday when the government takes over the packing plants.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 23. (UP) The White House announced today that the government would seize closed meat packing plants on Saturday. The Agriculture Department will operate the plants. Thq. War Department will assist in the seizure if necessary. -' An announcement by the White House said: "The government will seize the closed meat packing plants on Saturday, January 26. The necessary orders for the seizure are now being prepared by the Secretary of Labor. "Seizure will be made by the Department of Agriculture with the aid of the War Department if necessary." Officials of the A F. L. union involved in the eight-day strike announced that they would return to work . under a government seizure order. . .. A major union official said today that members of the CIO Packinghouse Workers Union probably would insist upon a wage increase before returning to work in meat packing plants under government operation.

BRANNON-BARNES Mr. and Mrs. Roscoe Brannon of Paxton, are announcing the marriage of their daughter, Norma Marie, to Charles Lee Barnes of Indianapolis, December 24th in the Sullivan Christian Church parsonage. The single ring ceremony was read by Rev. Jack Anderson, Christian Church minister. The bride is a graduate of Carlisle High gchool with the class of 1939 following which she accepted employment with the Mallory Company of Indianapolis where she has since been employed. The groom is a native of Kentucky and a U. S. Army Infantry veteran of World War II Pacific action. At present he is employed as a machinist at Mallory's. Mr. and Mrs. Barnes are now at home at 2624 East Washington Street, Indianapolis. . MARRIAGE LICENSES John A. Ansorge, Jason ville, R. R. 2, discharged veteran and Lois A. Anderson, 948 East Washington Street, beautician. FDR Dime THIS IS the new Roosevelt dime desi,noa by John R. Simnock, chief engraver at the U. S. mint in Philadelphia, in memory of the late president. (International),

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aturday iJsewhere in the troubled reconversion picture: 1.' There was no move to renew" negotiations in the crucial strike of 750,000 steel workers, now in its third day. 2. Government-sponsored mediation conferences were scheduled tomorrow in New York with General Electric and Westinghouse officials and representatives of 200,000 striking CIO electrical workers. Rail Strike Set. 3. Fifteen tiundred members of the Brotherhood of Railway. Trainmen were scheduled to strike tonight on the Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad and Chicago Junction Railway, vital freight links between the east and west coasts. 4. The strike of 175,000 auto workers against the General Motors Corporation entered its 10th week with preparation ' to halt work on GM orders by 7,000 tool and die makers in the Detroit area. Both parties bid for' public sympathy "in the gigantic steel strike which already has forced thousands of additional workers off their jobs. C. I. O. President Philip Murray met with his wage policy committee to push a campaign to ' amend tax laws under which he said the steel industry alone could collect S149.C00,000 without operating a single day this year. Benjamin F. Fairless, U, S, Steel president, announced he , would present the industry's side of the strike in a coast-to-coast r(3io broadcast tonight. ANDERSON-ANSORGE Miss Lois A. Anderson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Anderson of East Washington Street, last night became the bride of John A. Ansorge, recently returned veteran of Jasonville. Miss Anderson has been a beauty operator in Sullivan for some time. The marriage vows were spoken in the home of the bride's parents, the service being performed by Rev. Wyman A. Hull of the Sullivan . Baptist Church. WOMAN'S PRIVILEGE CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (UP) A 1 Harvard professor's survey for a railroad seat manufacturer disclosed that more than 25 per cent of women commuters slip off their shoes when riding.