Sullivan Daily Times, Volume 48, Number 18, Sullivan, Sullivan County, 24 January 1946 — Page 1
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SERVES IN TOKYO Lieutenant Richard D. Pound, son of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Pound of Fairbanks, is now serving as salvage officer for the Fifth Air Force Service Command in Tokyo, according to a release from his headquarters. Lt. Pound, whose wife and J daughter also reside in iairbanks, is a graduate of the Fairly banks High School and Indiana University. He entered the ser vice in June, 1942, and received his commission upon completing ths Quartermaster Officer Can didate School at Camp Lee; Vir ginia, in July, wis. I ENLIST IN ARMY Among the names of those j announced today by the Terre Ulaute United States Army Reruiting Office as having cnlistd or re-enlisted in the Army ervice during the first 15 days nf January were, the following Sullivan County men: Estel L. Reed and Richard T? T?iolrlc; Snlliron- ""harlot: F. Richardson and Eddie M. BrewLer Dugger; and Darrel W. Mon roe of Merom. "Back To Civvies." V SAILORS DISCHARGED V .ICrtEATT LAKES, aiL-mong hi service January 20, 1946 at this center whose homes are in Indiiina were: ' Dugger Virgil R. Watkins, 1 ,MM 3c. I Shelburn Delbert F. Pullum, SC 3c (T), P. O. Box 364; John W. Waltz SF 1c (T),R.F.D. No. 2. i ATTERBURY DISCHARGES ' CAMP ATTERBURY, Ind., Jan. B4. Among Indiana men dis-, Iharged at the Atterbury SeparaKion Center recently were: I T5 Billy W. Cormican, Farmrsburg. Sgt. Ivan K. Meeks, 443 E Washington St., Sullivan. Pfc. Joseph Rambis, Box IShelburn. Pfc. Henry T. Evans, RFD iFarmersburg. v. T5 Eugene Miller, Sullivan, Pfc. Vernon F. Tarrh, RFD 1,' Farmersburg.. ; Beech St., Sullivan. T5 Paul H. Kirchner, 1020 N. ; Ktate, Sullivan. i Cpl. William R. Ashby, 210 E. Tackson St., Sullivan. Pfc. Guy D. Wright, RFD 1, Sulivan, T5 Lowell E. Haskett, RFD 3, Sullivan. SGT. GORBY DISCHARGED Sgt, Melvin E. Gorby was dishharged from Patterson Field, )hio, January 23rd. IOLD POULTRY AND GARDEN SCHOOL HERE L A poultry and garden school ponsorea Dy tne uoumy AgncuiUural Extension Service, was held in the Court House Auditorium ,weanesaay, January id. meivin T ! T Aft - riock, Extension Specialist in lioultry, and W. B. Ward, Exten Hon Horticulturist, gave informalion on poultry and gardening. Mr. Flock discussed laying flock nanagement and prevention of liseases in chicks. Varieties for the garden and infecticides. He recommended, the Logan bean as a new variety ot. reen beans, the Butternut squash, he Sequoia potato, Laxton's Pro-' Kress peas, Bibb lettuce, and 'Stokesdale tomatoes, as good vareties for this section. Slide pictures of poultry and barden topics were shown to the feroup. The total attendance at'
IML000M WORKERS HI IDLE IN CRISIS
Avert Strikes To 1 r II day un v 1 1 a i On Vital Cross Country
17 "rrlif I 1 n 1 r g 'Army Corps of Engineers, acJr rein l LIIiKS cording to a report received yes-
nl 1. I. J.l. IVICdl iUUUMiy : Seizure Saturday. (By United Press) The number of American workore' irtlorl hxr cfrilrpc filirtfpH lltiward a hih nf mnrA than 1.. 800,000 today as President Tru- " - man said the current industrial strife arose from a battle for power between management and labor. ( I Mr. Truman told reDorters at Washington that he believed the government shouid assert the f th le in the labor. management deadlock over wages. He said he personally had done as much as he could. As the government prepared to take over the strike-bound meat packing industry, the president said he did not think it would be practical to seize the steel mills' now. He said, however, that this should not be construed as a statement that he would not seize the struck mills eventually. The government ' seizure of packing plants closed by strikes will take place at 12:01 a. m. Saturday. In other reconversion threats to the national economy:
l More industries were forced on west fork of Knox and Dato cXirtain 'operations as a result viess Counties.. ''.. of the' walkout of 750,000 C.I.O. McGinnis Levee Unit, Knox
steel workers now in its fourth dav- ! 2. Company and union officials were scheduled to neet today in New York in an attempt to settle the strike of 200,000 members of the United Electrical Workers (CIO) against General Electric, I Westinghouse and General Motors, 3. Last-minute negotiations 'averted scheduled strikes on the Indiana Harbor Belt and Chicago Junction railroads, vital links in the cross country movement of freight. i 4. Workers in two electrical plants threatened to strike Mon-
day forcing coal mines in. Ken71, tucky and Virginia to close and j throw 150,000 miners out of work 1,' if a new contract has not been
signed by then, High administration leaders to Washington were confident that striking C.I.O. packinghouse unaer government operation ot the struck meat plants despite opposition to the seizure. .
Delegates of the union local Indiana, who proposed the modimeet in Chicago tomorrow to de- fied bill in the House. labor coincide upon a course of action. mittee said he now felt the a measure was "meaningless."
SPENCER-IinX The wedding of Miss Edith Soencer, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Archie Spencer of Pleasant ville. and Harry Hill, son of Mr. and Mrs. Oren Hill of Odon, Ind. was solemnized at seven o'clock Saturday evening, January 12th . at the United Brethren parsonage in Odon. with the Rev. Ernest Roberts officiating, reading the double ring ceremony. Missjirginia Spencer, sister of the bride. . and Homer Oliver 0f Helmsburg, a close friend of The bride wore a gray suit with navy blue accessories and a corsage of yellow chrysanthemums. Miss Spencer wore a dark brown suit with gold accessories and a corsage of white rosebuds. Miss Sara Hill, sister of the T L , llver OI SeJmsb"rg' Were aIs0 present a, - "IC'"U"- . Mrs. Hill is a graduate of Pleasantville High School. Mr. Hill is a eraduate of Odon Hitfh School and was 'recently discharged after three years in the service, soendine thirteen months in the South Pacific The cmmi will make their home in Odon
Army Approves Indiana Flood Control Projects Island Levee Unit In This County Is Among Projects To Be Financed By Federal Funds.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Jan. 24 Levee and channel improvements totaling $6,000,000 for flood control in Indiana nave 1 been approved finally by the ' 'terday by Governor Ralph Gates. The controversial Shoals and Spencer reservoirs were deleted from the recommendation because, the Army said, they are not warranted in view of public opposition to them now. These are the projects approved for Indiana by the Army and , , , 1 YTI J 1 T J 10 De Iinancea y reiai 1U"UJ . al 6"" ""- 6 New Harmony Levee, on WaDasn River. Wabash Levee Unit No. 17, between Patoka and White Rivers, i" Gibson County. Vincennes Levee, improvement protecting that city on the Wa"ain iver, Mason J. Niblack Levee al Oaktown, on the -Wabash River in Knox County, Island Levee Unit, above the Niblack Levee, in Sullivan County. Greenfield Bayou Levee, in southwestern Vigo County. , Raccoon Levee, above Clinton, on the east side of the Wabash I in Parke County. Delph Levee, new plan, on the ""u 1 1 r I . l Ty J 1. White River Levee Unit N, 2, 'in Lawrence County, southeast of . Bedford. White River Levee Unit No. 7, County. Shuffleberger Levee Unit, Daviess County on west fork of White River. rietcner - aunsnine uaraens ievee, on wnne Kiver at tne southern edge of Indianapolis. ei Kiver L,evee unit no. l, m uiay uounry. Eel River Levee Unit No. in Clay County, above No. 1. 2, LanfllS tvCVerSCS His Stand On Labor Legislation WASHINGTON, Jan. 24 (UP) The man who SDonsored the diluted House version of President Truman's fact-finding bill rmrar . . . , , 6 . came out legislation. for stronger labor r Repr. Gerald W. Landis. R.. He plans to offer the House a I strong substitute " which would, among other things, make unions liable for damages for any viola.tions of their contracts The labor committee, acting on a motion by Landis, approved a bill which would give the president statutory authority to set up fact-finding boards . in serious labor disputes. The measure did not, however, include two points asked by the president power for the boards tn eilVinnonn nrtmrninif raeiAa and a 3(Kd no-strick cooling off period for labor. Landis said that his substitute would set up machinery for government mediation and voluntary arbitration of labor disPutes make both labor ,and man" "gemenx naDie ior civil damages Ior an oreacn in meir coiiecuvebargaining contract, authorize the federal government to prevent "wilful violence" and propeny aamaSe aurmg strikes, and repeal! the mih-Connally, antistriKe act. but continue the 30day strike notice provision. BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT Mr. and Mrs. Nelson DeVau of Farmersburg, are the parents st a son, Robert Nelson, bora at the Mary Sherman Hospital January 24tb.
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The body of Dr. Joe R. Crowd- Final arrangements are incom-' A similar district has already er, prominent Sullivan physician, plete, however, pending word bfen established in the Evansis en route here from New Smyr- from the grandson, Seaman First villearea. . na, Florida, where he died sud- Class Joe Crowder, who is sta-1 i
denly Tuesday morning as the re- ' tioned with the Navy at San Pesult of a heart attack. Brief serv- dro, California. ices were held at New Smyrna : The body will arrive in Sulli-, prior to departure of the funeral van Saturday morning. j cortege and rites have been ten-fV The passing of Dr. Crowder is' tatively set for Sunday afternoon ' mourned by hosts of friends and1 at 2:30 o'clock at the v residence, prof essional associates here! and 241' West Washington street. The throughout thfc state,. He. would i
Rev. Jack Masters of Blooming- have completed half a century of south and east from Canada, will ton, Ind., will officiate, assisted practice in this city if he had cover the northern half of the naby the Rev. Homer Weisbecker of lived until next year, and had tion today, with temperatures
the Presbyterian Church of Sullivan. Interment will be made Center Ridge cemetery. in , LATE
RECOMMEND STATEHOOD FOR HAWAII WASHINGTON, Jan. 24. (UP) A House territories subcommittee today recommended immediate consideration of legislation to give Hawaii statehood. The subcommittee has just returned from a two-week visit to Hawaii. It reported that Hawaii had demonstrated "beyond question" loyalty, patriotism, and a "desire to assume responsibility of statehood." President Truman's annual message on Monday also recommended statehood for Hawaii.
WILL SUCCEED GENERAL ARNOLD WASHINGTON, Jan. 24. (UP) President Truman anncunced today that Gen. Carl A. Spaatz soon will succeed General H. H. Arnold as commander of the Army Air Forces.
WOULD INVITE NATIONS TO ATOMIC TEST WASHINGTON, Jan. 24. (UP) Senator Brien McMahon, D., Conn., chairman of the Senate atomic committee, recommended today that representatives of the United Nations be invited to observe tests of the atomic bomb on Naval vessels. The first cf three historic tests involving 100 ships, will take place early in May in a tiny ring of mid-Pacific islands, the Navy announced. The guinea pig fleet will include U. S., German and Japanese submarines. In the first test 'a bomb will be exploded in the air over the ships. , V. S. correspondents will be on hand to report the experiments, but under present plans no representative of a foreign nation would be allowed to attend. Vice Admir?! W. H. P. Blandy, commander of the joint Army-Navy experimental operation, said, however, that the question of foreign representation at the tests was still under discussion. ' Blandy appeared briefly before the McMahon committee today to give details of the test plans.
ANNOUNCE SERVICES cppvTrpq Hrwnn Church services will be held MVlLfclS HUJNOK Saturday evening, January 26th, . MRS. JOHNSON at 7:00 o'clock at the home of Funeral services were conductNoah Meeks. Sunday afternoon ed Wednesday afternoon at one services will be conducted at the o'clock at the Railsback Funeral home of Ezra Huff at two o'clock. Home for Mrs. Sarah Emma Sunday evening services will be Johnson. with Arch Walters, and Cecil Mrs. Johnson, resident of SylBurk will welcome the group vandell Street, passed away at Wednesday night at 7:00 o'clock, the Mary Sherman Hospital Rev. Emery Dilley will conduct following an extended illness, this series of services. Pallbearers were John Stevens,
-BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT Mr., and Mrs. Mflhdri .JE. Corby of Indianapolis, are .announcing the birth tf a daughter, Sue, born January, ?4th: s
For Dr. Crowder
been actively identified with both local and state medical groups many years along with varied business and civic interests. NEWS Eugene Gambill, Vernon Johnson, Russell Shumard, H. H. Gambill.. and Champion McClanahan. Interment was made in the Bethlehem Cemetery,.
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l o Liairy tatr For This Area LAFAYETTE, Ind., Jan. 24 Lieut. Blaine W. Crowl, a native , of Hamilton.Steuben county, and j 1942 graduate of Purdue Uni-1 versity school of agriculture, j has been appointed to the ex-, tension dairy staff and has been j assigned to the newly establish-' ed' Terre Haute milkshed dairy i district, is was announced today by L. A. Hoffman, associate director of extension. Lieut. Crowl, who is on terminal leave from the armed forces after having served three years including considerable service, in i the Southwest Pacific, participated in the invasion of Guam and Iwo Jima. ' Just' prior to his entering military service Crowl completed a four year course in dairy production. During summers while enrolled at the University Crowl was employed with the Indiana Guernsey Breeders Association. I In his new assignment Crowl will work with farmers, dairymen, and dairy organizations,, assisting county agricultural agents in the district with geni eral educational work in dairy ing. ' The Terre Haute dairy district, j , wnicn is me seuuuu iu ue csiaullished in the state, consists of! lour Indiana counues, mL-iuumg Vigo, Parke, Clay and Sullivan, j and Clark, Edgar and Crawford counties in Illinois. New Cold Wave Arrives Today (By United Press) ' Aimass of "cold air, moving falling as much as 30 degrees by nightfall. Although temperatures will be cold, the weatherman said that the mercury would remain above 2ero except for a small area in northern Minnesota. In the midwest and Great Lakes region, snow flurries were expected to accompany the drop in temperature. Readings in the low twenties were forecast as far east as the Atlantic seaboard. To shivering midwesterners, the weatherman offered some consolation. Warmer weather was in sight ofr tomorrow, followed another cold spell over week-end. by the Mrs. Worley, 88, JSuccumbs Here Mrs. Martha E. Worley, 88 years old, of 516 -North Broad Street, died Wednesday morning at 9:00 o'clock at the Mary Sherman Hospital. j Mrs. Worley and her husband, the late Norace Worley, were pioneer residents of Sullivan County. The deceased was a native of this city. She was a member of the First Christian Church. She is survjved by one grandson, Emerson Walters of Terre Haute; one great-grandson, and a. number of more distant relatives. A host of friends also mourn her passing. I The body was taken to the Railsback Funeral Home where funeral services will be held at 2:30 o'clock Friday afternoon. Burial will be made in "Center Ridge cemetery. PLEASE HAVE CHANGE READY FOR THE CARRIER Daily Times subscribers on city routes are asked to cooperate with their carriers by having the exact change ready on Saturday. The carrier often is unable to make change when collecting, necessitating additional calls. School, and "other activities limit the time of the carriers during the days of their regular deliveries of the paper and tbey hope to maki all collections on Saturday. Your cooperation will be greatly, appreciated.
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To Establish Atomic
Energy Commission Resolution Framed In Moscow By Big 3 Foreign Ministers Approved After Hearing Appeal By Byrnes For Speedy Withdrawal Of Occupation Forces From Iran, Greece, Indonesia And The Levant.
LONDON, Jan. 24. (UP) The United Nations Assembly voted unanimously today to establish an atomic energy commission after hearing an appeal by Secretary of State James F. Byrnes for quick withdrawal of occupation armies from all countries except Germany and Japan'. . Forty-seven of the fifty-one United Nations voted to adopt the resolution framed in Moscow by the Big 3 foreign ministers. V Jean Paul Boncour, a French delegate, proposed that the atomic commission meet in the United States.
Harold Reynolds Candidate For
, qi Iran, Greece, Indonesia and the V-OUnty Onerill Levant, has caused angry disputes among the United Nations. Harold Reynolds today an-! There was only nominal opponounced that he will be a candi- sition to the aioic energy resodate for renomination for the llltion by the PMiPPine delegaoffice of Sheriff of Sullivan Von' wnicn attained from vtCounty on the democratic ticket ingin the May 7th primary. Mr j The resoiution created a cornReynolds serving his second mission to study and recommend year of a two-year term in the possible international control of Sheriff s. office at the present atomjc energy. Membership of the time and Dreviouslv servfH in ..it ,
, - . the capacity of deputy sheriff for four years under Hubert Sevier. A native of Cass townshiD. he attended the Dugger schools and has spent his entire life in Sulli van county, jvir. Kevnoids is married to the former Miss F.iia Marshall and they have three children. Through his present and past experience in the office of Sheriff Mr. Reynolds has proved himself qualified to administer me uuues oi ine oince ana ne will greatly appreciate the support of all in the forthcoming primary. Army Recruiting Day Proclaimed This week is National Recruit-! ing Week throughout the nation 1 and has been officially proclaim- j ed by President Truman as such, j Today Mayor Arthur G. Mc- j Guire issued the following pro- j clamation proclaiming tomorrow, January 25th, Recruiting Day in I Sullivan and Sullivan County. I PROCLAMATION In cooperation with the U. S. Army Recruiting . Service, I do hereby proclaim January 25, 1946 as Recruiting Day for the city of Sullivan and ask the full cooperation in this effort by all ' its citizens. In testimony whereof, I have hereto sejf my hand and caused j to be affixed the Seal of the City of Sullivan this 20th day of January. 1945. , A. G. McGUIRE, Mayor of the City of Sullivan. Major General Collins, Fort Hays, Ohio, reminds discharged : veterans that if they re-enlist in j the United States Army before the twenty-day period following discharge expires, their previous war-time rank will be restored. - A unit of the Terre Haute Re- 1 cruiting Staff is in Sullivan at the City Hall each day this week and every Thursday thereafter for the purpose of interviewing j thnsp int.restfd anH arrpntine ! re-enlistments. TAKE ARMY EXAMS I It was announced today by the local Selective Service board that nine men were forwarded January 23 to Indianapolis for pre-in-duction examinations into the armed forces, I
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Urging passage of the ' resolution, Byrnes issued an Indirect ; appeal to Britain, France ' and j Russia to call home their occupation troops whose presence in i cuifiHiission win consist oi-tne-ii security council members plus Canada, and will take instructions 'from the security council. ! cymes appealed ior an-out efforts for international control of atomic nergy, denounced unilateral Political action and appealed for immediate action to convert the world from an "armed camp" , to a Peac?W world. . j r ry 11 i Ltiniel Belli, 01. Dies At Linton Daniel Ball, 61 -year-old resident of Linton, died this morning at 10:00 a. m. at his residence . there following an illness of ! one year. He was a retired coal I miner. Surviving are the widow, Mrs. Pearl Copeland Ball,'' seven daughters, Mrs. Grace Johnson of Los Angeles, Mrs. Audrey Goodman of Paxton, Mrs. Laura Roder of Linton, Mrs. Mozella Jackson, of Linton, Mrs. Nora Gilmore of Miami, Florida and Barbara and Elaine Ball, both at home; seven sons, Wilbur and Paul Ball, both of Linton, Seaman 1c Lester Ball of the United States Navy stationed" i'n Georgia, Private Ernest Ball of Fort Lewis, Washington, and Robert, Arthur Raymond ' and Danny Ball, Jr., all at home; one sister, Mrs. Belle Hayes of Dugger; ten grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. The body was taken to the M. J. Aikin and Son Funeral Home in Linton where . it now lies in state pending completion of funeral arrangements. INFANT BORDERS Arnold Wayne Borders, 3-month-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Elwood Borders, who reside two miles northwest of Graysville, died this morning at three o'clock. Surviving are the parents, four sisters, Maxine, Floella, Martha and Sue Ann Borders, all at home; five brothers, William, Carl, Riley, Joe and Elwood Borders, Jr., and the grandmother, Mrs. Mary Christine Borders of Pimento. The body was taken to the Railsback Funeral Home where it was prepared for burial and where it now lies in ' state. Funeral services will be : conducted there Sunday afternoon at two o'clock with place of burial, as yet, undetermined,