Sullivan Daily Times, Volume 48, Number 20, Sullivan, Sullivan County, 28 January 1946 — Page 1

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.TOM THE MARCH OP DIMES Jan. 14-31 FAIR. LITTLE CHANGE Indiana: Fair south and partly cloudy north tonight and Tuesday. Snow flurries near Lake Michigan tonight. No decided change in temperature. VOL. XLVm-No. 20 UNITED PRESS SERVICE SULLIVAN. INDIANA MONDAY1, JAN. 28. 1946. INTERNATIONAL PICTURE SERVICE! PRICE THREE CENTS

News Of Our Men And Womei With The Colors

i I REACHES THE STATES James F. Gallagher, Y 1c, tele- ! phoned his wife from Seattle, 1 Washington, Saturday evening to say that he had arrived in the States after months of overseas duty spent in the South Pacific. He will be home soon after reeeiving his di charge from Great 1 Lakes. ON LEAVE Lt. Frances L. Black, who has' jeen stationed in Manila for the 1 ' J " o Mr. and Mrs. Manford Church. Mrs. Church is a sister of Lt. i Slack. She is also visiting relatives in Evansville. Mary E. Ruddell I Is Recent Bride Mr. and Mrs. Ira Ruddell an)unce the marriage of their uighter, Mary Elizabeth, to erry Bereman, son of Mr. and Irs. Wm. Bereman of Earl Park, hdiana.- The candlelight cerelony took place in the Olivj Branch Christian Church, Indanapolis, December 27th, with he Rev. Weatherman reading lie vows. The bride's attendant .vas Mrs. George Holmes, and lie bridegroom's best man was is brother, Howard Bereman. Mrs. Bereman graduated from Che I. U. School of Nurs&ig, and itr-.-BerpfflBui'graduatetl .Ojfrom Iidiana Business College in afayette. i Following a short trip the upia is residing m Indianapolis here Mr. Bereman is employed Allison's Division of G. M. C. MARRIAGE LICENSES Walter W. Tennis, Coalmont, (liana, discharged soldier- and miece Ferguson, Jasonvillc, diana, clerk. William Keith Patton, 205 uth Crowder Street, Sullivan, rmer and Betty Jean Dowty, irmersburg, R. R. 1, nurse. Lewis Brickey, Sullivan, R. R. coal hauling and Mabel May ; uncan, 423 East Beech Street, ! tllivan, housekeeper. Samuel David Campbell, Sullin, R. R. 5, discharged veteran id Marjorie June Arnold, Sulliin, R. R. 5, clerk. I William Wilson, Jasonville, erator of Standard Filling ation, and Norma Lee Thoman, 713 Sycamore Street, JasonII le, Indiana. Charles . Jackson McCalister, rre Haute House, Terre Haute, diana, and Flora Lois Tabor, ;rre Haute, at home. William E. Cody, 2710 North th Street, Terre Haute, laborer d Iriata H. Pease, 2419 Bucke, Terre Haute, at home. Robert C. Rhoads, 816 Dude reet, Sullivan, Sullivan Dairy aployee and Maxine Wilkes, ugger, Indiana, at home. (BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENTS Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Turpen of bllivan, R. R. 3, announce the rth of a son born at the Mary ,ierman Hospital January 26th. j has been named Dennis oyd. jMr. and Mrs. Carl Brown of rents of a son born yesterday Connersville. He has not .yet en named. "Back To Civvies." ATTERBTJRY DISCHARGES 1CAMP ATTERBURY, Indiana, In. 28 Among Indiana men scharged' at the Atterbury Iparation . Center Wednesday, Inuary 23rd was: AD 1, Shelburn.

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Soviet Leaders QuicklyMake Counter Charge Before UNO Council. LONDON, Jan. 28 (UP) Iran's chief delegates to the UNO appealed to the security council today for help against Russian "interference" in Iranian affairs, only to be challenged immediately by the Soviet delegates. Iran's appeal no sooner was before the UNO Security Council than Russia charged that it was . r, , . .J Mn.apanf'itHTa At O now defunct government. A new Iranian government took office Saturday, and the i premier said he would seek to ! negotiate bi-laterally with the j 'Russians on their disputes a proposal advanced jearlier before the UNO by the Soviets. SERVICES HONOR MARTHA WORLEY Funeral services were conducted for Martha E. Worley, long a resident here, who died at the Mary Sherman Hospital, Friday afternoon at 2:30 at the Railsback Funeral Home. The Rev. Jack Anderson officiated with Rev. George Starkey assisting. Song services were by Rev. J. m. Smith with Mrs. Smith at the piano. 1 Pallbearers were Oba Bean, George Starkley, William Martin-; John- M. Thomas, Lex'Draper and Percy Wilson. Burial was at the Center Ridge Cemetery. INFANT BORDERS Funeral services were conducted Sunday afternoon at two o'clock at the Railsback Funeral Home for Arnold Wayne Borders, infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Elwood Borders, who passed away Thursday morning. -The Rev. Wyman Hull officiated. Burial was at the Union Chapel Cemetery. BRITISH LOAN MESSAGE SOON WASHINGTON, Jan. 28 (UP).' Congressional leaders said after a White House conference today that President Truman will send his British loan message to the House and Senate the middle of this week. BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT Mr. and Mrs. William Martin are the parents of a baby girl born at the Mary Sherman Hospital Friday night, Jan. 25th. She has been named Barbara Jane. 1

Girl Scouts Of Sullivan Raise $203.05 In Annual Polio March Of Dimes

Girl Scouts of Sullivan braved the cold weather Saturday in their annual collection of dimes for the Infantile Paralysis Fund. This work is voluntarily accepted each year by the Girl Scouts of America as a nation-wide drive and the important work resulting from the money they have collected reflects one of the greatest humanitarian efforts that has ever been achieved. All the money contributed to the "March of Dimes is divided into two parts. Half remains in the county where is is subscribed, to provide aid to infantile paralysis patientts. It is used by the County Chapter of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis for medical and nursing care, hospitalization, physical , inerapy treatments, orthopedic surgery, if necessary, orthopedic equipment and appliances, and all other services necessary to the complete care of poliomyelitis patients. The other half goes to headquarters of the National Foundation for emergency aid in epidemics, for training pro-

Second In Series Of Farm Schools In County Feb. 1 The second of the winter series of Agricultural Extension Schools will be held in Sullivan County on February 1. At this school,

the subject of animal diseases will be discussed and of particular interest will be the topic "The New Indiana Bang's Disease Control Program." Sullivan County farm people may attend this discussion at either of two places. The morning session will be held at the -Sbelburn High School and will start at 10:00 A. M. The afternoon session will be at the New Lebanon High School and will start at 1:30 P. M. The speaker at the meetings will be Dr. Dyer Wood of Greensburg, Indiana, who is co-operating with Dr. C. R. Donham, Chief of the Veterinary Division of Purdue University. This meeting is of importance to . practically every farmer in Sullivan County and everyone is urged to attend. Plan Rites At Carlisle For Mrs. Ridgeway . Mrs. Jesse Lisman Ridgeway, age 69, of Mooresville, died at 10 a. m. Saturday at the home of her son, Leland, in Muncie, Ind., where she was visiting. . She was a former resident of Carlisle, her husband having been in the -general merchandising business there for many years. They had resided in Mooresville for the last 20 years. She is survived by the husband, George; .and the son; one grandson; and one half sister, Miss Faye Lisman of Carlisle, and two half brothers, Max and Claude Lisman of the state of Washington. V, The body will arrive in CarlisleMonday afternoon and will be taken to the Risinger and funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon with Rev. John Sutch officiating. Burial will be in the I.O.O.F. Cemetery. HOSPITAL NOTES Admitted Jan. 25: Judith Thomas of Sullivan, R. It. 4; Mont Pritchard of Shelburn; Mrs. Charles McClure of Sullivan, Admitted Jan. 26: Lewis Miller of South State Street. Admitted Jan. 27: Mrs. Emerson Thompson of Fairbanks, R. ,R. 1. Dismissed Jan. 25: Mrs. Ira Neal and daughter of 425 West Johnson Street; Mrs. Ed Garner and son of Oaktown, R. R. 2; Jesse Young of the County Infirmary. Dismissed Jan. 26: Geneva Brodie of South Bell Street; Mrs. Earl Newsome of West Jackson Street. Dismissed Jan. 27: Mrs. StarDismissed Jan. 27: Mrs. Starwood Moore of 325 South State Street; S. E. Peck of South Main Street; Mrs. Kenneth Stull and daughter of Sullivan, R. R. 5. fessiohal personnel in care and treatment methods, for education and the vital program of scientific research which is our only hope of finally wiping out this dread disease. The Girl Scouts placed in the following order, according to amounts collected: 1. Sara Ann Willis and Patty Pirtle; 2. Beverly Gallagher; 3. Jean Davis; 4. Ranelle Wible, Betsy Branstetter and June Stalcup; 5. Bevera Boyll; 6. Joann Pmkerton; 7, Tn Ann Vnr-A ' and Wilma Olson; 8. Mary Jane i Wible and Sue Chowning; 9. Martha Heidenreich; . 10. Patsy Thudium; 11. Edna Fisher; 12. Barhara BprfwelV 13 .TnHith

Shepherd; 14. Sue Reid; i5.!iHlners ua

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Lou Hadden; 16. Carolyn Sutch j runner-up trophy, the Panthers Bill Metheny, Ted Rilenge, Nick ! and Sally Organ; 17. Louise were led by Nick Bolinger, clever , Bolinger and Dick McHugh dur-j Alumbaugh; 18. Shirley Chown- guard, the like of which finalist ing all the Terre Haute games.! ing and Carolyn McCoy; 19. tournament fans had. not seen for with the exception of one occasDoris Birch; 20. Barbara Pier- many years. His coolness, delib- ion when Don Tincher entered

son; 21. Virginia Meisehhelder and Mary Aug; 22. Loretta Neal,

Donna Gott and Kate Prose; 23. Meeks Memorial trophy, a sportsCarol JMcKain, manship prize given annuallj bg

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TESTIFIES HE FORECAST P. II. ATTACK

WASHINGTON, Jan.!28. ( LT) Capt. E. M. Zacharias, a specialist in Naval Intelligence, testified today that he forecast the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor nine months before December 7,1941. -.7 .'';' -: . . i ' Zacharias told the Pearl, Harbor investigating committee he warned Adm. HudbandjEKirumell in March, 1941 that if Japan started a war with the tlinited States it likely would begin with a Sunday morning ah j attack on the fleet in Pearl Harbor. He said he didn't try .t6;predictf the exact date that

the attack would occur.

WOULD CONSIDER GEN. MARSHALL WASHINGTON, Jan. ;28UP) Chairman Brien McMahon, Democrat, Connecticut, of the Senate special committee on atomic energy, today "-.said he would be agreeable to considration of Gen. Georgia C, Marshall as a member of an atomic commission. j He expressed the view? after a representative of 1.500 atomic scientists and engineers asked for the "exclusion" of the nvlitary from policy-making, functions of such a commission. t'-'V-

NO ACTION ON AMASHITA APPEAL WASHINGTON, Jaiv28.-(UP)-The Supreme Court took no action today on appeal of Japanese General Tomo3niki Yamashita from his death sentence imposed by an American military commission In the Philippines for. war crimes. Since th;s was the first' decision day in two weeks, it had been thought possible that lit might rule on the case today. The court has been asked to rule on two appeals brought by Yamashita's U. S. Army lawyers'. ASK CONTINUANCE -OF ADMINISTRATION OF NAZIS WASHINGTON, Jan. 28.-(UP) The State DeDartment

has asked the War Department

tration ot occumed Germany at least until the end of 194(5, it was learned today. ' V The War Department had 'hoped to relinquish the task of actually running German economy and to exercise onlv police functions after July l; when." a civilian authority is scheduled to take over. . , .

Hold Services For Mrs. Ella Brodie Mrs. Ella Brodie, 71 years old, a former resident of Sullivan, died at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Emery Dilley of Paxton at 9:30 o'clock Saturday morning. Several nieces and nephews sur-r vive. The body was taken to the Railsback Funeral Home, where services were held at 2 o'clock this afternoon. Burial was in Center Ridge Cemetery. The Rev George Starkey officiated at the rites today. i DIES AT HOME OF DAUGHTER HERE Mrs. Sarah B. Gohman, age 84, a resident of Crawfordsville, Ind. for many years, , passed away Sunday morning at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Clyde' F. Peck of West Giles Street. Mrs. Gohman hart pomf t. e,uan th ,vc n make hef home wUh Mr gnd Mrs Peclt he body was prepared for hnrioi t the, vtuh- ci u v"i- -A.iih)Lstv.x a uncial Home and was taken to Crawfordsville this morning for neral services and interment. fu-

Linton Edges Scrapping Shelburn Five 40-39 To Win Valley Championship; Startling Upsets Feature Most Games

The Shelburn High School Panthers were the toast of Sulli van County today and their Wabash Valley basketball accomplishments were the talk of gatherings everywhere. The Panthers, , winners of the Shelburn center, rose to the finale of thirty-first Wabash VaK laye Tournament Saturday night by defeating Spencer, Clinton and Robinson, only to be denied victory in the fnal two minutes of the champion game by the Linton n ,T " n nn In addition to receiving the i erate basket-drive and aU-around : ability won him the Leslie J.

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Widespread Fires Claim 26 Lives (By Unnited Press) At least 26 persons were dead today as the result of major fires which swept through tenements and apartment houses in New York, Kansas City, Chicago, St. Louis and Skowhegan, Maine. Greatest loss of life was reported at Kansas City, Mo., where ten persons died in a blaze. NEW SUITS Ruel S. Chestnut, vs. Roselyn Lucille Chestnut. Complaint for divorce. Olney E. Sluder, vs. Roy Caton, Floy Caton. Complaint on account for unpaid rent. Charlotte Burcham vs. George Burcham. Complaint for divorce. REACHES STATES The U.S.S. Botteneau arrived "at Tacoma, Washington, Saturday. Aboard was Cpl. Max A. Blaker, Farmersburg. the Kiwanis Club of Terre Haute. Nearly three thousand fans witnessed the Miner triumph as they nosed out the Panther contingent which had the backing of more than two-thirds of the crowd which, during the journey to the final round, had come to "love" the small, victory-determined Shelburn team. Lead Changes 11 Times. Eleven times the lead changed hands during the final battle as the crowd went wild for their favorites. Coach F. E. Ward played his starting five Dick Sweet the frav for Rilenee when he received an ankle sprain in the first ' (Continued on Page CoL Z

Pay Impressive Tribute Sunday To Dr. Crowder

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Beautiful and impressive funeral services were conducted Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock honoring Dr. Joseph Reid Crowder, dean of the medical profession in Sullivan county, who died suddenly last Tuesday at New Symrna, Florida. Dr. Crowder's body arrived in Sullivan Saturday morning and was in state at the late residence where the final rites were held. Inter nment was made at Center Ridge Cemetery. The services were largely attended and a great profusion of floral tributes from far and near attested to the esteem in which he was held. Dr. Crowder would have, completed half a century of medical practice in this commun ity if he had lived "until next year. Several out-of-town phy-

sicians were present to pay tri- meat plants resumed production in a truce pact which sent bute to .their distinguished col- nearly 270,000 C. I. 0. and A. F. L. workers back to their jobs , league. . j ;n anticipation of raises expected to be recommended by a The Rev. Jack Masters of presidential fact-finding committee. The return of the pack- ' Bloomington, ind., former pastor inghouse employes, who called off an 11-day strike last Satof the Sullivan Presbyterian urday, fcut the total of strike-idled Americans to 1,600,000.

church officiated, assisted by Rev. Homer Weisbecker of Sullivan and Mrs. Tom Reid sang a beautiful hymn accompanied at the piano by Mrs. Rudolph Wernz. Sullivan county doctors served as honorary' pallbearers and acting pallbearers were J. Harve Crowder, Jr., Wallace Springer, William C. Jamison, Tom Reid," Lafe Stewart and der. W. H. Crowti Maiy J. Griffith, Lt. Pound Wed T ... ' ' ... In a smgle ring ceremony with RevJacR Anderson officiating, Mar Jane. Griffith;' became, the bride of Lt. Joe T.' Pound. 'The' marriage took place at two o'clock presence of relatives and a few friends. Their attendants were TSTnrmn Sincnn onH "William AKTo close friends of the bride and groom. The bride wore a street length dress of gold silk with a corsage of red roses and Miss Stinson's dress was rose wool. Her corsage was of white roses. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Milton Griffith and since graduation from Sullivan High School in 1944 she has been employed as a secretary with the Veterans Administration at Dayton. Ohio. The eroom is a son nf ' Mr. and Mrs. Ivy Pound of Terre Haute, formerly of Sullivan. Im-1 mediatelv after his pran-nati

from Sullivan High School ! ing two powerful Southern Ind1943 he entered training in the'iana Ath,etic Conference teams. Army Air Corps and has served' Tomorrow nigW Coach Keek's as a pilot overseas for several cagers wiU invade Vincennes to months. meet the Alices. Advance tickets After the ceremony the couple for tnis game wiu be on sale at left for a brief motor trip after the Principal's office at the high which Lt. Pound will report for scho1 and at Boyle's News 1 rtj .j mi ' . ail. . i

further duty February 4th. Becomes Citizen IOVELY FIIM STAR Maureen O'Hara is shown here signing her citizenship papers before Federal Judge J. F. T, O'Connor in Los Angeles, Calif., under her true name, Maureen Fitzsimmons Price, She was born in Rubfe imsSSS&IPS&U

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Lessens, Two Auto Concerns In Agreement May Provide Pattern For Settling Similar Disputes Meat Plants Resuming Production Today Power Strike; In Three States Called Off.

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The nation's packinghouse workers returned to work today as wage agreements of two auto makers raised hopes

of settling Day disputes in other fields. Government-seized

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yot to put them in moth balls, j Chrysler companies might mean The weatherman predicted a early settlements in other indusgeneral warming throughout the . tries Chrysler settled with the' upper half of the nation today hj A w for aa 18 and one-half with temperatures in the mid cent an hour waee boost an(S Ford

forties over most of the midwest and north central states. The mercury will keep rising today and. tomorrow he'said( ut wift faU. again t0 some extent by' the middle of the -week, . .- T' " " INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. 28 (UP) -Temperatures moderated over Indiana today after a week-end cold wave which sent the mer?ury to seven below zero. Low temperatures today ranged up P ward from 17 above zero, the marked recorded at the Indianapolls airport. Early yesterday it was seven below at South Bend. Plan Advance Ticket Sale For Vincennes Game 1 k"uivan scnooi s uojaen Arrows swinS Dack into hot bas" ketball competion this week, facaiana. ine varsity mi opens ai 8:00 p. m. The Vincennes club, rated one of the strongest representing that school in several years, is currently ranked high among Indiana teams and has turned in victories over several top notch clubs during the season. Meet Champs Friday On Friday night the Arrows will invade Linton for a game with their perennial rivals. Linton, darkhorse winner of the Wabash Valley tournament Sat urday, likewise looms as a high hurdle for the Sullivan cagers who have been working hard to gear themselves to spring an upset. Sullivan is undefeated in the S. I. A. C, having defeated Washington and Bloomington teams early in the season. INFANT SLOVER The infant daughter of Mr and Mrs. Walter Slover of Shelburn was stillborn at the Mary Sherman Hospital this morning at 10:40 o'clock.. The child is survived by the parents and the grandmothers, Mrs. Verna Slover of Shelburn and Mrs. Ethel Brantley of Fayetteville, North Carolina. The body was taken to the McHugh Funeral Home at Shel kiiin, hiUama d,nnAl nAmiinAi. ,,',11 '

be held tomorrow morning at nine j At a hearing on December 12, o'clock. Burial will be at the the company was ordered to reLittle Flock Cemetery.. i store passenger service bjr Feb. 1,

labor developi ments: 1. Livestock experts predicted that meat output would return to j normal by Thursday or Friday as C. I. O. and A. F.' L. packinghouse workers went back to work for the government. 2 Government officials nrcdieted that the wage agreements i , A r a... ' reacnea oexween i. u. auio .workers and the Ford and granted 18 cents. ' : 3. Two unions called off strikes which would have shut off power from nearly 3,500,000 users in Ohio! Virginia and. Kentucky., ' r. The week-oIr-'steefstrike. remained deadlocked, but labor sources believed the jndustry's case against an 18V;-cent an hour pay increase was weakened by the Ford and Chrysler settlements. 5. Eighteen railroad brotherhoods and 134 carriers agreed to submit their wage diferences to arbitration. The agreement affects about 85 per cent of the nation's railroad workers. 6. The Radio Coporation of America and the United Electrical

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Workers signed a contract calling for a 17'2-cent an hour wage increase for 8,000 R.C.A. workera at Camden, New Jersey. C. I. O. leaders hoped the agreement could be used as a formula for ending the strikes in 79 plants of General Electric, Westinghouse " and the electrical division of . General Motors. .

HOOSIER STRIKES (By United Press) Indiana's meat packing industry geared for full production again today as some 3,500 C. I. O. oacking house workers went back to work. Elsewhere, however,- strikes continued to tie up the steel industry, electrical appliance and automobile parts plants. An estimated 110,000 workers remained idle in the Hoosier state. The meat workers returned to their jobs under government supervision. They included an estimated 2.500 employes of the Kingan and Armour plants in Indianapolis and500 in Evansville. ILLINOIS CENTRAL FILES SUIT IN GREENE COUNTY The Illinois Central Railroad . Company, filed suit -., Friday in tne ureene circuit court against the Public Service Commission of Indiana, including members of the Commission, Gov. Ralph Gates and James Emmert, attorney general, in an effort to keep from resuming their passenger train schedule on Feb. 1., Counties affected, by this ser vice are Marion, Brown. Morgan, Monroe, Greene and Sullivan.