Sullivan Daily Times, Volume 48, Number 21, Sullivan, Sullivan County, 29 January 1946 — Page 1

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News Of Our Men AndWomei With The Colors

HEADING FOR STATES NAVAL STAGING CENTER,

PEARL HARBOR, T. H. William L. McCammon, Jr., seaman, f first class, Paxton, Ind., is getting ready to rejoin the ranks of civilians, together with thousands of others eoing through this

Naval demobilization headed for the States. center

EN ROUTE HOME t TEARL HARBOR, T. H. Pvt.

kv.rte;ii- E. Sanders. 323 -N. Chase'

i sireei, suiiivan, inu., is uue ui f 1,050 high-point Army veterans

wnom uie rtavy is iuuimuis ' the States for discharge aboard the U.S.S. Shamrock Bay, an escort carrier of the "Magic Carpet" fleet. This ship left f Yokohama, Japan, January 11,

V and was scheduled to arrive 4 , i t on

in 1 Cattle anoui January PROMOTED . FORT SILL, Okla. John Birkh, Sullivan, inaiana, nas ueeu . .l. m.u ain Iiun graae ai me r iciu ri- . . . . . llerv School at f ori am, wnere aiery otnoui ai , he is stationed with the Field Arillery Motor Pool Detachment,

CL"LT m ,. .nVof the slaying. Both were held on

thir daughter Vaughn , 10, open charge, for. further quesnow are residing at 604 Gore uo.g- T .

boulevard, Lawton, Oklahoma. 1 Mrs. Birkla's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Herman Zellars, reside at itillivan, Indiana. In civjlian life 1 - , Ttlul.tn ....... A fKIKAM frtW -urijorai ouiwa was a ui,ivci iui lh Silver Floet Systrm bf 'Indiknapolis, Indiana. "Back To C fl iwies. BATTLESHIP DISCHARGE" Clyde (Mac) McMillan, Jr., btty Officer Second Classt U. S. . R son pr wr r-ma Mrs. uiyae cMillafi of Indianapolis, has arved at his home there. He re ived his "battleship discharge' the Naval Separation Center, reat Lakes, Illinois, on January Uh, 1946, having completed 35 onths service. He entered service February 1th, 1943 and had 27 months sea uty on the U.S.S. Sub-chaser 1)38,' serving 18 months of this me In the South Pacific. As onarman in charge of the undwater sound equipment of the favy's major weapon in anti-sub Tarfare, he saw duty in the Mar:alls, Gilberts, Marianas, and llau Islands. After his 30-day rehbilitation leave, he was asfcned to Radio Technicians' bhool at Navy Pier, Chicago, as i instructor 'until the time of his scharge. - SAILOR DISCHARGED GREAT LAKES, 111. Among rsons discharged from the naval rvice on January 23, 1946 at this nter whose homes are located in hdiana, was: Shelburn Edward P. Pearison, M 3c (T) (CB). ATTERBURY DISCHARGES CAMP ATTERBURY, Indiana, -Among Indiana men discharg1 at the Atterbury Separation enter recently were: T4 Owren A. King, RFD 1, tagger. Pfc. James L. McCammon, RFD Carlisle: Pfc. Lester P. Woods, Hymera. TSgt. Elmer W. Norris, Fairnks. Pfc. William L. Davis, RFD 2, lelburn. - T5 Vernal E. Power, Shel:rn. SSgt. Hubert E. Samm, RFD Shelburn. Pfc. Wiley McCammon, RFD 1, :llivan. T5 Ernest W. Tarrh, Box 76, xton. Major .John E. Bennett, Air rps, R. R. 2, Carlisle. (Continued on Page 4, Col. 3).

illS PARI Iff KIDNAP OF CHILD, POLICE SKEPTICAL

Reveal New Turn In Degnan Case Today; Accused, Accomplice Also Under Questioning. CHICAGO. Jan. 29. (UP) A former reformatory "inmate told police today that his roommate and another man were the kid napers of six-year-old Suzanne Degnan. The informant was Theodore Campbell, 22, who said he had planned the kidnaping with . the two others but had not participated in it. Campbell named Vincent Costello, 18, as one of the two kidnapers, but Costello denied it and police were skeptical. The Deenan child was carried "away from her home near Lake Michigan early in the morning of January 7 by a kidnaper who left a ransom note demanding $20,000 but killed her and dismembered her body without trying to collect. While police were inclined to doubt Campbell's story, they - . . - . amckened their investieation af- ? . ,. , , . th c beU and Costen0 .... , . " " k.v " "f "a s- "r". " 01 amPDeu for nearly nine Formes Resident Of Dueger Dies: Hold Rites Today Martin Oberholtzer, a former resident of Dugger, ' died at the home of his son, Bert Oberholtzer in Kenoshat Wis., on Jan. 23, according to word received here. He was born in Owen county on November 6, 1876, the son or Jacob and Katherine Mass Oberholtzer and was 69 years, two months and 17 days of age. He was first married to Mary Alice Hawley, who died in 1904 and later married Grace Comber, who died in 1917. Children surviving are: Fred Oberholtzer of Tuscon, Ariz., Mrs. Gertrude Bledsoe of bugger, Bert Oberholtzer of Kenosha, Wis., Mrs. Lucile Ballard of Tombstone, Ariz., and a sister, Mrs. Lucy Shonk of Lawrenceville,. 111. The body was sent to the Newkirk Funeral Home in Pleasantville and later returned to the home of the daughter, Mrs. Gertrude Bledsoe in Dugger where funeral services were held this afternoon at 1 o'clock. Burial was made in the Dutch Bethel Cemetery near Freedom. The service was in charge of ' Rev. Homberger. TAYLOR-OWENS Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Taylor of Linton, are announcing the mar-1 riage of their daughter, Wyona, to John K. Owens, Jr., $on of John Owens of Sullivan, which took place at the home of Rev. Hoar, I January 22nd at 9:30 p. m. The' vows were heard by Rev. Hoar. Miss Barbara Brown and Donald Page acted as attendants. I The bride wore a street length! dress of aqua satin with black accessories and a corsage of American Beauty rosebuds. Mrs. Owens attended the Lin-ton-Stockton high school. Mr. Owens served 20 months in the United States Merchant Marine. HOSPITAL NOTES Admitted Jan. 27: Mrs. Perle Fisher of 317 North Broad Street. Admitted Jan. 28: Mrs. Otto Jewell of Farmersburg, R. R. 1; Mrs. Leo Woodard of 120 East Jackson Street. Dismissed Jan. 28: Mrs. Frank Huff and daughter of 521 North Olive Street; Mrs. William Garlic and son of Shelburn, R. R. 1.

Many World War II Vets Reappear In Local Firms Many well-remembered faces are returning to Sullivan business houses following discharge from military service. Some who you are now seeing again are: Wayne Lloyd, who with his sister, Emagene, has now assumed the management of their late father's business, the Lloyd Motor Sales. Wayne served fifteen months in Germany with an Army field artillery observation battalion. He held the rank of Warrant Officer. Dale Pirtle, also a former Army man, is again in his post at the Maxwell-Brown Shoe Co., and Bob Weathers, a wartime Naval Ensign, is back at the Brown Jewelry Store. ' J. C. Penney and Company seems familiar these days with C. W. Shoptaw, Marine veteran, and Chester Alumbaugh, no longer an Army GI, now back in their pre-war duties. - Jesse Mason, veteran of some of the bloodiest Marine PTO warfare, and Herbert Badger, who saw European service, are again servicing autos at Custer's Marathon Station. One of the first vets to return to Sullivan business houses was John Vickrey, long associated in the service station business with his father, the late Harry Vickrey. After having been seriously injured, John was medically discharged and again became . engaged in his former occupation here at Hud's Standard Station. Claude Ford now has the able help of his son, Duane, who returned to civilian status via honorable discharge after long overseas service with the Army Air Forces. Formerly of the victorious' American Army, Don Willis is also now a private citizen and back with the Index Notion Co.', Many others are returning daily to their former jobs here. '

I RECALL TRAGIC I MINE DISASTER I 15 YEARS AGO ' '- Monday was the fifteenth anniversary of one of the greatest calamities in the coal fields of this area. Twenty-eight lives were lost in a gas explosion at Little Betty Mine, in Jefferson township, on January 28, 1931. Two others suffered severe injuries, and j seven escaped alive after being imprisoned in the gas filled mine ' for more than sixteen hours. The catastrophe brought to the scene many relief workers, not only to aid in releasing the seven miners found alive, the two injured and in recovering the bodies of the dead, but the Red Cross and other organizations immediately came to the relief of the distressed families of the ill-fated miners. Following is a list of all the victims of this great disaster: Henry Metz, Linton; Jesse Templeton, Linton; Lotus Mitchell, i Pleasantville; Otto Hale, Pleasantville; Earl Bedwell, Dugger; John Letot, Linton; Girthcl Jackson, Linton; Johnny McPhail, Linton; Everett Bedwell, Linton; John Suthard, Jr., Linton; James Mitchell, Pleasantville; Leo Hoffeditz, Dugger; Julian Letot, Linton; Ralph Enochs, Pleasantville; Homer Robinson, Pleasantville; Andy Witterbottom, Sullivan; Martin Donie, Sullivan; William Boswell, Linton; William Brown, Scottstown; Clarence Cooper, Dugger; Hughy Cross, Dugger; Charles Centers, Linton; Hubert Butler, Sullivan; Clarence McQuery, Jasonville; Dean Phipps, Linton; Don Newkirk, Linton; Hallie Herod, Linton and George Neal, Linton. . . Those rescued alive were Lotus Hale, Herman Brown, Ben Snyder, Jewie Wellington, William Bedwell, Charles Lowe, and Jess Grouse. WILL OBSERVE GOLDEN WEDDING ANNIVERSARY Mr. and Mrs. Percy Wolfe, who live six miles southwest of Carlisle, will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary ' Sunday, February 10th at their home. Details of the observance will be announced later,

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RESCUE 40-MAN CREW OF SHIP ADAK, Aleutian Islands, Jan. 29. (UP) A small Navy rescue tug has rescued the 'forty-man crew of the r,100-ton refrigerator ship, Crown Reefer, wrecked off Anchitka Island Sunday, the 17th Naval District announced today. The refrigerator ship loaded with perishable for the Army at Kodiak, was throwij on the rocks on Kirilof Point. Anchitka, at the height of a Violent storm. "All officers and crewmen were removed from the Crown Reefer by a rescue

tug," the Navy announced.' No

civilian passengers reported aboard the ship, but it was presumed they were saved, i

SETTLE LONG STRIKE OF TRUCK DRIVERS . WASHINGTON, Jan. 29. (UP) The Labor Department announced today that the 73-day-old strike of 7,300 Midwestern truck drivers has' been settled. The Labor Department said- the drivers would return to work tomorrow. ?A The Department said that 114 companies signed agreements with the International Brotherhood of Teamsters last night at Ft. Dodge, Iowa. Originally 144 companies in 12 states were involved in the disputes. Twenty-nine companies had signed since the strike began last November 15. Last night's total left one company unsigned. No details of the agreement were revealed by the Labor Department. j

INTRODUCE BILL TO EXTEND O.P.A. WASHINGTON, Jan. 29 (UP) A bill to extend the life of the OPA for another year beyond next June 30 was introduced in the House today. The measure was introduced by Chairman Brent Spence, D., Ky., of the House banking and currency committee. ) Spence plans to begin committee hearings on the bill next Tuesday with OPA Chief Chester Bowles as the first witness. . j UNITED NATIONS NAME SECT-GENERAL LONDON, Jan. 29. (UP) The United Nations Security Council tonight unanimously nominated Trygve Lie, Norwegian foreign minister, to be the first secretarv-general of the world peace organization.

ROUNDUP OF TERRORISTS IN HOLY LAND JERUSALEM, Jan. -29. (UP) British authorities threatened death for every member of Palestine's outlawed Jewish armies today and decoyed thousands of troops and police for wholesale roundup lof terrorists throughout the

Moving swiftly to forestall

break that veteran observers feared might prove the bloodiest in the mandate's history, the British invoked what amounted to military Jaw for all Palestine.

inion Clarifies Authority Of Two

Commissioners,

To Transact Business Of The County !

County Auditor James McGar- .tinger was "named by the County vey has been advised by the Council, which then had the State Board of Accounts that it authority for such appointment, is their belief that there would be to fill Mr. McClure's unexpired no question but what two mem- term. The issue involved conbers of the County Board of cerns whether or not Mr. GetCommissioners, so Ion? as th 1 ti

two members are in agreement, wouia oe authorized to award i contracts or perform any other necessary business for the county. Mr. McGarvey had written to the state authorities seeking clarification of the legal authority of the present board of County Commissioners inasmuch as one of the three seats on the board is in dispute at this time and the letting of a number of county contracts And transaction of other business was postponed this month until the next regular meeting of the board next Monday. In reply to the letter from Mr. MdGarvey, C. E. Ruston, State Examiner for the Board df Accounts also pointed out, however, that if .disagreement existed between the other two members of the board then any procedure of awarding a contract or transacting any business' would be questioned. In giving the 'opinion Mr. Ruston cited section 26-601 of Burns 1933 Supplement, which is the 1945 Acts, Chapter 261, providing in part as follows: "There shall be organized in each county in this state a board of commissioners for transacting county business to consist of three qualified electors any twoJ of whom shall be competent to do business, to be elected by the qualified electors of the several counties respectively at the general elections ..." The dispute as to the duly qualified member of the board from the first district arose after the board appointed Dr. G. D. Scott of Sullivan to fill the second term of the late Clarence (Lib) McClure which began January first of this year. At the time of the death of Mr. McClure last February, George D. Pet-

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mention was made of several n tlivenfpnel toi-rm-ict outIf In Agreement. elude the second term to which Mr. McPh and litigation concerning who is the legally qualified appointee is now pending in the Sullivan circuit court. Confirm Russia To Get Kuriles WASHINGTON, Jan. 29. (UP) Secretary of State James F. Byrnes said today it was agreed secretly at the Yalta conference to give Russia permanent possession nf ia Tfiirila Tolarvrla iVih of vn"h northward from Japan toward the Aleutians. ' He said the decision will be formalized in the eventual Allied peace treaty with Japan. Rwn , rfi n,,0c!Q claims of permanent possession of the KurileS. Elks Initiate . Large Class The Sullivan -Elks Lodge last night initiated one of the largest classes in their history, a total of 21 men making up the class. A numoer oi reiurnea servicemen were included. A six-thirty

supper at the lodge preceded the Theda May Kendricks vs. Tellinitiation services. New mem- man K Kendricks. Complaint for

Ders are: Riley R. Greenwood, Carl O. Wright, Wm. W. Carter, Jas. R. Carter, Robert E. Matthew J. Berry, nenaerson,; J. Howard Telfer, Jack W. Brown, Wm. O Brown, John W. Harris, Perry I. Harris, Robt. Clarkson Jr., Wm. A. Clarkson, John D. Gettinger, David Giles, Francis D. Ford, Wm. G. Phillips, Hubert W. Davis, Jack N. Fisher, Jas. E. Birch, Eldon O. Engle.

DEATH SUMMONS HARRY HOPKINS

Confidant Of World Leaders Plagued By III Health Since 1938. NEW YORK, Jan. 29. (UP) Harry Hopkins, who was the confidant of presidents, prime ministers and dictators throughout the world, but never lost his touch with the common man, died today in Memorial Hospital. Hopkins, plagued by ill health since 1938, was 56 years old. He had been under treatment here for the last 11 weeks, but Dr. SS'JS0 tri thJ

his illness was "obscure." i federal labor mediator in an effort to end the stoppage. The man who was constantly at' Announcement of the scheduled meeting was made afthe side of the late President ter James F. Dewejv special mediator sent to Detroit by SecFranklin D. Roosevelt during his retary of Labor Lewis B. Sclnvellenbach, mot with each more than three terms resigned party separately. his $15,000-a-year job last July , to "take a rest." He returned lat-; rjy United Press)

er, however to become a special, Dr. Rhoads said the nature of Hopkins' illness could not be determined "until further facts are available." There was no im mediate announcement as to whether an autopsy would be per formed. The Memorial Hospital specializes in cancer cases. Funeral arrangements were to be announced later. Mayor Tells Rotary About Housing Needs Pointing to housing' and the securing of industry as the two most important matters before the city of' Sullivan at this time, Mayor Arthur McGuire, in an address before the Sullivan Rotary Club at its luncheon meeting Monday noon, asked the club to take the lead in setting up a housing survey. City Councilman Lowell Willis was program chairman for the (meeting and introduced the speaker. "When the conditions are such that a veteran cannot find a place to live in our community, we are not successfully performing our duty," the Mayor said, as he called upon the Rotary . to g.lve the matter serious consideration. The club, through its acting president, Tom C. Brown, promised action, in launching a systematic survey of the situation. The speaker called attention to the street paving and resurfacing program that had been carried on in Sullivan during the few years preceding the war and said that an average of one hundred persons were given jobs on these Sullivan projects for a number of years. Stressing the fact that there are no suitable factory buildings in Sullivan and that this fact was h?.erin,g , df ive ? obtlin additional industry here, he suggesiea xnat locai capixai conB,uei l"c ft"" one 5 moreus"c" gsnerTal p,ur" Pose factory buildings. In closin his, remarks' he sfld': 7.n ,aiie i many appdicn udiiuiicaps Dusmess is gooa ana imure prospects are good. Extensive coal development is under way and more is sure to come. Let's keep right after our two big problems housing and jn,dustry." NEW SUITS 0scar N Ladson VS- Mary A. tjI n A.a divorce, custody and support. Change of venue from Superior f!nnrt Vieo Countv. Indiana. Glad s Lowe VS- Kenneth R. -f nl rnmnlaint fnr damages. MARRIAGE LICENSES Guy D. Wright, Sullivan, dis charged veteran and Betty J Butler, Sullivan, at home.

Appointment Of Gov't

Med

iator For G -

Strike Buoys

Report Renewed Efforts To Settle Great Steel Strike Announce "Substantial Agreeement" In M i d w e s t Trucking Strike Stocks Go Up.-

BULLETIN! (By United Press) The first major break came today in the bitter 70-day TTnitn1 AiitimnViilo Wnvl-arc P.TfU ctviVo QO-nirKsf fjpnornl

Motors when the union and company agreed to meet with a

jIopes for labor peace rose of a government mediator in

reports of new efforts to settle a far-reaching strike in the steel industry. Across the nation, strikes and shutdowns have idled 1,600,000 American workers. In tne maj01. labor develop-

LAST CALL FOR DISCARDED CLOTHES A "last call" for uset? clothing and shoes to be sent to the war sufferers of Europe and Asia was issued today by James A. Hankins, chairman of this humanitarian effort in Sullivan county. Mr. Hankins pointed out that donations locally have lagged and time is short as the clothing collection, which is being undertaken throughout the nation, closes January . 31. The city hall is'the collection depot and all articles contributed either by individuals or organized groups should be properly boxed for shipment. Joseph Mitchell Dies At Home , Near Shelburn SHELBURN, Ind., Jan. 29 Joseph Mitchell, 67 years oldk died at his home, two miles north of here, at nine o'clock Monday morning. He is survived by two sons, Paul of Farmersburg and Lyle of Ashland, Ohio; one sister, Mrs. Sarah Atkinson of Farmersburg; one brother, George Mitchell of Indianapolis and two grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at the McHugh Funeral Home at 10:30 o'clock Wednesday morning. Burial will be in Liberty Cemetery. JJOHN W. SEVIER John W. Sevier, 71 years old, died at the residence, 1228 South Eleventh and One-half Street, in Terre Haute, at 9:30 o'clock last night. He is survived by the wid ow, Lydia; two daughters, Mrs. Geneva Chaney and Mrs. Dorothy Johnston, both of Terre Haute;, one son, uuy bevier ot aorte, Ind.; four sisters, Mrs. Martha Hummell, Mrs. Kate Thom Mrs. Creasey Snow and Sarah Marshall, all of Sultan; three brothers, James, E , ard and Thomas of R. R. 3, St, an. TRIES SUICIDE CHICAGO, Jan. 29 Warden Frank J. Sain of Cook County Jail said that Hans Max Haupt, father of the executed Nazi saboteur, and himself convicted of treason, had stabbed himself 12 times in the abdomen and left wrist with a barber's shears. Doctors at the County Jail, where Haupt was treated, said his condition was only "fair", but indicated, it was not critical. LEWIS CLAIMS TURNING POINT IN HISTORY OF LABOR MIAMI, Fla., Jan. 9. (UP) John L. Lewis, back in the American Federation of Labor with his 600,000 United Mine Workers, today said the reaffiliation "indicates a definite turning point in the history of labor."

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today wilh the appointment the General Motors dispute and ments: 1. Secretary of Labor Lewis Schwellenbach sent James Dewey to Detroit as special mediator in the strike of 175.000 General Motors workers. Dewey said he hoped to confer with GM and CIO United Auto Workers officials this afternoon. 2. President Philip Murray;, of the CIO Steel Workers and President Benjamin F. Fairless of U. S. Steel Corporation were in Washington, but they denied reports they had agreed to resume wage-price conferences at the White House. 3. Senator Milton R. Young, R., North Dakota, said "substantial agreement" has been reached in the 73-day Midwest Trucking strike. He said AFL teamsters probably would return to work Wednesday. 4. CIO and AFL packinghouse workers went back to government-seized meat plants, but a CIO leader threatened a new strike against Armour and Company. The union accused the company of delaying the return of . workers to their jobs. 5. Ford Motor Co. offered a 15 per cent pay increase to 19,000 employes not covered by the wage agreement reached with the UAW Saturday. Easing of the labor crisis sent stock market prices soaring to their best level in more than 15 years yesterday. A rise in steels reflected a feeling that the steel strikes might soon be over. KRAFT EMPLOYES ATTEND SAFETY MEET The need for developing safeminded employees was brought to a sharp focus at a safety meeting of Kraft Foods Company Indiana Plants held in Indianapolis recently. Attending the meeting were D. G. Catin Satety Committee Chairman and Robert Hoesman, Safety Inspector of the Kraft Foods Company plant at Sullivan. Forty employees, representing all Kraft Plants in the Indiana Production Division, were at the meeting. Motion pictures supplied by the National Safety Council, which stressed the costly effects of accidents in American industries, were featured during the day long meeting. Employees of the Sullivan Kraft plant have made a good safety record in the past year, according to Paul Johnson, local manager, who adds that the Safety Committee and employees are working toward the GOAL of top award for the plant in the Divis ion having the best safety record in 1926. BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT Mr. and Mrs. Ermil Cooksey of Farmersburg,. R. R. 1, are the parents of a son, Nickolas Kent, born at the Mary Sherman Hospital January 28th. ;: