Sullivan Daily Times, Volume 48, Number 81, Sullivan, Sullivan County, 23 April 1946 — Page 1

SHOWERS, COOLER' ; Indiana:. Showers in extreme i south portion. Partly cloudy central and north portions. Cooler tonight. Wednesday fair in north portion; partly cloudy south; showers and cooler extreme south. r HOME DAILY Only daily! newspaper published f . tn Sullivan County, The Ttaes ' offers excellent coverage f or its - advertisers. VOL. XLVIII No. 81 UNITED PRESS SERVICE SULLIVAN, INDIANA TUESDAY, APRIL 23, 1946. PRICE THREE CENTS INTERNATIONAL PICTURE SERVICE

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EN ROUTE TO STATES MANILA Private First Class James L. Ammerman, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lyman Ammerman of Route 3, Sullivan, Ind., is now en routa to the States from the 5th Replacement Depot . Disposition Center near Manila for his discharge from the Army under current readjustment regulations. Entering the Army in January 1945, Pfc. Ammerman arrived overseas at Manila last May to serve with the 37th Infantry Division. For his Army service, he is authorized to Wear the Asiatic-Pacific Theater ribbon with .one Campaign Star, Combat Infantryman Badge, , Philippine Liberation ribbon with one Campaign. Star and the World War II Victory Medal ribbon. Pfc. Ammerman's wife, Helen, and their children, Sally and Phyllis, reside at the above address. - "Back To Civvies." SAILORS DISCHARGED '.. GREAT LAKES, 111. Among , persons discharged from the naval service on April 18th, 1946 at this center whose homes are located in Indiana were: Clovis D. Clouse, S 1c, RFD -2, ' Shelburn. . ". " J. H. Gambill, Sr., S 2c, 422 . N Olive St.,; Sullivan., t 1..I..CHAS..1TDAY HOMt . Pvt. Charles Lyday ! received his discharge from the Army April 16 and is now at home. Pvt. Lyday served with Co. C Engineers in Belgium, Franco and Geri many. , He received two bronze stars, ' the EANE theater ribbon and the , American theater ribbon. STUDENTS ADVISED TO FILE ADMISSIONS FOR I. U. AT ONCE r Sullivan County high school seniors and graduates planning to enter Indiana University in September are advised to file

n admission applications at once,

according to letters received by county , high school principals from the University. "'Indiana University is receiving such a flood of applications for September that the admission of non-residents already

K: has been restricted," William H.

1 1 Strain,' acting director of admissions at the University, has writ-

) ten the principals. "Residents of i Indiana who wish to enter the University this fall should file application at. once so that they can be admitted and can" re- , serve housing while there still " are rooms available. The capacity of housing and instructional ; facilities will determine how many can bs accommodated this , fall." ' TTnivprcifu- nffiHnls have said

P every1 effort will be made to

take care of students, including of Indiana. The present enroll-

Y ment is 7,839, including 6,238 v students on -.. the Bloomington

j campus. Permanent dormitories and fraternity and sorority houses are described as at capaci ity approximately 300 married v. veterans live in a campus trailer village, tve largest existing at ,'.any: school in the country, more

Vthan 600 single men, mostly vetI eraQsjN are being accommodated

im temporary dormitories brought I ' frm war plant areas, upwards L of ra) single men, also veterans, J are h-ii;pH 5n a rfnwn-tnwn

. building which formerly was the Bloomingto USO, and 12 temporary dormitories, also from war piant areas ano. designed for 600 ( men, are beine ro.PiwtoH nn ip campus. aced with the prospect that enrollment in September will in- ; crease to beyond 10,000 students ( and the Bloomington study body will reach above 8,100, University officials are scouring the middle west and beseiging Federal housing agencies for addif tional facilities.

nrnnroT KKA KtUUtA mW mm tw FOR COAL IS LEFT IIP 11) OPERATORS Ask 500,000 Tons Of Soft Coal Monthly For Overseas Relief. WASHINGTON, April 23 (UP) The striking United Mine Workers (A.F.L.) said today the answer to an UNRRA request for 500,000 tons of soft coal monthly for overseas relief was up to the mine operators. The request was made yesterday by UNRRA Director General F. H. LaGuardia. Industry sources already . have - indicated the operators would let ihe miners make the first move. "The miners don't own the mines," said K. C. Adams, editor of the U. M. W. Journal and spokesman for U. M. W. -Presi dent John L. Lewis. "They possess no authority leg ally, financially or otherwise to order a resumption of production. Assails LaGuardia. "Certainly the public ought to know by now that if LaGuardia knows no more about European needs and public charities than his concept of the transit situa-j tion while mayor (of New York City) his junk is publicity stuf." Adams said Lewis had left to-i day for Hazelton, Pa., where he j will address the U. M. W. anthracite convention tomorrow. LaGuardia offered in letters to the union and the coal operators to pay the difference between present soft coal prices and those resulting from any wage increases that might come out of the currently-stalled negotiations for a new bituminous contract. Hope To Reach Goal In Cancer Control Drive First reports in the - campaign throughout Indiana to raise $282,120 to be used to fight cancer are encouraging it was learned here today by the committee which is sponsored by Delto Theta Tau sorority. William H. Ball, Muncie, general chairman of the Indiana Cancer Society's drive, has informed the local chairman that with increased giving and gifts from many persons who did not contribute a year ago, there is a good chance that the $282,120 goal can be reached. "The . tragedy of so many deaths caused by cancer has awakened all Indiana to the realization that something must be done, "Mr. Ball said, "In spite of greatly improved diagnosis and treatment, cancer is on the increase in our state and money is needed immediately for education and research." Mr. Ball pointed out that 18,012 persons in Indiana have died from cancer in the past four years. It is announced1 that $386.25 of the local campaign goal of $1224.40 has been reached. Volunteer workers are urging all residents of the county to give as generously as possible in order that the local effort will succeed. CITY COURT NEWS Eunice Morgan was fined $1 and costs and sentenced to ten days in jail in the city court yesterday. He was charged with public intoxication. Ike Stinnett was sentenced to ten days in jail when arraigned in city court yesterday on a similar charge. , MARRIAGE LICENSES , Delbert Harris, New Lebanon, section laborer, and Marie Stewart, 47 South Harrison Street, Sullivan, housekeeper. NEW SUITS 1 John Paul Jones vs. Betty

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Name Directors, Officers For Youth Canteen

At the annual meeting of the senior members of Youth Recreation, Inc., held at the Dart 'n Arrow Canteen building last Wednesday evening, the Board of Directors by proper amendment was enlarged from six to nine. The following' , persons were elected Directors: For the term of three years, E. F. Springer, D. H. Brown and Will H. Hays, Jr.; for the term of two years, W. B. Springer; and for the term of one year, Rita Kearney. After the membership meeting the Board of Directors held an annual meeting, and elected the following officers for one year, namely: President, Will H, Hays, Jr.; Vice-president, E. F. Springer; Secretary, John S. Taylor; and Treasurer, C. E. Fisher. Supervisor Gabor Takats was present at the Directors' meeting and reported activities of the Canteen. Vote of appreciation for his splendid work as well as a vote of confidence in' his ability to properly conduct the work successfully were given. President Hays discussed briefly the coming annual election of officers of Dart'n Arrow, and he was directed to proceed with the arrangements for. such election, including, an active campajgn for increase of membership that the old and. new members, together may share in the privilege and resDonsibility of electing the officers for the coming year. ; .The election- is to be held May 7, 1946. ", M mm l LIONEL ATWILL, : STAR OF STAGE s AND SCREEN DIES HOLLYWOOD, . April 23 Lionel Atwill, 61 years old, vet eran stage and screen actor, died at his Pacific Palisades home Monday night from a pneumonia attack. , Atwill, born in Croydon, England, was educated at - Mercer's School in London and started his stage career there in 1904. After a long career in the legitimate theater, he came to Hollywood and entered motion pictures in 1932. ' . v Among his better known state plays were "The Walls of Jericho," "The Little Minister" and "Hedda Gabler." His motion picture included The Silent Witness," "Mystery of. the Wax Museum," "Song of Songs," "Nana," "Firebird," "Captain Blood," "Son of Frankenstein," "The Three Musketeers," "Hound of the Baskervilles," "Secret of Dr. Kildare," "Sherlock Holmes" and the "Secret Weapon" and many others. Airlines Hero 5 JOE KELLEY of New York, pilot of an Eastern Airlines transport plane, forced his craft into a steep dive in order to avoid colliding with an unidentified military aircraft near Philadelphia. Several passengers were thrown from their seats in the near collision, but they sustained only slight injuries, i mim, (Inteinational

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CRAZED U. S. SAILOR SHANGHAI, April 23. amuck aboard an amphibious

Yantze River today and killed nine American Navy seamen and wounded another. The crazed sailor was armed with a carbine, a revolver and a knifW A Navy announcement said the madman killed nine seamen and wounded another before he was overpowered. He attempted to take his own life, the Navy said, but was finally overpowered. - t'i ' The seaman was William Vl:Smith, Asheville, North Carolina. He was on watch on the LST 172 last night and about three o'clock this morning entered the sleeping compartment of the ship where thirty of his; shipmates were asleep. Smith turned on the light and opened up with a .30 carbine, firing about twenty shots. He also started firing with a .22 caliber revolver and stabbed some seamen with his knife. Kenneth M. Stalnecker, Seaman 2c, Reading, Pa., and another seaman who was wounded grappled with the crazed man. Despite his wound the unnamed seaman managed to tear the guns from Smith's hands. Stalnecker then floored him with a blow from a metal bench. The unnamed sailor died of his wounds almost immediately after Smith was subdued. Stalnecker was uninjured. Smith was known to his shipmates as a silent, introspective person. He left the '-United States in February 1946, and joined the ship in March. He was believed to have gone aft and obtained the ship's, carbine from the cabin of a gunnery officer who was on watch. The revolver was his personal weapon and had been concealed in his effects. Names of the victims will not be released by the Navy until their next of kin have been notified.

APPROVES BILL TO MERGE ARMED FORCES I WASHINGTON, April 22.--(UP) The Senate Military Affairs committee today approved the bill to merge the armed services under a single department of common defense. The vote was ten to one. . The measure, drafted by a three-man subcommittee after lengthy hearings, would eliminate the present secretaries of war and navy. They would be replaced by a single Secretary of Common Defense. 1 f , Committee Chairman Elbert D. Thomas, D., Utah, said only 11 of the committee's 18 members were recorded in today's roll call. He said . the others vill be given an opportunity to be recorded if thejr desire. Thomas said he expected a dissent to be written by Senator Styles Bridges, R., New-Jj?unpshiret Bridges yesterjday introduced a substitute proposal to establish a new .cabinet office of "Secretary for Air," create a Council of Common Defense including the Secretaries of State, War, Navy and Air ,and establish the wartime joint chiefs of staff on a permanent basis. . Bridges, a member of the committee, did not vote today. It was learned that Sen. Thomas R. Hart, R., Conn., cast the lone dissenting vote. Hart, a retired Admiral, commanded the U. S. Asiatic fleet at the time of Pearl Harbor.

DAVTESS CORONER RETURNS VERDICT IN MORGAN DEATH WASHINGTON, Ind., April 23 Coroner Walter S. Williams returned a verdict Monday of "cause unknown" in the death of Mrs. Mildred Morgan, 46, whose body' was found in her burning home April 14. Mrs. Morgan's body was found in the early morning hours after she and her husband, Arthur, 68, had visited Washington taverns. Morgan was found lying in the yard of the home with eleven axe wounds in the head. He was reported still in a critical condition in Daviess county hospital. . Presecutor Jack Hays said he would call the grand jury to investigate the death. . 1 LOCAL RESIDENT REPORTS THEFT OF AUTOMOBILE A black 1936 Oldsmobile coupe belonging to Claude Turner was stolen Saturday night. The automobile was parked on U. S. Highway 41, near the business district, it was reported. The license number of the car was 203506. Anyone with information ab6ut the car is asked to call at 227 West Giles Street. BAPTIST WOMEN'S SPRING CONFERENCE A meeting of the Baptist women of the Curry's Prairie Association of Churches will be held at the Sullivan .Baptist Church Thursday from 10 a. m. to 3 p. m., with a covered dish lunch at noon. Speakers from the State Office and the Association will be present, with the missionary work of the denomination presented. All are invited. TOLL OF THE SEA GLOUCESTER, Mass. (UP) It's estimated that 1,000 ships and 8,000 men have been lost at sea since Gloucester's fishing industry was established in 1630.

SLAYS NINE SHIPMATES (UP) An armed sailor ran

boat of the 7th Fleet in the LARSEN-SLUDER Mr. and Mrs. Charles L. Sluder of Shelburn, R. R. 2, have announced the marriage of their son, Donell Dean to Corinne Larsen of Salt Lake City, Utah. The wedding took place at the home of the bride's parents Saturday evening, April 20th. Mr. and Mrs. Sluder will reside in Salt Lake City where they are both employed. Sets New Record CAPT. M. L. SMITH, Kidder, Mo., is shown alighting from his Army P-80 fighter plane after setting a sensational speed record for the 220-mile flight from New York to Washington, D. C Smith piloted his jet-propelled craft over the course in 27 minutes 30 seconds, more than cutting in half the , previous record made by Alexander de Seversky. In 1938 Seversky flew it in 53 minutes and 33 second, J (InierMtlon

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Baseball Club Elects Officers;

Opener May 5th At the Sullivan baseball rally held at the City Hall last night, plans were laid for the coming season. Carl Taylor was named as manager and he named "Sailor" Ferree and Guy Cochran as his coaches. Hubert Sevier was elected president of the club; Wayne Pierce, secretary and treasurer; Charles Benefiel, business manager; and Eddie Scully, scorekeeper. Manager Taylor has asked all persons interested in baseball to be at the new diamond just north of the high school football field at 4:30 p. m. Wednesday to help prepare the field for the opening game of the season. The highly touted Great Lakes Steel nine of Terre Haute will furnish the opposition for the opening game May 5th. The playing field has been turned around and bleachers are going to be placed around the field. Later in the season it is planned to install lights for night ball. Manager Taylor has promised to put a young, fighting team on the field this season, and has issued a call to all boys who wish to try out to be at the field at 2:00 p. m. Sunday. Sullivan has entered the Western Indiana League, which consists of 11 topnotch teams in the Valley. The team will be known as The Merchants. Indiana Coal Mine Production For '45 Announced TERRE HAUTE Rail shipping mjnes in Indiana produced 24,375,00 ton?-' of .coal 4n r.-.1945r according to a statement released today by the Coal Trade- Association of Indiana, based on reports made to that organization. Of this tonnage 13,375,000 tons were produced by 44 strip mines and 11,000,000 by 33 shaft - mines. These figures do not include truck mine production estimated at 1,125,000 tons, making the total estimated 1945 production of 25,500,000 tons for the year. During the calendar year 1944 the total production of coal in Indiana as reported by the Department of the Interior, was 27,961,883 tons, of which 13,699,209 tons were produced by 46 strip mines, 13,199,264" tons by 38 shaft mines, and the balance of 1,063,410 tons was produced by truck mines. The decline in production during 1945 was largely attributable to the two strikes during the year, stated C. C. Lydick, Managing Director of the Coal Trade Association, in releasing the 1945 production figures. In 1944 fifty-one per cent of tne tonnage produced Dy ran shipping mines was from strip . mines and forty-nine per cent from shaft mines. In 1945 -ohe strip mines produced fifty-five per cent and the shaft mines forty-five per cent. The production of 27,961,883 ton's in 1944 was the largest in Indiana since 1920 when 29,351,000 tons were produced. The greatest tonnage ever . produced in Indiana was 30,678,634 tons in 1918. , "Indiana producers got off to a good start in the first quarter of 1946 with production exceeding that for the same period last year," stated Mr. Lydick; "The demand for Indiana coal will continue to remain . high. What our State will produce this year depends of course on how soon production is resumed and continued operation, thereafter." SORORITY SPONSORS SPRING DANCE Delta Theta Tau sorority will sponsor the "Spring Swing" a semi-formal dance Friday, April 26th at the old gymnasium. There will be dancing from nine until twelve with music by Fred Cizek's orchestra. This promises to be a gala evening and persons from all surrounding communities ara cordially invited. Tickets may be purchased from ang Delt member or at the door.

Expect President To Shorten Sea Trip For Stone Rites

Sudden Death Of Chief Justice Harlan F. Stone Qf Supreme Court Is Shock To Nation Jackson And Reed, Liberal Democrats, Top List Of Likely Successors. WASHINGTON, April 23. (UP) The White House said today that President Truman probably will cut short-, his sea-going vacation to attend the funeral of Chief Justice Harlan F. Stone of the Supreme Court. As the capital mourned the unexpected death of the famed jurist, the names of Associate Justices Robert II. Jackson and Stanley S. Reed, both liberal democrats, were ranked at the top of the list of possible successors to the Chief Justiceship. . p.. President Truman originally planned to return Sunday! from his vacation in the Atlantic and Chesapeake Bay but Assistant White House Press Secretary Eben Ayres said that Stone's death last night probably will hasten the president's return. He said there has been no direct word from Mr. Truman as yet.

Services Honor J. E. M. Purcell Impressive rites honoring the memory of John E. M. Purcell, prominent resident of this city for many years, were conducted yes terday afternoon at three o'clock in the Billman funeral chapel, Mr. Purcell, a lifelong resident of Sullivan County, died Saturday--aft--' ernoon at 2:15 o clock at the Mary Sherman Hospital at the age of 78 years. The funeral services were conducted by Rev. R. M. Criswell of the Sullivan First Methodist Church and a beautiful service of sacred hymns was sung by Mrs. Kathryn Kirkham Reid, accompanied by Mrs. Jeanette Wernz at the organ. Pallbearers were Claude Pow ell, Dean Chaney, Harry O'Haver, Tom Brown, Ed and Carl Nash. Interment was made in Center Ridge Cemetery. FATHER OF SULLIVAN MAIL CARRIER DIES AT EFFINGHAM, ILL. J. B. Hoilman, father of Rea Hoilman, Merom, Sullivan rural mail carrier, died at his home in Effingham, Illinois Monday following an extended illness, it was learned here today. Mr. Hoilman was a retired merchant and salesman of Effingham. ' Funeral services will be conducted Wednesday afternoon at two o'clock in Effingham where burial will also be made. She Weds Girl MARGARET HURST, above, who posed as Sgt. Jerome Hurst, has been arrested in Kelso, Wash., for cashing bad checks. According to Vancouver, Wash., records, the girl, disguised as a GI, married Marlys E. Converse of Tacoma, Wash., March 4. (International).

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After Mr. Truman returns, ne will' be confronted with the task; of appointing a successor to th4 73-year-old Chief Justice who was appointed to the high court by, Calvin Coolidge in 1925 and elevated to the Chief Justiceship by, the late President Roosevelt in, 1941. , Members of the Senate generally believed that Mr. Truman

would elevate one of the present 'Justices and name a new Associlate Jtisttee. Jackson,-prosecutor of the'Nazi'war crimes trials, " and" Reed were mentioned most prom inently for the top court post. Associate' Justices William O. Douglas and Hugo Black also figured in some speculation. Stone, who became a staunch defender of much New Deal, legislation, died five hours after being stricken while trying to read an opinion from the bench. Physicians at first described his ailment as only a "slight" attack of indigestion. They prescribed a .few days of rest for the 73-year-old jurist, but a few hours later he was dead from a massive cerebral hemorrhage. News of his death was flashed by Naval radio to President Tru. man, who was aboard the air- , craft carrier Franklin D. Roosevelt to watch maneuvers in the Atlantic. Mr. Truman, roused from bed to receive the message, issued a statement saying he was "ter-1 ribly shocked." "The death of Chief Justice Stone is a grievous loss to the country," he said. "He was a great Justice and a great American." INFANT ABRAMS The infant son of Mr. and Mrs. William Abrams of Carlisle, rural route, was stillborn last evening about nine o'clock at the Mary Sherman Hospital here. Surviving in addition to the parents are two sisters and two brothers, Donald, Anna Mae, Ellis and Jayce, all at home; and the maternal grandparents, 'Mr. : and Mrs. John Wilson of Sandborn. The body was taken to the Schulze Funeral Home in Carlisle, where short funeral servic es were conducted this afternoon at two o'clock. Interment was made in the I. O. O. F. Cemetery at Carlisle ' . M APRIL HEAT RECORD . INDIANAPOLIS, April 23 The mercury soared to 86 degrees yesterday afternoon iii Indianapolis, giving the city its hottest day of the year, and the hottest April 22 on record, ihe Weather Bureau said., A previous high of 83 degrees was established April 22, 1925. HOSPITAL NOTES Admitted April 22: George McDonnell of Shelburn; Fred Smith of Sullivan; Charles Ashby of Edwardsport; Mrs. Idel Graves of Hymera; Jack Godfrey of 839 North State Street. '