Sullivan Daily Times, Volume 48, Number 84, Sullivan, Sullivan County, 26 April 1946 — Page 1

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session is completed NAPERVILLE, 111., April 26. ! Sullivan County ,g Qne rf (UP) A manslaughter charge few counties In tne ftate that was made today against the 68- does not haV2 a Rura Youth year-old engineer of the Burling- Ckb The Rural Clubs in ,he ten Railroad silver streamliner counties whepe they are formedi which shot through two warning have been abIe to have a signals and ripped into the rear gressivei educational club, preof another crack passenger train, pared to agglst ln community killing 44 persons and injuring endeavori combined with recrea100 others. .tion Sunivan County has .a The manslaughter warrant is- Mtpntial Rliral Yoith memhp,..

suea Hgauisi engineer , u. Blain of the glistening Exposition t . 1 1 -.li.l nyer cnargea mm wun ccreiness and negligence. Blain, who escaped from the tragedy with a from his hospital bed that he was traveling too fast to stop the train in time to avoid the crash. The engineer said he was going 85 miles an hour when he sawi the first warning light a mile and a quarter from the point where the other train, the Advance Fly er, had stopped.

Edward Flynn, vice president of van schools, has received a perthe Burlington Lines, confirmed sonal invitation to the annual that Blain was traveling within spring cpneert of the Indiana the railroad's speed limit for that State Teachers College Choir section of track. Flynn said, how- which will be held in the Stuever, that a (train going 85 miles denjt Union building of the colan hour could stop in less ihan a ieg next Wednesday evening, mile and a Quarter. J ' iMfcyJUat 8 P M. . Blain had told autt&ritieV that ' .n"the letter to Miss Williams", when he saw the yellow warning Miss Ruth Hill, head of vocal signals he put on the brakes but department at the college, says: couldn't stop his train. "We would be happy if you or "We can't understand it," Flynn' any 0f your students could find admitted today. "The engineer it possible to be with us on this was an oldtimer and had a good jate. We know that you follow record. We had given him signal wjtn interest the advancement of tests before and they always the students formerly under your

worked but perfectly.". ! Resolution Calls For Study On Spanish Case NEW YORK. April 26 (UP) Australia, France and Poland today jointly submitted to the United Nations Security Council a draft resolution expressing the UN's moral condemnation of Franco Spain and calling for recreation of a five-nation factfinding committee to study the Spiinish situation. ' The surprise announcement was made at the oneninff of the: morning session. Fourteen jnin- . utes later the council adjourned until Monday at three p. m. French, Aurtralian and Polish delegates met in private last night and this morning in an effort to reconcile their different points of view. After Colonel W. R. Hodgson of Australia read "with pleasure" the draft resolution put together overnight by the subcommittee, the Mexican delegates moved that a vote on It be postponed until early next week to nfford an opportunity for study. Agreement by France, Australia and Poland on the draft represented the crossing of a major hurdle. But the biggest question mark remained will Russia veto even this resolution in the light of its expressed flat opposition to any kind of a United Nations investigation of Spain. Soviet Delegate Gromyko has expressed frequently that he wants action, not talk and investigation, against-Franco. NEW SUITS Change of Venue from Vigo Circuit Court. Vein Woods vs. Louise Woods. Complaint for divorce. Change of Venue from Greene Circuit Court. Malcolm Tennant vs. Vera Tennant. Complaint for divorce. . Margaret Beatrice Wolfe vs. Lee Wolfe. Complaint for di" vorce, attorneys fees and alimony.

County Rural Youth Meeting Here May First

'""--hub ouiuvan vuuiuy nurol Youth will be held at the 0'd gymnarium school on North Court gtreet in SuUivan Wed. nesday evening, May 1. This is an open meeting to which a11 young men and women of Sullivan County wno are niSh school graduates or eighteen years of aSe or older, are invited to attend. Kenneth Truax, Assistant Educational Director, will be present at tne meeting to assist with the uigautuwuvu, iui . x x L4av wui aiau lead the group in organized recreation after the business ship of more than 1800. The County Agricultural Extension gtaff in cooperation with the gtate Extension Rural Youth Lead particularly urge all young people to attend this meeting. MUSIC TEACHER AND STUDENTS WIN RECOGNITION! Miss Mildred Williams, direc tor of vocal music in the Sullidirection. We want vou to know that we are doing our utmost to advance their musical performance. We are proud of the record that Naomi Hedrick, 'Virginia Gaston, and Myra Laughlin have made in our department and in the college. We are grateful to you for sending students of such caliber on to us." ; Naturally Miss Williams is very proud of recognition of her efforts and prouder still of her former pupils and their records. The high school chorus, under her tutelage, are now working in preparation for their own coming spring concert which will jbe given at the Christian Church on Sunday afternoon, May 5, at 3 o clock. i FORMAL OPENING HERE SATURDAY i Announcement was made here today of the formal opening Saturday, April 27th of the Diogene's Club Inc. located at 16 West Washington St. on the north side of the public square. The club, a private organization, will be operated by H. P. Christie of this? city and food, refreshments and dancing will be featured. The' club ouarters have been newly redecorated in modernistic design with indirect lighting adding to the beauty of the place. A number of booths and refreshment facilities have been installed and a dance floor occuoies the rear of the building. Memberships are now available for those interested, Mr. Christie stated today. HOOSIERS TO HAVE LICENSE PLATES BOTH FORE AND AFT AGAIN INDIANAPOLIS, Apr. 26 (UP) Indiana motorists will have license plates both fore and after on their automobiles next year for the first time since 1942, Dale BrownDirector of the Bureau of Motor Vehicles said today. Brown said the 1947 plates would have blue numbers on a gold background.

Mrs. Emerson, 77, ! Found Dead At Home Near Dugger

Mrs. Viola M. Emerson, 77-year-old' resident of one mite youth of Dugger on State Road 59 in the Gambill. Community, was found dead in bed by neighbors yesterday about noon. Coroner Joe Souter held an inquest and returned a verdict of death by" coronary inclusion (heart attack) and examinations of the body placed time of death probably ten or twelve hours earlier. ' Mrs. Emerson was born January 11, 1869 and came to Sullivan County more than thirtyfive years ago living for a time in the Pleasantville community before establishing a residence on Dugger rural route. Her husband, George Emerson, preceded her in death in October of 1940 and since that time she had lived alone. She is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Ethel Goodman and Mrs. Callie Reed, both of Linton; two sons, Glendon and Wayne Emerson, both of Flint, Michigan; and seven grandchildren, ' , . The body was removed to the Newkjrk Funeral Home in Pleasantville where it was prepared for burial and returned to the residence this afternoon at five o'clock where it will lie in ?tnte. Funeral, services will bo hold Saturday' afternoon, at twothirty o'clock . at' the residence with. Brother Dave Squire of the Lyons Church of Christ officiating. Interment will be made in the Dugger Cemetery. , nr a at ni)i7fj rnn GOLFERS AT OFFICIAL APRNPCrr frt? -f tirmS'Cr' The official opening of Sullivan's sporty, Briar Hill Golf Course is scheduled for Sunday, April 28th and local "divot diggers" are eagerly anticipating a red letter event. The course is in the best shape in years and large numbers of persons plan to enjoy the sport this year. As a feature of the official opening a number of prizes will be awarded for both men and women for various contests which will open at one p. m. Donors of prizes will be: Texaco Oil Company; Paul Taylor, Clothier; Lyric and Sherman i Theaters; Band Box Cleaners; Sullivan County Hardware; Smith Drug Store; Carl Engle, Clothier; The Newsnook; Hankins' Grocery; Ford Grocery; Henry Milam Service Station; Davidson Cleaners, and Fisher Watch Repair. Announce Marriage Announcements have been received of the marriage of Miss Elizabeth Lang, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bayard Thomas Lang of St. Petersburg, Florida, to Ed mund Elkins Thurston of Exeter, New Hampshire, on Wednesday, April 10, 1946, in St. Petersburg. J i i 4 The engine of the Burlington's "Exposition Flyer " which crashed into the standing "Advance Flyer" at NapervUIe, III, killing

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Opinion Divided In TLiie I rfnlitir On A A AAO . J -w Subject Of Turning Up Clocks. OPINION DIVIDED HERE As a result of a survey made here among representative . groups of persons in consideration of the proposition to change tn Havlieht savina time for ifu summer it has been determined that opinion is divided, perhaps as much as fifty-fifty. It was pointed out that the miners as a whole are opposed and the farmers for the most part are likewise opposed ever a different view is by numerous merchants, how- ' n 1- tr store clerks and others who appreciate an extra hour of daylight after their work is done. Miners, who must rise at an early hour in the morning to go to work stated when interviewed that they need the hour's sleep in the morning worse than an extra hour in the evening. It was also ljarned that Carlisle, Shelburn, Jasonville and Linton plan to stay on Standard Time. The suggestion has been made by leaders of soma of the nearby communities that ; all towns in the coal mining prea should be governed by the rama time schedule, either "fast" or "slow." Li INDIANAPOLIS, Apr. 26 (UP) - - iThere' were ' 82 Indiana cities . on the daylight saving time roster today and the most notable absentee was Evansville. Only a handful of cities above 10,000 population stuck to the "slow time", and a sizable group of smaller towns 1 joined their bigger neighbors who adopted summer time scheduled. Results of separate surveys by the United Press and the Indiana State Chamber of Commerce showed that 62 of 102 cities with mayors would be on fast time by May 5th. Most of the time changing towns will shift' over this weekend and stay on D.S.T. until late September. A few, notably Lafayette and Monticello, adopt the clock changing precedurea week later. Besides Evansville, whose city council rejected daylight time, other larger cities missing from the list were Columbus, Bedford, Richmond and Frankfort. HOSPITAL NOTES

who will be in charge of the Admitted April 25: Mrs. Harold song service. Services each eveKeene of Cass; Samuel Ferguson ning at 7:30. Sunday morning

of Dugger. " i . , Dismissed April 25: George Wil liams of Dugger; Mrs. Idel Graves of Hymera; Viola Harrison of Oaktown.

Engine Buries Self In Telescoped Car

scores and injuring hundreds of passengers, can be seen through the shattered windows of the

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Haddon Family Taken By Death Broe Pifer, 58, Of Shaker Prairie Community, Was Dfrect Descendant Of Pioneer Who Helped Build Old Fort Haddon. Broe Pifer, 58-year-old life .'resident of .Haddon Township And' direct dercendant of that township's namesake, died last night at 11:45 o'clock at the Mary Sherman Hospital here. Mr. Pifer's death followed a paralytic stroke suffered ThursAnWi 18th, at his home in ih R. !.,. Prn:ri-0 mmm,m;, nn rural route three. prior b the j . attack a week ago, he was reported to have been in good health. ; He was born in Sullivan ifcounty March 14th, 1888 the son on of John and Mary Haddon ' Pifer. His mother was a descendant of the first John Haddon, iwho in 1806 came from Virginia 0nd with the aid of ten other pioneers built Fort Haddon in the Carlisle vicinity for" orotection against Indian attacks. Mr. Pifer was a well-known figure of Haddon Township and Sullivan County having been engaged in agriculture since his early youth. Surviving are the widow, Mrs. Clara Pifer: one daughter, Mrs. Audrey Hall of Clay City. Illinois; one grandson, Billy Broe Hall; two brothers, Harry Pifer of Los Angeles, California and Elmer Pifer of Oaktown; two half brothers, Raymond Wolfe of Dodson, California, and D. B. Wolfe of Hammond, Indiana; one stap-rister, Mrs. Isabslle Adams of Carlisle rural route; 4nd one step-brother, Perry jVolfe of Carlisle rural route... . hjThe body was , taken to itne lisle where it was prepared for Burial and removed to the residence on Carlisle rural route three this afternoon where it now lies in state Funeral services will be conducted Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock in the Shaker Prairie Christian Church with Rev. L. J. Hass of the Oaktown Christian Church officiating. Interment will be made in the adjoining cemetery. PLAN RELIGIOUS '' SERVICES AT . OAKTOWN, IND. OAKTOWN, Ind. The public is invited to hear the Gospel of Christ, in word and song, at the Oaktown Church of Christ, beginning Monday night, April 29th through May 12th. Sermons by Evangelist J. C. Roady, of Sullivan, assisted by "Evangelist W. W. Adamson, of Shelburn, services, Bible study at 10:00 a. m., Preaching at 10:30. If you like to sing, if you like good singing, come and worship dur ing these services. 1 3? split coach, carried by its impact through the length of the car. (International Newsphoto.)

County Council Makes Numerous

Appropriations The Sullivan County Council in session this week appointed Walter Routt as a member of the Sullivan County Tax Adjustment Board for the years 1946 and 1947, to represent the council. The council adopted the resolution to surrender $15,000 of the common school fund as held in trust by Sullivan uounty to we treasurer of the state of Indiana as prescriDea in napier ioi vx Acts of 1943 of unloaned money in order to elevate Sullivan county from further interest payments. The council granted, a number of additional appropriations as follows: County General Fund. Auditor Assessing supplies. Requested, $50.00; appropriated, $50.00. Recorder Salary emergency clerk. Requested, $600.00; appropriated, $600.00. Postage: Requested. $50.00; appropriated, $50.00. Official records: Requested, $200 00; appropriated, $20000. Other office supplies: Requested, $50.00; appropriated, $50.00. Sheriff Office Supplies: Requested, $50.00; appropriated, $50.00. Coroner Mileage expense: Requested, $125.00; appropriated. $125.00. Registration Deputy registra

tion officers: Requested. $150.00; ment of the coa industry was looking to Congress today to aTTRa!SrfnJ ? Lidina and'see two hotly contested issues involved in the nationJai -Repairs of building and cod Wk structure: Requested, $600.00; ap- n l. i i i , , , . propriated, $600.00 Miscellaneous . Passage of broad labor legislation appeared unlikely, supplies: Requested, $100.00; ap- however, before the growing shortage of fuel makes a setpropriated, $100.00. I tlement of the strike a virtual life or death matter for maInfirmary Outside repairs of ' jor industrial production.

building and structure: RequestdH "Wnnnnn- iinnrnnrinfprt $2. I 000.00.' Outside repairs of building , and structure: Requested, $1,000.00; appropriated, $1,000.00. Battery for county- truck; Requeued, ' SH.95; appropriated, $14.05. Butchering expense: Requested, $15.00; appropriated, $15.00. Lime: Requested, $240.00; appropriated, $25.00. Veterinary expense: Requested, $50.00; appropriated, $50.00. Live Stock: Requested, $171.00; appropriated, $171.00. Veterans Service Office Operating expense: Requested, $250.00; appropriated, $250.00. Exnense: Reouested. $500.00: anpropriated, $500.00. Total requested, $6,215.95; total appropriated, $4,100.95. Hospital. Salary Supt: Requested, $1,hi""f", -p."""""Salary Asst. Supt.: Requested, $1,260.00; appropriated $1 260.00. Salary Clerk: Requested, $700.00; appropriated $700.00. Court Costs: Requested, $75.00; appropriated, $75.00. Dietary Salaries: Dietitian: Requested, $1,200.00; appropriated, $1,200.00.' Cooks: Requested, $400.00; appropriated, none, Maids: Requested, $825.00; appropriated, none. r T n, ei-: . r . .1 1 $100.00; appropriated, none. Housekeeping Clothing, bedding, etc.: Requested, $900.00; appropriated, $900.00. Plant Operation New equipment supplies (material and equipment): Requested, $3,800.00; appropriated, none. Repairs building (material and equipment): Requested, $1,000.00; appropriated, none. Repairs to driveway: Requested, $500.00; appropriated, $100.00. Medical and Surgical Salaries: Requested, $1,300; appropriated, none. Nursing Salaries: Requested, $9,050.00; appropriated, none. Laboratory Salaries: Requested, $1,350.00; appropriated, $1,350.00. Capital Investment Office 'equipment: Requested, $150.00; appropriated, none. Total requested, $23,645.00; total appropriated, $6,620.00. Highway Repairs. Team, Truck and Tractor Hire: Requested, $3,000.00; appropriated, $3,000.00. Operating Repairs Co. garage: Requested, $500.00; appropriated, $500.00; Tires and Tubes: Requested, $1,500; appropriated, none. Oxygen and Acetylene: Requested, $100.00; appropriated, none. Materials Right of Way: Requested, $1,000,00; appropriated, $1,000.00. Total requested, $6,100.00; appropriated; $4,500.00.

Look To Congress To Settle Issues In Coal Tieup

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In Nation-wide Strike Passage Of Broad Legislation Appears Unlikely

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BULLETIN! WILL CALL NEW PARLEY WASHINGTON, April 2(5. (UP) Secretary of Labor Lewis B.. Schwellenbach said today that , lie would call disputants in the coal strike into new joint conferences . next Monday or Tuesday in an effort to get negotiations going1 again. . r Thp strikp has l'Pn in nrnorpss 9ft r?:iv Thepo liac nnf

eyen begn aRy neg.otiations fortwo weeks! And the time is

last approaching when lack of coal will cause major curtailment of railroads and industry. Schwellenbach said that he had been advised that some railroads had only enough coal to last a week or ten days. Meanwhile, a substantial part of the coal industry hoped that Congress would settle two issues involved in the dispute.

WASHINGTON'. Ann! 2fi Trial Date For Illinois Central - Suit Announced BLOOMFIELD, Ind. A trial to determine whether the Illinois Central Railroad Company will resume service on its line between Effinpham, 111., and Indianapolis; will be held May 22 in the Greene circuit court at Bloomfield. The railroad line passes through ' several communities in this region- including Sullivan, Dugger, Linton. Switz City and Bloomiield. Duri the war the 0ffice of Defense Transportation ordered passenger service suspended on the railroad iine RecenUy the Iuinoig Public Se..vice Commis. ,fjon ordered thig service re sume(j '' I The railroad company filed a suit against the Indiana Public Service Commission seeking to prevent itself from being forced to start the passengar trains. Wednesday in the Greene cir-

cuit court, a pre-trial .-onferanca Tne original wheat 'certificate was held with attorneys repre- pian, which enables farmers to senting both the Public Service deliver their wheat immediateCommission appearing before ,iv and then sneculate on nossihle

Judge Karl Parkar VOFloh. After, the conference. Judge Vosloh set the trial for May 22. comnanv at the hsarins vpstpcday included John T. Hays and Olas Vanier of the Sullivan Jaw firm of Hays and Hay?, J. W. Wright of Chicago and John O. Moomaw of Bloomfield. Carl J. Stipher, represented tha Public Service Commission. Notes Threaten Lawrenceville Businessmen LAWRENCEVILLE, 111., April 2fi State's Atlnmpv Manrip

Gosnell said today local authori- daughter, Melba Jean to Richard ties aided by the state crime' Wavne Flfer- son of Mrlaboratory are seeking to trace i Mrf- John Fifer- The wedding the source of two extortion notes took Place Easter Sunday mornwr.iDA noti,, H,, t mg at Mt. Calvary Methodist

renceville businessmen. . Gosnell said H. E. Stevens, a theater manager, and C. A. Por - ter, a banker, were recipients of fthe notes, each of which demanded $500. The note? were left on the porches of the two men.

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Edward R. Burke, president of the Southern Coal Producers Association and spokesman for about one-third of the tonnage represented in coal wage negotiatioris. told reporters he thought Cotfcrcss cc uld ; hefp., settle"" the strike by: ' - - 1. Outlawing assessments on the product of any industry to finance union funds such as the A.F.L. United Mine Workers have asked for purposes of health and welfare. 2. ' Excluding supervisory personnel from the provisions of the National Labor Relations Act, thus undercutting the U. M. W. demand for union recognition for mine supervisors. I Meanwhile, the Labor Depart, ment reported no new developments in its efforts to find a basis for reviving the negotiations. Farmers Bonus Plan Retroactive To April Third WASHINGTON, Apr. 26 (UP) The government today made its 30 c?nt bonus plan retroactive to April 3rd for all farmers who snlrf thpir whpat nnrlpr ihA tif irate nlan. nrirp Inrrpnspc lWnro apntin l - . . . v. f-. payment was announced on that date. ' . ! F. W. MEETING MONDAY NIGHT All member? of the Sullivan Veterans of Foreign Wars are urged to attend a special meeting Monday evening. April . 29, at 7:30 P. M. to be held at ihs Sullivan City Hall. ' Final plans for the Veterins Spring Frolic will be discussed.. The affair will be held at the Old Gymnasium building Thursday, May 2, with Jimmy Adami's orchestra. Tickets are on sale at Crl Engle's store. VAUGHT-FIFER Mr. and Mrs. Con Vaught have announced the marriage of their Church. Rev. Frank Wimp 1 officiated. j i BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT ! Mr. and Mrs. Martin Cox ' of Carlisle R. 1, are the parents of ason born at the Mary Sherman hospital April 25. He has not been named ' -