Sullivan Daily Times, Volume 48, Number 89, Sullivan, Sullivan County, 3 May 1946 — Page 1

. HOME DAILY Only daily; newspaper published la Sullivan County, The Times 6ffers excellent coverage for, its advertisers. OCCASIONAL SHOWERS Indiana: Cloudy tonight and Saturday; occasional showers south and central portions tonight and Saturday morning; not much change ifi temperature. XLVIir No. 89 UNITED PRESS SERVICE SULLIVAN DAILY TIMES FRIDAY, MAY 3, 1946. INTERNATIONAL PICTURE SERVICE PRICE THREE CENTS

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IN HOSPITAL ' Mr. and Mrs. Thomas C. Decker f have received a letter from their son, Cpl. Howard A. Decker, : stating he is in a hospital with a knee injury. His address is: Cpl. Howard A. Decker, A.S.N. ; 35C09872, B. Troop 51st Constabulary ' Squadron. A.P.O. 225, P. M., New York, N. Y. i. t IiAUK I.N STAIfcs . . . -.. ' Bynum Usrey, yon of Mr. and Mrs. Ford Usrey of 401 West

Donaldson stmt arrived in New continued groping for a solution. York from overseas Monday. I The repercussions came in ttie Another son of Mr. and Mrs. ' form of threatened or actual city Usrey, Crawford Usrey has been and state electricity brownouts, discharged and is now living in steadily sagging industrial proNew Mexico, and a third son, duction and curtailment of rail- . Ferd, Jr., is now at - Keesler way freight and passenger serField. MississiDDi. 1 i vice. . -

I RETURNS TO STATES I ed a letter from her son, Sgt. George E. Squires, that he has arrived back in the States and would soon leave for Great Lakes, to be discharged. ARIVF.S IN ITALY LfiC.IIORN, Italy. Private Russell L. Morgan, son of Fenton C. Morgan of 1310 North ' State Street, Sullivna, Ind., arrived safely in Naples and has been assigned to the 803rd Military Police Battalion, a unit of Peninsuler Base Section, the Army Service Force in Italy. PBS served and "supplied Fifth Army and the Eround crews of ine u. s. Air torce and wavy during the entire Italian1! cam-1

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Private Morgan attended the Sullivan High School and entered the Army on June 12, 1945. " ",E ,1 . "SPEED" JOHNSON ; . OPENS GAS STATION -The former Deep Rock Service Station on North Section Street which has been idle since the outbreak of hostilities in 1942, 1 has been purchased by the Texaco Oil Company and has been opened under the management of Louis "Speed" Johnson, discharged veteran of World War II. Mr. Johnson is a Sullivan County and turning from twenty native of since remonths of service with the United States Army infantry in New Guinea, the Philippines and Japan, ha and his wife have established their residence here at 617 North Section Street. Both Mr. and Mrs. Johnson since their arrival here have become active in the Methodist church choir and their many friend3 here wish them success in their new business. KERINS IS CANDIDATE FOR JOINT SENATOR Raymond L. Kerins of Vigo County is a candidate for the nomination of Joint Senator on the Democratic ticket in the Primary election May 7th. Mr. Kerins, who with his wife f and two children resides in . Terre Haute, has been an active worker in the democratic party ' all of his life. He was formerly a railroader : and pledges, if he is nominated and elected, to do his best to vote for legislation favored by Sullivan and Vigo County voters. . HOSPITAL NOTES ' Admitted May 2: Mrs. William Wilson of Sullivan, R., 1; John Rieach of F.dwardsport, Indiana; Mrs. Ivan Boyle of 819 East Washington Street; Clarence .. Houpt of Carlisle; Mrs. Walter Land of Sullivan, R. 3. Dismissed May 2: Mrs.. Ord Kimmell and daughter; Mrs. Everett Steadifer and - son of Shelburn, R. 1; Howard Hayhurst .t of Farmersburg, R. 2; Mrs. Lewis ' Brodenhousen of Paxton,

LONGED COI STRIKE REVIVES SENATE DEMANDS

I Music Week by giving their anD LI j. D 17 i nual spring concert on Sunday, rUDIlC nit Dy r irSt May 5, at the Christian Church at O ili three o'clock.

severe j o 1 1 s mi , 33-Day M.ine Shutdown. WASHINGTON, May 3 (UP) -The prolonged coal strike re- , vived Senate demands for new labor legislation today as the H.,Uli l.nn f nni: 4Vl. fi.nt i puuui; ucgcui icciuig mc mat severe jolts from the' 35-day shutdown ana xno government Refrain From Intervention The effects of the. strikes were .TnVm T. T.mi7iV TTnitpfi M nn Workers (A.F.L.) and the mine operators to " find a settlement, j President Truman thought thej shutdown might become serious i enough to be viewer as a strike against the government rather than the soft co;il industry. Mr. Truman still refrained from direct intervention in the dispute and it appeared likely that he would continue td do so for at least several more days. While some of his press conference listeners thought he hinted at government seizure of the mines yesterday, it wai still mcertain whether he would resort q that wartime weapon . : ALBERT COOKSEY. i . ; TTT?C5 1XT "XT K HCC! CI J Mr; and Mrs. Clyde Cooksey of Northv Court Street received ; a j telegram Wednesday of the death : ef Mr. Cooksey's , father, .. Albert j Cooksey, at Manhattan Kansas. Surviving is a sisterMrs. , Will Enochs of Sullivan.' ... . Mr. and Mrs. Cooksey left Thursday morning to attend the Services at Manhattan. .. To Wed Mac's Kin HOLLYWOOD starlet, Nancy Brmckman, who will soon marry Lt. Comdr. Paul MacArthur, relative of the Allied supreme com mander in Tokyo, is shown as she appears between "takes" of her latest movie. Miss Brinckman, who made many USO tours, plans to retire from films after her wedding, fJfwS.?i2!tltf

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Chorus Will Give Spring Concert Sunday, May 5th

The high school chorus, under the direction of Miss Mildred Williams, will celebrate National r Miss Ruby Ruth McCammon of Carlisle will be a guest soprano on the program and a girls' trio composed of Joann Reed, Billie Dodd and Rebecca Brumette will also be featured. The girls' chorus will be. comibined with the boys' chorus in a group of numbers, but each of the 1 . ill 1 1 1 , cnuruses win aiso De ieaiurea 'alone. Mrs. Jeanette Wernz will be the accompanist tor the entire program. The program: GROUP I Oh Lord We Worship Thee . .... Bach Let Carols Ring Black Psalm 150 Lewandowski Chorus l""1"" 0 Mendelssohn Girls' Trio Joann Reed, Soprano Billie Dodd, Second Soprano Rebecca Brumette, Alto We Sing Thy Praise Bortniansky-Tkach Girls Chorus GROUP II Madame Jeanette Murray Wade In De Water Spiritual . . . Howarth Way Over Jordan Spiritual .1... Zimmerman Chorus The Violet Mozart Joann Reed, Soprano Let's Dance ... Paraphrase on "Chopsticks" Girls Trio Nocturne Pearl iCurran " Girls Chorus j : Oh Springtime of Yore , , Massenet None But The Lonely Heart Tchaikowsky Ruby Ruth McCammon, Guest Soprano English Hiking Song Krone Yo Ho Blow the Man Down Sea Chanty . ... Grayson Brothers Sing On Grieg-McKinney Tnn Ra Tn p! f" "T Too-tfa-Loo-Ra-Loo-Ral Boys Chorus j Shannon ' Patricia Spencer, Soprano Three Blind Mice Round ' Krone When Johnny Comes Marching Home Folk Song ...... Krone The Deaf Old Woman American Folk Song , Davis Wake Thee Now Dearest Czecho- ; Slovak Folk Song Taylor ' Great Day Youmans ! Chorus Plan Opening Game Sunday Despite Rain The newly organized Sullivan Merchants will open the baseball season against the strong Great Lakes Steel nine of Terre .Haute, next Sunday, May 5. Game time is 2 p. m. j I The weather this week has caused Mgr. Taylor to call off all . practice sessions and the Merchants will be the underdogs in this game as they have had only two workouts. Taylor is , well satisfied with the showing of his team so far, he said. Local Boy Visitors' Ace. j The visitors will have a local boy on the mound Sunday in the person of Wayne Griffith, right-' hander with plenty of speed. Hal Vitalie will do the catching. Taylor will pick his starting ' lineup from the following: outfielders Hiatt, French, DeBaun and Edds; infielders Taylor, Mc-! Cammon, Pierce, Moore, Foutz ', and Joe Libke. The pitching can- J didates are Osborne, Gilbert, ! Spinks, Vowell and Cobb. The: catching duties will be handled by Thewlis and Assistant Football Coach Takats. j This will also be the opening game of the Western Indiana League, which consists of 12 teams in the Wabash Valley.. f

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LAGUARDIA "TAKES A WALK;" ACCUSES BOARD WASHINGTON, May 3. (UP UNRRA Director General Fiorello II. LaGuardia today accused the combined British-American-Canadian food board of "trifling" with his efforts to obtain food for the hungry peoples of the world. LaGuardia's statement was issued by UNRRA headquarters after the three-power board's representatives failed to appear at a meeting which LaGuardia had requested to discuss how much wheat UNRRA could expect for relief purposes during May. LaGuardia indignantly left the meeting after he was presented with a statement showing availabilities of grain supplies. He said he refused to meet with employes of the Agriculture Department who came to the meeting, and that he expected the chief representatives of each of the three countries to attend a meeting of the board set for next Tuesday. He said angrily that he was just as busy as they were. LaGuardia said he wa3 through talking about availabilities that he could not feed people on statistics and paper. "I can understand," he said, "the anxiety of people in starving countries and can put up with their restiveness and with the situation being misunderstood by them. I am willing to stand abuse. But I refuse to be trifled with by the combined food board on a matter of such importance where human lives are concerned."

SIGNS BILL IN BEHALF OF VETS WASHINGTON, May 3. (UP) President Truman today signed legislation authorizing federal , surplus disposal agencies to sell the scarcest surplus items such as automobiles and trucks exclusively to veterans. , The newly revised Surplus Property Act also raised the veteran priority on other surplus purchases to the number two level, just below that of federaL agencies. The War Assets Administration immediately ordered surplus cars, trucks, jeeps, typewriters, farm machinery and specified medical and dental equipment set aside for disposal to veterans only. ions of the revised Surplus Property Act, giving veteran purions o f the. revised Surplus Property Act, giving veteran purchasers preference over state and local governments, which formerly outranked them. . , ; t

Elderly Resident Succumbs Here Mrs. Mary Av Crabb, age 80, died. at the residence 845 East. Beech at 11:30 p. m. following an ex tended illness. She was a native of Greene County and had been a resident of Sullivan for many years. Surviving are one daughter, Mrs. Linda Alumbaugh of Sullivan; one son, "Harry, at home; seven grandchildren; two, greatgrandchildren, and one brother, Monroe Bennett of Sullivan. The body was taken to the Billman Funeral Home and will remaiu there until" Sunday when funeral services will be held at two p. m. Rev. Wyman Hull of the Baptist church will officiate. Burial will be made in Center Ridge Cemetery. FAST TIME FOR ATTICA ATTICA, Ind., May 3. Daylight Saving Time will go into effect here Sunday, the City Council announced today. OHIO MOTHERS

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MILK STRIKE ON AT TERRE HAUTE

TERRE HAUTE, Ind., May 3Terre Haute's milk supply was ' i ip.fi n My j.: -I i midniglv:.;last Bight a strike called by'TeamsteTs, Chauffers and Helpers Local Union No. 144 American Federation of Labor,! The strike affects all drivers, both" "detail and wholesale, inside workers and ice-cream employes of the local milk companies-. ' '- Deliveries will be made to hospitals, schools and the orphans' homes, officials of the union said, and anyone who has a doctor's certificate may obtain milk at the dairies. Men will be furnished by the union to- take care of these vital needs. "Back To Civvies." ATTERBURY DISCHARGES CAMP ATTERBURY, Indiana, Among Indiana men discharged at the Atterbury Separation Center Monday, April 29th was: T4 David McCulloughv 425 Main St., Sullivan. WIN HONORS

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The Sullivan High School Senior class play presented at the high school auditorium Thursday evening delighted a large audience and the cast as a whole was acclaimed for a performance that reflected exceptional talent. i The comedy, "Gabrial Blow Your Horn" had for it's setting a mountain cabin and one hilari ous situation after another unfolded as the plot developed, j providing rich entertainment 'or I the audience.. Joe Libke as "Gabe", a gangling "industrious" mountaineer "broucht down the house" with a superb and typical performance in the role. , Nancy Carter as Izerushia, his wife and Myrna Lewellyn as Daisy Mae, their daughter ably supported "Gabe" in soarkling comedy roles. Norma Morin as Janet. Smith and Don Courtney as Herbert Brown, Jr., carried the romantic leads m a manner that would hav? doubtless impressed any New York or Hollywood theatrical -couts who might have been on the rcane. Joan Kaiser was excellent in i the difficult role of Miss Th elma Smith, wealthy aunt of the heroine and John Alexander in the opposite role as the hero's 1 father. likewise won the plaudits of those present for his fine portrayal of a difficult part. ! The mpnortini' cast was well chosprv-10 'h Vowcll affording !" lnn-'hs as the too daoper Harold Dillon who sought Janet's hand in vain. Mary Alice . Donnelly. Norma Anstfnd. Ike Southwood, and Jim Hadar as young friend" of the heroine added no small share to the zest of the nerformance. , The production was coached well by. Miss Mabel Nowlin and before the final curtain she was called to the'footligrts to receive a gift from the cast in appreciation of her efforts. Mary Alice Donnelly made the presentation. Between acts a clarinet quartet nlayed a number of Flectinns that were also greatly enjoyed. The quartet was composed of Thelma P'rh. Norma Pirtle, Joe Ellis and Frank Asdell. Sarah J. Rogers, Former Resident Here Succumbs Mrs. Sarah J. (Poston) Rogers,

widow of the late Alexander , can mother of 1946 by the AmeriRogers, was called in death jean Mothers .Committee of the April 25, in Los Angeles, Cali- j Golden .Rule Foundation. Mrs. fornja I Clement, the first Negro elected, Mrs.' Rogers! daughter of James " rear.s old and has i;even H. and Rebecca Poston, was born f n" - . August 25, 1878. Nearly half of I. '?rs- Clement whose children her life was rpent in the Rose lnclude the President of Atlantic Chapel community. In 1897 she University, a proferaor of phymQrr;0H fn Atovsmrim- T?or. s, a professor of English and

and after living the early part of their married life in the same community, they moved to Sullivan. Living there about six years they moved to Indianapolis nnd later to Chicago. In 1924 they moved to Los Angeles, where Mr. Rogers preceded her in death in 1938. She is survived by two sons, R. L. Rogers. Los Angeles: John A. Rogers, North Broad Street, Sullivan; one daughter, Mrs. Mary J. Raab, Los Angeles, and one granddaughter, Patty Jo Rogers, Sullivan. Funeral services were JiekT a$ the Wee Kirk O' Heather church with burial at the Forest Lawn Cemetery, Los. Angeles, California. RITES FOR MINE VICTIM SUNDAY Funeral services for Roy Finley McKinley, Linton resident who was killed yesterday morning in the' South Linton Coal Company mine,- will be conduct-, ed Sunday afternoon at two o'clock at the residence, corner of 5th and "B" streets southwest, Linton. The rites will be in charge of Rev. John Jerrells, pastor of the Linton Church of God. Interment will be made in the Shepherd Cemetery of paktown.

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Guards Close In On Alcatraz Rioters

Desperate Convicts Seize Gun Arsenal In "Bloodiest" Fight For FreedomTwo Guards Killed, 14 Wounded Warden Tersely Orders "Shell Them Out."

BULLETIN ! ' . SAN FRANCISCO, May 3. (UP) "Shake" bombs designed to blow down cement walls were sent to Alcatraz prison today. Meanwhile, six explosions shook Alcatraz Island , in rapid succession today as a band of desperate convicts, foiled in their escape plot, fought back grimly from their isolated barricade against U. S. Marines and prison guards. As the struggle continued in great fury, Federal Prisons Director James Bennett announced in Washington that the remaining rioters had been cut off "and it's only a matter of time now before the whole situation will be under control."' Marines and guards were using hand grenades in an attempt to drive the revolting desperadoes from their cell block. Almost 24 hours after the battle broke out, two prison

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l0rtnern inaiana on a band of desperate Alcatraz prison convicts who had seized a (By United Press) j &un arpenal '" tne bloodiest fight The brownout spread to Ind- ' for freedom ever made at the naiana today as datigerousfy low j tion's most impregnable prison, coal reserves threatened the Warden James A. Johnson isnation's industry and more states d a terse order to "shell them were contemplating restrictions ' early today 18 hours aftec on the use of electric, powfcr. ' the,' break for freedom began. The Indiana Public Service Shortly afterwards a new barrage Commission ordered a b.xwnout 1 of tear gas pnd smoke shell

for 22 Northern Indiana Counties, and the state prepared fo sharp order industrial curtailment. Th was similar to the one issued . Wednesday that cut the use of power throughout most of Illinois. In both Illinois and Indiana, power was made available for industry and commerce for only 24 hours per week. 1 DESCENDANT OP SLAVE NAMED AMERICAN MOTHER FOR 1946 NEW YORK, May 2 Mrs. Emma Clarissa Crement of Louisville, granddaughter of a slave, was -chosen as the Amerif n chaplain is former national president of the Women's Society of the African Methodist Church. , . . . Mrs. David de Sola Poul, chairman of the mothers' committee, said: . "In. selecting Mrs. Clement as the American mother for 1946, the committee gives recognition not only to the great personal qualities of Mrs. Clement as a mother of children who are devotedly serving their country and their people; as a partner in her husband's ministry in his lifetime:' as a social and community worker in her own right; but it gives recognition also and pays tribute to the great spirit of America." ISSUE WARNING . ON LANTERN THEFTS Thefts of lanterns have been reported at several places where they have been placed to protect hazards on streets and roadways. The police have been instructed to arrest any persons practicing these thefts. The removal of a lantern from a street hazard might cost a human life; and any person caught commiting such thefts will be prosecuted to the xull extent of the Jaw. CORT NICHOLS, , Street Commissioner.

to punch holes in the top of tha grenades on the mutinous band.

SAN FRANCISCO, May 3.-v- . (UP) U. S. Marines and prison UUl WO V. 111 V V4 U bWUU.Tj wmsuea tnrougn me .eu wi ¬ dows or. tne prison s main ceu block and exploded inside. The crime-hardened convicts pos sibly as many as 10 apparently were prepared for "a fight to tha finish" inside the cell block. At least two guards have been killed and fourteen others wounded. Four prison officials who were trapped in the cell block when the riot started were rescued. They were wounded and . weak from loss of blood. They had lain on the floor more than seven hours feigning death to escape the convicts' bullets, before their1 rescue shortly before midnight. A fifth escaped uninj ured. Another guard still was directing the attack by telephone from a position in the cell block where he could not retreat for fear of being cut down by the convicts' fire. Despite the fact thev no .lonper stand a chance of getting off the island alive, the band of murderers, bank robbers and kidnapers continued to fire sporadically, early today. They were locked into the west wing of the main cell block, surrounded and outnumbered. The majority of the 300 prisoners did not participate in the attempted break. They were herded out of their cells and into ri yard where, under the watchful eyes of armed Marines, they spent the night in the cold. ' BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENTS Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Hamilton of 203 Indiana Avenue are the parents of a daughter born rt the Mary Sherman Hospital May 2nd. She has been named Nancy Kay. Mrs. Hamilton is the former Cleotis Hall. Mr. and Mrs. Keith Bean of 636 North Watson Street announce the birth of a daughter born nt the Mary Sherman Hospital May 2. She has not been named. McCOSKEY RITES ON SATURDAY Funeral services for S. O. "Dutch" McCoskey, 59 years old, who died Wednesday night at Terre Haute will be held at the Wood Funeral Home in Farm- 1 ersburg at 2:00 o'clock; daylight saving time, Saturday afternoon. , Burial will be in Westlawn . Cemetery..