Sullivan Daily Times, Volume 48, Number 146, Sullivan, Sullivan County, 23 July 1946 — Page 1
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VOL. XLVnL-NO. 146
UNITED PRESS SERVICE
SULLIVAN DAILY TIMES-
TUESDAY, JULY 23, 1946
INTERNATIONAL PICTURE SERVICE
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CITY'S PLANS FOR LABOR DAY ARE FORWARD)
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Event Planned As
Retention Hon
oring Returned
Servicemen. Plans are rapidly taking shape, with much enthusiasm already manifested, for a Labor Day
celebration in Sullivan, ine event is being planned as a reception for all returned servicemen, in which ' labor, business -"and'all citizens are invited to Join. j Tom Dale, general chairman for the event is busily engaged : along with members of the varii ous committees in working out r details to make the occasion an 'outstanding and enjoyable one for all. A meeting for committees ' and other interested citizens to lay the groundwork for the big held last night and
was largely attended. Another i, meeting is scheduled at the Mavnr's office at the city hall
, at 7:30 Friday evening and all L rftivpns nrp welcome.
Plans as being formulated at ( this time call for a free barbecue dinner at noon on Labor Day
for servicemen and their familion with pritertainment features
' during the afternoon and even- (' ins to include boxing matches, a
nie eating contest, a sack race
for the kiddies, a program oi sin ein c. music by the Sullivan
hi oh school band ana a street
i 'dance. , ;.
V ; Will. Raise Funds
A fund to make possible the
celebration" will be raised by miiViliV fnnirihntinns and it is
planned that all money remain-
ins over ana aDove . tne aay a
k, expenses be given to the High c.vi TtnnA 4ha Pmr Knnnfc unci
IJL11UU1 JJOllVA, m-ivj ww.r the Girl Scouts here. Gilbert
N Riley, president of the Lions
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4-H Achievement
Program Here
Proves Success
A SMILING Greta Garbo arrives ln
Stockholm, sweoen, lor a. vuv her native land. The once famed
TMiirummi star told reporters sne
will visit tne u. a. onen u. duo
decides to remain ln ner nome-
land, (nternadonaj
LATE NEWS
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Hula. Hummmi WORST OUTRAGE
Merom Legion
Names Officers;
Post Thriving
Gill township American Legion
Post 362 at Merom elected the following officers for the ensuing
year in a meeting Monaay evening.
C. C. Bogard, commander
Wavnp Mahan. vice commander:
Tomas M. Jennings, adjutant-ser-r ;0 nttWr- t?p9 Knilman. finance
V 11- V. uiuvi..) - ' oHiiuir- rhnrips Rude, chaplain;
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vnn Vioiis. historian: waiter
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!irian Prtnnor kpt eeant-ai-arms .
Orville Moon, assistant sergeanv-ai
arms; L. J. Kenaxer, j.nomus m
Jennings, delegates to state convention; C. C. Bogard, Henry Gettinger, alternates.
tWo Hat for the Dublic instal
lation for the new officers was set WorWsHav September .'4th.
Club is chairman of the finance An outstanding attendance marked committee and James McKee is j . meetmg last night and as the
The annual 4-H Achievement program and exhibit was held at Sullivan High School on Friday, July 19th. The exhibit proved to be most interesting and worth while. The highlight of the afTimoram was the dress
1,CA1av.u f o j i . revue given by the 4-H clothing
Buxa. . 1 1 iL!. ..nut"
" There were exniDiis uua in six different projects. The
-,..r,eolroa winners tor various
awgcow"'"' . projects were: Phyllis Valentine,
Tu;vrt Anna iViae vvaiivcj.
Clothing; Myrna Hughes, Food
Preparation; Mary trances Allen, Canning; and Lee Coulson, Gardening. '
Carol Valentine actea as mistress of Ceremonies for the fol
lowing program. - 1 Tnwwn0 A
Welcome aupi. Campbell.
Piano solo ratsy xnuaium. Reading Mary Ellen Alig, Sue Wolfe and Sharon Reid. Remarks Miss Jeannette Gentry. Piano duet Sally and Mrs. Robert Billman. Vocal duet Beverly Gallagher and Susie Reid. zlir.tr Tarnlvn Mahan.
hmthii accomDanied by
Gwendolyn Hilgediek. Two girls - 1 r at
,Qre. coiwtpri from eacn 01 mc
first four divisions in clothing
tn. ronrPRPnt the Sullivan ClUDa
iiw - . in the County Dress Revue. The
girls chosen were Joan uerg anu Carolyn Sue Wolfe, first division; Mary Ellen Alig and Sharon raA cemnH division: Bevera
Boyle and Carol Valentine, third
iwicinn- and Donetta uiemDaugn
and Patsy Gallagher, fourth division. All fifth division girls will go to the County Dress Re
vue. The Dress uevue sweepstakes winner was Myrna Hughes
who made and moaeiea a green
wool suit and a -pink wool aress.
After the program, iigm re
freshments were served to the
guests. The judges for the exhibit and dress revue were Miss Gladys
Hayes, from Carlisle ana Mrs. Reta Newman from Shelburn.
ROUND UP HUNDREDS IN BOMBING PROBE . r T..1.. 00 inv TJi-itich nnlice lnvestiea-
ting the King David Hotel bombing in which 100 persons are dead or missing today rounded up hundreds of. suspects, in-
dud ng a Jew louna sunenng num uu , "
hiding not far trom tne Duuei rmyitu "uj " v.v ; . The wounded Jew and several companions found with him were tentatively identified as having been among the perpret-,-m rr T ! J DnHKin
rators or tne wng uaviu duiuimS.
treasurer. Eddie Scully assists . . enAnoAi o rum i vol nn
Ir oonwfll nhairman Dale as vice , ti.. okt oii
r w
Marnm Pliiff Rpntember 9-14,
committees were appointed to dir
ect the project.
nhciirman and Huch Wilson is
secretary of the general com-
mniee. uui mittee members will be an- Tbe Merom Post has only been nounced in the near future, it 'organized two years, Thos. M. . . . . 1 -r . . I nn 4Ua 1 '0 nm
was stated toaay. dennniBs savms '- Mr. Dale and his co-workers mander and under his leadership invite the cooperation of all he Post purchased "Sycamore businessmen of the city in ef- Shadows" as a post home with a - , i iu T nV.i Ti-w MnmViAfohin than nf nnlv 2fi TYVPtTl
forts xo maKc me uowu vuj inciuuciiiiui; . . 1 1 tt 3. 1U 1nnAMhm rt tha
I celebration one long 10 De jc- cers. uiiuer uic icaucioiuH membered by the servicemen it out-going commander, L, J. Ren-
ft will honor and all citizens as aker, the post has grown trom. Q
FAIL TO ADJUST mr r liuro ; , ; , WASHINGTON. July 23 (UP)-A Senate-House confer-e-i Anmoatio cnntrnl Of atOltllC
ence committee on legisiauun i .rt-t a energy failed today in its first nieetmg to adjust differences
on the bin. -1.' , . ... w Sen. Brien McMahon, D., Cohn., chairman of the conference committee said the group jdiscussed "no and some of the medium brand issues." Neither the mihtary provisions inserted by the House or the redrafted patent pro-,
WILL QUESTION HEIRENS ABOUT MURDERS . -.A t 1 notm Tlofnnca aftnrnips arknOWied-
ged for the first time today that they would question William v. . .,1 ni: Tv:,mvcitv cnnhnmnrp 'about
Heirens, iv year 01a mcagu utj r
Despite official denial Heirens has admitted orally three
murders, including tne munap siaj-mg ui ,v. -
Degnan last January. ; , , . , , , Defense counsel John P. Coghlan, his brother, Mai, and Roland Towle went to the county jail today to interview Heirens. They said their conference with him would be explor-
atory and would concern an tuaigco u v6.-j sault placed against the youth.
.t-,,t .mriTT T.-i 00 ttd ' TVm TTn!f(1 Nations As-
XNKVV IVUiv, JUiy i-o ui 1 - . sembly will meet on September. 23 amid increasing indica1 41.. 17.' K iratn nnu'pr
Hons 01 a major Daiue uvei mc us ,vi-"v.. None of the 51 nations objected to the postponement of .. . ci j. I C.J r,r,A iniritatinna will hp tn9ll-
the meeting irom oepieuiuci oiu au iu.. ed this week for the September 23 meeting. The delay was u,r riin a fnrpiVn mini'stprs who feared that the Par-
asivcu vj lire - --- -- . is peace conference might not be over m time for the earlier
meeting. . ' ; .
Will Continue To
Seek Just Solution For Pales
tine. LONDON, July 23 (UP)
Prime Minister uiemeni
told the House of commons 10day that the King David Hotel bombing was "the worst of many outrages" in Palestine but that ,i r,nt Hivert the govern-
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ment from a search tor a juai and final solution of the Pales-
bine iytwMiv
Attlee maae nis siarancui ...
i n an innuirv by former
foreign secretary Anthony Eden.
tt. r,uA thn p-xniosion WU1C1I
X1C c..v.va v.- . t wrecked British headquarters in
the Jerusalem notei, an
act of terrorism m wmcn innocent persons were killed or
missing.'-
He said the governments wioc fionrps showed 41 known
dead, 52 missing and 53 serious
ly injured. ,
Attlee said he consiaereu -
suggestion that he. call upon
religious and lay leaaeis . Jews in Britain including Zionist
leaders to mase a- puuuu
ouse votes un
CompromiseDPA
Measure I oday
well.
TURPIN-CUNNINGHAM
tn Q4 n. f!. Boeard. the
new commander, is a World War II veteran and served In the Air
Corps. He is a Past Noble urana
FORMER SULLIVAN
RESIDENT IS HUKT in - CRASH FATAL TO ONE Dn Sidney J. Hatfield, 66,' Indianapolis physician, surgeon and businessman , " was killed last Wednesday when his automobile was in a collision with another car at Willits, Cal. His wife, Mrs. Catherine C. Hatfield and
Frank B. Love, 2205 Parker Avenue, Indianapolis, passengers
in the car were injured uiuwu; taken to a hospital.
Mrs ' Love, who is the daughter ' ' - tit
of Mr. and Mrs. ueorge vy Brown of east of Sullivan, suf
fered minor injuries in me crd&n
Sbcial Security
Benefits Paid Here Reported
Social Security benefits payable to residents of Terre Haute
and vicinity now total $54,006 a month, according to J. E. Snider, manager of the local field office.
Of this sum, $6,113.99 go to retired workers and their dependents in Sullivan county, he said. In addition to these monthly benefits, now payable at the rate
of nearly $65,UU0 a year, omaer stated that lump sum payments
aggregating ?3U,uuu nave uceu made locally in the past year.
. ' of the IOOF, and under his leadA double ring ceremony united ; ership the post will no doubt conin marriage Betty Jo Turpin and tinue its fine development, nale Cunningham on July 6th at The Post home is use(i by the
the Ford Memorial Church in j cmirches of the community for norrnit: Michigan. The young 1ass flinfti0ns and also by various
10 we nroanizatinns of the community
couple repeated their vows
Rev. Charles Bayiess. '
t Turnin eave his sister
in marriage. She wore a suit -of aquamarine and carried a bridal bouquet of white carnations, while her maid . of honor, Lois Beisert, wore a dress of dusty pink. Her bridesmaids, Dons Cunningham, sister of the groom, and Lela Lecocy, niece of the bride, wore yellow dresses and all three attendants wore corsages of white gardenias. The groom chose for his best
T-man, George Shanks and Philip
Clark and Frank AbercromDie
were ushers. The groom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Ross Cunningham of 307 Grove Ave., Highland Park.
He served in tne Army iur wu years and nine months, twentytwo months of which time he was in the South Pacific. Tho hrifle is -the youngest dau-
nf V.P late Arista Turpin'
nf Sullivan. She is a graduate of
Sullivan hieh school with the
1I001 nf 1Q41
pniirwvinu the ceremony, a re
ception was held,iat the home of . . . mi
Mr. and Mrs. Altred L,ecocy. ine
vnune couple then went to
southern " Michigan for - their
hnnpvmoon. after which they
will reside at 6436 Schaufer
Road, Dearborn, Michigan,
Little Change In Condition of Boy
With Broken Neck
The condition of Robert Pheg
lev..' 17-year-old Carlisle youth
who was critically injured in a
shallow water in a
gravel pit in Haddon township Saturriav. afternoon . remains vir
tually the: same; today, it was learned. Phegley is being treated for a broken neck at the Methor
Hospital in Indianapolis.
Final Consideratipn of Bill With De
bate Limited To Une Hour; aomuiistration Leaders Predict Approval Despite Attack. WASHINGTON. July 23 (UP)-The House, limited I to one hour debate, today began final consideration of the comV""S their attack even before final debate : opened Representative Clarence J. Brown, R., Ohio assailed the new legislation as "a conglomeration of leg: Psfativ ? eCr' which would fatten the pocketbooks of the faVThefanti'oPA attack failed to shake the predictions of administrationleadersth
melled Or A measure anu suuut it w -
PROVISIONS OF BILL WASHINGTON, July 23 (UP) The compromise OPA bill to be voted on by the House today would: " ', 1. Extend OPA to July 30, 1947. ' ' o i-its.nio rpnt controls at
Fear New Life For Black Market
(By United Press) Spokesman for the packing and
dairy industries said today tnat mh levelg unless increase3 restoration of price control mignt authorized by the price ad-
ment unreservedly . condemning caue - - ministrator. no Piuvimuu . ment.. ""Ill L i.n lnval- give black mancets a new lease however for a tenant to be
meor6ra.a :r ::"an,ronlife;' '311., v,v a landlord lor
4-r -v tMA DfiuDrn II r I I I. Ill Oil T OkVKI' . f 111 A I I flUIUUl J J
1, tv, 6. , v The
to prevent further attacks.
Indiana Democrats
To Invite Truman
tmtvt ant apat.TS. July 23
(UP) Indiana republican editors announced today that GOP na
tional chairman carron. iveete, Tennessee, would be chief nnnnirAr tnr- thoir annual fall OUt-
ing at French Lick September 21st, . -and Hopsier . democratic editors planned to ask President
Truman . to - appear . at ineir , uuiing! a ' week earlier. , Chairman Pleas Greenlee of the State Democratic . Central Committee announced late yesterday that he would ask . Mr. Truman to speak at the. Indiana
democratic editorial assuciduuu
ULfe,'lan Meat Institute! reimbursed by a
.... , v inrrpases lie
said the livestock and meat in
dustry were working their way "out of the chaos and shortages created by four years of OPA."
D. P. Wilson, president 01 me
; American Dairy Association
warned that dairy nroaucuon Imight drop if price controls and
subsidies are reeswDiisneo. At Washington the Commerce department charged that some
sections of industry have been holding prices down in an effort to lobby Congress into refusing to restore the OPA.
"These figures," he said, "do not include the payments made to a large number of persons who applied in Terre Haute and subsequently moved away. There is no residence limitation on payees in peace-time. Any quali
fied payee may remuve w Tho ton rmmles left July first tv.o stnto or to a foreign coun-
on a tour of the west. Dr. Hat- try an(j continue to regularly re
sist
His parents, Mr. and Mrs. James
Phegley who reside just east of also at French Lick Sept Carlisle are at his bedside and I .
reported this morning that tneir j ...v.noA limVic oro nnralvzed. . 1 '"
3UJ.1, WIIU3C I" ' had been able to detect slight
DOOLITTLE URGES UNIFIED AIR FORCE
fooiino in his fineers. otherwise
his condition was unchanged.
TiP vouth was rescued from
the water by a swimming com-
fnr.on nlltinff Tllnrp 9 it. Over
looks the bluff over the Wabash,
In the meeting last night it was uropd that It be used in a way of
reverence as it was purchased as ... . TTT 1 J
a memorial to tne Doys 01 no
War II, who made the supreme
sacrifice.
Linton Miner Is
Killed Instantly
LINTON, Ind.,' July 23 Will- !. whinov RR vpars old. was
.a... i ... u.i., , w 0 . instantly killed at 6 o'clock Mon-
pvpninc in an acciaent at
the Linton Coal Company Mine,
two miles south 01 nere, wnere
he was employed. He sunerea a fractured neck, back, and skull
crushed.
AnnnrHintf to reDOrtS Of the'
accident, Whitney was working
in the shaft sump wnen me
counter balance fell on him. County Deputy Coroner
held an inquest and returned a
verdict of acclaentai aeam.
TVTr whitnpv is survived by
four brothers, Luke, Bernard and
James Whitney, all 01 Linton, and Pete Whitney of Detroit, Mich. The body was taken to the M, j. Aikin & Son Funeral Home.
-Pi A rV n har? nracticed medi
cine in Indianapolis for the last
44 years had just retired ana planned to devote his full atten
tion to several business enterprises after returning from a
month's vacation.
UN's Atom Head
ceive his monthly annuity.
"Mnnthlv navments for life are
made, upon application to any
retired worker of 65 wno is iuuy insured," he explained. "That is,
if hp haa been paid at least
in in pach of half the
quarters elapsing between 1936
0k4 thP nnartpr-vear in wmtu
he attains age 65, provided that r.h ia rnvpred bv the Act.
The wife of such a worker may additional month
ly payment. Retired workers and their wives in the Terre Haute district receive $34,845 a month.
"WMraua phildren under 18,
nnfi rfpnendent narents of dead
waee earners in this locality re
ceive $19,161 a month, even
though the breadwinner may v,!5r wnrkprf in covered work
onlv half the three years pre
ceding his death. There are 20 miiiinn workers, two out of
every five,, in this country who An not pniov this security for
UV V V "J j - - themselves and families because their jobs are excluded."
CORRECTION
There will be no meeting tonight of the Sullivan American Legion Post No. 139. The Times regrets the erroneous announce-
Cari1 nf a impptinfT tnnisht in
uriiown lust after accepting the yesterday's advertising columns. 7 . . . TT XT TTHTntT- of TV Innol nnct hnlris Its reClllar
V. . n. va hi wicceeds aa hi.mnnthlv meetings the first
IjurauAiui - i .
if. .mmBmca each month.
Mr. and Mrs. George W. Ferree have received word of the birth of a . great-grandson born to a Mrs Baron Hansen
ng turn- ..3.6" -r -.TJ .,.,
panion, Harry Knotts, of near W -rCarlisle who dived for him after Philippines. The baby has been he failed to come to the surface, named Baron Jr. Mrs Hansen
f negiey, paraiyu u "-w nf tt. Morgan
1 . A. AienOEB Tt I V Tflr H r PI l cC. UOUKinvi w
short time, it was reported. j Ferree of Miami, Florida.
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BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT
NEW YORK, July 23 (UP) Lt. Gen. James H. Doolittle said today that the country's security depends on establishment of a single unified air force charged with operations of the air weapnno nt trip nrpspnt and also with
UV ..aw - . development of air missiles of
the future.
Doolittle, who led the tirst air raid on Tokyo and later com
manded the same u. a. eui Force, said that the weapons of the future will travel through the air and that great armies
will be obsolete.
i inKToocM hp mav have paia
for the month of July. . . ,
3. Set up a special tnree-man -
board of de-control with- final
authority to supervise tne graa- : ual removal of price restrictions. , Each member i appointed by the president with, approval of the Senate would receive $12,000 a vear.
' 4. Forbid restoration of controls on livestock, milk and their edible products, cotton seed, v,nn, onA prains until August
auj ucoifj o- - -
20th. Controls would De re&iuie. automatically on that date unless the de-control board specifies otherwise. '
5. Continue de-controis on
poultry, petroleum, eggs ana
tobacco atter Aupusi w
the board speciticauy aireuia price controls to be restored before then.
CONFESSES STRANGLING CHILD
"Back To Civvies."
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SAILORS DISCHARGED GREAT LAKES, Ills. Among
nprsnns discharged irom tne
naval service July 16th at this T
center whose homes are in Ind
iana were:
Curtis F. Wheeler, Ens., Jia
Indiana Ave., Sullivan. . , a o 1 T3
George W. uecKara, o
5, Sullivan.
Announce Meeting
Of Dry Forces '-' There will be a special meeting at the Sullivan Methodist Church July 26th at 7:30 p. m. of the United Dry forces of Sullivan County. There will be a speaker and a program, also the new chairman will be in charge.
Every pastor of every denomina
tion and all persons wno aio interested in the dry cause are urged to attend. rmr.PS SPECIAL
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SESSION TO ENACT STATE BONUS BILL! INDIANAPOLIS, July 23 (UP) Louis F. Baldoni, state democratic representative from
St Joseph county tooay uia
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SAILORS DISCHARGED r ... n pali a SDecial sas
Among persons discharged at . .. , te legislature im-
the Great Lakes Naval center! diately t0 enact a state bonus
!bill for veterans of World war
II. In a letter to the governor Baldoni said that surplus funds at the disposal of the state made
it advisable to act on tne piu-. posal now.
" ' t DRIVE FOR VOTE ON TERMINAL PAY
Tnlv 20. 1946 were:
Jack Alumbaugh, S zc, ou . Court St., Sullivan. Eueene P. Vigus, Ens., Box
602, Merom.
HOSPITAL NOTES
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....... r -t te .tranced 7-year-old- Dayda Lisak and then -. 1 tl-1 il a creek hLteen signed by Marion Karri
Admitted July 22: Bill Kelly of Farmersburg, R. 2: Mrs. Irene
Whitlock of 407 East uepoi Street; Charles Orr of 601 North Duane Street; Hallie Mason of 332 North Court Street.
Dismissed July 22: Phyllis
Jean Sexton of Paxtonr Harvey
Adams of Shelburn; Mrs. vern
Hunt of Sullivan, R. .1; Mrs. Ollie Goodman and daughter of
Sandborn, K. i.
MARRIAGE LICENSES
Gerald Loren Thomas, Fairbanks, Filling station attendant and Rosemary, Pierson, Sullivan.
Twicwwr.TnN. July 23 -
mm ThP Rpnate drove toward
a vote today on the $5,000,000,000
GI terminal leave pay dui inscribed by Sen. Joseph H. Ball,
R., Minn., as "just a Donus m
disguise." '.
Under the measure pacKea Dy
President Truman discharged
servicemen would receive iiveyear federal bonds carrying , two and one-half per cent interest in
payment for furlougns tney cua
nut SCI. ,
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