Sullivan Daily Times, Volume 48, Number 150, Sullivan, Sullivan County, 29 July 1946 — Page 1

HOME DAILY Only dail newspaper ptiblishel la Snllivan County, The Timet ffers excellent coverage for lta advertisers. LITTLE CHANGE INDIANA: Generally fair with little change in temperature today and Tuesday but with some chance of scattered thundershowers near the Ohio River. : ;VOL. XLVHI No. 150 UNITED PRESS SERVICE SULLIVAN DAILY TIMES-- MONDAY, JULY 29, 1946. INTERNATIONAL PICTURE SERVICE PRICE THREE CENTS

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RECEIVES DISCHARGE Raymond N. Deiss, Jr. of Carlisle, husand of Thema June Deiss, was honorably . discharged j i at the U. S. Naval personnel Separation Center, Shoemaker, California, July 22. He served t on the U. S. b. Pennsylvania from 1940 to 1943 and on the submarine U. S. J f 1943 to 1945.. Tilefish from Capt and Mrs. Charles kowarri left tnHnv for Ft. Belvedere.

Virginia where Capt Howard will be stationed. ' . Merchants Win - From Carlisle, Lead League tThe Merchants handed the Carlisle nine an 8-6 defeat yes-

1(1 U.CEJT KJ-l.Jl. lHV, IHlgVilll vs of the year in a Western Indiana league game, to run their victory streak to four straight. ,,They are tied with the Great Lake Steelers for first place in the standings. -- Both teams used two hurlers in yesterday's game. The Infdians started with Moore, who was charged with the defeat. Ele was relieved by Torrence, curve ball artist v from Indiana jState, who held the locals in check, Robhins started , for tha V Merchants' and eave wnv n Os. tWnte m the. fourth, who, allowed

I just one hit the rest of the way taking ' and burglary, gave inforlilthough the visitors scored mation which led to the arrest

uiree runs in the ninth on the ne hit and error and two walks. Bill Taylor led the Merchants at the plate, having a perfect day ith a triple, double, single and a base on balls. The Little Betty Miners will U i Ci. 1 yi The score, Sunday's game: I Clubs ., R. H. vrHriisio m9 nnn nn? b k o

Sullivan . ... 312 001 10 8 2 John Montgomery and Jack RbbL Batteries: Carlisle Moore ertson of Fort Wayne, who also ITorrence and J. Bonhanv Sulli- is suspected of vehicle taking I van Robbins, Osborne and and buI"glary For' Wayne police

jThewlis. Steelers Halt inninC .rl' wining wucaiv Of Little Betty TERRE HAUTE, Ind., July 29 Great Lakes Steel defeated

Little Betty 6 to 3 -last night at hank employes have not been Wlemorial stadium in the second able definitely to identify Jenjame of a Western Indiana kins and Stewart as the bandits lleague double header. In the through examination of phototwilight affair the Terre Haute graphs of the men. . . .Eagles crushed Rassel's Tavpm i ' :

17-2., The Steelers are tied for j ifrrst place in the second half with the Sullivan Merchants. f Johnson starred for the winners with a triple and single, riving in,, four runs. A seventh inning rally broke up a 3all deadlock to give the Terre "laute club the victory.' It was the first loss for the Sullivan bounty team in nine starts. Little Betty out hit the winners 10 to with Fields, Beasley and Zaayer leading the attack. '

, HOSPITAL NOTES Admitted July 26 Garvey Cleveland of Paxton, R. 1. - Admitted July 27 Mrs. Sallie jfisinger of Shelburn. . Admitted July 28 Rosemary ox of 236 West Grays ville St.; Mrs. John Markey of .418 West Washington Street. , . Dismissed July 26 John Crosby of Shelburn; Gilbert Snider of Paxton. - i Dismissed July 27 Mrs. Edward Crites and daughter of Oatown; Burl Rusk of East .Washington Street; Mrs. J. E. Blume of 317 North Broad Street. j Dismissed July 28 Mrs. Walter F. Wood of South Troll St.; . Ray Stinnett of Edwardsport, I Ind.; Mrs. Carl Pugh and daugh- ' ter of South State St.; Mrs. Charles Mitchell and daughter of

Paxton, R. 1.

EI! American Troops Suffer Casualties In Battle In N. China. PEIPING, China, July 29 (UP) A communist force was reported tonight to have attacked a train bringing 1UU Marines from Tiensing to Peiping and in the ensuing battle both American and communist casualties were inflicted. The Americans were said to have suffered more casualties than the communists. The communist attack was regarded as of major political signifigance in . view of the high tension now prevailing in North Chia. Hold Suspect Pair In State Bank Robbery INDIANAPOLIS, July .29 The No. 1 suspects in the $15,000 holdup July 18 of the New Palestine State Bank have been apprehended, Indiana state police announced last night. ' They are Bruce Stewart, 23 years old, of Francisco, and Paul Jenkins, 24, of Fort Wayne both of whom escaped from the State Reformatory at Pendleton prior to jthe bank robbery. Jenkins, who was seized at Fort Way;ie on suspicion of vehicle of Stewart at fimnH Hm I Mich., the state Dolice said. I Jenkins, who denied narticination in the bank robbery, will be taken to Pendleton todav. where J Miss f!arrif Snnrltrrnsa tho hnnlr'a bookkeeper, will be called '.' for Ai'L1. .'J i. i ' a 1.' possible identification of .him as lone of the bandits. ' I Arrested with Jenkins , was Wallace Baskerville. 25. alias saia. -Capt. Robert A. O'Neal of state

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police detectives has ' declared 29 (UP) Between 7 and 15 pasthat descriptions of Jenkins and sengers were presumed dead toStewart tallv "almost exactlv" ja,r

with those given of bandits ! by Miss Snodgrass, who was foreed to lead the bandits to the bank vault. ! However, State Police Detective John Barton said last night that Miss Snodgrass and other Assault Victim NEW YORK POLICE are searching for a Negro rapist-killer with a fixed, trance-like gaze, who shot and killed Mrs. Marjorle Vose Churce Logan, 52, and then assaulted and wounded her 26-year-,old daughter, Karjorie Jeanne, above, in their fashionable Flowei sHill. L. L. estate, f International)

Death Summons Joseph A. Parr; Services Today

HYMERA, Ind., July 29 Joseph Allen Parr, 85 years old, died at his residence four miles northeast of here at 9 o'clock Saturday morning. He is survived by the widow, Louise; three daughters, ?Mrs. Vina Stoops of Coalmon, and Mrs. Vashti Mahan and Mrs. Maggie Burke both of Hymera; five sons, Grover of Indianapolis, Harvey and David of Shelburn and Clifford of Springfield, Ohio; 20 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren The body was taken to the Mcftugn nunerai Home and was iciuiueu iu me resilience Sunday morning. Funeral services were held at 2 o'clock this afternoon (CST) at the Shiloh church with Rev. Beadle officiating. Burial was in K. of P. cemetery. - Rites Today For Elderly Resident Of Near Paxton , Matilda A. Plummer, age 79, passed away Saturday night at eight o'clock at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Jennie Frederick, Paxton Rural Route. She had been ill for three weeks. She was bora April 1, 1867, the daughter of William Smith and Malinda. Smith. Her husband, Calvin, preceded her In death. SurviVing are three daughters, Mrs. Venia Minor of Bicknell, 'Mrs. Edith Padgett and Mrs. Jennie Frederick both of Paxton rural route; one son, Sammy of Carlisle; thirteen . grandchildren and ten great grandchildren. The body was taken I to the Newkirk Funeral Home at Pleasantville where it was prepared for burial and later returned to the home of Mrs. Frederick. Funeral services were conduc ted this nftprnnnn at thp T?pthanv church of which Mrs. Plum- ' mpp was o mpmhw TSurlnl nil at the Bethany cemetery. f - - 7 To 15 Dead, 10 Missing In Ferryboat Crash C ARUTHERS VILLE . Mo.. July missing after a Mississippi River ferrvboat rammed broadside into a slow moving barge-train in inky darkness. It was the first tragedy on the river since a passenger plane plunged into the muddy river at Memphis two- years ago taking 26 lives. BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENTS Mr. and Mrs. Edward Crites of Oaktown are the parents of a daughter, Betty Lou, born at the Mary Sherman hospital July 26. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hubble of Shelburn, R. 2 announce the birth of a son, Donald Dean, born at the Mary Sherman hospital, July 27. , Mr. and Mrs. Charles Mitchell of Dugger are the parents of a daughter born at the Mary Sher-', man hospital July 27. She has' not been named. . Mr. and Mrs. Mervin Padgett. of 471 South Troll Street are the j parents of a son born at the j Mary Sherman hospital July 27. j He has be"en named Walter Lee. ' Mr. and Mrs. Carl Pugh of 715 South State Street announce the birth of a daughter born at the Mary Sherman hospital July 28. She has' been named Georgia Ann. Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Marshall of Shelburn R. 1 announce the j birth of a daughter, Marianna 1 Josephine, born at the Mary. Sherman hospital July 28. MARRIAGE LICENSES

Kyle Walter , Vaught Sullivan i The Sullivan American Legion farmer and Beatrice Mae Spar- Post No. 139 will hold a specling, Shelburn, retaurant worker. 'ial meeting Tuesday evening, JuJames Near, Pleasantville, d- ly 30th, at eight o'clock in the charged veteran and Estellelee Legion Home for the purpose of Burris Paxton, R. 1, at home. discussing important business Bert Ellis Utt, Oaktown con- that concerns every veteran and struction worker and Mary Fran- his family. All members are urgces Abel Sullivan, R. 1. Ived to attend. ,

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3 DEAD, MANY HURT IN BUS PLUNGE

VERNON, Texas, July 29.

killed and at least forty were injured eight perhaps fatally today when an eastbound Continental, Trailways bus plunged through a bridge railing and fell twenty feet into the nearly-dry Pease River three miles west of Vernon. v

i PREDICTS REDESIGNING OF FIGHTING SHIPS BIKINI ATOLL, July 29.-(UP) Vice Admiral W. H. P. Blandy: predicted a redesigning of fighting sh?ps to meet possible atomic warfare today while scientists compiled new evidence of the ferocity of last Thursday's under water blast. ' Examination of fragments blown to the surface shows the lagoon's bottom consists of . shredded coral, like cracker crumbs in consistency Its softness diminished the atom bomb' effect, Commander Roger Revelle, an oceanography

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CHARGE GOVERNMENT; WASTED BILLIONS WASHINGTON, July 29.-j(UP) Comptroller General Lindsay C. Warren charged today the government "gave away untold billions" through defects in war contract renegotiation laws, and said many officers who tried to prevent such losses were pulled from the.'r jobs and "sent to the sticks." : ' He also told the Senate War Investigating Committee that a "terrific lobby" by Army officers was chiefly responsible for breaking down- an 1872 statute which prohibited former government officials from handling claims against the government for two years after their retirement.

ACCEPT U. S. OFFER IN PRINCIPLE WASHINGTON, July 29. (UP) The State Department Announced today that the British government had accepted "in principle" the American offer to join the British and American occupation zones in Germany as a single economic unit. ' . , " -. , The proposal was advanced by Secretary of State James F. Byrnes at the close of the last Big Four Foreign, Ministers meeting in Paris. He suggested that France and Russia as well as Britain agree to treat Germany as an economic unit.

Will Construct j y Homes For Vets 7 - In This City Construction began this morning on a new h6me at the corner of South Court and Silver streets in Sullivan ' which is the first of a number , of homes for ex-GI's expected to be constructed here under plans develnned bv Warren Gummere of Shelburn who is an ex-GI himself. Mr. Gummere stated today that his concern will construct homes for veterans only, to be put up at actual cost with all work being done strictly on a time basis at hourly wages. The GI homes will be all . modern including furnaces and will be built to FHA specifications. Homes planned are in a price range of between $4,000 ancj $5,000 and Gummere as the contractor, plans to furnish all materials, get priority for the GI loans and assist in getting the loans through. Offices of this unusual "GI assistance" project are in Shelburn. Another home will be started on West Beech Street under this plan next week, Gummere said. Likewise he is Constructing a combination restaurant, ' grocery store, filling station .and service garage for Charles Holbert of Shelburn just north of the Campbell Crossing north of here on highway 41. A number of former servicemen will be employed in the . construction projects, Gummere announced. The home at Court and Silver streets 4s being built for David Hofeditz. COMMITTEES ON LABOR DAY WILL MEET TONIGHT Another meeting of the Labor Day Celebration committees will be held at the City Hall tonight at 7:30 o'clock. '. Committees met again last Friday night to continue work on plans for the celebration which will honor all veterans ' SPECIAL MEETING AMERICAN LEGION TUESDAY EVENING

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r(UP) -Three persons were Senate Approves Decontrol Board Nominees Today WASHINGTON, July 29 (UP) T-The Senate Banking Committee today speedily approved presi-1 dent Truman's nominees to the) three-member decontrol board ' that will have all ' power over price controls. The nominees were Roy L. Thompson, president of the New Orleans Federal Land Bank, Daniel W. Bell, Washington, former under secretary of treasury and now president of the America Security and Trust Co., and George H. Meade, president of the Paper and Pulp Company, Dayton, Ohio. FRACTURES HIP Mrs. Sally Risinger, 88 years old, of Shelburn, suffered a fractured hip late Saturday evening in a fall at her home. She was admitted to the Mary Sherman Hospital for treatment. AID RUSHED

A!Rl!NE WORKERS unload six suction machines Ircm a plane after they had been flown from Chicago to Minneapolis, Minn., to help victims of an infantile paralysis, outbreak. The machines, which remove congestion from the lungs of polio sufferers, ae being checked by Kent Powers (dark coat), state representative of the National Foundation fo- Infantile Paralysis. In Inset is Sister Elizabeth Kenny, the Australian nurse who developed a highly-successful treatment for the disease, as she stepped from a plane at Minnetlis. She Ccvt' from San Fn,;.eisco to aid in the city's fight against the outbreak. 'International)

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PEACE PARLEY PARIS, July 29 (UP) Foreign minister George Bidault opened the 21 -nation peace confernece today with a warning to his colleagues that they must do a "better and more lasting job" than the architects of the Versailles peace which followed World War I. Bidault, presiding officer at the initial session welcomed the delegates in behalf of France and pledged his . nation to full cooperation with all democratic nations in establishing an endurig peace. Before the formal opening, the 'deputies of the Big Four foreign ministers met and distributed draft texts of the proposed treaties for Italy, Hungary, Bulgaria and Finland to all the 21 nations which will advise the Big 4 on the peace. Arranging For Heirens' Sentence CHICAGO, July 29 (UP)

Defense and states attorneys The Federal Bureal of Investidrew up the final strategy today gation today tripled its forces to Dut William Heirens behind: here and along with state agents

bars for the rest of his life. Defense counsel will meet today with states attorney William J. Tuohy to discuss the proceedUre for the youth's arraignment tomorrow and for his detailed, written confession , of three of Chicago's most brutal slayings. . Arrangements for the confessiori and the youth' subsequent, , sentence vof life-.imprisonment-were made with the full consent of . .his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Gorge Heirens to whom he admitted the harrowing ' details of the slayings last Friday. I RETIRED INDIANA UNIVERSITY FACULTY MEMBER SUCCUMBS BLOOMINGTON, Ind., July 29 Miss Lydia Dudley Woodbridge 70 years old, for 28 years a member of the Indiana Uniyersi y faculty until her retirement July 1, died today in Bloomington hospital after an illness of sever al months. Miss Woodbridge was assistant professor of French at the -time of her retirement She had ser ved 10 years as assistant dean of women under Dr. Agnes E. Wells, now emeritus dean pf women, until Miss Wells in 1938 gave up that post to become professor of mathematics. - :

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$27.00 Price At Chicago Matches AilTima Record; New Top On Hogs At Chicago, BULLETIN! CHICAGO, July 29. (UP) Cattle prices in Chicago, St Louis, Omaha and Kansas City for prime steers hit new highs today and, hog prices jumped to a new top at Chicago. One load of top prime steers went for $27.00 in .Chicago, matching the all-time U. S. record set in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, July 16th. One load of top hogs in Chicago went for $22.10, a new. high here, while sellers asked and got $22.00 with no trouble.

F.B.I. Continues Search For Mob MONROE, Ga. July 29 (UP) stubbornly pursued its search for a mob of white men that lynched two negro men and their wives as bitter resentment ' mouted against the mass cold blooded murders. At least six F. B. I. investigators and like number of Georgia F. B. I. agents have been thrown into the. search for a score of men who ambushed the four negroes - some , ten miles' from- foere last Thursday and sent a fusitade of shots into their bodies. Champ Oyster Shucker SOUTH BEND, Wash. (UP) Oyster-on-the-half shell experts believe they have a new champ bivalve-cracker in the person of George D. Coma. He shucked 81 gallons of fresh Pacific oysters in one eight -hour shift at the Haines Oyster Company to earn $40.50 and break his own preyfou8 mark of 68 U2 gaUons WOMAN PUTS BITE ON COP ' DENVER (UP) Patrolman Ernest Flora, 39, thinks armored sleeves should be added to a po lieeman's uniform. Arresting a woman for intox ication, Flora suffered a severe bite in the arm. He the woman's teeth, he gently twisting her nose.

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Extinguish Fire At Martin Co. Plant At Paxton A fire that ignited 120 gallons of paints at the Martin Manufacturing Company plant in Paxton about ten o'clock . this morning threatened the entire plant and contents but was extinguished with' light damage after the Sullivan Fire Department was summoned to the scene and extinguished the flames which had been smothered ! down to some extent by sheets of metal.. .The local lire ..department used a high pressure fog jtotfa?-providing b- dense -and fine spray or jog, in successiuny combatting the fire. This nozzle' was purchased by the department about six months ago and this morning's fire provided Jhe. first leal test for it. Origin of the fire was not immediately an- , nounced. The Martin Manufacturing Company is located in the old school building at Paxton where extensive operations are under way. 1 r resident vviii t in WASHINGTON, July 29 (UP) President Truman told his congressional leaders today that he hopes to name members of a five

loosened man atomic energy control cornsaid, by mission this week.

"Back To Civvies." SAILORS DISCHARGED Among persons discharged from the naval service recently whose homes are in Indiana were: SHELBURN Charles R. Stewart, Flc. FARMERSBURG Edwin D. Drake, Y3c, R. 2. SHELBURN Robert E. Yadon, SM2c, RFD 1. FINNEY HEADS DEMO. SPEAKERS INDIANAPOLIS, July 29 . Frank Finney of Martinsville, former director of the state auto license division, was named to head the speaker's committee bureau of the Democratic state committee. i BAG FOUR BEARS CODY Wyo. (UP) Four less bears roam the northwestern part of Wyoming now. L. L. McVein of Sheridan recently bagged two large brown bears, while O. D. Hensley and Zeve Baker of Artesia, N. Y., killed two. DENVER LOOKS FORWARD DENVER, Colo. (UP) A civic planned has. been commissioned to outline Denver's proposed $6,000,000 building program, which includes construction of a new stadium, library art museum, symphony hall and other municiple buildings. ,