Sullivan Daily Times, Volume 48, Number 180, Sullivan, Sullivan County, 9 September 1946 — Page 1

CLOUDY, WARM Indiana: Considerable cloudiness this afternoon with showers near the Ohio border. Partly cloudy tonight and Tuesday and continued warm. : HOME DAILY, ". Only 4alljj newspaper pabllh4 la Sullivan County, The Time ttttn excellent coverage for 11 wlvertker ; iUOtai2j VOL. XLVIH No. 180 UNITED PRESS SERVICE SULLIVAN DAILY TIMES MONDAY, SEPT. 9, 1946. INTERNATIONAL PICTURE SERVICE PRICE THREE CENTS

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by SnooDer JAMES M. SULLENDER, remembered by many Sullivan persons as a former foreign language teacher in the high school, has taken up his duties as French and Spanish instructor at Jeffersonville high school again this year. Saturday we mentioned a couple of former Golden Arrow stars who are now trying out for the football squad at Indiana State Teachers College. Since then we hear that GARNET DEBAUN.BILL CLARKSON, BOB RUSSELL and STANLEY SAJKO are, also grunting and groaning in daily workouts for a spot on the club. While on the subject of college 'students, here are a few who will shoot at the "higher 3 R's." ANDREW RAMBIS, BOB HINES, BILL SEVIER, BILL GEORGE and (seems like, an epidemic) BILL JARED are all having "a "go" at Ball State this fall. SCOTT BEASLEY, TOM BATEY and EBBIE ROBERTSON are matriculating at the University of Nevada. JOHN ORGAN left yesterday, for Guatemala, Central America, to inspect business interests in those parts. He plans to spend ten days on the trip. Former Sullivan Man Dies Saturday In Mine Accident John F. White, 34, former Sullivan resident, was killed instantly Saturday morning when he was pinned : beneath a " slate fall in the Snow Hill coaj mine, northwest of Terre Haute. i Coroner D. "M". ' Ferguson, of Terre Haute, who conducted an inquest at the P. J. Ryan & Son Funeral Home, announced that White died from a crushed chest and fractured skull. The accident occurred about 10:00 A. M. Surviving are the widow, Agnes; one daughter, Judith Ann; the mother. Mrs. Mahala White of Bedford; two sisters, Mrs. Lorraine Beasley and Mrs. Agnes Beasley; three brothers, Gahlon, Charles and Martin White; a step-daughter, Lena, and two step-sons, Emmert and Milfred. The body was taken to the P. J. Ryan & Son Funeral Home in Terre Haute and later removed to the Billman Funeral Home here. Funeral services will be conducted Tuesday at 12:00 noon at the Sullivan Pentecostal church. Burial will be in Calvary Cemetery south of Sullivan. RITES FOR LOCAL MAN'S BROTHER HELD SUNDAY Funeral services were conducted in Terre Haute Sunday afternoon for Harley Boyll, 30 years old, of Arlington, Texas. Mr. Boyle was a brother of Henry A. Boyll of the local Boyll & Son Motor Company. Burial was made in Terre Haute, the native home of the deceased. Mr. Boyll, it was learned, suffered a fatal heart attack while riding a tractor on his Texas grapefruit ranch, subsequently falling to the ground and suffering a crushed skull. NEW SUITS Lillis I. Crawford vs. Billie L. Crawford. Complaint for divorce and alimony. ' ADDRESS Pfc. Richard D. Snyder, R. X., 15209945, Btry A, 74 F. A., Fort Jackson, South Carolina

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4-H AT Miss Jean Godfrey, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Basil Godfrey of Turman Township, received the MacGregor Scholarship at the Indiana State Fair School of Home Economics this year. Of the two hundred forty girls enrolled in the State Fair School, only eight received scholarshpis. Scholarships were awarded on the basis of (1) high school grades, (2) class work in State Fair School, (3) note book, (4) general attitude (cooperation, leadership, and personal habits), and (5) record of community activities (4-H club, church, school, and community interests). Jean has been active in 4-H Club work in Sullivan County for the past eight years, and received her trip to the Indiana State Fair School of Home Economics on the basis of her outstanding record and achievement. She plans to enter Indiana State Teachers' College at Terre Haute this fall to further her studies in Home Economics. NAMED IN HONOR GROUP Miss Shirley Ann Greggs, 4-H Club member, Curry Township, was named in the "honor group" at the State 4-H Club Dress Rejvue held at the Indiana State ,Fair September 4. Eighty-seven 1 girls participated in the Dress Revue. The selection of the honor group was made on good appear, ance and attractiveness. The girls in the honor group will be considered in the selection of the state representative in the National 4-H Dress Revue. Miss Greggs was selected at thp County 4-H Dress -Revue to represent Sullivan County in the State Dress Revue. She modeled jher navy blue suit which she imade in her 4.H clothing pro ject this year. JERUSALEM, Sept. 9. (UP) Bloodshed and dynamiting broke out in the Holy Land today on the eve of the London Palestine conference, when Jewish extremists sabotaged the TelAviv to Jerusalem railroad in seven places. A strenuous manhunt by British troops and police followed the series of explosions and gunfire fusillade which shook central Palestine before dawn. Jewish extremists raided two trains, mned rail lines and killed a British police sergeant in Haifa during the outbreak. Mrs. Myrtle Wible Dies Sunday A. M. At Farmersburg Mrs, Myrtle Florence Wible, C4 years old, died at 6 o'clock Sun day morning at the residence, R. R. 2, Farmersburg. She is survived by the husband, Bennett; four sons, Medford, Sullivan; Maurice, Shelburn; Benny, Jr., Graysville, and Eugene, R. R. 2, Shelburn; five daughters, Mrs. Jennie Wright and Mrs. Frances Wright, both of Sullivan; Mrs. Dove Elizabeth Monroe, R. R. 1, Merom; Mrs. Anna Kathleen Blocksom, Terre Haute, and Mrs. Ovaline DeBaun, Fairbanks; one sister, Mrs. Kate Eaton, Merom; one brother, William Daniels, Lafayette, Ind., and 17 grandchildren. The body was taken to the DeBaun Funeral Home, Prairie Creek, and will be returned to the residence today, where short funeral services will be held at 1 o'clock Central Standard Time, Tuesday afternoon with continued services at 2 o'clock at the Merom Methodist Church, with the Rev. Mr. Jennings officiating.

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Local Women Attend BPW Meet Over Week-End

Miss Telia C. Haines, President of the Indiana Business and Professional Women's , Clubs, accompanied py Miss Betty Sinclair, Secretary of the state BPW organization, attended a week- ! end gathering of the 9th Indiana i BPW District at Clear Lake, near iFreemont, Indiana, over the past j week-end. , i Miss Haines stated today that the business session coupled with an enjoyable house party at Clear Lake's Hazen Hurst in the "far-reaches" of Indiana's northeastern territory, was the first of eleven such gatherings slated to be held in the various Indiana BPW districts. These meetings will be terminated the latter part of November, it was stated. One hundred and fifty-two members of the 9th District attended the house party and sixty-seven BPW's were present for the business, session held Sunday morning at eleven o'clock. ' Miss Haines who was the principal speaker at the business meeting reported that a record attendance of six past presidents of the state federation were present and virtually all district directors and state committee members were also in the assemblage. Plans for the building of the program of the new club year were discussed and the groundwork was laid for the September 22nd State Council Meeting in Indianapolis at which Miss Sally Butler, President of the International Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs will be the principal speaker and will relate the happenings of the recent international meeting held in Brussels, Belgium. Miss Haines and Miss Sinclair returned to Sullivan Sunday evening. " , , , Essay Contest On Constitution For Schools This Year The first annual state-wide Constitution Week Essay Contest, to be held this year, will give pupils in Indiana schools an op portunity to win state and national recognition, as well as substantial cash awards for work showing a knowledge of the Constitution of the United States, according to an announcement just released to all superintendents and principals of schools in Indiana by Dr. T. Malan, State Superintendent of Public Instruction. Prizes totaling $1,100 in cash and a trip to Indianapolis to meet Governor Gates and preside over the State Legislature will be among the awards offered to pupils and their teachers. The awards are offered by the Constitution Day Committee as part of the program to observe Constitution Day September 17th and commemorate 159 years of Constitutional government. Dr. Malan in commenting on the contest said: "Because of the importance of the Constitution of the United States as the basic document of our nation, the time has come, we believe, to set up permanently, the annual observance of Constitution Week in our schools in order to familiarize children and youth with its provisions and to impress upon them the relation of this document to their everyday liberties, i "The essay contest offered for the first time this year is designed to "stimulate thinking and to promote additional study to bring to pupils a greater realization that the Constitution is a living document. "Every school is urged to promote 100 percent pupil-participation in this contest. This is our privilege and our responsibility." PAXTON METHODIST CHURCH NOTICE The Paxton Methodist church will begin a revival on September 16. There will be a different speaker for each night. The neighboring churches are asked to come in fellowship with the church. Everyone is invited to attend these services. The pastor of the church will be la charge.

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EFFORTS TO SETTLE STRIKE REBUFFED ' NEW YORK, Sept. 9. (UP) Official efforts to settle

a truck drivers' strike which has created serious food shortages in the nation's largest city were rebuffed again today and Mayor William O'Dwyer placed the entire blame for the strike on the AFL Teamsters Union. O'Dwyer held a closed hour-long conference with union and employer representatives at Police Headquarters today but nothing was accomplished toward ending the strike. POLICE PREPARE REPORT ON MAYOR'S DEATH NEW ALBANY, Sept. 9. (UP) Colonel Austin R. Killian, Indiana State Police Superintendent, prepared a report today on the death of Mayor Raymcmd Jaegers, whose family believes" he was murdered because of an anti-gambling crusade. j Jaegers was found slumped over h'S desk in City Hall Thursday, a pencil in his hand and a bullet hole in his head. A coroner's report said it was suicide, -;.

ITALY TO BUY ARMY AND NAVY SURPLUS ROME, Sept. 9. (UP) An Italo-United States agreement was signed today by which Italy will buy all unsold surplus U. S. Army and Navy property in the Mediterranean. Italy will get property valued at $565,000,000 for which it will be charged $160,000,000, payable in 25 years beginning in 1947 with 2 5-8 per cent interest, i Abe Lincoln Calls On Americans To Observe Constitution Day September 17 As Proclaimed By Governor Gates

Governor Ralph F. Gates has set September 17th aside by proclamation to be observed as the 159th anniversary of the Constitution of the United States of America. A man by the name of Abraham Lincoln, who has become a remarkably famous person in the United States, said concerning the Constitution: -, "Let every American, every lover of liberty, every wellwisher to his posterity swear by the blood of the Revolution nev-

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WLUim liic ia wo ii. me luuuli j j and never to tolerate their violation by others. As the patriots of '46 did to the support of the Declaration of Independence, so to the support of the Constitution and laws let every American pledge his life, his posterity, and his sacred honor. "Let every man remember that to violate the law is to trample on the blood of his father, and to tear the charter of his own and his children's liberty. . . . Let it be taught in schools, in seminaries, and in colleges; let it be written in primers, in spelling books and in almanacs; let it be preached from the pulpit, proclaimed in legislative halls and enforced in courts of justice. And, in short, let it Decome the political religion of the nation, and, in particular, a rev

Local Red Cross Chapter Receives Letter Of Thanks From Czechoslovak Mother Whose Babies Received Gifts

Many letters of thanks have been received by the American i Red Cross from foreign lands.! Recently the Sullivan chaDter of from a Czech mother whose children had benefited from clothing sent from this area. To the American Red Cross, Sullivan,Indiana: With veritable deep emotion we thank you for the gift, which the American Red Cross sent to our babies. The American self-sacrifice surpassed all our hope. We, the Czechoslovakian women lost dur ing the terrible years of the German occupation almost all faith in human goodness. Germans took our men and our children, who were massacred. Our suffering was great, and we did not think, that anybody could with love take care of our children. And now a rich and disinterested-help came from America for us all, but especially for our children. How can we thank you for all? And now the beautiful gifts of the American Red Cross came for the newly-born babies. What can more touch the mother heart, than so tender an attention for her greatest treasure? We received your children trousseaus with great joy. We feel that our suf fering was immense, but your generosity was more enormous. Our babies who will make use

erence for the Constitution." . Particularly timely is this thought on the eve of the statewide observance of the 159th anniversary of the adoption of the Constitution of the United States, scheduled for the week of September 15-21. That observance is being coordinated throughout Indiana by a Constitution Day Committee composed of more than two hundred prominent citizens from all parts of Indiana. ,

t V. Terre Haute With Maid Kidnaper TERRE HAUTE, Sept. 9. ' (UP) Three-year-old Madelyn (Toby) Tobias of Kansas City, Missouri, was found safe in a farm house today, five days after she was kidnaped from her home. Her maid, 22-year-old Mildred Everett, was arrested in another home where she got a job yesterday as a domestic. Chief of Detectives Robert Vance said the alleged kidnaper and the little Tobias girl had been in Terre Haute since last Friday. He said the child had 6tayed in three different homes during the" three nights she had been here. of the gifts of your generosfty will certainly grow to a healthy generation. We Czechoslovakian women thank you not only for your gifts, but above all that you revived in us the faith in the victory of the love and the good. Bystrice P. Hoslynem. The overseas field representatives of the American Red Cross, after making on-the-spot surveys of present conditions of wardevastated countries, are em phasizing the fact that the need is as acute today as it was during the war. According to the representatives, millions of persons have lost all of their posessions. They are now struggling to maintain a bare existence in the rubble of former cities, in unheated damp caves, in crude shacks. Clothing produced by the Sullivan chapter of the Red Cross is doing much to relieve this suffering. Supplies from the local chapter are distributed equitably on a basis of comparison with the needs in other countries and the distribution in the countries is usually handled' by Red Cross societies , or other1 responsible agencies (there. Sullivan County has never! failed. The Red Cross rooms in the court house are ready for use, and we havi machines and goods, but need help. Volunteers are asked to contact the Red Cross here for work.

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GET 10 HOUSING . The Sullivan County Community Council today began a survey to determine housing requirements in Sullivan. It lias been learned that the Federal Government has financed the construction of duplex hocusing units for veterans in various cities in this part of the country. These buildings are of the same type as those that are be ing used to' house veterans at various universities. The buildings will house two families each and will have modern facili ties including batn, electricity and heat. In other communities the units rent for between 25 and 30 dollars. This rent is said to include utilities. After the survey has been completed locations will be sought in the city for materials for construction. Veterans interested in renting one of these Units are requested to give their name to Bill Smith, Chairman Housing Committee, Sullivan County Community Council, Post Office Box 325, not later than Wednesday noon of this week. Youths Hunted By Police After Fatal Vincennes Wreck INDIANAPOLIS, Sept. 9 (UP) Police today sought two youths who kidnapped an Army captain after their stolen automobile was involved, in a fatal traffic accident near Vincennes. A car answering the description of the one ..in which vine you'ths fled after abandoning Capt. Robert Grunhalgh of Greenville, Texas was seen last at Indianapolis last night. Grunhalgh was found tied up near Terre Haute. He said the men stopped him at the scene of an accident and asked them to drive them to Terre Haute to get aid for Arthay Yancy, 39 of De troit, Michigan. Resigns Senate Committee To Run For N. Y; Governor Senator James Mead, D., N. Y., announced today that he will resign from the chairmanship of the Senate War Investigation Committee as a result of his nomination as Democratic candidate for governor of New York. -Mead told a press conference he did not think he should remain as head of the committee while he is actively campaigning for something - besides reelection to the Senate. He suggested that Senator Harley M. Kilgore, D., W. Va., who is a candidate for re-election, succeed him as committee chairman. JOHN LEACH DIES AT NEBRASKA HOME Word has been received here , by relatives of the death of John j r . i . r 1 nr. 1 jr I ieacn 01 ijroraon, ieDrasKa. mr. i Leach died at his home there ' last Thursday. He was the uncle of Frank Lpanh and Mrs Ina Hampton, both of Sullivan. LEGION INTIATES NEW MEMBERS HERE TOMORROW EVENING The Sullivan American Legion Post No. 139 will hold their regular meeting Tuesday evening, September 10th at eight o'clock in the Legion Home north of the city. A special initiation service for new members will be a highlight of the evening and refreshments will be served. All legionnaires are urged to be present. BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT Mr. and Mrs. Truman Talley

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of R. R. 1, Dugger announce the Mason of Paxton, Illinois, formbirth of a daughter born Sept-, erly of Sullivan, died Saturday ember 8th at the Mary Sherman j morning following a long illness. Hospital. The baby has been J Funeral services were held at named Evelyn Joan. 1 Paxton this afternoon at 2:30.

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Grover C. Kirk, 58 Dies At Home On R. 5 Monday A. M. Grover C. Kirk, 58, died at his home on Sullivan route five at 7:35 this morning. He had been ill for eighteen months. Mr. Kirk was a member of the Dugger Baptist Church, the Masonic lodge and the U.M.W.A. Snow Hill Local No. 253. Surving are the widow, Evelyn; eight children, Harry L. of Linton, Robert of Sullivan routs two, Charles W. of Sullivan route five, Mrs. Mable Pullum of Farmersburg, Mrs. Hazel Price and Mrs. Pauline Price, both of Greenwood, Mary A. Kirk .of Indianapolis and Vera and Earl, at home; two brothers, George of Cass and Charles of Drosley, Missouri. The body now lies in state at the Newkirk Funeral Home in Pleasantville pending funeral arrangements. 1 Father Of Paxton Residents Dies In Local Hospital James T. Smith, 84, died at the Mary Sherman Hospital Sunday at 5:43 p. m. Mr. Smith was born in Boone County. He was a member of the Christian church in Illinois. Surviving are the following children,- Mrs. Marie' Vezula of Los Angeles, California, Mrs. Jesse Flath, Mrs. Clara Vester, Miss Martha Smith, Mrs. Delia Banther, Mrs. John Kendall and Charles Smith, all of Paxton; two bf-others, Jasper Smith and Richard Smith, both of Illinois. The body will be taken to the home of Mrs. Kendall tomorrow morning. Funeral services will .be conducted Wednesday morning at 10 o'clock at the Paxton Methodist church. Burial will be at the Webb Cemetery, i The Newkirk Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Yugoslav Soldiers Arrested By U. S. In Trieste Today TRIESTE, Sept. 9. (UP) Five Yugoslav soldiers were arrested by the American 88th Division today shortly after a sixpound dynamite bomb exploded in Trieste, where 22 persons, including seven Americans, were injured yesterday by a hand grenade. The Yugoslav soldiers had hand grenades in their possession, officials said, when they I were arrested after the second explosion and marked a renewal of anti-Allied violence in Trieste. Big Four Hold Private Parley f XfiAcf I I'mlf c VIl 1 IlCMC L1III1L PARIS, Sept. 9 (UP) The Big Four are trying in private to agree upon all details of the proposed Italian-Yugoslav frontier and the boundary for the suggested free-territory of Trieste, it was disclosed today. Negotiations between the big powers are seeking to turn agreement in principle upon the so-called "Frenchf-line" into a solid, detailed plan for presenta (tion in the Italian Political Commission. FINAL 'RITES FOR FORMER SULLIVAN WOMAN IN ILLINOIS Glen Edith Mason, age 33, . daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Roy

Maritime Strike Settlement Now UpToW.S.B. WASHINGTON, Sept. 9 (UP) . The Association of American Railroads said today that 13,000 loaded freight cars are tied up at port as a result of the maritime and trucking strikes. It said the maritime strike has demobilized 4,500 loaded freight cars in the New York port area and 5,000 at other ports, while the truck strike has tied up another 3,500 loaded cars in New York City.

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 9 (UP) Settlement of the four-day-old national maritime strike was placed squarely in the lap of the Wage Stabilization Board today after collapse of weekend compromise talks between representatives of the Department of Labor and the AFL Sailor's Union of the Pacific. Any hopes of prompt settlement depended on the Wage Stabilization Board which meets in Washington tomorrow to reconsider its controversial decision of AFL seamen's wages. Final Services For Mrs. Nancy RjOss Saturday Private rites honoring Mrs. Nancy Lee Ross, 47, who sue- ' cumbed Thursday morning at the residence here following an extended illness, were conducted Saturday morning at ten o'clock in the chapel of the Billman Funeral Home. The services were in charge of Rev. R. M. Criswell, pastor of the Sullivan First Methodist Church. Pallbearers were Gene Springer, Robert Crowder, Milburn Kirkham, Norval Harris, William Sisson and Tom Reid. Interment was made in Center Ridge Cemetery. ' ' "' ' ' FIRST EFFECTS OF MEAT SHORTAGE NOW BEING FELT CHICAGO, Sept. 9. (UP) The nation began feeling the first effects today of a meat shortage which spokesmen for the meat industry predict will be the worst in history. Packers and retailers alike predicted that butcher shops across the country will have almost no fresh meat by the end of the week. In some cities, including Chicago and New York, the shortage was felt already. LIE ASKS UNITED NATIONS TO HOLD ASSEMBLY OCT. 23 UNITED NATIONS HEAD QUARTERS, LAKE SUCCESS, N. Y., Sept. 9. (UP) United Nations Secretary - General Trygve Lie, confronted with agreement by the Big Four to postpone the United Nations General Assembly until Oct. 23rd, decided today to ask the Big Four foreign ministers to guarantee that the 51-nation meeting would be held at that date despite progress of the Paris peace conference. Lie planned to take this step before formally polling the 51 nations of the United Nations on the requested postponement. MARRIAGE LICENSES Billy Jr. Jerrells, - Anderson, Indiana, lathe operator, DelcoRemy and Betty Lee Wilson, Pleasantville, assembly worker, Delco-Remy. Howard T. Johnson, Jason ville, laborer and Catherine Bemis, Ja-t, sonville, at home, j Jack Godfrey, 839 North State Street, coal miner and Lucille j Godfrey, Michigan City, Indiana, 1 telephone operator.