Sullivan Daily Times, Volume 48, Number 184, Sullivan, Sullivan County, 13 September 1946 — Page 1

HOME DAILY Only dallj newspaper published In Snlllvan County, The Timet ffera excellent coverage for ita advertiser!. FAIR AND WARMER Indiana: Partly cloudy and cool tonight; Saturday fair with slowly rising temperature. VOL. XLVIIt No. 181 UNITED PRESS SERVICE! SULLIVAN DAILY TIMES FRIDAY, SEPT. 13, 1946. INTERNATIONAL PICTURE SERVICE PRICE THREE CENTS

SEVENTY KILLED DURING AUGUST IN TRAHK - I

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wpeciai; oevemy ati0ns to establish permanent were killed in Hoosier traffic status for guch positions have crashes during August, moving been ann0Unced by the Branch statewide fatality tolls for the Offioe of the VA in chicag0 first three-quarters of .1946 o The exact dgte of he examin. 639, Col; Austm R. Kilhan, stately hag nQt been detemlned police superintendent, reported but appicatiops be received t0ly' immediately "By the Board of . The superintendent sad Au- ju g Civil Service Exammers at

EUSl laiamies were .a per higher than 64 deaths in the same month of 1945. Statistics from the three-quarter period phowed a 26.7 percentage rise from 504 fatalities recorded in corresponding months last year. Forty-four deaths in rural localities last month nearly doubled 26 lives lost in urban accidents. Twenty-three victims died in crashes involving more than one vehicle, 16 were pedestrians, 12 were kilJed in railroad crossing crashes, seven ran off the roadway, six struck objects, three overturned in the road, two were bicyclists, and one non-collision was reported. Hold Final Rites For Mrs. Minnie Benson Thursday Funeral services for Mrs. Minr.ie Benson, 75-year-old Sullivan county resident, were held Thursday afternoon at 2:30 in the Billman funeral chapel with the Rev. Jack Anderson officiating. , " ) Mrs. Eenfion died Tuesday at the home, six miles northwest of Sullivan, after an illness ctf several months. The song service was conducted by Kendall Hayhurst with Mrs. Jeanette Wernz at the organ. Flower bearers were Reed, Margie Ralston, .Akman, Barbara Stark, Billie Gerry Nancy Nash and Rita Benson. Pallbearers were Earl Reed, Mac Ralston, Guy Alsman, Joe Benson, Walter Cooper and Orville Chowning. Burial was made in Pleasant Green Cemetery. , GILL TOWNSHIP LEGION HOME TO BE DEDICATED SEPT. 22 Gill Township American Legion Post No. 362 known ns "Sycamore Shadows" which, was purchased sometime ago as the Legion Home will have an open house and dedication Sunday, September 22 starting at 12:00 o'clock with a pitch-in lunch and an afternoon program giving all a chance to see their new home. This home was purchased bythe donations of the community and is dedicated to the boys who iiiaue uie supreme sacimce ouring World War II. A complete program for the day will be " announced in the near future. The public is invited to attend. L. C. GRAYSVILLE DEFEATS FAIRBANKS SOFTBALL TEAM 13-3, SEPT. 11

The Graysville F.F.A. softball a series of special services detsam defeated Fairbanks high 1 signed to promote the spirit of

school 13-3 Sept. 11 on the Graysville diamond. Burl Harris of Graysville gave up seveo hits while Middleton and Dix of Fairbanks allowed 13 safeties. The Graysville club is sponsored by E. J. Wagner, Advisor and M. Sakel, Graysville coach. John Ransford, catcher, and Dale Cox, left field, led the F.F.A. team with four hits each. BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENTS

Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Wolfe i have charge of the services SunJr. of Carlisle, are the parents of day, morning and evening. Broth-

a daughter, Carol Ann, born at the Mary Sherman September 13th. Hospital Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Stanley of Merom, announce the birth of a daughter, Sharon Lee, born at the Mary Sherman Hospital September 13th. ,

Veterans Urged To Apply For VA Contact Positions

Indiana veterans are urged to make application for positions as contact representatives with the Veterans Administration, officials of the VA announced today. federal Civu Service examinthe Veterans Administration 226 West Jackson Blvd., Chicago. No applications will be accepted later than September 26, 1946. The positions pay an annual salary of $3,397, with regular increases at stated intervals, for a 40-hour week, plus overtime pay. Contact representatives interview veterans who apply for benefits, advise them as to their rights and help them fill out forms. These positions are restricted exclusively to veterans and have been the most sought-for job in the VA. During the rush of demobilization many veterans were hired on a temporary or war service basis. All of these will be required to take the examination, along with other applicants, if they wish to attain a permanent status. Appointments to the positions will be made from the files of eligibles established through exi aminations. They will be made to fill existing vacancies and the positions of those who do not take, or fail to qualify in the examinations. Application forms are available through the Board of Examiners, or from the Regional y. S. Civil Service Commission, 433 West Van Buren St., Chicago 7, 111., or from any first or second class post office. All-Girl Band At Shelburn Church Sunday, Sept. 29 Reverend L. N. Abel, pastor of the Shelburn First Methodist church today announced that the Merrill Henry All-Girl Marimba Band of Franklin, Indiana, will present a sacred concert at the Shelburn church Sunday afternoon, September 29th, The band, composed of girls of high school and junior high school music classes from Franklin, is widely acclaimed over the state of Indiana as an outstanding musical organization of exceptional talent. They have . appeared in many "Hoosierland" churches and school functions as well as makingnumerous appearances before audiences of the Murat Theatre in Indianapolis. These girls under the direction jof Mr. Henry more recently ap'peared before the throngs in at tendance at the 1946 Indiana State Fair in Indianapolis where thev were well received. Miss Mary Louise Abel, daughter of Rev. and Mrs. Abel, is a member of the band. This notable program which will be presented at two o'clock the afternoon of the twentyninth in the' auditorium of the Shelburn church, is the first of fellowship in spiritual worship. The public is cordially invited to attend this and every service, time and dates of which are listed in the church service columns of today's Times. REVIVAL MEETING AT DUGGER CHURCH OF CHRIST A special revival meeting of the Dugger Church of Christ will start Sunday, Sept. 15 and will continue until Sunday, Sept. 29, inclusive. Brother Maurice Clymore will er H. L. Olmsteed of Gallatin, Tenn., will be the visiting minister and will preach at each service, beginning Monday, Sept. 16. v The public is cordially invited to attend these services and hear the word of God preached in its purtiy by this able man of God.

PROTEST RUSS

ACCUSATION

PEACE PARLEY BULLETIN PARIS, Sept. 13 (UP) Britain's First Lord of the ad miralty A. V. Alexander, walked out of the Peace Conference Military Commission today in protest after the Russian General Slavin accused him and U. S. Admiral Richard L. Connally of representing "old-fashioned democracy." Alexander's action came just before the commission voted 15 to 4 to invite Albania to express its views n the military clause of the Italian treaty. None Injured In Auto Crash At Carlisle Last Night A 1941 Buick driven by Claude Rose, 44, of Chicago, Illinois, collided with a 1941 Hudson, driven by Arthur K. Rogers, 21, of 932 North 8th Street, Terre Haute, last night about 12:30 o'clock on the curve just north of Carlisle. None of the persons involved were injured. Other occupants of the car driven by Rice were Mr. and Mrs. Ray Sumer, owners of the car, Mrs. Rice and their three-year-old daughter, Phyllis, all of Chicago. They were on their way to Evansville when the accident occurred. Rogers was accompanied by Robert E. Pollock, also of Terre Haute. They were en route to Terre Haute. The left side and the rear of the Rogers car were damaged and the cost was estimated 'sit $30O.t)0.Damage to. the other car was estimated at $250.00. It was presumed by local officials that Rice was trying to pass the Rogers car and Rogers also pulled to that side of the road. The wreck was investigated by County Sheriff Harold Reynolds, DeDuty Sheriff Hubert Wagner and State Police Officer Ned Woodward. SHELBURN SERVICE STATION UNDERGOES NEW IMPROVEMENTS New improvements these past few weeks are fast changing the appearance of the Hayes Bros. Marathon Service Station located in Shelburn with numerous Additional plans scheduled for the near future in which a modernistic building program is included. The establishment, one of the oldest service stations in Shelburn, was purchased the early part of August by Norman and Clifford Hayes from Lon Bolinger who erected the station at its present site more than a score of years ago operating it continually since that time. The brothers are the sons of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Hayes, life residents of Shelburn. and are graduates of the Shelburn High School. Both served in the European Theater of Operations during World War II where Norman, the eldest, was wounded while engaged in action with the famed 38th Lightning Division. He and his wife, Mrs. Elizabeth Hayes, reside in Shelburn. FIND MANY LOST ARTICLES AT STATE FAIRGROUNDS INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Sept. 13 (Special) A lost and found department conducted last week by state police during the Indiana State Fair yielded everything from missing children to a man's wristwatch. Capt. Robert A. O'Neal, chief of the investigation division, today urged owners to call at state police headquarters for missing articles. Among the items gleaned from the fairgrounds were four pairs of women's glasses, thirty sets of keys, 14 billfolds, three ladies' purses, a woman's raincoat and one bayb shoe. Captain O'Neal added that all the children were returned.

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CHINESE REDS MAY BOYCOTT PEACE TALKS NANKING, China, Sept. . 13. (UP) Chinese Communists said today they would boycott the new five-man peace talks until Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek orders his troops to cease firing. A

WESTERN LUMBERMEN IN BLACK MARKET SALT LAKE CITY, Sept. 13. (UP) The National Housing Administration and the OPA today filed 48 criminal complaints against sawmill 2nd lumber dealers in four Rocky Mountain states in a crack-down against black market lumber activities.

VIOLENCE FLARES IN JERUSALEM AGAIN ' JERUSALEM, Sept. 13. UP) Jewish underground raiders today threw Tel Aviv and Jaffa into turmoil with attacks against four banks and the Jaffa prison, and running gun battles in which at least four persons were killed, five wounded and possibly eight Extremists captured.

PERU DELEGATE CRITICIZES UNITED NATIONS . LAKE SUCCESS, N. Y., Sept. 13. (UP) Peru's delegate, Alberto Parro, today criticized mass proposals before the United Nations' Economical and Social Council for repatriating the estimated one million persons displaced by the war. Parro said the draft constitution of the new international refugee organization implies that the United Nations expects the problem to remain for ten or fifteen years when actually the job could be completed "with the cooperation of all nations" in two or three.1 . '

Golden Arrows Point For Second Win Tomorrow Night, 8 O'clock, Against Bosse; Team In Good Shape For Game Sullivan High's Golden Arrows crowd is expected . to fill the will be after their second victory stands. of the season tomorrow night ! Coach Jones expressed satiswhen they meet Bosse of Evans-' faption about the Arrows' first ville on Bosse's field at 8:00 gane last Friday night. "It was o'clock C.S.T. jajtypical early season game," he R6tfd "and in this same with

I Nothing is known about theBfesse x think wen be abie to

uvansvine eleven Dut it is ex- sflow quite a bit of improvement, pected to be one of the state'f The boys are going down there hesi teams- this- year -by -localsfe-, itfc-the ideaT of . -winning ( and, servers. Sullivan will be in good a3 persons here know, Sullivan shape for the scrap after a week has always been good at upsetof fairly light practice sessions . ting supposedly stronger elevwith emphasis placed1 on the ens." brushing up of new plays. i Starting Lineup.

in last Friday mgnt s game with Dugger, the Arrows used stated they' would throw works at Bosse tomorrow i with approximately 35 decej T formation plays and hy the last year were used very successfully by the local gridders in several games. , Turpin and ' Pinkston, who

turned in a good performance is expected to follow the Arrows Friday against Dugger, may be to Evansville and two school expected to pile up lots of yard- buses have been made available age any time the line opens up . for those not having transportafor them. McCrocklin, Russell, tion. Principal Harry Gilmore Sevier and Kaiser will be in has the bus tickets as well as good condition to show up in the Boyle's News Stand, it was anforward wall of the Arrows, nounced today. The buses leave Thrasher, who is shaping up as the new gym at 2:30 p. m. Those a pass receiver, is out to repeat ! who are unable to go to the game his performance of Friday night may hear it broadcast over Staagainst the Evansville team and tion WEOA, Evansville, by Dick passes may be the deciding fac-. Shively. tor of the game. " Only one change is being made1 LI1 J LI I7in the starting lineup for the ! IU Hearing T Or Arrows Moore will start at left llIIJ TL!

Euard instead of Southwood. who has a slightly bruised shoulder Southwood will see action, how

ever. Coach Jones plans to ' ' rest him most of the game in or- ! INDIANAPOLIS, Sept. 13 1 T .... der that the injury will not be (UP) A removal hearing for INFANT SANDERS aggravated. iMrs. Mildred Everett, Deleware, RTTFS SATTTRTIAV Twenty-six Arrows will board Ohio, accused kidnaper. ' of 1X1 lua LU1 A a bus-at 2:30 tomorrow afternoon 3-year-old Madelyn Tobias will j and expect to be in Evansville e held today before Federal A son was stillborn this mornaround 5:30 or 6:00 o'clock, in.J"dge Robert C. Baltzell. i"g at the Mary Sherman Hostime to eat and receive last min- I Mrs. Everett was arraigned Pital to Mr- ani Mrs. Ben Sandute warmups and instructions yesterday on a kidnaping charge ers of Hammond, Indiana. Surfrom Coaches Jones and Takats. before U. S. Commissioner I viving are the parents; two broThe game will be Bosse's first Dwight R. Randall at Terre thers: and the grandparents, Mr.

of theseason and as Sullivan has always proved a big drawing card in Evansville, a capacity NOT ENOUGH MEAT I FOR BLACK MARKET 9 -1 (By United Press) Meat industry spokesmen said today that there is almost no black market but "there is not enough meat to start one." . In a nationwide survey by United Press the only city reporting definite evidence of an organized black market was Nev York. Slight black market symptoms were reported in Philadelphia, Dallas, San Francisco, Minnea polls and St. Paul.

NEWS

Name Thrasher

Pos. Wt. . LE 165 . LT 180 . LG 160 . C 155 . RG 150 . RT 175 . RE 176 . QB 145 . LH 155 . RH 145 . FB 165 from Sullivan

Turpin Pinkston .Walters A large crowd VUHXZt S Kidnaping Case Haute, but waived a plea. She then was brought to Indianapolis. The maid and little ''Toby" were discovered at Terre Haute last Monday after a four-day nation-wide search FIRE AT HOME OF FORMER TIMES EDITOR YESTERDAY NOON The Sullivan Fire Department answered a call yesterday at noon for a fire at the home of Joe Adams, former editor of the Times. The fire was caused by a spark from the chimney igniting ary sningies on tne porcn root, according to authorities, and was brought under control in a short time with little damage resulting.

AUSSIE ATTACKS BIG POWER VETO

PARIS, Sept. " 13 (UP) Australia's Col. William R. Hodgson today injected a bitter attack on the "arbitrary, irresponsible, dictatorial" use of the veto by.big powers in the United Nations Security Council in the Peace Conference discussion of the Trieste problem. Hodgson charged that use of the veto by the big powers had discredited the Security Council and "that if the body is in disrepute in the eyes of the world, to which would the Big Four turn over responsibility for the free territory of Trieste. The big power plan would give responsibility for the . Trieste statute to a body in which the veto could operate at every turn." Wallace Urges Effort To Get Wong With Russia NEW YORK, Sept. 13 (UP) Secretary of Commerce Henry A. Wallace, keynoteing the administrator's fall election campaign, charged the Republican party last night with being the "party of economic nationalism" and urged continued efforts to get along with Russia. Wallace warned against "get tough with Russia" policy in an address at Madison Square Garden ad urged the United States not to interfere in the political affairs of eastern Europe) where current Soviet-British policies "may eventually lead to w,ar.'! c ... JAMES E. NOLAND SPEAKS AT OWEN COUNTY DEM. RALLY James E. Noland, Bloomington, Democratic nominee for Congress from the 7th District of Indiana, launched the Owen County Fall election drive at Freedom last night, with a verbal attack upon Republican Congressional leadership from Indiana in a speech before a political rally at the Freedom High School. Noland charged that the shortsighted Republican Congressmen who voted against national defense measures such as the fortification of Guam, the Selective Service Act, and the arming of merchant ships a few short months before Pearl Harbor, are incapable of supplying the far sighted, international leadership necessary to insure the prosperity of America and the peace of the world. He declared, "Our present Re publican representatives in Congress have failed the people of .the United States consistently by hewing to . the line which they term 'old fashioned conservaI tism.' " and Mrs. Lon Sanders of Ham mond and Mr. and Mrs. George Barnes of Sullivan. The body was taken to the j Railsback Funeral Home. Services will be held there Saturday afternoon at two o'clock. Place of burial r is as yet undetermined. JEWISH UNDERGROUND ROB JERUSALEM BANK

New flood lights have been inBULLETTN ! stalled at the Linton field and JERUSALEM, Sept. 13 (UP) ' seating arrangements have been The Jewish underground added to seat 1,800 persons, launched simultaneous attacks on I Gerstmever will have the first

three big banks in the Jaffa pri-, son today and escaped with twenty thousand dollars after gun battles in which three persons were killed, two wounded ' and eight raiders cantured.

AFL Wins Raise CIO Continues i Maritime Fight CIO Demands Same Wage Increase AFL Received; Maritime Commission Defers Action At Two-Hour

Parley Today. J BULLETIN! WASHINGTON, Sept. 13. (UP) The Maritime Com

mission met for two hours today but deferred action on the question of granting striking CIO seamen the same wage increase which ended the nine-day walkout of AFL maritime

unions. A spokesman said after the meeting that the commission was "awaiting developments."

Rev. Walter House Speaks Monday At Local Dry Meet Approximately i 100 persons were in attendance Monday night at the First Baptist Church for the monthly meeting of the Sullivan County Civic Association. Tom McRoberts, president, acted as chairman of the meeting. Old-time songs were sung by the men of the Farmersburg Chorus and Rev. Walter House, repreanv 1 sentative of the United Dry Forces of Indiana, gave a very inspiring ' talk, arousing those present of the need in Indiana for a more representative opportunity of public expression regarding the present liquor law. , .'- . , These meetings will be held monthly, and. the public is invited to watch for the time and place of the October meeting. Indiana Building Shows Gain In 14-City Survey ' MINNEAPOLIS, Sept. 13 Home building in fourteen Indiana cities in 1945 increased 8.9 in volume and 35.2 jn value from the preceding year, James R. Ridgway, vice president of Investors Syndicate revealed today. Five of these fourteen cities showed home building gains, six losses, and three were practically unchanged from 1944. New homes started in these fourteen cities in 1945 provided shelter for 8,216 people, an increase of 672 from the 1944 total of 7,544. Valuations of such residences totaled $9,360,729 an increase of $2,434,794 from the 1944 aggregate of $6,925,935. Cities in the study were: Anderson, East Chicago, Elkhart, Evansville, Fort Wayne, Gary, Hammond, Indianapolis, Kokomo, Marion, Muncie, Richmond, I i South Bend and Terre Haute. i i Thfrf wprp 374 917 Huellintr . o units in these cities on January 1. 1945. Of these, 335,264 or 89.6, 'figures made , available by Investors Syndicate show, were built prior to January 1, .1930, or more than 16 years ago, which indicate a promising demand for new homes as well as considerable remodeling. Linton High To Play Gerstmeyer At Home Tonight Linton High School Miners, will open their home football schedule tonight at 7:30 against i Gerstmeyer. Last Friday night the Miners dropped a 20-13 de cision to Riley of South Bend in 'r,i rt fliA nQmac one of the hardest fought games nf thp wppk-end. test of their season in the game tonight. They boast a strong as- I gregation . with seven lettermen back from last year's team one of whom is All-Wahash fniihnrir I 'Stan Machango, 1 - . tSfnn Machanun 1

i It was indicated that the

commission was waiting . to see whether the CIO union and East Coast ship operators would negotiate agreement matching the AFL wage scale. The CIO strike action pro-, longed the crippling , shipping tie-up which began last . week when the Seafarers' : International Union and Uie Sailors' Union of the Pacific (both AFL) walked out in protest against the Wage Stabilisation Board's refusal to approve wage increases of five to ten dollars a month higher than those won hy the CIO last June. SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 13 (UP) The ' nation-wide maritime strike continued today with a change of cast -i-CIO pickets taking over as AFL sailors called off fheir striks upon winning confetcd wage increase. The vanguard of , CIO members answerfng the national maritime union's strike call began to picket west coast docks at 1:00 a.- m. (PST). They demanded Increases given the two AFL unions who touched off the shipping tie-up Sept. 4. WASHINGTON, Sept. 13 (UP) Prospects for settlement of the entire maritime strike brightened today when the Maritime ..Commission Lubor Relations Director, ' Godfrey Butler, said ' he.1 would recommend that CIO ' seamen be given the same wage increases $s AFL maritime unions Would he. Butler fa id he was confi- , dent that the commission would approve his recommendation. Disclosure of his recommendation was made a few hours after CIO maritime workers struck for the higher wage scale envolved in the nation-wide strike by AFL seamen. CLEVELAND PAPER ivinn i Dun nninn jixnrjAsiijO rnita OF SUBSCRIPTION J I CLEVELAND, Sept. 13. The Cleveland Plain Dealer has announced that, effective next Monday, the cost of the home de livered newspaper would be increased from 25 cents per week to 30 cents, for six daily papej' The Plain Dealer stressed that newsprint, since January, 1933, had increased from $39 a ton $ i $74 a ton, or 90 per cent, while in the same period the home delivered paper would increase, effective Sept. 16, from 18 to 30 cents for the 1933-46 period, or 67 per cent. "In addition to the increase in the price of newsprint," the Plain Dealer said, "the labor cost in producing the paper, which is hv Sill nrff? thp InrffPCt fiin(1fc by all odds the largest single item of expense, has gone un all along the line." 4 CONVALESCING HERE Curtis Wheeler, son af Mr.' and Mrs. Fenton WIippW of 310. TnHiana Avenue, is convalescing st his home here following a hand iniurv effort t -urnu ML V..V. TT OUOOU r,nrr ,v,cra v, i nj College where he is enrolled.