Sullivan Daily Times, Volume 48, Number 212, Sullivan, Sullivan County, 23 October 1946 — Page 1

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INDIAPOLIS, Oct. 23. (UP)-ji AFL Electrical Workers Uifn spokesman said today t that vge settlement discussions : with Public Service Company X ' f Indfia, Inc., had bogged down. - and tft.a strike of 1,500 union memjrs still threatens. . & Gu Fitzpatrkk, business managerif Local. B-1393, said that comny and union officials were "un$le to find common grounds" fori settlement of the wage dis-pul-He said no further conferees had been arranged, j- 'he union seeks a 14c hourly wge increase. It threatened a wlkout if the wage demand was t (Jnied. The company serves 215,00 customers in 70 of Indiana's ' J2 counties. . t ' Meanwhile, company ' spokesmen indicated that a walkout of 4 the electrical workers would not ; cause a . black-out or even a j brown-out of Hoosier cities servt. ed by the company. They said the chief effect would be to industrial' power users in factories where thousands of persons are employed. f Nephew Of "Local Women Reports Theft

Paul M. Ritchie, 42, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, son of Mr. and Mrs: William (Mel) Ritchie of Princeton, has reported to '' the Pennsylvania State Police ,tbe theft of $23,400 worth, of. fuVs and jewelry, from his horne lastWednesday. Mr. Ritchie is the nephew of Mrs. May Carrithers and Mrs. Maude Crowder of this city. His mother, Mrs. Mel Ritchie is the former Miss Myrtle Mosier who has been a resident of Sullivan. The stolen valuables were the property of Mr. Ritchie's war bride, Jean, and her cousin, Miss Beryl Adams, both formerly of London. The former Air Forces captain told police the loot included a $6,000 four and a half carat diamond solitaire ring and a $5,000 double string of pearls with a diamond claap. Miss Adams lost a $7,500 sable coat and a $700 silver fox fur. piece, he stated. Miss Adams' mother spent 30 years collecting the poaiis for the necklace, it was learned today. Mrs. Ritchie was the widow of a French count. She was attached to an American Red Cross unit in London when she met Captain Ritchie in 1943. He was then in command of an air base near Cornwall. Mrs. Ritchie said her father wns a member of Parliament from North Wales. The captain arrived in the States on November 11, 19-15 and his wife in April. Mrs. Ritchie's connsin came in June. Mr. Ritchie stated to the ?)l'ce that the rear door of their home was unlocked when the robbery occurred and the family was not home at the time. The stolen furs and jewelry were not insured. Since his discharge, Mr. Ritchie has been a distributor of vacumn cleaners and of Billiard parlor supplies. Aged Resident Of Farmersburg Dies Tuesday Cora M..Runyan, 71 years old, of Farmersburg, died last night at b:iO o'clock at St. Anthony's Hospital in Terre Haute. She is survived by the husband, John; two sons, Robert of Port Clinton, Ohio and Charles of Henderson, Kentucky; and one sister, Mrs. Delia Wetz of Tiffin, Ohio. The body was taken to the Fidler Funeral Home in Farm ersburg where funeral services will be held Thursday afternoon at two o'clock with Rev. E. T. Perkins of the Farmerburg Methodist Church officiating. Burial will be made in the West Lawn Cemetery at Farmersburg.

Annual Halloween Fete To Be In Gym Instead Of City Park

The second annual Hallowe'en celebration, being planned for October 31st, will be held in the High School Gym instead of the City Park, Gib Riley, president nf the Lions Club announced today. This celebration, initiated as a means of alleviating the vandalism of city school students prior to Hallowe'en, is fast shaping up as becoming one of the most rollicking events ever held in Sullivan. Sullivan's Lions Club is sponsoring the program in cooperation with city school officials and cards have already been signed by all city school pupils pledging their cooperation in averting any act of vandalism during the rest of October.' Preceding the program in the gym, a mass parade will be held on the square led by a drum and bugle corps formed from the high school band. All students are asked to appear on the square '"the evening of October 31 to redeem their pledge cards, which will be their admission to the gala affair at the gymnasium. They are also asked to dress in masquerade in' keeping with the spirit of the occasion. The program for the evening has not been completed at this time but Mr. Riley stated today that the entertainment will be the best available. While the expense of financing the affair will hot be too great, a small contribution from many of Sullivan's citizens will make it possble, Mr. Rliey said. This is one of the most commendable i projects Sullivan has ever pro- ' duced . and any contribution, whether a dime or a dollar , or more, will insure the children of Sullivan a rial celebration as payment for Iheir restraint from ' destroying property during the Hallowe'en season. . The following is a coupon which may be used for sending in your contribution. All donations should be addressed to Sullivan Lions Club, Sullivan, Indiana. Here is my contribution to the 1946 Hallowe'en celebration to be held in Sullivan October 31. Name . . Address John H. Allen, Retired Funeral Director Dies John' H. Allen, retired funeral director of Farmersburg, died Tuesday evening at 8:15 o'clock at the residence there. Mr. Allen before his retirement in 1940 had owned and operated a funeral establishment in the Farmersburg community for many, years and was the oldest riving funeral director of this county. He was born in Sullivan Coun. ty in 1863, being 83 years of age at the time of his death. Widely known and highly esteemed throughout this district, he had long been a member of the Indiana Funeral Directors Association as well as the national body of funeral directors. He is survived by two nieces, Mrs. Elza Boyll and Mrs. Ben Drake, both of Farmersburg; two nephews, Cecil Drake of Terre Haute and Elza Miller of Indianapolis; and one sister-in-law, Mrs. Gertrude Allen of Farmersburg. The body was taken to the Fidler Funeral Home in Farmersburg where it now lies in state. Funeral services will be conducted there Friday afternoon at two o'clock and burial will be made in the West Lawn Cemetery. ' . RITES HELD FOR JOSEPH SNIDER THIS MORNING Funeral services for Joseph Taylor Snider, 78 years old, who died at his home five miles west of Sullivan at 1:15 o'clock Tuesday morning, were held at 2:00 o'clock Wednesday afternoon at the Wood Funeral Home. He is survived by the widow, Eliza.

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CLOSE FOR STATE TEACHERS MEET I . Sullivan's city schools will close today for the remainder of the week when teachers will . be attending the annual Indiana Teachers Conference at various places in the state. '. There are five centers for the conferences to be held. The principal conference will open tomorrow in Indianapolis and the, majority of the local teachers will be in that attendance. The Southwestern sectional confer.ence will be held in Evansville, the Northeastern at Fort Wayne, the North Central at South Bend and the Northwestern at Gary. The aggregate attendance for the . state will be approximately 23,000 with 15,000 included in the main meeting at Indianapolis, it ' was announced today, ' Forty-three teachers from local schools will attend the Indianapolis sessions, one will go to .South Bend and one to Evansville, Supt. of City Schools , Campbell stated today. The conferences will open Thursday morning and will last through Friday 'afternoon. . .. j Final Rites Held For E. H. Mulligan Tuesday Morning Funeral services i for Everett Rubert Mulligan, aged resident of Sullivan who died Sunday morning at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Harry Adams, were held nt the Railsback Funeral Home Tuesday morning at 9:00 o'clock. Rev. Dan Royer of Frankfort, Indiana, conducted the rites assisted by Rev. Carl Brunten of Shelburn, with continued services being held at the Union Chapel Baptist Church in' Flat Rock, Indiana at 1:00 P. M. The music was furnished by Rev. and Mrs. Kenneth H. Greves of Brazil and pallbearers were Ira Neal, H. M. Raines, Archie Griffith, Tom Nicholes, Carl Foutz and W. L. Cartwright. ! . Burial was made in the adjoining cemetery. LINTON MINERS TO MEET BLOOMINGTON TONIGHT AT LINTON Linton High School's Miners will engage the strong Blonmingto:n Panthers tonight at Linton, starting at 7:30 o'clock. The Panther's record this year indicate that the game will stack up as about an even affair. Last Friday night the Miners battled Bra zil to a 0-0 tie and earlier in. the season a Brazil and I Bloomingtcn fray ended with I the Red Devils out in front by the score of 6-0. ' COUNTY JUNIOR 4-H LEADERS ENJOY " HALLOWE'EN PARTY The 4-H Junior Leaders of Sullivan County enjoyed a Hallowe'en party" Tuesday evening, October 22 at the Dugger High School. Cass Township junior leaders, hosts for the group, had decorated the gym with pumpkin faces and corn shocks. The masked group was judged and prizes were awarded to Harold Wilson, the best masked; Tommy Taylor, the most comical; and Sharon Cleveland, the prettiest. Following folk games led by Jean Godfrey, the business session was called to order by John Ransford. A committee' was appointed to nominate new officers. Miss Gentry, home demonstration agent, discussed junior leadership and the 4-H achievement program to be held on November 4. After group singing, the group feasted on pumpkin pie, apples and cider.

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RUSS BAN IT. S. PUBLICATIONS IN BULGARIA - WASHINGTON, Oct. 23.- (UP) The State Department said today that a Russian general has prevented pub

lication in Bulgaria of the United States' appeal for fair elections in that country. - : ,. Maynard B. Barnes, American representative in Bul

garia, reported that Russian General Biiyusov, without con- ! sultation with American and Bt'itish officers, ordered the Bulgarian Information Ministry to snpnress the American ( appeal for a free press and unfettered elections. 200 INJURED IN ''EL" CRASH CHICAGO, Oct. 23. (UP) More than 200 persons l were injured, 15 seriously, when a northbound elevated train crashed into the rear end cf another "el" train at a swamped and crowded southside station today. The facilities of eight hospitals were needed to treat the injured, most of whom suffered only cuts and bruises -.and were released after brief medical attention. "

MAY REMOVE ALL CONTROLS BY TONIGHT ' : WASHINGTON, Oct. 23: (UP) A government spokesman said today that it is possible, nearly all remaining price controls on food will be removed by nightfall. ; i Certain formalities must be carried out, however, and there might be a "paper work" delay. :i Food decontrol must be approved by Secretary of Agriculture Clinton P. Anderson, now speaking on the west co&st. The spokesman said the only foods likely to remain under control are sugar, rice and a few minor items. :

Funeral Services Held For A.M. Getty Tuesday Rites honoring the memory of A. M. "Mont" Getty, 85-year-old retired contractor and brick mason of this city who died - last Sunday evening, were conducted Tuesday afternoon at two .o'clock in the chapel of the Billman Funeral Home. . The services were in charge of Rev. Jack Anderson of the Sullivan First Christian Church and a beautiful service of sacred hymns Ws sung by Mrs.Kathryn 'KfVki, I ham Reid accompanied hy Mrs.' Jeanette Wernz at the organ. The Sullivan Order of Elks of which the deceased was" a member was present in a body, and fellow lodge members comprised the pallbearers. . . . Pallbearers Were Leo 'Mahan, R. C. Wernz, Jack Knotts, W: T. Mellott, Charles Crawford and Eugene Springer. Interment was made in Center Ridge Cemetery.. , - Family Joins Former

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FIFTH AIR FORCE, Korea. Among the first seven families of dependents of personnel attached to the 308th Bomb Wing of the Fifth Air Force to arrive in Korea were Mrs. Virginia Bradbury and son, Jay Michael, of Brazil, Indiana. Wife and son of Captain Jack E. Bradbury, formerly of Sullivan( Indiana, they landed along with 100 other families from the U.S.S. Frederick Funston, which sailed from Seattle the last week of August. The dependents were given a salute of welcome by four P-51 type fighter planes from the 475th Fighter Group the afternoon of landing at Inchon, the disembarking point. A village of Quonset huts has been erected at the Kimpo Army Air Base near the Korean capital of Seul for the use of the dependents. These are only temporary, however, and work on permanent brick buildings for these and the dependents that follow them has been initiated. Captain Bradbury is the son of Mrs. Dean Chaney," 301 South Court street, Sullivan.

SMALL DAUGHTER OP DR. PAUL HIGBEE ; SUFFERS BROKEN LEG Little Miss -Lavanda Higbee, 4-year-old daughter of Dr. Paul Higbee of this city, suffered a simple fracture' of the -right leg today in a fall at her home on East Wall Street. i ' She was treated at thes. Mary Sherman Hospital, and late dismissed to her-home. j CALLED TO OAKLAND CITY BY DEATH OF 1 SISTER THERE fy

" 'MrsVH. A. Milburn was called to Oakland. City, Indiana this morning to attend the funeral of her sister, Mrs. Ida Loper. Mrs. Milburn was called there two weeks ago to attend the funeral of another sister, Mrs. Campbell, who had flown from California several " months ago . and 1 had made her home there. Mrs. Milburn's only brother, Frank McConnell, who also lives at Oakland City, is reported near death. Sullivan Man In Korea

Bob Lowry Is Commended For Meritorious Duty

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BOB LOWRY son of Mr. and Mrs. Gus Lowry, recently received a commendation from Major General C. L. Mullins Jr., commander of the 25th Infantry Division, for exceptional performance while on duty as Adjutant of the 4th Infantry. Lowry arrived in Sullivan October 10th after being releas ed from the Army as a First Lieutenant at Ft. Sheridan, Illinois. He had been stationed at Osaka, Japan for the past year and served in the Army for 32 months. While stationed in Japan, he was Regimental Adjutant and received three commendations. Last week he entered Indiana University where he is majoring in a pre-law course. In the commendation from General Mullins, Lowry was lauded as follows: Headquarters, 25th Infantry Division, 14 September, 1946 1. You are commended for yoJr outstanding performance of duy as adjutant of the 4th Inf ai) try regiment. You - suprevised the administration of the 4th Infantry with admirable zeal and efficiency. Although handicapped by" the acute shortage and the rapid turnover of personnel, you continued to operate in a most exemplary manner, indicating a high degree of professional knowledge and attention to duty. The aggressive manner in which you attacked all the major problems with which you were confronted, and your unusual abaiity to see these problems through, has contributed materially to the efficiency of your organization. 2. You are hereby authorized to wear the Army Commendation Ribbon by direition of the Secretary of War. C.L. Mullins, JJr., .Major General, USA Commanding. Drivers Of Buses For Rural Pupils To Hear Talks INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Oct. 22 (SIpeciaD Safe transportation of Indiana's 230,000 rural school children will . be stressed in a series of talks by state police to school bus drivers of 12 Hoosier communities Oct. 24 and 25, Col, Austin R. Killian, state police superintendent, announced today. Meetings scheduled for Thursday, Oct. 24, include Thomas Jefferson school at South Bend; Indiana State Teachers College, Terre Haute; Jefferson high school, Lafayette; Central high school, Muncie, and the Osgood and Paoli high schools. Sessions will be conducted Friday, Oct. 25, at Bloomfield high school; Crown Point Criminal Court building; Central high school, Fort Wayne; Tomlinson Hall, Indianapolis, and the Peru and Princeton high schools. Sponsored by the Indiana State Association of School Bus Drivers, Inc., State Department of Public Instruction, and Indiana State Police, the discussions are preparatory to an annual police inspection of 6,500 school buses, tentatively set for Oct. 28. Drivers participating in the program will be urged to maintain vehicles safe for operation and will be reminded of their driving responsibilities. Indiana school buses, the largest fleet of any state in the nation, transport Hoosier youth 200,000 miles each school day.

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To Work Harder? For World Peace President Flays War Rumors; Says Fears For Another World War Are "Unwarranted And Un justified" BULLETIN! LONDON, Oct. 23. (UP) Prime Minister Clement Attlee told Commons today that use of the United Nations veto "should be reviewed with a view to restricting it to its original intent."

UNITED NATIONS HALL, FLUSHING, N. Y., Oct. 2a.

(Ur; President lruman said today that fear of another world war is "unwarranted and unjustified" but he warned the world would face disaster if differing political beliefs should split the United Nations into hostile camps.

U. S. TO AVERT COAL (By United Press) The government sought today to avert a threatened strike by (the nation's soft coal miners and I to settle the three day walkout of pilots which has halted flights of Trans-Continental and Western Airlines, Inc. President John L. Lewis of the United Mine Workers (AFL) placed the next move up to the government in a threatened coal mine strike. Lewis has asked Secretary, of Interior J. AAKrug to start'new wage negotiations under the government's contract with the miners within ten days. Inasmuch as the miners traditionally refuse to work without a contract, a walkout would mean that the 4,000 soft coal miners would be pulled from the pits November 1st unless the government agrees to negotiate. The government has operated the soft coal mines under a contract with the miners since it seized the mines last May to end a two months strike. Decision Upheld In Awarding Pay To Miners' Widows The Supreme Court of Indiana affirmed the decision of the Appellate Court in awarding workmen's compensation to Rachael Brown, widow of Haskel Brown, deceased, of Hymera, and Agusta Vermeulen, widow of Cyril Vermeulen, deceased, and Charles Lawson of Vigo County. The cases originated in Vigo County, where Haskel Brown, Cyril Vermeulen, Hewett Stout and Raymond Tryon were killed by poisonous gases when lowered into the shaft of an abandoned coal mine, known as ' the Flechener Mine, which was to have been purchased by the Mt. Pleasant Mining Corporation, in August 1944. District No. 11, United Mine Workers of America, by Thomas J. Gallagher of Sullivan, its attorney, represented the success ful claimants both before the Industrial Board, the Appellate and Supreme Courts. In the first case tried before the industrial Board Raymond Tryon's dependents, who were represented by private counsel, were denied compensation. The defendant, Mt. Pleasant Mining Corporation, unsuccessfully contended that the deceased miners, were not employees, but employers, as they were share holders of the defendant Coal Company, and were off the premises of the Mt. Pleasant Mine when killed and injured. The opinion of the court, in overruling this contention held that it was well settled that where an injured person is serving a corporation both as an employee and also in some official capacity the right to compensation depends upon the nature of the work being performed when the injury or death occurs.

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In a soberly worded speech opening the new session of the United Nations General Assemb ly, Mr. Truman told the delegates of the 51 member nations that they must work harder than ever ' in their "common search for lasting peace." -j.aieiy we nave an neara iauc about the possibility of another' world war," the President said. "Fears have been aroused all over the world. These fears are unwarranted and unjusified. : -I . am sure that every delegate in this hal will join me in rejecting talk of war. No nation wants war. Every nation needs peace." Mr. Truman did not undertake a general redesignation of U. S. foreign policy but his remarks followed the theme of recent foreign policy statements by Secretary of State James F. Byrnes. , , The President did not mention Russia nor, any other nation by, narrte but hisspeech took cognizance vi Russians i use M toe vetopower in -.the UN Security Coun cil and often repeated opposition to this country's proposals in the council oi t oreign Ministers ana cit the Paris Peace Conference. "I must tell you that the American people are troubled , by the failure of the Allied nations to make more progress in their common search for lasting, peace," Mr. Tr'uman said, -and, then listed these primary tasks demanding UN attention: 1. The first requirement is for the Allied nations to reach 'agreement on the peace settlement; 2. The UN Security Council must work for agreements "that are universally acceptable because they are just to all concerned," It must reduce the exercise of veto right and majority rights; 3. An agreement must be reached for world control of atomic energy; 4. Another must be consummated to "remove the deadly fear of other weapons of mass destruction;" 5. Machinery must be put in motion to rebuild . the world economically, to provide for refugees, and to improve the health conditions of all people; 6. "A concerted effort must be made to break down the barriers to a free flow of information among the nations of the world.' STENOGRAPHIC ; POSITIONS ARE OPEN IN INDIANAPOLIS Ellis E. Henry, manager of the Terre Haute Employment Secur ity Division office, said today that he had been notified by the agency's administrative office!'in Indianapolis of the existence there of openings for stenographers able to take dictation at the rate of 150 words per minute,, either by shorthand or stenotype. A starting salary of $175 a month is offered. . .. ,. Mr. Henry said that the positions will be filled from eligible lists of applicants who qualify by successful completion of the examination to be given soon by the Indiana State Personnel Division. Applications to take the merit test must be made on an official form which may be obtained at any United States Employment Service or county welfare office in Indiana, from the State Personnel Division, or from the Terre Haute Employment Security office at 110 South Sixth St.

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