Sullivan Daily Times, Volume 48, Number 236, Sullivan, Sullivan County, 26 November 1946 — Page 1

CLEARING Indiana: Clearing and some-; what colder tonight. Wednesday fair and warmer. Thursday fair, f-nlder in north, milder In south. VOL. XLVIII No. 236 UNITED PRESS SERVICE SULLIVAN DAILY TIMES TUESDAY, NOV. 26, 1946. INTERNATIONAL PICTURE SERVICE PRICE THREE CENTS

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THE SNOOPER

The morning mail brought lis a card from C. D. HUNT, who accompanied MRS. ANNA : FRANKLIN of Indianapolis up to . Indianapolis for a visit with MR. HUNT'S son and daughter-in-law, MR. AND MRS. BEESON t HUNT. Also found on our desk this morning was the following 'takeoff on the irritating habits of hunters in this section. MRS. MARY T. COULSON says: "The farmers would appreciate a timely article this week on hyntecs who come out to 'God's open spaces,' can't read signs, whiz shots around the house and barns, and reply when encoun-

'- tered, 'But I have a license!' ; . "It's .he gun owners' hunting !; . regalia to which the farmer's rf wife is allergic. It certainly '..-''types' him for her. j ') "The ones with caps of 'I see , red' or 'don't-shoot-until-you-see - the - whites - of - their"fc eyes' plaid, are the type that slip onto your place, unobserved from ' the back side of the woods lib- , erally posted with 'No Hunting,' 'v 'No Trespassing,' and 'Keep Out' t signs. The vivid caps are their :- f protection from other hunters 1 who are careless as they. 1 t . "Then there is the type out for ! " the sport. The car with several I t men stops in front of the house. : It's the clothes you spot immediately. Well, someone has to r, see, to admire, a properly dress- ( ed, hunter, for there has keen a Tlot of thought and money tied f ' law. here. It's usually -the. out-

.sized (pot-bellied) one who t ccmes to the door in a regular Daniel. Boone of fringed leather ; or maybe a belted model, opened ' to expose a shelled vest. He in- , forms her they are down from - 'Torre Haute, or Sullivan, on the -i T J ; pursuit oi wim gume. j "Rejected, but by no means dejected, they drive past the I first fence and park their car. A f fence to them merely marks the I division of ownership. They ride down the fences by climbing , over them or cut holes in them for their dogs to go through. The noise of the shooting fright1 ens the sheep and cattle from " their grazing in the pastures. They scatter and waste the soy f beans that haven't been com bined. They endanger the lives of the farmer, his family and livestock with their shooting. , "To all these things the farm er objects, and the poor hunter becomes angry when the farmer calls the game warden or sheriff. "At this time of year Sundays are the only peaceful days for, thanks to Indiana legislation, it is unlawful to 'tote' a gun on Sunday." . . Mrs. M. Woodard Dies Tuesday Mrs. Mary R. Woodard, age 42, formerly of the Palmer Prairie community, now of Ohio, died yesterday afternoon at four o'clock.' She is survived by the husband, Leo; three sons, Leroy, Harry and Martin; one daughter, Carolyn; one sister, Mrs. Edna Graves of Indiana and three brothers, Dan Brown of Shelburn, Ray Brown of Edinburg, Illinois and James Brown of Phoenix, Arizona. The body will lie in state at the McHugh Funeral Home in Shelburn where funeral services will be held Friday afternoon at two o'clock. Burial will be in the Palmer Prairie Cemetery. FUNERAL SERVICES FOR MRS. HOBAN WEDNESDAY, 2 P. M. The body of Mrs. Jeanette Hoban who died at her home in Hymera Sunday lies in state at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Ben Trump, in Hymera. It was stated yesterday that the body would be at the McHugh Funeral Home. Funeral services will be conducted tomorrow afternoon at 2:00 o'clock at the Methodist church. Burial will be in the K. of P. Cemetery. .

ilDTOV REJECTS PROPOSALS FOR TROOP CENSUS

BULLETIN! v LAKE SUCCESS, N. 'Y., Nov. 26 (UP) Soviet Foreign Minister V. M. Molotov today rejected British and American proposals for a troop census which would reveal the sites of the armies each nation may take in its home territory. Molotov told the United Nations Political and Security Committee that Russia held to its position that troops at home should be considered in forth coming disarmament discussion. He served notice Russia would ask then, that the powers pro vide UN, with an inventory, of all their arms including atomic bombs and rocket type weapons. BULLETIN! LAKE SUCCESS, N. Y., Nov. 26 (UP) Argentina attempted today to bring the great powers together on a compromise plan for a United Nations troop census which would embody- the features of all the proposals sub mitted by Russia, Britain and the United States. WASHINGTON, Nov. 26 (UP) There will be plenty of turkey for the holiday season and prices will be reasonable. The Agricultural Department said today that turkey . supply will be about as large as the record quantity of last year also there will be somewhat fewer chickens. In some areas, young torn turkeys are selling as low as 29 cents per pound. The department estimated turkey supplies for the year as about 44 pounds per person. Of this, about 3 y2 pounds will be marketed by Thanksgiv ing although a large part will be put into storage for tables. Christmas

LOTS OF TORKEV fOR THURSDAY

Thirteen Arrows End H. S. Football Careers In Game Thursday

Thirteen Golden Arrows will end their high school football careers here Thursday in the Turkey Day game with Clinton's Wildcats. ' Byron Thrasher, left end; Bill McCrocklin, left tackle; Robert Southwood, left guard; Harold Kellams, right tackle; Lee Russell, right. end, and Jack Turpen, halfback, are the first string members who will be lost through graduation. The others whose actions on the local gridiron will cease after Thursday are: Eugene Frisbee, left end; James Campbell, left end; 'Dallas Moore, right guard; Joe Scully, center; Thom&s Anderson, halfback; Thomas Haskett, fullback, and Joe Raley, quarterback. Coach Bill Jones stated today that the loss of some of these players will be sorely missed next year but as a whole, the squad returning next' year will be far advanced over the present one's p re-season standing. Six B games this year have added materially to the experience of reserves who were unable to see much varsity action . this year and several of the varsity members who are not graduating, and who started the 1946 season with very little game time under their belts, will afford a bright spot for rebuilding the team next year. . Practice was called off jester-

CITY COMPLYING WITH DIMOUT ORDER

Mayor McGuire stated today that Sullivan is voluntarily complying with the Civil Production Administration's dimout order to conserve the nation's fuel supply. The civil city is cooperating with the Public Service Company in the matter. A list of rules applying to the conservation order is found in an advertisement of the Public Service Company , in this issue of the Times. Shelburn High Carnival Claims Financial Success The improvised carnival staged in. the gymnasium of the Shelburn High School Wednesday evening of last week by the students of the senior high school was pronounced an unparalleled financial success by Principal F. E. Ward today. Hitting upon the idea of a carnival . invented and conducted by the boys and girls, the student uouy ueuuiateu anu cicireu amusement stands, games ana ' J A 1 XI mysterious aens xo weuw eral public in an effort to finance the purchasing of a school motion picture machine and equipment. Curry Township Trustee Walter Thompson carried half the cost burden but placed the responsibility of raising the matching amount upon the resourceful students and proved themselves business men in every respect. Crowning a queen in addition to theatrical stage presentation, ihe students .netted in, their entire evenings endeavor, two hundred, forty-six dollars and forty-three cents. This amount, Principal Ward stated in his an nouncement today, is the result of a successful student planning,

cooperative support of the town's whose coal bins remain empty, merchants and the patrons in but a number of Shelburn resigeneral. A ' ' dents have solved their own fuel Motion pictures distributed by Problem through nature's natural the state bureau of Audio Visual Ss resources that underlie the Aids will soon be shown regular- town and Shelburn's entire populy in the Shelburn classes of in- lace along with that of Farmersstructions on plant and animal burg, Hymera and Jasonville life, foreign countries and all look to the introduction of muniphases of pictorial reviews de-' cipal gas consumption in the near

signed to broaden the students' technical knowledge. NEW SUITS Nina Klink vs. Stanley Klink. Complaint for divorce. Richard ShoDtaw vs. Wilma ghoptaw. Complaint for divorce, day due to inclement weather and in its place a skull session was held. The Arrow mentor stated today that it was likely practice would again be suspend-

ed today. 'Harry Knox of Graysville and his Harold Kellams, whose sprain-drilling crew drilled a depth of ed ankle made it unlikely for two hundred and thirteen feet on him to play Thursday, is report- ine Thompson well, to a spot near , . , . . , ' .. j'an unworked bitumimous vein, ed to be in good shape again and hun(Jred and f.fty thousand will see action against tne who- icubic fget q gag ar? produced by cats. Due to missing so mucn 'the Thompson well daily it was practice, however, he ,s not like-earned ly to start the game. Wellg drilled on the WaUer In the game Thursday, Sulh- Bigger, William Gibbons and van meets one of their oldest ( Lawrence Taft properties in rivals. Both teams have a simi-1 shelburn also showed steady lar record this year, indicating a high preSsure with considerable close match. Clinton has defeat-1 volume but later drilling at the ed Plainfield and Westville, 111., Fred Lane and Orville Hall and lost to Garfield, Tech, and:homes did not result so favor. Wiley of Terre Haute (by similar ablVi scores as the Arrows had), Mich- since the Lane well caved

igan City, Danville, 111., and Brazil. In the Brazil game, the Wildcats dropped a 19-0 battle compared with the 13-13 deadlock in the Arrow-Brazil game. The visitors will use a box formation, similar to the one used here in the past. Coach George Bibich, Wildcat mentor, is a former classmate and teammate of Coach Bill Jones. Both made AllState when playing at Clinton High School. Bibich resumed his duties at .Clinton this year after his release, from the Army; Air Corps, ' ."

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CHRYSLER RAISES PRICES DETROIT, Nov. 26. (UP) Chrysler Corp. raised Detroit factory prices today on Plymouth, Dodge, DeSoto and Chryslers, "in conformance , with current costs."

STRIKING TEACHERS CHARGE INADEQUATE TAX ST. PAUL, Nov. 26. (UP) Striking public school teachers picketing 77 closed school houses charged today that "inadequate local financing" was a major cause of their wage dispute with the city. ' As 30,000 students took a holiday, the Teachers Joint Council (AFL) of 1139 members said that the average tax rate for schools in Minneapolis was 60 percent higher than at St. Paul. ;

MEAT WORKERS ACCEPT WAGE INCREASE CHICAGO, Nov. 26. (UP) Bargaining agents for AFL Meat Workers Union have accepted a general wage increase of 11 1-5 cents for union members employed throughout the country by Armour and Swift, the nation's two largest packing houses, a union official said today.

10 BRITISH SOLDIERS LONDON, Nov. 26. (UP)

ten British soldiers were wounded in an hour-long riot touch

ed ott at Haifa today when troops tried to board the Jewish refugee ship Knesseth Israel. Resistance aboard the shin finallv was nut dnwn with

' tear gas and mortar shells, the trom l aiestine,

CHARGE RUMANIAN ELECTIONS UNFAIR WASHINGTON, Nov. 26. (UP) The United States charged today that the recent Rumanian elections were won by the Communists through "manipulations and intimidation" and violated Rumania's pledge to Britain, the United States and Russia to hold free elections.

Shelburn Residents Burn Natural Gas Out OfcOwnPrivatelWells

The coal mine situation in this locality is causing considerable alarm to numerous households future, The first gas well to be brought in in the Shelburn community was drilled more than a year and a half ago by.O. M. Sebring in a field near his home and south of ;the town corporation. Pressure of the eas flow was and still remains very powerful, Curry Township Trustee Walter Thomp son stated last night. ) The Sebring well was drilled into the worked out diggings of the old Shelburn mine number 6 coal vein, which was last mined during the World War I period. Primary among the recent drilling, is a well on the township trustee's property in Shelburn which registers a pressure of thirty pounds with a strong vowme 0f gas believed to be enough to supply fifty homes with fuel for all domestic use. Mr. ThomDson revealed that badly on numerous attempts to J reach the gas flow and the Hall wen registered low pressure even though the . volume was satis- 1 factory, drilling by individuals has somewhat come to a standstill awaiting the coming of a permanent gas distributing station. Marion F. Rust, former resident of Shelburn where he was a Christian minister and first principal of the .West Ward High School after its construction in 1915, is promoting the establishment of gas utilities in Shelburn,

WOUNDED IN RIOT Palestine dispatches said

Exchange Telegraph reported ,Farmersburg, Hymera and Jason ville, it was learned last night. Mr. Rust, his wife stated, has secured gas franchises in Shelburn and Farmersburg and the Hymera town officials soon will vote upon the issue and Jasonville is still deliberating the question. . At present Mr. Rust is Secretary of the Chamber of Commerce in Barbourville, Kentucky, near Cumberland Gap but will resign his office there as soon as the necessary channels are cleared here to go ahead with the gas company in Sullivan county. At such time, stocks will be sold and a corporation formed, Mrs. Rust said. Gas will be purchased by special arrangement from the Kentucky Natural Gas Company who maintain a pipe line from Owensboro, Kentucky to the state of Pennsylvania. The Kentucky gas line passes through the town of Dugger and extends through the northeastern part of Sullivan county near the K. of P. Cemetery, east of Hymera. . This company is known to supply a considerable amount of gas for Terre Haute and other southern Indiana towns and cities. Sullivan's gas consumption is provided by private gas wells, officials of the company stated today. I The Rust utility nlan. should it be adopted by Hymera and Jasonville as well as Shelburn and Farmersburg, will service some possible 3,000 homes and business houses, Meanwhile, m shelburn's rural areas a number o wells have been brought in by progressive faj.mers . Very high pressure was found at a five hundred foot depth on the Gene Willis farm west of Shelburn and a very great volume of gas was also brought in. About two miles south of town worked out diggings of the old Mammoth mine on the Gill farm released a large volume of gas with little pressure. The low pressure is believed to be caused by the many corridors of abandoned mine tunnels. No reports were given on the pressure' or volume received on the Elza Wells farm east of Shelburn in the abandoned Jackson Hill No. 4 and No. 7 mining area. However, it is known that gas was found and is being used by the Wells household. The Rusts have established .their home in Shelburn where they are very well known. Both I (Continued on Page 0, Col. 4

H. S. GLEE

PRESENTS II AT R LI TA R V CLUB

The Junior-Senior High School Glee Club yesterday highlighted a program at the regular Rotary Club luncheon and presented thirty minutes of group and novelty vocal numbers. Music during the dinner was furnished by Mrs. Jeanette Wernz at the piano and following a business session Harry Jarrett, director of the glee club, introduced his chorus and told of their performance at the state and district festivals. The club now has 13 boys after getting off to a slow start with only four at the beginning of the year. Among the numbers presented by the group were "Now Thank We All" by entire chorus; "We Sing Thy Praise" by girls section; "The Old Lamplighter", solo by Ramona Hummell; "Tell Me Why", a capella by Mary Ann Kerlin, Ann Smith, Joan Walters, Joan Godfrey and Shirley Cham bers; "Were You There", spiritual by chorus; "Moonlight Song" by triple trio composed of Mary Ann Kerlin, Ramona Hummell, Joanne Reid, Shirley Chambers, Billie Dodd, Bernadyne Hull, Marilyn Waldorf and Becky Brummett, with one member absent because of illness, Marian Lisman; "The Lord's Prayer" by girls section and the finale, "Come Ye Thankful People" by entire chorus. ""Mu'sic for all numbers except the riple trio was played by Bernadyne Hull on the piano. Elizabeth McElrath played the triple trio number. Mr. Jarrett and hii vocal group were highly commended by the Rotary club for their fine performance although they were handicapped in giving the pro gram at that time. GRAYSVILLE P. F. A. TO COLLECT SCRAP Thirty-one members of the Graysville F.F.A. will pick up scrap in Turman Township on Friday, November 29th and Saturday, November 30th, it was learned today. Residents of the township are requested to gather up and have ready for the. pick-up crews: rags, paper, zinc, rubber tires, lead, iron, copper, brass, aluminum, batteries, radiators and grease. . Proceeds from the sale of the scrap will go to help in the chapter work of the Graysville Future Farmers of America. .

REUTHER CONGRATULATES CIO CHIEF 6

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RE-ELECTED BY ACCLAMATION, Philip Murray (left) is congratulated in Ailantic Cny, N. J, by Walter Reuiher, United Auto Workers chieftain, after the former was chosen to head the C.I.O. for the seventh consecutive year. Reuther was one of nine vice-presidents elected at t Jh convention bj ; the assembled delegates, j (International)..

Twenty - One States Affected By Dim Out; Some Schools Closing

BULLETIN! WASHINGTON, Nov. 26 (UP) The coal strike is costing: the nation 1,885,865 tons of coal a day, the government reported today as it stood firm on its determination to force John L. Lewis to send the 400,000 members of the TJMW back to their jobs. An authoritative source indicated, meanr.vhile, that some government officials are exploring the possibility of promoting' direct talks between Lewis and the coal operators to induce a settlement of the six-day walkout after the government has finished its legal battle with Lewis. But it was emphasized that the administration has no intention of easing legal pressure on Lewis or retreating -in any way from its first stand. Lewis must stand trial at 10 a. m. tomorrow for contempt of court for failing to call off the walkout. Despite the spreading impact of the strike on the nation's economy, the trial might extend into next week. The federal district court, where it will be held cannot meet on Thanksgiving Day and must adjourn for the week-end at noon Saturday. The Solid Fuels Administration said 3,613 soft coal mines are idle east of the Mississippi River ! with only 652 open. . The 2J.648 miners, wonting at . tnese mines are producing only 300,939 tons of coal daily, SFA said. An estimated one million workers are expected to be idle as a result of strikes next week. COUNTY POULTRY MAN GETS HIGH RATING AT PURDUE A rating of "Superior Scholarship" was achieved by Alvin S. Dikowski, of the Lash Hatchery in Farmersburg recently at the close of the 28th Annual Poultry Short Course and Hatchery School at Purdue, it was learned today. Seventy-two persons attended the course and four were awarded the superior rating. One of the chief purposes of the course was to train men to qualify as book-selecting and pullorium testing agents for National Poultry Improvement Plan hatcheries. Two future schools are being considered, one at the University and one at the Pur-due-Marott Center in Indianapolis, it was announced.

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PITTSBURGH, Nov. 26 (UP) Effects of the walkout of 400,000 soft coal miners were felt from coast to coast today, with cities in 21 eastern states and the District, of Columbia "browned out" to' conserve coal. Schools closed in Walla Walla, Washington and Denver, Colorado. Nine more blast furnaces were to close today and a steel tube mill was slated to close at' McKeesport, Penn., idling several thousand workers. The number of blast and open hearth furnaces closed will reach 129 by tonight. Cutbacks in steel production ranged up to 50 with the overall reduction estimated at 20. There was no estimate of the total number of steel workers idled by the drastic cut in production, but it ran into many thousands. Bethlehem Steel laid off 8,000 of 14,000 workers at its Johnstown, Pennsylvania plant. Schools at Denver, Colorado and Walla Walla, Washington were closed because of lack of coal and Buffalo, N. Y. plans to shut down its schools at the end of this week. Classes were suspended at Provo, Utah but . the schools remained open to giva students home work assignments. Even the tobacco industry felt the effects of the coal famine. At Lexington, Kentucky an auction official said the sales of burley tobacco will be discontinued within a few days because of lack of coal in drying plants.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 26 (UP) An authoritative source indicated today the government was feeling out chances of promoting direct talks between John L. Lewis and the coal industry, to speed settlement of the six-dny-old soft coal strike. At the same time it was emphasized that the administration had no intention of retreating from its fight in the courts to force Lewis into ordering his 400,000 United Mine Workers (AFL) back on the job. BULLETIN! WASHINGTON, Nov. 26 (UP) An Interior Department official disclosed today that his agency is considerating government operations of the "Big Inch" and the "Little Big Inch" pipe line to carry natural gas to the country's east coast to help alleviate shortages caused by the coal strike. This move would supply one to three per cent of the fuel need normally taken care of by coal. LEG! TO U One of this year's most important meetings is to take place tonight at the American Legion Post 139 Home north of the city, it has been announced. All members are urged to make a special effort to attend this meeting and to bring a buddy. A Thanksgiving . frolic has been planned ' by Legionnaires for Wednesday evening with music being furnished by the Swing Quintet. The dance will start at 9:00 o'clock and end at 12:00. The price of admission is different from the usual prices as anyone may attend if they present their Legion card. This party is a part of the drive to boost the membership of the local post up to the goal of at least 700 members for '47. Any veteran who wishes to become a rrtember of the post may do so by contacting any -Legion member or by attending any of the meetings held weekly at the Legion Home.

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