Sullivan Daily Times, Volume 48, Number 246, Sullivan, Sullivan County, 10 December 1946 — Page 1

RAIN TONIGHT Indiana: Rain in east and south portions and cloudy and cooler in' northwest. ' Clearing and cooler tonight; generally fair and moderately mild Wednesday. VOL. XLVIII No. 246 UNITED PRESS SERVICE SULLIVAN DAILY TIMES TUESDAY, DEC. 10, 1946. INTERNATIONAL PICTURE SERVICE PRICE THREE CENT3

THE SNOOPER

Friends and neighbors of HARRY ARTHUR, Jefferson Township, showed their close friendship for him by coming en masse last Wednesday to his farm and harvesting around 2,000 bushels of corn from his ' fields. MR. ARTHUR'S wife died, a short time ago and he has had more than just his hands full in keeping his household of 10 children and farm working smoothly. The eldest of the children is 15. The friendly neighbors used a corn picker and 11 wagons to do the job. Can this be Indiana??? A lot of persons are asking themselves that question these days ah'd here's somthing that should be a record of some . kind for this . state. MRS. AMP PAGE picked a nice bouquet of VIOLETS out other YARD Saturday!! First thing you know, people around here will be saying "Sho' nuff" ,and "Honey Chile' - JOHN M. THOMAS dropped in yesterday afternoon and told us about a motorcycle ride he took with his grandson, EUGENE T. BALLARD, formerly of Sullivan . and now of Indianapolis. Sunday. They left Sullivan at 9:45 a. m., traveled east through Blooming- : ton, Brookville and Fairfield to an old but very beautiful ceme'tery where MR. THOMAS' grandparents are buried. After visiting the cemetery they rode on to Indianapolis. "Two hundred and forty-five miles we rode, and through some of the roughest country I ever saw," MR. THOMAS said. v- From I. U. comes word that i PHILLIP HARBAUGH is among .the 42 I. U. students initiated re- , cently into Phi Eta Sigma, national scholastic honor society for freshmen men. To become a member students must iiave a scholastic average of 2.5 or higher tor work done during tiie first . semester in school or" for the freshman year. Services Held For Floyd Lamb Beautiful and impressive funeral services honoring the mem- .' ory of Floyd Lamb, well-known ' Sullivan resident, who died sud- ' denly at his home on South State Street Saturday morning, was held yesterday afternoon at 2:30 at the Billman funeral chapel. The Rev. Jack Anderson of the Sullivan Christian Church officiated. ; Song services were in charge of Jim Brown, John Harbaugh, Ross Harbaugh and Pete Mc- . Creery accompanied by Mrs. Jeanette Wernz at the organ. Pallbearers were Jess Bedwell, Claude Harmon, Wilbur Ruddell, Hadie St. Clair, James Bennington and William Ryan. Burial was in Center Ridge Cemetery. Local Finance Men Are Honored Joe Stratton recently attended the 27th annual conference of the National Association of Small Loan Companies in New York and was reappointed chairman of the finance committee. The association is composed of 1,450 members from over the nation. At a meeting of the Indiana Association of Small Loan Companies recently, Mr. Stratton was nominated a member of the board of directors. He is a past president of this organization. Paul Stratton last week . attended a meeting of the Hoosier Association of Finance Companies and was elected a member of the board of directors for that association. FINAL RITES FOR MRS. KNOWLES TO BE HELD THURSDAY , Funeral services for Mrs. Helen Knowles, who passed away Sunday night at the Mary Sherman Hospital, will be held Thursday afternoon at 2:00 o'clock at the Billman funeral chapel. The Rev. Jack Anderson of the Sullivan Christian Church will officiate. Burial will be in Center Ridge Cemetery.

War Powers Said To Be Still Vital To U. S.

BULLETIN! WASHINGTON, Dec. 10 (UP) Representative Earl R. Lewis, chairman of a special Republican committee to study termination of presidential war powers, re ported today that it is "neither wise nor desirable" at this time to declare the war emergency over, Lewis said termination of all presidential war powers would have "far-reaching consequences" that would adversely affect the United States Army, particularly the occupation forces abroad. MILWAUKEE, Dec. 10 (UP) Fifty-six CIO demonstrators were held on open charges today after strike violence at the AllisChalmers plant reached new heights in a pitched battle between 900 law enforcement officers and an estimated 1,500 strikers and sympathizers. The 56 were arrested during a half hour of fighting late yester day at the gates of the company's machinery plant in West Allis, where a strike by the CIO United Auto Workers has been in progress for 226 days, v Arrows Journey To Bloomington For Tilt Tonight The Golden Arrows take to the road tonight for their second game of the season another SIAC tilt with Bloomington. Friday night the Arrows will m? the strong Garfield five he?)e on the home court.,'' .' . The Purple Eagles of Garfield are expected to be one of the strongest cage teams in the state this year. All of the first string players stand over six feet tall with one, Lorellette, towering to six feet nine inches. Four other men playing regular , for the Garfield team are veterans of World War II and notable athletes. Garfield will open their season tomorrow night against the . Clinton Wildcats. Coach Gordon Keck has been putting the Arrows through the paces this week in an effort to iron out early season faults common to every team during the opening games of the year. Williams and Hummell are expected to furnish the fireworks tonight against Bloomington. Both men are well experienced at the hardwood game. Williams is an ex-Farmersburg cage star and Hummell transferred from a school in Wyoming where it is reported he made a name1 for himself in basketball circles. WAR BRIDES DEMOCRATIZED CHESTER, Pa. (UP) Courses in American history are offered each Thursday evening at Chestef High School for war brides from foreign countries. Conducts Revival Rev. I. J. Snider, Springfield, Ohio evangelist, is now conducting revival services at the Scott City Pilgrim Holiness Church five miles west of Shelburn. Services begin each evening at 7:00 o'clock and special singing and music will be furnished by Pauline Watson and Geraldine Parr. The public is invited to attend.

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Lewis made these points in opposing a blanket declaration of

the end of the war emergency: 1. The present procurement set-up of the armed forces is based upon emergency powers. 2. Repeal of the war powers act would force the army to fall back upon recruiting entirely to obtain manpower. 3. Repeal would eliminate the modern staff structure of the army for repeal would suspend statutes authorizing secrecy on patents affecting the national defense. Indiana Legion Now In Big 10 National Class The Indiana Department of The American Legion has won a place in the Big 10 Legion Departments of the nation and beat 19 states with a quota of 80,000 or more members, W. I. Brunton, of Scottsburg, state Legion commander, made known at Department Headquarters in Indianapolis today. Tabulation of figures of enrollment at the end of the annual Telegraphic roll call put the Indiana Legion way out in front 1 with 75,895 membership cards in Headquarters in its drive toward .a record breaking goal of 150,000 members in 1947. I The number of Hoosier veterans who have signed member ship m the Legion for 1947 is more than 14,000 ahead of the same date of last year. Indiana offered to bet chalk, marbles or what have you, that it would win its bid in the telegraphic roll call, against 19 states large or small. None took the wager. Membership quotas in the national Legion are set on three percent of population. H. J. Halstead, of Rochester, state Legion membership chairman, is calling for. 150,000 members for the Department in 1947, and 50,000 in excess of the national quota asj signed Indiana. The Legion nationally had a membership of three and onehalf millions in 1946 and has anticipated the rush of veterans to join that is now taking place by printing four and one-half million membership cards for 1947. Ill BIG 4 PLAN NEW YORK, Dec. 10 (UP) Selection of Moscow as the site of the next Big Four Council of Foreign Ministers' meeting was expected today to bring early Soviet support of an American plan to give the little United Nations a chance to state their views on Germany before the Moscow meeting. The Big Four Foreign Ministers, planning to finish their work here this week,, decided last night that they would begin drafting the German and Austrian peace treaties in Moscow on March 10. Mrs. Belle Dunbar Dies Sunday In Indianapolis Mrs. Belle Dunbar, 82 years old, former resident of Carlisle, died at the home of a son, Albert Dunbar, in Indianapolis, Sunday. She is survived by another son, Ora Dunbar, also of Indianapolis; four brothers, Wesley Carrico of Paxton, George, Elmer and Homer Carrico, also of Carlisle; and a sister, Mrs. Sarah Edes of Farmersburg. The body was taken to the Newkirk Funeral Home in Pleasantville and later will be taken to the home of a brother, Elmer Carrico. Funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon at Bethany Church with burial in the adjoining cemetery. Girl Bags Biggest Deer PORTLAND, Me. (UP) The biggest deer ever shot In Maiijs, weighing 339 pounds, was bagged near here by a girl, Margaret Whelpley.

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SAY ATLANTA FIRE STARTED FROM CIGARETTE ATLANTA, Ga., Dec. lO.-(UP) Probers decided today that Atlanta's disastrous Hotel Winecoff fire started from a cigarette thrown into a' mattress after members of the investigating committee heard reports that such blazes are common here. '-

NAZI PRISONER ATTEMPTS SUICIDE NURENBERG, Dec. lO.-.r.UP) Friedrich Lechler, 34, former SS Lieutenant Colonel and chief of supply of concentration camps, dived over a Nurenberg prison balcony railing today in a suicide attempt if " Lechler plunged 15 feet to' the floor below the balcony and prison authorities said he has less than a 50-50 chance of living. v , ;

U. S. TRANSPORT CRASHES IN JAPAN TOKYO, Dec. 10. (UP)-A C-46 transnort plane crashed shortly after taking off from Itami Air Base near Osaka today and all but one of the persons aboard were killed. Earlier unofficial reports placed the"hnmher of dead at 28.

IRANIAN TROOPS, INVADE AZERBAIJAN TEHERAN, Dec. 10. (UP) Iranian government troops today invaded Azerbaijan, the northernmost Iranian province adjoining Russia, in an attempt to enforce Premier Ahmed Ghavan's authority over'the rebellious region. BRITAIN WELCOMES RUSS MILITARY TALKS LONDON. Dec. 10. HIPT Primp Minister Hpmpnt

,AttIee told Commons today that Britain would welcome mili

tary talks with Russia paralleling those with the United States.

I. U. TO ASK $1,000,000 FOR HOUSING BLOOMINGTON, Dec. 10. (UP) President Herman B Wells of Indiana University told Visiting Hoosier legislators today that he would ask $1,000,000 to contruct veterans' housing on the campus. .. ; .

GREECE. ITALY. AUSTRIA NEED RELIEF AID WASHINGTON, Dec. 10.4-(UP) Acting Secretary of State Dean Atcheson said today that Greece, Italy and Austria are the outstanding prospects for United States relief when UNRRA winds up its activities. Atcheson sa'd it seems that .the economic situation in Greece, Italy and Austria will make it impossible for them to get along without outside help during 1947. JAPAN TO BUT? SURPLUS WASHINGTON, Dec. 10. (UP) The State Department announced today that an agreement has been signed under which Japan will buy UkS,, surplus property suitable

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EXTRA SUGAR FOR 1947 WASHINGTON, Dec. 10. (UP) The OPA said today consumers probably will have increased rations of sugar during the first part of next year. A spare stamp for five pounds will be validated on Jan. 1. It will remain usable through April 30, the OPA said.

Two Scandinavian Women Visit BPWs

Placing their international good neighbor policy on a personal contact level, the Business and Professional Women's Club of Sullivan welcomed two women of the Scandinavian countries, one a member of the Nor wegian Federation of B. & P. W. clubs, to local circles at a sixi thirty dinner meeting held last evening in the dining room of the Davis Hotel. President Rose Self read the invocation and State President Telia C. Haines then presented Miss Else Marie Roed of Oslo, Norway and Miss Siiri Sahlman of Helsinki, Finland, who gave picturesque accounts of yuletide observances in their countries. Each told of the Christmas holidays in their respective countries being celebrated over a two-day period the first given over to worship and the second observed as the day for making merry. These observances came to a halt when the Germans invaded their countries in 1940 but are now being continued. During the German occupation, Miss Roed was imprisoned in the Osrini Prison Camp and the Bredveri Concentration Camp. She participated in the underground movement during those dark months in her country. Miss Sahlman, who is doing practice teaching at Indiana State, came to this country for advanced education and selected the Terre Haute school because her father formerly lived in Clinton.. He returned to his homeland before the outbreak of World War I. She is at Indiana State on a MacGregor' scholarship. During the occupation of her country, Miss Sahlman was sent to Sweden and Denmark by her government where she taught her country's evacuees. She speaks four languages fluently and delighted the BPW's with a pleasant rendition of "Silent Night" in the Finnish language. Miss Sahlman will join rela

tives in Connecticut for the Christmas holidays. Preceding the arrival of Old Saint Nick, . the . BPW chorus under the direction of Mrs. Elizabeth Springer and composed of Barbara Colvin, Jessie Boles, Mary Simmers, Lula Baldwin, Nellie Ford, Anna Grace Richey

and Beverly McCammon sang I "White Christmas" and "Oh, Holy Night." President Self, preceding "a short business session, introduced three new members, Edna Taylor, Ruth Jared and Mary Elizabeth Davis. SISTER OP LOCAL MAN DIES MONDAY Mrs. Rosie Cole, 69-year-old resident of Linton, died Monday afternoon at two o'clock. Surviving are three daughters, ,Mrs. Bessie Tincher of Linton, ,Mrs. Myrtle Dove of Bloomington and Miss Mattie Padgett of Detroit, Michigan; two sons, Jesse iPadffett nf Knlleen. Indiana and Logan Padgett of Linton; four ' 'sisters, Mrs. Sadie Fredericks of Linton, Mrs. Susie Moody of iBloomfield, Mrs. Louis McDonUld of Switz City and Mrs. Ella Walters of Obion, Indiana; and three brothers, Joe and Sherman Wright, both of Linton . and Presley Wright of Sullivan. The body was taken to the Newkirk Funeral Home in Pleasantville. Funeral services will be held Wednesday afternoon at two o'clock at the Burris Chapel church with burial in the adjoining cemetery. U. S. EAGER FOR WOQL MELBOURNE, Australia, (UP) The United States bought more than 500,000 bales of Australian wool in the four-month period up to October 31 and became the largest; foreign buyer. The United Kingdom, France, Belgium, Italy, Sweden and China were other large purchasers.

LOCAL STUDENTS All DEfiAIE

DEC. 6. 7 The Fourth Annual Debater's Conference was held December 6 and 7 at Purdue University. Eighty-five high schools were represented with a total registration of approximately 850. The conference had a three-fold program for, debaters, legislators, and teaeners. Those attending from Sullivan High School were Joe Scully, Senator; Jane Bedwell and LeAnn Wible, Representatives, and Miss Mabel Nowlin, Speech Instructor. Thursday's program consisted of a joint session of both houses under the direction of Ralph P. Lawson of the University forensics staff. Dr. C. T. Malan, State Superintendent of Public Instruction, addressed the group. In the Student Assembly, all bills were channeled through proper committees in both the Senate and House and proceedings followed the general pattern of the State Assembly. F. H. Eichhorn, former senator from Gary, was presiding officer of the Senate with J. M. Knapp, three times speaker of the House from Spiceland, serving as speaker of the House. A demonstration debate between last year's championship teams from Michigan and Illinois was given on the subject of socialized medicine. The evening's program included a banquet for the group and a musical program by the Purdue Concert Choir was given. Following this, a special performance of the play, "Angel Street," was presented by the Purdue Playshop. Saturday morning the "Senate" and "House" met and, under proceedings following the State Assembly, bills introduced by the committees were discussed and voted on. A forum on medical care was presented by. Dr. M. M. Davis of New York, member of the Committee for the Nation's Health, and Dr. L. I. Goin.i representing the Medical Association. Teachers and debaters attended special sessions and contest debating was held. Special awards were given to outstanding Senate and House members and Joe Scully was chosen as one of the ten outstanding members of the Senate. Pleasantville Honor Roll Is Named Today The Pleasantville public schools today announced names of stu dents on the school's honor roll for November. Forty-nine students were named from the 12 grades of the schools. Those listed this period are: First Grade Erma Hildenbrand, Beverly Mayfield, Stanley Ridge, Joan Padgett. Second Grade Irene Bishop, Martha Hendrickson, Donna Klutey, Carolyn Wools. Third Grade Ann Anders, Janice Dunford, Alicia Wools. Fourth Grade Jerry Abrams, Larry Figg, Mary Archer, Betty Hendrickson, Ruth Richards. Fifth Grade Charles Johanningsmeier, Billy Harbin, f Joyce McCammon, Wilford Sliger. Sixth Grade Kathleen Anders, Wanda Andis, Gayle Cacc, Betty Hay, David Hendrickson, Dickey Shackelford, Peggy Squires, Anna Ruth Wiseman. Seventh Grade Mary Smith, Lois McCammon, Effie Robbins, Betty Strahle. Eighth Grade Sherron Page, Betty Moody, Marella Davis. Ninth Grade Lois Ilene Shoptaw. Tenth Grade Merriel Louise Booker, Doris Boone, Marjorie Juanita Brown, Barbara Jackson, Robert Lee Jones. Eleventh Grade Wilma Ruth Davis, Charlotte Page. Twelvth Grade Connie Bedwell, Norma Jean Berry, Joyce Evelyn Harbin, Robert Arthur Richey, Deloris Ruth Robertson, Lois Madelene Swaby. SEES ALL, KNOWS ALL WALTHAM, Mass. (UP) Hailed as a boon to small-boat owners is the "Fathometer," manufactured here. Based on radar principles, it is said to locate mud flats, ridges and the depths where various fish abound as well as giving complete protection against underwater obstacles.

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NAVAL CAPTAIN TALKS AT ROTARY MONDAY NOON

Capt. F. F. Knachel, USNR, was guest speaker at the Rotary luncheon meeting yesterday along with Marine Capt. Chip who introduced Capt. Knachel. Capt. Knachel is in charge of the Naval Armory at Indianapolis and head of the Naval Reserve in Indiana. Capt. Chip is inspector of the USMC Reserve in Indiana. Both officers served extensively overseas during the recent conflict, Captain Knachel commanded a naval transport ship in the South and Central Pacific and Captain Chip has served four years in the Marine Corps after graduating from the Naval Academy in 1942. He served aboard the USS Honolulu in the South Pacific. Both officers were guests of Joe Stratton. As head of the Naval Reserve, Capt. Knachel spoke on the program, enlarging when necessary to bring out a point he deemed important that the public know. The Naval officer served during both world wars and told many interesting events happening during his command of the World War II transport. He gave his reason for believing the American fighting man had the greatest spirit of any in the world. "One thing the Navy has learned from the past conflict," Capt. Knachel declared, 'Hhat is security. The mightiest warships are now scientifically treated to preserve them in their inactivity but all of the major vessels can be back into action within ten days after being called." And this is the reason for the back log of a large naval reserve, he said. "Sullivan is just as important to this reserve program as San Francisco, New York or any port city," he said. "The Navy isn't just for port cities the men are from everywhere." Capt. Knachel was in Pearl Harbor when the Japanese attack came. He remarked that the morning the attack came, personnel on the island felt as secure as "you gentlemen did while you ate your luncheon here today." Football Dinner Monday, Dec. 2, the Rotary Club held their annual Football Dinner, honoring the Golden Arrows. John S. Taylor was chairman of the program which featured a talk by Wally Marks head coach of Indiana State College at Terre Haute. Coach Marks described his experience with football while in service and paid compliments to former Sullivan footballers who this year bolstered the Indiana State team. Coach Bill Jones of the Arrows was introduced and he in turn introduced Gabe Takats, assistant coach, and the members of the Golden Arrow squad. Senior members of the team were introduced first followed by those who will again be seen in action for Sullivan next year. Approximately 75 persons attended the dinner. ATLANTA, Ga., Dec. 10 (UP) Georgia's Attorney General Eugene Cook today announced concession which pictured the Columbians, Inc. as a Nazi-modeled scheme to overthrow the government with the help of arms smuggled from occupied Germany and a grand jury was asked to investigate the organization. The concessions were made in New York City Dec. 3 and 4 to Prof. James H. Sheldon, administrative chairman of the non-sectarian anti-Nazi league, according to Cook.

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Absenteeism Reported To Be Unusually Low; Expect Indiana To Mine 85 Percent Of Normal Today. PITTSBURGH, Dec. 10. (UP) Soft coal production climbed today toward pre-strike levels as

John L. Lewis' 400,000 mine workers returned to the pits in full force on the second day of the union's truce with the government. In the big bituminous fields of western Pennsylvania, several operators reported absenteeism "unusually low." Mines closed yesterday because the diggers have failed to receive "official notice" that their two and one-half-week walkout had been called off until March 31 reopens it. Coal - dependent industries, which last week had been forced to furlough more than 480,000 workers, were recovering rapidly. '.'. All of Indiana's soft coal mines were open today with less than 10 percent absenteeism among the estimated 8,500 Hoosier miners. Surveys by coal trades groups indicated that only two mines were not in production, due to reported mechanical difficulties. In Indianapolis, Robert Gray, State Manager of the Solid Fuels Administration, said approximately 85 percent of the normal Hoosier daily production of some 90,000 tons would be mined today. " WASHINGTON, Dec. 10. (UP) Lawyers today are predicting a divided Supreme Court when the justices render their verdict on the contempt sentehees passed against '1 John L. Lewis and the United Mixi Workers of America The case will be argued January 14. Some good lawyers, including Sen. Burton K. Wheeler, D., Mont., believe the court may find . for Lewis. Others, including Donald R. Richberg, are confident that injunction and con tempt sentences will be sustained. .. , All major coal mines . In . District No. 11 with the exception of three shaft mines; were at work yesterday. The three were King's Station, Little Betty and the Sandford mine, according to Lt. Cmdr. C. E. Poe, CMA commander. The King's Station mine, the Princeton Mining Company near Princeton, normally employes 550 miners; the Little Betty of the Hickory Grove Coal Corporation and located east of Dugger, 225 miners, and the Northwest Coal Corporation's Sandford in Vermillion county, 50 men. According to reports the three mines failed to go back to work because they had not received official notice of the strike's end. BOOTS AND SADDLES TO BE IN SHELBURN The management of the Hoosier Theatre, Shelburn, announces that Boots and Saddles, the two smartest dogs from Hollywood, will be presented on the stage Friday, Dec. 13. This is the second time the famed animals have appeared in Sullivan county, the . last a few weeks ago when they played before a large audience at a local theatre. The two dogs have been written up in every major magazine and newspaper in the country as being far above the average trained dog. The box office will open at 5:30 p .m., and LUC1C Will DC II11CC yCIAUl lUctlllCS given at 7:15, 9:25 and 10:40.- ' MARRIAGE LICENSES Don H. McCullough, Shelburn, R. 2, production supt., oil field and Frances Bledsoe, 121 South Section Street, Sullivan, bookkeeper. Kenneth William Goff, Sullivan, R. 2, tool dresser and Laura Kathryn Monk, Sullivan, nurse.