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THE SNOOPER

MR. and MRS. BOYD WAL- . TERS, who live about three " miles north of Sullivan on Highway 41, were near victims of a Christmas catastrophe on Christrnas Eve. Their yuletide tree was all nicely decorated and ready for lighting oh the sun porch located at the front of the house. That night when they turned

i i on me cjecinmy to me cnristI inns lights on the tree a short f developed and the tree fairly I rtlodl info flnmes. The firf

) leaped through an open window into the living room and set -v drapes to blazing before it could be brought under control. Small damage resulted compared to what it might have been but the WALTERS' nerves were badly in need of repair when it was over.

BOBBY WILLITS of Paxton, thinks this Christmas was one of pji is best. MR. and MRS. BLAINE M'lLLITS adopted BOBBY and t i have had eight boys in their P I home at intervals, after raising I Jour daughters. Two of the boys

i ) served in the armed forces. frTTT ..... o..n; i i

uuou i was in ouiuvan ouiurylay to meet his brother, who was to arrive on the three o'clock tntS"; but he had no idea a9 to the identity of the brother. BOB-

j BY had not seen hini since very j small. There was only one thing ) to do, he decided, and that was I' to step into the bus when it arrived and call out the brother's iiiame. This he did and was '""J Jfjrtled when a voice answered ydm the front seat of the bus )irect1y. in front of BOBfiY. The , '"ijioys had hot seen each' other in .Jiit; years,'"o you can imagine J; Ihe scene following. The bro- (" thor's name is LESTER and he lives with a BAUER family in Frankfort. Indiana. He's going to spend a few days in the WILLITS

norne at raxton and already phis are being made for his return in the spring for another eunion. , We recently got a telephone

J call from a subscriber who was, I anti rightly so, highly incensed 1 over the paper not being deliviered. (New carriers naturally will make mistakes, ya know.) , She ended her conversation with i the statement, "If you people I 'would pay more attention to 'jyour business Instead of snoopinfl into everyone elses all the

inie, maybe you d get along fetter." How true! But I'll bet . p good cigar she reads this! Anyop who reads this is a snooper, too, ya know. . V . But a HAPPY NEW YEAR i to you, anyhow. f nv Awrr.Tir.vn tti t TO BE PLAYED HERE Coach Robert Spencer, mentor of the Merom High School Beavers today announced that the Friday evening, January 3rd contest between the Beavers and the New Lebanon Tigers will be played in the Community Gym here in the city of Sullivan. Coach Spencer in explaining his reason.' for changing the scene of the .Tiger-Beaver action stated that ;the Wabash town's gymnasium offered little seating space to accommodate the crowds that Sullivan county basketball is drawing these days. Since no Arrow engagements occur until January 7th, the Sullivan High School officials were cooperating in letting the gym to the Gill Township schools. DR. VICTOr'dEFRANK OPENS DENTAL OFFICE IN NEW CASTLE Dr. Victor DeFrank. son of fvlr. and Mrs. Benney DeFrank, Announced the opening of his (office at 200 S. 14th Street, cw Castle, Indiana. I This office was formerly ocf cupied by Dr. J. Frank Cofield jho is now vacationing in Florida. Dr. DeFrank was recently i discharged from service where he served 30 months 11 of which were served in the ETO. He is a graduate of Indiana University Oental School,

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(By United Press) Despite perilous driving conditions, death apparently took a holiday along with the nation's New Year's celebrants. Early reports showed that 26 persons were killed hi U. S. traffic accidents "yesterday and today. Five persons were killed in the crash of a cargo plane in South Carolina. Seventeen others died in miscellaneous accidents or as a result of the bitter cold. The National Safety Council had predicted that . 130 persons would be killed in traffic acci dents on New Year's eve and New Year's day. Ice and snow extending southward into normally warmer climates increased the chances for accidents on the highways and streets. In Memphis, Tenn., one man was killed when he slipped on the ice. Spanish- American War Vet Dies Thomas Sparks, 77 years old, of Merom, died Tuesday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock at the Veterans' Hospital in Indianapolis following an extended illness. Mr. Sparks was born in the Merom community ' where his entire life had been' spent.. He wSs a member - of the- Merom Methodist Church and the Mod em Woodmen Lodge. He was a veteran of the Spanish-American war. Surviving are the widow, Augusta; one daughter, Mrs. Millie Mahan of Merom; three sons, Roy and Ray Sparks of Merom and Walter Sparks of Terre . Haute; two ' half-sisters, Mrs. Elmer Pinkston of Sullivan , and I Mrs. Walter Mahan, of Indianapolis; sixteen grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. The body was taken to the Schulze Funeral Home in Carlisle and returned to the residence in Merom this afternoon where it now lies in state. Funeral services will be held Thursday afternoon at two o'clock at the Merom Methodist Church with the Rev. T. M. Jennings officiating. Burial will be in the Merom, Cemetery. Tilted Floor Saves Lives Of Younger Pigs WASHINGTON (UP) Because sows prefer to lie with their backs higher than their bellies and because of a Kentucky farmer's bad luck, thousands of little pigs which otherwise might have died are growing up into prize porkers. The Department of Agriculture said the farmer's bad luck was the fact that the foundation of his pig farrowing house slipped, throwing the floor on a slant, j A few days later a new litter of pigs was born. Not one was crushed by. its mother, as sometimes happens. Succeeding litters likewise reached maturity without accident and the farmer checked more carefully. He found that the mother sow preferred to lie with her back to the high side of the floor while the clumsy little pigs tended to tumble to the low side. The result was that when the sow decided to lie down, the pigs usually were out of harm's way. Other farmers began to slant the floors of their farrowing houses deliberately. One reported to the department that he saved an average of 9.2 pigs per litter compared with only 7.2 on an even floor. The department now is recom mending that farmers slant the floors of all farrowing houses. It said that a slope of only an inch-and-a-hal to the foot works Very well, ,

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TERRE HAUTE. Ind Jan. l. Five police officers, acting upon information from an undisclosed source, forced their way into the room of a downtown hotel . yesterday and captured Clarence Heckens, Jr., 24 years old, of Great Bend, Kas., who, with a companion, escaped ' from jail here Sunday night. Heckens and Irugh' John O'Neill, 19, of Omaha, Neb., fled from the jail after slugging Charles Fagin, 54-year-old jailer. Two radio patrolmen captured O'Neill in a taxicab about two hours after the escape. , Officers continued a search for Heckens but found no trace of him until Monday night when a Terre Haute motorist reported he had been slugged by a man who sought to enter his car. The motorist, who had seen a photograph of the jail breakers," identified Heckens as his assailant. Police continued their search and, after being informed that a man answering the description of Heckens had registered at a hotel near the union station, went to the hotel and broke into a room. They said they found Heckens and he surrendered without resisting. Chief of Detectives Robert Vance said Heckens had a railroad ticket to Chicago in his pocket. Heckens told officers he slept in a freight car Sunday night and had roamed through warehouses and freight cars near the business district until Monday night. 7 " ' ' "' Heckens and O'Neill were be ing held in jail pending removal to the state reformatory to serve terms of 10 years each imposed recently on their pleas of guilty to auto banditry. They had been arrested here Dec. 8 after a wild chase. They were alleged to have been, driving a stolen car,;, The King's Singers choir will appear at the Christian Church Sunday evening, at 8:00 p. m. This choir of 32 voices, composed of young men and women from Indiana and Illinois, will present a concert of sacred and secular numbers and Negro Spriituals. The Singers are under the di rection of Marion E. McKee, noted musical evangelist. Mr. McKee is well known for his un usual interpretive ability. His knowledge of interpretation in sacred numbers and Spirituals is appreciated by all who hear his choir sing. Every member of this organization has been personally auditioned and chosen by Mr. McKee. Mrs. Doris Evelyn McKee, graduate of Arthur Jurdon Conservatory of Music, Indianapolis, is the accompanist. She not only is an accomplished pianist, but also is the arranger for the choir. This is the first appearance of the King's Singers in Sullivan. Their annual concert tour this year will take them through the greater section of the Wabash Valley in Indiana and Illinois. Miss Rose Manis of Vincennes, Indiana, a successful soprano coloratura soloist will be featured in the beautiful "The Silent Sea" by Neidleger. Another feature of the concert will be Miss Virginia House, of East St. Louis, Illinois. Miss House, possessing an unuually deep contralto voice, will sing Robert MacGimsey's "Sweet Little Jesus Boy." LETS (GO OF PRIZE DOUGLAS, Wyo., (UP) Bill Hager is kicking himself for destroying the head of a deer he killed in the mountains. He learned too late that a Rawlins taxidermist Wanted to buy it for $100 as an oddity.' It had 13 points on one side and nine on the other.

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BRITISH SEARCH FOR JEW FLOGGERS JERUSALEM, Jan. 1. (UP) Red-bereted troops of the British Sixth Airborne Division moved into. the. Jewish city of Tel Aviv at dawn today1 and searched the Yemenite slum quarter, for extremists who flogged four British soldiers Sunday.. .' .'-' A curfew was proclaimed by police car loudspeakers in Yemenite quarter and entry into Tel Aviv was forbidden to everyone while the search progressed.

ANOTHER DEATH FROM EIRE CRASH SHANNON, Eire, Jan. l.-r(UP) Dudley Hill of Alexandria, Virginia, radio officer jof the wrecked WA Airliner, Star of Cairo, died today of hii injuries, raising to 13 the death toll of a crash near Shannon airport Saturday morning. CIVILIANS TAKE OVER DOMESTIC ATOM CONTROL WASHINGTON, Jan. 1. (UP) Five civilians directly responsible to President Truman today took over from the Army all domestic control of atomic energy including the atom bomb. I . ; ' ' Chairman David Lilienthal said the five-man commission would exert every effort to develop one of history's greatest scientific discoveries f6r the benefit of all mankind. Economist Says Recession

In 1947 To Rival 1920-21 ) . - By A. W. Zelomek Economist, International Statistical Bureau, Inc. and Fairchild Publications (Written for United Press) '.

NEW VORK, Jan. 1 (UP) No one who applies simple logic should have any doubt that a temporary recession in production and wholesale prices will begin some time in 1947. - , ' At recent production and price levels, inventories were rising, according to the latest figures, at the rate of $1 billion "a month, This simply means that more goods are being produced than are being consumed, a situation that cannot continue indefinitely. It is no good to argue that liigher wage rates will increase income and consuming power; any further additions to purchasing power will be cancelled out by price advances. Since inventory gains at the recent rate cannot go on indefinitely, it is plain a point must be reached some time in 1947 after which . production and wholesale prices will have to decline. Expects Cycle of 1920-21 Type This is what happened in 192021 and a similar cycle is in store for 1947-48. Each price advance from current levels tends to hasen the day the reaction will be.gin; while any loss of production through strikes tends to defer it. The consuming public will play a dominant role in business changes next year. Resistance to poor quality and high prices has already made itself felt; savings from current income have been reduced to a normal level and there has been some withdrawal

of accumulated savings to meet'Jacket under-the-basket guard

current living costs. Christmas trade has held up well, reaching new high records on a dollar basis, but the critical attitude of the public in January and February, when it receives the bills for its Christmas shopping spree, will probably be intensified. As in 1920, when a spontaneous buyers' strike caused -most re tailers to take store-wide markdowns, the public some time next year is likely to repeat in different terms what inventory figures are saying now; that the nation's factories are producing a larger unit volume of goods than can be consumed at current or higher prices. Demand Off on High Trices A heavy demand for new au tomobiles, new homes, and major household appliances accumulat ed during the war. Many businessmen have believed that this type of demand would sustain

output in durable goods indus- the scoring career of ball-hawk-tries through 1947 and perhaps ing Tom Gardner in early Nothrough 1948. veifiber, the Hymera Shakamaks

The public is already showing however, that demand at a high price level is quite different than demand at a lower one. A few people must pay regardless of price, but their number is being steadily diminished by the

current flow of production. Great masses of the public, However much they may want new homes, automobiles or appliances, cannot afford thejm at current prices or are, in a bosU fibn to defer their purchases un-

til better values are available, This large group of. consumers represents an important backlog of demand, while not effective at current or higher prices, it will be there to act as a cushion once Prices have been readjusted, - n The eyes . of Sullivan county basketball fans will be upon the Shelburn High School Panthers Friday evening, January 3rd, when they host the Jasonville Yellow Jackets of Greene county in an attempt to retain their undefeated role and stack up their twelfth consecutive victory. Coach Paul Weekley will no doubt plan a fast breaking offensive against the towering Bee horde who have an. average height of six feet. Panther practice was resumed yesterday with reports " stating that workouts went smoothly in preparation for the Friday night Jacket invasion. Tall trouble is expected from Willy Stewart, who hits the highways at better than 6' 5". Seifert, aggressive guard, is anticipated to present some speedy interference in the Panther breaking attack. Huff, high scoring ace, and Gambill and McCullough will complete the probable Yellow Jacket line-up. Metheny, McCracken, Sweet, McHugh and Anderson or Santus represent the probable Panther starting five to engage the Jackets, with Tincher, Bolinger, Skinner, Flesher, Livingston and West in the rotating posts. The dopester in taking a look at the two teams' records finds that the Jackets lost to Cory, 3326, Cory fell to Honey Creek by a two-point margin, and the Panthers edged out the latter 29-28 in the Honey Creek goalhouse. The Jasonville squad has lost only two or three battles with a good number of walk-aways under their wings. During a lull in felt the sting of the Yellow Jackets, 36-31. And here again the Panthers give the dopester a I headache inasmuch as they! trumped the Shakamaks 41-31 ! wherein Gardner dropped in eleven points. :

FIVE DIE IN

PLANE NEW YEAR'S EVE CHARLESTOWN, S. C, Jan. 1. (UP) Coroner John T. Deveaux told the United Press today that five persons, three men and two women, lost their lives in the New Year's eve crash of a converted Army C-47 cargo plane en route from Newark, New Jersey to Miami, Florida'. Deveaux, one of the first on the scene in swamps 12 miles north of Charleston airport, said that he found five bodies inside the plane. He said he was unat; to ascertain the identities of the victims but that he had communicated with Walter Stonell of Miami, president of the Intercontinental Airlines which operated the plane. Advise Horses Be Treated For "Bots" Before Spring INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (Special) If work horses are to be freed of "bots" before next spring's work season arrives, they should be treated for these parasites now, says a report issued here today by the American Foundation for Animal Health. . i;By.. eliminating ,-;, these parasites now, the owner gives his horses a chance to recover from their effects before spring,", the report states. "However, if horses are not treated this winter, the result may be a serious loss of condition by the time the work season begins." Bots are the larvae of bot flics. The fly lays its eggs on the horse's legs in the summer. These are licked off, hatched ' and eventually reach the stomach. The parasites fasten themselves id the stomach wall, sapping the horse's vitality and often puncturing the stomach lining, causing severe damage. Veterinarians now use a safe type of chemical in bot eradication one which not only eliminates the bots but also aids in the control of some other parasites. The Foundation also suggested a dental inspection for horses and mules during the winter. "The horse's mouth is so constructed that its teeth wear . off irregularly," says the report. "If this irregularity is not corrected the animal cannot chew properly and digestive upsets develop. In an advanced state of neglect, these irregular teeth can also damage the horse's cheeks, resulting in serious and painful injuries." t v. Farm Champs Named For Year LAFAYETTE, Ind., Jan. 1. Spl.) Ralph Osborn of Culver was named state wheat champion! for the third consecutive year and Wayne Van Cleave of Crawfordsville won top soybean honors for the second straight year in judging yesterday at the Indiana Corn and Small Grain Show at Purdue University. The corn and grain show is be ing held in conjunction with the. annual agricultural conference ! now in session at Purdue. The panel of judges for the two contests included G. H. Cutler, Purdue assistant in agronomy; Al Probst, United States Department of Agriculture; J. A. McCarty, president of McCarty Seed Company, Indianapolis, and J. B. Edmondson, vice-president of the American Soybean Association. . The two winners will each receive a trophy and a cash prize at a dinner Thursday night sponsored by the Indiana Corn Growers' Association.

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Republican Leaders Promise More Cuts Not Affected By Truman's Proclamation Yesterday. s WASHINGTON, Jan.-1. (UP) America's annual taxload was cut $1,500,000,000 yesterday by President Truman's proclamation of the end of hostilities and Republicans immediately grabbed the tax ball for a dash toward further slashes. The proclamation automatically cuts high war-imposed excise taxes, reducing' liquor, jewelry, furs, luggage and many other items, effective July 1. Savings to taxpayers the last half of 1947 would amount to over $700,000,000. On an annual basis the savings would reach $1,500,000,000.

Paintings To Be Shown At John Herron Museum An exhibition ', of abstract and non-objecitve paintings lent by( ten New York organizations, the J Guggenheim Foundation, Mu seum of Modern Art and eight galleries, as well as several artists and two Indiana collections, those of Mr. and Mrs. James W. Fesler of Indianapolis and Dr., and Mrs. Henry Hope of Blooniington, will be shown at the John Herron Art Museum,. Indianapolis.from December 29th through February 2nd. ' French, Dutch, Russian, Spanish and American work will be shown, including that of such famous medernists as Wassily Kandinsky, Pablo Picassa, Jean Helion, Georges Braque, Rudolph Bauer, Ladislaus MoholyNagy, Piet Mondrian, Fernand Leger, Stuart Davis and Charles Howard. Fifty-four paintings comprise the exhibit, the first large showing of this work in the state, which no one interested in contemporary art movements will wish to miss. REVENUE FROM COWS IS $100,000,000 Indiana s 796,000 cows produce more than $100,000,000 annual cash farm income for Hoosiers, according to the Milk Industry foundation. Products furnished annually by dairies are 1,178,000,000 quarts of whole milk; 45,684,000 pounds of butter; 39,717,000 pounds of Cheddar cheese and 13,499,000 gallons of ice cream, the foundation reports.

Bowl Games Make Football King Today

Today, January 1, 1947, King Football reigns supreme again. Headed by the Rose Bowl and Sugar Bowl, the year's traditional battles of the champions will take place all around the country this afternoon. Record-breaking crowds will throng into stadiums to see these classics which include three untied, unbeaten teams, UCLA, in the Rose Bowl; Georgia in the Sugar Bowl and Delaware in Tampa, Florida's Cigar Bowl. In all, there aire 17 bowl games scheduled tj put on the greatest array of post-season grid activity yet seen in the nation. They are: ROSE BOWL: Illinois vs. unbeaten, untied UCLA at 4 p. m. (Pasadena, Calif.) ! SUGAR BOWL: Unbeaten, untied Georgia vs. North Carolina University at 2 p. m. (New Orleans) ORANGE BOWL: Tennessee vs. Rice at one p. m. (Miami) COTTON BOWL: Arkansas vs. Louisiana State. 1:15 p .m. (Dallas) OIL BOWL: Georgia Tech vs. St. Mary's, 1:30 p. m. (Houston) SHRINE BOWL: Eastern Col

Ha! WASHINGTON, Jan. 1 (UP) Other tax cuts were in prospect today besides the estimated one and a half billion dollar excise' tax reduction ordered by President Truman and the personal income tax slice promised !by Republican congressional leaders. Representative Harold Knutson, R., Minn., who is about to take o-er as chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee said many excise taxes not affected by the President's order will be reviewed to see if they can be reduced. Among the -items that would" be affected iindcr Knutson's proposal are . cigarettes, cigars. playing cards, automobiles, tires, trucks, radios, refrigerators, juke boxes, gas and oil appliances, phonograph. equipment : and phonographs and such items. Rep. Brown Wins Leader Race In Walkaway WASHINGTON, Jan. 1 (UP) The once strongly contested i race for the House Republican Floor leadership became a walkaway for Representative Clar!ence J. Brown of Ohio. Two other members still remain in the contest, Representative Thomas A. Jenkins, R., Ohio, and Representative Everett Dirksen, R., Illinois, but neither ihad emassed enough support to I make much of a fight when the i issue is decided at the Houj-'c i GOP caucus tomorrow.

legiate All-Stars vs. Western Collegiate All-Stars at 4 p. m. (San Francisco) 'GATOR BOWL: North Carolina State vs. Oklahoma, 1:00 r. m. (Jacksonville) SUN BOWL: Virginia Tech vs. Cincinnati, 3:30 p. m. (El PasoX ALAMO BOWL: Hardin Simmon vs. Denver, at 2:00 p. m. ' (San Antonio) ' CIGAR BOWL: Delaware vs. Rollins at 12:30 p. m. (Tampa) RAISIN BOWL: San Jose State vs. Utah State at 4:00 p. m. (Fresno, Calif.) HARBOR BOWL: Montana State vs. New Mexico at 4 p. m, (San Diego) CATTLE BOWL: Lane College for Negroes vs. Arkansas A. and M. at 2:30 p. m. (Fort Worth) Minor bowl games are: Pineapple Bowl Hawaii vs. Utah: Tangerine Bowl Maryville Teachers vs. Catawba; Will Rogers Bowl Pepperdine vs. Nebraska Wesleyan; Flower BowlFlorida Normal vs. Delaware State; Vulcan Bowl Tennessee State vs. North Texas Teachers; Cotton-Tobbaco Bowl Richmond (Va.) Rams vs. Norfolk (Va.Jj Brown Bombers, . 4

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