Sullivan Daily Times, Volume 49, Number 2, Sullivan, Sullivan County, 2 January 1947 — Page 2

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: ii mm. Indiana: Heavy snow extreme northwest, freezing rain most of remainder of staie this afternoon and tonight, changing :to light snow and turning colder late to night, all sections. Snow flurries and eolder Friday. . . VOL. XUX No. 2 UNITED PRESS SERVICE SULLIVAN DAILY TIMES- THURSDAY, JAN. 2, 1947. INTERNATIONAL PICTURE SERVICE PRICE THREE CENTS t3 n, n.

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iriiaiiecK wins Leader Post In House Today Sam Ray burn Nominated For Democratic Leader By Representative John W. McCormack.

BULLETIN! WASHINGTON, .Tan. 2. (UP) Representative Charles Ilalleck of Indiana today won the coveted post of House Republican leader in the new GOP-controlIed Congress which convenes tomorrow. Democrats drafted outgoing Speaker Sam Rayhurn of Texas to be minority leader in the HouseIlalleck got a clear field for the important majority post when his last two opponents withdrew in . the interest of party harmony. They were Representatives Edward M. Dirksen, R., 111., and Thomas A. Jenkins, R., Ohio. Jenkins announced his withdrawal a few hours after Diikisen pulled out of the race. A fourth contender, RepClarence Brown, R., Ohio, withdraw earlier this week. Representative Joseph Martin, Jr., Mass., who has been the Republican leader, will succeed Rayburn as House speaker.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 2. (UP) Representative John W. McCormack, Jr., D., Mass-, said today he would nominate outging Speaker Sam Rayburn of Texas to be House DemoP rati P. Flnni 1 &arpv in tha nour nnncrroos

-"vwuti.iuitj 1 i v.j ijiuuuv, vuiiuvitlbil lv;uuvi ill kuv. last session, disclosed his intention after meeting with Rayburn and other House Democratic leaders in the speaker's office shortly before a scheduled Democratic caucus.

The last minute draft-Rayburn drive develooed as Reoublicans ssHiiii Hi-'ti ill i-iirii 1 1 ifr-i M iriHtr iihtiv ..J 1. 1 . xl -' . - - 1 j ffrcss. They will control .. the Itouso and Senate for thp first lijiie since.' .t? . days of Herbert lioovor when Congress convenes tomorrow. The Republican leadership contest in the House narrowed into a two-man race today. . , Representative Everett M. ; Dirksen, R., 111., withddrew "in the interest of party harmony," j leaving only Rep. Thomas A. Jenkins, R., Ohio, to oppose Rep. ; Charles A. Halleck, R., Indiana, 'who has enough votes to be ' elected. McCormack would not say whether Rayburn, who previously had announced his intention to support McCormack for the minority leadership, would accept the post. But there was every indication that the Texan would "yield to ' the draft." Rayburn previously has insisted he was not interested in the job. The uffjv u;aa plrr fnr elprtion of the remaining Republican leaders without opening a bitter fight. House Republicans meet in conference at 2:30 p. m. to elect Halleck. A fourth contender, Rep. Clarence Brown of Ohio, took himself out of the race. He believed he has not received from his party the recognition due for his services as campaign director for the Republican National Committee. Halleck was endorsed for the leadership by Gov. Thomas E. Dewey of New York, a Republican presidential possibility. - Senate Republicans, who already have chosen Senator Wallace H. White, Jr., of Maine as majority leader, also scheduled an afternoon meeting today. They hope to pull out the last remaining monkey wrench in the Senate GOP' organizational machinery, a demand by Senator Clyde M. Reed, of Kansas, for chairmanship of the Interstate Commerce Committee. This post has been assigned to White. Reed may take his fight to the Senate floor if the Republicans concerned turn down his plea that White should not e permitted to hold two major posts. , 15 Lbs. More Sugar Seen In '47 Ration WASHINGTON, Jan. 2. (UP) : Spare Stamp 53 in Ration Book Four became good yesterday for five pounds of sugar amid indications that 1947 will bring more sugar for consumers. Although sugar rationing is expected to last for some time, Department of Agriculture officials predicted that consumer sugar allotments this year would be boosted at least 15 pounds over 1946,

FOUR PRISONERS IN BOLD BREAK AT FEDERAL PEN

'TERRE HAUTE, Ind., Jan. 2. Four prisoners, three of them serving terms for violation of the Dyer Act, are reported to have escaped from the United States Penitentiary southwest of Terre Haute about 7 o'clock yesterday evening after slugging and seriously injuring a guard. Authorities early this morning said that all efforts to locate the four had proved futile. It had not been determined whether or not the escapees had been able to leave the prison grounds. Warden J. Ellis Overlade listed the missing prisoners as Ray Anderson, 20 years old, Assumption, 111., sentenced to three years' imprisonment at Detroit, Mich., on charges of violation of the Dyer act; William C. Owens, 22, Sioux City, Iowa, sentenced to four years for a similar offense at Springfield, 111.; Ronald R. Riser, 22, Stockton, Cal., sentenced to two years at Las Vegas, Nev., for Dyer act violation, and Walter P. Szelpski, 24, of Detroit, sentenced to two years at Detroit on a charge of theft of United States mail. The guard, Roy Guenzel, 36 years old, of 1821 Washington Avenue, was taken to St. Anthony's Hospital in a Ryan ambulance. Hospital attaches reported jthat Guenzel was suffering from severe injuries about the head. They said the full extent of Guenzel's injuries had not been determined but his condition was not believed serious. The prisoners are said to have been employed in the prison kitchen and were washing dishes at the time of the attack and est tape, inree oi xne grourj are said to have held the guard while the fourth struck and knocked him to the floor. Then all of the group are said to have attacked him with their fists. After severely beating Guenzel the four placed him in a nearby garbage room and locked the door. The prisoners are said to have twisted away several bars from a rear window in the kitchen and escaped from the building. NEW SUITS Nellie M. Wright vs. George O. Wright. Complaint for divorce. Virginia C. Parker vs. Estate of Hayden Vaughn, deceased, Claim.

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The grand jury today began hearings on the Christmas Eve slaying of Mrs. Ruby Hankins, 28 year old wife of Mike Hankins. Hankins was arrested for the fatal shooting and has been held in Sullivan county jail pending outcome of the grand jury decision. ....... The body of Mrs. Hankins was found by Mr. and Mrs. Hallie Goodman about 8:20 Christmas Eve a few minutes following the shot from a .45 caliber army type automatic pistol.- Authorities reported she died from a breast wound. Hankins was arrested later that evening after he allegedly had reeistered in a Sulhvan notel under an assumed name. Later reports stated he had confessed to the slaying and was stated to have said jealousy prompted tne act. Witnesses were heard throughout the morning and will again be heard this afternoon by the special grand jury called by Prosecutor Joe W. Lowdermilk. Norval K. Harris is attorney for the defendant. Drawing Room Takes Mrs. Wade And Baby Home G, G.. Walters, statiohmaster for the C. & E. I. Railway, today said Mrs. Mary Wade and infant daughter, Marie Alberta, left Monday for Winchester, ' Tenn., comfortably situated in a draw ing room secured by the railroad on the Dixie Limited passenger train, Mrs. Wade recently was in the news spotlight when little Marie Alberta arrived unexpectedly while the Wades were en route to Mr. Wade's home in Tennessee. The baby was born in the smoking car of a C. & E, I. passenger train a few miles north of Sullivan December 23. Officials wired in advance to Sullivan and mother and child were met here at the station by Dr. Bob Donnelly and a Railsback ambulance. They were taken to the Mary Sherman hospital and released Monday to continue their southward trip. No Injuries In T. H. Crash For Local Resident A truck driven by Bernard Boles, 28 years old, of Sullivan collided with an automobile, driven by Ray Talley, 20 years old, of Terre Haute R. R. 4, yesterday in Terre Haute. No one was injured in the crash. Police said the vehicles crashed together at the intersection of the Lockport road and Eighth Street. It was reported that Tal ley was driving east on the Lockport road when the car was struck by the truck headed north on Eighth! Street. WRECK INJURES ONE Treacherous ice on U. S. High way 41 following freezing rains that began falling yesterday shortly before noon, caused painful injuries to one person, Mrs Abbie Layman, 67, of Mason City, Iowa, when the late model coupe in which she was riding i with her son, D. H. Layman and wife, also of Mason City, slipped from the pavement just north of the West Lawn Cemetery near Farmersburg and crashed. Mrs. Layman was rushed to the Union Hospital in Terre 1 Haute in the Fidler ambulance of Farmersburg, where she was treated for what were believed to be only minor lacerations and contusions. The three persons had left Chattanooga, Tennessee, yesterday en route to their borne in Iowa. .

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$12,500,000,000 OF SURPLUS PROPERTY DISPOSED WASHINGTON, Jan. 2.-UP) The House Surplus Property Committee reported today that surplus war property costing more than twelve and a half billion dollars has

been disposed of to date for million dollars- i

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sets Administration, the. committee recommended that the

new Congress convening tomorrow set up a similar special

group to keep an eye on future disposal activities. BOMBS END JERUSALEM PEACE JERUSALEM, Jan. 2. (UP) Two bombs exploded in Jerusalem late today, marking the end of a shaky truce which brought peace to the Holy Land during the Zionist Congress to Basel and the Christmas holidays.

Scout Circus Plans Completed For Jan.

The Sullivan Boy Scouts' circus plans are rounding into the final phases as leaders announced today the event will begin at 7:30 P. M. Monday, January 6th in Sullivan's Community Gym. Scouts are scheduled to meet at the gym at'7:00 p. m. Included in the circus will be all scouts, scouters, cubs and cubbers with each troop's flag and the national flag. Climaxing an extended drive for new memberships the circus will be the scene of award presentation to the troop responsible for the most new Tenderfoot scouts and the individual patrol bringing in the most. Recognition will .also be given to the troop bringing the most people to the The scout making the best circus poster will receive a special award. Each troop committee will select the best poster from their troop and display it at the circus and the winner will be selected from the county there. Each poster is. to' be displayed at least one week before the circus in a business place for advertising. Tickets for the circus are now being distributed throughout the county by scouts. - Each act on the program has j been allotted five minutes,, by the circus officials except the camp scene . and closing ceremony. Group scout songs to be given by scouts are "Hiking" and the scout "Vesper Song." Cubs as well as scouts will be given full recognition Monday. A special table has been arrang ed for displays of their handi craft. The complete program for the . circus follows: Band Prologue Sullivan High Band; Welcome; Movie "Scout Trail to Citizenship"; Grand Entry All Scouts, Cubs, cubbers, and scouters with troop flags and national flags; Pledge of Allegiance and invocation; Clown act Troop 53, Presbyter ian Church, Sullivan; Scout laws, motto, sign, salute, significance of badge, uniform and respects due the flag Troop 51, Christian Church, Sullivan;, . Communications Troop 59, Farmersburg; Compass and mapping Troop 52, Shelburn; Games Troop 57, Hymera; Knots and ropes Troop 50, Methodist Church, Sullivan; Recognition for: new scout recruiting campaign, best poster, most people present from local units; First aid Troop 55, Bap tist Church, Sullivan; Knife and Hatchet Troop 54, Carlisle; Camp Scene Troop 58, Dugger; Closing campfire scene All troops. MISS ELIZABETH HULL BREAKS ARM IN FALL Miss Elizabeth Hull, 79-year-old resident of Sullivan at 111 South State Street suffered a fractured left arm in a fall on the front lawn at her home here Monday, December 30th. She is now recuperating at the home of her niece, Mrs. Glessie Kennedy, 224 East Harris Street. MARRIAGE LICENSES ! ! Richard Gaylor Franklin, Worthington, Indiana, meat cutter and Nina Warren Axe, jBloomfield. .

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NEW YEAR 01 OF ill'S SAFEST HOLIDAYS

(By United Press) The nation concluded one of its safest New Year's . celebrations today chalking up a traffic sccident death toll of only 7.6 persons, as compared to the 235 who lost their lives during the Christmas holiday. 1 Poor driving conditions throughout the nation duriiig the 36 hour period ending last midnight, due to snow, sleet and fog accounted for most of the accidents and at the same time inspired caution on the part of other motorists. The terrific Christmas time death toll also was believed to have influenced drivers. The National Safety Council had forecast a death toll of at least 130 for the New Year's holiday. Besides the 63 traffic deaths 60 persons met violent death in other accidents. Five of these were killed in the crash of a Newark, N. J. to Miami transport plane near Charleston, S. C. In California a 17-months-old girl drowned in a 5-gallon water crock. California, as it did at Christmas, led the state tolls with 18 ir'ead, eight of them in traffic mishaps. Michigan was second with six highway deaths and a total of 15 while New York state reported nine fatalities, six of them from miscellaneous causes. Ohio had seven highway deaths and a total of eight. South Carolina with six deaths filled out the "fatal big five" due to one traffic death and the plane crash. Funeral Services Held Wednesday For Mrs. Lovelace Funeral services for Mrs. Lillie Lovelace, who died early Monday morning at the Mary Sherman Hospital here, were held at the Railsback Funeral Home Wednesday afternoon at one o'clock with the Rev. R. M. Criswell officiating. Song services were in charge of Mrs. Kathryn Kirkham Reid with Mrs. Stratton at the piano. Pallbearers were Elbert Jones, Ray McDonald, Carl Paul Lamb, Frank Leach, Gene Walters and Ogie Hague. Flower bearers were Freida Exline, Bernice Gadberry, Eva McClellan, Mrs. Snow, Mrs. Strawn and Nell Ross. Burial was made in the Walnut Hill Cemetery at Petersburg, Indiana. HUSBAND OF FORMER RESIDENT HERE DIES IN CALIFORNIA Ric Stroud of Sacramento, California, died December 7 of a cerebral hemorrhage. Mr. Stroud vas the husband of the former Imogene Martin, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ezra Martin, former Sullivan residents.

FROM FID GO. (By United Press) The CIO United Automobile Workers Union announced today it would file suit against the Ford Motor Company for $222,320,000 today, raising .the total sought by the nation's labor unions in portal pay above the two billion dollar mark. At Washington, meanwhile, Rep. Clare E. Hoffman, R., Mich., charged that suits to collect retroactive portal pay were "shakedowns" which rank "national economic disaster." He said he would introduce in the new Congress a bill to outlaw such suits. OF SENATE SEAT BULLETIN! WASHINGTON, Jan. 2 (UP) The Senate Republican Policy Committee decided formally today to try to prevent Senator Theodore G. Bilbo, D., Miss., from taking his seat when Congress convenes tomorrow. ' Tjite Republicans voted as their f irsf move to ask the Mississippian under fire for taking gifts from war . contractors to stand aside when other Senators ,are being sworn in tomorrow. Committee chairman Robert A. Taft, R., Ohio, said Bilbo would be asked to hold off temporarily until the Senate can discuss his "right to be sworn in." BPW Resolutions Endorsed In Local Club Yesterday Telia C. Haines, President of the Indiana Federation of Business & Professional Women's Clubs and Rose Self, President of the Sullivan B. & P. W. Club yesterday at the beginning of the new year endorsed the resolutions set forth by National President Sally Butler of Indianapolis for local and state BPW club women. Miss Butler's message to members of the 1,800 clubs in the forty-eight states of the union, Alaska and Hawaii called on them to resolve to be as diligent in serving their country in peace as in war. Following her example Miss Haines and Miss Self asked business and professional women everywhere, as well as members of their organizations to put into practice the following resolutions: Resolved, that I will continue to work as a volunteer for my community, my country and for the United Nations; Resolved, to put the same time and money into peacetime service that I gave to the war. Resolved, to practice the brotherhood of man and encourage tolerance for the people- of all nations and races every day in every way; Resolved, to practice the highest ethics in business policies and in political work; , Resolved, to work for unity in the United : States among all divergent economic and social views; ; a Resolved, to practice thrift in our daily lives and to invest in government securities and other forms of old age savings, which will aid our country, as well as our families and ourselves; . AND .RESOLVED, to put into practice every day that commanding line from the collect of the National Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs, Inc. . ."Let us not forget to be kind," for kindness and love are two of the greatest forces in preventing wars and industrial conflict.

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Wayne Phillips, Vet Of Marines, Dies Of Injuries Near Noon Wayne Phillips, 21-year-old resident of Dugger, died this mornnig at 11:30 from injuries sustained when his 19.07 t-, , j. i i i.i.t i n p. m t , -

rora ctmpe was sutjck uy a hoi w.uuumi . x. . ncism. engine about a mile east of the Midway Station corner, three and a half miles north of Sullivan. No eyewitnesses were present to give an account of the accident and brief reports by Engineer Scott and Conductor Campbell of the C. & E. L freight No. 951 filed with the Farmersburg station agent did not reveal whether the car had stalled on the track or Phillips had negligently approached the crossing in the face of the pneoming train. I Struck broadside, the auto and

Indiana U. To Present "Tosca" Replacing "The Bartered Bride" which was to have been present ed Jan. 14 byHhe City Center of Music and Drama of New York on Division AA of the Indiana University Auditorium Series will be "Tosca" by the Boston Grand Opera Company, it was announced today by Harold W. Jordan, director of auditorium programs. "Tosca" will be given at the University Feb. 3 and tickets originally marked for "The Bartered Bride" will be good for the replacement. The City Center cancelled the entire road tour of its opera company. Leonora Corone, . dramatic soprano, who made her debut at the Metropolitan in "II Trovatore," will sing the leading role in "Tosca" when, it appears on the University's Auditorium Series. Other leads will be Georges Christea, tenor, ' and Angeio.. Pilotto, baritone. '. Following the presentation of "Tosca" on the AA division of the Auditorium Series, there will be the following attractions: the Philadelphia Orchestra with Eugene Ormandy conducting; Alexander Brailowsky, pianist; Lauritz Melchior, tenor, and orchestra; Joseph Szigeti, violinist, and the Cleveland Playhouse. ELKS INITIATE 16 MEMBERS MONDAY Sixteen new members were initiated into the Sullivan Elks Lodge No. 911 Monday evening, December 31. Names of those initiated are: Hobart H. Durbin, Vard Boles, Roy G. Lowdermilk, Edgar W. McConnell, Frank W. McVicker, Jack E. Rader, William T. Lowe, William E. Jones, Russell Inbody, Claude Robbins, Harry E. Walters, Arthur C. Rumple, Frank M. BelL Ben A. Crowder, Paul E. Thacker and Bryant R. Allen. . ALLENTOWN'S FIRST '47 BABY IS 21ST Jf UK YYUiVlArN, 4.) ALLENTOWN, Pa., Jan. 2. (UP) Mrs. Ethel Esterly, 45, gave birth to her 21st child yesterday, a girl weighing eight pounds and five ounces. The child, Barbara Lee, was born at 1:43 a.m. in Sacred Heart Hospital, making her Allentown's first baby of the new year. Mother and child were reported doing well. i Her husband, Earl, 46, is a truck driver with a local traction company. Nineteen of the children 10 girls and nine boys are living. The eldest is Robert, 26. Time For (By United Press) A swirling snow storm bore down on a 150 mile wide belt of the middle west today as rain, sleet and snow blanketed most of. the southern half of the nation. Airplane flights were cancelled in many sections of the country because of the weather, and highway traffic was snarled by slippery pavements. Fair weather was limited principally to the north and Rocky Mountain and Pacific states and the southern tip of

its driver were carried severalhundred feet before the train came to a halt and train crewmen and workmen from the Harold Dodd Sawmill, located nearby, removed Phillips from the wreckage in an unconscious

j condition and rushed him to the Mary Sherman Hospital in the Billman ambulance. Completed examination by Dr. C. F. Briggs today revealed that Phillips suffered a fractured skull, severe head and face lacerations and possible, other internal injuries, reliable sources stated. ..-, ' Phillips, the informants said, was en route to a new slope mine being sunk northeast of Sullivan to pick up his father, Ora Phillips, who is employed there on the night shift. Sullivan C. & E. I. station atjent Glessie Walters today said that No. 951 is a freight passing through this city-at 6:30 a. m. made up of only an engine and caboo?e en route to 'Danville, iinnois. - Phillips is 'a "native of DiiECer and a graduate of Union Hijrh School with the class of 194:1 followine which he entered the United States Marine Corps serving three years in the South Pacific. Accredited with being one of the Guadalcanal invasion forces, Phillips was discharged from military service early in 1946. Since his return to civilian statis he had been employed here by the Sullivan . Commission" Company. First Baby Of 1947 Born Here 11:05 Last Night The New Year stoi"k arrived late this year with Sullivan county's baby of 1947 arriving at the Mary Sherman Hospital at 11:05 p. m. New Year's Day.- Queen of the new year is Miss Patricia Sue Walls, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fredrick Walter Walls of Oaktown rural route. The little Miss weighing eight pounds and three ounces was delivered by Dr. M. S. Brown , of Carlisle. Reports from offices of other Sullivan county physicians today revealed that no deliveries elsewhere in the county were made by Mr. Stork yesterday. BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT Mr. and Mrs. Chick Elder of Terre Haute, are the parents of born Dec. 27th at St. Anthony's Hospital in Terre Haute. Mrs. Elder is the former Anna Marie Alsman, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Guy Alsman, former Sullivan residents. "Scratchies" the Florida peninsula. Chicago, the nation's second city, was blanketed with the heaviest snow fall of the season which was expected to reach ten inches by tomorrow. The , Weather Bureau predicted heavy snows for an arc extending from northeast Missouri to Northern Illinois and northwestern Indiana and across lower Michigan. All flights were cancelled out of Chicago Municipal Airpoit and there were no incoming flights.