Sullivan Daily Times, Volume 49, Number 4, Sullivan, Sullivan County, 6 January 1947 — Page 2

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Id DECLINE CHICAGO, Jan. 6 (UP) The l.rice of butter' will drop 20 cents a pound in the next five months, wholesalers and brokers on the Chicago Mercantile . Exchange predicted today. Such a decline, commodity experts said, would mean at least a moderate drop in the price of cheese and milk. The brokers and wholesalers said the butter prices would be toppled by an avalanche of butter pouring into the market. Return to normal peacetime production early this summer means that millions of pounds of butter will be produced for the market nRain. Gross Income Taxes For 1946 VSet New Record INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Jan. 6 (Special) Collections by the Indiana Gross Income Tax Divi sion during the 1946 calendar year were greater than any corresponding 12-month period . in history, Walter L. Sturdevant, thief deputy director of the tax unit, announced here today. From January 1, 1946. to December 31, 1946, Hoosiers paid $48,010,960.85 on their gross re ceipts at' the regular rates established -under ,the '! Indiana - Gross Income Tax Act, Mr. Sturdevant said. This is an increase ; of $1,660,276.71 over the divi1 sion's previous record establishh 1 ed for the 1945 calendar year. The increased collections plus the fact that there was a drop of , 1 26,572 in the number of reports ' made to the division during the 1046 period accounted for the l jump in the average payment from $35.63 in 1945 to $37.74 in 1946. ! With the exception of the opening quarter last January, February and March, each 90- , day period found the tax division establishing new all-time collection records. . However, there is. no indication rts to whether or not , the collection for the 1940 annuals, which opened last Thursday (Jan. 2), will continue to provide the state general fund with its greatest source of revenue. Mr. Sturdevant said. "Tax blanks for 1946 now are available at nearly 1,000 distribution points throughout the stale. Deadline for payment of the tax on 1946 incomes is January 31, 1947. Louis Saude, 52, i Dies Friday P. M. Louis Saude, 52, died of a heart attack at the Daviess County Hospital in Washington, Indiana .Friday afternoon at one o'clock. He is. survived , by one son, Raymond; ."o'rje daughter, Sadie; three sisters, Mrs. Josephine Picrson and Mrs.. Maggie Roberts, both , of Sullivan, x and Sadie Brentiey.; of . South . Bend; and one brother, Emilia of Sullivan. . ' V".' ..-v ' - Funeral services were conducted Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Billman funeral chapel. The Rev. Wyman A. Hull officiated. Song services were in charge of Mrs. Lula Baldwin and Mrs. Vermont McCoskey with Mrs. Jeanette Wernz at the organ. Pallbearers were Wendell Sevier, Ray Hunter, Dencil Walters and Connie Willis. Burial was in the Farnsworth cemetery. AVERAGE NET PAID CIRCULATION FOR December, 1946 4533

Two Masonic Groups Install Off icers Jan. 2 On Thursday, January. 2, Jerusalem Chapter No. 81 met with Sullivan Council No. "73 for installation - of '.officers. ; Members

end families were . entertained ' ..' '" with a delicious six o'clock tur- INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. '6 Inkey dinner, preceded by a closed debtedness of $12,500 for the civil installation of the following ' city , of Sullivan amounted to Council officers . by Charles $2.46 per capita at the beginning Thompson, installing off icer: II- of 1946, according to" a special lustrious " Master, Wendell Cox; study of 102 Indiana cities, conDep. .Master, Baker . Letterman; 'tained in the 1947 edition of. the Principal Conductor of Work,' Indiana Tax and Social Security Robert Shepherd; Captain of Manual compiled by the- Indiana

Guard, Fred Hanger; . Cond. of Council, Floyd Willis; Steward, Theul Warford; Secretary, John Sweeney; Treasurer, Frank Bell; Sentinel, Louis Meier. ... After dinner, a public installa

tion of the following Chapter general' obligation bonds, equallofficers was conducted by George. ed $29.02 per, capita, the Manual Jackson, installing officer: High stated: - Priest, Joe R.-McCoskey;' King,! .From the" standpoint of outClyde Cooksey; Scribe, Floyd E.-' ;an1inff nilbii, indebtedness.

Paine; Treasurer, Frank Bell; oecreiary, donn aweeney; unap-'. n . t fi . larin- Rjle G.enwood; Captain of Host, David Templeton; Prin cipal Sojourner, Robert Shep herd; Royal Arch Captain, Theul Warford; Master of 3rd Veil, Johnson Bell; Master of 2nd Veil, Fred Hanger; Master of 1st Veil, Allen Letterman; Guard, Louis Meier After the installation ceremonies, a short, impressive address was given by Rev. Wyman Hull. Guests then retired and the meeting was closed in regular form. ' Mrs. J. PMcEvoy Dies In Florida Saturday A. M. Word has been received here of the death of Mrs. Jeddie Poynter McEvoy from a heart attack suffered early Saturday morning at her home in Sebring, Florida, where she had lived for the past twenty years. Mrs. McEvoy was a sister of Paul Poynter of St. Petersburg, Florida, and an aunt of Mrs. William C. Jamison. Mrs. McEvoy, who was born December 17, 1876 in Cloverdalc, Indiana, the daughter of the late Jesse A. Poynter and Letitia Bennett Poynter, lived in Sullivan for several years, where she taught music, following her graduation from DePauw University. She was the widow of the late Dr. James B. McEvoy, who died in 1916. Surviving her are three sons, Paul B. McEvoy and Maurice F. McEvoy, both of Roswell, New Mexico and Poynter McEvoy of Hickory, North Carolina, and five grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at Sebring, Florida, Tuesday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock. Mrs. M. J. Power Dies At Shelburn Mrs. Minnie Jane Power, 80 years old, died at 9:30 o'clock Sunday night at her home in Shelburn. She is survived by eight sons, Emmett and Ephriam Power, both of Shelburn, Harold Power of Jasonville, Woodrow Power of Farroersburg, Thomas, Melvin, Kenneth and Andrew Power, all of Toledo, Ohio; five daughters, Mrs. Sylvia Taft of Shelburn. Mrs. Bessie Shake, Mrs. Edith Cummins and Mrs. Florence Walls, all of Toledo, Ohio, and Mrs. Nancy Mayercik of San Diego, California; one brother, Thomas Stuck of Shelburn; and 26 grandchildren. The body was taken to the McHugh Funeral Home in Shel burn pending funeral arrangements. NEW SUITS Benjamin Bennett, Admr. of the estate of Belle Bennett, de ceased vs. Benjamin Bennett et al. Petition to sell real estate. Wm. B. Mario w, Ruby L.' Marlow vs. Jessie G. Shaffner et al. Complaint. Eva Dean Swalls vs. Wilbur Kelley, Austin S. Eeed. Complaint for damages, ..

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III DEBT 52.45 PER: CAPITA State Chamber, of Commerce. Pointing out that although the 1945 total indebtedness of $54,828,684, which includes the ' rev enue bonds and temporary loans ' P I ' ,,,71 Art Unin .of civil 'cities as well as their ctot' nnH ,, mvPrnmntal ... , in h h.st Pnnfminr, f ny time since the start of the were in depression period. - It reported that outstanding in Indians $200,000,000 $96,000,000 public indebtedness had dropped from a level in 1930 to a level at the end of 1945. Counteracting this was the immense debt situation load of the federal government created by the war and by deficit f inaneing preceding the war, the ual said. ManRecent figures prepared by the State Chamber show that Ind iana's per capita share of a national debt of 260 billions is equal to $2,126.54 per person. J K . .., . The special section of the Man ual on Indiana Local Government Finances indicates that per capita indebtedness for . civil cities ranges from the high of $115.39 for Boonville to the debt free condition enjoyed by Columbia City, Dunkirk, Huntingburg, Kendallville, Logansport, Monticello, Montpelier, and Rushville. Free copies of the 200-page pocket-size Manual, featuring a summary of governmental financing, a social security review, a section on state governmental finances, another on local governmental finances, and an outline of state aid to local governments, are available upon request to the State Chamber offices. Wife Of Doctor Dies In Oaktown Mrs.H Maude C. Hodges, 69 years old, wife of Dr. w. Hodges of Oaktown, died at the mornresidence there Saturday ing at six o'clock. Besides the husband, she is survived by two daughters, Mrs. V. R. Wolfe of Oaktown , and Mrs. Sherman Keck of Bremen, Indiana; four sons, Lyman and John, of Oaktown, Donald, of South Bend and Malcolm of Bremen; one sister, Mrs. Russell Daugherty of Indianapolis; two brothers, Lyman Cunningham of Vincennes and William Cunningham of Lawrenceville, Illinois; and three grandchildren. The body waS taken to the Schulze Funeral Home at Oaktown and returned to the residence where funeral services were held this afternoon at 2 o'clock with the Rev. L. H. Haas officiating. Burial was in the Oaktown cemetery. . BIRTTI ANNOUNCEMENTS Mr. and Mrs. William J. Faught announce the birth of an eight pound son born December 29th. He has been named William Michael. Mr. Faught is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Faught. Mr. nines and Mrs. Norman Jen of 304 North State Street announce the birth of a . son, Michael David, born December 28th at the Mary Sherman Hospital. He weighed nine pounds and four ounces. Mrs. Jennings is the former Tbelma Rose Mc.ftinnex. J.

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:; U. S. ASK DAIREN RE MADE FREE PORT ". WASHINGTON, Jan. 6. (UP) The United States today, deplored the "unsatisfactory situation" at Dairen, Manchuria,: where the Russians abruptly ordered an American cruiser to leave port. ' , ', The United States asked the Soviet and Chinese governments to make arrangement for establishment of a free port there under Chinese administration In diplomatic notes, the United States urged early im-

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U. S. RAISING CEILINGS ON RENTS WASHINGTON, Jan, 6.-(UP) The government quietly is raising rent ceilings on apartments and homes at the rate of 20,000 to 30,000 a! month, it was revealed today. Officials said 20,000. upward adjustments were allowed in.' October and 31,000 in November, the last full month on record. Close to one million individual increases now have been granted since 1942 when rent ceilings were first imposed. ' i ( Meanwhile, it was learned tfiat rent officials were studying records of four million rent-controlled rooms with prospects of removing ceilings from transient hotels in the near future. '

Scouts "On Parade" In Gym Here Tonight

Scouting is on parade tonight at the high school community gym at 7:30 o'clock in Sullivan, j Everyone in the county is in-

vited to attend this outstanding jmissioner and Jake Pirtle, neighattraction and see just why the borhood commissioner. Scouters cubs and scouts enjoy the scout in the county are joining with

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to the public. The Sullivan high school band Vill present -fiteea,minute prologue 'prior to 7:30 p. m.' An outstanding Sullivan citizen, who is affiliated with scouting, will give the welcome address. The band will play a march and all the scouts, cubs, scouters and cubbers will march single' file into the gym. The band will strike up the Star Spangled Banner and the scouts will come to attention and salute. Following the salute the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag will be given and the invocation said by a minister from the county. A movie "The Scout Trail to Citizenship" will be shown, which will give all three phases of the scout program cubbing, scouting and senior scouting. Scouts of Troop 53 of the Presbyterian Church of Sullivan, with Scoutmaster Pierce Dale,- will furnish the clown act. The Christian Church's Troop 51, with Fred Hanger as Scoutmaster, will render the scout law, motto, sign, salute and respects due to the flag. Troop 59 of Farmersburg, with Scoutmaster Jack Hawkes and his charges will demonstrate communications and signalling, followed by Troop 52 of Shelburn (Scoutmaster Walter Biggs) demonstrating compass and mapping. Hymera's Troop 57, with Scoutmaster Bob Gilman in charge, will demonstrate scout games and Troop 50 of the Sullivan -Methodist Church, will present a feature of knots and ropes. District Chairman J. A, Hankins will conduct the recognition ceremony given . the troop and patrol -that recruited the most new scouts, best , curcus ' poster and most people present! from the local unit. ' A first aid demonstration will be given by Troop 55 of the Baptist Church with Scoutmaster Jake Pirtle in charge. Troop 54 of Carlisle, with Ray Smith as scoutmaster, will demonstrate knife and hatchet work. Cub Pack 54, under direction of "Hap" Griffith, cubmaster, will present a phase of the cub program as well as Pack 58 of Carlisle with Ernie Ballard as cubmaster. ' Closing the program will- be a campfire scene on the gym floor and an honest-to-goodness camp site with tents and all the other .things that go with scouting. This demonstration will be pre.sented by Troop 58 of Dugger led by Scoutmaster Ralph Hill. All scouts will gather around the camp site and . sing scout songs, repeat the scoutmaster's benediction followed by taps being sounded closing the circus' pro-

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under free port. gram. , - Planning and promotion of the circus was under the direction of Baker Letterman, district com .these leaders in helping to make cessful ever staged in the county. III HEW SHIP ' WASHINGTON, Jan. 6 (UP) The army, in a shakeup of its European command, announced today that Lt. Lucius D. Clay j will succeed Gen. Joseph C. McNarney as commander of the (United States Army forces in Europe. Lt. Gen. Geoffrey Keyes will succeed Gen. Mark W. Clark as chief of the United States forces in Austria. McNarney will become army air forces representative for the joint chief of staff on the military staff committee of the United Nations, effective March 15. Clark will take command of the Sixth Army Headquarters at San Francisco, succeeding the late Gen. Joseph W. Stilwell. The date on which Clay, Clark and Keyes will take over their new posts were not announced immediately. Clay presently is deputy to McNarney in Germany. INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. 6 (UP) Hogs 11,000; opening slow, later fairly active; 160 lbs. up 25c lower than Saturday? 100-160, lbs. 50c lower; 160-225 ,lbs.'. opening $22.00;, 225-250 lbs. $21.75; sows not fully established; early sales largely $17.00 $18.50. Cattle 2,600; calves 600; steers and heifers active, strong to 50c higher; choice 1,040 lb. steers $28.00; mostly choice 1,178 lb. weights $27.50; other small lots good and choice lightweight i steers $24.00 $25.00; medium to good heifers $20.00 $22.00; common and medium $19.00 $18.50; cows firm, odd good beef cows to $16.00 and above; tanners and cutters 950 1,150; vealers fairly active, steady; good and choice $28.00830.00. Sheep 8,000; fairly active, generally steady; about eight loads good and choice 65 to 98 lb. fed wooled Texas lambs $23.00; deck around $21.00 $23.00; medium and good quotable $16.00 $20.50; good and choice native $21.00 $23.00; common arid medium, $12.00 $15.50; slaughter ewes $7.00 down, i. .

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WASHINGTON, Jan. 6 (UP) Senator-elect Theodore G. Bilbo. D.. Miss., was en route to iNew Orleans today hopeful that another operation for cancer jof the mouth will leave him fit ito renew his fight for a seat in the Senate. I Bilbo and his attorney, Forrest Jackson, left here yesterday in (Bilbo's 1946 Cadillac. They are due in New Orleans tomorrow. I There Dr. Alton Oschner, dean of the Tulane University School of Surgery, will prepare Bilbo for an operation to remove anouier piece of his lower jaw and new cancerous growth. He underwent an initial operation last summer. Hymera Masons Install Officers The annual , installation of officers was held at the Hymera Masonic Hall on Dec. 31, 1946. Preceding the ceremony a program was given as follows: Saxophone solo, G. , B. Mathers; address by Rev. Nicholess of the Hymera First Baptist Church; Bobo solo, Winchell Peterson accompanied by his brother, fBarney. at the piano; song by Leon Esrey and song by Barney peterson accompanied by Mrs. Talbott at the piano. The following officers were installed by P. M. Roy Thompson, assisted by P.. M. F. C. Betzegaio as marshal: Max Peterson, W. M.; Harold " Myers. S. W.; Melvin McDaniel, J. W.; Pete Matthews, Treas.; William Sargent, Sec; Gerald Mathews, S. D.; Archie Clark, J. W.: Lymon Gordon, Chaplain; Carl Rubble, J. S.; Otho Clark, S. S.; and Jesse Clark, Tyler. Refreshments were served after installation to approximately 75 persons present. v VA Contact Man Here Thursday George M. Gabe, contact representative for Veterans Administration, will be at the Red Cross office, second floor of Court House, January 9. Tne Red Cross -personnel states that recent Veterans Administration figures show that "dependents of 372,000 deceased World War II veterans now receive NSLI awards average monthly payment for the benefiicaries $50.00 with 75 percent receiving payments for the rest of their lives." Reinstatement applications must be made before February 1st to take advantage of recent legislation which permits reinstatement without physical examination. Only two months' premium would have to be paid regardless of the period of the policy's lapse. Veterans' terminal leave bonds can be assigned to meet the two premium payments. No health examination is needed. Veterans must sign a statement that they are "in as good health as at the time the policy lapsed." Service-connected disabilities less than total in degree will not prevent a Veteran meeting the health requirements for reinstating policies. All Veterans who have insurance problems should call at the office on this day. FORMER RESIDENT DIES IN MICHIGAN Albert Kaufman, age 9, died at Flint, Michigan. Sunday at 6:15 p. m. following an extended illness. He was a former resident of Sullivan county and a retired farmer. Surviving are three sons, Bert of Flint, Michigan, William of Sullivan, and Ernest of Mt. Morris, Michigan; two grandsons; and one sister, Mrs. Lottie Arnett of Merom. " Funeral arrangements are Spending. :

Fifteen Subjects In State - Of - The - Union Speech By President

Roundup WASHINGTON. Jan. 6. (UP) A round-up of the president's recommendations to ' the House and Senate in his State-of-the-Union message today: DOMESTIC ECONOMY Industry must hold price lines and labor must not ask wage increases that would boost prices. LABOR - MANAGEMENT RELATIONS .Require compulsory arbitration of disputes over existing, contracts; outlaw jurisdictional strikes; strengthen federal mediation machinery. FISCAL AFFAIRS - Budget will be balanced in fiscal "48; national debt should be reduced; wartime excise taxes should be continued; no mention of income tax cuts. MONOPOLIES New legislation as needed to curb concentration of industrial power and aid new enterprises. HOUSING A bill should be passed to provide 500,000 public low rental units in the next four years. AGRICUITURE Foreign and domestic markets should be extended to provide outlets for farm surpluses. MILITARY POLICY Armed forces should be merged in sin-, gle department of national defense and universal training established; extension of draft may be asked later. - - HEALTH AND WELFARE Congress jhould enact1 health insurance program pressed. ; last year; department of welfare should be established. ' VETERANS Veterans benefit program is complete except for minor "adjustments; no bonus recommended. CIVIL RIGHTS New legislation needed to strengthen federal action to protect rights jeopardized by racial and religious bigotry. NATURAL RESOURCES River valley developments should be pushed. Mineral production should be expanded. FOREIGN AFFAIRS We must get on with peace settlements; despite differences, fundamental interests of the U. S. and the USSR are the same; early peace, high production, collective security. INTERNATIONAL RELIEF This country has contributed hugely to relief but should change laws to permit entry of more displaced persons. INTERNATIONAL TRADE World trade must be made free as possible. ATOMIC ENERGY Peacetime uses of atomic energy must be pushed and effective international control be speeded. LOUISVILLE PAPERS IN PRICE RAISE LOUISVILLE, Ky., Jan. 6. The Courier-Journal and Louisville Times announced Friday an increase of 5 cents a week on the home-delivered prices of each newspaper. The morning Courier-Journal and the evening Louisville Times will be increased from 20 to 25 cents a week each. The combination price for both newspapers and the Sunday Courier-Journal will be 50 cents weekly, as compared to 45 cents now. The Sunday Courier-Journal will remain at 10 cents. The increase was necessary because of the rising cost of newsprint, the announcement said. LOCAL MASONS TO INSTALL OFFICERS The annual public installation of officers of the Masonic Lodge of Sullivan will be held Tuesday, Jan. 7. Each member is re quested to bring a covered dish. Officers to be installed are: Morris Hudson, W. M.; Alvin "Al" Spainhour, S. W.; Floyd Nesty, J. W.; Loren Harris, S. D.; Harry Lowry, J. D.; James Bedwell, S. S.; Clarence Shoptaw, J. S.; Louis Meier, Tyler; and Floyd Willis, Chaplain.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 6. (UP) President Trufmm submitted to Congress today a four-point labor leg-iskitwii program which would wan jurisdictional strikes and ! establish a commission to in; vestisate the entire field oi labor-mana?ement relations. That was a hijrhliffht of a State-of-the-Union message coverinp; 15 domestic and international subjects. Mr. Truman also notified the House and Senate that his new budget would be balanced and that he would recommend continuation of the wartime excise taxes which expire June 30. Opnnly mindful that he spoko 'to a House and Senate controlled by Republicans, the president appealed for cooperation lest the safety of the nation be endangered. He also outlined briefly an economic program which he wiil submit to the Congress later this week calling for continuing ice strictions on monopolies and unfair business practices and the continuation of an . ' "aggressive program of home construction." On foreign affairs, the president was frank to admit postwar differences between the United States and the Soviet Union. "Our policy for the Soviet Union is guided by the. same principle which determines our policies toward all nations," the

president said. "We seek only, to uphold-the principles of inter national justice which have been enbodied in the charter of the United Nations." The president said that this country would be willing to lead a march toward disarmament but not until "a system of collective security under the United Nations has. been established." Mr. Truman's labor recommendations were prefaced with a warning against "punitive legislation." He reaffirmed his belief in free collective bargaining as a process in determining wafers and work conditions. Annual Home Ec Meet Attended By County Women A group of twenty-nine Sullivan County Home Economics Club women braved the weather to. attend the annual meeting of the Indiana Home Economics Association at Purdue University Friday, January 3. The morning session, which was held in the Hall of Music, included "Styles For You" by Mrs. Gerard of the L. S. Ayre Style Service and an interview of 4-H Club girls attending Notional 4-H Club Camp at Washington, D. C. This was followed by a business session in which new state officers were elected. Dr. Elton Trueblood of Eaiiham College, gave an inspiring address during the afternoon entitled, "America Recovers." Spe cial music during the afternoon session was furnished by the Montgomery County Home Economics Club Chorus. Despite the weather conditions, the trip proved very worthwhile. IT'S THE CLIMATE LOS ANGELES (UP) Califprnia's Turkish tobacco industry, starting from a handful of seeds planted in 1942, produced a 75,000-pound harvest in 1943. Next year's crop is expected to be worth more than $500,000. NEW PETRIFIED FOREST HANNA. Wyo. (UP) Traces of a petrified forest have been uncovered in strip .coal mining operations near here. Sections of big trees, possibly thousands of years old, were unearthed byj bulldozers and draglines. ,

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