Sullivan Daily Times, Volume 49, Number 5, Sullivan, Sullivan County, 7 January 1947 — Page 2

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INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. 7 (IIP) The Indiana . Economic Council today asked the Republican Policy Committee for legislation increasing its revolving fund to $1,000,000 primarily for iise in aiding Hoosier communities to build new schools. Kenneth Schellie, director of the council, ,told the GOP legislative planners that unfilled re-' quests for loans from the coun- j c-il from state cities and towns totalled $1,113,000. He said 60 j percent of the requests came from governmental units trying to expand educational facilities. The policy committee went into its pre-legislative ses (Ton J this morning only two days be- I fore ..the opening of the 85th I General Assembly. It will con tinue in session until after the legislature convenes. Conservation department officials also visited the committee today and presented formal requests for legislation they outlined several weeks ago. PREVAILS IN U. S. (By United Press) "5 Fair weather prevailed : over most oS the nation today, partic- " ularly in the far west and in the midwestern states, where H sun helped to melt the heavy snows of last week. The weather bureau forecast fair weather with little change in temperature for most of the central midwestern states today and tonight. ) The weather man said that ex '; cept for rain in the Ohio Valley ' end light snow along the Ca- . radian border, the weather was pleasant. There were no below zero readings during the night. Thomas Sparks Rites Are Held Impressive funeral services were conducted Thursday afternoon at two o'clock at the Merom Methodist Church for Thomas Soarks who died at the Veterans Hospital at Marion, Indiana Tuesday at 1:30 p. m. The services were in charge of Rev. T. M. Jenneings, pastor of the rhurch, assisted by Dr. A. D. Woodworth. A service of sacred hymns was rendered by Cleo Brown, Alta Colvin, Cleo Henderson and Esther McCIure with Mrs. Roxie Kelsey at the piano. Pallbearers were grandsons of the deceased. They were Ray Sparks Jr., Howard Sparks, Robert Mahan, Wayne Mahan and Mitchell Hoesman. Flower bearers were Mrs. Freda Hoesman, Barbara Sparks, Marjorie Sparks, Helen ? Mahan, pnd Norrtta Sparks,' all , granddaughters' of the ..deceased, and Master Dennie Lcc Sparks. Interment .was made in the Merom cemetery. -"..-; . : ; V. . FINAL RITES FOR MRS. MINNIE POWER WEDNESDAY P. M. Funeral services for Mrs. Minnie Jane Power, 80 years old, who died Saturday night, will be held at the McHugh Funeral Home at two o'clock Wednesday afternoon. The Rev. E. T. Perkins will officiate and burial will be in the Westlawn Cemetery at Farmersburg. AVERAGE NET PAID CIRCULATION FOR December, 1946 4533

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The County Board of Commissioners met yesterday in regular session at the court house with John Howard, Dr. G. D. Scott. E. Lowell Turpi n and James McGarvey, auditor, present. A motion was made by John Howard and seconded by Dr. G. D. Scott that the annual report

of the Miners Examining Board of Sullivan County be approved. The same was seconded and approved. The bond of Alex Davidson as Treasurer of the Miners Examining Board was filed and examined and approved. The bond of Milton Drake, County Highway Supervisor, was filed, examined and approved. The bond of - Merle Terrell, District Road Supervisor of District 1, was filed, examined and approved. Emory Curry, Walter Routt and Hudson A. Bland were ap pointed appraisers for the School Fund Property and other real estate of county. Dr. Robert Donnelly was appointed doctor for the County Infirmary and County Jail for the year 1947. The Deep Vein Coal Company filed a petition to vacate certain highway. Petition considered and taken under advisement for future action. Lyman Gordon, Shelburn, R. 1, John Fox, Shelburn, R. 1, and Thomas Brunker, Farmersburg were appointed viewers of said highway. It was ordered that on or before January 20, 1947 at 9:00 a. m. the Board of Commissioners will receive sealed bids for: 1. The purchase of a concrete mixer, not less than 2 sacks. 2. Highway truck with steel dump bed, county highway supervisor ordered to prepare plans and specifications for said mixer and truck. 3. Painting and re-decorating of 3rd floor of court house, circuit court room floor. County auditor authorized to have plans and specifications prepared for said re-decorating and painting. Bids of Fred H. Ogle, H. B. Watson and Bedwell Tire and Battery Company are each approved and . county highway supervisor instructed to purchase needs of county for said year 1947 in accordance with bids. The following bids for the furnishing for the year 1947 of following materials as specified in said bids were anproved: 1. Standard Oil of Indiana, furnishing of motor oil and grease. 2. D. A. Lubricant Company, Inc., furnishing of oils and grease for deisel motors. 3. Gulf Refining Company, gasoline and kerosene. Bid of W. J. Holliday and Company Inc., for the furnishing of steel and hardware for the year accepted and bond filed and approved. Bid of Hugh J. Baker and Company for furnishing of reinforcing steel accepted and approved and bond filed. Bid of the France Stone Co. of Indianapolis, Indiana for the furnishing of crushed stone for the present year was approved and bond filed. The following bids for furnishing of sand and gravel for the present year were each' approved. Merom Gravel Company, Forrest Burton and West Carlisle Sand and Gravel' Company: . The bid of the Dodd Sawmills Inc. for the furnishing of bridge lumber of present year was approved. Bond ordered, filed. The bid of the MacAllister WVotlnued on Page 6. Col. 1) ARROWS GO TO SPENCER TONIGHT The Sullivan High School's Golden Arrows will journey to Spencer tonight to resume basketball activities halted by the Christmas and New Year's holidays. .This will be the Arrows' first game since their bout with Clinton on December 20 in the Clinton gym. ' Friday night, January 10, the Golden Arrows will be hosts to the strong State High aggregation from Terre Haute. Both varsity and B teams are scheduled to scrap at this time.

SAM GINETTE, 17, of Seaine Is winning hi3 fight against leukemia at the University of California. Berkeley, Cal., where as a human guinea pig, ho is taking Injections of radio-active phosphorous. ' (International) BULLETIN! . ... WASHINGTON, Jan. 7 (UP) Gen. George C. Marshall charged today that efforts to settle China's internal strife "have been frustrated time and again by extremist elements . of both sides." Marshall, President Truman's representative . in China, has been recalled in an action signalling a ' complete , review of this' country's eastern policy and its failure W help China to develop a united democratic! government.' ' Marshall, who is expected to leave Nanking by plane tomorrow, said in a statement released by the State Department here that ' selfish interests in China have sabotaged agreements that could have led to peace. . VFW WILL MEET WEDNESDAY, 8 P. M. It was announced today that the Veterans of Foreign Wars (Sullivan) will meet at the; Seven-Up Bottling Co., 501 Hartley Street (across from C. & E. I. depot) on Wednesday, Jan. 8. The meeting is scheduled to start at eight o'clock p. m. and all members are urged to attend and bring a buddy. War Criminal Dies I;--'! OSAMI NAGANO, the man who ordered the Jap navy, to attack Fearl Harbor, died in a U. S. Army hospital at Tokyo of bronchial pneumonia. The ex-admiral was ono of 27 Jap war-time leaders now oo trial before the International' .tribunal ' of ; the Far j

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NEW CASTLE, Jan. 7. (IIP) Damage was estimated today at more than $10,000 in a fiie which destroyed the post office, a grocery store and home in nearby Greensborough yesterday.

CANADA OFFICIALLY ENDS WAR AS OF DEC. 31 OTTAWA, Canada, Jan. 7. (UP) The Canadian government announced today that, for official and legal purposes, Dec. 31,-1946 is to be regarded as the closing date of World War II.

NO TRACE OF MISSING MARINE PLANE ABOARD THE U.S.S. MT. OLYMPUS WITH THE KYRD EXPEDITION, Jan. 7. (LP) A Martin Marine flying boat has found no trace of a :sister ship missing since Dec, 30 with nine men aboard after searching 11,000 square miles in the area of the plane's last reported position. Administrative headquarters of Task Force 68 in the Antarctic Expedition, announced that the search found "no indications of the missing plane." J. ; .',

HOUSEAPPROVES COMMITTEE HEADS WASHINGTON, Jan. 7. (UP) The House today unanimously approved a resolution naming Rep. John Taber. R., N. Y.. chairman of the appropriations committee and Rep. Harold Knutson, R., Minn., chairman of the ways and means committee. Republicans who were members on those committees in the last Congress were reappointed. Vacancies in both committees will be filled later.

CHAIN STORE MAGNATE DIES SCRANTON, Pa., Jan. 7. (UP) Charles S. Woolworth, 90, chain store magnate and philanthropist, died at his home here today. He had been ill for some time.

. HOOSIER LABOR LOBBY ACTIVE INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. 7. (UP) Hoosier labor today planned active participation in the 1947 general assembly which opens on Thursday. CIO and AFL state organizations indicated their first concern would be to pressure for certain beneficial legislation. ' Although no serious anti-labm clashes were expected in the new legislature, union leadei -said - they, nevertheless, would remain vigilant during the 61 -day session. . i Wabash Tournament Pairings Drawn Last Week In Terre Haute

Officials of the Wabash Valley Athletic Association headed by President Jesse M. Boston, Sullivan County Superintendent of Schools, met ' with valley high school coaches and principals of one hundred and twenty schools last week-end in the city of Terre Haute where pairings for the thirty-second annual Wabash Valley basketball tournament were drawn. The two Sullivan county play offs will be witnessed from the Sullivan Community Gym and the Farmersburg high school gymnasium where record crowds are anticipated. Due to a number of Indiana and Illinois valley quintets dropping out of competition in this, the traditional high school "Big I" mid-season hardwood tourney of the Middle West, the field has been narrowed to one less center this -year with sixteen finalists from fifteen centers instead of sixteen traveling to the "high ground" city of Vigo county for the deciding valley championship. Last season over-capacity crowds in the Indiana State gymnasium brought about a new center ruling this year. In order to better accommodate the. hundreds who swarm to the final rounds and to eliminate possible catastrophe, first eliminations of the sixteen finalists are to be housed in both the Garfield and State, goal houses. In the Sullivan preliminaries greatest threat is presented by the Dugger Bulldogs who although not enjoying an outstanding record this season are nevertheless looked forward to for their usual strong tournament ball club. The New Lebanon Tigers carry a strong combination in Wayne Noble and Jack Sims while Carlisle and Merom may well be regarded as dark horses capable of upsetting the old apple cart with ballhawking Robbins and Hopper on the beam. The Sullivan Arrows like Dugger Jiave beheld little to shout about in their opening engagements .but should the Arrows get by Carlisle and the Bulldogs down Graysville, the two will

meet and the basketball fans know what to expect. In the Farmersburg prelims, the Shelburn Panthers, 1946 Wabash Valley runner-ups, hold a card house that will receive mighty pounding from many angles. Should the Panthers emerge from the initial round against an aggressive Fairbanks squad and Jasonville get past the winner of the Farmersburg-Hymera game, the twain shall meet and who knows where to place the odds inasmuch as the Panthers eked out a two-point (30-28) victory over the Jackets Friday night. Much improvement has been made by many of the Sullivan county teams since the season began November 1st and the experts are doping an upset of the favorites by these improved fives. The Sullivan county pairings read: AT SULLIVAN Thursday, Jan. 16 :00 p m., Dugger vs. Grays-

,ville. ( 28:15 p. m., Sullivan vs. Carlisle. 3 9:30 p. m., Pleasantville vs. New Lebanon. Friday, Jan. 17 4 7:00 p. m., Merom vs. Winner No. 1. 5 8:15 p. m., Winner No. 2 vs. Winner No. 3. Saturday. Jan. 18 6 8:00 p. m., Winner No, 4 vs. Winner No. .5. Officials H. Thomas, M. Hubbell. . AT FARMERSBURG Thursday, Jan. 16 1 7:00 p. m., Farmersburg vs. Hymera. 2 8:15 p. m., Shelburn vs. Fairbanks. 3 9:30 p. m., Midland vs. Coal City. Friday, Jan. 17 4 7:00 p. m., Jasonville vs. Winner No. 1. 5 8:15 p. m., Winner No. 2 vs. Winner No. 3. -..

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THEODORE G. "THE MAN" BILBO of Mississippi totes a thermos bottle as he steps from a luggage-filled elevator in hi Washington residence to leave for Louisiana. In New Orleans, the ! Delta senator-elect will undergo ar operation for cancer of the mouth. (Internatlon&l) COLUMBUS, Jan. 7. (UP) The attorney for four teen-agers, held on first degree murder charges in connection with the shootine death of Indiana State Trooper Herbert Smith, today filed a motion for separate trials. ' Judge George W. Long of Bartholomew County circuit court, said he would announce his decision on separate or combined trial and set the date for it later today. Prosecutor Harold Maloy, of Shelby county, opposed the defense motion, citing the length of time required for separate trials. The case against the four youths was venued from Shelby county and a first degree indictment was returned against them in the slaying of Smith near Shelbyville Dec. 5. The four youths are William Price, 17; William Johnson, 17, and Mary Ruth Ward, 15, all of Evansville, and' Vera Hornbeck, 14, Anderson. Shelburn Star Breaks Wrist Saturday In Fall Jim McCracken, versatile forward of the undefeated Shelburn varsity basketball team, suffered a fractured right wrist in. a fall on ice Saturday which will place him on the inactive list for probably the remainder of the season. McCracken, son of Mr. and Mrs. Hugh McCracken, Sr., of Shelburn, has been an outstanding star in ' the Panther forward wall, having scored more k than fifty points in their twelve engagements. In the last four or five Panther engagements, Coach Paul Weekley has alternated the post between McCracken, a junior in the Shelburn High School, and Bob Anderson, who will in all probability receive the responsibility occasioned by the absence of McCracken. ENGAGEMENT ANNOUNCED Mrs. Ninas Kasinger of Graysville, Indiana announces the engagement of her youngest daughter, Ernestine, to Eugene Dolkey of Vincennes, Indiana, The wedding is to be January 31.

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Endorse Principles Of Truman's Speech; Disagree On Labor WASHINGTON. Jan. 7. (UP) Congressional repub

licans slapped a speed-up priority on their own strike-control measures today, complaining that President Truman's

measures would do too little too late. For the most part, republicans interpreted Mr. Truman's proposals , as an endorsement of the major principles in ths GOP labor program but many felt he was too cautious.-v Nevertheless, the seemingly wide area of agreement witli the republican program led some to believe that Mr. Truman would not veto the Ball-Taft-Smith labor bill now ticketed for early Senate consideration. Chairman Robert A. Taft, R., FinOT ; I IfirmOr lOWo, said ' his Senate Labor llf I I II rllr 'Committee was inclined to give HlOl LIULmUL I priority to legislation which

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Mrs. Sybil Wray announced today that the first 1947 Indiana auto license was sold yesterday to Bob Crowder, a few minutes following opening of the branch office in Sullivan. The number of the license was 901-101. At Carlisle's auto license branch, Albert Wiggs stated the first plates were sold to Albert Niewald of Carlisle. The number on the plates purchased by Mr. Niewald was 206-001. Robert C. Mayfield, who has purchased the first plates at the Shelburn branch office ever since its establishment, again received the first license this year, according to Mrs. Beulah Marts- who is in charge of the Shelburn branch. The plate's jnifybw of Mr. - Alayf feed's license 204L70I.:'. "- " KAUFMAN RITES TO BE HELD TOMORROW Funeral services for Albert Kaufman, 91 years old. former resident who- died at Flint. Michigan, Sunday," will .be held Wednesday afternoon at ' two o'clock with the Rev. Jack. Anderson officiating. The . body is in state at the Billman Funeral Home; where funeral services will be held. He was a former farmer of Sullivan county and retired several years ago. Burial will be in Center Ridge Cemetery. A Soldier Relaxes BO '4 : -1' . CHIEF of Staff Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower makes an approach shot to the 18th green on the golf course at Pratt General Hospital in Coral Gables, Fla where he has bee.n resting and undergoing a general checkii. The famed soldier reaffirmed his assertion that he is not available as a presidential candidate. He termed himself: "A soldier who is'devoted to the Job of commanding the army." Unternatipnal SoundjjhotoJ

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than $1,000,000,000 in portal-to-portal pay claims under ( the wage-hour law. In general, democrats praised Mr. Truman's labor proposals,.. but most of them refrained from commenting on his 'Specific recommendations. WASHINGTON, Jan. 7 (UP) President Truman and the Republican - controlled , Congress headed fof a showdown battle over taxes today. Republicans insist that taxes will be cut. Mr. Truman's annual message on the state-of-the-union is under a barrage of friendly but firm GOP fire. The republicans are standing pat for 1947 income tax reduction and congressional reaction indicates dissatisfaction with the president's labor-management proposals on grounds they do not go far enough. .-WASHINGTON... Jan, 7. (UP Republican congressmen ' criticized President Truman's state-of-the-union speech today for failure to mention portal pay suits rapidly mounting to $4,000000,000. Chairman Robert A. Taft, R., Ohio, said the Senate Labor Committee might give priority to legislation to quash suits seeking more than one million dollars retroactive pay. Meanwhile suits filed by labor unions and employees across the nation soared to more than $3,764,000,000. At a plant in Georgia Van A. Bittner, director of the CIO southern organizing drive, admitted the CIO did not expect to collect all of the staggering sum for which it has sued. Bittner said that when employers proved to the court they are unable to pay the sum demanded the CIO will negotiate for what it can get in back pay. He denied that the CIO portal pay suits would drive employers into bankruptcy, Mrs, Ida Mae Ray Dies At Hospital Mrs. Ida Mae Ray, 66 years old, died at the Mary Sherman Hospital Monday evening at 8:00 o'clock following an extended illness. Born in Sullivan county, Mrs. Ray formerly taught music here and was the daughter of the late Frank and Sarah Wilson. She is survived by two sisters, Mrs. Essie E. Robbins of Washington, D. C. and Mrs. Fern Moore of Terre Haute; one brother, Charles Wilson, of Vincennes; and one nephew, Frank Asdell of Sullivan. The body was taken to the Billman Funeral Home where funeral services will be held Thursday afternoon at one o'clock with the Rev, Jack And' erson officiating. Burial will be in Center Ridge Cemetery, BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT Mr. and Mrs. Paul B. "Sam" Owens of Hymera are the proud parents of a baby girl born January 4th at the Freeman-Greene .County Hospital in Linton. The baby has been named Sharon Jean. Mrs. Owens is the former Jean Stwalley, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bert Stwalley of

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