Sullivan Daily Times, Volume 49, Number 17, Sullivan, Sullivan County, 23 January 1947 — Page 2

PAIR AND WARMER ' Indiana: Fair and warmer today. Friday fair and unseasonably mild. VOL. XLIX No. 17 UNITED PRESS SERVICE SULLIVAN DAILY TIMES-? THURSDAY, JAN. 23, 1947. INTERNATIONAL PICTURE SERVICE PRICE THREE CENTS FTI3 in Li

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There will be no class work in the Sullivan Junior-Senior High School on Friday, January 24. The scheduled final examinations for each subject were held on Wednesday afternoon and all day Thursday. Examination ' periods were ninety - minutes in length. The second semester will open Monday, January 27. Dismissal of school in the .Junior-Senior-' High School for Friday will give teachers ample time for grading papers, recording third period and first semester grades, thereby being ready to open the second semester in a smooth and efficient manner. Teachers will be 'at the building during regular school hours for consultation by parents and pupils. ' 1 Elm Park, Old Gym and Junior High grade schools will not close but will be in session on regular schedule. . Independents To Meet Fast Merom Team Tonight i Keek's Independents will make in appearance in College Gym at S?rom tonight for their ;second nwTof the season and jwlll meet a veteran Merom Legion team. Coached by Gdon Keck, Sullivan High SchoC . coach, the Independents dumped the local Legionnaires 48-41 here in Community Gym last Monday night in one of the most entertaining basketball tilts yet witnessed by local fans. The starting lineup for, the Independents will be : guards, Gordon Keck and "Fuzz" Harris; forwards, Paul Truelock and nla i ITint-Q- and ' rpnter. .Bill Sevier. Others expected to see action are: Bill Taylor, Ruel Hoesman, Eddie James and Jack Smith. These well-known former high school stars will meet such outstanding cage performers as "Pepsi" Cooper, coach of the Me- ; rom team, "Shang" Moore and Pheglev of New Lebanon who spark the Merom Legionnaires. The game is scheduled to start at 8:00 p. m. and promises to be a highly interesting match, full of fast and tricky basketball. Graysville Baby Beef Project Has 24 Entries Now Twenty-four steers have been entered in Baby Beef projects at Graysville -by . the Graysville F.F.A. chapter and 4-H Clubs. Following are the names of those submitting entries and descriptions of their entries: Gene Easterone Angus steer; Floyd Hopewell and Angus and three Hereford steers; Burl Harristwo Hereford steers; John Ransford one Shorthorn and two Hereford steers; Kenneth Borders one Angus steer; John Coffman one . Shorthorn steer; Charles Haddix one Hereford steer; Max Whitman two Shorthorn steer; Lucille Huff two Hereford steers; Lloyd Huff two Hereford and one Angus steers; Billy Monk one Hereford steer; Barbara ennett lone Hereford steer; Joe Burtontwo Angus steers. AVERAGE NET PAID CIRCULATION FOR December, 1946 4533

Gross Income Tax Representative To Aid Persons Here Leonard Fields, field representative for the Indiana Gross Income Tax Division, will be in Sullivan January 20 and 27 to assist residents of Sullivan coun-

tr s c w ":Z " r ,; ' , 7 " manager of the ocal auto license branch, announced today. Returns covering gross receipts for the 1946 calendar year becornel due on January 1 and must .

ba paid within the 30-day grace At a meeting held last night in period allowed by state law. jthe Sullivan court house, about Mr. Fields will establish temp- 20 veterans registered for this orary quarters at the Auto training. The veterans met with License Branch and invites tax- chairman Campbell, Jesse Bospayers to bring their personal ton, Tom Jennings and County questions concerning payment of Agent O. K. Anderson, members their 1946 tax to him- between 0f the project's advisory com1:00 p. m. and 4:00 p. m. Imittee. Seven persons will cornAll residents whose income ex- prise the advisory committee ceeded $1,000 during the 1946 when completely organized, Mr. calendar year are obliged to Campbell said. . complete a return before Jan-1 The veterans signing up for uary 31, Mr. Fields warned. Tax- the training voted last night to

payers must report all sums received from" sale of. personal property and real estate as well as wages, salaries, commissions, fees and pay for personal services. Delinquent returns those reaching the Indiana Gross Income tax Division at 141 South Meridian Street, Indianapolis, 1 after January 31 are subject to penalties and interest. Over One Million Invested In Bonds By Hoosiers In '46 iPArot omnUwoP in Tnrlirmo '

invested $1,318,117.00 in U. s.'?v0lk under supervision . of the Savings Bonds during 1946, p. j instructor . Shirley Wilcox, Indianapolis, I . ,T advisory committee last RtntA rvmrHinMm. t pnHDr0i night named three Sullivan

Pav-roll SnvinM. nnnniinrM tn - day. Federal employees in Indiana, I he said, are investing a total of about $109,000 a month in "E" bonds, under the Treasury's Payroll Savings Plan. This represents savings of approximately 5.60 of the total gross pay of , these Federal Workers. In addi-. jtion to the above figures, the ; Army and Navy personnel in In-! diana purchased approximately two and one-half million dollars in "E" bonds. , "Federal Employees in the Nation, exclusive of military personnel, through pay-roll savings invested M least ' $275,000,000 in U. S. Savings Bonds during the past year," Mr. Wilcox said, basing his estimate upon complete figures for the first eleven months and incomplete returns for December. "Federal employees stand higher than any other national group in the percentage of earnings saved under this pay-roll plan," Mr. Wilcox added. "They are not

highly paid people in compari-jand son with those in private indus-,in

try and business, but they have, been convinced of the importance of putting away part of their earnings regularly to provide for the future. They learned in wartime how fast it is possible to save on a systematic plan, and they have stuck to it, despite the rise in the cost of living." Infant Snavelv Dies Wednesday i Mary Jane Snavely, infant I ciaugnter oi Mr. ana Mrs. eroertbnavely of buuivan rural route nn Pfl vpstprrtnv aftprnoon at . ... onP n'Pinrk in th Marv Sherman , Hnsnitnl ShP w. horn Tnpsdav morning at four o'clock. Surviving are the parents;, one three-year-old sister; and the . tfrnnHnnrpntc TTranlr "Rrnnpr nf New Lebanon and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Snavely of Sullivan. Short funeral services were

conducted at the Railsback Fu- where it now lies, in state. Funeral Home this morning at 10:30 neral services will be conducted o'clock by Rev. Tom Jennings of at the residence Saturday afterthe Merom Methodist Church. A noon at 2 o'clock with . Rev. service of organ music was pre- Lozier Ziegler of the Dugger

sented. Burial was made in the Burnett Cemetery, west, of New Lebanon.

NEED INSTRUCTOR ' late news . I Hi SCHOOLS TO

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"On-the-job farm training for veterans will start March 1 if we .can secure an instructor by that date," James Allen Campbell, county chairman of on-the-job training stated today. have their classroom instruction given in the high school trade school here. Mr. Campbell stated that every effort is being utilized to secure an instructor so that classes may start on March 1. "The instructor, needed will have a full time job at this," chairman Campbell said. "He will have to nualifv under the Smith-Hughes Act or . be a graduate from a land grant agricultural college. We would like to secure a Sullivan county man, if possible." Class instruction will be held at night and each on-the-job trainee is required to have , 200 hours of classroom instruction during the year's training;' plus anoiner 1W Hours in . .yi iumrui Cunty farmers to complete the seven required on tne council. Names .were withheld until ac ceptance of those named ' was known. Mr. Campbell pointed out that any person, who is interested in becoming instructor for the class, contact him at their earliest convenienee.' Also, he said, any veteran who is not registered a present may do so by contacting him or any other member of the advisory committee. Prominent Dugger Resident Dies At I Home Yesterday Reese Griffith, 70 years old, prominent resident of Dugger for the last fifty-nine years, died at his home there yesterday afternoon at 12:15 o'clock following an illness of only a few weeks' duration. Mr. Griffith was born in Wales having come to America in 1882 not long thereafter settling the Dugger community where he had since remained. He was a miner by occupation having retired from active life a short time ago at which time he was employed at the Lippeatt Coal Mine of this county. His father, the late John Griffith, was also active in the coal industry having been a former coal operator in the old Dugger fields.

The deceased was a member of (makes a better sow ration than the Wales Congregational Church ia mixture of one bushel of shelland the Dugger Methodist e(j corni one bushel of oats, and Church. He was also a member jfive to seven pounds of protein of the K. of P. Lodge of Dugger. i suppiement" said Mr. Schwab. KnrtHvmcr jta th wiHnw Ml- r'In addition, always have plenty

v. Hnnofa h out? i -n tt t t n rwn n;m i " " MHMhacl Griffith of grs, Miss Kacnaei Ullttltn OI ghters, Miss Rachael Griffith of nntrr onrf Mr. Rohnh pHpp nf , D"gSer and Mrs. Rebah Price of , ....... j lerre name; one granason; one sister, Mrs. Jake Yung of Dugger; j o "O"

two brothers, Edwin and Dan ,-"'b '" "" -Griffith, both of Dugger; and i due University one pound of salt

several nieces and nephews

' ne ?y . s iTen , 111 V "1- , M- J- Alkm & Son Funeral Home! Dr. L. P. Doyle, discussed disI in Dugger and was returned . entary, anemia, cholera, worms, to the residence this evening and Brucellosis. "Necro is not a

, iL.I Christian . Church officiating, Interment will be made in the Dugger cemetery. ' "

' INDIANAPOLIS GAS BAN LIFTED INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. 23. (UP) The Citizens Gas and Coke Utilities today lifted, effective tomorrow, its Voluntary ban on the use of gas by some 200 Indiaanpolis industries. ; " " . Upwards of 2,000 employees were idled yesterday by the' Utilities' request asking industrial consumers to quit using gas because cold weather had increased the demand for gas for home and business heating. . .

WAITRESS HELD IN BANK HOLDUP DES MOINES, Iowa,' Jan. 23. (UP) Mrs. Opal Dixon, 33-year-old waitress, was held in police custody today after she confessed staging two spectacular bank' holdups because she was tired of "living on nothing." Chief of Police Jack Brophy said Mrs. Dixon had signed a confession admitting a St. Louis bank robbery last December 26 as well as yesterday's $3,000 holdup of the Des Moines Bank and Trust Co., in which she threatened to "blow up the bank" with the contents of a hypodermic syringe. Chief Brophy said she would be prosecuted on a bank robbery charge, which under Iowa law carries a mandatory sentence of life imprisonment.

Primary Bill Said To Be In "Win Column"

INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. 23 (UP) Republican representatives supporting a direct statewide nominating primary today claimed "a strategic boner" by GOP opponents definitely put the measure in the "win column." A bloc of Republican legislators who voted ' party ' organization to favor the primary said there were enough GOP votes pledged to force the bill through trje House by a narrow margin. The Democratic minority of 12 already is ' committed ' for the measure. To pass with a majority of one vote .39 Republican ballots would be needed. The "boner" was said by' advocates of the primary to have been committed late yesterday in a "hot" two-hour caucus of the Republican majority in the Senate. - It concerned an amendment to prohibit public employees from being convention delegates. The caucus was the second in two days on plans to rush,' through the upper House an ad ministration bill providing for reform of the state convention 1 system. It was admitted the measure would be voted upon tomorrow to . offset a sudden avalanche of mail pouring in 1 (mm ii continc r.t th ctto in : favor of the primary. Those who offered the amendment to the convention reform bill said it would assure the voters that the GOP organization was sincere in its efforts to improve the convention now criticized for its "bossism". Tho amendment was beaten. Rep. Lawrence D. Baker (R.Seventy Farmers Attend Swine School Yesterday Approximately seventy farmers braved' the cold weather yesterday to attend the swine and livestock disease schools held at Fairbanks and Carlisle. John Schwab spoke' mostly about how to feed the brood sow during the gestation period and immediatellv after. "There is no ration that of ciean water available and dry ,B ,l 13 u ,""?e U1 JU the block form. Salt is very salt, whether it is fed loose or in . ,. . neeessarv to fatten hoes." - Mr. Schwab pointed out that j: . i : . i ti., was responsible for twenty-nine pounds of pork at a cost of one i particular kind of disease, but can be one or several other diseases," said Dr. Doyle. When speaking of Bangs' Disease, . Dr, Doyle stated that it is better to use the term Brucellosis since it includes several, of the diseases related to Bangs' Disease. "

Cendallville) who introduced the primary bill in the House, said that an ever increasing number of representatives were pledging .themselves for the measure. ; "It's the mail from home that's doing it," Baker said.-Tve received hundreds of letters and telegrams in favor of the direct primary and the same for every man I've spoken to."

t in. V23. forces toINDIANAPOLIS, Ja UP) Administration for day put off the strategy move that might have brought the direct primary bill up for a vote in the Indiana House of . Representatives while state senators were voting on convention reform measures across the hall. Republican proponents of a direct primary bill in the House attempted to force a caucus upon adjounment today so as to bring their measure up for a vote tomorrow. . . The move was to offset the effeet of a heated battle on the issues in the Senate today, and the snowaown scneauiea in me up- ' per house tomorrow. j GOP, representatives in favor 01 e. Direct primary ieit mey could force their bill through by a narrow margin while in the ' Senate the administration-spon-sored "convention bill" for vote tomorrow. was up Sullivan Man To Aid Daviess Co. County Agent William K. Patton, formerly of Sullivan, has been appointed assistant county agricultural agent of Daviess county. He is a graduate of Sullivan High School and Purdue University and spent three years in the United States Navy during World War II. He is the son of the late Mrs. Louise Bicknell Patton, former executive secretary of the Sullivan County Chapter American Red Cross, who was killed May 14, 1945 in a train-auto wreck near George Field, 111., after delivering flowers to a hospital at the field. Mr. Patton's duties in the Daviess county agricultural office will begin immediately. Check Repeater Nabbed DECATUR, Ind. (UP) Fred Foos, a local chain store manager, couldn't wait for the police so he sprinted after a "bad check artist" himself and caught him half a block from the store. Foos' dash began when the cashier remembered the man, who had passed a bad check before. BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT Dr. and Mrs. Victor DeFrank announce the birth of a son, born January 19 at the Holder Hospital in Carbondale, -Indiana. He weighed seven pounds and four ounces. He has been named Victor Danny.

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An announcement has come from the County Extension Office that the Farm Management and Agronomy schools will be held Wednesday, January 29 at Graysville and Sullivan. 1 The morning session will be held at the Graysville High School gym from 9:30 to 11:30 and at the Court House auditorium in Sullivan from 1:30 to 3:30 P. M. R. H. Bauman of the Purdue University Agricultural Economics Department, will speak on planning the 1947 farm business. His talk will cover such subjects as the outlook on hogs compared with that of cattle, grain farming compared to livestock farming in the next few years, and many other phases of agriculture outlook. G. P. Walker, Purdue Agronomist, will discuss fertilization practices and new crop varieties. Many farmers have been becoming more conscious of the analysis of fertilizer to use and the amount to apply. Several . have been asking about fertilizing soy beans, pastures, and alfalfa. Many have been inquiring about Ladino clover, Birdsfoot Treefoil, and other new crops. By attending one of these sessions, it would be an excellent imp tn cnt thpep variolic nnnu.

....... 1 sank nature, it was announced thajt it is necessary to attend only one of these sessions. "Take off a half day." said County Acent Anderson, "and see if you don't find it a half day well spent by attending one of these schools." December Wasn't Actually Wet; It

tions made clear. Inasmuch as,1""' W'"L" wnewive -thBse two meetings will be of the f tUuUon for glrls from ten to

Wo 'C:mnK, Wi-m1: 'I am happy to, report to Mr- and Mrs- Jonn M- Allis?n had WaS ,3 imply Warm i you tnat we had a very lovely,jusV "moiled the theatre.

TNDTANAPOLIS, Jan. 23 (Special December was a real j

month for colds and mud-splat-j "Some of these girls are-re-tered pedestrians. imembered by their relatives at r Consequently, the holiday sea-1 Christmas, but last year there son was described widely as . were 54 girls who received no "wet'V but dry statistics say it gifts at all and 56 others who reisn't so. December was abnor- ceived very little. By the use of mally warm in 1946, so that pre- your gifts we were able to cive

! cipitation appeared mostly in the form of rain, and since the ground was seldom frozen, mud proved to be a nuisance. In Indianapolis, for instance, fall . of

rain and snow during the month j spread designed to lend a helptotalled . 3.03 inches, only .05 1 ing hand wherever it is needed, above normal, while tempera-1 Your old Christmas card donaturos averaged 5 degrees above , tions will be appreciated and

the usual 30-degrce level. Stream flow throughout the state averaged about 50 percent j above normal, and average river discharge measured in secondfeet at the two principal gauging stations, Shoals and Fort Wayne, also jumped 50 percent over the 1903-45 norm. In Northern Indiana, lake levels rose, subsequently, but they remained far below the customary level for mid-winter. The Indiana Department of Conservation wells continued to rise during December, even in areas of heavy pumping, and surface water supplies in the state are generally favorable. Department officials announced several unused wells have been rehabilitated for observation purposes. Last month new observation wells have been established in Deleware, Wayne, Randolph and Jay counties, and local observers were added to I the staff in Montgomery, Grant, ' Huntington, Madison and Ham ilton counties. LEfiinV TUSKETRAT.T. FOR FRIDAY NIGHT The Sullivan American Legion Post No. 139 basketball squad will practice Friday night in the Community Gym. The following players are asked to be present for the practice which begins at 7:30 p. m.: Hoesman, Truelock, Harris,' J. James, E. Jame3, Clarkson, Moore, Brewer, Cooper and D, Hines.

Kroger Store, Cafe And Theatre Burn In Early A. M. Blaze

DISCOVERED AT 3:30 A. M.

FECTIVE WIRING IN KROGER MEAT COUNTER BLAMED FOR STARTING BLAZE: FUNERAL HOME SLIGHTLY DAMAGED.

Fire departments were called from Sullivan, Vincennes, Pleasantville and Oaktown early this morning to bring under control a business district fire in Carlisle which destroyed the Kroger store, Vivian Theatre, and Owens Cafe and dam

aged the Schulze Funeral Home slightly. Early estimates of

tne damage ana loss were approximately $39,000. The blaze was first discovered about 3:30 this morning by Charles W. Lisman, who was en route from his home nearby to begin his duties in the Carlisle school as janitor. Mr. Lisman notified local residents, who rushed Carlisle's chemical fire-fighting equipment to the scene.

Legion Auxiliary Sponsors Drive For Christmas Cards Calls are coming in in response to yesterday's request for old Christmas cards by the Sullivan American Legion Auxiliary, unit president Lorella E. Hallbeck today reported. These discarded cards are sorted by the ladies of the auxiliary and those that are of interest to small children, such as animal pictures, Santa Claus and Christmas trees are made into scrap books and sent to the Knightstown Home for the tots to enjoy. All others are packaged and mailed to the Indiana Girls' o 1 1 ...v.-i. - .. a. , lTw"1. d,lu . ,oia WH J". rmonr' Indiana. - Much help-is -received ; from tnese thought-to-be-useless items inasmuch as small trinket boxes, Dimm on, hQn,iv.rmf hnw. . ..... . are made from the picturesque greetings. Some 207 girls are now quartered in the Clermont institution. i Mrs. Adaline Lehman, superintendent of the school, in a letter to the auxiliary recently Christmas here at the school, thanks to the generosity of the Legion Auxiliary. J all the girls as much as the average girl here received from , home. The work of the Legion Auxil iary here as elsewhere is widepersons wishing to join in the effort are directed to contact any member of the unit for collection.

Grand Jury Indicts Former Congressman

WASHINGTON, Jan. 23 (UP) A federal grand jury today accused former Rep. Andrew J. May(D.-Ky.) of corruptly rejceiving at least $16,000 for his !aid to the Garsson ' munitions I combine. The former chairman of the (House Military Affairs Comjmittee was ( Charged specifically I with accepting $16,000 and agree- . ing to receive an ' additional $53,000. A. four-count indictment by the jury also blamed the Garsson . brothers, Henry and Murray, and ! Joseph F. Freeman. They were former officers of Erie i Basin Metal Products, Inc. of Elgin, 111. and of Batavia Metal Products, Inc., of Batavia, 111. Those were the companies for which May alledgedly used his influence in getting war contracts contracts which total $78,000,000. The indictment climaxed long j inquiries by grand jury and by jthe Senate War Investigating Committee. " I The grand jury will be recalled to consider further evidence I being developed by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

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Sullivan F.D. Summoned. . At the same time the Sullivan Fire Department was called but a few minutes later the call was cancelled when the fire was believed under control. About five o'clock the blaze broke out of control again and fire departments were summoned from Pleasantville, Oaktown, Sullivan and Vincennes. Pleasantville's equipment arrived on the scene' first and had the conflagration fairly well under control when other departments began to arrive. Bad Wiring Blamed. Defective wiring somewhere around the meat counter in Kroger's store was blamed for starting the fire. When Mr. Lisman first discovered it, the flames were centered around the meat department of the ' store. The shire's loss was estimated to be abbut $10,000, Samuel Dillingham - ls.tne Ca,rllsl?.1?rpr manager. I h A m I r i-j, rtm, f i n ft rii 1 ri ji 1-"c w"--" Kroger store to the Owens Cafe, located in the same building, and from there to the Vivian Theatre rjext door- Schulze Funeral nome was said 10 nave nua viuy a slightly damaged roof. Owens' Cafe damage was estimated at about S4,000 and the Vivian Theatre's loss was set at $15,000. which they purchased around Christmas, 1946. and installed new equipment. Besides movie and other equipment, some household goods of the Allisons was destroyed. The household gortd;-s were stored back of the stage in the theatre. Partly Insured. It was reported the buildings and contents were partially covered by insurance. John G. Frazee owned the building housing the Kroger store and Owens Cafe. He estimated the building to be worth $10,000, only partially covered by insurance. Highway 41, location of this section of Carlisle's business district, was blocked from traffic until about 8:30 o'clock this morning. I Two offenses were charged in the indictment: 1. Illegal receiving or agreement to receive compensation for services rendered by a congressman in connection with I war contracts. 2. Conspiracy to commit offenses against the United States of America. The first count charged that the defendants conspired from January 1, 1942 until about December 31, 1946 and 35 occasions to obtain contracts from the War Department. The second : and third counts charged that May accepted compensation while a member of Congress for his aid to the combine, and then the other " defendants aided, abetted, counseled, procured and induced him to commit the offense. ' In the fourth count May was charged with agreeing to receive $53,000 from Erie Basin, Batavia Metals and the individual defendants. May, if convicted for receiving illegal compensation would be subject to maximum fines of not more than $10,000 and imprisonment for two years.