Sullivan Daily Times, Volume 49, Number 20, Sullivan, Sullivan County, 28 January 1947 — Page 1
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RAIN Indiana: mostly cloudy this afternoon and tonight, occasional rain in south portion said snow in north portion beginning; Wednesday. VOL. XLTX No. 20 UNITED PRESS SERVICE SULLIVAN DAILY TIMES--TUESDAY, JAN. 28, 1947, INTERNATIONAL PICTURE SERVICE PRICE THREE CENTS -. 4
THE SNOOPER
Sullivan residents who happened to be in the vicinity of the Sullivan State Bank last night about 11:00, were startled to hear the burglar alarm go off. Investiua.lioh. however .revealed thr.t everything was shipshape inside. The alarm sometimes , founds accidentally, probably . t aused by a su. ge of current j through'; the system or other j minor causes. ' But 'at least, it's a good warning to any would-be burglar having "easy money" ideas.. Sullivan's Dart 'n Arrow Canteen has developed into an A-l rer-reatinn institution for the younger set here. New improvements and games added recently have boosted the canteen's membership to a new high and a new club the Canteen Parents Club lias been organized to 'further efforts of the popular teen spot. Among regular mem- !? rs who have helped make the center a success are CONNIE CAMPBELL. SALLY ORGAN, PILLY PINKSTON. and CALVIN J HILGEDIEK. Congratulations, car.teeners, and we're wishing a higher and better club for you as time goes on. mong interested followers of Notre Dame's basketball activities are MR. and MRS. H. V. BENNETT. A relative of MRS. BENNETT'S is one of the prime factors in Notre Dame's hardwood successes BRENNEN. warn sens in 1 lie kJUi-ii V mi v w-'ii i-,r -vn i 1 J. 1 ssioncrs mpt at ine c"un ihuimj rAC'v to: dispose of tU follow-i ' ' f -V "V i..:i ne. tieotu-io t.iauos . curemj and wife, Julian for mineral property purchase in Jackson Township was executed. Deed ordered recorded and same recorded in deed record. The official bonds of C. P. Arnctt, Ivan l Harold Pinkston and Stanley P. Jewell were filed, cxr.mincd and approved. Check refunded. Contractors bond of Merom Gravel Company filed, examined and approved.The Board signed proof of loss on insurance policy carried on county buildings. The State Department of Public Welfare filed renort of inspection made of' Sullivan County Home, Orion Self, Supt. Such inspected and reDort examined and recommendations made. Re port lllea. The Board of Finance organiz 1Zed by electing John Howard chairman. Ben C. Crowder was appointed a member of the Sullivan County Alcoholic Beverage Commission for one year from and uftT November 1, 1946. The bid of Roy Taylor for pair ling 3rd floor of Court House pect-nted. Bid in the amount of M.f'Sn.OO. Bond ordered filed in accordance with notice. The bid of Hosea Stewart in the amount of .$2,680.75 for furnishing truck for use of County Hiphway Department accepted. The annual reports of the Mary Sherman Hospital and County Auditor were examined and approved. e'red to give notice to bidders for letting of bituminous mater- . , . .h,.. c.i;j lal for use on highways. Said htt'n to be February 3, 1947 at 10:00 a. m. All bids submitted as adver tised for cement mixer were re jectrd because ot lack of funds. HOSPITAL NOTES t . Admitted Jan. 27: Bill Williams of 1015 North Main Street; Clint Woodard of Sullivan R. 4. AHmitted Jan. 28: Mrs. Breck WiUis of Carlisle. Dismissed Jan. 27: Mrs. Rena Cri:4 of Shelburn R. 2. Dismissed Jan. 23: Mrs. Betty Julian and son of Hymera. AVERAGE NET PAID CIRCULATION FOR December, 1946 4533
B-29 CRASH IS SIMILAR TO ONES
ALBUQUERQUE, N. M., Jan 28. (UP) Eleven Army airmen perished, when their B-29 Superfortress crashed and burned yesterday under conditions which
were strikingly simuar to mose Haines, member and past presiin recent crashes in London and dent of the local club, the HoosCopenhagen. ier BPW's heard Miss A. Mildred The crash, the seventh major Burgess, director of international air disaster in the last five days, relations and . United Nations occurred when the air giant representative of the National dropped to the earth in a ravine Federation o' Business and Projust one mile beyond the end of fessional Women's Clubs, speak a runway at Kirtland Army Air on "International Relations are Base. ' I Human Relations." The crash raised to 90, the I "International relations are number of persons killed in a human relations between peoples veek-end wave of plane crashes, all over the world," Miss Burgess Circumstances of the crash were told council members at the noon amazingly similar to those at luncheon, adding that, "people London, involving a transport are too apt to think that inter-
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and Prince Gustaf Adolph Sweden were among victims. SUFFER SETBACK BULLETIN! WASHINGTON, Jan. 28 (UP) Porkol Tnrltro V Diekprson
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Letz today issued an injunction oa immediately upsetting OPA's in- Francisco, laid great stress on dustrial sugar rationing program. economic and sc al He rejected a government plea of Peace- human nhts a"d Jne for stay of judgment. economic .reconstruction of EuOPA attorneys said the in-.rope-junction would require an en-j She outlined to the group the tirely new system of rationing activities of the United Nations
no reason why "any illegal order , it will finally lead to understandshould be continued over a ing of the other working groups."
month." Developments In Congress Vie For Attention Today WASHINGTON. Jan. 28 (UP) Secretary of Labor Lewis B. Schwellenbarh today accused Republican legislation of writing labor bills that would cause strife and industrial chaos. Also vieing for congressional attention were these developments: 1. Revelation that some War Department officials fear President Truman's civilian atomic 1 cnorov inmmiKtnn will not safe . - guard U. S. atomic secrets. 2. There were indications of strong Senate banking support for legislation for immediate 15 percent increases in rent ceilings. 3. Rep. George W. Bender (R.Ohio) proposed that government spending be cut to about 25 percent under the 1932 rate. 4. The ' . . ,. . mmSUaa ant , ' . , ' . n .... . down to actual work on a bill to bar or deflate portal pay suits at the conclusion of hearings on the matter. I FRUIT GROWERS MEET IN TERRE HAUTE TERRE HAUTE, Jan. 28.Sixty fruit growers of Vigo, Clay Sullivan, Parke, Vermillion and Montgomery counties, Indiana, ' 'n. rJrVu. 11' ' " ZIZ 1 tended the Winter meeting of the Wabash Valley fruit growers at the Chamber of Commerce yesterday afternoon at which Bm Sproat and Eric Sharville, specialists of Purdue, were the speakers. ' Laker, who is in the entomology department at Purdue, spoke on the .topic, "Fruit Insects;" Sharville, horticulturist, on "Appie Scab" and "Brown Rot on Peaches," and Sproatt on "Orchard Management." I Charles L. Brown, Vigo County agricultural agent, presided at the meeting. BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT Mr. and Mrs. James Compton announce the birth of a five pound, eight ounce daughter, Nancy, this morning at 1:30 o'clock at the Coleman Hospital in Indianapolis. Mrs. Compton is the former Mary Ann McCreery of Sullivan.
j Sullivan BPW's Attend Meeting In Indianapolis
Eleven members of the Sullivan Business & Professional Women's Club were among the near j three-fourths of a thousand Indiana B. & P. W. clubwomen at the mid-winter State Federation Council meeting held Sunday in the Claypool Hotel of Indianap0lis. with State President Telia C. national relations concern ob beyond the average person's understanding." ,"But the organization of the United Nations," she continued, "make? it quite clear that the two are one and the same nothing human is alien to it. For all areas of human interest and human welfare are brought through this group into a relationship that promises a peaceful world." Miss Burgess explained that "the last war was more deeply rooted in economic and social dissatisfaction than ever before. Consequently the Charter of the TT-Ii-J !.! 1 , (advising them that "as business a no professional women you snuiu siuuj imu ui ine Bgcin-ies " " j-"-" She pointed out that BPW has accepted its responsibility of world citizenship in the appointment of a full-time staff specialist as representative to the United Nations. ' In closing. Miss Burgess stressed "the importance of patient long-term interest and support of the United Nations until it be thoroughly finished and 'yieldeth the true glory"." i The meeting officially opened on, Saturday for committee gatherings and plans were laid for the May 23, 24 and 25 assembly at French Lick, Indiana. Three hundred and seventythree Belgian orphans are now being supported by the Indiana BPW clubs and of this number the Sullivan organization carries the responsibility of several. In addition to Miss Haines, the Sullivan club was -represented in the federation's capital by Edith Harmon, Clarice Burnett, Fayette McKinley, Pauline Medsker, Mable Nowlin, Faye Ringer, Mary Scott, Anna Wolfe, Marie Yaw and one guest, Keitha Ward. U. S. Accuses Poles Of Unfair Ballot BULLETIN! WASHINGTON, Jan. 28 (UP) The United States today accused the Polish Provisional Government of failing to carry out its "solemn pledge" to hold free and unfettered elections. In the recent elections the U. S. charged that the provisional Polish government "employed widespread measufes of coalition and- intimidation against Democratic elements which were loyal to Poland although not partisan to the government bloc." IMPANEL JURORS FOR t HANKINS TRIAL TODAY Jurors were being impaneled ;oday in. Sullivan Circuit Court 'or service in the case of State 's. Malcolm J. "Rfke" Hankins, vhich came up for trial here today. The trial is expected to begin tomorrow. Hankins is defendant on a murder charge filed against him by a grand jury in December after the fatal shooting of his wife, Ruby, in a South Main Street apartment on Christmas Eve. Prosecutor Joe Lowdermilk will direct the state's evidence while Norval K. Harris is attorney for the defendant, i
I LATE NEWS
INVESTIGATE SUGAR STAMP FRAUD DETROIT, Jan. 28. (UP) A full scale investigation aimed at tracking down a huge counterfeit sugar stamp ring operating throughout the Midwestern states and apparently headquartered in Chicago has been launched by federal agents, it was disclosed today. ,
U. N. SHELVES BRITISH-ALBANIA DISPUTE LAKE SUCCESS, Jan. 28. (UP) The United Nations Security Council today shelved Great Britain's dispute with Albania because an Albanian representative has not reached here. Meanwhile, officials at UN headquarters said they would intervene in a tiff between Yugoslavia and Greece over admission of Yugoslavian representatives into Greece to join the security council's Balkan Commission.
PRICES DROP ONE PERCENT IN DECEMBER WASHINGTON, Jan. 28 (UP) The Labor Department today stated that by last December 13 food prices had dropped about one per cent from the November 15 all-time high. The report was based on a survey of 56 large cities by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
SCHWELLENBACK ATTACKS BALL-TAFT-SMITH BILL WASHINGTON, Jan. 28. (UP) Secretary of Labor Lewis B. Schwellenbach charged today that a major strike control bill, backed by Republicans, would actually impede labor peace and throw the nation into a period of "industrial chaos." His attack, and especially his criticism of, the GOP's Ball-Taft-Smith bill, indicated clearly that the administration and the GOP congress are still far apart on labor legislation. '
BRITAIN MAY EVACUATE PALESTINE WOMEN LONDON, Jan. 28. ( UP) Colonial Secretary Arthur Creech Jones told Commons today that the government was considering evacuation of British women and children from Palestine and concentrating civil personnel there in a security area.
RENT BOOST BILL GIVEN COMMITTEE WASHINGTON, Jan. 28. (UP) The Senate Banking Committee today was handed legislation for an immediate 15 percent boost in rent ceilings and there were indications of strong committee support. The bill, which would end all rent control April 30, 194S, was introduced late yesterday by five GOP senators.-
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BULLETIN! WASHINGTON, Jan. 28 (UP) Warren R. Austin, American representative to the United Nations, said today that until effective international control of atomic energy are created the United States must pledge its hopes for security in universal military training. After a lengthy conference with President Truman at the White House, Austin made a strong appeal for universal military training. He said he had discussed the United Nations Atomic Energy program, the regulation of armament and possible disarmament with Mr. Truman. Austin said that effective collective security would come only with effective control over the use of atomic energy. LOCAL STUDENT IN NEW MOVIE "MARGIE" Many Sullivan and Sullivan county persons are eagerly awa'tJng the appearance of the screen hit "Margie" in the coun- , ty theatres since it has been , learned that Ebbie Robertson, j former Sullivan High School football and basketball star, is pictured in a close-up of a "campus life" scene at the University of Nevada. i Ebbie was at that time a stu- . dent at the university where he (was considered one of the most promising gridiron stars of tho ' country. He has since enlisted if. , i the United States Army and is ' (stationed in Korea. BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENTS Mr. and Mrs. James Douthitt of Oaktown are the parents of a son, Kurt Lee, born January 27 at the Mary Sherman Hospital. I Mr. and Mrs. Allan Riggs of Shelburn, announce the birth of a son. Ronald Lee, born January 28 at the Mary Sherman Hospital. Mr. and Mrs. Glessie Walters have received word of the birth of a son, James Robert, to Mi. and Mrs. Robert -Bardsley of Dayton, Ohio. He weighed six pounds and twelve ounces. Mrs. Bardsley will be remembered as i the former' Martha Walters.
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ARMY TRAINING
B' Tourney Begins A Dugger Gym
i " Sullivan basketball fans (those who knewt of . the' event) saw future varsity hardwood hopes perform in the first tournament of county second strings in a number of years, beginning at Dugger last night. A sizable audience last night saw Carlisle, Dugger, Pleasantville and Sullivan B squads emerging victorious over New Lebanon, Shelburn, Merom and Farmersburg. With Hancock leading the attack, the Carlisle papooses met the New Lebanon cubs at six o'clock and . vanquished them with a 17-15 setback. The sparkplug of the Indian squad tallied nine points. In the seven o'clock engagement the Shelburn seconds were paired with a snappy bunch of Dugger bullpups. The little Panthers kept supremacy in the field with nine buckets to the locals' seven but placed the bid out of reach (28-23) by way of . personal violations. Holly Bolinger tapped the network heaviest with ten points but the free throw eye of Delph, Lovelace and Hall wrote the Bullpup ticket. Pleasantville's rangy B-men had an easy time with Merom's little but plucky Beaver babes. W. Monroe, C. Bogard and Hubble tried to make up at the line what they lacked in the field with a tonal of ten gratis tosses but Pahmeier and Stanton kept the scoreboard at a disadvantage and a 27-18 Blue Streak decision. Calvin Hilgediek romped all ever the nets with six aerials and two charity tosses to couple with Stan Scully's five buckets to decide the 8:15 match that sent them against ' the Farmersburg Plowboy underclassmen. Piling up a 48 to 19 margin, the Darts were never harrassed by the Curry Township boys, whose best efforts were contributed by Russell, Wagner and Bedwell. Tomorrow night the semi-finals will engage the winners of last night's billing, reading thus through the finals: Wednesday; Nigrht. Game J5 Carlisle vs. Dugger 7:30 P. M. ' Game 6 Sullivan vs. Pleasantville 8:00 P. M. Thursday Night. Game 7 Winner game 5 vs. winner game 6. Officials Loren Harris and Lowell "Greasy" Willis.
PRINCETON HERE AI LOCAL GYM I0BI;2EAB
Sullivan's Golden' Arrows will meet Princeton's Tigers here in Community Gym tonight in an SIAC varsity game. Two games are to be played, the first starting at 7:00 p. m. which is a contest between the two B teams. This will be Sullivan's third attemDt to break into the win column in the SIAC conference. having previously dropped three tilts in the circuit. Princeton is considered one of the conference's "improving" teams with a record of about .500 in total games played this season. Tonight will mark the first action of the Arrows since being defeated in the Wabash Valley prelims here by New Lebanon January 17. Coach Gordon Keek's charges are reported in good shape for the contest after a week's intensive workouts. Princeton's . Tigers started off the season slow but have been steadily marching upgrade under the tutorship of Coach Downey who is back as coach after a four-year absence. Doors will open at 6:30 at the gym tonight and the 7:00 o'clock B game will be immediately followed by the varsities . at about 8:15 p. m. BULLETIN. INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. 28 (UP) Governor Gates today saidlhat the'- Indiana Legislature probably will have to enact legislation calling for either a special cigarette tax or a luxury ; tax . to meet all the "special problems ' of the state. The covernor said his budget (committee was "having trouble" balancing the state's budget and that his fiscal message to the &V?i General Apsembly would be delayed until next week. Gates repeated statements that the legislature would have to go outside of the budget for any salary increases. He said the income from a one-cent cigarette taxf would provide some $3,000,000 toward the deficit and a three-cent tax about $9,000,000. He indicated that the money would be channeled for health purposes levied. if the taxes were Says Air Probe Being Held Up With Statistics WASHINGTON, Jan. 28 (UP) Congressmen investigating air crashes are being swamped with statistics instead of specific proposals for making aviation safer, Representative Charles A. Wolverton (R.-N.J.) complained today. Wolverton interrupted testi mony by Assistant Secretary of Commerce William Burden, who told the committee that foreign airlines are "three to twenty times as dangerous" as United States lines. BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENTS Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Enochs announce the birth of a daughter born January 14th at the Mary Sherman Hospital. She has .been named Elizabeth Ann. Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Springer of 405 West Washington Street are the parents of a son born Sunday, January 26th' af the Mary Sherman Hospital. He weighed eight pounds and two ounces. He has not been named. CHURCH NOTICE There will be a prayer meeting at the home of George Starkey at 433 South Holsen Street Thursday night, January 30th. Everyone is invited to attend. Bro." Morehead of Sullivan is expected at this meeting.
GATES ASKS FOR CIGARETTE TAX IFOR STATE NEEDS
Declares Wire Deliberately Put-On Track Train Crash Death Toll Found To Be Only Four; Police Say Wire On Track Was No "Accident."
WALTON, Ind., Jan. 28. (UP) State Police Detective John R. Fisher said today that the derailment of a fast Pennsylvania Railroad passenger train, which killed four persons, "couldn't have been an accident." Fisher said a large bale of wire, which the train struck, "could not have rolled onto the track of its own accord." He said Federal Bureau of Investigation officers and state police investigating the accident believed "it was either sabotage or larceny."
Farm Woman Is First Female Soy Bean Winner ' A Clay county farm woman has broken another Hoosier tradition. Mrs. Olive F''aocis, State Road 59, Jasonville R. R, 1. is the first woman in Indiana to gain recognition in the soy bean contest and the first to win a gold medal in the state. All others were taken by men. Mrs. Francis was one of the five to qualify for this honor in Clay county with a yield of 45.5 bushels per acre on her field. She says she deserves not too much credit for besides helping to get the seed ready she simply watched the crop grow in a good season. Mrs. Francis is the wife of Raymond Francis, young farmer who has acquired 500 acres. She said that she was compelled to take an interest in actual farm work when she went into the fields as a farm hand during the war and now gets the real farmer's thrill out of seeing things grow. Linton Coach Resigns As Head Of Cage Activities Garland Ladson, Linton-Stock-ton high school basketball coach, has resigned his coaching duties, according to an announcement made recently. The resignation is to be effective at the end of the current season. Wjr. Ladson has not announced his plans for the future but may continue in a teaching capacity in the Linton school. He has been coach of the Linton high school basketball teams for the past six years. During that time his teams have won all of .their attempts in the Wabash Valley preliminary tourneys and all Greene County I.H.S.A.A. tournej's except one in 1943. Last year his Miners won the final honors of the Wabash Valley tournament. Poach Ladson started his coaching duties in Linton . as coach of the Linton Junior High School Welders. Hawkins Infant Dies Yesterday James Thomas Hawkins, infant son of Willard and Kathleen Hawkins, died yesterday afternoon at 1:30 at the Mary Sherman Hospital. Surviving besides the parents are the grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Cooke of Leicester, England. Short funeral services were held this morning at ten o'clock at the Billman funeral chapel with the Rev. Wyman Hull ifficiating. Burial was in the lood Hope Cemetery. I PIE THROWER HELD I I AFTER PERFECT AIM I O Q BRAZIL, Ind., Jan. 28. (UP) Mrs. Mildred Boor, a cook in a Brazil restaurant, was charged with assault and battery in Clay Circuit Court yesterday. ' Mrs. Boor just happened to have a nice, gooey pie in her hands when a fellow worker called her a name ,she didn't like. Her aim was perfect.
Thirty persons were removed to hospitals last night after the Pennsylvania Union train struck the wire and pushed it several hundred feet before striking a switch. The train hurdled over railroad bed ties- as it roared into the town of 700 population. . Only two of the 23 persons in hospitals today were seriously injured. The death toll rose to six last night but authorities checked conflicting reports from
hospitals and found only four persons were killed. The train was enroute from Cincinnati to Chicago. The fireman, C. A. Wisler, Richmond, ' Indiana., was one of the four j killed. I Detective Art Keller said there were sevez-al rolls of baling wire piled up near the track. The locomotive tore loose from 1 iha train vMrprpH its Hirepfinil and then overturned on its side. A bageage car, four day coaches and a parlor car were derailed. (Only a diner and a parlor car on 'the' rear of the eight-car train remained on the track. The three passengers killed were in a day coach immediately' behind the baggage car.' All available ambulances wore sent - trr the- seerrfr- from Logansport, Peru and Kokomo to rush injured to hospitals in the three cities. Junior High Wins Sixth Consecutive Basketball Game Coach Harry Jarrett's Junior High Darts won their sixth straight victory last night here in Community Gym over Shelburn's Juniors, 27-12. The Darts have not lost a single contest since Coach Jarrett took over coaching duties. In the preliminary round, tin? Dart B team dropped a 12-8 decision to Shelburn's B's. Donald McClure, Dart Center, led the local five with 10 points. He was closely followed by teammate Stewart Moore, Dart guard, who racked up nine points. Taking the lead early in the game the Darts were out in front at the half by a score of 16-7. In the final periods they followed through with 11 more points while holding the visitors to only four. Shelburn's center, Bailey, rang up five points to lead their scoring lanes. Larry Harris, guard; Dick Morgan, forward: and Vaine Graham, guard, turned in stellar performances in every phase of Dart play. The Darts will meet Linton's Junior Welders here in Community Gym in a two-game series Monday night, Coach Jarrett announced today. Nickerson Child Dies In Colorado Larry Nickerson, two-month-old son of Mr. ' and Mrs. Bob Nickerson. died January 25th in i Colorado Springs, Colorado. Mrs. j Nickerson will be remembered (as the former Geneva Asbury of New Lebanon. , The body arrived this momjing at 5:30 o'clock and was taken to the home of Mr. and Mrs. Oran Charley of New Lebanon. He is survived by the parent;; and a grandfather, George Asbury of Waverly, Nebraska. Services were held at the Charley home this afternoon at two o'clock with the Rev. Thorna: Jennings officiating. Burial wa: made in Mt. Zion Cemetery. The Newkirk Funeral Home i. Pleasantville was in charge o the funeral.