Sullivan Daily Times, Volume 49, Number 23, Sullivan, Sullivan County, 31 January 1947 — Page 2

COLDER Indiana: Partly cloudy tonight and Saturday with scattered snow flurries Saturday. Mr'eh colder. VOL. XLIX No. 23 UNITED PRESS SERVICE SULLIVAN DAILY TIMES FRIDAY, JAN. 81. 1947, INTERNATIONAL PICTURE SERVICE PRICE THREE CENTS

bill increasing. STATl officials pay proposed

INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. 31. (UP) A bill to nearly double the salaries of future governors and to provide pay increases for all other state elected officials was introduced .today in the Indiana House of Representatives. Rep. Lothair Teetor (R.-Hag-erstown) proposed that the governor's annual salary be increased from $8,000 to $15,000 and suggested increases, also, for nine other state officials which would raise the amount paid them by $25,800 a year. Teetor's bill was introduced as the first of three measures sponsored by the Indiana Municipal League to increase the distribution of state funds to cities and towns. SUNDAY 2 P.- M. Sullivan American Legion Post 139 is sponsoring an oratorical contest which will be held Sunday, February 2, at 2:00 p. m. in the court house auditorium. The purpose of the contest is to create interest in. and respect for, the basic principles of our form of government, so all orations will have as a basic theme th? Constitution of the United States. Orations will be ten to twelve minutes in length. Eight students from Sullivan High School will participate and their, speeches will be- judged in the following 'manner: 2. points q't presence, R0 points oni composition and content, and 25 viioints on oratory. Through the local post, cash prices will be awarded to those who place first and second in the contest The local winner will compete in the District contest March 3. There will be no admission charge for this event. The general public is cordially invited. VFW To Disolay Auto Award Here All Day Saturday The Sullivan County Veterans of Foreign Wars. Post No. t273, will place on display Saturday, February 1, (tomorrow) a 1947 deluxe model Plymouth sedan, which will be awarded to a person in the county on April 12. The automobile will be seen displayed on the south side of the square all day tomorrow. Officials ' of the organization said that following the showing of the car tomorrow it will be removed to the Boyll and Son Motor Co. where it will remain cn display until an owner is selected on April 12. BAPTISTS TO HOLD "BRING ONE" SERVICE , "Bring One"' Sunday has been designated for this Sunday at the Sullivan First Baptist Church. In the city of Sullivan, with 5,000 population, not more than 1.200 people habitually attend Sunday School, and this is a very high estimate. If each Sunday School member in the city would bring one person with them this Sunday, we would still not have one-half of the city in Sunday School. Allan Letterman is the Sunday School Supt. End Of The Road ' PLAISSTOW,. N. H. (UP) Mr. . and Mrs. Arthur Prescott, who . were married for 63 years, died here within two days of each other. AVERAGE NET PAID tIRCULATION FOR December, 1946 4533

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Fans Tonight Will See Tumbling Act Between Halves

The Freshman Tumbling Club will present part of the program tonight between halves of the Sullivan-Linton basketball game in the Community Gym, it has been announced. The program will consist of pyramid building, using individual couple and group balances. Included irt the tumbling events will be: Head stands, flying angel balance, stomach balance, double head stands, back-bend balances, assisted hand stands, and table stands. Those who will tke part in the . program are: Betty Petree, Bernice Christy, Joan Pinkerton, Peggy Mood, Rose Wade, Anna Lou Morgan, Ramona Hummell, Betty Brown, and Opal Ridge. Two members of the club who are not participating in this program tonight are Ruth Anderson and Phillis Usrey. Air Executives To Speak Monday At Rotary Club ''Modern Trends in Aircraft and Aviation" will be the topic at the Sullivan Rotary Club luncheon at the Davis Hotel, Monday, February 3. Teaming up to bring Rotary members and their guests this program will be Wm. C. Gage, Aviation Sales Manager, and Ro bert D. Beckmann, Public Relations Department of Allison Division, General Motors , Corp orations, Indianapolis, Indiana. The talk and demonstration is non-technical and will cover the trends in aircraft and a simple explanation of "Jet Propulsion" animated by slides, and several gadgets utilizing the jet principle which include a model jet propelled race car and model airplanes flying on a wire. The-- Allison Division of General Motors is the sole manufacturer of the J33 jet engine which powers the P-80 "Shooting Star", as well as the J35 jet engine in the P-84 "Thunderjet", jg Demands U. S. j Share Problems Of Palestine BULLETIN! LONDON, Jan. 31 (UP) Winston Churchill demanded in Commons today that Britain surrender the Palestine mandate to the United Nations unless the United States agreed to shore equally the responsibility for the Holy Land. Churchill, leader of the government opposition, ripped into the government with a charge that it had been cowed by tha Jewish underground in Palestine and admonished the cabinet to "at least bear yourselves like men. Ira Haymaker Elected Chairman 7th Dist. Demos. i A meeting of Seventh District Democratic County Chairmen and Vice-Chairmen was held at , Linton . Tuesday night at wlich time Ira Haymaker, promhent young attorney of Franklin, was j unanimously elected Seventh j District Chairman. James McGarvey, Sullivan County Pemocratic Chairman, presented Mr. Haymaker's name for lomination after Bud Taylor cf Vincennes, who had held fie posi- ; tion for severaf years, had resigned. - I Mrs. Mildred Hitch jf Prince- I ton was elected Severth District Vice-Chairman. I The meeting was ittended by i Mr. McGarvey and Mrs. Essie I Fuller, Sullivan Ounty Vice Chairman. ' mmm i Weeps Way Iito Movies HOLLYWOOD (UP) Four-year-old Beau B'idges wept his way into the monies. The youngster was watcling his father, Lloyd Bridges, take a beating from Joel McCea in the United Artists' westeri film, "Ramrod", and started tq cry. Director Andre de Toth wrote the incident into the film,so Beau played his real life roV in the picture. i

I DEMANDS END OF WASHINGTON, Jan. 31 (UP) A property owners group tolay demanded total abolition of ent controls. The National Home and Property Owners Foundation also recommended that tenants ' douMo nn mhon nnssihld until nrijxx. " ...... t - x vate enterprise ends the housing, shortage. . The foundation blamed the shortage on rent controls and demanded their abolition by Congress as: 1. The White House called untrue and absurd a report that Presidential Assistant , John R. Steelman authorized a general 10 percent increase in rents which was suppressed by President Truman. 2. Major Gen. Philip Fleming, chief of the temporary controls, promised to give "the whole story" of the aborted rent order to the Senate Banking Committee late today. 3. Sen. Styles Bridges (R.N. Hamp.) accused Russia of smearing America all over the world bs a prelude to Sovietizaton of China and Germany. ; 4. An airline pilots representative urged improvements of airport safety and lighting equipment to reduce plane accidents. President Truman was reported receptive to budget changes to fiifance air safety equipment costing $77,000,000 to $200,000,000. 5. Democrats gleefully accused Republicans of breaking tax reduction campaign promises as GOP leaders modified plans for a 20 percent "across the board" cut in personal taxes in favor of a 20 percent cut in oyer federal revenue. Chairman John Taber (R.N.Y.) of the House Appropriat tions Committee, set a new fiscal i goal for Republicans to balancej the current budget for the fiscal year as well as the next one. The administration figures on a $2,293,000 deficit in the current year. FATHER OF COUNTY MAN DIES THIS A. M. IN ST. BERNICE, IND. William Henry Gambill, age 84, died at the home of a son, John Gambill, at St. Bernice, Indiana at 1:30 o'clock this morning. .' ! He is survived by two daughters, Naomi Hughes and Laura Stevenson, both of St. Bernice; two sons', John of St. Bernice, and Sam of Cass; one sister, Fannie Cascenjia of Tampa, Florida; eleven grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be conducted Sunday afternoon at 2 'rlnnr fit iVta . Ani'innh rhnvr.Vi j V tiwn m . wit. .... v.vv.. v lii vi. near uugger. Nice Head of Hair HOPE VALLEY, R. I. (UP) Five-year-old Elaine Bitgood had 10 inches of her hair cut before entering kindergarten. Before that her tresses were 27 inches long and virtually hid her back when she sat down. Herring: Smoked Fast PORTLAND, Me. (UP) The Belfast Packing Co. has speeded up the smoking of herring by use of electricity. The fish are charged negatively and the smoke positively, so that now only 10 seconds is required for a job that used to take two hours. $7,000 Violin Pawned for $18 BOSTON (UP) George Zazofski, a violinist with the Boston Symphony Orchestra, . reported his 193-year-old, $7,000 violin was stolen after a concert in Alexandria, Va. It was recovered later in a pawnshop, where it had been pawned for $12. Real Sky Pilot SAGINAW, Mich. (UP) The Rev. Fr. Edward J. Sturmowski of St. Marys Catholic Church is a real sky-pilot. He holds a pri vate airplane pilot's license; Dur- , ing the winter v he is practicing "ski landings. He flies for fun.

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GRAZIANO HEARING RECESSED UNTIL TUESDAY NEW YORK, Jan. 31. (UP) The hearing on "Rocky" Giaziano's failure lo report a $100,000 bribe offer before the New York State Athletic Commission was adjourned today until next Tuesday after 20 minutes of argument between

attorneys. - Edward O. Eagan, chairman of the commission, granted the adjournment at the request of counsel for middleweight title challenger Graziano although he said he thought the facts of the case required no extended preparations. BYRD READY FOR SOUTH POLE FLIGHT LITTLE AMERICA, Jan. 31. (UP) Admiral Richard E. Byrd made his jet-assisted ski-plane ready for a flight across the South Pole which he said may mark "the most important geographical discovery remaining- in the world." Byrd emphasized his belief that the Antarctic is an "untouched reservoir of natural resources." ' There was a possibility that under proper conditions the ski-equipped plane might land at the South Pole.

TWO ESCAPED FEDERAL PRISONERS CAPTURED INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. 31. (UP) The Federal Bureau of Investigation held two .escaped federal prisoners today and planned to return them to the penitentiary at Leavenworth, Kansas. Special FBI Agent Norman H. McCabe said agents and Indianapolis city police arrested the two last night. He identified them as Dando Davis, 37, of Terre Haute, and Willard .Winhoven, 37, of Comptoii, California.

JAP GENERAL STRIKE CALLED OFF TOKYO, Jan. 31. (UP) Bowing to a blunt order by Gen. Douglas MacArthur, in what he called a dire emergency, the Japanese today called off a general strike of 2,600,000 government office and utility workers scheduled for midnight.

EVACUATING WOMEN. CHILDREN FROM PALESTINE JERUSALEM, Jan. 3L (UP) All British women and children will be evacuated by Feb. 4 "so military operations in Palestine will not be hampered," it was announced officially today. " . The order also advised British civilians not connected with the government or military to leave unless they held essential jobs.

U. S. DEVELOPS NEW ATOMIC WEAPONS WASHINGTON, Jan. 31. (UP) The federal atomic energy comm-'ssion today informed Congress that it is pushing development work on "improved atomic weapons." The commission in its first formal report to Congress said that the long-range security of the nation depends on speedy development of nyi' applications , of -atomic force not in just trying to keep fhe secret of our present ftype of atomic bombs. ; The report gave no details on the weapons now being developed in government laboratories but it stated that "the primary application of atomic energy is today in the pro duction of weapons."

Cold Wave Moving Down From Canada

(By United Press) , A cold wave moved down from Canada today toward the wide midwestern belt lashed yesterday by high winds, rain, sleet and snow in a freak storm which left heavy property damage in its wake. The storms in the middle west and a series of tornadoes in southern states killed at least 29 persons. In the north central states, schools were closed, trains and buses were stalled in .deep snowdrifts and communities in southern Wisconsin, northern Iowa and Illinois were snowbound. Damage was estimated in the hundreds of thousands of dollars in the high velocity wind storms which swept across Indiana yesterday. While temperatures tumbled from spring-like readGets Court Post MARVIN JONES of Texas, former war food administrator and member of Congress for 24 years, has iben 'nominated by Presilpnt Tru man as chief justice of the .U. S Court of Claims, (ntornations.''

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jugs in central and southern sections of the state, property owners and public utilities counted heavy losses from wind and sleet. TURMAN FARM BUREAU TO MEET MONDAY NIGHT

The regular meeting of the Turman Township Farm Bureau will be held Monday evening. February 3, in the Graysville school at 7:00 o'clock. Farm Co-op will bring a motion picture film and talks on taxes .by John P. Curry, Oil by Rush Davis and Insurance by Herbert Kelly will be given. A violin duet by Pat Steele and ; Charlotte Phillips and a vocal solo by Halcyon Edwards will be highlighted on the program. Following the program and business session an oyster supper will be served in the cafeteria. Those attending are requested to bring bowls and spoons. All members are especially urged to attend this meeting. BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT Mr. and Mrs. Noel Harrison of Jasonville announce the birth of a daughter, Phyllis Ann, born January 30th at the Mary SherT man Hospital. SERVE AS PAGES Miss JocelytLjGallagher and her brother, Tommy Tucker are in Indianapolis where they both are serving as pages, Thursday and Friday in the State Senate. They are children of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Gallagher. Do Not Disturb JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (UP) That much advertised Florida sun must make sound sleepers. A thief crept into Will Johnson's bedroom and stole $10 and a revolver from between the mattresses on which Johnson was sleeping.

WEEKEND CAGE ACTIVITIES IN COUNTY LISTED

The Community Gym tonight will be the scene of the annual Linton-Sullivan basketball affair, featuring one of the Valley's stronger fives' the Miners first appearance on the local court. Coach Gordon Keek's charges will face one of their toughest foes in this tilt, after hardly having time to recover from a smashing loss to Princeton Tuesday night. Both school's B teams will open the card, at 7:00 p. m. in what is expected to be a close and interesting game. Coach Callahan's charges are fresh from emerging victors in the Sullivan County B team tourney last night in Dugger and will be at peak strength for the game .tonight. INDEPENDENTS WIN Keek's Independents walked off with an easy 53 to 29 win over the New Lebanon Independents last night in a game played at the New Lebanon high school gymnasium. Taking the lead from the start. Keek's boys were never headed throughout the entire game. Taylor led off the scoring for the locals with a field shot early in the opening minutes of play the only score he made during the game. Hoesman, Independent forward, laid nine field shots in the basket, coupled with two free throws for 20 points and high scoring honors. He was awarded only two free tosses during the game and capitalized on both of them.., Others scoring for the locals were: Keck, five points; Sevier, four points; Truelock, 10 points; Pirtle, two points, and Smith, eight points. For New- Lebanon, Phegley struck' five times from the field and twice from the foul line for 12 New Lebanon points and high scoring honors. Willis followed him closely with three and three for eight points. Score by quarters first, . Sullivan led 8-3; second, Sullivan led 20-13 and third, Sullivan led 35-21. LEGION TEAM LOSES American Legion Post 139 (Sullivan) lost their second game in as many tries last night when Carlisle's Legionnaires . downed them 52-41 in a last half flurry of field scores. 'Shang' Moore, Sullivan forward, led the scoring for the local Legion five with 19 points and Jack Livingston of Carlisle, hit for 21 points to cop individual scoring honors on hi6 team. Score at the halftime mark was 22-22. The local Legion will go to Shelburn Monday night for a tilt with Shelburn's Legionnaires. Farm Bureau To Begin Training School In Feb. The Sullivan County Farm Bureau will sponsor a membership training school with an instructor from Indianapolis in charge. This meeting will be Monday, February 3, to begin at 9:45 a. m. and close at 3:00 p. m. This meeting is a membership training school for those who wish to better inform themselves on the business and social activities of. the county and towni ship units. Plan now to attend. .These meetings are for, the benefit of those who might be interested in the Farm Bureau. All officers l are urged to attend and all members are invited. CASUALTY FIGURES '41 TO '47 OF NAVY, MARINES, CG RELEASED I The total dead and missing in i the U. S. Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard from December 7, 1941, to January 1, 1947, has been announced as 88,939. For the first time, the Navy Department has released a detailed breakdown of the causes and manner of deaths overseas and in the United States. The breakdown includes aviation casualties. All combat missing have been accounted for. These listed as missing now on Navy records are those who are still missing from all causes since the actual end of hostilities.

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Alleged Slayer Claims He And Victim Discussing Gun When Shot Is Fired Accidentally; Does Not Remember j Next Few Minutes.

l'I don't know what happened if I killed anyone intentionally it sure wouldn't be my wife." Malcolm J. "Mike" Hankins said yesterday in Sullivar. Circuit Court that those were the words he spoke in answei

to a question by a sister following the fatal shooting of hi

wife, Ruby, here on Christmas

Called to the stand for the first time since the trial began Wednesday, Hankins denied knowing exactly how the shot was fired but said it was accidental. He said he and his wife were sitting on the bed, handling the gun and talking about what a weapon it was, when it accidentally went, off, the bullet striking Ruby.

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T YET TO BULLETIN! DETROIT, Jan. 31 (UP) Federal Judge Frank A. Picard wound up a hearing in the Mt. Clemens, Michigan, Pottery Co. case today and. said he would have to "pick a formula out of the air' to determine theamount of portal to portal pay to which employees of the firm are entitled. The jurist indicated that two days of argument by attorneys for the pottery company, the United States government . and Liu had ottered him little as-J sistance in a decision on which may hinge the future of labor's multi-billion dollar portal pay drive. BULLETIN! DETROIT, Jan. 31 (UP) Federal Judge Frank A. Picard indicated today he would consider accumulated time in determining whether employees of the Mt. Clemens, Michigan, Pottery Co. are entitled to portal to portal and make-ready pay. He said he was "prejudiced" against separating so-called walking and make-ready time in considering claims in the test case which may decide " the i future of labor's multi-billion! dollar drive for retroactive portal pay. STAT; ASSEMBLY INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. 31 (UP) A two-hour debate on the direct primary nomination . bill versus the convention system will be evaluated today by the elections committee of the Indiana House of Representatives. The debate on the most controversial issue yet to reach the Indiana General Assembly, took place late yesterday in a public hearing in the House chambers. A caucus of the House majority at which representatives from both sides of the issue were to fight it out behind closed doors was postponed. It was said a caucus would be called only if the elections committee was unable to reach an agreement. The committee has a House bill calling for a direct primary and a Senate-passed measure proposing reforms to the convention measure. Dog Owning Made Easy PORTLAND, Ore. (UP) You don't have to have a dog to buy a dog license here. Edward B. Silva, of the Oregon State Humane Society, announced that if you buy a license, you get a dog thrown in free. Licenses are $3 each. With it you get your choice of any number of "Puddles,' "Inkies" and "Dusties" from the city pound. ,

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For the next few minute1:', Hankins said, he was not sine just what happened. He said lie1 put on his clothes, walked out of the house, down to the highway? and caught a ride to Merorn. On reaching Merom he went , to thetelephone office and called a cab for the return - trip to Sullivan. When he came back to Sullivan, Hankins said he in-, strutted the cab driver to lake him to the "Davis Hotel where he registered under the alias "Mart Jenkins". A few minutes later "about 10 or 15 minutes" police arrived and arrested him. "I knew it was the law andf was iicKiea 10 aeaui , uaimm-i Kin ( ice die, said. He said when State Poli man Nash asked him why he it that he accidental. answered that it was. ivn.y o,j The gun was purchased nbov tun wpplts nrlnr in ftiA chnritir Hankins testified. He claimed it bought it because his life hii been threatened by -relatives. i Prosecutor k summed up This afternoo Joe Lowdcnnilk the ease of the state before the jury, expressing the desire of the state for a verdict of first degree murder against Malcolm J. "Mike" Hankins in what appeared to be the final argument in the. case. Very reliable sources slate the case will be . placed the jury's hands around nomv Saturday (tomorow) said he and his wife had patched up marital difficulties and wer J planning to call off the divorc( suit. During later questioning by prosecution Hankins became upset upon queries concerning the positions occupied by the conpl just prior to court was minutes. the shooting recessed for an five Hankins was asked if his wit. had not left him six or sever times and replied, "yes.' "Did she leave you?'" Prosecu tor Lowdermilk asked. - ; - I am no saint, Hankins re plied. "You drank, didn't you. You'.i get drunk and beat her, wouldn't you?" queried prosecution. "I wouldn't say so," Hankinanswered. ' i Hankins said he never carrier the gun and that he was ikh afraid of the "threat" from om of Ruby's family. The courtroom was again over flowing with spectators, some whom brought their lunches L order to keep their ringside pJ sitions at the trial. At one tinv today Judge Walter Wood repf'f manded the audience for oir. bursts of laughter during tes j rr.ony and said he would ha' j ine courtroom cleared n u naj pened again. Character witnesses were hear this morning testifying as t Hankins' habits and communit life. Hallie Goodman, one of t'n witnesses called and occupant c the lower apartment of t! house where the shooting oi curred, said Hankins struck tl victim's sister in a quarrel at said he knew Hankins had tl gun. Rella Goodman, wife Hallie Goodman, testified tlu "Ruby and Mike were nice pe pie" as far as she knew. Mr. n Mrs. Jesse Goodman testifi that neither of them knew on, thing bad about Hankins. S