Sullivan Daily Times, Volume 49, Number 25, Sullivan, Sullivan County, 4 February 1947 — Page 2

CLEARING AND COLD Indiana: Clearing and cold with diminishing winds tonight. Low tef-nperatures tonight 5 below north to 5 above south. Wednesday fair with slowly rising temperatures. VOL. XLIX No. 25 INTERNATIONAL PICTURE SERVICE PRICE THREE CENTS UNITED PRESS SERVICE. SULLIVAN DAILY TIMES TUESDAY, FEB. 4. 1947,

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Approximately fifty Rotarians heard William C. Gage and Robert T. Beckmann, Allison Division executives, speak on modern trends in present day aviation and jet-propelled aircraft at the regular Monday luncheon of the Rotary Club at the Davis Hotel. ' Alonzo Owens and John T. ! Hays introduced the two speak-' ers who cooperated in putting "jet-propulsion on a layman's plane of ' thought" , punctuated with illustrations and models. A schematic drawing of a jet engine was flashed on a screen and Mr. Beckmann, Allison Public Relations representative, told of the principles and operation of , the engine, pointing out how the principle was an old one dating back to medieval days and envolving Newton's, theory of motion and force. "Not so very long ago we were speaking in terms of increasing speeds of aircraft in terms of 15 to 20 miles per hour," Mr. Beckmann said, "Now we are working on increasing speeds hundreds of miles per hour." Mr. Gage, in speaking of one of today's major air problems airline operation said, "Our airlines have the lowest rate of fatalities in its history even though crashes of late are receiving the widest publicity. One thing we must take into consideration is the fact that the airlines are using almost twice the number of planes used just before the war and many of these planes were converted from ships built for the armed forces. This is all right but it is possible that our airlines are trying to expand too quickly. Figures will show that they have, however, kept up a high standard of efficiency, consequently the low if fatality figure.". . . s ' , One of the problems now being worked on by jet engine companies is that of obtaining peak efficiency on the ground as well as high above the earth. The present jet . plane does not perform its best until 20,000 feet due to the heavy weight of air at low altitudes . retarding the rushing of gases from the engine exhaust resulting in less power output. .. . 1 Q . ; . g BRITISH LEGION SETS UP FUND TO I SAVE MARRIAGE I INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. Here may be a solution to marriage and. love problems that Dorothy Dix has never thought of. The weekly clip sheet of The British Legion, called "News Flashes," received at national headquarters of The American Legion here, has announced the starting of a fund for saving marriages of World War II veterans. "News Flashes" reports that the British Legion established the fund with a $5,000 gift which stipulated the money was to be used to "provide financial assistance for five years in the amicable settlement of matrimonial cases arising from the war, amongst ex-servicemen and women." It quotes an official of the British Legion as saying: "This-iund should be invaluable in helping some of the domestic tragedies which come almost daily to our notice. Each case will have to be dealt with entirely on its particular merits, but the sort of thing we envisage is that we shall be able to reestablish a broken home with a grant to buy furniture." Talk to Yourself? Don't Fret NEW YORK (UP) Day dreaming is a potential cause of motor accidents as well as accidents in hazardous industrial occupations, according to Dr. Lydia G. Giberson, an industrial psychiatrist. Dr. Giberson empha sized, however, that talking to one's self was no sign of mental instability.. AVERAGE NET PAID CIRCULATION FOR December, 1946 4533

Lyday Leading Free Throw Race; Williams Resigns

Coach Gordon Keck today list ed nign scorers m the annual Daily Times free throw trophy race today, announcing at the same time the resignation from the squad of Pill Williams, Arrow forward. ' Joe Lyday, diminutive Arrow guard, leads the current standings with a .625 average out of his 24 attempts from the charity stripe. Fifteen of his tries dropped through the hoop. Not too far behind Lyday is Dick Hummell, stellar Arrow forward, who has chalked up 20 goals out of 44 attempts for a .454 average. Rules of the free trophy race state that the winner must have shot at least 20 free throws in scheduled competition to be eligible. Thus far only three members have fired the neces sary 20 shots. Besides Lyday and Hummell. Southwood has tossed 34 times from the foul line and made 14 of them. The standings which follow include all games played this sea son, including tourney games Name Lyday Hummell Southwood Truelock McCammon Sevier Brodie Pinkston

FTA G FTM Avg. 24 15 9 .625 .44 20 24 .454 34 14 20 .411 . 13 1 12 .076 12 2 10 .166 5 2 3 .400 7 3 4 .428 2 11 .500 6 1 5 .166 6 3 3 .500 0 0 0 .000

McCrocklin Walters Russell FTA Free throws attempted; G good; FTM Free missed; Avg. average. throws Eggs Stand Alone As Lih-Chun In China Is Begun BY WALTER RUNDLE SHANGHAI, China, Feb. 4. (Tuesday.) (UP) Eggs stood on wii by the dozens in -Shanghai last night as dabblers in the occult sue- . cessfully tested a gem of ancient Chinese lore. Legend has it that eggs will -stand on end either end at the moment of the beginning of the mystic season of LihChun, the Chinese lunar Spring, which came 15 minutes before midnight. So many people had bought eggs for the test that the price jumped to 600 Chinese dollars per egg. This correspondent saw eggs balanced on mirrors, plates and polished table tops and photographs were taken to prove it. "Operation Eggstand" took place at the home of Mimmy Wei, Ministry of Information office director, instead of at the city temple as scheduled, because of a heavy snow. The change of plans apparently made no difference to the eggs, which teet-. ered on end in defiance of any laws written by Sir Isaac Newton. j At Nanking, Pual Feng, editor of the English department of the Nanking Central News, reported eggs were standing on end in that city. Similar reports came from elsewhere in China. A few minutes after the traditional "magic" moment telephone calls flooded the Shanghai bureau of United Press as foreign residents . called to report, that . eggs were standing in living rooms, dining rooms and yards. . Russ Spy Reports Give Army Boost On Atom Control WASHINGTON, Feb. 4 (UP) New reports of . Russian spy activity gave impetus today to Senate demands that the military have a bigger voice in the domestic atomic energy program. . The drive gained force as Bernard M. Baruch told mem bers of the Senate Atomic Energy Committee that he was deeply disturbed by leakage of atomic secrets. Some senators believed iBaruch's testimony strengthened their" argument that military men should be given a larger role under the civilian atomic commission. Others believed however, that Baruch's stand merely highlighted a "planned attempt" to give the army control of the atomic program.

ARROWS JOURNEY TO T. H. TONIGHT FOR WILEY GAME

Wiley's Red Streaks will play host tonight to the Golden Arrows in a : Western Conference game beginning at 8:00 o'clock For the second time the Ar rows will be up against a strong Terra Haute club, the first time it was GarfielS who romped over the local five here Dec. 13. On Friday night the Arrows will meet Gerstmeyer to finish up their 1946-47 schedule with the Terre Haute teams. The Gerstmeyer game will also be played in Tei're Haute. Both teams held one victory each in the 'newly forced West ern Conference and Wiley s cagers have been victors ot a three game losing streak which they are hoping to break against the Arrows tonight. B teams of both schools wul see action in the preliminary round of tonight's program. Sullivan's B five will be out to gain their sixth straight triumph, having last week won five earnes in as many days includ ing the Sullivan county championship. One of their wins was a victory over a heretofore un defeated Dugger (Buildup pve in the final game of the county tourney at Dugger. Following tonight's game only five more contests make up the remainder of the current basket ball card for the Arrows. On Feb. 7 they meet Gerstmeyer there; Feb. 11, Robinson will play here in the last noma game of the Arrows; Feb. 14, Bicknell will be met there: Feb. 18, Vincennes there and the final game with Washington falls on Feb. 21. III LEGISLATURE BULLETIN! INDIANAPOLIS, Feb. 4 (UP) The direct nominating primary bill, gained ground in the Indiana House of Representatives today when the House Elections Committee refused to recommend passage of a nominating convention reform measure. ' As a result of the committee meeting both the primary bill and the convention bill were reported without recommendation on the House floor when legislators reconvened at 10 A. M. House members accepted the committee report almost unanimously and House Speaker Hobart Creighton ordered the bills printed and advanced to second reading. On second reading, possibly later this week, House members have an opportunity to amend the bill, then the bills would advance to third and final reading at which time they would be brought to a vote. STATE BUDGET INDIANAPOLIS, Feb. 4 (UP) The Indiana State. Budget Committee today recommended to Governor Gates, a $91,000,000 budget for the . next two years, approximately 40 percent higher than the', budget for the present biennial. " ' At the same time, the committee suggested to the governor that new state revenues should be created to add about $9,000,000 a year to the state general fund.. Without added sources of income, not now provided in the budgetary setup, . the general fund balance would drop to about $11,000,000 by June, 1949, State Budget Director Roscoe P. Freeman said. .The committee recommended a budget of $66,000,000 for state boards, departments, institutions, and schools for; the next two years. That compared with a . budget of $46,500,000 for the 1945-46 term.

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SAN QUENTIN CONVICTS RECAPTURED SAN QUENTIN, Calif,, Feb. 4. (UP) Three convicts, missing at San Quentin penitentiary since Sunday afternoon, were recaptured today hiding in a small light well in the prison library, Warden Clinton Duffy announced.

SUGGEST NEW LABOR PEACE MOVE ,f- WASHINGTON, Feb. 4 .(UP) Chairman Robert A. Taft (R.-Ohio) of the Senate Labor Committee today suggested that Congress might investigate means of increasing industrial productivity possibly through profit-sharing and bonus plans in its quest for labor peace.

SOUTH BEND GAS CONSUMPTION CURTAILED SOUTH BEND, Feb. 4. (UP) The Northern Indiana Public Service Company today ordered a 50 curtailment in the use of gas by 12 industrial consumers in the South Bend area. A company spokesman said the curtailment, brought about by weather and the failure of a supply source in the Calumet area, also would affect "other communities west of South Bend in the Calumet area.'

TREASURY HAS SURPLUS FOR JANUARY WASHINGTON, Feb. 4.(UP) The Treasury closed its January books today with it surplus of $706,C00,000 for the month, the first time since 1930 that any full month has shown a surplus. , For the eleven months of the fiscal year, to date, there was a surplus of 685,000,000, compared with a deficit of $19,000,000,000 for the corresponding date last year. TRUMAN REBUKES POLAND TO NEW AMBASSADOR WASHINGTON, Feb., 4. (UP) President Truman, in an unusual act'on, told the new Polish ambassador bluntly today that the Polish Provisional Government had broken its pledge to hold free elections. , The president made the statement to Joseph Winiewicz at their first meeting as the ambassador presented his credentials at the White House. 1

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FRESNO, Cal., (UP) Fondness for children and search for a hobby has made Mrs. Alice F. Mahoney one of Fresno's most unusual mothers. During the past 15 years, this middle-aged woman has reared 70 orphaned children. ' Well-known by the Red Cross and the welfare department here, "Mother Mahoney" started caring for children as a hobby, She became so engrossed in the task and so fond of children she made it her life work. - During the past eight years she has saved 50 pairs of baby shoes and from the walls of her eightroom house, pictures of the children smile down at this unusual mother. "I like the pictures of them up

there," she said. "They can t talk occasion. back. Many of those children in. J "i always tell them that we do the pictures write regularly from n because of its great value to all. parts of the country, and on DoyS- Very deliberately we deMothers Day I always receive a!vei0ped the observance of this

card from them. , , Since the hobby originated, Mrs. V(ihoney has been too busy to take a vacation. Overworked housekeepers always quit, so she does all the washing, feeding, bathing and caring for the child ren herself. She uses the assembly line method in caring for them. At feeding time, she puts them in highchairs and opens cans of baby food. Tor bathing, she sometimes puts four children in the bathtub at a time. When the

washing job is completed, the nuany because a new crop of children climb out and are, sue- boys 0f Scout age comes up each ceeded by others. year. A new crop of boys does During the war, servicemen not absorb the experience of left their children at her home those who went before. We have while the mothers worked. If a to do it over and over again, father was killed overseas and "i believe that the greatest the mother was unable to care responsibility that we as leaders for the child, v Mrs. Mahoney jn. Scouting' have today, as it has adopted it. always been, is to think in terms In her own words, this is how 0f creating and maintaining an Mrs. Mahoney feels about her intense desire on the part of hobby: "I am able to give the boys to be Scouts. The techniques children the home life they'0f that are the techniques that

should have, and I will continue, to do so as long as I can or as (long as the neighbors can stand it." PARENTS CLUB TO SPONSOR GAMES FOR TEEN CANTEEN USE The Parents Club' of Dart and Arrow teen-canteen will sponsor games at the canteen club rooms Monday, February 10 at eight o'clock. Anyone -wishing to donate prizes are asked to notify Mrs. Joseph Greenberg, jhairman of the committee in charge. Other committee members are Mrs. Dorothy Kerlin, Mrs. Allan Campbell and Ralph Ford- The proceeds will be used for improvements of the Dart Mid Arrow club rooms.

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TO BEGIN MY The observance of -,Boy Scout , Week, Feb. 7th to I3tn on a nation-wide scale, says Dr. James E. West, Chief Scout of the Boy Scouts of America, has great value to boys. Boy Scout Week, he says, emphasizes the romance and drama of Scouting. . In a statement for Boy Scout Wetk, marking the 37th anniversary of the original incorporation at Washington, D. C, Dr. West who was Chief Scout ExfrmA inn tn 1943. savs: i

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"Throughout the country Boy Pl,Pscd institutional amendScouts and their parents and !nt limiting any president to friends are observing Boy Scout wo terms . Week. Sometimes I am asked be- i Republicans said they would cause of my long association with ! tv to got the measure to the the Boy Scouts of America, start- floor by Friday, ing in 1911, why Scout leaders' The committee rejected, 90-6, nlace so much emphasis on this . a substitute proposal to limit a

anniversary to create dramatic opportunities, for boys to take part in a nation-wide celebration. From the start of Scouting we nave conducted as a part, of the program, spectacular features which create a desire on the part of boys to be Scouts. "In our annual observance of Boy Scout Week we emphasize the romance and drama of Scouting in a way to impress boys and attract them to the program. We feel it desirable to do this an we use in our Boy Scout Week observance. "This is important not of course for the sake of mere numibers, but because of what Scout training means to the future citizens of America, because of the way in which Scouting does help boys t'o develop into men of character, trained for citizenship." Doctor Emulates Patient DU QUOIN, 111. (UP) A balky car resulted in identical injuries for both patient and doctor. Dr. John W. Stevens bandaged V. C. Morris' head, cut ( when Morris fell against the bumper of his car. He then helped push the car, fell against the bumper, and cut his own head.

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CHICAGO, Feb. 4 (UP) The nation's automobile death toll jumped 19 percent last year as 33,000 motorists were killed on the highways and city streets, the National Safety Council reported today. ' Only two states, Arizona and Maryland, were able to claim reduced automobile fatalities. Council statisticians estimated the automobile and taxicab toll 'or 1946 at about 2.9 per 100,000,000 passenger miles. The air transport passenger death rate was approximately 1.2 persons for the same mileage. The 1946 accident death rate was 71.4 per 100,000 persons. And more than 134,000 persons were killed at home, the report said. . YoliikA Baptist Church In Full Swing The national observance of Youth Week at the Baptist Church this week had a good beginning Sunday night with Allan Letterman. bringing the message and the Intermediates in charge of the service, the Rev. Wyman Hull, pastor, announced today. - Last night the Rev. Powell Forbes of Linton was the speaker with the Baraca-Philathea class in charge. Services begin each evening at 7:30 o'clock and. are held in the lower auditorium of the church. The Senior B.Y.F.' will be in charge tonight with the Rev. Forbes as speaker. WASHINGTON, Feb. 4 (UP) The House Judiciary Commit tee today approved, 90-6, a president to one six-year term, The substitute was offered by Francis E. Walker (D.-Pa.) Chairman Earl C. Michcner (R.Mich.) of the Judiciary Cornmittee said he would bring the measure before the House Rules Committee tomorrow. The presidential tenure measure was a major plank in the Gop legislative program. Knocked Out Of Shoes PITTSBURGH, Mass. (UP) Eight-year-old William Allen was uninjured, although an auto mobile hit him hard enough to knock him out of his shoes. HUTTON'S BABY

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Low Of Zero Registered In South Bentl With Eight Above Temperature Chilling Evansville This Morning. (By United Press) The season's most severe cold, accompanied by hijrh winds, engulfed the entire midwest today and sent tempera--tures tumbling' as much as 40 degrees in 10 hours. : j' The weatherman said that the gales and paralyzing cold would reach the Atlantic and Gulf coast by nightfall. . ' The cold wave was the second of the month and originated as an arctic blast out of the Yukon territory, where a continental low. of 83 degrees below zero was registered. The cold was borne down from the Canadian border on an intense storm center which produced blizzards during the night in sections of Minnesota 'and Wisconsin.

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'In the American Legion ora- J portion, somewhat icy but not torical contest held Sunday af- extremely hazardous in the centernocn, Connie Campbell re- tral portion and covered with ceived first place and an award packed snow and ice in the of fifteen dollars; Bernadyne south portion. Hull placed second, winning an ! The cold was expected to last -award of ten dollars and LeAnn for three days and was aeeom-

IWible placed third. H. C. Gilmore, acting as chair man, expressed his pleasure in the fact that interest in this con-

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ijjgii uiuul iv uic ikj- m the American Legion for financing the entire contest program, Howard Grigsby of the Speech -1 Department . - at ..-. Indiana btate acrea as criuc juage. iie siaiea that each of the contestants could have, been a winner with a little more preparation. Miss Campbell will represent Sullivan High School at the District Contest, j which is to be held about March I Miss Nowlin and several studjents will attend the Speech Arts Festival to be held at Indiana State February 7 and 8. Miss N. Hawkins Dies Near Here Miss Nora Estella Hawkins, 74-year-old resident of three miles northeast of Sullivan, died this morning at five o'clock at the rural home following an extended illness. She was a member of the Primitive Baptist Church. Surviving are one sister, Miss Sarah Ann Hawkins, at home; one niece and four nephews. The body was brought to the Billman Funeral Home where it nnw lips irr sfntp "Funeral cr. vices will be conducted in the Billman funeral chapel Thursday afternoon at one o'clock with Rev. Wyman Hull officiating. Interment will be made in the Good Hope Cemetery, northeast of the city. A SCENE STEALER

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To ays In Indiana, the lowest official temperature reported by the Indianapolis weather bureau was zero at South Bend. Elsewhere it was two above at Marion and Fort Wayne, three above at the Indianapolis airport and eight above at Evansville. Two persons were killed in accidents but only one of them was attributed to the blizzard. State police reported that highways were normal in the north ,panied by 30-40 mile-per-hour winds that kicked up a blizzardlike mixture, of dust and drifting snow in the Dakotas and Minneciuu iiic ciuixil lucini. x janes t il route from the west were delayed i

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.Butter advanced as much as .four and one-half cents a pound in Chicago butter markets as dealers enlivened buying in belief that the cold wave would curtail commodity movements from farms to cities. UL S. COMPROMISE LAKE SUCCESS. N. Y., Feb. 4. (UP) The United States offered a compromise today to break a Soviet-American deadlock over disarmament procedures, but Russia immediately balked. The new conflict broke out less than two hours after the sei curit 1C0Uncil resumfd disa,;ma" ment discussions after a twoweeks vacation intended to help the delegates work out a behind-the-seene agreement. Warren Austin, of the United States, proposed that the security' council take up atomic control immediately. The council would establish a commission to plan the junking of all weapons except those destined for, mass destruction. Darts Win 7th Straight Here In Gym Last Night The Sullivan Junior High Darts won their seventh straight victory last night over Linton's Juniors, 21-19. In the initial encounter at the Community Gym, the Junior' Darts' B five lost to the Miner B's 24-16. Coach Harry Jarrett's charges have not lost a game since he took over coaching duties with them around. Dec. 1. With Morgan, McClure and Grayam leadingthe way, the Darts outmaneuvered the Linton ' cagers throughout the game. . Other members of the Dart first, team are Harris Moore, Kirchner and Knotts. For Linton, Rice and Henrico were outstanding on offense and tied for high point honors. The Darts will meet Fairbanks here next Monday nicht. Coach Jarrett announced today.

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