Sullivan Daily Times, Volume 49, Number 27, Sullivan, Sullivan County, 6 February 1947 — Page 2

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? COLDER Indiana: Colder south and central portions tonight amd entires slate Friday and Friday, night. Severely cold Friday night, continuing through Sunday. Fire to ten above south portion. XOL. XLIX No. 27 UNITED PRESS SERVICE SULLIVAN DAILY TIMESTHURSDAY, FEB. 6, 1947. INTERNATTONAE PICTURE SERVICE PRICE THREE CENTS

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PERRi' CARPENTER RETIRES FEB. 1 FROMEXPRESSCO.

The Sullivan branch of Railway Express Company announced the retirement thfe has of Perry Carpenter, Sullivan rural route, on February 1 after serving with the company for 36 years. Mr. Carpenter began his career wun me express company iy 1910 and was with the American Express Company and the famous Wells-Fargo Company. He came to Sullivan from Blooming'J t- Jl. ton in 1912 and has ever since. been here Thomas Grayson, of Vincennes, will succeed Mr. Carpenter at the Sullivan office.' Mr. Grayson has been an employee of Railway Express for 10 years. Ernest Corbin will remain in the local office as clerk. District Posts Of Legion Meet Sunday, Feb. 9 James A'Hern, of Indianapolis, southern vice-commander of the! Indiana. American Legion, will be the speaker at the Seventh district joint meeting of the American Legion and Auxiliary to be held at the Legion home in Bloomfield, Sunday afternoon. Legionnaires representing 53 posts in 11 counties will attend. Tfc nttannn moitinl mill lio the finale of the Seventh district American Legion sessions to be held Saturday and Sunday in Bloomfield. Mr. A'Hern has serv ed in several departmental offices in the Indiana department and is well known over the state. A district business meeting will br held at 10 o'clock Sunday ,Lning. Saturdays activities of, 1hf t'Am-riiv foctivifiot itinJiiHp in 1 the t AO-day festivities include an, jn, house at the new Legion Bloomfield and the ome in GVeene county American Legion basketball tournament which beginsn first-round play for the finalVoveted state Legion basketball rthampionship. Youbg Volunteers Praised For Work In Fighting Fires

nSlDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Feb. 6 y . (Special) Hoosier high school i an students today received high jarJ praise from officials of the Indtoiljiana Department of Conservation 'for their efforts in combatting

y woodland fires in 1946. " Joseph De Young of the Divi-

sion of Forestry said his volunteer organization, the Forest Fire I Tijyhtfirc .Qtrvin 'hac mn4 crrpnt ' progress in the Southern counties since its inception in the rnrinir nf 1949 " riar Mmnri t th firctt r v,, i, iV" -::, ; more than 13,000 students, in-! eluding 600 girls. The program :ilso embraces adult groups, and 17,000 volunteers have been

trained. . ly a bill providing a 10-year sen- of 1015 North Mam Street; Mrs. personal appeal to the Indiana Statistics reveal these unpaid tence for escapees- from the In- Dorothy Gambill and daughter legislature today to pass a sold'moke eaters" have spent 10,316 djana state prison, reformatory, of Jasonville, R. 2; Mrs. Wanda ier bonus bill.

man nours on tires spread over 25,132 acres of. woods, paslure, and brushland. 1 Long dry periods caused the f-pring and autumn of 1946 to be ;;erious fire seasons, and according to DeYoung, "if it had not been for the help and coopera tion given by all school officials and the" members of the FFFS, Indiana would have had many more thousands of acres burned." CONSERVATION CLUB WILL MEET TONIGHT . The Sullivan Conservation Club will meet tonight at the city hall, 7:30 o'clock. Election of officers. Launching of membership campaign and completion of plans for the club fish-fry, are the main points on the evening's program. AVERACE NET PAID CIRCULATION FOR December, 1946 4533

Voters To Decide On 4-Year Term For Co. Sheriff s

INDIANAPOLIS, Feb. 6 Hoosier voters will ballot next !year on a proposed constitutional amendment to lengthen the term of county sheriffs from two to four years. Final action to place the proposal before the voters was taken by the Senate yesterday. ine aenate unanimously a-

dopted a resolution providing for ministration last night ordered a thp Biffin m 4h qch tt!new ration stamp good for 10

alreadv had v,assed thp u' nf Representatives ' The resolution first was adopt. td by botn housGS of the Generai Assembly two years ago. The -tate's Constitution nrnviri that resolutions calling for constitutional amendments must be adopted by two consecutive sessions. The measure now goes to Gov ernor Ralph F, signature. Gates Tonight the Community Gym will be the scene of two actionpacked basketball games when the local American Legion team and the Oaktown Oaks tangle, followed by Keek's Independents seeking a fifth straight win in a game with the Hymera Inde - , p ems The first game will begin at 7:00, with gym doors opening at 6:30 o'clock. The Legionnaires will be out' to avenge an earlier defeat at the hands of the Oaks, who boast of eleven wins in fourteen starts l"is season, ecns learn, witn four wins already under their Dt'US against 110 (leteaTS, are to keeD their record clean Va KeKrlQC?r,l. although the Hymera Indcpendcnts will more than keep the Keck boys busy. Both local teams are made up of former Golden Arrow stars and fans may expect fast, thrillpacked . hardwood activity with, j of course, a moderate amount of j "horse-play" thrown in to make' it more interesting. , In the near future, the Legion ' five will play host to the fast traveling Sioux Indians. This team is one of the best-known barnstorming hardwood aggrega tions and will demonstrate plenty of basketball "savvy" with clever ballhandling and entertainment. The date for this game will be announced later. r 1 i J n 1 irarOIC VnCl i enai jU'll o J UIIIo I dddCU 111 Senate Yesterday INDIANAPOLIS, Feb. 6 Three companion bills to tighten I Indiana's parole and penal laws ?ere given the "go" sign by the, nuuse ana uu ot-"die yesieiudy, The House okaved unanimouswomen's prison or from custody 0f a police officer while en route to penal institutions. Also passed without a dissenting vote was a Dili to aoonsn me practice oi, granting parolees "gooa time re auctions from their sentences. A bill to require parolees who' commit crimes to serve their sentences consecutively insfead of concurrently was passed 88 to 2." Saucerman Rites Friday Afternoon Funeral services for "Uncle" Joe Saucerman, well-known resident of the Dugger community who passed away at his home south of Dugger yesterday morn- j ing will be held Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Morris Chapel Church. The deceased is survived by one son, Orville, instead of a brother Orville as was inadvertently stated yesterday. The body was returned from the Newkirk Funeral Home to the residence this morning. Burial will be in the Odd Fellows Cemetery in Carlisle.

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WASHINGTON, Feb. 6. (UP) Announcing that a bigger sugar allowance this year is "fairly certain," the Office of Price Adpounds validated on April 1, , . nKnnJ if e rtVs r. -J 1 1 f one month ahead of schedule. At the same time the agency announced there would be no more special stamps for canning sugar and warned that housewives should spread their tenpound allotment to cover both houeshold and home-canning needs. OPA officials said the "best guess" now is that housewives will receive 35 pounds of sugar per person in 1947, compared with last year's ratio of 25 pounds. Republican leaders in Congress have been campaigning for an increase to at least 35 pounds and preferably 40 for householders and a hefty boost in rations for industrial users. Secretary of Agriculture Clinton P. Anderson had promised to increase the next ration allowance from five to 10 pounds. The early validation of the new stamp made the increase slightly higher, It means that spare stamp 53, which has been good for five pounds on Jan. 1, will serve for only three instead of four months, 1 New Number Unannounced. The number of the new stamp Wlil not be announced until just Deiore it Decomes valid it UrA follows its customary practice. OPA's announcement came as Senator Edward W. Robertson, Republican, Wyoming, introf uced legislation to save the gov--i. w aM",,," iJl" nl!?JV " "-"-" ''" ".Y J"dge F. Dickinson Letts invali Ant tu,, cn.n0H "Wc(mlM dating the so-called "historical use" basis for making allocations. The government has petitioned the United States Court of Appeals to reverse Letts and begins arging its case this Friday. WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 (UP) - House Republicans cheered the OPA today for the projected W-pound increase in domestic su&ar rations but demanded that 11 be raised to 15. pounds, 41, Housewives can collect first installment on April 1 when a new sugar stamp will be valf sugar stamp will be val idated a month ahead of time. OPA said the new stamp, the j number of which was not an-j nounced, will be good for 10' pounds instead of the usual five and so will all subsequent stamps. 1 HOSPITAL NOTES Admitted Feb. 5: Lome Smith of Jasonville; Nelson Sharpe of Jasonville, R. 2. Admitted Feb. 6: Mrs. Isabell 'Adams of 128 North West St Dlsmissed Feb 5. Bmy Critchfleld of 492 South ! Street; Mrs. Reva Livingston of ! South Main Street: Bill Williams ! Riggs and son of Shelburn; Mrs. i Rachel Springer and son of 405 West Washington Street; Alexanaer crown oi sumvan, n. t. Gets Portfolio VV: V COUNT CARIO SFOKA of Italy's Independent party has been appointed foreign minister in Premier Alcide de Gasperi's new coalition cabinet. (International)

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ANTARCTIC MAPS NOW, OUTDATED LITTLE AMERICA, Feb. G. (UP) Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd today announced geographical discoveries so extensive that all existing maps of the antarctic must be withdrawn.

KNUTSON STILL WORKS ON INCOME TAX BILL WASHINGTON, Feb. 6.--(UP) Chairman Harold Knutson, of the House Ways and Means committee, said today he honed to get an income tax reduction bill to the

House floor by February 22. Some committee members doubted he could do it.

Despite outspoken criticism by republicans and demo-

crats alike, Knutson still Avas thmiung m terms or a z per - cent tax reduction to everyone making up to $302,000 a

year.

U. S. AMBASSADOR DIES TODAY NEW YORK, Feb. 6. (UP) O. Max Gardner, 64-year-

old ambassador to Great Britain, died today at the St. Regis Hotel here of coronary thrombosis. Gardner, former gover

nor of North Carolina, died at 8:20 a. m. with his wife at the , If the proposed presidential bedside. , , tenure amendment finally is aHe was confirmed only recently by the Senate as am- dopted by the country, it will be bassador to Great Britain, and was to have sailed today with e "rst time hat the constituhis wife and son to take up his duties at the British court. , "has been changed since 1933.

WELL KNOWN BRITISH WOMAN DIES

LONDON, Feb. 6. (UP) ister of education and most party, died today of a heart

Army Colonel Held After Jewels Seized

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 6 after he relinquished a key to (UP) Col. Edward J. Murray, Custom's inspectors during queson leave from the. Army of Oc-jtioning, Leake said, cupation in Japan, was placed Customs officials said they

under technical arrest today on Gen. Douglas MacArthur's orders followina seizure bv United' States Customs agents of. more than $210,000 in diamonds being brought back from Japan. Murray, who commanded the Fortieth Division that spearheaded the American drive from Lingayen Gulf to Manila, was ordered placed in confinement The order came" from General MacArthur by radio after United States Customs officials inform - ed Allied Headquarters that in quarters in his home at Murray's cache of undeclared diamonds was uncovered two days ago. A former Californian state engmeer, Murray at one time lived in Sacramento. . Customs Collector Paul Leake announced that $10,000 worth of 'diamonds were found in Murray's Watch pocket when he debarkea" fl?m the transPrt Westminster viciory ai me uaxiana Army base last . Monday. A cache of more than 500 gems

worth more than $200,000 was j A social hour has been planuncovered in a safe deposit box i ned for the group immediately

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INDIANAPOLIS, Feb. 6 (UP) The American Leeion made a State Commander W. I. Brun both ton, Scottsburg, spoke in tha House and Senate, urging the jiawmaKers to give ine ex-ser-vicemen oi worm war u. a uunus payment immediately. "Our veterans are seeking now to build homes and get started again," Brunton said. "They need something more tangible than token gestures to give them free hunting and fishing licenses." I "These veterans need more money now," he continued. ."They cannot wait for a referendum." I He referred to a pending House bill which would postpone action on the bonus question until the 1949 session of the legislature and allow voters to indicate , their opinions next year. in a referendum Meanwhile, the Senate passed a bill shifting the administration of the 1947 municipal elections to county officials. The vote was 33-12. In the House, a modified lien bill, restoring a provision to the welfare laws to give the state a claim on property owned by assistance recipients, survived a long debate. It advanced to third reading after a motion to kill the bill by indefinite postponement was defeated, 63-20. I

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influential woman in the Labor ailment. She was 56." , would not decide whether to prosecute Colonel Murray until

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. investigation LEAGUE OFFICERS TO BE INSTALLED AT SIIELBURN CHURCH

Rev. L. N. Abel, pastor of the ine irst -nnstian Lfturch, read Shftlburn First Methodist Chnrfh'tne sinSle n? ceremony before

' eveninS. February 9th at seven oVlnrk , ) 0 CJ0CK- ! Officers recently elected and) who wil1 be installed in their ; various ottices bunday night by the bhelburn pastor are tdward Shroyer, president; Mary Louise Abel, vice president; Thelma Louise Slover, secretary; Ramona Robinson, treasurer; Jane Lowry, fourth committeeman; and James .Ward, second committeeman. i Under the guidance of Mrs. Gertrude Hooper and Rev. and Mrs. Abel the league is gaining in membership and will have j complete charge of this Sunday evening's services

following the worship hour and t0 tne groom. The men attendall young people are urged to ans all wore business suits with

attend and participate. The pub lic is cordially invited to attend. ANNOUNCE EXAMS FOR CIVIL SERVICE CLERK POSITIONS The United States Regional Director, Civil Service, has announced open competitive examinations for positions as clerk will be held. Applications for these appointments, which pay up to $2,394 a year, must be on file by February 13, 1947. ' j Applicants who pass the examination will be assigned to f3 l.he S'xtl? Un!ted Satcsi 0hio Indiana and Kentucky

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Applications may be obtained rrom tj,e Sullivan postoffice GIRL SCOUTS WILL SEE MOVIE HERE SATURDAY MORNING A movie entitled "Pan-Ameri

can" will be shown to all Girl Wrs. Paul Austin, sister of the Scouts in the city of Sullivan groom, from Jerseyville, 111.: Saturday morning, it was an- Pfc Robert L. Reed, cousin of nounced today. the bride, from St. Louis, Mo.; The movie will begin at 10:00 Mr. and Mrs. Bill Williams from a. m. and lasts approximately Washington, III.: Mr. and Mrs. one hour, scout officials stated Joe Pound of Bloomington, Ind.; today, and will be held in the Mr. and Mrs. Wm. J. Tubby of Commissioners Room in the,Lmth Ind.

courthouse. Sullivan Girl Scouts) are urged to take advantage of this interesting movie as this is the only time it will be shown here. i i BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT Word has been received here of the birth of a six-pound, sixounce baby girl to Mr. and Mrs. Walter Slover of Fayetteville, North Carolina, at the Highsmith Hospital there. Th . baby, who has been named. Cheri Susan, is the granddaughter of Mrs. Vernaj Slover of Shelburn.

PRES. TEIREBILl

WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 (UP) House Republicans today overrode New Deal Democratic opposition and cleared the way for passage of a proposal to .limit U. S. presidents to two four-year terms, 1 They shouted down objections to a rule limiting debate on the proposed constitutional amendment to two hours. GOP leaders claimed enough support by nonNew Deal democrats to assure passage by the necessary twothirds vote later in the day. . x i in i vv c j yvuvu tilt:, ji iMiiuiLiuii amendment was repealed. It takes a two-thirds vote in bth houses to pass a constitutional amendment, and then must be ratified by 36 slates. it Mary E. Reed, Chas. S. Able, Jr. Wed Saturday The marriage of Miss Mary Edwina Reed, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. S. Reed, .301 S. Court St., to Charles S. Able, Jr., son f and 's- carles s- Able, emnized at an informal but beau tifully impressive ceremony in the First Christian Church, Saturday afternoon, February 1, ,at 4:00 o'clock. Rev., Jack Anderson, pastor of zzz stssj;: ?nd hhtf with candles placed in seven-branched candelabra. Preceding the ceremony, Miss Joann. Reed, sister of the bride, sweetly sang "Because" and "Al ways!', accompanied, at the piano by Mrs. Nina Anderson. "I Love You Truly" was plaved on the : oi-f-m during the ceremony, I The bride, who was given in ' marriage by her father, was I lovely in a street length dress of white sheer wool with black and Fld accessories, and for her flowers she wore an orchid corsa6e. ine matron of nonor, Mrs Darlene Williams, wore a two piece pink wool dress, and her corsage was of Talisman roses. Joe Pound acted as best man white carnation boutonnieres, The mother of the bride wore a black crepe dress with a white cornation corsage. A reception was held following the ceremony at the Davis Hotel Dining Room, which was beautifully decorated with potted plants and baskets of gladioli and fernery. The lace covered bride's table

held a beautiful three-tiered teeners to help boost improvewedding cake topped by a min- ment funds needed at the caniature bride and groom, and was teen, surrounded by flowers and j greenery, and was flanked by "Get back of this Prgram and tall white tapers in crystal can- helP Sullivan's youth help themselves," Parents Club officials

first slice of cake,' Mrs. Dewey ed at the refreshment table. ( Out of town guests attending the wedding and reception were

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Reed and Neva Sanford, aunt and cousins of the bride from Tulsa Okla.; Mrs. H. G. Houser and Mrs. Jack Schlosser, aunts of the ! bride, from Kansas City, Mo.; I Mrs. Able is a graduate of Sullivan High School and attended Indiana State Teachers College at Terre Haute, fane is a member of the Delta Theta Tau and the Beta Sigma Phi Sororities, and is active in music circles j of Sullivan. She is now employed by the Public Service Company of Indiana, Inc., in Sullivan. Mr. Able is also a graduate of Sullivan High School, and has served with the U. S. Navy for tw6 years. He is now a student of the University of Indiana at 1 Bloomington, Indiana

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Hoosier Industrial Workers Being Laic! - Off Because Of Curtailment Of Ga Supplies; Short Respite From Cold Over Tonight. (By United Press) The forecast of more cold weather for the midwest carried with it today the threat of additional layoffs by Indiana industries. Upwards of 15,000 Hoosier workers already were idled as most state utilities curtailed or cut off supplies of gas to industrial users in order to conserve fuel for house heating and cooking. At least 50 large plants were affected, including tin1 Studebaker Automobile Works at South Bend. There, 5,000 workers, half the plant force, were laid off.

BENZOL BLAST IN SEWER WRECKS

TERRE HAUTE ST. TERRE HAUTE, Feb. 6 (UP) -An explosion of 2,000 gallons of j benzol in the city sewer system blew a bulge seven blocks long in a street near the business district today. The benzol escaped from a ruptured, tank at the Indiana Gas and Chemical Co. and flowed ' through a sewer system 16 blocks from the heart of the city. When the explosion occurred it blew a manhole cover 70 feet into the air. The cover fell through the roof of the home of Elson Land and landed , on the bathroom floor.-No onehome at the time. ..was The blast also tore two holes seven feet in diameter in the brick and concrete street. Boys and girls of the Sullivan teen canteen, Dart 'n Arrow, are now selling tickets for the forthcoming evening of fun and games to be held Monday, Feb. 10 in the canteen rooms. Mrs. Joe Greenberg, chairman of the committee directing the games, stated today that anyone desiring a ticket may obtain one by contacting any of the canteen members. This evening's entertainment is being sponsored by the Parents Club of Dart 'n Arrow canureed tod,y- "The canteen is ullc "L LnK suuaiaiuiui means of giving our boys and Sirls the kind of entertainment and recreation they so well dejTW0 (JRA.YSVILLE, 4-II I BOYS WIN IN STA TE nnw,,.. . Emmett J. Wagner ,adviser for the Graysville chapter, F.F.A., today announced that Dwight Burton and Gene Easter were awarded 7th and 8th places, respectively, in the state of Indiana, in the farm metal roofing 4-H Club project. Dwight will receive $10.00 in war savings btamps and jene will receive a pocKet Knite. ine awards and project is sponsored I by the American Zinc Institute. Both boys are members of the Laos ana L-assies 4-n t-iuo ana the Graysville F.F.A. chapter. NEW SUITS .Durfae W. Lee vs. Oljver J. Holbert. Complaint.

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er The severe cold covered almost half the nation and followed va cationers into the southern Florida peninsula. The weatherman announced regretfully that only slight air. short lived relief was in sight today before a new cold wavs bore down on the Midwest and : Ohio valley states. . Fruit growers expressed concern for Florida's multi-million I dollar citrus 'crop as the mercury j tumbled below the freezing mark. The temperature was 23 degrees early today at Jacksonville and the weather bureau fruit-frost I service predicted readings as low ! as 26 degrees in the Everglade." i by nightfall. While Florida shivered, Californians boasted gleefully of a record heat wave. Indianapolis appeared to bo I the only Indiana industrial city not yet affected by the curtailment of gas to industrial users. The 12 Indiana firms distributing natural gas cut off supplies i all factories, while in norther, i I Indiana, the Northern Indiana,. -Public Service Company put inW ettect a ou percent curtsilnient. At Evansville. some "7.000 wor'c ers were idled. Light snow flurries began again to cover streets ancl highways in this sector early this morning but the mercury climbed up to around 35 degrees by noon. The new cold wave, now being forecast by the weather bureau to begin tonight, is expected to cause streets and highways around Sullivan to become hazardous for the second time this winter. Due to the increase in gas consumption in the city, pressures have been very low during the past three days in some neighborhoods. Indiana gas companies are urging consumers to conserve the fuel as much as possible. RF.NNETTS ATTEND N.D.-BUTIER HAME AS NEPHEW STARS Mr. and Mrs. H. V. Bennett at tended the Notre Dame-Butler basketball pame at the Butler fieldhouse Monday night. Mrs. Bennett's nephew,. John Brennan. of Bedford, plays center for the Irish and is a freshman at the university. Another nephew, Tom Brennan, an older brother of John, is a post graduate student at Notre Dame in the law school and is assistant to basketball coach Ed (Moose) Krouse. After the game, which Notre Dame won 73-60, Mr. and Mrs. Bennett enjoyed a visit wit't both boys and their sister, Mrs. Howard E. Sweet, of Richmond. Mrs. Sweet will be remembered by many in Sullivan as she resided here while Dr. Sweet -was overseas during the war. BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENTS Mr. and Mrs. Hermon Mason of New Lebanon announce ths i birth of a daughter, Janet Raye. born February 6th at the Mary , Sherman Hospital. Mr. and Mrs. Guy Boles of G02 North State Street are the parl ents of a daughter, Twyla Anne. born February 6th at the Mary Sherman Hospital. Mr. and Mts. Warren Driver of Dugger announce the birth of a son born February 6th at th? Msry Sherman Hospital. He hes been named Warren Pester Jr.