Sullivan Daily Times, Volume 49, Number 29, Sullivan, Sullivan County, 10 February 1947 — Page 2

CLOUDY TUESDAY Indiana: Fair tonight with increasing cloudiness late '1'iiesrtay and slowly rising- UvVr&tuiiS Tuesday. VOL. XLIX No. 29 UNITED PRESS SERVICE SULLIVAN DAILY TIMES-MONDAY, FEB. 10, 1947. INTERNATIONAL PICTURE SERVICE PRICE THREE CENTS

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. INDIANAPOLIS', Feb. 10 (UP) The 29th National Convention of the American Legion will be held in New York Aupust 29th to September 1, Legion National Headquarters announced today. The announcement made by Judge Vincent A. Carroll, Philadelphia, chairman of the National Convention Bureau of the American Legion. Carroll said every effort would be made "to make the 1947 Legion Convention the most successful in history." This was the second time that New York City has been chosen for the organization's national convention. The 19th annual conclave was held there in 1937. U..S. Wins Over Russia In Human Rights Debate LAKE SUCCESS,. N. Y., Feb. 10 (UP) The United States won a preliminary argument with Russia as the United Nations' Human Rights Commission debated a proposal to set up an eleven member committee to define freedom of information. The commission voted 7-6 for a United States proposal to have the freedom of information delegates act as Individuals rather than as representatives of their government. Russia opposed the suggestion, charging that the freedom of information committee would become merely1 "a private club" responsible to nobody; N Mrs. Myrtle Brown 'Dies Friday At County Residence

.Mrs. Myrtle Brown, ' age 73 facilities are" in good shape, and. well-known resident of Sullivan1 the customary, well-known hos-' County. died at five o'clock Fri- pitality will be found at Potawatday evening at her home nine mi Inn." . -, . miles northwest of here. She ' is, Four other state parks.; offer survived bv the husband. Harrv:: year 'round hotel : aceommoda-

a daughter, Miss Fern Brown, at. home, and a brother, Floyd Es linger of Indianapolis. The body was taken ' to the Eillman Funeral Home, where services were conducted at two p. m. Sunday with the Rev. Jack Anderson officiating. Thoj song service was given by John Harbaugh, Ross Harbaugh, John Taylor and Jesse Smith, accompanied; at the organ, by, Mrs. Jeanette Wefriz. : Pallbearers were John Wilson, Floyd Wilson, Harold Wilson, Levi Pearce, Maurice Osburn and Norman Wilkey. Burial was made in Center Ridge Cemetery. MARRIAGE LICENSES Carl Wesley Jones. Gary. Indiana, craneman and Lois Eleanor Thompson, Shelburn, stenograr her. Samuel John Britton Jr., Gary Indiana, steel worker and Jenni Mc Anally, operator, John Wesley Barrick, 614 North Center Street, Terre Haute, salesman and Irene Caveny, Clinton. Mildred

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BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENTS Mr. and Mrs. William DeNeve of Dugger are the parents,, of a daughter, Patricia Ann, born February 8th at the Mary Sherman Hospital. Mr. and Mrs.-James Griffith of Carlisle announce the birth of a daughter born February 8th at the Mary Sherman Hospital. She has been named Julia Rae. Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Figg of Paxton, R. 1, announce the birth of a son, Gregory Tucker, born February 9th at the Mary Sherman Hospital. AVERAGE NET PAID CIRCULATION FOR January, 1947 4515

14-Year-OId Girl Faces 2 Charges In Two Deaths ST. LOUIS, Mo., Feb. 10. (UP) Mary Catherine Reardon, 14-year-old bobby-soxer, will be charged with murder and manslaughter in the deaths of her wealthy father and her 13-year-old classroom "flame," Prosecutor Stanley Wallach said today. The girl's father, J. Vincent Reardon, 58 years old, found her and the boy, Michael D'Arcy, in a tourist camp cabin early Saturday. Fearing -punishment and

restriction, the girl shot her father through the back of the head as he drove her and the boy home. The' car, traveling at 35 miles an hour, plunged down a 10-foot embankment. D'Arcy suffered fatal injuries. He died in a hospital Sunday morning. The girl, who suffered only lacerations in the crash, admitted the shooting without emotion. "They might execute me or Fend me to a reform school," she said. ''I'd like to go to a reform school because they have lots of books and I like to read." State Park Near Angola Beckons Winter Fun Fans INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Feb. 10. (Special) The season is on at Pokagon State Park. j Most famous winter sports playground in Indiana, Pokagon boasts two of the rare toboggan runs in this section of the country, and its marked ski trails are famous throughout the middle west. Other forms of recreation during cold weather include skating, ice boating, riding and sleighing. . Some visitors just like to build snow men. ' 11 Although the winter' has been mild generally in the state, there was an unusually early season at the Northern Indiana park, which is located on road 27, three miles from Angola. Indiana - Department of CohseVvatiort officials- today said. ''Considering the necessarily : ppiri maintenance .during i'the war years, our recreational tions Clifty .Falls,. Spring .Mill, McCormick's Creek and Turkey Run CIVIL SERVICE TO HOLD EXAMS FOR POSITIONS AT P.O. The Sixth .United States Civil Service Region , announces. ci,yil service examinations for'' posir tions of substitute clerk, substitute carrier and special delivery messenger now open in Sullivan. The exams are open to the general. ?ublic and. be Pen competitive examinations for probational appointments to the above named positions. Applicants must reside within the delivery of this postoffipe or be bonafide patrons of the postof fice. Veterans have certain marked advantages over non-veterans in civil service appointments. Widows of veterans and wives of disabled veterans, under certain circumstances are given similar advantages. Disabled veterans, widows of veterans and , wives of disabled veterans have 1 10- extra points added to their Further detailed information concerning the applications may be obtained at the Sullivan Postoffice. CORRECTION In Friday's issue of the Times an announcement by Dr. John Steele was in error .as to the dates he would be absent from his office. The announcement should have read: "Dr. John Steele announces that his office will be closed Monday, Feb. 10, through Thursday, Feb. 13, while attending a meeting of the American Dental Association in Chicago, 111." The Times is glad to make this correction. GIRL SCOUT COUNCIL MEETING THURSDAY The Girl Scout Council meeting will be held Thursday, February 13 at 7:30 at the Presbyterian Church. The council officers, committee chairmen and members, troop leaders arid assistant leaders and committee members are included.

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mi PAY LEGISLATION WASHINGTON, Feb. 10 (UP) Republican leaders assured industry today that Congress will move speedily to deal with portal pay issues left unclear , by dismissal of the key Mt. Clemens Pottery workers case. Chairman Robert A. Taft , of the Senate Republican Policy Committee and House Speaker Joseph W. Martin Jr. agreed that remedial legislation should be taken up as soon as Congress fixes a ceiling on government spending on the new fiscal year. That job must be completed by Saturday. . Taft said Congress must deal "comprehensively" with the portal pay question despite Federal Judge Frank Picard's dismissal of the Mt. Clemens case which has touched off almost five billion dollars in . portal pay claims. County Agent Reminds Of Meet Here Tuesday P.M. The County Extension Office announced today that holders of tickets for the Sullivan County Soil Conservation District Banquet . should keep in mind the date ' of the banquet and meeting is Tuesday night, February 11. Inasmuch as there will be no reminders mailed to those planning to attend the banquet Tuesday night, all Information regarding the time and place is on the tickets. Anyone desiring to . attend the meeting after the banquet is urged to do so. 1 Any Sullivan County land , owner or farm operator with- , in. the district is eligible to , . . vote for the supervisor to be , elected at this meeting. , , . S.P.E.B.S.Q.S.A. To Give Festival ' TERRE HAUTE,' Ind.,' Feb. 10. (Spl. The sign of the barber pole today 'fa a trademark for more than a tonsorial artist. It can indicate -musical artists who deal - with i y'good' i close! harmony," members of the Society for the Preservation' and : Encouragement - of Barber Shop Quartet. Singing iiV. America, ' an organization responsible for catering to the male weakness for the. tast:'. "changes" and minor "slides" of old-fashioned barber shop harmony. ; "Long hair" musicians argue that this type of harmony is unorthodox. In some of the special barber shop arrangements of conventional numbers the harmony is as complex and exacting as fitting together a jigsaw puzzle. The rapid growth of membership in S.P.E.B.S.Q.S.A. is a tribute to the society's rescue of a much neglected musical form. The important requirement for the member who comes to sing and not to listen is an acute and exceptionally tone-sensitive ear. The nation's top quartets will appear March 1, in a Quartet Festival in the Student Union Auditorium of Indiana State Teachers College here, under the SDonsorshio of. the Elks Chanters of Terre Haute and a chapter of , the society. All quartets are masters of - the "close harmony" chords and will present unusual arrangements of old and new tunes. Quartets who will appear are Carpenter Brothers, Gary; Mid-States Four, Illinois champions; Sunbeam Song-Fellows, national finalists; Misfists, Elastic: Four, Harmony Halls, all three international champions; Kentucky Troubadors, Louisville; McPhee Trio, remarkable barber shop trio; Keystone Barbcrettes, outstanding quartet . of women; and the Minor Chords, -young quartet of the Terre Haute chap ter. Box office for reserved seats opens Feb. 24, in the lobby of the Terre Haute House here. Write Elks Chanters, P.O. Box 591, Terre Haute for ticket information. ROBERT SINCLAIR BACK FROM CHICAGO HOSPITAL Robert Sinclair returned home Thursday from Chicago, where he had undergone an operation

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three weeks ago. liss Zola Sin- their 1947 membership card for . February until the ICth of Feb- varieties. The greater the expan1 clair accompanied his home, inspection at the door. -, iruary. , Uion, the greater the tenderness.

THREE MORE JEWS SENTENCED TO DEATH JERUSALEM, Feb. 10. (UP) A British military court sentenced three underground members to death today shortly after the Jewish Agency and National Council had rejected a government ultimatum demanding cooperation in a fight against the underground.

GOP ATTACKS LIL1ENTHAL NOMINATION WASHINGTON, Feb. 1C (UP) Senate Republicans are considering opening a full scale attack on David E. Lilienthal's nomination to be chairman of the Federal Atomic Energy Commission, it was learned today.

ITALIAN PEACE TREATY SIGNED TODAY PARIS, Feb. 10. (UP) Italy was officially at peace with the world today, 41 months after she capitulated to Allied armies swarming across the Mediterranean into North Africa. The peace treaty, formally putting an end to hostilities between Italy and the 20 nations that fought against her, was signed at 4 :30 A. M.. Central Standard Time.

BRITISH FUEL CRISIS CONTINUES CRAVE LONDON, Feb. 10. (UP) Prime Minister Clement Altlee told the House of Commons today that Britain's fuel crisis is so grave the emergency can be met only by co-operation of all parties. . ' ' Attlee's appeal came as British industries faltered under the staggering impact of an unprecedented shutoff and the government desperately sought, for emergency measures to meet the economic crisis. j

ISBELL TO COACH NEW PRO TEAM BALTIMORE, Feb. 10. (UP) Cecil Isbell, football coach at Purdue University, was named today as head coach of the Baltimore Colts, new football team in the Ail-American conference.

LEGISLATORS AGAINST UNIVERSAL TRAINING WASHINGTON, Feb. 10. (UP) Prominent House members said today that the administration-proposed uni

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requests by Secretary of State George C. Marshall. They also termed it h'ghly doubtful that Congress would go along with any administration requests to extend the draft act beyond its scheduled March 31 expiration date.

FORMER SERGEANT-AT-ARMS

WASHINGTON, Feb. 10.(UP)-A federal grand jury

today indicted Kenneth Romney, former sergeant-at-arms of

ine nouse or uepresenratives, on charges or defrauding the United States in connection with a $125,000 shortage in accounts of the House Bank..

Slight Relief dEr drh; i Cold BeingjEbrieeast

; (By United Press) The -severe cold '."waveji vhich brought snow to. northern Florida for the" first time jrt. 30; -years and tied up transportation - in the ' northeastern portion! of the country, continued today with only slightly diminished fury. In the northern portion of the country, the ' shortage of gas caused factories and steel mills to continue their shutdowns. . - .; Auto companies at Detroit announced that an additional 80,-. 0Q0 workers would be laid off today . because of the shortage of pas for industrial users. The Detroit workers were expecting to be recalled to their jobs to morrow. In the north central states the cold was expected to moderate slowly today and tomorrow and the forecaster at Chicago said temperatures in that area proba bly would not drop to below zero at least during tne urst part of the week. Low temperatures in Indiana early this morning were approximately eight degrees warmer than the zero and sub-zero recorded over the state for three straight days last week-end. GETTINGER FARMS 'T.IJYS 1900 ACRES FOR CATTLE RAISING Announcement was made today by Gettinger. Farms, Inc., of

its purchase from the cnicago , She is survived by the husand Eastern Illinois Railway Co. band Thomas; one daughter, Mrs.

;or approximately iauu acres oi surface land in Hamilton, Curry and Jackson townships. The land surrounds the site of the old Star City mine. Mrs Dan Gettinger, president of the Gettinger Farms, Inc., stated that the land will be used in con nection with their cattle raising program. VALENTINE DANCE BY LEGION FRIDAY The Valentine season in the city of Sullivan will be celebrated in grand style by war veterans and their guests Friday, February 14th at eight o'clock at which the Sullivan American Legion Auxiliary No. 139 will sponsor a Valentine dance at the Legion Home here. The affair is open to all vet erans and auxiliary members (and their guests) who produce

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INDICTED TODAY Considering Bill For Increasing ; Teacher Annuities i The INDIANAPOLIS, Feb. 10 The House Ways and Means Commit-; tee is considering a bill to en- j able approximately 2,400 older retired teachers to get increased annuities at a cost" to the state of between $300,000 and $500,000 a year. . The bill, which already has passed the Senate, also would extend for two more years the wartime law which suspended compulsory retirement of teachers at 66 years old. Under terms of the bill the teachers who retired under earlier annuity bases could obtain the present $1,000 a year annu ity. These teachers now receive $700 or $960, according to the time when they retired. Mrs. Edna Jones Dies Sunday P.M. Mrs. Edna Jones, 52 years old, died at her home, 258 West Graysville street, Sunday evening at 7:30 0-ciock following an ex tended illness, Helen Klein of Los Angeles; one -on. Harold Cletus Ranare nf Los Angeies; two grandchildren! two i ,sist.,.. Mrs Mari. TanHa;,nH and Mrs. Essie May of Vincennes; three brothers, Earl Haugh of Terre Haute. Raymond Rainwater of Detroit, Mich., and Effie Rainwater of Cleveland, Ohio. The body was taken to the Billman Funeral Home where funeral services will be held Tuesday afternoon at two o'clock. The Rev. Wyman Hull will officiate and burial will be in Center Ridge Cemetery. I REVIVAL DATE IS CHANGED TODAY It was announced today that the revival meetings to be held at the Full Gospel Mission have been changed from the 9th of

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Boy Scouting is a rugged, out-of-doors program, full of adventure that boys like, says Dr George J. Fisher, National Scout Commissioner of the Boy Scouts of America, in a statement for Boy Scout Week, Feb. 7th to 13th, marking the 37th anniversary of the the organization. Dr. Fisher, a member of the original National Council of the organization in 1910, become Deputy Chief Scout Executive in 1919, a post he held until 1943 when he was designated as National Scout Commissioner. His statement follows: , - "The Boy Scout Movement is boy centered! The entire movement is focused on the boy's interests and needs. "While there are a .half million men in the American Movement in the United States,' they are boy minded, boy motivated. They are specially trained to serve the boy, to work with the boy, to carry the program to the boy. More than 99 per cent of these are volunteers. They are in sym pathy with the high aims of Scouting. Voluntarism is an American principle. It is a card inal principle in Scouting. "And what is the program of Scouting?. Well in outline it is clearly set forth in the Scout Handbooks where all .can read it and whoeevr - wishes may use it , it is a program that boys like. It is a rugged out-of-doors, program, full of adventure. It develops individualism as well as group action. "While there are .some standard requirements in the program S. 'JSZLu?lZ they have to do largely with training in out-of-doors There is no regimentation. Boys get their Scouting in a small group which may be sponsored by a school, or a church, or by a. club, or by the citizens in the community. More than 100 different types of agencies sponsor 'more than 64,000 Scout" groups-in the nation. , Scouts are a- crosj -section at v the - boys, 6f America. They belong 'to no single group. "A principled Scouting' is not so rueh to do. things for boys, as ( -i aid them in doim things ;for themselves and for others. Scoutr ing is a boy's program.", - Letter Received p,rrl p,00(,flDt. 4 I "III VarCCCC Uy Clothing Donor .Mrs. . Ralph Owens of Jasonville recently received an appreciative letter from a Greek,' expressing gratitude for clothing sent by Mrs. Owens through a: relief agency to Greece over two years ago. The letter was written in Greek and was taken to Terre' Haute for interpretation. The bundles sent in at that time carried names and ' addresses of donors which explains how the author of the letter obtained Mrs. Owens address. Following is the interpretation letter: Crete, Greece January 16, 1947 Dear Miss: When they distributed the clothes to the war bombed victims, I received your nice gift with your address. My family, my wife, daughter and I, thank you very much and pray to God to keep you always. The coat was a very big present for us because we have nothing left from the war. When they were fighting in Crete during the invasion bv the Germans, a bomb leveled my house and I couldn't salvaee a thine Dear Miss, I have a small pres ent for you a few raisins. But 1 1 don't know if you still live at the same address that you have in the coat, so I would appreciate when you receive my letter to answer. ' - Yours Truly, Dimitrice (James) Provisdakis. Why Popcorn Tastes Better WASHINGTON (UP) Notice that popcorn tastes "yummier" lately? That's because last year saw the biggest crop in history of hybrid yellow popcorn. The Agriculture Department explains the hybrid variety pops out 23 per cent larger than ordinary

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Asks Legislature Pass Three-Cent Cigarette Tax To Keep State Out Of j Red; Refuses Teacher Pay Recom- J mendation. - i INDIANAPOLIS, Feb. 10. (UP)- Governor Gates to- iJ day asked the Indiana General Assembly to establish a three cent cigarette tax to keep the state from reaching for red ink ( in 1949. . . ' . if In a budget message delivered at a joint session of the. Senate and House, Gates told Hoosier communities to solve,' their own financial problems and be less reliant ;. upon Upstate government. .. ! ' The governor refused to recommend a new minimum par schedule for school teachers. Rut he said if there must bo increases from state funds "new sources of revenue for this purpose must be found."

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WASHINGTON, Feb. 10 (UP) A former secretary to the American United Nations aejegation testified today that she brought part of the Hessian Crown jewels to this counti-y under diplomatic immunity. Mrs. Martha L. Evans testified at-C.oL.Jack W. Durant's court martial trial that she brought the jewels here from London at the accused man's personal request. Durant, his ex-WAC 'wife, Kathleen, and a friend, Major David S. , Watson, were accused , of stealing $1,500,000 worth of the crown jewels of ; Hesse't Kronberg . castle in Germany. Mrs. Phegley Dies At Merom Home Mrs. Emma Phegley, -84 years old, died ' at nine clock Saturday morning at her home on Merom rural route two, She was a member - of the Rose Chapel Methodist Church.- . Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Fred Wheeler of Sullivan, R. 3; three sons, Clarence of Merom, R. 2, Luther of Carlisle, R. 3, and Claude of Indianapolis; and one sister, Mrs. Phoebe Axsom of Bloomington; Indiana. The body was taken to the Schulze Funeral Home in ' Carlisle' and was. removed to the residence Sunday, afternoon. Funeral services will be held at the residence at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon with the Rev. Thomas Jennings officiating. Burial will be in the I.O.O.F. Cemetery at Carlisle. Paris E.Drake Dies Saturday Eve. Paris E. Drake, 69 years old, died at the home of Lee Hayhurst, Shelburn, R. 1, at 8:30 o'clock Saturday night. He is slirvived by the widow, Katherine; three daughters, Mrs. Naomi Galletly of Los Angeles, California, Mrs. Irene Spittler of Indianapolis, and Mrs. Lucille Weber of Klamath Falls, Oregon; two sons,' Jesse and Merle, both of California; three sisters, Mrs. Lola Starkey of Shelburn, Mrs, V ."' iaura Betty Pittman and Mrs, Drake, both of Farmersburg; a brother, Marsdon Drake of Indianapolis; and five grandchildren. The body was taken to the McHugh Funeral Home in Shelburn pending funeral arrangements. CANTEEN GAMES CALLED OFF TODAY Officials of the Parents . Club of the Dart 'n Arrow Canteen who had planned a game night at the local recreation center for this evening, today announced that the affair must be postponed due to the extreme cold and inadequate heating facilities at the canteen. Tickets can .still be purchased from canteen members or at the canteen and persons are di rected to watch for the new date announcement.

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2 He intimated local communities might provide the increases through their own taxing problems. - . Reiterating his belief in "home rule", Gates urged that the legislature solve many financial problems by passing legislation so local communities could levy their own, taxes. . He said the Budget CommitUe I contemplated new expenditures !of roundly $180,000,000 for the next" two years plus $25,000,000 for institutional improvements. I riotnc Eairl lllprp VLOllld lie 9

cash balance of $55,000,000 in the I state. treasury at the end of the t . current biennial .in June, i He sa-l( e Budget Committee J estimates revenues for the next lwo ycr3 wollici total $110,000,000. . - ! " ' " . 1 I

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BEPLliuFeb,; 10-r (UP) German workers shuffled through the bjackened ruins of a Berlin dance hall today seeking , additional victims of the flash fire that killed at least 81 of its masquerading dancers Saturday night. . ; ; . ; . ' . . . Berlin police officially set the death toll to "at least '81'' last night when shivering laborers, searching the Cafe Loebel, called a halt until ;dawn. Eight of the dead were British soldiers. The cafe was in the British zone of Berlin. Final Rites Held For Mrs. Corbin Final rites were held for Mrs. Pearl Corbin Saturday at the Billman Funeral Chapel with the Rev. R. M. Criswell officiating, assisted by the Rev. Wyman Hull. The song service was by .Mrs. Vermont McCoskey and Mrs. Lula Baldwin, accompanied at the organ by Mrs. Jeanette Wernz. Pallbearers were Ed Dodds, Hiram Anderson, Burl Myers and Glean Morgan. Burial was in Center Ridge Cemetery. MARION USO HEAD TO SPEAK TO LOCAL GROUP WEDNESDAY N. T. Young of the Campaign Headquarters of the USO located in Marion, Ind., will be the guest speaker at an organizational meeting for the Sullivan County TT , . , uau nuance anve nexi vyeuuesday evening at the Davis Hotel. Those in attendance will be the key workers and representatives of the townships in the county. Soliciting funds for the USO will start at this meeting, it was announced today. HOSPITAL NOTES Admitted Feb. 9: Mrs. Emma Patrick of Sullivan, R. 4; Mrs. Sarah Hoover of Carlisle; Claude Turner of Farmersburg.- . Admitted Feb. 10: Darla Dee Kirk of 901 East Washington Street. . Dismissed Feb. 8: Mrs. Francis Orr and daughter of East Depot Street; Mrs. Lillian Boles and daughter of 602 North Slate Street; Ray Hair of. Coalmont. Indiana; Mrs. Ellen Harrison and daughter of Jasonvllle. Dismissed Feb. 9: Mrs. Betty Dover of Dugger; Ruth Ann Gray of the Nurses Home; Mrs. Bessie Stevenson of JasonvJUe.

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