Sullivan Daily Times, Volume 49, Number 33, Sullivan, Sullivan County, 14 February 1947 — Page 2

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FAIR AND MILD Indiana: Generally fair and continued mild tonight and Saturday except somewhat folder near Michigan border. VOL. XUX No. 33 UNITED PRESS SERVICE SULLIVAN DAILY TIMES FRIDAY, FEB. 14 .1947. INTERNATIONAL PICTURE SERVICE PRICE THREE CENTS

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Looking forward to their 60th wedding anniversary in 1952 are MR. and MRS. MEDFORD LEVRON of Carlisle who just recently celebrated their 55th year of wedded bliss. The couple are I well-known county residents, 1 having formerly resided at Hy mora and Dugger and MR. LEV RON was formerly a carpenter for the Templeton Coal Co. They have two daughters now residing in Carlisle, MRS. EDWIN SCHU and ALLEN. MRS. MARGIE E. Three Sullivan students are 1 ; J , T" . . . 1 T T ' . xiBu .uu,.B GRANGER, son of MR. and MRS. LEWIS GRANGER, 715 N. Court Street is a junior m the GASKINS, son of MR. and MRS. ROY GASKINS, Hymera, and MISS AUDREY JUNE MATHERS daughter of MR. and MRS. G B MATHERS, Hymera, are also attend.ng the University. - REMEMBER WHEN ITEMS, One of Sullivan's most promin- ' tin iiuciu.s wuii iiira piacc in ure TtrADAorr irutrw n a mr rr-KT vv rvoroxa v nijijCi i ui I iwinTEST? It was DR. J. HARVEY CROWDER who used to take great delight in needling his playmates about him being more , wcauujui man lilt. I The "back-scratching" corner of the bank building had three more "customers" this morning. A public relations picture, from the Chicago Tribune recently, showed A. MYRON HARRIS, brother of Sullivan Attorney NORVAL K. HARRIS, getting together with other writers on a story, for the newspaper. MYRON became a member of the Tribune staff last year. Methodist Meet To Be Held In (IiJLiv. Qi.JtT uuwuum vjuimajf

The second and third group civn service examinations for quarterly conference of the permanent appointment to posiMethodist churches in Sullivan tions of kitchen helper or mess county will be held at the Meth- attendant type positions were anodist church in Shelburn Sun- pounced today by the Board of day, February 16, it was an- u. s. Civil Service Examiners, nounced by the Rev. L. N. Abel, Veterans Administration Regional pastor of the church today. Office, 36 N. Pennsylvania St., Shelburn, Hymera and Prairie Indianapolis. Indiana. . v , Creek charges will participate, the Rev. Abel said. I Appointments to these posiThe conference will begin at tions will be made at Veterans 4:30 p. m. at the church school Administration Hospital, Indianaclinic and two from each church Polis, Indiana, and Veterans Adwill speak. At 6:00 p. m, a fel- ministration Hospital, Fort Benlowship dinner will be held and jamin Harrison, Indiana.-

at 7:00 o'clock moving pictures on church activities will be shown. Ministers participating in the conference, besides Rev. Abel, a re the Rev. L. G. AT Her, Hymera and the Rev. Ralph Wallers oi name reeis.. Two Merom Men Plead Guilty To Cattle Stealing COVINGTON, Ind.; Feb. 14 John A. Parsley and Charles Riggs, both of Merom, charged with stealing a number of heifers from the Coffing and Robinson farms south of Attica, Jan. 28, pleaded guilty in Fountain Circuit Court yesterday. Judge Roy C. Fenters fined, each man S10 and sentenced each to serve one-to-two years at the State Reformatory. Riggs filed a request, for leniency and Judge Fenters set a hearing on the request for next Wednesday. . DOUGHNUT BUSINESS BOUGHT BY STEIN Fritz Stein, owner and operator of the local Stein Bakery, today announced the addition of the Downy-Flake Doughnut Depot equipment, that has been serving the people of Sullivan with tasty "sinkers" from the lobby of the Sherman Theatre, to the Stein baking facilities. , Mr. Stein will continue this pastry service on an even greater scale, he stated in his announcement today. AVERAGE NET PAID CIRCULATION FOR January, 1947 4515

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Sullivan High School will offer two classes in commercial work fnf nnv QfnH man ri mnmin who b ' interested. The' pnllrcpa tA ho ..,, BM ginning shorthand and beginning typing. Each course will run for twelve weeks, meeting for two hours twice a week, constituting forty-eight hours of class time in each subject. The tuition for these courses will be $10.00 per course per person. The School City will furnish facilities and pmiinmpnt hut thr ctiir?Fnf will furnish classroom materials such MSm Mo ' Wf m -a Wm Mary L. Templeton, teachers in file mmmolriQl Anarfmonf in SulIivan High School will teach these COurses. There will be no dass in eithcr gubiect un,oss f.f. teen or more enroll. Persons interested should inquire or register at the office of fi nrincinal of lne Principal 01 Sullivan High School on or before Saturday, February 22, " 1947. Class work will begin during the week of TVTo vnh $ n-r iV a f i ret rti ffVf tvrc suitable to the group r T ,,,U vr.x. a wiiu iiiuat Lcmc: j cicilcu the job training, are also asked to register with Principal Gilmore. If there is sufficient de mand, a needed course in retail , c ' s. manai,p,pnt nr mechanics or both win be start. ed. Registration at once is imrrti4arif if tVuc nrnoram ia in Vtt fre7ed VA Announces Civil Exams For Kitchen Workers Kitchen helpers and waiters -are urgently needed b the Vel erans Administration. Federal The jobs pay an annual salary of $1690 $1822 with regular increases at stated intervals, for a 40 hour workweek. Additional compensation is provided for any authorized overtime worked in q 4Q hour week At present the administration workweek is 44 hours. Application forms are available through the Board of Examiners, or from the 6th Regional U. S. Civil Service Commission, Post Office & Courthouse, Cincinnati r ' 2, Ohio, or from any first or second class post office. m mam Warns G. O. PA W ABANDON "economic Isolationism" in favor of low tariffs and reciprocal trade agreements ia the plea of Harold E. Stassen, avowed 194 S presidential candidate, as he addresses the 61st annual National GOP club dinner In New York. (International)

Times By Carrier Begins In Hymera

With Monday Issue To the people of Hymera, the Times wishes to announce the resumption of subscription service by carrier within the Hymera town limits to commence with the Monday edition, February 17. With the outbreak of World War II lack of transportation facilities forced the discontinuance of this route which had long been one of the Times' largest, routes outside the city of Sullivan. Residents of Hymera now subscribing to the Times by. mail and who wish the accommodation of carrier service which reaches the subscriber on the evening of publication are hereby directed to call at this office where their credit balance will be refunded and then to contact Dalton Lee "Sonny" Curtis, carrier, at Hymera. "Sonny", as he is commonly known among his friends is living with his sister and brother-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Cleotis "Dub" Followell, in Hymera. IN VET HOSPITALS ,. Almost 200,000 Veterans Bre still, in hospitals, fighting a battle against pain and boredom, Mrs. Hazel Brust, chairman of the Sullivan County USO Finance Drive, pointed out today. Other necessary elements calling for USO funds are: Men still "sweating it out" on occupation duty, teen-agers just drafted into service and troops in training. . Sullivan county's drive will begin in the very near future, Mjrs, Brust said, and will be the final drive for the organization. Emphasizing the importance of the movement, Mrs. Brust submitted the following letter from a person "very interested" in the , campaign: . "The other day I heard someone say, 'The war's over, why continue USO.' "Sure, the shooting war is over. But try to tell the thousands of boys 'sweating it out' in hospitals that they no longer need entertainment. i "You'll get a rather grim re!ply. Maybe no reply at all. And I this tight-lipped silence is worse, because the fear and uncertainty . in a hospitalized man's mind is a .terrible thing. J 1 "Ever go through a veteran's hospital? I don't want to play 'Hearts md Flowers' but such a ' trip would make this letter un-! necessary. ' j "The convalescent has a lot of j time to- think. What does he think? I'll tell you! He's wonder- I ing if people have to go forgot- 1 ten. That's the worst of all his1 foprs that he might be forgotten. That can eat the heart out of a strong man, frighten him more than a hail of bullets. j "There's a difference, though. The enemy he could fight. But indifference from his friends and even loved ones he can't fight that! "That's why USO must continue. The veteran needs diversion. USO hospital shows provide the smiles and laughs that are often just what the doctor ordered. Psychological wounds of the spirit do not respond to the surgeon's knife or the doctor's medicine but often heals miraculously under ministration of the USO entertainer. "Best of all, when the hospitalized veteran wakes up in the night he can remember a recent show and smile again. That's a lot better than staring into empty snace. "Maybe some folks are' wondering how come this guy knows all this? "I lost both my arms and a i leg on Guadalcanal. Ted Jones, Lake Mills, Wisconsin." HOSPITAL NOTES Admitted Feb. 13: George Williams of Shelburn, R. 1; William Jewell of Dugger. Dismissed Feb. 13: Eldin Fox of Palestine, Illinois; Mrs. Florence Ogle and sons of Sullivan, R. 2. Dismissed Feb. 14: Mrs. Agnes Stewart of 29 South Harrison i Street,

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PARIS, Feb. 14. (UP) A sudden wave of mass strikes of civil service workers paralyzed Paris and wide sections of France today. Policemen walked off their beats, radio stations went silent and public transport was halted. The sudden demonstration began in late afternoon. No newspapers had appeared in all France today when a strike of clerical workers spread to typographical workers.

6,000 MINERS IN PA. STRIKE IN SYMPATHY LANSFORD, Pa., Feb. 14. (UP) Six thousand anthracite miners in the productive Panther Valley struck today in support of 13 fellow workers staging a sit-down strike 800 feet below the ground. ;

HIGHER COURT UPHOLDS SUGAR DECISION WASHINGTON, Feb. 14. (UP) The United States District Court of ADDeals unheld today p lower rnurt ininnr.

tion outlawing the OPA'S "historical" use system of ration

ing sugar to industrial consumers.' The 2 to 1 decision upheld the plea of the Moberly, Mo., Milk Products Company that the OPA's historical use system discriminated against it and other newcomers in favor of established concerns. - DENVER TRANSPORT CRASH KILLS ONE DENVER. Colo Feb. 14. fUP A twn-mntnrpH Mrrn

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eariy lociay, Killing one person and seriously injuring another. The man killed was identified as Joseph Hearne of Burbank, California.

LONDON POWER CRISIS PAST LONDON, Feb. 14. (UP) Britain passed the crisis point in her fuel battle today and appeared able to pull through without the help of American coal offered by President Truman. ; ' Slowly rising temperatures and a gradual speed-up in the flow of coal to the electric power plants helped the shiverinjr country's ficht to maintain essent'al sprvin nnH re

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Stove Explosion Burns Two in Dugger Thursday

Two persons were burned yesterday, one seriously, in a home explosion caused by kerosene being tossed on seemingly dead embers in a coal stove. William "Bill-Jewel 28-year old Sullivan county resident was rushed to the Mary Sherman Hospital here yesterday shortly after noon where he was treated for second degree burns suffered in an explosion at his home in Dugger. Jewell, authoritative sources said today, had awakened around, 11:30 yesterday morning and gone to the coal stove in the dining room of his home where he tossed a quantity of kerosene on embers that were unknowingly alive. A serious explosion resulted The Sullivan County District Court of Honor for Boy Scouts was held at the Methodist Church iiKShelburn, February 13. The opening ceremony was conducted by Troop 52 of Shelburn. Mr. Bigger, Scoutmaster of Troop 52, gave an interesting discussion of scouting in Shelburn during the past year. Jake Pirtle gave a discussion on Boy Scout Week. Two of the boys from the Shelburn troop gave in their own words the value of scouting today. Awards were made as follows: Tenderfoot to Lester Lyman; Second Class to Richard Higgle, John Chinn, Thomas Dickerson, Jack Trump, Ed Stewart, William Watson, Donald Knight and Clifford Harding; First Class Award to Robert Cunningham; Tenderfoot Air Scout candidates were Norman Prose, Harold Huff and Kenneth Bedwell; Merit Badges in various fields were awarded to Robert Cunningham, Bill Graves, Jack Stalder, Dannie Starkey, Robert Johnson, Charles Murray, John Murray, Jerry Ring, Neville Dickerson, Richard P.iggle and Bobby Joe Bailey; Life Scout Awards were made to Charles and John Murray; Star Award to Dannie Starkey. ' The closing ceremony was conducted by Troop 52 with the Scoutmaster's benediction pronounced by all present. This meeting was an outstanding one and was an evidence, by the many badges that were awarded to Troop 52, of the great work that has been carried on by this troop. A Court of Honor will be held at the Sullivan Baptist Church on April 10. Parents and others who are interested an-Boy Scout work are urged to attend these meet ings.

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PARALYZES FRANCE to land at Municipal'Airport temperature rose to 32 de sending a searing fire over Jewell's entire body. His 20-year-old wife, Joyce, busy in the kitchen also suffered painful I burns about the face with which 'lwH,ronfirTHrhe-orne-f her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Pergal in Dugger. i It was necessary for the Jewells to break a window pane in their escape from the blaze that completely destroyed the dining I room, virtually all the furnishings and greatly damaged the remainder of the dwelling's interior. j The Dugger fire ' department was summoned and soon had the flames under control. Mr. Jewell's condition was reported by hospital attaches today to be fair. Merom Vs. F'burg Here Tonight As Arrovys Hit Road Bicknell will furnish the opposition for the -Golden Arrows tonight in an SIAC tilt to be played in the Bicknell gymnasium. The Arrows enter the fray as underdogs due to the loss of several regulars recently from resignations. In the game played here last Tuesday, however. Coach Gordon Keck introduced into varsity circles some of the former players, one of whom proved to be an especially good choice, George Wolfe. Wolfe played almost all of the B game, which Sullivan won 25-16 over New Lebanon, then changed suits and played three periods of the varsity contest coming off the floor with Arrow scoring honors. Community Gym tonight will be the scene of a Merom-Farm-ersburg tilt. Those two teams meet for the second time this season with Merom's ' Beavers pointing toward a win and revenge for a two-point loss to the Plowboys in the previous game. The first game, a B tilt, will begin at 7:00 o'clock and the varsity follows at 8:15. BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENTS Mr. and Mrs. Garland McCammon of North McCammon Street are the parents of a son, Kerry Wayne, born February 13th at the Mary Sherman Hospital. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph McKin of Mjarco, Indiana are the parents of a son born at the Mary Sherman Hospital February 13th. He has been named Eddie Dean. Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Stewart of 29 South Harrison -Street announce the birth of a son, Bradley Kim, born February 13th at the Mary Sherman Hospital.

1 WASHINGTON, Feb. 14 (UP) A legislative budget committee refused today to except the Army and Navy from a proposed $6,000,000,000 cut in federal spending for fiscal 1948. Chairman John Tabor (R.N.Y.) said he believed the full $6,000,000,000 would be trimmed from the $37,500,000,000 budget offered July 1. The Army-Navy share of the reduction is said to be about $1,750,000,000. Tabor's committee overrode Democratic opposition and voted to keep its sessions secret as Congress considered these other developments: Vice-President Harold W. Story of the long-struck AllisChalmers Co., asked Congress to outlaw communist leaders of unions. Sen. C. Douglas Buck (R-Del.) introduced a bill to permit 10 percent rent boosts and take rent control away from OPA and give it to the courts. Secretary of State George C. Marshall visited Congress for the first time in his new role as secretary. WASHINGTON, Feb. 14 (UP) The joint legislative budget committee today overrode Democratic opposition and voted against opening to the public its hearings on a proposed $6,000,000.000 budget slash. The vote was 42-27 to table a motion by Senate Democratic Leader Alben W.. Barkley, of Kentucky, to throw open its doors to a controversial hearing. A budget subcommittee has recommended the $6,000,000,000 cut in President Truman's recommended budget spending of $37,500,000,000. A.I. Association Organized Here Much interest was shown in the meeting held at the Court House i Wednesday night, February 12, in connection with the organization of an Artificial Insemination i Association. About one hundred farmers attended the meeting and indicated that they , would sign up possibly three hundred fifty cows if an association is formed. One thousand cows is all that is necessary to be signed up in order to form the association. Ten men have already paid their lifeItime membership fee so it is thought that within a short time, the association will be ready ' to go. Leroy Coplen, Field Representative of the Indiana Breeding Association, was present- at the meeting and led the discussion. George W. Walton of Curry Township was elected as temporary chairman and Earl Gormong of Hamilton Township was elected temporary vice-chairman. The County Agricultural Agent will serve as temporary secretary-treasurer. The temporary officers met Thursday morning, February 13 and selected a temporary director from each township. These men represent all three of the main dairy breeds. The directors will handle the business of the association and set up the By-Laws. jThey will meet Monday night, February 17 to discuss the association more in detail and a day will be set the week of February 17 for the one thousand cow drive. Following is the list of directors appointed; Jackson Twp.. R. Ralph Brown; Curry Twp., George Belt; Fairbanks Twp., C. W. Kester; Turman Twp., Carl Medsker; Hamilton Twp., Malcolm Campbell; Cass Twp., Sheldon Meier; Jefferson Twp., Squire Bedwell; Haddon Twp., Don E. Boroughs; Gill Twp., William S. Johnson. Anyone interested in joining the association before the day of the drive, may do so at the County Agricultural Agent's Office in the Court House. WLS MUSICIAN IS TAKEN BY DEATH Alan Crockett, famous fiddler of the WLS Prairie Ramblers, is dead according to a report received here recently. Crockett, 39-year-old father of two small boys, was reputed to be the nation's champion fiddler and teamed with "Rusty" Gill to form the famous comedy duo of "Nep" and "Lige" Clouse, hill billy. cro6ners of popular songs. No details of the death were available.

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Passes Local Businesses To Close During Maxwell Rites Sat. Sullivan business places will close their doors tomorrow afternoon from 3:30 to 4:30 oclock as a memorial for Isaac Maxwell, whose funeral will be held at that time. Mr. Maxwell, long an active figure In business and civic circles in Sullivan, died Wednesday (morning following' a heart attack. Local business men and women today announced their intentions to close as a fitting gesture toward the memory of one of the city's most beloved personalities. WASHINGTON, Feb. 14 (UP) Starting tomorrow rent controls comes off transient rooms in 24,000 hotels, 15,000 motor courts and uncounted tourist homes. Industry sources said many rates will jump 10 to 20 percent. As fast as they list with OPA specific rooms to be rented on a weekly or monthly basis, these will be kept under present ceilings, operators automatically f4.-4hftirjemauiinXLyarteij from government restrictions. More than 1.500,000 rooms are eligible for decontrol. Games Rough In Legion Tourney Here Last Night Sullivan, 59; Dugger, 47. Farmersburg, 53; Fairbanks, 24. ' ' . The twin billing of the Sullivan County American Legion basketball tournament here last night in the Community Gym smacked of battlefield tactics with rabbit-punching and elbow "tete a tete" confabs presenting much excitement for the many who gathered to watch Sullivan legionnaires eliminate their Dugger comrades, 59-47, in the concluding initial rounds and Farmersburg vets down Fairbanks exTrojans, 53 to 24, to move into the final bracket. With Alvan Callahan and Lee French officiating, the Bulldog alumni and the ex-Arrows vied on comparatively even grounds until the third quarter when the Sullivan squad with Bill Clarkson and "Shang" Moore doing the damage, piled up a deciding margin. The former bagged eighteen points and the latter seventeen with Watkins of the Cass township crew making top honors with twenty points and his mate, Mhson, following him with ten. The second engagement of the evening was a vicious rivalry battle with most anything you like in the way of good, "hard fought" basketball presenting itself. "Tuffy" Lear spearheaded the Farmersburg penetrations with twelve points being supported by "Sleepy" Drake with nine. Eldridge and "Weenie" Norris of the Fairbanks post each contributed nine points to their colors tabulations. Saturday night will complete the tournament here and crown the county , Legion champs who will subsequently appear with other county championship teams in seventh American Legion dis trict competition. The winner of the district will move on to the state. Legion tournament roundup. Saturday, Jan. 15 7:15 P. M., Consolation GameFairbanks vs Dugger. 8:00 P.M., Championship game Sullivan vs. Farmersburg.

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Hon Local Option Bill To Be Voted On In House Monday. INDIANAPOLIS. Feb. 11. (UP) An "anti-hate" bill outlawing the Ku Klux Klan and other prejudice-breed in aorganizations passed the Indiana House unanimously today and was sent to the governor for his signature. The measure makes it illegal to form a conspiracy to foster organized hatred because of religion, race or color. It previously passed the Senate without an opposing vote. , In earlier legislation, these development occurred : The House Public Morals Committee kept alive the precinct local option bill by deciding unanimously to report it to the House next Monday with recommendations. The House defeated a bill which would have required railroads to pay 50 percent instead of the current 20 percent of the cost of grade crossing separation projects in cities. A joint education committee announced that its plan to raise teachers' salaries was only a "suggestion" and that it did not intend to- "presume to dictate the means by which the state shall provide funds to finance the increases." The committer had suggested a gross income tax surtax. P.'saee of the anti-hare bill, which Governor Gates suggested, and which former attorney-general James A. Emmert wrote. 1 followed appeals by the majority Ignd minqrityfloor leaders that unanimous - approval be given. Decision of the House Morals Committee to let loose the local option bill for a vote kept alive the hopes of "drys" that the 1947 legislature would enact a law allowing voters to decide whether liquor could be sold in their communities. But at the same time, observers believed the administration's bill to divorce liquor and politics would be the only beverage measure to go on the law books this session. Britain To Refer Palestine To UN BULLETIN! LONDON. Feb. 14 (UP) A Jerusalem dispatch to the Ex-' change Telegraph today said the death sentence of three members of the Irgun Leumi underground organization had been confirmed. LONDON. Feb. 14 (UP) The British cabinet decided to day as a result of the failure of a London conference on ' Palestine to confer the "whole problem" of the strike-ridden holy land to the United Nations. An official announcement of the government opposition lacked any details as to the kind of technique in referring the prob lem to the United Nations. The emphasis on the "whole problem'' recalled the frequent suggestion made principally by Winston Churchill that Britain give up the mandate over Palestine. Girl Scouts Tender Congratulations To Boy Scouts The Sullivan Girl Scout Council members, troop leaders and Girl Scouts adopted a resolution at a meeting last night to extend congratulations to Boy Scouts and their leaders on their 37th anniversary which came to a close yesterday. A Girl Scout spokesman today said, "May the Boy Scouts con'tinue to develop into worthwhile citizens for their community and country. 'Tis said, "Show me a Boy Scout and I'll foretell the man he'll be," so here's to the Scouts. May their troops ever be many to make .this, our community, continue to envelope progressively and be proud to I call you their Own."