Sullivan Daily Times, Volume 49, Number 40, Sullivan, Sullivan County, 25 February 1947 — Page 2

7 CLOUDY, SNOW Indiana: Cloisdy with wtssional light snow flurries tonight and Wednesday, little change in temperature. .11 VOL. XLIX No. 40 UNITED PRESS SERVICE SULLIVAN DAILY TIMES TUESDAY, FEB. 25, 1947. INTERNATIONAL PICTURE SERVICE PRICE THREE CENTS

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Five Bus Passengers Hurt In Crashl

An auto-passenger bus collision on U. S. Highway 41 at Paxton today at 1:30 p. m,. resulted in the deaths of two persons and painful injuries to five others.

The dead: , Russell E. France, 53, 121 Walnut St., Momence, Illinois. Grace E. France, his wife, 64, Momence. . The injured: John B. Coleman, about 21, Farmersburg. arm abrasions. , Helen C. Smith, 601 South 13th Street, Terre Haute, face and knee bruises. Maryon Ashcraft, Cass, neck contusions. Marion P. Cornoyes, 824 North Fourteenth Street, Terre Haute, nose injury. Miss Hallie Mason, about 31, Sullivan, eye lacerations. A northbound Wabash Valley Coach Company bus driven by J. E. Roush, Terre Haute, crashed into the front of the southbound vehicle in which Mr. and Mrs. Russell France of Momence were supposedly traveling to the "sunny south" judging from the luggage in the completely demolished auto. State and county police author ities who investigated the accident said the two victims were found still alive under the death car. However, when the Railsback ambulance arrived death had occurred in both cases. The injured were all passengers in the northbound bus. Considerable damage was done to the bus it the left front. h Central's Bears Win S1AC Crown With 72 Points Evansville Central's Bears won the 1947.. SIAC : championship when. Vincennes handed Jasper's Wildcats ' a surprise beating in the last game ,of the season. A Bear 'win. over 'Princeton , gave the Central team 72 points, with Jasper piling up 70. . The Central, title is the third one that, the B,pars have . had a share of. In 1941, the Bears tied with Jasper for the crown, and last yfar they won it outright. The title this year puts Central in a tie with Jasper and Washington for the most championship. The Hatchets won ; three titles outright, while Jasper has two clear crowns, and that 1941 tie with Central. Sullivan's Arrows were the only team in the conference that did not win a conference game, and they finished all alone in the cellar, with no points. Many Owners Still Without Plates For Automobiles About twelve hundred Sullivan County automobiles are still without license plates, according to Sybil Wray, manager of the license bureau. Up to noon Monday, 2968 out of 3600 had gotten passenger plates. Some 400 of 6Q0 had truck per-' mits, with the rest not definitely accounted for. Mrs. Wray warned that all. plates must be bought before Saturday, March 1 If automobiles are to be driven. She warned that there will be no extension of the deadline. Wasn't Playing Tag CORVALLIS, Ore. (UP) John R. Cattron, pilot, was acquitted by a justice court here of chasing geese in an airplane. State game enforcement officers charged that Cattron apparently was trying to fly wing-formation with a flock of geese south of Corvallis airport. AVERAGE NET PAID CIRCULATION FOR January, 1947 4515

SIEVE REED HURT WHEN BLEACHERS FALL AT PURDUE

Steve Reed, son of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Reed of Shelburn, suffered a broken leg and possible other injuries when the bleachers at the Purdue Fieldhouse collapsed during the Purdue-Wisconsin basketball game at West Lafayette last night. The accident occurred just as the first half of the game ended. School officials called Mr. and Mrs. Reed this morning to inform them of the accident to their son. They were told that he was a patient in the Home Hospital. Mr. and Mrs. Reed left immediately for West Lafayette. Young Reed has been a student at Purdue since his discharge from the Army. Junior Darts Win Tenth Straight At Graysville The Junior Darts won their tenth straight victory last night at Graysville, when they beat the Junior Greyhounds 39 to 14. It was the last game of the regular season for the Darts. With Morgan scoring 14 points to take high, point honors, ; the Darts were ahead by 21 to 4 at half time. Grayam with 10 and Harris with 6 were the main threats. for the Darts; v For Graysville,. Phillips got 11 points, to be almost . the : whole offense for. the . Junior Greyhounds. Gets 'Underground' Collertion CHICAGO (UP) One of the Imost fcomprehensive collections in the United States of original "underground" publications of World War II has been acquired by the Charles Deering library of Northwestern University. The collection, representing Denmark, Greece and Norway, will be available to students who need such sources in their work. Off on Tour GOP presidential prospect and former governor of Minnesota, Harold E. Stassen, boards a plane at LaGuardia Field, N. Y., bound for Europe and Asia, where, as a private citizen, he wtU observe the economic condition in 17 countrlea, (latercatioail)

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EOSTOF-IMK 10 1 B HIGH SAYS LABOR DEPT.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 25 (UP) A Department of Labor source predicted today that the cost of living would climb to a new record high by the end of June. He agreed with a spokesman for the Department of Agriculture that the worst is yet to come, especially in food prices. They pointed to the new peak for hog prices yesterday and the increase in grain and cotton prices. The Department of Labor, meanwhile, reported that on Jan. 15, retail prices on food were up 30 per cent over the corresponding date a year ago. VOTES TO RAISE WASHINGTON, Feb. 25 (UP) A Senate Banking subcommittee voted tentatively today to recommend a general ten per cent increase, decontrol new construction and remove rent control from the jurisdiction of the OPA. The rent vote was . taken shortly after the five-man committee met to start drafting legislation to continue modified rent control after June 30 The subcommittee voied to continue Federal rent control until Dec. 31, and to, 1) end O.P.A. 'jurisdiction over rent control, 2) ! increase rents ten per cent, 3) ! remove new construction and 'newly rented rooms from all con trol, i) ctecontroi all notel accommodations, and 5) permit states to set up their own rent control system. It's That Time, ! Income Tax Return Due March 15 , INDIANAPOLIS, Feb. 25. F. Shirley Wilcox, Collector of Internal Revenue for the Indiana district, told taxpayers today that their income tax returns should be filed before March 15 at his office in the Federal Building, Indianapolis. Wilcox said that returns should not be sent to Washington, as that only causes delay in ship- j ping them back to the home dis-j trict. Wilcox urged that all returns should be made complete to fa- ' cilitate handling. Be sure that all documents are enclosed, and that if the return is sent by mail, be sure the address is Collector of Internal Revenue, Federal Building, Indianapolis, he said. Although March 15 is the deadline, Wilcox requested taxpayers to save both themselves and the covernment needless expense by filing as far ahead as possible. II mm tt MARRIAGE LICENSES i Joseph Hux, Sullivan, slab construction and Lois Annette Morgan, Dugger, office worker. Clarence O. Pinkston, 1309 Washington Avenue, Vincennes and Dorothy Walker, 1642 North 12th Street, Vincennes. Gerald Lee Reed, Worthington, Indiana, farmer and Betty Jean Sinders, Worthington, Indiana. BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENTS jof Farmersburg, R. 1, are the parents of a daughter, Linda Kay, born February 24th at the Mary Sherman Hospital. Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Cox of Blpomfield, Indiana announce the birth of a daughter, Wilma Darlene, born February 25th at the Mary Sherman. Hospital.

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LAKE SUCCESS, N. Y., Feb. 25. (UP) American officials said today that the latest Russian atomic control proposals were "unacceptable" and would have to be referred again to the United Nations Atomic Energy Commission for a new round of debate.

TAFT, BRICKER MAY AGREE CLEVELAND, Feb. 2. (UP) Senator Robert A. Taft, Ohio Republican, said today that he expected to reach an agreement shortly with Senator John W. Bricker, Ohio Republican, on who will have . the Ohio delegation to the 1918 Republican convention. RUSSIA SAYS MANDATE PLAN FAIR WASHINGTON. Feb. 23. (UP) Russia has informed the United States that she views as "entirely' fair" the American plan to review the trusteeship of the Japanese-mandated islands in the Pacific, Secretary of State George C. Marshall announced today. . Marshall said that the Russian acceptance of the United States proposal took into account the "decisive role" American forces played in capturing the mandated islands during the war. .

JAP TRAIN WRECK KILLS 163 HACHIIOJI, Japan, Feb. 23. (UP) An express train "cracked the whip" on a sharp curve near this village today, throwing the last six coaches off a thirty-foot embankment, and killing 163 Japanese. t . More than 219 were injured. Officers from the Eighth Army Headquarters safd that no Americans were aboard the j ' .

nam. LEAGUE ACCUSES GATES INDIANAPOLIS. Feb. 25. (UP) The Indiana Municipal League in a meeting here today charged that the State was "choking cities to death from centralization and taxation,' as part of a secret movement" to wreck them. The league today demanded that Hoosier mayors tell Gov. Ralph Gates that their plight was his fault. Mayor W. Youkey of Crown Toint, secretary of the'-league, said that two telegrams had been sent to 105" mayors of 103 Indiana cities urging them to carry their fight to the Statehouse in person.

DIES WHEN TRAIN HITS AUTO TERRE HAUTE, Feb. 23. (UP) John Davis Sovern, age 17, died from injuries received last night when a train struck his automobile at a city street crossing. Sovern was employed in the stereotyping department of The Terre Haute Tribune and Star.

Hovde Blames Collapse On Structural Failure

LAFAYETTE, Feb. 25. (UP) The president of Purdue University blamed a "structural failure" today for the collapse , of bleachers standing in the Purdue Fieldhouse, which killed two students and injured 250 other basketball fans last night.

President Frederick H. Hovde said that the material for the bleachers, which were all wooden, was bought from a "reputable firm," and were used without mishap during the football season ! last Fall. Then they were moved to the Fieldhouse for the basketball season, he said. The fieldhouse was sealed today awaiting an investigation. The bleachers collapsed mysteri-

ously last night, hurtling 3,500 Illinois; Harvey Eugene Barre of screaming fans, mostly students, I Sullivan, R. 1; Mrs. Leona Walto the dirt floor. The collapse ' ters of Shelburn. broke up a Big Nine basketball) Dismissed Feb. 25: George game between Purdue and Wis- Williams of Shelburn; Ross

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UNACCEPTABLE HOSPITAL NOTES Admitted Feb. 24: Marion Gambill of 309 South Harris Street; Lenora Taylor of Sullivan, R. 2. Dismissed Feb. 24: James Blevins of Sullivan, R. 4; Meryl Eugene Holladay of Carlisle, R. 3; Clarence Moody of Oblong, 'Buckley of Terre Haute. IN COAST BLAST Dr. Robert McGee

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Residents of Graysville today mourned the loss of Otha Thomas Collier, 77-year-old pioneer resident of Turman Township, who died last night at eight o'clock at the Mary Sherman Hospital here. Mr. Collier's death was the result of injuries suffered in an automobile accident near here. He was born in 1870 on a farm cleared and cultivated by his maternal grandparents, for whom i Turman township was named, j In his youth he attended the Merom college, from which he 'graduated at the age of twenty- . one and began teaching in . that I vicinity. His last school wa3 taught in the "old Masonic Lodge hall of Graysville. Following his teaching career he served as trustee of Turman Township, being very active in the consolidation of the elementary and high school grades in one central building as it is today. He was the last surviving member of the five-man commission responsible for the building of the state highway bridge that spans the Wabash River at Hutsonville. Not so long ago he had been feted by the Graysville Masonic Lodge for fifty years of active membership in the order. He was also a member of the Graysville Order of the Eastern Star, the Sullivan Elks and the Big Springs Christian Church. . Surviving are one son, Ralph Collier of Graysville; and one grandson, Thomas Collier, also of Graysville. The body was taken to the Railsback Funeral Home where it now lies in state. Funeral services will be conducted Wednesday afternoon at two o'clock from : the Railsback chapel with Rev. J;ck Anderson of the Sullivan ingj Burial will be in the Mann cemetery, west of Graysville. Examinations for three positions in the Sullivan post office will be held some time after March 3, O. C. Hall, postmaster, said today. The examinations, under the Civil Service, are for the positions of substitute clerk, substitute carrier, and special delivery messenger. The applicants must reside within the post office district for which the' application is made. The written examination will be held in the city in which the application js filed, and applicants will be notified when to report for the examination. Mr. Hall pointed out that under the present regulations for a civil service examination for the post office service, disabled veU erans are allowed an extra ten points, while other veterans are allowed five points. In addition, the names of the ten-point preference eligibles are to be placed at the head of the list. The application forms are pvailable at the post office. They must be submitted before March 3, Mr. Hall said. : F.F.A. DIRECTOR, DISTRICT ADVISER ATTEND MEETING Gene Easter, District VII F.F.A. Director and Emmett J. Wagner, District Advisor, attended a meeting of the Executive Committee of Indiana Association of the Future Farmers of America at Purdue University Saturday, February 22. Final plans for the State convention of F.F.A. to be held the 3rd, 4th and Sth of April were worked out by the committee.

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Gates Pick el N:6ce8

Democrats Call It "Vicious Anti-Labor" As Gates Gives Approval. . INDIANAPOLIS. Feb. 25. (UP) Governor Ralnji Gates said today that he considered the controversial antinicketin bill, which was passed by the State Senate yesterday, as "regulatorv" and not "punitive labor legislation as the measure moved into the House of Representatives, after surviving another attempt to kill it.

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b Bill sary I rne governor saiu uurms a ' .. . i press eonterence inai n was n "necessary law." It was the first time that Gates had admitted that the measure was a policy bill. iHis statement simported remark-? made vesterday by Representative Palmer Echerton, R.. of .Tonesboro. who is the author .or the bill. Echerton said the bill was favored by the' administration. Previously, the governor had declined to endorse the bill, which the Democrats had attacked as being "vicious anti-labor." Alexander Brown Dies Yesterday In Terre Haute Alexander Brown,. 68-year-old resident .of Sullivan, R. 5, died yesterday afternoon at thret! o'clock pt the .home of his daufhter, Mrs. Lucyle H. King in Terre Haute. He had suffered a naralytic stroke January 12th ;t his residence southeast of here. Mr. . Brown was born April 2, 1878 in Scotland. He moved his familv'.to America in 1910 and established his residence near the Exline Corner community of this county. By occupation he wp! a miner. Surviving are the widow, Mrs. Mary B. Brown: four daughters. Mrs. Agnes Dyer, of Dugger; Mrs. King at whose home h" died; Mrs. Mary M. Taylor, of Terre Haute, and Mrs. Mildred E. Hanev, of Chicago; three sons, David Brown, of Sullivan, R. 3: Alex Brown Jr., of Sullivan, R. 5, and Carl R. Brown, of Connersville; one sister, Mrs. Mary Fraziar, of Scotland; five grandchildren and several nieces and nephews amon? whom is Mrs. Anna Hall, of Dugger. The body was taken to tho Newkirk Funeral Home in Plqasantville and will be removed to the residence Wednesday afternoon at 2:00 o'clock where it will lie in state. Funeral services will be conducted Thursday ' afternoon at 2 00 o'clock at the Dugger First Christian Church. Interment will be made in the Dugger cemetery. Mothers Club Raises $250 For Canteen Mrs. Ella Briggs said today that the bingo and bridge party that was held at the merican Legion Home last night raised about $250 for the Teen-Age Canteen. The canteen was closed when the funds in the treasury were exhausted, and the party was to raise money so that the canteen could be reopened. No plans have been announced as yet as to the date of the reopening. Inspectors Look Over Mines In Greene County WASHINGTON, D. C, Feb. 25. Following an inspection of the Maumee Collieries Company No. 28 mine southwest of Jasonville, Ind., a Federal coal mine inspector has proposed several safeguards in a report released today by the Bureau of Mines. . The Greene County strip mine was inspected for the first time in December. The report turned in on this mine suggested scwral changes to bring the raine UHdr the Federal Mine Safety Code,

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