Sullivan Daily Times, Volume 49, Number 67, Sullivan, Sullivan County, 3 April 1947 — Page 1
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Blind Freelandville Baby Plays The Piano
i FREELANDVILLE, Ind., April 2. (UP) A 21-months-old baby . bey, blind since birth,- sat at a piano in his home "and played . tunes yesterday for five hours, his father said. The child, Gary Trent, unable to enjoy the playthings that ap- : peal chiefly to the sense of sight in other babies, has played the piano since last December. , His father, Robert Trent, a utility plant boiler operator, said the baby played ''any simple mel ; cdy he hears anyone else play," "He sits by himself on a bench without a back on it and plays I with both hands such tunes as ', ,: "My Darling Nellie Gray,' 'Bell Bottom. Trousers, and 'Wabash Cannon Ball,' " Trent said. The father, who once played stringed instruments in a country orchestra, plays the tunes oh the piano. Then lie lifts the child to the bench and listens to him do imitations. "He plays the, melody with one hand and harmonizing notes in the bass with the other," Trent , said. "His bass improves every day." .... Trent said the baby plays "four ; or five hours a day." ., . Few persons except relatives and close friends have heard him, Trent said. One of them was the child's uncle, Basil McGhee, a Sullivan, Ind., businessman, who said the baby "plays so you can . recognize the tune, all right." The trial for first degree mur- . dec of -Geraldine Geneva .Stone and, Robert Scott Duffy? hag been continued unlillMay. Judge - Walter Wood said today. The two were originally scheduled to face trial on April 8 in the five-year-old death of Lewis .Fulte. However, because . the evidence was not complete, Prosecuting, Attorney Joe Lowdermilk and the Defense Attorney Paul Boyle agreed to the continuation. The two were arraigned in Sullivan Circuit Court on March 7, and at that time they pleaded innocent to the charge Fulte was found dead in a charred automobile on the Car-lisle-Pleasantville road on July 10, 1941. Police said he was killed . by a blow on the head, and then his body put in hvs automobile which was set on fire. -' Duffy came back to Sullivan after calling Sheriff Reynolds from Oklahoma, offering to come back. The sheriff sent a deputy after him.. Then when the. grand jury returned a true bill charging Duffy and Miss Stone with the killing, she was found in Sedalia, Mo., and returned here. Announce Cast For Senior Play , At Dugger The cast for the senior class play at Union High School, Dugger, has ; been . announced. The play, entitled "Sweet Sixteen," will be presented in the school gym on Wednesday, April 9, starting at 8 p. m. The play is a comedy of modern youth, about a young man who wants to manage his older brothers, and a young girl who wants to know everyone else's business. ' The play is being directed by Mrs. Edna Coyner and Mrs. Elsie Hill. The cast is as follows: Cranston Bob Puckett. Pat Patton Bill Spinks.' Edwin Patton Kenneth McClellan. ' Fred Guy Shoptaw. Grandpa Patton Dick Borders. Malcolm Barnes Chet Lundy. Tommy Wayne Watkins. : Kitty Patton Doris Moody. Eunice Patton Dorothy Chambers. . llene Patton Shalmir Behem. Grandma Roberts Thelma Keene. 1 . Stella . Stephanie Maxine Arthur. , Ruthie Goddard Katharine Silvers.
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POLITICAL SCENE PARIS, April 3 (UP) General Charles DeGaulle returned from retirement to the French political arena, and the Communist party, the most powerful in France, made plans to counteract his emergence. ' At a meeting with the French
Premier Paul Remadier, Monday not vote in the last general elecnight, DeGaulle left no doubt tion, will be removed from the that he was back in the political list. To be eligible again to vote, swing, and taking a crack at the he must register at the clerk's shaky coalition cabinet. : office. When his intentions were made More than a third of the voters
clear, the Communist party announced a mass demonstration to prevent "the attempted seizure of power .. by one man" DeGaulle. ' p WASHINGTON, April 3 (UP) Government attorneys disclos ed today that they were searching through existing laws to determine whether President Truman has the authority to seize telephone companies to avert a ! nation-wide strike set for Mon-' day at 6 a. m. One lawyer said the study has centered on the federal communications act which he said gives the President certain power to take over the utifitv equipment "in event of war, .. .. y-"- ': The government s- special war time seizure power expired last Dec. 31, when Mr. Truman proclaimed the end of hostilities. He did not, however, proclaim the end of the war, and that will be done only when all the peace treaties have been signed. "Technically, we still are at war," the government attorneys said : ;. , ,'. ,' Five Pupils Are Inducted Into H. S. Honor Group Three seniors and two juniors were inducted into' the Sullivan High School chapter of the National Beta Honor Society at induction services at the high school Monday ni'ht. They .were: Joe Raley, Dean Monk and Betty Murphy, seniors; and Lois Golish and . Howard Wolfe, juniors. They were the first members to be inducted into the. society since the formal installation of the chapter in January. Help Me! THREE-YEAR-OLD Frank D'Ull, son! of Mr. and Mrs. Max D'Ull of South Norwalk, Conn., painta a1 pitiful picture in his hospital crib. The tot is suffering- from nephrosis, and the hospital la appealing for funds to obtain the "mira-! cle" serum albumin, used successfully in similar cases In other,
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VOTING LISTS Almost a fourth of the voters in Sullivan will not be allowed to vote unless they register with the county clerk's office before Monday, April 17, James H. Ringer, county clerk, said today. In Sullivan, there are about 2,500 persons eligible to vote in the city primary election to be held on May 6, and to date, about 600 of them have failed to do so and are in danger of being removed from the registration lists. Mr. Ringer said that under the State law, any person who did who face having their names removed from the lists live in precinct three of Hamilton township. Mr. Ringer urges that all persons who did not vote in the last general election register with his office at once. He also . pointed out that no voter will be permitted to vote by an affidavit, as has been allowed. The General Assembly in its session this winter did away with that type of voting. Mr. Ringer emphasized that Monday, April 5 is the last day that a voter can register and be eligible to vote in the May primary. :. Check your registration if you are in doubt. 1 Announce 4-H State Dairy Safety Contest Boys and girls enrolled in 4-H Club work in Sullivan County this year. are eligible to qualify for a list of prizes headed by a Holstein dairy heifer of blue-ribbon quality, in a State Dairy Safety Contest announced today by Harry Martin. Farm Editor of Radio Station WFBM, Indianapolis. Sponsored by the radio station in cooperation with the Indiana Farm and Home Safety Committee, " the Agricultural ' Extension Service of Purdue University and the Holstein-Fresiah Breeders of Indiana, Inc., the contest is being conducted in the hope of reducing the number of accidents and injuries sustained in connection with dairy operations in Indiana. Any 4-H Club boy or girl in the state, may enter the contest and entrants will receive credit for anything, they do to promote dairy safety, both on their own, farms and on other farms in the' community. - J State awards are as' follows: First prize, a registered Holstein heifer calf of good type and high producing ancestors, to be donat ed by the Holstein-Fresian Breeders of Indiana. becond prize, a 1 $50.70 U. S. Savings Bond. Five $25.00 U. S. Savings Bonds will be awarded to the honor group i i i j t.. vi uumesiams, aim mere will oe medals for county winners and attractive membership buttons for each participant. 4-H Club members in Sullivan County desiring to enter the con-1 test should write to: Dairy Safety Contest, WFBM, Indianapolis 4, j Indiana, Information sheets and . entry blanks will be sent by rei turn mail. The contest will be carried ( through the summer and all entries will be due by September 1, 1947. Winners will be chosen by the Indiana Agricultural Extension Service. William Lucas Dies In Mary Sherman Hospital
William Lucas, 82 years old, of ter when thoughts naturally tun Shelburn, died at four o'clock to the promise of new life an-' Wednesday afternoon, at the hope inherent in the celebratior Mary Sherman Hospital. ' 0f the church ceremony, we car He is survived by the widow, readily understand why a grea) Mary; a son, Leland Lucas of charitable organization, with South Bend, Indiana; two step-' member societies in forty-five sons, Ed Stanifer of Hymera, and'states o our nation chose Easter
O. M. Stanifer of Shelburn, and two grandchildren. The body was taken to the McHugh Funeral Home in Shelburn. Funeral services will be held at two o'clock Saturday aft ernoon at the Church of God with burial in the Westlawn Cemetery at Farmersburg,
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BRITAIN ASSAILS RUSSIA LAKE SUCCESS, N. Y., April 3. (UP) Great Britain
assailed Russia bitterly today for the use of the great power of the veto in the United Nations Security Council, complain
ing that it had left the United decision which it "completely The charge was made by opened a drive in the council dispute back to the Assembly."
OPPOSES ANTI-STRIKE BILL WASHINGTON, April 3. (UP) A C.I.O. spokesman told Chairman Fred A. Hartley,' It., N. J., of the House labor committee that his bill to forestall the telephone str'ke by a federal injunction is a "blatant and open interference fn a labor dispute on the side of the employer." WOMAN BELIEVED MURDERED INDIANAPOLIS, April 3. (UP) A thirty-year-old, well dressed woman was found 'shot to death along a bridle path, and authorities believed she was murdered. PoI?ce could not immediately identify the body. It was found by a seventeen-year-old youth as he walked through the grounds of the Silver Hills Riding Academy. A deputy coroner said the woman was shot near the heart. A search of the area failed to locate the death weapon.
DEATH TOLL MOUNTS CLINTON, Mo., April 3. (UP) The toll in the Clinton fireworks explosion climbed to twelve today as two of the critically burned victims in local hospitals died. Ten were trapped by a series of explosions that ripped the plant apart last night.
LOCKMAN TRIAL DELAYED MADISON, Ind., April 3 (UP) Scheduled testimony
oi ivirs. Louie LOCKman in tne mercury and old lace poison trial was delayed today by defense attorneys asking for a directed verdict. The silver-haired housekeeper was scheduled to testify in her own defense after the prosecution rested its case, but the defense asked Judge Harry E. Nichols to return a directed verdict of innocent, and the trial was delayed while he studied the motion. ; V
COUNTY MINES ORDERED CLOSED AS UNSAFE S
WASHINGTON, April 3 (UP) Secretary of the Interior J. A. Krug today ordered 518 soft coal mines closed indefinitely, an action which will cut production by one-fifth and retard the steel industry. Three of the mines that will be affected by Secretary of Interior Krug's closing order are in Sullivan County. They are No. 2 mine of the Dugger Domestic Co., and the Wilfred Mne No. 1 at Shelburn. Krug's order also closed the Little Betty Mine Acting in the wake of the Centralia, 111., mine disaster which killed 111 miners, Krug also directed that some 2,013 other mines remain closed until the management certified that they are safe. All the soft coal mines are J closed this week in a "memorial" shutdown ordered by John L. Lewis, of the United Mine Work-' ers. Krug's action meant that most, and probably all of the 518 "hazardous mines" will remain closed after the mourning period ends at . midnight Sunday. Some may never reopen. Many of the others will remain ciosea until safety certificates are issued. Most of these are expected to reopen within a week after the "memorial" shutdown ends. ; YUNG ANNOUNCED FOR COUNCILMAN Ralph Yung, an employee of the Black Lumber Co., has an nounced that he is a candidate on the Democratic ticket for councilman of the third ward -in the primary election on May 6.
Easter Seals Offer Way To Aid Crippled
During this week before Easas symbolic of service to the crippled, states the , Sullivan County Society for the crippled. Special training for improvement, mental training at home or in the school, recreation and , vocational guidance with place ment in suitable jobs, lead the
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to .send the British-Albanian "; V 1 American Legion Plans Easter Egg Hunt For Children Members of Jthe Sullivan Post of the American Legion will hold their annual Easter Egg Hunt at the1 Legion Home, at 2:30 o'clock Sunday afternoon. ;An invitation to all children of Sullivan to attend the hunt has been issued by the post. Members of the" post are coloring eggs which they will hide in the yard next Sunday morning. They have also collected prizes to give children who find special eggs in the hundreds which will be concealed there. . This year's Easter Egg Hunt is in charge of Harold Morln, of the post. Adults are asked not to aid the children in hunting the eggs. After members of the post have hidden the eggs Sunday morning they will have a guard detail to patrol the yard until the hour of the hunt has arrived. Commander Norman German of the post will be in charge of the committee, which will award the prizes,, most of which have been donated by the merchants of Sullivan. ' Joyce Creamer Wins Honors BLOOMINGTON, Ind., April 3. The dean's freshman honor list as announced at Indiana University today for the fall-winter semester includes Joyce M. Creamer, of Sullivan. Attainment of a scholastic average of "B" or better is the requirement for the dean's list as compiled by the v University's junior division headed by Dean Pressly S. Sikes. For the past semester 517 of the 4,531 students in the junior division made grades entitling them to be car ried on the list. Twenty students, of whom ten are war veterans, received straight "A" grades. - rippled child-, as he matures, nto useful citizenship. . , To make these opportunities or new life available to all crip)led children . through supplenentary services not provided by ther public and private agencies is the goal of the Indiana Society for the Crippled, one of the forty-five member societies of the National Society for Crippled Children and Adults. Everyone may participats in these services through the purchase of Easter Seals, providing funds for the work which brings happiness and joy to children. crippled
m cross Quota Raised To Be Raised' $5,547.91 $5,367.47 $ 180.50 Sullivan County is getting closer to the quota for the 1947 Red Cross drive, according to figures released by John , Knox Purcell, campaign chairman, today. Mr. Purcell said that the. county is still $180.50 short of the amount set to be raised at the beginning of the drive. ' . In the breakdown of the figures for the nine townships and the city, the figures show that six townships 'have either reached the quota, or exceeded it. Sullivan is way over in the city drive. Mr. Purcell released the following figures for -the county: . ; Raised Quota Sullivan Cass Tp. Gill Tp. Turman Tp. . Haddon Tp. . Fairbanks Tp. Hamilton Tp. Jackson Tp. . . $1,949.98 $1,701.97 424.43 400.43 427.67 347.04 667.38 320.88 373.73 320.88 320.88 667.38 427.67 432.60 744.00 320.88 373.73 150.98 229.95 313.25 ' Jefferson Tp. ,Curry Tp,y WASHINGTON, April 3. (UP) David Lilienthal, concentrating first on a bitter Senate fight, today faced , the possibility of a House investigation, too. LUienthal's supporters predicted victory in the first Senate test on his nomination to head the atomic energy commission. , The possibility of House action was raised by Chairman Clare E. Hoffman, R., Mich., of the House executive expenditures committee. He said his group may inquire into the way Lilienthal spent federal funds in enter prises he was concerned in. Meanwhile, the Senate foreign relations committee today unani mously approved President Truman's $400,000,000 program to aid Greece and Turkey after moving to strengthen the United Nations role in the plan. Mr. Truman's plan to try to quarantine Communism in the Near East was approved after members wrote into the bill an amendment by Chairman Arthur Vandenberg to empower the United Nations to call a halt in the program. Vandenberg's move would prohibit exercise of the United Nations veto power in the Security Council and authorize that body or the General Assembly to call a halt to the program. ' Under the amendment, the American program would be termminated when the President was officially notified that the Security. Council or the General Assembly finds that "action taken or assistance furnished by the United Nations" makes continuance of United States aid unnecessary. Other Congressional developments included: Politics House Republican Leader Charles A. Halleck answered Democratic charges that the Republican House members are split on the question of cut ting government expenditures. He said the Republicans are united in their determination, regardless of what Democrats might say. ' Portal Pay House and Senate conferees on legislation to outlaw portal pay suits again . got nowhere. They are trying to iron out difficulties : between Senate and House bills on the subject. They decided to meet again next Thursday to try to work out a compromise. ' BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENTS Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Thomas of Fairbanks announce the birth of a son born April- 2nd at the Mary Sherman Hospital. He has been named Steven Bruce. . Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Adams of Carlisle, R. 3, are the parents of a son, Larry. Eugene, born April 3rd at the Mary Sherman Hospital.
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':Again."::'WASHINGTON, April 3.(UP) John L. Lewis today called for Congressional action to return to the United Mine Workers the $700,000 fine imposed following their contempt of court conviction. He proposed that the money be used a3 a trust fund to care for the dependents of the victims of the Centralia, 111., mine disaster. .
BIG FOUR MAY COMPROMiSE ON REPARATIONS
MOSCOW, Apr. 3. (UP) Secretary of State George C. Marshall today announced his willingness to study a compromise report on , German reparations which would allow a limited amount of reparations to be taken from current German production. . , ; . However, Marshall warned that any such plan must not include the cost of the Allied occupation forces because this would entail the slowing up in Gemany of the establishment of self-government. It would also prevent the equitable distribution of coal and other raw materials that are sent to other .European countries. L BE MOSCOW, April -3 (UP) Soviet Foreign Minister V. M. Molotov tonight denounced the "kind of democracy" that exists in Greece, and accused British Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin of often defending dictatorships in the name of democracy. Molotov did not speak in an angry tone, and the exchanges even produced laughter among the Big Four ministers. However, his emphasis was plain and un mistakable. The Molotov-Bevin exchange on Greece came during a debate on whether the Allies should impose a system of elections by proportional representation or let the Germans choose for them selves. Albert Wolfe Found Dead East Of Carlisle Albert Wolfe, age 71, was found dead around nine o'clock Wed nesday morning by Roy Burris and Mr. and Mrs. Russell Berry, neighbors, at the rear of the barn on his farm four miles east of Carlisle. Sullivan County Coroner Stanley VB. Jewell stated that he had been dead about twentyfour hours. Surviving are a sister, Mrs. Ruby Ikler of Lawrenceville, IIInois; five brothers, Walter Wolfe of Linton, Claitor Wolfe of Winfield, Kansas, Rush1 Wolfe and William Wolfe of Lawrenceville, Illinois, and Jasper Wolfe of Hammond, Indiana. , The body was taken to the Schulze Funeral Home in Car lisle, where it will lie in state until noon Friday when it will be removed to the Shaker Prairie Christian Church for funeral services at two o'clock. Burial will be in the Shepherd Cemetery. LEWELLYN HURT IN WRECK Bill Lewellyn, age 19, of Dug ger was painfully injured early this afternoon in a motorcycle wreck south . of town near the Gaylor Garage. No details of the accident could be learned He was taken to the Mary Sherman Hospital in a Railsback ambulance. 1
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trie He also proposed passage of a law making it mandatory for federal coal mine inspectors to close mines found to be in violation of safety regulations A third proposal was to urge Congress to pass a resolution aski ing President Truman to remove Secretary of Interior J. A. Krug from office. . ' 1 Lewis charged Krug with full" responsibility for the death of the 111 miners in Centralia, because he "withheld from them succor which was in his power to give." ' . "I do not say that Krug by affirmative action killed those men," the mine chieftain told a House labor committee.; "I say that Krug by his lack of action . permitted them to die." The shaggy-maned mine lead er related to the labor committee his charge that Krug "by criminal neglect" permitted the Centralia mine to , operate even though it was in unsafe condition. v LONDON, April 3 (UP) Great Britain will not surrender her mandate over Palestine at the planned special meeting pf the United Nations Assembly in May. Britain might later accept a recommendation to , do so, a high government official said today. , British government quarters are practically certain that' dif to the complexities of the Palestine situation and the international politics involyed, the United Nations will not recommend that Great Britain get out of Palestine. A foreign office spokesman said Great Britain would make no recommendation to the Assembly on the future of Palestine ; ; Joe Scully To Represent Sullivan At Boys State ' Joe Scully, a senior in Sullivan High School, has been selected tpi represent Sullivan at Boys State; to be held in Indianapolis from June 7 to June 14. Scully was selected by a faculty vote He will represent the Sullivan Post 139 of the American Legion. The Legion sponsors the Hoosiec Boys State. It is an annual award given by. the local post for ability in civic, government. At Boys State, 'the youths from all over Indiana set up a State government, in which there are political campaigns, and with a session of a legislature. The purpose is to acquaint the young men with the problems of State government by giving them a first hand knowledge of it-' : Last year, Joe Libke, son of Dr. and Mrs. A. B Libke, was the representative from Sulliyan. He was elected state treasurer! Joe is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Scully Sr. ' : SELECTIVE SERVICE . OFFICE OPEN The Selective Service office has announced that the office will'be open during the hours of 8 a ni. to 9 a. m. Monday through Friday. ' SCHOOL VACATION BEGINS TODAY City schools will dismiss for a short Easter vacation at the close of classes today. Classes will be resumed Tuesday morning.
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