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SHOWERS TUESDAY Indiana: Cloudy and warmer tonight. Tuesday cloudy and wanner with occasional showers. f VOL. XLIX No. 84 UNITED PRESS SERVICE SULLIVAN DAILY TIMES-MONDAY, APR. 28, 1947. INTERNATIONAD PICTURE SERVICE PRICE THREE CENTS
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Annual Banquet Of Teacher Federation Held Friday Night
The annual banquet of the , Sullivan Teachers' Federation and their guests was held on last Friday night in the main dining room of the Davis Hotel. A profusion of flowers and delightful chamber music supplied by the Snavely Ensemble, added color '; and charm to the excellent meal and fine program that followed. In addition to the members of . the Federation and their guests, others present were Dr. and Mrs, Robert B. Stewart, Mayor and Mrs. Arthur McGuire, Councilmen Lowell K. Willis, Claude Harmon, Thomas McRoberts and Paul Sims, together with their wives, and Councilman Pete Dailey and guest, Miss Ruby Broderick, 'Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Hays, Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Branstetter, Dr. and Mrs. J. H. Crowder, Superintendent and Mrs. James A. Campbell, Mr. and Mrs. R. P. White and Mr. and Mrs. Wm. C. Jamison. An excelfent musical program was offered by the Glee Club of the Sullivan High School, under the direction of Harry Jarret, vocal supervisor. This group entertained with the following numbers: The Glow Worm. Look for the Silver Lining, Gianina Mia, Yo Ho for the Rolling Sea, Stout-Hearted Men, Smoke Gets in Your Eyes, Ay, Ay, Ay, The Raindrop's Story, I Got Shoes, The Orchestra Song, . Russian Picnic and One World. Only the highest compliments are in order for this fine organization and its leader. The main address of the evening was delivered by Dr. Robert B. Stewart, Vice-President and Comptroller of Purdue University. Dr. Stewart is at the present time a member of all important committees developing G.I. education. Therefore,, it was with unusual insight and authority that he developed his' subject "T,he Challenge' o the jjeachers and Education " at the Local Level." ; He pointed out that the federal government is at the present time eneaoed in the greatest educational spending spree in history. .There are between 13 and ' 15 million veterans eligible for education and the total bill will probably be 22 to 25 billion dollars. The G.I. law itself requires approval of any type of education anywhere, so long as someone will approve it and there are no other criteria or elements of supervision established. Dr. Stewart cited as a typical example of this enormous spend- , ing the fact that many of the committee members were not interested in. a suggestion ,that would result in a $5 saving per semester for all college G.I's. In 'total figures the saving effected would be enough to run Purdue University for three years. It was his prediction that continued -local forcing would destroy educational support on a national scale. He is further .perturbed by the fact that not a single state legislature, industry or private group is submitting plans for the program, but instead the development is one of teachers, administrators and school policy committees and ; lobbies. He deplored the give me, give me attitude at the national level. Our nation spends 17 billion dollars annually for liquor, tobacco and gambling and only seven billion on education. It might be suggested that perhaps teachers have not done too good a job in demonstrating the necessary courage on an individual basis on the local level in Sullivan and similar towns and cities all over the country. He stated emphatically that education could not take . its proper place until it was dramatized at the local level. He could foresee a time when the forcing of greater teachers' salaries, and more wages for all, based upon
Robert Wright And His French Bride Visit Relatives Here
, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Wright and Miss Wanda Wright were the guests of Mir. and Mrs. H. M. Stewart over the week-end. Mr. and Mrs. Wright, newlyweds, left on Monday for a trip through the south and west. ' They were married February 20th in New York. City's quaint Little Church Around The Corner with Miss Wanda Wright, siste." of the groom, as their at
the philosophy of working less and less to earn more and more would inevitably lead to the time when everyone would starve to death. '.' The philosophy of the new world must be that of rewarding producers and that production is the true end of service and the satisfaction of a good living
gamea irom an empnasis on (Continued on Page 4, Col. 5) WARSAW, Ind., April . 28. (UP) Eleven cars of the Pennsylvania Railroad's "Golden Triangle" passenger train, en route from Pittsburgh to Chicago, jumped the track here today aft-1
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There were no fatalities. Only one car overturned, and the engine remained upright on the track. Seven of the 147 passengers and crew members were injured, two of them seriously. In a serious condition at Mc Donald Hospital were Evelyn Uchro, age 19, of Chicago, who was believed to be suffering from a fractured skuu, ana nowara Wyland, age 43, tower operator at the crossover. He was hurled to the ground when one of the cars struck the tower. The derailment occurred in Warsaw's business - district and tope up the railroad's main line double track, for three blocks. , t Local Pupils Play In State Music Contest Sullivan High School and Jun
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firsts and five seconds in two classes of the State solo-ensemble auditions of the Indiana School Music Association at Indiana State Teachers College in Terre Haute, Saturday. There were 1200 school musicians representing 134 junior high and senior high schools in the Qtoto flnlv hnA rtunilc who were rated of division "I" calibre after district auditions on March 29 were eligible to compete. Carolyn McCoy placed in Division II of Class B in the clarinet solo. Carolyn Milam, in the bassoon solo, placed in Division II in Class B. Norma Pirtle placed in Division I in Class B in twirling. Patricia Pirtle, in Class D of the alto saxophone, placed in Division I. Johnnie Reel took Division I in Class D for-the cornet. Joe Scully placer in Division II in Class B for the trombone. Mary Alice Walters placed in Division II in Class B in the oboe. Mary Ada Ryan placed in Division I in Class B. The clarinet trio, composed of Lena Dietz, Wilma Olson and Frances Raley, placed in Divis ion II in Class D. The clarinet quartette, composed of Rosalee Goodman, Normalee Thomson, Norma Sappenfield and Carolyn McCoy, placed in Division II in Class B. BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT Mr. and Mrs. Walter Brocksmith of Freelandville, Indiana are the parents of a son born April 26th. He has been named Victor Anthony. Mrs. Brocksmith is the former Pauline Engle. tendant. Mrs. Wright is the former Miss Renee Fortcnvack of France. She, a very accomplished linguist of six languages, met Mr. Wright while he was stationed there with the Army. She arrived at the New York harbor via Trans-Atlantic Clipper the early part of February where she was met by Mr. . Wright and his sister.
MISS STONE AND DUFFY RELEASED IN FULTE CASE-
The Sullivan Circuit Court dismissed the charges against Geraldine Geneva Stone, age 27, and Robert Scott Duffy, age 37, Saturday morning on the advice of Prosecuting Attorney Joe Lowdermilk, on the grounds that there was insufficient evidence to warrant a trial. The action by the court leaves still unsolved the almost six-year-old murder of Lewis Fulte, age 38, of Lenzburg, 111., who was found dead in a burned automobile on the Pleasantville-Carlisle road on July 10, 1941. The grand jury indicted the pair in January, charging them with first degree murder. At the
time, Duffy was arrested in Ok- used a cloak payment of bribes to former Congressman Anlahoma City and returned to Sul- drew May. V' livan. He was locked in the coun- sThe ,etter was introduced as evidence in the war-fraud STsS rialofMay and three officia,s f the Garsson
Mo., and when she waived extradition, she was returned to Sullivan. They were both arraigned, with the trial set for April 8, but i the prosecuting attorney re- ' quested that the trial be postj poned until May 20. lice advanced the theory hat then his body put into the automobile, and it set on fire. When the body was removed from the automobile, only small change was found on the body. Relatives said that he carried about $140 and some government bonds when he left home. At that time, both Miss Stone and Duffy were arrested for questioning in the case but both were released. Duffy was turned over to federal authorities. I WASHINGTON, April 28 (UP) Secretary of State George Marshall will tell the Ameri can people tonight that despite the failure of the Moscow Conference, there is ground for hope as well as disappointment. Marshall will deliver his report to the nation over most of the radio networks from 7:30 to 8:00 p. m. (CST). He gave President Truman and the top Congressional leaders an initial re port in an hour and fifty minute meeting at the White House last night. Tonight's radio address will mark Secretary Marshall's first foreign policy pronouncement, direct to the American people since he took office in January. Civil Service To Have Exams For Prison Jobs The U. S. Civil Service Commission announces an open competitive examination for probaona (permanent) appointments 10 xne posuion oi correctional Officer in the Federal Prison System. Employment will be at the .following installations of the Bureau of Prisons, Department of Justice: U. S. Penitentiary, Terre Haute, Indiana; Federal Correctional Institution, Ashland, Kentucky; Federal Reformatory, Chillicothe, Ohio. Competition in this examination is restricted to persons entitled to military preference. The minimum basic salary for 1 the position is $2694 a year. Automatic pay increases up to a maximum basic salary of $3271 a year are provided by law for those whose services meet given standards of efficiency. The closing date for receipt of aDDlications is Mav 8. 1947. Com plete information and application card Form 5000-AB may be obtained from the. Secretary, Board of U. S. Civil Service Examiners, at your local post office. These applications must be received by the Secretary, Board of U. S. Civil Service Examiners, U. S. Penitentiary, Terre Haute, Indiana, before the closing date.
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SIX DIE-VIOLENTLY . (By United Press) At least six persons died violently in Indiana during the week-end, but only two were traffic victims. The traffic victims were Anita Habenicht, age 15, of North Vernon, and Leo Puts, age 55, of Michigan City. Two men died in an airplane crash near Princeton. They were Howard Summer, age 31, of Princeton, and John Hicks, age 45, of Francisco. . Leo Miskowiz, age 22, of North Judson, and H. J. Hen-
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RIOT IN BAVARIA FRANKFURT, Germany, April 28. (UP) Army officials today reported that two officers and eleven enlisted men had left Weisbaden by airplane to reinforce a garrison of five Americans being attacked by 800 rioting natives at a former United States Army Air Base in Bavaria.
INTRODUCES LETTER WASHINGTON, April 28. (UP) The government to-
day succeeded in introducing which it seeks to prove that a iiiuiiibiuiia win vjaic
SET TOTAL IN TEXAS CITY TEXAS CITY, Texas, April 28. (UP) The toll of dead and missing in the Texas City disaster stood at 733 today following the announcement of 302 missing by the Department of Public Safety Identification Bureau at Camp Wallace. The Red Cross officially pl'aced the known dead in the exDlosion and fire dead at 431, of which 337 have been identified.
PROGRESS IN PHONE STRIKE WASHINGTON, April 28 (UP) Government conciliators reported new progress today toward a settlement as the nation's telephone strike went into its fourth week. Union sources were more optimistic, with. President Joseph Bierne of the National Federation of Telephone Workers predicting a "major break in the not too distant future."
WALLACE BEGINS TOUR WASHINGTON, April 2S. (UP) Former Vice President Henry A. Wallace today began a coast-to-coast "peace crusade" to tell the American people why he thinks American foreign policy can lead to war. ...
DIE n IS ILL AFTER DAY I HIS HONOR NEW YORK, April 28. (UP) Babe Ruth, excited over the festivities in his honor across the nation yesterday, was "under the weather" and confined to his apartment today. The Babe, who made a personal appearance at Yankee Stadium yesterday in chilly weather, was running a slight temperature and was under the care of a physician who has been watching his health carefully since a recent serious neck operation. It was his day from New York to Tokyo yesterday, and the event was a success, but today his millions of fans remembered and worried about his hoarse voice and weakened condition. W.R.C. Plans To Redecorate Honor Roll Board Plans are being made by the Hud Crowder W. R. C. patriotic and charitable organization for the redecoration of the honor roll board located in the court house' yard. The names of those killed in action are to be decorated in gold. Evergreens are to be planted in the meantime and an appeal for flowers to be placed during the summer months is being made. With the generous support of organizations and individuals, when completed, it will be an outstanding tribute to the men who served their country and to our city. - Anyone wishing to contribute to this worthy cause may do so by getting in touch with any,, of the committee which is composed of: chairman, Mary Parks, Ina Hampton, Skippy Jones, Glenna Russell, Florence Richmond, and Edith Clarkson. CITY PLANS ALLEY CLEANUP The City of Sullivan Will start a clean-up of all alleys in the city Thursday, May 1. The cleanup will be pushed as rapidly as possible, and a request is made that all rubbish to be hauled away be placed in a convenient location along the alleyway.
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were struck and killed by trains. as evidence a letter through Kentucky lumber company was I - INDIANAPOLIS, April 28. (UP) A state-wide slump in liquor sales in Indiana may force some 700 Hoosier retailers out of business within the next few months and may. lose the State millions of .dollars in tax revenue. A United Press survey of the liquor business revealed retail sales dropped 40 to 60 per cent in the last eight weeks. And wholesale trade was off 48 per cent. The Indiana Alcoholic Beverage Commission said that stamp sales dropped. 38 per cent in March and were continuing on the downgrade. There was a general agreement that the recession in the liquor business was due to an' "involuntary buyers strike" brought about by high prices and the lack of ready cash. High School Band Will Compete In Contest At I.U. The Sullivan High School band will compete in the State High School band contest at Indiana University, Bloomington, Saturday, May 3. The band placed first in the recent district contest held at Terre Haute. . The other bands that will com-: pete in the contest are: Tell City, Rushville, Martinsville, ' West Lafayette, Greensburg, Tip ton, Greencastle, and .University High School of Bloomington. Jaycees To Meet Tuesday Night At City Hall The Sullivan Junior Chamber of Commerce will meet Tuesday night at the City Hall for a business meeting, President Bob Henderson said today. -k . The directors will discuss with the members the result of a recent board of directors meeting, and will name the committees to handle the various phases of the activities of the Jaycees. All members are urged to be present.
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CHICAGO, April 28 (UP) The threat of a new wave of cost of living strikes, similar to those which paralyzed industry a year ago, appeared remote to day, after five more major collective agreements were signed over the week-end. The general pattern of the agreement between United States Steel Corporation and the C.I.O. United Steel Workers union a twelve to fifteen cent an hour boost was followed in the new agreement reached between the unions and General Electric Company, International Harvester, the Chrysler Corporation, Jones and Laughlin Steel Corporation, and the Old-Fashioned Hosiery Manufacturers of America Incorporated. The agreements, which cover more than 300,000 workers, left the nation-wide telephone strike as the only major labor dispute. Local Students Jo Play In Concert At Indiana State TERRE HAUTE, April 28. Virginia Gaston, Wanda Wright, Charlotte Ingersoll and Joseph Thomas, all of Sullivan, are members of the Indiana State College Symphonic Band that will play a special concert Wednesday, April 30, in the Student Union Auditorium under the di rection of a famous guest con ductor. Dr. Edwin Franko Gold man, of New York City. Dr. Goldman is coming to Ind iana State at the personal invita tion of President Ralph N. Tirey of the College. Conductor Gold man will rehearse with the band the day before the concert Jos eph A. Gremelspacher, director of the band at the college, will conduct the first half of the Wednesday Goldman Concert and Dr. Goldman will conduct the second part, which will be made up largely of -his , own compositions, .? . Miss Gaston is in the contra basson section; Wanda Wright, tympani, Charlotte Ingersoll, trombone; and Joseph Thomas, j trombone. , !Arr6vToJPlay Tech At Home On Tuesday Sullivan's Arrows will play their first game of the baseball ' season Tuesday afternoon when the Gerstmeyer Tech quad comes to town. The game will be I played on the high school diamond, and will start at 4 p. m. The Arrows have won their first two games, and " hope to make it three in a row with a win over the Black Cats. Tech has lost its only start, to Wiley's Red Streaks, who are the only other unbeaten team in the Western Indiana Conference. Coach Lee French is not sure ...i i - : 1 1 i. : wiiu xie win Man in me gcuuc, but it will probably be Shipman, j itVi-v Kant T-, fil loo "X7 nocdilT I wui t, ui qui xaoir ?t vuiitowaj There is some doubt if Truelock will be able to start against Tech. He sprained his ankle sliding into second base in the six-run rally against Garfield, and had to leave the game. Dugger Legion Gives Awards At Two Schools The Dugger Post 224, of American Legion, gave the two awards to senior pupils at Dugger Union High School and Pleasj antville High School at senior I day exercises at the two schools last week. , At Dugger, Doris Moody and Richard Borders were given the awards and at Pleasantville, Arthur R. Ritchie and Doris R. Robinson were given the awards. At each of the two schools, the Rev.-Thomas Jennings, the State Chaplain for the American Legion, and the Veterans Officer for Sullivan -County, gave a short talk on Tolerance. In the Legion party that attended the two programs were Gerald Usrey, Floyd Miller, Carl Corbin and the Rev. Jennings.
Miners To Meet Operators For Contract Talks Operators Object To Industry-Wide Bargaining Which May Cause Failure Of Conference; Lewis Has Set No Wage Demands Yet. WASHINGTON, April 28. (UP) John L. Lewis' United Mine Workers and a segment of the soft coal industry meet here tomorrow in an effort to resume negotiations for a private wage contract.
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order of the' Interstate Commerce Commission setting rates on coal shipments from mines in Indiana, Illinois and Western KentucKy. It was an 8 to 1 decision. The rate order was attacked by twenty-three coal producers in Western Indiana and the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul, and Pacific Railroad. They claimed the rate change ordered by the ICC would stifle competition between all coal carriers in the area and would place coal products on the Milwaukee Line in an unfavorable position. William Pergal Dies At Home Early Today "William H. Pergal, Sr., of Dugger .Route l, died eany tnis morning at his home. He had been ill for a year. He was born in Briceville, Tenn., on Oct. 10, 1877, and was 69 years old at the time of his death. He was employed as a coal miner for many years. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Belle Davenport, whom he married on Feb. 18, 1900; three sons, Clarence of Dugger, .tamer of. Linton, and Henry, Jr., of Crane; a daughter, Mrs. Lee Lundy, of Louisville, Ky.; a sister, Mrs. Lewis Blank of Dayton, Ohio; six grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Mr. Pergal was a member of the Mt. Moriah church, and the Scottish Rite Order of Indianapolis. He was a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, and was a veteran of the Spanish-American War. The body was taken to the ! Newkirk Funeral Home in Pleas J antville. Funeral arrangements will be announced later. C. E. Shinaberry Dies Saturday m It iff 1 In MlCIUgan O Charles E. Shinaberry, 32 years old, died at 5 o'clock Saturday I afternoon at the Hurley Hospital in Flint, Michigan, after a ling .1 ering illness of one year. Mr. Shinaberry was a veteran of World War II, having served' three and one-half years. He spent nineteen months overseas. Surviving are the wife, Aletha Kidd Shinaberry, of Flint; the father, Walter Shinaberry, of I Monroe, Michigan; the mother, Mrs. Sarah Fagon, of Toledo, I Ohio, and the grandparents, Mr. I and Mrs. Charles Johnson and I Mr. and Mrs. Walter Newlin of Ada, Ohio. I Funeral services will be held Wednesday afternoon at two o'clock at the First Baptist Church in Ada, with burial in the adjoining cemetery. Mr. Shinaberry was the son-in-law of Mrs. Cleve Lewellyn and Fred Kidd of this city. VJV. OFFICER HERE TUESDAY The contact representative for the Veterans Administration from the Vincennes District will be at the Red Cross office Tuesday, April 29th to confer with veter - ' ans on any problems. '
xne government js suicuuku w get out of the soft coal mines by July 1, and unless a private contract is worked out by then a strike appears certain under Lewis' policy, which is traditional, of "no contract, no work." The negotiations face more than one formidable obstacle. Many operators will riot . be present tomorrow because they oppose industry-wide bargaining.
Their opposition leads to the be-inausxry-wiae uargauwng, uui uu the continuation of the health and welfare fund, established under government control. The fund, financed by a tonnage royalty on coal, is opposed by most of the operators. Lewis said he will sign no contract unless the fund is continued and ' liberalized. And he has not yet indicated what he will ask in the way of a basic wage increase. The government, for its part, is determined to relinquish control of the mines on July 1, whether a private agreement is signed or not. Funeral Services For C. E. Stewart Held Sunday Funeral services were conducted at the Railsback Funeral Home Sunday afternoon at two o'clock for C. E. (Ed) Stewart, who died, at.. the home of . a son in Augusta, Michigan. .Services were in charge of the R'ev.; Lynn Johnson of Georgetown, Illinois. Manford Churclji, Brijce "Coppage;, Helen t wuspn and ? yerie Steele were; iiihcharge of the1 song services, wit's' Mrs. Bruce Coppage at the organ. Pallbearers were Milburn Weir, Max Weir, Loren Woodard, Jack Woodard, Bobby Whitman and Laverne Reynolds. Flowerbearers were Doris Ann Woodard, Nancy Carol Stewart, Carla Ann Hunt, Lura Belle Hunt and Monty Weir. Burial was in the Merom cemetery. Junior Leaders Meet Tuesday At Graysville Turman Township will be host for the 4-H Junior Leader meeting to be held Tuesday night, April 29 at 7:30 o'clock at the Graysville High School. 4-H project work will be dismicciari nnH .Timinr 'T.parprc will jjgyg an 0pportunity to ask and discuss questions which will be of value to them in assisting their adult leader with the problems of the 4-H Club members of their individual clubs. The movie, "John Martin and Son" will be a part of the program after the business session. Charlotte Phillips and John Ransford, Turman Township Junior Lead will be ia charge of rec reation mum ,, TIMES CARRIER CATCHES BIG FISH ' Lloyd Burks, a Times route carrier, caught a ten-pound catfish at the Coffman Mine Pond Friday night. Lloyd, who is in the seventh grade, is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Burks, 622 North Broad street. JULIA GETTINGER NAMED TO BOARD Julia Gettinger, : a sophomore at Indiana University, was recently appointed to serve on the Women's Athletic Board for the Fall semester of 1947-1948. She will be in charge of intramurals.
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