Sullivan Daily Times, Volume 49, Number 111, Sullivan, Sullivan County, 4 June 1947 — Page 1
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FRANK HAGUE j TO QUIT AS JERSEY BOSS
JERSEY CITY, N. J., June 4. (UP) Frank (I am the law) Hague, ruthless, bombastic leader of one of the most, powerful political machines in the nation, announced today that he will retire on June 17 as mayor of Jersey City, which he has ruled with an iron hand for thirty years. The powerful Democratic boss, nationally known for his battles against any attempt to end his absolute sway over Jersey City or overthrow his powerful influence in state and national politics, made his announcement with dramatic suddenness. A few minutes after he arrived at his office today, he told reporters: I "I am retiring." ' Then, as astonished newsmen scribbled their notes, the 72-year-old mayor added that his nephew, Frank Hague Eggers, would become acting mayor on June 17 and that he himself would continue to serve as Jersey City, Hudson County, and state Democratic leader and would also retain his office as vice-chairman of the Democratic National Committee. I TWELVE LOST AS CANADIAN SHIP SINKS . FORT WILLIAM. Ontario June 4, (U.R) Twelve persons were believed lost and twenty-one others known to have survived the sinking of the Canadian freighter. Ember in Lake Superior early, today. The Canadian Steamship Line, which operated the freighter, announced that one of the bodies had been recovered. ..... - ,-. The survivors, suffering from exposure, were picked up by the United States Coast Guard and taken to Fort William on the Canadian side of the lake. Board Of Review Is Convened Here The County Board of Review was convened Monday morning in the Commissioners Court Room for a session that will last for thirty working days, or until July 7. Members of the board will (reMiew personal property assessments and additional improvements. ' Members of the board are .the County Auditor, James McCSarvey, County Treasurer, Cleve Lewellyn, and the County Assessor Charles Davis, who serve by virtue of their respective offices, and Mrs. Helen M. Bradbury, of Fairbanks, and William G. Orr, of Carlisle, both appointed by Judge Waited Wood. Some Stores To Close On Thursday A number of business houses in Sullivan will start closing on Thursday afternoon beginning tomorrow, a survey today showed. A survey taken recently by the Junior Chamber of Commorce indicated that a majority of the merchants would follow the plan. The way it is set up, the Thursday closing will be continued for the three months of June, July, and August. ROTARY CLUB HEARS CHARLES PRICE Charles Price, the promotional sales manager of the Indianapolis division of the Shell Oil Company, was the guest speaker at the Rotary Club meeting Monday noon at the Davis Hotel. Mr. Price was introduced by Charles E. Hays, the program chairman for the meeting. Mir. Price showed the club pictures on the way that oil is gotten from the ground, and what happens to it from the well to the refinery. RECEIVES JUDGMENT Floyd E. Pittman has been awarded judgment in Sullivan Circuit Court in the amount of $5,000 against Orville Brooks for injury sustained in an automobile collision. Pigg & Tennis were attorneys for the plaintiff
Sullivan Host To Methodist Youth Conference Tues.
The ninth annual convention of the Vincennes District Methodist Youth Fellowship was held 'at the Sullivan First Methodist Church Tuesday afternoon and evening. . One hundred and four church groups were ' represented, with three hundred young folk Jn attendance. The various groups came from Knox, Daviess and Sullivan Counties. The afternoon session was given over to registration and balloting. In the afternoon election the following persons - gained office: Harold Chattin, president; June Gibbs, first district commissioner; Doris Lathrop, second district commissioner; and John Rohr, third district commissioner.' j . TJie evening session was spent in worship and was climaxed by the convention address by Dr. T.j O. Firing, president of Evanston' Collegiate Institute, .Evanston, Illinois. Dr. Firing stressed the re-1 lationship of life's path and its need for Christ. EASTLAND WANTS PROBE OF RED COUP WASHINGTON, June 4, (U.R) Senator James O. Eastland, D., Miss., declared today that continued Communist aggression like the recent coup in Hungary would make war between the United Statps nrrt Russia 'infvitahl" He called in a Senate speech for a United Nations showdown with Russia over Hungary and asserted that Soviet withdrawal from the United Nations would make possible a strong interna- ; tional military alliance against aggresion. Eastland backed Senate Presi-. dent Arthur H. Vandenberg's re- j commendation that the United Nations give the Hungary situation a thorough airing. Meanwhile, it was learned that the Hungarian minister to the United States will defy his country's new Communist government and ignore a summons to return home for consultation. Sullivan County Exceeds Cancer Control Quota i I The Cancer Control drive, which was sponsored in Sullivan County by the Delta Theta Tau sorority, exceeded the quota of j $1,224.20 that was set for the county by raising $1,424.98. Miss Helen Willis, chairman of the committee said. The committee wishes to thank 'all who helped the sorority in any way to exceed the quota. ' The committee members for Sullivan County are Helen Willis, chairman, and Emogene Lloyd, Clotilde Reimers, Geneva Willis, Norma Harris, Betty Ruth Alumbaugh, and Margaret Wible. Miss Willis said today that while the drive has been completed, it is not too late to send contributions to the campaign. These . may be mailed to Miss Emogene Lloyd. Miners' Widows To Receive Union Checks According to an announcement i from the offices of District No. I '11, United Mine Workers of i America, the widows of the men I who lost their lives in the re!cent Spring Hill Mine disaster have received checks in the amount of $1000.00. These payments were made in compliance with provisions recently established by the trustees of the United Mine Workers Health, Welfare and Retirement Fund. The $1000.00 death benefit payment will be made to the beneficiaries of all members in good standing of the United Mine Workers of America who have died since June 1, 1946. All local unions will receive instructions within the next few days relaative to filing applications for , these payments and just as soon as applications are processed and approved by the trustees of the .United Mine Workers Health, Welfare and Retirement Board, payments will be made. ,
HOUSE WILL PASS LABOR BILL TODAY
I WASHINGTON, June 4, (U.R)The House was scheduled late today to approve the Republican labor bill so overwhelmingly as to leave no doubt of its ability to override a Presidential veto. The compromise measure worked out by Senate-House conference will then go to the Senate where final Congressional action is set for tomorrow. The bill should reach the White House sometime Friday. Mr. Truman has never personally indicated whether he will sign or veto the bill. But Chairman Fred Hartley ' Jr., of the House labor committee and other Republican leaders, were confident both the House and the Senate could muster the twothirds majority necessary to override a veto. Hartley predicted a margin of three to one in today's final House vote. Mrs. May Setty Dies Yesterday In Hospital Mrs. May Setty, age 64, died at 5 p. m. yesterday at the Mary Sherman hospital. She is survived by two sons, N. C. Setty, of Chicago, Illinois, and Max Setty, of Sullivan; one sister, Mrs. Flossie Wells, of Carlisle; two brothers, Norrls Shake, of Terre Haute, and Clyde Shake, of Brazil. She is also survived by a granddaughter and a grandson. The body was taken to the Railsback Funeral Home where services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday with the Rev. Wyman Hull officiating. Burial will be in Indian Prairie Cemetery. ONE KILLED IN CAVE IN AT MUNCIE MUNCIE, Ind., June 4, (U.R) One man was killed and two belived trapped in a cave-in-at the Owens-Illinois Glass plant here today. , Rolin Collins was killed -when the bank of an axcavation in which a crew of five was working collapsed. Willie Palmer, age 52 was reported critically injured. Clura Garrett, age 21, was slightly injured, and two other men were believed trapped in the dirt fall. - Names of the trapped men were not immediately available. The crew, employed by the Glaser Construction Company of Muncie, was constructing a glass tank for use in the making of glass bricks by. the firm. MEETING OF COUNCILMEN OF CANTEEN TONIGHT Kenton Riggs, Mayor of the teen-canteen has announced that there is to be a meeting of all councilmen of the organization tonight at 6:45 o'clock. The meeting will be held at the canteen. LUCINDA DECKARD IN CRITICAL CONDITION Lucinda Ann Deckard, who was injured in an automobile accident Sunday afternoon is in a critical condition at the Mary Sherman Hospital. She underwent an operation yesterday. Floyd Deckard and Aleda Velle Deckard, who were injured in the same wreck, are slightly improved today. FIRE DEPARTMENT MAKES RUN The City Fire Department made a run to 419 North Court Street about 5:30 Tuesday evening. A gasoline stove caught fire but no damage was done. No Street Cars in Nevada LAS VEGAS, Nev. (U.R) A convention of travel industry officials here brought attention to the fact that there isn't a street car in the state. Nevada still is largely frontier country and street cars have found no place in either of Its two largest cities, Reno and La Vegas.
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FIVE MISSING IN FLOOD RUTLAND, Vt., June 4.-(UP) Five persons were missing and about 400 homeless, and this second largest city in Vermont was without water jjas and electric service today as water receded after a flash flood that caused damage estimated at one to two million dollars. Red Cross officials said it was almost, miraculous that
heavy loss of life was averted when torrential rains burst a dam and sent a nine-foot wall of water swirling into this city of 17,000.
SETS INDEPENDENCE DATE NEW DELHI, India, June 4. (UP) Viscount Mountbatten, Viceroy of India, set Aug. 15 today as the tentative date for Britain to hand freedom to India, almost certainly divided into independent dominions of Hindustan and Parkistan. Mountbatten said the transfer of power, which must be before the June 1948 deadline, will allow the Indians to complete their own political machinery. , :
MAY END SUGAR RATIONING WASHINGTON, June 4. (UP) Secretary of Agriculture Clinton P. Anderson said today that it is possible that household sugar rationing would end soon. Anderson testified at a Senate banking subcommittee hearing on a bill that would end rationing at once. The government sugar rationing authority runs until Oct. 31, but Anderson can end rationing sooner if he wants to. UNION LEADERS SUED INDIANAPOLIS, June 4. (UP) William L. Hutcheson, international president of the A. F. of L. Carpenters' Union, and all other international officers of the union were named today in two civil suits charging slander and misappropriation of funds. . The suits were filed in circuit court on behalf of Coreall E. Cuthbertson, head of a carpenters' local union at Pine Bluff, Ark. He demanded $200,000 damages in the suit . NO ACTION ON BILL WASHINGTON, June 4. (UP) White House Press Secretary Charles Ross indicated today that President Truman will not sign or veto the Republican tax reduction bill until next week or later. Meanwhile, a Senate Democrat pointed to three key rollcall votes to support predictions that the expected Presidential veto would be sustained.
ASKS BILL CONSIDERATION WASHINGTON, June 4. (UP) President Truman urged Congress today to give ''early consideration" to his proposed universal military- trahung plan, which he said is vital for national security. Mr. Truman formally transmitted to Congress a copy of a report by his advisory commission on universal training. Ine report was made public Monday. The commission unanimously recommended immediate adoption of a universal training law. .. - v ' , .
Charles Burnett Funeral Held Funeral, services r. for Charles Esre Burnett were held yesterday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Railsback Funeral Home. The Rev. L. A. Donaldson of Graysville officiated. Song services were in charge of Rev. and Mrs. J. M. Smith.
Pallbearers were Cud Plew, 1 1 oz. baby boy born May 29 at Walter Steele, Walter Whitman, ' the St. Johns Hospital in SpringHerbert Christy, Floyd Wilson field, Illinois. He has been and Johnnie Kilson. named William Edward. The Burial was in the Mt, Tabor mother is the former Betty RobCemetery, i bins.
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NEWS
UNDERGOES OPERATION Mrs. C. O. Hall of Indiana Ave. underwent an operation for mastoid Tuesda, at' the Union Hospital, in xTejre, HauteT-She is in Room 204 where friends mav I write to her ' JLzJ BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT Mr. and Mrs. W. E. announce the arrival of Blocher a 9 lb. 4 14
BETTER MINE SAFETY LAW IS WANTED
WASHINGTON, June 4. (UP) ' Chairman Fred A. Hartley, Jr., of the House labor committee predicted today that mine safety laws "with real teeth in them" will be approved before Congress adjourns late in July. The subject has been turned over to a subcommittee headed by- Representative Max Schwabe, R N. J. Two bills, both sponsored by Representative Gerald Landis, R., Ind., are awaiting action on the committee calendar. One measure would authorize Federal mine inspectors to shut down dangerous mines indefinitely. The other would limit this provision to thirty days during which the operator would be expected to correct the objectionable features of his mine. 1 Elmer Bedwell Funeral Rites Held Monday Funeral services for Elmer G. Bedwell, who was killed by a slate-fall at the Baker mine Saturday, were held at the Baptist Church Monday afternoon. The Rev. Wyman A. Hull officiated. Music was provided by Pete MeCreery, ' John ' Biddle; John Harbaugh and Jim Brown, with Mrs. Jeanette Wernz at the organ. The active pallbearers were Sherman Stokes, Nelson Flynn, Chancey Thomas, James Evans, Noah Brenton and Henry Alsbrook. Honorary pallbearers were as follows: Reed Lucas, Alva Roberts, Max McCammon, Jess Vestal, Jim Evans, Bert Jones, Harold Stanbaugh, Clyde Cooksey, Doc Dudley, Harry Keenan, Omar DePriest, Doc Gray, Joe Bose and Glen Thompson. Mesdames Harry Keenan, Henry Alsbrook, James Evans, Sherman Stokes, Nelion' Flynn and Max McCammon were flower bearers. Burial was made at Center Ridge Cemetery. : " " ) Hoosier Rivers Near Flood Stage Flood' waters 'imperiled crops and routed-residents from Southern Indiana" bottomlands yesterday as- the rain-swollen White and Wabash Rivers brought warnings to many communities. The rivers poured from their banks in the central and southern portions of the State, flooding hundreds of farm acres and washing out crops. United States weather bureau officials revised their previous day's flood crest upwards as rapid rises were registered along the rivers. Weather observers reported that the flood stage had been surpassed in at least ten Indiana communities. They said that crests had been reached only at Wabash and Logansport. Waters in the south are not expected to begin receding until Sunday. ) DePauw U. Names Five To Faculty GREENCASTLE, June 4 Two DePauw University graduates are among the five new appointees to the DePauw faculty for the 1947-48 school year, Dean R. Bartlett announced. The appointments are; Dr. Robert M. Montgomery, who will become associate professor of Old Testament; Oliver Robinson, assistant professor of English; Ralph Vaquez, instructor in Spanish, Donald H. White, instructor in theory and piano, and Ralph F. Carl, instructor in Romance languages. CONSERVATION CLUB TO MEET THURSDAY The Sullivan Conservation Club will meet at the City Hall, Thursday, June 5, at 7:30 p. m. Included in the business scheduled for the evening, will be a report on the 9th district Conser- j vation Council Session held at, Linton, Indiana, last Sunday. This report will be of interest to all citizens of the locality, as well as club members. Officials urge eveveryone to attend.
Contract Talks For Coal Miners Are Broken Off
Union Representatives Fail To Show
Up For Scheduled Meeting, After Southern Operators Tell Newsmen
Of Counter Proposals. WASHINGTON, June 4. (UP) All negotiations for a new wage contract for 400,000 United Mine Workers in the soft coal fields were broken off today.
MORE RAIN THREATENS CORN CROP INDIANAPOLIS, June Hope that flood waters ins thousands of acres in 4. U.R) covercentral and southern Indiana would soon recede were dimmed today by a weather prediction of more show ers. Rapidly rising streams and rivers continued to endanger crops and delay planting as the weather bureau forecast thunder showers in the northern portion of the state tonight and tomorrow. Residents . of many Indiana bottomlands were forced to evacuate their homes. Many crops were completely washed away. Crop experts at Purdue University warned that the deadline is nearing for the successful planting of corn and beans and described the situation over most of the state as critical. TRUMAN OKAYS RESIGNATION; OF BRADEN WASHINGTON, June 4, (U.R) President Truman today accepted the resignation of Spruille Braden as Assistant Secretary of State. Braden, in a letter to the President said his personal responsibilities made it imperative for him to return to private business. Braden has long been Involved in a political dispute over the United States relations with the Argentine government headed by Juan peron. He favored a tougher policy toward Peron than did many persons in the Department of State. James H. Moody Dies In Linton Tuesday Evening James H. Moody, 75, of Linton pased away at the Linton Hospital, Tuesday evening at 3:10 o'clock. Mr. Moody has been ill since May 30. His wife, Ida May died in 1940. He is survived by Mfs. Ima Medlock and Orville Moody, both of Sandborn route; Homer Moody, of Harrison. Ohio; Hosea Moody and Mrs. Mary Vickrey, both of Detroit; Frank Moody and' Mrs. Lettie Luxton, of Linton, and Mrs. Lillian Boxrud, of East St. Louis, Illinois. The body was taken to the Newkirk Funeral Home and is to be returned to the home sometime this evening. Funeral services are to be held Thursday afternoon at 2:30, at the United Brethren Church of Linton, with Brother Metcalf officiating. , Burial will be made at Burris Chapel in Linton. FINED IN TERRE HAUTE A charge of operating an au tomobile while under the influ ence of intoxicating liquor has t been filed against Donald Wolfe, .age 21, of Dugger, in city court at Terre Haute. A hearing will be held on June 10. Four of Wolfe's .companions, all of them from Sullivan, were each fined $5 on pleas of guilty to intoxication charges. They are; Joseph Whit lock, age 20; Otha R. Wolfe, age 19; Ray R. Shake, age 22, and
Robert Huff, age 21.
Representatives of John L. Le-
wis failed to show up for a scheduled meeting with the Southern operators, who represent 25 per cent of the nation's soft coal Industry. Last week negotiations with the Northern and Western" operators were called off. With the government preparing to give up operations of the mines on July 1, the breakdown increased the possibility of a strike. The Southern operator's de- ' cision to publicize their counter ' offers to the United Mine Work ers in which they eliminated portal-to-portal pay from their provisions provided the final ending of the negotiations. The Southern operators had offered to boost the soft coal miner's pay to $12.70 for an eighthour day of productive work, if Lewis would agree to wipe out the portal pay provision. The wage offer would give the Inside day miner 85 cents more than he gets for nine hours underground. Mrs. Fred Gantz Dies At Home In Washington Word has been received here of the death of Mrs. Fred Gantz, who passed- away at , her home jm Washington 'Monday morning. . Mrs. Gantz had been in failing 'health for four years and in a critical condition for the last six weeks. She was 79 years of age. She si5 survived by . her .husband, Fred. Gantz, , whom s she married on .. February 14, 1889. Two; ghildren4 Albest'; F. Ganta of Indianapolis, 'and Hazel Gantz, at home also survive A? siSter( Mrs. Agnes Bartlett, San Diego; 'California, and'' several '-nieces and nephews also survive. Mrs. Gantz was born In Wash ington on February 14, 1868, the daughter of Fielding and Martha (Foster) Colbert and attended the Washington schools. Mrs. Gantz was a cousin of the late Dick Hoskins and Mrs. Mollie Leach of this city. Funeral services will be held Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Gill funeral home in Washington, with the Rev. A. Berton Clarke in charge. Burial will be in Oak Grove cemetery. James M.Bell Dies At Home Last Night James M. Bell, age 75, died at his home on Sullivan route four last night at midnight. He is survived by two sons, Girthal, of Indianapolis, and Vir gil, of Sullivan R. 4; a step-son, Otis Riggle, of Terre Haute; a daughter, Mrs. Beulah Pinkston, of Sullivan R. 4; a brother, Lem Bell, of Graysville, and four grandchildren. The body was taken to the Railsback Funeral , Home where it will lie in state until Thursday morning. It will then be removed to the home of the daughter. Funeral services will be held at two o'clock Friday afternoon at the Concord Church of Christ of which he was a member. Burial will be in the Westlawn Cemetery at Farmersburg. Miss M. McConnell Suffers Stroke Miss Maude McConnell of the Coffman Apartments suffered a stroke Monday night at 7 o'clock. Her left side is paralyzed. She was taken to the residence of Gene Butler, 626 East Jackson Street.
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