Sullivan Daily Times, Volume 49, Number 131, Sullivan, Sullivan County, 2 July 1947 — Page 1

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ARMY ENGINEERS FIGHT TO SAVE TWO MISSOURI TOWNS FROM FLOODS Believe Towns Can Be Saved As Army Rushes More Troops To Stricken Areas To Strengthen Levees; ST. LOUIS, July 2. (UP) Army engineers, who have fought a losing battle with the Mississippi River, believed today they could save two Missouri towns and 23 000 acres

iivin near recura nooa crest Louis Some 375,000 acres. were already flooded and 8,500 persons , are homeless upstream from Cairo, 111. The engineers rushed sandbag- ' ging crews to levees protesting Claryvflle, McBride, and surrounding Perry County, Mo., farm land, seventeen miles south of here. ' River experts said the situation , was becoming "critical" at Clary-, ..ville. But engineers believed a strong fight would hold the levee. The town lies across the river from a 50,000 acre area that was inundated when the river surged over the DagogniaFountain Bluff levee yesterday. Troops pulled off the Dagognia levee were rushed to the Missouri side last night. The Army announced at Washington that it had dispatched more than 1,200 troops and civilian employees from the Fifth Army Area to the flood stricken area of the Midwest. Most of the 375,000 acres under water along the big riVer was socalled "protected" land that was inundated after the levee broke. The protected areas total 208,000 acres. REPUBLICANS 'LAN SPECIAL I0USING GROUP WASHINGTON, July 2 (UP) Republican House Leader Charles Halleck of Indiana, disclosed today that Republican House chiefs are considering setting up a special legislative committee to take care of the entire housing situation. Meanwhile, it became more apparent that some key rent control officials take sharp issue with President Truman's assertion that rent ceilings have been "irreparably weakened" by the new control law. ' These officials said i there is nothing in the law that automatically raises rent and that tenants have' no more reason to fear eviction now than under the old law. The legislative committee on housing was suggested by Representative Jacob G. Javits, freshman Republican congressman from New York. . He said it would provide Congress with the basis for an effective housing program if the present shortage does not improve. RIOT SUBDUED BY MILITIA MANILA, Philippines, July 2 (UP) Order was reported restored today at Calipan, on Min-

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doro Island, south of Manila, after weather and considerable suna group of prisoners broke out of ; shine, especially during the lat-

ail, overpowered police, and seized control of the town. Reports from Calipan were still conflicting, but Governor Modesto Castillo, of Batankas, said the situation was in hand and that the leader of the prisoners, a former military police lieutenant named Romero, had been killed. Castillo said the outbreak was j quelled by military police under the command of Major Castro. Castro crosses over to Mindora with a force of forty , men and with the co-operation of local .civilians managed to subdue the prisoners. CITIZENS ASKED TO DISPLAY FLAGS . llt .i VI tJUlll V Oil d- C asked to display flags Friday as a part of the Independence Day holiday. Mayor A.- G. McGuire said, he hoped that all residents would have flags flying. .

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rolling southward from Sr SCREEN STAR ACCUSED OF HOLLYWOOD, Calif., July. 2 (UP) Starlet Madge Meredith. who has acted mostly in gangster, movies, hid out from arrest today on suspician of kidnaping, robbery, and attempted murder. Nicholas Gianaclis, age 38, who identified himself as the business manager for the actress, said she ordered him abducted and, "beaten to a pulp" after a ride in ' which she refused to return property deeded to her to hide it from his wife's lawyer. "I found her in a delicatesen and made an actress out qf her," he said. "And she does this to me. That's gratitude." pi -tr , n r lOWer, Vegetable Fair Lists Prepared Closing entry dates for veee-

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tables and flowers at this year's 1 enacted labor law; Capehart, in Indiana State Fair have been ex- indianapoiis on business, defendtended I o.,e week to Aug. 18, Orin fed nis stand on the measare .Tm ' Anders, Terre Haute, director ; just as sincere in believing 'that ofthe agriculture - horticulture the Taft.Hartley bill is- in the department has announced . !best interest of the nation and That date will be a week later labor-as Green u that- it is not than the entry closings for all the Qnl time will tell whethe he other State Fair departments. Mr. was ri ht or , was ri ht Anders explained that .xperience . in previous years made the ex-! tension advisable and that the Marshall Races

iaie growing season uus year naa , justified the change. Premium lists for the department, which are now ready for distribution, show considerable reorganization as to rule and exhibits. Rules "have been changed for the grain, farm and crops displays. For instance, Mr. Anders pointed out, the vegetable depart ment has been rearranged "so that the small-scale, home iardener will have equal show chances with commercial vegetable growers. New fruit varieties also are nmviHoH fnr with snmo nf th. old classes dropped. Several imorovements are being made to the Agriculture

building, including a new con- Tne racing strip is specially procrete floor and replaced wiring cessed to render it dustless, and

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Except, for vegetables and flowers, the closing entry date for the department is Aug 12. Premium lists , are available by , writing Mr. Anders at the State Fairgrounds, Indianapolis 5. : Corn Crop Hopes Up As Weather Improves WASHINGTON, July 2 (UP) The weather bureau reported that DrosDPcts for fhp mm prnn

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or five days with the advent of better weather in the flooded Midwestern areas. The bureau said warmer ter portions of the past week, was "very favorable" for cultivation. The report heightened hopes of the Department of Agriculture officials that this year's crop will be about the ten-year average of 2,600,000,000 bushels. A below-average crop would force curtailment J in livestock production and higher consumer prices, for meats, dairy, and poultry products. NO PAPER FRIDAY The Times will not publish an edition Friday, July 4. Instead, there will be a paper printed on Saturday. Ads for the Saturday edition should be in the Times office by noon Thursday. The church, page. will. be. carried Thursday evening, and all ministers are urged to have their notices in the Times office by 3:00 p.m. Wednesday"

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BOGGIfJG DOWN in complete disagreement, foreign minister conferees V." M. "Molotov oi Russia, Georges Bidault of France and Ernest Bevin of England meet, at the' "Big Three" conference table in Paris fialon des Perroquets. Considering U. S.- Secretary of State George C. Marshall's plan for financial aid to war-impoverished Europe, the conference is stymied with Molotov demanding U. S. aid without Bevin'a and Bidault's proposed explanation of how the moneyjfrilljje used. (International)

CAPEHART REPLIES ON LABOR LAW INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., July 2 (,UP) Senato.r Homer Capehart, R., Ind., said today that "only time will tell" who is right concerning the Taft-Hartley labor law. President William Green, of tne American eder.ation. of labor, yesterday chose CaDehart and Senator William E. Jenner, R.', I tu. .u. xi.. Attract Rim Riders MARSHALL, 111., July 2 Anl other thrill packed program of midget auto races is slated for the sensational Clark County Speedway at Marshall, 111., fairgrounds this Saturday evening. More than a score of pilots will compete on the lightning fast, bl2 banked speedway, which a lows chauffeurs faster speed than seen on any other track in I1Ht nois- The six foot banked turns has attracted the . rim riders of the state, and competition of this type can become very rugged during an eight event program. fans last week were well pleased i with the racing surtace champion, Paul Ambrose, Omaha ace, Red Hamilton, last week's feature winner, Harry Myers, Cnuck Wayant, Butter Wright, winner of the Des Moines, Iowa feature last week, Harry Meeks and many otners win compete on the program. The first race will start at 9 p. m. There is no charge for grandstand seats, which affords a perfect view of the racing strip. For Indiana U. Summer School BLOOMINGTON, Ind., July 2 Summer session enrollment in all divisions of Indiana University was announced today by Thomas 'A. Cookson, registrar, as totaling 5,875 full-time students and 1,828 part-time students, The full-time student total for the current semester represents an increase of 39 per cent over the 1946 Summer session and is within a thousand students of the pre-war peak enrollment for the Fall-Spring semesters. The increase in enrollment on the Bloomington campus over last year amounts to 22 per cent, but full-time students in the extension schools show an upturn of 174 per cent. The extension full-time and the 1,828 part-time students are enrolled in centers at East Chicago, South Bend, Fort Wayne, Kokomo, Indianapolis, and Jeffersonville. NEW SUITS Bernie Deckard vs. George Deckard. Complaint for divorce.

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Lions Club Gives. ; Report On Activities The Lions Club heard a repor of the activities of that organizai tion for the one year that the club has been active in Sullivan., The club purchased four safety patrol uniforms for the ' city schools, and installed germicidal lamps in the four first grade rooms in the city schools. It is the plan of the club to continue the installation of the, germicidal lamps in the city schools as rapidly as funds are available, since scientific studies' have proved the Jpenefits derived from their use in destroying airborne germs. Through the generosity of local merchants in donating space, fifty-seven ' gum machines have been installed in various stores and the total profits from these machines are to be used to' continue the purchase and installa tion of the lamps, The locar Lions also -aided-in4 installing Lions Clubs in Dugger, Jasonville, and Farmersburg. Forest Garey, of the Kraft Cheese Company, will be installed as i the new president of the organization at the next meeting. He succeeds Gilbert Riley. YUGOSLAVIA ACCUSES US OF INTERFERENCE LAKE SUCCESS, July 2, (UP) Yugoslavia struck back at the United States last night with a veiled reference to "open intimidation" in the Balkans and a ; long ' denial that the Belgrade government ever stirred up trouble there. Dr. Joza Vilfan, new Yugoslav member to the United Nations and a former attorney general for his country, hit at the United States in an hour-long speech to the U. N. Security council and without naming names declared: "We agree that most recently there existed in international relations methods of intimidation not only concealed intimidation, as stated by the representative of the United States, but even open intimidation. In any event, Yugoslavia is the last country which could be accused of intimidation. But as to intimidation, the Balkan countries can tell much." He was ' answering a speech by Warren Austin, American delegate, charging that Yugoslavia, Bulgaria, and Albania were causing the trouble in the Balkans. Plan Conference In Radio Education BLOOMINGTON, Ind.,' July 2 An invitation to a conference in Indianapolis, Aug. 7-8, was issued today by George C. Johnson, director of radio educational programs at Indiana University, School administrators, parent teacher association leaders, study clubs and farm organizations will be instructed in the increased use of radio as an aid to teaching. The conference in addition to promoting" use of radio broadcasts as teaching aids also will provide illustrations of the use of t radio in the whole field of study and learning according to Johnson. , - .

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EUROPEAN PLAN CHINESE SAY r mm k RED) AIDING COMMUNISTS ' NANKING, China, July 2. (UP) The Chinese governmt today charged that the civil conflict in China had become an "international war" as Nationalist troops and airplanes chased Communist units from shattered Szetingkai. '.-?' Government Information Direc tor Hollington , K. Yong told a 'press conference that the recent lifting of the siege of Szetingkai in Manchuria had been carried out with an intensity "unknown in the history of Chinese Comtnunist military operations." , , . He added that Korean Communists and former Japanese ing with the Chinese Reds in in creasing numbers and that Communist military supplies appeared to grow steadily. State Gets Copper Pennies On Fag Tax INDIANAPOLIS, July 2 (UP) The State of Indiana put nearly 2,500,000 copper coins in its penny bank yesterday, proceeds from the first , day's operation of the new cigaret tax. ' . . The coins jingled in cash drawers from the sale of some 815,000 packs of cigarets subject to the new 3-cents-a-pack State tax Some smokers surrendered the tax grudgingly. Others switched to pipes and cigars, untaxed under the new law effective, today. A few said they quit smoking at midnight Monday. The state expects to collect an average of $24,000 a day from the tax. That would -raise $4,500,000 the last six months of this year and $9,000,000 annually thereafter. v Hoosiers with the cigaret habit were 1 subjected to a last-minute sales campaign by tobacconists, drug stores and grocers to "buy 'era by the carton and beat the tax," but reports from over the state showed these tactics were not too effective. Many hoarded a few cartons, but most people heeded advice that cigarets get stale quickly. Others feared they might get caught by a clause in the law that provides up to $1,000 fine and 90 days in jail for persons found wi4h unstamped cigarets six days after purchase. The reaction of Indianans was varied. There was a big group that felt like L. O. Hannum, an electric welder at Brazil. "I've always smoked cigarets," Hannum said, "but I have bought a pipe and expect it will hold down the expense." Others took a broader view, among them Al Federico, law school junior at Indiana university. "It'll take more than three cents a pack tax to make me stop smoking," Federico said. "It's as fair as any tax, I guess. They may as well tax luxuries." A few Hoosiers called the tax "unfair" and "outrageous" and felt cigaret smokers were discriminated against. CANTEEN TO CLOSE FRIDAY NIGHT The Dart n' Arrow Canteen will not be open Friday night, because of the holiday, Kenton Riggs, mayor of the canteen, said today.' ' '

Fruit Growers Invited To Purdue Field Day Sullivan County melon, vegetable, and fruit growers are invited to attend the Northwestern Indiana Sand Farmers Field Day on the Purdue Horticulture Experimental Farm near Owensville, Tuesday, July 8 according to an announcement made today by O. K. Anderson, county agent. The tour of the farm will begin at 1:00 p. m. when demonstration fields of watermelons,

muskmelons, sweet potatoes, asparagus, orchards of plums, cherries, and peaches will be visited. Cultural practices, with the melons and the use of the ratetiller for preparing ground for sweet potatoes will be explained by Dr. John D. Hartman, Purdue plant breeder in charge of the research work at the farm during the discussion period to follow the tour. A. H. Gessell, Gibson County Agricultural, will be in charge of the discussion program. New and improved strains of the Hawkesbury watermelon and the new "Purdue 44',' muskmelon will be among the important melon varieties to be observed by the melon growers. Strains of the "Purdue 44" muskmelon which show resistance to aphids and mosaic have been developed at the farm or have been received from other states for observation under Indiana conditions. New strains of watermelons possessing wilt resistance equal to that of the Hawkesbury but which are earlier and of better quality are being studied at the farm. These ' watermelons and muskmelons .'will be of interest to Sullivan I County farmers, County Agent O. K. Anderson said. GOVERNMENT ENDS YEAR ' WITH SURPLUS . WASHINGTON, July .2, (UP) The j government ' closed its books officially today on' fiscal 1947 with a surplus in the treasury of $794,000,000, the first surplus since 1930, and the second highest in the, nation's history. Secretary of the Treasury John Snyder told a news conference that the surplus has been used as a payment on the national debt. The 1947 surplus compares with the all-time record surplus in 1927 of $1,155,000,000, and that of $738,000,000 in 1930. Snyder said he was delighted with the surplus. A year ago, he said, it appeared there would be a deficit ,of about $2,000,000,000. However, budget bureau economists misjudged the high level of business and management. Re-, cord low unemployment and continued high demand for manufactured and farm goods sent taxes flowing into the treasury at record peace-time levels. Greensburg Paper Ups Delivery Rate ' GREENSBURG, Ind. July 2 The Greensburg Daily News has announced an increase in the subscription rate of home delivery to 25 cents a week. Management of the paper said the change in subscription rates has been necessitated by increased costs of newsprint and other production costs. Plymouth Newspaper Dedicates New Press PLYMOUTH, Ind. June 2 The Plymouth Pilot-News has installed a new Goss Unitube press and dedicated it by rolling off a 32page edition last Friday. The press prints from 2 to 16 pages at one time : and deli- 1 vers 15,000 folded papers an hour. JAYCEES WILL MEET TONIGHT The Sullivan Junior Chamber of Commerce will meet at the city hall tonight at 7 o'clock. There is important business to be discussed and all members are urged to be present. 25 MARRIAGE LICENSES IN JUNE James H. Ringer County Clerk, has announced that there were 25 marriage licenses issued in June in comparison to the 27 issued in May. MARRIAGE LICENSES James Dyer, Coal City, and Lena Walters, Sullivan. John Smith, Jefferson Twp., and Joanna Roach, Cass Twp,

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oir a nation-wiue coai siriKe ANGLO FRENCH THREAT ENDS CONFERENCE PARIS, July 2. (UP) The three-power European economic conference collapsed today with an angry threat by Great Britain and France that they will try to organize Europe's economy on their own, and a Russian warning that this will split Europe, encourage American interference, and "lead to no good result." A complete economic split between the East and the West appeared to be the inevitable outcome of the futile conference. Britain and France told Russia that they would go ahead alone and seek to organize Europe as a preliminary to getting billions in aid from the United States. Russia flatly refused to have any part in this program and said it might well have results just the opposite to what the AngloFrench statesmen hope to achieve. Ignoring the sharp Soviet warning given by Foreign Minis - ter V. M. Molotov, the French announced immediately that they would go ahead on their own in an effort to establish a program of economic rehabilitation for all European countries which desire to co-operate. Molotov's warning to the West was delivered as he rejected an eleventh-hour French compromise plan and, was couched in some of the strongest language yet used in East-West diplomatic encoun ters. " '" '.-' 'When ' it Is stated in i the French proposal that the decisive role . in the rehabilitation , of the economic life of the ' European countries should belong ' to . the United States, and not to themselves," Molotov said, "such a position stands in contrast; to the interest of European countries since it might lead to the denial of their sovereignty." Mother Comes First BOSTON (UP) When 12-year-old Lawrence Thorton of South Boston fell into an elevator shaft and fractured his right arm, he refused to go to a hospital until he was assured that someone would break the news gently to his mother so she wouldn't become frightened. Warns Newsmen HUNGARY'S Minister of Information Ernoe Mihalyfl warns all journalists that after ratification of the peace treaty they will be liable to punishment, including death, for publishing disreputable reports about the Hungarian republic. The warning covers U. S. and British correspondent- In Budapest and all other journalists in Hungary. (International

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IrrKAM )K ; L HI VIM AhKH - MrN H (urj Jonn l,. iewis ana a industry were reuorted today next weeK. , i ! Some industry sources optiI mistically believed that a deal may be sealed at further secret meetings between Lewis and the operators representing the bulk of the Northern and Western mines. Lewis kept silent. Government sources close to the negotiatinne 4Vnr lr.nb-n4 rr "im a. ..Wild UU 1 V...J VV..M w - - portant developments." ' " The maior obstacle still block ing agreements, nowever, was tne provision to free him . and . the mines from some of the restrictions of the Taft-Hartley ' labor control law. v ' Lewis is seeking for the soft coal contract the same stipulation which is now part of the anthracite agreement. This provides that the contract covers the miners personally and individually as long as they are "willing and ahle to work." ' . The United Mine Workers chieftain is said to feel that this relieves the union and its officials of liability for damage suits for unauthorized work stoppages, Such suits may be instituted against unions in Federal courts under the Taft-Hartley law. . Meanwhile, Senator Robert A. Taft, R., Ohio, co-author of the Taft-Hartley control law, said in a statement that "it is incumbent 1 on both sides to make whatever effort is necessary to reach an, agreement promptly" He said the situation "regarding' the coal. mines is unique." "I have no means of knowing who is right imd 'whd'ts' wrong in the negotiations .now proceeding between the unions and the employers," Taft said, "certainly no strike was justified prior to July (before the government, returned the mines to private owners) but I do not know enough at this time to condemn ' either the miners union or the operators for what may happen after today." F: County Miners Have' Low T.B. Rate a report maae by tne navy who took a medical survey of the soft coal industry while the Navy had control of the mines under the government . seizure order, shows that Indiana coal miners are freer from tuberculosis than other Hoosiers generally. In Sullivan County, where almost a quarter of the residents are miners and their families, the tuberculosis rate was far below the state rate. Only in one Indiana coal community was the rate above the average. . ' The main reason for this is that in Indiana the coal miners are not forced to live in coal camps, the report says, but they have a selection of residences because of the automobile and good roads. , ... . Linton Plans Parade For Fourth Of July The Fourth of July parade, held each year in Linton, is shap ing up as one of the best in his tory, according to reports from' the Greene County town. The parade will start at 10 a. m. promptly, and will have five high school bands taking I part. These bands are from Lyons, Hymera, Switz City, Worthington, and Linton. It is expected that the parade will be more than a mile long. '- Prizes are being offered by the Greater Linton Club, for the best floats, displays, and exhibits in the parade. Mr. K Mrfammnn Rites Held Tuesday Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Railsback Funeral Home for Mrs. Kate McCammon, who died Sunday night at her home on North State Street. Services were in charge of Bro. Ed NetuV. nvo"n mnci Tiroc -f m Yrl cVi uA Pallbearers were H. Hawkins, M. Crooks, Gilbert Maxwell, Jake Blakeman and John M. Thomas. Burial was in the I.O.O.F. Ceme

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