Sullivan Daily Times, Volume 49, Number 150, Sullivan, Sullivan County, 29 July 1947 — Page 1

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WEATHER WARMER WEDNESDAY Indiana: Generally fair and warmer tonight and Wednesday. T' Only, Dally ) i Newspaper la " SULLIVAN COUNT VOL. XLIX No. 150 INTERNATIONAL PICTURE SERVICE PRICE THREE CENTS UNITED PRESS SERVICE SULLIVAN DAILY TIMES TUESDAY, JULY 29. 1947.

PRESIDENT TRUMAN GOES BACK TO WASHINGTON AFTER MOTHERS FUNERAL Truman Has 100 To 200 Bills Awaiting Action When He Gets Back To Capital And Must Make Three Appointments. ' GRAND VIEW, Mo., July 29. (UP) President Truman, looking somewhat more rested and able to manage a slight smile, flew back to Washington to plunge into the work piled on his desk fpllowing the end of Congress.

rmer a mgni or rest at ine "Summer White, House" in Independence, the Chief Executive drove to the Grandview cottage where he buried his 94-year-old mother yesterday, for a thirtyminute visit with Miss Mary Jane Truman, his sister.As he entered his plane at the Grandview airport, Mr. Truman doffed his double-breasted grey coat and sat down with papers before him, apparently going right to work. His plane took off for Washington at 9:50 a. m. CST! on the flight that was expected to last for from four to five hours. As Mr. Truman shook hands with a few old friends and relatives at the airport he appeared somewhat rested after the strain of the funeral. He managed a shadow of his well-known smile. His wife, Mrs. Bess Truman, and his daughter, Margaret,' accompanied him to the airport. They will remain in Independ ence. White House Secretary Charles Ross said that there were be tween a hundred and two hundred bills awaiting presidential action. Also, Ross said, Mr. Tru - man will have to make recess appointments of two National Labor Relations Board members and its general counsel.' The appointments he made were not confirmed by the Senate before Congress went home. i HUGHES SAYS ' INVESTIGATION IS USELESS '- CULVER CITY, Calif., July 29 (uf) Howard Hughes pre-

dieted bitterly today, that the!Dav committee. f only result of the Senate investi- AU organizations in the city j nation of his airrraft rvmtran(, ! are urged to have a representa-1

would be to "ruin a reputation I spent vears and risked my life" to build. The millionaire manufacturer and movie producer in the first interview since the investigation ! started said it. would uncover no praft in the contracts and on flaws in the airplanes. One plane, the 3F-11 is the pest In the world, he said. "It's a beaut," he said. "It is the tmoHi modern and the best proypeller driven aircraft in the fworld, and is the best of anv kind with its range." Hughes nearly killed himself vhen he crashed while testing he airplane. The crash was raused by faulty propeller. He said the monsterous plyvood flying boat was "pureiy a research, project" but "will do fcvhat it was designed to do and Jthe government knew what it Kvas designed to do iwhen ordered it." it 'Arrows To Get New Football Scoreboard The Sullivan High School has rdered a new football score board to replace the one that was lemolished in a windstorm last . r i . i . 1 i

tpring, superintendent or ocnoois J. Allan Campbell said today. The new scoreboard is expected to be delivered in time for the first home football game of the season, which will be against Bloomington, on Sept. 12. In addition, Mr. Campbell said, new reflectors have been ordered for the lights at Sportland Field, land these will be in place for the opening game. Mr. Campbell said that the permanent bleachers had been repainted so that there would, be , no danger of the white paint that - was on them last season coming off on the clothes of persons at- : tending the games. With the resignation of Gabor Takats, who will be the new , football coach at Dugger, Mr. Campbell said that Coach Bill . ' Jones will be assisted in the handling of the football team by Basketball Coach Bill Lucas, and ' Assistant Coach Harry Jarrett.

SHIP BLAST KILLS MANY NEAR BREST

i IS-July 29-(UP)-A ship loaded with nitrates blew up in Brest harbor yesterday, and officials reported today that fifteen were killed and 300 other persons were injured seriously. One hundred were near death. The blast blew up the NorWPPIfln T . 1 norHr chin 4 Vi o n I

i , . f ' explosives section boxes, erecLiberty, flattened waterfront j tion of a concrete overcast at one houses, and broke nearly every location, preshift examinations window in Brest In addition, for hazardSi cleaning and rocknearly a thousand persons were dusting o haulage roadSj bars u y nju,red: i across the ends of man-cages, inThe ship, loaded with ammon- sulated power wires at wooden lum nitrate, caught fire in Brest, frame d and cut.out switch. but was towed out to sea. Whenles in all branch lines the crew was removed harbor , other recommendations called vessels-tried to sink thee ship u n,

with gun-fire Thousands of per,sons lined the shore, ' warnings from officials wesIJUe to Stay away from the waterfront area, to watch. They accounted for the , toll of sliehtlv iniured. , Brest gendarmes said the blast was the most violent even seen in the city, which was often and heavily bombed during the war. Only the heroism of the men. who volunteered to tow the ship' from the harbor prevented the complete destruction of Brest officials said. Plan To Name Labor Day Group There will be a meeting at the City Park following the brind concert Thursday night for the purpose of selecting a Labor tive at the meeting. The commit tee is being selected to . plan a Labor Day program for Sullivan. A number of organizations have said that they will have members at the meeting and Will help organize the committee. It is hoped I that the mine locals will have re presentatives at the meeting. Band To Practice Tonight For Concert The Sullivan High School band will practice tonight at the high school auditorium at 7:15 o'clock for the band concert to be given at the cityvpark Thursday night, Wilfred Perigo, band director said today. This will be the fourth concert of the season, to be given by the band which also includes players from the city and county. There was a nice crowd at the concert last week, and it is hoped that the crowd this week will be even larger. L. M. Busche Talks To Rotary Club Monday L. M. Busche, the State direc tor for countv agricultural aeents.

was the speaker at the luncheon i 01 iei AV1V. ana an Army venicie of the Rotary Club "at the Davis was Peppered with hand grenHotel yesterday. ades in Jerusalem.

Mr. Busche has just returned from Europe, where he saw the damage that was done to the farm lands during the recent war. He showed pictures to the club on the war damage. . Wallace Springer was program chairman. Mr. Busche was intro duced to the club by O. K. Anderson, Sullivan County agent. FLUSH WATER HYDRANTS The Sullivan city fire department has been flushing out the water hydrants in various sections of the city today. This must be done ever so often to insure safety in case of fire. HANCOCK IMPROVED Carl Hancock, who was injured in an automobile accident Saturday night, is reported as improving at the Mary Sherman Hospital.

Inspectors Visit Bicknell Mine To supplement several recent safety improvements in the G60-ton-a-day Sunshine mine near Bicknell, Knox County, Ind., safer blasting practices, better ventilation, and more effective control of coal dust are recommended in a Federal coal mine inspection report released today by the Bureau of Mines. Operated by . the Sunshine Coal Company, the . mine employed 126 men when reinspected in May by James A. McCune and J. P. Sheridan. In place of black pellet powder, the inspectors proposed the

use of permissible explqsives stored, transported, and fired in an approved manner. For improved ventilation, they suggested more air through several last open crosscuts, substantial incombustible main - west - entry stoppings, and sufficient on-shift tests for gas iu working places and when operating non-permissible electric equipment. To minimize dust-explosion dangers, they proposed further rock-dust-t0 allay dust during mini operations, and the removal of all coal-dust accumulations from the tipple. Summarizing recent safety improvements, Inspector McCune and Sheridan commended the safer location of the underground . dose to each working face..reI moval or support of all loose ,rfof aHHeri Vinistinu safpffnarrls clean shelter hol rerailing and .',i:ki ,): i i nuuiuic wanting ucvicca iui jutu I ii ,.i ,i motives, effective blocking of all standing cars, well-Installed insulators for all power wires, frame-grounds for. mining m'echines and electric drills, added mechanical safeguards, underground fire-fighting equipment, discontinuance of smoking in the mine, wearing of protective hats and footwear by all employees, and a positive check-in-and-out system. . ' . . THREE JEWISH MEN HANGED JERUSALEM, July 29 (UP) British authorities hanged three members of the Jewish underground today, and then began a grim wait in expectation that the underground might kill two British hostages and dump their corpses in a public square within a few hours.. The Irgun Svai Leumi underground said in Jerusalem ' that the hostages, two British Army sergeants, were "being executed". A little later a telephone message from a purported Irgun representative said that the sergeants would be released today probably dead. British authorities felt the Irguns would act in ,the most dramatic way possible, probably by throwing their corpses in a public place. The Irguns had already promised the greatest blood-path the Holy Land ever has seen. It started by blowing up a pill-box in front of the old Acre prison where the hanging occurred.. A bomb wounded five persons east . rec 1 r L. WlllCldlS UUUOl That Sugar Release .,.,. , e. Will Cause OhOrtage WASHINGTON, July 29. (U.R) Government officials agreed today that the sudden ending of industrial sugar rationing would mean a sky-rocketing in the production ( of the big-name soft drinks. ' The ins and the outs of sugar officialdom disagreed on one point. The men in charge of the r&maining sugar controls said no shortages were in the offing anywhere. The outs officials of the Department of Agriculture's defunct sugar rationing' administration predipted temporary shortages would develop in some scattered areas remote from the refineries. ,

UNDERGROUND

ANNOUNCE DATES FOR SCHOOL YEAR The opening day for the Sullivan City Schools will be Sept. 2, according to the class schedule released today by J. Allan Campbell, superintendent of schools. On that date, the general enrollment of pupils, class organization and book lists will all be taken care of. Mr. Camobell Dointed out that

on Sept. 1 there will be enroll-j ment tor ail pupus in tne city schools who have never been en rolled in Sullivan schools before. Regular classes will begin on Sept. 3. j . The first vacation for the pu-. pils will come on Oct. 23 and 24, when the schools are closed for the State Teachers' Convention. This vacation will be just after the end of the first grading period. ', ! Armistice Day w(ill.be the secftnA hnliHnv nnrl iha finMAn Ar rows play the Linton Miners in football on the home field. On I Nov. 26, the second grading per-' ; iod will end, and the following day Thanksgiving vacation starts' and the annual football game with Clinton will be piayed there. . .1 The Christmas vacation will be from Dec. 20 until Jan. 4, and the j 'first semester will end on Jan. 23. I On Jan. 26 the second semes-j ter will open. The sectional tourney is scheduled for Feb. 26, 27,; 28, with school closed on Feb. 27. ,The fourth grading period will close on March 5. j The annual Spring vacation will be from March 26 to 29, and the fifth grading period will end on April' 16. - ; 1 The last day of school for the seniors will be May 21, with the end of school for the other pur pils coming on May 28.. The dat$ for Commencement has not been ' definitely set.' ' " ." u REJECTS PLAN ON BALKANS LAKE SUCCESS, N? Y., July 29 (UP) The United States won a preliminary victory on the Balkan situation when it turned back an attempt by France nnd Australia to keep the big powers out of the commission. Theyagreed not to press their proposal after American Delegate Herschel V. Johnson said that the United States "feels very strongly" that all the eleven nations of the United Nations Security Council should sit on ihe commission which the Western powers hope to set up to insure two years of peace in the troubled Balkans. As the group cleared the way for the voting, Albania, Bulgaria-, and Yugoslavia warned that they considered the plan a threat to their sovereignty and could not accept it. - Some persons interpreted this as an eleventh hour notice that the three Communist-dominated countries would have nothing to do with the peace-making J plan if Russia does not kill it with her veto. Hail Storm Causes Much Damage Sunday ' Hail caused considerable damage to the corn crop Sunday afternoon in a sudden storm about five, miles west of Sullivan. The storm was apparently confined to a narrow area around the Charles Ladd, Wes Eaton, and Tom Bowen farms. The storm occurred about 4 p. m. Sunday and in addition to the damage done to the corn, con siderable damage was done' to other crops on the three farms. JAYCEES TO MEET FRIDAY The Sullivan Junior Chamber of Commerce will jneet at the city Hall Friday evening at 7 o'clock. Tom Grayson, secretary, said today that the tennis courts at the city park which the Jaycees are I putting into shape for play are almost iinisnea, ana xnai tney should be available for use within a few days. MRS. . P. WHITE HAS OPERATION Mrs. R. P. White underwent a

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major' operation at the Methodist Cora Wolfe. Complaint for posHospital in Indianapolis, Friday. 1 session of real estate. -

HALLECK SAYS CONGRESS WAS SUCCESSFUL WASHINGTON, July 29 (UP)

House Republican Leader Charles Halleck, of Indiana, says the Republican party still has a lot of work to do to clear away any "debris left behind by the tax-squandering New Deal and Communist travelers." , Many measures not yet enactad into law are far advanced in the legislative program, Halleck said in a nation-wide radio broadest last night over the American Broadcasting Company. "These and other measures we shall push to completion at the next session of Congress, veto or no veto, and alien-minded forces to the contrary not withstanding," he said. In summarizing the work of the 80th Congress to date, Mr. Halleck said that it had accomplished 'more than any previous Congress "in many years" despite what he called "balking by the hodge-podge Democratic party." In his address, the Hoosier declared, "The record shows that the Republican party has kept its pledges. We have responded to the will of the people, and demonstrated that ours is a unity party with a sound, forwardlooking program." Recalling that President Truman twice vetoed a Republican income tax reduction bill, and the labor-management relations act, Halleck said, "it will be a disasterous error if we permit one man to place his judgment above the will of an overwhelming majority of the people and of Congress." Halleck also grabbed for the Republicans the credit for passing President Truman's armed services unification program and claimed that the Republicans sent several bills benefiting the veterans of the Spanish-American War as well as World War II to the president.. - - .-. - : US WILL CUT FOREIGN RADIO BROADCASTS I WASHINGTON, July 29. (U.R) The Department of State today cut its foreign broadcast program 40 per cent because of re duced funds, but stepped up the broadcasts to Russia by thirty f minutes. The over-all reduction in the "Voice of America" program, the Department said, was ordered because only $6,900,000 for the, broadcasts had been appropriated by Congress for this fiscal year,' as compared to the $8,400,000 that was spent last year. None of the programs to eastern Europe and to the Sovietsatellite countries will be trimmed, the Department said, and broadcasts to Russia will be increased without adding to the. cost, from' an hour to an hour and a half a day. The additional thirty minutes to Russia will consist of fifteen minutes of news and fifteen minutes of music. Congress, meanwhile, got und er way a recess investigation of the Department's foreign inform-1 ation project to determine its usefulness. Two Congressional committees studying the pro- j grams asked all Senators and Re-! presentatives traveling abroad this Summer to bring back reports on the effectiveness of the overseas broadcasts. RETURNS FROM VACATION Mr. and Mrs. Rush Rickard and Karen Sue have been away for a few days vacation. They spent last Wednesday at Coffing Bros. Orchard, Covington, Indiana, and attended an all-day meeting of Indiana Horticulturists there.' Thursday they visited two fruit growers in Northern Indiana, Loren Doud and U. U. Clarke. They drove on to Michigan, sight seeing at Grand Rapids, Holland, So. Haven and Benton Harbor. In Northern Indiana the montmorency and yellow cherries are now being picked. The trees were full and surely a beautiful sight. NEW SUITS . Eva M- Gambill and Donald Gambill vs. Ernest Wolfe and

Navy Reveals Plans To Distribute Defense Medals

The U. S. Navy Recruiting Ser-" vice will begin distribution of American Defense and Victory Medals next Friday, August 1 to all ex-Navy men and women who are eligible to receive them. Any ex-Navy man, or woman eligible for these medals can get them at any U. S. Navy recruiting activity. The nearest Navy recruiting office to Sullivan is loeatprl in thp Post Office Buildins at Room 308, Terre Haute. The American Defense Service Medal will be awarded to all ; persons in the naval service who served on active duty between September 8, 1939, and December 7, 1941, both dates inclusive. A service clasp "fleet" or "base" is authorized to be worn on the ribbon of the medal by each person who performed duties as set forth below: Fleet For service on the high seas while regularly attached to any vessel or aircraft squadron of the Atlantic, Pacific or Asiatic fleets to include vessels of the Naval Transportation Service and vessels operating directly under the Chief of Navay Operations. I Base For service on shore at bases and naval stations outside continental limits of the United - States. , I A bronze star three sixteenths 'of an inch in diameter will bej worn on the service ribbon in lieu .of any clasp authorized. j To be eligible for the World War II Victory Medal you must have been on active duty in the U. S. Naval Service at any time between December 7, 1941 and December 31, 1946, both dates in-, elusive. I I Delivery of medals will be made to eligible applicants only upon presentation of one of the following documents: ' Enlisted personnel (including Waves) 1. Honorable discharge certificate (NAVPERS-660), 2. Under honorable conditions dis-. charge certificate (issued prior to ' 7-1-47) (NAVPERS-661), 3. General discharge certificate (NAVPERS-661), 4. Certificate issued by the Navy Department in lieu of one of the foregoing type, dis- -charge certificates, 5. For fleet reservists, retired personnel and personnel released to inactive duty after acljive; service during World War Il? a certified copy of orders releasing the individual to . inactive duty. This does not include -orders releasing art individual to inactive duty incident to ' enlistment or reenlistment in the peacetime naval reserve. Officer personnel eligible for these medals' are required to present a certified copy of orders releasing them to inactive duty. Discharge or release to, inac tive duty under honorable conditions is mandatory in all cases. DROP BOMBS ON DUTCH TROOPS BATAVIA, Java, July 29 (UP) The Indonesian "air force" in its first combat operation bombed two Dutch-held towns in Java today, the Indonesian radio announced. The towns were Semarang on the north coast and Salgatiga in eastern Java. Tne raids were presumably carried out by only one or two. airplanes. The Indonesian radio at 'Jogjakarts, with a big-time flourish, said the raiding aircraft evaded the Dutch fighters and returned to base without suffering any damage. The broadcast said that both pamphlets and bombs were dropped on Semarang. Both the combat forces in Indonesia are reporting success. The Dutch army announced that their military columns had driven a 1 hundred miles in a week, and had captured important coal and oil areas in Southern Sematra. Other Dutch forces also reported successes, and said they had knifed through Western Java in an effort to isolate another big section of Indonesian territory. The InSonesian army announced that Republic troops had captured a Dutch force of 763 men with all its weapons at Soekaboemi, near Bandoeng, and had penetrated the outskirts . of Bandoeng, in Western Java, and there engaged the Dutch forces in street fighting.

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SUPERFORT CRASHES

FLORIDA SWAMP KILLING ; NINE CREW MEMBERS Two Crewmen Escape As Big Plane Crashes After Takeoff; Bog Prevents Firemen From Reaching Scene For Ten Minutes.

EGLIN FIELD, Fla., July 29. (UP) An Army B-29 Superfortress crashed into a swamp only seconds after taking off from this base today, killing nine crewmen. There were two survivors, one of them seriously injured. : The airplane crashed only 200

DEWEY SEEKS CAMPAIGN AID IN MICHIGAN

OWOSSO, Mich., July 29. The aircraft caught fire after (UP) Governor Thomas E. Dew- I crashing, according to Captain ey of New York lunched private- 1 Robert Gaughan, the field public ly with five Michigan Republican relations officer, but the gasoline leaders today to enlist their sup-. tanks did not explode. Fire-;fight-port in his effort to win the 1948 ' ers could not reach the wreckage Republican presidential nomina- ( for about ten minutes because of tion. difficulty in crossing a bog. , Specifically, he was asking1 0ne of the survivors, only them to line him up as the second slightly injured, got out of the

choice of the state's 41 delegates to the national party convention next year if Senator Arthur Vandenberg becomes Michigan's "favorite son" candidate as is anticipated. Dining with Dewey were Rennhliran National Committpeman

Arthur V. Summerfield, Mrs. Play Brazil Squad Dudley Hay, Republican national , The Second Army baseball committeewomanr State Republi- team that is scheduled to meet can Chairman John A. Wagner, the Brazil Bedwells in a game at Arthur Stanm, president of the Memorial Stadium in Terre Haute Federated Young Republicans of Thursday night, "has made a good Michigan, and Sommer Luhrs. j record against teams in the East. " "Vandenberg will get first call, The service team, with its home and perhaps Dewey will ' be the base at Ft. Meade, Md., has playsecond choice," Wagner said. ted some of the outstanding out

KAISER TELLS SENATE GROUP OF APPEAL WASHINGTON, July 29 (UP) West Coast Industrialist Henry Kaiser told a Senate investigating committee today that an ppel to the late President Franklin D. Roosevelt resulted in an about face by the navy in opposition xo Kaiser's plan for building cheap aircraft carriers. A few minutes before, he had accused his questioners of denying him the right to protect himself against a "smear campaign." He appeared before the Senate war investigating subcommittee to tell his side of the story of the $18,000,000 air mammath which is still earthbound after five years of building. But, in stormy wrangling with the committee which refused to listen to a prepared statement until Kaiser answered their questions, he ranged from flying boats, to aluminum plants, to aircraft carriers, and back to flying boats. INDIANAPOLIS, July 29. (U.R) 1 Hogs, 7,000; market very un even; barrows and gilts uneven to 50c' to $1 lower; good and choice barrows and gilts, 160-250 lbs., $27.75 $28.75; 250-300 lbs., $26.00 $28.50; 300-400 lbs., $23.00 $26.25; 100-160 lbs., $25.00 $26.50; sow market not fully es tablished, indications fully $1 lower at $17.00 $22.50; light i weights, $23.00. Cattle, 2,200; calves, 700; steers

TODAY'S MARKETS

and heifers opening active, fully cessories. .- steady early but later trade slow-1 Their attendants were Maring; choice weighty steers, $31.00; garet Robinson, sister of the choice 1075-lb., $30.75; 1115-lb., bridegroom, as bride's matron $30.50; top good and choice light ' and Arch Willsey, brother-in-steers and mixed yearlings, $28.50 1 law of the bridegroom, as best $30.25; just good to average man. steers, $27.00 $28.00; good and. After the wedding a reception choice heifers, $27.75 $28.00; me-jwas held at the home. The newdium and good, $23.50 $26.50; lyweds will be at home to their good beef cows, $17.00 $19.00; ; frinds at 902 North Court Street, common and medium, $13.75- Sullivan. $16.75; vealers moderately active, .

good and choice, $zi.du ?zi.uu; common $21.00. and medium, $11.50

Sheep, 700; good and choice fat' start Sunday, Aug. 10 at the Briar native Spring lambs, $22.50 Hill Country Club. All members $24,00; medium and good, $19.00 .who wish to qualify for the tour$22.00; slaughter ewes, $7.00 ney must play their qualifying down. " I rounds before Thursday, Aug. 1.

rds from the edge of the field after taking off on a routine lo-

cal training flight. It had gained about a hundred feet of altitude. Eglin Field, an important . bomber base during the war, is now used for experimental B-29 work. The names of the victims were withheld until the next of kin could be notified. wreckage wunoui assistance, xvescuers dragged out the bodies of the nine dead crewmen and the one survivor who was seriously hurt. ' 1 Service Team To fits in Pennsylvania. Delaware and Maryland, and has won 41 out of 50 games.' " '. It is a young team and is composed for the most part of players who are under contract to major league farm clubs. . The game is being sponsored by the Terre Haute ( recruiting station and, all the proceeds of the game are to go to the Terre 'Haute Boys Club building fund. I. U. Plans To Build New Dormitories - BLOOMINGTON, July 29 The Trustees of Indiana University have announced that they have authorized the construction of an additional dormitory center and two student-faculty apartment buildings. President Herman B Wells said that the announcement was made possible as a result of an agreement between the university and the Bloomington building trade unions to maintain the present wage rates. ;i, President Wells said the university's governing body has au-: thorized a bond issue to finance the construction projects which will cost an estimated $4,500,000, exclusive of furnishings, archi-i tectural fees,' and other charges.' The bonds will be announced for sale in late August or September and will be secured by the buildings and their rental revenue and further by revenues from existing dormitories after existing obligations have been satisfied. BUCKLEY-CURTIS VOWS READ A very beautiful wedding took place at the. home of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Beard Sunday after? noon at 2 o'clock when their son, John Curtis, and Edith Buckley, of Rochdale, England were united in marriage by the Rev. Jack Anderson. The bride wore a blue streetlength dress with matching acGOLF TOURNEY TO START SUNDAY The city golf tournament will