Sullivan Daily Times, Volume 49, Number 152, Sullivan, Sullivan County, 31 July 1947 — Page 1

WEATHER " pnly Dally ( . Newspaper In SULLIVAN COUNT! COOLER FRIDAY Indiana: Generally fair tonight and Friday. Cooler Friday in south portion.

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experts said. . V Last February, the Bureau of Agriculture Economics forecast a probable drop , of 15 to 25 per cent in food prices .during the last six months of 1947. But a lot of things have happened since then. !.

The Department experts say WASHINGTON, July 31 (UP) now that a decline in food prices President Truman today reis unlikely in the foreseeable duced the duck-hunting season future. 4 i to thirty days or less in most Here are the Department pre- states. dictions for the Fall: I ., ivtqo Mt u -i 1 - The action was recommended

though some slight decrease is JfT y hee Intrl r J' A'

possible during the period of heavy slaughter in the late Fall and early Winter. Eggs, cheese, and butter Up seasonably. Flour Not much change. Truck crops and fruits Seasonable decline. Corn Will stay high. Agricultural experts don't expect seasonable changes to have much effect on prices as long as the demand remains high. They point out that a period of rela by a period of reduced supplies, serving to level off prices. In Chicago, a spokesman for ! the National Association of Retail t Meat Dealers said prices vary I arrncs thja rotirn lKiiit T muct a H

Mnit -tha Prices for the?best cuts f,,uu"la

saiti maHv nnnr outs -ttnro BfttVie coot NOV 18 to Dec. 17.

begging. GREECE WILL FILE CHARGES ON BALKANS LAKE SUCCESS, N. Y., July 31, (UP) Greece, it was learned today, is prepared to file new charges against her northern Balkan neighbors in the United Nations Security Council to keep vhe case before the , United Nations despite the Russian veto. The Greek action, it was learn ed, will be strongly supported ly the United States, which has determined to continued its efforts to utilize United Nations machinery to maintain peace in the Balkans. The Greeks will charge that the action of Albania, Yugoslavia, and Bulgaria in giving aid and comfort to Greek guerillas constitute a form of aggression against them. All-Time Record Set In Indiana's 14 State Parks INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., July, 31. Indiana's chain of 14 state parks attracted more than a million and a quarter persons this year, establishing an all time record in attendance. ' According to Kenneth R. Cougill, director of the Division of State Parks of the Indiana Department of Conservation, paid admissions numbered 1,257,644 for the fiscal year ending July 1st of this year. Mr. Cougill attributes the increase 'in park attendance to "the insatiable desire of Hoosiers to get back to nature." Last year's attendance records show that 1,061,532 persons visited the 14 scenic areas. BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth McKinney of Sullivan, R. 2, announce the birth of a son, James Duane, born July 29th at the Mary Sherman Hospital. Mrs. McKinney is the former Madge Jett of Shelburn. UNDERGOES APPENDECTOMY Harold Faulds of 722 South Main Street underwent an emergency appendectomy Sunday at the Mary Sherman Hospital.

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AGRICULTURE ADVISERS SAY FOOD PRICES WILL REMAIN HIGH IN FALL Steaks And Chops To Be More Plenti ful This Fall, But No Break In Prices Seen Soon By Experts. , WASHINGTON, July 31. (UP) Housewives were advised today that steak and pork chop supplies will be more

yicnmui tins ran, uui mat tne iamily tood bills will be just about as steep as they are now. That big "break" that was sup- . posed to start about this time is TfM Ik i A U f I AH IT not even "just around the cor- . I K M IM ' lllN ner," Department of Agriculture HlwlTlrlM JIVJMJ

BILL CUTTING - DUCK SEASON Krug as a result of a decline in the nation's waterfowl. The shooting rules were the most 1 drastic ones to be adopted since the so called "duck depression" of the middle 1930s. The new regulations also imposed strict limit on the number of waterfowl which may be taken by a hunter. The bag-limit was cut from seven a day which held for last season, to a low of four a day.

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i.nari iinf wnnn n 'K. mim.Hr may not possess more than oight ducks at any time even though taken on different days. Following are the new open seasons proclaimed today for Indiana:

Were not so low a yea ago." He ' Pen season on waterfowl and

Open season on rails and gallinules, except coots Sept. 1 to Nov. 30. Open season on woodcock Oct. 16 to Oct. 30. CURRYS ATTEND PRESBYTERIAN MEETING Mr. and Mrs. John Curry, of Sullivan, are attending the National Presbyterian Sunday School Convention in Des Moines, Iowa. They are representing the Sullivan Presbyterian Church.' The, convention ends Sunday night, August 3. ; ATTEND CENTENNIAL , : Mayor A. G. McGuire and W. G. Riggs were in New Albany, Indiana, Wednesday attending the Monon Railroad's centennial celebration. The affair was a great success and a crowd estimated at 20,000 attended the day's pro gram, which was culminated with a gigantic street parade.

U. S. AID ON WAY TO GREECE

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BOUND FOR GREECE, flour and crates of food are loaded aboard ship t at Staten Island, N. Y. This is part of a $35,000,000 shipment of food and vehicles promised under American aid program. (International)

j Democratic Editors

Plan Fall Outing SHELBYVILLE, Ind., July 31 Indiana Democratic editors will hold their annual Fall outing Friday and Saturday, Sept. 19 and 20 at the French Lick Springs Hotel, Marion T. Ayers , president of the Indiana Democratic Editorial Association, announced today. Mr. Avers said the association ! expects an attendance of approxi mately 1,000 at the annual banquet on Saturday night which will be addressed by a speaker of national prominence. The meeting, as in former years is to be the "kick-off in the election, campaign, this time, the drive of Democrats to capture a majprity of . offices in towns and cities elections.. Curtis Hostetter, Lafayette, vice-president of the 'association, is" chairman of the general arrangements committee. Other committees will be headed by Herbert Harris, Greenwood, association treasurer, who will be in charge of the Saturday morning breakfast for editors and John A. Watkins, Bloomfield, Secretary of the organization, who is in charge of entertainment and publicity. SURVIVORS DISAGREE WITH JURY VERDICT WEST FRANKFORT, 111., July 31 (UP) The three men survivors were convinced today that the explosion which killed twen-jty-severi miners in the Old Ben i No. 8 last week was touched off ibv a mark from a motor plant. " 1 A coroner's jury decided the cause of the explosion was unknown other than it resulted from an accumulation of gasses. The jury heard the inquest report in the mine disaster last night. More than 200 miners and their families crowded into the city hall to hear the testimony. The jury was expected to review its decision after the State and Federal investigators report their final conclusions. Most of the testimony consisted of depositions taken from the three miners seriously injured in the blast.' Plan Revival At Church of Christ The Church of Christ at Concord will begin a series of meetings on Sunday, August 3 that will continue until Aug. 17. ' Brother Frank Adamson will preach Sunday, Aug. 5, at bottr morning and evening services. Brother William Read, of Onley, 111., will deliver the sermons for the remainder of the revival. Brother Adamson 'will have charge of the singing throughout the 'meeting. The services will start al o p. ill. 'Cduii evening, wiiu Sunday services starting at 10:45 a. m.

SULLIVAN DAILY TIMES

UESSE BOSTON ANNOUNCES SCHOOL DATES The county schools will enroll for the Fall semester on Aug. 29, 1 according to an announcement

made by Jesse Boston, county ,breezes brought relief to the Mid- tee or by calling Mrs. McKee. superintendent of schools , today, j west and the West. j The reason for limiting memMr. Boston said that a county in- Yesterday was one of the hot- bership Is because it affords jstitute would be held on Aug. 28, .test days of the year. The mer- members the opportunity to rethe day before the enrollment cury rose to 110 -degrees at serve the dates set for the deand organization day. ' Blythe, Calif., for the second day sired program. The county schools have sche- in a row. New York had 93 de- Mrs. McKee requested that the duled five holidays, all during ',grees, a new high for the season, 'men and women working with the first semester. They are on and the United States weather her make the Talks of the Hour , Labor Day; for the State Teachers . bureau forecast more of the same , series eventful occasions for Sul1 Convention , Oct. 23 and 24; .on for today. ' livan. She also wishes that vhose 1 Armistice Day, Nov. 11; fori Chicago, with 97 degrees, also who are selling tickets to make

Thanksgiving, Nov. 27 - and 28, and for Christmas, from Dec. to Jan. 4. 20 The first semester for the county schools, will end on Decv 20,. the day that the Christmas vacation begins. The . second semester will open on Jan. 5, the. end of the Christmas vacation. The final day of school, according to the schedule released by Mr. Boston, is April 23, 1948. PARIS A WO L CAPTURED IN INDIANAPOLIS INDIANAPOLIS, July 31, (UP)

-A stocky, red-haired G. I., who r Hancock County Sheriff Wilwcnt AWOL in Paris six months lard steinbareer said that James

ago was arrested at his home here today by 'military police. . . ..... rne Army saia tnat zu-year-old Wilmur K. Phillips, a technician fifth grade, made riis way pcross the Atlantic Ocean by stowing away on a Greek vessel. His wife said that Phillips

"He told me he had been sent image out- oi tne corner oi my g.ig m EgT), ciimaxing the back to the states on a mission,','ye and, I thought someone was dalong conclave of Ohio's Reshe sobbingly told reporters. -'La- going to rob us," the sheriff said. publican ieaders ter he said he had got his dis- Stubblebean said he pulled a p

Phillips was amiable but noncommunicative when asked in the Marion1 County jail about his travels. .1 . "You found out about me from the Army," he said, "so get the j rest of the story from the Army too." Air Forces Will Observe Anniversary In observance , of the 40th birthday of the Army Air Forces, pilots and planes from Stout Field, Indianapolis, Indiana, will fly a formation training flight over the major cities of central Indiana on August 1st. Army Air Reserve pilots will guide twenty- i one AT-6 single engine advanced fighter training planes, accompanied by sik Air Reserve AT-11 twin engine bombing trainers and two Air National Guard P-51 combat fighters over the following Indiana cities. The morning flight from 10 A. M. until noon will fly over Indianapolis, Martinsville, xerre fftnn f!rawfordslldUlC, Wiwwiuhi(,v.., . ville, Lafayette, Frankfort, Leba- ' non and return to Indianapolis Funeral Rites Held For Albert Ashcraf t Funeral rites for Albert W. Ashcraft, who was killed in an automobile accident Saturday ioht were held Tuesday after noon at the Paxton Methodist Church. The Rev. Eli Yates was in charge. The song service furnished by the Methodist ladies quartet of Paxton. Flower bearers were June and Wanda McCammon, Phyllis Figg, vt.i on Asncraii., - and Edith Eslinger. Pallbearers were James Figg: Louis Whitlock, Ernie Tarrh, Robert McCammon, Bill Risinger, Carl Kirschner, Mareth McDonald and George Rogers. Burial was in , the I. O. O. F. Cemetery at Carlisle, with the Sullivan American Legion in charge of -a graveside service. ' PLAN ENCAMPMENT AT SHAKAMAK The annual encampment of the 309th Ammn Train will be held this year at Shakamak State Park on August 31. Regular army "slum" will be prepared and served on the camp grounds. This wijl be the second encampment since World War II. All families attending are asked to bring table service and a basket dinner.

THURSDAY, JULY 31, 1947.

HE SAYS IT IS A LITTLE 'COOLER TODAY (By United Press) The Summer's worst heat wave moved eastward today. Cooling reported a new high for the year, The coolest spot the weather bureau knew about was Pembina, N. D. There, the thermometer registered a very comfortable 68 degrees. i FATHER SHOOTS DAUGHTER FOR THIEF. AUGUSTA, 111., July 31. (UP) An 83-year-old man told authorities today that he shot and killed his daughter on a train between Augusta and Plymouth, 111., when he mistook her for a thief. t stubblebean of Brookfield. iMo Emitted shooting his daugh1 ' ter, Mrs. W. P. Grady, age 46, of Harvey, 111., on a Chicago, Bur- - j i o lington ana yuincy uaiiroaa ,au to train bound from Chicago Kansas Citv about 11:30 o'clock last night. ; stubblebean said he "saw an , and shot at the "image BLAME ENGINE TROUBLE FOR PLANE CRASH INDIANAPOLIS, July 31 (UP) The crash of an Army training plane in a residential secti0n was reDorted due to engine trouble today. An Army reserve piiot was killed, and an instructor injured. james j Barrick, age 27, of Martinsville, a World" War II. veteran died shortly after being taken t0 city Hospital last night, He suffered a multiple skull fracture Captain F. Webb Foster, age 30, an instructor at Stout Field, near here, jumped from the burning Crash with minor mjuries. Mrs. Pearl McKean Dies In Olney, 111. Mrs. Pearl McKean, Sandborn, route 1, died last night at 11:25 o Vm Woher Hnsnital in Olnev. Illinois. Death came following a serious illness of about four weeks. She was born August 14, 1886 in Pike County, Illinois. She was married to Ernest McKean, July 28 1909 The deceased was a member of the Bethel Baptist Church. Surivivng are the husband; one g paul) of gandborn; two1 oruiners. niuiuu luummi ui Nebo, 111., and Elmore Vumwalt of Pittsfield, 111.; two sisters, Mrs. Minnora Gant, ' Louisiana, Mo., and Mrs. 'Edna Ramsey of East Alton, 111., and three grandchildren. The body was taken to the Newkirk Funeral Home and will be returned to the residence Friday morning. Funeral services will be held at 2 p. m. Saturday at the Bethel Church. Interment will be in the Sandborn Cemetery. . NEW SUITS Delia Evans doing business as Woodward Hardware Co., vs. Charles and Bernice Wolfe. Complaint to foreclose mechanic's lien. . Norma Rose Sanders vs. George Sanders. Complaint , for divorce and custody.

iPlan Lecture Series

Membership Drive The Sullivan Talks of the Hour Club held a meeting Wednesday night. Membership was the main point of discussion. Mrs. James McKee, chairman of the membership committee, decided to reach Sullivan people who are interested in this timely and cultural project. Those desirous of obtaining a ticket may do so by seeing a member of the committheir reports not later than August 15. OHIO PARTY TO ENDORSE TAFT TODAY COLUMBUS, Ohio, July 31 (UP) Ohio Republicans were scheduled to endorse officially Senator Robert A. Taft for the 1948 Republican presidential nomination today, placing ni name in a three-way race with Governor Thomas E. Dewey, of ! New York, an unannounced but active aspirant, and Harold Stassen, an .avowed candidate. The Ohio Republican executive committee and the Congressional delegation were scheduled to meet at noon todav t0 endorse the 1 . DmiiV1 ioi n nnlif.Tr

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... . ... committee as a state iavorue to " -------- . bearer, and get the Taft-for- . . . ..j.. ..... . j p resident boom omciaiiy unaerWaJ 4 t - ! ifZ "Tt STUDEBAKER STOPS AUTO PRODUCTION SOUTH REND. Ind.. Julv 31 (UP)-Passengcr automobile pro - rnr. poration was closed today, and ! truck production Was scheduled , for shutdown Wednesday, Paul G. Hoffman, president of i Studebaker, said the passenger 'automobile shutdown was caused by a strike in a supply plant the Murray Corporation of Detroit The closing of the truck assem bly lines will result from the annual inventory, Hoffman said, and truck production probably will be resumed Aug. 12. An estimated 10,000 employees were affected by the plant shutdown. Perigo Announces Concert Program The program for the fourth band concert of the year was announced today by Wilfred Perigo, director of the band. The concert will begin at 7:45 tonight at the city park. The program includes: Hall of Fame Olivadoti. Alamo Kline. It's Been a Long Long Timestvne' Aurora Yoder. Valley Forge King. Chickery Chick Lippman. Legion of Valor Frangkiser. All Hail the Power Holden. Abide With Me Monk. National Anthem Key. Naomi Hedrick On Radio Program TERRE HAUTE, Ind., July 31. Miss Naomi Hedrick of Sullivan, is being heard in a series of broadcasts presented from Indiana State Teachers College over radio station WBOW on Monday, Wednesday and Friday mornings from 11:00 to 11:15. The programs for the next month will include radio dramas, forums, quiz shows, interviews and music. The programs over WBOW are features of a radio workshop being held on the campus of Indiana State Teachers College during the summer months.

INTERNATIONAL PICTURE SERVICE

DUTCH FORCES CAPTURE KEY CITY IN WAR ON

INDONESIAN REPUBLIC Malang Falls To Netherlands Troops Today As Indonesians Continue Scorched Earth Policy. BATAVIA, Java, July 31. (UP) Malang, the fourth, largest city in Java, fell today to Dutch marines and soldiers in the biggest single victory for the Dutch army forces since the start of the campaign against the Indonesian army. ;

HUGHES MAY IGNORE CALL BY COMMITTEE WASHINGTON, July 31 (UP) Plane-maker Howard Hughes kept a- Senate investigating committee in the dark today about whether he intends to come to Washington for questioning tomorrow as they have requested. His attorney here said that the

Senate requested Hughes' pres- nightfall. ence tomorrow, when he origin- A Republic communique indially had been told to appear next cated that tne Indonesians ex-

Wednesday. Hughes was in Los Angeles and said nothing. A Senate war ' inwstioatinn subcommittee is looking into the $40,000,000 worth of war-time j piane contracts tnat were given A TT I 1 1 f rv T-Ti i rrr-i ao on4 V.la -f stw -... nH4. ""T"7 " """ Hf"f A' ,Ktaiser' tne West Coast industrialist. The subcommittee wants to ! ....... . xi . tO - manufacturer about the charges. i u i" - f vestigation was an attempt to ... . . .... . . "blackmail" him into merging with the Pan hs T.WA Airline , AMine' When the first summons for Hughes' appearance forthwith went unanswered,' the Senate sent a second ' request through :Tom Slack, Hughes' Washington attorney. Slack telephoned Hughes in Los Angeles about 2 p.

m. , to relay the request that he Women's Clubs of Florida. She appear- at io . a, vm, , tomorrow. I was a writer, and had contribuSlack said Jth'St Hughes aye . no ted to many national magazines indiction. as to -whether he would At the, time of her death, she

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'l.-y- :.'i, v ,. , ' ?f,.;l' Chairman Homer Ferguson. R.. 'Mich.;. produced , at the hearing of he investigating- subcommitteer'secret memoranda in which the joint chiefs of staff opposed the flying boat project on rhe grounds that it might disrupt the combat plane program. It was Donald M. Nelson, chairman of the War Production Board, who despite the military objection, directed Jesse H. Jones, then head of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation, to give the flying boat contract to planemaker Hughes and Kaiser. MARRIAGE LICENSE Robert Wagner, Farmersburg, and Barbara Abram, Pimento. Still Missing KIDNAPING is feared In the disappearance of Anne Straw, 20-year-old Smith college junior and daughter of H. Ellis Straw, Manchester, N. H., banker. The girl disappeared from her parents' lodge at Holderness, N. H., where lake-dragging operations failed to reveal any jlues, (Intetnathnal

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Arnold Brackman, United Press correspondent, reported from Ma lang that Dutch forces entered the key city in eastern Java at 9:07 a. m. (The Dutch army communication system was clogged with official traffic.) The Dutch were reported to be driving straight ahead in battling in east and west Java. Reports circulated that the .Dutch government might try to negotir ate with the Indonesians to end the conflict. Details of the reported fall of Malang were lacking. Rumors flew through Batavia throughout the morning that the key city I would be in Dutch hands before Pected to lose Malang and said tnat the scorched earth policy had been carried out in the area. Several buildings were reported burned. Mrs. Eva Fuller Dies In Florida Mrs. Eva Alsman Fuller, ace I AQ Hi or) ' at ha hnmn in Gf I , ' I J V... Ml. . . 1 1 1 V, All ut, Tl ... TT1 .. e - 1 L . . rr .fMiiirv p i j i nuuri ht tack she ' f'd this morn. .ine. and it is believed ins. and It is believed that she 3ied early Wednesday morning. Mrs. Fuller, the daughter of the late John . Alsman, was born in Sullivan, and was grad uated from Sullivan High School fto 1915 Indiana University in 1919, where she was editor of the Arbutus, the University yearbook. Mrs. Fuller was a past president of the State Federation of was working on the Gulf Beach' aepanment oi tne w. Jr. -A. for State. f Florida during eVw s. She is survived by a sister, Mrs. Charles Hines, of New York City; two aunts, Mrs. '. Dorothy Mason and Mrs. Lucian McKinley,, and an uncle, Guy Alsman, l all of Sullivan, The body is beine brought to the Billman Funeral Home here. Funeral arrangements will be announced later. Congressman Ousted From Union For Labor Bill Vote TOLEDO, Ohio, July 31. (UP) United States Representative Homer A. Ramey, R., Ohio, today was ordered expelled from . the American Federation of State,' County and Municipal Employees Union (A. F. of L.), reportedly because he voted for the TaftHartley labor law. Ramey, who has the right of appeal, said in Columbus that the. union action was "like kicking a man out of his church because he does not believe the right way. As for the Taft-Hartley act, I think it protects the working man. It protects him from people who want to exploit him." Herbert S. Kimmell Funeral Rites Set Funeral ervices for Herbert S. Kimmell, who took his life with a .32 caliber pistol, Wednesday afternoon, will be held at the Billman Funeral Home, Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Burial will be in Center Ridge Cemetery. . Bees Put On Show LOGAN, Utah (UP) lone S: Benion, dean of women at Utah. State Agricultural College, was out driving when her car began misbehaving. The temperature gauge turned fiery red and steam jetted from the radiator. A swarm of bees had been attracted by the honeycomb section of the radiator and taken up residence thera.