Sullivan Daily Times, Volume 49, Number 168, Sullivan, Sullivan County, 22 August 1947 — Page 1

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RUSSIA THROWS NEW BLOCK IN WAY OF UN LAKE SUCCESS, N. Y.. Aug, 22 (UP) Russia charged the Netherlands and. its supporters today with trying to "drown" the Dutch-Indonesian dispute in technicalities and transform United Nations Security Council meetings into a form of comedy. Soviet delegate Andri Gromyko raised the complaint as the council abandoned almost all hope of a compromise that would satisfy all sides in the wrangle over the United Nations power to quell the trouble in Java and Sumatra. It was accomplished also by a reported switch in the United States position in favor of an on-the-spot United Nations investigation of the oft-broken truce between the Dutch and Indones ians. . Merchants Meet Rockville Nine Here Sunday ; l Sullivan Merchants will play " the strong Rockville Independents in a Western Indiana League game at Pavilion Field Sunday afternoon, with the game starting at 2:30 P.M. The visitors nosed out a victory over the Merchants in a 13 5 inning game on July 4, and the . locals will be outyto revenge that defeat. The Merchants have a record of 8 and .3 in the league and will be trying for their ninth win to aid their league standing. Mgr. Carl Taylor will pick his mound starter Sunday from Osburn, Shipman or Robbins with Gabe Takats catching. Two league games toill remain on the Merchants schedule after the Sunday competition, August 31, the ,, locals will meet Brazil on "Nthe Brazil diamond and '.will stay 'a home! September 7trto greet Ihel Fairview Cardinals."-' The Merchants are currently holding second place in the Western Indiana League and the Fairview game in September will be the last clash before the playoff between the fu leading contenders of the WI League. INDIANAPOLIS, r Aug. 22 (UP) Hogs 4.000; ;fairly active, after slow strt barrows and gilts, mostlv :25c higher; sows steady to 50c higher; early bulk, all weights, $19.00 $24.50; bulk barrows and j?ilts. 160-250 lb. $25.25 $28.00; 250-300 lb. $26.25 S27..75: 300-400 lb. $24.25 $25.75; 100-1G0 lb. $22.00 $24.50. Cattle 300; calves 300; not enough steers and yearlings to test market; quotable steady; medium and good heifers bought to arrive at $26.00; cows active: ?.5c to 50c higher t in cleaa-up .of short supply: good beef cows Fcorce at. $16.25 $18.50: eommoh and medium $15.25 $16.25; vealrs. active, steadv: good and choice $21.50 $24.00: common and medium $13.00 21.00. Sheep 300: fat lambs weak to 50c lower: bulk low good to choice $19.50 $22.00: medium and good $17.00 $19.00: common down to $14 00; slaughter ewes steady at $5.27. . Oaktown Resident Dies In Florida E. M. Unger, 76 years old. died Wednesday morning at his home in Winter Haven,' Florida. He is survived by the widow; two daughters. Mrs. Randall Nicholson, of Winter Haven, and Mrs. John Hodges, of Oaktown; two sisters, Miss Carrie Unger. and Miss Lillie Unger, both of Carlisle. The body arrived in Carlisle this morning and was taken to the Schulze Funeral Home where it will lie in state until noon. Saturday. It will then be removed to the Emison Methodist Church for funeral - servicves at 2:30 p. m. The casket will not be opened after the funeral. Burial will be in the Emison Cemetery. HOSPITAL NOTES Admitted Aug. 21: Gerald Bramberry of Palestine, Illinois. Dismissed Aug. 21: Mrs. June Wilson and son of Merom, R. 1; Mildred Pearison of Shelburn; Lewis Bogard of Palestine, Illinois; Billie Harbin of Pleasantville; Mrs. Lizzie Bolinger of Shelburn, .

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105th Time v CELEBRATING her 105th birthday, Mrs. Rosa Katzman blows out the candle on her party cake at the home of Old Israel In New York City. (International). Inspectors Visit Little Betty Mine Although nearly a score of out standing safety improvements re cently have been carried out at the Lottie Betty Mining Corporation's 2,700-ton-a-day Little Bet ty mine near Dugger, Sullivan County, Ind., steps should be taken to remove remaining haz ards, according to a Federal coal mine inspection report released today by the Bureau of Mines. Employing 252 men, the operation was examined in June by Inspectors M. B. Dalrymple and J.-P. Sheridan under the Federal Mine Safety Code. ' Safety measures instituted since the previous government examination, Inspectors Dalrymple and Sheridan reported," in truded the use of permissible ex plosives and approved-type Wasting units, employment of clay stemming and wooden tamping bars, automatic stop-signals for the fans, proshift examinations for explosive gas and other hazards, an effective rock-dusting lightprogram, prohibition pw; unauthorized ridng on; the locomotive, covering of i.the' rriantrip cars, guarding of the trolley' wire at dangerous points, , insulator. support for the .electric flighl wires, provision ofcrockrdu'st;"a doors for fire-fighhng -purposes scaling oi uie escapeway.'. ana re-; moval of water from the travels J way, posting of escapeway-direc-tion signs, and use of permissible flame-safety lamps for gas testingAs further aids in safeguarding personnel, and property,. $the inspectors advised maintainance of unobstructed haulageways clearance, shelter; holes.at switches, use of permissible' trip lights, bans on jumping'on and off moving trips and on coupling and uncoupling moving , cars, overload ad frame-ground protection for certain electrical efuipment, construction of air locks in two specified working sectiqnsj? pressure-recording gauges .'.for .the fans, and prohibition of, the" car rying of matches or other flame-.; making devices into-, the: -nine. Vivian Theatre, .' Carlisle, To Reopen Sept. 3rd The Vivian Theatre in Carlisle which was destroyed by flames last winter which also claimed the structures that housed the Owens Cafe and the Kroger Store in Carlisle, has been rebuilt and is scheduled to open officially September 3rd. J. N. Allison of the Vivian has announced that the night of September 1st will be inspection night for the Carlisle Civic Committee j who assumed the financial burden of re-establishing the cinema. The inspection night will also play host to those who hold donation tickets. FINE, SENTENCE THREE IN CITY COURT Eugene Scully, age 21, and Billie Pierson, age 20, both of Sullivan, were fined $1.00 and costs in city court this week &nd sentenced to 30 days in" jail for public intoxication. The sentence was suspended. . ; ' I Clyde Ruth of Shelburn' was fined $5.00 and costs and sentenced to 30 days in jail for public intoxication.

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OF LIVING MORE WITHOUT PC WASHINGTON, Aug. 22 (UP) The Agriculture Department said today the average family spent 32 per cent more for food In mid-June this year than it spent in mid-June 1946, when price controls still were in effect. It said the annual market basket cost for the average family, was $636.00 as compared with $481.00 a year earlier. Former Army Nurses May Join Reserves , INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Aug. 22 Additional nurses needed beyond those in the Regular Army will be provided for by appointment in the officers Reserve Corps, it was announced by headquarters, Indiana .Military District today. Applicants for appointment must be between 21 and 44 years of age, physically fit for full military duty, and have had honorable service in World War II. Active or inactive duty will be optional with the individual. Pay and allowances for actve ' duty will be the same as for all other commissioned officers, and Reserves on extended active duty will be eligible for promotion in the same manner as Regular Army nurses. Appointment to active duty for field grade Reserve nurses can be made only to fill a limited number of existing vacancies. . Appointments will be for five years and may be renewed every five years up to 60 years of age. Reservists may remain on active duty as long as their service is needed and satisfactory. Married women who have children under 14 years of age will not be ordered to extended active duty. Application blanks for reserve appointment , may be obtained from the Adjutant General's office, or the Surgeon General's office, Washington 25, D. C, all Army hospitals, Army recruiting stations, and the Headquaretrs, Indiana Military pistrict. MARRIAGE LICENSES Eugene Medley ,4i23' East Jack son Street, Sulljvaivandj ,Faye;-f Evelyn5; Wilson, $44(5 East 'Jackson Street, jfedtyjpi H VU "t -' Arthur Log, jpimehtb, Indiana anjiArtha Lee Massey, Shelburn, Indiana. ; ? . J- . . ? ;' i t , ArlhUe; . Hov&rde'rguson,; Jr.; Paxton,- ldianaf ajfid Delires Jean Stark, Carlisle, 'Indiana!? , William Wible Carter, Sullivan, Indiana. andrCora Ruth Vickrey, Sullivan, Indiana.

Theodore Bilbo, White Supremacy Senator, Dies

NEW ORLEANS, La., Aug. 22 (UP) Theodore G. Bilbo, the unseated Democratic Senator' from Mississippi, died here last night after a two-weeks fight for his life. He was 69 years old. Doctors gave progressive heart failure as the immediate cause of death, although the Mississippian had undergone a series of operations on a cancerous jaw, and had had a blood clot in a lung. He had entered Foundation Hospital Aug. 7, suffering from a nerve inflation which caused partial paralysis. But his health had been failing steadily since last January wheh he returned to Mississippi for treatment without being allowed to take his seat in the Senate. .Bilbo was born in a log cabin near Poplarville, Miss., on Oct. 13, 1877, one of eight children. Nearly seventy years later he was to face a searching Senate inquiry into the source of funds for furnishings and grounds of his 27-room "dreamhouse" not far distant from his birthplace. Early in his career, a Mississippi editor dubbed Bilbo "The Man" in the wake of state-wide gossip about his affairs with women. Bilbo adopted the title and it stuck throughout his political career. In' 1934 he decided to run for the Senate. He was elected with ease, and in 1940 he ran for reelection and after stumping the state with all the. old time vigor of a politician he was re-elected. He won that race without a runoff, as he piled up more votes than the other four candidates combined. ' .

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The Bethel CJollege Choir will present a program at the Merom Bluff Chautauqua as part of. the opening day celebration. The choir presents an outstanding program of sacred and secular music. It had tpured many towns in the United States and has broadcast over the National Broadcasting Company from both Chicago and Radio City. The choir is sponsored by the Mennonite college at North Newton, Kansas. Its program will begin at 8 p .m on. Thursday, Aug. 28, immediately after the welcome address by Roe M. Wright, the county superintendent of schools of Crawford County, 111. i

NAME HEADS OF UNIFIED ( ARMED FORCES WASHINGTON, Aug. 22 (UP) Two former lawyers and an exindustrialist will direct the three equal branches of the Armed Forces when the new national milyitary establishment is created in mid-September under Secretary of Defense James Forrestal. The lawyers are Kenneth C. Royall, 53, Secretary of Army; and John L. Sullivan, 48, Secre-' tary of Navy. W. Stewart Symington, 46, a former St. Louis in-4 dustrial will be Secretary of the Air Force. Under the 'unification set-up the three men will have virtual--ly,.,the same responsibility vthej have now. Gangster's Moll Critically 111 , MIAMI BEACH, FlaAug, 22 (UP) Virginia Hitl.Vjgirl friend of slain gangster "Btfgsy" Sifgel, is suffering: from pneurponia and isc.,itf v "xJremly critical condi-,' itidri", at JiyMiami Beacjji hospital. She was; j-ushed thefevte$t..night. after tatng an. over;doseb sleebijig j' tablets, her dpcftr said' in Am, TT,?;fol J11 i&U TIT!' ily viprseThey said- the sloping Tablets was the majiy cae but said her condition wassfeverely complicated by a seige of pneumonia. RITES SUNDAY FOR LINTON WOMAN Mrs. Julia Ann Meurer, 80 years old, of near Linton, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Julia Chopas, of Bloomfield, Thursday afternoon at 1:05 o'clock. ' The body was taken to the Newkirk Funeral Home in Pleasantville and was returned to the residence of the daughter this afternoon at 4 o'clock. Funeral services will be conducted Sunday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock" at the Chopas home with the Rev. John Jerrells officiating. Burial will be made at Sandborn.

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FRIDAY, AUG. 22. 1947.

Sing At Merom IFarmersburg Folks Win Honors At Vigo Fair 1 A number of persons from the Farmersburg vicinity and neighboring localities on the northern tip of the county are entered in the Vigo Couty Fair and have" been awarded high place honors for their floral, agricultural and special arrangement acheivements. Among these are the McPheeters brothers, -Gerald and Norman, and their father, Gordon McPheeters of Farmersburg rur al route one. Gerald, in yesterday's judging gained Junior Champion ' placing with ihijs Guernsey cow entry; first places in the 3-year-old Brown Swiss cow djvision, senior yearling heifer, junior yearling heifer, senior yearling heifer, junior yearling heifer, senior heifer calf and get of sire classing. He also placed . first with his one-year-bid heifer and heifer under one year entries, moving to second place position with his 2-year-old cow. He was awarded second in the showmanship rounds. Mr. McPheeters entered a 4-year-old cow in the Brown Swiss group for second place rating and capisured ' the same' rank in the seriior Brown Swiss calf class.. His son, NorJpnan, tfook first ilace honors in'' the j.2-rVear-old showing ,-Qf the same group and secad in the senior pearling heifeHudging. He- wofiljanother first prise. with pfoAucebf cow. In he. s'eednditision iloriculfereUjdgirti1, ' rrs Mettle Liston i tarmersDurg w;on;;.ur places : i u i i and autumn colors ' floral ar rangements and gained .second placings with' ' her flowers and foliage in shade of red.and flowers with dark foliage entries. Her single begonia and fern entry also merited her another, second. In the special 4-H Club class" arrangements, Miss Linda Lou Ring of Farmersburg route two took first place honors for her arrangements of a breakfast tray. Briar Hill SemiFinal Set For Sunday P.M. Fairway competition in the annual Briar Hill Golf Club tournnament going now into the semifinal stage will be resumed Sunday afternoon at 1 o'clock .it the local golf course west of the Sullivan High. School. Norman "Shot" Fisher will vie with Leslie "Crip" Smith for a finalist birth and Dr. Bob Steel will play the winner of the Lawson Frew-Max Pirtle match for the remaining spot in the Sunday, 31st finale. Frew and Pirtle have played twenty-two holes thus far with the score tie and called due to darkness. The winner of this "elongated driving" will be determined Sunday morning when the two golfers will meet at 9 o'clock at Briar Hill for the playoff. The winner of the final round will be awarded the club's permanent trophy whose possession he may obtain for one year. Household . Goods Wanted CHICAGO (UP) The number of factories in the United Staites manufacturing household goods increased from 2,500 to 6,100 in 1946. According to the Encyclo paedia Britannica, it was the greatest growth in the history of the industry.

Evansville Pastor To Speak At Union Services Rev. T. Robert Scott, pastor of the Evansville First Christian Church will .speak at the Sunday evening Union Church Services at 7:30 o'clock at the Sullivan city park, Arthur Snavely, program coordinator for the series of summer outdoor services, announced ioday. Rev. Wyman Hull of the Sullivan First Baptist Church will have charge of the devotions with Malcolm Campbell of the Sullivan Presbyterian Church acting at platform manager. The Sullivan First Methodist Church will conduct the musical arrangements.

Jews To Be Forced Ashore At Hamburg By British PORT DEBOUC, France, Aug. 22 (UP) Nearly 4,500 Jewish refugees aboard three British vessels refused today to disembark before the 11:00 a. m. (CST) British deadline and prepared for deportation through Germany where tthey may be. put ashore forcibly. Jewish sources said the refugees sent word to British government representatives, "we do not have the slightest intention of disembarking unless forced off." The three British troop ships were to sail for Harburg, Germany at 6:00 p, m. local time, carrying all the refugees who refused to go ashore in France. A spokesman for the British J consulate at Marseille said the refugees would be disembarked forcibly at Hamburg if they refused to leave the ships there. For 25 days the refugees, thwarted in their attempt to reach Palestine aboard the Exodus 1947 have been sitting oboard the three ships in which they were transported to Palestine. They turned down French offers of sanctuary. Shelburn Man , On Winning N.Y. - Armament Team Newman Guy, Jr. of Watertown New York, son of Mr. and Mrs. Newman Guy, Sr. of Shelburn, was amember of the ImmigratiohBbrder;. Patrol unit of Watertowri, who - recently won the district ' pistol shooting meet held at," the- Morristow-i govern- ! meni pinge, wun fleams iruiuthe state, of New; York compet-mg-', I . . s t Guy.was high' man'-of his team scoring 277 out of a .possible 3Qdf. frhe district trophy 'Whichttuy'i" group won is shot tor twice a year and is widely attended by armament enthusiasts of the east coast. "T 'v'r' ' Virgil Hunt Given 1 - 10 YearsTor Vehicle Taking Virgil Hunt, 39 years old, former resident of Sullivan, was taken to Michigan City, Indiana this morning by Sheriff Harold Reynolds to serve a one to ten year sentence for vehicle taking. The arrest was made last week by State Officers Roseberry, Woodward and Deputy Sheriff Hubert Wagoner.

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RUSSIAN FAILURE TO CARRY OUT PROMISES CAUSING TROUBLE Sabath Quotes President On Reason For Soviet-US. Agreement Difficulties WASHINGTON, Aug. 22, (UP) President Truman was quoted by Representative Adolph Sabath, D., 111., today as saying that the Russians "don't carry out their promises. Sabath told reporters the President made this statement to him during a White House visit this morning. , He said Mr. Truman did not specify what promises had been broken. He described the President's temper as being "not exactly, angry but he obviously was not pleased with the Russians." Sabath said he and Mr. Truman discussed the international situation at some length. At one point in the conversation, according to Sabath, Mr. Truman discussed the international situation at some length. At one point in the con-, versation, according to Sabath, Mr. Truman said : "The trouble is that the Russians don't carry out their promises."

DROUGHT IS WORST IN DECADE (By United Press) The worst drought since the dust bowl era of a decade ago seared the nation's corn crop to day and set prices for both corn and wheat soaring to new alltime highs. The price of corn for delivery in September rose again today to $2.45 a bushel equaling the alltime high set yesterday on a Chicago board of trade. September wheat sold for $2.48 cents a bushel, a new high for wheat to be delivered in September. While the blistering heat and Hrnnpht had not effected the wheat crop -nearly :as- triueVthS prospect of a short corn supply drove wheat higher. No rain was in sight to quench the thrist of withering corn stalks. To make matters worse the scorching heat wave continued to sear the corn belt with hot winds that jammed the crops as effisctivelyvas a blow torch. Reports ..from the mid-west today 'pointed out the Agriculture Department's report that the 1947 corn croo prospect had dropped to 2,437,000 'bishels which was 226,000,000 less than was anticiated jn August 1. 'It J-jgrasf expected to be smallest;' crop since 1936. the Basil Massn To u Teach At Spicelandt Basil Mason, basketball coach and teacher for the past ten years in the Gill Township schools of this county, stated today that he has accepted a position on- the Spiceland, Indiana teaching staff. Mr. Mason will instruct science and physical education at Spice land High School, located in a i town of approximately 1,000 population. He will move his family to the northern Indtana luwii ne mat ui ocincmuei . Iff " r - J J

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Sabath said he warned the president against listening too closely to "Nazi political gentlemen, fascist groups and cartel leaders" who are trying to "magnify resentment and difference between the United States and Russia." "I think he is being misinformed by those close to him," Sabath said. Sabath said he told the President that he believed the United States could get along with Russia and maintain world peace. Chicago Bears Play All - Stars Tonight CHICAGO, Aug. 22, (UP) George Halas' Chicago Bears, champions of the National Professional Football League, will tackle the College All-Stars, coached by Notre Dame's Frank Leahy under the lights at Soldier Field here tonight. The game will start at 7:30 .m., Sullivan time, and will be broadcast by the Mutual Broadcasting System, and WAOV, Vincennes. The Bears have played in- the dream game six times, and extPti. scoreless .tie 4nthe , first frame back in 1934, have won all the other five appearances. They will be out to make it six victories, and keep their record clear. The All-Stars will be trying to make it two, in a row, following their win last year over the Los Angeles Rams, when Bo McMillan, .Indiana's Graying Colonel, won his second game from the, professional champions. Dugger Legion Post Sesiis New Officers Officers of the Dugger Rexford Ballard Post No. 224 of the American Legion were installed recently by William Sayer, adjutant for the Department of Indiana. The officers who were installed include: Ernest M. Edds, com- . mander; Hosea Pirtle, first vicecommander; Eugene Saucerman, second vice-commander; Wallace Bryan, adjutant; Joe Story, ser-geant-at-arms; Opol Gilmore, chaplain; Guy E. Edds; finance officer; Gerald Usrey, service officer; Jack Borders, historian; Earl Rex Harbin, child welfare; Watv. " Face New Labor Strifes In Drastic Labor Law Inforcing WASHINGTON, Aug. 22 (UP) Wide-spread labor difficulties and fresh union defiance faced government labor officials today as they put into effect the last and strictest provisions of the Taft-Hartley law. The new statutes, which drastically modifes the government's labor polcy, and for the first time imposes strict responsibility on unions, became fully effective last midnight. As the law went into operation 135,000 workers were on strike in 180 disputes. Some 250,000 others were involved in crucial contract negotiations and a complete tie-up of west coast shipping was threatened. BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENTS Mr. and Mrs. Harry Brown of Bloomfield, Indiana are the parjents of a daughter, Cynthia Beth, born August 21st at the Mary Sherman Hospital. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Robinson Jr. of Shelburn announce the birth of a daughter, Carol Ann, born August 22nd at the Mary Sherman Hospital. 1