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vi i kk I 11.1 WJLJ JSI ' II ' IL.I 1 ON CHARGES OF PRESSURE FOR INSURANCE BUSINESS Governor Says Smith Will Find Himself In Deeper If He Br ings Formal Charg- : es. . . INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Sept. 2. (UP) Governor Gates declined today to make a public statement on an off-the-record investigation of charges that two department heads had attempted to steer insurance business to an Indianapolis insurance firm.

I cannot make a statement at this time, because I have riot received any ..formal charges in writing from anyone," the Governor said. Levis B. Smith, Republican County chairman at Bluffton, fired by Gates as State safety responsibility director, charged last Friday that pressure had been brought on him to steer insurance business. He charged that two high State officials had tried to persuade him to throw insurance business to a firm operated by a former State official. He said he was urged to refer automobile owners who had no insurance to hf firm ' Smith was removed as safety responsibility director following signed statements by two . State police officers that he had approached them to arrange a "fix" in behalf of the owner of the Chesterton Social Club. Governor Gates said today that he had a formal statement fromone of the officials accused by Smith in the insurance deal. "I have the statement but cannot make it public or comment on the charges myself until such time as a formal demand is made to me by Smith or anyone else having information on the matter," the Governor said. "If Smith does make the formal charge to me, I can say now that the State insurance department will be perfectly clear of any wrongdoing and that Smith will become involved deeper than he already has found himself' Gates added. , , ' -Smith was one of -the organizers of the "92 Club" composed of Indiana s Republican county chairmen without the sanction of the State Republican party in general. Smith charged last week that he was fired because of his activity in the club's organization. STATE COLLEGE ENROLLMENT TO BE RECORD INDIANAPOLIS, Sept. 2. Indiana's colleges and universtes are getting ready for an all-time high in enrollment this coming school year of some 43,000 students. The students, in far ' greater numbers than last year, will start appearing at the campuses this week to register. In some schools, classes will start next week and the. week following. The largest universities Indiana, Purdue and Notre Dame will be filled figuratively to the doors. All three have been forced to turn down thousands of applications. Purdue expects to have the largest on-campus registration in the state and one of the largest in the nation about 13,000 students, compared to last year's 11,789. The high pre-war registration was 7,121, in 1939-40. Indiana anticipates more than 11,200 students in Bloomington, with a total registration of 14,500 to 14,700 including the extension divisions. The high pre-war registration at I. U. was about 6,800. Notre Dame is loosing for some 5,000 students on SepJ. 19.' The ainlvtrty will ' accommodate about 70 per cent of ( the enrollment on the campus, with the remainder living in South Bend. The normal pre-war student body numbered about 3,200. . Butler University looks for some 4,500 students to enroll, with about 90 per cent of the student bodv coming from Marion County. For this reason, Butler has no housing problem. JAIL SHELBURN MAN , IN TERRE HAUTE Zollie Nixon, age 56, was arrested and jailed in Terre Haute early Sunday morning after he broke a front door glass at the home of Margaret Herman, 1317 North 26th Street in Terre Haute, police said. Nixon was jailed on charges' of intoxication and destruction of property. Police say he smashed the front door at the Herman home with his shoe.

BOARD GRANTS WAGE BOOST TO RAIL UNIONS CHICAGO, 111., Sept. 2 (UP) A government arbitration board today awarded a 15 Vz cent an hour wage increase to one million non-operating employees of the nation's railroads. The wage boost was declared effective as of Sept. 1. Seventeen railroad unions' and brotherhoods representing the workers had demanded a 20 cent an hour raise. ( The arbitration board reached its decision after hearing testimony from both the union and the railroads in hearings v here which began on Aug. 4 and ended Aug. 28. Both the unions and the railroads have agreed to accept the board's finding1 as final. The non-operating railroads broutherhoods represent shop workers, maintenance men, and clerical employees of the nation's railroads workers not directly connected with running the trains.

BOND CASHING STARTS TODAY WASHINGTON, Sept.. 2 (UP) A stream of new spending money that may swell to a flood of well over a billion -floilars' will start flowing intc- the-qhannejs of trade today when the first of the 9,000,000 veterans start cashing their terminal leave pay bonds. Under Congressional mandate, the government is ready to pay, but reluctantly unless the veteran really needs the cash. Officials would rather see as many as possible of the ex-GIs keep the 2 per cent obligations as an investment. Economists will keep a close watch on the cashing of the $1,850,000,000 issue, both for the inflationary effect on prices and as a barometer on the economic situation of the veterans. Officially today was the day Congress set for the banks to start paying off the bondholders who call for the money but the Labor Day holiday help up the actual transactions. The administration opposed the bond-cashing legislation, largely with the arguments on the inflationary possibilities. Congress, however, sided with those who said the veterans need the money and the former enlisted men who hold the bonds should be put on a level with the ex-officers who are already getting cash. . The bonds cover pay for un used leave accumulated by the ex-soldiers and sailors. They were entitled to thirty days leave a year, but in wartime, few got that much. It was stipulated originally that the bonds could not be cashed for five years. MAKE ARREST IN CORN THEFT The arrest of Clyde Overdorf, age 25, at West Terre Haute last week-end brought to seven the total number of men charged with being involved in a corn-theft ring in Indiana and Illinois. At Terre Haute, State Detective Harold Roseberry announced the arrest of Overdorf. He said he was driving past Overdorf and recognized him. Roseberry said that a set of automobile license plates was taken from the seat of the automobile. Others arrested previously in connection with the theft of corn from farmers in the Wabah Valley include, Lonnie Bedwell of Jasonville, Herschel Bedwell of Willie Steele of Linton, and , Edward Guard, Claude Knew and Norman "Auterson of the Terre Haute community.

MAYOR URGES DRIVING SAFETY Mayor McGuire today urged motorists to drive carefully, and pointed to the fact that the open ing of school increases the hazard. Thoughtful citizens, he said, within the speed limit at all times. ' Use extreme caution while entering school zones. Come to a complete stop while children are crossing the street. Always signal when stopping or making turns. Obey parking rules and all stop signs. Never park along yellow safety lines at intersections or elsewhere. NEVER SPEED. Come to a complete stop when entering Road 41 or any other state or Federal highway, or any preferential street. Drive to the right and stop for an approaching fire truck.-, If a pedestrian, avoid jaywalking, and always be ready to help a child across the street. KEEP IN MIND AT ALL TIMES TO "DRIVE CAREFULLY AND SAVE A LIFE." .

BLAME SOVIET FOR GERMAN STALEMATE WARHTNrvrrW 9 cttdm rL . (uiy The United States today blam ed Russia for the two-year stalmate over the economic uni fication of Germany. It made the statement in a ,note to Moscow rejecting the Soviet charge that the threepower conference (Britain, France, and the United States) which agreed on increasing the industrial level of Germany violated the Potsdam agreement. The note said in part: "For over two years the United States government had sought permission : to.-, reach...an agree ment on "matters affecting Germany as a whole and to implement the provisions of the Berlin agreement of-:1945 (Potsdam) which; stated that ( - Germany should, be treated'as a singly ec onomid unit ' and to.- thus . endcertain" common policies' should be established." ,; ' i STATE FAIR DRAWS LARGE ATTENDANCE INDIANAPOLIS, Sept. 2. Clouds held the attendance at the Indiana State Fair down to about 150,000 on Labor Day, thus failing to break the record for Labor Day of 161,000 which was set last' year. . . Yesterday's crowd was the second day in a row that the crowd edged past the hundred-thousand mark. The Sunday crowd was in the neighborhood of 110,000. The biggest story of the State Fair day was the disqualification of the grand Champion 4-H Club steer and the selection, of a new champion. The championship mixup saddened a 10-year-old Walton lad, but brought joyHo an ailing boy from Centerville. Jackie Berlet,' whose steer last Friday was given the blue ribbon, had to give up the award because the State Fair Board ruled his entry out. The board held that the steer had been sold at auction following the Cass County fair and could not compete in ' the 4-H event here. j So the champion steers were taken back to the Coliseum and a new grand champion was chosen. He was an Aberdeen Angus owned by Dale Pentacost, age 14, of near Centerville. The lad didn't get to see his steer selected as he was at home suffering from bronchitis. FRATE LISTON SERVICES HELD Funeral services were held Friday afternoon at two o'clock at the Billman Funeral chapel for Frate C. Liston, life-long resident of Sullivan, who died Wednesday morning at the Mary Sherman Hospital following an . extended illness. The Rev. Wyman Hull ofdiciated. . ' Pallbearers were Wendell Tennis, William Theal, Claude Jones, Ned Woodward, John Purcell and Gilbert Riley. The Sullivan Elks Lodge had charge of services at the grave. Burial was made in Center Ridge Cemetery,

Look Toward Pacific, CoL LaFollette Urges

The United States is niaknig a mistake in looking to Europe and neglecting the Pacific, Col. Phillip LaFollette told the audience at Merom Bluff Chautauqua Saturday. The Colonel was making the principal address to the Chautauqua audience. The former Wisconsin governor said that this country was becoming too involved in the , old disputes in Europe, and neglecting our role as a world power in the Pacific. ' " "If we are to prevent a third world war," he stated, "it will be done in the Pacific." , The Colonel based his opinion on the fact that should Russia and this nation go to war, the Soviet would need more strength than she alone can muster. This strength must come from Japan, as she is the only nation in the world that could furnish the rnanpower and the industrial power that Russia would need, M;r. LaFollette said. ' . . The magnificent job that General Douglas MacArthur has done in governing the Japanese, he went on, and the way he i has started that nation on the road to true democracy will do a lot to prevent our one-time enemy from casting their lot with the Russians in case of a war. ' r (, Mr. LaFollette told how the ground was prepared for the LABOR PLANS FIGHT AGAINST LABOR LAW i WASHINGTON, Sept. 2 (UP) Organized labor, embittered by what it calls the "infamous" Taft-Hartley labor law, today set in motion plans for a contemplated fight for repeal of the act and the election of labor "friends" in 1948. , , . From, outside labor ranks, Labor Day produced" - appeals ."for labor unity and a renewed third party threat from Henry A4. Wallace, the stormy petrol -.-'of the Democrat party. i. . " Walla.ce told a huge C.I.O. parade in Detroit last night that the American people "will-not stand fori." two' parties in', control of reactionaries." . ALL-STARS BEAT " MERCHANT NINE Playing before the largest crowd of the season, the Victory All-Sfars edged the Sullivan Merchants in a thrilling contest yesterday at Pavilion Park, 6-3. With the lead changing hands four times, young Jack Shipman and Johnny Roeschelein locked horns in a pitching duel that pleased the fans so much that Managers Carl Taylor and Jack McCammon are considering another battle in the near future. Until the ninth inning, neither team had held more than a onerun lead, but the All-Star nine iced the game in the final inning when Roy Herndon, former Indianapolis Indian star, rifled a liner to right center that tallied two runs. Box score: Victory All-Stars AB R H PO E McCammon, 2b ... 5 1 2 3 0 Herndon, rf ...... 5 0 1 0 0 Powell, If 5 0 0 2 0 Lajighlin, lb ...... 4 0 19 1 Duviver, cf 4 1 15 0 W. McGarvey, ss . . 3 1 1 2 0 Beasley, 3b 3 2 1 0 1 Navel, c 4 0 15 0 Roeschelein, p .... 4 1 1 1 1 Totals 38 6 9 27 3 Sullivan AB R H PO E Zaayer, 3b , . 4 0 0 3 0 Taylor, If 3 0 14 0 Walters, cf ..4 0 0 3 0 Thewlis, lb 4 0 1 7 1 Williams, 2b 4 1 12 0 Robbins, rf . . .4 2 2 1 0 C. MicGarvey, ss . . 4 0.12 2 Keene, c 4 01 5 0 Shipman, p 4 0 0 0 0 Totals . . . 35 3 7 27 3 MARRIAGE LICENSES' Robert Gene Royer, Clay City, Indiana and Peggy Norma Megenhardt, Center Point. Indiana. Grover Lee Cox, R,.F.D. 1, Sullivan and Eula Frances Rader, R.F.D. 5, Sullivan. Harry William Irons, R.F.D. 2, Jasonville, Indiana and Rose Emma Gore, Jasonville, v

Nazis in Germany, and how the conditions in Germany were such

that Hitler could win the converts needed for forming his dictatorship. In" a visit to Germany in 1933, the conditions there were such that the residents of the German capital were moving out into the pastures and becoming squatters to make ends meet. At the same time, Mr. LaFollette said that farmers were moving their milk cows into the apartments so that they could cut their expenses and still deliver their products. It was poverty among the many who had lost their homes, and the fear of poverty among those who still had homes that made it possible for the rise of ' Adolph Hitler, he explained. ' With the rise of atomic power, it is up to this nation to end poverty so that there can be no danger of such a group rising again in this world, he stated. The scope of atomic power is such that the world, led by the United States, can forever end ( poverty among the nations and the peoples of the world and thus end the possibility of an evil dictatorship in the world. Colonel LaFollette was an hour late for his appearance. He explained that his train was late, causing his late arrival. MANY KILLED IN CANADIAN TRAIN WRECK DUGALD, Manitoba, Canada, Sept. 2 (UP) Rescue workers 'removed thirty-seven burned and shattered bodies today from the wreckage of two Canadian National Railroad passenger trains which collided head-on and the death toll was expected to mount still further.. . A railroad employee who had been at the scene since the wreck occurred, last, night, said that "not more Jthan two or three persons" escaped from the first two coaches of a holiday train which collided head-on with an east-bound trans-continental express at the Strom station. Eighteen were pulled from the flame-twisted wreckage. Police would not estimate the number of bodies "which-, still remained inside. ' Taxi cabs and private automobiles helped regular ambulances carry the dead and injured to. nearby Winnepeg. A police cordon was thrown t around the area and only doctors and emergency workers were permitted in the area. The holiday train, a Winnepegbound Minaki camp special, failed to switch into a siding and it pulled1"1 head-on into the other train which was stopped on the main line near the station. Most of the dead and injured were from the holiday train. Flames broke out almost immediately after the collision and prevented rescue workers from entering some" of the wrecked coaches. A nearby train elevator and oil storage tank quickly ' caught fire. Seven coaches were still smouldering today. Workers from nearby railroad , shops reached the scene almost j immediately after the collision and rescued as many persons as they could from the flame- , wrecked cars before heat drove them back. JUDGE ORDERS SANITY CHECI FOR LOBAUGH FORT WAYNE, Ind., Sept. 2 (UP) Judge William Schannen today appointed two psychiatrists to examine Ralph 'Lobaugh, confessed and accused slayer of four Fort v Wayne women. Lobaugh since last June has alternately confessed and denied that he killed Dorothea Howard, Wilhelma Haaga, and Anna Kuzeff, in 1944 and 1945. The judge acted on a motion from Robert Buhler, Lobaugh's attorney, asking to have his client's sanity determined.

COUNTY 4-HERS PLACE WELL AT STATE FAIR Several Sullivan County boys and girls placed very well in the 4-H exhibits at the Indiana State

Fair. In the girls' exhibits, Patsy Thudium of Hamilton Township, Ruby Ruth McCammon of Haddon Township, and Thos. A. Taylor of Curry Township, all received blue ribbons with their baking exhibits. Estella Crowder, and Jane Barnett of Jackson Township, each ' received a red ribbon on their baking exhibits. Carolyn Johnson of Haddon Township, Gloria Frye of Jefferson Township, and Wilma Hart and Earline Hobbs of Gill Township, received white ribbons on their baking exhibits. Other girls who exhibited baking were Myrna Burnett, Turman Township; Ruth Tarwater, Hamilton Township; and Rita Mae Marshall and Shirley Ann Greggs, Curry Township. In the clothing, department, Sara Willis, Hamilton Township, received a blue ribbon. Ruth Springer of Turman Township, and Shirley Ann Greggs of Curry Township, received red ribbons. Jacqueline Crew of Faribanks Township and Doris Ruth Lathrop of Curry Township, received white ribbons on- their exhibits. Another Sullivan County girl exhibiting in the clothing department was Pansy Ruth Chambers of Fairbanks Township. Eleanor Ruth Meurer of Cass Township was the only Sullivan County girl who placed in the canning exhibit. She received a blue ribbon on her canning display. Others who exhibited and did not receive a ribbon were Charlotte Phillips and Rosemary Wilson of Turman Township; Elizabeth Meurer, Cass Township; Carol Hart, Gill Township, and Ruby Ruth McCammon, Haddon Township. Miss Doris Ruth Lathrop of Curry Township will represent Sullivan County in the State 4-H Club Dress Revue Wednesday afternoon, Sept. 3. Shirley Ann Greggs of Curry Township and Pansy Ruth Chambers of Fairbanks Township, are attending the Indiana State Fair Girls School. . In .the - boys' exhibits at the State Fair, Gene Easter's light j weight Angus which -placed as Grano Champion, in the Sullivan CouTity;4,-H; Club 3 Fair, placed ninth in its class' at the State Fair with a class of 109. His calf jWill be sold Friday afternoon' at'.the auction; , In the poultry show, Kenneth1 Borders of Turman Township,, placed third withhis,.Bafredi.Ply-j mouth Rock hens; Vnaries Jonan nngismeier of , Jefferson Townv; ship, placed third with' ftis-white Plymouth Rock hens;rand'' Charlotte Phillips of Turman Township, placed fifth with her Barred Plymouth Rock pullets. Eugene Johanningsmeier of Jefferson Township, also' exhibited at the fair with his poultry but did not place. i At this time, garden winners have not been announced. Those from Sullivan County who are exhibiting at the State Fair in garden products are Harold Gorham and John Ransford of Turman Township. COURT TERM OPENS TODAY The September term of tha Sullivan Circuit Court opened today, with Judge Walter Wood presiding. The calendar for the first week of the court is as follows: Sept. 2 Motion and rules: Huffman - vs. Huffman; Deckard vs. Deckard. Sept. 3 Calling dockets; McGhee vs. Miller. Elmore etc. vs. Turpen; Wilson, adm. vs. Lloyd. Sept. 4 Martin Wrecking Co. vs. Carlisle Tool and Stamping Co.; Saidle vs. Reynolds; Utilities Engineering Inst. vs. Southwood. Sept. 5 Birth centificates; Sagraves vs. Sagraves; Rooksberry vs. Rooksberry. , Sept. 6 Probate Matters; Guyer vs. Guyer; Keene vs. Keene; King vs. King. LEVI BARDSLEY RITES HELD . Funeral services were conducted Saturday afternoon at three o'clock at the Billman Funeral chapel for Levi S. Bardsley of Shelburn, who was killed Friday morning by a northbound C. & E. I. train near his home. The Rev. Wyman Hull officiated. Pallbearers were Charles Thompson, Albert Wiggs, Chancy Osborn, James Holt, Gene Willis and Earl Hughes. Burial was made in Center Ridge Cemetery,

TRUMAN TELLS GROUP US WILL MAINTAIN MILITARY STRENGTH President Says Many Countries In Europe And Asia Living Under Shadow of Armed Aggression. PETROPOLIS, Brazil, Sept. 2. (UP) President Tru

man today told the representatives of nineteen American nations that many countries of Europe and Asia are living under a "shadow of armed aggression" and that the United States is determined to maintain its military strength to

preserve peace. ESCAPEES OF LEBANON JAIL STILL FREE LEBANON, Ind., Sept. 2. (UP) The Boone County jail remain ed empty today and a state-wide search was on for three men who broke out of the jail here yester day. Boone County officials and State police said they had found no trace of Robert Sylvester, age 28, and William Abney, age 23, both of Kokomo, and Lloyd Harmon, age 35, of Indianapolis. The prisoners were missing when deputy sheriffs took trays of food to their cells yesterday. Police believed they picked the lock on the cell door with the wire from a broom, 'Sheriff Rush Robinson of Boone County said the men, all held on grand larceny charges, were locked in the jail's bullpen about 11:30 o'clock Sunday night. No night guard. is stationed at the jail, completed in 1939 and previously considered one of the best equipped in the state. REPUBLICANS ... ... ... . i PROTEST PLAN FOR ELECTION ' CONNERSVILLE, Ind., Sept. 2. (UP) Tenth District Republican leaders indicated today that they would protestfholding the special Congressional A election at the same time as the state-wide municipal elections on Nov. 4. Governor Ralph Gates said the election of a successor to Representative Raymond Springer, who died of a heart attack last week, would probably coincide with the municipal elections. He said .it would be impractical and too expensive to hold the election at any other time. Republican leaders in the Tenth District said they would protest. A Congressional campaign at that time would "stir up the labor vote" in view of the reaction of labor to the recently-enacted Taft-Hartley labor law. MRS. THOMPSON SERVICES HELD Impressive funeral services were conducted Monday afternoon at the Presbyterian church for Mrs. Will A. Thompson, wellknown resident of Sullivan who died suddenly Saturday at her home at 413 West Washington Street. Dr, Leroy Brown officiated. The song service was in charge of Mrs. Kathryn' Reid, with Mrs. Jeanette Wernz at the1 organ. Pallbearers were Walter Thompson, Maurice Thompson, Billy Lord, Max Russell, William Ryan and Dale Billman. Burial was made in Center Ridg Cemetery. MRS. ALUMBAUGH RITES HELD Mrs. Rosa Alumbaugh, age 76, died at her home in Shelburn at 3 o'clock Saturday afternoon. She is survived by three daughters, "Mrs. Pearl Downs, of Shelburn, Mrs. Florence Hixon and Mrs. Lucille Bledsoe, both of Sullivan; a . step-daughter, Mrs. Maude Rector, of Indianapolis; two stepsons, Claude Alumbaugh, of Cass, and Jack Alumbaugh, of Sullivan; two brothers, Jasper Ridge, of Sullivan, and Charles Ridge, of East St. Louis, Mo.; and one sister, Mrs. William Kelly, of Terre Haute.

Mr. Truman, in a solemnly worded message delivered to the final session of the Inter-American Defense Conference pledged this nation's might and dollars in an all-out. effort to maintain peace. The President voiced the hope that the other , Western Hemisphere nations would join the United States in contributing to Europe's economic recovery under the Marshall plan, noting that the American resources are "not unlimited." - "I hope that the nations of free America will be disposed, each according to its own ability and in its own manner, to contribute to lasting peace for the benefit of mankind," he said. . Mr. Truman declared that the post-war era had been a "bitter disappointment and deep concern" to this nation. He said that the United States was obligated to prepare for a prolonged military occupation of enemy territory. "We find that a number of nations are still subject to a type of domination which we fought . to overcome," he said. "Many of the peoples of Europe and Asia are living under the shadow of armed agsression." The President did not refer directly to the foreign policy of Russia in central and southern Europe, but there was no doubt as to whom his remarks were directed.

TRAFFIC TOLL FOR LABOR; DAY IS HIGH ! (By ..United Press) The long Labor: Day - holiday took the lives of 456 Americans in traSffic accidents, drownings, and airplane crashes, a tabulation showed today. Seventeen persons died in Indiana. Highway crashes killed 272 persons, twenty-two more, than predicted by the National Safety Council before the-holiday began. In addition, seventy persons were drowned, twenty-four died as a result of airplane accidents, and ninetv died in miscellaneous mishaps ditfectly attributed to the holiday. The total of 456 dead was just onte under the 457 fatalities counted last year. HOLD RITES FOR RALPH SMITH Ralph W. Smith, 63 years old, died at his home in Carlisle .at 7:45 o'clock Saturday evening. He was a prominent business man at Carlisle and was a member of the Lions Club and the American Legion. He is survived by the widow, Gaynelle, and the mother, Mrs. Victoria Smith. The body was taken to the Schulze Funeral Home and was removed to the residence. Funeral services were held at tha Carlisle Methodist Church Monday at 2 p. m. Burial was in the Odd Fellows Cemetery at Carlisle. Properly Parked . SPOKANE, Wash. (UP) Peter L. Ferrante collected 37 traffic tickets for overparking' but never got around to settling them. Police Judge Raymond Kelly ordered him to park himself in the city jail for 25 days. . I TODAY'S TEMPERATURE The unofficial temperatures in Sullivan today were: ; At 7:30 a.m. 70 degrees At noon '..:.' 80 degrees CONDITION IMPROVED The condition of Mike Fougerousse was reported this morning by hospital attachees as slightly improved. .