Sullivan Daily Times, Volume 49, Number 176, Sullivan, Sullivan County, 3 September 1947 — Page 1

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WORKS ON NEW POLICY TALK ' RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil, Sept. 3 (UP) President Truman worked today in the seclusion of the heavily-guarded American Embassy on ' the second major speech he-will make in Brazil, a speech which is designed to pro'-' vide more details on his plan for world recovery. ' . Mr. Truman scheduled no activity outside the spacious Embassy grounds for the. day. He. planned to devote most of ' the time to the speech he will make to the Brazilian House and Senate. This speech was expected to parallel generally the one he made to close the Petropolis Inter-American Defense Confer--ence. In that speech he said that the United States is determined to remain strong and that- the . United , States' traditional eversion to violence must not be taken as an invitation to violate the peace. MIDWESTERN FARMS FACE LOSS OF SOIL WASHINGTON,- Sept. 3 (UP) The soil conservation service said today that erosion is making its most serious attack on the rich farm lands in the midwest. The region long has been considered a permanent bread basket for the nation, but soil conservation experts said that intensive cultivation of crops in recent years has exposed over a million additional acres to the wind f.id the rain. One half of the nation's - crop and is threatened with irrepar able damage by 1960 if the pres ent rate of erosion continues.' Another 25 per cent of the land Is facing permanent injury between 1960 and 1975. VOLUNTEERS AID SHADES DRIVE . INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Sept. 3. i Old fashioned Hoosier coopera tion is making possible the state wide campaign for $300,000 to Save the Shades, Governor Ralph P. Gates pointed out today as the opening solicitation of funds began. From the time that an emer gency arose in the ownership of one of the last stands of virgin timber in Indiana, volunteer work has been done by individuals and organizations. When it became impossible for the American Legion to buy the property before a deadline covering its sale to timber buyers, Arthur R. Baxter of Indianapolis advanced enough money to buy the Shades. With the 1450 acres of nationally known scenic territory in Mr. Baxter's hands a lease was arranged with the State Department of Conservation so that the property could be operated as .a park, until the funds advanced were repaid. At the call of Governor Gates, representatives of more than forty organizations with, memberships throughout the state perfected an organization to raise the cost of the Shades and provide for emergency improvements. The State Bankers Association offered to have gifts received at every bank in the state. The Hoosier State Press Association broke a precedent of years standing and officially endorsed the campaign and pledged the cooperation of the newspapers of the state. ' -" Lawrence Wheeler, director of the Indiana University Foundation, was loaned to the Governor's office to help Department of Conservation executives in planning the effort. ; As a result the total amount raised in the campaign, except for a small printing and postage expense, will go directly to the Save the Shades fund. Gifts made at any bank or by mail to Save the hades, Indianapolis, will be deductible from income for tax purposes. The canroaign will continue throughout September. JAYCEES WILL MEET THURSDAY The Sullivan Junior Chamber of Commerce will meet at the Sullivan Hotel for a business meeting at 7 p. m. Thursday, Bill Taylor, president said today. It will not be a dinner meeting.

CITY SCHOOLS ENROLLMENT IS INCREASED

The first day enrollment in the Sullivan schools was eighteen higher than the opening day enrollment in 1946, Superintnedant J. Allan Campbell said today. The figures are" 1197 for opening day, 1947; as against 1179 : for opening day, 1946. Mr. Campbell pointed out that the registration last year increased in the first two weeks until the total was 1210 for the city schools. ' ' - ' The biggest jump in attendance was in the first grade. The pre school enrollment indicated that 96 pupils would be entering school for the first time this year, but 138 showed up for school, forcing the school officials to open another first grade class in the Junior . High School building. The high school enrollment slumped again this year, and the total for early enrollment Is 337. The total for the upper six grades is 526, as against 536 for the early enrollment last year. The 1 total for the lowest six grades is 671. . STATE FAIR WONT RECEIVE THESE MELONS BRAZIL, Ind., Sept. 3. (UP) The supply of watermelons at the Indiana State Fair In Indianapo-

lis fell today following a truck.be available at the State Fair

collision that scattered 500 melons on the highway near here last night. . Melons were mixed with coal when a truck driven by Clifford Morrison of Carlisle, collided with a coal truck driven by Junior Robinson of Windsor, 111. Morrison was delivering melons to a concession at the State Fair. Police said spectators held impromptu feast at the site, the wreck. 0f GLENDORA MINE IS INSPECTED Steps taken to increase safety in the 1,800-ton-a-day No. 28 mine, operated by the Glendora Coal Company seven miles northeast of Sullivan, are commended and further haulage and electrical safeguards are advocated in a Federal coal mine inspection report released today- by the Bureau of Mines. The Sullivan County mine employed 245 men when inspected under the Federal Miine Safety Code in June by James A. McCune and J. P. Sheridan. The inspectors recommended unobstructed clearance along haulage roads and in shelter holes, proper rerailing and audible-warning devices for each locomotive, safer hoisting and mantrip practices, well-installed insulators for all power wires, guards for trolley and feeder wires at all necessary locations, frame-grounds for electric pumps and drills, floor insulation at all power control switches, and suitable overload protection for loading machines, mining machines, drills, and gathering locomotives. Recent safety improvements included the posting of the Indiana state code of hoisting signals in the main hoisting room, an insulated platform at one surface power switch, removal of coaldust accumulations from the ' tipple, use of permissible flame safety lamps, installation of the fan to permit reversal of the air flow, records of daily fan and cage inspections, and the wearing of safety hats where needed. As further safety aids, Inspectors McCune and Sheridan called for the setting of safety posts close to each working face, additional timbering at several places, firing of permissible explosives ,

with electric detonators and per-1 days following the final ratif icamissible blasting units, added me- tion of the peace treaty. The ac-

chanical safeguards, wearing of protective footwear by all employees, and the discontinuance of carrying flame-making devices into the mine and creating unnecessary arcs by "nipping." CLINTON CLARK HURT IN FALL Clinton Clark, of Fairbanks, formerly of Sullivan, met with a severe accident Saturday. He Was remodeling the interior of their newly purchased home when he fell from a step-ladder and broke his leg. Only this summer Mr. Clark has been able to go about without crutches due to a broken leg suffered by being hit by an automobile more than two years ago. He is confined to the Mary Sherman Hospital.

RENT CONTROL POLICY TO BE INVESTIGATED WASHINGTON, Sept. 3 (UP)

Chairman Jesse . T. Wolcott, of the House banking and currency committee, said today that "if the housing shortage is not licked by March 31, rent control will probably be continued." But, he added that "if we keep up the present momentum of building we may say that the housing shortage, is reasonably licked." The Michigan Republican said his committee "will begin a new study of rents as soon as Congress reconvenes." Whether it votes to extend rent control will depend on "what we find In that investigation." The present law which permits "voluntary" rent increases of up to 15 per cent . will expire on March 31 unless renewed. Another Congressional com mittee, a special House-Senate group created to , investigate the housing shortage' will probably convene next week. TREE BLANKS ARE AVAILABLE AT STATE FAIR Information received from Ed Lott, district extension forester, indicates that the applicaton blanks for ordering trees from the State forestry nurseries, will They will be at the forestry ex hibit of the Department of Conservation. This also means that those forms will be available at the office of County Agent O. K. Anderson, very soon after the fair. In view of the above, farmers are urged to take stock of their true-planting needs for next spring. The trees musfbe ordered as soon as possible as it is an ticipated that there wui not be enough seedlings to meet the demand again this year. Orders will be: accepted only as long as the supply lasts. The actual shipment of the trees, will, of course, not ;be made untiI pianting time next spring. . These trees are available for windbreaks, reforestration, erosion control, fence posts and for planting around farm ponds. If you are in need of advice as to what to plant or where to plant trees on your farm, get in touch with your nearest district forestry office through . your county agent's office. ONE MATCH IN TENNIS TOURNEY IS COMFLETED Only one match has been played n the city men's tennis tourney being sponsored by the Junior Chamber of Commerce. In that match, Bob Lowry beat Firth Perryman, 6-1, 6-1. All matches must be completed by Saturday evening so that the second round of the tourney can be started. The winner of each match is expected to call Firth Perryman at the Kraft Foods Plant to give the results of the match. The drawings for the meet are: C. H. Brown drew a bye. Arch Ralph vs. Wilson Catlin. Paul Kirchner vs. John K. Purcell. Wilfred Perigo drew a bye. Shang Moore drew a bye. Jack Coleman vs. Dick Billman. - ' Bill Carter drew a bve. U. S. SIGNS v ACCORD WITH ITALY ROME, Italy, Sept. 3 (UP) The United States today signed an accord providing for the evac uation 6f 15,000 American troops frnm this country within ninety cord, in 'the form of two letters, was signed by United States Ambassador James Dunn and Foreign Minister Carlo Sforzan. ISSUE WARRANT FOR DUGGER MAN A bench warrant has been issued from the city court in Terre Haute for Donald Wolfe, age 21, of Dugger. The warrant was issued when Wolfe failed to appear to answer charges of intoxication and operating a vehicle while intoxicated. TODAY'S TEMPERATURE The unofficial temperatures in Sullivan today were: At 7:30 a. m . . . 70 degrees At noon 84 degrees

COUNTY TAX BOARD TO MEET i . The County Board of Tax Adjustment will convene at the Court House, Monday, September 8, 1947, at 9 A. M. The members of the Eoard are Gerald Usrey, Trustee of Cass Township of the County Board of Education; John P. Curry of the County Council; Arthur G. McGuire,' Mayor of Sullivan City; Fred Greenwood of Shelburn, Byron V. Hoover of Carlisle, Robert K. Gouckenour

of Sullivan and William W. Wat son of Turman Township. The last four members are appointees of the Judge of the Sullivan' Cir cuit Court. . Following is the schedule of the hearings to be heard before the Board on the proposed bud-f gets as submitted by the , various county taxing units: Monday, September 8. 1947; 9:00 A. M. County Budget. 10:30 A. M. Jackson Township. , 10:45 A. M. Hymera Town. 11:00 A. M. Hamilton Township. 11:15 A. M. Sullivan City. 1:30 P. M. Sullivan School City. 2:00 P. M, Sullivan Public Library, v.' 5 2:15 P. M. Gill Township. 2:30 P. M. Merom Town. 2:45 P. M. Haddon Township. 3:00 P. M. Haddon - Carlisle School Town. 6:15 P. M. Carlisle Town. 3:45 P. M. Carlisle Library. Tuesday, September 9, 1947: $ 9:00 A. M. Cass Township. 9:15 A. M. Dugger Town. ' ; 9:30 A. M. Jefferson Township. 9:45 A. M. Curry Township. A 10:00 A. M. Farmersbif.-g Town,' 10:15 A. M. Shelburn Town. ' 10:30 A. M. Fairbanks Township. 10:45 A. M. Turman Township. .,' AMERICANS r " SCOFF AT GOLD DISTRIBUTION WASHINGTON, Sept. 3 (UP) A high treasury official today dismissed as "cockeyed" the proposal by Britain's Foreign Se5retary Ernest Bevin that the United States redistribute its gold hoard in the Fort Knox vault. The official, who asked that his name not be used, said "that is a cockeyed idea if I ever heard one." "If they want some gold, they can get it the same way we id by paying $35 an ounce for it." "We'll be flad to sell them all they want. The for sale sign is on top of our pile and anvtimft they want to make a deal all they have to do is say the word and pay the price." Under the law, United States must purchase all the gold offered at $35 an ounceTreasury record discloses that the nation's gold supply is valued, at $21,766,000,000, of which some $12,500,000,000 is stored at Fort Knox. The rest is contained in the mint and in the metal reserves in Federal Reserve banks around the country. The gold is used to back up the Federal Reserve currency. Acting Secretary of State Lovett'said at, a news conference that the United States had not bee,n. informed officially of the Bevin proposal. He asked a reporter if Bevin had decided how the gold should be distributed. "He. just wants .to pass it around," the reporter replied. ' "Bevin has something there," Lovett replied, ' and then added quickly, his official comment, which was "no comment." CARLISLE FAIR OPENS TODAY The Carlisle Community Fair opened. at noon today and will continue through Saturday. The fair is being given on the Carlisle Saddle Club grounds, a halfmile west of Carlisle on the Car-lisle-Merom road. The fair will have the usual rides and amusements and other concessions. In addition, a grandstand" has been built so that visitors to the fair may see the free acts in comfort. The free acts will be given by the 3udor Sisters and Avery. In addition, there will be 4-H exhibits, under the sponsorship of the Haddon Township Farm Bureau. ... The Carlisle High School band will present a band concert each day of the fair. Other attractions will be the horse pulling contest, a western horse show, and the i crowning of the "Queen of the ' Fair." w

PRICE RISE TO REDUCE MEAT CONSUMPTION CHICAGO, Sept. 3. (UP) Curtailed supplies and higher prices will cut the American meat

consumption by ten pounds per capita in 1948, K. J. ggert. as sistant director of the American Meat Institute said today. ggert told the delegates to the institute's 42nd annual conven - tion that the reduced production would result from the increase in the price of corn and other animal feed grain. Eggert made the statement a day after cattle prices at the Chicago Stockyards rose to $35 a hundred-weight to equal the highest price this year reached last Jan. 8. This price was still under the $39 all-time high lMU,cu iao1 1,uv- experts saia the high prices at the yards would show up in the sales of the higher quality cuts, as the price oi tne lesser grade cuts remains stable. BUILDING BAN ON GYMS AND POOLS LIFTED The government nut its okav on construction of " summer camps, city-operated swimming pools, and school gymnasiums, but has clamped even firmer controls on such things as bars and dance halls. Frank Creedon, housing expeditor, said two months' experience with the ban on construction of amusement places all that is left of an earlier restriction that controlled all com mercial building made the change advisable. Other structures for .which Creedon said no - permits hereafter will be required are those to be used for non-profit rodeos and dude ranches. Besides the gymnasiums, schools and- churches now .-may build assembly halls, field houses, indoor stadiums, theatres, amphitheatres, grandstands. bleachers, and ARROWS DRILL N UNDER LIGHTS The Sullivan Golden Arrows held their first practice under the lights at Sportland Field' last night, in preparation for the game at Bicknell Friday night. Coach Bill Jones said that the players showed more spirit in the cool night air than they had exhibited in recent practices. The sesson was devoted to scrimmage against the second team, with the varsity polishing the plays that will be used against the Bulldogs. Coach Jones is afraid that Bicknell will be laying for the Arrows this year, to try to wipe out the sting of the eleven straight defeats the Arrows have handed 1 the Knox County ' boys. In recent years, the score has been rather lopsided. STORES END SUMMER HALF DAY CLOSING The Sullivan stores, having concluded their annual summer months Thursday afternoon closing practice as of last Thursday, will remain open this Thursday, it was stated by a number of merchants today. - The businessmen stated that the closing practice was begun the first Thursday in June and carried through the August 28th termination date. The local firms and their employees express thanks to the residents for their kind acceptance of the mid-west half-day holiday during the summer months. Deer Turns Tables HANCOCK, N. H. (UP) Mrs. Joseph Hugron heard her dog barking and suspected he might be deer hunting. Looking out the door,' however, she saw the pup racing down the road with tail between its legs a large deer in pursuit. TAKEN TO INDIANAPOLIS George S. Houck, of Paxton, World War I veteran, was rushed to the Cold Spring Road Hospital in Indianapolis Sunday night in a Schulze ambulance for treatment. '

CAR DEMOLISHED WHEN STRUCK BY FAST TRAiN Edgar Stuck, 74, father of Mrs. Henry Raines, of New Lebanon narrowly escaped death this morning at 8:25 when ihe motor of his 1937 Plymouth sedan stalled as its front wheels rolled onto the State Highway 54

'C. & E. I. railroad crossing couth of here and the car was struck . "LZ Z'"' Stuck, ' authoriative sources said, jumped from his auto bareAa toi onA antn D imnori , IU tK -,,,,, Qa,w Q flash si al on the north side of the crossing, completely severI . ing it. from its supports and dumped the auto a few feet beyond. The motor was dashed free of the auto chassis and was hurled several feet away from the scene of the crash. The Whipperwill under the command of Conductor Wright, Danville, and Engineer Baumgardner, Evansville, made a complete stop. Mr. Stuck was en route to visit his daughter 'and family of Gill Township. MANY VETS CASH TERMINAL LEAVE BONDS Veterans in Sullivan County have cashed in $57,616.04 worth of terminal leave pay bonds according to a survey taken this, morning. This figure includes only the bonds cashed yesterday on the first day of the cashing period. At the Sullivan State Bank 143 bonds were cashed at a total of about $33,000. At the Carlisle branch, seventeen bonds were cashed for a total of $4,300. The Peoples State Bank at Farmersburg reported that it had cashed $10,096.44 worth of the bonds on the first day, with the branch at Fairbanks cashing in $1,569.27, and the other branch at Shelburn receiving $8,650.33; ' PILOT TRIES 1 TO SET NEW iPEED MARK NEW YORK, N. Y., Sept 3. (UP) Paul Mantz, Hollywood stunt flier who won the Bendix air races last week-end, took off today from LaGuardia Airport at 1:26 p. m. EDT for Burbank, Calif., in an attempt to set a new cross-country speed record. Mantz, flying a converted P-51 fighter plane, said he hoped to make the trip in six hours, twenty-seven minutes. The previous East-West record was seven hours and twenty-eight minutes, which was set by an Army B-29 on,Aug. 1, 1946. . Mantz's take-off was delayed six minutes when a leak developed in the plane's oxygen tank and had to be patched. -He said he would have to fly at a lower altitude than he had intended if the leak reappeared. Mantz's plane carried 770 gallons of gasoline. The distance from LaGuardia Field to Burbank is 2,536 miles. BOMB EXPLODES IN LONDON OFFICE LONDON, Sept. 3. (UP) A package about eighteen inches long exploded in the London district office today, shaking the building and injuring a mail clerk. Preliminary investigation indicated that the package had been intended for the War Office and was mailed from Eire. RIVERVffiW NINE TO PLAY SUNDAY The Riverview baseball team will play the Rafters Tavern squad from Terre Haute in a game Sunday at Riverview.' There will be a game played at Riverview on each Sunday for the remainder of the season. SENTENCE (GERMANS TO BE HANGED ' HAMBURG, Germany, Sept. 3 (UP) Fourteen of, the eighteen Germans convicted of killing fifty British airmen after the airmen had made a mass break from a prisoner of war camp, were sentenced today to die on the gallows.

BEVIN ASKS UNITED . : STATES TO DISTRIBUTE ,- HOARDED GOLD SUPPLY British Minister Says It Is Sure Way To Help Settle World Economic Crisis . SOUTHPORT, England, Sept. 3. (UP) Foreign Sec

retary Ernest Bevin called on

distribute its vast hoard of gold at Fort Knox, Ky., as one of the surest way to restore the world's economy.

TURKS TO GET MILITARY SUPPLIES SOON WASHINGTON, Sept. 3 (UP) Acting Secretary of State Robert Lovett said today he expected a substantial amount of American military equipment to be on the way to Turkey within the next two weeks under the Greek-Turkish aid program. Lovett told newsmen that ship ments so far to Turkey amounted to less than $3,000,000, and was mostly road building equip ment and harbor construction machinery. But he said about $50,000,000 in Army and Navy supplies have been procured but had not been delivered. Lovett also said that Europe's economic position had deteriorated so fast that something will have to be done about it before the Marshall plan goes into effect, probably next spring. He told the news conference that the situation is . grave. He said Europe's economic position had deterorated faster than this government expected. Lovett would not say that he saw the need Jor a special fall session of Congress, but thought that some temporary relief, such as a loan from the World Bank or from the Export-Import Bank, would have to be provided. .'JHe said the rapid' deterioration had forced Europe's economy as a major problem on the United States before it was expected, j The deterioration is rapid, and the results will be severe, he added. MCARTHUR TOLD TO KNOCK OUT INDUSTRY WASHINGTON, Sept. 3. (UP) The eleven-man Far Eastern committee has ordered General Douglas MacArthur to give what amounts to a knock-out blow to all Japanese industry capable of being used for war purposes, it was announced today. The committee ordered an in spection of all buildings, machinery and equipment which could be used only in the production of war material. All other Drimarv factories which had some peace-time value , ordered impounded and , were their machinery and equipment made available for reparations. The committee also ordered any portion of war-supporting in dustry which is excessive to the peacetime needs of Japan be made available for removal reparations. as DEMOCRATS HEAR REPORT ON CONGRESS Democratic party leaders from all parts of the nation reported a sweeping popular repudiation of the Republican-controlled 80th Congress and militant support

for the aggressive program of I first of the war dead to Jse rePresident Truman in a coast-to- turned to this area. The services coast broadcast last night. iwere held yesterday afternoon. The report, carried over the Pfc. Sisk was buried in FairAmerican Broadcasting Com- view Cemetery at Linton, with pany network, was part of the full military honors. Sgt. S. W. first national meeting of a po- Smith, from the War Department, litical party to be conducted , served as guard of honor, with over the air.. iPost 22 of Linton giving the miliParty members gathered In tary funeral. The Rev. Thomas meetings all across the country M. Jennings, former state chapto hear the broadcast and discuss lain, assisted in the services. The the issues it raised. ' Linton high school band and the With Gael Sullivan, executive Linton American. Legion marched director, of the Democratic Na- . in the funeral procession, tional Committee, acting as mod- Pfc. Sisk was the first of three erator, the program picked up war dead returned from the speakers in New York, California, Philippines to the United States.

Minnesota, Alabama, Indiana', Pennsylvania, and Washigton, D. C.

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He told the Trade Unions Congress that the world must settle the balance of payment question or it would be in constant chaos. ' "There are ways of settling it," he said. "I know America will be upset by what I am going to say, but I have always to upset somebody. "My own conviction is that she has handicapped herself and caused high taxation in her own country by failing to redistribute the Fort Knox gold. "If you found another gold mine in the world it would be of distinct advantage, but there is gold already mined doing nothing." Bevin, in a seventy-minute speech dealing largely with the economic crisis also accused Russia of using the United Nations veto power "stupidly." He said the United Nations Security Council was becoming largely a propaganda show and asked if it will survive as such. DOMESTIC NO. 2 IS INSPECTED Several recent improvements in the Dugger Domestic Coal Company's 600-ton-a-day Domestic No. 2 mine, three and onehalf miles southeast of Sullivan, Ind., are credited by Federal coal mine inspectors in a report released by the Bureau of Mines today. The mine employed 104 men when an inspection was completed in July by George W. Colbert and W. B. Dalrympls. A few added safeguards were sug gested by the inspectors. Face areas of all working ertries were rock-dusted and the rock dusting of the mine was considered satisfactory, the inspectors stated, adding that coal dust should be , allayed during cutting operations in the 5 north section. Among improvements cited by the inspectors were the use of insulated boxes for transporting explosives into the mine and 'safe underground storage, Incombusti ble stemming in boreholes, 'pro vision for two permissible flame safety lamps, correction of a ventilation deficiency in the 5 north section, floor insulation at pump switches, placing of guards across ends of cages handling men, frame grounds for pumps near the shaft bottom, and discontinuance of "pushed" trips. The inspectors also commended the removal of debris from the clearance side of main and branch haulage roads, but they suggested that timbers along advancing entries should not obstruct the clearance. Other recommendations for further conformance with the Safety Code included setting of ssfety posts at working faces, short-circuiting of blasting cables at battery ends, warning devices for locomotves, use of permissible haulage lights, trolley wire guards at man-trip stations and other places, insulators for power wires, frame grounds for electrical equipment with overload protection for cables, cutter chain locks on mining machines, and wearing of safety-toe footwear by all employees and goggles by those in eye-hazardoua work, HOLD MILITARY RITES FOR SISK Military services were held in Linton for Pfc. Cecil F. Sisk, the The other two are buried in Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.