Sullivan Daily Times, Volume 49, Number 185, Sullivan, Sullivan County, 16 September 1947 — Page 1

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" WEATHER WARMER WEDNESDAY Indiana: Fair and slightly warmer tonight. Wednesday fair and warmer. ?; r Onlj; Dally j , Newspaper In SULLIVAN COUNTY

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ITALIAN STRIKE MAY BRING REVOLUTION ROME, Italy, Sept. 16. (UP) A strike by 850,000 Italian metal workers brought open talk of revolutionary action for the first time today but the leftist leaders disclaimed any intention of trying to seek power by force. The Catholic News Agency said reports of insurrectionist movements throughout Italy during leftist-sponsored protests against the government had been staged to put Communists in responsible political circles. . The strike of the metal workers was called for two days to protest against the high cost of living. It also demonstrated the Communist grip on Italian labor. Some 1,000 Rome police went on maneuvers and were expected to exercise south of Rome through tomorrow. Police headquarters said the maneuvers were intended to determine the strength of the police force. Communist, socialist, and left-' ist leaders spoke out flatly asserting that they planned no revolution. However, the leftists had been toying with the idea of using force against the government for more than a 'Week. TALKS ABOUT GREENLAND PROGRESSING WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 (UP) The Department of State disclosed today that the United States and Denmark have begun informal consultations on the future slatus of American-built defense bases in Greenland. ' On last May 27, Denmark expressed its desire to terminate a joint war-time agreement 'which provided for American responsibility for Greenland's defense. Michael J. McDermott, spokesman for the Department of State, said that the talks were underway, but that they were of an "informal and exploratory" nature. Under the .American-Danish agreement of April 9, 1941, the United States was given the right to build and operate bases in Greenland "until the present danger to the peace and security of the American continent have passed." DEMO MEETING ON FAST TIME The Indiana State Democratic Editorial Association meetings will be held on fast time, Marion Ayers, president of the organization said today. The sessions will be held at French Lick Springs Hotel, with meetings scheduled for Friday night and Saturday. There will be a style show for the women attending the meeting at 2:30 p.' m., daylight time, on Saturday, with the banquet scheduled for the evening. The principal speaker for the dinner will be Robert S. Kerr, former governor of Oklahome. MEMBER OF WARREN HENDERSON BAND Robert David Kable, son of City Fireman and Mrs. Jack Kable of Terre Haute, former residents of Sullivan, has returned from Cleveland, Ohio where he played in the Warren Henderson Band of Terre Haute, which won second place in the Veterans of Foreign Wars million-dollar Pageant of Drums, in competition with 18 bands and drum and bugle corps. The first place in the junior bands was taken by Girard Post, Girard, Ohio. MAN FINED FOR JUMPING FROM BRIDGE Charles Potter was fined $5 for public intoxication Monday in Vincennes. He was arrested Saturday night after he leaped from the middle span of the Memorial Bridge across the Wabash River there to collect a bet he made that he could make the leap and not be injured. VETERINARY GROUP WILL MEET The Indiana-Illinois Veterinary Medical Association, of which Dr. E K. LeDune of Sullivan is secretary-treasurer, will meet for its semi-annual outing Friday at Calumet Lake, Jasper.

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COUNTY FARMERS ON TRIP WEST More than 1,200 Indiana farmers, representing practically every county in the state, left Indianapolis Thursday, Sept. 11, on the three trains of the "Pacific All-West Expedition," sponsored by the Indiana Farm Bureau, Inc. Before returning on Sept. 23, the large farm delegation will visit 13 states in the United States, one state in Mexicd, and three provinces in Canada, covering nearly 8,000 miles. Reported by railroad officials to be the largest civilian railroad movement in America from one point, over such a distance, the trip will afford Hoosier farmers an opportunity to study the farming conditions in other sections of the North American Continent as well as give them a much needed vacation most of them the first vacation ever experienced. Several '. had never been on a train before and many had never eaten or slept on. a train previously. Personally conducted for the Farm Bureau by the Hinkle Travel Service, the trip stopped atjhe Grand Canyon in Arizona onlSaturday, Sept. 13; in Los Angeles on Sunday; San Diego, Calif., and Tiajuana, Mexico on Monday; San Francisco on Tuesday and Wednesday; Portland, Ore., on Thursday; Seattle, Wash., and Vancouver, Canada on Friday; and through Sunday, Sept. 21 will be in southern Canada, including Winnipeg, large grain market; St. Paul and Minneapolis on Monday and back in Indianapolis on Tuesday noon, Sept. 23. Agricultural and livestock officials are boarding the ' trains and talking with the farmers along the route. Scenic and historic spots are not being overlooked, according to G. W. Sample, director of information, Indiana Farm Bureau, in general charge. Following are among the persons on the trip from Sullivan county: Roscoe Carrithers, Mrs. Gertie Lisman, Pete McCammon, Arthur Ready, Otto Taylor, Mr. and Mrs. Scott Willis and Mr. and Mrs. Amorine M. Wilson. V. A. EXPLAINS SUBSISTANCE Veterans whose training or education is interrupted .; in the middle of a month may not expect subsistence payments '.until the end of the month . following, that interruption, Veterans' Administration said in answer' to numerous inquiries. VA said that most veterans' accounts are on a current basis but that veterans whose training is halted in the middle ', of a month usually V receive subsistence payments about four or five weeks from the date of the official termination of that training. All records of a veteran's interrupted training must be received before an account may be certified for payment. Veterans are asked to notify VA immediately if their training or schooling is interrupted or if there is any other change in training status. The Veterans Administration Office is located in Room 14, City Hall, 4th & Main Streets, Vincennes. ' . Law Won't Help' HOUSING Expediter Frank Cree'dan, in Washington, D. C, tells special Congressional committee (Investigating the housing- shortlage that legislation will not corjrect the shortage brought on by : middle men taking unnecessary 'profits In the building material 'markets. Creedon declares the cost of homes will come down 'only when full production brings 1 competition back, (International),

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GALS BATTLE OVER DATES IN NEW YORK NEW YORK, N. Y., Sept. 16 (UP) Police patrolled the Yorkville section of Manhatten today with a wary eye to prevent rival gangs of high school girls from beating each other up. The pint-sized Amazons, in sloppy-joe sweaters,' were reported trying to enforce exclusive date privileges in their bailiwicks in one of the toughest sections of Manhatten. Two rival Bobby-Socks factions clashed twice last night and clubbed, kicked, scrathed, and bit each other. Each struggle broke off suddenly and the parties scurried in all directions like a bunch of rabbits. When the streets were clear, tufts of hair and scraps of torn clothing were scattered on the brick street. . Police said that about 200 girls were involved in the fracas, but residents of the area said that 500 girls were involved. Five street blocks were filled with the battling bobbysockers. When the girls finally scattered, small girls sat dazed and weeping on the curb where they had been tossed 'by the larger girls. The small fry said that the trouble started when seven girls from one district started stealing dates from seven girls in another district. CONGRESS CALL DEPENDS ON FOOD REPORT : WASHINGTON, ' Sept. 16 (UP) President Truman's decision to call a special session of Congress on- European aid will hinge largely on a special food report now being prepared by his aides, it was learned today. If Congress is recalled, it was said, it probably will be asked to give the administration the .authority to restrict the ; use C of "grain by distillers and' brewers, order a return toVgrey"'. bread, and cut the size of the bread loaf. V ' '; One ; off icial, ...who .declined '-to permit'-his name -to -be. used,- said there' is '.apparently ho :'yiclinar tion on the part of the administration to request a return to rationing or price control, because they.; would be too late to help in the present crisis. This official said the forthcoming report will show how much food this country will be able to funnel into Europe between now and the time the Marshall plan goes into effect. If President Truman thinks that voluntary measures will produce enough food for Europe, and if the- European dollar still holds out, Congress will not be recalled. Otherwise, it will be asked to give the administration broad powers over grain. DOUGLAS CHILD DIES AT DAKA Paul David Douglas, age 8, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Douglas of Dana, died Sunday morning after a short illness from pneumonia. The child was born in Dugger and moved with the family to Dana two years ago. His father was manager of the Cozy Theatre at Dugger at one time. Short funeral services were held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Hacker in Dugger this afternpon, with burial in the Dugger Cemetery. REGISTER SO YOU CAN VOTE The importance of registering or the November elections canot be stressed too much at this ime. Although the deadline, Oct. T, is still three weeks away, it is he duty of every qualified voter to register, or to check his regisration immediately. Only registered voters will be permitted to cast ballots in the November jlections. See to it that you and your neighbors are properly registered. TODAY'S TEMPERATURES The unofficial temperatures in Sullivan today were: At 7:30 a. m. 56 degrees At noon 70 degrees

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County Commissioners Report On Session

The County Commissioners met, in regular session at the Commissioners' Room in the court house September 1 and the following business transacted. James McGarvey, County, Auditor, reported the sale of mineral lands heretofore advertised

and sold on August 11 .to Jennie day that if the membership comB. West, she being the .highest mittee ghoud fail to contact any and best bidder, for the sum of person interested in obtaining a $174.00 plus advertising cost of itikt for the sri.s that the

$27.43. Thomas M. Jennings, director of the Department of Veterans Affairs of Sullivan county, filed his annual report. Report was examined and ordered filed. Cleve Lewellyn, County Treasurer, filed his monthly report as required by law. Requisition of Sullivan County Home for supplies for fourth quarter was considered and the. auditor was ordered to give no - tice of such letting for October 6, 1947. County Auditor filed certificate and petition showing balance of $23,044.65 in common school funds and praying transfer of $15,000.00 to State Treas urer under chapter 181 of Act. Prayer of petition 1943 1

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granted to auditor and ordered to make transfer "as therein prayed for. James McGarvey, County Auditor, filed' certificate and petition showing balance in township road account in the amount of $9547.37 and asked that said sum be transferred to Township Fund due each township in amounts set forth in said petition. Petition examined and auditor ordered to make transfer as in petition prayed for. The County Auditor was authorized to transfer amount of $1119.81 to County General Fund with permission to County Auditor to pay $73.31, amount unpaid on Bond No. 12 from County General Fund, if and when said bond is presented for payment. Bonds of Earl A. Engle, County Clerk-elect, and Hubert Sevier, County Auditor-elect, were filed, "examined and' approved and ordered filed. The County Auditor submitted Sheriff's and . County . Auditor's proof of posting, of notice of sale of Lots 6 and 7 in- Donnybrook addition and Lot 11 in Sineclair '.;and' . Poynter addition , in city of Suljivan as advertised for sale on September 15,-1947. Same filed. ' J:; v. The Board appointed' Thomas M. Jennirigs to fill the"'' vacancy as Director of Veterans Affairs of. Sullivan County for the period expiring December 3 J, 1948., The Board appointed;' Mervin W. Wilson to fill the vacancy in the off ice, of Justice of the, P.eace in Haddon Township to fill the office of Carol A. Watson, deceased. Bond was fixed in the amount of $2000.00 and bond ordered filed. The Board entered into insurance contracts with American States Insurance Company under policies Nos. 9094 and 15124. The Board met again September 6 in continued session. The Board entered into contract with Ruth V. Anderson, guardian Treacy Shores, for care of her ward at the County Infirmary for the sum of $50.00 per month. To Cabinet? fix POLITICAL observers In Philadelphia are naming Federal Judge James P. McGranery as likely choice of President Truman to fill the postmaster general post ehould Robert Hannegan, now recuperating from an illness in Hawaii, resign. McGranery is also considered favored to take over the Democratic national commit tee chairmanshlg already resigned pyHanneean. .(!atgS8liSQ.li

TUESDAY, SEPT. 16, 1947.

LECTURE SERIES TICKETS ON SALE John Knox Purcell, who is head of the Talk of the Hour Series to be given at the Sullivan Hicrh Rrhonl auditorium said to. tickets will be available at the Carl Engle Clothing Store and also at the Paul Taylor Men's yfeaT store Mr. Purcell said that because of the heat during the summer months, and because some of the committee took vacations during the period that the ticket sales has been conducted, it is possible that some persons were missed, He emphasized that the tickets are for two persons, and that .'single tickets for the series will not be sold. The first program on the series will be the appearance ol the Master Singers, a group of singers directed by Walter HardWick, who sang at one time with the Chicago Civic Light Opera ComCapt. Michael Fielding, who has recently returned from the Balkan countries and from India, will give his analysis of the situation in those areas when he . appears on the series in November. There will also be programs in January, February, and March. Most of the artists for the series will be chosen by the Redpath Bureau, of Chicago, who supplied the speaker and entertainers for the recent Merom Bluff Chautauqua. STATE LABOR FEDERATION OPENS SESSION TERRE HAUTE, Ind., Sept. 16 (UP) The 62nd annual convention q the State Federation of Labor opened here today. An estimated 1,000 accredited delegates were" present. at the opening session and.J.FjL. officials said they expede'd ; the attendance to reach 3,bob. '. i The closing session "of he two-,day-session of the Indiana State Building 'and Contractors Council yesterday, broflght.to., .an end the series 'S of ' pre-Convention meetings of various components of the state federatiate, :, Among the fifteen resolutions entered at the close of the builders council were several, pledging all crafts to fight the TaftHartley labor law. HAZEL L. BRUST ATTENDING REBEKAH ASSEMBLY Mrs. Hazel L. Brust, Junior Past President of the Rebekah Assembly of Indiana, is attending the Association of Rebekah As-

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Winnepeg, Manitahia, Canada. Mrs. Brust is the representative from Indiana and has , been chosen as room hostess by Mrs. Emma Lou Harriman of Grand Forks, North Dakota, president of the Rebekah Assembly. The meeting will continue until Saturday, September 20th. LEGfON TO INITIATE CLASS The Sullivan American Legion Post No. 139 will initiate a class of approximately ten new members at their regular bi-monthly meeting to be held this evening at 8 o'clock at the Legion Home north of the city. Legion officials today announced that tonight's business meeting and initiation service will be followed by a dinner in the dining hall. All members are urged to attend and visitors are welcome. FLOYD BEHEM FUNERAL WEDNESDAY Funeral services for Flovd Behem will be held at the H. P. I Martin Funeral Home in Terre ' Haute at 2 o'clock Wednesday I afternoon. Burial will be in the I.O.O.F. Cemetery at Carlisle. FINED IN T. HAUTE COURT Esther M. Dodd of Sullivan route 4, was fined $3 in Terre Haute Citv Court vesterdav when she pleaded guilty to a charge of violating a traffic signal.

EAST COAST BRACES FOR HURRICANE JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Sept. 16. (UP) A giant hurricane with strong winds swirled across 400 miles of the Atlantic Ocean and edged closer to the Florida coast today and a latest advisory ordered storm warnings hoisted from Key West, Fla., to Cape Hatteras, N. C. The weather bureau said the storm was located about 200 miles due east of West Palm Beach and about 400 miles southeast of Jacksonville. "The hurricane has remained nearly stationary, with the center at 9:15 a. m. EST, at latitude 26.7 and longitude 76.2," the advisory said. Mild winds of 18 to 20 miles an hour, the outer fringe of the storm, were blowing at Melbourne and West Palm Beach and other East Coast points. Waves rippled over the sevenfoot concrete seawall at Jacksonville Beach, 18 miles from here, but parents were sending their children to school as they were still not certain where, when, or if the great storm would strike near here.

EMPLOYMENT UP DURING AUGUST INDIANAPOLIS, Sept. 16. Seasonal canning industry from mid-July to mid-August gave Indiana manufacturing production worker employment its greatest boost since September, 1946. Approximately 7,200 factory workers were added to payrolls in the one month period. Preliminary estimates prepared by the Indiana Employment Security Division in cooperation with the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics, show that employment in Hoosier factories reached 413,770 at mid-August, a gain of 1.8 per cent from midJuly and a 4.1 per cent increase over, the- same time last year, Weekly factory payrolls in Indiana curved upward to an estimated" $18,153,924 in mid-August, 1.4 per cent above Weekly payrolls, in mid-July, c.ahd 12.3 per cent above August, 1946. Other industries contributing to the gain in manufacturing employment and payrolls wereithe iron and steel, lumber- and- timber, and miscellaneous manufacturing groups. ,;i 'f I t In '.Contrast, the nonjferrous metals ' and rubber Rrqdfctsj' industries continUedto hov'sutf-1 stantial declines in employment and payrolls due to a drop in demand. Lack of significant gains in some of the other manufacturing industrial groups were 'due' to shortages of materials and adjustment of labor forces to weed out the Uess efficient '.workers. Advances in manufacturing weekly payrolls from mid-July to mid-August lagged behind employment increases. While temporary workers in the canning industry boosted employment, their lower pay rates failed to create a comparable increase in payrolls. Reduction in overtime hours in other industries also contributed to the lagging of payroll increases. RESERVES MAY GET TRAINING INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Sept. ie The Second Armored Division at Camp Hood, Texas will conduct an amphibious exercise during October and November. Several positions for Indiana reservists have been allocated according to Colonel E. F. Adams, Senior . Instructor for Indiana Reserves. The following vacancies for this training are: One Lieutenant or Captain Intelligence Officer. One Lieutenant or Captain Supply. One Lieutenant or Captain Armored Infantry, Cavalry, or Field Artillery. Enlisted reserves of any grade One stenographer, one clerk, one cook, two tank drivers, one tank mechanic and one Ordnance mechanic. Reservists who are interested in taking part in the exercises should contact their Unit Instructor not later than September 23rd. . CONSERVATION CLUB (MEETS TONIGHT There will be a regular meeting of the Sullivan Conservation Club tonight at 7:30 o'clock at the city hall,

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UNITED NATIONS OPENSNEW ASSEMBLY WITH WARNING AGAINST TALK OF NEW WAR Election Of Officers To Highlight Afternoon Session As United States Supports Evatt Of Australia. UNITED NATIONS HALL, FLUSHING, Long Island, Sept. 16. (UP) The second General Assembly of the United Nations opened here today in a tense atmosphere of diplomatic strife between Russia and the United States and was immediately warned that it faced the choice between the road to war and the road to peace. Foreign Minister Oswaldo Aranha of Brazil gavelled the crucial meeting to order a few minutes after upsetting United States plans to support Australia's tough-talking

Foreign Minister Herbert Evatt for the presidency

AMERICANS BLUFF SLAVS NEAR TRIESTE TRIESTE, Sept. 16. (UP) Ten American soldiers stood up to 2,000 Yugoslav troops at a lonely outpost early today and by fast talking and stalling for time, bluffed the Yugoslavs out of a plan to march on Trieste and take over unauthorized posts. The clash of the Yugoslavs and Americans occurred in the rough country between Giroanni and Prosecco and was the dramatic highlight of the birth of the free city of Trieste. Rifle shots crashed repeatedly through the tense night enveloping the United States outpost and mortars and grenades were audible. Lieut. William Ochs of Chattanooga, Tenn., and Lieut. Lyle Lenhart of Evanston, 111., were in command . of the detachment. They had their orders not to allow the Yugoslavs to pass. The Yugoslavs were attempting to enter the city from the south. As the vanguard of the Yugoslav detachment came out of the night, their officers demanded free passage through Italy and Free State territory. Two thousand: men and .34 vehicles were on the ''way -south. ,- The officers argued that the Italian treaty, under which to day's readjustments were being made, ' " contained no specific clause against isuch a passage. The Americans, however, had their prder and they stuck to them. fy? The Yugoslavs were still argunig when dawn came. In the f jrst ilush of daylight, a .squadr. rotj .of British; bombers arid. American observation planes 1-1 flew over. Major General Terrence Airey, the highest Allied officer in Trieste, called newsmen to a special conference to explain the turn-over. He said that the Yugoslavs were to take over previously agreed position in the Free State hinterland south of the city as their part in the occupation of the new state. Earlier, Airey had proclaimed Trieste a. free city at 10 a. m., which was an hour later than the Yugoslavs were supposed to have taken their positions in Vene Grigulia Province. JAYCEES TO MEET THURSDAY The Sullivan Junior Chamber of Commerce will have a dinner meeting at the Sullivan Hotel Thursday night at 6:30 o'clock, President Bill Taylor said today. He urged that all reservations for the dinner be returned to Tom Grayson, secretary, before 11 a. m. Thursday. PLAN HORSE SHOW IN OCTOBER The Sullivan Saddle Club is planning a horse show for Oct. 5th at the 4-H Club fair grounds. The show will be a Western show and a gaited show. It will start at 12:30 p. m. PAT ROGERS AT MACMURRAY Pat Rogers of 300 North Broad Street has enrolled as a freshman at MacMurray College for Women at Jacksonville, 111. She is one of about 330 freshman students from 28 states on the campus this year. DUGGER B TEAM PLAYS BICKNELL The Dugger B team will play the Bicknell B team tonight at Bicknell in a game starting at 7 o'clock, i

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The Latin-American nations revolted against the United States and decided to support Aranha and make a contest out of it. Aranha was president of the special session on Palestine and will preside at this session until the election of officers this afternoon. The Assembly hall was filled to capacity for the first session, which was devoted to Aranha's opennig address and to New York Mayor William O'Dwyer's welcome. Aranha bluntly announced the major concern at this meeting whether the world is to have peace or war in his address. Without mentioning the diplomatic war between the United States and Russia, he appealed for understanding and reason instead of armed force in seeking settlement between "some nations." He pleaded with the delegates, many of whom talk about the inevitable war between the East and the West, to use common sense and reject the very thought of war. The first session adjourned at 11:42 a. m. EDT, after a thirtyminute meeting. The Assembly reconvened at 2:30 p .m., to elect officers after a 'lunch period of further lobbying''" and ' seeking support for Aranha and Evatt, the two candidates for president. "The agenda contains a great many items," Aranha" said, "but it narrows .'down' to !whe'ther the road selected will lead to peace or to war. ,It is here that the world will, organize peacefully, or'hasten to war. The moment is Aranha's speech foreshadowed the 'bitter debate between the United States and .Russia, with both sides, trying to out-maneuver each Other, rOBIN WANTS SERVICE FROM LABOR BOARD WASHINGTON, Sept. 16. (UP) American Federation of Labor Vice-President Daniel Tobin served notive on the National Labor Relations Board today that he would seek an immediate showdown on the controversial non-Communist affidavit ruling. The white-haired, bespectacled boss of the teamsters union challenged the board's right to refuse his union the privileges and protection of the N.L.R.B. under the Taft-Hartley labor law provision. Tobin wants the five-man board to overrule the interpretation of General Counsel Robert Denham that top officials of the C.I.O. and A. F. of L. must sign the non-Communist affidavit before any A. F. of L. union can use the board's machinery in labor disputes and bargaining elections. If the N.LJR.B. won't override the ruling made by Denham, Tobin said he would carry the fight to the courts. A. F. of L. General Counsel Joseph Padway was scheduled to appear before the N.L.R.B. to present the teamsters' petition. Unlike another A. F. of L. vicepresident, John L. Lewis, Tobin signed the affidavit, but under the present interpretation of the Taft-Hartley act, neither his teamsters union nor any of the other 100-odd A. F. of L. unions has any standing before the N.L.R.B. because the A. F. of L. executive council refused to comply with the order to sign the affidavit. Lewis refused "in principle" to sign 'the affidavit and the A. F, 1 of L. council was forced to go along with him. "