Sullivan Daily Times, Volume 49, Number 187, Sullivan, Sullivan County, 18 September 1947 — Page 1

WEATHER WARMER FRIDAY Indiana: Generally fair and warmer tcnigLt and Friday. Continued warm Friday. Only lllj j . ' Newspaper in (SULLIVAN COUNTY VOL. XLIX No. 187 UNITED PRESS SERVICE ' SULLIVAN DAILY TTMES4-THURSD AY, SEPT. 18, 1947 INTERNATIONAL PICTURE SERVICE . PRICE THREE CENTS

ANDERSON WILL ASK CUT IN RELIEF GRAIN WASHINGTON, Sept. ' 18 (UP) Secretary of Agriculture Clinton P. 'Anderson was reported ready today to insist on a sharp outbreak in American ;ood exports as the only practical way of pulling down prices. Department of ' Agriculture sources said Anderson will carry the low export recommendation into a cabinet food committee meeting next week. He may ask. that the total grain exports be , pared as much as 30 per cent below last year's , exports, it was , said. ' Meanwhile the government announced that the grain exports to Europe would be cut sharply in November. Acting Secretary of.. State Robert Lovett disclosed

that his department is planning a special report to President Truman on the European economic crisis. . It was announced that November grain exports would be 35 per cent below those scheduled for October and 43 per ce,nt below the July-October average. This means, the department release said, that only 788,800 tons of grain are scheduled to be sent to Europe during November as compared with the 1,213,000 tons sent during October. It was pointed out, however, that this schedule can- be revised upward, presumably if conferences with President Truman after he returns from South America Friday and receives the special Department of State report indicate that the European crisis demands it. INDIANAPOLIS, . Sept. 18. Hog's, 7,500; fairly, active;; good and choice 225-250 lb barrows and gilts, $28.75: ton. $29.00: 160225 lbs., $27.75 $28.50; sows active, strong to 50c higher; good and choice 450 lbs., $25.00 $26.50; top, $27.00. Cattle, 600; calves, 600; medium and good steers and yearlings unevenly 50c to $1 lower; medium and low grade, $20.00 $25.00; good beef cows largely $16.50 $17.50; bulk good and choice vealers, $26.00 $29.00. Sheep, 1,000; good and choice fat native Spring lambs, $22.50 $24.00; medium and good, $19.00 $22.00: slaughter ewes steady at $5.50 $7.50. GENE EASTER WINS TRIP AS WHEAT GROWER Gene Easter, Fairbanks, winner of the Sullivan County 4-H Club wheat growing championship, visited Cincinnati last week on a trip with six other county wheat growing champions." While in Cincinnati, the boys were guests of the Kroger Company at the Cincinnati Reds, ball pame. They also visited the Kroger manufacturing plant and Food Foundation. At the Food Foundation, the boys heard a discussion on flour by George Garnatz, foundation director. H. R. Lathrope, extension agronomist for Purdue University, and Austin Tomey, president of the Southwestern Indiana Wheat Improvement Association, accompanied the group. QUARTERLY CONFERENCE AT METHODIST CHURCH Dr. S. W. Robinson, District Superintendent of the Vincennes DiFtrict of the Methodist Church, will be the preacher at the First Methodist Church of Sullivan next Sunday morning. After the morning worship service he will conduct the business of the First Quarterly Conference. At this time he will set forth the District Program and listen to the Quar- I terly reports of the following: the Pastor, the Sunday School Superintendent, the President of the Woman's Society of Christian Service, the Methodist Youth Fellowship, the treasurer, the financial secretary, the auditing committee, and reports of local preachers. All members of the Quarterly Conference are expected to be present.

TODAY'S MARKETS

TODAY'S TEMPERATURES The unofficial temperatures in Sullivan today were: At 7:30 a. m 70 degrees At noon 81 degrees

VICKERY GIVEN I. U. THEATRE JOB

. v. H w . Delno Vickrey, son of Grover Vickrey, of Merom, has been selected for a place with the ac- , tion staff of the National Theatre group at Indiana University. He was personally selected for the position by Dr. Lee Norvelle, from a group of 500 applicants.Mr. Vickrey is a graduate of Depauw University and the Northwestern School of Speech. For the past ten years he has acted and directed plays in New York and Hollywood. The National Theatre Conference has set up a' touring company of five men and five women and this group will bring stage productions to communities seldom reached by the legitimate theatre. It is endorsed by the Rockfoller Foundation. In addition to touring Indiana, Illinois, Ohio, Wisconsin, Ken tucky, and Iowa, Mr. Vickrey will take advantage of a scholarship to complete his master degree in the dramatic school at I. U. GRAIN PRICES TUMBLE ON -CHICAGO BOARD (By United Press) Wheat and corn prices tumbled the full limit on the Chicago Board of Trade-. today .. as . the government announced drastic cuts in its November relief shipments abroad.. As trading opened, wheat sold for generally 10 cents below yesterday's closing price, and corn dropped 8 cents. Oats were off as much as 4 58 cents a bushel. September wheat opened .at $2.71, compared with the all-time high of $2.84 set a week ago. September corn, which reached an all-time high of $2.65 34 cents a bushel on Sept. 15, sold for as low as $2.53 78 cents , a bushel today. MOVIE COMEDIAN ON LOCAL STAGE "Harmonica Bill" Russell, who has been featured recently in the Charles Starrett-Smiley Burnette western motion pictures, will appear on the stage at vhe Sherman Theatre this Sunday. Russell has been on the radio and in vaudeville for years, and holds the world's record for trick harmonica playing. He can do forty-two stunts with the harmonica. He recently published a book on trick harmonica playing. His appearance on the stage of the Sherman Theatre will be in addition to the regular Sunday attraction. ' BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENTS Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Sisk of 410 North Main Street are . the parents of a daughter, Marilyn Denise, born September 17th at the Mary Sherman Hospital, Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Flath of Terre Haute are the parerits of a son, Fred James, born September 16th at the St. Anthony's Hospital. He weighed five pounds and six ounces. Mrs. Flath is the former Margaret Badger.

LABOR ASKS DENHAM TO " " CHANGE RULING WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 (UP) The American Federation of Labor said today that Robert F.

Denham, general counsel for tha National Labor Relations Board, should either change his ruling of the filing of the non-Communist affidavits by union leaders or resign. Denham has ruled that the top A. F. of L. and C.I.O. officials must sign the non-Communist affidavits before any affiliated union can obtain N.L.R.B. ser vices. The A. F. of L. and the C.I.O. officials have so far refused to comply. The A. F. of t. said in its ! weekly news service, issued today, that the Taft-Hartley labor act "is on the verge of complete breakdown in administration" .because of the union refusal to comply with the Denham ruling. It quoted Senator Robert A. Taft, R., Ohio, the co-author of the law, as telling reporters in California that there is no legal history to justify the Denham ruling. "This statement cut the ground from under Denham and left him with no alternative but to change his ruling or resign," the A. F. of L. said. INCREASE WAR DEAD EXPENSE ALLOWANCES CHICAGO, Sept. 18. Next of kin of those overseas deceased of World War II who have decided to have the remains of their deceased returned to the United States for interment in a private cemetery are now allowed a sum not to exceed $75 instead of the original allowance of $50 to defray actual burial expenses, Lt Colonel Carroll J. GrinnelL Chief ff Via r'VitnQfTrt T1it.fr- irttt inn fon ter of the American Graves Registration Division, announced today. This increase in interment ex pense allowance, according to the same War Department Order, , will also be applicable for the next of kin of all Armed Forces personnel who die on or after October 1, 1947. Costs or expenses over $75 must be paid for by the person who contracted for the services rendered. Colonel Grinnell pointed . out that the War Department questionnaire in which the next of kin make their decision as to the final disposition of their overseas deceased has been sent out only to one third of our nation's Gold Star families. Automatically four to six months prior to the actual evacuation of each of our overseas cemeteries all qualified next of kin will be contacted by the War Department. Their wishes will be complied with and no priority of return will be granted because of rank, race, creed or color. Army Says No VETERAN of World War I, who flew five World War II combat 'missions although he was tech nically a civilian, Edward W.i , Roselle firfds the Army won't let,' him wed the Japanese girl he 1 loves. Military authorities In, Tokyo claim thd war brides act I applies only to servicemen with i honorable discharges dated afterj i Deo, 7, 1941, and Roselle's is, I datd.d1923. jfey (InternationaDj

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Truck Kiiu chnd

V 71 wmm. Vti: : IN TEARS is Lwellyn Hutchison. 40, after returning to his Dayton, O., home for lunch to discover that In backing his truck out of his driveway three hours earlier, he ran over and killed his 15-month-old baby daughter, Wa netta, : ,. ;..,, .. (International) COUNTY GROUP I FORM TAXPAYERS ASSOCIATION Announcement was made today of the formation of a non-political organization to be known as the Sullivan County Taxpayers Association. The officers of the organization are: Chairman, Gault W. Pleasant; Vice-Chairman, Vaughn Jones; Secretary, Howard Edwards; ' Treasurer, R. P. Akers. The Policy Committee is composed of Zelva C, Drake, Wm. F. Johnson, W. W. Watson, Walter Nash and Arlie Lester. The purpose of this organization'Ms to watch the use. oi4he tax' dollar; to see that economic Conditions in Sullivan County are maintained in order to encourage our miners, farm and industrial workers and veterans to become home owners; that industries may be induced to locate here; that all taxpayers be protected from tne Disastrous conditions ot a few years back. According to the officers, this is a county-wide organization formed for the benefit of the taxpayers, who are invited at all times to express their views and present their problems. ARMED FORCES -UNIFICATION IS COMPLETED WASHINGTON, Sept. 18. (U.R) Unification of the Armed Forces became a reality today, giving the nation a single, new defense establishment to provide security in this era of the atom bomb, germ warfare,, and the deadly rocket., The new organiaztion was legally born at the stroke of midnight, fifty-six days after Congress passed the unification act. But it will be many days before key officials begin to , function, many months before the organization is operating properly, and perhaps years before all the kinks are ironed out. The biggest change in the Armed Services was the elevation of the Air Force heretofore a branch of the Army to equal status with the Army and Navy. All three were placed under the unified control of Defense Secretary James V. Forrestal, who took his oath of office yesterday. The ceremony of swearing in the new secretary came a week before it was originally scheduled. President Truman, disturb ed by the tense international situation, flashed his orders from the battleship Missouri, setting in motion at once the machinery for the historic shake-up of the nation's military might. Although the President did not elaborate on the reason for the sudden change, it xis believed that he had in mind the current outbreaks between the Americans and the Yugoslavs in Trieste and the Russo-American stalemate in the United Nations which was sharply underscored today by Secretary of State George - C. Marshall in his speech to the General Assembly.

REGION ASKS

RADIO TO CUT CRIME STORIES ATLANTIC CITY, N. J. Sept. 18. (UP) James F. O'Neil, natoinal commander of the American Legion, said today that crime glorification is "America's public enemy number one" and called on the national radio broadcasting group to ban programs that might glorify crime., 1 O'Neil; addressing - a regular meeting of the National Association of Broadcasters, at their 25th annual convention, also urged the radio industry to give American Communists J the -; "bum's rush" off the air and 1 said the Legion is in favor -of ; American aid to foreign countries. '' Regarding crime programs, the Legion commander assured' his Audience that the Legion is not in favor of censorship for -radio.Broadcasters, he said,' should "take it upon themselves to bar any entertainment which might foster disrespect for authority or glamorize violation of the law." '"Many young people," he said, "spend a good part of the day with their ears glued to the radio. They lack the mental capacity to distinguish between good and evil." He said he had personal experience with a number' of young lawbreakers whose misstep was traced to the impressions made by radio crime programs as well as to dime novel thrillers and gangster movies. ' He called the decision of the National Broadcasting . Company to keep crime and mystery shows off the air until after 9 p. m., "a step in keeping with the ideals of broadcasting." He praised the radio industry in f generaj JtQr their co-operation; with vthe-- Lesion in " combatting jiivenife delinquency. . : r , . BROTHERHOODS ASK PAY BOOST FOR RAILROADS ! CLEVELAND, Ohio, Sept. .18 (UP) The wage committees of five operating brotherhoods met here today to determine joint action on a pay increase dfemand, with the two large carrier unions on record in favor of a 30 cent an hour wage boost. A. F. Whitney, president of the brotherhood, said the 30 cent boost in pay would give the operating railroad employees the buying power that they had in May, 1946, when they got an 18 cent an hour increase after the nation-wide strike tied up the carriers, tie said the increase was necessary to offset the rising prices. CALLED TO WASHINGTON, D. C, Miss Betty Sinclair of Sullivan and James Sinclair of Marshall, Illinois were called to Washington, D. C, due to the serious illness of their sister, Mrs. A. L. Mahoney. WAKES FROM

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UNCONSCIOUS for 43 days after being struck by a car, Herbert Rotchford, 10, wakens in his Davenport, la., home to find a dollarbill bouquet, a gift from the city's florists. The boy's widowed mother looks on as Herbert reaches Vor one of the 50 one dollar bills on the spray, which brings a fund being collected for the boy by friends and neighbors to more than $1,900. (International Soundphoto)

NAME NEW HOME COUNTY AGENT

gwrlwfrTHiffliHitnnrftifr -? Mrs. Earl Spiece of Seattle, Washington, began her . duties this week as Home Demonstra tion Agent of Sullivan County Mrs. Spiece, formerly Miss Faye Ritchie, is a native of Crawford County, Indiana, having attended the Mill town, . Indiana, High School. She was graduated from Indiana State Teachers' ' College at Terre Haute with the class of ,1939 and taught Vocational Home Economics in her home county. From 1942 to 1944, Mrs. Spiece was Home Demonstration Agent in Shelby and Perry Counties and from' 1944 to 1946,' she was Home Demonstration Agent in Barthol omew County. Since her marriage , in 1946, Mrs. Spiece has been employed with the Prudence Penny De partment of the Seattle Post Intelligencer, one of Seattle's lead ing newspapers. With the experience which Mrs. Spiece has had, she is well qualified for Home Demonstration Agent work, , in Sullivan County S f-'i-'H i , Mr.jind. MrsiSpiecr are residing at 311 South State Street in Sullivan and Mr. Spiece is attending Indiana" State Teachers' College. -V . ' i ; DUGGER PLAYS I TIGERS FRIDAY ' ,-' Dugger's Bulldogs will play their second football game of the season' Friday night when they travel to fruit-emu iu' mcci wc Tigers' under the lights. The ganje will start at 8 p. m. , rBoth teams will be trying to mark up. their first victory of the season, as the Dogs lost to Jef ferson ville by 12 to .O last Friday, while the Tigers were -tying Washington 0 to 0. . 1 The starting line-up for the Dugger outfit is expected to be Moore, lc; Mehey, lt; Romme, lg; Hummer, c; Davies, rg; .Horn, rt; Swan, rc; Borders, qb; Godwin or McNew, lc;' Brewer, br, and Arnold.fb. The Dugger B team lost a game Tuesday night to the Bicknell Bullpups by a score of 12 to 0, in a game played at Bicknell. FACES CHARGE IN LINTON Raymond Cassidy of Shelburn, will appear in court at Linton this week to answer charges of reckless driving. The charge is the result of an accident last Thursday night when his automobile went out of control and smashed into a house in Linton. 43-DAY SLEEP

PENSACOLA BRACES FOR HURRICANE AFTER STORM WRECKS SOUTH FLORIDA President Proclaims Emergency In Storm Area; Appalachicola Boards Houses To Cut Damage. PENSACOLA, Ha., Sept. 18. (UP) President Truman proclaimed the Florida hurricane area in need of emergency aid today as the giant storm hurled over the Gulf of Mexico toward Pensacola after causing millions of dollars of damage in the Miami-Palm Beach area.

FLORIDA STORM SWINGS FOR GULF COAST . MIAMI, Fla., Sept. 18 (UP) A violent tropical hurricane, which cost millions of dollars of damages in ' southern Florida, killed at least two persons and set off wide-spread looting in Miami, swung northward through the Gulf of Mexico today and headed for the Pensacola-Ap-palachicola area with undiminished intensity. The storm at 9:45 a. m. (CST) was centered a hundred miles southwest of Tampa, moving west-northwest at 15 miles an hour. " The weather bifreau warned that the storm, with winds swirling at 100 miles an hour probably would hit the extreme part of northwest Florida between Appalachicola and Pensacola. In the areas already hit, torrential rains have flooded roads and damaged bridges, and isolated some communities. Miami escaped the major damage op loss of life in the skirm. h t city autnoriues , reported tnat a preliminary survey disclosed only minor damage, and said the biggest job appeared to be cleaning up debris and clearing the streets. All electric service was knock ed out at Fort Myers yesterday afternoon by the 70-mile-an-hour wind, and only one. telephone circuit remained intact running north. ' Three persons were missing on a private yacht which radioed for help at the height of the storm. Rescue was impossible, the coast guard said. Picket boats went to Cape, Florida to pick up six persons, including three children and an 86-year-old man, but found no trace 'of the yacht. LOCAL BOYS PLAY WITH BALL STATE Three former Golden Arrow football players are slated to see service in the intra-squad football game scheduled for Ball State Teachers College Saturday afternoon. Andy Rambis, at end; Bill George, at tackle, and Jack Turpin, in the backfield, are all expected to play in the game. La GUARDIA STILL SERIOUSLY ILL NEW YORK, ' N. Y.," Sept. 18 (UP) Former Mayor Florello La Guardia, gravely ill at his home, .awoke from a coma rind took some nourishment, but he lapsed again into a deep sleep. The general trend of his condition was described as downward. SONNETT TO DIRECT ANTI-TRUST HEARING WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 (UP) John Sonnett, chief of the Department of Justice's antitrust divisiori, will conduct personally the Federal Grand Jury investigation into possible illegal conspiracy in the chain of high prices which opens Monday in Chicago. FOR REV. ALDRICH A reception for the Rev. and Mrs. E. E. Aldrich of the Sullivan Methodist church will be held at the Methodist church annex Friday. A covered dish dinner will be served at 6:30, o' clock. All members and friends are invited. A good program will ionow tne dinner. ATTEND PRESBYTERY OF VINCENNES The regular fall meeting of the Presbytery of Vincennes was held today at the First Presbyterian Church at Jasper, Indiana. C. H. Snavely and D. W. Shuck of the Sullivan church attended.

The Presidents proclamation

was disclosed by the office of Governor Millard Caldwell at Tallahassee, Simultaneously, the State highway department ordered the state highway between Carabelle and Panama City closed to keep traffic out of the storm-threatened area. The entire police force at Pensacola was alerted for emergency duty and city officials ordered all residents to prepare for possible evacuation. Officials said the bay and sound area would be in danger of flooding if the center of the hurricane struck here aid that evacuation might be necessary. The , President's proclamation of an emergency was understood to permit the government to irn over surplus property to the State for relief purposes. Hurricane warnings for this area were first raised at 10 a. m. this morning after the giant storm had swirled across southern Florida, leaving at least two persons dead in its wake. Residents of this area began battening down the hatches as the storm was expected to strike here tonight. The hurricane caused an estimated $50,000,000 . damages in southern Florida. Half of this damage was -don to the citrus crop, which was estimated to have been a quarter destroyed. But even as lush residential areas of the south counted their losses, the relief forces turned toward Pensacola to handle the new emergency. Residents of Appalachicola began boarding up their homes within an hour after the weather bureau put up the hurricane alert, and police established a first aid station in the National Guard Armory. At Mobile, Ala., at the edge of the hurricane-threatened area, new storm warnings ordered ships' to remain in ports. .Yachts and small boats were being moved to safer harbors up the Mobile and other nearby rivers. The Red Cross prepared to evacuate some 3,000 residents of Dauphin Island, Plakely Island, and Peter Point, low-lying points on the extreme end of the mainland. D. A. V. TO MEET FRIDAY NIGHT The regular meeting of the Disabled American Veterans will be held at the Sullivan City Hall this Friday night at 7:30 o'clock, T. M. Jennings, commander of the post, said today. Howard Watt, state adjutant for the D.A.V., will be the principal spe'aker. All veterans in the county who have a hospital record of any kind are eligible for membership in- the organization and are asked to attend the meeting. HOSPITAL NOTES ' Admitted Sept.. 16: Lamont Jett of Carlisle; Mrs. Clara Bates of Merom. Admitted Sept. 17: George McCammon of 536 West Johnson Street. Admitted Sept. 18: Mrs. Anna McKinley of 17 Vfe North Main Street; Mrs. Dorothy Wilson of Farmersburg. Dismissed Sept. 17: Mrs. Dennis Sisk and daughter of North Main Street; Herbert Snyder of Paxton; Mrs. Alice Moore of South McCammon Street; Nina Pigg of the Nurses Home; Mrs. Mary Able and son1 of South Court Street; Lillie Stoops of Terre Haute. . .. Dismissed Sept. 18: Sally Ann Harrison of Dugger; Frank Benson of Oaktown; Charles Hughes of Paxton: