Sullivan Daily Times, Volume 49, Number 190, Sullivan, Sullivan County, 23 September 1947 — Page 1

WEATHER WARMER WEDNESQAY Indiana: Fair tonight and Wednesday. Warmer Wednesday. Onljf Dally, Newspaper In SULLIVAN COUNTY

VOL. XLIX No. 190

MEAT PACKERS FACE PROBE INTO HIGH PRICES BEFORE FEDERAL JURY Truman Studies Recommendations Of Cabinet Food Committee; Refuses Comment On Program. (By United Press) While the nation watched the White House for signs of a possible new administration food policy, meat packers trekked to the Chicago Federal Building to tell a Federal grand jury why meat prices are so high.

At the White House, President I Truman studied the recommends tions made to him by his cabinet food committee Secretary of State George1 C. Marshall, Secretary of Agriculture Clinton P. Anderson and Secretary of Commerce W. Averill Harriman. ; The food committee reached an agreement yesterday on the recommendations. The president discussed the matter with the cabinet. However, Anderson said yesterday that no announcement would be made about the recommendations for a "few days"" until President Truman gives his final approval. Meanwhile, at Chicago, representatives of the nation's Big Four meat packers Cudahy, Armour, Swift and Wilson appeared before a Federal grand jury investigating whether a conspiracy exists ,to fix meat prices. They faced a critical audience. Of the twenty-three members of the grand jury, fourteen of them are housewives. They knew that meat prices had increased and they wanted to know the 'reason. The Justice Department attached so much importance to the investigation that it sent its top ant-triust authority, John , F. Sonnett, to handle the inquiry. The investigation is expected to be extended later to milk and other .foodstuffs. I , . INDIANAPOLIS, Sept 23 (UP) Hogs 8,500, opened slow; 180 lb. and above 50 to 75c lower; lighter weights steady to 25c lower; good and choice barrows and gilts 225-250 lb. $28.00 $28.25; 160-225 lb. and 250-325 lb. $27.00 $27.75; 325400 lb. $26.25 $26.75; 100-160 lb. $23.75 $25.00; sows weak to 50c lqwer; light and medium weights $23.50 $26.00; few heavies $23.50; others $23.00 down. Cattle 1,800; calves 800; steers and he.ifers generally moderately active, steady; light steers $27.50 $29.00; medium short fed yearlings $24.09 $27.00; common and medium grassy yearlings $16.00 $22.50; good beef cows $16.50 $18.00; good young kind, $20.00;' bulk common and medium $13.50 $16.00;" vea'lers steady; good and choice $25.00 $27.50; common and medium $14.50 $24.00. , Sheep 1,600; fat lambs slow on early bids, few sales; good and choice fat native spring lambs $22.00 $23.50; medium to low good dull bidding at $21.50 down; slaughter ewes steady $5.50 to $7.50. PLAN DISTRICT LEGION MEETING A Seventh district American Legion meeting will be held Saturday and Sunday, Sept.' 27 and 28, at the National Guard Armory in Spencer, E. E. Wood Nichols, Spencer post commander,' announced today. Week-end activities will begin with a district commander's ball at 9 o'clock Saturday night. The dance is open to the public and the music will be by Ace Goodwin and his Indianapolis band. A district business meetingwill be held at 10 o'clock Sunday morning and an important afternoon meeting has also been scheduled. District Commander Jack Mclntyre has urged all post chaplains to be present as speakers will include . Department Chaplain Dermond. whose address should be of special interest t6 them. Sunday dinner will be served by the Spencer Auxiliary. The district Auxiliary will not meet Sunday morning.

TODAY'S TEMPERATURES By the time you read this, it will be Autumn. Officially, Autumn starts at 3:49 o'clock this afternoon. However, Sullivan temperatures are low enough., to be Fall readings. 1 The unofficial temperatures are: at 7:30 a. m.. 46 degrees at noon .... 60 degrees

AUTUMN AND COOL WEATHER

HIT MIDWEST (By, United Press) Autumn arrived today. It brought the season's first real cool wave to most of the states north of the Mason-Dixon line. In the South, the second storm of the "hurricane season" buffeted Florida's citrus crop. A belt of light frost formed across the northern states as the cold wave moved slowly across the Mid-west and topcoats popped into sight for the first time this year. ' An inch of snow was visible on the top of Mount Washington in New Hampshire, and snow flurries whitened the fields in Maine. The temperaturj 'n those1 states dipped to 32 to 40 degrees. From the Dakotas, Iowa, and Minnesota, the cool air moved across the Great . La ?s reeion. dipping into Illinois. Indiana, r-nd Ohio. The light frost that touched Iowa's corn croo moved with the cool snap, but the weather bu reau said the damage to the crop would ie. very small. . PICKUP SEEN IN STATE CAMPAIGN TO SAVE SHADES INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Sept. 23. A "decided pickup" in tempo of the public subscription campaign to "Save the Shades" was noted today by campaign leaders. John H. Nigh, director of the Indiana Department of Conservation which is sponsoring the statewide drive, said a number of organizations had reported substantial collections. Mr. Nigh said many organizations plan to follow the example of the Indianapolis Lions Club which, while constitutionally barred from making donations from the club treasury, devoted a program night to the Shades and collected $140.00 in "pass the hat" gifts. The American Legion campaign for "a dollar a member" also is giving the drive impetus, Mr. Nigh said. W. I. Brunton of Scottsburg, immediate past department commander, is in charge of the Legion's effort which is aimed at $125,000. Total Shades goal is $300,000. The Indiana Kiwanis clubs, meeting in convention at Indianapolis last week, voted to recommed $100-per-club-3 gifts and a similar resolution was recently adopted by the Exchange clubs. Conservation clubs also are carrying on an intensive campaign of community contributions. Lawrence Wheeler, campaign director, said reports ' , from throughout the state are "more encouraging." . i HEAR LILIENTHAL SPEAK AT WABASH A group of Sullivan people went to Crawfordsville last night to hear an address given by David LilienthaL chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission. Among those attending from Sullivan were J. Allan Campbell, .Frank Laughlin, Lee French, Byrl Myers, Lester Asbury, Mr. and Mrs. Bill Hays, Mr. and Mrs. .Ben Dutton, Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Owens, and Miss Jane Van Horn. ATTENDS MEETING OF VETERINARIANS Dr. and Mrs. E. K. LeDune of Sullivan, attended the semi-annual outing and meeting of the Indiana-Illinois Veterinary Medi cal Association Friday at Calumet Lake, Jasper. . I " BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT Mr. and Mrs. Woody Routt of Cincinnati, Ohio, are the parents of a daughter born September 21. She has been named Annis Marie.

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REV. HULL TO BE HONORED BY CHURCH SUNDAY The congregation of the Sullivan Baptist Church will hold farewell services for the Rev. Wyman Hull and his family Sunday morning at the church. There will be a basket dinner served in the church basement at 12:30 p. m., after which there will be a special program. Thv speaker for the program will be the Rev. Elliott, of the Terre Haute Eighth Avenue 1 Baptist Church, and there will be music by members of the congregation. All members of the church and friends of the Rev. .Hull are invited to attend the farewell services. The young people of the church also plan to entertain the Hull family with a supper at 6:30 p. m. Thursday evening. . The Rev. Hull recently resigned as pastor of the Baptist church here to accept Whe pastorate of the Baptist church in Rushville. NLRB SEEKS TO . END SECONDARY LABOR BOYCOTT WASHINGTON, Sept. 23 (UP) The office of the National Labor Relations Board general counsel announced today that it is seeking to enjoin the A. F. of L. carpenters union fijom conducting a secondary boycott against a Chattanooga, Tsnn. store the first such action under the Taft-Hartley labor law. The petition for the injunction was filed last night in the United States District Court in Chattanooga. Local 74 of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and its business agent Jack Henderson were accused of conducting a secondary boycott of the Watson Specialty Store. . .. The store has f ormally .charged the local with conducting a sec ondary boycott an unfair practice under the Taft-Hartley act. TAXPAYER GROUP OFFERS PETITION AGAINST BOND The Sullivan County Taxpay-, ers Association held a meeting at the Shelter House at the city park last night, the purpose being to distribute 'petitions 5'or circulation throughout the county so that interested taxpayers may have the opportunity to oppose the $470,000 bond issue iior the proposed addition to the Mary Sherman Hospital. The officers stated that the people who have been waiting an opportunity to sign one of these petitions will now be 1 able to express .themselves, and anybody desiring to carry one of these petitions should contact Vaughn Jones at the County Hardware, or R. P. Akers, at Akers Variety Store, Sullivan, Indiana. DR. JOHN STEELE WINS GOLF TITLE Dr, John Steele defeated Shot Fisher in the finals of the championship, flight , to ' become the new champion of Briar Hill.: Last year's champion, C. H, Thudium was ' defeated by Leslie "Crip" Smith in the first round of the tournament, who in turn was defeated by Shot Fisher. In advancing to the finals Fisher defeated the following golfers in order: Wayne Pierce, Carl Engle and Leslie Smith. Steele defeated the following: Dr. Waldorf, Lyle Turner, Max Pirtle and Shot Fisher for the championship. In the 1st flight Norman German and ' Milburn Klrkham are vieing for the honor with German having Kirkham five down with twenty-two holes played. FURNACE EXPLODES I AT BROWN HOME An oil furnace at the home of D. H. Brown on South Main Street exploded last night. There was no fire after the explosion, but considerable damage was done to the flue. Dirt from the flue covered the furniture and rugs. - SENDS PICTURES OF STORM DAMAGE Jesse J. Bedwell, formerly of Sullivan County, now of Deerfield, Florida, sent the Times a group of pictures from a Miami newspaper showing the damage that the storm last week did in around Ft. Lauderdale, Florida.

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Release Enrollment For Eight County Schools

The school attendance figures for seven of the eight county school system have been announced by Jesse Boston, county superintendent of schools. ' Tne figures for the Carlisle-Haddon school are not included as they have not been reported to the county office. ' The total attendance in Cass Township has dropped as compared with the figures for 194647. Of the three units, only Cass School gained over the 1946-47 enrollment. The figure for this year is 141 compared to last year's figure of 132. In Dugger, both the seventh and eignth grade and high school enrollments have dropped this year. The high school count is down seven from last year to 207 pupils for this school year, while ' the seventh and eighth grade enrollment has dropped from 118 last year to 113 this year. The Central grade school has dropped from 224 last year to 211 this year., - .- 1 In Curry Township, the Farmersburg school has gained 76 pupils over last year, but the gain has all come in the grades, as the high school has dropped in enrollment. In the first eight grades, Farmersburg jumped from 203 last year to 288 pupils f or this year. The high school dropped nine students from last year, to have an enrollment of 83 this year. In Shelburn, the number of pupils decreased this year from a total enrollment last year of 376 to a total this year of 335. The high school fell sharply in' enrollment. Last year there were 144 pupils in the high school, but this year only 92 have enrolled. The junior high school enrollment increased five to a total of 60. In the West Ward School, the increase was five for a total of 85 pupils for this year, while the East Ward increased two for a total this year of 85. The Fairbanks Township schools lost eighteen pupils from last year's enrollment, to get a total this year of 120, as against the total of 138 for last year. The biggest drop was in the grade school, which fell from 91- last year to 80 this year. The high school enrollment dropped seven pupils to 40 for this year. The Merom schools lost three pupils from last year's enrollment and show a total attendance figure of 142 for this year, compared with 145 for last year. The grade school list increased from 100 last year to 105 this year, but the high school enrollment dropped eight to 37 for this year. Last year the total was 45. . In New Lebanon, the trend of lower enrollment was also evident. Last year the total enrollment was 183, while this year it is 151. The biggest drop was in the grade school, which lost 27 pupils for a total "this year of 111. In the nigh school, the enrollment dropped five from last year, to 40 for this year. At Hymera, the trend is upward, with a large increase being shown in the grade schools and a drop in the high school. This year's enrollment is 421 compared to .383 last year. In the first eight grades the totals are 307 for this year,; and 266 last year. The high school; dropped' three from last year to give a 1947-48 enrollment of 114. , The Jefferson Township schools show an f increase in both the first eight grades and in the high school. The figures for the first eight grades are 257 for this year, compared with 249 for last year. In the high school, the total for 1947-48 is 94, compared with 89 for last year. The Turman schools also show an increase over last year. The total enrollment for this year is 198 as against 194 for last year. The increase is all in the grade' schools, where the enrollment jumped from 134 last year to 148 this year. In the high school, there are ten less pupils this year than there were last year. The enrollment is 50 this year.

ARE YOU REGISTERED? If you did not vote in the last general, election November, 1946 or have moved to the precinct in which you now live since then, it is necessary to register in order to vote in the coming city-election. All persons eligible to vote this year are urged to be certain that they are registered properly so that they may cast their ballot. ' ' You may register at any of the following places: Countv Clerk's Office City Hall . Bedwell, Bedwell & Haines law office or with the precinct committeemen and women of both political parties, in the city of Sullivan.

TUESDAY, SEPT. 23, 1947.

BULGARIANS HANG LEADER OF OPPOSITION - SOFIA, Bulgaria, Sept. 23 (UP) The Bulgarian government announced today that it had hanged Mikola Petkov, the opposition leader whose execution the United Status had said would jeopardize the establishment of a representative democratic government in Bulgaria. Petkov was executed at midnight Monday, a communique issued two hours later by '.he government of. Communist Premier Georgi Dimitrov said. Tt related that he was executed before the Soviet district prosecutor after a special communication from the Justice of Ministry said that there we-s no grounds for commutation. ' The United States had taken the Petkov issue to the Kremlin in an effort to have the trial investigated and make sure it was not a case of the Dimitrov government which is Communistdominated liquidating the head of the opposition. Petkov was the leader of the Agrarian Party, who opposed the Communists. LONDON, Sept. 23. (UP) Foreign office sources said today that Great Britain regards the ex ecution of Nikola Petkov, the Bulgarian opposition leader, as a "crime against European civiliza' tion." WASHINGTON, Sept. 23 (UP) The United States charged today that the execution of Nikola Petkov in Bulgaria demonstrated that the Bulgarian government is attempting to establish a "totalitarian form of government." The Department of State said in a statement that Petkov's conviction of conspiracy on the ground of attempting to overthrow the government and his execution- was a "travesty on justice." . ' WAR DEAD KIN ASKED TO GIVE ADDRESS CHANGE INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Sept. 23. Next of kin of members of the Armed Forces or of civilians who died overseas while in the service of the United States during World War II were urged today by Colonel Charles A. Beaucond to report any change in their address to the office .of the Quartermaster General, Memorial Division, Washington 25, JD. C. Colonel Beaucond pointed out that the listing of correct addresses will facilitate plans of the War Department to carry out all feasible wishes of the next of kin in connection with the return and reinterment of the valiant dead. - ' ', The Second Army has completed plans for carrying out the program for return of World War II dead in the Second Army area. It is expected that this program will be well under way by the close of 1947. ' ?i It is the desire of the. government that all military personnel who died in the service taf their country be given appropriate burial honors. Arrangements ifor these honors should be made by the next of kin with the local veterans' organizations. Where this is not possible, the next of kin should communicate with Colonel Charles A. -Beaucond, Executive, Indiana Military District. Room 214 Big Four Building, Indianapolis 4, Indiana. Pertinent information will be furnished the next of kin by the Quartermaster General. Where additional information is desired, either local veterans' organizations or the District Executive should be contacted.

! J. HALBERSTADT DIES MONDAY Jesse "Pud" Halberstadt, age 77, died at 10:35 p. m. Monday at St. Anthony's Hospital in Terre Haute. He was a resident of Farmersburg. Surviving are the widow, Lissa Dix Halberstadt; four nephews,

the Rev. Floyd Everly, of Elwood, Jessie Brasson and Herbie Brasson, of Little Rock, Ark., and Roy Dougherty of Portland, Ore.; six nieces, Mrs. Lora Apple, of Farmersburg, Mrs. May Moore, of Taylorville, 11., Mrs. Dorothy Brown, of Tucson, Ariz., Mrs. Lottie Wilson, of Jackson, Miss., Mrs. Ina Branson, of Oklahoma City, Okla., aijd Mrs. Eva Duckworth, of Nashville, Tenn. . The body was taken to the Fidler Funeral Home in Farmers burg and was returned to the residence this afternoon. It (will be returned to the Fidler Funeral Home Thursday at noon for funeral services at 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon. The Rev. G. C McCrocklin will be in charge of the services. Burial will be in Westlawn Cemetery at Farmersburg. ROBOT PLANE FLIES ATLANTIC -IN TEN HOURS WASHINGTON, Sept. 23 (UP) Air Force officials conceded today that any American city would be a potential target for a "sneak attack" if a hostile foreign power has an electronic robot like the one that took a pilot-less American plane across the Atlantic Ocean Sunday. The robot, they said, would be installed on a bomber and ad justed so that it would open the bombbays over a radio tower that it was tuned to. With no human hand touching the controls at any time, the DC-4 took off from SteDhenville. Newfoundland, early Sunday, and landed at Breeze Norton Airport, near London, some 2,400 smiles away, ten hours later. The plane was set in motion at Stephenville. by pushing a button that ' said "Breeze' Norton." Eieht seconds ' later? the- jlane started moving down the runway. WARN YETS ON OVERPAYMENTS . Improper attention to official notices of subsistence over-payment has made many studentveterans attending college under Public Law 346 ineligible for further training until corrective steps are taken, the Veterans Ad-Student-veterans who have received the second notificatipri of subsistence over-payment and have not made provision for repayment will not be eligible for further training unless overpayments are ( liquidated under one of the following plans: 1. Repay the over-paymenf to the VA (checks or money orders should be payable to the Treas ury of the U. S.) 2. Return the over-payment check to V. A. 3. In cases of hardship, authorie the VA to make monthly deductions from future subsistence checks, such deductions to bs not less than ten per cent of the total over-payment. In sortie cases veterans will have received their first overpayment notice from the VA within the past 60 days. These students will be accepted by the training institutions, but the full amount of their over-payment will be deducted from their first subsistence check, unless the veteran has made other arrangements for repayment with the VA. If the 'first check is not large enough to cover the veteran's over-payment, deductions from subsequent checks will be made until the over-payment is written off. iMRS. ED REED LEAVES HOSPITAL , Mrs. Ed Reed, of this city,, who underwent an eye op nation by Dr. Watson Gailey, eye specialist of Bloomington, Illinois, has been confined to the Mennonite Hospital there for some tim;. She has been moved to the home of her daughter, Mrs. George Eberle, of 605 College Ave., Lincoln, 111. TAKES RADIO AMATEUR LICENSE "Dutch" Katterheinrich spent Friday in Chicago, Illinois taking the Radio Amateur License examination class B and A for a class A license.

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SOVIET ACCUSES UNITED STATES OF BREAKING HER POST WAR AGREEMENTS

Vishinsky Makes Charge In Bitterly Opposing Revision Of Italian Peace Treaty And Consideration Of Korea, UNITED NATIONS HALL, FLUSHING, N. Y Sept. 23. (UP) Russia accused the United States today in the United Nations General Assembly of willfully seeking :. to break its post-war international agreements. . Soviet Delegate Andrei Y. Vishinsky made the charge a few minutes after United Naitons Secretary General Trygve Lie solemnly warned the United States and the U. S. S. R. that unless they compromise their differences their diplomatic war will wreck the United Nations and lead

tu an intuiciauic nui. LILIENTHAL WANT ATOMIC EDUCATION ... CRAWFORDSVILLE, i' n d., Sept. 23. (UP) David E. Lilienthal, chairman of the atomic energy commission, wants a grass roots education program to teach Americans the abe's of atomic energy. He warned that the "American scheme of things will be lost unless private citizens exert a wideawake democratic control over the sweeping changes that new scientific discoveries must bring about." He outlined his plan in a speech at Wabash College last night. He said it would not require new institutions or ' specially trained instructors to teach the fundamentals of elementary atomic energy. He wants the instruction to start in boy, and girl scout troops in Rotary " and other service clubs, in medical societies, in Parent-Teacher Associations, and in business and professional clubs. The chairman said the time must not be far . off when the terms radio-isotrope, nuclear reactor, and alpha particles are as much a part of the common speech as carburetor and high octane are now. Lilienthal said 1 the public should beware "lest schemers or fools .or rascals or hysterical stuffed shirts get this thing out of your hands." YUGOSLAVS TAKE THREE US SOLDIERS TRIESTE, Sept. 23. (UP) The United States and British military governments today demanded the release of three American soldiers whom Yugoslav troops seized yesterday at gunpoint on the provisional border of Trieste. So far the Yugoslav army has not answered the request. An armed five-man patrol led by Lieut. William Vanatten of East Orange, N. J., met the Yugoslav detachment along the border. While Vanatten was talking to the Yugoslav officers, Yugoslav soldiers suddenly covered him with guns. Vanatten, Pfc. Earl Hendrick of Arlington, Va., and Pfc. Grant Meyer of Edgerly, N. D., were taken away as prisoners. The two other American soldiers, Pfc. Edison Lenhart and Pfc. Gerald Perry reported to their headquarters that the Yugoslavs took Vanatten and the other two into the town of Gorriano under guard, RECEIVES EYE INJURY AT BAKER MINE Ben Kable of Sullivan R. R. was admitted to tne Union Hospital last week for an eye injury received at the Baker mine. He will be confined there for some time. ATTEND STYLE SHOW Mrs. Clell Mason, Mrs. Will Lee, Miss Reva Lee, Miss Hazel McElrath, and Mr. and Mrs. Robert Gouckenour attended a style show in Robinson, Illinois last night sponsored by the Junior Business Women of Robinson.

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Vishinsky's attack on the United States was made in a fight to remove from the agenda of the United Nations Assembly the American proposal to consider the Korean stalemate and the Argentine-proposal supported by the United States-to soften 4he week-old Italian peace treaty. Vishinsky's most bitter attack concerned the United States-Argentine attempt to revise the Italian treaty. "The United States does not have a full understanding of the obligations involved in its postwar agreements," he said. "This attack shows a lack of desire or of the ability of the United States to respect its international agreements." ... . Australian Delegate Herbert Evatt told Vishinsky that Australia has the "perfect right" to discuss anything and he added, "I have as much right as any other to discuss the Italian treaty here." In asolemn address closing the general debate at the United Nations General Assembly, Lie appealed to the great powers especially the United States and the Soviet to abandon their diplomatic war' and show a "willingness to' compromise;" . "Without such a willingness, without such co-operation and agreement, let me emphasize that no mechanism for maintaining international peace or security, however perfect, can be effective," he said, j . 'J ! "The grat difference lies in the fact that the great; powers suspect each other or,, each- other's intentions. It is fear that is the great danger. Fear."- breeds .-hate, and hate breeds' danger," .Lie said. Lie's decision - to 'speak was considered emergency .action', in the -middle of the' United Nations crisis, although he had been toying with the idea of speaking to the Assembly ever since it opened a week ago. COUNTY LEAGUE PLANS PLAYOFF The Sullivan County Athletic Conference has disclosed in greater detail than heretofore announced the plans for the final week of the Softball season. The regular league game scheduled for Thursday, October 2, will be played Tuesday, September 30. This change in schedule has been made in order to get the play-off games in the same week. In the event of a tie in a division, the' division champion will be decided by one game played Wednesday, October 1, on the diamond (of one of the schools concerned) on which the two teams did not meet during the season. The league play-off will begin Thursday afternoon, October 2, on the diamond of the Southern Division winner. The second game will be played Friday afternoon oh the diamond of the Northern Division winner. If a third game is necessary, it will be played Saturday morning, October 4, beginning at f:30, on the diamond at Sullivan HUh School. A league trophy will be awarded the winning team immediately following the final game. ATTEND STATE . ' TEACHERS FEDERATION Mrs. OUie McKee. teacher at the Elm Park School, and Esther H. Hoke, Supervisor of the SulliIvan Elementary Schools, attend -'ed the State Teachers Federation 'meeting at the Lincoln Hotel in .Indianapolis Saturday. ' , ROTARIANS SEE MOTION PICTURE The Rotary Club saw motion Dictures on Germany Today at j their noon luncheon meeting at I the Davis Hotel Monday. Carl 1 Engle was the program chairman.