Sullivan Daily Times, Volume 49, Number 205, Sullivan, Sullivan County, 14 October 1947 — Page 1

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VOL. XLIX-No. 205' '. SAYS RUSSIA--USING HATE FEAR CAMPAIGN CHICAGO, Oct. 14 (UP) Secretary of Commerce W. Averill Harriman charged today that Russia's leaders, through a controlled press, are resorting to a deliberate hate and fear, campaign to further the Communist goal of engulfing the world. Branding as an "absurdity" the recent attack on the American press by Soviet Vice Foreign Minister Andrei Y. , Vishinsky, Harriman said that the Soviet press was used as an instrument of public policy has systematically been arousing hatred and fear for the last two years. . ' In an address before the Inland Daily Press Association, Harriman declared that the current Russian policy is motivated by Nikolai Lenin's statement that "as soon as we are strong enough to defeat capitalism as a whole, we. shall immediately take it by the scruff of the neck." "This conviction is the basis of their philosophy," Harriman said. Harriman was United States ambassador to Moscow during the last two years of World War II. "Their tactic is to' attack by making a number of violent charges, however little they can back them up with evidence, in order to put the target of their attack on the defense," Harriman said.

STATE POLICE TO INSPECT ALL SCHOOL BUSSES INDIANAPOLIS, Ind.. Oct. 14. Indiana's school bus' fleet of nearly 7,000 vehicles will be inspected for mechanical defects by state police, beginning Oct. 15, "Col. Robert Rossow, superintendent of state police, announced to-, 'iay. :.. . ." V-v - . . ! "Safe school buses are vital to the state's basic educational program for rural youth," asserted Colonel Rossow. He said more than 230,000 youngsters are transported 200,000 miles each school day. Chassis and bus bodies manufactured prior to 1938 will - be condemned by troopers at the direction of the Indiana School Bus Committee, which controls school bus transportation under law. The obsolete equipment must be replaced before the fall school term next year, the committee ruled. Vehicles found totally unfit for service will be impounded until repaired or replaced. Garagemen making repairs will be required to submit a report to state police, certifying that the work has been completed. Colonel Rossow revealed the committee has modified school bus specifications "to permit installation of gasoline-type heaters approved by Underwriter's Laboratories, and the installation approved by the Committee. Inspection schedules in each of the 10 state police districts have been prepared by Captain Kermit E. Lewis, field operations director, and district lieutenants. PLANTIFF WINS IN DAMAGE SUIT The jury returned a verdict in favor of the plfcintiff in a damage suit 'that was venued from Knox County to the Sullivan Circuit Court. Harley Poselwait had sued William Wiseman for $10,000 damages for injuries sustained when he was struck, by the defendant's half-ton truck in June, 1946. The plaintiff claimed that his leg had been broken in numerous places. The jury, after a trial that last three days, returned the verdict after an hour and twenty minutes of deliberation. It awarded the sum of $7,000 to the plaintiff. ' The plaintiff was represented by Ramsey and Grayson of Vincennes, with John Ramsey of Vincennes, and Joe Lowdermilk of Sullivan, appearing in the local court. The defendant was represented by Hastings, Allen and Hastings of Washington, and Hays and Hays of Sullivan. John L. Hastings artd Lloyd Fitzpatrick appeared lor the Washington firm. John Taylor appeared for

Hays and Hays.

UNITED PEESS SEKVICE

FIRST OF COUNTY WAR DEAD TO BE HERE SOON The casketed remains of Technician Grade 4 Paul T. Walters, the first World War II deceased member of the Army Air Force from Shelburn to be returned from overseas for final burial, will arrive in Shelburn in the next few weeks accompanied by ,a uniformed Army Air Force 'escort from the Chicago Distribution Center of the American Graves Registration Division, j The body of Technician Walters, was interred in the Oahn 'JSchofieldi Barracks lemporaary military cemetery in Hawaii, but has been returned to this country for final interment at the request of his next of kin, Thomas Walters, Shelburn, Indiana. A nation-wide poll of a representative group of the 300,000 ( Gold Star families who . lost members overseas during World ; War II indicated that 70 per cent desired to have their deceased jwarriers brought back to their homeland for final interment. Thus, over 6,700 of Indiana .fallen dead will be returned through the Chicago Distribution Center the next two years from their temporary resting places now scattered - throughout the world. Lt. Col. Carroll J. Grinnell, Chief of the Chicago Center, stated that our honored dead will be returned to the United States in a progressive, planned operation depending on climatic conditions, shipping facilities and other factors. Four to six months prior to the actual evacuation of each of the 128 overseas temporary cemeteries automatically all qualified next of kin of those interred will be asked by the War Department to make their decision as to final interment. Their wishes will be complied with and no priority of return will be granted because of rank, race, creed or color. Colonel Grinnell pointed out i that although the Government 'provides the casket, transportation from overseas, a' commemoration flag, a headstone, reinbursement of up to $75 towards burial expenses, 'and a - military escort, that the decisions as to the nature and extent of funeral ser1 1 vices rest solely with the next of I kin. Many veterans groups are j voluntarily offering their serI vices for military burial cere monies. PLEASANTVILLE JUNIOR CLASS PLAY FRIDAY The Junior Class of Pleasantville High School will present a three-act play on Friday, Oct. 17, at the high school. The play, which will begin at 8 p. m., is titled "Hillbilly Courtship." The plot of the play revolves around a mountain feud, with the children of the feuding families in love. Letters to a matrimonial agency further complicate matters for all concerned. The cast of the play includes: Luke Bill Enochs Ma Barbara Jackson Emmy Alyce Robbins Lulu Lola Smith Seedie Norma Hamilton Wash Bob Jones Pa Gene Roach Sol Everett Mitchell Louis . Leon Pahmier I Bridget Pansy Cunningham Boswell Gene Clark ALLIE T. NEAL ' DIES AT PAXTON Allie T. Neal, age 70, died, at 4:20 o'clock Monday afternoon at his home in Paxton. He is survived by the widow, Bessie; two daughters, Mrs. Pauline Boone, of near Carlisle and Mrs. Audrey Brown of Bedford, Indiana; two sons, Paul Neal, of Anderson, Indiana and Oral Neal, at home; two sisters, Mrs. Mary ! McCammon and Mrs. Dora -Pearce, both of Paxton; one step'son, Lloyd Neal of Logansport; one step-daughter, Eya Rhodenbaugh, of Logansport; 13 grandchildren and one great-grandchild. 1 Tlie body was taken to the Newkirk Funeral Home in' Pleasantville and was removed to the residence this afternoon. Funeral services will be conducted Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Paxton Church of Christ with Bro. Clyde Peck officiating. Burial will be in the Paxton Cemetery. HOLD SERVICES FOR MRS. NORA CALVIN ! . Funeral services for Mrs. Nora Calvin, 64 years old, of Farmersburg, who died Sunday were held this afternoon at 1 o'clock I fl I WAV WV A' MilWO i Vf Burial was at Hume, Illinois.

JAYCEES WILL HEAR JAMES THURSDAY NITE

RICHARD T. JAMES Lieut. Gov. Richard T. James of Indiana, will be the guest of honor at the dinner meeting of the Sullivan Junior Chamber of Commerce Thursday night, Bill Taylor, president of the Jaycees, announced today. ' James is a resident of Portland, and was elected to the office of lieutenant governor in 1944. He is a graduate of Portland High School, and of Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio. He studied law and before entering politics, he practiced in Portland, where he was president at one time of the Jay County Bar Association. He won his first elective office in 1940, when he was named to be the auditor 'for Indiana. His talk before the local Jaycees will be non-political, Mr. Taylor said today. Tom Grayson, who is handling the reservations for the dinner meeting, has said that all reservations for the dinner must be in his-hands by -4 o'clock Wednesday afternoon. Grayson said that all members are urged to bring a guest to the meeting. The dinner meeting will start at 6 p. m. at the Sullivan Hotel. The reason for moving the time of the meeting up to 6 p. m., is that the first program of the Talk of the Hour Club will be given j Thursday evening at the High School auditorium at 8:15 oclock. BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENTS Mr. and Mrs. Carl Wicks of Shelburn announce the birth of .a son, Buddie Guy, born October 1 13th at the Mary Sherman Hos'pital. Mr. and Mrs. Victor Shorter of Sullivan, R. 1, are the parents of a daughter, Vicki Lynn, born October 14th at the Mary Sherman Hospital. BAND PARENTS . MEETING POSTPONED The meeting of the band, parents scheduled for tonight has been postponed because of , the ,game between the Arrow B team and the Vincennes B team. The next meeting of the band parents has been scheduled for Tuesday, Oct. 21.

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High School Musicians Entertain Rotary Club

The Sullivan Rotary Club entertained the. Rotary Anns and other guests Monday night with a dinner at the Davis Hotel. Following the dinner, Dr. A., B. Libke, president of the club, welcomed the guests and turned the meeting over to Hinklev C. Hays, program chairman for the meeting. Mr. Hays introduced Harry Jarrett, instructor for. choral music at Sullivan High School, and Wilfred Perigo, band instructor at the high school. The program for the meeting was put on by these two men, directing a group of high school students in a variety of musical numbers. ' A girls' chorus of forty-eight members, a boys' chorus of twenty-five members, and a mixed chorus of sixty members performed. Solos were sung by Maurice Martindale, George Raskey, and Dean Brodie. The program as it was presented for the club members included: Girls' Glee Club "Refuge and Strength," from "Finlandia," and "Raindrop Story." ' Clarinet quartet, composed of , Norma Pirtle, Normalee Thom son, Mary Frances Allen and Rosalee Goodman "In a Gondola,' by Weideman; "Grant Us to Do with Zeal," by Bach, and "Prelude," by Chopin. Flute trio, composed of Phyllis McRoberts, .Maurice Martindale, and Maxine Burnett, accompanied by Phyllis Griggs "Tne Prayer Perfect," by Stenson; and "I Can't Begin to Tell You," by Monaco. Mixed ensemble of ten girls and five boys "Shine On, Harvest Moon" and "Carmencita." Vocal Solo by Mary Abel "Indian Love Call." Boys' Glee Club "Cornfield Melodies." Ensemble of twenty-two girls "Sympathy" and "Now the Day Is Over." Vibra harp solo by Kenton Riggs "The Bells' of St. Mary's."German Band, or the "Hungry Nine," composed of Mary Frances Allen, Norma Pirtle, Carolyn McCoy, John McCammon, Joe Bennett, George Raskey, David Burdge, , Glessie Cunnnigham, John Downen, with Kenton Riggs as band leader. - Mixed chorus of sixty voices "Fairest LArd Jesus," "Hush, Hush," "I Got Shoes," "Orchestra Song," and "Russian Picnic." M,iss Phyllis Griggs was the accompanist for the entire program. HOUSING SURVEY QUESTIONNAIRE PRINTED The housing survey questionnaire is contained in today's edition of The Times. A number of civic organizations are conducting the survey to obtain information necessary to obtain new industry for Sullivan. These questionnaires will be Called for Wednesday night and Thursday night, and local citizens are asked to have them filled out as completely as possible. DARTS TO PLAY TONIGHT The Darts will play their second home game of the season tonight when they tangle with the Vincennes reserves in a game at' 1 Sportland Field at 7 p. m. Skill r Would Return To Sullivan If

TUESDAY, OCT. 14, 1947.

ARREST SEVEN FOR BLOCKING FREIGHT CAR SALEM, Ind., Oct. 14 (UP) Six men and one woman employees of the strike-bound Smith Cabinet Company today were charged with trespassing after they allegedly tried to block the switching of a freight car onto the plant siding. They were released under $50 bond, pending hearing in the city court. William Spitzler, Monon Railroad detective, said he arrested the strikers when they stood on the track to block the throwing of a switch. The railroad, he said, was taking no part in the strike, and was bound by the interstate commerce law to fulfill its delivery contracts with the' firm regardless of labor troubles. Members of the United Funriture Workers, C.I.O., went on a strike at 'the Smith Co. on Sept. 4, in an effort to force union recognition. ! JAMES WATSON ILL IN CAPITOL WASHINGTON, Oct. 14 (UP) Former Senator James E. Watson, R.. Ind., was reported critically ill today at Garfield Hosi pital. Watson, nearly 84 years old, was admitted to the hospital Sunday afternoon. Hospital attaches said he passed a "restless night." And doctors said he was a "sick man." Watson was born in Winchester on Nov. 2, 1863. He was a member of the House in the 54, and 56 to 60 Congress. He served in the Senate from 1916 to 1933, and was Senate Republican leader from 1929 to 1933. NEW LEBANON H. S. PLANS BOX SUPPER The New Lebanon High School G.A.A. will sponsor a box supper Friday evening, Oct. 17, at 7 o'clock, in the high school gym. All women and girls attending the affair are asked to bring box lunches. Entertainment will be provided for the evening. Baby Travels Alone NEW YORK (UP) One of the youngest passengers to cross the Atlantic unattended was a two-year-old girl who was entrusted to the "ship's mother," Elizabeth Herenda, trained nurse and child specialist on the motorship Batory of the Gdynia America Line. Soldiers Go For Pets NEW YORK (UP) Ninety dogs, two cats and eight pigeons arrived1 at La Guardia Field aboard a Pan American Airways plane from Frankfurt, Germany. They were all pets of soldiers. HOSPITAL NOTES Admitted Oct. 13: Mrs. Minnie Godfrey of Hymera; Mrs. Lenora White of Switz City, Indiana. Dismissed Oct. 13: Mrs. Norma Wicks and son of Shelburn.

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FIGHT OPENED FOR LITTLE U N ASSEMBLY

LAKE SUCCESS, Oct. 14 (UP) The United States opened its fight for a year-round "little United Nations Assembly" today and touched off a dramatic personal duel between John Foster Dulles and Andrei Y. Vishinsky, who had called the American delegate a "war monger." Dulles appealed before the United Nations General Assembly Political Commission for quick approval for the little assembly plan as perhaps the last chance to revive world confidence in the paralyzed United Nations. Vishinsky quickly hit back at the American plan as an attempt at weakening the United Nations and a further step in the "program of propoganda and war mongering by reactionary circles." ' "It is the work of reactionary circles," said Vishinsky, looking squarely at Dulles. Something Mr. Dulles should be quite familiar with." The battle, probably the most crucial East-West tangle in the United Nations troubled history, began when Dulles told the commission the little assembly plan would " strengthen the United Nations and pull it out of the stalemate' which has blocked action in the Security Council. - He challenged the Assembly to accept the plan or .disregard its responsibilities and try to get along with a six to eight-week session every year. RAILROADS ASK BOOST IN FARE WASHINGTON, Oct. 14 (UP) Sixty-nine Western railroads have asked the Interstate Commerce Commission for permission to raise Pullman fares immediately on the grounds that it will cost them $466,000,000 more to do business this year than in 1946. The railroads want to boost sleeping and parlor cars from 6.6 cents to 3.5 cents a mile and tourist sleeperi fare from 2.75 to 3 cents a mile. They asked the 'commission to decide the case "with all possible dispatch" eliminating hearings. They said they wished to make the new .fares effective on five day notice I to the Commission and the pub'lic. . Fire But No Excitement NAKOMA, Wis. (UP) Three hundred pupils in the Nakoma grade school took part in an orderly fire drill. Half an hour after returning to their classrooms, the building caught fire. The children filed out again, thinking it another drill and there was no excitement. TODAY'S TEMPERATURES The unofficial temperatures in Sullivan today were: at 7:30 a. m 60 degrees at noon 76 degrees NEW SUITS y John F. Stultz vs. Leon Ormiston. Complaint for goods sold and delivered. Telephone No. Present Occupation

INTERNATIONAL PICTURE SERVICE

HOPE FOR OBSERVANCE ON SECOND MEATLESS DAY

IN FOOD SAVING PROGRAM Second Day Falls On Anniversary Gf Removal Of O.P.A. Controls; Hope To Curb High Prices By Saving Program. (By "United Press) . Today was the second meatless Tuesday under President Truman's food conservation plan, and Charles Luckman, chairman of the citizens' food committee, said early reports indicated that compliance would be more general than last week. ' , The second meatless day of the new program came exactly a year after Mr. Truman went on the air on Oct. 11, 1946, to announce .that all O.P.A. price controls on meat and livestock would be' lifted the following day. Critics of price controls had predicted that meat prices would rise slightly after all controls were removed, then level off, and gradually decline.

LEFTISTS WIN CITY ELECTION -IN ROME SUN ROME, Oct. 14 (UP) Final results from all but three precincts showed that the Communists and left-wing Socialists, whose leaders advocate an alliance with the Communists, won the Sunday municipal election in Rome. At stake were eighty seats in the municipal council which will elect Rome's mayor. Because of a council deadlock, Rome had not had a mayor since last November. And, the leftist margin was so small this time that it appeared the eighty seats would be about equally divided between the right and the left, raising the same situation. Actually, it was ' much ' more than a city election. It was a contest between the Communists and the Catholic church for control of the city. It was the iirst test of political thinking since the Comunists of nir.e nations set up their "information bureau" to co-ordinate the fight against American influence. With the returns from three of the city's 1,223 precincts missing and they could hardly ' change j the final outcome the Communists and left wing Socialists had 208,126 votes to the Christian Democrats' 204,007. RESIDENTS ASKED TO LEAVE IN HEALTH MOVE MIAMI, Fla., Oct. 14. (UP) Some 6,000 residents of the low south and west areas of West Palm Beach were advised by health authorities today to evacuate as a health menace arose from overflowing sewers. Buses were sent to four public schools to remove 1,000 students who live in the flooded area, where water was standing six to twenty inches deep. City Health Officer Dr. W. E. Van Landingham said the evacuation instructions were advice and not an" order. He reported septic tanks in the inundated area, three'and a half miles long, were floating to the surface. There is no city sewer system in West Palm Beach. Typhoid centers were set up on his orders and they were prepared to work without halt until all persons were inoculated. Evacuees were advised to take shelter in the dry northern end of the city with friends or in hotels. Others were advised to go to the Red Cross for aid. However, two hours after the advice to leave had been given, only a few of the estimated 2,500 families had begun to pull out. They were reported taking it calmly. , QUARTERBACKS TO MEET TOMORROW The Downtown Quarterbacks will meet Wednesday night at 6:30 o'clock at the Davis Hotel. Reservations for the meeting should be made with Bob Herr at the News Stand before 11 a .m. Wednesday.

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One purpose of the new Human food policy is to knock down food prices which have risen steadily since that time. The other purpose is to make more food available for foreign relief. To Classify Meats. Luckman announced that a special committee would be set up to determine whether sausage, weiners, sweetbread, and kidneys should be classed as meat and banned from Tuesday menus. The National Restaurant Industry Advisory Board, after a four-hour meeting with Luckman reaffirmed its "complete co-operation" in the food conservation drive. No Cut In Prfces. The restaurant owners outlined a program which they said would make the food conservation program more effective. It included abolition of "excessive" food portions; a reduction in the number of items on the menu; removal of baskets of bread and rojlls from dining room tables, and a limit of one piece of butter per meal, and nly on request. .They did not indicate, whether they would Jower prices on the suggested menus. Other developments on the food front: Washington An overwhelming majority of the nation's distillers told Luckman that , they would begin a sixty-day whiskey-making holiday at midnight, Oct. 25. All but three of the thirty-nine distillers agreed to the shutdown ano Luckman said the three distillers were small concerns which declined to co-operate because they fall in the hardship category. New York Paul Henkel, president of the Society of Restaurateurs, promised 100 per cent cooperation on the meatless Tuesday program today. Henkel said, "We will save aboujt 15 per cent of the' week's solid meat consumption." Grocery stores and meat markets made no plans to stop the sale of meat today. HEMMER MAY FACE NEW TRIAL ON CHARGES GREENCASTLE, Ind., Oct. 14. (UP) Putnam County Prosecutor John D. James said today that he would file a motion for a new trial for Floyd Hemmer, former superintendent of the Indiana State Farm at Putnamville. A jury in Hemmer's embezzlement trial was dismissed last week when it failed to reach a verdict. "I definitely intend to ask for a liiw trial in this case," James said, "and I'm going to ask that it be venued tp another county." Hemmer, a resident of Huntingburg, was accused of embezzling more than $2,000 while serving as superintendent of the State Farm. Other charges of grand larceny were dropped by the State during the trial. PLAN REVIVAL AT MEROM CHURCH 'The Rev. Aaron Hayhurst, of Terre Haute, will conduct a revival at the Pilgrim Holiness Church at Merom beginning Sunday, Oct. 19, and' lasting for at least two weeks. The music for the revival will be in charge of Mary Louise Gassett and Jay Smith, singers and musicians, of Covington, Ky. The Rev. Lee Lashbrook is the pastor of the church.