Sullivan Daily Times, Volume 49, Number 214, Sullivan, Sullivan County, 27 October 1947 — Page 1

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FIRST WAR DEAD FROM EUROPE

IN NEW YORK NEW YORK, N. Y Oct. 27. (UP) The caskets of 6,520 silent heroes of war in Europe were ready to be brought from the hold of the Joseph V. Connally today for the last leg of the long journey back home. The Connally arrived yesterday with the cargo of 6,521 cas kets, the first of the World War II dead to be returned from Europe, Iceland, and Newfoundland at the request of the next of kin. The transport moved from its berth in the North River at 8 a.m. I today to the Brooklyn Army Base, Officials said it would take five days to remove all the caskets. The last of the bodies was not expected to reach home for thir-, ty days. I One of the bodies was removed yesterday and taken to Sheep's' Meadow in Central Park for special memorial ceremonies. Some 6,000 marchers followed the' cas-, ket on the armored car-drawn caisson up Fifth Avenue, "Hero Canyon." There were no cheers, no ticker tape showers, no wail of police sirens only the roll of , muffled drums and the sobs of weeping mothers whose sons came home in an Army-brown casket. "No rank, no pay, no fortune, no office," said Secretary of the Army Kenneth C. Royall at the Central Park ceremony, "can supplant the phrase 'heroism above and beyond the call of duty.' " LIONS COMPLETE PLANS FOR HALLOWEEN First arrangements for the Lions Club Halloween Frolic -to !be hel4 Thursday evening, Oct. SO, have been completed. Students of the city schools have signed the pledge cards which were distributed by the teachers last week. All children are invited to participate in the parade which will start at 7 o'clock at the Elks corner on, North Court gtreet and terminate at the New Gymnasium on South Court Street. Everyone is urged to come in costume. The Lions Club promises a lively novelty program at the Gym which will be interesting to everyone There will be treats for all students upon presentation of their pledge cards. The public is invited to attend the program at the Gymnasium after the parade. Further details concerning the parade and the program will be announced in Wednesday's paper. t t Members of the Lions Club have begun solicitation from the Sullivan merchants to aid the financing of the ' project.' The maximum contribution to be requested from any one will be $1.00. The club is happy to announce that several voluntary contributions were received prior to solicitations, v WILLIAM BENSON DIES SUNDAY William E. Benson, 74 years old, of Carlisle, died at 7:30 o'clock Sunday morning at the Mary Sherman Hospital. A. native of England he came to this country about 30 years ago. Surviving1 are the widow, Mary; three daughters, Mrs. Ann Wilson, of Plymouth, Pa., Mrs. Elizabeth Fitlds, of, Crown Point, and Mrs. Mary Anderson of New York City; ten grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. The body was taken to the Schulze Funeral Home where services will be held at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon with the Rev.. Krueger officiating. Burial will be made in the I.O.O.F. Cemetery. DARTS' GAME WITH BICKNELL POSTPONED The football game scheduled between the Golden Darts and the Bullpups from Bicknell for tonight at Sportland Field, has been postponed, H. C. Gilmore, principal of the high school, said at noon. Mr. Gilmore said . that the game will be rescheduled, perhaps for Tuesday night.

TODAY'S TEMPERATURE The unofficial temperatures in Sullivan today were: at 7:30 a. m. 52 degrees at noon : 58 degrees

HOLD RITES FOR JOHN POOLE Last rites honoring the memory of John Poole, Public Service Company lineman of this city who was killed in a 28-foot fall from a utility pole near Lewis last Thursday, were held Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock

at the Billman funeral chapel. I The services were in charge of Rev. Jack Anderson of the Sulli van First Christian Church assisted by Rev. Robert Baldridge of the Linton First Methodist Church. A service of sacred j hymns was rendered by a male , quartet composed of D. H. Brown, John Harbaugh, Jesse Smith and H. P. McCreery accompanied by Mrs. Rudolph Wernz at the organ. Honorary pallbearers were I Howard E. Miller, Claude Roseberry, Frederick M. Kirkham, Ijohi) B. Woodsmall, Robert B. Allen, Robert L. Hampton, Arthur W. Dix, Edward L. Neaderhiser, Robert C. Davis, Carl F. Hanger, Everett Butler, Floyd Dozier, Gerald N. Zaayer, Anton Pendleton, Claude F. Deitz, Thurston P. Messick, Billy E. Sevier, Carl S. Howard, Walter B. Hunt, James Doyle, Gilbert R. Riley, Robert Cain, ' Monroe Griggs, Clarence Cummins, Allen Letterman, George Wass and Willis Cox. Pallbearers were James Shrum, Allen Markee, Jack Ruhner, Robert Allen, Rueford Swaby and Jack Sherr. The Sullivan American Legion Post formed a marching color guard beside the hearse as the" cortege moved down West Washington Street to Center Ridge Cemetery where the Linton Masonic Lodge was in charge of grave services. FEAR NEW WAR IN INDIA AND PARKISTAN NEW DELHI, India, Oct. 27 (UP) Reliable reports said today that the Hindu government of India might take a direct hand in the bloody Moslem rebellion in the princely state of Cashmir. It was reported that the government had rushed airborne troops to the capital to keep it from being stormed by 10,000 to 15,000 peasants and fierce tribemen. The rebellion in Cashmir, along the Russian and Afghanistan border, and a Hindu rebellion in Junagadh, some 800 miles to the southwest, were the greatest threat of war. between Hindu India and Moslem Pakistan since they became independent domin- i ions. The Indian government was understood to be willing to let the population of Cashmir decide which dominion it wants to join, possibly by plebiscite, but the Indian government insists a referendum cannot be held until peaceful conditions restored. are ASKS MAC ARTHUR APPOINTMENT DETROIT, Oct. 27. (UP) Eugene C. Pulliam, publisher of The Indianapolis Star, proposed yesterday that General Douglas MacArthur be appointed this country's over-all administrator! for Europe "if President Truman intends to sell his European program to the American people." Pulliam said General MacArthur would take the foreign policy out of politics." "The American people have confidence in his ability," he said, "and it is generally considered that he is the greatest administrator of all times." HOSPITAL NOTES Admitted Oct. 25: Mrs. Dorothy Thomas of Sullivan, R. 4; Mrs. Minnie Able of Sullivan, R. 5! Blanche Daugherty of Pleasantville. Admitted Oct. 26: Mrs. Nell Goble; of Shelburn; R. 1; Mrs. Sarah Buckingham of Shelburn, R. 2. , Dismissed Oct. 25: Carolyn Berry of Oaktown; Harold Metheny of Shelburn. Dismissed Oct. 26: Max Wildman of Sandbort, R. 1; Mrs. Virginia Akers of Hymera; Mrs. Minnie Godfrey of Terre Haute. FALL TAXES DUE The Sullivan County Treasurer announces that, the Fall installment of taxes are now due and should be paid before the final date on Nov. 3.

WRITER CITED FOR CONTEMPT BY COMMITTEE WASHINGTON, Oct. 27 (UP)

The House Communist-hunters today cited John Howard Lawson for contempt because he refused to say whether he was a Communist. The citation was made by the House un-American activities subcommittee after six Capital police removed the defiant and shouting movie writer from the witness stand. . The committee in . the second week of Communist-in-Hollw-wood hearings, put documentary evidence about the Red charges that Lawson was one of the most active Communists in the' Hollywood movie industry. A committee investigator, Lewis J. Russell, presented Communist party registration card number 47275 which he testified was made out to John Howard Lawson. ' The contempt citation was voted unanimously by all the committee members present. But since that number did not con stitute a quorum, the action was considered to be taken by a subcommittee. The full committee and the House must approve the citation before Russell can be arrested. The 53-year-old writer was called to the witness stand after the committee refused to "defer the proceedings." Lawson refused to answer yes or no to this question. "Are you now and have you ever been a member of the Communist party?" The question was put to him repeatedly by Chairman J. Parnell Thomas and by Committee counsel Robert Stripling. After announcing the contempt citation, the committee was recessed until 2 p. m. (EST), when Eric Johnston, head of the Motion Pictures Producers Association, will testify, . EDITH MARKS DIES AT HOME Mrs. Edith Marks, 72 years old, widow of the late H. MJarks of this city, died this morning at seven o'clock at the residence at 201 South Main Street. Mrs. Marks was born in New York state and had been a resident of Sullivan for many years. She was a well known personality of the city and was a member of the Sullivan Presbyterian Church, the Garden Lovers' Club and the Tuesday Thimble Club. Surviving are one daughter, Miss Lelah Marks of Sullivan; five sons, Merrill J. Marks of Toledo, Ohio, Frank H. Marks of Hollywood, Florida, Wm. L. Marks of Washington, Indiana, Dr. Howard H. Marks of Huntington, Indiana, and Milton H. Marks of Indianapolis; three sisters, two brothers, and eight grahdchildren. The body was removed to the Billman Funeral Home where it now lies in state. Funeral services will be conducted from the Billman funeral chapel Wednesday morning at ten o'clock with the Rev. Homer G. Weisbecker of the Sullivan Presbyterian Church officiating. Interment will be made in Center Ridge Cemetery. ANNUAL 4-H ACHIEVEMENT PROGRAM SET The Sullivan County Annual 4-H Achievement program will be held Monday night, November 3 at the Court House Auditorium in Sullivan. The county achievement - program in Sullivan County is always held on Monday night of National 4-H Club Week. At their program, various numbers are given by 4-H Club members from throughout the county and the different awards are given to those who have achieved various goals. Those boys and girls who have been selected for trips in 1948 will be announced at this time. It is hoped that every 4 H Club member in the county will make a special effort to attend this meeting and bring their parents and friends with them. This is the best opportunity which 4-H Club parents have of seeing what their boys-and girls have accomplished. ' ;

First Sullivan War Dead To Arrive Soon

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4? - f CORPORAL The casketed remains of Cor-1 poral Owen K. Ellis, the first World War II deceased member ! of the Army from Sullivan to be returned from overseas for final burial, will arrive in Sullivan in the next few weeks accompanied by a uniformed Army escort from the Chicago Distribution Center of the American Graves Registration Division. Th hnriv of Corooral Ellis was intPTPH in the Henri ChaDelle temporary military cemetery in Belgium, but has been ' returned to this country for- final interment at the request of his next of win r.rnvpr a -Ellis ' 316 -West Beech St., Sullivan. A nntinA-wirie doII of a reDrentativp ornnn of the 300.000 . rcnirf Star families who lost members overseas during World War II indicated that 70 per cent de sired to have their deceased Warriors brought back to their homeland for final interment. Thus over 6,700 of the 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 our 120 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 that although the Government provides the casket, transportation from overseas, a commemor ation flag, a headstone, reimbursement of up to $75 towards burial expenses, and a military escort, that the decisions as to the nature and extent of funeral services rest solely with the next of kin. Many veterans groups are voluntarily offering their servic-1 es for military burial ceremonies, FATHER AND SON DINNER AT -MASONIC TEMPLE The Father and Son banquet at the Masonic Temple has been set for Thursday night, Oct. 30, at 6:30 p. m., it has been announced. The dinner will be served promptly at 6:30 o'clock, with a program of entertainment to follow the dinner. QUARTERBACKS TO MEET TUESDAY The Downtown Quarterbacks will meet Tuesday night at 0:30 ?aLt1cWlS CI vauuiis JL tub iiigvmi unuuiu be made with Bob Herr, at the News Stand, before 11 o'clock Tuesday morning. NEW SUITS , Virgin, L. Copeland vs. Leonard L. Copeland. Affidavit for at-, taachment. ' Alice Mae Courtney vs. Paul Courtney. Complaint for divorce.

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OWEN ELLIS REPUBLICANS PLAN POLICY FOR CONGRESS 1 WASHINGTON, Oct. 27-(UP) Congressional Republicans planned today to make tax reduction from the lowest bracket to the. highest bracket a. major Port of the Congressional program tor sought by the special session President Truman to deal with the high cost of living, The sPePial high Prices-foreign aid session of Congress convenes three weeks from today. It appears that ; neither the President nor the Republicans have a definite plan to deal with either subject, although there is evidence that the Republicans nre ready to go at least part way with President Truman on stopgap aid and reducing prices. Tax reduction has been the Republican policy on high prices long before Mr. Truman called the special session. Republican ! leaders intend to stand fast on that to force Mr Xruman to back down from his opposition to iax reduction. Earlier this year he twice vetoed reduction bills. SWEDISH PLANE HITS "MOUNTAIN NEAR ATHENS ATHENS, Greece, Oct. 27 (UP) A Swedish airliner DC-4 smacked into the rugged slope of a mountain outside Athens last night with 'all the persons aboard and there may have been as many as forty persons appeared to have been killed, Greek gendarmes scaled the heights of Mount Hymettus, northeast of Athens, to reach the wreckage of the airliner and found all the passengers and crew members dead, according to responsible reports sent back to the capital. The big ship approached the Hassi airport after a flight from Istanbul. Foul weather blocked the landing and the big ship wheeled away. A little later, residents of the village of Poropi saw a great flash illuminate the hills. Eats 10 Pounds of Bananas GOSHEN, IncL (UP) Ernest Evans, 20, boasteH that he could eat 10 pounds of large South 'American bananas featured at a local store. The proprietor bet him he couldn't. Evans ate 23 bananas and won the bet. Car Owner iBigr-Hearted BLUFFTON, Ind. (UP) Carl Fuller was only being neighborly when he and his horse pulled a limousine from a foot of mud. The owner of the car offered him a tip a dime.

DAVES ARRESTED IN ACCIDENT An automobile driven by Les Daves, of 718 East Jaskson Street, was in a collision with an automobile driven by Luther A. Williams, Hymera, at the intersection of State Highways 159 and 48 near Shakamak State Park RntnrHnv nipht G

Daves, who was driving west on Highway 48, was knocked unconscious for a short time and suffered head injuries and laceration about the head. Mrs. Grace Perry, of Jasonville, who was a passenger in the Williams car, suffered lacerations on the leg. All were treated by a physician in Jasonville. - The accident was investigated by State Policeman Ollie Bayek, of Linton. Heplaced Daves under arrest for failure to stop for the stop sign on Highway 48, and Daves was to appear before the Justice of the Peace in Clay City Sunday. The Daves car was demolished,, while the Williams automobile suffered damages estimated to be about $205. , , WAR MONGER PLAN SPLITS WEST POWERS LAKE SUCCESS, N. Y., Oct. 27. (UP) The United States and the other western powers split wide apart in the United Nations today over a proposal for United Nations action to squelch war propaganda. At the same time, Russia conceded defeat in its battle to label the United States, Greece and Turkey as "war mongering" nations. The Soviet defeat was symbol- ( ized by a Polish move to delete , from the original Russian propos al a passage directly indicting the United .. States,- Greece, and Turkey for "encouraging inciters of a new war." The Polish move was approved by Soviet Deputy Andrei Vishinsky, who reportedly hoped to avoid the complete rejection of his proposal for United Nations action to suppress ''criminal propaganda for a new - war." The second half of the Russian proposal would call on the United Nation countries to ' invoke "criminal punishment" and other legal measures to curb, propaganda likely to incite'; international strife. ' ,,i . The move that split; the United States and the other western powers came when Australia, France and Canada submitted to the fifty-seven-nation political committee .a compromise for the foredoomed Soviet proposal. MARRIAGE LICENSES Lewis Pickering, Emison, . Indiana and Martha Pickering, Emison, Indiana. Asks Quick Action EXPLAINING his reasons for calling a special session of Congress, President Truman is shown at the White House as he addressed the nation over all networks. He said the U. S. must overcome by "prompt and courageous action" the problem of inflation endangering our economy, and hunger abroad which threatens world peace. (International)

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PROBE DEATH OF STUDENTS AT SOUTH BEND SOUTH BEND, Ind., Oct. 27 (UP) Investigators plunged to day into a inquiry of the driver I of the automobile which crashed linto a group of students return ing from a Notre Dame victory dance Saturday night, in which two students were killed. Witnesses said that eight couples were crossing the highway from the Notre Dame campus to the campus of St. Mary's College, when an automobile driven by Robert Noble, age 29, of Iowa City, Iowa, apparently went out of control and plunged into the group. The dead students are Joseph Hailer, age 20, a junior at Notre Dame from Los Angeles, Calif., and Marie Depress, Grand Rapids, Mich., a junior at St. Mary's. , Hailer's body was wedged beneath the fender of Noble's car. He died en route to the hospital. Miss Depress was dead by the time ambulances arrived. 4-H MEMBERS FINISH TRIP Three hundred Sullivan County boys and girls, leaders, parents, and guests made a trip to southern Indiana to visit several historical places Friday, October 24. Ten school buses from each of the nine townships of the county took the group on the trip Members of the Co,unty" Agricultural Extension Office were in charge of the trip. The first stop made was at Lincoln State Park where the folks had the opportunity of seeing the Nancy Hanks and Abraham . Lincoln Memorials. They visited the spot where Abraham Lincoln had lived for fourteen years and the grave of his mother. The 'group had lunch on the shores of the large lake which was just completed a few years ago in the Lincoln State Park. After lunch, "tiie group went to Santa Claiis Indiana, and there many -interesting things were seen including the House of Dolls, The Train, and the Souvenir Store. , The group then went on to St. Meinrad where they passed through the grounds owned by the St. Meinrad Abbey. From there, they went on to Cannelton, Indiana, where they had the opportunity to cross the Ohio River on a large, modern ferry. Leaving the snores of the Ohio, the group went to Tell City and made a tour of one of the state's largest chair factories.- Here, they saw the complete process of the construction of chairs. After the stop in Tell City, the group was entirely on their own and returned home by way of Evansville. The 4-H Club members who were invited to take the trip to ihe southern part of the state were those who had completed their 4-H Club projects for 1947. BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENTS Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd f'Quger of Shelburn are th parents of i son, Ronald Dale, born October 25th at the Mary Sherman HosI pital. Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Webb of Sullivan, R. 5, announce the birth of a daughter, Linda Susan, born October 26th at the Mary Sherman Hospital. i Mr. and Mrs. Robert Fredericks of Merom are the parents of a son, Michael Gene, born , October 26th at the Mary Sher man Hospital. ! VIRGIL COX FINED i IN TERRE HAUTE t Virgil D. Cox ,age 25, was fined 1 $20 and costs in Terre Haute city court and his driver's license was suspended for 90 days when he pleaded guilty to driving an automobile while under the influence of intoxicating liquor. He was also fined $2 on a charge of violating a stop sign, and received a suspended fine of $10 and costs on an intoxication charge.

Commissioners To Check Signatures Of Taxpayers On Petitions. The County Commissioners

of Sullivan County, Indiana, met Saturday morning for the purpose of considering the petitions that were filed for and against the $470,000.00 bond issue for the improvement of the county hospital. After an examination of such petitions, it was determined by the Board that the Preliminary Resolution adopted on the 6th day of September, 1947, should be rescinded and that no bonds should be issued at this time for the making of such improvements, i It was not possible for the Board of County Commissioners to make an accurate determinaition of the number of petitioners ior ana agauisi me imviuvciucui, because many petitioners had signed affidavits attempting to withdraw their signatures and it will require several weeks io check all the petitions and determine whether the signers are taxpayers of Sullivan County. It was determined by . ihe Board to have an accurate alphabetical list of all legal taxpayers who had signed for and against the improvement and to have the same placed on file in the office of the County Auditor. INQUEST INTO SHELTON DEATH FO BE TUESDAY FAIRFIELD, 111, Oct. 27 , (UP) The preacher intoned "Vengeance is .mine, sayeth the Lord," and gangster Carl Shelton jwent to his grave in the fancy j style he had arranged for himself. Shelton apparently made his own funeral plans in the correct assumption that he would die a sudden and vidlent death. ; ' The funeral service lasted so long that ' headlights had to be turned von over the Shelton family burial plot in Maple Hill Cemetery late yesterday afternoon. An inquest will be held tomorrow into the Shelton death at the hands of five gunmen who ambushed him as he drove his jeep along a dusty county road Thursday. The session probably will return a verdict of "death at the hands of persons .unknown." Authorities have sought Charley Harris, ex-convict farmer and ! former' associate of Shelton, for I questioning in connection with i his 'death. It was reported that 'Shelton and Harris had quarrelled recently over cattle which disappeared from the Shelton' I farm near here. I Police had feared that the slaying might lead to further shooting in revenge for Shelton's assassination. . Plaque Is Universal COLUMBIA CITY, Ind. (UP) The Columbia City Presbyterian Church has unveiled a soldier memorial plaque made of 60 pieces of wood brought or sent by service men from all parts of the world. During the war, the service men and women were asked by their fellow church members to send a piece of wood from the area in which they served. Egg Dream Busted NEW YORK (UP) When a Plymouth Rock chick with four legs and two egg vents was hatched from a double-yoked egg at Murray Weiss' poultry farm in Brooklyn, he dreamed of a hen with super-productivity. The chick matured, and with the price of eggs going higher, laid her first egg. It was just a plain egg, with one yolk. Gives Blood Freely WORCESTER, Mass. (UP) Henry Hazen, Navy veteran, has contributed to the Massachusetts blood bank 23 times because "I've seen what whole blood can do to save lives."