Sullivan Daily Times, Volume 49, Number 220, Sullivan, Sullivan County, 4 November 1947 — Page 1

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POLISH OPPOSITION CHIEF PLANS TO VISIT UNITED STATES IN NEAR FUTURE Says Communists Have Only Small Following In Poland But Are Using

Terror To Retain

try. ' - LOND6N, Nov. 4. (UP) Stanislaw Mikolajczyk, who fled from Poland and said that.the Communists had nlannpd

to snoot mm, announced today United States. . Mikclajczyk 'was flown to British zone of Germany. He mgnr. across tne boviet zone "I have not yet decided whether to join the International Peasant party in Washington, but I shall be going to the United States to see friends," he said in a staternent issued at hjs wife's cottage in Kent, Middlesex.' Worn Out. Still worn out by the strenu ous journey, Mikolajczyk did not say when he would leave Great' Eritain for the United States. He . iiiLicaocu wviiiiiiuiiiai. uicaaurc j 4..-.U. ... .. i emu UUlllglll ICilOI. wk . i, .- nij means that the country will come more and more under Communist

been pui "on the IJZ followinal Hoyt, chairman of the MacAr - :u!"?":," C Al?1 .f"Wlnrthur-for-PreSident club. kner

he said.

Mikolajczyk was the leader ol,igh fhooj, and has been a life-

the Peasant party, the chief oppo- ! Kitinn to thP f!nmmni5tc ih Pr,l-1 j . ' .u.. ' c suu uihi in a iree election, s Eaia inai in a iree election, 1 Communists probably would no more than 5 per cent of , the get no the votes, but that "there has teen a steady increase of terror an1 i Vino itnAiim w rff Pin ryn tha 1 Comintern." ' Feeling Intense. i ;Real terror exists there all the time "and we have been ."resisting as much as possible in Jthe past .twpjand a ,balf years," he . said. "The feeling is very intense there now." He charged that the officials of Poland are trying to rash Communization of the country , by iuniiuai as wen as etuiiouuu , meansThe London Star said he had j already reported to British officials, and dispatches from Ber-1 lin indicated that a special Amer-' ican-British intelligence ring had helped him escape U.S. MOVES TO END KOREAN OCCUPATION LAKE SUCCESS, N. Y., Nov. 4 (UP) The United States ptrengthened its proposal for United Nations intervention in Korea'by proposing the withdrawal of American and Soviet occupation forces within ninety days after the Koreans have an election and an independent Korea government is set up next year. An attempt to end the joint occupation was injected into the American proposal for a United Nations-supervised election in Korea by next March 31. The occupation would end under the new American proposal "if possible" three months after the newly elected government takes over. The American resolution made an opening for extending American and 'Soviet occupation beyond the ninety day limit. RETURN HARRIS TO FAIRFIELD -FAIRFIELD, 111., Nov. 4 (UP) Sheriff Harold Bradshaw was back in Illinois today with Charles Harris, 51-year-old exconvict farmer, under arrest for futher investigation in the shotgun shooting of ex-gang boss Cal Shelton. Bradshaw refused to say, however, where Harris was being held. . Meanwhile, Wayne County officials disclosed that a mysterious telephone call from a man in Chicago named an East St. Louis "underworld character" as Shelton's killer. ANNOUNCE ENGAGEMENT Mr. and Mrs. Homer Robison cf 212 South Crowder Street, announce the engagement of their daughter, Betty, to Thomas Lloyd, son of Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Lloyd, of Prairie Creek, Indiana. No definite date has been set for the wedding.

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Control Of Cbun that he was sroiner to the ' Britain yesterday from the arrived there Saturday after a oi Germany. ' - :- MACARTHUR WILL RUN FOR PRESIDENCY MILWAUKEE, Nov. 4 (UP) General Douglas MacAj-thnr will throw his ffoiri.hrmVit.ri ran into o " the ReDublican Presidential nri- . ... mary Del0re ""stmas, Lansing "oyl- nis jeaainS supporter preclub, knev MacArthur at the Milwaukee lu "r lne eneral1 am able to say With the certainty of personal knowledge Ithat General MacArthur will v i. , .. ' , : . " Pt the Presidential nomination lf : He declined to say' if the state said the General would announce his candidacy within the next sixty days. The announcement, he indicated, would follow a national conference of MacArthur supporters to be held here on Dec. 15. BALTIMORE, Nov. 4 (UP) The Baltimore Sun said todav that "private advisers" in Tokyo have stated flatly that General MacArthur will be a candidate for the Republican Presidential nomination in 1948. .fa a story written . by Robert Cosgrave, former head of the Sun's " Tokyo bureau, the Sun quoted these advisers as saying tnat MacArtnur was mapping plans to' capture the Republican nomination. VOTING IN CITY IS VERY LIGHT The voting in the city election V - . ""u"f.uy USI acT cording to information gathered at noon. While it was expected that not all of the registered voters would cast their ballots, it had been anticipated that about half of those registered would go to the po. U 1 t: 11- i!ii At onp ward noil, less than a ' fourth of the voters registered in that ward had cast ballots by noon, and officials there doubted if the total number of votes cast would be half of the registered voters in the city. Succeeds Snell SWORN IN as Oregon's new gov ernor at state capitol in Salem is John H. Hall, former speaker of the House, mu wok omco wier Gov. Earl Snell and State Senate President Marshall Cornett, next in line of succession, were killed In plane crash, tlaterBationall

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CITY SCHOOLS TO INAUGURATE! I DRIVING CLASS

The Sullivan City Schools has received a new Ford from the Lloyd Motor Sales for teaching driving in the local high school, J. ; Allan Campbell, superintendent of schools, said today. By an arrangement between the school trustees and the Ford Company here, the local school will receive a new Ford every Fall from Lloyd's Motors d will return the automobile to the local Ford dealer at the end of the school ear in May.

This program is part of a na- bility and with the proper op-, costs for those in the lower in-tion-wide plan by the Ford Com- portunity it will progress rapid-. come groups, pany and various safety or- iv." - - The committee's report was

ganizations to cut down on traffic accidents. In 1947 it . has teen estimated that there will be 53,000 killed, more than a million persons injured, and over two billion dollars in damages in automobile accidents. The National Safety Council has found tat 16-year-old drivers are nine times as dangerous as drivers 45 to 50 years of age. Although the automobile has . . . ... . i . , been received by the local , , schools, no course has been es U. Un V.;rfV onfinAl "hTf I .U"B"C" . ,! .u 1 Board of Education, prescribes .that the instructor must have attended a school to prepare him for teaching driving, but, Mr, Campben saidrihe first of these , , ... , i . . ,i, i schools will be held next week, I Nov. 10 to 14, at Purdue Univers-

. . . ' i 11 - J ' 4Un. rt Quiiitron win that ; oo rom Sulhvan 1 lrTvlSint nHnpinal Lee French, assistant principal of the high school, will be in charge of the drivers course, nnd will attend this school at Purdue in the near future. The school is sponsored by Purdue University in co-oreration with the Chicago Motor Club and the American AutomobileiAssociation..TheState 1 Department of Public Instruction, I the Indiana Traffic Safety Commission, and Colonel Robert Rossow, of . the Indiana State Police are also assisting with the school. HONOR ROLL AT PLEAS ANTVILLE The Pleasantville High School has released the names of the pupils who made the three lists given for grades for ( the first grading period. i The grading list Is divided into three classifications, honor, honorable mention, and merit. To make the honor roll, a pupil must have at least three A's and a B. For honorable mention, the pupil must have 2 A's and 2 B's. For merit, no pupil can have, a grade c m an ave e grade i0f B ' ' . - ' . .'. , The honor ,fr the first 8radin8 Perl0Td includes two puPlls- Be"y JT bbins senior, , and Barbara Jackson junior. Two P"P11! "'iiie mmviaUi meuuv.i. Gertrude Robertson, senior, and Marcella Davis, freshman. Ten pupils are included in the merit list. They are, freshmen: Warren Andis, James R. Richards and Effie Hildebrand; sophomores: Donald Bedwell and Lois Shoptaw; juniors: Bob . Jones, Marjorie Brown, Gene Roach; seniors: Charlotte Page and Virginia Jerrells. HERMAN McKEE, SERVICES HELDJ ' Funeral services were held Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Merom Methodist Church for Herman O. McKee, who died at the home of. a daughter, Mrs. Marjorie Spinks, 305 North Main Street, Sullivan, at 5 o'clock Saturday afternoon following an extended illness. The Rev. Emory (Wright officiated assisted by the Rev. C. E. Homberger. , Song services were In charge of Alta Colvin, Rea Hoilmah and Cleo Brown with Mrs. Roxle Kelsey at the piano. Pallbearers were Burrell Bogard, William Penny, James Hagy. Ben Gray, Parker Cooper and Harold Burke. Flowerbearers were Rachel Cooper, June Moon, Agnes Gray, Dorothy Burke, Sarah Street and Audrey Acton. Burial was , in the Merom Cemetery. BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT I Mr. and Mrs. Llovd Mowerv of Mooresville, Indiana are the parents of a son October 30 He has been named John Loyd Mrg Mowery is the for. mer Lena Everhart of this city.

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Sullivan Eagles Hear National President Grand Worthy President James! " ""V"i E13s!GR0UP SAYS

and Commissioner of the Bureau of Athletics in Rhode Island, addressed the local Order Sunday, Nov. 2 at the Community Gymnasium. Mr. . McElroy stressed i .... the necessity of combating juve-: nile delinquency and . explained several methods of accomplishing tViio tocb- ... . Mr. McElroy also spoke in rec-'j ognition of what has been occomplished in the past year by the Sullivan Aerie. In an inter-, view, Mr. McElroy stated: "The! Sullivan Aerie has great possi-'

, , signed by nine of the ten memSullivan was chosen as the bers o the advlsory committee first of six stops that are to be created by the House ways and made in Indiana by the Grand means committee to recommend Worthy President because it hasirevenue tax changes. won a prize for gaining the most in preparing the report, Advfs-

new members in the last quarter. ory Committee Chairman BosThis is an achievement because Well Magill, New York lawyer Indiana is one of the five great-'and former Undersecretary of the est Eagle states, and Sullivan Treasury, read one paragraph of ! Aerie No. 2490 is one of the more the report to support the com-

recently organized Aeries. Twenty new members were at the meeting Sunday. initiated The Fraternal Order of Eagles was organized fifty years ago and long since has gained the ; reputation of being one of the outstanding benefit-paying orgciiiiiciLiuiis in uic iMciuuji., aiicj1 ,h - f mtmJl'lllTJ aim nave atuuiiiuiaieu o.uuu.uuu i j ' , " r "I J"". ai UC11C11 L iUllU 1U1 L11C i l ; i j e iir -i j tit ti ' ailu timuren ui wunu war 11 dead.-The benefit fund will be distributed to dependents of the' war dead and it includes medical

care, hospitalization, dental care," in Paxton. She had been ill since and optometric attention. The lo- J"ne 2. She was the daughter of cal Aerie is the only benefit- - David ,-; Gray and Elizabeth paying organization in this com- j Holmes Gray, Mrs. Cox was a munity. ' member of the Paxton Methodist I Church and the Order of the The Sullivan Aerie is not nec- Degree of Honor essarilya new organization inas- Surviving aje the daughter, much as it is a revival of one Mrs. Plummer; a son, Guy Cox, which was in the community 0f Sullivan;4 four grandchildren several years ago. The original and five great-grandchildren. Aerie was located in the present I The body was taken to the Legion Home north of the city. Newkirk Funeral Home in PleasDue to the means of. travel at antville and wjll be removed to that time it was very; popular be-'the Plummer residence tomorcause of its location on the -old row afternoon:' 'Funeral services interurban line. Later " it . moved iwill be held at the residence at 2 to .what is npW the Dart 'n' Ar- 'o'clock Thursday afternoon with

row Canteen building. Due to financial reasons it broke up but the members were kept intact in nearby cities. It was revived about a year ago. . Preceding the program at the Gymnasium, Mr. McElroy was entertained at a luncheon at the Davis Hotel. There were 35 guests including Mayor A. G. McGuire. Past Worthy President L. H. Birge of South Bend was a guest of the Grand Worthy Pres ident. He is a representative of the Purchasing Adviser of the Grand Aerie. John D. Council, Director of District 15, was also present. Following the program "at the Gym there was a chicken supper at the lodge which is how locat ed on North State Street. The Indiana Ramblers provided entertainment for the supper, with surrounding Aeries being guests of the local lodge. Secretary James Gallagher acted as master of ceremonies for the day. In Custody Fight CHICAGO COURTROOM Is reunion scene for 6-year-old Bonnie Joy Borin who is awarded to her mother, Claire, for twp-week "cooling off" period during custody fight, (I liter national)

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j . . - REDUCTION IS NECESSARY i . m , , . - ,,m, WASliUNliTUIN, JNOV. t (Vf) The tax advisory commutes today recommended to the House j ways and means committee that a reduction in income tax rates "for all classifications," with consideration given to the living mittee's problem today.' . we recommend, the report said, "a reduction in individual E S-dUJ thnea . ... . f . s and tne neeJs 0f the balance of he nationa, economy . t MRS. ANNA COX . mrC ATDA VrkM 1 ' T Tn A n "hit n OC .fl no, miua ivj.. cua, dgc ou, ui Paxton, died this morning around 11:30 o'clock at the home of a daughter, Mrs. Goldia Plummer Bro. Eli Yates officiating. Burial will be in the Snyder Cemetery. JUNIOR CLASS AT MEROM TO PRESENT PLAY, The junior class at Merom High School will present a threeact comedy at the high school auditorium on Wednesday and Thursday of this week. The play" is entitled "Bolts and Nuts." The cast is as follows: . Rebecca Bolt Frances Wills Lutie Spinks Barbara Gray Martha Grubb Doris Turpin Twink Star . . . Frank C. Brown Dr. Hippocrates Joy William Monroe Henry Goober . . . Bruce Hubble Phineas Plunkett .-. Robert Turpin Cadwalleder Clippy Phil Sparks Mrs. Gertie Glossop ........ . . Ardath Bragdon Wilbur Glossop .... Bob Nichols Jack Gordon John Hopper Tickets for the play will be on sale at the door. COMMISSIONERS MEET MONDAY The Sullivan County Commissioners met in regular session Monday, November 3, in Commissioners Room at Court House. the the The Board approved the County Treasurer's report for the month of October, 1947. The Board ordered the renewal of insurance under policy. No. 10535 issued by Twin City Insurance Company covering fire on County Home property in the amount of $1600.00 and payment o'f premium due thereunder. , The Board ordered special endorsement attached to Policy 510016 issued by the Wolvertine Insurance Company effective Oc tober 10th, 1947, covering insurance on Highway 2-ton truck No B.L.D. 25036948. .... i The Board examined! reports of Superintendent of the County Home filed for the months of July, August, September and October 1947. Said reports were examined, approved and ordered filed.

ffl MEMBERS GIVEN AWARDS

MONDAY NIGHT A capacity crowd of 500 people jammed the Court House auditorium to witness the awarding, of pins, medals, and trips to Sullivan County's 350 4-H members who completed their project work for 1947. ' E. J. Wagner, Vocational Agri culture teacher of Graysville, acfed as master of ceremonies for the program which started with the Pledge of Allegiance led by Eugene Johanningsmeier of Jefferson Township This was foiBniycSfnshfp5: Group singing was led by Shirley Ann Greggs of Curry Township, Gives Gold Medals. Bill Johanningsmeier, adult leader of Jefferson Township, presented gold medals- to John Ransford, Turman Township; Orval Holland, rCass Township; Eddie Smith, Curry Township, and Harold Gorham, Turman Township, County achievement, winners in Garden. These medals were donated by Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Co. Garden dusters were presented to all blue ribbon winners in Garden. Mrs. Rita Newman presented the Clothing Achievement medal to Doris Ruth Lathrope, Currv Township. This medal was a gut of Spool Cotton Company. A baking set, from General Foods r-ntinn crimen tn Fetal, la Crowder of Jackson Township, Foley sifters and mixing forks were given to Carolyn Johnson of Haddon Township, and Jetta Croney of Jackson Township for (Continued on Page 3, Col.H) TOUHY TO ASK INVESTIGATION OF SCHOOL CHICAGO : Nov. 4 (UP)

States Attorney William Touhyjp said today that he would demand r,tion of,v Marshall. t It .gives the

an' investigation of immorality . and perversion" in school attended by the' public, 12-yearrold Howard Lang and ; the. ,- boy klled, Lonnie Fellick, age 7. he. VThe'one aspect of -this case that is more than an - individual case makes me hearl-sick and frightened," Touhy said. "That is the abominable condition that prevails among the children who go to the Vaughn Humboldt grade school." Lang confessed yesterday after five days of questioning that he stabbed the Fellick boy on ' Oct. la and smashed his head with a slab of concrete while a friend held Lonnie's feet. The body was found last. Wednesday by a postman in the .Thatcher' Woods Forest preserve on the west edge of Chicago. BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENTS Mr. and Mrs. Albert Kasinger of Fairbanks, . R. 1, are, the par ents oi a daughter, wnma L,ouise, born November 4th at the Mary anerman nospnai. McGRATH TAKES 1 V TV

POSTMASTER GENERAL Robert E. Hannegan (left) turns over chairmanship of the Democratic National committee to Rhode Island's Senator J. Howard McGrathin Washington. (International),

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HOOSIERS GOING TO POLLS IN VARYING NUMBERS AS

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Tenth District Congressional Election

Bringing Out Heavy Vote As Farmers And Workers Cast Ballot For Representative. ' INDIANAPOLIS. Nov. 4. (UP) More than 500,000

TTnnsiprs will past their votes

mayors, and hundreds of lesser municipal officials, a check 0f Indiana polling places showed today. . The mogt conCentrated action took place in Indiana's TentTl Congressionai District where city residents and farm folks were Noting for a successor to Republican Represent-.

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Cloudv weather and threatened rain gave the farmer

time enough to leave his corn ' BLAME RUSSIA FOR CONDITIONS SAYS MARSHALL WASHINGTON, Nov. 4 (UP) Secretary of State George C. Marshall today placed the total biame 0n Russia for the failure 0f the world to get back to a peace-time status He warned that the world was i, t.w 1, r,io.. the United States continues its initiative in world affairs in "combating" totalitarian' govern-I ment. i He acknowledged that Ger many is temporarily partitioned and predicted that the United States will have to accept the , ' division of Germany if he Great Powers continue to disagree. He acclaimed American foreign policy for what it had done o stop totalitarian governments I since the war, and he reminded (Americans" that 'the eclipse of former great powers had thrust I the United States into a potition of oustanding leadership in world I affairs. These are the; highlights of the - .aspects' of fhe current American fpreign' policy in the fifty-two page bookie' that, is for saleifor 40. 'cents a copy at the govern ment "printing office to outline American policy on major fore ign policy problems. - ' i WILLIAM LONG : DIES IN CAPITAL William Long, age 92, died at Indianapolis. He is a former resident of Sullivan. He is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Ransom Akin. His body will be brought to the Blllman Funeral Home in Sulll van on Wednesday afternoon, where it will lie in state until Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock when funeral services will be

pf 'r'.Church was the speaker, and he will be in Center Ridge Ceme- talked on the subject of "Hand-

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to elect a Congressman, 102 harvesting and cast his ballot. In the Tenth District, Muncie, Winchester, Rushville, and Connersville reported heavy balloting in both city and county election places by noon. Medium to heavy voting was reported at Greenfield and Shelbyville, while only light balloting' was reported at Richmond. Rushville Vote Heavy. Officials at Rushville estimated that 30 per cent of the registered voters had cast their ballots by lunch time. A spot check of other Hoosier . : U . . . 1 Urt K 'i 1 'i ti f 'i i vl V :i Xon Lavv Votin and .even between heavy voting and j ng 1 voung- u , ' At Evansville, where babies are ; fed politics along with their milk and where elections usually end in more than just name calling, five Democratic party workers were arrested by police on charges of "disorderly conduct." Police said they were "disturbing the peace" outside two polling places. The Evansville voting was heavy, and officials said they expected nearly all the city's 54,000 registered voters to report to the polls by early evening. - Skies; Cloudy. - Cloudy skies were to dominate over the entire state, but only a few scattered showers were reported. A light to medium vote was being cast at Madison and New Albany, while at Bloomington there: was a heavy : jush at the polls. The ballot-casting was reported light at.'Lafayette at Anderson, and heavy at , Logansport, Elkhart and Fort Wayne. METHODIST MEN MEET MONDAY ' The county Methodist Layman's meeting was held at the Carlisle Methodist Church last night. The Methodist laymen hold meetings every two months, with the next meeting scheduled for .Sullivan, on Jaii. 5. That will be a father and son meeting. At Monday's meeting, the wives of the laymen were the guests. , The Rev. Harry O. Kisner, of the Washington First Methodist ling our Disillusionments." There i was a large attendance, with mogt of Methodist churcheS , the county being represented. ij u,v T.nv ' der V K. Gouckenour. Music tu . frisi, bv the Carlisle church, with special numbers by Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Edwards, and a solo by I the Rev. Gerald Kreuger, paste cf the Carlisle Christian Church! j MARRIAGE LICENSES Victor William Wagner. Cleve land, Ohio and Madeline Hender son, 1315 North Main Street Sullivan. Herman Ward McKinley, Sul livan and Gloria Nichols, Merom George Martin Wilson, Paxton R. 1, and Barbara Louise Wal ters, Sullivan, R. 5. Burrell Yomen Jackson, Pleas antville and Gertie Jane Wheeler Dugger, R. 1. Richard Cyrus LeDune, Carlisl and Mary Lee Howard, Carlisle James Leroy Grimes, Sullivai and Virginia Lee Frakes, Sulli van. JOHN TAYLOR TO SPEAK AT BAPTIST CHURCH On Wednesday evening at 7:3 John Taylor, local attorney, wil speak at the First Baptist church Everyone is invited to com Following the prayer service 11) regular business meeting will b conducted and every membe who is interested in the churc should attend.