Sullivan Daily Times, Volume 49, Number 221, Sullivan, Sullivan County, 5 November 1947 — Page 1

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DEMOCRATS IN STATE OFFICES I WASHINGTON, Nov. 5 (UP) Kentucky ended four years of Republican rule today and returned to the Democratic1 fold in perhaps the most significent development in yesterday's offyear elections. For sheer excitement, however, attention was .centered. Mississippi where the race is for the United States seat of the late late Theodore A. "The Man" Bilbo. The contest was still wide open early today between three of the five original candidates. United States Representative John Rankin, as stout a champion of white supremecy as Bilbo, was running a poor fifth. Late returns showed that Circuit Judge John Stennis was out in front by almost 7.000 votes. But United States Representative L. M. Colmer was still in the race and Forrest Jackson, Bilbo's personal attorney, remained an outside possibility to serve out the five years remaining of Bilbo's term. The three Congressional races produced no party upsets. New York elected a Democrat Representative to succeed a Democrat, and Ohio and Indiana each elected a Republican to fill a vacancy in their House delegtipn. Kentucky was the only major party' switch. There, Democrat Earl Clements was elected governor over Republican State Attorney General Alvan Summit. REPUBLICANS WIN IN RACE FOR CONGRESS WUNCIE, Ind., .Nov: 5MUP) A Republican majority o! more than 10.000 votes today sent Ralph Harley, of Mt. Summitt, veteran state' Legislator, to Congress from the Tenth Indiana Distinct. Harley polled more than 53,823 votes as against 43,563 for Frank Hanley, with all but five precincts reported in the special election to fill the vacant seat left vacant by the death of Representative Raymond Springer, of Connersville. Harley was the first dirt farmer sent to Congress from Indiana in the past decade. He has served three terms in the State General Assmbly and was chairman of the budget committee. State ' Republican leaders said, that there was "significance" in the face of the Democratic victories in a majority of the State's mayoralty elections yesterday. FARMERSBURG NAMES TRUSTEES Farmersburg elected three Democratic trustees and one Republican trustee in the town election held yesterday. The town also elected a Republican clerktreasurer. The results are: first ward trustee, Wayman Burdette, Democrat, 162; Joe Kendall, Republican, 136; second ward, Lawrence May, Republican, 156; Elza Moore, Democrat, 139; third ward, Thurman McDonald, Democrat, 163; W. Loren Lash, Republican, 133; fourth ward, C. Lafon Lash, Democrat, 169; Paul L. Greggs, Republican, 126. In the race for clerk-treasurer, Wade Denney, Republican, was elected over Herman Vester, Democrat, by 157 to 141. DUGGER ELECTS PEOPLES PARTY The entire slate of the Peoples party was elected in the town election at Dugger yesterday. Mrs. Verna Hammack, candidate for clerk-treasurer, polled the most votes as she received S96 to the 164 for E. O. Chowning, candidate for the Citizens party. The votes in the race for trustee were as follows: Peoples t party: O. E. Dugger, 294; W. J. Coyner, 316, and Frank Putoff, . 309. Citizens party: Frank C. Parsons, 256; Elmer Lewellyn, 229; and George Risinger, 244. BIRTII ANNOUNCEJ1VIENT Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Leach of Eullivan, R. 5, announce the birth of a daughter, Nancee, born November 3rd at the Mary Sherman Hospital.

THREE TRUSTEES

The voters in Carlisle picked three town trustees and a clerktreasurer in the election held yesterday. The tickets were on a non-partisan basis, with each ticket placing a candidate as a trustee. - For trustee of the first ward, Charles E. Whipps, Citizens ticket, received 250 votes to 86 votes for Clifford Morrison,, Progressive, ticket. Other results were: second ward G. Edgar Nash,. Peoples ticket, 199; Roy Trimble, Citizens ticket, 90, and Frank Essex, Progressive ticket, 38; third ward William L. Jones, Progressive ticket, 206, .and Charles H. Hallett, Citizens ticket, 121. In the clerk-treasurer . race. Henrietta F. Cooper was elected in a four-way race. She received 191 votes. The others in the race were Winifred M. Miles, Independent ticket, 78 votes; Merlie w. Winkles, Progressive ticket, 57 votes, and Bess Parnell, Peoples ticket, 34 votes. STATE PLANS HOMECOMING TERRE HAUTE, Ind., Nov. 5 President Ralph N. Tirey of Indiana State has extended a formal invitation to the annual Homecoming activities opening Nov. 7. Said President Tirey, "In behalf of the administration, faculty, and student body may I take this opportunity to tell each of you that we are looking forward to November 7-9 when you will join us on the campus for three days of good fellowship." Homecoming activities will open coronation of the Homecoming Queen, followed by a bon fire and snake dance. Saturday morning will witness the Blue and White Day parade at 10 a. m., luncheons of all organizations at noon, the football game, St. Joseph vs. Indiana State, at Memorial Stadium, and lie Alumni Reception , in the Formal Lounge of' the Union Building at 5:30 p. m. Johnny Palmer's band of Northwestern University will play for the Blue and White Dance at 9 p. m., in the gym. Sunday morning church services in the auditorium; of jhe Student Union buildingfwiircoihplete this, the 31st, annual Homecoming at Indiana State.. A registration committee will be on duty on the main floor ' of the Student Union . building to I receive all returning students. The college anticipates the largest Homecoming in the history of the school. Statesman-Envo' & t t Is Mrs. VVlnant flies to Concord on hearing t3ws In New York. 1 JOHN G. WINANT, who committed suicide whiie alone in his Concori, N- H., mansion, retired last January from public life to write tia memoirs. Famed for his liberalIsm, Winant won national recognition as New Hampshire's governor when he battled to secure social reforms. He set up and directed the late President Roose-, velt'a. social security board, and, though a Republican, played a prominent role In New Deal legislation. In ' 1941, te wealthy statesman -went to London as Ambassador to Great Britain, and served in that post until 1946 when he accepted a UN appointment to the European supervisory council. (Inter national)

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The second program on the Talk of the Hour series will be presented at the Sullivan High School Auditorium t tomorrow night when Captain Michael Fielding, commentator and newspaperman will talk on the situation in Russia. The program will start at 8:15 p'. m. I He has long been a favorite of 'Chicago and Middlewestern radio listeners. His radio work as a I commentator has always been 'under an agreement in which it was understood that there would be no censorship of his views. During the past he ' has been featured over WENR, WBBM, and WGN, all in Chicago. He can talk authoritatively on jthe subject of Russia. He has :been a newspaperman in' the Near East and Mediterranean area where much of the present political trouble with the Soviet is based. Tickets for the appearance of Capt. Fielding will be available at the door. NEW HOPE MINE IS INSPECTED Recent measures, taken to increase safety in the 2,100-ton-a-day New Hope mine, eight miles northwest of Linton, Greene County, are commended and improvements in ventilation, haulage practices, and electrical installations are proposed in Federal coal mine inspection report released today by the Bureau of Mines. The mine is operated by the Linton-Summit Coal Company, and employed 192 men when reinspected in August by James A. McCune. Inspector McCune recommended more air in circulation at several locations, closing of . all crosscuts between ' entries except the last bne, air-lock doors or attendants at ' sin '-'doors, and closing of all dors after men or equipment pass through. He also proposed discontinuance of "back-poling" and pushing empty trips on main haulage roads except - where necessary, an audible warning device for each -locomotive, elimination of all trbl-ley-wire contact hazards, guards for the trolley wires at all intersections and doors, and more frequent tests for gas when operating nonpermissible electric equipment in face regions. : Summarizing recent improvements, , Inspector McCune commended the use of permissible flame safety lamps, clean, shelter holes, .discontinuance of' riding under the trolley wire in mantrips, frame-grounds for certain electric equipment, effective rock-dusting, firing of permissible explosives in an approved manner, locks for mining-machine cutter chains, and the wearing of protective hats by all employees, permissible cap lamps for underground illumination, and a positive identification check on each underground worker. ' As further safety aids, Inspector McCune advocated adherence to the minimum timbering standards, safety posts or cross bars close to each working face, safer stemming practices, adequate underground fire-fighting ' equipment, and a ban on carrying flame-making devices Into the mine. MRS. GODFREY DIES IN HYMERA Mrs. Minnie May podf rey, 73 years old died at 1 o'clock Tuesday afternoon at her home in Hymera. N She is survived by the husband, James; a daughter, Mrs. Edith Karns, of Hammond; a son, Claude Godfrey, at home; a sister, Mrs. Ora Jackson, of Cory; two brothers, Ray Morris, of Hartman, Illinois, and Ira A. Morris, of Deruskin, : Florida; seven grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. The body was taken to the McHugh Funeral Home where services will be held at 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon. The Rev. Bert Sanders will officiate and burial will be made in the Case Cemetery. JAYCEES MEET THURSDAY NIGHT I The Sullivan Junior Chamber of Commerce will meet at the Sullivan Hotel at 6:30 p. m. Thursday night. The meeting will not be a dinner meeting. Important business will be disJcussed.

FLIVVER FLIERS REST IN ALASKA ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Nov. 5. UP) Fliers George Truman and Clifford Evans rested today while mechanics tuned up their "Flying Flivvers" for the next leg of their 24,500-mile journey around the world. V

The fliers landed their planes on snow-covered Elrriendorf Field yesterday after completing the 300-mile hop from Naknek, Alaska, in three hours , thirty-eight minutes. ; '.. They had first planned to take off from here tomorrow and fly to Annette Island airport, near Ketchikan, Alaska. If the weather permits, the fliers will attempt a rton-stop flight from there to Los Angeles. However, if unfavorable weather is encountered, they will make a brief stop for refueling at Vancouver, British Columbia. , CABINET LIFTS SOME FRENCH PRICE CONTROLS PARIS, France, Nov. 5. (UP) The cabinet began revamping France's basic economy today by withdrawing subsidies from coal and other coal industries, hiking tne retail price of coal, and lift-1 ing price controls from a number i of products. Caught between protecting the : franc and balancing the budget, I the cabinet took the first major step toward the economic reor- r ganization for which Premier. Paul Ramadier called when he won a close vote of confidence in the Assembly. , ine problem of France's econ-1 omy ranks with the clash be tween the Communists and the anti-Communist Rally of General Charles De Gaulle in exerting pressure on the middle-of-the-road cabinet. The cabinet raised the retail price of coal from $7.80 to $18.50. At the same time it appointed "a" special committee to seek to lower the, production costs of coal by reducing unemployment in the nationalized industry. , In line with the increase -in the price of coal, the cabinet 'authorized Jules Moch, minister of economic affairs, to lift price controls from a certain number of products. i . . EBLER BABY DIES AT HOME Janice Sue Ebler, age three months, died at the home of her parents south of Shelburn at 7 o'clock this morning. She is survived by the parents, Mr. and Mrs. Austin Ebler; three brothers, Dickie, Larry and Jimmie, all at home, and the grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Reeves, of Sullivan. The body was- taken to the McHugh Funeral Home in Shel- I burn, where funeral services will i

be held at 2 p. m. Friday. Burial Mr. and Mrs. Arthur V. Capps will be in Little Flock Cemetery. of Wellington, Texas, are the ' parents of a son, Harold Richard, TODAY'S TEMPERATURES jborn at the Mary Sherman HosThe unofficial temperatures in pital November 1. Mrs. Capps Sullivan today were: will be remembered as the forat 7:30 a. m. .. . . 50 degrees mer Lutie Neal, daughter of Mr. at noon . 53 degrees and Mrs. Edward Neal. BOB CARRIES STAMPS TO ELIZABETH

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GOLD-EMBOSSED STAMP ALBUM, containing signatures and picture stamps of 400 Hollywood celebrities, Is examined by Jean Hersholt (left), president of the Motion Picture Relief fund, and Comedian Bob Hope as the latter is commissioned as special emissary to deliver the book as a wedding gift to Princess Elizabeth from the relief fund organization. Hope is bound for London and a command performance before King George. (International Soundphoto

State Goes Democratic

Democrats Capture Majority Of 'Indiana City Mayor Races For First Time Since 1931 Elections, i t INDIANAPOLIS, Nov. 5. (UP) The Democrats went back into power in Indiana's cities after thirteen weak years. The Democrats won a majority of the mayoralty races in the 102 cities for the first time since 1931 municipal elections. Complete unofficial tabulations after yesterday's offyesr election showed that they captured fifty-three cities while the Republicans got forty-nine. :It was the first time the Democrats had held an edge since they elected fifty-eight mayors in 1931. They went out in the last days cf 1934. The Republicans controlled sixty cities in 1935 ; in 1939 they won seventy-two, and in 1942 they captured seventy-four. The reversal of power gave the Democrats a net gain of

. twenty-five mayor offices. They lest almost as many Demo

crat cities as they kept, but tremendous number of large Republicans. U N VOTES FOR COMMISSION FOR KOREA LAKE SUCCESS, N. Y., Nov, 5. (UP) The United Nations Political Committee today voted to send a special United Nations commission to Korea to lead that nation toward political freedom in the face of a Soviet boycott of the whole procedure. The Korean proposal was sponsored by the United States and called for a special United Na tions Commission to supervise Korean elections as a preliminary

to the establishment of an inde- was at , little-,, Shirley City, the pendent Korean 'government and! smallest,' of .the mayor cities, the withdrawal of occupation where Fred W; Meyer, Democrat, forces. The vote was 46 to' 0, with i got 82 votes'to 80 votes for Ferdf our abstaining, and the six So- inand F. Witte, Republican, viet bloc states refusing to par- Margins Small.

ticipate in the balloting. The fifty-seven nation committee promptly plunged into 'final debate for a plan for a yearround "little" United Nations Assembly, which Russia and its supporters, already have indicated they will boycott. The Soviet boycott, however, made it plain that the Unfted Nations Commission would be allowed to operate only in the American or southern zone of Korea, leaving the fate of northern Korea uncertain. WTr,, vvftuvrPMPVT

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The records show that fifteen cities stayed Democrat, and thirty-eight Republican cities went Democratic. They also show that the Republicans also kept thirtysix cities they already had, and took thirteen away from the Democrats. Nip And Tuck Races. It was a nip-and-tuck election, and a small handful of votes could have given the Republicans the mayoralty majority, instead of the way it went. As a matter of fact, six more Republican votes in two cities would have meant a fifty-one to fifty-one tie between the two parties in the number of mayor office winners. One , of these was at Marion, where Democrat ,Wiillard G. Brackman - edged Thurman A. Biddinger, Republican, former state senator, 4,401 to 4,399 a margin of two votes. The other At least sixteen other mayoralty contests were decided by a margin of less than a hundred votes, and twelve .others by a margin of between a hundred and two hundred votes. ' ( 'The total voting in the 102 cities drew some 750,000 persons to the polls. In addition, thousands of farmers who didn't take part in the city elections cast their ballots in the Tenth District Congressional race, and thousands of small town voters went to the polls in 432 towns in the state. The cities showed that the Democrats predominated by a margin of some 30,000 votes. They totaled i approximately 373,000 Democrat ballots for mayor and 343,000 Republicans. G.O.P. Gets Five Large Cities. The Republicans won only five of the twenty largest cities in the state. Largest of these was Hammond, where Vern Anderson polled 12,481 votes against Democratic Mayor Bertram Smith's ll,779t The1 Republicans also won Michigan City, Kokomo, Logansport, and Richmond. The Democrats swept the other fifteen, including Indianapolis, South Bend, Fort Wayne, Evansville, Anderson, East Chicago, Gary, Muncie, Terre Haute, Elkhart, Bloomington, Lafayette, Marion, - Mishawaka, and New Castle. MacARTHUR'S PILOT DENIES REPORT TOKYO, Nov. 5 (UP) Cap tain Elmer McBride, a personal pilot of General Douglas MacArthur, denied today a report that he had "sold his automobile on instructions to be prepared to return to the United States in he spring wih the Supreme Com mander." The report was con tained in a dispatch written by Robert A. Cochrane for The Baltimore Sun. The dispatch Presidential aspirations. DOUBT SUCCESS y OF FOOD PLAN WASHINGTON, Nov. 5 (UP) The Bureau of , Agriculture Economy held little hope today that the President's food committee, the farmer, or anyone else would "save" an extra 100,000,000 bushels of wheat for export to Europe in the next eight months.

Emil Muehler Returned As City ClerkTreasurer In Municipal Elections Held Tuesday. Guy Biddle, Republican, was elected as the new mayor of Sullivan in the municipal elections held yesterday. He defeated the incumbent, Mayor A. G. McGuire, by a margin of 222 votes. The total number of votes cast for that office was Biddle, 1107, and McGuire, 885. That, however, was the only office that the Republicans could win in the election. The Democrats captured all five council seats, and re-elected Emil Muehler as city clerk-treasurer. , .It was the first time since 1914 that the Republican have been able to elect their candidate as mayor. In that year, Henry Smith was elected to succeed Ed Hoover, who was also a Republican. . Biddle carried all , four wards

HUGHES PROBE . REOPENS IN ; WASHINGTON WASHINGTON, Nov. 5 (UP) Charles E. Wilson, industrialist and war-time head of the government aircraft procurement program, testified today that "outside pressure" was exerted on him from higher ups not to cancel Howard Hughes' contract for a mammoth plywood flying boat. . Wilson was the first witness to be called before the resumed hearing of a Senate war investigating subcommittee... . He also said that "abnormal" procurement proceedings were involved in the awarding of the original contract for the giant 200-ton plane to Hughes and industrialist Henry J. Kaiser. The big plane flew ,brief ly last Sunday, five original" contract, years after ' the awarding of the ' Wilson was called before the committee to tell what he knew of the :$40;000,p00,'in war-time contracts awarded, to Hughes for flying boats : and photo jfeconjnaisance planes.'- Jy "iChairman Homer Ferguson, Ri, Mich., opened the second round of the hearings by serving notice that the inquiry- would be conducted with "dignity" and that the committee would not tolerate any interference in the investigation. Wilson, who is president of General Electric Company, said that Kaiser and "Mr. (Jessie) Jones" department were among those exerting "the outside influence" to prevent cancellation of the contract for the flying boat. Jones at the time was chairman of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation. Bit of Old China AUTHENTIC wedding headdress from Peking, China, tops original nuptial gown to make Virginia Lee look like an emperor's bride. The elaborate embroidered ensemble is in Robert Ripley's authentic Chinese costume collec,tion on display at the Women's International Exhibition In New 'York. (International

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in the election. His closest race was in the first ward, where his margin was only nine votes, His greatest margin was in the second ward, where he had a majority of 12ft votes. The voting in the four wards for mayor was as follows: Ward Biddle McGuire 1st 218 209 2nd 369 243

3rd 4th 318 202 247 186 Total .... 1107 85 Only in the race for councilman from the second ward wasthe race close, and there Clarence McCrocklin had a majority of 99 votes over Wendell Cox. In the returns from the second ward, Cox had six more votes than did McCrocklin, the only instance in the election in which a Republican carried a, ward, outside of the race for mayor. Emil Muehler, who was reelected by a margin of 140 votes, likewise carried all four of the wards. His votes in the four wards were 'as .follows: ifirst, 228; second. 308; third, 288; ; fourth, 216. His opponent, James Hagy, polled votes as follows: first, 180; second. 285; third, 267; fourth, 168. Total vote: Meuhler, 1040; Haey,-900. Biddle, in winning, the raee for maor, received more votes than any other candidate. His opponent, .Mayor- McGuire, Tanked" tenth in the voting. The results in the council race are as follows: first ward, Harmon, Democrat, 1102; Kable, Republcian, 821; second ward, McCrocklin, Democrat, 1104; Cox, Republican, 905; third ward, Stewart, Democrat, 1042; Cramer, Republican, 882; fourth ward, Sims, Democrat, 1098; Davidson, Republican. 824: Councilman-at-large, Smith, Democrat,, 1077; Bland, Republican, 859. LEGION PLANS PROGRAM FOR ARMISTICE DAY The American Legion Post of Sullivan is planning an Armistice: Day parade and a ceremony at the court house in honor of the war dead. In addition to the parade and roremony, there will be an Army -Turn r'i "r at the .Legion Home noon on ns". Tuesday. Army "how will be served rt the dinner. II veterans in the county nre invited to participate in the parade, and they are asked to wear their uniforms in the march.. It is expected that the Rev. Tom Jennings will make a short address as part of the Armistice Day program. NEARBY RESULTS (By United Press) Bicknell, Noble Guy'er, Republican, defeated Mayor Lloyd -T-Jones, Democrat. Brazil, Archie O: Hamm, RsDublican, defeated Ted McCoy, Democrat. Linton, Arthur M. Grass, Democrat, defeated Dr. Earl Bull, Republican. Loogootee, Herschel Jones, Democrat, unopposed. Terre Haute, Ralph Tucker, I Democrat, defeated Clark Adams, j Republican. Washington, Ralph I. Burris, Democrat, defeated Mayor Frank M. Donaldson, Republican.