Sullivan Daily Times, Volume 49, Number 223, Sullivan, Sullivan County, 7 November 1947 — Page 1

r Only Dsil Newspaper In SULLIVAN COUNT? FAIK AND COLl Indiana: Cloudy, windy and cold this afternoon. Near freeains temperature tonight. Saturday fair and cold. ' '.'..- VOL. XLIX No. 223 INTERNATIONAL PICTURE SERVICE PRICE THREE CENTS UNITED PRESS SERVICE SULLIVAN DAILY TIMES FRIDAY, NOV. 7. 1947.

WAR UNLIKELY FIELDING TELLS HOUR CLUB

A war between the United States and Soviet Russia is im possible, said Capt. Michiel Field ing last night, because neither

side could win. The captain was(iems related to these activities, talking to the second program of i . Mrs. Elmer Armstrong, reprethe Talk of the Hour Club at the J sentative of the home department Sullivan High School Auditorium, j of the Farm Bureau Co-op, disMr. Fielding saidthat to win .a 'cussed a Poll on Children Radio war, it would be necessary for Programs, which isi being spon-

the victor to occupy the loser's country, and that would be impossible. He discounted the atom ic bomb as an offensive weapon, saying that it could not win, aik1 he pointed out that the Japanese,-! by their own records, were ready to quit in 'the last war seven months before the first atomic bomb was dropped. The speaker explained why the Truman Doctrine and the Marshall plan were necessary to the security of this country. He ex plained that they were answers to the two-pronged Russian at- ' tack against our democracy, and that the real danger was that either or both would be too little and too late. The answer to Communism, Captain Fielding continued,, is to find another idea that is better. In the final analysis, the difference between the two ideologies is this, Communism guarantees a man three meals a day, a job, and a roof over' his head, but it denies him the right to political freedom. Our democracy guarantees a man political freedom, but does not guarantee him either three meals a day, a job, or a roof over his head. It is up to American people to show the the: world that political freedom is worth the insecurity of not being sure of a job, food, or housing. In Western Europe at the present time, the Communist idea is gaining because the peoples there are hungry, and to a hungry, man with dependents the most' important thirty 5a fnnti frt-r d vtrifa an1 - kids, the captain said. V . open forum after the conclusion of his address, and then there was an informal discussion on other questions in the lobby of the Davis Hotel. The speaker was introduced by John Knox Purcell, president of the Talk of the Hour Club. REDUCTION BILL NOT ON SPECIAL SESSION LISL WASHINGTON, Nov. 7. (UP) Representative Harold Knutson, R., Minn., failed today to convince House Republican leaders that tax cut legislation should be introduced at the special session of Congress this month, and it was indicated that his proposal would be put off until the regular session in January. Knutson, chairman of the taxcommittee, sought to press for action on income tax reduction at the special session convening on , Nov, 17 at a meeting with Speaker Joseph W. Martin, Jr. After the conference, Knutson said: " "I rather expect the tax bill 'will go over to January. It will be the first order of .business at that time." . , t , Knutson saw Martin in an ef - fort to persuade' the Speaker to change his mind about keeping taxes off the special session's "must" list. NAVY RECRUITER HERE MONDAY Chief Loos,, recruiter in charge ef tha TVTovw Repi-iiitintr Statinn in WFI TT . 1 il A 1 U A Terre Haute' recruiting area enlisted 21 men in. the Regular Kwu rf,.rir,r the mnnth nf rWnber. This was only thirty per - cent of quota assigned, but it was an improvement -over septemoer enlistments, i . ,, Loos stated that more and more men are becoming interested in the many benefits of a Navy enlistment. There are yet a large number of good ratings open for ex -Navy rated men. A recruiter will be in Sullivan ' at the City Hall on Monday, November 10th from 11 a. m. to noon and from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m.

MANY ATTEND LEADERS MEET Forty-three persona from the 7th Farm Bureau District, attended the District Social and Educational Leaders meeting held at the Sullivan County Court House Thursday, November 6.

Mrs. W. C. Roberts, District S and E Leader, opened the meeting with group singing and deivotionals. During the morning session, she discussed social and . educational activities and prob sored by Indiana State Farm Bureau. She also told Farm Bureau might program on Cancer how local include a Control as part of their health program. Fire prevention was also given em phasis, The latter part of the program was devoted to a talk on purchasing and marketing as related to the Co-op program. vThose who attended the meeting were guests of the State Cooperative at the luncheon which was served at the Davis Hotel SAY PRESSURE INFLUENCED 1 CONTRACT WASHINGTON, Nov. 7 (UP) The Senate investigators heard testimony today that high War Department officials listed President Roosevelt and Jesse Jones' as being among planemaker Howard Hughes' "very powerful" friends in Washington. The testimony was given by retired Major-General Bennett E. Meyers, war-time head of the Air Material Command, before a Senate war investigation subcommittee looking into the $40,000,000 worth of Hughes' wartime government contracts. ' He read from transcripts of an Oct. 21, 1943 telephone conversation with.ihe then Assistant Secfjetary - of War for Air Robert A Lovett, now Undersecretary of State. The, conversation was about a Hughes ' contract for a hundred photo-reconriaissfmce planes. The transcript-quotes Lovett as saying: . '- ' . "This is one of -those borderline cases that can be embarrassing if we get into it.: For example xiugnes nas got vsome .-very., powerful f riendsi here in ' Washington." U-'V:7' i "Yes Sir, JesseJones ;ifand -.the President and eyefy.ione.fils$; seems to be in this," Mey;ecs'; re-' At a hearing last Summer, the Subcommittee heard testimony that Jones, then government loannmj;r.tA UJ UUl 1 auixiiixiBia atui , iictu &cul ' uic laic President a letter extolling a plane Hughes had designed. Mr, Roosevelt, the subcommittee was told, then scribbled a note to General H. H. Arnold, war-time air force chief asking: "What is therein this? F.D.R." CITY SCHOOLS TO CELEBRATE EDUCATION WEEK November 9-15 is being cele brated as American Education Week all over the United States. The local schools are particularly anxious that parents, patrons, and interested local citizenry make a special effort to visit and see, young America at work and at play. November 11, Armistice 1 Day ,is a school holiday and the annual Linton-Sullivan football game will- be played in the aft- .. . . . ernoon. The other four days nave been set aside for visitation and inspection. Last year over one thousand people spent thirty or more minutes in visitation. No special program is planned , but rather it is hoped to give a true picture of the schools 1 at work. As a special incentive, the) elementarv class, iunior high class and senior high class having the highest visitation average Per DUpu wui oe rewameu rewarded !"avi"& - pass to ail scnooi sponsored acschool ye!ar. Y9U are going to be, I asked but. even if you are not, join the others ( who are coming back to school American acmcation Week. WALTER BOTTS VISITS HERE Walter Botts of New York City, arrived in Sullivan this week and is the guest of Mrs. Maude Ross; and Verne Ross.

HAYS HOST AT

DINNER

TERRE HAUTE Will H. Hays of Sullivan, en tertained at a dinner Thursday evening at the Terre Haute House in honor of John M. Budd, president of the C. and E. I. Railroad. Mr. Hays is a director of the rail road. The dinner was attended by about 160 men, including Governor Ralph. F. Gates, Mayor Vern McMillan of Terre Haute, and Colonel Robert Rossow. head of the Indiana State Police." Mr. Budd cited a need for a better understanding among the people about the railroads and their problems. He said that an increase in rates is necessary if the railroads are to survive as the lifeline of America. These rates, Mr. Budd said, must be granted iX the railroads are to continue to meet their obligations, including pay increases. Mr. Budd, the son of the president of the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad, has been in railroading since he graduated from Yale University in 1930. He was associated with the Great Northern Railroad at the time of his election to the presidency of the C. & E. I. Preceding the dinner, a reception for Mr. Budd was held in the hotel. In his remarks before introducing the guest, Mr. Hays spoke briefly on; "What's Right With America." "We have heard so much so long about what's wrong with America that I propose we consider what's right with America," he said. "After all, it is with our assets, not our liabilities, that we have built America. Our richest, our indestructible asset is not in our national resources. It is not in the gold in the hills. It is the iron in the hearts of our people. I refer to our national heritage, the American spirit." X He further urged a rekindling of that spirit . to continue, the country's progress and to preserve the liberty fpr which the United States is noted. ; . Guests from Sullivan included: Joe W,, Anstead, C. B. Dutton, Jr., Hinkle C. Hays, John T. Hays, Mr. my Will H. Mays, Jr., Jack E. Rader, John S;: Taylor, and. J. Olias Vanier.1. ; : f .t"- - 1 ," - 1 .. V WASHINGTON, Nov. 7 (UP) The United States' bombarded the world With its "answer' , to Soviet Foreign Minister , V.' M. Molotov "The United J States is not aggression-minded" i 5 r There will be no official reply. But the Department of State's "Voice of America" devoted most of itS time in broadcasting in twenty-four languages, including Russian, the reaction of lead ing Americans and the American press to the charges. The Soviet official chose the 30th anniversary of the Bolshe vik revolution to charge that ihe United States was surrounding Russia with new bases for aggression' and to say that there is not any longer any secret about the atomic bomb.' One Voice of America official here ' said the only attempt to anjjwer Molotpv's charges would 'hp thrnnffh the statompnts nf the 1 - 'tors. Congressmen other icauiug niueiitaiis anu xne press. 'Our whole effort." he said, "will be to let the people of the world know the truth regarding what we are doing that we are not aggression minded." .. lAJY MEMBERS AUXILIARY MEMBERS The Legion Auxiliary plans for Armistice Day nave been called off Anvf)I,p wishinff transnnrta. xi0n 10 ine region District meeting at Edinburg on November 16th contact Delia Wymah. 1 TODAY'S TEMPERATURES . .The mercury dropped . - between the hours of early morning and noon today. The unofficial temperatures in Sullivan today were: at 7:30 a. m. . . . ;. 52 degrees at noon , . . 42 degrees

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Sullivan County Tax Rate Is Certified

Tax rates for Sullivan County I taxing units for the year ,,1947 j payable in 1948 have been certi fied by the State Board of Tax j Commissioners to James McGar-J vey, County Auditor. This final f order was given as a result of a public budget hearing conducted in Sullivan by representatives from the State Tax Board on October 21, 1947. , ' v The total county rate as . certified will be $1.08. This rate is composed of County General Fund at 62 cents; Welfare Fund, 32 cents, and Hospital, 14 cents. The State rate is 15 cents. xoxai rates lor oumvan county, units as adopted by the State Tax Board and upon which taxes will) be computed for collection in 1948 are as follows: , Tcwnships , Cass , $3.68 Curry ... 3.52 1 Fairbanks , ."2.88! Gill .............. 3.84 Haddon ; 2.94 Hamilton 3.14 Jackson .... . . . 3.70 Jefferson . . ... r 3.70 Turman ;. ,.'.,., 3.24 Corporations Carlisle .................. $3.62 Dugger 5.24 Farmersburg .4.76 Hymera 4.70 Mierom 4.98 Shelburn 5.02 Suglivan , 5.52 FRENCH LONG FUNERAL HELD! Funeral services for William French Long, age 92, who died in Indianapolis, were held yesterday at the Billman Funeral Home, with the Rev. Homer Weisbecker conducting the services. Burial was in Center Ridge Cemetery, j He is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Ransom Akin, of Indianapolis; a grandson, W. J. Akin, of New York City, and ' a granddaughter, Mrs. Howard Marks, of Huntington. Pallbearers for the funeral were James Sinclair, H. F. Davis, A. G. McGuire, James Durham, Tom Donnelly and W$ C. Jamison. PAUL Re SIMS ARRIVES IN STATES. Mr. 'and- irs. Paul;;R., Sims of South' Main Street received.";; a telegram 'tnis morning that jfcheir son, Sgt. ;Paul R. Sims had ar,rfvedIjri California. He has been stationed -"in Korea ;for several rnonths. Heis the jiusband' of SettyJ. Eogle Sims.t C TURMAN FARM ' " BUREAU ,TO MEET Tfrej November) meeting iof ithe Turman Township v Farm : Bureau will be held on Monday, Nov. 10, at the Graysville school at 7:30 p. m. The new officers will be in charge of the meeting, and refreshments will be served. '

WHERE'S YOUR GUITAR, SENATOR?

RIDING ACROSS COUNTRY In interests of "world peace," Senator Glen Taylor (D), Idaho, rises early In the Arizona desert to continue his Washington-ward "Paul Revere" ride so that he will arrive in the capital for the Nov, 17 special session. . (Internationa!)

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IN INSULATION ' OF TRANSPORTS WASHINGTON, Nov. 7 (UP) -AtrlinpQ nciincr "nniitflns fiP-fi Lransnn ians hpan atnornBh linVstiatiot1 todav of th. I trie, hydraulic, andother systems to eliminate "any possible ha7arH?" lire 1 They were ordered by the civil Aeronautices .Administration to removefibre glass insulation in the cargo-carrying section of all DC-6's by 7 p.m. (EST) today. The C.A.A. said that although fibre glass was itself non-lnflam-able, investigation had shown that when it becomes soaked with inflamable fluids leaking from another part of the ship, it produces a "wick action," I The order issued by the C.A.A. involves more than eighty of the huge planes which can accommodate fiftey-two passengers each. I The order is the result of a ' craslh of an aircraft of that type in Utah. The big plane caught fire.and the crash came when the pilot could not reach an emergency landing field. FIELDING TALKS TO LIONS CLUB Captain Michael Fielding of Chicago was guest of John Knox Purcell Thursday evening at the regular dinner meeting of the Sullivan Lions Club, Captain Fielding made several informal comments to the group concerning American-Russian relations. Many questions were answered in an informal way about possibilities of danger from Communism in the United States. Captain Fielding later spoke at The Talk of the Hour. A lengthy, discussion was carried on by Club members in regard to 'the recent 4-H Club banquet and Hallowe'en pary sponLsored. by the local- LioHs Club. Forest Garey, .president; presided at. the meeting. ' PONY: KILLED O .- ' 5 'tYi'-AthOMOBTik -i $ 'A ,;pon3f." owned.-; by Morris Judahwas killed about1 4 If clock this morning on State Highway 41 north of Sullivan7 when it was sruck : by an' .automobile driven by Edward PearsonJ of Shelburn. About $75 in damages were in flicted to the 1935 Ford driven by Pearson. The accident was investigated by Deputy Sheriff Hubert .Wagner. -C

FILE TWO COURT ACTIONS UNDER NEW LAKE LAWS

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Nov. 7. The fillihg-in or changing of Indiana lake shore-lines was taboo today as the Indiana Department of Conservation moved to enforce two new lake level laws passed by the 1947 Legislature. John H. Nigh, Conservation director, said department attorneys and county prosecutors are preparing court suits in Warsaw and Kendallville against individuals charged with violation of the laws. Purpose of the acts, Nigh said, is: 1. To prevent abutting property owners from filling in portions of a lake to secure additional property rights for building or other purposes, thereby reducing the size of the lake. 2. To prevent disturbance of fish bedding and feeding grounds by removal" of underwater growths which provide food and protection for the shore-line fish varieties. "We must realize," Nigh said, "that the lakes of Indiana are public property, owned jointly by all the citizens of the state. The two new lake laws seek to insure the maintenance of our lakes for everyone and to prevent their despoilation by a few."The acts provide that any person who illegally fills' in or changes a lake-shore may be fined from $100 to $j00. ROBERT GOAD FOUND GUILTY OF LARCENY Robert Goad, age 32, of Jason ville, was found guilty in Circuit Court this morning on a charge of grand larceny. The jury recommended that he be sentenced to serve 1 to 10 years in prison and be fined $500. It is expected that he - will be- sentenced - by Judge Walter F. Wood in Circuit Court either this afternoon or tomorrow. The, jury, composed of seven men and five- women, deliberated over night before returning the verdict: They went Out at 2 p. m. Thursday and returned to. give the verdict at 11 o'cloc this morning. . . Goad was charged with' robbing James Murray ,a driver, for ; the Yellow jCab Ci)mpa'ny,tVori.. Sunday moaning,' Sept; ftl'X1; 4 thkt time. Be "was accused.!' v' of taking' the caJlonglhg,- vt3hg.i catw !''( j '"d'ny-;5hrt company ana aisu ui iaMng ipuu from Murray. Murray said that Goad useda shotgun to hold him up. - Goad was picked up io'Jdson;ville later in the day ancP f returned rto,.pullivan -to face charges filed' against him by Prosecutor Joe Lowdermilk.

DUC ACANT QTTYPI kn the stop-gap aid ahdr the V rill AijAlN 1 O 1 VVrv long-range assistance undef . the HIGH ON STATE'S Marshall plan for European re--rurrv r- A V A D1VIC covery- The new organization, 1 WU laAJVlt r AK1V13 they said, would hear a heavy

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Nov. 7 Hoosier hunters, barred from pheasant shooting this year, re ceived encouraging news from the Indiana Department of Con-" servation today. John H. Nigh, department di rector, announced plans lor a spring liberation of approxi mately 10,000 hen pheasants, now being carried over at the two game farms Wells County and Jasper-Pulaski. Total adult hen population on the two farms is approximately 10 000, Nigh said, less than 10,000 will be needed for breeding purposes by the farms, thereby allowing the greatest mass liberation of hens in the history of the. department. Five thousand surplus , cockbirds are being released now and additional liberation totalling about 10,000 will be made in the spring. Nigh pointed out that department surveys have indicated adr visability of spring releases of adult birds, thus permitting them to breed under normal conditions. Broods reared in the open have far greater chance of survival, Nigh said than the farmreared variety. : The Conservation director sid he has "complete confidence" that the pheasant season can be opened next year. Protection of

the current population, plus the Mr. and Mrs. John Hays anheavy spring release, should re- nounce the birth of a daughter, suit in one of the best years in i born Thursday, November 6th at Hooaier pheasant history. - I the Mary Sherman Hospital.

STALIN ABSENT AS RUSSIA MARCHES ARMED FORCES i AROUND ITS RED SQUARE English Commentator Claims Russia Is Guardian Of Peace As Nation Honors Anniversary Of Bolshevik Revolution. Twnrw Nnv 7. a IP) Russia paraded its men and

its means of war in mass ranks through Red Square today in observance of the Bolshevik revolution, and then told the masses that they were the "first class army of our day. Thousands upon thousands of Soviet infantrymen, airmen, artillery, marines, sailors and civilians paraded past the mausoleum of Nikolai Lenin to take the salute of the Communist party, from government and military officials standing on top of it. . .. "Thirty years of Soviet existence has changed one sixth of the globe beyond recognition," the official commentator

said. LONDON TRAFFIC SNARLED IN HEAVY FOG LONDON, Nov. 7 (UP) The worst fog in years began to lift today and thousands of persons who had spent the night in automobiles, in subway stations, or in stumbling blindly through the streets, headed for home. The fog hung thickly over London and Southern England for twelve hours, and during that time there was a legion of traffic accidents. The worst of the fog accidents,however, were three train wrecks in which six passengers were killed and some ninety persons injured Wrecking crews used acetylene torches; today to clear away the debris of the wrecks. Many districts in London were jammed' with traffic when an unseasonably warm : sun broke; through at 9- a.m. Thousands -of automobiles were left parked through the fog and when it lifted, all their owners tried to take them home at once. REPUBLICANS TO CONTROL WASHINGTON, Nov. 7 (UP) A strong Republican move "wast shaping up in Congress to : take the ddministratibh of foreign' aid out of the hands of the Department of State. i Influential legislators'-predicted that an independent) agency would be created to administer responsibility to Congress. Their prediction came as the special House committee for foreign aid reportedly wrote a stinging rebuke of Russia's "obstructing" European recovery. The legislators were said to feel that Soviet actions have more than doubled the cost of putting war-ravaged nations back on their feet. The committee, which has been meeting behind closed ("oors for the past two dp-"' hoping to .reach agreemt on a final report by nightfall. But it still had tv "ptf- highly controversial administration of any form of government aid. Representative Christian Hertzan, R., Mass.. who led the group on a tour of Europe, is known to favor a creation of an "emergency foreign reconstruction authority." The agency would be headed by an eight-man board required to make an annual report to Congresa ATTEND FUNERAL Among those who were in Sullivan Thursday to attend the funeral of the late William French Long were Mr. and Mrs. Joe T. Akin, Mr. Byron Lundblad, and Mrs. Dale Crittenberger of Indianapolis and Mr. and Mrs. H. F. Davis of Bloomington. BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT.

FOREIGN AID

Stalin Absent. Marshall Joseph Stalin, Russian premier, was not there. An English-speaking announc- , er, describing the celebration in a "special transmission" of Radio Moscow beamed to the United States, said "he is present in spirit here." It was not, however, the first time that Stalin had missed the observance of the anniversary of the Bolshevik revolution, in which he was a leading . figure. He was believed to be at the "Little Kremlin" in the resort town of Sochi on the Black Sea. Eight Laborite members of the British Parliament who interviewed him there last month said he appeared to be "in excellent health." Deputy Premier Marshal Niko- . lai Bulganin, riding a horse, was . the highest figure reported to have been seen at Red Square.' He spoke, but failed to say anything as sensational as Foreign Minister V. M. Molotov's statement yesterday that the secret of the atomic bomb has' long ceased to exist. ! Russia Guard's Peace. But throughout- the, English commentator's, remarks tan the thought that Russia is the guardian of peace and that "interventionists and materialists" are preparing a new war TLie aiame of Winston cjiurchill was mention-' ed specifically. ' Recounting the war record and the . strength of . the Soviet in-' fanitry, artillery, army, and navy units marching through the ' square, the commentator said at onijs point: . f ' '. . -v V ,'Soviet .might is a terrible ; warning' for. all those who want ' ta! throw the world into a new, terrible war. ; The Soviet . state ; and people are guiding the peace; they Will defend it. . '. ' V' ?. "The War provocateurs; should 1 well remember what happened to Churchill's anti-Communist intervention and the German attempt ; to mash the' Soviet. The Soviet cannot be intimidated by them. Atomic diplomacy cannot upset the'' peace. Our strength undoubtedly will lead to a collaboration of all these machinations. What we create will stand in eternity."

EMPLOYMENT SERVICE GIVES WORK REPORT "INDIANAPOLIS, Nov. 7. During the first nine months of 1947, the Indiana State Employment Service filled more than 75,000 jobs in Indiana industry. Noble R. Shaw, director of the Employ- '. rnent Security Division, said today that agency tabulations show that the Division's Employment Service offices throughout the state placed nearly as many individuals on jobs as there are men, women and children in Hammond. He added that these totals show that Hoosier employers availed themselves of the Division's complete free employment and counseling service when they hired 75,314 of the workers referred to them by Employment Service. During September, 7,155 men and 4,190 women found work through the Employment Service. Of the placements made during the month, 464 were physicallyhandicapped persons. Another 3,370 were veterans. A total of 3,873 handicapped workers and 26,289 veterans have been placed on jobs through efforts of Em-, ployment Service offices since , January 1. . . . , About one-third of the persons placed since the first of the year, were women. More than 10,500 of the applicants served so far in -1947 were under 21 years of age. '