Sullivan Daily Times, Volume 50, Number 151, Sullivan, Sullivan County, 30 July 1948 — Page 1

WEATHER : SATURDAY PLEASANT Indiana: Clearing: and cooler to .' SULLIVAN COUNTY. ; CENTER OF . . . POPULATION night Sunny and pleasant Satur day. , INTERNATIONAL PICTURE SERVICE PRICE THREE CENTS VOL. 50 No. 151 UNITED PRESS SERVICE SULLIVAN DAILY TIMES FRIDAY, JULY 30, 1948.

Oil Gusher Found Today On George Seipman Farm

Jackson Township

VVhat is believed is the .start of a new oil field for Sullivan County was found today when an oil gusher was struck on the George Seipman farm in Jackson Township. The well was acidized about noon todav and a eusher

started that produced 49Jbarrels of oil in the first hour andimir services at the City Park. fl Vinlf Thp wnrlr m the aroU has haar, rrm'nn- rm fv o ..rl i The ReV. Little Will take the

with Frederick B. Cline of Indianapolis in charge of the drilling operations

Oil was struck at 2039 feet, and while the well produced strongly at first, it was emphasized that it had not been opened to full flow. Some 600 barrels of acid was used to get the flow started. It is expected that a new field in the county will be opened, the first since the Dodd Bridge field was opened in the spring of 1942. This development ' is of Devonian limestone production, the same as the Dodd Bridge field. i he well is located about a mile tv, . w. , north of Wilfred. . i The rotary rig drill . was subcontracted to the Kuykendall

Drilling Co., of St. Elmo, 111., and ernment despite their walkout the small cable and rig was und- during a stormy meeting yeser the direction of C. E. Crick of terday.

Mattoon, 111. George Heap, geologist of Sullivan, said tbit the well probably will not couinue to flow as it did at the start, but that it will undoubtedly open a new field and a profitable one, for Sullivan CounIndianapolis Gets Air Force Group WASHINGTON, July 30 (UP) Defense Department officials said today that Fort Benjamin Harrison, near Indianapolis, would be transferred from thp Army to Air Force ' Control Ok: I, and' that the 10th Air Force headquarters' would " be moved to the fort from Offutt Field, Omaha, Neb., shortly afterward. Indiana, meanwhile, will be transferred from the First to the 10th Air Force for air defense purposes, they said. The change, announced unofficially in Omaha earlier, will bring some 2,000 Air Force and civilian personnel to the Indianapolis fort. Stout Air Field, located near Fort Harrison, will be used as the headquarter's air. base. INDIANAPOLIS, July 30 (UP) The traditional . Hoosier hospitality was not extended today to the headquarters staff of the 10th Air Force, slated to . move to Fort Benjamin Harrison. "I don't know where we're going to put them," Mayor Al Feeney said, "it's pitiful." Henry Mueller, acting head of the homes register office, said Army and Air Force officials should warn men not to bring their families to Indianapolis when they are transferred to Fort Harrison, Camp Atterbury, cr Stout Field. . BREAKS LEG AT RIGHT TIME BYRN MAWR, Pa., July 30 (UP) Harry Ball, age 40, broke his leg while sliding into home plate during a baseball game last night. But he couldn't have picked a better time or place. The game was played on the Byrn Mawr Hospital field and every member of the opposing team was a doctor. Ball, the hospital's chief X-ray technician, was a member of an office team chosen to play the medical staff. GOLD BAR IS MISSING "LONDON, July 30 (UP) Scotland Yard investigated today the disappearance of a bar of gold worth $8,000, from a shipment in route from Frankfurt, Germany, to the Bank of England. A Pan-American clipper transported the gold to London and when police escorted the shipment to the bank, it was discovered that the box had been opened. Goodbye Car ROCHESTER, N. H. (UP) Fined $73 in municipal court for driving an unregistered automobile, Raymond Beaulieu sold his car to raise money to pay the fine.

Communists To Remain In

erlin Assembly BERLIN, July 30 (UP) A SDOKesman tor tne c immnnitt . v t, , . faction of the Berlin City As-' ,, ,, . t sembly asserted today that ' Communists would continue to participate in the city's gov-! Karl -"V

j communist faction, was quoted j John Curry of the Presbyterby the Soviet news agency ADN ian church. wU1 be in charge of

as saying that there was no truth to reports the ist walkout was final, ists will continue to taKe part in tne assembly, L,itke said. I Western observers speculated, after the 30-man Communist bloc stalked out during a st.'.rmy debate yesterday, that the assembly's non-Communist 'leaders might take advantage I of the walkout to move the city ! intr, nn r.f tVni Woeiarn ... VW bilk ' I ..JH.. LA sectors. Police headquarters under the new anti-Communist ' police chief, Johannes Stumm, moved into the Western sector Wednesday night to escape- the coer cion of Russian troops and Sov iet-controlled German police. The Communist walkout came after four hours of debate on the Berlin police situation and on the discomforts caused by the Soviet blockade of the Western sectors. Shortly after the walkout the assembly approved a resolution condemning the Soviet blockade as a "crime against humanity" and demanding that it be removed. Benson Chapel Plans Revival Revival services will be held at the Benson Chapel Church beginning Monday night, Au?. 2. The Rev. J. Orr Powell, who is assisting in the revival is an outstanding evangelist with a wide experience and is well known in this community. The public is invited to attend the services which will begin 7:45 p. m. each evening. Benson Chapel is located miles northwest of Sullivan. at six SET STRIKE DATE IN EVANSVIIXE EVANSVILLE, Ind., July 30. (UP) The strike strategy committee of Local 813, United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers (CIO), today was authorized to set a strike date and call a strike at the Bucyrus Erie plant here. Union demands included elimination of wage differentials between Bucyrus Erie and other large Evansville plants; placing employes in top rates of regular jobs, and restoration of rate cuts and stoppage of any new cuts.

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Rev. Frank Little To Speak At

unday Services The Rev. Frank Little, Methodist minister of the 'North Methodist Church in Vincennes, will be the sneaker at the Sun day night 6hurch Council Sumplace of the Rev. E. E. Aldrich of Sullivan, who was originally scheduled to speak Sunday. The Rev. Aldrich is attending the National Christian. Adult and Missionary Conference at Lake Geneva, Wis. x He will be the speaker for the park services on Auff. 29. The Rev. Little is a nativeof New York. He graduated from New York City College and received his Doctor of Theology degree from the Union Theological Seminary in New York. He, has been the minister of the vr iu m.i i:4. -i u in ,r. , Vincennes for the past seven TT , , iv j. . years. He has been outstanding in his work with the young people and the young adults. During his pastorate there, the attendance has increased until it has been necessary to enlarge thf hnildins to accommodate the crowds. jomfinn. fnv Snndav's services.

Commun . The Christian church will pro-Commun-.vide the music, and the plat-

. vide , form music, manager will be Jesse !Roston of the Baptist church. line Explosion hi Alabama f raps 14 Hen BIRMINGHAM, Ala., July 30. Between 12 and . 14 men "ii7 . i-----.. ... . , i jwere believed trapped and at least a dozen others injured today in an explosion that rocked a section of a large coal mine here. Eleven persons were admitted to the emergency room of the Jefferson-Hillman Hospital here. Rescue workers, hampered by

the dust-filled coal mine, wereWith Henry F. Schricker,

attempting to reacn me men wnu j were shut off from escape by a cave-in which followed the blast.

The explpsion occurred in the n as Deen aotive in newspaper Edgewater Mine, one of six oper-jwork for many wears. At one ated by the Tennessee Coal, Iron! time ne published The' Linton and Railroad Co., a U. S. Steel .Daily Citizen, subsidiary. He is former state commander Fate of those believed trapped of the American Legion, and was not determined. All tele-; has been active in district Lephone lines into that section of S'on work, the mine were cut by the explos-

ion. j Emergency crews started digging to break through the cave-in. The injured were dragged from the damaged shaft through an emergency exit by fellow workers , who braved the clouds of coal I dust left by the blast. The explosion occurred at 9:02 , a.m. and all available ambulances were called from Birmingham, 15 miles southeast of the Edgewater Mj'ne. The firm of Salmon and Cow-

an, drilling contractors, were f deferments can be worked out working on a shaft at the time fcr the nation's 'hew peacetime along with TCI miners. TCI of-J draft registrants, f icials said a crew of 290 men The law specifically exempts checked into the shaft. It was not certain men from the draft. But known just how many of the 290 Selective Service must decide were accounted for. I the basis for deferments of The closed shaft was known as other registrants such as marthe "main west upper level" of ried men and those with dethe mine. j pendents. Because of the drilling opera-1 Youths 18-through-25 must tions no coal was being dug from register for the draft but only the mine. those 19-through-25 may be in- . 'ducted for 21 months service.

Auxiliary To Seat Officers Tuesday The Sullivan American Legion Auxiliary will install their new officers at a meeting to be held m the Legion Home Tuesday evening. Mrs. Russell Schroyer, district American Legion Auxiliary president will be the installing officer. The new of fcers are: Mrs. Delia Wyman, president; Mrs. Mary Parks, first vicepresident; Virginia Romine, second vice-president; Ina Hampton, secretary; Hannah Murray, treasurer; Beulah Huff, chaplain; Carrie Bradbury, historian, and Maxine Dillingham, ser-.geant-at-arms. Elaborate plans have been made ' for the installation, and refreshments will be served at 6:30 p. m. .

Weekend Weather Expected To Be Good

INDIANAPOLIS, July 30. (U.R) Scattered thunderstorms were in store for many Hoosiers today, but the weatherman forecast' plparintf weather for most sections) of the state tonight and tomorrow and generally pleasant' temperatures fcr the next three days, . The Indianapolis weather bureau, in a five-day extended forecast, predicted that temperatures would range near normal between today and Tuesday. "Pleasant temperatures" were forecast for tomorrow, followed by warmer weather Sunday and gradual "cooling off" by Tuesday. Scattered showers were slated for a few sections Monday and Tuesday, with precipitation not to average more than three-quarter inches. , ' ' The immediate outlook was for mostly cloudy weather and scat tered showers today and cooler weather in many sections this af ternoon. Although cooler, clearing weather was on tap ,in northern and central Indiana, rain was ex pected in the extreme south por tion of the state tonight. , , . John A. Watkins Speaks Saturday At Farmersburg Democratic night will climax the annual Old Settlers Reunion at Farmersburg Saturday night, and the highlight of the celebration will be the appearance and a talk by John A. Watkins, of Bloomfield, Democratic candidate for Lieutenant Governor of Indiana. Crowds have been good so far at the reunion, with better crowds expected for tonight and Saturday. Gerald' Landis, Republican Congressman from the Seventh Indiana District, wjai uc uie BpeaKer lonjgm.-a Republican rally to be held will be the speaker tonight -at; in connection with the reunion. . Mr. Watkins has long been prominent in Democratic politics in the state. He has been prominently mentioned fcr the governorship of the state, and run the this year was nominated to candidate for governor, Mr. Watkins is the publisher cf The Bloomfield World, and No Decisions On Deferment Of Draftees Yet WASHINGTON, July 30 -(UP) Selective Service offi cials said today it may be "some . time yet" before a system of The overwhelming majority of draftees will come from the ranks of men 19-through-21. Men who are now married are not expected to be drafted. But Selective Service must dece what to do about draft-age youths who marry or become fathers in the future. There also is sure to be , strong pressure from certain1 rural labor shortage areas for a very lenient policy for farm youths. During the war, this , was a cause of almost constant friction between Congress Selective Service. It has been announced there will be deferments some key industrial and ernment workers. The and that . for regulations will have to define such jobs. The draft law grants automatic deferments to clergymen, theological students, 19-year-pld high school students, and most veterans. '

Strong Winds Sweep Midwest After Storms

I ' CHICAGO, July 30. (UP) Strong winds swept the Midwest today in the wake of tornadoes and thunderstorms that killed one i member of a farm family injured atj,least 11 other persons, and wfecked thousands of dollars worth of property. A blanket of hot, humid air hung over the eastern section of the nation, breeding squalls and rainstorms. .Lucille Ballweg, age ' 10, was killed when a tornado dipped to earth 15 miles northwest of Madison. Wis., and wrecked her parents' farmstead. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Ballweg, both 41, and nine other children from 10 months to 13 years of age were injured. J Fifty Girl Scouts in a camp near the Ballweg farm narrowly escaped death or injury when the tornado lifted and passed over their heads. The twister lifted back into the clouds shortly afterwards. .Another twister roared down Highway 14 south of La Crosse, Wis.,' but no injuries or serious damage were reported. A freak windstorm struck near Luzerne, in Benton County, la., last night. It wrecked buildings in a 100-yard wide swath, tore up trees, and strewed debris over Highway 30, blocking the road for a time. Other windstorms hit in the area around Cascade and Worthington, la. One home was damaged and several barns blown over but no one was injured. The Chicago weather bureau said it expected the stormy weather to continue through today. It hoisted storm warnings at all Lake Michigan ports. Shippers were informed that the strong westerly winds would reach their greatest height during the forenoon. 1 Lewis Against Truman Wage Control Plan WASHINGTON, July 30. (UP) The United Mine Workers Journal, which reflects the opinion of John L. Lewis, came .out today against President Truman's plan for wage and price controls. It said in an editorial that the "responsibility for present-day inflation leads right up to the White House." "We, the people who experience the incompetence of the administration to fix prices and equitably control wages, can hardly be expected to throw our arms up and shout aloud for a return political siege and uneconomic dismemberment of our production and distribution," it said. - CIO President Philip Murray said in a radio talk (ABC), meanwhile, that he disagrees with President Truman about the need for wage controls. He said that they are "neither necessary nor called for . . . since wages have fallen far behind rising prices." He made no specific mention of the rest of Mr. Truman's antiv inflation program.. ne caneu ior an inquiry Dy tne Justice Department and Congress! into tne "price and prom" policies of big business since the end of OPA. The Mine Workers Journal urged its readers to "concentrate voting power behind the candidate wno win vote lor repeal of the Taft-Hartley labor act." It criticized Mr. Truman for making repeal of the act a "secondary consideration" in his recent message to Congress. Cub Scouts Plan Camp Day Tuesday A Cub Scout camp day will be held at the City Park on Tuesday, Aug. 3, it has been announced by H. D. Campbell, Cubmaster for Pack 51, of Sullivan. Registration for the camp will be held at 9 a. m., and a program has been set up that will last until about 4 p. m. The Cubs are invited to bring their parents to the camp day if possible, but theyl are urged to attend, if the parents are not able to be present.

Variety Show Announced For j-H County Fair A big 4-H Variety Show is getting all set for showing Thursday evening, August 5, at the 4-H Fair

Grounds. The show, which is the first of its kind ever to be held In connection with the 4-H Fair, will start at 8:00 P.M. 'All Sullivan County people are invited to attend. Rev. Allan T. Jones, Director of Merom Institute, will be Master of Ceremonies of the 4-H Talent Show. A large variety of numbers will be given, . including quartettes, duets, readings, and piano numbers. The stage will be in the open on the Fair Grounds. Seats will be provided for the audience. The program will include: , Opening, all boys and girls singing the 4-H Club song. "Now is the Hour" Adaptation by Junior Sullivanites 4-H Club. "You Call Everybody Darling" Fairbanks 4-H Girls Quartette. "Innocence" Karen Campbell, Hamilton Twp. Vocal Solo, "Irish Lullaby" Betty Sue Osburn, Turman Twp. Vocal Duet, "You Can't Be True Dear" Lucile Huff and Barbara Osburn, Turman Twp. . Reading, "But I Didn't" Marilyn Sproatt, Haddon Twp. Piano Solo, "Deep Purple" Stephen Nowlin, Graysville. Imitation of . Spike Jones' "Leave the Dishes in the Sink, Ma" Merom 4-H boys. Vocal Solo Gene Easter, Turman Twp. A Baton Twirling Team, Janet Knotts and Evelyn Abrams, Haddon Twp. Vocal Duet Jacqueline ' Crew and Joe Elliott, Fairbanks Twp. Piano Solo Linda Phegley, Haddon Twp. The Virginia Reel County Junior Leaders. Vocal Solo Helen McGary, Turman Twp. "Jimmy - Sparkin' " Carolyn Mahan, Hamilton Twp. Piano Solo, "Country Gardens" Sara Sue Phegley, Haddon Twp. Solo, "I'm Looking Over a 4-H Leaf Clover" Merrill Templeton, Hamilton Twp. Vocal Solo, "Alice Blue Gown" Le Ann Everly, Curry Twp. Reading, "Club Meetin' Day" Janet Bates, Curry Twp. ' Trio, "Playmates" Margo Adams, Janie Adams, and Karen Campbell, Hamilton Township. burnt Haddon Township 4-Hi Club girls. Reading, "Women Folks" Marilyn Martin, Curry Twp. Vocal Solo, "Blue Skies" Pat Steele, Turman Twp. "Sentimental Journey" Fairbanks Twp. boys' quartette. "God Bless America" Audience, led by Ruth Ann Hall. . Sullivan County folks are urged to come out and see their 4-H boys and girls perform. People who are unable to see the judging during the day will be able to view the boys' and girls' exhibits on Thursday night. Livestock exhibits, girls' projects, and adult Heme Economics Club booth exhibits will all be in place. Back your 4-H club boys girls and come to the fair. and Merchants Play At New Goshen Sunday The Merchants will hit the road again Sunday for their next game of the season, and their next-to-last game of the regular play. They will travel, to New Goshen to play that team. With only two more games to be played, the locals find them selves needing victories in both of them to stay in the race for the playoffs. The New Goshen I outfit is tough, being victors over Ranes-O'Daniels and Hoi-1 scher Motors. ' Bill Shipman will carry the hopes of the locals Sunday as he pitches against New Goshen. Thewlis. will do the catching. Game time is 2:30 p. m., and I all players are asked to report to the bus station at 11 o'clock. ' With the Merchants on the road, the Red Caps will play a double header at Pavilion Field, i In the- first game, the Caps will tangle with Bloomfield, and in the second game, the Little Betty nine will furnish the oo j position fcr the Red Caps. The , games will start at 1:30 p. m. TODAY'S TEMPERATURES The unofficial temperatures in Sullivan today were: at 7:30 a.m. ........ , . 80 degrees at noon 89 degrees

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eDression n illation Is

By Merriman Smith United Press White House Reporter . . WASHINGTON, July 30 (UP) -President ..Truman and his economic advisers warned Congress today that a depression may be just around the corner unless something is done to curb inflation. Prices, wages, production and profits are at all-time highs. But the President said this could be the lull before the. storm, unless the government takes "vigorous measures to bridge the uncertainty between a post-war boom and a stable economy. Mr. Truman's views were set forth in his midyear economic report to Congress. . ' ,

Tail Predicts Session To End On August 7. WASHINGTON, July 30 (UP) Sen. Robert A. Taft, R., O., said today the special session of Congress may adjourn a week from tomorrow. Before it does, he indicated, the Republicans may pass President Truman's , request for curbs on bank and consumer credit. They won't act on price controls, rationing or any other parts of his anti-inflatLon program. Taft told the Senate he saw no reason why it should not dispose by Wednesday of the Southern Democratic filibuster now going on against anti-poll tax legislation. He meant the bill could be withdrawn from further consideration. Thereafter, Taft said, Congress could do "anything we're going to do" on the President's anti-high price program and quit on Saturday, Aug. 7. Taft told the Senate he " was "perfectly willing" to grant the administration stronger credit controls. He suggested that Republicans would approve restrictions on installment buying and bank credit. Chairman Charles W. Tobey of the Senate and Chairman Jesse P. Wolcott of the House banking committee also favor such curbs. Earlier, a Democratic proposal that GOP Presidential Candidate Thomas E. Dewey be invited to testify on high prices received a Republican slapdown in Wolcott's committee. W.olcott said he would consider such a proposal only if every other Presidential candidate, including Mr. Truman, were invited to appear personally before the committee. The proposal was dropped. Tobey indicated the new credit restrictions would take the form of requiring members of the Federal Reserve System to keep a higher proportion of their deposits out of the loan market. Tobey thought a similar restriction could be extended to banks not belonging to the system, but Secretary of Treasury John W. Snyder doubted it. The House committse questioned Porter again today. Rep. Frederick C. Smith, R., O., accused him of asking powers for the President identical with those exercised by dictators. Porter retorted, "that's your interpretation from which I strongly dissent." MAC ARTHUR ON ACTIVE LIST WASHINGTON, July 30 (UP) The Army announced today the restoration of Gen. Pouglas MacArthur to the active list of the Army in the rank of General of the Army effective July 9. MacArthur has been on the retired list since .Dec. 26, 1941. He became a fivestar general on Dec. 18, 1944 and that rank was made permanent on March 23, 1946. THIS IS SOME FISH STORY . MARINETTE, Wis., July 30 (UP) Willard Paugh had a real fish story to tell today, and had the fish to back ,it up. He spied a big northern pike yesterday, but had no fishing pole. Undaunted, Paugh dived in and captured it with his bare hands.

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B!i umes "The facts," saia tne r-resiueiu, "add up to a clear and disconcerting conclusion. In spite of some favorable factors, we are in the very midst of gathering inflationary forces, which day by day are imposing additional hardships upon countless families, and day by day are undermining the foundations of the remarkably high level of postwar prosperity, that we have thus far maintained." The President's three-man economic council, headed by Dr. Edwin G. Nourse, said '.'unworkable relationships in the price structure" might cause a break in the economy which could lead to "a general recession of serious proportions." The President took the occasion to argue anew in behalf of tha eight-point anti-inflation program which he presented to the special session of Congress on Tuesday. Thus far, there has been little in- , dication that the Congress will heed the President's requests for wage-price controls, rationing and revival of the excess profits tax. Mr. Truman admitted that his eight-point anti-inflation ' program would "impede some business plans '. . T curpsofn? profit opportunities and . . . limit some wage advances." But he insisted "it is no less important to take action to forestall a business collapse than it IS to use government measures to overcome a depression once it has arrived." The economic council said the production outlook for the coming half year is good, though not significantly better than it was for the January through June period. The council descriped crop prospects as "excelelnt." The national income, traditional indicator of the nation's economic health, is running at an annual rate of $246,500,000,000. This com- ; pares with 8231,600,000,000 for last year. JayceesVote To Give Radios To City Schools The Sullivan Junior Chambei . of Commerce voted last night to present the Sullivan City Schools with four Majestic radio-phonograph combinatiqns for use in the school system. . .Tom Grayson, president pf the Jaycees, said today that the radio-phonograph combinations are portable and can be moved easily from room to room. The club was able to buy the combinations at wholesale price through Gene's Radio Shop. , J. Allan Campbell, superintendent of schools, said that the combinations will tin a need in the school system. He said that they would be used in the grade schools to augment the present equipment in the high school. The local schools have done a lot in the past few years in the visual and audio education field, and the addition of the f.our combinations will enable the schools to give better lessons to the pupils. GOLD STAR The government will furnish a Gold Star pin, free of charge, to the widows and ' parents of i those I their servicemen who gave lives for their country during December 7, 1941 to July 25, 1947. Application for these relatives in this county is made through the Sullivan County Chapter, American Red Cross. . .

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