Sullivan Daily Times, Volume 50, Number 153, Sullivan, Sullivan County, 3 August 1948 — Page 1
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WRATH FR PARTLY CLOUDY Indiana: Partly cloudy tonight and Wednesday, with scattered showers. Little change in temperature, 1 SULLIVAN COUNTY, CENTER OF POPULATION VOL. 50 No. 153 UNITED PRESS SERVICE SULLIVAN DAILY TLMES TUESDAY, AUG. 3, 1948. , INTERNATIONAL PICTURE SERVICE PRICE THREE CENTS
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To Wallaceites NEW YORK, Aug. 3 (UP) Thp Amprinnn Pnmmiinict nnrtv was pledged by its leaders today to support Henry A. Wallace and his hew Progressive party in the November elections. William Z. Foster, national party chairman, formally announced the endorsement of Wallace last night when he opened the party's three-day convention before 17,000 followers a Madison Square Garden. It was the 14th such convention and the first since 1945. Closed sessions are planned for today and tomorrow. Foster, making the keynote address, said the Progressive party "offers the opportunity for the forces fighting for peace against inflation and fascism to organize . and express their strength." He said the ticket headed by Wallace and Sen. Glen H. Taylor would rally voters who are "determined that our people shall not be butchered for the profit and glory of Wall Street." Foster spoke from a brilliantly lighted ' dias, banked with red and white bunting and American flags. The Russian hammer an sickle was not on display. Flanking Foster on the pisiform were many members of the so-called "politburo" of the American Communist party all of whom are under Federal indictment, along with the national ( cnairman, ior aavocating tne forceful overthrow of the government. , niAomiiun, n.ug. o i t a ntTTTmrnT A Trr The CIO has forbidden mem - bers to use its name in soliciting campaign funds for Henry A. Wallace's Progressive party, it was disclosed today. A CIO official said that Minnesota CIO members working for Wallace have complied with or Wallace have compnea witn the edict. He said Calif or n a members campaigning for Wal - lace have been , ordered to -f.be same!' , ' I ' CIO President Philip Murray has ruled that the CIO name can be used only in money-raising activities on behalf of its own political action committee, tbis official said. The CIO and its political arm are opposed to. Wallace. v ' INDIANAPOLIS, Aug. 3-(U.R) -The Progressive party of Indiana reported today that it had more than enoueh sienatures' to eet on the state ballot in Nov-' pmhpr. nn sat nr(vttr .Tpssira Rhine said solicitors .'or the new third party headed by Henry woiin , no 5n oon signatures in a "show of strength". That figure was set as a goal by the June state founding convention. ' State law requires that a new party must get signatures on nnminntina nptitinns Pr-mal to nr,o.v,if nt nn npr PPnt nf the total vote cast for' the office of Secretary of State in the previous general election tvZ Docci, ',. .w ' ing for a mark of 6,642, and Mrs. Rhine said more than that number had been turned in already. Lloyd E. Lucas Dies Near Linton 'TL r. ,..r"5!.7",tu,: 48, of
near liihum. uieu suuueuij una .. . ., , , . . . j , morning at 2:30 o'clock at his fav. the weatherman pre- hat only 12 received their educahome. He was employed as a today. - ,tional benefits, although 50 had surveyor for the Little Betty i The Indianapolis weather bu- applied. mine. He Vas a member of the reau said that temperatures The county office took care
Methodist church, the Masonic Lodge of Linton and was a 32nd Degree Mason." He was born January 27, 19G0 the son of Elmer and Mary Lucas, who survive. Other sur-
vivors include the -wife, Vera ,SIUI"1S weiC "pieu wmunuw "1C S1J'C w Garnett Lucas;-a daughter, Vir-land Thursday, but weather ex- operation that you have shown ginia Rosalie, at home; two' Perts said that rainfall would our office and the veterans as brothers, Reid Lucas of Sulli- be and would average less a whole. ' Especially have the van, and Howard Lucas of Lin- tfl8n an nch st areas. doctors been very co-operative, tn and a sister Mrs. Adam Tne immediate forecast was the dentists, and as your memMiller of Vincenn'es for Partly cloudy skies today, bership consists of the business The body was taken to the tonight and tomorrow, with men as a whole, who have been Welch and Cornett Funeral scattered showers ' expeced in more than co-operative and we Home in Linton where it will the southwest and extreme west have established a record of lie in stale Funeral services Portions of the state. The mer- . which we are all proud, will be 'conducted Thursday af- cury was slated to drop, to as! "We too are proud of our ternoon at 2 o'clock at the low as 60 deSrees in some areas boys and the splendid record - i u .;, T: .tonight, , . Ithey have shows us that after
Miller officiating. Burial will be in Fairview Cemetery. TODAY'S TEMPERATURES I 1 The unofficial temperatures in Sullivan today were: at 7:30 a.m 70 degrees' at noon .......... 88 degrees
?over Fire Af Country Club
But for the alertness of our Sullivan County State Policemen, Woodward and Nash, , the Elks Country Club on the west edge of the city might today be nothing but ashes, Elks todav FDOrted. officials In the early hours of Sunday ' morning Woodward and Nash
were patroung tne state nign- Friday, and Saturday of this way in that sector when tney.week. It has been reported that spied a faint glow in the direc- this will be one of the best 4-H tion of the country club build-(shows ever held in Sullivan ing site.- Investigation revealed County. Approximately seven
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ing me enure uncompleted nimts en display, building. Girls judging will start WedThe flames were ; extinguished 1 nesday before the show officialbut not before four holes were! ly opens Thursday. Clothing, burned -through the flooring. ' canning, handicraft, and home Even so, the officials said the j improvement will be judged at flames were moving rapidly J this time, Thursday afternoon, toward highly inflammable ma- baking and food preparation terials- close by when Jthe will be judged, troopers discovered the blaze.' Bovs m-oieet iudeins will
The fire was believed to have resulted trom a careiessiy tossea cigarette. Texas Women Plan Strike DALLAS xex., Aug. o-(urj -The Dallas "petticoat rebelli0n" aeainst hieh meat prices spread today to at least four other towns in Texas, the state that prides itself as the seat of the cattle industry. The rebellion was started bv I " Mrs R rj. Vauehn. a eravhaired 7iVear-old grandmother : wno ..nated to be robbed in
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Dallas markets. The 4-H Junior Leaders, the For the second straight day, Young Married Couple's class of she sat at her telephone lead- the Sullivan Methodist Church, ing a chain telephone campaign and the Eastern Stars of Fairto enlist women in a one-week banks, will all have eat stands
- ; t d to hav enougn wo. 1 men unteer. tQ caU all 32( pages in UlC UIICUIUIJ. . )ln making their calls,--the women asked other housewives to "Dlease refrain from buvine any fresh meafduring the week beginning Aug. 9. ' "We think this strike is the I "We think this strike is only way to find out what is causing these outrageous prices," Mrs.. Vaughn said. "If the but
' cher .JZlZu fault. If the packer and farmer ided for everyone. Along squeals, then the blame should e . y
be on them." Mrs. Vaughn, who stands just one inch over' five feet, is presi dent of the Dallas women s Chamber of Commerce. Former W sne som insurance. Her rebellion started when Dallas women praised her for a newspaper interview in which she first advocated a buyer's istr3e - , ., , . 1 Today the stnke sPread to Orange, Austin, , Waco and Corpus Christi. 1 Lloyd King, manager of three large Orange stores, told the wome" l, they mean ness weU close our markets; we're not making any profit on jmeats anyway Cool Weather Is Predicted For State INDIANAPOLIS, Aug. 3. (UP)' Below-normal temperatures land scattered showers are in store for Hoosiers for the next youia average irom two to iour degrees below normal between
changes in temperature during In concluding, the Rev. Jenthe period. nings said, "I want to take this
Scattered showers or thunderi - i i . Evansville was the warmest spot in Hoosierland yesterday, comparatively speaking, with a I maximum reading of 87 degrees. Lafayette and Terre Haute were next with highs of 85, while Marion had 84 and Indianapolis 83, Fort Wayne 81 and South Bend 79. . "
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Af Fairgrounds re Sullivan County xolks are invited and urged to attend the ; 4-H Fair at the Fair Grounds north of Sullivan, Thursday j hundred girls and boys kmm r-,u,,4. j.i a will ex- ! t. start Thursday afternoon and ' garden, potatoes, wild life, wheat, poultry, and rabbits will be judged. On Friday morning, ' approximately fifty steers will, be shown and judged from which a grand champion will be selected. Prof. J. A. Hoeffer of the Animal Husbandry Department of Purdue University will be the judge. Immediately . fol lowing tne Deei snow, tne sneep jwill be shown, followed by swine. J i Saturdav mornine. indein? wiu be completed with the' dairy show. Tnis will be judged u n.-n t ,.r.v.Tr-. Indiana. Twenty merchants of Sullivan and neighboring towns, wiil have commercial exhibits in t.h arena smith rf th r-in pH hnilrtin nn th 4-TT I The Omnlri r.f intnrt tn I many people of the county. where folks food An excellent entertainment program is planned tor ; Thurs. WUJ msui ucsumuis at, u uuuvn. 4"H club talent from all over the county, will be featured on thls program. It will be held out-of-doors, unless unfavorable weawer pievems. On Friday night . at 8 o'clock, ne L-ounty -n uress nevue will be held. This is always a large drawing card and for this V. nn i ...ill Urt knU nouncement of the various exhibit winnings will be given and awards made. Come out and see what ' the rural youth of Sullivan County nave accomPlisned' Rotarians Hear Rev. Jennings The Rev. Thomas Jennings, Sullivan County Veterans Affairs director, told the Rotary ub " thf WIk thatthlS ffl-e has done for the veterans m tne past year af the Monday luncheon of the club at the Davis Hotel. The Rev. Jennings said in his talk that only eleven county veterans had received membership in the 52-20 club. He explained that that club was the set up under which the veteran receive, $20 a week for a year if he was not working. He emphasized that it represented about eight per cent. He said . i lo. me only 0?e? out of 70 that were opportunity to thank you genit c v. all they are made of the real stuff of which all Americans ' are proud. They brought us a real victory and ' have returned as real men and have gone to work ss the records of this office show." 1 The program chairman for the meeting was M. F. Bedwell
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Hospital Changes j Visitor Regulations :' Miss Mabel Cook, superintendent of the Mary Sherman Hospital, said today that a , more rigid enforcement of visiting h.'jurs at the hospital has be
come necessary because , of the noise arid confusion that has been Occurring during the visitors' hours. She- said that ;nany of the visitors and some of the convalescing patients have used so little consideration . for others that this move is necessary. These are the rules that will be rigidly enforced: 1. No visitor will be admitted in thet morning except to be with a patient scheduled for surgery or in the case the patient is reported to be in a critical condition by the physician. . 2. The regular visiting hours are from 2 p. m. to 4:30 p. m. and from 7 p. m. to 8:30 p. m. each day. During these visiting hours, not more than two per sons will be admitted to visit any patient. 3. Children under 12 years of age should not be brought to the hospital. It is not good for children to be around sick people and while one patient may be happy to see the little visitor, many others may be disturbed by his cries or childish talking. ' 4. Visiting on the maternity floor remains the same since it has been the order from the state board of health. All visitors should speak softly, walk quietly, and make visiting hours a pleasure for the patients, instead of causing restlessness as has been the case. ! Miss Cook hopes that all nicKnn uHll pn.nnprate with the hospital in observing the visit ing regulations. . Impossible To End Filibuster, v Tafl Concedes WASHINGTON, Aug. 3. (UP) Sen. Robert A. Taft, R., O.. conceded today that it would be "ab- J solutely impossible" to break the; Southern anti-poll tax filibuster. But Republican Senate leaders shooting for Saturday adjournment of the special session, scheduled a Senate meeting -tonight to dispose of other items. Taft told reporters after a meeting of the GOP policy committee that it would be impossible to smash the ."Dixiecrat" talkathon without amending Senate rules. That would be impossible until next year, he said. But the GOP leaders said the Senate will be held in session until 10 o'clock tonight in an effort to clear the decks for limited action on high prices and housing. Call Meetlhgr. The Republican policy leaders called a conference of all GOP Senators tomorrow to discuss their tentative plans to tighten up on credit inflation, pass a modified long-range housing bill and adjourn for' the year on Saturday, ' Taft indicated that serious consideration is being given to a temporary truce on civil rights with the Southerners. The conference tomorrow, he1 said, will consider action On a constitutional amendment outlawing the poll tax as a voting requisite in Federal elections. A constitutional amendment, requiring ratificaton by threequarters of the states, would replace the current proposal to eliminate the poll tax by Federal statute. Approve Plan. Sen. Richard B. Russell, D., Ga., leader of the Dixie filibuster, told a reporter there already has been considerable discussion of such a compromise in the poll tax fight. He said it would be acceptable to states' rights Southerners. Meanwhile, House Republicar Leader Charles A. Halleck madthe flat prediction that the Saturday adjournment goal would bi met. Taft indicated that chancer are good. ' Senate and-House leaders aV but buried President Truman'ssweeping anti-inflation program at a meeting late yesterday. DIVORCE SUIT FILED HERE Dovie E. Martin has filed a suit for divorce, custody and alimony against Wayne Martin in the Sullivar Circuit Court.
Sullivan Coon To Have Own Draff Board
INDIANAPOLIS, Aug. 3 (UP) The Indiana Director of Selective Service announced today that five Hoosier counties will have more than one draft board each and 11 other coun ties will be headquarters for two-county draft units. J ' Lt. Col. F. Lyle Summers announced that the state would ' have 90 local boards, four of them in Marion County, three in Lake, two each in Allen, St. Joseph and Vanderburgh Coun ties.. . 'Twenty-two counties have been organized into two-county units under one board, Summers said. The list ' follows: r Columbus headquarters for Bartholomew and Brown Coun ties. . ; ' Delphi headquarters for Carroll and White Counties. V Lawrenceburg headquarters for' Dearborn and Ohio Counties.. ...... Connersville headquarters for tayette and Union Counties. ) Covington headquarters for Fountain and Warren Counties. ) Corydon headquarters ;, for Harrison and Crawford Counties. Madison headquarters for Jefferson and Switzerland Counties. ' Paoli headquarters for Orange and Martin Counties, Knox headquarters for Starke and Pulaski Counties. . . Salem headquarters for Washington ond Scott Counties. Kentland headquarters for Benton and Newton Counties. Each of the C5 other Indiana counties will have one draft board each located in the county seat, Summers said, for the administration of the new Selective Service law. ' Hoosiers 18 through 25 will register Aug. 30 through Sept. 18. Sfiarori Myers v Weds Albert Smith 'fvW ,v,V, afW-v-sf 'f, L A ' . i i iss" Mr. and Mrs. Carl Myers of t.r-s Angeles, California, former residents of Sullivan, wish to announce the marriage of their daughter, Sharon, to Albert E. Smith of Monterey Park, California, on June 21, 1948.' Rev. Earl Large performed the double ring ceremony at the Hereford Drive Wedding Chapel. The bride, given in marriage . by her father, wore a beige gabardine suit with . white blouse and white accessories and carried a white Bible with an -orchid and streamers of bouvardia. Miss Bevefly Zahn served as maid of honor and Ralph Reynolds, brother of the indegroom, acted as best man. Vedding music was played by 'ack Crowell. Rev. Large sang 'Because" and "Always." Following the ceremony, a "eception was held at the home of Nora Berkenfeld, aunt of the bride. About seventy-five guests were present. The young couole left for a honeymoon' at Huntington Beach. They are both graduates of M.ontiibello High School. They are now at home in their apartment at 1410 Clela Ave., Los Angeles, California.
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Western Envoys To Meet Again ifh High Reds MOSCOW, Aug. 3 (UP)Another meeting of Western en
voys with Premier Josef Stalin 'or at least with Foreign Minjister V. M, Molotov was regard ed as almost certain today after the renewal of high level talks between the East and the West. Diplomats of the United States, Oreat Britain and France talked for two hours with Stalin and Kremlin last night in the first contact at such a level since Secretary of State George C. Marshall was here a year ago last Spring. The more opy miotic' observers saw a possibility of some quick solution of the deadlock in Germany, or at least an early solution on the Berlin crisis. Confer Again Experts of the Western Diplomatic missions were conferring again today and matching notes on the Kremlin conference. which Molotov also attended. Responsible quarters doubted that anything more would happen here for probably another 56 hours. The long reports of the three envoys on their talk with the Soviet generalissimo still were being coded and transmitted from the embassies as dawn broke over Moscow, That next step, they believed was almost certain to be an-
v,. .M.iS . -j district. He then hopped aboard 3t l6aSt W'th hlS frelgn!his private plane, the Independ-
minister. At the meeting last night, Stalin and his visitors were understood to have got down at ones to the fundamentals of the positions of the four occupation powers in Germany, with a minimum of time wasted in rehashing old arguments. Spirit of Optimism Observers assumed that they thus must have made a relatively; exhaustive examination of the positions, which alone would be enough to account for the general spirit of optimism , seemingly - infecting - the Western envoys. 1 ' Actually there was "about "35 minutes of talk to be transcribed into the record. The rest of the time was spent in translating. The envoys were reported impressed with the Russian desire to dispense with ' formalities and get directly to the point. John D. Martin )lss Hear Shelburn John D. Martin, age 75, of near Shelburn died at his home Tuesday morning at 2 1 o'clock. He was a retired farmer. Surviving are a daughter, MrKenneth Peterson of Terre Haute; four sons, Dr. Hugh Martin of Acton, Indiana, Harold Fonzo and Lawrence Martin all of Shelburn; a brother, William Martin of Terre Haute; a sister Mrs. Delia Newland of Indianapolis; 17 grandchildren and si? great-grandc;hildren. The body was taken to the McHugh Funeral Home in Shelburn and later removed to the residence where it will lie in state. Funeral services will be conducted Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Ebenezer Church with burial in the Liberty Cemetery. Wallaceites Plan Meeting On.Aug. 15 Sullivan County followers of Henry Wallace will meet at the Sullivan City Park Sunday, August 15th at 2 p. m. to organize for the coming campaign. Walter Frisbie of Indianapolis, Progressive party nominee for United States Senator, has been invited to speak. The call for the organization meeting has been made by Elza Wells of Shelburn, acting temporary chairman. I ARMY BUDDY VISITS NORVAL HARRIS I Mr. and Mrs. Joe Terror of Joiner, Ark., stopped off in Sulli van Monday night to spend a few l hours with Mr. and Mrs. Norval 1 K. Harris. Mr. Terror and Mr Harris were Army buddies in I France in the 35th Divsion and in the same brigade with President Harry S. Truman. It was the first time tfie two men had met since the American Legion convention at St. Louis in 1935.
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today named four once-powerful New Deal lawyers as members of a prewar Red underground which he said spotted party members in the government with the ultimate hope of taking it over. . Whittaker Chambers, a senior editor of Time Magazine who broke with the Reds in 1937, told the House Un-American Activities committee the underground's purpose was first to infiltrate the New Deal administration, then to engage in espionage, and finally to overthrow the government "by any and'all means."
Three States ' Hold Primary flections Today By Joseph Nolan United Press Staff Correspondent Voters including President Truman went to the polls today ,n Missouri, Kansas and Virginia ,o cast their ballots in primary elections. Mr. Truman, traditionally an sarly riser, broke no precedent. He got up at the crack of dawn to cast his ballot in the Democratic primary in his Independence, Mo., ence, and hurried back to Washington. In the neighboring state of Kansas, one of its most apathetic primary elections was underway. Chief interest in the GOP primary there was the First District Congressional race, where Tom B. Wilson, a retired brigadier general, was trying to unseat incumbent Rep. Albert M. Cole. , There also was an interesting battle over the United States Senate seat vacated by veteran GOP Sen. Arthur Capper, who was off the ballot for the first time in 36 years. Former . Gov. Andrew Sch.ceppe was . considered the most likely to wi.-i the GOP nomination for Capper's seat. Meanwhile, the Democratic national committee was doing its best to persuade the nation's school teachers to play hookey on Gov. Thomas E. Dewey The committee quoted two participants in the recent governors' conference as saying that the GOP Presidential nominee made disparaging remarks about the teachers' lobby. Dewey has denied the charge. Gov. Ernest Gruening of Alaska corroborated the statement of Gov. Herbert B. Maw of Utah that Dewey termed the teachers' lobby "the most vicious in the nation today." state GOP Plans For Dewey Visit
INDIANAPOLIS, Aug. 3 (U.R) j The Republican state comittee t - . will meet Thursday to makellpUfjr VOIfC Tf plans for a visit to Indiana by!LCWI3 Republican Presidential Candi-! CftJlft HiriMifA date Thomas E. Dewey. jjUiSlU L'SSOUlu Governor Dewey has indicated I . TT' he will include Indiana on at I WASHINGTON Aug. 3-(UP) : least one of his tours. And Sen. j .n Le has toffefd Homer E. Capehart has offered negotiate a settlement of the his Daviess County farm as thetunfairu 1"bor Pfact,t? car?f site of a clover field rally. I brought against him by Southern Coal Producers Association, But it was reported taat there it was earned t6day will be opposition to Capehart s; Inforrned sources said that at plan from some GOP state can- tQrneys for the United . Mine didates and some committee WnrkpTS nrpsiHmt atld .TnSPnh
members. Some reportedly favored a big rally in Indianapolis possiDiy at uuuer leianouwj, They said a rally in Daviess County would not be favorably located geographically. No final decision was expected to come out of Thursday's mSIt will be the first meeting since the recent party feud was settled amicably. Several weeks ago, one faction of the party sought to force State Chairman Clark Springer to call a special meeting at which his then pro posed ouster would have been discussed. But when the group failed to muster enough strength to force the meeting, they agreed to call off the battle and unite the party. The subject of Springer's oustr was not expected to be mentioned Thursday. All state ticket candidates and Congressional hopefuls have been asked to attend to chart campaign plans.
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Among other underground lead- -ers in the Washington Communist group he named: Alger and Donald Hiss, brothers , who held important State Department jobs; Nathan Witt, for nearly four . years policy-setting executive secretary of the National Labor Relations Board; Lee Pressman, former Works Progress Administration general" counsel who was ousted later as CIO general counsel when he espoused Henry A. Wallace's Progressive party. Chambers also named former ' Assistant Secretary of Treasury . . Harry D. White as a "fellow traveler" who cooperated with the underground, and Aubrey Williams, head of the New Deal National Youth Administration, as a man viewed by the Communists as a friend. Out Of Government. All of the above men are out of the government now. The Time editor's testimony
supplemented that given the committee on Saturday by Elizabeth T. Bentley, confessed courier for Communist spies who, she said. used wartime government jobs to get military secrets for Russia. The day's developments also produced: 1. A charge by Committee
Member Richard M. Nixon, R., Cal., that the Justice Department tried, to get the House group to call off its espionage investigation. - .
2. William- W.- Remington',' "30-year-old Commerce Department employe described by Miss Bentr ley as her most valuable. Communist contact in the government, told the Senate investigating corn- ( mittee he once boasted knowledge of the wartime atomic pomb pro ject. But he insisted he merely knew of the existence of a secret top-priority project and did not know it was making atomic bombs. He denies he is a Communist or that he ever gave Miss Bentley any information she couldn't have got from newspapers. 3. Chairman Homer Ferguson of the Senate committee, which wants, to know why Remington held his job while under FBI investigation, accused Secretary of ' Commerce Charles Sawyer of : I hampering the inquiry. The comj mittee asked for Remington's per'sonnel record, but Sawyer referred the request to the White ! House. Mnoriv nrpSiHpnt nf SnnthCna1 ProduP(,rs Association. are working on an agreement . that win eliminate the need for a National Labor Relations Board hear;ns on the charees t Tupsdav T , and the UMW were charged with refusing to bargain with Moody and his ass0 riaHon iast Spring. Federal Judge T Alan Goldsborough subsequently issued a court order. requiring him to do so, and the parties signed a 1948 wage agreement. A settlement of the unfair . labor charees would clear the way for NLRB General Counsel Robert N. Denham to ask Goldsborough to dismiss the iniunction which is still in effect. MARRIAGE LICENSE A marriage license was issued here yesterday to Martha LeeWatson of Carlisle, and James J. Phegley, Carlisle route 2.