Sullivan Daily Times, Volume 50, Number 155, Sullivan, Sullivan County, 5 August 1948 — Page 1

WEATHER SULLIVAN COUNTY. CENTER OP ' POPULATION WARMER FRIDAY Indiana: Generally fair tonight ana Friday, warmer rnaay. VOL. 50 No. 155 UNITED PRESS SERVICE SULLTVAN DAILY TIMES THURSDAY, AUG. 5, 1948. INTERNATIONAL PICTURE SERVICE PRICE THREE CENTS

Russians : Release -British Barges And Unblock Currency

BERLIN, Aug. 5. (UP) The Russians yielded apparent advantages to the West in Berlin and at the zonal border tcdav in What seemed to be their first eonrilifltr.rv o-estnrps

sinre t.hev starts t.io-htpnino-powers in Berlin. The Soviets released 10

uuuung, aim rtjjiecu iu me nee circulation oi meir currency m Berlin. The currency compromise promised to resolve at 1 ,- A. i. ' 1 11 1 Hi swNnnnn .

leasi lempurarny a crisis wnicn leit some YUU.UUU Uerlmers

without funds The Soviet concessions came three days after Western envoys, in Moscow talked for two hours with Premier Josef Stalin. Re-! ports circulated freely here that negotiations could be expected to continue in Moscow, with further meetings of high officials prospective. The connection, if any, between the renewal of high level contacts in Moscow and the new EastWest events in Germany was purely conjectural. Responsible quarters were unwilling to link them, or to express a positive attitude on such slim evidence. The feeling for the time being was that no trust-1 worthy conclusions were to be 1 drawn, and further events would! speak for themselves. I The wamw r,mV ominictra. tion announced the release of the barges. They had been held by the Russians for having "improper papers," a reason comparable to the "technical difficulties' whirh the Soviets said forced

them to close the Western railway Dr; J- W- Jackson of the cornto Berlin. The first of the barges municaWe diseases division of reached Hamhnr? from th Wit- the health board said Monroe

tenberg check point on the zonal border, Lift Currency Order. Informed sources said the Sov iets agreed to lift their order freezing all Soviet currency funds 'f.t 4h ..sm-J-j .of the citv administration' and all l - . . ... ,

Western authorities had inter- Ie"ll OII1"als saia . summer preted the complicated Russian1 So1 would not be "terruptfinancial maneuvers as a scheme. ' . to take over complete economic! But at. two other smaller control of the city. : communities, Ahceville and t m ' . I Westnhalia. both in Knox Conn-

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finance officials that the Western cancelled because of new cases powers would bring in enough of Pho- . Western German currency to meet . Jackson said there is "noththe critical situation if the Rus- lndlcJate an , ePldemic sians refused to release the East- but. he urged parents to have

ern currency accounts. The financial negotiations followed disclosure that the Soviets had released three Americans they had held for 44 hours but still .were holding a fourth American. U. 5. Proposes New Regime Danube River BELGRADE, Aug. 5. (UP) The United States proposed to the Danubian conference today that a new international regime for the Danube be set up with the United Nations serving as watchdog to prevent Russian exploitation of the river. Cavendish Cannon, United States ambassador to Yugoslavia and delegate to the conference, flatly charged Russia with monopolistic control of jthe important waterway. He said the Soviet had set up shipping and transportation companies In Danube states which, in effect, gave Russia control of the river. "He charged that the Russian ' companies were given privileged tax treatment, and the right to import goods without licenses or duties. The practices should be eliminated, he said. Cannon submitted an American draft convention for navigation of the river. TWO SOFTBALL GAMES TONIGHT ' Two games will be played tonight in the Sullivan Softball League at Legion Field. In the first game. Engles Clothiers will play the Legion, and in the second game Dugger will . play Krafts. FIREMEN PLAN STATE MEETING ANDERSON, Ind., Aug.. , 5. (UP) The annual Indiana State Firemen's convention will be held here Sept. 2-4, organization officials announced today. Some 1,200 Hoosier firemen were expected to attend.

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'tVip. m tha WDcf0vn Western barges they had been Polio Cases I fate Double f Yea INDIANAPOLIS. Aug. 5

(UP) The State Board of Nofth' Range 9 West- appeared Health reported 81 cases of polio And rePrted that road shuld in Indiana today, more than not be closeddouble the number of persons Mineral Lands stricken last year at this time, j County auditor ordered to reBut board officials said they advertise certain mineral lands did not consider the : dread jn Haddon Township, Sullivan disease in epidemic proportions. County.

mere is notning alarming-, about the polio situation in ! Indiana so far," said Dr. Donald p851 medical director of the j Indiana University Medical Cen-. fccx ucic. xic scuu uie current. figures did not begin to compare with the casualties during ithe epidemics of 1939 and 1944. j County hardest hit b the disease. He said 15 cases were reported there. One Indiana University student, George Richard Borni'!f.mP' died here yesterday after Being stricken at Bloomington. I ?eul8 . ai rnuummgwn. j Af Bloominetnn - Indiana Ilni i meir tnnaien avuiu ovei tion and to keep them from crowds. exeraway Slate 6.O.P. Works To Unite Factions INDIANAPOLIS, Aug, 5 -I (UP) Indiana Republicans met today in a harmonious session marked by enthusiastic pledges of cooperation from members of split two factions who nearly the party before they were united recently. Governor Gates keynoted the meeting of committeemen and candidates when he asked for ! the "utmost cooperation" in i "following the leadership" of chairman H. Clark Springer. I Springer was target of an ouster movement by a faction i led "by Gates and Gubernatorial Candidate Hobart Creighton after the state convention. But there was no indication1 of any party rift today as Springer, the Governor, Morri-' son Rockhill, Creighton's campaign manager, and members of J both factiions sat down together to plot campaign strat-1 egy.- 1 Creighton was in Muncie for a speaking engagement and could not attend the committee meeting. Mrs. Cecil Harden, Covington, newly nominated Sixth District Congressional candidate, was introduced and said 'she would spend "every minute working" for a complete GOP victory. After a noon luncheon, the state committee and :,.,t cancuaeues went into executive session to talk over plans for Presidential Candidate Thomas E. Dewey's scheduled visit to Indiana during the campaign. PROBE DEATH OF PRISONER BRAZIL. Ind.. Aug. 5. (UP) Police today investigated the death of A. E. McNeely, age 60, who was found dead in his cell at the city jail here yesterday. It was believed McNeely, held on an intoxication charge, committed suicide by takiug rat . poison which he had when arrested.

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missioners par jess The Sullivan County Com j missioners met in regular seS' sion Monday, August 2, in , Commissioners Room at tne the Court House. The C. & E. I. Railroad Com- ' Panv by its attorneys Hays & Hays appeared and filed petition rpmiMtin ihn cn; van to assume the obligation of maintaining a certain ditch and culvert. Board examined Detition and being duly advised, I petition granted. Orion Self, Supt. of County Home, filed reoort covering period of June 26 to July 31, 1948 inclusive. Report examined and approved. Roy Willis, Henry Hart and John E. Shake, heretofore .ordered to make report on closing of certain road in Gill T.ownlsrP - eing m section 6Z, xwp. County, by County Commissioners and County Auditor execute deeds t.o following persons for real estate and mineral lands owned by county, sold on July 19, 1948 as per order by Board on June 7, 1948. Tom C. Brown, O. M. Sebring, Berndt Olson, Andrew Humphreys, The Maumee Colleries Company, John Williams, James R. Cox, Carl D. Corbin, Lester Griffith, Frank Mason, H. Paul Austin, James E. Curry, William Hill, J. H, Heiseer, Bonnie Bell Akers, Hallah Marie Collins, E. J. Hux, Charles H. Milam, Edear P Pnnp. Ravmnnrl.'-fVirhin --fj " " "" muuaru, nuugtrne iee, Charles W. Thompson, Mary Louise Leach, J.oe W. Lowdermilk, Mary L. Cramer, C. F. Gox, Carl Banther, Nancy Usrey Wees, Carl Price, Lydia E. Price, E. F. Springer, Josie A. Loudermilk, Gordon E. Hillman, Deep Vein Coal Company and l waiter .rneasoe ana uo. I For purpose of correcting de scription in former tax deed to Sullivan County, State of Indiana, by Hubert Sevier, executes r'epd to County for Pt. S. E. S. E. 25-9-8-1 acre, Jackson Township and same ordered recorded. C.'.mes now C. F. Briggs and J. H. Oldham, by Attorneys Pigg and Tennis and files objection to report of viewers heretofore filed. Files Report ' Thomas M. , Jennings filed an-r-.ni report covering July 1, 1947 through June 30, 1948. Exarn'ned considered and apThe bid of Ben Bennett being the lowest and best bid submitted for furnishing of coal to County Institutions and removal of ashes therefrom is accepted. Cleve Lewellyn, County Treasurer, filed monthly report for July 1948. Examined, considered and approved. Board orders appraisal and nrlvprticpiYiprif nf rnnrifv rmrnoW land to.wit: Pt N-E S-E 588 38.40 and E. Pt. N.W. S.E. 5-8-8 $12.75, acquired three school fund foreclosure, as provided by law. Samuel Risher Dies At Linton I Samuel Edward . Risher, age 77, of Linton, died this morning at 12:45 o'clock at his home following an extended illness. Hewas born in Pennsylvania on September 16, 1871 the son of I. D. and Amanda Cron Risher, i deceased. Surviving are the widow. Su - san (JatchPS Ksher; a son, Dal- , ... . , . . .

las f ranKiin ltisner or iNew " umw mc uuc Jersey; a daughter, .Mrs. Josetta ' picture of an old threshing maKeller of Linton; four sisters, chine that was in operation in Mrs. Elmer Bedwell of Linton, Sullivan County in 1910. Mrs. Tellman Shepherd of Vin- 1 The picture was taken on the

cennes, Mrs. Ed Kellogg of Kio- Jim Reed farm, which was Iowa, Kansas, and Mrs. Elster cated some three miles south of

TVIcCord of Carlisle route, and nine grandchildren. The body' was taken to the Aikin Funeral Home and removed to the residence afternoon. Funeral services was this will be held Sunday 1:30 . o'clock at ! Church of Christ, in the I.O.O JT, 'Carlisle. afternoon at the Linton Burial will be Cemetery at

I Frozen Food Locker ! Opens Here Saturday

(By Euleta Stover) Saturday will mark the opening of one of Sullivan's newest j businesses, one in which more than thirty thousand dollars was spent in its erection. This ,new establishment is the Rickard Frozen Food Service brought to this city by Mr. and Mrs. Rush Rickard of Sullivan, R. 4. j The large, modern building is located one-nan miie norm of the city on U. S. Highway i1 acros! .from . th 4Legl0n I Home and is equipped to accommodate 640 users of the in dividual deep-freeze lockers. Assisting Mr. and Mrs. Rickard in the management of the business is Hubert "Fuzz". Harris, as assistant manager, and they voiced an invitation to all to visit their 'new undertaking. Clay To Stay In Germany, ruman m WASHINGTON, Aug. 5. (UP) President Truman today categorically denied a Soviet-inspired report that Gen. Lucius D. Clay, American military commander in Germany, would be relieved of his post. But Mr. Truman did not disclose at a news conference any details of the Moscow conference on the Berlin crisis. The President said, however, he was always hopeful for peace.

In response to repeated ques-lwere

tions, he said there are no details and no comment on the Kremlin meeting with Stalin. Mr. Truman conferred at 12:30 p.m. (10:30 a.m. CST) today with Secretary of State George C. Marshall at which time the Berlin situation was reviewed. . ; The President's comment on Clay was made when he was ask'ed about a'feporf published iff" a Soviet-licensed Berlin newspaper. It said that Clay would be replaced, and that his successor would report directly to the State Department. The newspaper said Clay and the British military governor in Germany would be relieved of their posts as "scapegoats to save Anglo-American prestige." WIDOW GETS WATSON ESTATE WASHINGTON, Aug. 5. (UP) The' will of former Sen. James E. Watson, R., Ind., left his entire estate to his widow, Mrs. Flora M. Watson of Washington, it was disclosed today. Watson died here last week. His will, filed for probate in District Court, here, was dated Oct. 7, 1909. Value of the estate was not disclosed. ENROLLS IN LIBRARY SCHOOL Mrs. Georgia Cryall, of Graysville, has enrolled in the library workshop which is being held at Indiana State Teachers College,' Terre Haute.

Old Threshing Ring Picture Of 1911

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! Raymon Jennings, of Shel 1 T- n 11 1 l i. x . Durn, xi. recenuy Drougni iu mu t: rr: tun nun.. Farmersburg. The machine a Keck-Gorniman, and was was made in Mt. Vernon, Ind. I In the picture, from left to right, are George Hall, who still lives west of Farmersburg, and who was engineer for the group; a Mr. Bowen, first name , unknown, who was the water hauler for the left Sullivan men, and who County many

Heat Sales Drop As Protest. Strike Spreads

; (By United Press) Butchers across the country reported today that the housewives' rebellion against higr meat prices has cut sales drastically in the last few days. The organized movement to ftalt the rise of living costs still was spreading. And even where there was no organized buyers strike, housewives simply were Refusing to buy high' priced ieat cuts. Arthur E. Dennis, vice-president of the National Meat Council, said that resistance to high prices had reduced sales sharpIv. V ,f But Dennis predicted, the price situation will . be much Worse by winter. He said .he jaw no sign of relief. Philadelphia retailers reported that retail sales are running 20 per cent below those of last August. Consumption Down Theodore Nicola, president of jthe .Cincinnati Retail Dealers 'Association, said meat consumption was down 25 ner cent. One tmtcher said he had cut pork 'purchases 75 tier cent and hotel officials said high prices might force them to take expensive eats off their menus .a Butchers at Detroit, nd MinneaDolis also Denver, reported no fulfstrikes reduced sales although scale organized price had developed in those cities. Two Northern Kentucky packinghouses reported that they pianning to lay off help because of decreased orders. , Los Angeles butchers said that sales of high priced beef had dropped during the last five weeks while sales of fresh and frozen fish, canned meats, canned fish and lower priced cuts of beef had increased. The' organized revolt against Ispiraling . meat.'.grices spread to tne west i:oast toaay. i,os An geles homemakers urged friends to select 100 names from the telephone book and pass the word along. Funeral Held For Hugh Giles Funeral services for Hugh W. Giles, well-known resident of Sullivan who passed away at his home on East Washington Street Saturday morning, were conducted, at the Billman funeral chapel Tuesday morning at 10 o'clock. The Rev. E. E. Aldrich of the Sullivan Methodist Church officiated. PullhoarorB wpro .Tamp? TTp ' Kee, Sam Springer, Goldie Webb; Frank Bell, Floyd Willis j and Hud Bland. ' Burial was Cemetery. in Center Ridge TODAY'S TEMPERATURES at 7:30 a.m 50 degrees at noon 78 degrees years ago; Charles S. Bolinger, who lives south of Farmersburg, and owned the thrasher, and Frank Frakes, deceased, who owned the separator. Jim Reed, owner of the farm; was the father of five sons, and he and his family moved to Montana in 1911. The boys all j remained single. Three of them are in the picture, sitting in the I right corner. They are Buell, Nova, and Dean. The latter died in, 1947 out west. None of the Reed family ever returned to this county after moving to Montana. The group did custom thrashing through the county and adjoining areas.

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Atom Supplies Sent To Russia, Probers Hear WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 (UP) A House subcommittee chair man charged today that this country shipped atomic bomb materials to Russia in 1943 after Soviet agents put "tremendous pressure" on this govern ment. Chairman John McDowell, R., Pa., of an un-American activities subcommittee said ship ments of uranium and heavy water both vital atomic pile in gredients were flown to Russia, secretly from a U. S. airfield. McDowell made the charges as investigations of alleged' Communist spying brought these developments in the White House and elsewhere: 1. President Truman declared i that Republican Congressmen are "using these (spy) hearings simply as a red herring to keep them from doing what they ought to do" about such things as high prices. 2. Mr. Truman announced that he will not give House and Senate investigators confident ial information of " any kind relating to Federal employes and officials. 3. Acting Chairman Karl E. Mundt of the un-American activities committee said ' that j the Russiart spy ring probably still is "Operating--here -"right TVTr Truman rptnrfoH tVial tno ring exists only in Mundfs mind. 4. Rep. John Rankin D., Miss., member of the House committee, urged that Henry A. Wallace be summoned as a witness. Rankin said testimony showed many persons accused of spying for Russia were given sia were given party candidate jobs by the third lor President when he was Secretary of Commerce. 5. Chairman Homer Ferguson of the Senate investigating com-I mittee said President Truman's employe loyalty program is so weak that, a snv pan hanff on to his government job for months after coming under FBI investi-I gation as a subversive. fi Altrpr Hiss fnrmpr StntP Department official who helped i organize the United Nations, I denied to the House committee j charges that he belonged to a prewar "elite underground" i maintained here by the Comimunists. He said he never was I a Communist, never belonged to a Communist front, never followed the Communist party line, and never, as far as he knows, had a friend who- was a Communist. Midwest Shivers As Mercury Hits Near Freezing CHICAGO, Aug. 5 (UP) A' vast "cold wave" covered most of the nation today from the Robky Mountains to the North Atlantic coast line and stretching southward almost to the Gulf of Mexico. j Temperatures dropped almost to freezing in some sections, dropping to 34 degrees at Land-jO-Lakes, Wis., 36 at Grand Marais, Mich., and 42 at Ro-

Chester, Minn. The mercury).. nin atpH th. first spn.

dropped to a low ci ot.y ae grees at Chicago during the night. Weather Forecaster H. L. Jacobson said that the blanket of cold air covered the entire eastern section of the country except the Gulf Coast and South Atlantic area. In those sections, the weather was warm and humid. He pointed out that on Aug. 5 last year, the section which emoyed today s cold wave .was I sweltering in one of the hottest spells in nistory witn the temperature hitting many points. 100 degrees at

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WASHINGTON, Aug. 5. (UP) The House voted overwhelming approval today cf a mild Republican substitute for President Truman's anti-inflation program. The bill would restore wartime controls on installment buyjngs, tighten up a little on bank credit, and increase the required gold reserves behind U. S. currency. The bill now goes to the Senate. The House passed it by

! a vcte cf 264 to 97. Sullivan County Draft Board Members Nam Arch Ralph, Jesse ' Bedwell, and Russell Inbody, all of Sullivan, were named today to serve as the Sullivan County draft board. The appointments were made by President Tru man on the recommendation of Governor Gates. It was said that the three men were selected from a list of six names that had been submitted from the county. No definite plans have been made by the draft board as yet. They plan to hold an organization meeting in the near future, and will set up the organization of the board, the office, and such matters as may be necessary. The boards in surrounding counties consist of: - Greene County, James T. Jeffers, Lyons, and Parmer West and Joseph H. Walls, both of Bloomfield; Knox County, Robert V. Bierhaus, John J. Selby, and Eugene C. Wharf, all of Vincennes, and .. Vion CmintV .ToVin P.4 Prophtnl ADranam i. i.evin, ana noscoe . A8tron' a" of.Terre Hau,te ! These boards will serve for the registration and drafting of youths 18 through 25 years of age. Registration begins this month and continues through September. r f f IJ' bUerM iOlClier In National Guard j CAMP pug. 5 Lennox, ATTERBURY, Ind., -(UP) Pvt. Robert E. a 21-year-old World War 11 veteran, went through the. Paces .'f National Guard training with some 5,000 other xiuusieis luudy ai uie encanip- . meilt1 hiere But it was the first time Len nox had worn a United States Army uniform. His Wxrld War II experience came in the German army. Lennox, a junior at Indiana University, was with the Wehrlictune iui 19 niumus. ne was an anti-aircraft gunner with the Luftwaffe for 10 of those months and later' served in an emergency ground combat unit. He was wounded while fighting against the Russians in Poland in March, 1945. Lennox was in a Hamburg hospital when the British took over in May, 1945. ' Later he rejoined his parents . in this country. They left Germany in 1940, but left him behind with his grandmother j near Berlin. He was drafted at 16. Lennox has taken out na-1 turalizat.cn papers. His officers and fellow soldiers in battery A said that Lennox was a good soldier. I Is The New Look On The Way Out? PARIS, Anff B. -(UP) Chrissation of the 1949 fall fashion season here today by making his skirts two to three inches shorter than the old "new look." Diors skirts ranged between 18 and 16 inches from the ground, or between mid-calf two inches below the kneecap. VETS PLAN REUNION BRAZIL, Aug. 5. (UP) Veterans of the 309th Ammunition Train of the First World War to day planned their 16th annual J encampment I Park, Sept. 5. at Shakamak State

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It was the first legislation of any consequence passed by either house at the special session, which GOP leaders are driving to adjourn on Saturday or early next week. The Republican measure ignored most of Mr. Truman's recommendations for curbing high -prices, including price control and rationing. The House passed it shortly, after the President, in a news conference statement, denounced the GOP leaders for what he said was their failure to take effective action to stop inflation. Housing Tangled Up. Republican plans for housing legislation were tangled up by a revolt in the Senate banking com-. mittee. Two GOP Senators teamed with five Democrats to rebuff the Republican leadership. The committee approved and sent to the Sen ate floor the controversial TaftEllender - Wagner long - range housing bill, instead of a watereddown GOP substitute. House leaders have said they ' will not accept the public housing provisions of the T-E-W bill. Unless the committee action is reversed on the Senate floor, there may be no housing legislation at the special session. Hbuse debate oa . the bank ' credit bill was limited to 40 minutes and amendments were bar red. The Republicans brought the measure up under suspension of the rules, which required a twothirds majority. Democrats tried without success to get more time for Hphntp The measure would: 1. Authorize renewal of war time restrictions on installment : buying. Installment buyers would be required to pay one-third down and the balance in 12 to 18 . j months. The administration favors this section of the bill. 2. Increase the requirements for bank reserves in the Federal Reserve System the amount of mnnpv hnnlrc rvinct 1aan available. The administration favored increasing the maximum reserve requirement four per cent on time deposits and 10 per cent on demand deposits. The Republican bill would make the increase one and three Der cent. The idpn of the increase on these reserves is to reduce the amount of money that banks can lend. I 3. Require a 40 per cent gold reserve against Federal Reserve notes and a 35 per cent gold reserve against Federal Reserve deposits. Present gold requirements jjci i.cin iui uuin. ine Treasury opposes the change. Old-Timers Practice For Friday Game j Manager Joe Souter of Soujter's "Hot-Shots" today issued a peremptory call for batting 'and fielding practice for his players tonight and Friday i morning, in preparation for the ! "All-Stars" tussle Friday night i at 4the Legion diamond between i the Jaycees and the "Hotj Shots." i ine fiot-snots line-up lneludes some stellar-has-beenfe Jas well as some sterling never- ' wazzers. The starting nine probably will be: Tom Hill, catch; "Ed Walsh" Eads, "T.N.T." Cochran, IB; "Steinfeldt" Sevier, 3B; Souters, 2B; "Hans" pitch; "Evers" "Schec Sevier, SS; "Steinfeldt" Sevier, 3B; "Scheckard" McCammon, CF; "Tris Speaker" McCammon, RF; "Big Al" Smith, LF. In case any of the regulars succumb to heart attacks and other diseases incident to old age, the following "stars" will be available: Fred "Mathewson" Mo.cre, P; "Hoffman" Milam, Ed and Joe Scully, H; Thewlis, Lefty Martin, Dink Hiatt, Blondy Dudley and "Cement" Gene Springer. .