Sullivan Daily Times, Volume 50, Number 173, Sullivan, Sullivan County, 31 August 1948 — Page 1

WEATHEH ' FAIR WEDNESDAY Indiana: Fair tonight and Wednesday. Little change in temperature. SULLIVAN COUNTY. CENTER OP ' POPULATION INTERNATIONAL PICTURE SERVICE PRICE THREE CENTS VOL, 50 No. 173 UNITED PRESS SERVICE SULLIVAN DAILY TIMES TUESDAY, AUG. 31. 1948.

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Meet In BerBin End Money Problem

BERLIN, Aug. 31. (UP) The Big Four military governors of Germany met for an hour today and began preparing plans for a single Soviet-sponsored currency for Berlin. Agreement to implement the currency plan negotiated in Moscow conferences would mean lifting of the Soviet surface blockade of the German capital, and probably would be the forerunner of agreement on four-power conferences on all German problems. The military gcvenors' meeting the first time the four men had met since Marshal Vassily D. Sokolovsky, Russian commander, walked out cf an Allied Control Council session

lasted exactly cne hour, The meeting apparently was in the nature of a preliminary explorationof the problems faced by the governors in making effective the decision reached at the Kremlin that only the Russianbacked. Eastern mark will circulate in Berlin. I Maj. Gen. George P. Hays, U. S. deputy military governor, said that there will be more talks, but that no time for them has been set as yet. Gen. Lucius D. Clay, American military governor, told correspondents as he left the meeting that "there may be another session tomorrow."

An air of considerable optimism Inez Fisher, Jean Waldorf, and was apparent as the first meeting Dewey Weir, had been presentended, and there appeared slight ed to the group, each teacher doubt that the governors would told the group of summer exmove as rapidly as possible. i periences educational and otherwise. New Conference. I Supt. Campbell " soundsd as The ultimate result unles the the keynote for this year the. negotiations strike new snags development cf the entire child was expected to be agreement on and the preparation of our

the currency question, then lift $es estem Allied ed that agreement was in sight. Halleck Challenges Truman To Debate ROCHESTER, Ind., Aug. 31. (UP) Charles A. Halleck today challenged President Truman to a public debate, in Rensselaer, Halleck's home town.

. Halleck, House majority leader and niSn school teachers

and a Republican Congressman ticipated in work shops

iresiaeni upon me recora oi Congress." j :

Halleck referred to a recent statement by Mr. Truman that he would be willing to campaign in every district in the nation with a Republican member in the 80th Congress, Schricker "is out borrowing chewing tobacco from every farmer in Indiana." "For my part," said Alexander,

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last March 20 ended at 6:03 p.m. (10:03 a. m. CST). It had I

Teachers Meet To Plan New School Year The teachers of the Sullivan City Schools met for organization at the Junior-Senior High School bu'f'dirtjf jvesterdaj (.manning. The invocation was given by Burl Myers and Harry Jarrett led in the singing of America. After the new teachers. youth for purposeful living. The

ing of the blockade, and finally mark of an educated person is possible agreement on four-power physical, mental, moral, and sodiscussions, at the foreign min- cial, as well as purely academic,

isters' level, of the whole problem A controlled mind is the result

of Germany's future. i i .ofa controlled body and conse-

I ' ... quently discipline is an essent-;

Sources It": SUJ lal" n&rt' nl tho lonina nPm.oci

warned against too great optimism Teachers were instructed to that the Berlin crisis is about to stress this vear the following: be settled. They pointed out that (i) Elimination of gum chewing it is a long step from agreement during classroom and assembly in principle, such as was reached periods. (2) A proper respect for in Moscow, to agreement on a school property, and (3) The practical plan for making such practice of good conduct in the decisions effective. school corridors, hallways, and But most Germans and many of entrances which embraces the the Allied personnel here believ- suppression of loud and boister-

was certain, rus sounds, running.

pushing

ana tnat an end of the "cold war" shoving, and other activities which has raged here for months w.hich have no place in the

school building. The school recognizes most of our young people their formal education in that end the public schools and that this fact aiciates a strong program of preparation for earning a livelihood or making a home. Toward this end the Sullivan Schools are irrevocably dedicated. Schools were dismissed at noon today so that textbooks might be purchased. Elementary par-this

from the 2nd Indiana District, afternoon and discussed current

said he would "welcome" the od- school problems and practices

portunity to debate with the Regular full day classes will

Engles To Receive League Trophy The trODhv for winninu tho

The woosier congressman is- championship in the Sullivan sued the challenge at a regional Softball League will be awardGOP parley here yesterday. Party ed to the Engle Clothiers team leaders from the First, Second, tonight at Legion Field. The Third and Fourth Congressional Clothiers won the second half districts met at Lake Manitou's crown and tied with the Kraft Colonial Hotel to plan campaign , Food Company fcr the first half activities. crown. In the playoff, the Other speakers included State Clothiers beat Kraft twice. GOP Chairman H. Clark Spring-1 The trophy is being donated er, who said the Republicans, by K. B. Smith, local jeweler within the next few weeks, would and the Junior Chamber of "start knocking the self-imposed Commerce. Mr. Smith said tohalo" off Democratic Gubernator-' day that he will continue to

lai Nominee tienry jr. acnncicer. jgive a troony ior ine cnampions Lt. Gov. Rue J. Alexander, a of the Softball league as Ions as

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candidate for re-election, said.xnere is a league in bunivan.

ine xropny nas oeen on disnlay m the window of the Smith jeweiry store ior me past tew aays.

"I've bought 150 pounds of chew-1 ing tobacco so I won't have to botARI4N HEAR borrow any during the campaign." CONGRESSIONAL PAGE Hobart Creighton, GOP guber-, Earl s CummingS) Jr a pa?e natonal nominee, and Governor in the House of Representatives Gates also were speakers at the during the 80th congress, told

I the local Rotary Club of his 'experiences. The meeting was I held Monday at the Davis Hotel,

Mr. and Mrs. Dean Clouse of chairman. There was a guest Mt. Clemens, Michigan, are the and two visiting Rotarians at parents of a daughter born Au- the meeting. The Rotary Club gust 30. , Mrs. Clouse is the for- will not meet next Monday, mer Mae Brooks of Shelburn. Sept. 6.

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gisfer As Draff Starts Forty-eight Sullivan County youths registered with the Sul livan County draft board on the I

first day of registration for the'tion committee

peacetime draft, Paul Snow, clerk -of the local draft board, ' said today. As in other places, Mr. Snow , said that many of the persons, coming in to register were not supposed to register on Monday. Of the forty-eight, he said that twenty-seven were born in 1922, the year that was scheduled to register Monday. However thee were no inci dents at the local draft board as there were in and everything smoothly. RpPKtrntion nontimiorl inrlw and will continue until all those from 18 through 25 are registered. Jesse Bedwell, chairman of I the draft board, said today that I thp. thrpp loonl GOrrifioc TVi J Kappa, Psi Iota Xi, and' 'Delta iTheta Tau, have agreed t. assist in the registration by having members of the sororities work in the office. WASHINGTON, Aug. 31 CUP) Selective Service looked f.-r a speed-up in registration procedure today as it began the task of enrolling the nation's 24-year-old men for the draft Twenty-five year olds registered yesterday. Men of 24 sign m today and tomorrow. Registration ages will dron periodically after that until the f'ollment. j completed Sept. 17-18 with 18-year olds. Up to 1,200.000 men 25 years oM signed un yesterday at 20.000 registration p'aces in te states and territories. But in many cases, te registrations rfnuired 20 minutes .or more per man. With-preen clerks -End registrars warming ud to the task of asking 16 ouestions of each nrtential draftee, and issuing him a registration certificate, it was felt the time could be cut. National headquarters .officials said they believed the big iob of registering an estimated 9 600.000 men from 18 through 25 vears of age was proceeding without mai.or difficulties in most places. of half a dozen incidents at registration places throuab.out the nation Monday. In Indianapons, for example, the jam was so heavy that police had to restore order. The crowds surged past guards at the places, creating so order that the start Hon was delaved Prohibition Party Files Candidate hj i ji. m).. i .mini 1 v u ; O wm V f 3 1 H 1 3 r It i i. c ?s GravDon E. TerBush. of near Martinsville, was filed Friday Ltun: .,.,! uie nuiuuiw-Vil yaiiy waiiuidate for Congress from the Seventh Indiana District. Miss Anna Edwards, of Bloomington, district chairman and Prchibi tion candidate for State Auditor was in Sullivan and filed the certificate of nomination with the county clerk. 1 Mr, TWRch i m!1rriAri and i nasto'r .of the Christian Church

in Emminence. He served overF- Gates for helP- Circuit Judge I three years as U. S. Army chap- Nat. YoungbJ.cod issued an order

lain. He served as pastor of the Christian church in Clarkshill and Waynetown before the war. He has spoken in three counties and expects t.o get into every county in the Seventh District before election time.

Good Grain Storage Essential To Farmers .The record crop of grain with corn alone estimated at more than three and one-half billion bushels emphasized the need for storage as a means to orderly marketing, says Charles M.

Drake, chairman of the Sullivan county agricultural coneervaHe points out that with a , train crop of this size unless farmers are able to provide storage most .of it on the farm in some areas' .it cannot bs marketed in an orderly manner, and losses are inevitable. If, however, farmers are able to provide storage, it can be handled in an orderly manner, leans and purchasing agreements which protest the farmer's prine at 90 percent of par-

.other cities, ity are the key to orderly marvas handled keting.

The Product'.-n and Market'""8 Administration of the United States Department of Agriculture through its farmer-elected committees is workinff with farmers. dealers and contractors to do all that can be done to provide en?ugh storae tcr get. this recT ord crop under cover to prevent loss. This extra production of grain over and above what is needed by the consumer this year is a stock pile which may be held in reserve for future needs, Mr. Drake pointed out. The lack of such a stock pile following the war has been a major worry

for the consumer. This stock lee Singers, and Slip and Slide, pile should not be a major wor- one of America's greatest colorry for the farmers in the years ed dancing teams.

ahead. It will not be if the reserve is pr.operly handled. It can be a national asset or catastrophe. Farmers should do their part by providing adequate and proper storage. Farmers .of Sullivan County who have grain storage problems should see a member of the county agricultural 1 conservation committee or call at the i county agricultural coneeryatttm- office-Jocaiedt-f the Court House, Sullivan, Ind. State Police Protect Workers At Evansville

EVANSVTLLE, Ind., Aug.' 31 y -(UP) More than 500 workers, ( fjOlCl RllBS 0t

stat Police force crossed picket linps witKoilt inpMt.ni tn r,tm , protected by half of Indiana s .

registration Bucyrus.JErie Co. here today. ! Funeral services fcr Martha much dis- company officials declared Rose Roberts, infant daughter .of registra- tjjejr back-to-work movement a of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Roberts, j success when the 8 a. m. (CDT) were held at the Merom Meth- ' 'shift started the plant's ma- odist Church Thursday after-

chines rolling. Earlier, the workers said they :pected to "run into all sorts of trouble" in trying to cross the picket line set up by the striking CIO United Electrical Workers. Some 140 State Police troopers more than half the state's fbrce were on guard at plant entrances this morning. Workers said that at least "a couple of dozen" pickets, including at least seven women, milled around the gates but .offered no resistance when workers reported for the morning shift. Rossow There Col. Robert Rossow, superintendent of State Police, flew here from Indianapolis to make a personal inspection of the situation. The troopers were armed with pistols, night sticks and tear gas guns, Rossow said. xne superior L-ourt nere was issued an .oraer restraining tne union and several of its officers from mass picketing. "We will enforce the courts order' Kssow said The plant, which manufactures earth-moving machinery, has been strike-hound 'since July 31. Saturday there was a picket line brawl, with fist-fighting andi club-swinging. Several persons were injured, and 27 men. including two CIO offi1 ! cials, were arrested. After the outbreak local authorities appealed to Gov. Ralph I against mass picKeung, bui ne i sai.d sheriffs deputies could not

enforce the ruling. .hlus uuMrLAUvr Meanwhile, at Indianapolis,' The Texas Company has filed

State Adjutant General Howard

H. Maxwell denied reports that , Elmer- Caudell, doing business Boyle, Joe Ed Pierson, Leo Fol- The deadline for filing a units of the Indiana National . as Kigo Drilling Company, in lowell, Marie Yaw, and Malcolm candidate In the November genGuard had been alerted. the Sullivan Circuit Court. I Campbell. ieral election is Sept. 1. '

Negro Revue To Give Merom Festival Show ,

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16 fALEETHA The Merom Bluff Fall Festival is bringing to the stage for the tnree days entertaining program some of the most notable talent in the country. Saturday night a sparkling all ' colored revue, the Harlem Capers, from New York, featuring several outstanding colored Derformers. among tem, Pedro Lane, tap dancer and eccentric comedian: Alberta, personality singer; Stuff Brown and his Jive Four; the Mississippi JubiThe baby show t.o be held Saturday evening at 7:30 is open to all babies between the ages of six months and two years in the Wabash Valley. The judges for the baby show will be: Dr. Marj.orie Ikmire of Palestine Illinois, Mrs. Helen Jones of Merom route, and Mrs. Louise Campbell, R. N. of Sullivan. ... Those desiring t.o enter the old fiddlers and horseshoe iiichuig .contests Saturday.morning, contact superintendent of grounds, Eddie Bogard, Merom. Organ recitals by noted artj ists have been arranged for each session on the new concert Hammond electric organ, j Sunday brings the Temple I Choir and Victory Chorus and Monaay president scnencK, Hen. James H. Terry and the Illinois University Follies will be on the program. DAkflrfr nnf KUUCI 1 III 101 II I noon, August 26th at 3 .o'clock with the Rev. T. M. Jennings . officiating assisted by the Rev. Homberger. Burial was in the Merom Cemetery. Song services were by Manford Church and Myrtle Church accompanied by R.oxie Kelsey. Flower bearers were Sue Ann Copeland, Linda Rose Henderson, Karon K. Coyner, Nancy Kjelsey, Barbara Willis, Janice Smiley, Sue Cates, Linda Monroe, Rosemary Lisman, Rita Cates and Robertine Cates. Pallbearers were Shirley Homberger, Cozette French, Carolyn Daniels and Betty Pirtle. Merom Graduate In I. U. Club BLOOMINGTON, Ind., Aug. ( 31 Edward Garner Renaker, graduate of Merom High School, Merom, is among 120 incoming freshmen at Indiana University who have won automatic memhershin tn an organization for the scholastically elite. The new organization is the No. 1 Club and its 120 charter members are I. U. freshmen whe were selected valedictorians of their 1948- high scb.ool graduating classes. The informal club is sponsored . by Phi Eta ' Sigma, national scholastic fraternity for freshman men . . . , . tional sch.0lastic honorary for ( freshman women. s i '.. a complaint on account against

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Pcfii Jurors Are Named

Twentv-four petit jurors have been selected by the office of i the c.ountv clerk, and they have been ordered to appear on Tuesday. SeDt. 14 in the Court House. Earl Engle, county clerk said today. The new jurors will serve for the SeDtember term .of the Sullivan Circuit Court. Those named innlude: George Rineer. Sullivan. R. 3: Mattie L. Bolt. Farmerburg, R. 2; Jessie J. Brown, Pleasantville: Elsie Benson, Farmersburg, R. 2: Albert P. Avery. Fairbanks, R. 1: Ralph Paton. Jasonville. R. 2: Freeman B. Clark. Carlisle. R. 1- Fma Srinks. Dufger; Edith M. Norris. Shelbum, R. 1; Clara Rapp. Carlisle, R. 3: Floyd Chambers. Dugger. R. 1: Pearl Carnes, Dueger; Irene Haliday, Hvmera; Charges L. Ahrams, Carlisle, R. 2; Ralph W. Mason, Dugger; Ruby McElwain. Sullivan, R. 2; R. P. Barnett, Hymera; Herman Nash, Jasonville, R. 1; Clarence Keves, Sullivan, R. 1: Bessie Deiley, Paxton: Chancey W. Osbum. Shelbum. R. 2: Roy Lund, Sullivan, R. 2: r. V. Arnett, Carlisle. R. 1; and J. Lynn Thomas, Fairbanks, R. 1. Seven Return From Farm Bureau Tour Dr. and Mrs. S. E. Lindley oi Sullivan. Mr. and Mrs. Scott Willis. Posroe Can-'thers, Fred Phonier, and Mr. Reed, all of Sullivan County have returned to their homes here after a twelve day tour through ten of the western states, conducten by the Indiana Farm Bureau Company. They were among the 200 guests from Indiana who made the trip by charter train. The tour started August 19th from Indianapolis and ended An fust 30th. Glenn Sample, ed'tor of the Hoosier Farmer: Bill Stall, assistant to Mr. Samole, and Mr. and Mrs. Hasil Schenckv accompanied -"them on the - t.our. Mr .Schenck is the president of the Farm Bureau of Indiana. ! Their first stop was at Laramie, Wvoming, where they visited the largest sheep ranch in the United States. From there thev traveled to Salt Lake i City, Utah. They were met by the mayor of Salt Lake City and other state officials. A jtour was made of a large copiper mine, the state house and the great salt lakes. They also attended an organ recital at the Mormon tabernacle. The group was entertained for dinner that evening, Saturday. August 21, by the mayor at the Utah Hotel. A special order from the governor of Utah had been issued for the serving of antelope, which was out of season, to the party. From Salt Lake City they journeyed to Yellowstone National Park for a three-day tour. Zi.cn Canyon and Grand Canyon were visited and then the party headed for Colorado Springs. Colorado stoDS were made at Pikes Peak, the Will Rogers Memorial and Denver, Colorado. The trip home was made via Chicago and Indianapolis. Three Escape From Vermillion Jail NEWPORT, Ind., Aug. 31. (UP) A 15-year-old girl and two male companions who escaped from the Vermillion County jail were objects of a statewide search today. State Police identified the , escapees as Lois Catterson, age 15, 1 Jack Lee Blauser and Charles Kimerly.- They believed the three escaped in a stolen green sedan last night and said they might be armed. . Jail officials said "some unknown person" apparently entered the jail and unlocked their cells. . Kimerly was held on rape and kidnaping charges. The girl and Blauser were charged with delinquency. ATTEND DEMOCRATIC EDITORS MEETING Among xnose irom oumvan

County who attended the Indiana County. Democratic Editorial Association Those filing wero Paul Vermeeting at French Lick last Sat- million, of GrayviHe. for c.i.inurday were Miss Telia Haines, tv surveyor, and Harold Podds. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Bays, Luther of Sni'iv.in, for commissioner.

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'Hiss No Communist,

Here Te Is Hens

WASHINGTON, Aug. 31. (UP) Rep. John McDowell, R., Pa., today quoted former Assistant Secretary of Sta,te Adolph A. Berle, Jr., as saying Alger Hiss used to belong to a "pro-Soviet" State Department group which "wanted to appease Russia." But Berle did not consider Hiss a Communist party member, McDowell told a press conference. McDowell was chairman of a House un-American activities subcommittee which heard Berle in secret session in New York yesterday. He summarized the testimony fcr reporters today. "I think he (Berle) considers H'ss an idealist who got tangled up in things he didn't understand," McDowell said. ' " ' Hiss, former high ranking State

State Fair Home Ec Exhibitors Named A number of 4-H Club members will represent Sullivan County with their home economics exhibits at the Indiana State Fair, September 3-10. The entries were selected on the merit of their exhibit at the County 4-H Club Fair. Those exhibiting in clothing will be: Sharon Reid, Hamilton Township, Division III; Nancy Barker, Haddon Township, Division IV; Dorothy Jean Lathrop and Doris Ruth Lathrop, Curry Township; Regina Ruth Harris and Patty Duffer, Fairbanks Township, and Sara Sue Phegley, Haddon Township, Division V. ' Those who will exhibit in Food

Preservation are Dorothy Jean;.. c. , T . , jithe pro-Soviet bloc

a-ia biii. JJ i vuiij a vvviiouif nuu Phyllis Johnson, Fairbanks Township, Division I; Carol Woodard, Turman Township, and Barbara Willis, Cass Township, Division II; and Normalee Thomson, Hamilton Township, and Janet Bedwell, Jefferson Township, Division III. Baking exhibitors will be Beth Osbum, Fairbanks Township, and Jane Meyers, Hamilton Township, Division II; Richard Phegley, Gill Township, and Sharon Reid, Hamilton Township, Division III; Margaret Nash, Gill Township (two entries), Division IV; and Jacqueline Crew, Fairbanks Township; Sara Sue Phegley, Haddon Township; Patty Allsman, Haddon Township; Wanda Bosstick and Doris Ruth Lathrop, Curry Township, and Gloria Frye, Jefferson Township, Division V. Truman Condemns Wallace Egging WASHINGTON, Aug. 31. (UP) President Truman today 'de nounced as "highly unAmerican" the egging of Progressive Party Presidential Candidate Henry A. Wallace in the South. ' The President's feelings about the treatment accorded Wallace were made known through his press secretary, Charles G. Ross. Ross was asked what the President thought of the treatment Wallace had received in the South where he has been a target ! for eggs and tomatoes. Ross said Mr. Truman expressed himself "quite vigorously" 'this morning. "The President said he thought the throwing of eggs and other missiles at. Mr. Wallace was certainly a highly unAmerican business and violated the American concept of fair place," Ross said. "He also said Mr. Wallace was entitled to say his piece like any other American citizen,". Ross said. Republican File Nov. Candidates The Sullivan f"!ounv Reo'ib1'ran committee hs filpd candidates for the office of . county surveyor and count" commissioner of district 1. Karl Engle. CO'inty rlorfc. said todav. The GOP did not ha"e a "H slate of candidates in the May primary, and thus they " fi'ed .mnct of their tick0, by filing with th clerk's .office. The Republicans still have an opening on thpir ballot, as no candidate has been filed to run for prosecutor of Sullivan firt district.

Department official, has been charged with membership in a pre-war "elite" Communist underground that reached into the State Department. His accuser is Whittaker Chambers, a. senior editor of Time Magaazine and an admitted ex-Communist. Hies has denied Chambers' charges. McDowell quoted Berle as saying there was a "serious rift in the thinking of the State Department" toward the end of World War II. "There was a get-tough with Russia bloc and a pro-Soviet bloc that wanted to appease Russia." McDowell said. "Hiss was supposedly a member of the proSoviet bloc." McDowell said "the indication was plain" that Berle considered former Assistant Secretary of

State Dean Acheson the head of Question Berle. The subcommittee called Berle to explain the circumstances under which he had first heard of Hiss' alleged Communist connections. Chambers had testified he told Berle about the situation iti 1939. McDowell described Berld as a "frank and honest witness who volunteered his story." He said the subcommittee complimented him at the end of his testimony.

Pre-War Food Prices Are Gone, Economist Says (By United Press) An economics professor warned -housewives today that the "good old days" of pre-war food prices probably are gone forevei. . Gerald B. Cox of the University of Chicago, said he doesn't expect to see prices ever go as low as they were in 1939 and certainly not as low as in 1933 when they were the cheapest in history " in relation to wages. "Actually," Cox said, "people really wouldn't want them to go that low because such a sharp price drop is always accompanied

by unemployment and a drop in production That adds up to depression. "In the same connection, mora ' people are hurt by a sharp price drop than are hurt by rising: orices because of the unemployment that comes with price decreases." Decline Gradual. Cox said it may take a long time for prices to show even a ", moderate decline because any fall in the cost of living will be grad- . ual. "But that doesn't mean that people who are waiting for cheaper goods should give ut and rush cut to buy," he said. "That would

only prolong the inflationary spiral." There were some indications today that housewives had relaxed their resistance to the high cost of living, however. For examnle. Jewel Tea Company, a MMwes chain suDDlier, anncmced that its sales increased 20.0 ner cent in the four weeks ended Aug. 14 ovr the same period a year a?o. Sales this yepr have run 21.1 oer rent over 1947,

th firn annonnced. At the same time. Kaiser-Frazer 1 Cornoration announced that, it was orpnqring for a huvers market, hv addin a new linj of rheace model cars to catch lower-priced trade.

Waltpr H. TVriart of Sullivan rout suffered a heart attack Saturdav morninp. His , condition is some improved. .