Sullivan Daily Times, Volume 50, Number 175, Sullivan, Sullivan County, 2 September 1948 — Page 1

WEATHER GENERALLY FAIR Indiana: Generally fair tonight and Friday. Little change in temperature. .j SULLIVAN COUNTY. CENTER OF 5 POPULATION VOL. 50 No, 175 UNITED PRESS SERVICE SULLIVAN DAILY TIMES THURSDAY, SEPT. 2, 1948. INTERNATIONAL PICTURE SERVICE PRICE THREE CENTS

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rt Major Progress BERLIN, Sept. 2 (UP) The Big Four military government cf Germany met for more than an hour and a half today, in a conference which was believed to have made major progress toward agreements which would lesult in early lifting of the 75-day-old Soviet blockade of Berlin. ' ' . The meeting third to be held on successive days began at 3:04 p. m. 7:04 a. m. (CST) and adourned an hour and 37 minutes later after the governors had considered specific pro-! posals on .trads, currency and transportation questions which had been worked cut by fourpower committees of experts. As they left the conference room in the Allied control authority building, the governors indicated that another meeting will be held, probably tpir.or-. row. in the series of discussions seeking io implement agreements reached at Moscow. It was. announced officially that another meeting will be held tomorrow, "probably the same t ime." at Duager Plays At Brazil Friday Dugger's Bulldogs and the Brazil Red Devils wili'open the fobtball season in the Wabash Vahey Friday night at TBrazil when the teams clash for the first time in several years. The game, which will start at 7:30 p. m., will help pay for the installation of a new electric scoreboard in the Brazil stadium. The Imps have been preparing for this game since the practices opened on Aug. 16, and are reoorted to be' in good shape for Dugger. Leading the Brazil offense will be Jim Boor and Jack Boetjer, veterans from last year's team. The Bulldogs have been ing hard in hopes that roipht unset the veteran outfit. '"While the Dog workthey Brazil squad will be outnumbered by - the Imps, the county boys will have a good first string to throw against Brazil, but will be hampered by lack of adequate reserves, something that won't bother the Imps too much. Neither Coach Max Kidd, of Brazil, nor Coach Gabe Takats, of Dugger will name a starting lineup for the game. Farm Price Index Down In August LAFAYETTE, Ind., Sept. 2 (UP) Prices received by Indiana Farmers in August fell two per cent from the July level. A report issued today bv Purdue University and Federal statisticians said the August price index stood at 286 when compared with the 1935-39 average. All grains dropped in price for the ' second consecutive month. Soybeans fell from $3.64 to $2.90, and corn sold for $1.90 .the lowest price since last February's market break. Hogs rose slightly more than seasonally to $27.50. Cattle declined, to $25.20 during the month, but still were sharr' higher than last year's price. The price of milk and eggs rose about as much as the seasonal normal. . The report said that farmers remained in "a favorable economic position." SHIPMAN TRYOUT IS POSTPONED The tryout Bill Shipman was to have received' from the Terre Haute Phillies last night was postponed until Friday night. Shipman misunderstood the time he was to report, and a new tryout was set for Friday, before the Evansville-Terre Haute game.

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4-H Parade At Merbm Festival Sullivan County 4-H Club members are planning a big program for their part in the Labor Day celebration to be held on Merom Bluff Monday, Sept. 6. The program will begin with a large 4-H parade with all local 4-H Clubs of the county participating. There uT.l be floats and banners, representing each local club. The parade will circle the Merom Bluff Grounds with 4-H Club members unloading on the large platform under the huge tent which will be located on the grounds. Following the parade, which will f orm it the College Campus, 4-H Variety Show, composed wholly of 4-H Club members from all parts cf ; the county, will be given. The program 'of variety members will start at 10 a., m. All friends rA 4-H are invited to attend. A picnic lunch for 4-H'ers, their parents, and friends, will be held on the grounds at noon.

Shipping On West Co Idles SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 2. (UP) The long-delayed West Coast shipping strike began todaj 'when nearly 30,000 dock workers land seafarers walked off the job ana tied up shipping at Pacific Cc,ast ports. V . . . . v ; . - " . v .; .. The unions threatened that the crippling strike might last as long as three months. It began j officially at 12:30 p.m., (CDT- after four months of fruitless negotiations. The. final barrier to the marine tieup was removed when Federal Judge George B. Harris, in Seattie, dissolved an injunction which had blocked strike action since June 15. Spearheaded by the powerful CIO Longshoremen, members of five maritime, unions began streaming from ships and docks shortly after midnight to' attend stop-work meetings which prefaced the actual strike itself. r ' The walkout tied up 550 ships along 1,800 miles of Pacific Coast and eventually is expected to affeet half a million workers in other industries. It was called after . the Longsoremen, the ciu marine cooks and the Independent Marine Fire men failed to reach agreement with employers 'on the hiring hall; wages, Sundays off and arbitration procedure. Negotiations with the marine radio operators were stalled by an AFL-CIO jurisdictional dispute. Only the CIO Marine Engineers reached a settlement with shipowners, but were bound to strike by the union's "one-for-all" policy. The walkout affected shipping at San Francisco, Los Angeles, Portland and other West Coast ports. William Osburn Dies At Hospital William Fred Osburn, age 68, died at 8:45 o'clock this morning at the Mary. Sherman Hospital. He was a farmer and lived seven miles ' west of Sullivan on route two. He is survived By the wife, June; two sons, Maurice F. Osburn, at home, and Herbert W. Osburn of Hammond; a sister, Mrs. Samuel Allison of Sullivan route four, children. and four , grandThe body was taken to the Billman Funeral Home. Funeral arrangements are pending. JBllCXH ANNOUNCEMENT Mr. and Mrs. Bill Beach, of Sullivan are the parents of a daughter born at . the Mary

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NEW YORK, Sept. 2. (UP) driver's license law, state offi-; Sympathy walkouts cropped out , cials said today. . . l today as the trucking strike cut One out of every 10 appli-dec-per into New York's food sup- cants for a license was rejected, plies despite a union promise to Secretary of State - Thomas' E. keep perishables moving. ! Bath ; said, and 7,959 other

Leon Genser, president of the Genser Tracking Corp., reported that 80 per cent of his 200 trucks

were idled this morning when his missions to drive was 17,472. I drivers refused to work. He said ! Most license applicants were they belonged to a local ether! rejected because of ignorance of than No. 807 of the AFL Inter- driving laws, Bath said, and national Brotherhood of Team-- nearly 2,000 failed a driving! sters, which struck yesterday. j proficiency test. . The big .food store chains, I The new law set up a microwhich were the first hit by the f11"1 license application and f effects of the walkout, said thev driver's offense file. It further were not getting deliveries today, provided that licenses would bs Myor William ODwy.er said last renewed biennially, in the , apnight that the strike leaders had pHcant's birth month.

agreed to keep perishable foods moving to the stores. I The strike by nearly 10,000 truck drivers and their helpers further crippled the city's indus-j trial and commercial life today; when railroads blocked shipment cf all freight but certain essentials into the New York area. j Union officials met this morning in advance of a membership

meeting of Local 807. Representa- , I 'ives of the truck operators metj WASHINGTON, Sept. 2.-(UP) in the same hotel. Federal, state Defense - Secretary James Forand city mediators were standing restal has ordered a joint comby in an effort to bring the two mittee of the Army, Navy and Air

tactions together before the union membership meeting. WASHINGTON, Sept. 2. (UP). -President Truman in an appar- ' ;ent preview of . the Labor Day speech he will make in Detroit on Monday called today for repeal of the Taft-Hartley law end enactment of "better legislation on labor-management relations." j The President issued an advance Labor Day message lauding "the skill and energy of American workers" who have "played a major part in the national effort which has resulted in today's allj time high records in employment, production, income and profits." But, he said, the workers' lot must be improved. He said the "rising tide of inflation" actually has reduced earnings of some T m UCB"lc uiuicbms.. Mr. Truman wnl open his campaign ior a iuu iour-year term in the White House with a speech ( before a giant CIO-AFL Labor j Day rally in Detroit Monday. He is expected to blast the Republi-can-controlled 80th Congress on ;, .vnsnt.j iu. r uu its record of labor legislation and demand repeal of the Taft-Hartley law which . Congress passed over his veto. The President said today that the "economic dislocation" of reduced earnings despite higher wages must end. j . "We must curb inflation," he! said, "before it leads us to eco nomic disaster." He did not identify the TaftHartley law by name. But he said "there is at present on the statute uuus a jaw wnicn uniairiy restricts labor unions and their members. It must be repealed." Kl... , i i . HARRY LOWRY ON COMMITTEE Harry C. Lowry, cashier of the Sullivan State Bank, Sullivan, has been appointed to the Puftlic Relations Committee of the Indiana Bankers Association ior lyso-iyitf. this is announced by Association President Herbert, C. Morrison, president of the Elston Bank and Trust Company, Crawfordsville. j - ' BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Pullum are announcing the birth of a J t- 1 XT T" 1 A uaugiiier, .Nanuy . rvay, ooru n.ugust 25th. Mrs. Pullum is the

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INDIANAPOLIS, Sept. 2 (UP) More than 17,000 Hoosier motorists were . denied licenses in the first, six months' operation of "the new state drivers had their permits tanen (up because of traffic law viola tions. The total denied perArmed Forces Seek Policy n Communists Force to work out a new and uniform policy on Communists in the armed forces, it was disclosed today. Thf move was prompted in part bjcihip .decision rtJ&&y&ih, vice officials not to bar Communists from induction. They feared such a step would encourage some youths to embrace Communism to escape the draft. The various branches of the armed ervices for some time have had their own methods for Preventwg Communists from worming their way into sensitive posts where thev might have access to secret information. ' In most cases, party members are given menial duty and are placed under constant surveillance to make sure they do not try to spread Communist doctrine. Defense sources said the new policy may call for the discharge of all known Communists.' They said the Articles of War authorize such dismissals. There was no indication when ) the special committee will' comPlete its work. j The Army, Navy and Air Force, ' meanwhile have undertaken a, campaign to teach their recruits - """ The recruit is taught that Comuminam is me uueti opposite oi democracy and that Communists advocate the violent overthrow of the U. S. government. In addition, Via io inert, ,McA hntu t he is insrtucted how to recognize Communist propaganda as such. I Dixiecrats Can't Be Democrats, Candidates Told By James F. Donovan United Press Staff Correspondent Southern " Congressional candidates were warned today that they cannot be Dixiecrats and Democrats at the same time,. Democratic National Chairman J. Howard McGrath sajd in Washington that nominally-Democratic office-seekers must either support President Truman's camimisu iui denim Ul ie - garding themselves as members , of the Democratic party. Mm tduuiudira ui uie oouui

win automatically' be with- Twp., Hogs; Shan Medsker, Tur- i : drawing from the party if theyman Twp., Sheep; Mark Riggs, 1 MITE SIZE INFANT spurn the national Truman-Bark- John' Patton, Billy Burton, Ro- i BORN AT I tntom ley ticket for the Dixiecrat slate bert Phillips, and Kenneth! of Gov. J. Strom Thurmond of Borders, Turman Twp., and' A baby boy weighing an aSouth Carolina and Gov. Field-'. Charles Johanninssmeier. .Tfl-1 mazinelv small amount was

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i - HENRY F. Warmer Weath Seen For In 5$i INDIANAPOLIS, Sept. 2 (U.R) Another flood of warm air was headed for Indiana today, and the weatherman said temperatnrps would rpaoh thp Inw fid's hv Saturday But the Indianapolis weather bureau said the warm temperatures crcbablv would not break any records. Forecasters said the mercury would rise through the 80's in most sections of the state today and tomorrow and then zoom higher Saturday. Weather experts said the warm spel "a its source ir tne scorching plains of the Southwest where above-100-degree readings were reported in many sections. The Southwe'st 'and the Great piains states broiled under a heat wave today, while the rest of the nation was'enioving cool breezes, The weather bureau said the temperatures were normal for this 'time 0f year but tnat was consolation to tnose who little were sweltering under the hot western su, . , ' L. t rf. ) it y , a1, -"'J v-di., in me vdlw f fh. ' ' "r H L.." 1 At Yuma and Phoenix, Ariz., it was 112. Las Vegas, Nev., reportt. , , . It was hot and muggy at Los Angeles. A pall of smog hung ever the downtown area, so thick in some places that office workers went home because their eyes watered so much they couldn't see. Yesterday's high was 94. Boys Exhibit At State Fair Several Sullivan County boys exhibits will be taken to the State Fair today and tomorrow. All 4-H Club Judging will take place Friday and Saturday' of this week. Those exhibiting from Sullijvan County include: Billy Joe , perree, Turman Twp., Dairy Calves; Don Hobbs, Gill Twp., and Bob Townsley, Jefferson ferscn Twp., Poultry; Sara Sue Phegley, Haddon. Twp.. Entom - ology; Commodore Smith, Cur- ... T" . . ... T" . . . U rTI ......... A TT 1 ijr iw(j.,ivuu laiwaici, namulton Twp., Robert Adams, Harold Gorham, Dale Phillips and Mark Riggs Garden. of Turman Twp.,

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3 - , SCHRICKER Girls Attending State Fair School . Three faullivan county gins began their training yesterday at the Indiana State Fair Girl's SchooL These girls are Estella Crowder, Jackson .Township; Dons Ruth Lathrop, Curry Township, and Eleanor Ruth Meurer, Cass Township. These girls were chosen for this school on the basis of their outstanding achievement .dub work. In order to r ,lW,j : ofhifvpmpnt in 4-H receive t: tv . u least 16 yearsof age and should be high school graduates. v I While at the State Fair School I they will receive training in 1 laundering, 'serving, baking, ! and dining room etiquette. Varius field trips to points of interest m Indianapolis such as Williamson Candy Company, Krogers, L. S. Ayers, etc. Many interesting program features have been planned for them. All three girls plan to attend college this fall. Estella Crowder will enter Indiana State Teachers College at Terre Haute, Doris Ruth Lathrop will attend Indiana University at Bloomington, and Eleanor Ruth Meurer is to attend Business College. The Sullivan County Home Economics Clubs and the Sullivan County Farm Bureau sDonsors the training of these girls. born Monday evening, Aug. 30, 1 at the Freeman-Greene County Hospital in Linton to Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Rooksberry, Jr. The child weighed only two pounds, nine ounces but H was reported by the family yesterday to be doing very well.

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In one of their few appearances on the same platform during the campaign fcr Governor of Indiana, Henry R Schricker, Democratic candidate for that office, and Hobart Creighton, Republican aspirant, will speak at the Saturday afternoon session cf the Merom Bluff Fall Festival. Mr. Schricker, the man in the white hat, was drafted fcr the post by the Democrats, while Mr. Creighton, speaker of the Indiana House of Representatives, wen afte- a battle with Senator William Jenner in the Republican state convention. Their appearance will not be a debate, but rather each ' will speak separately and will tell why he thinks he should be elected as the next Governor of Indiana. " ' , Both men have started yieir

fate Fair Opens Friday Indianapolis INDIANAPOLIS, Sept. 2 (UP) An expected record turnout of Hcosiers will start eonverging on Indianapolis tomorrow to attend one of the biggest shows on earth the Indiana State Fair. Back again lor the 92nd time at the State Fairgrounds will be all the attractions with distinctive Hoosier flavor, thrill rides and show, exhibits of live

stock, agriculture, poultry, fine Republican opponent and the inarts, conservation and industry cumbent, from Linton, will also

and an array of special events. The weatherman gave the nod to. Hoosiers -wanting to.xbe firsj on hand when the 'fair opens its gates tomorrow morning. He forecast fair and warmer , temperatures for tomorrow and partly cloudy skies for Saturday. No rain was in sight for the first two days, he said. State Fair Board officials said this year's fair will have more modern trimmings than ever before, with a new $240,000 radio center ready to accommodate 27 Indiana radio stations broadcasting to every nook and cranny of the state. Formal dedication of the radio center and paddock building, which also will house 44 harness horses, will be held Saturday, attended by Governor Gates and other high state officials. Demonstrations of television and facsimile broadcasting also will be made in the new building. 'Harness racing again will take the spotlight. The two richest stakes of the year for juveniles, the $34,000 Horseman Stakes for two-year-old trotters and the $31,000 Fox Stake for two-year-old pacers, will be raced Tuesday and Wednesday. Dixiecrats On Indiana Ballot INDIANAPOLIS, Sept. . 2 (UP) The state election board voted today to put the Progressive, Dixiecrat and two other minor parties on the Indiana ballot this November. Three parties, including the Socialist and Socialist Labort were approved unanimously. But the lone Democratic memj.ber of the board cast a dissent ing vote against the States Right party,' or Dixiecrats. Attorney William Steckler. who voted against the Dixiecrats, said that "aims and prin ciples of the States Rights party may be contray" to an act passed by the General Assembly in 1947 prohibiting in hatred." He said the law was enacted 'to ban forever the return here of the Ku Klux KlaiV. idealogies of 'cial and religious hatredr." Steckler said the Dixiecrats in refusing to accept the civil rights plank in the Democratic platform "clearly shows its op position to civil rights and liberties of people." TODAY'S TEMPERATURES The unofficial temperatures in Sullivan today were: at 7:30 a.m. 64 degrees at noon 84 degrees

campaign tor the office. Mr, 1 Schricker appeared last week before the Indiana Democratic Edi

torial Association at French Lick, and will appear often during the election in the Seventh District. One of the largest political gatherings in recent years is exI pected to hear the two men at i Merom Bluff. A tent seating four j thousand will be erected for the i occasion, and in addition, the j Democrats will have their county ticket cn the platform with the two speakers. It is expected that the Republicans will do likewise. The program will begin at 2 p.m.James Noland of Eloominglon, . the Democratic candidate for Congress from the Seventh Indiana District, will be present and he is expected to say a few words in his behalf. Gerald Landis, his speaK Drieiiy. Show of Strength. Both parties are planning on making the Saturd;fy" political'" forum a show of strength . Ira Haymaker of Franklin, Democratic state chairman, and John A. Watkins cf Bloomfield,, Democratic candidate for lieutenantgovernor, will be among the highranking Democrats in the audience. It is thought that Matt Welch of Vincennes, the new Seventh District Democratic chair man, will be at the meeting. To decide which of ' the two men will speak first, it has been decided to flip a coin just before the meeting starts in the presence of the speakers and Republican County Chairman Newt Ringer and Democratic Chairman John Knox Purcell. The Festival will continue after the political forum with vaudeville acts, and on Sunday after noon,-James iMcinage, a secretary to United Nations, will speak. Hassil Schenck, president of the TrsA 1 '1 Wl tt T?r, t.YH-l Till 1 d TllYI.J iiiuiaua i. aim jjui u, auu v wiuvj Terry, director of District 20, U. M. W., of Birmingham, Ala., will conduct a labor-tarm discussion Monday afternoon. All during the festival, enter- . lailllliCll lr Will UV UlllU KJ J SUb standing acs that the festival committee will bring in for the. occasion. Clif Grimes Pilches Wnsifl Hn-Hiftar The Legion All-Stars " will play for the championship of the Marshall Softball tourney., tonight when they meet either the West Union Legion or the Marshall Legion. The game will start at 9 p. m. The All-Stars went into the finals last night by shutting out the Post 40 of Terre Haute by a score of 7 to 0. Clif Grimes pitched his second no hit ball game of the season in the meet for the All-Stars. Evans and Shang Moore backed up his pitching by hitting home runs. With the Engle Clothiers, champions of. the league, and the All-Stars scheduled to play later in the season in a "grudge battle," maybe local fans will see the two "double nohitters", Watkins and Enges, and Grimes t for the All-Stars opposing each other. Tonight at Legion Field, Dugr ger will play a team from either the Linton league or from Crane in the second game. In the first game, the Engle Clothiers will meet the Eagles Lodge.