Sullivan Daily Times, Volume 50, Number 180, Sullivan, Sullivan County, 10 September 1948 — Page 1

SULLIVAN COUNTY. CENTER OF - POPUIATION WEATHER WARMER SATURDAY Indiana: Fair tonight and Saturday. Warmer Saturday. PRICE THREE CENTS VOL. 50 No. 180 UNITED PRESS SERVICE SULLIVAN DAILY TIMES FRIDAY, SEPT. 10. 1948. INTERNATIONAL PICTURE SERVICE

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BERLIN, Sept. 10. (UP) Soviet authorities made a jiew assault cn the Anglo-American airlift today by debanding that American Air Force headquarters provide full details of every flight along the air corridors to Berlin. ! American, quarters said the Soviet demands raised impossible conditions. A prompt American rejection was handed to Soviet authorities, they said.

The American rejection pointed out that the United States Air Force was operating and would pnntiniio tn nneratp its aircraft ac cording to "esiaDiisnea procedures agreed upon on a four-power basis." The Soviet demands were con- ( tained in a formal letter delivered at the four-power air safety control center as a squadron or more of Soviet bombers maneuvered over the building. The letter said Soviet authorities wanted full information, down to the pilot's name and exact time oi laKeoii, lor eacn piane entering the air corridors. This information, the Russians said, must be given "not less than one hour before the takeoff to or from Berlin." Useless Information. One Air Force officer said the Soviet demand involved "an impossible fund of useless information." It was considered another attempt to interfere with the Anglo-American airlift, similar to the recent Soviet announcement

xnai large scale soviet air maneu- , time workers, and Detroit auto vers would be carried out in, the ' plant workers seemed further air corridors until Sept. 15. I than ever fr.cm settlement. Latest reports showed that one Federal Mediator Carl CarlGerman was killed and seven gren announced early today that wounded when Soviet troops and representatives of 500 AFL police firedinto an antifCom- terminal grain elevator workers .munist demonstration in the) Brit- had. called .off. ,strikeuplans, .sat Ssfv sector yesterday. for a secret date, against ' 10 So serious was the situation that large elevator firms at the Western officials were in night- world's largest inland port of long contact with their home gov- Duluth-Superior. ernments and in London the Bri- The workers agreed in a 10tish Cabinet met today in its first hour session to accept a 15-cent full dress meeting in six months, hourly wage boost retroactive The Soviet-controlled Berlin t.o July 1 and "considerable adpress meanwhile announced plans .iustments" in job classification for a "monster" demonstration and other benefits. The agreeSunday to show the world that ment climazed four months of Ccmmunists are stronger in Ber- negotiations, lin than the 300,000 anti-Corn- Carlgren next faced the probmunists who demonstrated before lem cf settling a strike by 1,400 the Reichstag yesterday. AFL grain processors against

Cactus Plant ! Blooms Here (By Euleta Slcver) . Mrs. Jesse Lay of 827 East Jackson Street is the possessor of a very beautiful plant of the cacti family. This morning the huge flower which fills a number 2 wash tub to overflowing was in full bloom, having begun its beauty yesterday with one single flower blossoming forth. The plant was started from a slip some twenty years ago by Mrs. Lay and has' today multiplied itself several score times. Its bloom resembles the lily in shape having a purplish outer leaf, getting whiter toward the pure white center. Numerous other blooms are setting on the flower which Mrs. Lay has termed the "cotton ball'' cactus. Obviously a pursuer of the

various types of cacti, Mrs. Layson; Orndorff vs. Orndorff. also has in her collection Varie- Tuesday, Sept. 14 Adams vs. ties commonly known as the j Medsker: Adams, by next friend, old hen and chickens, pancake, VS- Medsl-.er; Allen vs. Blevins serpantile (has grown to height Estate. of six feet),' starfish, rabbit ear, Wednesday, Sept. 15 Case, mother-in-law tongue and sev- Dy next friends, vs. Stephens:

eral whose names she does know. not Fairbanks Plans Horse Show The Fairbanks Saddle Club will present a horse show at the Fairbanks grounds on Sept. 12. Sunday, The show wil! start at 1 p. m. at the grounds, which are located a mile south and east of Fairbanks. DANCE SATURDAY AT TEEN CANTEEN A dance will be held at the Dart V Arrow Canteen Saturday night from 8:30 p. m. until 11:30 p m. The dance is open to all teenagers in Sullivan County. The music will be pro

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Mir (UP) The Communist Daily headline today: "Berlin Mob Labor Picture Looks Better Across Hation (By United Press) The flurry of labor troubles which has idled 110,000 workers across the nation today took a slight but definite turn for the jjeter A Federal conciliator succeeded in working out an agreement to a dispute which threatened to "pinch .off the flow of grain eastward over the Great Lakes at the height of the shipping season. And a state conciliator, trying to mediate the seven-day-old strike by 15,000 CIO oil workers in California, said he was "optimistic." But the strikes by New York truck drivers, West Coast mari six major milling firms at Minn- ! eapolis. the nation's third largest milling center, j California State Conciliator Glenn Bowers, meanwhile, said he felt "more ODtimistic than otherwise" about the oil workers strike for a 21-cent hourly pay boost from six petroleum firms. "' The Federal conciliation service said it would step in unless the strikes were settled soon and Bowers said the state would welcome national aid. Gasoline shortages were increasing in the West, particularly around Los Angeles and in Northern Nevada. Court Calendar The court calendar for the week beginning Monday, Sept. 13, is as follows: Monday, Sept. 13 Motions and rules; McCammon vs. Mc- . Cammon: Thompson vs. ThomD- ; Baumback Mfg. Co. vs. Carlisle Tool and Stamping Corp.; Sullivan vs. Adams. Thursday, Sept. 1(5 Worlev vs. House et al: Woodwort.h Storage and Transfer Co. vs. Gill et al; Akers vs. Akrs. Friday, Sept. 17 Birth Certificates; Reid vs. Reid;i Acton vs. Aotnn! Murdork vs. Mur- ' dock Saturday, Sept. 18 Probate matters: Hall vs. Hall; Phillips vs. Philips; Tincher vs. Tincher, NOLAND PLANS RADIO ADDRESS Jmes E. Noland, Bloomington, Democratic nominee for Congress, will make his first major address over Bloomine- , ton .radio station WSUA, at 5:45 p. m. Monday, beptember nth. Mr; Noland is expected to highlight the issues of the 1948 cam

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Republicans Fear Democrats May Control Senate By James F. Donovan United Press Staff Correspondent Republican party workers were warned today not to make the mistake of overlooking GOP Senatorial candidates in their efforts to elect the Dewey-Warren ticket. The Republicans now control the Senate by a six-vote margin

of 51 to 45. A shift of only four, seats to the Democrats would place them in the majority. And GOP Campaign Manager Herbert Brownell, Jr., said the Democrats are spending much of their time and money to accomplish just that. He told a meeting of Republican leaders in Chicago that the Democrats are concentrating on Senatorial races in 10 Midwestern states Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexico, ' Oklahoma, Kentucky, West Virginia, Tennessee, Iowa and Minnesota. The GOP now holds six of these seats. Brownell called for a determined effort to keep them from going Democratic. A similar position was taken by Hugh Scott, chairman of the Republican national committee. In a statement warning against GOP over-confidence, he asked party workers not to relax their efforts to put over the entire Republican slate. Other political developments: WALLACE Rain last night forced a postponement in the giant New York rally to. "welcome home" Henry A. Wallace from his hectic tour of the South. It will be held tonight. MINNESOTA Orville Freeman, chairman of the state Democratic-Farmer Labor party predicted President Truman and Mayor Hubert Humphrey of Minneapolis would carry Minnesota for President and Senator. "RABBLE-ROUSING" Democratic National Chairman J. Howard McGrath assailed Sen. Kenneth S. Wherry, R., Nab., for calling "Mr. Truman's Labor Day speeches "rabble rousing." He said "it was regretful" that the GOP leader "chooses to call any Americans who come out to hear the President 'rabble'." Lions Club Hears Charles Foncannon CJwles Foncannon, International board member of District 11, United Mine Workers, was guest speaker at the Lions Club meeting Thursday night, Sept. 9. Mr. Foncannon was introduced by Harmon Kelley, Sullivan, a! former International Board member of the same organization. The speakers appeared at the invitation of Lion Harold Stanbaugh who was in charge of program arrangements.1 Mr. Foncannon's talk was most interesting and appropriate, following Labor Day so closely. He sp.oke mainly of the welfare and pension funds of the United Mine Workers and explained the methods of distribution of these funds.' It was pointed out that the community as well as the miners receive benefits from such funds due to the increased buying power which they provide. Mr. Fon cannon stated that his organiza tion is interested in community betterment and wishes to extend its cooperation to organizathe community for all of the tions which strive to improve people. He complimented the Lions Club for its accomplishments in this field. Other guests were W. C. Jamison, Virgil Bergstrom, Jim McKee and Percy Grieves. A Board of Directors meeting in which numerous items of club business were discussed was held after the program. DOWNTOWN QUARTERBACKS ' The Downtown Quarterbacks will huddle Tuesday evening, Sept. 14, at 6:30 o'clock at the Davits Hotel dining: room for the tenth session. Coaches Jones, Lucas and Jarrett will be present fcr the session of eat inland talking- football. AH loyal Sullivan High fans are welcome. Admission is by meal ticket and reservations at $1 a plate must be made with Dr. C. E. Fisher, at his office, by 11 a. m. on Tuesday. The meetings will be hei'l at the same hour, same place, same reservation plan on each Tuesday night throughout the football season.

Forestry Contest Is Planned Again The Forestry Contest . sponsored by the Indiana Hardwood Lumberman's Associatr'ion, which proved so successful last year, is being run again this year, announces Stanley Hensler, District Forester at Linton, Indiana. $1000.00 in prizes will be given to woodland owners in this state for entries showing the best examples of -woodland

managements. .Last year, the contest aroused state wide interest in promoting better forestry methods, states Mr. Hensler and has made many w.'-odland owners realize that good forestry methods pay dividends. Any woodland owner in Indiana is eligible to enter this contest and may d.o so by submitting a complete questionaire before the deadline date of Nov. 1, 1948. Entry blanks can be obtained from the distrist forester, county agent, .or by writing to the State Forester at Indianapolis, Ind. Land owners . are urged to enter this contest and to engage in good forestry practices on their woodland. Farm incomes can be materially boosted by good woodland management, states Mr. Hensler, and out timber production on three and one-half million acres of farm woodlands in this state can be increased to provide more forest products so vital to our national economy. Norman Wilkey, Sullivan, R. 1, was Sullivan County's winner last year. He also placed first in this district, which includes five counties. Brownies, Girl Scouts To Meet Monday Brownies and Girl Scout leaders will meet with their troops Monday, September 13th after school at the following places: Troop I, Presbyterian Church; leader, Mjs. Wm. Ryan. .-Troop Baptist Church; leaders, Mrs. Wilford Usrey, "Mrsf Russell Spencer. Troop III, Baptist Church; leader, Mrs. Forrest Garey. -T Troop IV, Christian Church; leaders, Mrs. Cleo Woodard, Mrs. Rose Prose. Troop V, High School; leader, Mrs. James Campbell. Troop VI, Presbyterian Church; leader, Mrs. Homer Murray. Troop VII, Christian Church; leader, Mrs. Harold Miller. Troop VIII, Methodist Church; leaders, Mrs. Carl Price, Mrs. Harry Jarrett. j Girls in the second grade who wish to become Brownie Scouts, will be Troop VIII and will meet! with Mrs. Carl , Price and Mrs. j Harry Jarrett at the Methodist Church. Brownie Scouts that flew-up from Troop VII and met with Miss Hutt and Mrs. Murray at the Presbyterian Church last year will meet with Mrs. Miller at the Christian Church. The Brownies who did not fly up from Troop VII will meet with Mrs. Murray. Troop VI, Mrs. Beach's troop from the Methodist Church, will meet at the Presbyterian Church with Mrs. Murray. Discussion On Parking Meters There has been a lot of discussion pro and con regarding the current installation of parking meters around the public square and one block off each way. But perhaps one of the best remarks was made by an "Uncle Joe" (whatever his name happens to be) who stood on the west side of the square yesterday with his hands calmly clasped behind him and remarked, "Well I see they are bringing the hitching posts back to Sullivan." Those who can remember the day when the hitching post around the public square gave : way to the automobile will also remember the heated conversa tion that went along with progress. TO CELEBRATE GOLDEN WEDDING Mr. and Mrs. Stanford Chambers of -Louisville, Kentucky, will celebrate their golden wedding anniversary Tuesday evening, September 21, from 7 to 11 with an open house at their home, 2605 Montgomery Street. No formal invitations will be issued. Mr. and Mrs. Chambers are natives of Sullivan, County and have a host of friends and relatives in this vicinity.

Truman Plans Stiff Campaign Tour This Fall i j . By Merriman Smith .United Press White House ') Reporter WASHINGTON, Sept. 10. (U.R) President Truman on Sept. 17 will undertake one of the most rigorous-campaign trips in the history of American politics. In two, hectic hard-riding weeks, he will offer his election wares everywhere from Texas Creek, Colo., population about 400, to Los Angeles, population close to 2,000,000. The White House yesterday released half of Mr. Truman's western itinerary for the campaign swing beginning late next week. It was enough to make the hardiest traveler grow weak. On some days, his traveling schedule will start as early as 4 a. m., with rear platform appearances starting about 6:30. He will work every available town along his railroad route, appearing sometimes in places populated only by railroad section hands, a storekeeper and occasional victims of wanderlust. The President's western campaign trip begins here Sept. 17 and ends Oct. 2. During that time he will work his way to the West Coast and back with at least 10 major speeches in towns of sizable population. hf the first seven days, the President will: 1. Speak at a plowing match

near Dexter, la., on Sept. 18. 2. Make a six-stop stump tourj of Cnlnradn with tha Tna snaanh ' at Denver on the afternoon of Sept. 20. 3. Speak his way across Utah on Sept. 21 from dawn until well after dusk, with a major appearance at Salt Lake City. 4. After swinging across Nevada, he will stump California from San Francisco to Los Angeles for two days. After Los Angeles, the White House wasn't saying. ..But .. flrom Benfocratic ""party sources, 'the word was that the President would make frequent appearances in Texas and Oklahoma before . returning home. He'll probably ( stop in West Virginia, too, before getting back to Washington. Mr. Truman will be here only two or three days after the west- I ern trip before he starts out again. He plans to cover as much ground as possible before the voters go to the "polls. He will wind up on election eve in Kansas City. Hoosiers May Gel Reflector Plates INDIANAPOLIS, Sept. 10. (U.R) Hoosier car-owners in 1950 may sport a reflector-type license plate with numerals that will light up when headlights are turned on them. Or, the 1950 plates may be shiny aluminum which can be used up to five years. And there's a chance that the plates two years hence will be permanently colored yellow and black, like the colors of the state's highway signs. All three possibilities were wider consideration by the Bureau of Motor Vehicles and the Secretary of State's office today. Secretary of State Thomas Bath said that, at any rate, there would be some changes made by 1950. It may only amount to a widening of the plate by about an inch,, but there'll be changes, he said. Bath said he probably would discuss the proposed changes further Sept. 23 at a meeting of the governor's traffic commission here. He said that Indiana soon would issue its first combination letternumber plate. When the 1,000,000th plate is sold within the nekt few days, the serial number will revert to A-10001, he said. Carlisle Plans Bigger Fair 1 The 1948 Carlisle Community . Fair was a financial success, reJ ports from Haddon Township indicate. The fair, which ran the last four days of last week, drew bigger crowds than any fair in Carlisle history, and already plans for a bigger and better fair in 1949 have been made. I The exhibits of live stock, poultry, produce, 4-H exhibits, and fancy work and needlework were i larger and better than the year before. The merchants' exhibits, under a tent extending the full length of the Midway, were more 1 numerous and better.

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Farm Groups Say Retail Food Prices To Drop WASHINGTON, Sept. 10 (UP) Three major farm organizations said today that lower retail food prices "are on their way as a result of record farm production this year." They noted that on-the-farm prices already have declined 10 percent from the 1948 high. This drop, they predicted, will have its effect on consumer prices as soon as the products reach the market. . But they warned that meats may trail other foods in seeking j lower price levels. Because livestock herds were cut sharply in recent years, the farm group said, ranchers may prefer to build them up for a while before sending increased supplies to the nation's meat counters. The three organizations making the optimistic price forecast were the National Grange, the American Farm Bureau Federation and the National Council of Farmer Cooperatives. Their prediction was backed up to some extent by the Labor Department. It reported that average wholesale prices for 900 basic commodities declined 0.6 percent in the week ending last Saturday, the second straight weekly decline. The Department said wholesale food prices dropped fully two" percent during." the. 'week. But this decline was offset partially by a 0.1 percent rise in the wholesale price of commr,ties other than foods and farm products. Consumer prices generally follow the trend of the wholesale market. In predicting lower food prices, the farm organizations mauc a special ucicusc ui tuc administration's farm price support program. They said the program has stimulated production, and "has kept food prices from reaching the heights which they would have, and did, reach in many other countries." Volcano Poison Gas Detected In Philippines MANILA, Sept. 10 (UP) Traces of poison gas have been detected on tiny ' Camiguin Island in the Southern Philippines where Mt. Hibok Hibok is erupting," a Philippines government volcano expert reported today. Geologist Arturo Alcaraz ' reported that a heavy dark smoke emitted last, night contained traces of gas, possibly chloride. "We considered the situation serious enough to warrant extreme precautionary measures." Alcaraz said, "as the particles were acicuc ana me air naa a yellowish-green tinge during the activity." He said no casualties had resulted from the latest activity. Meantime, the United States Army Transport General Weigel sped toward the island where an "acute emergency" has been declared. Commodore Jose V. Andrada. commander of the Philippines 1 naval patrol, said mass evacuation of the island was in full swing and that "the situation was under control. It was reported that the Weigel intercepted a distress signal from Camiguin and promptly headed for the disaster area to aid in the evacuation. DAMAGE SUIT IS DISMISSED A damage suit filed by Neoda Howard against William Hargis was dismissed in the Sullivan Circuit Court yesterday. The case had been venued to the i local court from Vigo County.

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INDIANAPOLIS, Sept. 10. (UP) A permanent injunction prohibiting the state election board from permitting the Dixiecrat party a place on the Indiana state ballot this fall was granted today by a Circuit judge. Judge Lloyd Claycombe issued the order which will bar the State's Rights party from the ballot. He acted after Indiana Attorney General Cleon Foust said that the members of the election board had agreed the Dixiecrats' petition was "irregular and possibly fraudulent." . The election board last week

Atomic Bomb Chief Is Called By Red Hunters WASHINGTON, Sept. 10. (U.R) House investigators called Lt. Gen. Leslie R. Groves, wartime Army chief of the atomic bomb project to testify today at the Communist espionage inquiry. Groves was called as a surprise witness this morning before a closed session of a House unAmerican activities subcommittee. He was subpoenaed by the subcommittee. Groves, now retired and a vice president of the Remington-Rand Co., said he had ho idea of why , the legislators had called him. He ' said he had not brought any files or documents with him. 1 "I think I could tell them a great deal about everything for which I was responsible," he told reporters" before his appearance before the subcommittee. "Unlike a good many other people, I am not dependent on files." Committee Chairman J. Parnell Thomas, R. N. J., has told ' reporters that the committee is investigating allegel Soviet' attempts to steal secrets of the atomic bomb. Groves said he would be able to outline the security regulations that governed the Manhattan project which developed the atomic bomb, but he added: "Security was just a minor thing in respect to all the efforts devoted (to the Manhattan Project)," Groves said. "Our major objective was to get the bomb so we could end the war and American lives." save Farm Demonstration Planned Wednesday It was announced today by the County Agriculeure Extension Office that a pasture renovation demonstration will take place on the Norman Koenig farm southeast of Carlisle, Wednesday afternoon, September 15. A great many farmers in this county have been showing much interest in improving their pasture this fall. Quite often the revamping of a pasture can be done much more efficient if a few Important steps are taken. First, the soil should be tested if lime is needed, it should be applied six months previous to seeking the legumes which need additional lime. The top soil should be worked, but not to the extent to turn under the mujcn on top. For the most part, grasses should be seeded in- the fall and legumes in the spring, however there are a few exceptions to the rule. Some of the machinery men in this county will have implements at ' "the demonstration, showing different methods of tillage. All farmers are invited to attend. F. E. Ward Heads Linton Athletics F. E. Ward, one-time principal land basketball coach at Shelburn, has been named athletic director of Linton-Stockton High School. Ward was basketball coach of the Miners last season. j Mr. Ward is also principal of the four elementary schools at : Linton and teaches public speak- . ing and health in the high school, He was succeeded as basketball coach by George Pearcy.

voted 2-1 to approve the Dixie- ' crats' petition, bearing 11,084 signatures, to become the. seventh party on the ballot. Since then three injunction ' suits have peen filed and the

Democratic state committee has charged fraud in obtainnig the signatures. Claycombe acted on a suit brought by Dr. Ralph E. Hanley, Indianapolis dentist, who asked that the court rescind the board's action. Shriws Fraud. Foust said that investigation showed "many irregularities and possibly fraud" in the petition. He said "we found some 8,000 signatures were acknowledged by one notary public on Aug. 31 and the record shows she did not obtain her notary certificate until Sept. 1." The notary has not been located. Authorities also sought two taxicab drivers who Dixiecrat Organizer Frank Kimbrell said he hired to obtain most of the signatures. Foust said Governor Gates and Edwin Steers, Sr., Republican members of the state election beard, could not be blamed for approving the petition. Democratic Member William Steckler voted against it. State Democratic Chairman Ira Haymaker, however, said that the election board -"does have the authority to investigate a petition." "The Democratic member of the board suggested that an investigation was in order," said Haymaker, "but he was voted down." . ..... Law Gives Authority. L Haymaker said state election laws Pr0Vlde that ' tne board has ; the autonty to suopoena ana mey can call anyone they want. Also the legislature appropriates $500 to make such investigations!" "Instead of making the investigation themselves," added' Haymaker, "they left it up to the Democratic state committee." "The petition was filed on the last day for filing and of course the board had no opportunity nor authority under the law to investigate the legality of all signatures," Foust said. Steers said the board would not appeal the injunction. Kimbrell was in court but did not testify. Later, he said he "regretted" the methods used by his agents to get the signatures. May Use Write-ins. Kimbrell said last night that the party might resort to a "write in" device to get votes. He said special Dixiecrat ballots might be printed to paste on the regular ballot. Election board officials said state law permitted "paste ons" but only in state and local elections. The board said it was doubtful that legal votes could be cast in this manner. Foust said investigation disclosed that many of the signers of the party's petition thought they were signing a petition foi higher wages or things "unrelated" to the Dixiecrats. City Court Action The following persons have been fined in City Court: Andy Golish paid $11 in fine and costs for public intoxication. Robert May paid $11 in fine and costs for public intoxication. William Russell paid $11 in fine and costs for reckless driving. Delmas Sharp paid $11 in fine and costs for operating a vehicle without a license. Max Ammerman paid $11 in fine and costs for public intoxication. BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT Mr. nd Mrs. Denzil Walters of Dugger announce the birth of a daughter, Brenda Elaine, born September 2. -