Sullivan Daily Times, Volume 50, Number 224, Sullivan, Sullivan County, 11 November 1948 — Page 1

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tfykiite House Pewies Repdrt Of Truman Mission 1 Moscow

By John L. Cutter United Press Staff Correspondent

KEY WEST, Fla., Nov. 11. (UP) The White House secretariat today threw down sharply all reports of an im--l Ji'ma. i. I J . n 1 n- -TT.

jjLjiuiiiy meeting ueiween rresiaent iruman ana Kussian Premier Josef Stalin. Ebem Ayers, assistant White House Dress secretary.

said flatly that there are no plans for such a meeting. He added that Mr. Truman has no intention of going to Moscow and

stands cn ms olt-repeated statement that he would be glad to see Stalin any time the Soviet leader comes to this country. But, Ayers pointed out, the White House has no information that Stalin is headed in this direction. '

Ayers was asked about Moscow reports of such a meeting when he showed up this afternoon to witness a baseball game between secret service men and photographers at the President's submarine base vacation, retreat. Sen. Alben W. Barkley, the Vice-President-Elect, and Leslie L. Bif'le, director of the Senate Democratic policy committee, who are vacation guests of Mr. Truman, al?.o dropped over from the Southern White House to witness the game. Bi--fle had nothing to say. Barkley refused all efforts to V Interview him,' declaring: ""- 1 "I'm not talking about any-. Vhlnjg except, the blueness ofJhej;. waier ana me notrvess ot tne . sun." He said he had been swimming with Mr. Truman before noon. Mr. Truman didn't show up for the baseball game, although he had said earlier, during a surprise visit to a swimming pool where the press was playInp. that he might. The President showed up at the swimming jyo! sporting a mustache and chin whiskers. When someone joshingly remarked that he had "a good looking Van Dyke," Mr. Truman replied:' "It isn't a Van Dyke., .it's a -JeTt IJaVlS. Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederacy, wore chin whiskers of distinctive cut. Reporters were gambling that both the mustache and the chin whiskers will be absent by the' time Mrs. Truman and daughter Margaret arrive here Friday. Meanwhile, the President was obviously enjoying the adornment. MOSCOW, Nov. 11 (UP) Moscow newspapers gave most prominent display today to a report that President Truman might come to Europe to confer

Hunting Season Open But

Sure You Obev The Gama Laws

INDIANAPOLIS, Nov. 11(UP) The Indiana Conservation Department save its . blessing today to quail, rabbit and Hungarian partridge hunters. But it said that even though the open season on the three types of game began yesterday, the men with the guns should remember the rules. Bill Hougland, editor of the Conservation Department publication "Outdoor Indiana", said that law-breaking was not a profitable -undertaking for hunters and fishermen ' in Indiana. As a matter of fact, Hougland said, sportsmen were nabbed for 79 different types of law violations during the last fiscal year. They paid $15,804 in fines and costs. There aren't many ' arrested who win acquittal, Hougland added, citing figures that showed 676 of 681 arrested forked over fines. The major violations of hunters were being without a state license, hunting on Sunday, hunting without the landowner's consent, shooting across public highways, and hunting out of

season.

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with Premier Josef Stalin. The official Tass News Agency, which sent the dispatch under a Washington dateline, was careful to point out that the report was unconfirmed. Nevertheless diplomatic observers were interested in the mere fact that the report was published because Russian newspapers seldom publish ' unconfirmed reports unless some special significance attaches to them. The report which Tass transmitted quoted Tristran Coffin, tommentator in The . Washington Times-Herald, as saying that the President might possibly eome--to - Europefeefore the opening of Congress for a personal talk with Stalin. The commentator was quoted as saying that the President was so determned to carry out his peace program that he would go to Moscow if Stalin declined to leave Soviet territory. I JUDGE CONSIDERS LOBAUGH DIVORCE KOKOMO, Ind., Nov. 11 (UP) Howard Circuit Judge Forrest E. Jump today took under advisement a suit in which Mrs. Ralph Lobaugh seeks to divorce her husband,: ,nnu7 in tViA Hfnth rnw at TnHinnn State Prison after confessing to the deaths of three Fort Wayne women. BIG HOMES POSE PROBLEM ANDERSON, Ind., Nov. 11 (UP) A city planning commission expert said today that provisions' should be made by which Huge, rambling homes of the 1890's could be made multiple residence homes "without having to comply with the restriction of zoning for offstreet parking and lot area." .The quail and partridge sea?ons opened yesterday and run through Dec. 20. Daily; bag limit on quail is 10 and ' after three days you can't have more than 30 in your possession. Partridge bag limit, is five and 10 is the maxmum number you can legally have at any , one time. - The rabbit season also opened yesterday and runs through Jan. 10. The daily bag limit is five and 10 is the most you can have at any one time. ! A three-day pheasant season opens today. The daily ba? limit is one male pheasant and y.ou can't have more than three on hand at the end of the season. The open season on ducks, geese and coot runs from Oct. 29 through Nov. 27, Bag limits per day are four on ducks, 5 on coot and four on geese. The open hunting and trap ping season on raccoon, opossum, skunk, mink and muskrat starts at noon Nov. 15 and extends to noon Jan. 15. The raccoon 'daily bag limit is two but there's no limit on the other animals.

eds Threaten

To Down Stray BERLIN, Nov. 1I--UP) The Russians have threatened to force down Allied airplanes which stray from the narrow aerial corridors between the Western occupation zones and blockaded. Berlin. They were told at once by the United States Army command that they would be held "fully and completely" responsible for any injury to American airmen or damage Jo any American plane if the threat were carried out. Lt. Gen. G. S. Lukyanchenko, chief of staff, of the Soviet military administration, made the ;hreat in a communication to Brig. Gen. Charles K. Gauley, Jr., chief of staff of the American military government. Lukyanchenko said that any planes found by Soviet air patrols flying outside the air corridors, or flying without nationality marks, would be forced to land on the nearest airfield in the Russian zone. In reply Gauley notified him tersely:, "You are informed that full and complete responsibility will rest on the shoulders of Soviet authorities should any injury be sustained by any of our personnel or any damage occur to our planes as the result of. Soviet action taken in this connection.". Ship Appeals For More Food SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 11. (UP) The SS Swarthmore Victory was in distress ' 1500 miles out of the Golden Gate today. She radioed the Navy for help because her "passengers" had been forced on quarter rations and were threatening mutiny. The Swarthmore Victory is loaded with animals destined for American zoos. The radio message said that six baby elephants were protesting their lean diet of hay and . had begun to kick the ship to pieces. Not only that, but squawks were coming from the hundreds of exotic birds whose worm rations had been slashed in midocean as supplies ran short. Monkeys, bears and cats also were beginning to set up a din aboard ship and only the snakes were grumbling silently, the reports said. Pacific Far East Lines Spokesman Shamus O'Hanrahan said the Navy has volunteered to fly eight bales of oat hay and crates of worms to be parachuted into the water near the "stricken" ship. Presumably it will be up to the vessel's worried crew to fish the! waterproofed Ray and worms out J of the ocean and feed it to the animals before the ship's plates ! are kicked out or crew members I abandon ship because of the. noise. Tipton Workers Join Perfect Circle Strike NEW CASTLE, Ind., Nov. 11. (UP) The Tipton plant joined two 'Others of the Perfect Circle Corp. in a strike over a wage dispute today. Workers walked out yesterday at New Castle and Hagerstown plants. The only plant remaining in full operation was the Rich mond unit. However, production continued with skeleton forces at the three struck plants, company officials said. Erving Lacey. assistant general manager of the Hagerstown plant which manufactures piston rings, said some 200 workers remained on the job at New Castle, Hagerstown and Tipton. Plant , manaeer Tom Bolton said he suspected the opening of the rabbit hunting season today "had something to -do" with the walkout.

Airlift Planes

Cargo Hungry,

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s Baby" Gels Gift Offers . .. j . LONDON, Nov. II (UP)Enterprising Americans1: have offered Princess Elizabeth's expected baby a free trans-Atlantic diaper service, it was made known 'today.! - -. The. National ; Institute of Diaper Service wants to supply the baby with diapers which, would be flown weekly from the United States, and laundered in the U, S. too because of the British soap rationing. As an added touch, the in-: stitute Dromised that the diapers would have rcyal crests embroidered delicately in aj corner. ! American publicity, agents have moved in on the expected blessed event' in a big way. The royal couple have been offered a deluxe baby carriage with electronic devices to lull him to sleep, fluorescent light, ing and nearly 'everything else but radar. Enough baby foods have been offered to feed the newcomer until his or her coronation, enough blankets to change them as often as diapers are changed, enough shoes to supply a family of centipedes. However, Buckingham Palace is suspicious of presents which come from outside . sources, scenting the odor of commercial goids-pushinf, and most, of ,. the offerings will be declined, with thanks. " . Wafer-Tank-Falls Through Root, 3 Die RIVERDALE, 111, Nov ii water (UP) A 35,000-gallon tank toppled from a six-story warehouse and plunged through an adjoining building, killing and injuring a number of employes inside. Company .officials said three men were known dead and six injured. Searchers groped through the wreckage for possible additional victims, but said they believed all workers were accounted for. The wooden water tank toppled off the warehouse of the Central Cold Storage Co. when its support girders collapsed. Witnesses said it crashed through the roof of a one-story office building built as an ex tension to the warehouse and plunged through to the basement. Dead and injured were re moved from the office building . by rescue workers who sloshed through the water - unleashed when the tank split open. An electrician working on the fifth floor of the warehouse said workmen there heard a crash and then fled as water cascaded down from .the top of the building. He did not believe any workmen in the main structure were hurt. romoanv officials said about 35 employes were in the place at the' time but that their duties vn thpm well - scattered throughout the buildings. County Coaches Plan Cage Card The Sullivan County coaches have drawn up a schedule ior their 1948-49 season, it has been announced. As they did last year, the coaches will play in most of ihe gyms in the county during their ten-game schedule. : . The only gym they will not pl?v in Is the Pleasantville gym. The games will be against opposition not vet selected. The schedule is as follows: Nov. 18, at Fairbanks Dec. 2, at Graysviile Dec. 9, at Farmersburg Dec. 16, at Hymera Jan. 6, at Merom Jan. 13, at Dugger Feb. 3, at Shelburn ' Feb. 10, at New Lebanon Feb. 17, at Carlisle March 3, at Sullivan.

'THURSDAY, NOV. 11, 1948.

Armist

ice ervices To Be Held Today Sullivan's annual Armistice Day observance will be held this morning at the Community Gym shortly after 11a. m. The observance in the gym will follow the parade which will start at 10:30 a. m. from the Teen Canteen and wind through the downtown streets before passing the reViewing stand in front of the gym. After a salute to the dead has been given, the crowd will go into the gym where a speech by Lt. Col. C. E. Wheeler, of the Indiana University Military De partment, will be the speaker. Miss Sally Pope will sing "My Buddy" during the ceremony inside the gym. It is expected, that s large crowd will witness the parade and will be on hand for the program in the gym. . After the meeting, the Legion will hold a bean dinner for Legicnanires and members of the Auxiliary' at the Legion Home ncrth of the city. Evansville Sued For Monkey Bife EVANSVILLE, Ind, Nov. 11 (UP) A steamfitter who was injured three weeks ago when two1- chimpanzees escaped-- fromthe Mesker City Zoo here, today sued the City of Evansville for $25,000 damages. George F. Davis claimed in a probate court suit that the city was negligent in failing to provide adequate protection for him while he was at work on a zoo building's heating system. Davis said he suffered a fractured and sprained wrist, scratches, bruises, and the loss of two fingers when the apes bit, clawed and pulled him off a. roof where he had climbed in an attempt to escape them. The two chimps, Hank and Kuku, were "dangerous, ferocious and full grown. Kuku being esDecially excitable over motherhood prospects," the suit charged. Hank was shot and killed by Zoo Superintendent Robert McGraw and Kuku was recaptured. Since that time she has given birth to a male, named Hfnk, Jr.. bv McGraw. The second man who was injured by the apes, E. J. Martin, was descnoed as in "improved condition" at Deaconess Hospital here. Martin is general foreman of the park, department. Children's Diseases Increase Since Jan. An increase in the incidence of four childhood diseases since the first of January as comparea to a nve-year mcuum shown by the weekly morbidity report of the Indiana State Board of Health which is a summary of diseases reported by Indiana doctors to local health officers The diseases1 showing an increase over the five-year medium and the same period a year aeo are: measles with 17,203 reported cases; mumps witn s,ioo :caces; diohtheria with 350 cases an(i rubella with 218 cases, "Most of the increase in these diseases was this spring , when school was in session. But with the opening .of this school vear cases are still being reI ported," Dr. J. W. Jackson, di rector. Division of Communica ble Disease Control, Indiana State Board of Health, pointed out. "Diphtheria can be prevented by immunization. Immune serum globulin should be administered to infants under three years of age and to older debilitated children for either a temporary immunity or to lighten a case of measles and thus develop a permanent immunity."

Trumans To Be Noved Out Of White House

WASHINGTON, Nov. 10 (UP) The Trumans got notice ' today that they'll have to move I out of the White House shortly after they return from their Florida vacation Nov. 21. j The President, Mrs. Truman (and their daughter, Margaret. , probably will have lo live across the street in the State Department's Blair House for the next year or more, because the White House is undergoing major reI pairs that won't be completed until late 1949 or early 1950. The 150-year-old Executive Mansion has been condemned as one of the worst firetraps in the country. The floors creak, the staircases shake, and the ceilings are threatening to fall. Things have gotten so bad that the sagging floors even menace Margaret Truman's singing career. She walked . into her room on the second floor recently and found her piano leaning to starboard. One leg had gone through the floor. The repairs also will interfere with the White House social season. The glittering formal events which traditionally highlight the year for Washington's diplomatic and social set have been called off until the rebuilding is finished. About Patronage At Luncheon INDIANAPOLIS, Nov. 11. (UP) Indiana's new Democratic Congressmen met today to talk over postal patronage and to listen to the party's one re-elected incumbent tell them how to act in tne nation's capitol. National Committeeman Frank Mc Hale threw a luncheon for the seven Democratic winners to brief them in the ways of Con gress. Five showed up and Rep. Ray Madden, of the First District, talked with them by telephone from Lake County. Mc Hale announced at the luncheon that all Hoosier postal patronage would be cleared through him, State Chairman Ira Haymaker, and the seven Congressmen. The Democrats hold a 7-4 advantage in the House delegation after last week's election. Mc Hale said "about 300" postal jobs in Indiana "have to' be confirmed" by Congress, He said patronage would be cleared through the Congressmen elect in the First, Third, Fourth Fifth, Seventh, Eighth and Eleventh Districts. In the Second, Sixth, Ninth and Tenth Districts, where Republicans were elected, it will be cleared through Mc Hale and Haymaker, he said. Present for the session were Reps.-Elect Thurman C. Crook of South Bend, Andrew Jacobs of Indianapolis, Winfield K. Denton of Evansville, John Walsh of Anderson, and Edward Kruse of Fort Wayne. COURT FINDS WOMAN INNOCENT INDIANAPOLIS, Nov. 11 (UP) A Marion County Criminal Court jury of seven men and five women deliberated for nine hours before returning a verdict of not guilty in the murder trial of Mrs. Jeannette Oder, age 46, today. Mrs. Oder was 'charged with the murder of her former husband, Harvey S. Broglin, an Indianapolis bartender, last Feb. 3. The jury was out for 20 hours. COURT WITHDRAWS EDUCATION STAY CHICAGO, Nov. 11 (UP) Tha U. S. Circuit of Court of Appeals today withdrew a stay of execution of a contemot of court citation against the AFL International Typographical Union.

Democrats Talk

INTERNATIONAL PICTURE SERVICE

Lnsiireiiieii Strilc

NEW YORK. Nov. 11. some 13,000 longshoremen tied

harbors today, halting loreign maritime iraue mcniuum Marshall plan shipments. It threatened to spread from Maine to Virginia. With West Coast shipping paralyzed for the past 70 days by another strike, the men who load and unload the freighters and passenger liners here rebelled against a new contract, approved by their own union leaders and by shipping companies, providing for a 10-cent-an-hour wage increase.

Golden Arrows

Wind Up Grid Card Today Sullivan's Golden Arrows will wind up the 1943 football season this afternoon when they tangle with the Linton Miners on Oliphant Field in Linton at 2 p. hi. The game will count in both the Western Indiana Conference and the S.I.A.C. In the W.I.C. the Arrows will be shooting for their third win of the season against

three losses which will probably; junction under the Taft-Hart-give them a tie for third place in'l ley law expired last midnight the" final" starTdingl-Irx the SlA.C.Tand.-the'men-' immediately Klop-

the locals will be seeking second win in the smaller sion of the league which their give them either second or third in the final standing. Eleven Arrows will be playing their final game of the season for the locals as they try for their fifth win of the season. They have lost five games. Both the Sullivan High School band and the Linton High School band will be on hand to supply the music for the afternoon. The two. bands will play together in the pre-game period, and each band will give a half-time show. Graysviile To Open Recreation Center The Turman House, recreation center at Graysviile,' will be opened for the first time after the Graysville-Hutsonville basketball game Friday night, it has been announced. The new township house is the old Avondalelnn, just north of the high school building. Both teams and fans from the two schools will get together to talk over the ball game. The Greyhounds will be seeking their second victory of the season when they tangle with Hutsonville. New Car Buyers

House Investigators PxSport

WASHINGTON,' Nov. 11 (UP) New car buyers were nicked for more than $450,000,000 on unwanted extra gadgets and under-valued trade-ins during the first seven months of this year, House investigators estimated today. The estimate was released by Rep. W. Kingsland Macy, R., N. Y., in announcing that his House subcommittee on questionable trade practices will quiz several dealers at public hearings later this month. The investigators reported that average customers lose about $300 on their old cars and are forced to pay for about $143 worth of unordered ac--cessories such as "radios, and gadgets that spray windshields. The estimates were based on a study of automobiles sales policies in Washington, D. C. "The committee has reason to assume that the conditions covered in the metropolitan area of Washington are repre

PRICE THREE CENTS

(UP) A wildcat strike by up the New York and Boston J.n me giani iew xoi-k narbor, some 10,000 insurgent members of the AFL International Longshoremen's Association refused to go out on the piers when the" boss stevedores blew their whistles at 8 a. m. Some men were working but the bulk - of the docks in Manhattan, Brooklyn, Jersey City and Hoboken were struck. In Boston, according to the U. S. Maritime Commission, some 3,000 men were affected. The commission said longshoremen still were on the job in such other big Eastern porta as Philadelphia, Baltimore, Hampton Roads, Va., and Portland, Me. An 80-day "no-strike": in- , ped work although results ot a

divi- j vote among some 60,000 longwill shoremen on the entire Eastern

Coast as to approval of the new contract were not expected to be final until Friday. May Spread , Indications were ' that other ports either would be affected before that time or on Friday when the vote is in. Joseph Ryan, ILA president, said only one of 14 local unions reported so far had approved the settlement. , A strike on the Gulf Coast, tying uo the entire U. S. Merchant Marine, might follow although wage negotiations there begin in New Orleans on Nov. 17 and union representatives have agreed to hold off a" strike at least until Dec. 9. The stevedores stayed 6n the job at the bi Army base in Brooklyn, loading point for ships carrying supplies to U. S. oiv cupation troops abroad. Except for that, the tie-uo was almost complete and the Maritime Commission said there was no doubt that Marshall plan shipments were affected. CANTEEN OPEN The Dart and Arrow canteen will be open Thursday, Friday, and Saturday nights. flicked He sentative of those existing generally throughout the country," Macy said. "Therefore," he added, "projecting our findings on a national basis, it is estimated that during the first seven months of 1948, the American public may well have lost more th3n $200,000,000 on undervalued trade-ins, and, in addition thereto, has probably paid over $250,000,000 for extras they did not want." Macy said his subcommittee'3 investigation disclosed that: Although trade-ins customarily were handled by new car dealers at a loss, they are being sold today at an average profit of 43 per cent. Trade-ins have been undervalued by dealers on an average of at least $300. New car buyers don't want half of the accessories they are forced to take with the car. The average new car carries $286 worth of such accessories.