Sullivan Daily Times, Volume 50, Number 254, Sullivan, Sullivan County, 23 December 1948 — Page 1
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r" WEATHER . IJGHT SNOW Indiana: Mostly cloudy tonight and Friday, with light snow Friday. READ THE LATEST NEWS IN THE DAILY TIMES - r VOL. 50 No. 254 UNITED PRESS SERVICE SULLIVAN DAILY TIMES THURSDAY, DEC. 23. 1948. INTERNATIONAL PICTURE SERVICE PRICE THREE CENTS
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By Eliav Simon United Press Staff Correspondent TEL AVIV, Dec. 23. (UP) The Palestine war broke out afresh today with Israeli land, sea and air forces report
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United Nations truce observers in the -field reported that
Israeli troops, planes and warships attacked during the night
and pressed a full fledged campaign against the Egyptians
throughout the day. The eruption of major hostilities two days before Christmas violated a United Nations Security Council order which brought a shaky peace to the Holy Land Nov. 16. It was accompanied by an' : n- i
Israeli warning to the UN that the Jews reserved the right to freedom of action bcause Egypt had refused to negotiate for an armistice as ordered by the Security Council. The first word of the new ' hostilities came from from an Israeli military spokesman. He reported big scale fighting in a broad reach of the rain swept Negev,- without . saying who started it. But the spokesman said the Israeli forces had driven the Egyptians from the entire Northern Negev, and had opened Up lines to Jewish settlements cut off in the Faluja pocket 20-odd miles south of Tel Aviv. Report Skimpy UN truce headquarters in Haifa received the first details from its truce teams in the field.They were skimpy on Israeli Infantry action, but . reported action by Israeli planes and warships. One report ' said the Israeli forces struck at an air field in Egypt, presumably in an air attack. . Israeli naval units- appeared off Gaza, key - Egyptian base near 'the ? shore,' '. and hurled shells into the town. Other Jewish vessels struck at smaller points along the coast, a UN truce headquarters spokesman said. Observers at Gaza reported that soon after midnight Israeli planes swooped low over the town and dropped at least 16 bombs. Other planes , pounded the coastal rail center of Khan Yunis and a big Egyptian army camp at Rafa. Air and, ground attacks also were reported from Faluja, where some 2,000 Egyptian troops had been encircled since the last flurry of fighting in the Negev. Open Artillery Israeli and Egyptian artillery opened up in the early morning and thundered for hours, softening up the opposing strong points for the ground and air activity which followed. Armored units were next to swing into action, according to the military spokesman. Heavy rains had turned the usually arid fields into morasses, and the armor had to stay on the main roads. Fighter plane duels were reported over the entire front looping in an irregular pattern through the semi-barren region which had become the main
Cremate Bodies Of Jap Warlords And Scatter Ashes To The Winds
By Earnest Hoberecht United Press Staff Correspondent TOKYO, Dec. 23 (U.R) Former Premier Hideki Tojo and the six warlords who were hanged with him "went to their deaths after giving 10,000 cheers for the emperor and the Japanese way of life," the Buddhist priest who accompanied them to the execution chamber said today. The seven Japanese warlords were executed beginning at one minute after midnight today. Their bodies were cremated and their ashes scattered to the winds in different areas by U.S. soldiers in seven different jeeps. An eyewitness account of their last minutes before they entered the death chamber was furnished by Shinsho Hanayama, the Buddhist priest who was permitted to visit them for final services on the day preceding the hanging. The priest was not permitted to enter the execution chamber. The priest said Tojo and the others went "courageously" to their deaths, a report confirmed
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Cost Of Living Lower In Nov., Figures Show WASHINGTON, Dec. 23. (U.R) Lower food prices forced the cost of living down eight tenths of one percent last month, the Labor Department reported to day. It was the second consecutive month in whieh living costs had fallen. Slight declines in prices of clothing and house furnishings and a "substantial" slump in food prices were "primarily responsible" for the overall drop in the cost of living, the Department said. Only rents, fuel and a few miscellaneous items rose in price last month. They showed only slight increases. . As of Nov. 15, the Department said, living costs were 4.4 per cent above mid-November, -1947, and 29.2 per cent higher than June, 1946, when most price controls were scrapped. Food prices alone fell nearly two per cent between mid-Octo ber and mia-November. it was the fourth consecutive month of lower food prices and since food is the biggest single item in the family budget, the drop is enough to offset slight increases in oth er living essentials. V Killed In Spanish Air Crash MADRID, Dec. 23. (UP) An Iberia Airlines plane crashed in the mountains near Barcelona today, killing the 27 persons aboard. The plane was en route from Barcelona to Madrid when it crashed in the Paondols Sierra Mountains in the province of Tarragona, soon after taking off from Barcelona. It was believed that all aboard were Spanish. There was no indication as tc the cause of the crash. n LIBRARY NOTICE The Sullivan Public Library will close at 6:00 p. m. on Christmas Eve instead of at 8:00 p. m. the regular closing hour. by the official description of the hanging issued by Gen. Dougla? MacArthur's public relations office. Hanayama said he performed rites over the seven bodies ir coffins outside the death chamber immediately after the executions. The lids had not yet beer closed, he said, and he saw the faces of all the executed men. Their faces were "serene clear and clean," he said, and gave the impression they hadn't suffered in the executions. , The bodies of the seven war criminals were reduced to ashes at the . Yokohama crematorium eight hours after the hangings were completed in the Sugamo Prison. . . , The ashes were placed in small black boxes and . carried away from the crematorium in seven different jeeps. They were scat tered secretly so that there could be no final resting place to pro vide a future nationalistic shrine for possible militarists.
One-Way Alleys Are Set Up Around Square
A number of alleys In the business district have been de clared one-way streets, Mayor Guy Biddle said today, and he said that -signs had been placed at the exits of the alleys to warn motorists. The mayor said that the one,way directions will be enforced and that all parkjng I leys must cease. The in the alonly exception, he indicated, would be vehicles loading and unloading. ine alleys which have been dsignatsd one-way are the one running east and west between Wall and Washington streets from Main to Court street. The traffic is to enter on the east end of the alley and leave on the west end; The alley running north and south between Court and Section streets from Wall to Jackson streets, enter at the north and exit at the south; , The alley running east and west from Court to Main streets between Jackson and Harris streets, enter from the east and exit from the west; The alley running north and south between State to Main streets running from Jackson to Wall, enter at the north and exit at the south. Signs have been posted at the exits of the alleys, to warn motorists about entering at these D0lnts. No sicns have hepn nost ej at the entrances of the alleys, The mayor also said that the stop signs on the square would be enforced and that the speed limit of 20 miles an hour in the business district would be en forced. Cars Damaged In Accident A Nash automobile driven by Rudolph Wernzof .Sullivan,, and a small GMC truck driven by Jim Kirby, of Shelburn, R. 2, were damaged in an pccident on Indiana 154 a mile west of Sullivan last night: The damage to the Wernz automobile was considerable, with less damage - done to the trucks Mr. , Wernz was slightly injured, as was Thomas Wernz, who ,was a passenger in the Wernz car. ' . 1 ' Mrs. Donnetta Howk Funeral Friday Funeral services for Mrs. Don netta Howk, who died a her home in Dugger Tuesday, will be held at the Baptist Church in Dugger Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock. The body was taken to he residence from the Evans Funeral Home this afternoon. DIVORCE SUIT FILED HERE Axie E. Bradley has filed a suit for divorce against William F. Bradley in the Sullivan Ciruit Court. lan Revival t Shelburn II ' IS The Rev. C. E. Roberts, evan gelist, will conduct revival ser vices at the Shelburn Church of God beginning Sunday, Dec. 26, and continuing for six weeks The services will begin at 1 o'clock each evening. Mrs. Roberts will present special music for each service. The Rev. Hughes R. Morehead is pastor of the church.
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Buyers Slowly Edging Sellers, Report Says BLOOMINGTON, Ind., Dec. 23. (U.R) The consumer slowly i? getting the edge over the seYg;. the Indiana University Bureau of
Business Research reported today. The bureau, in its publication, "The Indiana Business Review, aniri that its nrpliminsrv index for November indicated that business in Indiana declined about, five per cent from the level of the pi-evious month. This, said the bureau, indicates a trend from a seuerr 10 a buyers' market. "For years, there has been a backlog of unfilled consumer demand for many important consumer goods which grew out of the war-time shortages," the bu reau said. "Gradually, as many industries have been able to op erate close to capacity, this de mand ha3 been met, and the cur rent situation reflects a chang from a sellers' to a buyers' mar ket." . The publication said the No vember decline was caused large ly by a drop in farm income, reduction in the demand for some kinds of consumer goods, and "the practical impossibility of expand ing the output of some of the heavy goods industries in the states, such as steel, which are already operating at capacity." The bureau said newspaper ad vertising dropped for the second straight month, while bank debits were slightly higher. Building construction was 30 per cent . be low November, 1947, and coal production was the lowest since last April. Department store sales season ally were the best since July, the bureau said, while electricity and steel production remained at the October level. Farm income from livestock sales dropped with declining prices and farm prices as a whole were estimated at about five per cent below October. Remove Judges From Politics,"" Council Asks INDIANAPOLIS, Dec 23 (U.R) A proposed bill designed to remove Indiana judges from politics will be recommended to the 1949 General Assembly, the Judicial Council indicated today. The council, in a report for submission to the Indiana legislature, recommended that the state constitution be amended to provide for the appointment of Hoosier judges by the Governor from candidate lists submitted by non-partisan judicial commission. And, said the council, the sug gested amendment would provide that the state's voters have the right to remove judges if they see fit. The report suggested creation of an 11-member non-partisan state judicial commission to sub mit lists of candidates for judge ships to the .governor, who, in turn, would appoint judges from those nominated. Then, said the council, Indiana voters would have the choice, at each general election, of either retaining incumbent judges or removing them from office. The council also recommended that judgeship terms be fixed at an eight year minimum and that judges' salaries be increased across the board. And, said the council, all judges would be forbidden to hold any political party office, make any campaign contributions or "take any active part in pol itics." local Man Gets Pafenf M. F. Stephens, of has received Patent Sullivan . number 2454680 for a surgical directing apparatus from the United States Patent Office. Mr. Stephens said today that the first instrument, which is called a Guidoscope, has , been completed and is now being used m experimental work in a Chi cago hospital. Thf Gnidnsrnno ia a scientific precision apparatus, Mr. Stephens! said, and is used for guiding and directing various surgical tools instruments used for instracapsular fractures of the hip, and for locating and removing bullets, needles, and other fore - ign bodies.
White Christmas Is Promised For Some Areas
By United Press A white Christmas was prom ised today for most of the Middle West, New England, and scatter ca areas e western siaies. The weather bureau said "at least moderate amounts of snow will fall over the Central States, the Great Lakes and the north eastern part of the country. The Central and Northern Rocky Mountain areas and part of Southern California also will have a blanket of white, the Weatherman said. However, rain was the best, he could forecast for the Ohio River Valley and the region south of it. ' The Los Angeles weather bu reau said that rain and a possible repetition of phenomenal water spouts" also could be expected in Southern California. ' The waterspouts, unusual in an area where unusual weather is commonplace, startled Santa Monica beach residents late yes terday. One huge cone swirled to a height of 1,500 feet before withdrawing to its parent cloud. 1 A lifeguard said he counted six of the spouts which boiled "like a steaming kettle." The forecaster said the spouts were miniature tornadoes, caus ea Dy unstable air masses. fie said, they are common to the uulf of Mexico, but were the first he had seen in Southern California waters. Coal Industry Near Safety Record WASHINGTON, Dec. 23 (UP) Preliminary government figures showed today that the soft coal industry may achieve this year its most improved safety record in almost a decade. The Federal Bureau pf Mines is preparing a report for early hY January on -the 1948 -record. Barring a major mine disaster between now and Jan. 1, it will show about 200 fewer mine fatalities than there were in 1947. As of Dec. 1 the number of fatalities in bituminous mines was 785. There were 990 in 1947, 800 in 1946 and 925 in 1945. Industry sources said a major reason for the improved record is the intensive safety campaign conducted by the government, industry and United Mine Workrs since the Centralia, 111., disaster of March, 1947. The mines were closed by "safety strike" for almost tw.o weeks after the explosion which killed 112 miners. A recent mine disaster in Maryland has led the union to demand the dismisal of J. J. Rutledge, director of the state mines bureau, and Clyde Rowe, a regional inspector. John T. Jones, president of UMW District 16, said in a let ter to Gov. William freston Lane that the two officials were partly accountable for the Kitzmiller Md., mine fire in which five miners lost their lives. It occurred Nov. 4. Pope To Broadcast Christmas Message VATICAN CITY, Dec. 23. (U.R) Pope Pius XII will broadcast his regular Christmas message to the world about 10 a. m. Green wich Time (4 a. m. CST) tomoi. row. The Pope will speak in Italian. His message will be repeated later over Radio Vatican at intervals in 20 other languages, including Enelish. French, Spanish and German. Authoritative sources said the speech will be a Vatican statement on international affairs in the wake of the general lack of success of the United Nations General Assembly in Paris. NAME NEW STATE MAINTENANCE HEAD TNDTANAPOT.tr Dpp 29J(I.R) -Col. Earl B. Lockridge of Ind - ianapolis today was appointed superintendent of maintenance in the new Indiana state highway organization. Lockridge, a former Miami County surveyor and Peru city . engineer, served the state highway commission from 1919 to 1941. , His appointment' was announced by Samuel C. 'Hadden. .
County Gets Money From State Tax Fund
Sullivan county and its cities, towns, townships and schools re ceived a total of $873,168 in dis tributions of state funds during the 1947-48 fiscal year, or at the rate of $32.32 per capita, accord ing to an analysis to be contained in the biennial Tax and Social Security Manual of the Indiana State Chamber of Commerce, scheduled for publication early in January, The statewide per capita average was $26.86. Statistics concerning the county show the school units received $399,274; the share for streets and highways was $207,007, and the civil units received $266,887 for; general expenditure and public welfare purposes. In addition to the $32.32 per capita received in state aid, governmental units of the county levied $33.53 per capita in local property taxes. The combined Sullivan county receipts of state distributions and local property tax levies, amount ing to $65.85 per capita, which represent the principal tax costs of local government in the county, compare to a statewide average of $74.30. Chinese Seek Emissaries For Peace Talks NANKING. Dec. 23. (UP) Chinese officials have approached one of the Western Power embassies in Nanking asking it to contact Chinese Communists for a resumption of peace talks in the Chinese civil war, unimpeachable sources said today. These sources said the Russian embassy also was reported to have suggested to the Chinese Na tionalist government that the Big Four be invited to mediate peace The Western diplomats were reported to have replied that they could be of no assistance in contacting the Communists. The Rus sian embassy-was -reported to beawaiting an answer to its suggestion. The informants said that the Chinese had taken the initiative in reaching Red leaders but were experiencing difficulty. At the same time, it was said, they wanted guarantees that the Com munists would carry out the terms of a possible peace. News of possible new peace moves in the civil war came short ly after China's new premier and "honorable peace" advocate Sjin Fo met with his cabinet for the first time to decide whether, and under what circumstances, peace talks with the Communists might be inaugurated. . Reliable sources said decisions reached at a closed meeting in the cabinet room might force Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek to relinquish his leadership of China. Today's Markets INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. 23. (U.R) Hogs 6,000; moderately active, uneven, good and choice barrows and gilts around 225 lbs. down, strong to fully 25c, instances 50c higher; heavier weights mostly steady to spots strong; good and choice 160-225 lbs., $22.50 $23.00, practical top $23.25, short deck $23.35; 225-250 lbs., $21.50 $22.50; 250-290 lbs., $20.00 $21.50; scattering 290-325 lbs., $19.50 $20.25; 100-160 lbs., $18.00 $22.00; sows aboutabout steady, bulk $15.50 $17.00, choice lights to $17.50. Cattle 800, calves 300; fed steers and heifers opened rather slow, hardly enough here to indicate trend; one load high good 882 lb.' heifers $27.00; odd medium to good steers $24.00 $25.00; no action on two loads good to choice medium weight steers; cows bare-' ly steady, few good beef cows $18.50 $18.75; vealers active, steady, good and choice $32.00 $35.00. , , I Sheep 2,500; fat lambs strong to 1 mostly 25c .higher; good and choice natives largely $24.50 $25.00, few $25.25; seven loads good and choice 96-100 lb. fed northwestern lambs $25.25; load a i i I i j i i 1 Sooa ana cnuice rea snorn lamus. 'No - 2 Pelts $24-75" load 8001 ' a"1 95 ll- yearlings $21.50; siaugnter ewes scarce, quotaoie seady, good and choice ?7.5U " CHRISTMAS PROGRAM AT INDIAN PRAIRIE A Christmas program will be held at the Indian Prairie Church Sunday night, December 26th.
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BATAVIA, Dec. 23. (UP) The Dutch high command
reported today that resistance by Indonesian republican forces on all four sides of the roughly rectangular front in central Java had slowed down the Dutch advance.
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scorched earth policy, blowing up roads, bridges and other installations in the path of the Dutch, a war communique reported.
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iable resistance by the Indonesians since the campaign opened Sunday. Only yesterday the Dutch reported that thenforces 'were unable to make contact with the republicans who were falling back everywhere without awaiting for the advancing armies.
Woman Critical After Airplane Plunqes Into Car INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. 23. (U.R) Mrs. George Albrecht, age 38, Indianapolis, remained in critical condition in an Indianapols hosptal today after a National Guard fighter plane plunged into her car en route home from a school Christmas party. State police said the plane, piloted by Lt. Victor A. Kelly, age 24, and one of three in a flight, struck a tree-top while trying to land at Stout Field, struck the moving car and crashed into a fence. The impact sent the auto careening nearly 100 feet . along the road and into a tree. Kelly, previously reported in critical condition, was treated at Indianapolis General Hospital and later released. But Mrs. Albrecht's condition was reported "still critical." Seven children, including "Mrs. Albrecht's seven-year-old son, David, and two other adults in the car also were hurt, not seriously. A state policeman said the airplane did five complete . "cartwheels" before coming to a stop at the fence. The cockpit and engine were badly damaged, but Kelly crawled from the wreckage and walked away before the plane burst into flames. Truman Home For ChristmasWill Work, Too INDEPENDENCE, Mo., Dec. 23 (U.R) President Truman swung into his family Christmas holiday at home today by sleeping later than usual and then taking his normal brisk early morning walk. But there was work on the President's s-chedule, too. He planned tentatively to spend part of the day in Kansas City at his desk in the Presidential suite at the Hotel Muehlebach. Mr. Truman did not leave the spacious, two-story, white frame house until 8 a.m., when he left by the back door and began a spirited two-mile, 25-minute walk through the uncrowded streets of his home town. ' He cheerily told reporters as he started that the "fresh ' air would be good" fo them. He walked steadily, not stopping, but waved occasionally to townspeople who passed on the street and called Christmas greetings. The temperature here was almost freezing and the sky overcast. The weatherman predicted possible snow that would make it a real White Christmas. As the President swung onto the widewalk, two men in a small truck stopped to look at him. One of them, who gave his name as Glenn Watson, Columbia, Mo., got out and shook hands with Mr. Truman and wished "hyn a Merry Christmas. The President's walk took him along one side of the town square, and as he turned the corner, a young couple in a convertible shouted, "Hello, Harry." Mr. Truman smiled back. The President jokingly told reporters after the walk he would make it three miles tomorrow and four miles the next day "to get you boys in shape."
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republicans ' to invoke the Dutch report of any apprec Acknowledging relatively heavy resistance in four sectors, the high command nevertheless said the poorly-equipped Indonesian units were beaten back everywhere. One of the strongest Indonesian stands was made 25 miles west o the republican capital of Jogjakarta, in the Seraju valley near Purworedjo. The Dutch were delayed sufficiently for the republicans to put the torch to many buildings in Magelang, northwest of Jogjakarta. . The Dutch reported that they battled a full day before overcoming Indonesian resistance in the Demak area east of Semarang on the north coast. Around the big oil refinery cil.y of Tjepu, west of Soerabaja, the republicans threw up road blocks and blasted the roads, holding up the Dutch long enough to scorch the earth as they gave way. PARIS. Dec. 23. (U,R) Australian Delegate W. F. Hodgson declared today that the Dutch should be thrown out of the United Nations because they are doing, in Indonesia "what Hitler ditl to the Netherlands in 1940." Although Australia is not a membe-ef tbeS-eetMrity-Cotineii, which is considering the Inrlonv- . ian dispute, Hodgson asked to speak and then delivered a blistering attack on the Netherlands government. The Dutch action, he said, was "the first clearcut deliberate violation of the United Nations charter" made so far by any UN member. "If the Council faces up to it, . the consequences will be expulsion from the United Nations," he said. Australia is one of the three nations represented on the good offices committee which was trying to negotiate the Indonesian dispute at the time the Dutch nt tacked last Sunday. Exhaust Fumes Make 13 Bus Passengers III DECATUR, 111., Dec. 23. (UP) Thirteen passengers on a Chicago to St. Louis bus were overcome by carbon monoxide fumes today and were treated at a Decatur hospital. r None of the passengers were seriously injured by the fumes, however, and only three were kept at the hospital. Those hospitalized were: Mrs. Clara Stringer, Gary, Ind. Theodore Sosnowski, Chicago. v James Yates, Chicago. Mrs. Stringer's intant son, Neal, age 3, was treated at the hospVil , also, but was to be released as soon as relatives could get him. The leaking fumes were not (noticed until the Continental Company bus pulled into the Deactur station. A spokesman for the Union Bus Station said that j the 13. passengers all of whom were seated in the rear of the bus became ill when they got out of the bus into fresh air. . The fumes did not bother 11 other passengers seated in the front of the bus, or Bus Driver Stanley Belt, age 39, Chicago. A preliminary check showed that the rear exhaust on the bus was broken and that fumes seeped through the baggage compartment into the bus. Passengers were transferred to another bus to cqj tinue their trip and the faulty bus was returned to Chicago for a further check.