Sullivan Daily Times, Volume 51, Number 130, Sullivan, Sullivan County, 1 July 1949 — Page 1
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SULLIVAN COUNTYS ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER
WEATHER HOT, HUM1W
Indiana: Generally fair, con
tinued hot and humid tonight anS
Saturday.
VOL. 51 No. 130
UNITED PRESS SERVICE
SULLIVAN DAILY TIMES FRIDAY, JULY 1. 1949.
INTERNATIONAL PICTURE SERVICE
PRICE THREE CENTS
Greedy Swindler,Sv.fDay;
. J, Mk M aiuuau ran PK llir PiOlC. I Sullivan Day at the Chicago kUll I VI I IWIVf (Railroad Fair will be held on
j Tuesday, July 5, it has been announced by Clair M. Roddewig, ! president of the Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad. The
(UP) Three men chrged with J C. & E. I. is sponsoring these
swindling " a widow of $9,000 days to honor the various towns might have escaped capture if and cities along the railroad, they hadn't come baik for more, I Low-rate round trip fares for - authorities said. i visitors for the town to be' honSheriff Ray Paner arrested ' ored are being provided for the the men at the Aome of Mrs. residents of the town on the day Hazel Johnson esterday. She it is to be honored. The tickets lives on a farm hear here with j will be good 'for five days to her three chlidreh. .' (make the return trip so that the She said the n used a ter- fair visitors can take their time mite extermination scheme to and make a real Chicago visit, fwindle her 01, of $9,000. The tickets will be goofl on regShe told Jalmer; that they, ular coach cars and are noncame to her lilbme a year ago and transferable, and offered to termite-proof it For local persons taking adfor S3 000 She gave them the '.vantage of the special rates, the
monpv and they worked on the tickets will be good
house.
Gets Csuoht
CAMBRIDGE. 111., illy 1
on trains
1 4 and 92 going north on Tues-
Rho call she didn't recognize aav-
them when they came back last ' This is the second year for the Anrii kA told her the house fair which opened in Chicago
would pplode ' because the ''termite-proofing" compound had 4.n.r.o' nut trVho PYnlosive.
They offered to "un-proof" the interesting spectacle. , v,, fnr at onn She save them 1 Tickets for local persons mak-
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last summer and ran until early in the fall. Many exhibits have
been built to make the fair an
the money, she said. The house didn't explode. But Mrs. Johnson did Wednesday when one of the men re-! turned. He told her the other two were "crooks" and that he was a lawyer. He said he'd prosecute them for $3,000. She told him to come back yesterday with his friends. He did. The sheriff met them. The men were held in lieu of $5,000 bonds for a grand jury on the charges of operating a confidence game. Palmer identified them as George Rettig, age 37, and Larry Yost, age 22, both of Table Grove, 111., and Buk Vaughn, age 35, cf Pekin, 111. He said he was investigating the possibility that they may have swindled a
Geneseo, 111., woman some time j ago with a similar racket. j
ing' the trip may be secured from the C. & E. I. station in Sullivan: Sullivan ' is the only town in the county to ' have a day set aside, and ,all county residents are invited to take advantage of the low fare that will be offered for the trip.
Merchants To Play
tfdrth leaders Sunday
Solvation Army Recoils On Storm Aid The Salvation Army has given
a report of the group after the Shelburn tornado. j Here are some of the statistics of their aid: , 1. 3,417 people served from mobile canteen, sandwiches, coffee, doughnuts, soft drinks and other refreshments.
2. $2,500.00 estimated value of
furniture, bedding, linens, food and other items not purchased, such as gloves, etc., disbursed to families. . ... . -. . ,
Coplon Guilty As Spy
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LAWVR ARCHIBALD PALMER offers consolation to his client Judith Coplon, former Justice Department employe, after she was cound guilty at Washington on two counts of an indictment chargng theft of U. S. secrets for transmission to Russia. A Federal jury yas out almost 27 hours before returning the verdict. (International Soundphoto.)
Coplon Sent
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WASHINGTON, July 1 (UP) Judith Coplon, still protesting her innocence but asking no mercy, today was sentenced to 40 montns to 10 years in prison for
stealing government secrets for Russia. Federal Judge Albert L. Reeves could have given the former government girl a maximum penalty of 13 years in prison and a $12,000 fine. Just before the judge pronounced sentence, Miss Coplon stood and read a statement reaffirming her innocence. But she said she
i 3. 61 families assisted bv Sal
vation Army with clothing, food, would not plead for mercy be-
furniture, bedding linas and cause mat -would be Interpreted
Basehall fans are in for a treat other necessary needs that were as a sign of guilt.
Sundav as the Ranes-O'Daniels urgent. . But tne judge told her he could
club, one of the leaders of the
northern division of the Western Indiana League, will invade Pavilion Field for a game with the Merchants who are holding
4. Salvation Army
six heavy trucks. I 5. 1 bulldozer was secure;! and donated for use, by the S. A. I 6. 11 people received med'cal
want to break me.' The newspapers want to break me. "They want to break, and they will never break me." At that point, her voice rose to a pitch reminiscent of the bit ter tirade with which she closed her cross-examination. Referring to newspaper accounts of that outburst, she denied that she was hysterical as the reports stated. "I was not hysterical then' she said. "Your honor knows I am not hysterical now when I say did not get a fair trial."
County Jobseekers Decrease In June
The 6,491 men and women
registered with the Terre Haute office of the Indiana State Employment Service at the end of
furnished not imagine "a greater oflense
under the espionage act." "I couldn't imagine a more ex
treme case except that she's a.
woman. Judge Reeves saia.
the top spot in the southern divi- (treatment (First Aid from kit). Maximum Sentence
i. z men were savoa &i tne The judge imposed the maxiSalvation Army relief headquai- mum sentence' under the first ters during their visits to disaster count the espionage count headquarters. land a sentence of fiom one to 8. 13 Salvation ArmV nffipws t.- ,n-,.., u j
mice jcoia uuuu uic oci:uiiu v.j .A4-:Annvi eave assistance at scenes of changed noticeably
- - wuiiif ui baivAiig guvci inncu v ya disaster. 11 other Salvationists pers. . helped daily with the Army's j Thg white-haired jurist order-work- ' ed, however, tnat tne two sen9. Furniture and other ilems tPnrps shrmiH nm mv.rMWiv
Tornado Aid Fund Collection Total $12,636.97 A total of $12,636.97 has been
collected by the Shelburn Community Club for the Shelburn tornado relief fund, the club announced at a meeting held Wed
nesday night, -v iOut of that amount, a total of
$575.32 has been spent on. bills,
i6d a balance of $12,061.65 re
mains in the account. .... Jit was reported at 'the -meeting ol the club that : the Federal Housing Administration would make a loan of up to 95 per cent o$. house , construction costs through any reputable loan and mortgage company, and the dub
his literature covering this mat-
ie on file in .the . club -head-1 quarters. ' r . ; ' 3"he club also voted that the chairman or the president of the clwb be directed , to name a
special .committee to 'make an adequate "investigation , of all needy disaster sufferers and at thi proper time the committee wyl make the distribution oi funds according to. the finding1 o:
thft investigators. A committee, consisting o Walker McHugh, Bernard Bol
inger, and Allen Buzard, wa named to aid and assist all applicants for help from all source.
available.
Farmers Warned Of Three Major
nsect Pests
LAFAYETTE, Ind., July 1 (UP) Hoosier farmers were earned today for three major inject pests by J. J. Davis, head of he Entomology Department at he Purdue. Agricultural Experiment Station. ' Davis listed the pests as the :orn borer, the grasshopper and he wheat joint worm. He said W' Hessian fly and chinch bug ere not important this year. "Perhaps the No. 1 pest on the anxiety' list is the European corn, borer," Davis said. "For several years, the borer has not been important because weather
conditions have prevented pi mt-
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Fourth Of July Seen
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Until Middle .Of Week
Annual Old Settlers Reunion
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Next Week
sion. Ranes-O'Daniels are tied for first place with the Holscher Motors. Jans can always expect to see a real battle when these two teams meet. At the present standing the game could be a preview to the Championship playoffs of the league. Manager Cartwright will start the probable line ud of Fonnifield, cf; Owen, 2b; W. Wilson, c; J. Wilson, p; C. Cartwright, 3b; Brisco. lb; Myers, ss; D Loughery. rf; P. Cartwright, If. Manager Taylor will start his usual line up of Johnson, . 2b; Taylor, If; Evans, ss; Roberison, ' rf; Miller, lb; McMillan, c; Pierce, 3b; Grable, cf; and Ship- , man or Cooley, p. Game time 2:30 p. m.
d'fferent
area for
was trucked from 11 cities to the Shelburn distribution.
It is estimated the value of furniture, clothing, as well as cash expense amounted to approximately $5,000.00'.
This saved her-from a still long- and an additional supply of girls
cr duai Miinem;; uiai wouia ve , entering the labor market from
Tatt -Hartley Repealer To Come Up In 1959 Election, Demos Vow By George E. Reedy, Jr. ning setback for the President United Press Staff Correspondent who had sparked his 1948 camWASHINGTON, July 1 (UP) , paign with a pledge lo' replace Administration forces, decis- j Taft-Hartley with a modified ively beaten in the Senate, vow- ; version of the old Wagner law.
Mr. Truman toldTiis press con
ference after getting the news
Deen poSiDie. school. DurinS the same Derind.
Miss Coplon must serve the the number of men . listed deminimum of 40 months imposed clined by 102, to a current by the judge. Whether she leaves fipur of 4.963. but Petty pointed prison before the maximum of out that a fairly high proportion 1 Ik 1 1 1 . t Al- 1 1 J 1 ' 1 1
TODAY'S TEMPERATURES I Jears wm aepena on ner gooa ui muse iaia on oy rauroaas
The unofficial temperaturesTn &efvior. ,aunng June aia not contact ms Sullivan today were: Juae Reeves flxed her bond c.e;. . at 7-30 am 82 degrees at ?20.00. That is double the Of the six counties covered by . ' : oa ,j QJbond unoer which she has been the above figures, three showed
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iiem in uiis case, sne is unaer ' v"v-c iv. ou aounaance, in some cases piean additional $20,0o0 bond for increase in employment applica-lventing iu development of the espionage charges in New York, tions. Vigo dropped 60 to 3,746. 'grain."
.Ssuinvan dropped oi, to ooa. .
June maite up a total only ob'ing corruearlv.
greater "than a month earlier. "Because of the early spring in However, Joe H. Petty, Employ- 1949 much corn was planted Dement Service Manager in Terre fore May 20," he said, "resulting Haute reports that the composi- jn a build-up of the borer popu-
uon or mis group 01 job seekers nation."
The number Davis said the increased num-
of female workers available in- fcer 0f borers led experts to becreased 168, to a total of 1,528. hieve "we may expect a destrucIncluded were a number of wo- tive outbreak in 1950, if corn Js men experiencing .job layoffs of planted before May 20 next a reported temporary nature, vpar
The 1 entomologist said the number of young grasshoppers was cut by a' week of heavy rains, "but they are still present in destructive numbers." No loss from the wheat joint
worm vas noted for a number oi years, Davis said, "until 1948, when there appeared a conspicuo increase throughout the state. This season it has in
creased to noticeably destructive
cases
Most of; the program for the
45th annual Old Setters'. Reunion
at Hymera has been set, Leo Tate
Folio well, -.entertainment . chairman of . the reunion, .. has announced. v . . The reunion will be held
Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
of next week with the program being divided into a Democrat light, a Legion night, and a Labor night. This is a departure from pre:eding years when a Republican light was held on the second day t the reunion. This year, how;ver, county Republicans decided igainst having a Republican ipeaker because of the small inerest in the county among the party members. Three Speakers. The speakers on the three lights will deliver their address;s at 8 o'clock each night. The lame of the speaker for Demo:rat night will not be revealed intil the first-of the week, it was tated, but the speakers for the ither two nights have been seected. Joseph Klein, a member of the Indiana House of Representatives trom Lake County, will be the speaker for Legion night on Frilay. He was chairman of the Military and Veterans Affairs Committee in the last General Assembly and will speak about the recent soldiers' bonus law. On Saturday night Frank Aliah of Kansas City, an international board member of the United Mine Workers, will be the speaker. He will deliver a message concerning immediate labor conditions. Mr. Aliah was the .speaker for the Alum Cave reunion
held last summer. Other Entertainment. Many other forms of entertainment will be offered those ' attending. The sponsors of the reunion, Shepherd-Russel Post 298 of the American Legion, have
Approximately eighty-five persons attended the girls' 4-H judging and demonstration contest held at the Sullivan High School Thursday, June 30. nricc rfrrthv .Toon T.athrno.
rounuea up a line program, ine Curry Township 4H Club mem
traditional parade will be held at 11 a. m. Thursday, and there will
be baseball, softball, band music, singing, contests, and a . grand
finale of fireworks at 11. o'clock p Ruth chambers, Fairbanks Saturday night. .Township 4-H Club member, with
ine annua hpan rtinnor will '
be held at noon on Friday, and the public is invited to attend.
,' Parke dropped 18, to 300. On the GOOD FISHING
other nana, vermuion now nas. this WEEK-END
ed today to carry their Taft-
Hartley repeal campaign to the voters in the 1950 Congressional elections. Despite President Truman's refusal to admit that the battle is losl, top Democrats in both the Hose and Senate glumly conceded defeat at least in .this Congress. Wait For New Congress. A House democratic strategist,! wno asked that his name be withheld, said the chances are that that no new attempt will be reade to wipe the labor relation a-t .off- the statute books until the 82nd Congress. "I telieve," he said, "that we will have the majorities to do it
then.'
Another Trial If she can raise the additional
dmouni, me aars-nairea iormer 863 workers available through Department of Justice analyst the Employment Service, an inwill remain free until she is crease of 98. Clay increased 45, tried in New York with Jier al- to 689. Putnam rose by 56, to leged Russian accomplice, Valen- 203." Six additional applications tin A. Gubitchev, on charges of from outside areas brought the
that he will try just as hard as everto carry out the Democratic party platform. Leaders Split Administration leaders in the
House, who must now decide the fate of the Senate bill, were split into two camps. One group probably the more powerful
wanted to forget the whole tiling
conspiracy to commit espionage,
The trial is set for July 11. Just before being sentenced, the tiny defendant again protested her innocence;. "Your honor,'' she told the judge, "I understand that I can plead for mercy. "I am not going to plead for mercy. To me, pleading for mercy would be an admission of guilt."
Then her voice rose to a high-
and let the Senate bill die a . er pitch as she said
quiet death in the House Labor) "I have declared my innocence, Committee. But another group land I now declare my innocence."
Turning
xavorea an attempt to "improve . the Senate bill and send it to the White House where, they believe, it will be vetoed. One high ranking House leader said the fate of the Senate bill will be decided sometime next week.
The House already has demon-
The administration's campaign collapsed late yesterday when the Senate,! by a vote ,of 51 to 42,
accepted a labor bill written by'strated its unwillingness to pass Sen. Robert A, Taft. R O. It I anvthins hut a rnmnrnmisp wr.
would preserve the substance and sion of Taft-Hartley repeaT legeven thd name of the Taft-Hart- islation. Early in May, it tentaley labdr-management relations tively approved a bill similar to
act. the Senate
ine vote represented a stun- 217 to 203
toward Prosecutors
Raymond P. Whearty and John
M. Kelley. Jr.. she shouted that
"they may gloat inhe glory of their Pyrric victory." ' Ask Higher Bond . Kelley had told the court that he had been directed to ask that she be held under, bond of $100,000. ' . ' Miss Coplon bitterly attacked the government for asking for such a high bond.
total of workers wishing to move here for work up to 127. Many of the Sullivan County registrants will probably transfer their applications during July-to the recently opened Lin
ton office of the Indiana Em
ployment Security Division,
which henceforth will furnish
both placement and claims
vice to Sullivan County dents.
INDIANAPOLIS, July 1. (U.R)
"Piscatorial perfection cometh
into its own again in Indiana,"
the State Department' of Conser
vation poetically reported today
in its weekly report of fishing conditions. "Streams are clearing, rains apparently have ceased
throughout , the state," the report
told anglers, "so go ahead and
plan that week-end fishing trip
ser
resi-
Local Persons At Music Workshop
Charlotte Ingersoll and Joseph
Thomas of Sullivan are attend
ing a Band Clinic-Workshop sponsored by the music department of Indiana State Teachers
College. . The clinic-workshop was be
gun June 27 and will last
through July 10.
IT WASN'T THE j
BISCUITS EXPLODING
CEDAR RAPIDS, la., July 1.
(UP) For a lively, moment Mrs,
Lowell Long wondered what she
had put into those biscuits in the
Oven. Then she remembered that
when the family went on a vaca
tion recently, two revolvers were hidden in the stove. The volley of shots hich began as the oven
was turned on damaged the
stove. The biscuits came through
unscathed.
MORE HOOSIER WAR DEAD RETURNED
INDIANAPOLIS, July 1 (UP)
Bodies of 89 Hoosier service'
men killed in World War II have
Moses Giles Damage
Suit Against C.&E.I.
Cambel M. Moses has filed a
suit seeking $3,000 in damages from the Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad in the Sullivan
Circuit Court.
Moses is asking the damages
for crops which he claims the railroad ruined. In his affidavit he claims that the railroad in the spring of 1948, either in
April cr May, dumped sulphur,
coal ashes, sulphur water, and
deleterious materials over a fence onto his property.
The plaintiff further claims
that as a result of this'dumoine
crop of approximately 150
bushels of turnips and a thou
sand bushels of corn were ruin-
id. He also alleges in the affi
davit that the farm land was damaged.
INDIANAPOLIS, July 1. (UP) Hoosiers sweltering today in the 13th day of an early summer heat wave were advised the mercury probably will continue to hit daytime highs of 90 degrees or more during the long Fourth of July week-end. Paul A. Miller, chief of the Indiana weather bureau, said his maps did not show that any relief was in sight before Tuesday or Wednesday. "We should get scattered showers again by the middle of next week," said Miller, "but they'll probably only bring temporary relief." The weatherman said central and southern Indiana definitely would have temperatures at or over 90 degrees through' Monday, but the northern section might get a short cool period sometime Sunday. He emphasized the relief in the nrth, if it comes, would be only temporary.
Miller said, however, there appeared to be no danger that1 the present heat wave would bring temperatures to equal or surpass the state's all-time record of 116 degress, set at Collegeville on July 14, 1936. All maximum temperatures reported to the weather bureau yesterday were over 90 'degrees. Terre Haute was the warmest point, with thermometers there reading 95 degrees. Fort Wayne and Evansville both reported 9-3 degrees, and South Bend and Indianapolis, 92. The weather bureau promised "nearly perfect", weather for the millions of Americans who will hit the highways beginning at sundown for the long Independence Day holiday. Skies Clear The weather over most of the nation was scorching, particu- ' larly in the Midwest, but skies generally were clear. Motorists had their' cars shined, greased and decorated with tiny stars and stripes in preparation for picnics and outings. Other millions were expected to jam buses, trains and planes for quickie vacations that will end when they "return to work Tuesday morning. y Many planned to . take off at the end of their day's work tonight but the main exodus tolhe out of doors was expected be- . ginning at dawn tomorrow. Safety experts feared that 600 would be killed over the week end, 290 of them in crashes and the remainder by drowning, fireworks accidents, and miscellaneous mishaps. New York entered its 36th day of drought today and ruin was predicted for many New England crops unless rain fell there by Sunday. The weather bureau predicted high temperatures of in the 90's over much of the Midwest today. East Still Dry In New York City, where the
Union Church Services To Start Here On July 10 Union Church Services at the Sullivan City Park will begin on Sunday, July 10, it has been announced. The services, under the sponsorship of the Sullivan Church Council, will run until Aug. 28. As has been the custom in the past, four local churches will provide the speaker for the first four programs, with out-of-town ministers delivering the sermon for the last four Sundays. The four churches, the Methodist, Baptist, Christian, and Presbyterian, will provide the platform manager, music, and devotions for all eight programs. The Rev. E. E. Aldrich of the Methodist church will be ,the speaker for the first program, with the Rev. Jack Anderson of the Christian church, the- Rev. Homer G. Weisbecker of the Presbyterian church, and the Rev. R. E. Pavy of the Baptir.t church the speakers for the following three Sundays.
Many Attend Judging Contest
ber, with her demonstration, "Care of Kitchen Utensils," won first place in the demonstration
contest. Second placing went to
her demonstration, "Proper Care
!-, nmkoc Vn.i Woof " ThirH
, v,.. T ' n0v drought was breaking all records place was won by Joan Decker ,u.
and Bevera Boyle, Hamilton
Pavement Blows
Ud On US 41 South
The hot weather is taking where the cold weather left in wrecking U. S. 41. Yesterday afternoon 'about
o'clock the heat forced a segment Garfield
The two are taking an . "in been returned from Europe, the hihwnv
ng"' refresher ' Department of the Army announ-1 Tiorviiw
of the pavement on the highway
located about two miles south of
i Sullivan to blow up. No damage
was done to any vehicle on the
Township 4-H members, with their demonstration, "How to Make An Easy Cake." Dorothy Jean will represent Sullivan County in the district 4-H demonstration contest. Seventeen girls judged classes of dresses and slips. First and second placing went to Jacqueline Crew, Fairbanks Township, and RaNell Wible, Hamilton Township, respectively. ' Sixteen girls judged classes of center pieces and salads in the food preparation project; First
place was won by Mary Frances
Allen, Hamilton Township, and
second place was won by Marilyn Sproatt, Haddon Township. Seventeen girls judged classes of cakes and rolls in the baking project. Patty Allsman, Haddon Township, won first and Mary Ellen Alig, Hamilton Township, placed second. Thirteen girls judged classes of
tomatoes and peas in the food preservation project. First place was won by Sara Street, Haddon Township, and second place by Wanda Rose Bosstick, Curry
Township. All girls placing first and sec-
I una in eacn oi tne contests in
ofj judging will represent Sullivan j County in the district 4-H judg-
5 ing contest to oe held at the
High School, Terre
fair mild weather was. predicted with a high temperature of 77. No rain was foreseeable, the bureau said. In contrast to the Eastern drought, Kansas Gov. Frank. Carlson lamented over too much rain in his state, which produces nearly a third of the nation's wheat for bread. Carlson said heavy rains just before the start of harvesting last month had caused considerable crop damage. He sent a telegram to Secretary of Agriculture Charles Brannan saying
the 1949 crop would not reach the Agriuulture Department's forecast of 251,000,000 bushels. He argued against cutting the wheat acreage quotas next year.
Haute, Friday, July 15.
service training"
course under laboratory condi- ced today. The remains were re-
Deputy Sheriff Harold Conner
and State Policeman Ed Nash
SGT. NORMAN DAVIS IS TRANSFERRED SSgt. Norman G. Davis, j son
of Mrs. Bessie Followell of Hy
"Thev know I'm a nerson of ii, ... t.- . "V," f., tt c a " ?"u Tr." iNasn lnera- nas Deen transferred from
limited means," she said, "y lnn gj m to OTi1 want to keep me in jail. They Thomas is a graduate. 'of-kin were being notified. 'made. Base at' Omaha Neb.
Mrs. Maaqie Dodd Dies At Hospital Mrs. Maggie C. Dodd, age 72, life-long resident , of Sullivan County, died this morning at 1 o'clock at the Mary Sherman Hospital. She was the widow of the late Riley Dodd.
Surviving are two sons, Vead Dodd and Harold Dodd, both of Sullivan: two daughters, Mrs. Ethel Cunningham and Mrs. Margaret Lane, both of Shel
burn; seven grandchildren, and
one sister, Mrs. Kate Hollings-
worth of Pans, Illinois.
The body ' was taken to the
McHugh Funeral Home in Shel
burn and will be returned to the
residence Saturday evening. Fu
neral services will be conducted
Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock
at the residence. Burial will be
in Center Ridge Cemetery.