Sullivan Daily Times, Volume 51, Number 132, Sullivan, Sullivan County, 6 July 1949 — Page 1

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WEATHER : THUNDERSHOWERS Indiana; Scattered thunder -showers tonight and Thursday Continued warm.

VOL. 51 No. 132 .

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The year's' worst heat wave was blamed today for the

deaths of almost 400 persons m the last four days. With temperatures again crowding 100 degrees in many areas and no relief in sight, a United Press survey showed that 390 persons have died since 6 p. m. Friday. Of the total, 107 died of prostration, sun stroke and heart attacks induced by the heat. At least 283 persons drowned. V,,'The Federal' forecaster in Chicago said that the heat generally would continue at least through Friday,, which is as far as the bureau can forecast accurately. A mass of dry and slightly cooler air from Canada was expected to bring some relief to the sweltering millions in New York and New England today by decreasing the humidity. But more heat was on the way. A thundershower-' dropped from ' ' ' ;

.01 to .07 of an inch of rain in A fti the New York-New Jersey-Con- 1 A neeticut area, settling the dust IJv

long drenching needed to give' LSlfC OaPT B crops any lasting benefit. In I Ui lUIICll New York Pitv tprrmprsitiiroc ! 3

fell briefly then started climbing again.

No general rains were forecast for the area from New Jersey to New England that has suffered for 41 days from the worst drought in the region's

LISBON, Portugal, July 6 (UP) A sudden heat blast which lasted two minutes shot 41".Avm'..-.4-Ir.v.r. t tret j

histqry. At least 27 persons have "J""h",t r ,77 i i u j ;u ...u:.u fahrenheit on the Central Portu-

aays du never! He said that for a heat blast of tract-leased in particular '. .V . j 158 temperature to jQccur, the ar' A. Thayer. f-iLt -i current -pf -air would $ave to. beU Contract.pf. Buschman

died in the drought which has

devastated crops with losses!

estimated at more than $20,000,000. And Mere Heat More searing heat was forecast for the Midwest and Great Plains states. Forecasters at Chicago,' already sure of two more days of blistering heat, said a new record would be set if it lasted three more days. The mercury. , has zoomed over 90 every "day for six days. Several times in the past it has stayed over 90 de

grees for eight - tor nine. , . :.A high of S5

day at Chicago where lorrential thunderstorms during the night brought only momentary relief. More than two inches of rain fell in the Loop, almost 1-V2 inches in a 17-minute period. The rain clogged sewers and flooded viaducts but increased the humidity as it steamed off . hot pavements. . South Is Cool Dixieland , enjoyed comparatively cool weather, Atlanta had an 89-degree high compared to New York's 94 Miami reported 88 for Chicago's 98. The Pacific Coast also had a "cool wave." When the mercury hit 98 at Minneapolis it was only 66 at Los Angeles, and CO at San Francisco.

Commissioners Meet This Week

At Court House The Sullivan County Commis

sioners met in regular session at

the Court House Monday, July

i and Tuesday. July 5. .

Petition having been filed with

the auditor for the vacation and

relocation of highway Hamilton

and Cass Township line on Mav

27, 1947 and it appearing to the board by the proof of . publication of notice in the Sullivan Daily Times, said petition and

proof of notice are examined and approved by the board. The

board appointed Samuel Springer,

waiter M. Routt, and Malcolm Campbell, three disinterested freeholders-of Sullivan County, Indiana as viewers to make their report on or before August 1, 1949 per order to view issued.

County Treasurer's report for

June 1949 examined and ap

proved.

County Home report for June 1949 examined and approved. Specifications for equipment

for County Highways to be purchased upon approval of pend

ing additional appropriation by jfA Tax B.oard approved and

auditor authorized to give notice

to bidders upon approval of

pending application for addi

tional appropriation.

Bid of H. W. Branstetter, do

ing business as Branstetter Grocery for furnishing suplies for

the County Home for the third

quarter being the only bid received is now approved and accepted and contract let accordingly. Board authorizes auditor of Sullivan County to have Otis Elevator Company make ' safety tests of elevator. Board of County Commission-

(In New York, a weather ex-;ers execute oil and gas lease on

pert said temperature of 158 de- 4-H Club tract of land without grees was unlikely, although a warrenty and subject to power heat blast sometimes follows a: of board to enter into and oil hurricane in tropical countries.'' aiV gas lease in general and the

to Os-

After iieat Blast

guese coast tocay. Hundreds oi persons were prostrated. Thousands of fish and fowl were killed by the freak-blast. The phenomenon followed a hurricane which ripped Northern Portugal, smashing vineyards, olive groves and crops and flooding the Midandela area.

There's A Heal Wave Inside Arctic Circle SPITZBERGEN, Norway, July 6 (UP) There's a -heat wave inside the Arctic Circle. Sheriff Haakcn Blastad op- -ened the first telephone connection! between this Norwegian polar dependency and the mainland with the observation: "What we need op here ' right now is refrigerators. We have had difficulty keeping food fresh the last few weeks because cf the heat wave. It has been, up to 50 degrees fahrenheit."

Thunderstorm

Brings East SlirJit Relief-

Britain's Gold, Dollar Reserves Drops Sharply By R. H. Shackford

United Press Staff Correspondent

) LONDON, July 6 (UP) Sir Stafford Cripps, Chancellor of the Exchequer, told Commons today

mat Britain's gold and dollar reserves had decreased $2G0,000,000 in the last three months to

$1,624,000,000. ; "The drain on our reserves at the present rate calls for immediate corrective, action as well as for longtr term and more

fundamental measures," Cripp told the House.

His . anxiously awaited statement was expected to reveal to

the world how close Britain is to

bankruptcy. 1

Postpone Purchases

Cripps disclosed that before

the middle of May he had order.

NEW YORK, July 6. (UP) ed all British purchasing depart-

A thunderstorm broke suddenly .ments to postpone dollar pur-

over the parched East Coast to-j chases to the maximum extent

aay, DUt Droueni oniy momentary iubsiuic

relief from a 41-day drought.

Farm experts said the rain

which amounted to only .07 inch

"That standstill arrangement

will be continued for at least

three months' and until after dis-

in the New York metropolitan Cussions with the United States area and .01 of an inch in neigh-' and Commonwealth countries,'

boring Connectieut and New Jer- he said.

sey gave one day's grace to j "Dollar

expenditures other

farmers who already have suf-jthan on imports will only be fered a multi-million-dollar crop permitted where essential, and

loss.

The New York weatherman

said it would require a full day's

downpour to benefit crops. He

was echoed by the weatherman ligM of the circumstances whkh

would take a two to three inch

then at a reduced rate,"

Cripps announced pl&ns for a new import program to be form

ulated in coming weeks in the

rain to break the drought.

Bureau Surprised. An hour after rain began fall

ing in the New York metropolitan area, only 6100 of an inch

had been recorded. The weather bureau confessed its surprise. The

official prediction had been; "Fair and warmer." As the storm moved in from Allentown, Pa., bringing relief to parched northern New Jersey and

Com- southern New York, a weather

at 95 -degrees at 10,006 feet be- Pany fr repair of County Court bureau spokesman said he had fore it reached the surface. The: House having been completed heard the thunder but believed it high temperature in America's, and accepted, bond is now or- was a "dry hunderstorm." Death Valley in California has- dered released. ' I Moments later rain began been 130 , while the average for? County Auditor ordered to ad- drenching New York's streets, the Valley in the summer months vertise for bids for Union, mined, The Newark, N. J., weather buis about 110.) Sullivan Courity mined, No. 5reau estimated the rain there had Many Collapse or No- 6 coal for court house, 'amounted to 110 of an inch. A 'Dispatches from Figueira, on jail, county home, county high- spokesman said 1100 of an inch the coast, said the heat blast hit way garaSe and removal of ordinarily is considered enough

"like tongues of fire." , asnes except from tne county to end a drought.

However,' farm spokesmen said several inches of rain were needed to save $100,000,000 worth of

It came as thousands of wrtmPn garaSe for the year from date of

jammed the marketplaces. Many leuins

The Board recommends to

collapsed in the streets. Snmo

rushed for shady places and the sheriff of Sullivan County crops jn the six-state drought fcnr?It in praver. that he submit in his next bud- area o n6W York, New Jersey, The fire-like air wave swept get PrPer allowance for the Massachusetts, Connecticut, Verinland to Coimbra where similar furnishing of adequate quarters mont and Rhode Island.

then exist. "We hope to have such a program completed in September,' he added. ' May Cut Imports He warned that after the contemplated review "it would become necessary to reduce consumption of certain selected foodstuffs that are primarily drawn

from the dollar area and of certain raw materials."

Cripps appealed ..vo all British exporters to try desperately to

step -up sales abroad, especially in the United States. He appealed

mdirectly to the United States and Canada , to continue to buy British goods, especially raw ma

terials, from the Sterling area. Cripps told the House that the government had no intention of devaluing the pound.

Pact -Approval;. Cdlls it Way To Stop War

Van-

Lilienthal Begins Atomic Group Defense By Fred Mullen

United Press Staff Correspondent

WASHINGTON, July 6 (UP) David E. Lilienthal said today that the Atomic Energy Commission has built up this f nations

once-meager a-bomb arsenal as i

a deterrent to aggression." IjUo. r M:v, v,vrraA V,a C-oriQ0 frav in nnnvnvp t.h

sion'chman 23? tSs dl" ' Atlantic pact as the best means to "stop another war before claration in an emotional pre-! & starts." liminary statement as he opened ' The ranking GOP member of the Senate Foreign Kelahis "defense" against charge of tions Committee said "no nation need lose one night's sleep "incredible mismanagement" j over its purposes or its ultimate impact unless that nation lodged by Sen. Eourke B. Hick-;pians voluntarily to identify itself as an international crirn-

mai oy armea aggression against us peuce-iuvmg iicignuuia. Vandenberg reemphasized the main points of jresterday's speech by Foreign Relations Chairman Tom Connally, D., Tex., as the Senate continued debate on the 12-nation mutual defense treaty. , . The Michigan "Republican stressed that the pact's strength does not depend entirely on backing it up with the, companion arms-to-Europe program.

H6 said "It is tne potential

By John L. Steele United Press Staff Correspondent WASHINGTON. July 6. (UP) Sen. Arthur H.

scenes. were reported. ; The Mondeco River,

of insane persons confined to

,:v.;v, the county jail awaiting ad-

empties into the Atlantic at Fisuerira. dried Hn at wveral

The published number of dead points between Coimbra and the

mission to state institutions.

as result of the '.Jieat Jas galled "conservative" by many experts. For example, 18 were listed as dying as direct result of the

heat at Chicago. But said 59 other deaths

from heart attacks "undoubted ly" brought on by the heat.

ocean. At one villpge, thousands of fish died In mud. A Naval spokesman at Figueira said that 158 decree temn-

off icials eratures were recorded. He said resulted the blast passed by after two

minutes. The "normal" temperajture in the region today was 100.

Myla Turpen, Of Fairbanks, Gets

Elks Lodoe Nurses Scholarship

Miss Myla Turpen, a graduate of Fairbanks High School, has reen selected as the second winner of the Elks Nurses Scholarship by the County Board of Education. Miss Turpen will study at Union Hospital inTerre Haute. She is the second county girl to be granted the scholarship. Last year Miss Myrna Mayfield, of Shelburn, was awarded the Elks Scholarship. The scholarship is given by the Sullivan Elks Lodge No. ' 911 and the recipient is chosen by the County Board of Education composed of the township trustees and the county superintendent. . The scholarship carries with it tuition for the three-year nursing course and a spending allowance. ' ' ' This year's winner ranked second in her class at Fairbanks with an average of 96.2, a half a point below the top-ranking student. She was in the school chorus for two years and was cheerleader for three years. In school she played girls' Softball and girls' basketball and

tlo Polio Outbreak Seen In Indiana INDIANAPOLIS, July 6 (UP)

Dr. James W. Jackson, direct

or of the State Health Department's division on communicable

diseases, said today there was before Friday at the arliest A "no evidence of an outbreak of jhigh temperature of 88 had been

pono in Indiana.

Big Crop Loss. Farm experts had estimated the area already had suffered a $20,000,000 crop loss. Ten minutes after the storm hit the weather bureau issued a bulletin stating that the surprise storm had "developed rapidly." The bureau said it did not know how wide an area the storm covered. Before the rain began to fall, the weather forecasters had declared there was no rain in sight

class play. She was in 4-H work for five years and was a junior leader for three years. She was president of her senior class and was . elected to serve the first year as president of the class alumni. For four

"The disease is not as prevalent as a year ago," Jackson said

"There have been 33 cases att

present compared to 40 this time

"! last year."

He said Indiana was prepared to meet a p.olio epidemic should it dome. However, he said, there was no evidence that such an outbreak would occur. "Parents .should observe their children very carefully, however. They should consult their physician if the child develops a headache, a cold, an upset stomach,"

1 or a stiff neck," Jackson said.

; He said medidal authorities in every region of the state were prepared to handle any polio

$ -M emergency and officials of the

iauonai ruuuuauuii oi iniaiune Paralysis were ready to aid state medical authorities should an outbreak develop.

Lake and Jay Counties, each

with five polio cases, were the danger spots in the state, Jack

son said. Madison, Marion, Jay and Delaware Counties each re

ported four cases, and Union had

three. Eight counties reported one

case. They were layette, Floyd,

Grant, Hamilton, Jackson, Montgomery, Randolph and Wabash.

scheduled for today in the city.

Previous to the rain, the situa

tion had been so desperate that W. Robert Hale, director of the

Middlesex' County (New Jersey) Board of Freeholders, had been planning a .'scientific" attempt

to break1 the1 dry spell by seeding

clouds with dry ice.

years she was a memher nf t.h

took part in four class plays. As school paper' staff, the fourth a sophomore she was in the sen- year as editor, and in her senior ior class play; as a junior in the year she served as office girl for junior class play, and as a sen-', Stanley Brothers, school prinior in both the senior and junior. cipal.

Contributions For

Shelburn Fund

The following contributions to

the tornado relief fund at Shel

burn have been received by Orville Turner, treasurer of tht fund: Mrs. Mabel Marts, Shelburn, Route $100.01 International Brotherhood

of Electrical Workers Local No. 725, Terre

Haute 50.00

Carl Engle Clothing Store, Sullivan Carlisle Legion Aux. No.

236, Nelley Johnson, treasurer Legion Aux. Farmersburg, Emma Hawkins, Pres. Seth Hunt .............. Rex Pogue, Shelburn R. R.

25.00

10.00

10.00 1.00 1.00

TODAY'S TEMPERATURES'

The unofficial temperatures in

Sullivan today were;. I at 7:30 a.m 80 degrees

enlooper.

Lilienthal told the HouseSenate Atomic Energy Committee, which for more than a month has been hearing Hickenlooper's "presecution" case, that he' and his colleagues have turned a weak project into one that is strong. Priority To Weapons Discussing problems which faced the civilian commission when it took over the $3,500,-

000,000 atomic project from the

Army in 1947, Lilienthal said the decision was made to give

priority to weapons production because Russia had blocked any

orogram for. world control of

atomic energy.

When the commission took control of the project, Lilienthal

said, this nation was "so weak"

itomically speaking that it did

not have the bomb stockpile.

;roduction rate and quality of weapons needed to protect its 'dwindling monopoly." "We believed as one man and

as did the President, our immediate superior that we

should let nothing stand in the

way of arming this

itomically as a deterent to ag

gression in the world,' Lilienthal

said. .

"It meant production should

be drastically stepped up. Our

move had to be toward a nation that held a "leadership unquestioned. .;. ' . "... Need New Research --'' To assure this ' country1 an atomic lead that no nation could overtake there was rteed, Lilienthal said, for new facilities, new research, improvements in design and manufactur of weapons. "Right or wrong," he said. "We concentrated on that and we refused to be distracted by countless things tfiat in normal times we could have given attention to." He said the commissioners deliberately flouted "the bureaucratic rule: 'Don't take a chance, don't stick your neck out." As Lilienthal started his defense, Committee Chairman

Brien McMahon, D., Conn., dis

closed that the "jury" will look into relations between the com

mission and the military.

STORES OPEN THURSDAY AFTERNOON Most of the business places in Sullivan will be open Thursday- afternoon because of the Fourth of July holiday, the Retail Merchants Association has announced.

Hoosier Farm Crops Assisted

By Weather

INDIANAPOLIS, July 6 (UP) I

noosier iarm crops got another assist last week from hot and humid weather, the Indiana

weather bureau reported today in its weekly crop bulletin.

But the bulletin said a "few

scattered early reports" indicated the Hoosier wheat crop, expected to be the largest in history with the exception of 1943, would not be as good as had been expected.

"In general, corn showed very

good to excellent progress, but

ample moisture from rains of the previous week caused some of

che fields to become weedy. Many

tieias in southern counties are

now laid by," the bulletin said.

Harvest Started "Wheat harvesting is well un

der way in the South, and is be

ginning in ' the North," the report said. "Indications based on

only a tew scattered early re

ports are that yields average oniy

tair to good, or hardly as

is nad been expected.". clinched her first diplomatic job "Haying is in general progress yesterday when the Senate conjvith some moisture damage re-j firmed her almost unanimousported to stands which were jly as U. S. Minister to Luxem-

iiready cut down at the' begin- Ibourgh.

ning of the week. The damp

ground and generally high hunidity did not provide ideal

conditions for curing. Neverthe

less, much hay was cured in set she wants

.amy gooa conauion ana witn- .ceremony

jut rain damage during the lat.er part of the week." The weather bureau reported

Jiat other crops generally were in very good condition. Tomatoes Good "Commercially planted tomatoes are generally setting on, with a few fields near ripening stage in extreme southwestern counties. Oat harvesting continues in the North, but is mostly completed in the southern part of the state. Yields are good to

Wholesale Food Price Index Drops Again NEW YORK, July 6 (UP) The Dun & Bradstreet wholesale food price index has declined to the lowest level since livestock decontrols were getting underway on Oct. 8, 1946, it was announced today.

The index now stands at $5.66, a decline of 3 cents from the previous week. It is $f 46 below

nation !a year ag0 or 2012 per cent

During the week, there were more gains than losses in the 31 food products included in the index but sharp drops in potatoes and lambs brought the index down. Eight of the commodities rose; six declined, and 17 held ' unchanged. The index is based on the aggregate of the price per pound of each of these foods. Declines in addition to potatoes and lambs this week were in meat, ham, lard, and steers. Increases were reported in flour, corn, rye, oats, coffee, cocoa, eggs, and butter. The all time high for the index was made on July 13, 1948 at

$7.36 and the all-time low Jan. 31, 1933 at $1.49.

on

HOSPITAL NOTES Admitted July 5: Martin Lippeatt of 717 East Davis Street, Mrs. Ina Burgert of Shelburn, Owin Collins of Carlisle, R. 1. Admitted July 6: Ralph Kirk of Sullivan, R. 3. Dismissed July 5: Lois Collins of Sullivan, R. 2; Mrs. Emma Hauger of Farmersburg, R. 2. Dismissed July 6: John Bedwitt of Hymera; Mrs. Bessie Moore of 325 South State Street; Mrs. Charlotte Hardin of Sullivan, R. 3; James Sharp of Farmersburg.

Senate Approves Mrs. Perls Mesta

li S Minister To Luxemhoun

WASHINGTON, July 6 (UP) If Mrs. Perle Mesta will drop in at (the State Department, she can trade in her title as the capital's busiest party-giver for a ticket to Luxembourg. The Oklahoma and Pittsburgh

good ; oil and machine tool heiress

Now all she has to do is notify the State Department when she wants to be sworn in and how many in the Washington social

to invite to the

at noon

MARRIAGE LICENSE

Marlene Lowe of Sullivan, and

Billy Joe Grimes of Sullivan,

have been issued, a marriage very good, but much short straw 1 4.1 X 1 1 i.

87 degrees, license by the county clerk. is reported.

Select Guest List Her friends indicated the cere

mony will take place soon and maybe Secretary of State Dean

Acheson would do the job personally, and that a highly select list of guests would be on tay. They also expect her to finish packing and set sail for Europe around the middle of August.

Mrs. Mesta was out of town when the Senate approved her. And perhaps it was just as well, because some of the Senators put on a pretty rough and tumble debate before they awarded her

diplomatic spurs to the lady. When they got down to the vote, at least one loud "no" was heard. It came from Sen. Forrest C. Donnell, a Missouri Re

publican who says he never attended any of Mrs. Mesta's lavish parties. Donnell objected so strenuously to the appointment that he got himself embroiled with practically every Democrat in the Senate chamber most of whom have been 'wined and dined by the lady. t "Well Fed Senators" Sen. Charles W. Tobey, R., N.. H., said he shared the Democrats' high opinion of Perle. Besides having many qualifications for the diplomatic life, said Tobey, Mrs. Mesta often has "given

Danquets wnere senators came away full of good food." But it was up to Sen. - Tom Connally, D., Jex., to put across the clinching argument; He reminded the Senate that Luxembourg is ruled by "a Grand

Duchess, a female, a woman if you please" and that it would be "harmonious" to send a woman minister to represent the United States there.

which counts."

That potential, he said, is "the

awesome fact that any aggressor upon the North Atlantic community knows in advance . that from the very moment he launches his conquest he will forthwith

face the cumulative opposition of these united allies." "We are not launching a vast arms race," said Vandenberg. "Quite the - contrary we depend largely upon potentials." Binds Allies. The pact, he said, "binds potential and indispensable allies to us as well as us to them. ' It spells it out." And, he added, "This candor can be as powerful as an atom bomb." . The pact, he said, would "crystallize the most practical deterrent aod discouragement to war which the wit of man has yet devised." Vandenbergg said the U. S. and other North Atlantic nations must prepare for peace together, and "never fail to recognize that appeasement is surrender . on the installment plan." ' He also assured the Senate the treaty in no way interferes with the UN and does not obligate this country to take a hand in scraps over territories of member powers. i ". Deter Aggressors. The Michigan Senator said

many pact supporters "put their .

overriding emphasis" on the pro- -

I posed arms program. -

"I do not agree," he said: -"l-should have much less interest in this treaty if I thought its repressive influence for peace is measured by or dependent on any such implementation." ' " The knowledge of united opposition against aggressors is more powerful than the arms, Vandenberg said. He said "by no stretch of the imagination" could the principle underlying the pact "be deemed aggressive. Nor can it be deemed competitive. Nor can it be deemed a plan to turn Western Europe into an armed camp. Nor can it be deemed to contemplate new American manpower overseas." Plans Reservation. Vandenberg said some "melan-. choly critics insist that the North Atlantic pact is born of a purpose to defile, if not to scuttle, the United Nations." Many "earnest friends" of UN have similar fears, he said. But, he added, "I am certain they are wrong." " Meanwhile, Sen. Arthur V. Watkins, R., Utah, said he is con

sidering a reservation to the At

lantic pact, disclaiming any commitments to supply U. S. arms to member nations. Watkins, a critic of the treaty,

announced a month ago that he would offer two reservations. They would provide that the

United States was not obligated

to send its armed forces abroad

without action by Congress, and that Congress was under "no ob ligation to declare war in any

specific case.

Sunday School Softball League Two games will be played Thursday in the Sullivan County Sunday School Softball League. One game will be played at Sullivan, the -other at Merom. In the game carded for Legion Field the Sullivan Methodists and New Lebanon will tangle at 5:30 p. m., and in the Merom game the Sullivan Baptists will play Merom. That game will also begin at 5:30 p. m.

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