Sullivan Daily Times, Volume 51, Number 135, Sullivan, Sullivan County, 9 July 1949 — Page 1
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By H. D. Quig United Press Staff Correspondent NEW YORK, July. 9. (UP) Federal . prosecutors expressed confidence today that they would be able to convict Alger Hiss of perjury when he is retried, probably next fall. , The former State Department official's perjury trial ended last night when Federal ' Judge Samuel H. Kaufman dismissed a deadlocked jury which had voted eight for conviction, four for acquittal. A unanimous decision was necessary for conviction. The "no trial" outcome left undecided the basic question before "the jury was Hiss or his accus- . er, Whittaker Chambers, a liar? The defense had described the ex-Communist Chambers as a . "moral leper" and the prosecu
tion had accused Hiss, an adviser
PRAGUE, Czechoslovakia, July
9 (UP) Dr. MoricPicha, Cath-
lie Bishop of Hradec Kralove, has proclaimed openly that he is
being held as a semi-prisoner by the Communist government at
his home there, it was learned
today.
' In another sector of the churchstate struggle, Czech police ar
rested Father Ludwig Smerzlik,
SHANGHAI, China, July 9 ' Catholic priest who served as (UP) Vice Consul Olive was secretary and interpreter at the
freed today 67 hours after he Papal Nuncio's office here, was arrested by Communist au-l Pre-War Bishcp
thorities on charges of violating ! Dr. Picha, Czechoslovakia's
traffic regulations. I oldest Catholic bishop 1 and the Leaving the police station with ' only pre-war bishop still in his wife, Olive looked tired. Hp office, reported his plight in a
Chinese Reds Release Held U.S. Consul
parried questions by correspondents about the conditions under which he had been held. A detective was understood to have told Mrs. .Olive yesterday
of the late President Roosevelt as that the diplomat would be freed
"a Benedict Arnold, a Judas Iscariot." ., To Retry Hiss. U. S. Attorney John F. X. McGohey : announced immediately that the government would retry Hiss. Attorney Geenral Tom C. Clark said in Washington the case would be prosecuted "as quickly as the court docket will allow." McGohey indicated that Assistant U. S. Attorpey Thomas F. Murphy would continue as chief prosecutor. He hailed the majority vote for conviction as a tribute to Murphy's "magnificent" prosecution. Murphy said the jury's vote indicated that the government would be successful in a second trial.
"By the way the jury split,
speech read a few days ago at a confirmation service in a small church at Hradec, 110 miles east of Prague. A copy of the speech reached Prague today. The bishop of Hradec Kralove. 60 miles south of Prague, was reported to have made it clear he no longer wduld be" able to speak freely. He blasted the government for
violating its own constitution by
on payment of compensation for
public property he had damaged. Authorities said he had given his personal guarantee that he would pay compensation, , and hence he was not required to
make the payment before he was forbidding freedom of speech released. and press, and called for "even The Communist organ Emanci- a criminal's right" to be heard, pation Daily said Olive, "after j Last Free Sermon having been educated," admitted He told the startled congregathat he had made a mistake, and tion that the minister of educawrote a formal letter apologizing tion had forbidden him to speak and confessing to violation of freely, and indicated that his traffic regulations. sermon probably would be the Olive became involved in a last free one he 'would make for traffic jam caused by a parad-3 j me time, celebrating the Communist oc- "It is under protest that I recupation of Shanghai and the linquish my intention to preach, anniversary of the start of the although not out of fear or ter-Chinese-Japanese war. ror, punishment or persecution,
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righteousness seems to have been 1 llsI"a LlZ,. w"n " salQ was he sald- , on the side of the government by'wntten h 01lve- The letter reP" y Residence at Hradec two to one " Murphy said. resented him as confessing a Kralove I am under police sur-
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refusing to reveal his name to police, assaulting police officers at the station, and damaging public property inside the police station.
. Court observers said the trial probably would not get under way until next fall because of a scarcity of Federal judges during the summer months. The conspiracy trial of Judith Coplon, a former Justice Department worker ' 'convicted as a spy, wj(g, postponed until Oct. 15 for that reason. Leave Court.
The 44-year-old defendant and Plinnral Mnn?!a his well-groomed wife, Priscilla.l ' UlSCltll I'lUnUGj left Federal court silent and ob-I viously shaken. j WASHINGTON, Ind., July 9Kaufman dismissed the jury at (UP) Addison Drake, age 78, a 9 p. m. after asking them if they; former State Senator and long-
! Addison Drake
ceive personal . visits.- or the visits of my functionaries (such as clerks). I am thus a semiprisoner, kept from the members of my own diocese."
Fred K Says Named To Sfafe Commission
INDIANAPOLIS, July 9 (UP)
Governor Schricker today announced the appointment of Fred
F. Bays, former Democratic
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been 11 two weeks The Governor als0 annound been 11 two .weeks. reappointment of Col. Clarence
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WHILE THE NEW YORK jury which will decide his fate battled an impasse indicating they were unable to reach agreement, Alger His3, former State Department official charged with perjury, lunch
es with his wife (front) and friends. (International Soundphoto.)
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Russian Soldier
Shot In German
Border Accident
STUTTGART, Germany, July 9.
(UP) The Army announced
today that an American lieuten
ant shot and killed a young Russian soldier yesterday in an exchange of gunfire tuoched off by
an unprovoked attack on a U. S. Datrol inside the Ampriran znnp
U. S. Army authorities filed a!?5,01 tnree 01 cardinal Minoszen-
Big Military Spending Cut WASHINGTON, July 9 (UP)
Sen. Elmer Thomas, D., Okla.,
came out today for a $1,800,000 cut in military spending during
the current fiscal year.
Thomas, chairman of the
powerful Senate Military Appropriations Subcommittee,' told a reporter that "if Congress will go along" he is confident he can almost double the $928,000,000 reduction endorsed by President
Truman. Thomas' subcommittee is considering the House-approved bP.1 alloting nearly $16,000,000,000 for the operation of the Army, Navy. and: Air Force in the year that began July 1. Mr. Truman's sentiments were
made public yesterday by Sen. i
Millard Tydings, D., Md., Tydines said after a. White House visit the President feels the House ; bill can be trimmed' by striking out the proposed $800,000,000 for -universal military
posed on Joseph Cardinal Minds-;$128i00o;ooo he asked orlgfnally
Hungary Court Okays Sentence
pfMindszenty BUDAPEST, Hungary, July 9. (UP) The Hungarian Court of Appeals today upheld the sen
tence of life imprisonment
PITTSBURGH, July 9. (UP) Government intervention appeared the only hope today of heading off a nationwide steel strike. As CIO President Philip Murray and U. S. Steel Vice President John A. Stephens prepared to meet with Federal Mediation Director Cyrus Ching in Washington Monday, basic steel producers across the nation fell, in line behind "big steel's" hold-the-line wage stand. Ching also invited representatives of six other big steel companies, Bethlehem, Jones & Laughlin, Republic, Wheeling, Youngstown Sheet & Tube and Armco Co., to meet with
him in Washington Monday to discuss their dispute with the
CIO United Steel Workers union.
The basic producers employ
500,000 CIO United Steelworkers, iwno were poised to strike at
12:01 a. m. July 16 unless a set
tlement is reached or the government steps in. Ching invited Murray and Stephens to discuss j the issue with him before decid
ing what action the government should take. One large independent producer, Inland Steel Co., of Chicago, yesterday proposed a set tlement based on the union's tw6 other principal demands pensions and social insurance. But the union promptly rejected it as "inadequate."
No Relief From Heat Wave Is Seen For Nation
zehty for alleged treason.
The court reduced the sentenc
ty's co-defendants and confirmed
those of three others. . The Hungarian primate had appealed to the court to reduce the sentence. At the same time, the state asked that it be increased to death by hanging. ; The court instead ruled that the life sentence handed down by
a people s court m Budapest Feb,
strong protest with Soviet liaison
officers. They charged that a
Russian patrol violated the zonal
border three times, and twice
fired on a three-man U. S. patrol
and two officers who went to in vestigate.
Fires Fatal Shot. The officer who fired the fatal
shot in the second of two am
bushes of the American patrol
was Lt. William C. Linderose of convicted Cardinal Mindszenty of materials.
for military pay boosts.
, , By United Press The weather bureau took a long look ahead today and saw nothing but more, hot and humid weather for the most of the nation. Atlantic States from North Carolina to Maine ' will enjoy fairly cool temperatures of the
week-end, forecasters said, but temperatures in that area also are scheduled to rise next week.
The bureau extended weather
Thomas, who previously fav-! frecasuts', h"Un predictions
ored a $1,000,000,000 cut in mili
tary spending, torn newsmen
through Wednesday, said the; na
tioh's worst heat wave of the
Tydings' announcement made i,." t . Ver him confident he could make an Mdlewest, the Plains States, even larger cut in the budget : and Dlxle" without hampering the effici-i Rain. expected to total . as ency of the Armed Forces. j much as- five inches, was foreHe said Congress could curtail cast for the Mississippi Valley military spending further by re-: but n effective showers were ducing the contract authorizations expected in the New England
and by rescinding past appro- area suffering a 46-day drought
R.Biust stand. The people's court priations for stockpiling strategic that nas cost farmers $75,000,000
Port Huron, Mich., acting troop ! treason, seeking to overthrow the
ion if they continued deliberation today. Foreman Hubert E. James answered: ' "I think I reflect the opinion of the jury, your honor, in saying' no." As soon as they were dismissed, about six jury members
crossed the courtrooVQ to pompli
commander in the 15th Constab
ulary Squadron.
ine u. b. protest said five or six Russian soldiers illegally crossed into the American 2one near Rothenbach, north of Coburg, and twice fired on the Americans.
Constabulary headquarters here
was a director and organizer of the Farm Bureau for 30 years, and director of banks in. Shel-
ment Murphy on his handling of , burn, Farmersburg and Fair-
the case for the government. Sev
eral said his "brilliant" summation of the case had convinced them Hiss was guilty. The jury forecast the trial's outcome at 3:45 o'clock in the afternoon when they sent a note to Judge Kaufman saying they could not arrive at a verdict. The jurors said four were for conviction, four for acquittal, and four undecided, when they- began deliberation. The undecided members quickly voted for conviction within the first half hour, they said. "Nobody budged after that," reported' James Hanrahan. .
banks (Sullivan County)
- Drake made his homei at Shoals, but spent most of his life at Fairbanks. Survivors included the widow and two children. Funeral services will be held at Fairbanks Monday.
nautica Commission of Indiana. Bays, who lives at Merom,. replaces iHinkle C. Hays, Sullivan 'ho retired before completion of his term. Cornish's home in Fort Wayne.
CONFINED TO HOSPITAL Clarence M. Milam is confine? to the Billings General Hospita' in Indianapolis. ' Friends , maj write to him c-o Ward lips.
GETS 3 YEARS IN $883,660 THEFT
Faces Bad Check Charge Here
Robert Stanley, who has been staying in a Terre Haute hotel, ' was arrested by Vigo County authorities yesterday and turned over to Sheriff Hubert Wagner and Deputy Sheriff Harold Conner on a bogus check charge. He was returned to the Sullivan
County Jail. Sheriff Wagner .said that Stanley, who is operating an oil rig in the county, is alleged to have
given bad checks for labor his rig.
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Circuit Court Begins Recess , The Sullivan Circuit Court will go into recess for the summer months after today's court ' session. It will mark the end of ' the May . term of the court.
Judge Norval K. Harris said that the court will hold sessions on July 22 and on Aug. 26 to take care of any emergencies that might arise. 1
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in its attitude toward the United ! and at Blythe, Cal.
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Communist government and illegal trading in dollars. The appeals court began its review of the case last Wednesday. Counsel for both the state and the defense were heard and' written evidence was submitted. Cardinal Mindszenty did not appear. ' (Vatican sources have reported
said the Russians fired "about 20 that Cardinal Mindszenty appar.Vinta " Ua'inimKfQ.fl nn11nJ tk. ' anlir it . rt J 1 : 1 1 ...
incident a "routine" recurrence in the Hungarian prison, but his of frequent border clashes. But it mental condition has deterioratwas the first one in which a ed.) Russian soldier was known to have been hit. DAUGHTERY - MORGAN Happened Before. VOWS READ j "Irregularities on the border i The wedding of Miss Nelda are not infrequent, and shots Daugherty, daughter of Mr. and lave been fired "in several in-i Mrs. Roscoe Dauehertv Mo-
stance before," a headquarters rom, and William Morean ' "
statement said. . nephew of Mr. and Mrs Earl R ,MAKK,Atfc LICENSES ."No unusual precautions or Childress of Vincennes took! The county clerk has issued
strengthening of Datrols is fore- 1 nlace at 5-an Snnriau i following marriage licenses:
een. as the incident was termed June lflth at tho irirct tjJ LaFreda Jane Martin of Coun-
- xjaj li ii routine' by constabulary authori- Church in Vincennes. The Rev.
ties. , Thomas L. Bush offiriateri at. tho
Maj. Gen. Isaac D. White, con- double ring ceremony . Thev
. inomas said mere is "no occasion to rush" to build up these stockpiles.' He . is convinced, he said, that war is not imminent
and that Russia is "softening up"
in crops. .. Temperatures. High Temperatures today were expected to. duplicate the highs .of J08 . degrees set yesterday . at
Phoenix and Yuma in Arizona
FALSE ARREST SUIT IS FILED MUNCIE, July . 9 (UP) A $25,000 false arrest damage suit was on file in Delaware Circuit Court today on behalf of Howard G.oar, age 52, naming as defendants the City of Muncie, the chief of police and a police captain.
Goar, who -crusaded against gam
bling by sound truck, charged he was held eight hours May 28 without cause.
Presidio, in
Ard-
West Texas,1 reported 106.
more, Okla., reported 100. , Pacific Coast residents enjoyed relatively moderate temperatures with the mercury hitting a high of 79 at Los Angeles, and 80 at Seattle. The cool air that broke the
No Wage Increase "-. Inland, forced to bargain collectively on pensions undr a National Labor Relations Board order, offered to match social security for employes who retire with 20 years or more service. The company, which employes 15.500 workers, offered no wage increase. William G. Caples, Inland's manager of industrial relations, said the plan would cost the firm $9,000,000 annually. And this, he said, was "in addition to the $3,000,000 annual cost to the company for other phases of the retirement, pension and insurance plans." - , Joe Jeneske, spokesman for the USW bargaining committee, said the proposal" only' "slightly modified" the existing pension plan and the insurance benefits were about one quarter of those asked by the union. He said the Dcmpany local would prepare to strike July 16. Most of the other "little steel" producers reported negotiations either stalled, broken off or recessed indefinitely. But they admitted they were just "marking time" in order to follow the lead of U. S. Steel, bellwether qfjhe industry.
East Coast's heat wave of earlier
in the week held yesterday's 1 Still Negotiating
highs to 78 at Boston, 81 at New I Three big independents Jones York, 84 at Washington, and 77 I & Laughlin Steel Corp., Republic at Raleigh, N. C. j Steel Corp., and Bethlehem Steel Southern states were undergo- Corp. 1 continued to negotiate ing a siege of hot weather after with the union. They employ., a enjoying, moderate temperatures total of 173,000 workers.
cil .Bluff, Iowa, and Charles Dewett, Jr. of Birmingham, Mich. Linda Ann Robson of Colum-
while the North was sweltering
It was 100 degrees at Macon, Ga., and 98 at Columbia, S. C, yesterday. A United Press tabulation showed that 434 persons had died
rvf hoot ,Mneti"otin rt Yiv rrturn-
stabulary chief, said the attack, were attended by Miss Dorothy lbai:ity' J"f ' ;,and ohn L' Shaw,ing, during the past week.
was mnrmmir nc.iiv,0-t t iu ujj. "i rewee vaney, jy. i
Situation Worse In
London Dock Strike
Daugherty, sister of the bride,
and Richard Morgan, brother of the bridegroom. The bride wore white marquisette over taffeta, ballerina length. Her short veil was caught with pink carnations and her accessories were white. She wore a corsage of pink carnations. The maid of honor wore .pink sheer with a corsage of white
re- carnations.
! A reception for
LONDON REDS BLAST WALL STREET
the families
LONDON, July 9 (UP) The
London dock strike situation
worsened today despite the government's threat of, a state of
emergency unless strikers sume work before Monday.
iwo tnousand truck drivers and close friends was held at
from the big Smithfield market, the home of Mr. and Mrs. Gene through which funnels most of Wilkerson where the bride has'
London s meat supplies, refused made her home for the past two
to nanaie any meat unloaded bv years. Mrs. Wilkerson was as-
troops sent in to break the sisted by sisters of the bride, strike. Misses Norma and Dnrnthv Tan
Tug workers also threatened Ehertv. and Miss Beverlv DeHolf
to strike today, a move which and Mrs. J. A. DeHolf. would complete the paralysis of The couple will be at home al the port. Four hundred stewards 310 Barnett Street, Vincennes. of the watermen, lightermen,
tugmen and bargemen's union voted last night to walk out in support of the dock workers. I
RICHARD H. CROWE (left), former assistant bank manager who admitted stealing $883,660 In March from National City bank, leaves federal court In New York under sentence of three years. All but about $2,000 was recovered after a spectacular hunt that ended In ua arrest in Florida, (International Soundphoto)
SOFTBALL TEAMS ; SPLIT GAMES Graysville beat the Fairbanks
However, it was an unofficial Old Men by a score of 6 to 2 meeting and it was ' not known behind Nichols in the first game whether the rank and file would of the doubleheader at Legion wlk out. Field last night, and the Bedford The government poured more Indians Limestone, team shut out
soldiers and sailors onto the the Legion 3 to 0. Brannum for
docks today and they began un- Bedford pitched a no hit game.
loading 14 of the 105 strikebound ships concentrating on food car- (WOMAN DIES IN goes. Nearly 2,000 soldiers and FALL FROM WINpOW sailors were at work. j NEW ALBANY, July 9 (UP) Under a --state of emergency, Mrs. Stella Denison, age 49, oi the government could issue de- New Albany, died yesterday oi crees to outlaw strike agitation, ' injuries suffered when she fell seize control of the ports and from a window of a law office arrest persons without warrants on the fifth floor of a downtown to maintain order. ' i building.
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In breaking off negotiations with U. S. Steel Wednesday,
Murray warned of a "roiimg strike" which would st?rt , with the 500,000 basic steel -workers and snowball into a full-fledged nationwide walkout , involving 1,000,000 workers. r, , But under the Taft-Hartley law, Ching could advise ' President Truman that a steel strike would threaten the nation's welfare and safety. Mr. ruman then could appoint a fact -finnan,? board to review the dispute. After receiving the board's report, he could ask for an injunction preventing the strike for 80 days.
Welfare Board Member Named Miss Lulu Williamson, a veteran Sullivan school teacher, has been appointed a member of the Sullivan Welfare Board, Judge Norval K. Harris announced today. ' Miss Williamson, a native . of Sullivan, taught here for rnapy years. She retired as a school teacher several years ago. . She was appointed to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Mrs. Belle Tison, of Dugger. Other members of the board are Mrs.vHannah Murray of Sullivan, Ray Newkirk of Pleasant-
ville, Will Thompson of Sullivan, and William Stafford of Carlisle.
WAIA STREET, perennial wtupping Doy of uie Communists, lakes a lambasting from London Reds in this- placarded parade. Streamer accuses Wall Street of "Interference in liberty and trade." Old Glory can be partly seen beneath streamer. (International)
MOTORCYCLE UPSETS DRIVER IS KILLED -
CRAWFORDSVILLE, July 9
(UP) A speeding motorcycle overturned on Ind. 47 yesterday, killing Clay Marshall Storms, 20, Crawfordsville.