Sullivan Daily Times, Volume 51, Number 142, Sullivan, Sullivan County, 19 July 1949 — Page 1
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GUATEMALA CITY, July 19. (UP) Street fighting flared
through Guatemala City early to-
day when loyal government troops and tanks fought off an at
tempt to seize the capital by revolutionary army artillery forces: Observers heard the constant chatter of automatic weapons and the occasional roar of artillery shells exploding in the streets. Loyal Army planes patrolled overhead. Other explosions, believed to be bombs, were heard. The government of President Juan Jose Arevalo appeared to be in control of the situation but a group of three loyal political parties issued a statement saying "the government is in serious danger." 1 Two Assassinated. The revolution broke out yesterday after the week-end assassination of Col. Francisco Arana, chief of' the ' armed forces, and Col. Jorge Barrios Solares, secretary of the Army. B,oth officers were shot to death at Amatitlan, a resort town 12 miles outside the capital, on Sunday. Congress met in emergency session in the national palace yesterday and proclaimed a state of siege.' The sound of gunfire was heard ir. the national palace while Congress acted. The state of siege included suspension of constitutional guarantees, i Government officials said an Artillery regiment commanded by Col. Hernandes joined the revo.lutionary movement and attempt-
, ed to seize the city. ! Remain Loyal. The Air Force, police and presidential guard units remained loyal to the government, these 5 sources said. They said government forces still controlled the K big Matamoros military camp on . . the outskirts of the city. , -
iAt least one person was reported killed in the early stages of street fighting shortly- after darklast night. Mario Monteforte Toledo, president of the Guatemalan Congress.
declared the fighting marked a
full-scale revolt against the re
gime of President Arevalo.
The revolt was the -20th since
President Arevalo assumed office in March, 1945, for a six-year term. He was elected in December, 1944,. after a revolutionary ' junta overthrew the government of Gen. Federico Ponce.
Two Judges Tanqle
0m Gambling Raids
ANDERSON, Ind.. Julv 19
, (UP) An Anderson city judge
ana the Madison circuit judge traded words today over an antir-gambling crusade begun by the circuit judge and Madison County sheriff. City Judge Fred R. Robertson branded the crusade "a stupid, holier-than-thou campaign for personal publicity." 1 -
"I think Judge Joseph A. ; Dickey and the sheriff have gone JJ off the deep end in their over- ( zealousness to clean up the city's I gambling," said Robertson. He said he had the highest regard, for Dickey's honesty and integrity,' but added: ' "Judge Dickey is making himself the laughing stock of And4 erson." The circuit judge said Robertson was mistaken. "He is so wrong when he declares I am becoming the laughing stock of Anderson," .said , Dickey. "A survey of the city's , hjonest, hard-working people would prove how wrong heis.
he citizens are behind the cam-
plaign of Sheriff Joe L. Brosdon.
nd, within every legal interrelation of the state and city ;atutes, I intend to stand be-
ind the sheriff."
SEEK END TO OLIVER STRIKE CHARLES CITY, la., 'July 19 (UP) Negotiations to end a
week old strike at the Oliver C Corp. tractor plant today were expected to center around the five-cent-an-hour pay raise' deVmanded by the striking .CIO .. Farm Equipment Workers. The
president of the striking local, v Paul Mathers, said he expected the wage issue to be the major topic . today. BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT " Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Davidson, Jr., of Shelburn, are the parents of a son, Danny I Wayne, born rCJuly 18th at the Mary Sherman Hospital , A ... ' ' -
Steel Fad -Finders Meet.
Murray Says Minority Seeks New Depression
WASHINGTON, -July 19. flJ.R)
Sen. James E. Murray, D., Mont., said today that "wildeyed, hare-brained reactionaries"
who are hoping for a depression
"are the most dangerous enemies of American capitalism." In a speech prepared for delivery before a "full employment" conference of Americans for Democratic Action here, Murray said that there is a "small but powerful minority" in the United States who look forward to a marked recession as a means of increasing their own economic
power. "If they succeed in their "ef
forts," he said, "they will lead us down the road to Fascism or
Communism." Warning of the possibility that unemployment may increase,
Murray called on his colleagues in Congress to meet in extra session this fall to take action on economic legislation.
Elsewhere in Congress:
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PRESIDENT TRUMAN'S special fact-finding board pauses outside the White House following an hour-long conference on the steel situation. In the group are (1. to r.) Samuel I. Rosenman, former New York jurist; Dr. John R.' Steelman, presidential assistant who'.met with the board; Chairman Carroll R. Daugherty of Northwestern University, and David L. Cole, Patterson, N. J. attorney. , ' ' ! (International Soundphoto.)
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tivities of ex-government offic- Murphy, early. New Dealer and ials now representing private in- close friend of the late President
terests before their former agen-' Roosevelt, died today at Henry cies may come in for scrutiny in Ford Hospital.
connection with the "five per
centers" inquiry. Senate investi
He was 56.
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consider some of these cases.
MINIMUM WAGE Chairman John Lesinski, D., Mich., of the House Labor Committee said ad-i ministration leaders have . instructed him. to-have a new minimum wage bill 'ready " for House action in the near future. He said
with the ills of civilization, was found dead in his hospital bed at 7:45 a.m. Death had been caused by a heart -attack-. His body was found by a nurse on her routine morning rounds. Doctors said his condition was "all right" last night.
the new bill will raise the wage' ital perintendtent , said that rate from 40 to 75 cents an hourMu h had been comi tQ tne and broaden tfte coverage of the h itJ ior about a month, for FaborStandards Ad ' 'heart tests. PACT Former Secretary of War Henry L. . Stimson urged Arrived Last Night Senate ratification of the North Parkinson said the Justice arAtlantic Pact without reserva-'rived last night to spend the tions. In letters to Sens. John'night, and had planned to go to Foster Dulles and Irving M. Ives, 'his old Harbor Beach home for New York Republicans, Stimson' the summer, said: "If this treaty' is beaten, or Appointed by the late President if its great meaning is befogged Roosevelt, his elevation to the by reservations seeming to pro- High Court Feb. 5, 1940, climaxceed from fear,, we shall not soon ed a long period of public serbe able to repair the damage.", vice that began as an assistant The Senate will vote on the Federal district attorney in 1919. tretty on Thursday. " - Murphy was one of the first SECURITY Government offic- important public officials to esials urged the Senate Public pouse the principle that caring Works Committee to approve a for the unemployed was a nation$70,000000 project for control of al responsibility. To him, as .the floods in the middle Rio Grande governor of Michigan, fell the River. They said the project is responsibility of dealing' with a needed to safeguard the security new technique in American labor of atomic facilities at Los Alamos relations the sit-down strike, and Sandia, N. M. I He had scarcely taken office
in 1937 when the sit down epidemic started in the auto .plants of General Motors. His handling of the strikes brought sharp criticism from business. But the bachelor-jurist never waivered from his firm belief that armed
Mrs. Imo Davis, age 55. of Sul- labor conflict should be avoided
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the daughter of the late James
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Sends Condolences President Truman was one of
member of the Merom Methodist the first to send a message of
Church,
She is survived by the hus
band, Rush Davis; four nieces,
and two nephews. -The body was taken to the
Billman Funeral Home. Funeral
Administration Farm Program Takes Beating
WASHINGTON, July 19 (UP) The administration's "trial run" farm bill today took what may prove to be a fatal beating. A Senate' Agriculture Subcommittee dumped it overboard, at least for the time being, an'J a powerful House coalition opposing a similar measure refused to accept last-minute admiaistration modifications. The administration wants to test in a limited way next year Secretary of Agriculture Charles F., l3i-armaflrs -f awnarcs nsujnsr su bsidy program. - - -' Instead of acting to keep up market prices on . . government supported, farm com.noiities, Brannan wants to give consumers the, benefit of any market
arops Dy making suppor payments directly , to farmers. A Senate proposal would have nnthnrWo n trial run nf ihie
Murphy's' administration as the mc,thn rit)Yf vaar mi Wl Rl
governor was marked from the the suBcommittee considering -it
and similar disputes in the automobile industry led by the CIO auto workers. Murphy became famous for his administrative abilities. He was said to have cut Detroit's expenses from $90,000,000 to $60,000,000 in one year. While in the Philippines, he sliced costs from $79,000,000 to $59,000,000, balanced the budget, established an
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David Giles will be installed as president of the Sullivan Junior Chamber of Commerce at a dinner meeting to be held at the Davis Hotel Thursday . evening, luly 21. ' t ' - .''.,: ' i Other new officers for the coming year will be installed at the
.meeting. They include Virgil
Bergstrom, vice-president; Jack VIcCoskey, secretary, . and Wayne Pierce, treasurer. New directors likewise will take office. They are Harold Dodd, Earl Engle, Kermit Arnold, Lee Simmers, Robert Clarkson, Jr., and Tom Grayson. Charles Hardy of Anderson, state Jaycee president, will be present to assist in the installation ceremonies. Other state officers who are expected to attend the meeting are B. L. Jacobson of Bloomington, past state president; James Ball of Terre Haute, state treasurer; Wilson Parker of Indianapolis, state executive vice-
president; Lowell Turner of Evansville, national director;
James Wall of Noblesville, and Bill Steinhilber of Logansport, state vice-presidents;
Mr. Parker and Mr. Hardy will
make short talks during the program and will be followed by Mr.
Jacobson, who will give the principal address of the evening.
The Jaycees and : their r ladies
will hold a reception in the lobby of the hotel for the visiting state
Jaycee officers with the dinner
following at 7 p. m.
By Merriman Smith United Press White House Reporter ' CHICAGO, July 19. (UP) President Truman reported today that tensions and conflict are increasing within the Soviet orbit and promised that this nation's "great crusade for peace" will succeed. He said world Communism will have to abandon its coercion of other nations, or face inevitable self-destruction. The President, in a nationwide broadcast from Soldier Field, promised the crusade for peace will go forward despite the contrary efforts of Communist-guided leaders whom he accused of erecting "barriers of suspicion" between their people and the outside world. Mr. Truman addressed the Imperial Council session cf the Shrine, meeting here to celebrate the diamond jubilee of phis branch of the Masonic order.
The President said
decided to send it to the full committee "without a recommendation." That meant ' the measure is sidetracked nod m&v not get on the .rails again this year. Showdown House debate 'on the measure was scheduled to start today. But it was delayed for a day when he Hiuse adjourned out of respect to Supreme Court Justice Fran Murphy who died in Detn:. The
out of
eight-hour-day, introduced wo
man suffrage, and reformed the Senate also adjourned
island s parole system and the respect to Murphy.
procedure. ".' Murphy, a devout Roman Catholic, was a bachelor.
ondolences to George Murphy,
his .brother and Detroit record's
court judge. e Murphy was born April , 13, 1893, in Harbor Beach, Mich.
He attended Harbor Beach High
services will be held at the School and was graduated from
Merom Methodist Church at 2 the University of Michigan Law o'clock Wednesday afternoon School in 1914. He served as an with the Rev. C. O. Morin offi- infantry captain in the U. S. ciating. Burial will be in Merom 'Army in France from 1917 to
Cemetery.
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Contributions For Shelburn Fund
Contributions to the Shelburn tornado relief fund have been received by Orville Turner, treasurer of the fund: Local Union 6945 Bieknell, Ind $389.00 Don Starkey, Shelburn, R. 5.00 Bloomfield Methodist 1 Church and Sunday School, Thomas H. Morgan, Treasurer . 77.83 James Vowell, Sullivan.. 2.00 ndR. a&ao. .5.5 ETA OE TET
Confirmed Cases Of Polio Mount To 101 In State
INDIANAPOLIS, July 19. (UP) The number of confirmed cases of polio mounted to 101 to
day, the Indiana State Board of
Health and the National Founda
tion for Infantile Paralysis nounced.
The death of a Michigan baby
polio victim in a northern Indiana hospital also was reported,
Four new cases were added to
yesterday's tabulation. The new est was James Cox, age 20, Rush
an-
ville, who was admitted
Plan Hearing On Harbor In Porter County GARY, Ind., July 19 (UP) A hearing on a plan to build a $12,000,000 harbor east of here to handle commercial lake shipping got under way today. The proposal calls for enlarging Burns Ditch, a drainage project started 16 years ago in Porter County near Chester, Ind. Backers of the Burns Harbor project have predicted it would handle more than 10,000,000 tons of shipping in the first year of operation. They said a shipping outlet here would open up a new market area and help the entire state, including the Southern Indiana coal industry. Today's hearing was to decide whether an Army Engineer's survey will be made. Plans for the project have been under way for some . time. Col. W. P., Trower of ' the - Army- Engineers Corps was sitting in at the meeting. Support Plan Foremost proponents of. the project have been U. S. Reps.
James J. McCoskey and Robert Ray Maddeni Lake County' who "XrMr nva stint ; 1 i "
planned to lead a delegation here for the hearing.. Residents of the Ogden Dunes resort section have opposed any plan to industrialize the area'. Michigan City also has opposed it, asking that the money be used to improve the harbor there. Madden and Halleck planned to present statements of positive support signed by Indiana Sens. Homer Capehart and William Jenner. Gary districts of the CIO and AFL unions, have backed the plan.
Lowry are co-chairmen in charge
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Mrs. Louise Parr
Dies Hear Hymera
Mrs. Louise Alice Parr, aee 89.
died at the residence near Hymera at 3 o'clock Monday afternoon.
She is survived by three dau
ghters Mrs. Vina Stoops of Coal-
mont; Mrs. Maggie Burke of Shelburn, R. 1, and Mrs. Vashti
Mahan of Hymera; five sons, Grover Parr of. Jasonville, Har
vey and David Parr, both of Shelburn, Thornton Parr of Arizona, and . Clifford Parr of Ohio; a sister, Mrs. Lillie Johnson of Jasonville; twenty-four grandchildren, and several greatgrandchildren.
The body was taken to the
McHugh Funeral Home in Hymera where funeral services will
be held at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon. Burial will be in the K. of P. Cemetery at Hymera.
MOVIE STAR IN SULLIVAN Al "Lash" LaRue, a movie cowboy, passed through Sullivan Friday night about 10 o'clock. He had his horse with him. They stopped at theOsterhage Service Station on South Section Street. Lex Duncan was on duty at the time.
TODAY'S TEMPERATURES The unofficial temperatures in Sullivan today were: at 7:30 a.m. 70 degrees at noon 84 degrees
Republicans Seek Successor To ScottAs National Party Head
INDIANAPOLIS, July 19 (UP) The Indiana weather bureau today forecast a return
to 90 degree temperatures over the state during the next five days. The bureau's five-day outlook predicted maximum temperatures would range between 92 and 97 degrees, and the minimums between 67 and 72 degrees. Rain was predicted for the extreme south portion of the
state ' Wednesday, in the north-
Friday, and over most of Ind iana Sunday.
1919. He was elected Mayor of Detroit in 1930, and several months later was labeled a socialist be
cause he set, up a city-wide relief system for thousands of automobile workers and their families and other citizens who had been hit by the depression. Murphy was re-elected in 1932,
but served only a year of the
second term. He left office at
President Roosevelt's request to become governor general of the Philippines. -
Elected Governor Murphy was well-regarded by the islanders, but he left the governor generalship in 1936 as Roosevelt encouraged him to run for governor of Michigan. He was swept into ..office, and immediately became involved in a whirlpool of labor conflicts. .
BONUS BLANKS A representative of Veterans Affairs will be in the following places with typists to assist in
nuing out state bonus papers.
All veterans are reminded to bring original discharge" papers
and all separation papers with them. The meetings will be held
from 7:00 to 9:00 o'clock
evening:
Indiana-
By James F. Donovan " v United Press Staff Correspondent WASHINGTON, July 19 (UP) Former Sen.. John A. Danaher, Connecticut was mentioned today
to as a likely successor to Hugh D.
Scott, Jr., as chairman of the Repubican national committee. Scott, a Philadalphian now
Methodist Hospital in
polis this morning. Randolph still led the counties
With 22 Confirmed Cases. and corKrincr Viio fnnrth term in thA
Jay was second with 18.' Dele- House, announced last night that ware had 11, Marion 10, Howard he intends to resign the chairseven and .Madison six. manship at a meeting of the At Michigan City's St. An- committee which he has called thony Hospital, six-weeks-old for Aue. 4. His decision, he said.
each ' Zona May Runge- daughter of. was prompted ' by a desire to . Mr. and Mrs. Glen Runge of eliminate dissension within the
Veterans must have' their iNew Buffal. .Mich., died of GOP ranks and to unify the par
award of compensation or pen- polio after a three-day illness.
sion papers and their- Veterans Administration C number to ap
ply for the extra 100 clause.
Tuesday. July 19, Shelburn Legion Home. Wednesday, July 20, Sullivan Legion Home. Thursday, ' July 21, Carlisle Legion Home. Monday, July 25, Merom school lunch room. Thursday, July 28, Hymera Legion Post. .
HOSPITAL NOTES Admitted July 18: Mrs. Maxine Wright, 338 Donaldson Street.
Admitted July 19:
Monroe, Sullivan, R. 5.v Dismissed July , 18: Mrs. Nelson Boone and son, Shelburn, R. 2; Mrs. Robert Gibson and daughter, 333 West Graysville Street.
Dismissed July 19: Helen King
of Hymera.
ty for the crucial 1950 Congressional campaign.
Scott was picked to head the committee last June by Gov. Thomas E. Dewey of New York, then GOP Presidential nominee.
Kenneth Since the Republican defeat last
November, however, he has been under heavy fire from non-Dew-ey factions within the party. There was no indication that GOP leaders have agreed on any candidate to succeed Scott. But it was known that the 50-year-
old JDanaher has the backing of Sen. Robert A. Taft, R., O., and would be acceptable to Dewey
supporters.
Some Republican sources said,
however, that Danaher may not take the post. They pointed out
that he has a lucrative law practice in Hartford, Conn., and in Washington, and that he may be unwilling to accept the added responsibilities of the national chairmanship. A graduate of Yale, Danaher was elected to the Senate in 1938 and served
one term. Others being mentioned as possible successor to Scott
include Former Rep. J. Edgar Chenoweth, Colo.; A. T. (Bert) Howard, Nebraska.; Guy A. Gabrielson, 'N. J.; Harry Darby, Kans.; Arthur E. Summerfield, Mich.; and B. Carrol Reece, Tenn. Reece was Scott's predecessor. Some influential Republicans have demanded a party chairman from the Midwest. They contend that selection of a Mid-Westerner would increase the GOP's
chances of winning back the ru- , ral vote in the 1950 elections.
"our do
mestic and foreign policies are inseparable." He asserted that in order to maintain a "strong and stable economy" and promote peace there are two objectives "which require action now": 1. "We must take proper steps to see that our economy moves safely through the present transition period, and that employment and production start expanding again. If we were to make our plans. on the assumption that employment and production will get smaller, we. would only make matters worse, -and waste much of our potential economy strength. What we must do, instead, is to make all our . plans, private and public, in' such a way as to give us more jobs and more output. This is. the way toward a stronger ecori-" omy." Help Free Nations 2. "Furthermore, we must take action to insure that the hardwori economic recovery of other free nations does not revert to stagnation and despair. One of . the most foolish things we could-'-do right now would be to slash our appropriations for European recovery. If we did that, we would be deliberately - throwing away gains for peace and free- " dom that we have , painfully made. Only the Communists would profit if we took such a short-sighted course." Mr. Truman's speech was carried over three radio networks CBS, ABC, and MBC. He flew from Washington today and will return to the White House early tomorrow. -- He will speak informally tonight at a Shrine banquet honoring Galloway Calhoun of Tyler, Tex., outgoing Imperial Potentate of the Shrine. Mr. Truman is a member of Ararat Shrine Temple of Kansas City. Seme Use Force X The President deplored the fact that "leaders of some nations today appear still to be relying on force as a method of world organization." "Their doctrine calls for tha destruction, of free governments through the use of force and the effort to create class warfare," he said. The Chief Executive said the
Communist concept of world or
ganization is no better tha-i tha
Nazi. and other forms of tyranny
mat nave tailed. , As for the Communist world organizations, Mr. Truman said: "Within the circle of its -control today, tensions and conflicts appear to be increasing. It may have temporary triumphs, but in the long run it must either de- ' stroy itself, or abandon its attempts to force other nations into its pattern." The President rejected the belief of some people that war is inevitable between the Democratic and Communist nations. Is Optimistic "This is not the case," he said. "I am optimistic as I look toward the future, because I believe in
the superior attraction for men's minds and hearts of the Democratic principles which have been tried and tested in free nations, and which are now winning the allegiance of men throughout the world." Mr. Truman made a plea' for Senate ratification of the North Atlantic defense pact. "Public opinion among our people is overwhelmingly in favor of ratification of the treaty, and I am sure " that the Senate will give its approval,";
he said. The pact comes up for a vote in the Senate late Thursday.
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