Sullivan Daily Times, Volume 51, Number 164, Sullivan, Sullivan County, 18 August 1949 — Page 1

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WEATHER MOSTLY FAIR Indiana: Mostly, fair with little temperature change tonight and Friday.

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Slayers Given Death Sentence NEW YORK, Aug. 18 (UP) Gold toothed Raymond Fernandez, the mail order Romeo, and his fat mistress, Martha Jule Beck, were doomed to the elec

tric chair' today by a Bronx

By Charles H. Herrold United Press Staff Correspondent

WASHINGTON, Aug. lb. (Ur) .President Philip County jury that deliberated all

Murray of the United Steelworkers (CIO) was reported to-night before convicting them oi day to have ordered a full mobijization of his union's $8,000,- the greed-murder of a 66 year 000 resources in preparation for a steel strike next month. iold wldow- . Sources close to Murray said that the union leader, who Ashen and tired from their all also heads the CIO, has decided to wage a showdown fight night wait in detention pens oi with the steel companies if they persist in their refusal to the Bronx County Court House, grant a wage increase or pension plan. jthey stood calmly and listened Murray's orders to his lieutenants were said to have withut expression when Jury been issued after a meeting m New York. Murray reportedly Foman Fred D. Yobs read th was dissatisfied by 'the lack of all-out preparations for the,veI? , ..,'' oT.n,la ofl ctriU wna-Aiollw f- w Tl-' They murdered Mrs. Janet Fay

lICiLxUliY1Uv- g. 6v iWi v who gave Fernandez her $6 000

thinking he was eoine to marrv

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The walkout was postponed until Sept. 14 after the steel companies and the union agreed to President Truman's proposal that a fact-finding board Investigate the dispute. Union sources said there was no doubt that the union would have carried out its July strike threat even though prepaBtions were far less elaborate than in the big four-week strike of February 1940. jMurray is said to have decided on the "war orders" by the attitude of the major steel producers during the current hearings in New York before the fact finding board. The companies are opposing union demands for a general wage increase, insurance and

pension systems: A. B. Homer, president of Bethlehem Steel Co., charged at . one hearing that the board had been created by the government to force the industry to grant major concessions to the union. His remark provoked a demand , from Board Member Samuel I. Rosenman for an apology. 1 Government officials fear that failure to resolve the steel 'disJpute amicably, will bring ja wave " of big industrial strikes this fall at a time when production and employment should be booming in preparation for the year-end and holiday business.

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Consul Officials By Victor Kendrick United Press Staff Correspondent HONG KONG, Aug. 18 (UP) More than 80 American consular officials will evacuate South China, including the Nationalist capital of Canton, and come to Hong Kong within fhe next two days, it was announced today. U. S. Consul General' ."'George

will pull all American officials polle,d individually, as is custom-

Death Mandatory Death in the electric chair Is mandatory when the jury returns a first degree murder verdfct withou recommending mercy.

Judge Ferdinand Pecora announced he would sentence them at 11 a.m. Monday. Defense Attorney said he would file an appeal immediately after the sentencing. Fernandez and Mrs. Beck each heard themselves pronounced guilty 13 times of the hammer and scarf murder of the nightgown clad old woman in their apartment at Valley Stream, Long Island. The foreman read the verdict, then the jury was

ary in first degree murder cases.

Jury Dismissed The foreman read the verdict at 8:30 va.m., and five minutes 1 . 1 ; i i

fot , 4j!J"lel i"e jury . was dismissed.

(.ciuiai iicwa agency icuuucu -n-.. 1 n .

r.u tt o ;.,i ::, rernanaez ana mrs. uecK

out of the Canton consular district, covering four provinces in South China. At the same time the National-

were

escorted from the courtroom. Fernandez was a little flushed.

Otherwise neither had shown any

emotion. Their clothes . Fernandez wore a dapper camel hair jacket and tan trousers and Mrs.

NEW YORK, Aug. 18. (UP) A leading Pittsburgh steel producer said today that steelworkers would benefit more in the long run from company efforts to maintain job security than from wage increases and other benefits of "uncertain duration." Adm. Ben Moreell, president of .Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp.,

that all U. S. consular officials had been ordered withdrawn from remote Sinkiang Province, bordering on Siberia in northwest China. ' Leave Tuesday TVm nnciilni caff nf 1ft nor.

sons, headed by Consul J. Hall ?eck a tura-ulse Wf P yon Paxton, left Tihua (Urumchi)!8",.- wer? Wrmkled from the capital of "Sinkiang. b? motor011 hourSj of waiting..Mrs. Beck caravan last Tuesday. They will ad ubbed a11 the makeup from return to the United States by ,ne' f ace-. . , , way of India Sne Wl11' be the eihth woman The dispatch said Vice Consul Pav the deat Penalty in New Douglas MacKiernan remained York state- Allowing the highbehind to look after consulate volta5e Path to eternity taken oroDertv. Recent . reDorts said bv Ruth Snyder, Mary Farmer,

the. Communists , were taking Helen ? owler and four otber fe'

over Sinkiang Province by de-

male killers.

grees without fighting,

An American Navy evacuation fleet of four vessels under command of Rear Adm. Oscar C; Badger, U. S. Navy commander in the Western Pacific, has arrived at Hong Kong to help in

said in a statement prepared for the evacuation if needed.gidi delivery before the Presidential . Among the vessels arern;Badf act-finding board that "the first per's flagship, th cruiser St call on available money is to Paul, the transport Begor and keep our company productive and the two tenders Floyds Bay and competitive." ' Dixie i

Moreell said J & L is- spending

all it can save and safely borrow on its post-war $250,000,000 modernization program.

TWO SOFTBALL GAMES TONIGHT Two softball games will be played tonight in the local softball league at Legion Field. In the first game Dugger will play

Hopper said there still were 707 Americans in the Canton consular district but that more than half of them are missionaries who intend to stay despite the imminent threat of Communist occupation, . Reports from Canton said

Draft Board On Part-Time Basis Jesse E. Bedwell, chairman of Selective Service Local Board No. 77, has announced that beginning Monday, August 29 tb local board office will , operate on a new part-time schedule. The new hours are made necessary in the interest of economy

and a drastically reduced hudget. The local board office is located at Sullivan Count Court House, and it will be open from 8:00 a. m. to 5:00 p. m. on Mon

day only of each week

Persons required to register

there were no signs that the city are notified that they are obliged would be defended against the to comply with provisions of the

Communist armies which at last

Shelburn and in the final game reports were little more hah 200

Carlisle will play Hymera. miles north and northeast

Barkley Predicts Congress Will Pass Democrat Farm Program

law, reporting to the draft board

office on the earliest dare it is

open. Changes of add t ess snould be submitted in writing to the

local board office.

By Rey W. Brune United Press Staff Correspondent SPRINGFIELD, 111., Aug. 18 (UP)Vice-President Alben W. Barkley predicted today that the 81st Congress would enact a major portion of the Democratic farm program. - ' The Vice-President, making the major address at Democratic day at the Illinois State Fair, said he believed Congress would rewrite the Aiken farm act of 1948 "to stabilize the farm support program at 90 per cent of parity." Barkley, reviewing the Democratic farm program, said: "We have also inaugurated legislation, which will undoubtedly be acted at this session of

Congress, to stabilize the farm support program at 90 per cent of

parity, rather than to reduce it to as low at 60 per cent of

parity, as was provided in the

Aiken farm act of 1948. . ." '

: He charged that the Aiken act

was "written in the early hours

of a Sunday morning, in response to a call from a political convention that something had to be

written that had the word 'farm'

engraved upon it."

Barkley sharked the speakers

platform with Senate Majority Leader Scott W. Lucas and Gov

ernor Adlai E. Stevenson, to

whom the day was dedicated.

Barkley aimed his talk at the

farm vote, just as he did a year

ago when he made a major ad

dress at Democratic day at the

fair. i

The Vice-President said that

"in working out the problems of

agriculture it has been necessary

for the government of the United

States to assume a position of leadership and guidance in cooperation with the farmers themselves." He said that neither farmers

dividually" fight against erosion, remetery'

Mrs. Nettie Kable

Funeral Held

Funeral services for Mrs. Net'

tie Kable, age 63, who died at

the Mary Sherman Hospital,

were held at the Railsback Fu

neral Home Sunday afternoon at

2 o'clock. The Rev. Jake Smith

omciated. Song services were

by Mr. and Mrs. Lowell Holy

cross, John Smith and Mrs.

David Smith with Mrs. Jake

Smith at the piano. j Pallbearers were Beulah Ban ther, Cecil Hughes, Bertha Mc

Daniels, Dorothy Johnson, Mary

Sanders and Tena Pierce.

Flower bearers were Thelma

iFereuson. Anna Booker, Ethel

Engle, Jessie Walker, Anna

Broshears and Margaret Raley. Burial was in Center Ridge

SULLIVAN DAILY TIMES THURSDAY, AUG. 18, 1949.

ilitary Arms

Aid Program Suffers Setback

"WASHINGTON, Aug. 18 (U.R)

The administration's $1,450,-

000,000 military aid program suf-, fered a major setback today when the House voted tentatively to cut it by more than one-

third.

The House adopted a proposal sponsored by Repr. Jamos P.

Richards, D., S. C, and John M. Vorys, R., O., to cut $580,495,000

from the $1,160,990,000 which

the administration proposes io allocate to . Western Euvpein signatories of the North Atlantic pact. '

The proposal was approved on

a teller vote, 72 to 137.,. This if

subject to a roll call vote later. Administration forces believed

they had a chance to revers? tr el

action on a roll call.

In addition to the $1,160,990,-

000 proposed for the Atlantic pact partners, the bill carries

$211,370,000 for military aid to

Greece and Turkey and $27,640,000 for Iran, Korea and the Philippines. Richards and Vorys made no attempt to cut the funds for any of the other five nations.

The two sponsors of the Euro

pean cut are prominent members of the House Foreign Affairs Committee. They argued that as1

far as the Atlantic powers are

oncerned. Congress should not

make available the full $1,160,990,000 sought by the admin

istration until after a common defense plan has been established in accordance with the .At

lantic pact.

-Richards and Vorys contended

that the $580,495,000 authorized by. their proposal would be sufficient to get the program in full swing and keep it going until a

plan is developed. The House tentatively okayed the Richards-Vorys proposal despite a fervent appeal for the whole program by Speaker Sw Rayburn and despite the fact that Secretary of State Dean Acheson had urged anew that Congress approve it speedily. --.....-.J i . T 1 1 1 1 "-Ovir. Urge Pre-School

Vaccinations

Vaccination against ' childhood

diseases should be a part of a child's preparation for school!

when entering for the first time

this September according to Dr.

Robert E. Jewett director Division of Maternal . and Child

Health, Indiana State Board o Health.

"The child going to school for

the . first time enters a new

world," Dr. Jewett pointed, out

'His contacts have been limitel

to members of his own household, playmates and neigtibors:.

At school he will come in contact with new children and new situations so protection against such childhood diseases as diphtheria, whooping cough an1 smallpox is needed.

Because of sunshine, play,

preen vegetables and other

factors, most communicoble

diseases are at low ebb during

the summer but when colder

weather arrives, protection a-

gainst childhood diseases is

needed.

If a check-up has not been

made for the past month or twe

the pre-school child should be taken to the family physician or to a summer round-up for a

complete physical examination.

Those vaccinated . in infancy

should be reimmunized," Dr

Jewett said. "Not only is immunization important, but the

child needs to have his hearing

vision, tonsils and. teeth check

ed. It has been found that many children doing poor school work

are not slow mentally but are

handicapped by impaired vision

hearing or breathing.

INTERNATIONAL PICTURE SERVICE PRICE THREE CENTS

WASHINGTON, Aug. 18 (U.R)

Rep. Harold H. Velde, R., 111.,

predicted today that House spy

hunters would bring perjury charges against "Scientist X," who allegedly turned atomic secrets over to a Communist. '

The HClise '.i-American Ac

tivities Committee believes th scientist, whose name never har

been revealed, lied when ht

testified he never knew a Com

munist organizer named Stev( Nelson. Velde, a former FB!

agent, has been appointed a oneman committee to gather edi-

dence against the man.

Scientist VX was a wartime

employe of the University of California radiation laboratory

The committee claims that h;

gave an Important atomic formula to Nelson in 1943 and eventually the formula found its way to. Moscow.

In other Congressional de

velopments:

CLARK Democratic leaders

in the senate claimed the vote?

to assure a whopping approval

of the nomination of Attorney General Tom C. Clark to the Supreme Court.

BROWBEATING Maj. Gen

Phillip B. Fleming, head of the Maritime Commission, turned his $nger loose on the House Executive Expenditures Committee. He said the committee, during a recent investigation, had "browbeat" witnesses worse than any other Congressional group he had seen in 40 years of govern

ment. The committee was study

ing charges by the sreheral accounting office that the Mari

time Commission had spent some $25,000,000 more than it should have to subsidize construction of six merchant ships.

AIR FORCE Chairman Mil

lard E. Tydings, of the Senate

armed services committee srM he hoped for action this year on a bill to let the Air Force build toward 70 groups. His committee

riignai

'eporieg'S,

liweste

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Red -Finnish Labor Unions Begin Strike HELSINKI, Finland, Aug. 18

(UP) Communist-dominated labor unions started a general

strike of 100,000 workers in Fin

land today and one Finnish cabinet minister said it was ah at

tempt to seize power by force.

The minister, Unto Varjonen,

minister without portfolio in

charge of the government's anti-

trike program, warned the

Communists however that the

government was "fully prepared

.o deal with any attempts . to :tage a coup." The strike paralyzed all har-

ors but those two handling supolies for Russia and shut down 59 building projects in Helsinki

alone.

Ships Idle A government spokesman said

52 ships were idle in 15 Finnish harbors because of a strike by stevedores, paralyzing virtually all foreign trade.

The spokesman said the strike

was "most dangerous to Finnish economy. He said the government has "definite plans" to break it in event the workers refuse to go back to their jobs.

It was expected the govern

ment would issue an ultimatum

to the strikers later today or

tomorrow. Troops may be called

in to unload ships as was recently

tne case in tsritain ana Australia.

Some 7000 transport workers

threatened to walk out tomorrow and virtually all major industries were scheduled to be

The

! WASHINGTON. Aug. 18. (UP) -President Truman to

day asked reporters and editors to "suspend judgment" on his military aide, Maj. Gen. Harry Vaughan, "in common fairness" until Vaughan can testify before Senate investigators. At a news conference, where Vaughan was present, Mr. Truman by inference criticized the Senate investigating committee for "leaks" on testimony given in closed sessions. Permitting direct quotation of his remarks, Mr. Truman said that "most all" of the hearings thus far have been held "behind closed doors, particularly if they were favorable to ' Gen. Vaughan." At the start of his conference, the President told reporters not to question him about Vaughan.

He read this statement: .

Five Boys Held In Gasoline Theft Five boys, all juveniles' and all pupils in the Sullivan High School, were picked up last night in connection with the theft pf gasoline from Willard Hollingsworth, five miles south of the Peerless Mine. The five appeared in Juvenile Court this morning for questioning. Two of the boys were returned to the Sullivan County jail and the other three were released on their own recognizance and ordered to reappear in court at 10 o'clock Saturday morning.

approved, .the measure yesterday lhit.,by strikes next wfekafter' deleting' language of ' the'ftnkers " are . demanding -

ge increases ranging up

cent.

House-approved bill which

he 70-group goal. Instead, the Senate committee wrote its bill

in terms of men and planes. But Tydings said the measure would actually give the air arm a greater potential increase than the House bill.

wage

to 30 per

floods, promote rural electrifica

tion, provide farm credits or "engage in the .research necessary to determine the possibility of new markets for agricultural

products . . ." He said such things', (UP)

"can flow . from government alone" and "enter into the whole picture of agriculture prosperity."

MINER KILLED AT ELBERFELD ELBERFELD,. Ind., Aug. 18

Funeral services were

arranged today for Jacob Earl Reed, age 55, crushed and. killed by falling ro-ok yesterday' at the Ingle Coal Co. mtne here.. '

Name Teachers At Graysyille

James Kerinett, trustee of

Turman Township, has announc

ed the list of teachers for Grsy&

vine schools for the coming

year.

James Watts will be tie new principal at Grays ville High School. He is, a native of Braiil

and taught in Vermillion County

last year. ;

Other high school teachers Ere

Vivian Church, Paul K. Thoniiis,

Enid Monk, Irma Gray, Myrli

flash. Emmett Wagner, and John W. Volght. . Grade school teachers are Irma Monk, Dorothy Thompscn,

i and Julia Burnett

Gill Township

eachers Named The list of teachers for Gill

Township has been announced

by E. B. Walters, township

trustee.

Nathan Bridwell remains as

Drincipal at New Lebanon High

School with C. B. Lisman remaining as basketball coath.

Other teachers in th; Irish school there are Iris Roll, Rosalee Williams, and Berniece Grass.

In the New Lebanon grade

school the teachers are Charles Owens, Reva Schaffer, Helen

Nash, and Edith Moore.

Paul Terrell is the principal

at Merom with Roy Terrell

coaching the Beavers. High

scnooi teacners at Merom are

Mary Cochran, and Allene Wal

lace.

Merom grade school teachers

are Josephine Dudley. Marjorie

Springer and Olive Daugherty.

Jack-been

Slack,

Hymera School Teachers Named

The list of teachers for

son Township schools has

announced by Gene

trustee.

Loren Stephens will serve as

principal of Hymera HisH School,

Other high school teachers are

Muriel Kramer, O. O. Graber,

Kenneth Callahan, Jessie Jane Shepherd, Lester Pierce, Laura B. Wallace, Violet Martindale, and Russell Mason.

Grade school teachers at Hy

mera are Dale Barnes, Kuth

Tane Foutz. Cleo Marratta, Hester

Reynolds, Lois McGarvey, Ethel

Cox, and Mary Barnett.

Yugoslavs Sfrip Czech Official . BELGRADE. Yugoslavia, Aug. 18 (UP) Marshal Tito's government today stripped a Czech consular official in Zagreb of all diplomatic privileges after accusing him of encouraging antiTito saboteurs in -Yugoslavia. An official ' announcement

charged that Stefan ' Horvat Czech deputy consul general in

Zagreb, had committed "unlaw

ful acts and worked towards straining relations between Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia."

The Yugoslav Communist or

gan Borba said Horvat "established close , connection with hostile and saboteur elements in Yugoslavia to whom he extended support and incited (them) to

commit offenses against Yugoslavia."

Borba also charged that Hor

vat had urged Ljerka Popovic, a

Yugoslav citizen, to flee the country and had provided her with forged travel documents bearing the name "Sofia Neslad-

kova."

The forged papers allegedly

described Popovic as a "Czechoslovak citizen who was re-emigrating to Czechoslovakia."

Frank E. Sanders Dies At Hospital Frank E. Sanders, 86 old, life-long resident of van County, died at noon

following an extended illness

He was a retired farmer. Surviving are a sister, Belle Walker of Rosedale, iana, and several nieces nephews. '., The body was taken to

Billman Funeral Home where it will lie in state. Funeral services will be held Saturday morning at 10:30 o'clock at the Billman funeral chapel. The Rev.. E. E. Aldrlch of the Sullivan First Methodist Church will 6fficiate. Burial will be in Center Ridge Cemetery.

years Sulli-

today

Mrs. the

"At the outset I want to say that I do not intend to answer any questions pertaining to the testimony given before Sen. Hoeys subcommittee. "Gen. Vaughan has already said he will go before the committee and make a full statement on all matters with which his name has been connected. , "I suggest, as the chairman oi the committee has done, that you gentlemen and your editors in common fairness suspend judgment on Gen. Vaughan until he has been heard by the committee." Held In Open Reporters told Mr. Truman' that many of the 'sessions of th2 committee had been held in the open. Mr. Truman said he did. not know about that, and only knew what he read in the newspapers. "

In public hearings mitee 'has developed that Vaughan:

the com-testimony

1. Put pressure on Housing Expediter Tighe E. Woods to ( grant a building permit .to Tanforan Racetrack at San Bruno, ' Cal. 2. Put pressure on a sugar ra- , tioning official to drop a viola- , tion complaint against . Allied Molasses Co., of Perth Amboy, N. J. 3. Asked Maj. Gen. Alden H. : Waitt, suspended chief of the Army Chemical Corps, to submit memoranda to him about officers who might be candidates for Waitt's job. The memoranda '. belittled the officers. - ' 4. Got a deep freezer paid for by the Albert Verley Co., Chicago perfumers who once em

ployed John Maragon. Vaughan later admitted geting seven freezers in all and distributing five of them among friends in the' White House circle. . Blocks Reporters Mr. Truman's opening statement blocked reporters who were prepared to ask' him a long series of question based on the

above sworn testimony given in

Mrs. Nellie Kelly Dies At Hospital Mrs. Nellie Kelly, life-long resident of Turman Township,

died this morning at the Mary Sherman rHospital at 8:30 o'clock. She was the widow of the late Roy Kelly. She was a member of the Graysville O.E.S. Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Helen Regina Schenk of .Chicago, Illinois; a Son, John Gray Kelly of Graysville; four grandchildren, and a brother, Frank Gray of Indianapolis. The body was taken to the

Billman Funeral Home where it public sessions of the Senate

will lie in state. Friends may call at the fuheral home Friday. Services will be conducted Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the funeral chapel. Burial will be in Union Chapel Cemetery.

4H'ers Plan 5f. Louis Trip

HOOSIERS WARNED OF FORESTFIRES INpIANAPOLlS, Aug. 18 (U.R) Indiana State Forester Ralph

Wilcox today warned Hoosiers that the peak season of forest fire danger was approaching. He

said there have been 238 forest fires this year thus far compared with 460 last year. .

committee. They had wanted especially 1 1 ask about demands of a Republican Senator that Vaughan be dismissed from his post r.s veterans' coordinator. Another Senator predicted Mr. Truman would fire his aide. Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy, R., Wis made the demand, and Sen. Karl E. Mundt, R.; S. D., delivered the forecast. B th are members of the Senate subcommittee that is investigating Washington "fixers" end "five per centers."

BEREA CHURCH

PLANS REVIVAL

. The Berea Church of

will begin a revival service on Sunday night. Bro. Robert Boyd

of Johnson City, Tenn., will con

duct the services beginning

Tuesday, August 23 until the

end of the meeting on Sunday, September 4. It is planned to

use a tent for the meetings.

Approximately 120 Sullivan County 4-H'ers will board chartered buses Saturday morning,

August 20, at 5:00 a. m., for a j

one-day trip to St. Louis. The

group will visit Forest Park, which is one of the best zoos in the world.

In the afternoon, the group

will have their choice to see a

major league baseball game between the St. Louis Browns and the Detroit Tigers, or the Botani

cal Gardens.

The group should arrive back to Sullivan about 10 o'clock Saturday night. All who are going, should either have their breakfast eaten or else they should

Christ ibring it with them. , .

Man Offers Eye For Daughter's Education - He Has No Takers

PASTOR RETURNED TO MEROM CHURCH

The Rev. W. H. Day, pastor of

the Merom Pentecost Church, has been recalled to serve another

ear. He has served the Merom

church for the past five years.

MINNEAPOLIS, Aug,

r Clarence E. . Landry, age 53,

today offered to sell one of his eyes for $10,000 to finance "his daughter's musical education but learned he had no market.

Landry, who said he lost $30,-

000 in gold mining at Watsonville, Cal., said his daughter,

Bernedette Ann, age 15, has a fine voice but needs training. She lives at Pa jaro, Cal- ' "I'm 53 and I'm getting pretty

old to make a comeback," he said. "I had bad breaks and my

home is broken up. But I've got

to help my daughter." But Dr. Erling W. Hansen of

the University of Minnesota Hospital's Ophthalmogy Department said he doubted whether

18 (U.R) anyone could use Landry's eye.

He said the only usable por

tion of an eye useful to blind

persons is the cornea ' "and we have all the sources for corneas that we need." Some corneal, he said, come from persons whose eyes have been injured irreparably, except for the cornea. Others come from newborn babies who fail to survive. "There's absolutely no need for us to take a healthy eye from anyone," he said. That information disappointed Landry."

"I would have been glad to give up an eye to help my daughter," he said, "and I wouldn't have thought I was doing anything noble."