Sullivan Daily Times, Volume 51, Number 165, Sullivan, Sullivan County, 19 August 1949 — Page 1
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VOL. 51 No. 165
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SULLIVAN DAILY TIMES FRIDAY, AUG." 19. 1949.
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Stage 3-Hur Battle Bi Chicago; 7 Hurl
By Mark Fisher United Press Staff Correspondent CHICAGO, Aug. 19. (UP) A crazed Negro gunman, who wounded seven persons in a three-hour battle with 270 policemen, was blasted to death by machine gun fire early today when police forced him out of his barricaded home by setting it afire. The wounded included five policemen, a two-year-old boy and a woman.
.Three other policemen and a news photographer were'ettes and breaking arrest to re.
overcome by tear gas or cut by flying glass in the wild gun- turn to the United States last
fight, which was witnessed by an estimated 8,000 persons in year still stand.
a middle class West Side Negro district. The Negro, James Craig, age 28, a meat packing house employe, went down spewing lead from two .38 caliber pistols as he stepped through the door of his flaming home.
The fracas began about 9.30
Court Marfii
Acpits Hoosier Of Charges
FRANKFURT, Germany, Aug 19 (UP) Russell G. Bird oi Mishawaka, Ind., former man
ager of an Army Post Exchange
in Germany, was found .innocent today by an Army court martia'i which tried him on an embezzlement charge. Bird , was acquitted of 8 charge of embezzleing 1,500 cartons -of cigarettes from Posl
Exchanges he managed. Bui
additional charges of misappropriating 4200 cartons of cigar-
last night when Craig got into an argument with a neighbor, Lawrence Mack, age 17, who had decorated his house for him. Craig accused Mack of stealing a gun from his home. Suddenly, witnesses said, Craig pulled two pistols and fired at Mack. The bullet went wild and hit
two-year-old Drake Atkins in the
Within moments, the entire first floor was a mass of flames.
Craig, however, continued to have
run tnrough the fire to shoot iBird's
head. The child vua l-aWon tn tha
County HosDital in serious con- fire- catching Craig on the first
from the various windows. Tries To Escape By the light "51 the flames, Craig could be seen dashing through the house and running up and down the stairs to rmintain his gunfire in all directions. Suddenly the stairway caught
Bird's counsel, Maj. Rufus V Jones of Cartersville, Ga., argued that the prosecution hac failed to prove embezzlement ir presenting its case. Legal experts said the find
ings of innocent probably woulc
considerable bearing or habeas corpus petitior
3 4
ditkm.
When a squad of officers arrived to investigate the shooting, Craig oper.ed fire on them. With a gun in each hand, he screamed defiance for them to "come in and get me if you think you're tough." " . Get Reinforcements The officers called for reiiV forcements and within a few minutes 100 officers converged on the neighborhood in Isquad cars, patrol wagons and on motorcycles. ' For many of the officers, it was their sscond big gun battle in two weeks. Many were among the 100 policemen who killej .Gunman Edward Shumak, age 23, &i ter he wounded three o them ..., in the Chicago and Northwestern Station Aug. 5. . ... . '"' Craig ran from window to windew, firing at them. Officers kept up a steady barrage from submachine guns, rifles, shotg'ins and pistols, hoping to force hVm to expend his ammunition. Craig's supply of shells apparently was inexhaustible. His shooting was deadly accurate. Tclice Hampered Police were hampered by the thousands of spectators who stood in 4 the open amidst the flying bullets , even within a few feet of where officers were crouching for their lives, from the Ne- , gro's bullets. ' Officers flooded the house with tear gas by shooting the bombs through the windows but Craig 1 merely repeated his cries of de1 fiance. When the gas failed to rout Craig, Chief of Uniformed Police Raymond Crane ordered his men to set fire to the house. Officers crept up under cover of fire from their buddies and ,. tossed flares through the wide - bay windows on the first floor.
floor amidst the flames
Craig apparently decided to try to shoot his way out. As he stepped through the doorway with his guns Hazing, police opened up with a" terrific blast that virtually tore his body apart.
Woods Abandons Wholesale Rent Decontrol Plan
which is scheduled for a hearing in a Washington D. C. Federal district court in September. Says Bird Justified They said that since Bird ha?
;been found not guilty of embezzlement, the Army might
have more difficulty proving it was justified in extraditing Bird to Germany for the trial. The defense said Bird was justified in fleeing from Germany because he was picked up illegally by Army agents who did not have a warrant for his arrest. ' "They (CID agents) simply took this man," Jones said. "What could this-slender, anemic man do against strong Army police who said 'see here, buddy, come with me." Army agents testified tha! Bird went with them for questioning voluntarily. Jones said that when Bird left Germany for the U. S. "He broke no legal arrests he broke nc restraint."
WASHINGTON,: Aug. 19. (U.R)
Housinfi .- Expediter, Tighe E.
Woods today abandoned' his plan for wholesale decontrol of one-, third of the nation's housing now under rent ceilings. ' Instead Woods vill decontrol only those apartments and houses' in areas where he can legally do so. That means considerably less
than the 4,500,000 apartments and houses Woods originally had intended to remove from rent controls will have ceilings lifted.
There will be decontrol in some
Twenty Killed In British Plane Crash
LONDON, Aug. 19 (UP) Twenty persons . were reported killed today when a British
areas, but only where rental de-, European Airways plane carrymands have been reasonably met. ln 32 passengers and crew
crasnea in me cioua-swatnea Penning hills of Yorkshire.
Woods said he was forced to
modify his plan announced two days ago because he was advised
The twin-engined. American-
that under the law he could not b.uilt C'47 Plowed into the hin"
decontrol rent in those areas where rental demands have not been reasonably met. But Woods said he wilj fire 2,462 of his 5,462 workers because of Congressional action in cutting the housing expediter's appropriations. He said volunteer rental advisory boards will be asked to police rents in the controlled areas where the Federal workers are dismissed.
FCC Knocks Giveavvays Off
io; Claims They're Lotteries
WASHINGTON, Aug. 19 (UP) The Federal Communications Commission today issued new rules which will knock radio giveaway programs off the air. The new policy becomes effective on Oct. 1.
The commission said no station licenses will be renewed if the stations propose to continue broadcasting lotteries. The commission called attention, in issuing the new rules, to the Communications Act of 1934 which provides that no radio station "shall knowingly permit the broadcasting of any advertisement or information , concerning any lottery, gift enterprise or similar scheme offering prizes dependent in whole or in T"rt unon lot or chance, or any list' of the prizes drawn or awarded by means of any such lottery, gift, enterprise . or scheme." The commission has no authority to supervise particular - programs on the radio. It' mentioned none in announcing the new rules. It merely said; the
question of whether a particular
program falls within the provi
sions of the law will depend on
- the facts in each case.
In any event, however, the
commission said, a program will be considered a lottery if a prize of value is awarded to any persons whose selection is dependent in whole or in part upon chance under the following con
ditions:
side while descending in a heavy
drizfle for a landing at Man-
hpoler's Rinewiv Airfield, onl;
a few minutes flying time away.
The plane was carrying 2
passengers and three crew mem-
"prs on a flight from Belfast,
Northern Ireland.
Ambulances and fire apparatus
from surrounding towns rushed
to the scene near the . Lan
cashire-Yorkshire border. Work
ers from a nearby mill aided in
the rescue work.
Breaks Contact ; The airliner suddenly broke
radio contact with Ringway Airfield while descending for a
landing.
An Air Ministry spokesmar
said the plane, a twin-engined American built C-47, was en
route from Nutts Corner Airfield in Belfast, Northern Ire-. land, to Ringway Airfield in
Manchester when it lost radio contact with ground stations.
1. If the winner is required to
furnish money or something else
of value, or to, have in his pos
session a product manufactured
or distributed by the sponsor . oi
the program.
2. If the winner is required to
oe listening to or viewing the
program on television.
3. If the winner is required to
answer correctly a question, the answer to which is provided oh
a radio program.
4. If the winner is required to
answer the telephone in a pre
scribed manner or to write a let
ter containing a particular
phrase, if the required material
has' been broadcast over the sta
tion.
Practically the same rules
were proposed by the commis
sion about a year ago. Today's ruling is final. It was by a 3 to
1 vote of the commission. Com
missioner Frieda Hennock dis
sented. Three members did not
(participate in the decision.
Sources Close To lite House Aid Senate Probers ; By Warren Duffee ; United Press Staff Correspondent WASHINGTON, Aug. 19. (U.R) -Sources "very close" to the White House are feeding infor-!
nation to Senate investigators increased the total of strikers to i 4. .u nt;,Htiac nt Mni. Gen.'isn nnrt
1UUUI oi' Ji' " rf ilpu,uuu.
larry H. Vaughan, Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy, R., Wis., said today,
More Finns Join Red Strike; Tie Up Harbors
HELSINKI, Finland, Aug. 19 (UP) Fifty thousand more
Finns walked off their jobs today in response to a Communist call for a general strike. They
McCarthy, one of the investi
gators looking into the capital S(
influence industry, saia me, Senate investigating subcommit.ee is getting "leads .and inform-! ition" about President Truman' s
military aide from "sources very the strikes in an attempt
;lose to the rresiaem anu aughan in the White House." Information Checked.
Premier Karl A. Fagerholm held an urgent conference with President Juho K. Paasikivi, reportedly to ask him to summon Parliament into extraordinary session to cope with the growing strikes. The government' contends th9t the Communists call-
to
Border, Du.l es Tells Wallace! ?
Train Wreck Kills 3; Blame Open Switch
MACKINAW, 111., Aug. 19
(UP) An open switch was
seize power. blamed today for a freight train t The government rushed troops wreck that killed three crewmen,
into the northern timberlands in scalding them in clouds of steam
Although he did not elaborate, an attempt to discourage any aS their overturned locomotive
fie said that all information is be-
ng checked carefully by the Jenate investigators. The investigators, meanwhile, ire trying to find out why John
Maragon, a Vaughan pal and one
further rioting such as took one exploded
life and brought injuries to at least 16 persons yesterday.' Call Meeting
Communist oarty leaders call- Fire broke out in one of
Another trainman was injured, but a fifth escaped.
By John L. Steele United Press Staff Correspondent WASHINGTON, Aug. 19. (UP) Sen. John Foster Dulles, R., N. Y., in an exchange with Henry A. Wallace indicated today that the United States has no intention of establishing military bases near Russia's borders under the Atlantic defense pact. His exchange with the former Vice President, who heads the Progressive party, came after Wallace accused President Truman of inciting false fears of Russia. Wallace said Mr. Truman was doing this in a "reprehensible" effort to push through his $1,450,000,000 program for arming free nations against Communist aggression. Wallace testified before the combined Senate Foreign Relations and Armed Services Committees as administration leaders planned a Senate fight to restore a $580,495,000 cut voted in the arms program by the House.
Wallace reminded the Re
publican foreign policy expert the ! that in the past Dulles had ex-
ed a hugo meeting for this after- cars four hours after the crash,
.ime White House hanger-on, was noon In Helsinki to protest the threatening a derailed oil tanker lot prosecuted in a 1945 customs! death of the striker pt the north-and a freight -car carrying explore. !ern lumber town of Kerrvi. at the sives. Firemen from six communMaragon paid customs ', penalty, head of the Gulf of Bothnia. ities brought the blaze under or bringing in rare essence oils! a battalion of crack troops control.
lisguised as champagne gifts for under command of Lt. Gen. .he White House. At the time Aarne Blick took over Kemi
jert Verley Company of Chica-'and 2,000 strikers who souht to and Eastern Division of the New ,o, the perfume manufacturers1 march on loyal lumberjacks York Central system crashed into vho gave seven deep freezers to tryine to break a loffiam. . f row of standing cars on a siding
aughan. Police reported Kemi quiet.1'"11"6"1"
Committee Counsel William. P, todayj The town is under virtual
Rogers said the committee has military law. All public meet-
asked the Justice Department for intrs were banned and all arms,
.he files on the case, but "we still including shotguns and hunting
Hits Stanfiing Cars The 35 car train of the Peoria
lon't have them." However, Comliittee Chairman Clyde R. Hoey, J., N. C.,' said he had been informed the person who handled
the Maragon case is on vacation
.nd the Justice Department would ists were arrested.
nform Hoey when he returns Secret Testimony.
The incident of the bogus :hampagne was disclosed, when ;he Senate committee investigatng "five per centers" released ;ecret testimony under prodding jy President Truman. The Presi-
at a news conference, yestar
lay has accused the Senators' of
leaking information damaging to aughan while withholding tes-
imony favorable to 1 the White ..tnes'
G. W. Sanders, chief dispatcher of division at Indianapolis, said the open switch shunted the speeding train onto the 'siding.
"The switch was definitely left
rifles, confiscated. The Communist Dress said
Antero - Hekkinen, Communist the wrong position," faaunders chairman of the Kemi city coun- said. nil a SAvori ntw Cnmrnun-I The freight train buckled as
pressed hope that U. S. military bases would not be established in Norway, near the Soviet frontier. Dulles, who has consulted frequently with the State Department on defense plans under the pact, replied, "That hope is
it hit the 21 standing cars, 12 of
Sunnnrt Strikers wnicn were loaaea wnn gravei
The union of lumbermen and and left with their brakes set. -floaters (log-rollers), which1 "W was like ramming a brick claims a membership of 13,600. wall," a railroad workman said, struck today in support of . the: Engineer Charles Hyatt, age b9 Kemi strikers and asked some of Urbana 111., Fireman Roy Bern 40.000 non-union lumbermen to age 48, Farmer City, 111., and iir, Brakeman Franklin Cnaney,,age
L. Ten . thousand . 1 ood Mridustry 39, Urbana, were .killed. Invest, Urir-r. ctrnrU w nfht.' Walk- igators' said the boiler exploded
ouls also were reported in water BS e B" vv.
niDes works and other indus
Previously, harbor, build-
House military aide.
Much, of the released testimony
dealt with Maragon, a hustling little promoter who has boasted of his friendship, with Vaughan.
ihe story of the perfume oils
started in the summer of 1945
when Vaughan and some of his friends were receiving, gifts of
aeep freezers from Maragon's boss.
"The plane was executing f
procedure turn on standard beam approach for landing when radio
contact suddenly ceased,", hf
said.
He said the plane had let'
Belfast at 10:51 a. m. GMT (4:51
a. m. CST) and was due at Man
chester at 11:57 a. m. (5:57 a. m.
CST).
Manchester was practically
blanketed with clouds at the
time radio contact was lost, the
spokesman said.
Willie D. Criss Dies At Lewis
Willie D. Criss, age 66, of Lewis, Indiana, died at his home this morning. He was a retired
merchant having been associat
ed with his brother, Ernest Criss,
in tne hardware business for twenty-three years. He was a member of the United Brethren Church at Lewis and the Lewis Viasonic Lodge. Surviving are the widow, ,?ronie- a daughter, Mrs. Paul Asbury of Sullivan; a grandsdn, lilly P,aul Asbury; three bro
thers, Marion and Ernest Criss
of Lewis, and Herman Criss of Jasonville, and two sisters, Mrs.
Wood Nicholson of Shelburn
route and Mrs. Ora Barnes of
Jasonville.
The bory will be taken to the
residence Saturday morning at
10 oe'lock. Funeral services will be held Sunday afternoon at 2
o'clock with burial in the Stevens
Cemetery.
BROWNS INiJUKED
IV ACCinEXT
I
Mr. and Mrs. Ai Brown, of 129
West Street.-vWere injured in an automobile accident near the
Spring Hill mine on ;U. S. . 41
yesterday atternoon. Brown was
brought to the Mary Sherman
Hospital. Mrs. Brown was driv
ing the automobile at the time
of the accident.
ing, brewery ana oaicery woncers quit work. . Work was at a complete standstill in . 15 of Finland's 17 harbors. Housing and other build-
in" projects also were idle.
The strikers are demanding
pay increases of up to 30 per cent.
Noland To Debate Monday Night
Representative James Noland,
of the Indiana Seventh District,
will debate Senator George Malone, of Nevada, on the subject
"What Should Be Our Tariff Policy" over the Mutual Broadcasting System Monday night.
The debate will be part of the
American Forum of the Air over
MBS at 8 o'clock Monday night,
CST. Station WIBC,, Indianapolis, will carry the program. '
Fire Breaks ,Out
Clark Chamberlain, Urbana, conductor, suffered head injuries. He was taken to a Peiun, 111., hospital. Henry Covert, Philo, 111., a flagman, escaped injury. He was riding in the caboose.;, The fire broke out in' a car loaded with crates of paper. The firemen from PeiTin, Tremont, Morton, Hopedale, Mackinaw and Little Mackinaw fought the fire and confined it to one car. Saun
ders said the fire was started by
lighted cigarette butt. The oil remained sealed in the
tanker and the explosives didn't
Polio Situation Encouraging -
oard Of Heal
detonate. Water to fight the fire County reported 64 cases but no
was brought in by truck tanker.
Saunders said the shipment ot
explosives was small.
BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence French
of Sullivan, R. 3, are the parents
of a son, Thomas Lafayette,
born August 18th at the Mary Sherman Hospital.
Mr. and Mrs. Herbert McCam-
mon of Merom announce the birth of a son, Robert Lynden
nm Aup't, 18th at the Mary
Sherman Hospital. ,
Sims Infant
Dies At Hospital
Infant Sims, child of Mr. and
Mrs. Ralph Sims of Carlisle route 3, died at the Mary Sherman Hospital at noon Thursday. The child is survived by the parents, a sister, Connie, at home; a grandfather, Lex Draper of Sul
livan, and a grandmother, Mrs.
sally Sims of Sullivan route 1.
The body was taken to the
Schulze Funeral Home in Carlisle. Short services were held
this morning at the I.O.O.F. Cemetery at Carlisle where burial was made.
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Chubb ' of
Shelburn, announce the arriva! of a son, William Alan, born August 18th at the Mary Sherman Hospital. '
Mr. and Mrs. Garland Cox of
209 West Johnson Street, are the
parents of twin boys born Au
gust 18th at the Mary Sherman
Hospital. The boys have not yet
been named. ,
INDIANAPOLIS, Aug. 19 (U.R) The Indiana polio situation was described as "certainly encouraging" today by .Dr. L. E. Burney, secretary of the State Board of Health, as only three new cases were confirmed bringing the stale total to 483. Vanderburgh County reported one case to bring the fdtal there to 34 and Elkhart County had two new cases. "We expect the highest incidence in polio during Ttlrgust ar.d the first week or ten 'days of September," Burney said, "but the rate has leveled off the last week. It is certainly encouraging but we are keeping our fingers crossed." 49 Deaths Another 13 cases were reported yesterday and the death of Carl Edward Skaggs, age TlTJan Allen County youth who died at Fort Wayne, raised the death total to 49. Authorities af Portland in hard hit Jay County were to meet today to consider lifting restrictions on public gatherThgs. Jay
he air "ia
Rev. Alderton Union Church
ervice Speaker
new ones have been reported,
since Aug. 10. Second in the number of poli.o cases reported this year was the 55 from Delaware County while Randolph had 35 and ' Vanderburgh had 34.
of
The Rev. Lewis Alderton, from
the Washington Avenue Presbyterian Church in Terre Haute, will be the guest speaker at the Union Church Service at the City
Park Sunday night. The service
will begin at 7:30 p. m.
Robert Dudley of the Baptist
Church will sing two numbers.
His selections are "My Prayer" and "When They Ring the Golden Bells."
J. Allan Campbell of the Meth
odist Church will be in charge of
the devotions and Ronald Russell
of the Christian Church will be
the platform manager.
BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT Mr. and Mrs. Ray Miller
Muncie, announce the birth of a daughter, Marjorie Sue, born August 8th. She weighed five pounds and fourteen ounces. Mrs. Miller is the former Mary Ellen Story of Dugger. Mr. and Mrs. Miller are the parents of two sons, Jerry and David.
being realized; I understand that we do not intend to establish bases close to Rusa." It had been assumed in some quarters that U. S. Air Bases, at ipast, would be . established in Norway. Senator Doesn't Know
Wallace asked Dulles if knew whether American bases had bepn established
Turkey, and the Senator replied that he did not know. .' , Wallace, who says the arms' Drogram is a steo toward war, not peace, quoted Dulles as having voiced doubt that there lY danger of Soviet agprescion. Dulles sa'id that was true as" far as it went. But the Senator' said Wallace failed to nenion that this doubt was based on the" fact that the Soviets were sue-1 cessfully using a "technique of subversive warfare" and were deterred from armed aggression bv a strong U. S. military es-' tablishment. Wallace called the arm" plan "aggressive and provocatiV." He said the statements of admlnSftration officials on ine arms issue are not those "of men who seek peace." I " ' The former Vice - president told the ioint committee that the arms assistance proeram wt iltf undermine the world's military and economic security. . ' Not Defensive ' . ' "This program is the . begin-. ning of a gigantic expenditure for arms the end of which none can see," he said. "It is not a defensive program but an ag
gressive and provocative pro-'
gram." Meanwhile, administration leaders, stung by an unexpected de-. feat last night, pledged a last ditch fight to restore a $580,495, 000 House cut. The House approved an arms bill 238 to 122, but only after making a 50 per cent slash in the $1,160,990,000 fund earmarked for the Atlantic pact powers. Wallace, who also opposed the pact, proposed as an alternative to the military assistance plan, that United States end the J'cold war" by "sitting down with the Russians."
COMPLAINT ON NOTE FILED The Terre Haute First Naticnal Bank has filed a complaint on note against John R. White in the Sullivan Circuit Court. ;
Democrats Plan Rallies To Sell Brannan Farm Plan To Voters
in
Mr. and Mrs. Dave Griffiths of 13 South Main Street, are the
parents of a daughter born Au
gust 18th in , the Mary Sherman Hospital. The baby has not been named.
Merchants Play Coaimoni Sunday The Merchants and the Coalmont Coals will tangle Sunday
in a league game at Pavilion
Field that should provide the fans with a thrilling battle.
The Coals and the Prison nine are tied for first place holding a half game lead over the Merchants and this is a very important game for the Merchants. Manager Taylor will have his
three hurlers ready to go against
TODAY'S TEMPERATURES
The unofficial temperatures Sullivan today were:
at 7:30 a.m 72 degrees
at noon 79 degrees ago.
FORMER MERCHANTS PITCHER KILLED Andy Padish, age 29, of Uni
versal, who was electrocuted,
Wednesday night at the Green the Coals with Thewlis catching.
i Valley coal mine west of Terre Either Cook or Fields will twirl
Haute, pitched baseball for the for the visitors and Keeler will Sullivan Merchants three years.be behind the bat.
i I Game time 2:30 p. m.
By Vincent J. Burke United Press Staff Correspondent WASHINGTON, Aug. 19 (UP) Democratic party leaders are drafting plans for political rallies to sell the controversial Brannan farm program to the voters, it was disclosed today. Present plans call for an 11state rally at San Francisco on Sept. 18-19 and a New York State rally at Syracuse, N. Y., Aug. 30. There is some talk . in party circles of similar regional rallies in the southeast and northeast later this fall.
Although this session of Congress has already turned down
the Brannan proposal to aid both
farmer and housewife, Demo
cratic farm spokesmen promise to make the program a campaign issue in 1950. The farm
rallies are designed to keep the
issue alive in the meantime.
Secretary of Agriculture Charles F. Brannan, in a series
of speeches before farm groups, has served notice that he will continue to fight for adoption of bis proposal.
President Truman made it
clear yesterday the Brannan. plan still has his full support. He told a news conference it was his suggestion that Brannan re
cently has been making speeches about it.
The Democratic national com
mittee is organizing the San
Francisco Rally. And, the Democrat's New York state committee
is handling the Syracuse meeting.
The proposed regional rallies
would be patterned after the
big 16-state Midwest farm rally
which the Democrats staged at Des Moines, Iowa., two months
ago. National and local party! brass and cabinet officers, in-1
eluding Brannan, would be, expected to attend.
The "Brannan plan" is de-l
signed to Keep tarm income . up!
while allowing, prices of perish-
aoie toods to I drop through, aj
system ot direct subsidy pay-l
ments to farmers. The govern
ment now supports farm income by holding up market prices ofl
certain foods through purchases!