Sullivan Daily Times, Volume 51, Number 174, Sullivan, Sullivan County, 1 September 1949 — Page 1

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SULLIVAN DAILY TIMES THURSDAY, SEPT. 1. 1949.

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THEIR EYES HAVE SEEN THE GLORY

REMINISCING, two GAR veterans take it easy on the sidelines as the parade passes by In Indianapolis, Ind., at what may be their final encampment; They are James A. Hard, 108, Rochester, N. Y., oldest of the 16 GARs left alive, and (in wheelchair) Robert Barrett, 102, Princeton, Ky. Six are at encampment. (International Soundphoto) By Boyd Gill United Press Staff Corresnondent .

m INDIANAPOLIS, Sept. 1. (UP) Six Union .veterans

oi trie uvil War return to their homes across thp. nntinn to

day, never to meet again, after closing the final encampment

uie urana Army ci tlie KepuDlic. They planned to board trains, nla nfs and rmtnmnViilac

today to return home after voting yesterday that this year's

i.-ccLiiig was lo ue trie last. But before they closed their meeting, the old Northern Rn niPI'O m.rla tVioin finnl n--t-.,.. j! , . ..

" " lluai gcsuuie ui peace to tneir iormer ene

mies ci ine south. ,i They sent official GAR greet- '

ings to the few feeble survivors of Gen. Robert E. Lee's armies who will meet in Little Rock on Sept. 27 for what will; also be their final encampment, the 59th

annual meeting of the United Confederate Veterans. Five Confederate veterans are', expected in. a.Tanrl ( . . . .

In his proposal, for the final message of greeting, 108-year-old James A. Hard, Rochester. N. Y., said "this is one United States there's no longer a Nort'r and South tell thoseBoys in Gray we'd like to meet with them just once but we're too old to travel."

Bowed Head? At their final campfire last night, the old . "Boys in Blue" sat with bowed heads as a bugler sounded taps for their departed comrades. In, former years, the campfire lasted for hours as old soldiers rose to tell of their experiences during the war between the "States and to reminisce about previous encampments. But last night's meeting only lasted five minutes. GAR Commander - in - Chief Theodore A. Penland, Portland, Ofe.r- youngest of the group at 100, greeted his old buddies from his wheelchair and said he was "thankful to be in your presence" for this last meeting. Albert Woolson, age 102, Duluth, Minn., began . speaking about the Civil War and listeners leaned forward hoping to hear about history, first hand. But Woolson's deafness and old age caused him to ramble.

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Midwest Gets

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Autsiin

By United Press The Midwest got a taste of au

tumn today as a cold air mass from Canada settled over the area and headed for the East Coast.

Temperatures dropped to al

most freezing in some sections.

Light, frost, the first of the season, settled .over, some lowland''

in the west and north central

portions of Nebraska.

Settlement Ends Chicago Gas Strike CHICAGO, Sept. 1 (UP) Chicago's 21 day old gas strike ended today as AFL tank true drivers voted unanimously to accept a .10 cent an hour wagi boost. . The increase was retroactive to July 1st for a Monday to Friday work week. Three week vacations for drivers with 15 years service and other fringe benefit: were provided. . Th union, the AFL teamsters originally asked Wk cents an

i George Craig,

Brazil, Elected

Head Of Legion

: I hour and the oil companies of-

The first flakes of snow fell at

Duluth, Minn., and snow also

was reported in tne uoioraao

Rockies.

Coolest Day It was the coolest Sept. 1st on

record at Chicago. The mercury

touched 45 degrees before dawn,

fered 7'2 cents. , . ; '. The strike, which threatened

several times to put the city's J

thousands of motorists on foot, was calld Aug. 10. Within a fewdays original supplies ran .out at aas stations and long lines of cars

filed into the few independent

t , 0iv H,-Oo, nr.iHor than istations still getting gas and fill

ing Stations on we cijr b uu"'that were served by railroad tank

;Lj previous record for the date ,et in 1909.

i cars,

Weather forecasters said the Soon even this number was cut

old front was sweeping toward and the situation became more

Thank", Ladies His speech also suffered because Hard, who also is somewhat deaf, began speaking before he was finished. .Had

wanted to thank the ladies G AR-aff iliated ' organiza'ions

helping make the last meeting a success. Joseph Clovese, age 105, Pontiac. Mich., the only living Necro Union veteran and attending the only encampment of his life, appeared to be asleep. But that was because he is completely blind. His attendants nudged him and he smiled to show he was listening. "I'm glad to have ben here," he said -at last. "I hope w-j shall sll mcit . again." .

CINCINNATI, O., Sept. 1 (U.P.) Officials at the Gibson Hotel here said today they cancelled a reservation fcr a talk on civil rights by Judge Norval K. Har

ris, Sullivan, Ind., because of his

connection with Negro Singer Paul Robeson. They said they accepted the reservation without ' knowing IIr,rri? was co-chairman with Robeson on a -committee to fight the Communist conspiracy trial. They wish-to avoid any "disturbances" such as ocdurred at a recent Robeson meeting in the East, they it'id. The lalk'was sponsored by a group of educators, 'clergymen and unionists. Julian F. Beechtold, University of Cincinnati ceramics professor who made the reservation, said he was "surprised" by the hotel's acticn. He said other arrangements would be made to provide an auditorium for Harris.

,he East and would cause tem

peratures to drop at New York

where thermometers registered

tear 80 yesterday. The New York weather bureau iaid it was the third hottest Aug

ust on record, with temperatures

.running 3.5 degrees above nor

mal. It was the city's 10th con

secutive month with a mean temperature above normal.

As it rolled down from Canada,

the cold air mass tumbled tem

peratures to almost freezing.

At Atlantic, la., the mercury

fell to 35 degrees. Mason City, la., and Aberdeen, S. D., both

md 36. Willmar, Minn., had 37, aCrosse, Wis., 38, and Bradford,

111., 39. -

Heat Wave Cooler weather also was ex

pected in Southern California

where a heat wave had persist

ed for several days. A high of 87

was predicted for Los Angeles.

tffcsterciay, a neavy smog blamcet

reduced visibility to three-quar

ters of 'a' mile,

Branches and twigs .littered

acute . with " many industries threatening to ' curtail or close operations. A few days ago thp union agreed to suply about 400 independent stations and the shortage was eased. The final agreement was reached by union and oil company representatives at a continuous meeting yesterday under the direction of two Federal conciliators. It was ratified by 1,300 drivers. Tank track deliveries were expected to start immediately.

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Local Nurse To Write History

PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 1. (U.R) The American Legion today elected George N. Craig, 40-year-old Brazil, Ind. attorney, as national commander. He is the first World War II veteran to head the nation's 3,000,000 Legionnaires. . Craig's election in a hotly-contested fight at the closing session of the Legion's 31st annual convention marked the rise of a new generation in leadership of Legion affairs.

He succeeds Perry Brown,

Beaumont, Tex., to the $15,000 a year job.

Beats Three Others. He defeated James Green, Omaha, Neb.; Earle Cocke, Jr., Dawson, Ga., and Donald L. Wilson, Clarksburg, W. Va. Craig, a veteran of the Third

Armw loon r risiM erf oiamant I

iilj y liJOUVU a tO bV. Ill V71J l

(calling for a "revival of the old

Miss Dotaline E. Allen of Sul-; American virtues of hard work, livan was selected by the Ind- thrift and self-seliance as an aniana State Medical Association tidote against socialism and Com-

to write the history of - nursing in Indiana. The history is included in the' History of the State

Medical Association prepared in

tion of the Indiana State Medical

Chicago's streets alter a sudden I Acaodatinn which is being held

squan witn vu mne winas iate month

31 Injured jn Chicano Collision

CHICAGO, Sept. 1. (UP)

yesterday. Two youths were rescued from an overturned boat and a woman was hit by a Hying

I signboard. '

Hailstorms hit Madison, Lone 1

Rock, and East Meguon, Wis., and at the latter town the stones were as big as walnuts. The temperature fell from. 71 to 52 degrees within a few minutes at Lone Rock.

Ion Litter Club Change Is Made All Sullivan County hog growers are reminded by the County Extension Office, that a change has been made in the Hoosier Ton Litter Club this year. For the first time in its history, litters are now eligible to be entered in the contest. Fall litters are considered as those which are farrowed in July. August, September, and October.

It is the first published history of nursing in Indiana, and its preparation entailed extensive research dating back to the precivil war period. Miss Allen is an assistant professor at Indiana University, Bloomington, and is active in both National and State Nursing Organizations.

munism in the United States."

Craig said he hoped the American Legion could be host "to a

great conference of the' leaders of

nbnof'"of the- centennial celebr&j all organizations and institutions

who believe in the preservation of our republic." From such a meeting, he said, could be welded together a pow

erful fighting force "that will , coverage

Stick Around Awhile, Truman Asks Congress WASHINGTON, Sept. 1. (U.R) President Truman wants Congress to stick around for some time yet. The way he put it was that Congress still has some distance to go before it can close up shop and call it quits for the year. Mr. Truman's remarks came as the Senate started a one-week "breather." The House knocked off last week for a one-month vacation. The occasion for his statement was a discussion of the status of his "fair deal" program. Mr. Truman said he is as determined as ever to put the whole program across during the 81st Congress and just as confident as ever that it will go through. The Senates one-week vacation forced the judiciary committee to postpone the testimony of Arab representatives on displaced persons legislation. The Arab spokesmen, originally scheduled to appear tomorrow, probably will be heard next week. The Senate took off on its brief vacation after passing a minimum wage bill. Administration leaders hoped the House would yield

to the Senate version raising the national minimum wage level from the present 40 cents to 75 cents an hour. The Senate passed a bill last night setting the minimum wage at 75 cents, but exempting 200,000 workers fronvthe- coverage of the wage-hour law. - The House previously had endorsed a similar 75-cent wage, but had exempted 1.000.000 workers from the act's

By Warren Duffee Unrfed Press Staff Correspondent WASHINGTON, Sept. 1. (UP) President Truman said today he contemplates no change in the status of Maj. Gen. Harry H. Vaughan, his military aide, as a result of the Senate "five per center" investigation. . Several Senators, particularly Joseph R. McCarthy, R., Wis., have demanded that President Truman fire his energetic military aide on the basis of committee hearings. . But the President said at his news conference that he does not plan to do that. ; , The President rejected most news conference questions about Vaughan. In the light of the hearings and Vaughan's testimony, Mr. Truman was asked if he contemplated any change in his military aide.

Indiana State Fair Opens; To Run Nine Days By Jimmie Vage United Press Staff Correspondent INDIANAPOLIS, Sept. 1 (UP) Hoosiers began their annual pilgrimage to the I.idiana State Fair today to miagle on the colorful midway admire the agricultural and industrial wealth of their state and find soma top-rrt-Vi ontortainmpnt

The gates to the 93rd Hoosier mraee neanng was neia at, tne

Mr. Truman 9aid s if tly ani , slowly that he did no'. Vauehan was standing behind the Chief Executive as the President faced, reporters. The first question involving Vaughan was whether Mr. Truman felt that his military alda. got a "fair deal'' before the Senate committee. The President said he had no comment. Later he was asked if he had issued orders barring John F; Maragon, another figure in the Senate investigation and a friend of Vaughan, from the White House.. Vaughan said yesteHay such sction was not only possible, but probable. ' - The President, in response to the question, said that the oom-

A lot of good hogs are grown in Sullivan County and a lot of

Thirty-one persons were injured. good men are raising them. The

today when an elevated train and Hoosier Ton Litter Club is a a street car, both filled with good club, so . why not enroll

rush-hour passengers, collided on your litters in the Hoosier Ton sion by a top EEC official that

the West Side. I Litter Club. The cost is 50 cents , the Marshall plan as now drafted

Report Marshall Plan Insufficient PARIS, Sept. 1 (UP) Robert Marjolin, head of Europe's Marshall plan organization, said today that Western Europe will still be in the red in 1952, when American aid is scheduled to end. '. . Marjolin, secretary-general of ths organization for European economic cooperation, said Western Europe has no hope of achieving financial independence by 1952. "This is not solely a European problem," he said. "It is a problem for the United States as well as for Europe, and also for the whole of the free world." Marjolin's statement at a press conference was the first admis-

sweep our society and our government free from the threat of persuasive and destructive influences." Outlaw Reds. Craig's election came after the 6,678 delegates and alternates went on record demanding an allout drive against Communism, including outlawing of the party in the United States. Th new commander served four

Six persons received cuts and for as many litters as the farmer bruises and 25 were badly shaken wishes to enter.

of up, police said.

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was crossing the elevated tracks at Lake Street and Pine Avenue,' where the eleveated runs at

ground level.

will be insufficient to put Europe back on a self-supporting basis.

Differences in the two versions must be resolved by a SenateHouse conference committee. With the House on vacation until Sept. 21, it was estimated that a bill would not be ready for President Truman's signature for about a month. Elsewhere in Congress: ARMS Senate Republican Leader Kenneth S. Wherry, Neb., demanded a look at Gen. Douglas

years with the 80th U. S. Infantry j MacArthur's secret reports on Division in Gen. George Patton's : China before the Senate acts on

pro-

Third Army. He participated in the bitter Patton campaigns in northern France, the Ardennes, the Rhineland and in Germany. He was honorably discharged with the rank of lieutenant colonel. Craig is a former vice commander of the Indiana Department and a member of Clay County Post No. 2 at Brazil. He traveled nearly 100,000 miles in campaigning for the top Legion post.

FARMER INJURED ROLLER SKATING

GALESBURG, 111., Sept. 1 (UP) Farmer Wesley Fahnstrom, age 50, was recovering in a hospital today from a triple leg fracture suffered while trying

to roller skate for the first time, the post

the $1,450,000,000 arms aid

gram. VACATION Ninety-six weary Senators today began a week's vacation before they get down to work on legislation to extend the reciprocal trade agreement program. FARM Farm leaders of both parties agreed there is a "good chance" that Congress will enact a bi-partisan long-range farm law designed to keep relative high price supports under major crops in 1950. WALLGREN Sen. Harry P. Cain, R., Wash., urged President Truman to nominate a permanent chairman of the National Security Resources Board to refute rumors that he plans to give former Gov. Mon C. Wallgren of Wash

ington an interim appointment to

Arch Ralph Opens Insurance Office Arch Ralph, local business man, announces the opening of a general insurance office in the room on North Court Street formerly occupied by Western Union. For the past three years Mr. Ralph has been associated with the life insurance, business. His business will include all kinds of Insurance coverage and bonds.

ter 1 0 Years Europe Pays Fortifier's War

By William Richardson Since United Press Staff Correspondent hunger,

LONDON, Sept. 1. (UP) Ten

years ago this dawn Adolf Hitler loosed his Nazi legions on Poland and plunged Europe into war. In London, cockneys and dukes alike had been singing "Roll Out the Barrel." Austria's hit tune was "The Hollow Bones of the

World Are Rumbling, But the

then, 10 years of war, privation and finally

reconstruction have passed. Life as in 1939.

still is not as comfortable or food so plentiful for many, but the

blight of war is being overcome.

Shelburn School

Bids Opened Sept, 3

Bids for the rebuilding of . the Shelburn High School will be opened in the office of Walter.

Thompson, trustee of : Curry

Township, at 2 o'clock Saturday Fuehrer wm Set Them Straight' get some of the amenities of life

well, eating almost as well and canned fish, sugar, soap and tea

wearing clothes almost as good :ail these basic commodities are

rationed to keep down the Import

Shops are full of meat and ' bill, cheese and butter. Only coffee, in defeated Germany, life has sugar, rice and cooking oil are improved. Britons complain that

A country by country survey; of j rationed. But the big headache isjerry" now has an easier life Europe shows that prices are the 1,700 per cent rise in the cost than the average Briton. Almost higher than before the war and I of living since 1939, offset only every observer agrees that the there are many inconveniences. t by a 1,000 per cent increase in German is eating better, provided But Europeans are beginning to i wages, since 1939. ,he has the marks to buy, than the

afternoon, Sept. 3,

nounced today. The bids are to

it was an-

rebuild the

Again." In Prague, you could .become

school which was badly damaged t to nothi The mtle restaur. by the tornado that hit Shslbarn ants of Denmark were laden with

fish.

The English had kippers and

kidneys for breakfast if not to-

again.

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ready for classes the high school will meet in the .East Ward School. ,

TODAY'S TEMPERATURES '

The unofficial temperatures in

Sullivan, today were: . 0

at 7:30 a.m 55 degrees

at noon 70 degrees

In France, tourists still line up

for the Folies Bergere and swarm

In Britain, the sides of beef no , Briton who helped defeat him.

longer lie steaming on the great! True, German towns are batsilver serving trolleys at such fered, the countryside occupied, restaurants as Simpson's and the ' and the nation split in the East-

to the smoky little nightclubs of . Savoy. Instead, one can order a! West cold war. 1

Montmartre and Montparnasse whalemeat steak tor lunch. But German industry is almost

just as tney aid before the war. Housewives supplement their j intact despite bombs and dis

xncy uimn. jusi as mum wniie menus wun seaguii eggs ana a; manning. Ruhr coal mines are

wine, primed with seltzer and , fish called snoek. i disgorging millions of tons of fuel

soia as cnampagne, as they did Clothes no longer are rationed, ' for the industry of western Eu

sewer, ai least mey nau a cnoice. ireiore tne war. iney crane tneir , Dut Britons still are pretty rope. The grains are growing There was rationing practically necks at the Eiffel Tower as they j threadbare. The home of Scotch golden on the slopes of Bavaria, nowhere except ' in "the fascist : always did. ' I whisky no loneer can offer it to and. to the north, the rattle are

states, and the weather was warm and pleasant. , . N That was Europe on the eve of World War II.

These are the people who have its own because so much must be fatteniti in Hnlstein

helped restore normalcy to Pans, 1 exported to help pay for ' Brit- j Except for a few still rationed

defeated m 1940. The average tain's essential imports. . Frenchman is living almost as ' Meat and butter, cheese and I (Continued on Page 2, Col. 3)

Capitol and he was not going to continue it at the White House. Hear P!ea Meanwhile, the - investigate Senators werei hearing a plea from General Services Administrator Jess Larson that they go slow in legislative efforts "to stamp out this undesirable operator," the five per center. Larson warned against adding to .the "red tape", that already complicates the lot of ' business nen trying to do legitimate business with the government. "If we are to eliminate the soCdli'ed five per centers, we must meke it as simplo as possible f.ii the legitimate, honest an i wellmeaning businessman to . deal with his government," Larson told the subcommittee. His- newly-created agency, which has charge of all -civilian procurement for government departments, is trying to do that, Larson said. Listens To Wiles Larson told the Senators that "the firm or individual who h most ready to listen to the wiles of the influence peddler are those who are seeking an advantage in dealing with the government that they would not otherwise be entitled to have." "In other words," he "added, "the sharp operator who wishes to put the heat on some government official in order that something be done for him which otherwise should not or would not be done is an easy victim of the five per center." Larson outlined new procedures setup by the General Cnv...;A a 1 : u i i

in four huge buildings are 6,000 , w" ul "e lul)e3 hogs, 1,500 sheep, 3,000 cattle, Wl11 mae ? eas'f ?r business-

500 horses and 3,000 chickeis, '"TV -X . , 6 ,

incut wiiiiuui nuuuieiiieii. mess

fair opened at 6 a. m this mori-

ing. Throughout the night, laslminute preparations ODntinued

fas booths sprung up over the

sprawling 214-acre Fairgrounds extolling their various merits. Youth Day Today was yoi'.th activities day, and fair officials expected some 15,000 visitors' . prudominantlx, youngsters. .The weatherman was pessimist'c, " premising scattered showers thr.iugh Saturday. But fair spokesmen said the nine-day show may see some 600.000 Hoosiers through the turnstiles. They believed the attendance record of 627,000 set during eight days in 1946 would be safe. Hundreds of contests, from home economics to agriculture, highlighted the fa'.r. The winners will haul down moi-e than $308,000 in prize money,, ihost of il going to Hoosier farmers lor their displays. Harness racing, ettin;? underway Saturday, also held a sizable purse, and some of ihe nation's leading pacers, and trotters will line up to vie for portions

of the pot o'gold.

Horse Show The traditional horsj show in

the Coliseum will attract thousands to daily sessions, and Spike Jones and .lis "deprecia

tion" musicians are b.lled

through Sunday.

Tonight, Governor S.:nncker is

scheduled to review a parade of Scouts participating in a Boy Scout jamboree.

Livestock judgings . aiso will be held at the Coliseum. Housed

turkeys, ducks and geesj.

Frank Ferris, 98r Dies At Shelburn

Frank Ferris, age 98, died at

his home in Shelburn at 3 o'clock Wednesday afternoon. He was a retired coal mirer and had spent

most of his life in Sullivan

County.

He is survived by tnree daughters, Mrs. Orval West of Shelburn, Mrs. Sarah Helton of Terre Haute, and Mrs. Mayme Gummere of .nrtland Ore.: o:,c son. John . Ferris oi Lena, T?d.; t"-o

stepsons, Fred Martin of Sulli

van,' and Willidm Martin of Dugger; two stepdaughters, Mis. Delia Go'dman of Dugger, and Mrs. Laura Ccmstock of Eldorado, 111 , l1. grandchildren, an-1 14 great-grandchildren. Funeral services wil be held at the McHugh Funeral Horn ir. Shelburn a V30 o'clock Friday afternoon with burial in thd VanCleave Cemetery near Corv. -

MARRIAGE LICENSE Mary Burke of Dugger, and James C. Griffith of Linton, have- been isued a marriage license by the county clerk.

include setting up field procurement offices and information centers. The agency also has prepared new forms for contractors showing what fees are paid to whom for helping get the con

tract. Closed Session The committee met in closed session briefly before the hearing. Chairman Clyde R. Hoey, D., N. C, told Veporters tho hearings would be recessed after today until the ailing James V. Hunt, the "management counselor" whose activities prompted the inquiry, and Bennett are well enough to appear. That may be several weeks from now. Bennett, president of the Verley. Co. of Chicago, is the man who paid for the seven deep freezers given to Vaughan and his friends in 1945 when the aide was helping Verley representatives get into Europe onbusiness trips. Both Hunt and Bennett are friends of Vaughan. Both have been too ill to appear in the public hearings.

FILES SUIT FOR DIVORCE " Woodrow Power has filed a suit for divorce against Veneda Power In the Sullivan Circuit Court.

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