Sullivan Daily Times, Volume 51, Number 187, Sullivan, Sullivan County, 20 September 1949 — Page 1
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Three more cases have been, WASHINGTON, Sept. 20 (U.R)
venaed from the Sullivan Circuit Tbe Senate Judiciary CornCourt, mittee today delayed action on
Those three make a total of the nomination of Judge Sherman
MINERS' CLOTHES hang uncalled for in the wash house at National No. 1 mine of Frick Coal Co. in Morgan, Pa., as miners strike in protest against suspension cf the welfare benefit fund. Meanwhile, maintaining a grim silence, United Mine Workers President John L. Lewis arrives at UMW headquarters as a quarter million coal miners began their .'''strike." (International Soundphoto.)
j ten cases to be shifted from the
.lo-cal court since the start of the September term of court on Sept. 6. J In addition to the last three to seek a change of venue, others
are waiting final action and the selection of the county to which they will be venued. The suit filed by Robert C. Mayfield against the AU Points Van Lines Inc., has been sent on a change of venue to Clay County Circuit Court. A suit filed by. Forrest W. Marts against Mabel Marts, et al, has been sent on a cliange of venue to Vigo County Superior Court. A case filed by James ' Shiel
against May Blackburn, doing business as the Submarine Tav
ern in Terre Haute, and Raymond
McGuarde has been venued to
the Knox County Circuit Court. Originally that case was venued to the Sullivan Circuit Court from the Superior Court Tn Terre Haute. '
It is -expected that the striking
out of counties in the remaining
cases will be completed In the
next few days.
BLUEFIELD, W. Va., Sept. 20 (UP) Leaders of . John L. Lewis' United Mine. Workers resumed contract negotiations today with Southern mine operators whose refusal to continue royalty payments to the union welfare touched off a nationwide
strike of 480,000 miners.
Coal-hauling railroads bore the brunt of spreading effects of the , mine shutdown as the strike by
thnrd and soft coal diggers enter-
iili)tj
More than 26,000 - railroaders
were scheduled for furloughs this week with many thousands more probably due to lose their jobs if the miners' general work stoppage continues. The operators' ' G1000,000-ton stockpile was adequate for about a month or two of normal industrial operations, but with winter coming on, a prolonged idleness in the coalfields could have drastic effect. No End Seen Industry sources predicted that despite the resumption of "on again-off again" negotiations here and with Northern coal operators at White Sulphur Springs tomorrow, government intervention will be necessary to end the coal walkout. However, Mediation Chief Cyrus S. Ching said in Washington he had no present plans to enter the " squabble over pensions that prompted the ."spon taneous" strike by Lewis' big union. The miners walked out in quickly spreading resentment over 'suspension of benefit payments from the UMW welfar! and retirement fund. The welkout involved some 400,000 soft coal miners in Northern, Southern and Western pits, plus about
80,000 hard coal miners in Pennsylvania's anthracite i'ields. vMany Laid Off The Pennsylvania Railroad, one of the largest of the coal carriers, announced it would furlough 15,000 employes, eff.j:tive Wednesday. The Chesapaake & Ohio Railroad marked 6,251 for furlouehs. and the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad ' planned to fur
lough 3,450 shopworkers in 10 f jties for six days beginning Friday. The Reading Co. said 1,040 workers, would be laid off '-this week' with more scheduled to be dismissed later if the strike continues. The Illinois Central and Burlington Railroads, at Chicago, la?d off 150 railroaders yesterday. The Chicago and Illinois Midland Railrdad planned to furlough 225 men. At Rawlings, Wyo., 17 employees of Union Pacific were laid off. ' The strikes, which spread across the country like wild-fire, generally was peaceful. The only mines now operating were a few non-union pits and Illinois fields manned by members of the rival Progressive Mine Workers. Some instances of violences were reported yesterday in West Virginia where non-strikers were reported attacked by UMW pickets and trucks loaded with coal overturned in the Clarksburg area.
FILES SUIT FOR DIVORCE Samuel Groves, Jr., has filed a suit for divorce against Betty Dean Groves . in the Sullivan Circuit Court.
15 Divisions Goal Set By Pact
Military Commanders En Europe
4.
By John L' Steele
United Press Staff Correspondent WASHINGTON, Sept. 20 (U.R) Atlantic pact miltiary commanders have set as their immediate goal a highly mobile holding force of 15 divisions armed with modern American weapons, it was learned today. They hope to have such a force ready in Western Europe within two or three years. The long term objective of the new Western high command is about 10 well equipped divisions of ground forces. , Information about the immediate defense goal was furnished to an influential Senator in a memorandum from Gen. Omar N. Bradley, chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs, of Staff, in connection with current Senate debate on the $1,314,010,000 arms and bills. Sen: Arthur H. Vandenberg, R.,
Mich., was scheduled to leafl off the second round of the arms debate today. He predicted that efforts of the Senate economy bloc to cut the amount of the bill would be defeated. ' Democratic leaders called a
Three Escapees Are Recaptured At Terre Haute
TERRE HAUTE, Ind., Sept. 20 (UP) Sharp shooting guards
were credited with breaking up
an escape attempt by three con
victs, , t . The "guards winged William X
Wiseman, age 28, and Grady Lee McDaniels, age 30, Atlanta, Ga., as they tried to scale a 20-foot wooden fence after breaking
away from a work detail. Wiseman was shot in the arm and McDaniels in the leg Neither:, was seriously hurt. A third prisoner, William Jones, age 32, surrendered when his companions were, hit. Warden J. E. Overlade said Wiseman was a military prisoner serving a six year term. The
others were serving shorter
terms for automobile theft. Wiseman and McDaniels were watching a ball game at the
Federal penitentiary when they
suddenly sprinted toward a fence. Jones followed them. Wiseman and McDaniels scaled it, ran across a clearing and climbed a second fence as bullets whistled around them. Reaching an open field, the men headed toward a grove but guards felled both. Meanwhile Jones fell trying to get over the fence and hurt his leg. He surrendered.
Mrs. Ola Marralfa Dies Hear Hymera Mrs. Ola E. Marratta, age 71, life-long resident of Sullivan County passed away at her home three miles northeast of Hymera, this morning at 5 o'clock. She is survived by the husband Elvas: three sons, Chester Mar
ratta of Coalmont and Logan and
Wyne Marratta, both of Spring
I field, Ohio; a daughter, Mrs. Eula 'Barnett, of Xenia, Ohio; seven
grandchildren; . four ..: brothers, Charles R. and Dolph Railback of Sullivari," Claude - Railsback 't of Sandborn and Cleve Railsback of Hymera; four sisters, Mrs. Dora Miller of Farmersburg; Mrs. Leona Rehmel of Shelburn R 1; Mrs. Lottie ! Christie of South
Bend, and Mrs. Alice Gfeller, of San Lendio, California.
. The body was taken to the Mo-
Hugh Funeral Home in Hymera ana will be returned to the residence Wednesday noon. Funer
al services will be conducted on
Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock
at the Shlloh Church. Burial will be in the K. of P. Cemetery.
Mmton to the Supreme Court, despite a plea by administration supporters for immediate approval. Sen. Homer Ferguson, R., of Mich.,, obtained . enough backing to put across his demand that the nomination follow the usual courses in such cases. As a result, the committee will post official notice of the nomination ' and, if protests are filed,
will decide, next Tuesday wheth
er to hold hearings on the appointment. , I Acting Chairman Harley M. Kilgore, D., W. Va., said there
was no formal vote. He had hoped the seven-day rule on nominlations could be by-passed to
speed Senate confirmation of the former New Deal Senator. "Democratic members were refidy to move that hearings be
waived and the nomination sent
immediately to the floor with a
favorable recommendation. This
is a customary procedure wTiere a member of the Senate has been nominated to a high position and is generally followed in the case of a former Senator as well. Minton, an ardent New" Dealer, served as Senator from Indiana from 1935 to 1941. Ferguson said he has taken no position on Minton's nomination. But he told reporters he believes that hearings should be held for the guidance of the committee.
Minton, age 58, has been on the U.S. Court of Appeals in Chicago since 1941. President Truman appointed him to the Supreme Court seat left vacant by the death of Justice Wiley B. Rut-
Hedge. '
Moronic Death List Up To 127,
54 Identified TORONTO, Sept. 20 (UP) The known death toll in the Noronic disaster rose steadily today as searchers recovered additional bodies from the lake steamer's charred interior. Seared remains of seven more persons were found, raising the total to 127. Only 54 of the bodies have been identified. Still unaccounted for were 153 persons, Coroner Herbert Landsborough said. It was believed that most of them had survived the disaster and had gone to their homes,
without reporting to authorities.
So far, 405 passengers and crewmen have reported that they are
safe.
The Noronic listed 685 persons
aboard when she burned.
The Red Cross issued another
plea today for all survivors of the
tragedy who have returned to
their homes to help in determin
es the exact number of victims.
Tehy asked all passengers who
had not reported to do so im
mediately..
It was believed that most of
the bodies had been recovered
from the ship itself, but some of
the passengers ,were feared to bc
drowned after leaping into the chilly lake when flames roared 100 feet into the air and consumed the Noronic in less than
15 minutes.
night session in hopes of speed
ing action on the measure. It was possible that they would bring to a vote an amendment by Sen. Walter F. George, ID., Ga., to limit arms help for Western Europe to $300,000,000 in cash, and $200,000,000 in contracting authority. The amendment has- strong Republican support. Administration spokesmen ' told the Senate yesterday that an attack on the United States is the "ultimate objective" of Russia's growing military . machine. They said military assistance to Europe
is tnis nations first line of de-
Nobody in Congressional or military circles believes that a
force of 15 divisions could" with
stand a frontal assault from Rus
sia for any extended period. Sec
retary of State Dean Acheson has emphasized that early phases of
the military aid program would
aim to discourage the idea of a "cheap" victory for an aggressor in Western Europe. He has said initial measures would at least
assure a breathing spell in which the combined strength of the Western world could be mobilized under the Atlantic pact.
HOSPITAL NOTES: Admitted Sept. 18. Alfred Morris, Mrs. Mary Hiatt of New Lebanon, Mrs. Iona Jared of 211 French Street, Sullivan. Admitted Sept. 19. D. G. Bradbury of Hymera. Mrs. Mary Houpt of East Washington St., O. T. Bledsoe of 212 East Jackson Street, Mrs. Mable Robiins of Sullivan R 5, John Mahan of Hymera, Eva Ransford of Graysville. Dismissed Sept. 18. Harry Davis of Sullivan, Mrs. Dale Bedwell and son of Paxton R 1, Ben Moses Sr., of Shelburn, Mrs. Walter Smith and son of Sullivan R 3, Mrs. Alice Horton of Carlisle, William Reep of Sullivan. . Dismissed Sept. 19. Mrs. Paul Higgins and daughter o! Shelburn, Basil Wilbur of Carlisle, Paul Sluder of Shelburn. s ..
Dismissed Sept. 20. Mrs:j Ralph
Monroe of Shelburn R 2. "
BULLETIN
The Sullivan Fire Department and the Graysville Fire Department were called to Merom this afternoon to fight a fire at the Farm Bureau Co-op Elevator there. The fire began at about 1:30 p. m., and was extinguished about an hour later. Details of the blaze and the amount of damage could not be learned by press time;
Chancellor Lines WesiGermany
Sti
ediators Fail T
eel Settlement
By Charles H. Herrold United Press Staff Correspondent WASHINGTON, Sept. 20. (UP) Government media
tors failed again today to achieve a strike-averting settlement of the steel dispute but said they would keep on trying."
Mediation Director Cyrus S. Ching said after three
hours of separate meetings with steel and union representatives that : 1
"We are about where we were yesterday at this time." That meant nowhere because at this time yesterday,
the disputants were thoroughly deadlocked.
But Ching said he would keep trying "to get them back into collective bargaining" in time to prevent a disastrous nationwide, walkout of 1,000,000 steel workers set for 12:01 a. m. Sunday. He called both sides back - to another meeting. Earlier, representatives of both the steel companies and the CIO United Steelworkers expressed
PITTSBURGH, Sept. 20. (U.R) the gloomy view that nothing
The nation's steel mills were short of intervention by Presi-
prepared today for a quick shut-1 dent Truman could stop the
Steel Mills Are
Prepared For
Quick Shutdown
down in case of a strike by CIO United Steelworkers Saturday
midnight.
Production men have their in
structions on procedure. At a
walkout. To Begin Shutdown Production men in steel . mills all over the country are poised to begin the delicate work of
given signal irom top omciais shutting down their monster they will start the shutdown, a furnaces and machines at a signal
from their chiefs here. Before Ching's report of failure in the forenoon sessions, the White House said Mr. Truman "has no plans at the moment" to step into the quarrel, but that the President's plans are subject to change. The patient and hard-working Ching spent the forenoon in meetings first with representatives of 37 maior steel companies and then with CIO President
process which takes about 36
hours in an integrated mill.
Carnegie-Illinois Steel, giant
operating subsidiary of U. S. Steel, Jones & Laughlin and smaller companies said it was too
early to start the shutdown.
A spokesman for U. S. Steel
said the preparations are routine. "The production men know the process," a steel official said. "If the deadlock continues, the shut
down plans will be put to work.
Mrs. G.DeNeve Dies Ai Hospital
. Mrs. Gertrude ,DeNeve, 58
years old, life-long resident of
Dugger, passed away Monday
night at 11:55 o'clock at the
Freeman-Greene County. Hospital. She had been ill for six months. She was a member of the Dugger' Church of Christ, vthian Sisters, and Rebekah
lodge.
Jaurviving are the husband. August; one son, Harold DeNeve
of Dugger; a brother, Bert Mil-
er of Linton, and a grandson,
Michael DeNeve.
The body was taken to the
Evans Funeral Home in Dugger where it will lie in state until
;ime for the funeral. Services
will be held Thursday afternoon
at 1:30 o'clock at the Dugger Church of Christ. Rev. Clymore will officiate. Burial will be in
the Dugger Cemetery.
BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENTS
Mr. and Mrs. JDale Bedwell o
Paxton R. 1 are the parents of a
son, Frankie Lane, oorn Sep
tember 17th at the Mary Sherman Hospital.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Pearison of
Shelburn announce the birth ot a son, Ronald Ray, born September 18th at the Mary Sherman
Hospital. ' Mr. and Mrs. Paul Higgins of Shelburn are the parents of 8 daughter, Barbara Lynn, born September 19th at . the; Mary Sherman Hospital. .'
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Bose of Hvmera announce the birth of a
son, Eddie Lee, born' September 19th at the Mary Sherman Hos
pital.
Mr. and Mrs. Arville Ferguson
Jr., of 715 South Main Street, Sul livan are the parents of a daugh
ter born September 20th at the Mary Sherman Hospital. The little Miss has been named Kathie
Sue. .
Up With West t
Chappel,GAR
Convention
Delegate, Dies LONG BEACH. Cal.. SeDt. 20.
Charles L. Chappel, who failed to tarly. with no furloughing of '
become national commander of men."
the Grand Army of the Republic
"the last 15 minutes of my life,"
died in the Naval Hospital here
ilast night ' --!:::2. -Chappel, Civil War veteran
I who had suffered several fainting I ommendations of the I . . , I. a i I : i2 i j
spells since he returned irom ine uuiuing ooara. ;he win try to keep the parties in
limai UArt encampmeri ai inui-( ui uiobing a sieei Washington through tomorrow.
lanapons, reruseu several nines iu uuu Dim is wim uie uanising oi
go to the hospital. While he was. coke ovens and blast furnaces
workers.
Ching said the dispute hangs on the basic issue of whether
to
The mills will start slowing flfiwn arlv FriHaw if there io nn
settlement in sitrht nn the ,,nirwJ employees should contribute
demands for acceptance of the Pension f-.nd insurance plans pension and sdcial insurance rec-!that mlM be--worked out-cJ-,
steel fact- Ching would not say whether
semi-conscious during one of the The blast furnace converts iron
BONN Germany. Sept. 20. spells, he was taken tnere oy am-; ore into iron, wnicn later is made
(UP) Western Germany's right- bulance. Death was caused by into steel. The converters, open
wing cabinet was sworn in today hardening of the arteries, and Chancellor Konrad Adenauer' As GAR senior vice commandimmediately pledged it to fight er, he was scheduled for nominfr.r the return of East German ation to commander an office
heart furnaces and electric furn
aces are shut down next as the
iron is converted into steel.
"These things are might get a break Ching said.
funny, we suddenly,"
Will Walk Out Murray said flatly after daylong conferences yesterday that
territories ceded to Poland.
he coveted. But the six feeble the various mills blooming, slab-
After the furnaces are closed' his men wil1 walk out on sche"
In an 85-mlnute speech after he survivors of the Union armies de
and his 13 ministers took the cea tnat tne inaianapoiis enoath of office, the 72-year-old campment would be the last and
chancellor criticized Soviet Rus- no successor would be elected to sin niiffneH Western Oermanv succeed Commander Theodore
with the Western democracies and Penland, age 100, of Portland,
rejected socialism as a cure fori-'re'
Germany's many economic ills.
Heckled By Reds.
He was a familiar figure around
Long Beach as he drove his red
Communists in the Bundestaa scooter. He drove through traffic
(lower house) heckled Adenauer, gnts out otners were accustom-
10 said: iea to getting out or nis way. "We do not know where the L- Born at Hartwick, N. Y., July
500,000 or 2,000,000 German pris- 1847, Chappel joined Company
oners nf war are who were men- Win SSevf XOTK miantry, On
tioned in Soviet Army bulletins
during the war . . .
"I want to express thanks for
United States help during the
Aug. 23, 1864. He was present when Gen. Robert Lee surrender
ed at Appomattox. Those who referred to the Appomattox Court
dreadful postwar years. I cannot nouse were corrected by Chappel
recall that ever a victorious na-lv,'n: wasnt any courthouse, it
tion helped a defeated people as.Durnea aown. the United States did in the case of Germany. The German people f ..f" II r iL II
must not forget and will not for- Udl IlulU rOOIDdll
get . . .
Some of the special problems
faced in Germany's transition Eiom war to peace was shown by
the titles of some cabinet mem
bers minister for . the Marshall
Tickets On Sale
Tickets for the Garfield-Sullivan football game to be played Friday night at Memorial Stad-
?lan, minister of refugees, and ium in Terre Haute are on sale
minister for affairs in Eastern now, H. C. Gilmorei orinciDal of
Germany, where millions of Ger-.the high school has announced.
mans still live under Soviet mili
tary rule.
To Get Statute. In Western Germany, the ocupation passes from the military
The tickets will be sold at the
high school and at the News Stand. The advance sale price is
lower than the price of tickets
tO the Civilian tomorrow. The at the eate it was rennrte Th J
.miliary, governments go out , oi i0Cal school has received tickets business, the civilian high com- for adulte students, and for missioners take over, and Aden children under 12 years old. auer formally receives the occupaation statute, the closest thing TODAY'S TEMPERATURES
, pe.ee trealy xne western u-, The unofficiai temperatures in lies could wrie without Russian Sllllivan tnav .
The 14-member cabinet, com-';: " ' ' ' ' TSZ
Christian Democrats, three Free COMPLAINT FOR MONEY Democrats and two members of BORROWED DISMISSED the German party, emerged in its, a , u
SSLrS. -d unpaid filed by Lillie V.
1" -0Muv ? i tltiv VUU 4.11
today.
the Sullivan Circuit been dismissed.
Court has
FAILURE TO PROVIDE
c . tir vnvu evil
John Knox Purcell, prosecuting IS DISMISSED
attorney. ' has filed an affidavit A divorce suit filed bv Pearl
against Roy Otis Grimes charging Brock against Frank Brock has
failure to provide in the Sullivan been dismissed in
Circuit Court. Circuit Court
bing and billet mills grind to a halt as they run out of material.
Ford, UAW Talks Resumed; Union Sets Strike Date
DETROIT, Sept. 20 (UP) Negotiations resumed under strike threat today ' on a Ford Motor Company proposal of $50-a-month company-financed pensions for 115,000 CIO United
Auto Workers.
UAW President Walter Reuther turned down Ford's bid for peace by serving notice that his
auto workers would strike Sept,
29 unless agreement is reached by that time. The $50 offer, exclusive of so
cial security benefits, was revealed by the union yesterday. A union spokesman said the amount was based on UAW' esti
mates of the sketchy plan laid
on the bargaining table last week.
Reuther's surprise move dur
ing what appeared to be successful talks was termed a "squeeze" play by Ford Vice President John S. Bugas. The UAW leader's termination of contract statement made no mention ot the company offer.
Bugas admitted the "framework for a pension plan" had
been discussed, but denied that
a "definite offer" had been made as reported by the UAW. The union report said that Ford's pension plan would give aged workers only half of the $100-a-month figure demanded by the UAW.
ROTARY CLUB HEARS RICHMOND , James Richmond, watchmaker at the K. B. Smith Jewelry Store, spoke to the Sullivan Rotary Club at its Monday luncheon at the Davis Hotel about model airplanes. Richmond has won many
the Sullivan' trophies with his planes. J. Allen Campbell was program chairman.
auie unless steel companies accept a 10-cents-per-hour insurance-pension proposal made by a Presidential fact-finding board. Company officials already had turned that proposal down cold, and were ready to ay "no" again on the spot. But Ching told then to think it over and give nisi their answer today. , For the record, government experts in the case were closemouthed. They said privately, hewever, they saw little hope that either management or union would back down as a result of. the talks. They said they are counting on Mr. rruman to make a last-ditch effort o head off the strike.
Elks Golf Meet In Semi-Finals Defending titlist John Steele continued his winnings by defeating Joe Anstead 6 and 5. In the quarter-finals' closest match, "Crip" Smith edged James Anderson, 1 up in 19 holes. Norman Fisher defeated Amp Page 3 and 2. Ted McCann won over Austin Reed 4 and 2. The pairings' for the semifinals will be as follows: John Steele vs. "Crip" Smith. Norman Fisher vs. . Ted McCann. ' The First Flight Tournament has reached its finals with James Robinson and Robert Weathers remaining.
Mrs. Alfa Irvin Dies In Arizona Mrs. Alta Irvin, age 40, former resident of Turman Township, died Sunday night at a hospital in Tucson, Arizona, according to word received here by Mrs. Ernest Stanley. She is survived by the busband, Harold; a daughter, Miss Carol Irvin of Tucson, and a son, Robert Irvin of Tucson. Funeral services will be held in Tucson with burial there.