Sullivan Daily Times, Volume 51, Number 190, Sullivan, Sullivan County, 23 September 1949 — Page 1

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WEATHOT FAIS, COOL Indiana: Fair and cool tonight and Saturday. High Saturday 81 to 68.

VOL. 51 No. 190

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SULLIVAN DAILY TIMES-FRIDAY, SEPT. 23, 1949.

INTERNATIONAL PICTURE SERVICE PRICE THREE CENTS

Two Swindlin

lots To Close

an i own ban

FORT WAYNE, Sept.. 23 (U.R) A $125,000 loss in two seoar-

ate swindling plots will force the Stale Bank at Spencerville, Ind., to go out if business, a state bank examiner said todajj. . ' The two plots, allegedly perpetrated by the bank's cashier iind a prominent used car dealer, were uncovered by examiners in a single day. Used Car Dealer Roy C. Chancy, Jr., age 28, of Harlan, Ind., was held to a Federal grand jury on a charge that he juggled bad checks between the Farmers and Merchants State Bank at Spencerville .and the Gambill, Ind., bank 10 miles away. The scheme allegedly cost the Spencerville bank $60,000. Cashier Missing Clyde G. Rectenwall, age 65, missing cashier of the Spencerville bank, was sought by Federal agents after shortages of mere., than ; $65,000 were found in his accounts. Francis J. Moore, supervisor of rtate banks and trust companies, r.aid that as a result' of the losses, the bank would close its doors. Depositors will not suffer loss, however, as they are protected by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. Chairman Maple T. Harl ,of the FDIC said at Washington that arrangements have been made to . transfer deposits to the Auburn LJtate Bank which also will take over all sound assets of the Spen.eerville bank. ; 4 " Transfer Assets --, Mooe said it would take about 'wo weeks to determine exactly

J low much had been fleeced from I

uhe Spencerville bank. The FIDC vill buy tip the Spencerville hank's assets and then sell them vo the Auburn bank, making up vhe difference in cash lost in the alleged swindling deals. Chaney, the father of four children, waived a preliminary hearing last night and was re- ' eased on $5,000 bond pending Vrand jury action. FBI Agent Harvey G. F.oster caid Chaney told him he could nake full restitution of the money he gained by cashing checks .it the Spencerville bank- against the bank at Gambill. He had insufficient funds at each but pyramided his profits by exchanging larger and larger checks. , Rectenwall was named in a federal warrant charging him with embezzlement, misapplication of funds, and falsification of bank records. Leading Citizen Described as a "pillar of the community" during the 35 years he worked at the bank, Rectenwall is married and has one son. . He was last seen Monday when he walked out of the bank during a routine check "by bank examiners that disclosed the alleged plots. The examiners became suspic- ; iouti, went over the books and discovered the shortage which they said might run more than their first estimate. "If we hadn't been suspicious, the shortage might not have shown up at all in the current Investigation," Moore said.

Dairy Exposition Tickets On Sale It was announced today that special tickets to the International Dairy Exposition, to be held at Indianapolis October 8 to 15, are now available at 40 cents per ticket. Tickets are being dis

tributed to various feed and im

plement stores and dairy farmers throughout the county. Sullivan

County has been alloted 750

Union, Industry Meeting To Find Steel Settlement PITTSBURGH, Sept. 23 (UP) Steel maustry ieauers aiu. CIO United Steelworkers met at bargaining tables throughout the

tickets- and it is hoped that country today in an effort to setenough will be sold to meet their tie their dispute over pensions goal: , and social insurance. . : This is expected to be the j v, ..

been held in the State of Indiana. "C6"""""s , , ""T ,

Over $50,000 in premium money

will be paid to exhibitors; The Red Poll cattle will be

judged the 10th and 11th; the Jersey and Guernseys the 11th and 12th; Ayshire the 12th and

13th; the Brown Swiss and Hoi

! reach a peaceful settlement,

1 to

CIO

President Phillip Murray warned that there will be no extensions of the strike deadline. The big meeting between the union and the U. S. Steel Corporation the ,one that all in-

steins the 13th and 14th; and the'austry will watch gets under

Milking Shorthorns the 14th and 15th. . Busses will be chartered from

Sullivan County, if there are

enough interested in attending.

Defense Rests In Trial Of

Top Communists

NEW YORK, Sept. 23 (UP)

The defense rested today in the conspiracy trial of 11 top U. S. Communists. It was the 158th day of the trial which has cost taxpayers an average of $1,000 a day. .Federal Judge Harold R. Medina dismissed the jury until October 4, explaining that there would be no proceedings in the meantime' that would require its presence. He adjourned the trial until Sept. 28 at which time he will hear motions by both sides. Medina told the defense and prosecution attorneys' to give him a memorandum by Sept. 27 on points they want included in his charge to the jury. When the jury returns, the government and defense will make their final summations. The jury is expected to start deliberations in about two weeks on the government's charge that the 11 Communist leaders conspired to teach and advocate the use of force for the overthrow of

the U. S. government.

way at 2:30 p.m. at Pittsburgh.

In Many Places Negotiations on a company-by-company basis were scheduled throughout the day in the big steel centers of Pittsburgh; Youngstown and Cleveland, O.; New York; Chicago; Detroit, and Indianapolis. These meetings will deal with the large basic steel producers. Smaller companies, such as the Shenango Furnace and Shenango Penn Mold, Rustless Steel, North

western Steel & Wire Company, and many others got underway, or were scheduled later at Sharpville, Pa.; Baltimore, and Waukegan, 111. Recommendations included a 10 cent-per-man welfare formula all of it to be paid by the companies. Six cents would go to a pension fund, four cents to a so

cial insurance fund. . ;. A,-;,One Accepts- ) v As the new negotiations got underway, a union official said at least one company had already accepted the "six and four" for

mula recommended by the board. The union reported that Standard Steel Works, a Baldwin locomotive Subsidiary, had agreed to the recommendations for its 2,500 employees at Lewiston, Pa. Unless settlement is reached by 12:01 a.m. Oct. 1, the union plans to strike 53 basic steel producers employing 500,000 workers. TTTe steelworkers postponed the strike for six days yesterday after notifying President Truman that it was ready to enter "earnest" collective bargaining as he requested.

lewis Refuses To End Coal Strike.

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UMW PRESIDENT John L. Lewis refused to end the four-day-old

coal strike and send his 480,000 miners back to work under a twoyear extension of their old contract. He gave a flat "NO" to Northern and Western soft coal operators, who are attempting at White Sulphur Springs, W. Va., to negotiate a new contract. They asked him to end the walkout and accept the two-year extension of the agreement which expired June 30. Above; John L. Lewis and his vice president Thomas Kennedy "discuss conference strategy. ' ;'X (International Soundphoto)

Iri- Stale Call Show Saturday

tThe Thirteenth Annual Tri-

WOMAN KILLED BY AUTOMOBILE EVANSVILLE, Ind., Sept. 23. (UP) A woman told Coroner Victor Conen today she was injured and her sister killed last night by a speeding car as they

walked along a county road.

Merchants To Play Solvents Here Sunday The Sullivan Merchants will

State Calf-Show. wall, be Jield Sat-piay.. their last game of the seaurday, September 24 at the Union ;son Sunday afternoon at Pavilion Stock Yards in Evansville, begin-. Field when they tangle with the nmg at 9:00 a, m. j Commercial Solvents from Terre Fourteen 4-H boys and girls Haute, are taking twenty-four- calves The game will give local fans a from Sullivan County. These Chance to see some of the better

uaives aie (.dives wiiiua weie nrntwcinnal r.k,m in ootir, it

shown at the County 4-H Club Fair held in August. A lunch will be given to the 4-H'ers and leaders at noon, by the Evansville Chamber of Commerce. - 1 .

players in action,

present plans materiaize. '

State Business HitsWHigh During August BLOOMINGTON, Ind., Sept!

23 UP) Hoosier business iri

August rose to its highest point since last December, an article in the Indiana Business Review today revealed. "There was a substantial rise in the level of business in Indiana during August due to a more than seasonal increase in farm income," the article by the Indiana University Business Research Bureau said. Increased buying for replenishment of inventories and a rise in manufacturing operations also helped' boost the business level. "For most businesses, August is a slightly better month than July, but the current rise has been considerably more than the usual improvement whi-jh takes place in August," the article said. ' . -

i "In most cases, relatively small j

price . concessions have brought

l new groups of buyers into the

market, indicating tftat for many types of goods there is still a substantial demand whenever consumers find the prices satisfactory." Coal production . last month was the only major factor "-h-.ch ures. The bureau said Hoosier coal production, due to the threeday week, was about 25 per cent less than usual for August. Other factors rose, with the exception of newspaper advertising lineage, which was fractionally below July. 1 Bank Debits, corrected ' seasonally wer& the highest since January, and building continued at the high level maintained since April. Department store sales continued to be higher than they were a year ago, and steel production rebounded from its July low. Farm ' income from live

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plosion

By Merriman Smith and Joseph L. Myler United Press Staff Correspondents WASHINGTON, Sept.. 23. (UP) President Truman today shattered the illusion of an American A-bomb monopoly with announcement that the Russians recently set off an atomic explosion. His brief, calmly-phrased disclosure also exploded the widely-held notion that the "United States still had several years of grace before the Soviet giant could produce the most destructive weapon ever made by man. Most U. S- defense officials had put the deadline year, when America's cold war enemy finally would be poised for an all-out atomic armaments race, at 1951 at the earliest. Not before 1952, they said, could Russia begin to manufacture nuclear weapons in quantity.

The President gave no indica-

SAM WOODS RITES SATURDAY HOLLYWOOD. Sept. 23 (U.R) iineral services will be held tomorrow for Movie Director San Wood, whose death yesterday fulfilled the old superstition of

1 deaths run in threes.

Republicans Tell Farmers They Are For Support, Government Aid By William LoveiJ ,is how to keep agriculture prosUnited Press Staff Correspondent iperous. SIOUX CITY, la., Sept. 23. I Hope, ranking Republican

HOSPITAL NOTES , Admitted Sept. 22: Roy Mattox of Shelburn.

Dismissed Sept. 22: Mrs. Paul

Pierson and son of Shelburn; Mrs. Francis Bogard and daughters of Sullivan, R.2; C. G.Bradbury of Hymera; Mrs. William

Boles arid daughter of East

Washington Street; Mrs. Lois Padgett of Shelburn, R. 2.

Dismissed Sept. 23: Mrs. Ar-

ville Ferguson and daughter of

Sullivan.

Indiana's Jobless Pay Claims Rise INDIANAPOLIS, Sept. "23 (U.R) . Initial claims for jobless pay rose slightly last week, but the rise was more than matched by a decline in continued claims, State Employment Security Division Director Everett L. Gardner said today. . Gardner said continued claims dropped from 34,180 in the week ending Sept. 10 to 32,938 last week. , "Labor disputes and completion of seasonal construction caused , a rise in initial claims from 4,804 to 5,602," he said.

(UP) Republican leaders told

i the farmers today that the party

is for price supports and broad government aid to agriculture, but asked them to spell ' out the details of the program they want. The GOP, bidding for the 1950 farm vote, opened a two-day national conference with a promise that, recommendations made here "by farm organization leaders and individual " dirt farmers would be the basis of any pro

gram backed by the party in ; Congress. . "We are here not to give you advice but to ask for your help," Rep. Clifford R.Hope, R., Kan., conference keynoter, told farm

ers sitting side by side with Republican bigwigs from a score of states. ' I

National Republican ' Chairman

Guy Gabrielson told the farmers

their views would be used to "develop a long-range program to insure a healthy, sound, profitable farming industry without which this nation cannot continue its presesnt role in world of-fairs."

TODAY'S TEMPERATURES "We are gathered here in the

The unofficial temperatures in ; heart of America to discuss the

Sullivan today were: most important business problem

at 7:30 a.m. : ... 51' degrees confronting this nation," Gabrielat noon 63 degrees ,son said. That problem, he said,

member of the House Agriculture Committee, said the GOP recognizes the need for farm prices supports "when, by reason of economic maladjustments or the failure of our system to function effectively, farmers are placed at a disadvantage." x "We further believe that when price supports are in effect they should be price supports in the market place and the farm' should receive a fair price for his products from those why purchase and consume them," he said. This referred to the farm income plan of Democratic Agriculture Secretary Charles Brannan, which would bolster farm income by direct subsidies in times of falling prices, without

raising prices paid by consumers.

Hope said the "objectives" of

the Republican farm policy in

elude continued and enlarged

farm research and education, sup

port ,of "the principles" of the

research and marketing act. development of export markets "to

the greatest possible extent" i program for developing Indus trial uses for farm products, ex'

pansion of animal agriculture,

and continued soil conservation

programs.

Harry Taylor, Brooklyn

hand with the St. Paul Saints of the American Association, will be in uniform for the Solvents if he returns to Terre Haute from St. Paul in time. Bill Butland, who has been up and down with the Boston Red

i Sox, and who was a good pitcher

for the Minneapolis and -she Louisville Colonels in the. Association, is another player expected to perform for the Solvents.

I stock farm large

Will Hays, Jr., Show On Lyric Screen

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Three Terre Haute boys, all playing minor league ball, are also expected to be in uniform. Benny Kiburis, a farm hand for The Detroit Tigers in the Pony Class D League in New York; Les Brown, a Philadelphia Phillie farm hand for Appleton in the Wisconsin State League, and Bob Rausch, a St. Louis Cardinal farm hand with Omaha of the Class A Western League, will be here Sunday. Manager Taylor of the Merchants said that he will start his regular lineup against this array that the Solvents will bring to town. Game time is 2:30 p. m. The Western Indiana League All-Star game will be played here on the first Sunday after the league championship is decided.

cattle and hog sales were

made without corresponding declines in price. '

Pandora Coal Mine Inspected

BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENTS

Mr. and Mrs. Duane 1 Ford of 212 West Giles Street, are the parents of a son, . Thomas D., born September 21st at the Mary Sherman Hospital.

"You're My Everything," a

motion picture whose screen play was written by Will Hays, Jr, formerly of Sullivan, and Lamar Trotti, will play, at the Lyric

Theatre Sunday and Monday. The picture stars Dan Dailey and Anne Baxter in a show about the early days of motion

This is the first screen script that Mr. Hays has completed since moving to California from Sullivan.

Mr. and Mrs. William

Hiatt of Dugger, R. 1, announce the birth of a son, Michael

Lowell, born September 22nd at the Mary Sherman Hospital.

T V BETTER IN LIGHTED ROOM ' FRENCH LICK, Sept 13 (U.R) Teleyision srreens show up better in a lighted room than in a sarkened room, according to an

illuminating engineer. E? W. Commery said that most TV owners falsely believed a dark room was esseniial for clear vision.

Reporting some recent improvements, Federal coal mine inspectors also recommended several supplementary safeguards for the Pandora Corporation's Pandora mine, two miles east of Sullivan, Ind., the Bureau of 'Mines announced today. The Sullivan County mine employed 108 men and averaged 952 tons of coal daily when it was examined in August by Inspectors J. P. Sheridan and F. J. Gallagher. Among betterments credited were the prompt closing of necessary air connections, testing of roof along rooms and entries by officials, use of concrete-block stoppings, installation of dustcollecting units in mining machines, adequate clearance at the main west loading ramp, and provision for ample fire-fighting equipment. In commending the more effective timbering plan, the in

spectors advised the setting of temporary roof supports and the prompt advancement of permanent timbers. Ventilation in each

set of entries should be improved and the single door on the main east entry should be paired to form an air lock or attended, the inspectors stated, also recommending the allaying of coal dust during loading, more extensive and heavier rock-dust

ing in some areas, and cleaning I

Kelsie ine 00a lust rom shuttle-

car roadways.

Permissible trip lights should

be used in haulage and trolley

wires should be guarded at

doors, the inspectors said, also

proposing insulators for power

wires and the elimination of con

tact and shock dangers, restoration of the' permissibility of equipment, and repair of defective steps in the escape shaft.

Noting evidence of smoking in

all sections of the mine, the in

spector urged workmen to com

ply with the company- rule against smoking and the carrying oi matches In the mine.

Military Pay Raise Bill Passage Seen WASHINGTON, Sept. 23 (U.R) Friends and foes alike today predicted Senate approval of the $302,000,000 military pay raise bill. As the House-passed measure was called up for debate, Sen. Harry F. Byrd, D., Va., who opposed it in the armed service committee, said he was "leading any fight" against the bill on the Senate floor. ,."I expect it will, pass," he added. ' . The bill would raise pay scales for the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, Ccast and Geodetic Survey, Public Health Service, -reserves and the National Guard. Under its provisions, all ranks

I and grades would come in for pay

increases, but the biggest raises would go to the top officers. For example, a Brigadier General would receive a 50 per cent hike in his base pay while a private would, get only $5 more than his present $75 a month. Other Congressional developments: FEPC Sen. Robert A. Taft, R., O., planned to offer his "voluntary" fair employment practices scheme as a substitute for the administration's FEPC bill if the Senate Labor Committee votes on the issue today. POSTAL RATES The Senate bill to increase postal rates appeared to be dead for this session. The measure, which would boost revenues by about " $100,000,000 annually, was approved yesterday by the post office committee. But Senate Democratic leaders showed little interest in bringing the bill t the floor before the Senate goes home.

Shelburn Services Wednesday flight

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tion as to whether Russia has got to the place where she can manufacture A-bombs.;1 He ' did not indicate whether ' U. S. intelligence knows the' extent o Russia's atomic .developments.

But he told the people:, ' "We have evidence that within recent t weeks an atpmic explosion occurred in the USSR." No Panic There was no panic in the President's announcement, if he had in mind the repeated warnings of scientists that the atomic bomb gives man the power, to destroy his civilization, he ' did not say so. But he did say: "This recent development emphasizes once again, if indeed such emphasis were needed, the necessity for that truly effective enforceable international control of atomic energy which this government and the large majority Of the members of the United Nations support." k 1 ' '' The Russians, pouring all their knowledge and resources into an atomic project of their own, have repeatedly refused to join in a world compact to police the atom. Tells Details .

Mr. Truman revealed the Sov-I

iet success in achieving . an

atomic blast after a meeting ct:

the cabinet at which fi. told bn

partners in the government "aii the details."

He said he was making -'bis

electrifying knowledge publ'

because the American peop. q

"are entitled to be informed oi all developments in the field oi atomic energy."

It was the most sensational

announcement by an American

President since that day in Au4

gust, 1945, when Mr. Truman aboard a cruiser returning fron Potsdam, announced through tl".c

White House that an atomic

bomb equivalent to more thar 20,000 tons of TNT had beer dropped in Japan. The President did not say th.r it was an atomic bomb that hjc exploded in Russia generating :

snocK wave certain to be ten li capitals all over the world. . Has Essentials

But he didn't atomic explosion

The district governor of the Southwest Indiana District of the Church of the Nazarene, the Rev. and Mrs. Leo C. Davis will be at the Shelburn Church of the Nazerene for special services Wednesday, Sept. 28, at 7 p. m. The

' public Is invited to attend.

have to. Ai is somethir ?

that can't be set off merly. t; striking a spark. It requires th most elaborate and comple: kind of detonpting equipment,'! Russia has an atomic explosh

I and the devices for making it e,; plode, she has the essentials of bomb.

It was this very detonatin device, and the so-called "crilj cal" size and shape of the atom: explosive, that this count thought was its most vital ai best kept secret.

But scientists had warned, lor ago that it was not the .kind secret that can be kept. Ev since man learned, in 1939 how ' make an atom of uranium sp in two, changing a part of mass into sheer blind ener1; skilled men everywhere h,r. had all the fundamental kno" ledge they needed to make t . most deadly weapon in the- hi tory of wars.

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