Sullivan Daily Times, Volume 51, Number 197, Sullivan, Sullivan County, 4 October 1949 — Page 1
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VOL. 51 No. 197
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SULLIVAN DAILY TIMESTUESDAY, OCT. 4, 1949.
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oal,Steel
trikes
Rail Layoffs
Cause
CHICAGO, Oct. 4 (UP) Railroads hauling coal and steel in Indiana and Illinois have laid off more than 4000 men and rail officials today said they stand 4o lose hundreds of thousands of dollars in revenue if walkouts in the two industries were prolonged.' C. M. Roddewig, president of the Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad, said "we won't have much traffic moving at all" if the coal and steel workers are idle through the month. Illinois Central President W. A. Johnston said the IC was losing $120,000 a day and' will lose $3,- . 000,000 if the mines and steel plants are struck through October. . - The IC, one of the hardest hit carriers, has laid off about 3000 men. The IC normally ships .1,200,000 tons of coal and 448,000 tons of steel a month. Coal tonnage on the C & E I dropped from 12,500 to 2200 a day and the road is losing about $12,000 daily. About 100 workers were furloughed as a result of the coal strike and another
. 100 were given temporary "pink slips" last week in anticipation of the steel walkout. The Chicago, Burlington, and Quincy and the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul each laid off more than 300 and the Monon, Whijh normally takes in $50,000 a week from coal shipping, laid off 100. . The Chicago and Western Indiana Railroad, which laid off 20 men, said its business was clown 18 per cent and coal tonnage had dropped from, 1,250 tons a day to 1,250 tons a week. However, none believed the , twin walkouts would affect their .' own operations, partly because of r' .diesel-powered locomotives , and because "most have laid sby large coal stockpiles.
October Lamb Pool Tuesday
It was announced today by the
County Extension Office that plans were made recently by the County Sheep Committee, for the October Lamb Pool to be held Tuesday, October 11. This may be
the final lamb pool this fall and all farmers who have lambs ready to market are urged to bring
them to the pool. The pool will be
held at T. M. Durham's farm, lo
cated south of Graysville one and one-half miles on State Road 63.
It will begin two hours earlier than the three previous pools, or
at 3:00 o'clock. This difference in
time is made due to the fact that
a large number of lambs are expected. v Professor Claude Harper, head of the animal husbandry depart
ment of Purdue University, is expected to be present at the pool. He will alsb speak that evening to Sullivan County sheep owners at Holt Hall in Merom, The sheep committee has arranged for a
meal to be served at Holt Hall for
all of those who wish to attend both the lamb grading and the
sheep meeting. 1 . ' '
County Man Js ,
Sent To Jail
John Edward Smith, of Sulli
van County, was committed to
the Greene County jail for six
amount of $260 ordered by the
Greene Circuit. Court at Bloomfield. . ' On Sept. 15, 1948, Smith received a divorce from his wife, Joanne, and at . the time the Bloomfield court took under advisement the amount of money owing his wife for medical and hospital care. On Dec. 6, 1948 the court set the amount at $260 and ordered Smith to pay. He was ordered to report to
the Bloomfield . court yesterday
and he refused to pay the money. As a result Smith was ordered committed to that Greene County
jail for six months or until he
pays the bill. - ' , The case was. venued from Sullivan-Circuit Court to the Greene Circuit Court.
Chester Hamilton Dies At Farmersburg , Chester Hamilton, 70 years old died at 2:30 o'clock Monday at the residence in Farmersburg. He is survived by the widow, Grace; a daughter, Mrs. Avenell Dailey of Sullivan; three sons, Emory and William Hamilton, hoth of Farmersburg and Elmer Hamilton of Sullivan; the father, William Hamilton of Jackson, Ohio; a brother, Ralph Hamilton cf Jackson, and three sisters, Mrs. Carrie Esinaugle and Miss Lena Hamilton, both of Jackson and Mrs. Eva Davis of North Gi- . rard, Pa. The body was taken to the Wood Funeral Home where services will be held at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon. Burial will be in West Lawn Cemetery with the Farmersburg Masonic Lodge conducting graveside rites.
Albert 5. Wiggs
Dies At Carlisle Albert S. Wiggs, 62 years old, Carlisle business man, died, suddenly at 11:30 o'clock Monday morning following a 'heart attack. In the1 insurance business for many years, he also has been the manager of the auto licenses branch bureau in Carlisle for the past several years. - Mr. Wiggs was a member of the Carlisle Lodge F. & A. M. He served as secretary of the lodge. Surviving are the widow, Grace and a nephew, Wayne. of Kokomo, Indiana. The body was taken to the Schulze Funeral Home where the services will be conducted at 2 o'clock : Wednesday afternoon, the Rev. L. H. Graham officiat-' ing. Burial will be in the I.O.O.F. Cemetery.
Dr. B. HJellans
Former Resident
Of Sheibum, Dies
Word has been received here of the death of Dr. Byron H. Nellans, a former resident of Sheiourn, who died in Cincin-
lati, Ohio.
Dr. Nellans was born in
Rochester, Ind., the son of Dr. and Mrs. A. J. Nellans, who
later moved to Shelburn to
practice medicine there. He graduated from vSullivan High
School and later the University
af Cincinnati Medical School.
The family moved to Cincinnati
in 1914." ;
At the time of his death, Dr.
Nellans was superintendent of
he Chronic Disease Hospital in
Cincinnati. He , was a former president of the Medical School in Cincinnati.
, (Dr. Nellans retained an active
interest in Shelburn even after !;he family left Sullivan County and he made visits to the county svery fall and spring. When the
tornado hft Shelburn last May
ie sent the first contribution to the Snelburn tornado fund and
came himself to offer assistance.
He is survived ,by the widow,
Elsie; a son and a daughter, and his mother, Mrs. A. J. Nellans.
Crowned Wheat King
Arid Coal Strikes; Lewis flay Offer Operators Setfieineiil
Cold War In Korea Is A Shooting Affair Along Border
The following dispatch Is from the front lines of the cold war Korea where there is actual fighting with Communists instead of diplomatic maneuvering. The writer is vice president and general foreign manager of the United Press, now on a tour of the Far East.
By Joseph L. Jones United Press Staff Correspondent PAEKCH-ON, ALONG THE 38TH PARALLEL, Korea, Oct.' 4, (UP!) Some 500 yards across the valley, Communist troops of North Korea are yelling at us, but not shooting. ' They are in a blockhouse atop a little hill and we .are, in the front trenches of the Korean Republican troops, Between us is a scattering of houses and truck garden patches. It is a national holiday, which
may be why nobody is working in that pleasant no-man's-land. "Soldiers of South Korea," the distant voice is shouting, "why do you show the Americans your trenches? Why do you serve that tratoir, Syngman Rhee (president of southern Korea)? Your commanding officer has' run back to Seoul. "Why do you consort with the
Americans? You ought to work for the common people. Come
over and join us." i The speaker was polite, if leather lunged. He addressed ' the southern Korean troops as "gentlemen." He did not even call -us visitors "imperialist American
bastards" as does 1 the official
broadcasting station at Pyong yang, the northern capital.
A minute later, one of the men
near us raised his rifle and bang
ed away at the northern emplacement on the skyline.. Everybody
ducked, and there was a spatter of fire from both sides before the
Indian summer quiet returned. It all seemed rather unwarlike
But down the road we passed an ambulance with three dead. And 12 hours earlier, according to national police, 75 were killed and 25 seriously' wounded in the clash between guerrillas and police at Posan, in' the far south."
There are two kinds of fighting going on in Korea sporadic at
tacks along the 38th Parallel and
Mo-Pac Rejects
Union Proposal
To Settle Strike
ST. LOUIS, Oct. 4 (UP)
Guy A. Thompson, trustee for the strike-bound Missouri Pacific
Railroad, rejected a union proposal to end the 24-day walkout today and charged union leaders
with "callous disregard" for strike
sufferers. 1 ' : - ; - -
Thompson said union demands
for settlement of 292 claims against the railroad would cost "in excess of $7,000,000" and add
an annual $3,400,000 to the
road's operating cost.
He said the, claims of the four
operating brotherhoods on strike also would force buying "new,
unnecessary equipment that will cost $4,300,000. ; "To me this smacks of callous
disregard for those who are suf
fering . from this cruel, wicked
and indefensible strike," he said.
Thompson said he was "as
tounded" at the strikers1 rejection of a proposal made Sept. 30 to submit strike issues to three referees. v
"I. don't think-that there is a reasonable man or woman in the 10 states served by the Missouri
Pacific who does not think that my proposal is wholly just, perhaps even generous," he said.
R. E. Davidson, brotherhood
spokesman, who made the counter proposal to Thompson, said
the unions had listed 91 claims they were willing to withdraw
or settle and asked the company to settle the remaining 191 as the
'price" for "ending the strike
immediately,
HAROLD S. PIRTLE was crowned . wheat king at the annual Southwestern Indiana Wheat Improvement Association banquet at Vin-
cerfries last week. The crown was placed on his head by Charles E Schenk, president of the association. Mrs. Pirtle watches the cere
mony. Mr. Pirtle is the first Sullivan County farmer to be named struck'
wheat king by the association.
Hurricane Hits Coast Of Texas, Damage Heavy
Republicans
Threaten Row
Over Minton
By Paul Rosenfield
United Press Staff Correspondent HOUSTON, Tex., Oct. 4 (U.R)
A small but savage hurricane
Houston and
today, driving ou.OOO persons from their homes' and causing an estimated $2,000,000 damages. The tropical storm hit the Gulf Coast at Freeport, just west of Galveston, with 100 mile an hour winds and then moved inland to buffet Houston with winds up to 90 miles an hour. In its wake the blow left hun-
Survivin gare the widow, Belle; dreds "of thousands of dollars
John A. Mahan Dies Al Hymera John A. Mahan, 76 years old, died at his home in Hymera at 3 o'clock Monday afternoon.
By J. Robert Shubert United Press Staff Correspondent PITTSBURGH, Oct. 4. (UP) Unemployment resulting-from the great steel and coal strikes mounted today while reports circulated that John L. Lewis may make a new; proposal for settlement of the United Mine Workers' 16-day walkout. The industry watched the reopening of negotiations between the mine union and the Southern Coal Producers Association at Bluefield, W. Va., this afternoon for an indication of a bid for settlement. Coal operators here said they had heard the report of a new UMW move, but thev withheld comment. TTninn nffir-iala
Galveston i kept mum.
The number idled by the twin strikes was expected to reach 1,250,000 by the week-end and 2,000,000 by the end of the month if the walkouts continue.
New
Pilgrim Holiness Church Revival
two sons, Adrian and Clifford,
both of Pontiac, Michigan; two daughters," Mrs. Blanche Mahan and Mrs. Juanita McDaniels ' of Shelburn R. 2; two sisters, Mrs. Anna McDaniels of Shelburn and Mrs. Bertha Sparks of Whiting; 14 grandchildren and nine great grandchildren. The body was removed to the McHugh Funeral Home where it will remain until 2 o'clo'ik "Wednesday when it will be removed to the Hymera Baptist" Church for the funeral services. Burial will be in the K. of P. Cemetery.
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By John L. Steele
United Press Staff Correspondent
WASHINGTON, Oct. 5 (UP) Some Senate Republicans threatened a first-class row today over a committee's backdown on quizzing Judge Sherman Minton, latest appointee to
the Supreme Court. . ' They admitted, though, . that they lacked the votes to block1
the former Hoosier Senator's nomination to succeed , the late Justice Wiley B. Rutledge. Democratic Leader Scott W. 'Lucai 111., said confirmation by nightfall should be "easy." ' v ' v Approve' NomJiaation A week ago, the Senate Judiciary Committee summoned Minton for questioning on views he held as a swashbuckling New Deal Senator,- a self-descrifeed' "strong partisan" who never ducked a fight. Yesterday, with world traveling Democratic members back in town, the committee changed its mind and approved the nomination without
i hearing. - Se.V Homer Ferguson, R., Vtich., who wanted to query tfiriton about his role in the 1937 "court-packing" fight, was dissatisfied. He . promised to :arry : his battle to the ;' Senate floor. : Ferguson charged majority nembers of the judiciary committee with a "heavy-handed" approach in cutting ' off the 'rights" of the Republican min;rity to ask questions. : "That's what a minority is Cor to criticize and to bring out all the facts," Ferguson said.
"That principre, vioiaiea dv me The American Legion Post 139 :ommittee, far transcends ' any wsii mPpf tnninht nt 7:30 n'rlnrk
questioning of Minton himself." for the reguiar business meeting. Debate TcJay j xhe meeting date of the Legion
Ferguson was joinea ay sen. . was enaned back tol Tuesday
Graysvills WSCS Plans Meeting , The Women's Society of
Graysville charge will"ftold ; its regular fellowship program for the annual thanks offering meeting at the Graysville Methodist Church Friday night, Oct. 7,. at 7:30 p. m. The program is as follows: .' Graysville school orchestra Mrs. - Manford Church. , director. ; Congregational hymn. ..." Devotions Philip isadger. Trio Duane - Monk, . Robert Phillips, .and Mark Riggs. , Play "The Voice of the Nations'Women of the ..W.S.C.S. . . . Oit'eratory Ruth Springer.
American Legion
Forrest C. Donnell, R., Mo., who promised to say a "few words" in the subject when the Senate debates Minton' later today. Both jOP Senators voted against President Truman's nominee in the 9-2 committee balloting. Rather than quiz Minton in
person, the committee settjea tor a letter expressing his views.
"The record was made and I stand on it," Minton said, referring to his years as a Senator and a Federal circuit judge. He said he felt that the committee was raising a "serious question of propriety" by calling nirn, particularly if members plRnndto question him cm 'highly: controversial" issues on whchhe may have to rule later as a Supreme Court justice.
night after the close of the. softball season. ' Contrary to an announcement, there will be no supper served at tonight's meeting.
damage to buildings, boats, piers and bulkheads along the toastal cities, and loss to rice farmers alone was expected to exceed $1,000,000. Losing Steam The hurricane began losing its steam as it roared inland from Freeport, but heavy rainsinflicted more damage on crops than the winds. At Palacios and Port Arthur the 48-hour rainfall was in excess of 10 inches. Galveston had 6.07 inches and Houston had 5.32. Houston's 750,000 residents huddled in cellars or 'in public buildings as the hurricane struck at 2 a.m. The Red Cross- reported little damage to the buildings in the city. School classes continued as usual today. ' At Galveston, the hurricane threw a big tide over the pity's seawall, flooding two . Federal housing projects, 100 private homes and 12 business houses under one to three feet of water, according to radio reports received by the Red Cross disaster headquarters at St. Louis. Hits Seawall The tide hit at the west" end of the seawall which was erected after a 'hurricane in 1900 hurled a tidal wave that washed over the island resort city and killed 6000 persons. , . First reports received by the Red Cross over an improvised network of amateur radio stations indicated that no one was hurt by today's tide but that 3,000 persons were forced from their homes. Officials said the damage and casualties might have been far heavier if Galveston had ben hit by the storm's full fury instead of receiving a glancing blow from its eastern fringe. As it swept directly over Freeport, the small but mighty hurrican smashed communications lines, wrecked plate glass windows and blew tree trunks across the countryside. ,
Farm Outlook Meeting Monday Will prices fall further or stabilize near current levels? Should farmers sell or store their surplus corn and beans? How much longer will favorable livestock-feed ratios continue These questions and others of concern to Indiana farmers will be discussed at the Agricultural Outlook meeting to be held Monday evening, October 10 at 7:30 p. m. in the Court House auditorium. A discussion of probable supply, demand and prices for the major agricultural products during the year ahead will be presented' by G. S. Abshier, Agricultural Economist of Purdue University. Information which farmers will receive should assist them in making important decisions in regard to their, farm business ,in the months ahead, Topics for discussion will include: "The General Business Situation", "Feed Supplies", "The Hog Situation", "Cattle Feeding Outlook", "Dairy and Poultry", "Farm Land Prices", and "The Family Living Situation." All iSullivan County farmers and landowners and their wives are invited to attend.
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Mrs. Carrithers Dies Today
violence was reported
from the coal fields of Pennsylvania, Tennessee and Virginia where UMW pickets sought to close non-union mines. Three
union pickets were wounded
a Tennessee gun tight, a mii
tipple was dynamited in Pennsylvania and Virginia authorities investigated the death of a coal truck driver who was struck by a rolling boulder. . The reports of Lewis' plan to seek a quick settlement apparently stemmed from possibility of the appointment of a factfinding board to .hold hearings in the coal issue, similar to those held in the steel dispute. To Head Off Board Industry sources said Lewis might move to head off such an inquiry because it seemed uni likely that a fact-finding board would recommend any better settlement for the miners than tne no-wage increase finding of the steel board. Unemployment was , mounting rapidly, as workers in allied industries were being furloughed by the thousands! new efforts were ' underway to end both the steel and coal walkouts, which stemmed from pension disputes. In Washington, top-secret conferences between Federal mediators and Presidential Assistant Jonn R. Steelman were believed to have laid the grcundwoik for renewed efforts to : settle the strikes. "Some . government action, perhaps from the While House itself, was expected by the end of the week. .. . Returns To Meeting Officials of the United Mine Workers meanwhile returned to the conference table today with
;the Southern operators at Blue-
.Mrs. Mae Taylor Carrithers of North Cross Street passed away early this afternoon, following a lingering illness. She was the wi
dow of the late Ed Carrithers and lfield Contract talks with the bi was well known in Sullivan and . commercial Northern and West-
raysvme, wneie iuc Vh Ci oneratnns will rpsnm lin
early life. She was a member of the Presbyterian Church here where she v taught a Sunday School class for many years. She leaves a son, Robert Car
rithers of Toledo, Ohio; two!
grandchildren and one greatgrandchild; two sisters, Mrs. Maude Crowder and Mrs. Nell Richje of Princeton. Funeral arrangements have not been completed.
Streamliner Wrecked - One Dead.
Revival services . at the Pilgrim Holiness Church, 313 North Main Street, will continue until
the far more serious" stabbing !0ct- 16 with meetings each night
raids of guerrillas inside South Korea itself. . In the hills, the dead, according to official estimates, have averaged about 25 a day for the last
three months. During May ' and
June, the fighting was much hot ter.
at 7 o'clock.
The Rev. B. H. Colen,. Bible
teacher and evangelist,, is m
charge of the meetings. He has
been a successful pastor and
evangelist for several years and
also has been a Bible school
teacher. The public is invited,
Cass Grade School Band To Play . The- Cass Township grade school band will appear for the
lirt time next Friday night at the Union High School homecoming f ootball game. JThe band is composed of about sixteen beginners and eleven twirlers.
ihe high school band follows with a special show "School Days." The Union High School footoall team played the Jasonville High School team Friday night. One of the largest crowds attending the homecoming game is expected. '
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TODAY'S TEMPERATURES The unofficial temperatures in Sullivan today were:
at 7:30 a.m. : : ... 63 degrees
at noon . 71 degrees
morrow at nearby White Sulphur Springs. On the eve of the negotiations, new outbusts of gunplay rocked the violence-ridden coal fields. Non-union coal miners ambushed a group of union men at Pikeville, Tenn., wounding three of them with rifle and shotgun fire. Two other union men who were reported missing, were found unharmed. At the same time local officials at Grundy, Va., were investigating the killing of a nonunion truck driver. He was crushed by a boulder that crashed down from a mountainside, and police said they suspected foul play. , Issue Warrants In Pennsylvania, warrants were out for the arrest of eight men after a band of 110 pickets overturned a supply house and dam
aged equipment at a non-union strip mine in Elk County. The steel front was rniiet as the strike cf 514.000 steelworkPrc pntprc ifc fnlirth rlav Onlv
independent steel mills and thon
wnicn nave signed contracts with the union were operating. Production was down to 8.2 per cent of capacity. Some government officials looked for a quick break in the deadlocked "welfare" disputes as soon as the public feels ihz pinch of short supply. Neither side, they pointed out, con withstand too much public hostility.
WORKMEN SURVEY the wreckage of one coach of the streamliner "City of San Francisco," derailed at Ames, Iowa, in which a passenger was killed. The victim was seated in the coach shown here when it scraped along a sidetracked boxcar, shearing off one complete side.
WRECK INJURIES FATAL TO MAN EVANSVILLE, Oct. 4 (UP) Truman Stallings, age 69, New Harmony, died yesterday of injuries received last Thursday when he was struck by a truck at a New Harmony bridge where he was toll taker. Kenneth E.
Pierce, New Castle, driver of
(International Soundphoto.) . the truck was not held,