The Tipton Daily Tribune from Tipton, Indiana • Page 1

VOL. 39 Entered as Second Class Matter Oct. 4, 1895. at Post office at Tipton, Under the Act of March 3,1879. TIPTON, INDIANA, WEDNESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 17, 1948 Weather Forecast Fair and cool Low freezing.

Thursday' increasing. cloudiness andiwarrri- er. I High Thursday 58 degrees. U. S.

DECLINES POWER TALKS, STANDS BY U. N. MEDAL PRESENTED POSTHUMOUSLY Farm Bureau Names Of ficers Construction Slow On New Elevator Four directors for the 194950 were re-elected by the Tipton County Farm Bureau Co-op Tuesday night at the Bureau hall on North Main street, according to Forrest Griesel, manager. The business meeting was attended by 150 persons. Arthur Huggler was re-elected to represent Liberty town-, ship, Herman Quade, Cicero' township, Earl Shockney, Wildcat township, and Elmer Letsinger, director large.

The four re-elected directors will serve with three directors! elected in 1947 for -a two-year term. They were Howard Adler, Prairie township, Lee Meyer, Jefferson township, and Jesse Meyncke, Madison township. An organization meeting of the directors is expected to be scheduled soon, Mr. Griesel said. In the Win! Windfall, Nov.

17 Mitchell, 10-year-old-soir of Rev. and Mrs. Chester Mitchell, has hit the jackpot again. A few weeks he won a ride on- a blimp in Indianapolis as a result of a contest, and now received a train from the Happy Hank program broadcast over radio station in, Indianapolis a few days ago. Levi Guilty Of Tax Fraud New Trial Ordered i For.

Rajph Lobaugh HURT PUSHING CHILDREN TO SAFETY Herbert Fledderjohn, director of distribution of the. Indiana Farm Bureau, discussed business matters of the organization and Farm School Plan Studied Twenty-five veterans, including Charles Mullins, commander of the American Legion, and Max.Haskett, trustee of Madison township, met in the court house Wednesday evening for the" purpose of establishing a third farm school in the county. Two farm schools, one in the city of Tipton and one in Prairie township arc already in operation in -the county, and farm school officials nave hopes of establishing another school on the east side of the county. John Williams of the stale AFTER PRESENTING the Medal of Honor in Washington to Mrs. Frances Kefurt, widow of Staff Sergeant Gus Kefurt of Sharon; Gen.

Omar N. Bradley, U. S. Army Chief of Staff, shakes hands with the hero's son. nine-yesr-nld Robert Looking on is seven-year-old Patricia Kefurt The sergeant was cited for leading a platooit in the face of superior enemy forces during an attack in France.

(Znfernational Soundphoto) Heavy Winds Cause Scattered Damage; Two Die in Chicago commented on reports of education was speaker members of the Tipton-group. the evening. He explained Mr. Griesel reported that work the farm school to the group, on the bulk plant, "Being re-, both from the standpoint of the located on Berryman pike, north veterans and from the stand- of Tipton, is progressing slowly, point of the township trustee. Completion of the project dc-1 The farm school operates at pends.

upon delivery of machin- no cost to the local government, ery, he said, and the is financed by the federal Walkout Containues probably, will be finished by 'government under the G. I. bill trial for Ralph in con- Abraham Elwood junk dealer who has 1 been convicted jof evasion of $48,420 in corporation; taxes, went on trail in'In- 'dianapolis federal court today for an alleged conspiracy in thefts of $20,000 worth of property from Camp Atterburg. In the tax case, 'a federal jury Monday returned virdict of guilty against Levi for evasion of his corporation taxes, but acquitted him' evasion of individual income taxes. Judge Robert C.

Baltzell withheld sentencing for an investigation by the court probation office. The tax conviction could draw as many as 15.years' imprisonment and a fine of $30,000. A co-defendant in the theft case is Bernard J. Ward, 40, oil Calumet City, 111. Levi and Ward are charged with conspiring with first.Lt.

John J. Ward 39, former post engineer at Camp Atterbury, in a systematic smug- gling from the camp. The officer has. pleaded guilty to the conspiracy charge. In two other indictments arising out of the Atterbury caso Levi is charged with the actual theft goods arid with paying Lt.

Ward a bribe. Decision Reversed Meanwhile the Indiana sup- INJURED WHEN SHE PUSHED her three children from the path of a careen- reme court has. ordered a new ing Mrs. Florence Arado, 32, is shown after she received treatment i 1 1 1 a a' CVin. 1 i Driveways Constructed rights.

According to William R. Huff, A sheller is expected to be de- veteran's service officer, 50 vet- livered Friday and retaining erans in Tipton are eligible for walls are being erected in the event that a third n.ection with three Fort Wayne sex slayings. -The'high court reversed the of the Allen County circuit court in the death sent- livery on them is expected to be slow. The elevator probably will Heavy winds, estimated at 60 to 65 miles an hour, whipped be in operation for a short time Terre Haute Tuesday night. One airplane was demolished andj before arr i va of the sales, Mr.

another crait was damaged by wind at Hulman Field. Several pow- SGriesel said driveways on the -school is initiated, however, each en ce Lobaugh, former. Kok- consists of 11.8 acres. Clearneri school is limited to a maxium to equipment and automatic scalesJ25 also have been ordered, but de- Trustee Haskett told the group llth officials said high winds caused the smokestack to tople. er lines were downed.

In Tipton, although the wind was high, no damage was reported. Cutting a patch across the state, the winds blew into Indianapolis at 50 milgs an hour, snapped one utility pole and blacked out homes in four sections of the city. The Indianapolis Power and Light company reported that the storm caused only a "minor disruption of services to a few homes" in spotty locations. Windy weather was expected to continue in Indiana, but the U. S.

Weather Buerau at Indianapolis said that nothing like Tuesday night's blow would occur. the bureau foresaw a little sunshine and slightly colder temperatures for Indianapolis. The storm. which accompanied a Canadian cold front across the state, dumped .40 of an inch of rain at the Municipal Airport in Indianapolis. The front is being followed by a high pressure area which is pi'l- MissLindley Wins Contest Tipton County Girl Is Awarded $50 Bond Barbara Lindley has again been awarded a singular state honor, namely winning the state frozen foods -contest.

4-H Club contest is sponsored by International Harvester the being a $50.00 Bond. She has done outstanding work in the' food preservation field both in canning and freezing. Announcement of plans to relocate the grain elevator, mills and hatchery operations were made in May, 1947 and the construction 'of the elevator is the first in an expended project. The elevator 'was erected in July and stands 158 feet high has a capacity of 53,000 bushels. Entertainment for the evening was provided by a group of students in the music school at Purdue university.

West Lafayette. David E. Simpson, assistant to Albert Stewart, director of music at the university, was. in charge of the group. He is the sqn-in-Jaw of Olas Tyner, northwest; lot Mrs.

Simpsbn.jsang a selection. Included in the Purdue group was a tenor soloist, a baritone (Continued on Page 8) ling in air from the Pacific ocean and will prevent a steep jof 35 home economics 4 dip in.temperatures, the bureau. Jects and 2 agricultural pro cts; i they are as follows: Clothing, 8 In Chicago, two. persons have Barbara has completed a total. been killed in accidents attributed today to a thunderstorm which lashed the city.

Gusts of winds up to 53 miles an hour were reported following heavy'rain. Trees were- uprooted, store windows numerous alarms were set, off by the strong winds. Miss Lena Bushman 40, a loop bank checker, was killed at Stale and Madison streets when she was struck by a Chicago motor coach bus whose driver was blinded by the heavy rain. Harold N. Fredrickson, 25- of River was killed when the plane he was piloting crashed against the WMBI radio tower south of Addison in the Dupage county.

Officials of the radio station said the tower was lighted at the time of the crash, during Ahe heavy rainfall. They believe he was blinded by the downpour. Traffic on the elevated lines llht street said high minutes when a six fopt. section of a smokestack fell across' the tracks from' a building at 7 east years; years; Home Food Improvement Preparation that he would bring the-matter (Continued on Page 8) Over the Top! The Tipton Legion post went over the. top Wednesday and rang up 42.2 '49 members for a new all-time high in post membership.

The Legion has always gone' over their quota for members ever since the post was chartered in 1918, wrth the exception of two years, 1947 and '48. The former record for members was set in 1946, during the reign, of Commander Garrctt Jackson- with 417 members. Rumor has it that some of this year's members were signed up at gun point, however, the post needed members and a bull was involved. o'mo factory worker, who is a- prison. He Was sentenced on his plea of guilty the murders, but has contended since that lie was under the influence of a self-administered drug at-the.

time he made the statements. A recommendation was made I to the supreme court by De- jputy Attorney General Merl Wall that should re to I see just what he" generals 'ant him to see and is some- at a Chicago hospital. She is being comforted by her husband, Ray and her children. Robert and Janice. (International Soundphoto) Visit of Chiang, Repairing of und Told by Phil Mqrtin The visit of Chiang Kai-Shek to Peiping, repairs to the home which he lives mock election are described by Philip Martin in letters to his parents, Mr.

and Mrs. R. S'. Martin, 309 North West, street. He also writes of a party.

Excerpts from his letters follow: President Chiang and liis wife have been in Peiping for the past three days. We understand that the man is allowed ceive new trail. Wall said: "When a life is taken it cannot be restored." Lobaugh, 31-year-old ex-grave digger, musician and factory warker, now is in death row at Michigan City State Prison, I salted for execution Jan. 15. However recent occurrences have cast such doubt on the veracity of Lobaugh's "confession" that Wall, representing the state joined defense attorneys in.

seeking a new trail. COUNCIL TO MEET City; council members will meet at 7 p. m. Thursday in city hall. THE PURDUE UNIVERSITY GLEE CLUB years; Food Preservation 6 Victory Club, 1 year; Baking 8 Gardening, 2 She has just completed her third years work' as Junior Barbara began her 4-H Club career in 1941.

She is a member of the Prairie Girls 4-H Club of which there were 46 members enrolled and completed this year. In the 8 years of. 4-H Club experience she has attended 68 local 4-H meetings, 42 Co. 4-H meetings, served for 2 years as recreational leader of her club, and one year each as vice-president and president. Participated in 16 local, 6 county and 3 district judging contests.

Four different times she won firsi the county-judging events. She" gave 5 demonstrations, participated in 8 local and county dress revue contests. She won the Tipton CountyvDress Revue contest for 3 years and represented Tipton County in the state Improve-; ment.record placed, first in the state winning for her-the (Continued on thing of a near' puppet; I am telling you, China is a mess and I feel as were living in a period of' revolution very simi- larj to that of France in the' 18th century. "No one trusts the ist government, and with just Prof. Albert Stewart and his Purdue University Glee club will appear in a special performance at the Tipton high school gymnasium Sunday at 3 p.

m. The Kiwanis club. is sponsoring the Purdue organization as part Of the Youth Activities Committee's for the year. The mohiy obtained for the fund will be used to help promote various youth, -activities throughout -the coming year. The Purdue Glee club distinguished itself as the second best glee club in the United States when it was runner-up to.the National Champions 'in the National College Glee club; competition sponsored by Fred Waring and presented in Carnegie Hall, 1942.

attended Purdue university, De- Pauw university and the American; -Conservatory of Music in 'Mr. Stewart was born in La-(of rural music and national fayette on Sept. 15, 1907, the son chairman of industrial music of a. Methodist minister. He was for the Federation- of Music graduated from West Lafayette clubs.

He also directs the Mars- high in 1926 Field and Company Choral Society in Chicago. David E. Simpson, pianist for the glee club recently married Chicago, 111. He was initiated Miss Jane Tyner, daughter of into Delta Upsilon at DePauw; "and in 1947 became a-member of Epsilqn Sigma Phi, national extension for 'his 1 services at Purdue In 1933, Mr. -Stewart Joined the Purdue university faculty as its first music director and in 1936 received the position: of 1 musical director of Indiana for'the Extension.

Service: of versify. Mr. Stewart's other positions include national chairman Olas Tyner, near Sharpsvile. FELLOWSHIP CLASS TO MEET Tlje Fellowship Sunday school class of -the Kemp Methodist church, will be: entertained at the home, of Mr. and Floyd Collins-, 453-; ffqrth street, p.

m. Paul Jones -will be reason, but. neither is anyone ready to accept the toalita'rian methods of the Communists: Sol where to turn is -the ques.t- iori in the native's minds. But at that, the Chinese in their same ways, always able to find the humor in any-situation! I'Dr. Sherwood Eddy, secretary of 'the Young Men's Christian associatio'n and quite a world figure, has been in town lately and I think we will be meeting him.

Although he is 77 years bid, he still gives a good speech. I heard his talk 'on the subject of- our relations with Soviet- Russia. He is of a socialist, so his attitude is colored, neverthe- He has been in Russia 15 times seems well there, jiTells Of JUouse vveather turned -colder letter writ- of October) 'so sunshine is 'welcome: --The sun by warm aU the around-, th'ey', tell mel- Th'e sjory is told that some nety mother'set the siin in the widow-and he had a siin itroke in February! "We have not "started a fire in; the -big. furnace yet, since coal is so expensive and scarce. IjPe.

have 20 tons in the which sounds like a. loc, but this house is big. We have the fireplace fired, however, the they keep the house liveable. "Our here is just the opposite of that at home so far as workmen are concerned. We all the workmen we.want, but material is too difficult: to However, these two.

houses compound have been -in of. being painted-for the last two months. oh. this house ilone- andall.the wood tb bei) tbe windows. The remainder is brick.

The men are very slow about it. "Workmen use a filler of pig's blood and flour instead of our usual linseed oil and the smell is enough to make you sick. Then the first coat. is followed by sandpapering the surface and a second coat of paint The finished-product is very nice and will last several-years, but it surely takes them a long time to sandpaper every piece of wood. "I suppose the election was as.

much a suprise to you as it was to everyone here. We held a mock election in our mission station meeting. Four of the men representing, the four big parties made speeches. Dewey won and a majority. wanted to be evacuated by sedan chair.

Our pro- jnostications were off about as much as the polls in magazines and newspapers. "We heard election returns at a community, birthday party for three people here. We had a cake that was two feet lonj; with chocolate and divinity icing and ice cream! The hostess at the party has a refrigerator and a huge supply of ice cream powder. They have ice cream constantly at her home." By International News Service The United States turned down a request by United Nations leaders that it gi-t together in-four power talks with Britain, France and Russia to sot- t'e the Berlin dispute. France and Britain joined this country in rejecting the appeal made by U.

N. Secretary-General Trygve Lie and General Assembly President Herbert Evatt. I The three nations made their replies to Lie and Evatt simultaneously but the American stand delivered by Secretary of State Marshall was said to be the "toughest." Marshall said the United States would not resort lo action outside the machinery Ihc U. N. He said this country stands by the U.

N. Security Council resolution which called the lilting of the Berlin jlockadc. Tiiis resolution was vetoed by Union en Nov. 3. noted that a danger the pcr'ce has been created jy the blockade said tlw United States welcomes any attempt to solve the crisis.

He applauded the Lie-Evatc proposal as statesmanlike, but insisted the United States is determined to stick by the proposal worked out by the six so- called neutral nations of the Security Council, vetoed by the Russians. Moscow's reaction to the Lic- Evatt appeal was to call £or a four-power chiefs of state meeting. Given Preview President Truman already had given a preview of what the American stand would be on the Lie-Evatt appeal. At'a news conference he made clear that the United States will not discuss the Berlin blockade with Moscow until the blockade is lifted. Berlin William Lankford Rites Set Friday William Lankford, 73, died at 4:50 tedSy at his home at 128 North Conde street after an illness of six months.

He had been a patient at the Methodist hospital in Indianapolis for one week during August, but had been'able to be around at home. since then. He was injured in a fall Friday night and had been in bed since then. at 10 a. m.

Friday at Young's Funeral home with Rev. Robert Street Christian 'church, in cha'rge. Burial will be in Faiiv view cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral Thursday- Mr. Lankford been employed at the Stokely Foods Tip- tori plant fbf approximately 30 years.

He came to Tipton while young man and was'employed (Continued on Page 8) The strike of Atlantic Coast Longshoremen seemed no nearer settlement was some hope the West Coast might soon get back "to normal. New York's 25 miUion-dol'ar- a-day export-import busniess was cut to a trickle with only army ships and oil tankers in operation. In Washington, a high-ranking Demcorat promised President Truman co-operation down the line. Senator McKeller of Tennesee, slated to return to his old post as chairman of the- Senate Ap- priations Committee, emphasized particularly that Mr. Truman would not have any trouble getting money for defense or the Berlin airlift.

The situation in Nationalist China still is bad. The Chinese cabinet ordered' martial law at the imperilled North China port of Tsingtao. The Communists are believed about to launch a drive for this vital port where the U. S. Navy maintains a base.

The fate of Suchow still is in doubt. Kinder Named to Arbitration Board William Tl Kinder, 215 North West street, has been appointed by Governor Ralph F. Gates to serve on the arbitrations board in the wage dispute between the Indiana Bell Telephone company and its employes. Hearings on the dispute open Monday in Indianapolis in the Funeral services are planned offices of the Public Service commission of Indiana in the state house. A conciliator, has been W.

Morris of the West unable to bring about a settlement of the. dispute during the past 30 days. Under the utilities act of 1947 passed by the Indiana gneral assembly, 'the governor appoints a three-member arbitration board to study disputes between com- panys and emp'oyes after conciliation Other members of the board (Continued on Page 8).