The Tribune from Seymour, Indiana • Page 1

LIE DAILY 1 The Weathers Partly cloudy tonight and Wednesday. Continued warm and humid. 10 Pages Today Section One- Pages 1 to 6. VOLUME UTIL NO. SEYMOUR, INDIANA, TUESDAY.

MAT 17. 1141 PRICE FIVE SEYM' i i ph, i 'i viw i DKPfenticel i i Td Speak Eastern Germans ngineer Vote Against 'Party' jggs Three Firms Submit Figures XPainless-Hike Proposals, All Much Higher Tan Expected, 7 Are Under Advisement For Checking by City Thre contracting firms sub- Radio-Telephoto) Gerhart Eisler, described as "America's number one! is escorted from Southampton police station to be taken to Bow Street court in London. Eisler was ordered to face an extradition mitted bid today on Seymour'a hearing next week. He was taken Saturday after leaving this country, where he is under bond pend- propoaed new sewers. Prehmin ary viewing of the bid establish ed the fact thaTThe city will need more than the $80,000 it rp-Drotnriated in order to" carry out the program.

ywjssr. at Baccalaureate Services Are Set For Sunday Night For 128 Seniors-Commencement Soon Dr. John Laurence Prentice, pasfcr-orrweTTrst Presbyterian ChuTChTtr Iff speak-Bt-baccalaur eate services for the 128- mem' ben of the 1949 graduating class of Shields High School, at 8 o'clock Sunday night In the girls' gymnasium. Commencement exercises will be held at 8 o'clock Thursday night in the girls' gymnasium. Honor Day Wednesday DeWitte Ogan, Shields High School principal, today issued -a special Invitation to the publicto attend an" Honor- Day program in the girls' gymnasium of the high school at 10:15 o'clock Wednesday morning.

Approximately 200 students will be honored at the, convocation; Awards will be presented in three groups, academic, activity, and special awards, and group singing will be led by Frank Miller, music instructor. Honor Day, traditional event at the high school, is a highlight of the providing the culmination of awards for efforts of "aenTsrTouteToTn- activity throughout the year. Program for the baccalaureate services was announced today by DeWitte Ogan, principal of the Turn to page 6, column 8 Mayor Speaks at Disaster Meeting Mayor Donald, Heiwig, Wil liam Prentice, Jackson county disaster chairman for the American Red Cross, Mrs. Dora Reynolds, executive secretary of the. local Red Croas chapter; Tmtf Mn Mar-4 garet E.

Horstman, Jackson county public health nurse, today are in Indianapolis to attend a state wide disaster conference in the Indiana World War Memorial Hall. Mayor Heiwig spoke at the meeting on "The Responsibility of Municipal Government" out- Soviet Position At Big Four urt -Strong Government In Russian Zone Hoped. For to Match New i Western Organization Berlin, May 17 iJF) Eastern Germany has dealt communism a smashing "blow' "in Soviet-controlled territory. Official figures in the People's Congress election showed today a surprising snub by a third of the voters. Of iralid ballots, were marked "no.

The-Communists had hoped' to roll up a virtually solid "yes" vote for their hand-picked slate of candidates, so that they could go to the foreign ministers conference la Paris next week, with a government for eastern which would match that of thewesu nniua nnniq So shocked were the Communist officials that election returns were withheld 20 hours after the polls closed, and the Soviet-controlled press cried, "double cross," at their political allies. In the eastern xone. i There were 13,533,071 persons eligible to vote. Of these cast ballots, or 93.2 per cent. The valid ballots totaled 12,024,221.

"7: Yes: -Iit favor tneTTiand-picked. single slate .7,943,849, or- leojLper' Splinter Parties KU Soviet -W xone' election bureau announced the Soviet policy was the only la- sue in the election. All the can didates had been chosen by the Turn to page 8, column 6 Use of U. S. Funds By tAinimunist Students Probed Washington, May 17 iffV-Sen- ator O'Mahoney CD-Wyo) demand-ed today, that, atomic energy of ficials explain how government funds could- be used to train a "known Communist when Congress barred this in voting funds for the agency.

O'Mahoney Is chairman ox a Senate appropriations subcommittee now holding public hearings on more than $1,000,000,000 funds already voted by the House for the atomic energy operations in the 12 months beginning July 1. He wrote Chairman David T. Lilienthal of the Atomic Energy Commission, asking that he and other officials appear later today "to discuss this matter fully." O'Mahoney made public bis let ter. It mentioned Hans Freistadt, Turn to page 0, column 5 State Police Smash 25iaoTMachines 1 "r.Nisu. mr.x vi u.

-t Ticket Meeting 'V -i InUeSiRevenuc Is Proposed Corporations Would Make Early Payment Of Taxes Under. Plan With No Rate Boost Washington, May Uf)- A. 85,000.000,000 boost in the government revenues that would balance its books for the new fiscal year, was proposed to day by Rep. (D-Ark). It would require corporations to pay earlier than usual.

After consultation with Secre tary of the Treasury Snyder, Mills announced he is whipping his proposal Into legislation- that would have this effect: .1. Erase the prospect' or any new taxes or any increases in tax rates. It would shelve the 000,000,000 general increase in taxes President TrumanTnas re quested. It would have no effect whatever on Individual income taxes. 2.

Turn a prospective Federal deficit into a surplus in fiscal 1950 (the year beginning next July 1, for retirement of a part of the $251,800,000,000 federal debt But this bookkeeping method of budget-balancing would not increase the long run total of taxes to be collected by the govern- Uoath period the collections of corporation taxes now due over a 12 months period. Hlllv vhopr.epared-hU bill for presentation in the House today, said it. would work like this: Require corporations working on calendar year basis, and also estates, trusts and non-resident aliens, to pay all their 1949 Feder al taxes before July 1, 1950 in two installments. Present law gives these taxpayers 12 months until December, 1950 to com. in four installments.

Mills' bill would shorten this 12 months deferred payment period to six months. Thus, approximately 000,000 that would be collected from corporations between July 1, 1950 and December 31, 1950 would be brought into the treas ury by June-80. 1950-4ncreasing by that amount the tax collections within the July 1, 1949 July 1, 1950 Federal fiscal bookkeeping year. Woman Faces Charge After Boy Is Injured Elizabeth VonDielingen, 317 Lee Boulevard, has been charged with leaving the scene of an accident by Mrs. Helen Anderson, Seymour Rl, mother of Richard Anderson, wha was lightly hurt Saturday-wherr -his bicycle was in collision with the Von' Dielingen car.

She is to appear Wednesday for hearing. Police, who said the ac- dent-WB not officially-reported to them by the car 'driver, said witness who told them of the accident said it occurred at Fourth street and Calvin Boule vard. The boy suffered bruises and a small cut on his head, they said. Estimate Local Student Named To journalistic Group Miss Carol Ann Clause, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.

W. F. Clause, 607 West Second street recehtly was chosen a member of the Earl-ham -college chapter of Epsflon Alpha Pt hor)rWTr--4owfalti fraternity. The members of the fraternity are selected from the staffs of the student newspaper, of which Miss Clause is co-editor, the yearbook and the student handbook. MembershipDrive Opens at Dinner Community Concert's 1949 Campaign Under Way Ends Saturday Annual membership campaign of thr-Seymourommunity Ctm-4 cert Association was under way in Seymour and surrounding com munities today following a dinner meeting Monday night whim formally opened the campaign.

Downtown campaign office was opened in the Topie Irnwai tc Agency, West Second street, with Mrs. Pauline Meyer In charge, and the campaign headquarters each afternoon this week so that workers may make reports or ob tain, information. The pnone hum ber is 1282 and Mrs. Mary Loutee Rowlette, representative of Co. umbia Concerts, Inc.

may be reached at headquarters during the drive. The membership campaign will close Saturday, and only thce persons ho have purchased adult memberships or student member ships during the week will be permitted to attend the series of concerts by outstanding artists which is to be nrranged by the association. announced -at Monday night's meeting, at which workers were given instructions and' supplies, that a contract has been signed by the Seymour association with Morley and Georhart, famous two-piano team playing with Fred Waring and his Penn-sylvanians, and that they will present cne of the concerts next for the local association. Mrs. H.

Droege, secretary, announced that the association will try to schedule one concert early next season, probably in October, another in mid-season and the final concert later, pro bably in March. Don A Bollinger, association Turn to page 6 column -5-- Auto Drivers Fined One License Suspended Robert VonDielingen, 18, of Seymour, has been fined $1 and costs, amounting to a total of $11, and his driver's license has been sus pended for a period of one year when he pleaded guilty to charge of reckless driving in city court before Mayor Donald L. Hei- wig Donald Werskey, Seymour R2, was fined $15, plus costs of $10 for a total of $25, when he pleaded guilty to a charge of speeding The fine was $1 per mile for each mile over the legal limit He was alleged by city police to have been driving 45 Trdles-arf hour-ln a 30-mile zone on West Second street' The two allegedly were racing early Saturday morning and Von Dielingen had to be chased by city police, who arrested him when his automobile blew a tire at Second and Walnut streets. help finance the scholarship spon sored by the Alumni Association. Under the scholarship plan, the most deserving senior in the graduating class Is awarded a 1400.00 scholarship.

The senior gets, the complete scholarship by four $100.00 payments made at the beginning of each of the four years he Is in college. There will be a golf tournament for all alumni at the Seymour Country Club Saturday afternoon to open Alumni Day. Bridge facilities will also be available for those who do not wish to play golf. The banquet has been set for 7:15 o'clock Saturday night at the Elks Club. This has been restrict-, ed to alumni and their immediate family because of the limited 'Turn to page 6, column All three bid were taken under advisement by the board of pub- lie- works and -safety, and turned over to city- engineers' for re view.

A decision 'on them is ex nected tonight following the meeting of the city council Only one bid was submitted for the largest of the sewers the North Side main sewer. Two bids were submitted for' the Brown street sewer, and one onthe Glenlawn sewer. The bids were submittedse- the three projected sewer lines. The firms bidding were: O. T.

Stahfleld, of Seymour, who submitted a bid of 18,174 on the Brown street sewer; E. ft. Knapp and Sons, of LaCross, who submitted a bid of $128,883.50 on the North Side main sewer, and W. H. Joyner, of New Castle, who submitted a bid of $27,997 on the Glenlawn sewer, and a bid of Brown street The new seweri, known as the North Side main.

Brown street and Glenlawn sewers, were authorized by the city council at a to pag? EventsSet for VFW Celebration In Brownstown A schedule of events for the district VTW convention to be held at Brownstown Sunday, May 29. has been drawn up, and arrangements have been made for Camp Jackson Post 112, American Legion, in Brownstown join In the parade and memorial celebration. -Mravesidefervice-to -memor of fallen war dead are scheduled first on the day's squads from several VTW posts and the Brownstown American Legion Post will participate. Following the memorial services, a district business session is scheduled at 11 o'clock. Sunday afternoon at 1 o'clock the election of district officers will take Turn to.page 6, column City Council, Board of Works Meet Tonight An ordinance authorizing installation of flashing signals on Pennsylvania Railroad crossings In Seymour Is scheduled tor introduction at a meeting of the city council tonight at 730 o'clock: Further discussion of a speed limit for Baltimore and Ohio trains also Is expected.

Following the council session, action on' four Improvement resolutions for streets in Glenlawn by the board of public works and safety is scheduled. Unla th mu tf gny.fMyer "tojeaeh ear driyenlastiel Two Franklin Fliers-rj Hurt IfT Plane Crash Solon, Ia May men frorn Franklin, Ind, were" injuredifn a plane crash southwest of Solon Monday. Morris Prossef, 38, suffered a fracture of the left Jack Muliendore, 28, pilot and owner of the plane, escaped with minor lacerations. The plane was demolished In a forced landing after running out of fueL Muliendore said he tried to land in a haystack but missed it Tempers Flare On Bendix Picket Line Strikers Block Office Workers From Plant, Scuffle With Police South Bend, May 17 (Jt) Plant police forced their way past pickets into the strike-bound Bendix Aviation Corporation plant early today, but office work ers later made no attempt to go through any augmented picket ime; Ed Prang, chief of the plant police, said a strong force of pickets lined up at the gates when the office personnel arrived. The office workers stood around for a short time and then dispersed.

beverai minor mrmisnes oc curred as the plant police pushed past the pickets with the aid of ity police. The ClO-United Auto Workers local then broadcast over a local radio station an appeal td all union pickets to report immer Some Carry Club Prang estimated that abou; 400 pickets were in the unevhen the nffireworkers arrived" He said' many of the pickets cairied baseball bats and clubs. Three police squad cars were sent to the plant, but the force was Insufficient to cover all nine gates. Officers were stationed at only four gates. The city police had sa id they would tolerate no further trouble at the plant This wm the iirst time the pick- etssd--TnterftiwnTt-T1ieaTit police.

They have blocked several automobile- companies from-re moving their brake dies and vnall parts from the plant, but later relented in all cases. About 7,500 UAW members have been on strike at Bendix since April .20.. Federal mediators have made little headway in attempts; to settle the dispute." Sheriff la Dispute The union demands reinstatement of 47 workers discharged because of an alleged slowdown. They also demand a lessening of the production rate in the plant and withdrawal of a $1,500,000 damage suit filed against the Turn to page column 7 Final Plans Made for T-B Business Meeting Final plans were being made today for the annual business meeting of the Jackson County Tuberculosis Association which will be held at 6:30 o'clock Wednesday night in the Rainbow Room of the Truman Hotels Dr. Merle Bundy, director of the 'tuberculosis control division of the Indiana state board of health, will be the; speaker, discussing 'Tuberculosis Control Our Goal." Election of directors will be held.

for New Members both to the business- -ofreligion and the business of the Lord and pointed out that men should be fervent in spirit in their business, practice Christ-likeness, honesty and tnith. He compared de partments" of life and said we ahouM he moreJaislnessUke In. our Father's "The church," the speaker said, "is the greatest business on esrtn. He added people should be more businesslike in their church methods and added that if people wentaftersouls with the same zeal merchants go after customers or politicians go after votes, wonderful change would be brought-abouti "So many people take a furlough from their Father's business," the Rev. Mr.

Turn to page column 4: from the Polish liner Batory last passport fraud and contempt of Construction of Home For Ferguson Family rrosresslns Rapidly Basement excavations for a new home for the John Ferguson fam ily near Jonesville are completed and construction of a four-room, cement block house, will begin immediately, N. J. Lingo, 405 West Second street, stated today, Mr. Lingo said Sylvan Stroud, oJCeymouadQnejmpii work on the basement with his bulldozer. The cement blocks and work of putting' them up are to be donated in large part by Mr.

Lingo. The Rev. C. R. Lee, pas tor of the Nazarene Church here, is also aiding in obtaining help for the Ferguson's and their 10 children.

Cach donations are still needed. Meanwhile, it was emphasized that no more donations of food are needed by the family, since Seymour residents, it was report- ed, have been extremely gener ous in making donations to the family whose home' biirnedJgthe ground April 30. 110 Baptist Men Attend Meet Here Attending monthly meeting of the Brownstown Association of BaptistMehThelddhda at the First Baptist Church, were 110 members of the association. Enod O. Stark, president of the organization, presided at a short business session, with William Jones, chairman of deacons at the host church, presenting the.

devotional period. E. C. Auerswald, of North Ver non, chairman of the southeastern district of Baptist laymen, spoke briefly concerning a men's meeting is to be held at Lake Tippecanoe June 25-26, which a number of local men are planning to attend. Novel entertainment was pro vided by Marion Mathas, an in dustrial arts Teacher In the Indi-j anapolis public schools, who pre sented an interesting program of folk songs and ballads.

Mr. Mathas, a singer in the Maenner- chor, became interested several years ago in folk songs and bal lads, and has done extensive research in tracing the history of these songs. He sketched each song's history before he sang the song at the meeting, accompany- Ing himself on the gt Those in attendance were en- Turn to page 6, column 3 rDentists Hear Talk on Children's Dentistry Local dentists attending the an nual Indiana State Dental Associ ation convention at Indianapolis today heard an Atlanta, den tist give advice on how to take care of the teeth of the "little Dr. Frank F. Lamons of Atlan- tlstry, spoke at the convention He said dentists should work on children in the morning hours when both the doctor and child are fresh.

"Well-established ideas of edu- cailon interfere Willi IWs preee- dure," he said, 'but it should be recognised that the child's health Is as important as attending school." Dr. Lamons also had a word for mothers. is as important for a moth er Id Teach Tier Child to chew his food as it is to Teach him the so cial graces," he said. JJFTankllL0'HaUoran, Ev ansvlUe dental surgeon, took office as president of the state as soclatlon at a business session this afternoon. appeals of Tils conviction for Congress.

Drive-In Theater Opens Thinayf Ramps for 525 Antoi, Others for Trucks at Screen East of City The Stardust Theater, new drive-in theater owned and oper- JtiedJatJSJardj will hold lis omciai opening Thursday night it was announced today. Members of the incorporating firm are C. W. Massy, Mrs. Lucille Gray Hosmer and G.

H. Hosmer. Mr. Massy, who owns and operates a theater in Worth in gton, Ind-, and has had years of experience in the theater field, will be manager. Entrance to the theater, locat ed on the north side of U.

S. Road 31-50 west of the Road 31 junc tion east of Seymour" will be gained by a double lane drive on the east side of the theater. The double, line of cars will pass the box where attendants -will purchase the tickets for the occupants of cars and return ticket stubs. Lights will be extinguished as the cars pass the box office. Upon entering the grounds, pa trons will be greeted by attendants equipped with flashlights to direct drivers to the proper ramps where other attendants de speaker equipped' with Volume control.

The front ramps will be 16 inches high while those back of the projection booth will be 10 inches In height. Accommodations are being provided for 525 automobiles. A special ramp at the north end of the theater has been constructed for trucks, except semitrailer trucks. The screen tower Is 58 by 52 Turn to page column 7 Rev. Florence To Be Speaker at Revival The Rev.

George L. Florence, pastor of the Central Christian herewilLbegin.a.- series of revival services at the Houston Christian Church beginning Wed nesday night at 7:30 o'clock and continuing through Sunday, May 29. Services are scheduled for 7:30 oclockeachnight exclusive of Saturday nights. Climaxing the revival services will be a "Homecoming Day" on May 29, with a basket dinner be ing served at noon and afternoon o'clock. Christian churches throughout Jackson county are invited to at tend the services and to provide musical entertainment for the meetings.

Divorce Docket Action taken in Circuit Court Action on the divorce docket in Jackson 'Circuit Court at Brownstown has been taken dur ingjhepart Jewdays. In a new action filed, Mary E. Witt is suing Frank J. Witt for divorce. They were married March 8, 1948, and separated April 10, 1949.

Eisner and Eis ner are attorneys for the plain' -r- Mary Wlnstead has been grant ed a divorce from Howard Win- stead and has been given, the custody of two minor children and $20 a week for their support Mary Frances Buster has been granted a divorce from John E. Buster and has been granted the care and custody of three children and $15 a week for their support Divorce cases dismissed have been those of Mary V. Burton vs. Joseph Burton, Jr- and Bertha Lane vs. Allan Lane.

menu plain times of disaster and listing the responsibilities of the various local communities. Governor Henry F. Schricker delivered the keynote address, following the invocation by Dr. Howard J. Baumgartel, secretary of fie Indianapolis Church Fed-eration.

The joint responsibility and resources of the state and local government and the American Red Cross were dis cussed during the conference. Other speakers Included Col W. H. Unyersaw, disaster chairman of the Howard' County chapter; Paul E. MIddleton, director of the Indiana Economic Council; Turn to page 8, column 4 Local Man Buys New Registered Jersey Cow Earl L.

Robertson of Seymour, has purchased the registered Jersey female, Advancer Dream Royal Mabel. The animal comes from the herd owned by Norman A. Dreyer or Sellersburg, Ind." -The purchase adds to the steadily growing number in this area. Dairymen buy Jerseys because of the high quality of the milk they produce. Purebred Jerseys are registered by The American Jersey Cat tle Club which has its national headquarters In Columbus O.

Several programs are available through The American Jersey Cattle Club to help breeders get the most profit from their Jer seys. Hare are' eflctel and uaoffletal waathar rtttf 41 for Symour tr the day. The p. m. temperature reading la from a down to wa -mometar, aid unofficial All oth-p a a re a of 'tbo roeorda of Mrs.

Ruth Evar hart, govarnmant weather obirrr here, and are-e4V SciaX auivtmn 0 MfcM.t a 'ut I Tsmperaiuresi Official maximum Monday Official minimum Reading at p. fh. River stage feet MM 85 54 WeatW Records 1. .1 Rotarians Hear Rev. V.

A. Mack, Hold Saturday, May 28, Set as Alumni Bay For 1949 S. H. S. Alumni Activities Indianapolis, May 17 state police today smashed 23 slot machines seized in.

raids last Friday night on six Marion county taverns. Arthur' M. Thurston, superintendent, said 1835 taken from the -machines would be turned over to the Marion county court Thurston's announcement of the smashing of the machines, fallowed a conference Monday night with James Cunningham, the Marion eounty-sherifff-on future enforce- ment of gambling laws. Thurston said state police would maintain a hands-off policy "as long as the sheriff keeps clean back yard." Cunningham, said Thurston had agreedThatl'itate. police will never Intervene in the county again unless asked to do so by the sheriff," I') Formal Induction An- inspiring talk- on -the sub ject, "Religion as a -Business," given by the Rev.

V. A. Mack, pastor of the Immanuel Lutheran Church, and formal induction of four recent members into the club featured Monday night's dinner meeftng-nf Sgynnniir Rotary Club at the Elks Home. Pointing out that the buinesa of the world and the business of the Lord can be placed side by side, the Rev. Mr.

Mack said the two could be mixed and carried on together for the benefit of alL He said that In Jesus 21 years, his aim for 18 years to serve his father, who was a carpenter and that only three of his years were devoted to the publteTnlnii-try. The Rev, Mr. Mack quoted scriptures which can be a guide Final plana have been completed for the Shields High School Alumni Day activities. The day has been set as Saturday, May 28, and will Include a banquet and dance at night and golf and bridge In the afternoon. Letters have been mailed to all alumni whose correct address is known.

For the first time, an alumni bulletin was printed and enclosed In the envelopes, The bulletin explains the various activities la which the Alumni Association la active, along with the many plans made for Alumni Day and present school- activities. Business reply envelopes "were also mailed for the remittance of the' $1.00 per year Association dues. 1 The dues, along with the proceeds of the Alumni activities, Three Drew la Texas Flood Fort Worth, May 170) Three persona were drowned, three more were missing, and -Fort Worth was without drinking water today after rains measuring 12 inches deluged this area Monday bight The rampaging Trinity River knocked out levees in four major.