The Tribune from Seymour, Indiana • Page 1

1 1 11 DAILY '10 Page Today i to 8 'TKS wzATirrr.r Fair nd colder tonight; do- and wanner Tuesday, VOLUME LXVTL Na 289 SEYMOUR, INDIANA MONDAY, DECEMBER 5. 1949 price nvs MMM '9 wf jrrr' n--- GoaiMiners Investiatcr Lester Condition Serious at nbspital Mrs. Elzora lister, 309 ray Increase TpAidAboht 70 Men Here Hourly State Highway I I employes to get iu Cents Per Hour More UEIfectiYe January At0ent-an-hpur wage boost' for approximately 500 employe. of the Indiana state highway com- hniasion, approved Sat- kirday by the Indiana budget com- tmltti will five increases to inuuui iv cmpuyca at mm ikjuii" i rtWtrtrt and nK-rfl)rtrtrt office Of the commission, it was learned to day from Jerome Dustin, engineer in charge of the Seymour district In the Seymour district of which Mr. Dustin is in charge, there are about 330 employes in Hhe sub-district garages who will a receive the pay increase, Lytlt Freehafer, state budget (director, said the pay hike, affect-1 ig mechanics, patrolmen, mi-1)blnery operators and all other Si aiLar Nurse Kay Hicks looks after Guy after a Rash fire whipped through a man, killing three and injuring or 0 leveled within minutes and is a total loss.

"i After Strike Men Return to Work On Short Schedule-No Break in Contract Stalemate-Indicated Pittsburgh, Dec -5 (rV-The nation's soft coal mines were back in business today after one the briefest strikes in that industry's history. The 480,000 United Mine Work ers already hard hit financially three previous 1949 walkouts promptly began to fill the mmes1" early today uhc three-day week schedule oraerea their union chief, John L. Lewis. There were no reports of a con tinuation of last week's overnight strike. In the nine days before Christ- mas, eacn miner can earn aooui $139.50.

That's based on their av- erage daily wages of $13.50. Thougn the miners are nappy over prospects of woru ng, most them are anxious to get back on a five-day week. It's almost certain Lewis wont order such week until he has finally reached a contract with industry. And top operators show no indication of giving in. Top Operators natrent budged since Lewis' contract ran out last June" 30.

They maintain-they cant afford to increase wages. And they want Lewis to tighten up the welfare and pension fund which has been financed entirely by the 20-cent-a-ton royalties the operators pay for all coal mined, The only report of a break in the, stalemate has come from a group of small Kentucky operators. They are truck mine operators who employ only about 800 diggers. It is reported the Kentuckians are considering signing a contract with Lewis this week. If they do, they'll go on a five-day week.

The truck operators insist they have w- wor iuu wees ore even. Other mine owners reported the contract being considered by the Kentucky eroun calls for a Si-cent OaJtty 'pay "boc the diggers' base rate to an even $13. And the 20-cent royalty payments reportedly would be upped to 35 cents. Lewis is due to begin negotia tions in New York Tuesday with the anthracite (hard coal) Indus-try representatives. They operate mainly in eastern Pennsylvania Turn to page 3, column 2 Miss Miller Is Named Decorations Chairman Terre Dec.

5, (Special to I I ly employes, will go into ef- January 1. jwie commwee esumaiea ine vionai annuw con wouia oe roqntunniet members said iney felt raise is Justified. The majority of the department's laborers not earn 90 cents an hour and overtime work, they added. They ntmwml hv workman', mm. Turn to page 3, column 1 Funeral Rites Tuesday For Guy Foist, 57 Vf'vwral services for Guy Foist, 7," who died Saturday morning at is home on-Seymour Rl.

will be conducted at 1:30 o'clock Tuesday afternoon from the Redding? 1 ton Christian Church, with the Rev. William DeHart in charge. tery I Friends may caU at the Foist residence at any time, Mr. Foist, a wellrknown farm- preceding bia death. Bora Ko vemoer ib3, in penning counxy, on we jacjuon-jennings county une road, Mr.

rolst had nJ mm ui uic wic Junn mna Alice vives, residing on Sclpio Rl. In 1913 Mr. Foist waa married in eonuiKs county uukj onarp, who also survives. Survivors in addition to the widow and the mother include Not Involved Three Shipments of. Uranium Material la Russ KnownWitnc: i Hints at New Name aihhlgtoi-rBeerS' Senior investigator louls -J-Ru4w sell said today the House Un- American activities Commltte has evidence of three shipments" of atom bomb materials to Rus sia in 1943.

He said he had no -information' that the late Harry i Hopkins was connected with? Russell was witness before -the committee on whose staff fci serves, -He said that former Air Force Officer G. Racey Jordan, who has Hopkins was instrumental in shipping atom bomb ingredients the Russians, will appear before the at 11:30 a. m. The information on three ship- ments of A-bomb materials was new. former member of committee, John- McDowell, Pennsylvania1 Republican, told House and reporters about it '1 Committee counsel Frank Tav-enner said to Russell: would like to ask you whether in the cmtrate your in-' vestifiatiQH any Information came your attention that the Harry Hopkins was Involved any wayi "To the best of my Russell said, name was neveT brought up.

But another' name was brought up and I would' rather bring his name up in executive McDowell had said two high administration officials, were coo-' nectedfWith shipments. Russell said It determined Turn to page 3r column 3 C3 an VAiTWiAita meeting of all 'sub-district supervbors clork stocky room clerks and garage foremen of the seymour district, or we, Indiana state highway commission Was held at the Seymour district office east of Seymour today to discuss procedure. Anrfmon ICetrtiunv hif rlrtr for the state highway commission and Earl B. 'Lockridge, superin- tendent of maintenance for the commission, attended the meeting, Jerome Dustin is Seymour district engineer. Six sub-districts of the Seymour metinff Tlwt iitwHtrota in fisv.

mour Madison. Columbus. New Albany, Bloomington and Aurora. mrs. rxaiienoerger, vu.

Expires at Residence Mrs. Sarah A. Pfaffenbergcr, 90, a resident of Seymour since 1879, died early this morning at her home, 709 West McDonald street She had been ill for the past five yeaiav.v..r.tv.v-'..-.;-'.;,.: Funeral services will be con ducted at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon from the Voss Mortuary wttn the Kev, u. ratterson, pastor of the Trinity Methodist Church here and the Rev. Clyde S.

Black, of Worthington, a for, mer pastor, officiating. Burial in Riveview Cemetery: Friends may caU at the Voss Mortuary after 7 o'clock tonight. Mrs. TOffenDergerWasTborn March 3, 1839, in Jennings county, the daughter of the late Martin and Mary Dietchley Hodapp. She was one of 14 children, seven boys and seven girls.

She was married July 22, 1879, to John G. Pfaffen-berger, Jackson county and they were the parents of 12 children. three of whom preceded her in death. Her husband died January 2, A member of the trinity Methodist Church, she was active in church work as long as her health She was a member of the Methodist Women's Society of Cbxistianrvtcewnih ers Class of the Trinity Sunday School, and of the Women's Republican Club of Jackson county, A host of friends throughout the county mourns her death. i She Is survived by nine children: Mrs.

Lenora of Seymourf MrsTEstella of Dayton, Mrs. Minnie Ever-hart, of Xenia, Mrs. Marie Prall, ot Indianapolis; Miss Ruth Pfaffenberger, at home; Roy Ptaf-fenberger and Alfred Pfaffenberger, both of Indianapolis; Robert H. Pfaffenberger and Leonard Pfaffenberger, both of Seymour. A sister, Mrs.

Sophia Schneck, Seymour R4; 13 grandchildren and 13 great grandchildren alacLSur-vive. Seven brothers and six sl-ters preceded her in death. Highway Enplov MQI street; this' city; remains -ki-r a serious condiUon at 5t vincenis Hospital, Indianapolis, where she was taken Friday afternoon for treatment of injuries sustained when she was struck at noon Friday by an automobile at Tipton ---I in this fitv She is in Room 352. Mrs. Lester ausUined fractures of both legs, her right arm was broken, her collar bone was Keflrshr-sustained a-hefco4n.

Jury and possible internal injuries XVISSSZ h. ftaai Eugene For- 1gi 0f this city. Mrs. Lester's daughter, Mrs. Alfred Gaffney, of this c.ty, has Deen in inaumapons with her mother since the acci- Forrest.

charsed in city court with reckless driving. ha not been arraigned on the charge and city authorities said he would not be arraigned until trfey are sure of the outcome of Mrs. Lester's condition. Redeemer Church Elects Officers '50 Budget Approved At Annual Voters-Meeting Here Sunday Election of officers featured the annual voters' meeting of the Re deemer Lutheran! Church Sua da afternoon at the residence of Ut pasxor, me ncv. nuw, prohl.

West Fifth street. The 1950 church budget was approved at the meeting and the large group attending discussed future plans for more youth training and progress of the new church building, which is being erected at Fifth and walnut streets. Walter Rebber was elected trustee of the. church and he will serve with two present trustees, Henry J. Holtman and Donald L.

otto Rlttman was elected eldei and win serve with Wilbur Rebber and Allan Waldkoetter. Virgil Peters was elected to the rvt with Arthur Hdwifc Omer otte was named delegate to the Mission FederaUon. Ray Hoeferkamp was named prWent in. Jhe election and Wal Turn to page 3, column 1 trs. Leona DfOWn JJieS At Home Near Houston Mrs.

Leona Pearl Brown, 56, Freetown Rl, died early Sunday morning at her home near Hous- Death followed a critical Brown had been-in failing health Although born in Ohio county March 7, .1893. the daughter of the late Emerson and Lillie Rich- lard Mitchell, who survives, Mrs. Brown had resided in Jackson county since girlhood. In February, 1913, she was mar ried in the state of Ohio to George Brown was a member of the Houston Christian Church, and she leaves a host of friends who Join with relatives in mourning her death. Survivors include the husband the mother; three children, Wil liam Leon Brown, of Russell Springs, Mrs.

Lois Waggoner, Freetown Rl. and Miss Carol Brown, at home: two brothers. Earl Mitchell Brownstown Ri and Clayton Mitchell, Freetown Pearson. Freetown Rl and Mrs. Myrtle Clark, of Indianapolis.

Six grandchildren also survive. Mineral services will be con ducted at 1 -an n'rlnrlr Tuesday afternoon from the Christian Church at Houston, with the Rev, IE. E. Pedicord in charge. Burial in Houston Cemetery, Friends may call at the Brown Home, near Houston.

Ira Cook, 87, Dies In Daughter's Home a iormer rew of Seymour, died Sunday afternoon after several weeks. 111- ne 1 Columbus home of a aBT ttfllll a aunier wuuam a. ryo, also a former Seymour resident Mr- Cook at one time lived with his daushter. Mrs. Fve.

at S19 i -r Homestead avenue here. He was I ..41 retired after working most of his life for an Ice cream company In Indianapolis. Survivors Include Mrs. Fye; a son, Ralph Cook, in Illinois, and a brother In Oklahoma. Funeral services will be conducted at 2:30 o'clock Tuesday afternoon from the Dorsey Funer al Home in Indianapolis.

Burial in Memorial park Cemetery In indi. anapolis, Friends may caU at the Dorsey Funeral Home after 4 o'clock this afternoon. 1 nfeiffi1hi-il (NEA Tele'photo) in bed in the students' infirmary University of Oklahoma at Nor building, valued at $700,000, was Murder Warrant Filed in Slaying Kentucky Authorities Bring Against 22-Year-Old Hoosier Hopkinsville, Ky Dec. tVP) Murder charges were filed here late Sunday night against Frank liri Thomas Slay of Griffin, Ind. in connection with the hammer slaying of 16-year-old Mary Ellen Harmon, Evansville, Ind.

Christian' county attorney W. E. Rogers M-the-'tmrrder rarrant was turned over to state police and was expected to be served on Slay at Evansville today. Slay, a 22-yep-old law student being held at Evansville, where he confessed the brutal hammer- slaying of his Evansville high school sweetheart after she had entreated: "Let's die in each other's arms." s- The body of pretty Mary-Ellen Harmon, five months pregnant, was found beneath leaves and bushes in a deep sinkhole near Hopkinsville, Ky. Slay made a written statement to Evansville police and then tirew-a -map showing where the body could be found.

Evansville authorities went to liloplciiisvilla. -And- were- Joined, by Kentucky state police. The map was so accurate that searchers went directly to the spot where the body of the girl had lain since her head was split open on the afternoon of November 26. "Agreed On Marriage-Detective Chief George Hansdh quoted the youth's statement as saying he and the girl left Ev ansville a week ago Saturday "fully agreed on marriage' the Turn to page 3. column 1 Last Services Planned For Russian Actress Hollywood, Dec.

8 (JP) Fu neral services will be held Tues day for Mme. Maria famed Russian character actress who died Saturday of burns suf fered -when-a- cigaret-set her bed afire. ine 73-year-oid actress came to this country in 1923 as a member of the Moscow Art Theater, Since 1939, she has appeared in many films and operated theatrical, school here. Sees Christmas Here Sunday Night Seymour and a children's choir sing "Away in a 'The Nativity," with the choir singing 'Silent Holy "Angels We Have Heard on High" and "As With Gladness Men of Old" The hymn, "0 Come, All Ye Faithful," was presented and the choir sang Joy toi.theWorid,'! Following prayer, the audience sang "Let Us All With Gladsome Voices." The Dudleytown choir, under the direction of Waldron Bruem mcr, and the Seymour choir, un der the direction of Walter Pels and the Children's Choir of We-gan and Vallonia sang during the pageant. Narrators were Harold Voeltx and William Pumphrey, both of Columbus.

Others taking part hi Turn to page 3. column 1 of by by of a three children, Mrs. Mildred Laf-tton. IS .1 Mixon of Shreveport, who lies men's two-story dormitory at the burning more than a score. The lams Nabs Bedford Pair After Wad Chase Held in Bedford jail today awaiting the filing of vehicle-taking charges police chase Friday night along State Road 37 and through the town of Oolitic were Robert Duncan, 21, and Robert McGinnia, 25, who were captured by First Sergeant Charles Williams, of the Indiana state a former resl- dent of this city.

Sgt Williams began chasing the two Bedford men after be wns car occupied by Duncan and Ginnis, he asserted. When the speeding automobile reached, the north edge of Oolitic, the youths' car lunged off the road, down a hill and into a concrete culvert. FSgt Williams held the pair at gun point until a Bedford po liceman who had also entered the chase arrived. The automobile was owned by Fred W. Newlin, of Bedford, brother-in-law of Duncan.

According to FSgt Williams, formerly stationed at the Seymour poit Jjotlu. the youths admitted dent, Duncan was arrested for opera ting a motor vehicle while un der the influence of intoxicating liquor and resisting arrest and McGinnis was charged with pub lic intoxication. Council to Meet Hour Earlier Tuesday Night A regular semi-monthly meet ing of Seymour's city council scheduled for Tuesday night In the city building will be held at 6:30 o'clock 'instead of the usual 7:30 o'clock meeting time, Ralph J. Lucas, city clerk-treasurer, an nounced today. The council is scheduled to hold public hearing and final reading for Ordinance No.

1132, concern. tngtransfensr appropriations- for th remainder of 1949, and intro duce a new ordinance regulating the sale of Jewelry at public auc tion. Also planned for discussion is the proposed sponsoring of a request for federal improvement of Kasting Ditch and Heddy Run. Capacity Audience Pageant Presented A capacity audience filled the Shields High School girls' gymnasium- Sunday night- to- witness a Christmas pageant, "The Gift of Love," presented by the South Central Zone of the Walther League. Following a piano prelude, the audience sang "Hark' the Glad Sound," and the first scene, "Isaiah Prophesies' was presented with Rosalyn Bolte, of Clifty, singing a solo, "Behold a Branch is Growing." In the second scene, "The Angel Appears to Mary, the choir sang The Magnificat" Other scenes were The Coming of John the with the choir singing Come, Come, The Shepherds." with the, choir singing Shepherds Watched Then Flocks bjr Night" and a solo, "Oh Holy Night" by Mrs.

Clarence KnilL of (NEA Telephoto) Former Mai. Georee Racev Jor. cer, charged that Soviet agents carried suitcases full of secret State Department documents to Russia in lend-lease airplanes in Jordan, in a radio inter view with commentator Fulton Lewis, Jr also said that under in structlons from the late White House adviser. Harry HoDkins. he cleared" for shipment-Russia two cargoes listed as uranium.

to CommittecPreparesl For Inves tigalion jdIC Six1 Major Interests Washington, 5 WV- Six big groups may be the initial targets of a special House committee getting ready to investigate lobby- wg- While the committee, beaded by Rep. Buchanan (D-Pa), has charted no fixed course and wont tor several more weeks. oucnanaq toia newsmen it may be guided largely by a Library of -ongress report on lobbying, This report, prepared by W. Brooke Graves of the Legislative Reference Service, says: -oome orTOe" iieKW tor which lobbies have been or. are now especially active," include the tariff lobby; the natural resources lobby in its various forms: tha'real itina ot public housing program; the air lines lobby; the agricul ture lobby, and the dramatic struggle between the representatives of the dairy interests and the oleomargarine manufacturers." Other active lobbies, the report continued, include those interested In business, education, health, labor, military and veterans legis lation.

During the first six months of Turn to page 3, column 1 i Wabash College Set j- i 'cuuy uruisii ueuaie Crawfordsvflle, Ind, DecT5-0P) The boys at Wabash College, whose motto is "buy good clothes but wear 'em sloppy," reluctantly shined shoes and pressed pants today. A couple of proper young men rrom uxiora university were to debate the Wabash team tonight Once they got into the spirit of Ahe Wn the Wabash students went all out to make the Oxonians feel at home. i op nats, gowns and cane- handled umberellas were de rig- eur. Jalopies were left at home in favcr of bicycles. Students wiver in the.

Dames planned to serve tea and munpelsWabash.studenlJo.hn Bush of Hertford, England, coached a couple of puzzled teams for an exhibition cricket match. Crawiordsvule signs were changed to read "Stratford-on Sugar Creek." It was all veddy British in a Hoosier sort of Way, Wabash's debaters will be Porter Draper of Gary, Ind- and Klaus Newcs of Vienna, Austria. Their opponets will be Robin Day, Royal Artillery veteran of East Africa, and G. Johnson Smith, also a Royal Artillery veteran of Belgium and India. Day.

is a lib eral and Smith a la bo rite The debate topic will be "Social ism- Versus- FreePriva4eEntet-4 prise." It will be argued British style, with the audience permitted to pose questions, applaud and express disapproval. California Air Crash Kills Five Persons Long Beach, Dec. 5 (P) A Beechcraft Bonanza airplane crashed and burned today a)' Long Beach Municipal Airport, killing all five persons aboard. Eyewitnesses said the plane's motors started to "cough and spit soon after takeoff and the plane pancaked onto the field and burst into flames. The five persons were believed residents of the Long Beach-Los Angeles area.

Croup Probe lobbying L. said to not the the last to late in the- TribrteMias IyJULX Engage Oxford Helen Womngerj' ot- -Francis Marion. of mansville; six brothers, Carl i Foist, Seymour Rl, Archie Foist, I Columbus R3, Herman Foist, of North Vernon, Irvln Foist, of Edinburg, and Ben Foist and "Owen Foist, both of Columbus, and five Nicholson, sisters, Mrs. Hazel of Seymour R3. Mrs.

Oddie Sparws, ef this city.iBrown, who survives. Mrs. Purdue ToBegiiiDec12 Two Industrial Groups Scheduled for Local Center Twice Weekly Basic courses In the technical institute program offered by the extension center of Purdue University In Seymour will begin a Shields High School December 12. it was announced today by Leslie M. Sparks, of Columbus, director of the Columbus Registration will take place from 4 until o'clock In the after noon of Monday, December 12, and classes will be held from 6 Uniif Itt o'ck'whMondifhd Wednesday nights for at period of 12 weeks, Mr.

Sparks, who was in Turn to page 3, column 1 Employment Picture Brighter in Seymour Seymour Joined Anderson, Con- nersville and the Calumet area in presenting an improvement in em ployment last week, according to report issued by the Indiana Unemployment Security division. The total number of Hoosiers applying ior Jobless pay. dropped sion warned against an optimistic interpretation of the drop, with Everett L. Gardner, director, at tributing the drop of 16 per cent In the number of initial claims principally to the fact that division offices were closed for Thanksgiving. Unattractive employment as pects were reported by Evans- ville, Fort Wayne, Muncie, Indianapolis, Bloomington and Bedford.

While some Hoosier industries were recalling men to work, others were laying them off, the IUS director said. Addition of Name Ties Jr. High Grades The name of Sharon Mundy, of Shields-Jjunlor-'-High School's eighth grade, was added today to the list of students making the honor rolls there, with addition of the name bringing the total on the lists to 42, evenly divided between the seventh and eighth grades. Sharon won a place on the regular honor roll Six seventh-graders and six eighth-graders made the high honor roll, and 15 from each class placed on the regular honor roll. Lists compiled earlier had inadvertently omitted Sharon's name.

Weather Records Rare are official and unofficial weather racerdt fa Sayaaour ft tha day. Tht 1 p. m. tamperatur rtadinf ta from a downtown that- mometar, and ta unofficial AU eth-ar raadlaii art tram tha records ef Mrs. RuUi Evar hart, fovarnmanl here, maa are i fetal Tamperahuast Official maximum Sunday 54 Official minimum TJ Reading at 2 p.

m. Rivef stage 2.07 feet 42 MM. mt turn 4mm Ma tu I MlkM Yt Jura. Inez Sharp, of Columbus, ihi mra. lua oiiuui ana mrs.

Katie Uttle, both of Elizabeth-town. One sister, Ruth, preceded Mr. Foist in death. Joseph Kutch Civen Promotion in ROTC New Haven, Conn, Dec 5 oseph A. Kutch, 533 South Chest- ut street, has been promoted to raUng-of-corporaUn ttha-YateiRli-nd-two- sistersr-MrsiRoy Mmer, aaugnier oi ir.

ana am. Dale Miller, 607 Indianapolis Avenue, Seymour, has be a named chairman in charge of dec orations of lobby and halls for the annual Christmas banquet to be held on December 11 in the Women's Residence Hall at Indiana State Teachers College. Miss Miller will be working with 19 other women students each working on a particular committee to see that the affair is carried out in good style. The event, which heralds the coming of the Christmas season, will have faculty members and friends of the college as invited guests. Following the dinner in Resi dence Hall a program will be given by the students.

13 States. tO-Piscu98 Traffic Regulations Columbus, Dec. 5 (JP) Possibility of setting up uniform highway and traffic regulations will be discussed today and Tuesday when officials from highway departments of 13 states, includ ing Indiana, meet here. Delegates will try to reach uniformity on legal dimensions and weights of trucks. Ohio, Delaware, Wisconsin, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, Michigan, Maryland, Kentucky, Indiana, Illinois, and Connecticut have sent delegates.

Atwater Kent Estate Valued at $9 Million Los Angeles, Dec. S-UjP) A. Atwatec-Kentphilanthropist and radio manufacturer, left an estate valued at $9,130,971.11, the executors say in their first accounting submitted to superior court. Kent, who died last March 4, gave away in his will almost to friends, employes, charitable and educational institutions. To his widow, Mable Lucas Kent, from whom he was separated, he left $2,000,000 in cash and the income from 20 per cent of the stock of the Atwater Kent Manufacturing Company.

i A 1 Force ROTC unit, according a list of promotions in the Army and Air Force ROTC issueq toaay oy oi. stepnen DTOfessor of military and tactica at Yale Uni- ty. ja nking officer of the Army which contains 123 men, Majors Charles D. Pratt, of 1950, of Honolulu, Hawaii obert S. Spears, 1950.

of nti, Mich. The Air Fnrre unit, whlrh sists of one Group with 227 men, neaaea or i.aaei major nerson i Meicher. 1950. GrouD Com- nderr -of Phtladctohiar- 'Cadet Cant Richard H. S.

Pershan. Jvi951. Deoutv GrouD Commander. if Brooklyn. N.

Y. Cadet CaDt I 1 Frederick D. Wolfe. 1051. Groun Executive Officer, of Uma, La -4 nt Hollow.

1050 Groun Adhitant of a in uai Mki 11 uusiiu acas Washington, D. Thomas Wilson Joins Delta Phi Alpha Thomas Wilson! Crothers f'ville Rl. has been initiated into Delta Phi Alpha. national honor society for students studying German at Indiana University. Mr.

Wilson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Paul A. Wilson, Is a senior student on the I. U.

campus at Bloom, "ington this year. 1 S1 i'lna.