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Mine Hun CMINE RUN- product of a an atiomblf of ako kind not claiiiiiad. a of at THE LINTON DAILY CITIZEN Printed in the Heart of Indiana Coal Fields in the Finest Corn and Fruit Belt, and in the Finest Trading Center of a 40 Mile Radius Weather "A Occasional rain this aile muon and tonight. Scattered showers Wednesday. Milder Wednesday. It has been estimated that the population of Linton and suburbs would be increased easily by 20 percent were houses available for this who would occupy them the minute they were ready for occupancy.

That may be true of other cities and towns, but likely not to the degree mentioned, for there has been a tremendous demand hero for many months for homes. This situation may seem somewhat strange in view of the fact that there are no additional industries here, no notable large ones, to draw new citizens. On the other hand, there have been gradual developments and improvements all along the line hero in Linton to add to the already stable and promising growth of the city. The future never looked yet there is no one cause apparent for this fine outlook. Even in face of difficulties and all sorts of restrictions Linton certainly has, in the past eighteen months or two years, made very substantial and noticeable advancements.

People who have travelled a good deal over the country since the end of the war say that in certain regions there seems to be plenty of building and in some localities there seems to be an abundance of lumber and other building materials. Notably, it has been reported to us, there is great activity in some western and southern states, from Arizona out this way and from the southeastern states from the Carolinas up in this direction. SIX PAGES LINTON, INDIANA, TUESDAY, APRIL 30, 1946. VOLUME XLVI, NUMBER Ti PLO! FOR KILLING IN JAPANESE CHY Intelligence Head Says May I Set As Date by VV I Ile Assassins; Man Is (Questioned. TOKYO, April A plot to assassinate General Doug-I las MacArthur in a burst of hand grenades and pistol fire during a gigantic Communist May day celebration May I has been dis- covered by allied headquarters! intelligence officers, it was an-' nounced officially today.

Col. W. I. T. Creswell, commanding supreme allied head- LEGION ANNOUNCES PLANS FOR DINNER! A covered dish dinner will be I served al six o'clock Thursday I evening, in the American Legion hall, it was announced today.

The meeting will be open to al! members of the Legion, their fain- I ilies, members of the Auxiliary I their families and all ex-service people eligible for membership in the Legion. It is asked that each one bring a covered dish and own table service. ROXAS WINS PHILIPPINE ELECTION JURYMEN PICKED AEBI Plans for May Term Are Made Yesterday At Bloomfield. Names of jurors to serve during the May term of the Greene eir- quarters civil intelligence section, cujt court were drawn yesterday said, however, that there was no by the court's jury commission- definite connection between the ers at the court house at Bloom- plot and the celebration, except, field. insofar as the celebration would Jury Commissioners are George have provided an opportunity for Kidd and O.

Dilley. Clerk the assassins. Frank A. Lenning serves as a A headquarters announcement member of the commission by vir- said U. S.

and Japanese military tue of his office. Petit jurors are as follows: Melvin Workman, Richland; Jo- i Manuel Kovas. whose Hectipn as president of the Philippines has been conceded by his opponent. Sergio Osmena, is shown in Manila on election day ith Filipino army guards after his life was threatened. Posas ill be sworn into office on May 28.

U. S. WILL COMBA! MEAT SHORTAGES, SCARCITY OF FEED U. S. Black Said Worst In Several Years; Investigators Added To! OPA Force Today.

(By Fluted Press) The all-out drive against the black market and a shortage of feed were expected to- day to force more meat into legitimate channels to relieve the current shortage which some dealers said was the worst since Pearl Harbor. Some areas were entirely without meat. Others reported that retailers were getting only 20 to 25 per cent of the normal supply, with the remainder going to the I black market. The Federal Bureau of Investi- gation entered the meat picture I for the first time today as the gov- Mine Chieftain Says to Two Proposals Made By Operators YANKUS IO DISARM NAZIS Tells of Action by Lewis Today; Parley Is Resumed at apital of Nation. WASHINGTON, April SO.

(UP) John L. Lewis, president of United Mine Workers (AFL), today rejected two mr rp iagement proposals for settlement rwenty-Iive Year Flan lo a hollday pay dispuU, a I resented Before the operators thought four onference, bad been settled March 27 Is Report Made Today. action was disclosed by I Charles O'Neill, spokesman for PARIS, Apr. 30. operators negotiating con un it- has indicated willingness to place the American 25-year treaty for German disarmament on the big conference agenda, it was police were searching for the alleged ringleader, Hideo Takayama, youthful member of the seph John Roble, Richland; Hade Pobably this is due mainly to I Japanese overseas police force, Cox, Beech Creek; Robert L.

I (he availability of lumber and' report Sherman Gastineau Switz fellow plotter Myers, Stafford; Fred T. Brown, I City rural route I underwent ms- other materials in certain regions. But our time is coming. If plans now contemplated are alt carried out there is going to be a building boom here and in the country surrounding Linton like none even seen before even in phenominal growing period back in the and on for many years. on a tip from a whom Takayama unsuccessfully Stockton; Gless Deckard, Grant; tried to poison.

Leslie Hall, Taylor; Fred Carr, Money Obtained Jackson; Clifford Baker, Wash- Takayama's would-be accum- ington; Jess Carr, Smith; Orman plice, now covering in an Hasler, Taylor; Mrs. Florence Rid- American army hospital from the effects of the poison, told allied intelligence officers four days ago that Takayama had accumulated 104.000 yen (about $7,000) to finance the assassination. This anticipation, however, does jor surgery Monday af ter nom. A boy weighing 5 pounds and 6 ounces was born to Mrs James Cunningham Monday evening. William Keller of Newberry underwent a tonsilectomy this morning.

James Hubert and Ronald Lee Trinkle underwent tonsilectomics today. fCarole Rac Richardson underwent minor surgery today. Ronald and Donald Miller of William G. Arthur, Washington; Newton Bucher, Taylor; Ralph ll Bogard, Taylor; Glenn Garrison, Jefferson: William E. Clark, Cass; Quince I I i Cass; Frank Washington; Wilbur Cullison, The tipster, who was not oth- little to relieve thfc present identified by allied head- Bruce, Center; Wayne Cl ing situation that seems to grow Quarters, said Takayama and fel- Center; Mason Baker, Jackson; worse than better.

Some of these Patters had planned to kill Ones Allen, Richland; J. Dennis Switz City underwent tonsilec- days the bottlenecks will be open- i MacArthur with hand grenades Freeman, Jefferson; Ray C. Baird, tomies today. cd up and then be on our and pistols during the May day Taylor; Alfred Cooper, Jeffer- Mrs. Robert HUI of Bloomfield route 2 was taken home Monday.

Mrs. John Ledgerwood, of, way. Just when, nobody seems to I celebrations. know. But the housing situation in general is treated at length by Wilbur J.

Brons, writing in the Chicago Journal of Commerce and it is naturally of interest to those who arc caught in the present He said Takayama planned to attack the supreme allied commander while the latter was en route from his headquarters to his home in the S. Embassy. He hoped to escape in the confusion son; Homer Haney, Stockton; Lloyd Drake, Wright; Elza E. Barker, Taylor. Grand jurors drawn are: Ira L.

Houser, Wright; Grover Bland, Highland; Fred Chaney, Washington; Clarence Sullivan. of tho May day celebration which Highland; Tip Childers, Jackson; is expected to attract 250,000 per Linton route I was dismissed today. Mrs. James Baker and baby have been taken to their ho ne. Norma Walton and Gerry Lee Walton were taken to their home homeless era and to others as well.

sons. I The tipster will be released and Mr. Brens writes that What under the watchful eyes of U. S. the housing situation seems to military police also ill cir- need more than anything else at culate through the crowds tomor- the moment is the application of; row in ari effort to locate Taka- a little more light to some of the I yania.

Frank Bullock, Stockton; Nelson F'rederickson, Fairplay; a rn on Linton route 3 today. Achors, Taylor; Dwight Craig, I Loren Hunley has been dis- CRIMINAL DOCKEI CASFS SET TODAY ernmcnt stepped up its drive. Gov- four ernment action included: 1 I for concessions to the Soviet point to the 450 already on the OPA I. of view'. Foreign Minister V.

M. Molotov, tee. It came in the second bargaining session held at the Labor Department at the request of Secretary of Labor Lewis Schwrei- lenbach, who is pressing for set, learned today, possibly in return tlement of thc criticai 30-day strike Meat enforcement staff to force compliance with the slaughter control order issued last week. 2. The FBI began checking claims for subsidies.

The FBI agents will look pimar- ily for fraud. Major packing plants were re; tuned last midnight to private I management by the government I which seized them during the nationwide packing house strike. onsidered by Circuit Packers said, however, that they Tribunal; Dates Listed could not compete with black by Prosecutor. Important Trials Will Be it was learned, has indicated to Secretary of State James F. Byrnes that he does not intend to oppose putting the American plan on the schedule for discussion.

However, it was understood that should. he hoped to obtain some coneen- sions for the Russian viewpoint in O'Neill said Lewis had insisted that back holiday claims be paid before getting down to discussion of a new contract. Ask Overtime Fay The miners claimed that they rates for Saturday work during the weeks containing the Labor return. The nature of the concessions was not indicated. Should Tell Views Molotov was said to take the view that all parties to the con- Day, Thanksgiving.

Christmas and New Year holidays. said the dispute involved the difference between straight time and overtime rates for four days. During the war the miners re- Jackson; Myrtle Overman, Rich- missed. land; Ralph C. Anderson, Wash- Mrs Gordon Miller was dismis- sed today.

Miss Vera Wolfe has been dis- missed. dark spots. Thc debate thus far has engendered more heat than actual illumination. "Housing Expediter Wyatt says we must have 2,700,000 new dwellings in the next two years. His figure, which has come to represent a criterion, may be wide of known plotters are still at large, but are being rounded up," a headquarters announcement said.

TRUMAN EXPECTED TO PK JUSTICE WASHINGTON, Apr, 30. 0J.R)— mark. Actually, no one knows President Truman now plans to how many homes arc needed. A survey made recently by the National Association of Real Estate boards in 251 cities and com- ington; Carl Allen, Jackson. RYE BREAD PRICE TO BE INCREASED WASHINGTON, Apr.

30. (U.R)— The OPA today announced a price increase of two cents a pound on i jrye bread. The increase will remain in ef- feet until June 30. OPA said the boost was neces- sary because rye bakers have Cromwell of Linton been "squeezed between sharp- I ly advancing rye prices and rigid Ul bread ceilings. Rye is the only grain not under price control at this time, but OPA plans to put Is Named Leader of Program.

announce the appointment of a new chief justice of the United States on Thursday, it was learned today. It was still expected that Mr. triunities with a population of Truman would name a new ceilings on the 1946 crop. 000,000, revealed a demand for 22 ate justice of the supreme court -----------------------------dwelling units per thousand of ur- at the same time. Best information SON IS BOUN ban population.

This estimate is I js that a present member of the Mr. and Mrs. James C. Cunning- outstanding in youth work in Scout officials of the White i River Council today announced that Dyer, principal of Fair view School at Bloomington and a Important criminal cases will be tried during the May term of the Greene circuit court at Bloomfield, including one charge of manslaughter and one of reckless homicide. I Thc calendar of criminal cases for the May term was announced tort ay by Kern G.

Beasley, prosecuting attorney. Cases to be considered, with dates, are: May 13 State of Indiana vs. Raymond Francis Green, manslaughter. May 17 State vs. Eugene Walker, burglary.

This case was brought to the Bloomfield court on a change of venue from Daviess county. May vs. Lowell Parker, drunken driving. May 23 State vs. Omer Gorman, child neglect.

May vs. Paul Noel, public intoxication. June vs. Harold Jcf- fris, drunken driving. June 7, State vs.

Ed Carty, intoxication. June vs. Herman Hatfield, drawing a deadly weapon. June 17 State vs. Wesley O.

Strahle. reckless homicide. market operators buying livestock above OPA ceilings. I ference should lay their cards on the overtime rate by gov- The drive by New York City the table as early as possible so ernment order. The owners police and health department in- that conferees will just how i verted to their former practice spectors against the black market many tough questions must be when the order was revoked las), was showing results.

Retail mark-' settled and what those questions August. Edward Burke, presets were barren of beef, but the are. dent of the Southern Coal Pro- Department of Agriculture said a He was said to believe that this ducers Association, said this prae- "near normal" supply was in would make it possible to tackle was provided for in their wholesale channels ready for dis- the easier questions solution contract with the union, tribution. jof the more difficult problems is O'Neill said Lewis had propos- The current shortage of feed was being worked out. ed last March 27 that the dispute expected to be the most As an example of referred to the districts influence in relieving the present simple problems Molotov was said settlement and that the opera- shortage.

to have cited the partition of tors bad agreed. But he said Lewis Italian fleet. It had appeared revived the issue yesterday with earlier that the American pro- explanation that district ma: posal might go on the shelf tem- chinery for settling disputes went jporarily because of Soviet objec- 0f existence with expiration tions. Byrnes, it was learned, sounded 'out some members of congress on NEW V. F.

W. GROUP ORGANIZED HERE his 25-year treaty plan, includ- ing members of the senate military OI fleers Are Elected and affairs committee. He told the senators about the plan at the time I he testified in support of Gen. Dwight D. program An organization meeting of ior maintenance of a stiong Arn- Linton chapter of the Veterans of jOrican military establishment.

Foreign Wars was held last even- Plans Discussed for Future. based on the applications made to court will be elevated to the chief ham are announcing the birth of number of organizations, wi real estate offices and builders. justiceship. Speculation was.cent-j a son, born in the Freeman Greene in charge of the White I ered on Justices Robert M. Jack applications revealed i son and William O.

Douglas. that about 14 of thc 22 dwell-I ing units per thousand of urban Mr. and Mrs. Paul Heilman anti county hospital. Monday evening.

The new arrival has not been named as yet. Mrs. Cunningham was formerly should be single-family Mrs. Howard Kramer were in Ja- Miss Betty Greene, daughter of homes. The remainder should be Lionville, Monday afternoon.

Mrs. Marjorie Greene. apartment units. Still another private survey by realtors and builders showed that the greatest demand for housing comes from potential home-owners who do not want to pay more than $5,000. Stolen Auto Chased; Is Found at Riley Loses Fool Race At Riley; Held At Terre Haute.

60 per cent of veterans who applied at real estate offices in an Eastern community within recent weeks were in this class. And of this 60 per cent, more than half could not afford payments of more than $35 a month." That is about the same picture as is shown everywhere in this housing what everybody would like to see is more actual building and less talking about breaking the bottleneck or whatever it is that is holding up thc parade, be work tomorrow. BIRTH ANNOU NC EM EN Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Hardesty of Kokomo arc announcing the birth of a 7 pound girl, born in the St.

Joseph hospital on March 31. The baby has been named Sherry Ann. Mrs. Hardesty was formerly Miss Rita Davidson of Linton. LICENSE ISSUED A marriage license has been is- wards that the car had been seen sued by the clerk of the Sulli- at Spencer, and State Policeman van circuit court at Sullivan to I Charles Harbison of Spencer and Robert Ira Farnham, Terre Trooper Stephenson of Terre and Vivian Enola Houser, of Haute were notified.

The Spencer lo, report had said that the ear was Lair Loses hoot Race At heading west cai state road 46 and Harbison started west along the road, while Stephenson came east, from Terre Haute. At Riley, Trooper Stephenson A chase for in auto stolen in came upon thc auto and started Linton last night went to Worth- to question the two boys. They dc- nigton, Spencer and Riley and eided to take "leg however, ended in a foot race which put and dashed, on foot, across some the two losers in the Vigo county strip-mine land. Stephenson proved his fleetness of foot and captured thc two boys. He learned that they were Stanley Eugene Foster, 19.

a sailor AWOL from the Great Lakes Naval Training Station hospital at Great Lakes, 111., and Frances James Edward Bright, 18, of Mun- jail at Terre Haute To start at the beginning: An auto belonging to Norman liver of Odon was stolen from in front of the Linton Bowling alleys last night. From Linton it was driven to Worthington where the two boys who were in the vehicle stopped cjc Bright was wearing a sol- JVI hon IP fit tho Marathon Filling station to obtain some gasoline. They had tank filled and drove away without paving for the gasoline, so Bill Terrell, manager of the station, telephoned the Putnamville state police Police Notified A report came in shortly after- dier's uniform but was not a soldier, police said today. Foster and Bright were taken to the Vigo county jail at Terre Haute. They are to be turned over to Greene county authorities for disposition, according to a report from Terre Haute today.

auto was taken to a downtown garage in Terre Haute and he went to Terre Haute today to reclaim the vehicle. State Policeman Ollie Hayek OI (Continued on Page Sixt ill be River council's six-week camp which bei gins June 30 at lake. J. J. Sadler, Scout Exectuive, said of Mr.

employment as Camp Director: "We were very fortunate in securing thc services of Mr. Dyer as our camp director. This will be the first year of camping at the new site and it is our hope to establish a pattern that will be fol- i lowed in years to come. Dyer was chosen for this I position because of his administrative ability and his long record of service in character building I agencies." I Claude Whaley of Bloomington 1 will be camp ranger, Mr. Sadler said.

He will be in charge pf the i commisary and equipment, and will serve as handyman for the camp. Other personnel announced are Miss Lola Risher, Bloomington, cook, who served in that capacity last year: Miss Harriett Cress Bloomington, assistant cook; and Rue Cromwell, Eagle Scout from Linton, who will be assistant water-front director. FLAMES DESTROY VEHICLE IN LINTON An auto driven by Donald Page of Linton was destroyed by fire abt)ut 9:00 last night at the Standard tilling station on street northeast. A report made today stated that as the gasoline tank was being filled some gasoline was spilled accidentally on the manifold, and ignited. Thc local fire department was summoned to the scene ing in the Linton city hall, with new officers being elected.

At the meeting, plans for luturcj activities of the new VFW were discussed. Officers elected were as lows: Wilbur Corbin, The charges against Strahle and Chapman, senior vice com- Green are the result of fatal au- mander; Dexter Fordyce, junior; tomobile accidents which occur- vice commander; Wendell Wright, red in Greene county in the past quartermaster; George Eskew, ad- few months. I jutant; George Armstrong, judge advocate; William Tubby, chap-! plain, and Charles Duncan, officer of the old contract April I. Issue Said Settled said the issue already I had been settled in some dis- I tracts. He said the operators of- I fered today to use the old ma- chinery for settling it in others, but the UMW rejected it.

The operators then proposed that the question be submitted to arbitration, O'Neill said, and I Lewis again refused. "He says we must pay the mon- ey he claims and he will not dis- 1 cuss a contract until it's paid," added. I Asked how much money was in! volved, he replied that no one knew. Meanwhile, Rep. A Rob- Alvev and Fox Talk At I ertson, said he planned to IHEFI CASE GUILE DIES EARLY TODAY; State Penal Farm Yesterday.

of the day I The accuser and the accused All veterans with foreign ser- faced each other yesterday in al vice who are interested in the or- ca.se involving the theft of four ganization should contact one ol Elmer Lee of Elnora, the new officers, according to an announcement made today. introduce in the house tomorrow legislation that would prohibit royalty payments to labor union It would outlaw for a royalty to finance a welfare fund. Funeral Rites for Lyons LEWIS ILL TAR I Woman To Be TRAINING Thursday. On Jan. 28, four tires were stolen from Mr.

Lee, and on April 18 an auto sold to Harry Lee, Mr. son by Hershel Alvey of Newberry. Later, the elder Mr.1 NEW YORK. Apr. 30.

UP Lee saw that one of thc tires on Heavyweight hampion Joe Louis, auto was one of the four that here todav and immediately left Mrs. Mary Ann Yancey, died at her home in Lyons early this morning, following a long illness. The deceased was born in Germany on April 27. 1866 and was to Pompton Lakes where he 80 years and three days of age. train for his title defense June still eight pounds overweight and jhad been stolen from his farm sporting a heavy beard, arrived wagon.

Alvey said that he had for the baseball game before going chased the Ure from Junior Fox She had lived in Lyons for a number of years and was a member of thc Christian church there Her husband Micheal Yancey, died in 1935, Survivors include four daugh- 19 against Billy Conn. Louis, who has been working out at West Baden, since (By United Press) A new strike of soft coal miners was ordered today, making the coal even more critical and adding 18,000 workers to the number of strike idle across the 1 nation. Approximately 665.000 American workers were off their jobs in labor disputes. The progressive mine workers at Springfield. 111., issued telegraphic orders calling a strike for midnight tonight after their negotiatings with operator became deadlocked on wage demands.

The BMW sa id 18,000 men would stop work in the Illinois soft coal fields. of Washington. Fox is now serving a term at the Indiana State Penal Farm at Putnamvillle, on a charge of bicycle theft. Yesterday, State Policeman March said he would leave (or Qjjje Hayek took Alvey to the: his camp tonight after the I ankee- penaj Farm. Eox said he had not DEADLINE ON I AX Cleveland Indian game.

During Ins st0ien the tires and Alvey insisted WH I RF TONIGHT tors, Mrs. Dorothy B. Tibctt of seven-week training spell in In-1 he had purchased the tire from Lyons, Mrs. Lydia Snyder of New diana, Louis said he hiked, chop- Fox INDIANAPOLIS, April 80 (UP) York, Misses Irene and Lena E. I wood and played golf but did Alvey was taken from Putnam- Nearly 100,000 Hoosiers must pay Yancey of Lyons, and one brother I pull on a glove once.

Ville to Bloomfield and lodged in thc first quarterly installment of Andrew Basch of Lyons. the Greene county jail. His case their Indiana gross income tax The body was taken to the Jon- BOMB EXPLODES I now action by the parole by midnight tonight, kins funeral home in Lyons and SPANISH CITY a8Mt. Not all Indiana citizens were is being returned to the residence today. Funeral services will be held from the home Thursday afternoon at two with thc Rev.

Lloyd Miller of Switz City officiating. Burial will be made in the Castle Hill cemetery. ENTERS HOSPITAL Arthur Elson, who went to clinic for observation about two weeks ago is now in the St. hospital, in Rochester, for observation. Nothing definite had been learned about his condition today BARCELONA, Apr.

30. A bomb exploded today at the base of a monument erected in 1939 to commemorate the victory of Generalissimo Francesco Franco in thc Spanish civil war. The bomb exploded at 4:30 a. rn. Thc monument was not seriously damaged by the blast.

I required to file a quart? turn. Chief Deputy Directo! RELAYS ARE SET tor Sturtevant reminded Hoc- IN SPITE OF RAIN I siers of thc three classes ol tax payers obligated to file their state The Linton Invitational Relay! report on a three-month will be held this afternoon and to- They were: AU individuals that has I whose gross income exceeded $1 I the day 250 during the first quarte) night unless the drizzle been falling here most of turns into a torrent, C. Wells, tail merchants gross rn The statue which is a bronze high school track coach, said this ceipts passed the $2 75 figure of a woman representing afternoon. during January, February and victory was overturned by the ex- Most of the 305 contenstants had March; and wholesale and maim plosion. arrived in Linton this afternoon factoring firma whose gin vn A similar bomb was exploded i and were ready to participate in ump of sales wert excess of.

'at the same March 30 their $4 250 for nenod.