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Newspaper
Washington Washington Democrat
Location
Washington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1946
Page
1
Bread shortages deepen as two Indian bakery rivals halt truck deliveries to the city and Vincennes Bakery remains closed for two weeks. Trucker deliveries still bring loaves to stores before opening while customers wait outside to buy directly, reshaping daily bread access.
The calendar lists a meeting of principals at 10 00 A M on Wednesday Aug 28 at the County Superintendent s Office plus the Teachers' Institute Aug 29 Knox and Daviess counties at Vincennes Organization and Enrollment Aug 30 State Teachers Association Oct 24 25 Thanksgiving Nov 28 29 Christmas vacation Dec 29 Second semester opens Jan 6 247 New adoptions in elementary books Spelling Goals 2 to 8 Webster Publishing Co Essential English 3 to S Laidlaw Brothers Health 3rd Grade Growing Big and Strong Ginn Co Safety Every Day h Grade Ginn Co Geog th Grade Journeys 7 th Many Lands Allyn and Bacon Doing Your Best for Health 5th Grade Ginn Co Geography 5th Grade Journeys Through North America Allyn and Bacon History 5th Grade Then And Now Mac Co Building Good Health b Grade Ginn Co Geog 6th Our World Today Europe Europe Overseas Allyn and History 6th Grade The Lives Again MacMillan Co ing the Body in its Work 7th om Ginn Co Geog 7th Grade Our World Today Asia America United States Allyn and Bacon History 7 and 8th waimerice Progress in Civilization
Indianapolis June 27 Indiana park director Robert F Wir aching praised state park convention centers as peaceful retreats for groups seeking escape from city bustle The McCormick's Rock Turkey Run The Dunes and other parks have hosted conventions including the Boy Scouts the Naturalists Society Girl Scout directors and university ornithology and conservation institutes from Illinois and Indiana University.
Admitted patients include Mrs. L Keith Tomey of room R. 4 Mrs Cecil L White of room R followed by Mrs Chester Nolan Wins William A Dayton at 300 N h St Petersburg Miss Esther Harris of 320 S E 7th St and others listed in hospital notes.
Builders Mr. Overstreet and Mr. Vance announce a July 4th 2 30 pm inaugural for a 1 5 mile clay oval at Odon beside the Old Settlers track. A large grandstand seats 2200 for a fast field of midget racing cars and drivers with seven foot banked turns widened to 46 feet and 35 foot straights. Clay dirt plus chemical treatment allows high speed broadside cornering.
Chicago sees higher living costs as Borden Co raises milk to 18 cents per quart starting tomorrow. OPA in Washington hikes coffee by three to four cents per pound and beer prices rise in Chicago from half to one cent per 12 ounce bottle and up to 11 cents per case of 24.
Indiana business group channeled opposition to a 2.5 percent payroll tax for old age and survivors insurance. The Indiana Chamber of Commerce sent letters arguing a 50 percent increase would cost Hoosiers about 20 million dollars yearly. It urged extending the current 1 percent tax instead, saying no extra revenue is needed for the cash fund.
All equipment including new cider, combines, corn binders, pickers, side delivery rakes, manure spreaders and tractor mounted mowers face maximum prices when sold by dealers. If sold within one year after purchase, the maximum price is 85 percent.
Washington reports that President Truman confirmed Bowles has sought to resign as economic state secretary. He said Bowles has long wanted private life but persuaded him to stay on, hoping OPA extension legislation passes the Senate and is signed by the president.
Mothers of World War II opened its third national convention in Indianapolis with the national headquarters dedication service this afternoon. Mayor Hebert H. Tyndall spoke, Governor Ralph F. Gates addressed a banquet, and delegates from 37 states attended. They will elect a new national president to succeed Mrs Gretta Roush, the founder and retiring head. Two candidates announced are Mrs Walter Jones of St Joseph and Mrs Priscilla Pfeiffer of Allentown. The business session will close Saturday.
Chicago June 27 INS three Chicago officers questioned Richard Russell Thomas 42 of Phoenix ariz who had confessed to murdering six year old Suzanne Degnan. Fingerprints from the ransom note did not match his prints after a double check by FBI and police. Thomas had claimed to kill and dismember the child and dispose of evidence in Lake Michigan and a junk yard.
The article reports internal Soviet strains in 1940s Russia including factory discipline, dismissals, and jail penalties. It notes loss of rights by autonomous republics in the Caucasus, wartime treachery by Tartars and Mongols near Stalingrad, and mass dispersals of populations. It references Volga Germans and the strategic Caucasus region amid Nazi advances and Stalin’s Georgia.
Indianapolis June 27. Sterling Perry Evansville banker who confessed stealing 142000 was sentenced to 15 years in the federal penitentiary and fined 5000. Judge Walter Lindley ordered five years on each of the first three counts to run consecutively. Perry wept as he left the courtroom. Elizabeth Hayden of Newburgh near Evansville, secretary to the president of Peoples Savings Bank, received three years for embezzling 4500 from a joint savings account.
Dorothy Morley living near Bruceville on State Road 67 was bitten by a crazed fox while repairing a front step. After killing two chickens at the rear, the fox crawled under the porch. Neighbor Gertrude McCord shot and killed the fox. The head was sent to a laboratory for rabies testing.
In Palestine Illinois on June 27 a tavern shooting left one man dead and two others critically wounded. Ed Batterman 50 was found dead on a sidewalk after being shot in the left temple near Dick's Tavern at South Well and Wilson. Inside the tavern Mrs. Richard Sanford about 30 lay wounded at the abdomen while Jack Richardson 55 a railroad dispatcher was found behind the bar shot in the right temple. Both were taken to Palestine Hospital with doubtful prospects for recovery. The motive was not immediately known.
In Indianapolis a 17-year-old African American youth named Hollis Coe was arrested by FBI agents for an extortion attempt against Harold B. West, president of West Baking Company. Coe reportedly admitted writing a note demanding 15,000 dollars and threatening West’s death if police were alerted. West, a former governor of the American Bakers Association and a director of the American Institute of Baking, hails from Syracuse, New York.
Yesterday recorded a high of 84 and a low of 69 with 0.24 inches of precipitation. The prior week saw a low of 67, and last night’s rainfall was 0.24 inches.
London June 27 The British government announced bread rationing to start July 21 with nine ounces per adult daily and higher allotments for manual workers and nurses. Former Prime Minister Winston Churchill called the move the gravest in peace time, as food minister John Strachey defended the plan amid uproar and questions on future shortages.
Indianapolis June 27 The Water Resources head Charles Bechert of the Indiana department of Conservation forecasts a favorable water supply outlook. He says increased rainfall has kept groundwater generally high and streams flowing at normal levels. Precipitation was well distributed, with no flood stages exceeded on the lower Wabash and White rivers last month.
Gen Donald F Pancoast adjutant general of Ohio inspected Camp Atterbury Indiana as a potential training site for Ohio State troops The Indiana State Guard plans to train 2000 troops at Camp Atterbury from July 7 through 14 with the period named as a training window and location.
London reports Britain orders bread rationing beginning July 21 aimed at directing grain to starving peoples. Strachey announced limits for flour based foods in Commons. In Chicago, Prendergast orders gambling crackdown, sealing race handbooks, while Kelly calls it the greatest cleanup in city history. Federal probes into Capone era gambling intensify as Ragen detailing racketeers’ income and kickbacks draws attention.
President Truman defended his rebuke of Senator Charles W. Tobey and said his letter to the senator speaks for itself. He noted he no longer believes presidential letters are confidential after Tobey publicly released his reply. Senators viewed the exchange as a blow to White House prestige amid Tobey's opposition to Edwin W. Pauley's Navy under secretary nomination.
Washington reports that prospects for a House investigation into the Jackson-Black feud fade, with Rep. Sumners urging no action until Justice Jackson returns from Germany. A possible hearing before the Judiciary Committee was deferred, as Jackson aims to be back by July end and Congress seeks to close its term by July 20.
Baton Rouge June 27. Teen-agers will not be allowed voting privileges in Louisiana. The state house of representatives voted 32-28 against a proposed constitutional amendment modeled after Georgia's measure that would have allowed 18-year-olds to vote.
Mt. Vernon Indiana report says Fred Stallman a 65 year old Posey county farmer was fatally struck when he walked into a moving car yesterday funeral services were planned today for the victim who lived nearby.
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