Murray State's Digital Commons The Ledger & Times Newspapers 6-28-1948 The Ledger and Times, June 28, 1948 The Ledger and Times Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.murraystate.edu/tlt Recommended Citation The Ledger and Times, "The Ledger and Times, June 28, 1948" (1948). The Ledger & Times. 6924. https://digitalcommons.murraystate.edu/tlt/6924 This Newspaper is brought to you for free and open access by the Newspapers at Murray State's Digital Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in The Ledger & Times by an authorized administrator of Murray State's Digital Commons. For more information, please contact [email protected]. !—. • • -5 • a • 4 7 • _ - _ ••••-- Selected As Rest All-Round Kentucky Community Newspaper For 1947 26, 1948 WEATHER FORECAST KENTUCKY: Partly cloudy 'ops and continued warm and hu- mid with scattered showers and thunderstorms today, to- night. And Tuesday. United Press YOUR PROGRESSIVE B0M lt NEWS- PAPER FOR OVER HALF A CENTURY Murray, Kentucky, Monday Afternoon, June 28, 1948 MURRAY POPULATION — 8,000 Vol. XX; No. )11 DAMAGE NEARS $5,000 FROM SUNDAY F,P1M 4,441` ;DAMAGE Kentucky Lake Fish Near-Hnurt Winds Uproot MA Riled - Last Week Murray High Band GREAT d Pumpkins an to tains In Kentucky . FROM EARTH Trees, Blow Down Cables .ng that can The Court of AppealsmerjournedorisSumvacation.] this week Wins Two Prizes QUAKES IN JAPAN • A 45-minute storm in Murray experien.e, f ' yesterday afternoon caused around 'sett( related, tIV ad TOKYO, $5.000 uniform rule. but before adjourning it made some Tuesday, June 29 UPs COST OF LIVING worth of damage accord- --U.S. Army rescue teama report aelotag to dil - decisions that will keep Kentuck- ing to the latest estimates this ed todey that a series toss; but the t V.F.W. Parade of trereen noon. ians talking during the summer REACHES ALL-TIME -r tefuoa to dous earthquakes and *I'co m pa ny - ow produce, months. I ,__ ing tidal waves caused "great but The storm hit around 2:00 o'clock t II value. Among other things the-;e6urt unestimable" loss of life and prop- HIGH IN MAY and New Itself -out in less than an C'MIS is ',su- Drum Major, erty in a wide area on the. west election must be hour, The near-hurricane winds nshine. Tlwy ruled that an coast of Honshu. were at pickedili s , held in Louisville this fall to elect Majorettes TEACHING JOBS The cost of living, which reached accompanied by a torrential es after.t t. an all-time high in May. still is downpour. together ,with thunder _ a mayor. TOKYO. Win First June 28 (UPI-The Jap- climbing, a' survey showed today. NOW PLENTIFUL, anese traditionally attribute earth- and lightning. Hail *was reported And while we are speaking Meat prices are at an all-time quakes to the angry wriggling of al west of town in the Lynn Grove elections, the Republican National The Murray High School band peak, and meat industry spokes- giant catfish which is supposed tot Convention in enuadelphia poo- men said there ai not hope of a community. was well-rewarded for their fine SAYS SHULTZ live underground. price break until September at the The Murray system reported a duced what political observers in performance in the V.F.W. parade This ugly fish, with a cordlike, College 'graduates who are quali- earliest a power failure for 'the entire city Kentucky call a victory for GOP in Paducah Saturday. • First prize heart is symbolic of an earthquake, On the brighter side, fresh vege- from 2:15 to 2:45 The section of committeeman Juuett fied to teach have a promising fu- to the Japanese, who fear quakes national of $75 went to the drum 'Major and the city south of Main Street and ture before...them, according to Prof. mone than anything else. table prices in many areas have Ross Todd of Louisville. Todd. long majorettes for eicelling in their west of Fourth A popular saying among the Jap- declined recently because of the Street was with- division A Ming cup and ttpo Fred Shultz, head of the public re- out a supporter_of theajaepublican pres- anese says the most fearsom phe- seasonal shipment of vegetables to power for about three hours. was presented to the entire band One idential nominett, Governor Thom- lations department at Murray State onomena known to man are "earth- market. entire circuit .burned down, for an "outstanding performance." due to the high winds, which at- New York. accord- College quakes. lightning, fires and father" However, the bureau of labor as E. Dewey of Thirty-five members of the band. tided 600 "We are having more calls for --in that order. statistics at Washington predicted homes in the southern ing to politicians will become head under the direction of Miss Mary part of town. E. S. Ferguson. man- teachers than we are able to supply Japan is a veritable land -of that longer-range sasonel pressure s circles in Kentucky if Elizabeth Roberts. head of the ager of the electric man in GOP civakes, about one a day takes' would bring a slow, steady climb system, esti- presiden- music department at the high at this time." Shultz continued. mated the Republicans win the place in some one of the Japanese in Most total damage alpaabe com- school. marched in the parade, LET'S GO FISHIN' - - paid big dividends to the three fishermen pit= food prices until Novem- tial election. Todd led e Dewey -Those who intend to teachasheuld Islands, but most of them are so' pany around 81.500. lured here with their catch taken near the dam on Kentucky Lake last ber. section of the Kentucky •delegation Drum Major Jerry Williams and make up their minds mild they cannot be felt by humani The( elephone company estimated and accept weak. Left to right are Fred Pierce of Ferndale, Mlch., Frelan Pierce Of . The bureau also .noted convention. Former Gover- Majorettes Letitia Maupin. Letha beings that rent damage at around to the one of the many, positions Maafield and Paul Pierce of Kirksey. A total of 18 catfish were hooked $400. according Lyons, Wanda McReynolds now generally is rising nor Simeon S. Willis led the Taft and Bet- Another Japanese saying is that with rod and reel in just a few hours. weighing an aggregate of 73 to 0. A. Brown, manager. Five available." continued the profes- faction and U. S. Senator John ty Thurman gave a lively denten- the best place to seek refuge in the pounds. Shad minnows were used for bait, Price Increases have been an- main cables were out of order. sor Sherman Cooper threw his support stration of baton twirling before event of a quake ls in a thick bam- nounced or are anticipated mom- located on West Main, South the reviewing to Senator Arthur Vandenberg. stand. There are snit a large Lumber of boo forest. This is because the entarily on several basic commod- Fourth and South Sixth streets. calls for teachers in the fields of ities. More —0-- The Murray V F.W. post .5636 was long roots of the bamboo tree hold than 200 phones on 100 lines represented in the parade with a home economies, commerce, music, the soil firm and prevent people As a result-Of the wage conces- were affected. said Brown. Kentucky's Democratic senakor- Tele- color squad of 16 members_ They agriculture.- social science, mathe- from falling into crevices suddenly Wedding Of Miss America sions won by John L. Lewis and,. altione linemen worked until 100 ial candidates were busy dung marched immediately behind the matics. science, English, and the tie opened by the earth shock. his United Mine Workers. the o clock this morning, and other the Week. John Young Brown of high school band. mentary field. cost of coal Is expected to rise crews began early today, Lexington picked up additional but the Thousands lined the streets of Pa- "Those interested in securing 40 cents a ton or more. repairs won't be completed whe support from labor at Ashland Reports from laukui. Toyama and until ducah Saturday afternoon to watch teaching positions should come to late today, Brown believed. is Hunt where he denounced the Taft-Hart- Ishikawa prefectures placed the Witnessed By Callowayans The magazine Steel. trade publi- the parade which was a climax to the office of public relatines and Three major casualty toll in more than I, cation of the steel industry, said insurance corn- Lundipn ley Act. the state VI W. convention The contact principals and superinten- panics vagh • A number of Murray and in Murray listed a total of Winninger Brown's opponents in the race a hundreds of thousands left Cal- that higher coal costs in turn final business session was held Sun- dents who are in need of teachers, 145 claims filed by noon the week with homeless. Shattered communica- residents would force steel prices up. today. were quiet during day morning. aaid Prof. Schultz. loway.couny attended the with a Pstridt tions made an accurate count im- total catmated damage of the exception of announcing their wedding of Miss America of 1947, The basic price of aluminum ARMY TO INDUCT nearly S2.500. Most claims were for campaign headquarters will be in possible, but the death toll in only was hiked for the first time in Barbara Jo Walker. to Dr John damaged roofs, broken _IC POW Louisville. Congressman Virgil two towns in the heavily populated 11 years last week by the alumi- window area was Hummel in Memphis Saturday.