Murray State's Digital Commons The Ledger & Times Newspapers 8-30-1948 The Ledger and Times, August 30, 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, August 30, 1948" (1948). The Ledger & Times. 6977. https://digitalcommons.murraystate.edu/tlt/6977 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]. .1. a • 4/. • Selected As Best All-Roy:4nd Kentucky Community Newspa er F 191 5 1111111 111111iii.111111, 1.11111•:1;; WEATHER FORECAST Kentucky: Partly cloudy with scattered thundershowers to- • . night .and possibly Tueaday. Continued warm. YOUR PROGRESSIVE H 0 M E NEWS- United Press PAPER FOR 0%1ER HALF A CENTURY Murray, Kentucky, Monday Afternoon, Augu 19'8 MURRAY POPULATION - 8,000 Vol. XX; No. 64 Last Week CallowayDraftBoard Quiet on Quiz Data 256 441 Boys and Girls In Kentucky Opens Today,29 Are The courts are being asked to decide if servicemen must pay state Return Home as Are ,e4 Awar'" 3 every • • income tax on their military pay. 6 d cents, Thomas F. .Marshall of Frank. Registered By 10:00 in lost fort-.-.aveteran of World War II- - chasing al mo- has filed a suit in Franklin Circuit The Calloway County Draft Board p. maging Court asking a refund of taxes opened this morning and by 10:00' Presented Winners i'atturday us ten- * paid ci• his service income. o'clock 29 men of draft age had led, in- MYSTERY FIRES Marshall's action has the -back- registered. The only persons to for the ing of the American Legion. Ily, dis- register' today will be, those who : •- says that the General Assem- SET BY ARSONIST '1Annual 441 Camp Breaks Up irestige He TitA pLov Lovett passed a law providing for were born in the year 1922 after ATTEND: uDieas Is who bly has LOCAL MEN military August 30. - . rather refunds of taxes paid on r MARSHAL SAYS Home Sunday pay but that State Finance Com- only those VFWAsStar Campers Selected bit we Tomorrow persons • NATIONAL missioner John W Manning refuses who were born in the year 1923 MACOMB. Ill., Aug. 30 oUlsi- NAVY SECRETARY John L. Sullivan Tip 'Lovett died at 12:05 yesterday payment. testifying in Washington • The Purchase 4-H Camp held at If the to make the will be registered. They may also Deputy state fire marshal! John is shown afternoon at his home on Murray before the Senate Committee in- ton. If Manning says the constitution register on the following day. Sep- Burgard promised- today that by CONVENTION route 3. He had been sick for the 1 Murray State cbllege ended Sat- vestigating alleged Red infiltration [ceps. I prohibits the refunding of any tember I. nightfall he will "put the finger" last urday morning, August 28, with the into the U. S. Government. He sup- seven months arid died of SENIOR SCOUTS forums, money legally paid into the State Mrs. Mary Neale, clerk of the The 49th annual Veterans of on the arsonist who set hundreds ported the three admirals who re- complications. recognition of outstanding tampers t radio, Calloway board, urged that all per- treasttra. of fires that pursued Charley fused to discuss clfrcumtstances Foreign Wars encampment opened He is survived by his wife Mrs. and winning tribes. a . ter this Commissioner of Revenue H. sons who have to register, come in Willey from one farm to another Gertrude Lovett, two daughters AT KENTUCKY under which William M. Rfnington in St. Louis today with leaders Total registration figures of the up the only on the day that is designated Clyde Reeves has approved pay- • B t'LLETIN resigned his Navy commission. Sul- Mrs. Ruth Giles and Mrs. Iva i Mont- for them. criticizing national officials for camp amounted to 256 boys and ment of the tax claims. He adds Charlie Willey's 13-year-old niece livan declared that only President Smith; three sisters, Mrs. Maude LAKE THURSDAY tg civic For the beneift of reeistrants failing to keep "glittering promis- girls. This included 91 boys, 134 in a letter to all veterans that. admitted today that she touched Truman could authorize such dis- Wells and Mrs. Gardie Lassiter of of the these dates are reprinted below: closure. • (International) es" about veterans housing. even if the courts forbid the re- fires that leveled the county and Mrs. Lola Tucker The Senior Girl SC011t troop went girls and 31 leaders. The camp was (al Persons born in the year 1922 off the "mystery" tunds, the 1948 law permits veter- Willey house and two barns. Commander George E. Overbey of Detroit; two brothers Carl to the Hart-Melugin cabin, in the under the direction of H. B. Gibson as far after August 30. 1922 shall be reg- the ans to credit the money already matches", of the !oral Lovett of Murray and Bob Lovett Center Ridge cabin area, Thursday cerned. istered on Monday. the 30th day of "I started all of them v.ith and Brown Tucker of the State 4-H Club department paid to future income tax bills like of Detroit: and two grandchildren. afternoon for a swim party. They which August. 1948 she .air. "because I didn't post of the VFW left Saturday for at the University of Kentucky. Audit," where I was living." North Carolina Hugh G.'•-s. and Mrs. Paul Buchan- left from the Murray high school gets under- rbi Persons born in the year the convention. They were elected The following campers received Ing, to The football season an. at 1:30 o'clock. 1923 shall be registered on Tues- Burgard said that he had broken the highest awards of silver Medals: ty was way in Kentucky this week with a Coast Braces for by the post to represent them on He was a member of the Led- They swam until about 4 o'clock. Lisa. ma A-1 of_Lugusi.. Bonnie Gibbs MarshalL County; ri• th-ein - 1113/f11W- ritletgh actronts- torgermin the -17;1;es that iall-be discussed at better Baptist -Church. The funeral Then they ate iced watermerais or on Wednesday, the 1st day of Rosalyn Harper, C: rlisle; Jennell er the their fall gridiron campaigns. 'out of walls like lighted gas out 115 M.P.H. Wind - will be held tomorrow at Elm furnished by Mrs. N. P. Hutson. September. 1948. the convention. Foy, Calloway: Marian Lowe, Bob- • to see r • The collegians, too, will be get- of a blow torch." burned down Grove at 1:00 p.m. Rev. Leslie' Gil- They then had a short Scout meet- lei Persons born in the year 1924 WILMINGTON. N. C:. Aug. 30 Henry L. Warner, ,Maywood, Ill., by McClain, Graves: David Tisdal, munity ting down to work come Wednes- Willey's house and twp barns, then bert will officiate and internment ing in which they discussed plans shall be registered on Thursday, Ballard; Joe Willett, Jimmie Phil- I eager day when most of the college broke out again in the vacant UP -The North Carolina coast chairman of the housing committee will be held in the Elm Grove for their first meeting in Sep- the 2nd day of September, 1948. or lips, McCracken: Paul Stagg, Mar- 'or this squad begins practice. farmhouse where he and his fami- braced itself today for a hurricane said 4.000,000 veterans do not have Cemetery. tember. They left the lake about on Friday. the 3rd day of Septem- shall; Eugene Dowdy. Hickman; r time. Paul 4Bear i Bryant starts his ly took refuge. Pall bearers will be Edgar Tay- 4-30. all having had a wonderful ber. 1948. 'oaring out of the Atlantic. but a adequate homes and that those Jimmie Wallace, Barbara Graham, rnment thirdayear as head man at the Um - "The fires were set by an arSon- lor, Gardie Smith, Lilburn Ray- time, according to reports. Id) Persons born in the year coast-guardesman at lonely Cape who have homes have paid "out- Caldwell. or fall.. versify of Kentucky with a pre- ist." state fire ma -shall John Craig burn. Jessie Bailey. Milton Out- 1925 shall register on Saturday. the rageous prices." Those present were Misses .Bar- diction that football in general will agreed. We know who he is and Hatteras, believed to be in the land and Floyd Outlaad. As star campers the following of September. or on L. James, Washington, bara Ashcraft. Bette Cothain, Sara be tougher this yeat and he thinks 4th day 1948. we're trying to get evidence that path of the storm, said no plIhs George received ribbons: Mary Miller Ellis, the 7th day of Septem- VFW rehabilitation direc- Calhoon. Janie Doran. Wanda Diu- the game will be as popular as ever Tuesday„ will stand up in court" had been made to evacuate that national Swann Parks, Calleway: Marilyn the VFW wil Rake a stand gine' Ann Fenton. Julia Fuqua the cash customers end that ber, 1946_ tor, said ' Chester, Elvis Inman. Martin with Burgard. conducting the investi- isolated point. American Legion Hilda Galloway, Mary Alice Hop- crowds will be common this tei Persons born in the year against "waste and extravagence Skaggs, Marshall: Beverly Hines, reeved gation for Craig. was close mouth- .• "Not Cane Hatteras." he said. kins, Lochie Faye Hart. Betty Sue 1926 shall be registered an Wed- ed in the Veterans Administration." Lewis Myera, Earline Phillips, Ger- fall.