Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 4 April 1945 — Page 11
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THE.INDIANAPOLIS TIMES S———— ‘Heroes: + Three: Local en Killed i in Action, | ive Others Wounded and ‘One Is Held Prisoner in ermany DEAD—
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St. Douglas M. Randolph, Goshen: T. Sth| Porte; Pfc. Joseph Ba Daniel, Edinburg; Lt. James Ae: ~ pd Donald W. Reaser, Ft. Wayne, Pic. { pte, Max Ek, Sgt. Dale : ’ ¥ : id ave w e niantry di- John W. Rigss. Anderson: Pvt. John R.| Emery Roll; Pvt. oni Bn Swayzee; . wounded for the second time on en " : ; | vision in Germany, received oak leaf Runkle Richmond, Pte. Paul P, Snider, Pvt. William W. Griffin, Evansville; Pfe. Saipan, Marine Cpl. Raymond td ' | Jeflersonville; Pfc. Charles E. Stoops, Win- | Arthur O. Griffith, Lafayette: Pvt. William Bro : { | {clusters to the bronze star. chester: T. 5th Gr. Joseph J. Utofka, Gary, B. Hawkins, Hammond; Cpl. Leslie C. wh has now been reported killed 3 . ; * 3 ‘ 2.1 x | » ” ” and Pfc. Robert 8 Wiggerly, Muncie. | Hazelrigg. Deniouyiiie; Pfc, Narbert E. - in aftion on June 13, 1944. | For saving the life of a wounded Rou 8 Hom, Muneis; T. Sty Gr. Howard 8, Hull Word of the 20-year-old marines | comrade in the face of enemy fire, | Eleven Hoosiers have been killed}
| Churubusco. Pvt. Kenneth L. Knight, Campbellaburg; ii aie to My father, Henry Pfc. Edwin H. Crabtree has been ine combat in the Pacific area. They der. Raipn A Kops. Bates; JCB own ave a war 8! n rown Poin c - a ‘awarded the bronze star post | I, Tames Noi STE WV fast Be re ye al, Omar J epartment wire received three Mhumotusly.* liam H. Bland, East Gary; B. Sgt. Eidowy Meek Paxton; Pfc. Thurman L. Mickow, weeks ago. Cpl. Brown had been Pic. Crabtree, wha is the brother D. Dugan, Arcadia; Pfc. Thomas E. Flores, Hamlet; Pfe. Howard L. Milam. Evanswounded the first time at Tarawa | Hammond: - Pfe. Willis R. Garrison, Ft. | ville; Pfc. Charles D. Miller, Kewanna; : : lof Mrs. Minnie Kluck, 368 Beauty wayne S Sgt. Roger. E. Higgins, Bluff-|FYl: Herbert. F. Miller, Muncie, while he was with the 8th marine |ave., was killed in ‘attion by enemy ton: Pfc. Robert E. Johns, Richmond: Sgt.| T. Sth Gr. George C. Nicholson, Goshen; division, and had returned to com- | mortar fire near .Bovigny, Belgium, | CYo%, E. Kintner, Corydon: Pfc. Franklin|Pfc. Prank J. Papal, South Bend; Pvt, bat J 12, only three d bef ) { : gn) g M. Mackmer, Wabash: Pvt. Raymond R./Miio W, Penick. Angola; Pfc. Edward R, I a et y e days before pr SY : ¥ { in January of this year MecGranahaw West Terre Haute, and Pfc. Phillips, South Bend; Pyl. Lester M. Phil. e Was s | | . " ¥
| | Mack HY Vincennes; Pfc. Richard L. Pickard, . A former Manual ~ high “solool Pvt. Robert L. Logan’, . . killed Pvt. Wallace (Bob) Steward . . . Pfc. Robert B. Ritterskamp . . . Cpl. Raymond Brown . . . killed ST TATE f a 8 8 [Pre 8.°8gi. Thomas Russell, Shoals; student and employee of the Basca in Germany. missing in Germany. killed on Iwo -Jima, on Saipan. —_ | Missing in action with the navy! marry L
Meadors, $brden. | lips Kokomo John E. Schele, Evansville; 8. Sgt. Smith, Shelbyville; T. 4th Gr,
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Manufacturing Co.; he had enlisted in the marine corps Sept. 8, 1942, going overseas in January, 1943. Surviving besides the father, are the mother, Mrs. Nora Gray, Madison, and a sister, Mrs. Ruth Hogue, 1540 N. New Jersey st.
mal improvement in a hospital ‘in Franhce, according to word received by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Scott, 604 Edgehill st. An infantryman in the 78th division of the 1st army, Pvt. Scott was wounded both times in Ger-
» » Shortly alia reading of a narrow escape which their son, Pfc. Robert B. Ritterskamp had on Iwo Jima, Mr. and Mrs. David F. Rit terskamp, 1426 Sturm ave, received word that he had been killed in action there on March 4. A rifleman in the 27th marines, 6th marine division, Pvi. Ritterskamp was 19 years old. The Iwo battle was his first campaign. Early in the fighting, according to a marine corps combat correspondent’'s account, a Jap had hurled a grenade at him after the local ‘marine had killed an enemy soldier, The Jap’s aim was poor,
many. He was first wounded on Feb. 7 and returned to duty the 12th. Pvt. Scott, who is 20, attended Technical high school before enter=ing service two years ago. He has been overseas since last October. u » » Pfc. Charles Shirley, son of Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Shirley, 2005 Carson ave. was wounded in France March 15 while -serving with the 142d infantry of the 36th division. Awarded the purple heart, he now is in a‘hospital in France. He attended Technical high school and was employed at the Union station before entering the army in June,
however, and Pvt, Rittérskamp escaped uninjured, but was killed later in the campaign. | Enlisting in September, 1943, Pvt,| Ritterskamp was assigned to the Paramarines, and later transferred to the 5th division. He went overseas last August, He was graduated: from high school at Washington, Ind, where his family formerly lived. Surviving besides the parents, are 8 brother, 8. Sgt. Rolph Vernon | Ritterskamp, with the 3d army in| Germany; a sister, Wilma Joyce, a student at Technical high school, and his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. McCracken, of Washington, » » . 3 Pvt. Robert L. Logan, son of Capt. and Mrs. R. LeRoy Logan, 714 N Emerson ave, was killed in Ger“#hany March 17. He was 19.“ With an infantry regiment of the 89th divisiori, he had been overseas since January, and had entered the army in July, 1943, Pvt, Logan had attended Technical high school where he was tenor soloist with the choir and with the Madrigal. He had also attended Indiana University and was a member of the Englewood Christian church. Hi sfather is serving as a chapiain in Germany. A brother, John, also survives. . - .
WOUNDED—
Wounded March 1, the second time in less than a month, Pfc. © dames D. Scott, is now making, Bop a Oe .
| GENE ECKERTY
{and son of Mr. Mogle, 1518 Spann ave., was wound- |
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DIES IN ACTION
Princeton kegislator, 29, Is Killed in Germany. PRINCETON, Ind, April 4 (U|
P.).—Relatives of Infantry Sgt. Gene Eckerty were informed by the _war department yesterday that the 20-year-old member of the Indian legislature was killed in action in Germany on Feb. 25. Eckerty previously was reported as missing in action. _ Bix weeks before his death, Eckerty penned a letter to the house speaker, Hobart Creighton, of Warsaw urging the legislature to enact into law various bills to benefit world war II veterans. Eckerty asked for prayers in .the legislature on behalf of “homesick Hoosiers” all over the world. The Hoosier sergeant was serving with the 3d army at the time of his death. A native of Princeion. he was graduated from Indiana university and joined .with Earl Kintner in a law partnership here. Kintner, who was prosecuting attorney of Gibson county, obtained leave of absence and was commissioned a U.S. navy ensign. Eckerty entered the service in August, 1943, and went overseas a few days before he was re-elected to the legislature last November for a second two-year term,
rms | DEAD INFANTRY HERO’ WINS HIGHEST HONOR
WASHINGTON, April 4 (U. P). «Lt. Edgar H. Lloyd of Blytheville, Ark, who wiped out five German
submachine gun and his fists, has been awarded the medal of honor posthumously, it was announced today. The war department said the 23-year-old infantry officer performed the feat last Sept. 14, near Pompey, France. His act inspired his men to kill more than 100 Germans and destroy a dangerous wedge which the enemy had driven into the lines of the 80th division. Lloyd was killed in action on Nov. 16, 1044.
CALLS DEMOCRACY ONLY. PEACE HOPE
WASHINGTON, April 4 (U: P.). ~Supreme ‘Court Justice Hugo L. Black warned last night that unless there is a resurgence of demo~ cratic faith “both abroad and at| home,” the peace may be noth-. _ ing but an armistice 2 ween this and a bloody, more destructive a Accepting the Thomas Jefferson award, conferred upon him by the
1943. Overseas since November, | 1943, he served in Italy before -going to France. He is 20," and he also holds the combat infantryman badge. : His brother-in-law, Robert Huber, is a lieutenant junior grade in the navy. » ” ” Pfc. Raymond .Mogle, husband of Mrs. Stella Mogle, 924 Coffey st. and Mrs. Verle
ed in Germany March 24. This is the second time the 26-year-old infantryman - has been wounded on tlge Western front. He was first hit Dec. 11, Pvt. Mogel has béen overseas since
August, having ® entered the army
Christmas, 1943. A graduate of high school at New Castle, where he formerly lived,| Pvt. Mogle was employed at the] U. 8. Rubber Co. before going into! service. A brother, Robert, is a| mechanic in the -air force. Pvt. Mogle has two smal] daughters, Sharon, 2, old. » ” »
Just 23 days apart two Indian- | apolis- brothers wpre wounded while |
fighting in Germany. They are sons of Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Hendrickson, 30 E. 57th st. Feb. 23, Lt. Robert A. Hendrickson Jr, an infantry officer, was| wounded while serving with te) 84th division of the 1st army. His brother, T. 5th Gr, Edwin Al Hendrickson, with the infantry of |
in France. |
and Connie, 8 months|
wounded March 18, and is now im-|to First Lt. Herman F. Ridenour, proving in a hospital in France. |who was killed in April, 1944, while|are: Lt. Hendrickson, who is 21, en-|gerving as a pilot in the China, listed in the army reserve corps at|Burma, India theater, Yale university, where he had com-| Lt, Ridenour the son of Herman | mond E. Ro pleted two years before entering|L. Ridenour, 4927 N. Pennsylvanialin Germans. © active duty in March, 1943. He has|st,, also was awarded the air medal been overseas since last December posthumously. and has written his ‘parents that 8 =» his wounds are not severe. Five local servicemen have been T 5th Gr. Hendrickson is 20|awarded the bronze star medal for| years old, was attending Indiana heroic achievement in action, and | university ungil entering in June, 1943. He holds the com- clusters to their bronze star medals.'two bronze stars, bat infantryman’'s badge and has been overseas seven months. Both are graduates of Shortridge high school. Thomas Hendrickson, their younger brother, now a student at Yale university, expects to enter the army on his 18th birthday in May.
MISSING—
Pvt. Wallace R. (Bob) Steward, husband of Mrs. Blossom Steward, 805 N. Keystone ave, and son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred E. Steward, 914 N. Keystone ave. has been listed as - missing in Germany since | March 9. Serving with an infantry regiment of the 1st army, Pvt. Steward, | who is 24, has been overseas since | January. Before entering the army in August, 1944, he was employed | by the Pennsylvania railroad. He attended Technical high school. Pvt. Steward has a small son, Wallace Robert, who is 2 years old. ” 2 " .
PRISONERS—
§. Sgt. James H. Cloyd, husband of Mrs. Elizabeth Spencer Cloyd, : 1806 Wrights st. is a. prisoner of Germany. Previously reported missing in action Dec. 23, he is 26 A ‘veteran of six years army service, he has been overseas since October. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. Elwood Sgt. Cloyd Cloyd, live in Gary, and he has a 20- months’ -old daughter, Carolyn Dean, n s »
' HONORED—
Posthumous award of the distinpu Aving cross Js been ‘made
western. front, Ist Lt field, son of I. T
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the 28 of 3d. army, oe Cabby Suspended |
For Denying Ride | |
DEPRIVED OF his driving privileges 180 days, one taxicab
| driver here today had an opger- |g,u¢ of eontrol for several hours fol-
tunity to “consider the responsibility of operating pubtie- LON veyances.,” Judge John L. McNelis ‘of ‘mtnicipal court 3 yesterday told the driver, James H. Keller, 245 8S. Oakland ave, that “taxicab drivers must be made to realize that they are operating public conveyances.” Keller was found guilty of refusing to take two overseas veterans to Ft. Harrison after they had hailed his cab at the terminal station. A fine of $50 and costs was suspended. The -conviction followed recent passage by the city council of an ordinance making it a violation for a taxicab driver to refuse to transport a passenger.
PEAGE ADVOCATE IS FORUM SPEAKER
Rgbbi James G. Heller, chairman of the United Palestine Appeal, will speak on “The Rising Tide of Hate” at the Indianapolis open forum at 8:15 p. m. Sunday in the- Kirshbaum center, Dr. Heller was one of the founders and for two years president of the Cincinnati Peace league. He also served as a member of the Metropolitan board of the Cincinnati Y. M. C. A. and the Cincinnati board f education. ! ausane of the American expe|ditionary force in France in 19181919, he has been the spiritual leader of the Isaac M. Wise temple of Cincinnati since 1920.
HOOSIER ARMY FLIER
MISSING IN CRASH
PRATT, Kas, April 4 (U. P.).— The public relations office of Pratt army air field announced yesterday that Cpl.-Carl D. Gilmore of Bloomfield, Ind, was missing after the crash of a four-engined bomber Saturday night. Gilmore was the son of Mrs. Winona Allen, Bloomfield. The ship was on an over-water combat training flight from the Pratt. field, the report said.
42 PENNIES LOOT, CIGARETS MISSED
BENOIT, Miss., Apri} 4 (U. P)— Thieves broke into the Benoit bank and ransacked it for loot, escaping with 42 pennies. reported today the robbers overlooke able haul--a carton of cigarets.
PURDUE GETS WAC SCHOOL WASHINGTON, April 4 (U. P.). —A school for WAC officers assigned to administrative duties will
be opened at Purdue university on April 17, the war department
. day for renewal of the neutrality|
ked a much more valu-
8-29'S BOMB PLANTS HIDDEN BY CLOUDS
GUAM, April 4 (U, P.).—Japanese | broadcasts “said. that fires burn,
‘lowing raids by 300 or more Superfortresses éarly today on. three war: production centers within Eo} niles of Tokyo. Bombing with precision instruments through low clouds, the B-29's attacked Shizuoka, 85 miles south of Tokyo, Tachikawa, 20 miles west, and Koizumi, 20 miles north. (A 20th air force communique issued in Washington said the raid left smoke rising 7000 feet above Tachikawa. It gave -no details of the attacks on the two other cities. Slight fighter opposition and moderate anti-aircraft fire was encountered at all three targets, it said) Radio Tokyo said the bombers set fires in munitions factory areas over a three-hour period from 1 to 4 a. m., but asserted the flames had been brought under control at all points by dawn. Some bombs also were dropped in the Tokyo-Yokohama district, causing fires which were extinguished quickly, Tokyo said. , Other Japanese broadcasts said B- 29's have begun dropping magnetic mines in shipping lanes off northern Kyushu island, southernmost of the enemy home islands, in an attempt to disrupt Japanese sea lanes.
PRAVDA PREDICTS PARLEY SUCCESS
By UNITED PRESS ‘The Moscow radio today broadcast an article expressing the view that the San Francisco conference was timed for the proper moment and would accomplish its task of establishing a strong and durable ‘world peace organization. The broadcast, recorded by the FCC, quoted at length from an article by David Zaslavsky, commen~ tator for the Communist party newspaper Pravda, Zaslovsky asserted that the conference - was especially significant for two reasons—that it was being held “at the right time from every point of view” and that it marked “proof of the defeat of United States isolationists.” « While the article did not elaborate on the time theme, the confer ence will open on April 25, the last
pact between Russia and Japan,
THIEVES FIND $1500 INSIDE FLOUR BIN
PITTSBURGH, April 4 (U. Py Thieves who broke into the office | of Louis Kushner; a beer distributor, were literally “in the dough” today. They escaped with’ $1500 which had been concealed in a flour bin.
LUNCHEON SCHEDULED ‘ Lynhurst auxiliary, O. E. 8, will meet for a noon luncheon tomor-|
Pfc. Carlton B. Hamm, Mrs. Alt
with the 20th infantry s = a
First Lt, James L. Schmutte, son of Mrs. Ruth Mary Schmutte, 4089 N. Katrine st. with the 91st chemical baftalion on the
Sig
Rosenfield, 5265 Wash-|Charles D. Arnold, Depauw; Elmer C. Ferrell, husband of Mrs. Gladys B. Perrell, both with the 83d infantry division on the western front
service | two others have earned oak leaf|. ‘Having earned the equivalent of Pfc.
i son aL Mr, and town; a F. Record, 730 E. 52d" st, wit the ‘8th infantry in Germany; Pfc. Ray- Hurley, Newburgh, and Cpl. Samuel bison, son of Frank Robison,
Stutsman, Goshen; Pfc,
Cpl. William F. Haynes, Middle- 3.c jack Milton Owens, Elwood. | Wve. Columbus: Pfc.
Assistant Cook Roland L. ® nn
Seaman - 1-c Enos Abner Lines, Marion, and Pfc. Russell D. Penrose,
= =» R. Ogg, Ossian, The following Hoosiers have been
killed in the European regions: Lewis PF. Abbott, Frankfort;
|naval action. » ” ”
Cpl. | 3 Lt. Bill The following Indiana men have
E. Porsythe, V. Morris,
urd. A. Rosen-| Pvt. Noblesville:
1220 | ter, North Madison; South Bend; Pvt
i kitas, East Chicago; Evansville;» Pfe.
Capt. Stanley Dec, Wim ne Wine in the European area: Gary; Sgt. Paul E. Harrawood, Cannel-| Cpl William H. Baglan, burg; Pfc. Earl E. Harvey, Monticello; | William R. Brammer, Brazil, Pfc. Albert|Pt. Wayne; Pfc. Pfc. Edmon E. Hathaway, Angola, Pfc.|E. Bridgewater, Scottsburg Pfc. Robert | Haute, and Pfc. Clarence 8. Moffatt, French Lick. '®, Carey, Marion, Pfc. Richard A. Cran- Grantsburg.
Rausch,
Madison; Sgt. |8quires,
James W.
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Three Indiana men have ‘been ire Fireman 1-c Paul Ora Kemp, James R. Stader, Muncie; Pyt. ; rine action, y Rolland G. Van Those receiving the bronze star killed in marine action. They are: Terre Haute, and. Electrician's Mate | arsdell, Greensburg; - Sgt. William J. Van Sam J. Vastano, Ft, | Wayne, and Pvt. Albert PF. Vicen, Gary.
Eleven Indiana soldiers are prisonGoshen, have been woundeg X in ers of war in Germany, They are:
Pvt. Donald I. Collier, Shelbyville; Pvt. Willlam H. Daily, Fairmont; 8. sgt. e! Michigan City; Pfc. Matthew E. Bence, Westfield: Pfc. James W. Fo |been wounded in combat with forces | Pavel, Gary; T. 4th Gr, Bruno PF. Petrue 8. Sgt.
Portland; Cpl John H. Vezina, Donald W. N Donald L. Voglesong,