Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 4 June 1945 — Page 2

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By COURTENAY MOORE | filled but which sound too in- _ United Press Staff Correspondent. | cPedible really to have happened. ‘WASHINGTON, June -4.—The This episode was real enough, ‘navy revealed today the daring | however, and earned Cmdr. ‘exploit of a U. S. submarine that | Eugene B." Fluckey of the sbsneaked at night into a harbor | marine Barb the medal of honor . Jammed with Japanese ships and his entire crew the presiIt surfaced under | dential unit citation. of enemy guns and The medal of honor award was vessels all about it» greviously announced but the Then it got away in a miracu- | citation was granted today. lous - exhibition of broken-field | The mission the heroic'sub skiprunning, per selected and which won him % 2% the nation’s highest award was IT IS the sort of thriller with | “virtually a suicide mjission—a which boys’ books ahout | war are | naval epic.”

PACIFIC VETS GET DISCHARGES

27,000 wil Be On Way Home This Month.

Times Foreign Service MANILA, June 4 —By the end of June 27,000 veterans of the Pacific fighting will be on their ‘way home or awaiting transportation to the States for discharge from the.army Headquarters of the United States sy 911 of the Praternal Order of armed forces in the Far East made pgojes will be condpicted at 8 the announcement here today. p. m. tomorrow at the hall. By the end of this week about Officers to be installed are Mrs. 8000 men from the southwest Pacific! yg Bramblett, president; Mrs area will be in disposition camps or -@ gtowers’ vice president: Mrs. en route home. Ruth Jurrins, secretary; Mrs. An additional 12000 from the Ethel Steele, treasurer: Mrs. same area will have left their units Frieda Phillips, chaplain; Mrs. in. three weeks. The other. 7000 to christian Fullerton, inside guard; be sent to the States during the Mrs. Marie Biggs, outside guard; month will come from the Pacific, Mrs. “Mayme Mahoney and Mrs.

ocean area. Helen Simpson, trustees, and Mrs. Some By Plane { Cloe Honeycutt, past president. Quotas will be filled by nonessential men with the highest number of points, under the system announced recently in Washington About 18,666 enlisted men and 1334 * officers will make up the southwest Pacific area's June quota, which includes tactical and service troops and members of the air corps. Air transportation will be furnished for 1200 combat troops, including 1121 enlisted men. The others wil] return by ship. The majority of those leaving the theater will have at least 105 points Refuse Discharges In the 1st cavalry division, which has a quota of 500, top man is T-Sgt. Russell L. Thornton, Rio Grande City, Tex., with 149 points. He has

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INSTALLATION services . for new officers of the ladies’ auxili-

42 GET DIPLOMAS

Fort) high school received diplomas from the Most Rev. Joseph E. Ritter archbishop of Indianapolis, last night in commencement exercises at Sacred Heart church. A Marian college scholarship was awarded Helena A. Holzer. Samuel D. “Toner held the highest scholastic average for the entire four years and- the highest average in religion. The girl making the highest average during the senior year was Margaret A. ‘Ruhlman Miss Ruhiman and Martha Seyfried had perfect attendance records Other members of the graduating class were; Joan Bauer, Anna .C Baumann, Alice T. Boren,” Mar} Ann Daeger. Jo Ann Dehner, Mary Catherine Dwenger, Faust, Dan Feldhake, Erancis; Lavon Kasper, June R Kassenbrock, Beatrice Kidwell; Mary Kirch, Florence C. Kocher Harry Kotzendorf, Raymond + C. Kriech, Mary Ann Lucid and Delores Mappes; Richard E. Mey Betty Jane Miller, Mary Jane Mueller, Melba R. Oesterle, Eleanor Prestel, George E. Ries, John R. Riester, Therese Ritter, Raymond J. Roembke, Syi- | vester F. Rolfsen, Walter W, Sauter, Frank L. Scheib, Mary Strack, Margie Stumpf, Mary Lou Wibbels, Catherine A. Wilson, Mildred Wilson, Helen Wutz, Delores Zimmerman and Mary Ruth Zoller.

YODER IS PRESIDENT OF ELKS’ STATE BODY

Leroy E. Yoder of Goshen, chairman of the Indiana Public Service Commission, today the Indiana State: Elks association, succeeding William McAvoy of Tipton. Mr. Yoder was elected president at the organization's 45th annual meeting here vesterday Other officers elected were Paul G. Gasper, Ft." Wayne, first vice president; A. A. Pielemeier, Vincennes, second president: Stimpson Stoner, Greencastle, third vice pres Robert Dehority Elwood, fourth vice president, and Walter - Easley trustee. . for five year: Re-elected were Edward Crawfordsville, tre: L. Shideler, Terre Haute, secrelarsy The Rev. John Dillon, Lafayette was appointed chaplain by the ficers and P. W. Loveland, onville. and A. Schlorch, Bend, were appointed. titler ergeant-at-arms, respectively

y-two pupils of Sacred Heart

seas 22 months, has four campaign stars, the bronze star and the pur- | ple heart with cluster. His three children account for his remaining. 36 points. Not all of those offered discharge have accepted. A bandsman with the 1st cavalry, who has 128 points, refused to go home. He has but two years to serve before becoming eligible for retirement as a 30-year man. With the inauguration of th point system, the old method of rotation, has come to a formal end. Henceforth, temporary duty in the states will be limited fo key personnel badly in need of rest.

CRISPUS ATTUCKS T0 GRADUATE 275

Approximately 275 seniors will be graduated at Crispus Attucks high school commencement exercises at 8 p. m. Friday in Cadle tabernacle. !s Addresses will be given by Betty! Jean Davis and Lauranne Brown, and Mrs. Eldo I. Wagner, board of school commissioners member, will present the diplomas. Dr. Ru sell A. Lane, principal, will preé®nt the scholarship awards "A precommencement concert will be played from 7:40 to 7:55 p. m. by the school band under the direction of Russell Brown. The processional, “Land of Hope and Glory,” from Elgar's “Pomp and Circumstance,” will be plaved by the school orchestra directed by James Compton Other music will include pet: solo by Noble Nolcox and selections by the girls’ concert club and the school chorus under the .di-. rection of Mrs. Marion Burch * A “class night” program was held in the schopl auditorium Friday night. The Rev. R. H® Peoples, pastor of the Second Christian church. delivered the sermon at senior vespers yesterday afternoon in the school auditorium

W. B. A MEETING SET

Fidelity Review . 140, Womai Benefit association has moved to the Holliday building and will hold | a regular business nieeting at 2 p. m. Thursda: The following Thursday - wid be social day, according to Mrs. May Smith, president -

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ELECTED HEAD OF BORDER VETERANS

amin H. Keiter, Indianapelected yesterday to the of national commander: .in Mexican Border Veterans » organization's convention in ford, Conn, Two other Indianapolis men. also os received high offices. Col. A. L HUSBANDS Moudy was named quartermaster WAVEs Mothers and Tilford W. Gully was elected club will entertain their husbands national adjutant general at a picnic at the home of Mr ization consists of men Clarence A. Ripley, 62d st, and who served on the Mexican border road 52 in 1915 1916 and 1017

Mrs. Truman Tides Summer White House in Missouri

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4 to get home that we've been ‘push(U.P) ~Mrs, Harry 8 Truman, ing’ ail the way from St. Louis.” who “always loved keeping house”! 1t {s Mrs. Wallace's big ‘80-year-was tidying up the nation's summer old Independence house that is asWhite House today suming the proud role of summer Bick in her home town for the White House. [t's been ‘the Trufirst time since her husband be-|man’s home since their marriage came President. of the, ‘United here in 1919. Now it's glistening States, Bess Wallace Truman went! with fresh white paint. busily to work getting things in| Little fanfare attended the homeshape—even if the painters weren't | | coming—first since the Wallace: an- ' through. [ nual family reunion on Christmas Rain has held up the painting'day, 1944. Miss Elaine Larsofi project, which 18 expected to take | Portland, Ore. president of the two more weeks, | Independence sanitarium_ serio Mrs. Truman; daughter Mary | class of nurses, present Mrs, and . the first. lady’ $Linailith a bouquet w Mrs: D. W.. Wallace, re-| That was all, excepy a string of aboard a —t railroad curious motorists winding last” nigh the Wallace block and a bigge Print Sunday,

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HERE is the story: . Fluckey had longe concealed haven, otherwise “dentified by the hid a large number of Japanese fighttankers. and munitions ships. It was on a dark’ night, poor visibility, his target,

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FLEET SUPERVISORS ~ | TO GRADUATE HERE

Purdue university - fleet . supervisors night school will present cer- | tificates to 44 graduates at cises following a dinner Wednesday at 6:30 p. m. in the Columbia club Addresses will be given by <dward safety

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arbor, Riddles Ships, Escapes Unharmed

PRESENTLY, the Barb moved | the vessels hit were obscured by

escort’ vessels which

were concentrated on’ every ‘logi-

screen of the attack was a part of his care-fully-laid plans. He was certa in

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The water was so shallow that an attdcking subniarine. would have to remain supfaced during ifs approach and for at ieast an hour afterwar rds. . still, ‘anchored there in the hatbor was one of the best taigets | and rocks and a route packed ever persented by the enemy. | with fishing junks. Fluckeyv decided to attack despite |. © He figured the Japanese escorts the heavy odds. would hesitate to make .a 2 x 8 through the rocks and would find HIS danger-laden escape after | the Rsting junks a handic ap.

| concentrated against his Against these, he would the advantages of surprise | his well conceived plan. This involved flight through un-

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"Rescued After 5 ‘Days at Sea

RYE BEACH, N. H, June 4 YU. P.).—Adrift for five days without food, Matthew T. Betton, 28, of Portsmouth, rescued fishermen

Jnable shouting,

inspect his lobster pots. to attract attention by | he ripped several boards from the deck of his craft.

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yesterday © by whom he | attracted by

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Using a battery, he ignited dolwaving flaming deck’ | then set

> ar bills—12 in all—and dollar | fire to the boards, were soaked with ‘gasoline. Betton was Hospitalized for” exposure and ‘exhaustion.

boards he with bills. Betton's veloped engine

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30-foot power hoat detrouble Wednes- | he set out to

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inside the screen of Japanese escorts. She~ let go with pedoes

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| and moved toward the rocks at I flank speed.

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From the bridge of the ship, Fluckey could Japanese ships erupting in night like a nest of volcanoes Columns of fire The first. target Some of

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- | » : PILLARS of Sticke poured skyward. The side of one ‘vessel blew out like the fired magazine of a waiship.. Two ships exploded ~ and “sent a shower. of | tracers in all directions. Only the Japahese now know how many ships went down that night. Fluckey had no time to stop and count. Japanese escorts came in hot pursuit, tossing a hail of shells in

the diréction of the fleeing Barb. Many hit close by but all missed. Fhe junks Tonfused the enemy and several of them were taken as targets instead of the Barb. ; 4 8 8 THE escaping submarine executed a perfect . maneuver of “broken - field running” and reached open water at dawn. A Japanese’ plane spotted her and she submerged for the first time since sighting the target the night before. And the entire tell the tale.

crew lived to

‘REMOVAL OF HINES

ASKED" BY AMVETS

DALLAS, Tex. June 4 (U. P).—

The Texas Amvets (American Vet- | ‘erans of World War ID)

haye demanded the removal of Brig. Gen.

Frank T. Hines as head of the vet- | | about 10 feet closing

erans administration. A resolution, adopted at sessions of the state conference last night, charged Hines with “inefficiency” in his handling of na-

Bullet Kills Jap,

KITH U. 8S. FORCES ON OKINAWA, June 4 (U. P).—A | private of the 7th infantry division looked out of his foxhole into the half-light of dawn and there saw a Japanese soldier away, The American fired one shot. The Jap yelled and fell. The American also yelled and fell. Pfc. Chester Condero, Sacra_mento, Cal, said that examina-

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L Un NC HEON ARR. ANGED Pride of 447, Lodge 393 will have

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‘H-DAY ONE

Bradley, Sp: Get Her

NEW YORK day was hero c i For almost 1 the generals w tory. in Europe, coming day pli The generals the troops by after a near-d lision in a fog Gen. Omar ! gpoken Missour army group, ‘8

plane. Gen. Carl (" of U 8. stra

Europe, came Spaatz was slated to retu staff consultati Bradley said "that he wants Maj. Gen, commanding * ¢ army corps, an R. Quesada, he tactical comma to follow Bradl “Whereve “We go ‘wh Bradley said. leader of the 1s recalled his tou from 1924 to 19; “The only op of the Japanese trust them any Spaatz praise Europe and sai ‘over a good d can tell you been destroyed. Mrs. Bradley were at LaGual Jhusbands arrive In Bradley's 1 Leland S. Hobb 30th division, Weeste, Ma]. and Capt. Robe Remen Also in Bradl Gen. Maxwell D of the 101st ai Gen. Anthony mander of the was acting he; Bastogne wher famous reply— surrender ultir Paul I. Willian rier command, Paul Doyle, . cor tactical air forc When Spaatz the Flying For tographers crow and said, “Boys the movies.” Bradley was 1 Tomorrow he w tary academy's Join fellow offi 1915 in their 30 “Eisenhower Bradley said. Home Tov Saturday, Bra Moberly, Mo, town band, bun! pet for his real Seven troop harbor fog an U..S. 8. Mont ‘army veterans, headquarters st. H. Hodges. They the nucleus for sent to the Pac Other returni the 45th, 36th and 1st ranger As the Monti pier, the crew pennant.” It w; thanks from thi first-—on Norm across the Rh] for redeployme Convo Waiting at th for the Monti army's “palace who had been central Germai plan the 1st Japanese: war, The Monticell ted prisoners wounded, Nea returning for ne aboard. One of the Li B. Hood, bro and gaping evi the Atlantic c¢ had a 10-foot h collision with ¢ ship convoy off In heavy fog fcebergs * and them bumped" said there were or passengers. put in at Halif T. Sgt. Bazin Mass, a 1st ar service points, nuts when he | “I can't see, tears in'my ey

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