Sullivan Daily Times, Volume 47, Number 10, Sullivan, Sullivan County, 12 January 1945 — Page 1

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And Marines Kemembei Pearl Harbor" SONS PROMOTED Word has been received by Mr.

and Mrs. Win. Harding ot the pro- : motion of their two sons. Alfred INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. 12. (UP) L. Harding, former commerce A minority measure which teacher in the Hymera schools, would limit the campaign funds has been promoted to Petty Of- of Indiana political party cenficer 1st class; Ensign M. A. tral committees to $100,000 and Harding has been promoted to bar contributions from outside Lieutenant (jg). Both boys are the state, was introduced -ioday with the Navy in-the South Pa- in the House of the Indiana cafic. ' general assembly. Their addresses may be obtained from their parents at 224 North Representatives Roy W. GarState St nea1' ew Albany, and Leo R. Meagher, D., Evansville, offerAWARDED BRONZE STAR ed the measure, obviously to WITH THE 83RD INFANTRY slasn the size of republican camDIVISION IN FRANCE. Major Paign contributions which always Harry E. Kohler. husband of Mrs. n far ahead of th democratic Lela Kohler, 320 North French campaign purses in Hoosierland. Street, Sullivan, Indiana, has Financial reports of the state v,.n nonrHoH fhp Rmnw star central committees for the recent

medal for meritorious service in action, Servlnir as suodIv and Evacuation Staff Officer with the 83rd.

-Major Kohler landed in France in democrats were near $.100,000. East Washington Street yester-mid-June 1944, and first saw ac- The minority bill would amend day morning about eleven tion south of Carentan in Nor- the present state corrupt prac- o'clock, it was reported, mandy when his division assisted tices law. The bill was outstand- His condition, today was rein spearheading the drive to ing among 24 House measures ported by hospital attaches to be j

On September 24, the division into the legislative hopper in the moved into Luxembourg and took busiest session since the assemup a defensive position along the bly opened January 4th. Moselle River facing the Siegfried Line. After cleaning out Ger- . man bridgeheads west of the riv- ArrOWS FelCC

er, it patronea extensively into Germany and supported bridgehead operations at nigsmacher. the Koe-.1 RECEIVES COMBAT BADGE Mrs. Pete Osborne of Shelburn, has received word from her hus band. Tech. Sergeant, Pete Os u. ul u' I' J-., uuin. 1.1-1 i.c u UCum. .wuucu the Combat Infantry Badge for participation in action against the enemy. He has also been promoted from the rank of Staff Ser-: geant to Technical Sergeant. Sgt. Osborne is with an Infantry Division in France ' with Lt. Gen. Patton's 3rd Army. He enlisted in the Army-12 years ago and has been overseas four months. . ' AT GREAT LAKES Claude H. Harrell, 30, husband of Flora E. Harrell, 219 South Main St., Sullivan, is receiving his initial Naval indoctrination at the U. S. Naval Training Center, Great Lakes, Illinois. VETERAN HOME . TSgt. Willard Griffith, son of Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Griffith, is spending his furlough with "home folks. He has spent 17 months overseas. MARINES MEET OVERSEAS Mr. and Mrs. Ray Saucerman have received a letter from their son. Pvt. Marion W Saucerman stating he was in the best of health. The letter read in part: . You can t guess who is in the 4th Division, right over here where I am stationed? Two weeks ago I ate across from Chester Miller, I didn't know him at first. After sitting there about ten minutes, he asked if I knew Dean Saucerman, I knew

at once who he was. I see him i every day. I spent Christmas with ' BIRTO ANNOUNCEMENTS bim and Charles Knight. Yes, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Tmes of Charles is here. Chester is a Shelburn announce the birth of corpsman in the 24th Marines, a daughter, Lenora Kay, born and Charles is a corpsman in the January 11th at the Mary Sher25th Marines. They' are the first mn Hospital. two boys I have met that I knew, you can understand why the 4th Mr. and Mrs. Charles Moss of

is known as 'the Famous Fighting Fourth;' with three Carlisle boys in it, it has to be tough." (Continued on Page 6, Col. 3)

BEW T i FUNDSJN STATE Democrats Offer Bill To Slash Size Of G. 0. P. Contributions. general election campaign showed contributions and expenditares of the republicans ranging nC'ar $500,000, while those of the Top Team Of W f Indiana hat UlUkUld Oxil ; Sullivan high school's Golden Arrows will, travel in fast basket ball company Saturday night ,..v, " . M .., .ou0 ,v a game with the Bosse high school quintet, defending slate champions. The Bosse team, undefeated this year, has decisively beaten some of the outstanding teams in southern Indiana and has virtually the same lineup that won the state titel last spring. They hvex been ranked as the No. 1 team in 1 Indiana by the Associated Press poll this week. Only the Sullivan varsity will play at Evansville, it was announced today, Lack Of Water i Brings Change In Tournament - voci,t 'f v, Wabash y u Aftl u , tion, today announced that the Wabash Valley preliminary tours nament orginially scheduled at Shelburn this year has been changed to Farmersburg. He stat ed that the change was made due to the inadequate supply of water Sheihrn Qf ihD The change wffl aff ect the f ollow j, jng schools that will play the first t games of the annual Wabash Valley basketball tournament of the current year in that sector: Farmersburg, Fairbanks, Prairie Creek, Hymera, Jasonville, Pimento, and Shelburn. Farmersburg rural route two, are the parents of a daughter born January 12th at the hos,pital here. She ha? been named, IKochelle Elaine,

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Wm. Borders, Jr. Missing In Action

Mr. and Mrs. William C. Borders, Sr., of 428 North State Street, received a wire from the War Department yesterday stating that their son, Private First Class William C. Borders, Jr., has been missing in action somewhere in Germany since December, 16th. ' He had been in active duty only( seven weeks. The 19-year-old Sullivan infantryman was a member of the 106th Infantry Division that was caught in the break-through of the German counter offensive on the western front. lie had joined the American forces at the front shortly after landing in England the latter part of October, 1944. He was trained at the Army Specialized Training School at the University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky. Pfc. Borders was born here and is a graduate of Sullivan High School with thej class of 1943. CHILD HIT BY CAR. " LEG IS FRACTURED G rover Franklin Snider, 6-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. John D. Snider of Sullivan rural route five, was admitted to the Mary Sherman Hospital Thursday, where he was treated for a fractured left leg. He suffered the injury when he darted in front of a passing automobile on .improving 'jatisuictoriiy. Enic Hadar, 21, of Shelburn Route 1, wis the driver of the car. RITES SUNDAY FOR BERT BEDWELL , , Funeral services tor tsert tseawell of near Dugger, who died at . ... 1-..X ii. tne nome 01 a son . , t ,J , l: Michigan, Tuesday will be held at me ivu. t-aivary cnurcn oummy

morning at n:uu ociock. in a pre- ., ... . ... vlous account of the death of Mr. Bef the father, he .s surBedwell the name of his eldest vived by the widow Mabel Cole-

son, Everett Hectweii, was omitt d f tl jj t f survjvors. . im , . . . OUnCCl In TranCC PFC. Mrs. LOWELL A. ANDERSON Delia M. Anderson, R. R. 2, Sullivan, has received a letter frm Francis E. Mitchell, Captain, 114th Infantry, Commanding, in which he expresses his regret

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Anderson, who was killed in action on November 30, 1944, while serving his country in France The captain wrote: hoon "Your son, Lowell, has buried in Eastern France, with appropriate religious services by a pm(0t,r,( r.t tt i f I Protestant Chaplain of the Unit ed States Army. His loss is most keenly felt by all the officers and men of his organization with whom he served so gallantly. Again, we extend to you our deepest sympathy and our most sincere regrets, and we assure you that his sacrifice shall not. have been in vain." 1

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Radiophoto from Sweden, calling attention to the bent stature of the German leader and remarking his strangely twisted left r Death Summons Former Resident Of Farmersburg FARMERSBURG, Ind., Jan. 12. Word was received by John Tayor of the death of his son, James Pierre Taylor of Alton, Til. at 1:30 o'clock Thursday .,:,. w a tnrmor rsi- " dent of Farmersburg and was graduate of Farmersburg Hi a High School. man layior, iormeny ox oneiburn; two brothers,' Lyman of Brazil, Ind., and Vern G. of Terre Haute; three sisters, Miss Dorothy Taylor and Mrs. Juanita McGarvey of Farmersburg and Mrs. Leslie Howard of Dayton, Ohio. Funeral services will be held at' 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon at Alton, 111. O. P. A. BROADCAST

James Rogers, assistant National tending may fill one out for their OPA administrator, will be on own income. I the blue network Friday, January I ' ' 12th, at 8 p. m. CWT in a program SULLIVAN PEOPLE TO entitled "Famous Jury Trials.". CELEBRATE 60TH He will talk about the third an- WEDDING ANNIVERSARY niversary of the work of the War Price and Rationipg Boards. His Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Willis of 24 program Tvill undoubtedly be in- North Section Street will celeteresting. brate their 60th anniversary of , The blue network stations is happy married life January 15,

Indiana are WISH, Indianapolis; WHOT, South Bend; WHBU, And erson; WRTC, Elkhart; and WOWO, Fort Wayne. LATE invnoiw Ton 19 TTP

the long brewing Russ'an winter offensive in Poland

started on a broad front west Russian troops and armor by the Red Army last summer l barraze bv hundreds of aims, " WASHINGTON, Jan. 12. now producing well over 133 V.... j.. -..... T

tar rruaucrun cnairman j. a. mug reveaiea waay in announcing that the 1943 aircraft program had been increased by 9 per cent. j

WASHINGTON, Jan. 12

Knudsen, Army production director, today joined advocates ! of stiff fines and prison sentences, rather than induction in-

to the armed forces, as the enforcement weapon in proposed work or fight legislation.

Hitler Decorates Nazi General

arm, jshows Adolf Hiter as he bestows golden, oak leaves for , the Knight Cross with swords, and diamonds on Col. Gen. Hajs Ul-, Shelburn Soldier Reported Missing Private First Class Harold E. Howard, 19-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Howard of Shelburn, has been reported missing in action in Germany since December 16, according to a telegram received Thursday from the War Department. . Pfc. Howard was born at Shelburn and attended the schools there. He served, as ia machine gunner and had been

m tne army "one year today, iie tnat their daughter and son-ln-had peon overseas only two iaw are wen, busy and "dream of months. , meals on the farm." They reveal1 " 1 '' i ed a desire for ocncentrated foodGROSS INCOME TAXES and vitamins. The cards had been WILL BE TOPIC OF written May 22, 1944 and had , GRAYSVILLE MEETING en signed by Mr. and Mrs. ' Karrer. Mr. and Mrs. Thompson "State cross income taxes" have also received word that their

income will be the topic of discussion at the Agricultural Evening School at Graysville, Tuesday. January 16. The meeting will open at 7:30 p. m. uianK torms wm De avail able in order that farmers at 1945 and will hold open hous from 2 to 5 and 7 to 9 P. M. The public is cordially invited to call ... . NEWS Porlin renm-tpd tndav that ja(j of the Vistula, some 120 miles imp3Ct Whkh dr0Ve Several massed in the bridgehead won mounted the offensive after a the Germans reported. t , I (UP) The United States is B - 29 Superfortresses a month, Tr.. ' i j .j-.. . (UP) Lt. Gen. William S.

i rich Rudel, who already wears the Iron Cross. The ceremony took place on Jan. 1. (International Soundphoto.)

Receive Cards From Prisoners At Manila, P. I. Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Thompson of route tnree) Carlisle, former Sullivan residents, have received tvvo carcjs from their daughter, Rebecca Thompson Karrer and her husband, Arnold Karrer, who are priSOners of war in a Japanese Drison camp in Manila, Philippine islands. The cards stated youngest daughter, Lt. Florence E- Thompson, is in Belgium and is in good heaitn. " GOOD NEWS FOR BASKETBALL FANS . .Good news. for. avid. Indiana basketball fans came. from, the Office of Defense Transportation. ..The ODT announced its decision that a basketball tournament is net a. convention, and. thus Hoosier High School tourneys are not expected to. come, under a! government proposed, voluntary ban on meetings of more than 50 . r,c" iU1 H,e.luuUB(.M basketball tournament after War Mobilization Director Byrnes requested cancellation of conventions and trade shows. However, ODT Director J. Monroe Johnson issued the following consensus of a committee of government representatives drafting a policy on Byrnes' re- : Ju , , t , ci aTe 'cal aS' and do dens on either transportation or hotel facilities. - At many tournaments, visiting players are guests in private mes 0f the tow"s entertaining ";cm" LZ mMnMn ms or other public buildings. Local and private vehicles transport many of the teams and distances are relatively short. NEW SUITS Herman A. Welch vs. Ermytrude Powden, et al. Complaint 'to set aside deed.

U.S. Carrier Planes

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Of French Indo-China

Nimitz's Communique Indicates Japanese Fleet Is Being Engaged In Battle In South China Sea Yanks Drive Into Center Of Collapsing Ardennes Salient.

. BULLETIN! PARIS, Jan. 12. (UP) American and British forces joined today in a meat-chopper operation which virtually eliminated the last remnants of Nazi panzers west of the Onrthe and penetrated almost to the heart of the once, threatening Ardennes bulfte. - Field Marshal Sir Bernard Montgomery's British troops rammed east to establish firm contact with It. Gen. Geoiee S. Patton's 3rd Army at the southwestern comer of the melting- Nizi salient,, southeast of St. Hubert now firmly in our control. The Nazis were fighting stubbornly at key points to protect the still orderly withdrawal of then- forces, now almost entirely east of the Ourthe. Whether Field Marshal Karl von Rundstedt proposed to pull back the battered elements of hi.-

original '20 divisions- to" the

counter offensive was not yet clear. On the northern flank, the American1 1st 'Army's 83rd infantry and 3rd armored divisions fought through Langlier. a mile southeast of Bihain. house by house, and by late afternoon the town was in their hands. Meanwhile, Patton's forces slugged their way north. ' British troops reported thev had entirely cleared out the area west of the La Roche-St. Vith highway.

' ' (By United Press) - Carrier planes of the United States 3rd Fleet were in action against Japanese forces off the coast of French IndoChina today, and on Luzon Island in the Philippines, Sixth Army troops advanced across the plain leading to Manila on a 20-mile rfont. sending advance patrols across the Agno River 20 miles from the 'capital. - On the western front in Europe, American armored forces drove into the center of the collapsing Ardennes salient from north and south in an effort to cut off some of the Germans making a rapid but orderly retreat from its western end. i The besieged Axis defenders of Budapest were bein? compressed into two pockets on either side of the Danube after having sent out a despairing S.O.S. to the German relief columns' stalled 15 miles outside the canital. Slightly improved weather permitted increased patrol activity on the 5th and 8th Army fronts in Italy, a communique announced. - The possibility that a Japanese fleet was beinar engaged in force for the first time since the battle of the Philippines last October was indicated in a brief communique bv Adm. Chester W. Nimitz. announcing attacks by carrier planes off the coast of Indo-China, some 800 miles from the Philippines. With the act'on still in progress. Nimitz gave no details, his entire communique beinar as follows : "Carrier aircraft of the Pacific fleet are now attacking the enemv off the coast of French Indo-China between Saigon and Camranh Bay." The communique plainly suggested that Japanese ships were under attack, but there was no hmt whether they were part of the main enemy fleet or a reinforcemnt convov bent for Luzon. Such a deep penetration of the South China Sea indicated that the American forces were stalking one or thf other. ; Gen. Douglas MacArthur's land forces on Luzon meanwhile were forging ahead without yet encountering fully organized Japanese resistance. With the invasion beachhead expanded to at least 200 square miles, armored columns were striking down three of the main roads leading to Manila. It still was not certain whether the Japanese would be able to make their expecter stand along the Agno. since their reinforcements coming up from the south continued untfor punishing attacks by American airplanes which dominated the skies. . In the European theater, field dispatches from the Ardennes said the entire western half of the German bulge was melting away as the Germans pulled back in good order fo:.the Reich border. British and American troops closing in from the west met only light rear guard resistance, but the Germans were fighting fiercely in the center to hold open their line of retreat. The last hope of cutting off part of the German forces lay with units of the American 1st and -3rd armies which were trying to effect a junction in the center of the bulge around Houffalize, pivot of the enemy positions. Vanguards of these forces were reported within four miles of Houffalize both on the north and south early today.

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