Sullivan Daily Times, Volume 47, Number 21, Sullivan, Sullivan County, 29 January 1945 — Page 1

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News About Our Boys In Army, Navy And Marines "Remember Pearl Harlwr" 'OSTHUMOUS AWARD OF PURPLE HEART TO RICHARD ENGLE Mrs. Phyllis Engle of Linton as received the Order of the 'urple Heart from tlie United tates Government awarded postumously to her husband, Pvt. :ichard E. Engle, 19-year-old lfantryman who was killed Octber 11, .1944 somewhere in ranee, while participating in ction against the enemy. Pvt. Engle was a member of le 104th Infantry Division and ad been overseas since Sentemcr 7th. He entered the service lecember 11, 1943. He is the son f Mr. and Mrs. Audie E,ngle of lis city. Also surviving are two isters, Betty Rose and Doris ean; a brother, Buddy; the randparents, Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Ihastain and Mrs. Emma Curtis. ON FURLOUGH TSgt. and Mrs. Carl Jeffries re enjoying his fifteen-day fursugh in Sullivan with the lattcr's lother,- Mrs. . Elsie Clark. Sgt. effries i3 stationed -at Yazoo, tiss. HOME FROM GEORGIA Sgt. Martin Woodard arrived 'ridjiy from Waycross, Georgia, o spend a few days' furlough vith his wile, the former Betty torch. WITH 1st ARMY Word has ben received from ?t. Bill Williams by his wife, -Irs. Lillie Williams of . Los uieeles. He writes he is well. Sgt. V;lliPms was' fighting with the Jnited States First Army in ielgium when the German breakhrough came. He was with the )-Day invasion troops and with lie first troops to go into Paris,, 'ranee and on into Belguim. He -as served three years and ten lonths in the army. VETERAN nOME Corporal Robert Strahle, who as been overseas several months nd was wounded returned to his ifiii" Thursday evening. His rrther is Mrs. Mary Strahle. RETURNS TO CAMP R. M. 2c Walter E. Gerley, Jr., eported back to San Pedro, Caliornia aftr spending an enjoyble 21-day leave with his family nd friends. WINS BRONZE STAR WITH THE 44TH INFANTRY uvtcton OP THE SEVENTH RMY IN FRANCE. A German :0 mm gun was holding up the adarp n Pfc. Melvin T. Hughes' 44H Division Company, so the tinupH nn Vagp 4 Pnl 2) CanHared German 'Chute Displayed Cf interest to Sullivan and Sullivan County persons is the lisolay in the Springer-Goucke-'onr store window of a huge, illowy crimson parachute. It was he property of a German pararooper and was confiscated in 3russels. It was sent to Mr. and tlrs. Charles S. Neal by their on, Corporal Carol O. Neal of he United States Army. Cpl. Neal also sent an unused amouflased parachute which he Ttnred from a German soldier n the Brussels area. 'This article s complete with packing kit md straps with which to fasten t to the back of the paratrooper. Uso in the display are fragments j German shrapnel that resemble burnt-out clinkers of various iizes.

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REVEAL Hffl LOSSES DF JAP PLAHES. SHIPS American Navy Br eaksEnemy Control Of South China Sea. WITH ADM. IIALSEY'S 3RD FLEET, Jan. 29. (UP) American naval forces, striking at the lifeline of Japan's stolen empire, have destroyed a total of 7,350 enemy planes and have sunk two million tons of merchant and transport vessels and 90 warships in the last five months, a computation revealed today. The losses have broken Japanese control of the South China Sea and forces of the U. S. Pacific fleet can now operate in it" "any time we want - to," Adm. William F. Ilalsey said. The enormous losses sustained by the Japanese fleet have been inflicted by Halsey's 3rd Fleet and. Vice Admiral John S. McCain's fast carrier task force. I Officials Go To ' ' Kentucky For . '' Kidnap Couple Sheriff Harold Reynolds, Prosecutor Joe Lowdcrmilk and Stale Police Officer Ned Woodward left Sunday for Kentucky to return Loren and Betty Wilson, charged with stealing the 18-month-old adopted daughter of Mr. and Mrs.' Austin Newport of Hymera, to this county for trial. The husband and wife were arrested at Wayland, Kentucky, last week and are held in the county jail at Prestonsburg, county seat of Floyd county. The local officers, armed with extradition papers signed by Governor Gates of Indiana, planned to stop at the Kentucky state capital today to secure the approval of the Kentucky governor to the extradition of the kidnapers. Authorities reported that the Wilsons went to the Newport home last Tuesday and demanded the baby girl. The woman threatened Mrs. Newport with a gun and struck her with a club, inflicting painful wounds to the head, before fleeing with the child. Both Wilson and his wife have police records. Hold Rites For Robert Hunter, Mine Victim - nn-ral services were conduct--d th' afternooi- at two o'clock pt the residence in Dugger for Robert "Fritz" Hunter, 49-year-old mi"er. wn was killed Friday evening' at 9:30 p m. in thq Little Betty Coal Mine near Dusger. Hunter, Sullivan County coroner John "Cud" French said to- ' day, was killed when a motor fell Tinon him causing fractures to both legs and internal injuries io the Sullivan County miner. Accidental death was the coroner's "erdict. Surviving are the widow, Mrs. Oeneva Hunter; three daughters,Mrs. Marianne Fusco, Mrs. Carol Jane Dowden and Miss, Elinor .Hunter, all at home; one son, 'David, at home; the father, Sylvester i Hunter of Indianapolis; three sisters, Mrs. Letty Hardin?, Mrs. Vesta . Baldwin and . Miss Sylvia Hunter, all of Indianapolis; and four grandchildren. , The body was brought to the Billman Funeral Home and was removed . to the . ' residence in Dugger Saturday afternoon where jit lay in state. Interment was Imade in the Dugger Cemetery.

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Pfc. Wm, Hawkins Suffers Wounds Herschel Hawkins of Sullivan .rural route three today received a wire from the War Department stating that his son, Private First Class William W. Hawkins, was slightly wounded in action in Belgium January 3rd. Further information said word of his condition and his mailing address would be forwarded to the father from the hospital in France where the wounded soldier is being treated. Pfc. Hawkins entered the service in May of 1942 and was transferred to overseas duty in June of 1943 where he became a member of the 82nd Glider Division of the Airborne Army that was formed in England of glider and paratroop divisions in the early part of last year. He landed in the second wave of airborne infantry sent into the Netherlands by the Allies. The wounded infantryman is a native of Sullivan county, having been born on rural route three. He is a graduate of Sullivan high school and prior to his army service, was employed in Fort Wayne, .Indiana,' by the Public Service Company. Young Pilot Is j Crash Victim TERRE HAUTE, Ind., Jan. 19. Frank L. Fulke, Jr., 17-ycar-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank L. Fulke, Sr.," of 1123 South Center Street, wns instantly killed and a companion, William Hunter, also 17, son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Hunter of 3709 College Avenue, was critically injured when the small airplane Fulke was piloting crashed about 6 o'clock Saturday evening in a field about six miles ' southeast of Terrc Haute. After he is believed to have wandered about the field all night, Hunter was found in a dazed condition about 9:30 o'clock Sunday morning by a farmer in a farm lot. He was rushed to Union Hospital, where attaches reported he sustained a broken nose, and jaw and other injuries. The. youth was irrational and cculd not give officials any information about the crash. The wreckage of the plane and Fulke's mangled body were first sighted shortly afterward from the air by Hunter Von Leer, local attorney and veteran flyer. Authorities were immediately notified and rushed to the scene, but found that Fulke had been instantly killed by the crash. A search was started for the missing plane and the two youths about 6 o'clock Saturday night by state and county officials when airport authorities reported that when the plane took off it contained only about an hour's supply of gasoline. The youths were reported to have taken off from Paul Cox Field about 4:45 o'clock Saturday Piner Cub owned by the Dresser afternoon in the plane, a yellow Aviation Company. When the youths did not return the parents wre notified and authorities continued the search throughout the night. Young Woman Dies At Hospital At Indianapoli Mrs. Agnes Hutchens, 26 years of age, died last night . in the Sunnyside Hospital at Indianapolis. The Hutchens family had resided in Sullivan before moving to Indianapolis, where Mr. Hutchens is employed. Surviving are the husband, Raymond; three small children, all at home; one sister, Mrs. Belle Baker of Indianapolis; and three brothers, Clarence Amis of Shelburn rural route two, John Amis of the Army, and Astor Amis of Denver, Colorado. The body was brought to Sullivan and taken to the Railsback Funeral .Home, where it will lie in state pending completion of, funeral arrangements. I

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WASHINGTON, Jan. 20. (UP) Skirmishing cantin-' ued today in the battle over President Roosevelt's designation of former Vice President Henry A. Wallace to he Secretary of Commerce, but formal Senate "ronsiderat .'on was' put off until at least mid week. Chairman Josiah Bailey, D., North Carolina, of the Senate Commerce committee postponed filing of an unfavorable report on Wallace's nomination and a favorable report on a bill to make the job less attractive by divorcing from the Department vast lending powers of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation and its subsidiary agencies. Bailey said he was still writing the report, and they would not be completed in time for submission inasmuch as the Senate session was cut short. It adjourned out of respect to Col. Edwfn A. Halsey, its secretary, who died this morning. CHUNGKING, Jan. 29. (UP) The first convoy carrying United States supplies was in China today after a 620mile trip over the newly opened Ledo-Burma route, officially christened the "Stilwell road" by Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek.

Charles H. Smith Of Farmersburg Dies Early Today Charles H. Smith, 61 years of age, well-known citizen of Farmersburg, succumbed this morning at one o'clock- at St.. Anthony's Hospital in Terre Haute following an extended illness. He was a retired employee of the Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad and had spent thirty-three years at the Farmersburg Depot as station agent. A total of forty-three years had been spent by Mr. Smith with the C & E I company. He had been a resident of Farmersburg for the last thirty-five years and was a member of the Masonic Lodge there. Surviving are the widow, Myrtle E. Smith; three daughters. Mrs. Harold Fuchs and Mrs. Dorothy Junker, both of Terre Haute, and Miss Virginia Smith of Atlanta, Georgia; two sons, Charles arid James Smith, both of Detroit, Michigan; four sisters, Mrs. Nellie Brisol and Mrs. Nora Curtis, both of Mount Vernon, Indiana, Mrs. Nannie Mischke of Springfield, Tennessee, and Mrs. Nela Jeffers of Mt. Carmel, Illinois; three brothers, Tom and Floyd Smith, both of Mount Vernon, and Dr. S. P. Smith of Montgomery, Alabama; and seven grandchildren. The body was taken to the McHugh Funeral Home in Shelburn. where it was prepared for burial. Tt will be returned to the home in Farmersburg Tuesday morning where it will lie in state pending completion of funeral arrangements. .

MONDAY, if AN. 29, 1945.

Civilians Return To St. Vith

m:mmmm Jr ys.. ... ,.3 ( i-'t:::-d'yX' NEWS Death Summons Donald Johnson Of Fairbanks Tp. Donald Johnson, 5fr years old, a native of Fairbanks township, and who. had lived there during the greater part of his life died at the Mary Sherman Hospital in Sullivan at 7:00 o'clock Sunday nifht following a brief illness. He was a carpenter. Surviving arev the widow, Lou; one daughter, Reva; one son, Donald Jr.; three brothers, Oral of Georgia, Ora of Fairbanks and Lenn of Fairbanks. Mr. Johnson was a member of the Fairbanks Methodist church. The body was taken to the TeBaun Funeral Home at Prairie Creek and was removed to the residence this afternoon. Funeral sprvices will be held at two o'clock Wednesday afternoon at the Fairbanks Methodist church with burial in the Pogue cemetery. William Jack Succumbs Here William Jack, 63 -year-old Sullivan resident, living at 101 North Chase St., died yesterday morning at two o'clock at the Mary Sherman Hospital. He had lived in .Sullivan for many years where in earlier years he had worked in the coal fields of this district. The only surviving relative is a brother, Andrew Jack, who resides in Houtzdale, Pennsylvania. The body was removed to the Billman Funeral Home, where it lies in state awaiting word from the brother. Funeral arrangements are pending.

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4 "' , Corps photo. International Soundphoto.) Word has heen received by Mrs. Medda Cambill of Linton from the War Department stating that her husband, Pfc. Paul Garnbill, of the United States Army has been declared killed in action January 4th,. somewhere in Belgium. He had previously been reported missing on the same date. He was the owner of the South Side Auto Store in Sullivan .which is under the management of Herschel Pirtle. For a number of years prior to his I military service he was also in business in Linton and Bloomfield where he operated auto stores similar to the local store. He was thirty-two years of age. Surviving are the widow, Medda; two children, Sharla and Allpn; three sisters, Mrs. Edith Scamihorn, Mrs. Pauline Pope and Mrs. Eunice Meuhler all of Dugger; two brothers, Gene Gambill and Harold Gambillboth of Dugger; the parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Garnbill, of Dugger. Hannah Stanger Calkd By Dath At Home Here Mrs. Hannah Stanger, 74 years old, died at her home, 201 East Beech Street, in Sullivan, at 8:15 o'clock Sunday night. Mrs. Stanger was born in Cliffton, England, and was a member of the Methodist Church. I She is survived by the husband, John: three daughters, Mrs. Hannah Barlow, at home, Mrs. Agnes Mayer of Chicago and Mrs. Mary ' White of Amehle, Pa. The body was taken to the Billman Funeral Home and will, be returned to the residence this evening where friends may call. The casket will not be -opened at the church. Funeral services will be held at the Sullivan Methodist Church at 10:30 o'clock Wednes-i day morning, the Rev. R. M. Criswell officiating. Burial will be in Chicago. MERCURY TUMBLES The mercury took a nose-dive on the heels of a snowstorm Saturday night and Sunday here and early risers this morning shivf.red in near-zero weather. Unofficial -pcordings here early today ranged from one to five above zero. The mercury rose steadily during the morning, however. .

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Send 4 Armored Spearheads Into Berlin Home Province Vital Silesian Industrial Region Falls Yanks Mopping Up Last German Footholds In Ardennes Yanks On Luzon Drive To Road Center 33 Miles From Manila.

BULLETIN 1 PARIS, Jan. 29. (UP) American 1st Army forces storming the last few German positions in a tiny pocket of the eastern Belgium area today captured the Bullange road hub ten miles east of Malmedy, and reached the German frontier northeast of St. Vith. Lt. Gen. Courtney H. Hodges' ; headquarters announced the seizure of several villages in steady gains through kneedeep snow by doughboys shouldering in through the last German-held territory west of the Siegfried Line in that sector. Brig. Gen. Cliff Andru's 1st Division pounded Bullango all night, and drove out or killed the last German defenders at 9:30 a. m. today. . .. ' 'V- r - ..

BULLETIN! , LONDON, Jan. 29. (UP) American Flying; Fortresses and Liberators today struck another heavy air blow at western Germany, raising the total of Allied heavy bombers over Germany in the past 24 hours to more than 3,000. A force of British Lancaster heavy bombers escorted by Mustangs this afternoon attack rail yards at Krefeld, transport center on the Rhine northwest of Cologne.

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uurg, cernn nome province, m tne direction oi rrankiurt-un-The-Oder and the capital itself on a 100-mile front. Moscow said the Germans showed no signs of being able to halt the advance short of the Oder, 40 miles east of Berlin. A United Press dispatch from Moscow said military observers there believe this is the first of two stages in the final, decisive battle of Germany, the second being the "forcing of the middle Oder! Behind Marshal Gregory K. Zhukov's invasion columns, Moscow reported bitter street fighting in encircled Poznan, by-passed Polish stronghold. The 1st Ukrainian Army in Silesia pounded at the gates of Breslau and expanded its bridgeheads across the Oder on either side of. the Silesian capital. In East Prussia, Konigsburg was encircled from the east, south and west and was under direct attack by Soviet artillery and tanks. The American 1st and 3rd armies on the western front were mopping up the last German footholds in the Ardennes with a drive to the German border on a 30-mile front from north of St. Vith to the Vianden area of central Luxembourg. American forces on Luzon in the Philippines were on the verge of splitting Japanese defenses with a drive to the outskirts of San Fernando, 33 miles from Manila. The Japanese were reported abandoning the road center linking the capital with North Luzon. Superfortresses bombed Iwo Island in the Volcanoes, halfwav between the Marianas and Tokyo, for the fourth time. The Japanese reported two more raids o'n Tokyo by single Superfortresses. Soviet forces at Brandenburg frontier were less than 72 miles from Frankfurt and 93 to 100 miles from Berlin. "The hour is near when the hurricane from the east will reach Berlin," Radio Moscow said. s In yesterday's operations along the vast front, the Red army made the following gains: The industrial and mining area of Upper (southern) Silesia was occupied, striking a body blow at. German war production. . The Soviet hold on the east bank of the Oder was extended to 140 miles. The Baltic port of Memel was occupied after a threempnths siege, freeing all Lithuania. It was disclosed in the Pacific that Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, Supreme Commander in the Pacific, has moved his headquarters from Pearl Harbor to an island much closer to Japan. -

BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENTS Mr. and Mrs. Reginald Burk of 337 North Chase. Street announce the birth of a son, James Robert,' born January 27th at the Mary Sherman Hospital. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Young of 801 East Dude Street are the

Indiana: Cloudy and continued cold tonight and Tuesday; occasional light snow.

PRICE THREE CENTS Berlin Front Today parents of a daughter, Janice Lee, born January 27th at the hospital here. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Bledsoe of Shelburn, announce the arrival of ' a son born January 28th at the Mary Sherman Hospital. He has (been named Paul Edwin, Jr. .