Sullivan Daily Times, Volume 47, Number 29, Sullivan, Sullivan County, 8 February 1945 — Page 2

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SULLIVAN DAILY TIMES THURSDAY, FEB. 8. 1945. .

Sullivan, Indiana Paul Poynter Klcanor Poynter Jamison Joe H. Adams Entered as second-class matter July Sullivan, Indiana, under the Act of Published daily except Saturday and

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MANILA IS OURS. HUT TOKYO ROAD IS STILL LONG AND DIFFICULT ONE There are two pictures to engage our attention with MacArthur's triumphant re-entry into Manila. One, the capture of the Philippine capital, is highly gratifying and hopeful; the other, the long road full of obstacles which leads to Tokyo, must not be overlooked.

The first picture is draped with vivid American flags, and shows our forces holding the presidential palace. I-Will-1 Return MaeArthur has fulfilled -his pledge spectacularly. After three years of "the orient for the orientals," the Fili-: pinos are sick and weary of Jap double-talk and brutality. Japan's rapacious insincerity has been fully bared to the natives of the Philippines who welcome Yanks with the cry, j "God bless Americans!" ' . Over this bright picture is the scroll of President Roose-1 velt's ringing words: "Let the Japanese and other enemies of peaceful nations ' take warning from these great events in your country (the! Philippines); their world of treachery, aggression and en-, slavement cannot survive in the struggle against our world of freedom and peace." i Lest we gaze too long at this cheering picture until un-1 warranted optimism leads to 4'sillusionment such as followed the Nazi offensive in Belgium, it is well to emphasize that; the hardest -and bloodiest battles of the far east are yet to come. Luzon itself is far from conquered. ' American forces hold only the northern, or modern sec- I lion of Manila. Fanatical Japs are expected to resist to the j last man in the lower half of the citv. south vof the wide

I'asig River. . Although half of the Philippine Capital was taken over considetably ahead 'of schedule and at small cost compared with expectations, the inexpensive victory has resulted be

cause the Japs did not choose to stake everything on one great battle in the central Luzon plain. j As one correspondent points out, the Jaws may have lost j 1 lie .battle of Luzon on Leyte where Gen. Yaiiiaslv'ta sacri-! ficed move than 130.01)0 -men, as compared with some 30.000 ' in the Luzon campaign up to this time. The Japs gave stubborn battle nowhere except on the 1 fringes of the Luzon plain, the only open country which would lend itself to an all-out slugging match. It is significant, i nowever, that on the northeast flank the enemv has stood his ; ground and yielded nothmg. Most of the Americans killed ' during the first three weeks of the campaign have died in i this sector. ' The Japs have clearly revealed their intention to defend to the last man the area of no' tht-rn Luzon where natural -lortifications will enable small enemy forces scattered over; the mountainous terrain to exact a large toll from attackers. I As strategists point out, this would delay capture and use of such air fields as Tuguegarao and Aparri. Luzon st-ait also would be sealed off indefinitely from American ground forces inless there are additional landings. In a word, the enemy on Luzon is pursuing Fabian tac-i tlCS. Ills obiect !S to flvoirl :i shmvlmir. -,nA f. m

complete occupation of Luzon

it'ien.sie wanare is distasteful to the Japs but tlieyi Robert Johnson-of Camp Atterevidently have bejun to realize that their onlv hope is in de- bury is clldillg a 15-dl,.v fur lay. Like the Nazis, they avfi in the nosition )f . ,w,.fA louh with home folks.

rambler who intends to. stake his last coin, but reduces the size oi his bets, waiting for Lady Luck again to favor him.

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UK AGES RAPIDLY When Sgt. Lawrence Kelly now of George Field. Illinois, received his "Greetings" card from draft board No. 76 in the Bronx, New York,, he was 21 years old. At this time he was a resident of 84 West 188th Street in New Yoi'k MONUMENTS FOft DECORATION DAY Deeaust: of labor shortages, anyone wishing: a marker or monument' by Decoration Day, May 30th, would be wise to place their order now to avoid disappointment. I am not able to make any personal calls on account of having to do my own work, Sullivan Monument Company II. H. Clarkson

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Telephone 12 . Publisher Manager and Assistant Editor Editor 1, 1908 in the Postoffice at Congress of March 3, 1879. Sunday at 115 West Jackson St. $3.00 . . . $4.00 . , . $2.00 35 Cents as cost.lv s nnvoldo "V" 11. 1 Jill LW IIlrllM- ! their hopes on wa u- weariness City and was promptly inducted. To the present the sergeant has been in tiic Air Forces ;for 25 months. Recently Kelly received a card from his local daft board which read, "Lawrence Kelly order number fiHl has been classified in -class 1A." This particular classification means that 25 year old Kelly ha-, been rejected from the army due to his age. 4A is for men over 38 years old. DAILY TIMES OPEN FORUM i Letters and Interviews of a' suitable nature and proper news-1 paper interest are sought for this I I coluinu. the editor reserving: the - right to censor or reject any artide he may deem is not suitable and proper. Articles of 500 words or less are preferred. All articles sent to the Open Forum must he i signed and address given, in or- I der that the editor may know the writer, however, the writer' name will not be published if reguested. Articles published herein do not necessarily express the sentiment of the Daily Times and this j paper may or may not agree with ! itatcmcnts contained herein. 1

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343 BY AUTHOR - CHAPTER THIRTY-NINE 'Pete," asked Craig suddenly, "did you see Nicky anywhere?" "No. But I kept thinking there was a thief or some kind of intrud er. 1 opened a coupie ox windows and hung out each one trying1 to see ' someone but didn't. Finally I heard voices and came downstairs, j Everybody was very upset. Maud ; was crying :t the telephone. Nicky was in the library." Nicky, when questioned, simply denied knowing anything of vase, . stairway or twine. "Why would I ': do anything like that? I didn't I murder Conrad. I know nothing ' about it. I was sound asleep when 1 the sound that you say was the vase ' rolling downstairs awakened me. , Have you auy news of Drue?" Of course there was none. I got up and made another fruit1 less trip around the house to her room, up and down the stairs, into ', the library. When I got back, .'Peter and Nicky were gone and Craig had given Nugent the Frederic Miller checks. "1 didn't know this' till last night," he said, their heads close together over the endorsed, canceled checks. "But 1 think I know what they are. And I think it may have something to do with my father's death." Ntigent's eyes glittered green fire. Craig said wearilv, "I didn't at lirst connect it with my father's death. I can't really connect it now except the checks ought not to have been wlacre they were found." "Where ought they have been?" "In his desk, of course. He kept all canceled checks for live years, Obviously they were removed. He jviav. have removed them himself. Or Alexia-may have done so. Certainly she must have known they were there." Nugent looked at me. "Exactly how and where did you find them?" I told him in detail. When I'd finished he looked for a long time at the cheeks.' . . "Do you know the handwriting?" he asked Craig. "No. So far as I know, I've never seen it before." "We can investigate; we will." He turned the checks over again to look at the cancellation. "They've been cashed at different banks." "Yes, I noticed that," said Craig, "Two in New York City and one in Newark." "M'm," said Nugent, which was not illuminating. "The F.B.I, are always ready to help with anything like this, and they have a vast sys tern of records." "But . . ." began Craig, then stopped; and Nugent snapped "What were you going to say, Brent?" "Well," it's not very pleasant But it was only a a prejudice on father's part. It didn't last long. And after the war began he had changed his heart. He still didn't well, didn't re- want me to go into the air f that is, he used mv wish to .. as a lever for something cUc ne wanted. . -. Craig glanced at me; then went on, "But the fact is for years he has been" FAIRBANKS Charles Dow Moss, who spent a few. days furlough with his family at the home of Mr, and Mrs. Cloyd DcBaun left Monday foi- camp. Roy Pound is confined to his home by illness. Rev. Stone who held services at the Drake Baptist, Church Sunday was the dinner guest of Mr. and. Mrs. Homer Dilley. Other guests were. Mr. , and Mrs. Flaudie Vangiider and Miss Ada Wyman.

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f.'.Vi'NG DONALD JAY EOGLSTEIN (eenlei"). 11, looks on as his foslerii.u.ci Icyer Ldcblc.n (left) shakes hands with Rabbi Seymour. Ger- ; wiu at Urtedley Beach, N. J.. at whose home the boy stopped after run- " ning away with SI 1,000 from Augusta. Ga. Donald, who said he made : ;nc trip to visit a playmate, still had most of the money witb him. whea 1 uiiici arrived. Bis biggest purchase wa: a 550 boat .(Interntiws? ,

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"Germanic in sympathy," cut in i Nugent. , "Yes," admitted Craig as quietly. "How did you know?" "Obvious," said Nugent. "Coat of arms in his study was of German origin. I looked it up in a his tory of heraldry." :'Yes," said Craig, "but it didn't mean much, really. It was only a kind of hobby. He read German history, you know; loved it when some early robber baron, or later statesman, or title was connected with his family. He was always like that. During the First World War tnough,. he swerved instantly around; he was all on the side of the Allies and against Germany. I knew he would do the same thing when this war came and he did." "Birt before Pearl Harbor?" queried Nugent. "He lined up with Germany. When Hitler began his rise to power, my father was taken with the idea of encouraging the yowth movements, bringing back old German ideas of family life, that kind of thing. It was purely theoretical on my father's part. He had no faint idea of the real brutality and ruthlessness which lay. behind all of it. He wouldn't believe it for a time, even when it was increasingly evident to everybody else in the world." Nugent said nothing; I thought of my early impression of Conrad Brent's obstinacy. . Craig said, "He had changed, believe me, Nugent, As soon as the war began he knew where his real sympathies lay. He was patriotic and sincere. It was only that it was hard for my father to retreat pub lielv from a stand he had taken." "Do you mean," said Nugent, "that these checks were somehow connected with sabotage or any thing of the kind?" i "Good grief, no! He'd never have done that." "What then1"' "I tell you I don't know.; But that night the night he died you re member the clipping." "The clipping that was in his desk and that Mrs. Brent went and got for him, during the 'bridge eanic? Certainly. It" Nugent's eyes were dark slits "it was ahout the arrest of some Eund members." "Right," said Craig looking very tired. "Alexia might know what happened to that clipping." "You must have some reason'for connecting the checks with the Bund." "No," said Craig. "I can't re member hearing him talk of the Bund in any special way. It was only that clipping and the mystery of these checks that started me thinking and putting them together with my fathers previous views, The dates on the checks, too, correspond. with the period during which my father was theoretically favorable to the announced German plan. That was the year before the war; he never believed there would be a war' "But you think that before the war he gave these checks to the Bund and that Frederic Miller might be a Nazi." ! Mrs. Lelia Holmes entertained thP TTr.mp Economics Club. Thursday of last week. H covered dish dinner was served. ! Burial services for Clint Phil-" lips were held at the Fairbanks cemetery Sunday afternoon, fol lowing funeral services at Billman funeral chapel. A large crowd attended the Farm Bureau meeting Thursday evening of last week. A program consisting of quite a list of membcrs from Graysville. Prairie ' Creek and Fairbanks was given. Cash prizes were given for best numbers. Talks were given by Rush Davis and Paul Wible of Turman township and Addison Drake.

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SYNDICATE, INC. "I don't know. I was only trying to think of some explanation for the checks. And the clipping had some : sDecial interest for him. Pete tola me that it was about the arrest of some Bund members." ' "Could your father have been blackmailed in that way?" "I'm not sure. Yes, I think he could have been. .If some men had made a mistake like that, theyd have no compunction about it later. But not father. He was very proud. Yes," said Craig slowly, "I think he might have let himself be blaeKmailed. Up to a point, that is." "A point that stopped short or murder?" asked Nugent. "Certainly," replied Craig. "But that doesn't square with the blackmail theory. He was of no value to a blackmailer dead." Just then in the corridor outside I heard heavy, quick footsteps and knew it was another report. My heart leaped up into my throat. Craig's did, too, I think, for his head jerked toward the door. Again it was only a trooper to say they were searching the north meadow and there was nothing to report except a rifle. "Rifle?" . "Yes, sir." It was an old rifle which had belonged to the handyman; he'd used it now and then for shooting squirrels or rats, but he hadn't used it for over a year, he'd told them, and he'd left it, he was sure, in the old loft over the garage. It had been found in some brush in the meadow, as if it had been tossed there. There were no shells in it; but they believed it had been fired recently. . Nugent gave brief orders about it (they were to go over it for fingerprints; be would talk to the handyman) ; then he looked at me. "Your hunter," he said. And then Nugent sent for Alexia who came and sat there composed and calm but with a face so pinched about the nostrils, so hard about the mouth and eyes,., that she looked not at. all beautiful. And she said flatly (as flatly as Nicky had made his own .denials . about the vase) that she- knew - nothing of the checks. Said" it straight out, promptly, and looked as if she were going to die then and there. Which struck me as singular; it was the first time I had seen Alexia look as if any of it really affected her. Nugent persisted. "Did you ever see these checks before?" "No." "Do you know what they were for?" "No." "Fifteen thousand dollars is a substantial sum of money." "Yes. But I knew nothing of Conrad's affairs. Besides, as you sec, these were written in 1908. Before my marriage." "Mrs. Brent, are you willing to swear that you did not lake these checks from your husband's desk and put them in the cupboard of your room?" "Certainly." (To be continued Copyrljht bj Miction O. Ebfrlurt; Distributed b; Kini VtatuiM Jjndiciie. Int. i Mrs. Bert Detfaun and Louisa Brewer were ill iweek. , , Addison Drake and Henry Thompson -were in Sullivan Tuesday. 1 'V , 1 vr Milkfir Designed for Sonitotion lower Wactrria count . . . lower bacteria coi:ni meann more profit! Thai" h ''. "Bntcr Milk willi Clean-r.asy". You'll like the gteanung white enamel finish, the iparkling cla.n milk pails tht eate ol keeping Clean-taiy aniSer u l ""re for detain. ELLIS Feed & Implement Co. Linton, Indiana

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