Sullivan Daily Times, Volume 47, Number 38, Sullivan, Sullivan County, 21 February 1945 — Page 2

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SULLIVAN DAILY TIMES WEDNESDAY, FEB. 21. 1945

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Kntered as Second-class matter July 1, 1908 in the Postoffice at Sullivan, Indiana, under the Act of Congress of March 3, 1879. Published daily except Saturday and Sunday at 115 West Jackson St.

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Subscription Rate: , Uy carrier, -per week . 15 Cents in flty By .Mail, In Sullivan And Adjoining Counties: Six Months '..'....,... ' ?L50 Month (with Times furnishing stamped envelope) ( . . 30 Cents Year $300 ' - By Mail Elsewhere: Year ; , $4.00 Six Months - $2.00 Month (with Times furnishing envelope) 35 Cents THE CRIMEA DECLARATION A GOOD 1 BEGINNING TO A LASTING PEACE In miles it's not such a lonjr distance from the Munich beer parlor to the little Black Sea of Yalta, but it is a long way from the future painted in Hitler's "Mein Kampf" to the future laid down. by the Big Three. ' Hitler in his bid for power "told the Germans they were ' the master race, would 'rule the world, lie translated his words to action by his early conquests. His 'blitzkrieg overran weak nations and for a while it must have appeared to the Germans that his plans would work out. But now in 194.", as Allied armies squeeze Germany from the south, west and east and big bombers reduce its cities to rubble." President Roosevelt, Prime Minister Churchill and

Premier Stalin have drawn a plan for Germany that shatters i all the dreams in Mein Kampf : j Germany will be beaten to unconditional surrender. (The i Big Three are to be cheered for sticking to their original I promise. This time every living German must know and his- j tovy must record for Germans unborn that Germany was beaten, militarily, ideologically and politically. They musti learn the harsh lesson that war and slavery do not pay.) j German industry capable of war production will be

ruminated or controlled. , Germans, who were going to have the world working for them, will be working for a long time to rebuild and replenish what they have destroyed in other nations.' - Germans, who ruthlessly occupied and raped other nations, will find their own country occupied, in some sections by Americans, in some by British, in some by Russians and in some by French. Germans, who grabbed land here and there at( Will, are likely to lose some of their own country, and to Poland, an early victim of -Nazi gangsterism. Germans, who spit on the idea of democracy, will see it

work in Europe. The Big Three promise to fulfill the Atlantic j Charter which says nations shall have the right to select'

1 heir own government and leaders. Germans, who suppressed religion and speech and forced fear and want on millions, will see the Four Freedoms formula work. And so Mein. Kampf boomerangs. It will be tough on all

Germans, tougher on Nazi Germans, but it is a price that the ! warlike nation set upon itself. However tough it may be, if, it will insure a lasting peace as the whole world hopes -it , will be wo1 th it. J v . j Most significant to all of us, however, is the progress made by the Big Three for harmony in working out the prob-! lems of Europe which, in this modern age, are the problems of all the world. So long as there is a sore spot anywhere on the globe, none is immune from its 'consequences. The joint . communique Of Roosevelt, Chu'chill and Stalin must 'disillusion Hitler and his 'followers that they will eventually win I through our disunity. The statement dearly shows a unity j of purpose and a unity of action. It "is a good beginning to a' world organization dedicated to a lasting peace. V ' j

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CHAPTER FORTY-EIGHT 1 went on quickly, "It was when oime back for the paper with the .oU's about digitalis on it. I read (laud's note then, realized (in view if what Peter had told us, trying to . over himself in case Maud told it) , hat she must have written it to 'eter. "All at once that note, and the lipping1 with the account of the uhjii'ariiie on the back of it, linked lu'nisclves tiigetheV. It occurred to he that it wasn't the account of the . ' irrest of some bund members that Conrad Brent had wanted someody in the room to know that he new about It was the torpedoed submarine. And I remembered, of iourse, about the stories of Gernaiis from submarines reaching lur coast; like the three saboteurs who reached Long Island. "I also 'remembered Peter Huber speaking to the clerk, at the little haberdashery in the village. The clerk had laughed at the recollection of how Huber had looked when lie came to his shop and bought some clothes. He got rid of his German clothing near where he reached land, probably stealing pants and a shirt from a cottage somewhere along the beach. Once in Baliford tie made up a story to account for his appearance, got some money from Anna" (Anna nodded violently here) "and bought himself some clothes. The clerk remembered the way he was dressed. That linked up. too, you see. "In the same breath it suddenly occurred to me that it was only Anna who had said that Peter Huber was an old school friend; it wits only Anna who had given me tlie impression that he had often been at the house and was an old friend of y:urs." I looked at Craig Mid, holding Drue's hand tightly, l.i nodded. "Hut I had iilso got an impression from Craig Brent that he hadn't really known Huber long; and later Aiuxia said that 'none of us knew him.' So somehow, this talk of sci.uol friends " Craig interrupted with, "I never saw him before. He told my father u.iit he knew a man I had known in t-cw.ol. And he could have known him. If he went to school in America' "Oh, he did!" exclaimed Anna. "He did !" That's why he spoke such . (jood 'KnglUhi'but he spoke German even better. He it was all my fault, 1 .Mr. Craig. He knew all about the family. 1 used to write to him, since he was very young, I told him. That was, why he came to Balifold. He went back to Germany before the war began. He worked for the bund inovement here. I didn't know that, ineii. He knew from me how Mr. bicrit felt about Germany. He knew a man called Frederic Miller, and he told him that Mr. Brent imght donate some" money. This 1' iccieiic Miller, he went back to Germany, too. But Peter knew that inert had been checks, He knew' Mr. Brent wouldn't want anybody to Know what he had dune.

"li s all my fault, she began to oiib again. "I started it. I told him ..iuut the money (and the family. So -.viirii he tscaped-from the U-boat he iV.neu. beted me and the Brents. He vaiije to Balifold and waited till I went to town 'on my nay off and'

found me; and he asked me all about the family. "Are you going to arrest me? It's all my fault. But I was afraid. He asked nie how Mr. Brent felt about Germany, and he said he ought to be able to get some money out of him. . . . I tried to stop him. I met him in the meadow one night and told him I was going to tell who he was. He had a gun. I don't think he meant to kill me; he only meant to frighten me. - "But I ran; I ran into the trees and then he . . . The nurse was up above, he must have thought it was me. But he didn't mean to kill her. Or me. It was only to frighten me. So I wouldn't talk. And I didn't. I was afraid." I turned to 'Nugent "What was his motive then?'.' "He talked a little," explained the Lieutenant, "before he was taken away. Not much, but he will talk more. His motive was to save himself; that was the first motive. The Brents were an influential family; if he could hole in at the Brent house

for awhile, he could escape without

being interned. As it was, he was in danger. He met Brent at the inn.

and managed to introduce himself

as a friend of a friend of Craigs.

Craig wasn't here then. By the time

he came Huber was well established and Craig accepted him as a friend of some fellow he knew."

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didr. t question it. My father seemed

to be on quite good terms with him."

I hey were on good terms at first.

I believe that, Huber thought he could still play on your father's sympathies for Germany. He must

nave tflought so, for eventually there was a blow-up. They had words and your father threatened to kick him out." "Yes," said Anna. "Oil, yes. Then Peter asked Mrs. Brent to get hold of the bund checks, and she did." Alexia had been standing across the room, near the window. She said suddenly, "I was a fool. I did take the checks. But I kept them myself. I didn't trust him." "How much exactly did you know of the murder, Mrs. Brent?" asked Nugent. "I knew nothing," replied'Alexia. "Nothing at all." She walked slowly toward the door. , VMay I go now, Lieutenant? I'm sure I have nothing to tell you. and I'd like to go home. ..." "Certainly, said Nugent unexpectedly. "A man is waiting outside to take you. Oh, by the way, Mrs. Brent, please give him your entire statement. Thank you." He opened the door for her, saying cooly, "111 see you later, Mrs. Brent." t He closed the door just as a uniformed trooper in the hall started forward. But it was a week before Alexia was prevailed upon to turn state's evidence, and she never admitted

complicity in the murders, and there was no way to prove what she had known. It was fairly clear though that she must have known, or

guessed Peter's part iu it. Certainly she had been in the meadow the night Chivery was killed. Certainly she had taken and hidden the Frederic Miller checks which Peter (telling Conrad Brent that they were actually in his own possession) held i

as a club over Conrad's head when Conrad discovered Peter real identity and threatened to expose him. I never tliought that Conrad intended to kill Peter Huber. Probably, he intended to wound him, to get hold of the checks, and then to turn him over to the police. But in error, he shot Craig instead. The wind was taken out of my sails when I discovered that both Nugent and Craig had strongly suspected Peter Huber. Nugent because the Hollywoqd address Peter had given him was genuine, but no one there had heard of Peter Huber. And Craig, hecause Alexia was in love with Peter and he had proved it, after a fashion, by asking Alexia to marry him. When Craig couldn't get to the Chivery cottage without help, he thought of trying to trap Peter. "Chivery had told me of the paper in his book; but not enough. I was afraid to tell the police for fear that, somehow, it implicated Drue. Then I thought that if Peter Huber were the murderer he would want that paper. I don't know how Huber knew that Chivery had it; perhaps we'll never know, but my guess is that he adroitly pumped Chivery; he'd missed the paper, of course; he knew where he must have left it; somehow he decided that Chivery had found it, as he had. So he had to get rid of Chivery and did. I knew that if I told the nurse Miss Keate, she would get the paper." "You , . ." I began. Craig had a definite expression of apology. "I thought you'd be safe," he explained. "I detained Peter after -you'd gone until I thought you'd had plenty of time to get the paper. Then I got up and followed Peter. Sure enough, he came straight here. I was a little behind him; I was stronger, once I got started, than I thought I'd be, but still I was pretty wobbly." ' "I was watching you," said Nugent. "I hoped Miss Cable would try to get in touch -with you. I only knew, then, that there was something phony about Huber. The clerk in the haberdashery told me how Huber was dressed when he came in with a story of lost baggage and some money (which he took from you, Anna, I presume)" Anna nodded, Nugent went on: "I decided there was something very phony about him; no hat and a coat and pants that didn't match. He'd stolen them somewhere as he came along, I suppose." Except for Alexia's activities and her knowledge, there was little we didn't eventually know. And in the. end every little piece of the picture fitted together. All this took place some time ago. But last week there was a new chapter added. Craw had his rinse

leave and came home, tanned and happy. It was a handsome Wedding; there's something about an air-force uniform. Drue went awav

with him, stars in her eyes and an air-force emblem pinned proudly to the lapel of her blue jacket, walking down the red carpet as if she were on clouds. They'll have two weeks; then Craig leaves again. But sometime he'll be back. To a happier and better -world. THE END

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WARNING! The traffic toll in winter regularly clunbs to a peak fifty per cent higher than the summer accident, rate. - And this winter, because tires and cars are older, both cars and lives will be wrecked at a rate far faster than ever, unless YOU do something about it! So take every possible precaution . . . Drive slowly and alertly, because it requires from four to

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I will offer at public auction at my farm,' 2 miles north and 3 miles east of Sullivan 'on the (Jleiulora Road, On Wednesday, February 28, 1945 At 11:00 A.M. - LIVESTOCK Registered Berkshire Gilt and five shoats; Team Smooth Mouth Horses; 4 Year Old Guernsey Cow; 6 Year Old Jersey Cow with calf; 6 Year Old Jersey cow; Jei'sey-Holstein Cow (to freshen soon). IMPLEMENTS McCormick - Ueering Disc; '8-Ft. Harrow; 12-Inch Oliver Breaking PloAv; Superior Wheat Drill with fertilizer attachment; New Idea Manure Spreader; McCormick-Deerinjj Mowing Machine: Mitchell Wagon; Hoosier Corn Planter; Steel Wheeled Hay Tedder: 12-Ft. Sulky Rake; Sweep Rake; Dunham Cultipacker; Brown Manly Cultivator, 1 Row; Stover Hammer Mill; 2-Ear Corn' Shelter; Platform Scales, 600 pounds: Set Tug Harness; Cyclone Hand Seeder; Hay Rack; 1-4 H.P. Maytag Gasoline Motor; Oats Seeder; 2 Hog Houses; Wire Stretchers; 1 Ton Capacity Chain Hoist; 1 6-Inch Power Belt, 50 ft.; 3 10-GaIlon Milk Cans; and Blount Rotary Hoe, tractor hitch. STRAW, CORN, HAY 12 Bales Straw (more or less) : 300 Bushels Corn (more or less) ; 6 Ton Baled Timothy Hay (more or less); 2 Ton Soybean Hay (more or less). 1933 PLYMOUTH COACH. STOVES Estate Heating Stove, practically - new; Charter Oak Range; Warm Morning Stove; Coal Brooder Stove, New. .' -'"""" Other articles too numerous to mention. , Terms Cash Nothing removed until terms of sale are complied with. MRS. ZOE CUMMINS, Owner Harrison & Drake, Auctioneers Joe Wyman, Cjerk Not Responsible in Case of Accidents. '

SOCIETY Methodist Choir ! The Methodist church choir will meet for practice Thursday eve- : ning at 7:30. '

Legion Auxiliary I The American Legion Auxiliary . will meet Thursday, February 22, promptly at 7:00' p. m. i ' . Alpha Delphian Club Mrs. Waldo Wheeler was hostess to the Alpha Delphian Club

I SEE THAT . A timely warning is issued by the Better (Vision Institute to eye-glass users Urging them to extra care in preventing breakage of ' spectacle lenses, pointing out that there might be a delay in replacing them. Although American factories are turning: out a record volume of spectacle . lenses, demands of our fighting: forces, war -workers and lend-lease "arc so great as to cause temporary local shortages ' itv " reserve stocks. 0. Lenses now are as precious as jewels and they should be guarded carefully against loss. Our war needs come first. Civilians should be pa tierif if 'delays occur in replacing spectael lenses that, despite all precautions, might accidentally be broken. , Your eyes are pricelessguard them, and their lenses well! jj. DR. C.E. FISHER

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Monday afternoon in the clubroom ,of the library. The vice-president, Mrs. J. B. Maple, presided in the absence of the president. The Delphian quartette, Mrs. Claude , Ford, Mrs. Wallace Springer', Mrs. A. S. Reed and Mrs. Walter Wood, accompanied by Mrs. Ralph Adams at the piano, , sang two ; numbers, "The Battle Hymn of : the Republic" and "The Lord . is My Shepherd." Rev. Homer Weisbecker was introduced by the program 'chairman and presented "Women of the Bible and Their Contribution to j Posterity." He mentioned the fol- ' lowing, giving a brief statement! of their character and a few of the outstanding deeds in their j lives. He characterized Eve as the ! inquisitive one; Rebecca, the med-

TERRE HAUTE, Ind. Feb. 24. ; Union Hospital reported ' early this morning that the condition of ; Robert Joseph Tucker, 22-day-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Junior Tucker of 1719 North Twelfth Street, who was left in the snow for seven hours Sunday morning is slightly improved. The mother, Mrs. Tucker, is being held in the Vigo County Jail in lieu of $3,500 bond on i technical charge of vagrancy. She is alleged to have left her son in the snow to die. 1

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Tlie Cuppfrs are abottl (lie liapy.iest marripd couple in our town. Comfortable dfT, too, after Dec's fifty years of honest work. J3ut their two most prised possessions are an old beer mig and an 3SD0 Floradora hat. AVIien tlicy were lii'st tiiamfrt, Dor allow.s hp couldn't sand ilifi liat; while Jane (lirtird her nose up (privately) at Dec's fonilnrftr a friendly glass of bcrr frotj time to time. But each figured i; was the other's right... so tbey lived and let live. And as time went by, they

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