Sullivan Daily Times, Volume 47, Number 52, Sullivan, Sullivan County, 13 March 1945 — Page 1
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IN YEOMAN SCHOOLING
.'obert Dale Smcdley S 2c, of Navy is taking a course in man schooling at Cteat Lakes, id Lt. Wm. E. Smedlcy, a it Instructor of the Army Air
ps is stationed at Marfa, , as. They are the sons of Mr. , Mrs. Dale Smedlcy. i HOME ON FURLOUGH '
'vt. Hazel Willits, who is sla
ved at Stout Field, Indianapois visiting her family -and
iids at Paxton. Pvt. Willits isted in the W.A.C. last Octo-
at Sullivan. She likes her k fine. She was formerly a "tress at the Kat-A-Koirier. Her ents, Mr. and Mrs. Blaine Wil-
. live on Paxloti,R. R. She will
irn to camp March 18. - ,
Stettinius Says Delegates Free To Pursue Own Views.
RETURNS TO HOSPITAL 'vt. George Sl.Clair returned day to Nichols General H&il sat Louisville, Ky., after .ending a 30-day furlough with his e, the former Helen Thrasher, I his parents, Mr. and Mrs. H.
St.Clair.
WASHINGTON, Mar. 13. (UP) Secretary of State Edward R. Stettinius, Jr., today promised the U. S. delegation to the San Francisco conference that they would he free to pursue their personal views and convictions. His stateemnt was made at the first meeting of the delegation in Stettinius' office. All members were present except Cordell Hull, who still is convalescing at the Naval Hospital. The delegation conferred for an hour and then visited President Roosevelt at the White House. Rites Wednesday For Thos. Moore
WILL) RETURN TO EASE ;gt. Martin Woodard will re
in to nis station at waycross,
rgia, Tuesday after enjoying a day furlough with his wife and
!mg daughter, Nikkl Ellen.
IN GERMANY 'vt. BiUie Joe Alsman, son of . and Mrs. Charles " Alsman of East Jackson Street has ar;?d safely overseas, according
the last letter received by his
ents. He is somewhere in rmany. Those wishing his ad.jss may secure it from his
tents or his wife. He would ie to hear from friends. ADDRESS The address of Pvt. Mary M. hnestoek is: . . pvt. Mary M. Fahnestock, 5017 3rd War Training Center, . Oglethorpe, Ga. She is the daughter of Mr. and rs. Elwood Borders, i i LIEUT. MAPLE PROMOTED Promotion of Josephine Louise
pie, daughter of Dr. and Mrs.
ian Maple of this city, vfrom
ond lieutenant to first lieuten-
i with the WAC has been an-
inced by the War Department.
e is WAC Commanding Officer
the . regional hospital, Camp
Funeral services for Thomas Moore.i retired carpenter of Sullivan, who died in." Florida last Saturday will be conducted at the Billman Funeral Home to
morrow afternoon at two o'clock with burial at Center Ridge Cemetery The body arrived here
this morning and was accompanied by the widow and son, Lt. Commander T. I. Moore of the Navy, at whose home Mr. Moore died. . Local Yank Bass German Airplane . Mrs. Dolly knotts of Sullivan has received a letter from her son, Cpl. Keith (Pete) Knotts, stationed in Germany, in which he revealed that he accounted for one German plane on the day it was revealed that the American forces shot down a large number of enemy fliers. Cpl. Knotts bagged an M. E. 109 while firing from the turret of a. mobile anti
aircraft unit or truck. He has also received the Combat Medal for service 'in Italy. Another son of Mrs. Knotts, Pvt. Lavere Knotts is stationed at Camp Blanding, Fla. MARRIAGE LICENSES
Hubert W. Watson, Cayuga, Indiana, photographer, and Louise Christy, Sullivan, cook.
Will Hold Course In Geography V. L. Tatlock of the Extension Division of Indiana State Teachers College has announced an extension course in geography to be presented in Sullivan and Principal II. C. Gilmore of the Sullivan high school is completing arrangements for the course. Dr. Koch of the Department of Social Sciences at Indiana State Teachers College will be the instructor. He taught an extension course last year here which proved highly instructive and interesting for a class of more than twenty. The first meeting will be conducted Wednesday evening at the high school building and persons
wishing to enroll in the course should be presort. Those wishing to take the course' for credit will get four term hours of credit in science or education and they may count toward graduate or undergraduate work. Anyone wanting to audit the course (take it but not for college credit) may do so at a small fee. The course will be held one night each week for 12 weeks, the night to be decided upon at the meeting tomorrow evening. Likewise some phase of continental, hemispheric or world geography to be studied will be decided upon by the class. Those taking the course for undergraduate credit vdo not have to be college graduates and those auditing the course do not have to submit any educational qualifications. They will be just as welcome as those taking it for the four term hours of credit. Persons interested who have questions relative to the course may contact Mr. Gilmore by calling 131 or 687. Elderly Resident
Called In Death Mrs. Marion, Elinor Mahurin.
89-year-old resident of Farmers-burg-Lewis rural community, died Monday noon at her residence seven miles east of Farmersburg. Surviving are five daughters, Mrs. Polly Myers of Lewis, Mrs. Florence Williams of Farmers-
burg, Mrs. Laura Thompson of Jasonville, Mrs. Iva ' Craig of Winslow, Indiana and Mrs. Alice Hudson of St. Petersburg, Florida; and four sons, Ed and John Mahurin of Lewis, Estel Mahurin of Prairie Creek and Jesse Mahurin of Clinton. The body was taken to the Wood Funeral Home in Farmersburg and was returned to the residence this afternoon where it now lies in state. Funeral services will be conducted Wednesday afternoon at two o'clock in the Shady Grove Church. Interment will be made in the Ml. Olive Cemetery.
i Red Cross In New Drive (Highlights of Services Rendered In 1944) The American Red Crow is in its 1943 'war. fund campaign In an effort to raise 5300,000.000 for its work la helping the fighting men overseas, as well as in providing hospital ami other numerous services on the home front. Because of further Increased activities, the Red Cross asks that all Americans lend their fuii support to the 1915 campaign which will he in progress duihlg March. Highlights of Red Cross operations in 1011 include: (1) American Red Cross now has 727 clubs serving and entertainingan average of 7,130,000 G.L's a rnunth. These range in size from a grass hut in Leyte to the famous Rainbow Club in London. Ia addition there are 194 "clubs on wheel;?." (2) Red Cross hospital service both at home and. abroad, has helped over 1,300,000 cases during the past year. Hie hospital recreational setup in this country alone consists of 327 recreation rooms and buildings, together with 5,149 sunrooms where during the past year 150,000 movies were shown. (3) Red Cross field directors deal with thousands of matters affecting our fighters, including family allowance payments, business, divorce', marriage, crops, health, lack of mail, etc. (4) Fourteen million communications have been handled in the past year and 4,500,000 servicemen and their families have been helped and assisted. In addition, 350,000 ex-servicemen also have received aid. Red Cross men have been in on every major invasion sine the start of the war, (5) Red Cross home service furnishes a day and night home front service on the home fronts for assistance to families of our fighters. (6) Over 20.000,000 parcels have been packed for Prisoners of War. The Red Cross also Lad distributed- 12.700 medical kits and 10,000 captured parcels. . (7) Red Cross Volunteer Special Services have made over 775,000,000 surgical dressings alcne In the past year. Garments and kit bags also run into the millions, graining certificates awarded for canteen, dietetic home service, hospital and recreation, motor corps, nurse's aide a;id staff assistants exceed 125,000. "H (8) Red Cross foreign War Relief involves an area in which live personaj equal to the population of Texas, California, New York, Il
linois ana Michigan.
(9) Three hundred thousand home nursing certificates were is
sued. Fifteen thousand nurses were recruited for the Army and Navy.
(10) The Junior Red Cross (the largest youth organization in the world) has made 15,000,000 articles for members of the armed forces. In addition, this outfit has collected 50,000 tons of salvage. (11) The Red Cross gave relief in 259 disasters throughout the United States. This was! the largest number for any single year! The total number of persons aided was 68,000. There is no impairment In service in the Red Cross normal peacetime: activities such as first aid, water safety, nutrition service and medical and health. (12) Between March, 1944, and March, 1945, the Red Cross will have collected 5,000,000 pints of blood. The total since February 1941, is about 11,000,000 pints. (13) From the beginning of the war to the time of the opening of the 1945 War-Fund campaign, which is March 1, the estimated expenditures of the American Red Cross will be, roughly, $394,000,000. The quota this year is $200,000,000. (14) The American Red Cross has over 6,000,000 volunteers now working. (15) Red Cross overseas workers as of December, 1943, total 4,471; asi of December, 1944, total 7,582 serving in 52 different countries and islands where Yank troops ar$ stationed.
Sgt. Thompson Met Death In Germany Nov. 9 Sergeant John Gordon Thompson, reported in yesterday's issue of the Times as killed in action, was a member of the 28th Infantry Division of the First Army, according to more complete details learned today. The 29-year-old Shelburn sold-
ier, who was the husband of Mrs. Ruth Thompson of 907 South . Tenth Street, Terre Haute, and' the son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Thompson of Shelburn, had been
overseas since July of 1944. A graduate of Shelburn High School and a native of that community, he had worked in the Packard Motor Company factories of Detroit prior to his military service.
His wife received a telegram from the War Department Sunday stating that Sgt. Thompson had been killed in action in Germany on November 9th. He had previously been reported as missing in action on that same date. Surviving are the widow and parents; one small daughter, Vicky Sue; and twp sisters, Mrs. Beulah Marts of Shelburn and Mrs. Mildred Gummere of Terre Haute.
Cpl. John D. Moore
Seriously Wounded
Battle East, Threaten To Gut Cologne Road; Reds Capture Kuestrin Soviet Forces Also Break Through To Gulf Of Danzig Yanks Spreading Out In Southwest Mindanao More American Reinforcements Stream Across Rhine.
BULLETIN! LONDON. Mar. 13. (UP) War Secretary Sir James Grigg said today that Allied forces "are preparing for the task of crossing the Rhine in force." Grigg told Commons that American troops outnumber the British in Europe by probably more than two to one.
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ODD FELIflWS QUARTERLY MEETING
the Odd Fellows of Sullivan
unty will hold their first irterly meeting of the year
h Sullivan Lodge No. 147 at ir hall on Tuesday night, rch 20th. There will be degree f'k in the Degree of Truth.
t-y expect to have some of the
und Lodge officers at the tting. All visiting Odd Fellows II receive a hearty welcome.
Arrangements are under direc-
n of Wayne Campbell, District
puty Grand Master and Clyde
oksey, County Secretary.
PROPERTY CHANGES .Iartin L. Pigg has sold a resilce property at 246 South Main eet to Mr. and Mrs. F. C. Peck, . and Mrs. Peck are from New
tss, Indiana and have spent the
nter here with their son, Clyde ck.
Mrs. Nancy Williams has pur-
ased a residence on South Mcmmon Street from Harry
This Morning's Headlines SMALL NATIONS SEEK "FRISCO" BILL OF RIGHTS. An international "Bill of Rights" probably will be sought at the San Francisco world security conference by some of Europe's smaller nations, and a world free press will be high on their "must" list of safeguards against political, economic or military subjugation. Demand for removal of all barriers against untrammeled transmission of news has increased among the little countries' representatives at London in direct proportion to disappointment over the Yalta agreement giving the big powers immunity against the league's mlitary action in any war hi which they are aggressors.
FLOOD CREST PASSES, PLAN RELIEF. State officials and representatives, of relief agencie meeting in Indianapolis yesterday planned rehabilitation work in flood-stricken communities in southern Indiana. The crest of thei Ohio river flood has left Indiana behind, with nearly 4,000 families to be returned to damaged homes.
LUBIN APPOINTED. Dr. Isador Lubin, economist and statistician, was appointed yesterday as American member of the Reparations Commission. Created by the Big Three, at Yalta, the commission will meet in Moscow in about a month to decide how Germany should pay for the devastation caused by her armies throughout Europe.
' JAP LANDING TH.WARTED. A Japanese attempt to land a small force .on the Fukien coast about 40 miles south of enemy-held Foochow has been frustrated by Chinese forces, field dispatches said. About 100 of the invaders were killed aud the others driven ofJ.
LATE NEWS
GUAM, Mar. 13. (UP) Reconnaissance photographs showed today that Superfortresses destroyed more than sixteen and one-half square miles in the center of Tokyo and one and one-fifth square miles 285 city blocks in Nagoya in their two heaviest raids of the war1 on Japan.
ROME. Mar. 13. (UP) Two hijrh rankin? members of
Benito Mussolini's Fascist government began long prison
'"'" ua.T luiivwmg men tunvitiiuii ui ueing invuivea in Fascist crimes. Fulvio Suvich, former undersecretary of foreign affairs and one-time ambassador to Washington, was sentenced to 24 years. Francesco Jacomoni, former Lieutenant General of Albania, was sentenced to 15 years.
WASHINGTON. Mar. 13. (UP) The House Appropri
ations Committee recommended today that Congress loosen its purse strings and give the State Department more money to achieve its foreign policy objectives. j The recommendation was made in a bill to approve $259,109,700 for the State, Justice and Commerce Departments and the Federal judiciary during the 1946 fiscal year I The figure represented an increase of $23,225,608 over appropriations for the current fiscal year, and the State Department alone received an increase of approximately that amount. 1
CHICAGO, Mar. 12. (UP) The Midwest office of the War Food Administration said today that commercial creameries would be required to set aside forty per cent of butter production in April for the armed forces and 55 per cent in May. Set-as'de requirements in February were 20 per cent and for March, 23 per cent. The civilian supply of butter will be about 80,000,000 pounds each month for April and May as compared with 82,000,000 pounds during February and March, the WFA office
announced.
Mr. arad Mrs. "Elza ' Moore - of
Farmersburg yesterday received
a letter from their son, Corporal John Dee Moore, revealing that he has been seriously wounded
in action. The letter was dictated i by the corporal to an American Red Cross worker in an Army j hospital somewhere in France. He did not state the exact date his wounds were suffered. ,
His letter said that he was caught in the area of an exploding shell, believed to have been a mortar, and had received slivers of shrapnel iij the hands, arms, one leg and foot. Though his wounds were such that he was unable to write his own letter, he assured his parents of his recovery. ' Cpl. Moore has been overseas since November of 1944 where he is a member of the 7th Army Forces. He is a native of Farmersburg and a graduate of the high school there. Watch For Chinch Bug Outbreak In This County Many Sullivan County farmers are concerned about the possible chinch bug outbreak during the coming season. In a survey made during the past summer, it was found that Sullivan County showed a lighter infestation than did the surrounding counties, however, there is always the possibility that the outbreak might be heavy this year. The chinch bug problem is governed closely by the type of weather we have. The Department of Agriculture has asked for an additional appropriation to be used partially in controlling the probable chinch bug infestation A new weapon called,
"DN Dust" would be used if it could be obtained. This is an improvement over the creosote treatment, however it may. be necessary to again , use creosote and dust barrier controls due to the probable scarcity of the new "DN Dust." County Agricultural Agent, J. Howard Telfer, suggests that farmers be on a close look-out for chinch bug outbreaks. It is not known as to just how the new dust or creosote might be made available; locally, however, plans are being made for the possible outbreak. .
BULLETIN! LONDON. Mar. 13. (UP) British bombers, escorted by R.A.F., Polish and Czech fighters, attacked the communications and industrial town of Barmen on the outskirts of the Ruhr today. . ,
BULLETIN! REMAGEN' 'BRIDGEHEAD, Germany, Mar. 13. (UP) The Germans are flying what the Americans call "suicide missions" aaginst the 1st Army bridges across the Rhine in desperate efforts to cut the lifeline to the Remagen bridgehead. . . Today it can be revealed that in the last five days 135. German planes have made "suicide" attacks on the bridges. Sixty-six were shot down. Fourteen others disappeared in the clouds, before trails of smoke and flame;
NEW SUITS . Mollie Shelton vs. Ben F. Shelton..C6mplaiat lor tUvorce,
(By United Press) American 1st Army troops battled a mile eastward from their Remagen bridgehead across the Rhine today and threatened to cut the superhighway running northward to Cologne. During the night they captured a high hill overlooking Honningen, four miles southeast of Remagen. and were fighting from house to house inside the town today. The bridgehead was ten miles long and four miles deep after yesterday's gains of as much as a mile anc a quarter, and was growing steadily. West. of the Rhine the American 3rd Army cleared another four miles of the Mosel River, leaving the Germans holding only a six-mile stretch. The Russians, having captured the gateway fortress of Kuestrin east of Berlin, were reported by the Germans to be fighting to enlarge and link up bridgeheads already established on the west bank of the Oder to thd south. Soviet forces in the Baltic area broke through to the Gulf of Danzig with the capture of Puck, 15 miles northwest of Gdynia. In the Pacific, the battle of Iwo neared its end as American marines steadily reduced a pocket of probably fewer than 1,000 Japanese on the island's north coast. American troops in the Philippines spread out rapidly in southwest' Mindanao after capturing Zamboanga and two airfields. The battle of the Remagen bridgehead was the chief overnight activity on the western front. American reinforcements have been streaming over the railway bridge and temporary structures thrown across by engineers, steadily lessening the prospect of a successful German counterattack. While the German still held good artillery positions on high ground commanding the bridgehead, their ability to bring up reserves has been hampered by Allied aerial pounding of the railway system leading up to the area.-The superhighway toward which the Americans are thrusting is the main road link between the Ruhr and upper Rhineland. Despite their efforts by artillery and aircraft, the Germans have succeeded so far only in damaging the Remagen bridge. They sent over 35 planes during yesterday afternoon, of which 12 were shot down and four probably shot down. The Germans made two small but determined attacks on the eastern edge of the bridgehead. One, by 200 tank-led troops, was stopped cold. The other dented the American lines in the hills east of Remagen but the lost ground was regained. The 3rd Army on the other side of the Rhine was steadily mopping up the Germans stranded in the Eifel hills in the Rhine-Mosel triangle. The six-mile stretch of the Mosel which provided the only route of escape was between Mochem, 23 miles southwest of Coblenz, and Bullay. The 3rd Army reported advances of up to five miles at other points along its fluid front. The American 9th and Canadian 1st armies to the north continued shelling important industrial targets in the Ruhr and were in position to attempt a Rhine crossing when the signal is given. . 1 On the Italian iront, Allied headquarters announced, that 5th Army troops had captured Spigolino, an Appenine peak 14 miles west of the Pistoria-Bologna highway. No important changes were noted, elsewhere.