Sullivan Daily Times, Volume 47, Number 67, Sullivan, Sullivan County, 3 April 1945 — Page 1

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News Of Our Men And Women With The Colors "Remember Pearl Harbor" AT GREAT LAKES William G. Snyder, son of Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Snyder of North French Street, is now stationed at the Great Lake.-; Naval Training Center receiving his boot training. Upon completion of his training there he will enter special training in the Naval Radar Program. "Bill" qualified for radar a month or so ago when lie successfully passed the pre-induction examination for specialized branches of the service. ON IWO JIMA . Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Jennings of Shelburn, Route 2, received word March 22nd from their son, Pfc. Lee Jennings, that he was well. The letter was written March 12th, from a fox hole in Iwo Jima. lie is in Die Third Marine Division which was in the invasion there. .. COMBAT INFANTRYMAN Private First Class Kenneth E. McKinley recently sent hjs'comttat ' Infantry Badge to his parents,' Mr and Mrs. Harvey McKinley of Merom, Route 2. The medal was awarded him for his participation with the 398th Infantry Regiment of the 100th (Century) Division of Lt. Gen. Alexander Patch's Seventh Army, while in combat in one of the toughest sectors of front in Eastern France.IN PACIFIC THEATER

Cpl. Willard F. Head, husband Haute, Vincennes and Mt. Carof Marjorie Williams Head, is mel. 111., while the west fork of now stationed somewhere in the, White River exceeded flood stage Pacific Theater of War. Cpl. Head at Elliston and Edwardsport. received his training at Sheppard' Several roads in southern Field, Texas Laredo, Texas, and Indiana were reported under March Field, Calif. He is an up- water . yesterday by the State per turret gunner on a B-24. Be- Highway Department, including fore leaving March Field, his crew Ind, 39, south of Tampico; Ind. was selected the "best crew of the46, east of Nashville; Ind. 56, in

week." Cpl. Head has four brothers in service, and he is one of eleven boys born to Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Head of Springfield, Tenn. Mrs. Head is a former resident of Sullivan. They have one daughter, Linda Marie Head. ( Continued on Page 2, Col. 4)

St. Sgt. Max K. Wyman, Serving With "Avengers Of Bataan " Has Lots Of Luck, Nabs Sabres Of Jap Officers

SSgt. Max K. Wyman, son of James Wyman. of East Jackson Street, Sullivan, is now fighting in the Philippines with the 149thInfantry, 38th Division the outfit known as the "Avengers of Bataan." Wyman, who is a frontline observer for an 81 mm mortar section, has been under fire many times .while directing the firing mission of his guns, In one mission their first SSgt. Wyman's platoon accounted for 18 dead Japs and three machine gun positions.. While not directing his mortars, Wyman volunteers . for patrols going Jap-hunting in the mountains, and is 'recognized g. He c, in has had pretty good luck spite of some narrow escapes from death." While serving as a scout on one patrol, he sneaked up on a well defended enemy C. P. and led the patrol in for the kill. The Japs fired everything they had, but soon fled on up the mountain, leaving 17 dead behind. Among the souvenirs found were several Jap of f ieer'js sabres,, the most highly prized trophy that an American soldier can get, J3e-

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n. A i 1 F7 i. 1 rviver L II reel, u InrW At Mp'rom inCIieS t I IViertllll This Morning; Predict Higher Water. The Wabash river at Merom is past flood stage and this morn ing reached a stage of 17 feet, 2 inches. It had raised four to five inches during the last 24 hours and about one foot in the last 48 hours. The rise was slowed considerably during the last two days as river bottom lands were flooded, according to Ray RediferTTiver -observer at Merom. Mr. R'edifer reported that ferry service at Merom had been suspended Sunday night after the Illinois bottoms and highway opposite Merom bluff became inundated. The liver observer predicts two to three more feet of water t Merom, basing the prediction on the knowledge of heavy rainfall, at least two inches in the last . 24 hours, all along the course of the river farther north. Sixteen feet of water is regarded as, flood stage at Merom. Con tinued rains will result in a serious flood condition in this area. STATE ROADS UNDER WATER Heavy week-end rains created swollen rivers throughout Indiana yesterday, sending some of the streams above flood stage, and creating considerable inconvenience for many Hoosiers. The Wabash River soared over flood stages yesterday at Lafayette, Bluffton, Wabash', Terre French Lick; U.S. 60 southeast of Mitchell; Ind. 65, northeast of Princeton; Ind. 66, south of Derby and east of Campbelltown; Ind. 145, southeast of French Lick; Ind. 157, northwest of Worthington and south of Bloomfield; Ind. 235, east of Medora, and Ind. . 337, southeast of Orleans. ing the first man on the attack,. Wyman collected three of them. "It felt pretty good to cut down those yellow bellies. It was a pleasure," recalled ' Wyman, "but I had no idea of being lucky enough to get three of those awards." Cping out on another patrol the following day, Wyman had another close shave. Japs laying in wait along the trail threw grenades and machine gunl fire at the patrol. A grenade exploded within a few feet of him but he didn't even get a scratch. His buddies all agree that Max is a pretty tough" fellow and a very lucky guy besides. Before entering the Army in December, 1942, . SSgt. Wyman was employed at the Republic Aircraft Corporation. He is a graduate of Sullivan High School. At present, he is entitled to wear the Combat Infantry Badge, the Gnod Conduct Medal, and the Asiatic-Pacific! and,. Philippine Liberation . Campaign ... Medals.. Prior to the landing' on . Luzon, Wyman had served in ; Hawaii, Nqw Guinea and Ley te,. SSgt. Wyman's' wife lives1 at Detroit, Michigan,

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PVT. mi am Private Ancil Rich, 21-year-old United States Army infantryman, was killed in action somewhere in Germany on February 28th, ac-cm-dine to' an official notification received by the mother, Mrs. Pat 'Alexander of Sullivan yesterday PVP.n;ng. He had previously been. SSS.mtetag in aeun since Pvt. Rich, who was a former Dally Times carrier, was serving with. the 94th Infantry Division of Lt. Geii. George S. Patton's Third Armv forces to which he was wiui.li lie wa transferred from the 9th Army

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shortly after arriving overseas in, announced toaay. August of 1944. He entered the1 It was disclosed last week that during the Crimean conservice February 28th, 1943, and ference, Russia asked for three votes in the assembly. The received his basic training at Fort White House said then that Britain and the U. S. agreed to McClellan, Alabama. support this request in the San Francisco conference.'

Following his graduation from Sullivan High School in 1942, he was employed at the .South Side Oakley-Kroger Grocery Store be-j fore entering the service. i surviving are me jmmici, Pat Alexander, 702 North state Street; the father, Richard Rich of Sullivan; one brother, Emu Rich of the United States Army, now stationed in Texas; one halfsister, Karen Jane Alexander, at home; one half-brother, Joe Alexander, at home; and the grandmother, Mrs. Frances Higgins of Sullivan. Sullivan Golf Club Course To Open April 22 Announcement is made that the Sullivan Golf Club will open the course ' for season play on Sunday, April 22. The course will be open to the general public on the basis of annual dues or greens fees for single rounds. Some new equipment has been secured and every effort is being made to have the greens and fairways in better playing condition than ever before. ' . The newly elected officers are: president, J. W. Anstead; vicepresident, C. R. Thudium; secretary, Max Pirtle; and treasurer, Tom C. Brown. Directors just elected for three years are J. A. Hankms, Cecil . Smith and John S. Taylor. Other Hirppfnrs are C. E. Fisher. J. W. I Anstead, A. S. Reed, C. R. Thud- j ium, Lyle Turner, and Harry Waldorf. The following committees have been appointed: . Membership C. R. Thudium, I D. H. Brown, Maurice Thomp- J son, Krtis smun, jessie jwigie, . Grace Nelf. Greens Cecil Smith, C. R. Thudium, D. H. Borders. House Harry Waldorf, Lyle Turner, Leslie Smith i-t i tij.: - T aiIm. Smith. Cecil Smith, Harry Wald0rf. Entertainment William Theal, Cecil Smith, Carroll T. Frakes, Lyle Turner, Vern Ross, Ertis Smith. ' Cpl. Paul Williams Prisoner Of War Word has been received that Cpl. Paul M. Williams is a prisoner of Germany in the StalagLuft III prison camp. Cpl. Williams was a tail-gunner on a B-29 and had to bail out in enemy territory. Cpl. Williams is a former resident of Sullivan and attended Sullivan High School. He writes that he receives Red Cross boxes regularly. SATURDAY WIND-UP CINCINNATI, O. (UP) It happened on . Saturday: Mrs. Mattie-Saturday sued. for. a divorce ; f roxq Theodore gatujdag.

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WITH FIRST U. S. ARMY (UP) Maior General Maurice .wander of the Thud Armored

by Nazi tankmen while taking Off his pistol to his German captors, it was announced today.

Rose's aide, Major Robert

York, said Rose already had surrendered to the crew of a

German Tiger tank when tankmen with a "burp" j

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Rose, one of the outstanding tankmen of the war, led the

3rd Armored Division spearhead to Belgium; and his unit was the Line. '

WASHINGTON, Apr. S. (UP) President Roosevelt has decided that the United States will not ask for additional

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.Today's announcement meant that the U. S. apparently will continue to support the Russian request for three votes, fulfilling the promise made at Yalta, but will not follow; this up by asking the three votes for this country.

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ror ine nation s uiiummous miners.

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iately and attempt the quickest bossible settlement of the disputed issue.. The WLB has given the parley until Saturday to write a new agreement or make substantial progress in that direction. '

i WASHINGTON, Apr. 3. (UP) Most of the 60,000 Japanese troops on Okinawa apparently are in jthe southern patt of the island which has been cut bit by American forces, an official Navy spokesman said today. .., ,

WASHINGTON, Apr. 3. stead, director of supplies for told Senate investigators today civilians would have even less "PETE" McANALLY Mr. and Mrs. William J. McAnnllv formerly of Hvmera, have received word that their son, Sgt. Paul "Pete" McAnally, was killed in action in Germany on March ) 16. The parents now live at Terre Haute. . Sgt. McAnally entered the servicf Anril 8. 1941. He served in the Aleutians 22 months and re- j turned to the States in May 1944, to spend a short furlough witn his wife, Mrs. Elsie McAnally of Chicago, and relatives in Terre Haute. Later he completed six months of infantry training in xexas Deiure leiuiumg vac,a last January. He was a graduate

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oi nymera nign dcuwi. 'action In addition to the parents and. ' : . . . ,

wife, he is survived by four sis-1 'ters, Mrs. Ed .Denehie, Terre XJr.iitAi m vc uQvnA h'nrarrian K ft komo, Ind.; Mrs. Howard Wright, Sullivan, and Mrs. Garland Hixon; of Hymera; and two brothers, Ron. aid McAnally of Kokomo, Ind., and Ernest McAnally of Pontiac, Mich. KOTARIAN GILMORE EXPLAINS GEOGRAPHY RELA .ING TO WAR Members of the Sullivan Rotary club profited by another splendid

"geography lesson" Monday, f ol- five hours iater anghted at Evanslowing their weekly luncheon at vjjie Tndjana. the Davis Hotel Dining Room.! whether I go east or west, or Professor Harry C. Gilmore, a north or south ru g0 by piane member of the club, who is prin- f rom now on the veteran atcipal .of the Sullivan high school, torney) who is 83 years old, said, "taught the class," explaining in in exnressine his eniovment of the

detail geographical conditions affecting the present Allied drives in the European tneater oi war. Mr. Gilmore, who fought on the western front in World War I, has made a special study of the war, and geography as it affects it. His talk was most timely and instruct tive. He was presented by Rotarian Dale C. Billman, program phairman for Mondays tneeting,

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IN GERMANY, Apr. 3. Rose, Denver, Colorado, comDivision, was shot to death i.iiki uvri hi Ballinger, White Plains, New rp" gun shot through northern France in fust to breach the Siegfried -t , . P 7 fTTP Cnft .nnl i tnA 4 ,.nU ..,nf u.ua wiwei-n v.ic unu ipi..o a uiy genuine piuuirss ui uHiav . . i I 1 Labor Board to step in immed J (UP) Lt. Col. Ralph W. Olm the War Food Administration, that American and Canadian, to eat this year. Next Year's Hardwood Team Clips Seniors Coach "Red" Sering's Sullivan hopefuls for the 1945-46 season clipped the veteran, star-studded senior team in the annual spring at the community gymnudum lnct nicrht 33 tn 30. The spirited battle wa3 nip and tuck n1 th aTld nrovjrte,i v;eh ntertainnient for the fans on hand The Seniors led at the half intermission by a score of 15 to I 14. paul Sirns ony reguiar from thi ,g te'am who ig an under. r1asi!TTian and Libke led the att k th varsjty while Saiko excelled in balj handling in the . . t Bill Sevier's rebound work help( the varsity s victory drjve and .Southwood and also saw plenty of Alexander J.I1C C-CII1UI5 Miuwcu naanca vj. the form that carried them to - anmade rt a real battle 811 the wa'' ATTY. C. D. HUNT HOME FROM SOUTH VIA THE SKYWAYS Charles D. Hunt of Sullivan, returned home last night after a pleasant sojourn in the sunny Smith during the winter months, Mr. Hunt, who has been visiting in St. Petersburg, Florida, boarded a pjane at Tampa at 10:00 0'ciock yesterday morning and trip via the sky-ways. He came on tp Sumvan by train LEARN OF DEATH Misses Beulah and Elizabeth Chappelle received word of the death of their sister, Mrs, Marshall Jordan of. Walla Walla, Washington.

INTERNATIONAL PICTURE CIRCUIT CM1 Mrs. Hazel Hardin On Trial Here In Connection With Hymera Youth's Death. The State began presentation of evidence at .1:30 o'clock this afternoon in the case of the State versus Mrs. Hazel Hardin of Hymera, who is charged in a grand jury indictment with manslaughter and aiming a weapon. The case resulted from the fatal shooting of Loren David Gorby, 16-year-old Hymera boy shortly after midnight, Friday, June 30, 11944 in the yard at the home of 1 Mrs. Hardin and her husband.' George eorge Hardin at Hymera. The ise, being heard in Sullivan Circase, cuit Court bv Judge Walter F TiT .1 1 l l a ... , , I wouu, nan wen sei ror iriai nere

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twice previously. .0... 0 . . j center in western Germany, and began a house-to-house mopThe trial opened this morning up of its by-passed Nazi garrison. with some tinie beVng consumed I '

in the selection of the jury which was completed shortly before ! noon after the regular panel and a numper irqm a special jury venire .of twenty had been examines. The jury is' composed 1 of:-- ' " ' ' " Nellie Phegley, Gill township; Henry Hart, Gill township; Ros coe Flynn, Hamilton township; -iark, Jackson township; Ho mer Benefield, Jefferson town ship; Carl B. Jackson,. Haddon township; Fred Osborn, Cass township; Julius Petemier, Jefferson township; Patrick Burke, Cass township; Scott Gobin, Haddon township; Wade Denny, Curry township; and Russell Exline, i Cass township. The Hymera high school stu dent was allegedly killed instant

ly by Mrs. Hardin, who "reported eted in the Ruhr fought savagely to break through the eastto authorities shortly alter the ern and southeastern walls of the trap. American armored

shooting that she fired a .38 call bre revolver through a window at her home into some shadows at 12:30 a. m. June 30, 1944 after her step-daughter, Mrs. Delores Tnump haJI liecome frightened upon hearing someone near her bedroom window1. The step-daughter, it was said, was seated at a dressing table in her bedroom fixing her hair when she reported hearing someone near her window, and she became frightened. The window shade was up a few inches, it was related. The authorities were also informed that the two women had seen a shadow after they switched on a light in another bedroom. The case attracted a large crowd to the court room today and a large number of Hymera people have been subpoenaed to appear during . the trial. The slain youth , was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Gorby of Hymera. Mrs. Hardin has been free under $5,000 bond since the time of her indictment by the grand jury. N. K. Harris is appearing for the defendant and Prosecutor Joe Lowdermilk is being as - sisted by Attorneys Pigg and Tennis in presenting the state's ' case BIRTII ANNOUNCEMENTS Mr. and Mrs. Woodrow Johnson' of Freelandville, announce the birth of a daughter, Patsy Jo, born April 2nd at the Mary Sherman Hospital. ' Mr. and Mrs. Ralph E. Drew of 403 Wests Sylvandell Street are the parents of a baby girl born April 3rd at the hospital here. .She has been named Mars Kay..

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Break From Ruhr Trap Attempt May Be Made To Halt Onrushing Armies At Weser River Vienna Prepares For Siege As Russians Apply Pincers Yanks Cut Okinawa In Two, Meet Resistance In Drive On Capital. BULLETIN! ' KEY CITIES FALL

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captured the Westphalian capital of Muenster- today while tank columns raced 50 miles and more bevond the ritv in

twin drives to envelop Holland 0n the main super-highway to

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BULLETIN I , (By United Press) The British radio said today that Berlin has announced the fall of KasseU 13 miles southwest of the .German capital, to American 3rd Army troops: J '

BULLETIN! , ' LONDON, Apr. 3. (UP) Red Army troops tonight drove toward the outskirts of Vienna after capturing the chief Austrian industrial centers of Wiener-Neustaet, Neunkirehen and Glogenitz.

(By United Press) The intensity of fighting increased on the western front today as the German forces engaged in the difficult crossing of the Weser River were deployed in what may become an effort to halt the' Allied armies at least temporarily at that good but not impregnable barrier. An estimated 100.000 to 150.000 other Nazi t.ronns noclv-

columns, leaving that mopping-up operation to the infantry, pressed eastward from Bielefeld, Kassel, Meiningen, and Wuerzburg. The drive forward to cut Germany in two at her waist continued although the tempo was definitely slower. Vienna prepared for a siege as the 2nd and 3rd Ukrainian armies applied a pincers to Germany's second city with the nearest Red army forces only 11 miles away when operations resumed today. Strong S.S. contingents under Col. Gen. Sepp Dietrich were entrusted with the defense of Vienna, which would not seek safely in a declaration of "open city." In the Pacific, fighting on Okinawa Island increased as the Americans neared the burning island capital, Naha, after isolating all enemy forces in the south by cutting Okinawa in two. Enemy forces which had failed to oppose the American landings or even the drive across the island now were fighting bitterly from prepared positions about five or six miles north of Naha. Nowhere on the island had American forces been definitely halted, and the widening of the original invasion beachhead continued today. Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower's special order of the day telling his armies that the German forces trapped in the Ruhr were "ripe" for annihilation provoked dual reaction a furiously increased effort by one whole German army group to. escape the trap as American troops of the 1st and 9th armies applied systematic pressure against the pocket. It now was definitely certain that inside the Ruhr trap is what is left of the 15th army and the 5th panzer army under Marshal Model.. The 15th army probably consisted of from

seven to 10 divisions, the 5th panzer army of from eight to 10 divisions. Some of those divisions had been reduced to

1 5.000 men, so it-was difficult Germans caught. The best terrain for their

ward, so it is possible that during the next few days there will be repeated attempts to break out and hard fighting may be expected at the eastern end of the pocket, west and south of Ilamm and Lippstadt. The Germans lack mobility, however,

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exposed if massed in slow columns.

Patton already is beyond line appears doomed although nOSPITAL NOTES Admitted Apr. 2: Mrs. Albert Hildenbrand of Carlisle R. R. 1, for treatment; Mrs. Ruth Jackson of Jasonville R. R. 1, for observation; Miss PeggX Russell of Ja

BAIN TONIGHT .1 . Indiana: Cloudy tonight and Wednesday with light rains tonight and most of Wednesday, no decided change in temperature. '

PRICE THREE CENTS American and British troops and force the Weser River line Berlin. to assess the actual number of escape would be directly eastattack they would be terribly Kassel, consequently the Weser it may allow delaying action. sonville, for treatment; William Sands of Shelburn, ror observation. Dismissed Apr. 2: Mrs. William D. Brown of Oaktown; Mrs. Harold Cazzell of Bicknell; Alice .Grimes of 35? JVest Thomas gt.

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