Sullivan Daily Times, Volume 47, Number 71, Sullivan, Sullivan County, 9 April 1945 — Page 1

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News Of Our Men And Women With The Colors I '1 f , V "Remember Pearl Harbor" IN GERMANY Mrs. Pauline Street of East Washington Street lias received word from tier husband, V(c James Street, that lie is in; Germany with Gen. ' Patton's 3rd Army. RETURNS TO BASE M. M. M. 1c, Robert R. Miller, has, returned to his base at Charleston, Soutli Carolina, after spending a 10-day leave with his wife, (he former Margaret Bedwell of this city and other rehitives. . .- BATTLE AWARDS Mrs. Theresa. Spencer has received a letter from her' husband, Pvt. DuaneD. Spencer, stating tie has received the Good Conduct Medal and three Bronze

h Stars for participating in .three nvyor battles. Pvt. Spencef -has ' hefti oversea s.Jhe past nirjrteen

IN LANGUAGE SCHOOL AN 8TII AIR FORCE BASE, England. While the "off duty" school which Private First Class Everett M. Allen, 21, and other Eighth Air Force personnel are attending here is at present offering only a few courses. Plans rapidly are being completed to , expand it to meet post-hostilities educational and vocational needs immediately after V-E Day. Pfc. Allen, a clerk-typist and a member of a station complement squadron in support of the 339th Fishtcr Group commanded by Colonel John B. Henry Jr., of San Antonio, Tex., is enrolled' in the German language class which meets two nights a week. Other courses include' business arithmetic and algebra. A certifi1 cate of proficiency is given the ' cnrollee bv the United States Armed Forces Institute upon completion of each course..flficv t)ie rV'ffat of Germany, personnel awaiting return to the 7Tnitd ctofpo or transfer to other theaters of operation will be offered comprehensive courses in agriculture, business, generaleducation, literacy, and mcchani-1 cal and technical subjects. Before entering the Army Air Forces in November, 1943, Pfc. Allen was employed as a machin- ' ist. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. I wj All - r r , , 1 tawaru uen 01 jasunvine, Indiana, Route 2.

f RECEIVES PURPLE HEART Mrs. Betty Kimmell has received a letter from her husband, ; Lt. Ord Kimmell, that he has received the Purple Heart. Lt. L Kimmell is with the First Army i in Germany. He wears the Comt bat Infantry Badge, Good ConV duct Medal, the European Theater of Operations Ribbon with two Bronze Stars and the Pre-Pearl I Harbor Ribbon.

Lt. Kimmell is the son of Mrs. Emma Kimmell of Sullivan. His

f wife, the former Betty Wilson, and

sou, Larry, are living with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Wilson of Shelburn. - SENIOR CADET NURSE MARTINSBURG, W..Va.

s- Senior Cadet Nurse, Lois South-

wood, reported at Newton, D. Baker General Hospital, Martinsl bure. West Virsinia where sh will train for her final six months under Colonal E. L. Cook, Commanding Officer. Her supervision

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APPOINTED I - Togo, Former Japanese Foreign M i n i s t e r, Renamed To Cabi net. (By United Press) Shigenori Togo, former Japan ese Foreign Minister, has been appointed Foreign Minister and Minister of Greater East Asia Affairs, and former Premier Bar on Kiieharo Hiranuma, one of the elder statesmen, has been ap pointed President of the Privy Council, the Japanese Imperial Board of Information announced. Togo,, who was right hand man of Premier Tojo when Japan went to war against the United States, is regarded as an expert on RussoJapanese relations. Hiranuma, 88, was known as Japan's number one Fascist. Dates Set For Commencements In The County Approximately 250 students will graduate this month from ttie schools of Sullivan County, The dates set for the commencements are as follows: Fairbanks High School, -April 13; Merom High School, April 16; Pleasantville High School, April 17;" Farmersburg High School, April, 18; Shelburn High School, April 19;' Dugger High School, April 20; Carlisle High School, April 20; Hymera ' High School, April 21; New' Lebanon .High School, April 23; : ,Graysville High School, April 23.' PAGE-SCROLL Mr. and Mrs. John Story , of Dugger, are announcing the marriage of their daughter Mrs. Inez Page, to Dr. W. H. Scholl of Linton. , The wedding took place in the Methodist church at Bloomington, Ind., on March 17. Rev. Morris B. McFall read the single ring nupfial vows and Mr. and Mrs, Grover VanMeter of Bloomfield, acted as attendants. Both Dr. and Mrs. Scholl are well known in the community. The bride has served as assistant postmaster of Dugger for the last nine years and Dr. Scholl has been a chiropractor in Linton for the last thirty years. They plan o make their home in Linton. FARES DIRECT BUS DRIVER SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (UP) It's getting so you can't get on a bus and expect to get to the scheduled destination. Passengers on a Belmont Ave. bus recently had to direct a new driver around .the route when he became lost. SEEK ASSISTANCE FOR FAMILY WHO LOST POSSESSIONS Fire Friday completely destroyed a home in . Sullivan and the possessions of a widowed mother and her three children who dwelled there, except the clothing they wore. The Sullivan County Red Cross chapter has rallied to the need of this distressed family and is conducting ,a collection of necessary ar-. tides to again equip a home for them. Persons ' having an article or articles of furniture that could be used - by this family or some clothing are asked to call the Red Cross office, Phone 108, and arrangements will be made to ; collect the donations, '

SULLIVAN, INDIANA

Gross Income Forms For 1st Quarter Available Gross income tax return. forms and information concerning pay ment of the state tax for the first quarter of 1945 now may be obtained at W. T. Mellott's Office, 20 N. Court Street, manager of the Sullivan auto license branch announced here today. All individuals who have an income of $1,250 or more per quarter are obligated to report their earnings on a three-month basis. This includes gross receipts from rentals, interest and commissions as well as wages, salaries and fees taxable at one per cent. Retail merchants whose sales exceeded $2,750 since Jan. 1 also must file returns and pay the tax at their rate of one-half of one per. cent. For the first time in the history of the Indiana Gross Income Tax Division retailers will be- allowed to deduct Federal Excise taxes collected on such items as furs, jewelry, luggage, cosmetics and sporting goods. j This new provision of the state' tax law became effective on March 5 and retailers may deduct excise taxes collected only during the last 27 days of the quarter. Wholesalers must file returns if their gross receipts . exceeded $4,250 for the Jan. 1 March. 31 period. . , The tax became due on March 31 and must be paid before April 30. Payments after that date are subject to penalties ranging;from 10 per cent to 50 per cent of the amount of the tax. in addition to interest at one per cent per month. u j Harper L. Davis Dies Here Today 1 Harper L. Davis, 79, died this morning at 11:40 o'clock at the Mary Sherman Hospital. Mr. Davis was a resident of Sullivan, residing at 217 North West Street. He 'was a member of the First Christian Church of Sullivan. He is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Cleo , Womack of Detroit, Michigan; three sons, Ray Davis of Utica, Michigan, Basil Davis at home and Kenneth Davis of Grand Rapids, Michigan. The body was removed to the Railsback Funeral Home and will be returned- to the residence tomorrow where it will lie in state. Funeral services will be ' conducted Wednesday afternoon at two o'clock in the Railsback Funeral chapel with Rev. Jack Anderson of the Sullivan First Christian Church officiating. Interment will be made in the Center Ridge Cemetery. BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENTS Mr. and Mrs. Hud Milam of 928 North Main, Street, announce the birth of a daughter, Mary Josephine, born April 6th at the Mary Sherman Hospital. ' Mr. and Mrs. Guy Boles of Sullivan, are the' parents of a baby girl born April 8th at the hospital here. She has been named Sharon Rose. Mr. and Mrs. Ira Terry, Jr. of 708 South State Street, announce the arrival of a son, James Michael, born April 8th at the hospital. IN CIVIL SERVICE Mary Jean Strange, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gusta Strange of Sullivan, route two, recently entered U. S. civil service and is at the Veterans Hospital at Marion, Indiana, at the present time. After a month at Marion she will take up her duties at Washington, D. C. FLOOD HALTED AER TRAFFIC CINCINNATI (UP) Cincinnati was cut off from air traffic during the late winter floods when a levee broke and let Ohio river water, inundate Lunken Field. Citizens- are demanding that something be done about it before another flood. ,

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WASHINGTON, April 9. (UP) Secretary or State Edward It. Stettinius, Jr., announced today that the 20 American republics have decided to resume normal diplomatic relations with Argentina. j The announcement was made bj Stettinius at a press conference, i

WASHINGTON, April 9. (UP) Possible changes in OPA's administration of price control in the meat industry were discussed today by the Senate Banking Committee and OPA representatives. . . ' '

LONDON, April 9.(UP) Great fleets or American and British bombers late today dropped 11 -ton bombs on U-boat shelters at Hamburg and lesser missiles on ten airfields within a 60-mile radius of Munich.

ATHENS, April 9. (UP) Admiral Petros Voulgaris new premier of Greece, said today that his government will hold publ'c elections at the earliest possible time. He pledged the government to aid Greece in economic reconstruction and the realization of Greek national rights. ,

DR. ROBT. STEWART SERVES INTERNESHIP IN PANAMA HOSPITAL INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., April 9. Dr. Robert L. Stewart of Sullivan, who received the doctor of medicine degree this year from the Indiana University School of Medicine, is now serving a ninemonths' interneship at the Gorgas Memorial Hospital, Ancon, Panama, Dr. W. D. Gatch, dean of the I. U. Medical School, said today. The one hundred and ten young doctors who received the M.D. degree this year from Indiana University have received interneship appointments in various hospitals. Practically all of the one hundred and ten members of this year's class have commissions as first lieutenants in the Army or lieutenants (jg) in the Navy and will enter active military duty upon completion of their ninemonths' interneships. ANNOUNCE MANY REAL ESTATE CHANGES Mlrs. Irma Wright Hoesman has sold her property on North Court St., to Mr. and Mrs. Walter, Wil-, son. . j Mrs. Charity Lewellyn has sold her property on French St., to Mr. and Mrs. L. M. VanArsdall. Mrs. Grace Neff has sold her property on West Washington St., to Mr. and Mrs. John Gambill. Mr. and Mrs. Lynn Caton have purchased the Joseph Wright farm located southwest of Sullivan. ' Mr. and Mrs. L. M. VanArsdall have sold their property on Crowder St., to Mr. and Mrs. Robert Johnston. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Markle sold their property on West Wolfe St., to Mr. and Mrs,, Burel Huff. Mr. and Mrs. Harley Mathena sold their property on French St., to Mrs. Aline Roberts. I; Mrs. Delia Heath has sold her property on South Main St., to Mr. arid Mrs. Clyde D. Thomas. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Dorman have sold their property, on East Wall St., to Mrs. Helen M. Wilson. Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Roe sold their property at 506 North Court St., to Mr. and Mrs. Earl Dorman. Mr. and Mrs. Ben Bennett have sold their property on North Court St., to Mr. and Mrs. Rollie Pinkston. j Mr. and Mrs. Rollie Pinkston have sold their property located on North Court St., to Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Vest. E. C. Pope , of Sullivan, made the transactions. HOME DESTROYED BY BLAZE FRIDAY Thp Sullivan firn Hnmrftvisnt' - .... . . ' V. 1 1 V-1 1 L I 11. j i . . I was tanea to jcast conman street about 10:30 Friday night to combat fire that enveloped the four-room! home of Mrs. Geneva Marlow. The, blaze was discovered too late for the building or any of its contents' to be saved. Mrs. Marlow and her family were away when the fire of unknown origin broRe out.

APR. 9, 1915. NEWS The Commentator's Corner v (By Joe Adams) Charles B. Driscoll, celebrated columnist, in "a recent release of his "New York Day By Day" gives Sullivan quite a boost in passing along some comment on wartime courtesy which, he received from a Sullivan resident. Mr. Driscoll, the eminent, successor' o the late O. orMcIntyre, writes: J . ' "About wartime courtesy and the lack thereof, I have interest-' ing comment from Mrs. Edward Trueblood, of Sullivan, Ind. (Good old Quaker name, Trueblood. I had a Professor Trueblood in school who was one of the finest.) . "Mrs. Trueblood tells me that the active discourtesy reported so , often from the big cities is unknown in her town. Salespeople in the stores, though overworked, are at all times pleasant and i courteous, neighborly and kind, Looa oia auuivan: want to move to Manhattan?" Yes, it does have its angles, this living in a small community like Sullivan, where, generally speaking, you know all the merchants and their clerks and they know you and all your relatives. New York salespeople don't expect to see one in a thousand of their customer, the second time, except in the neighborhood, stores, of course. But people around here well realize that when things return to normal their friends won't have forgotten unnecessary discourtesies, if any, received under stress of war conditions. For , the most part everyone concerned is trying to render the best possible service that circumstances will permit. Good old Manhattan! Want to move to Sullivan? Japan's new premier, Suzuki, comes to bat with some enlight-. cuing ijuux iiiauuii. jljlc Bciya tuat the Nips were coerced to strike j at America at Pearl Harbor. How ' ever, he fails to say who is guilty of forcing the war on them. He jalso declared that Japan won a ! spiritual victory at Iwo Jima. Un fortunately, the poor fellow had to add that their country is in a momentous crisis and that present war developments "do not warrant optimism." So sorry, Suzuki. ADDITIONAL- CASUALTIES OFFICIALLY REPORTED The list of Army-Navy war casualties announced by the Office of War Information for release today include: Army wounded, European regions Pfc. Kenneth D. Skinner, son of Mrs. Mary M. Skinner, Sullivan, route one; Pfc. Paul S. Talpas, son of Mrs. Mary Talpas, Route 1, Jasonville. Army . wounded, Pacific regions Cpl. Roy A. Edmonson, son of Mrs. Zettie Mae Edmonson, Shelburn. (These lists are based on previous reports to next of kin.)

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INTERNATIONAL PICTURE Shelburn Seniors To Repeat Class Play Of 1924 "The Hoodoo" Was Presented 21 Years Ago; Cast Re called. The Senior class of Shelburn High School will roll back the years of memory Wednesday evening, April 11th, as they enact a three-act comedy entitled "The Hoodoo" that was presented in 1924 by the Shelburn senior class of that year. The cast includes all members of the current graduating class and rehearsals have fast developed into a well-rounded, finished production under the direction of Mrs. Jessica Chinn Gard, class sponsor. In the twenty-one years that have elapsed since the first presentation, the cast of the 1924 "Hoodoo" at Shelburn High have taken on a wide variety of occupations. Some of these are in the professional field, some domestic and some are fighting in the present war. The casts of yester-year and to(Continued on Page 2. Col. 3) WILL MARK 50TII WEDDING DATE FRIDAY, AFR..l3th Mr. 'arid Mrs. Henry Ring of Shelburn, rural route one, will celebrate their 5,0th .wedding anniversary Friday, April 13th at their residence. Both are natives of Sullivan County and . the greater .part of their years together have been spent on the farm near Shelburn where they reside today. Mr. and Mrs. Ring will hold open house on the occasion of their golden wedding anniversary and friends are invited to call. . With Heroic Dead mm STAFF SGT. JACK PARKS Confirmation of the death of Staff Sergeant Jack Parks, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Parks, in the service of his country, was made recently. His will be the 28th name placed on the memorial plaque and honor roll at the Sullivan high school. The roll lists former Sullivan high school students and graduates who have paid the supreme price for victory in World War II. SSgt. Parks was first reported missing in action since the 2nd of .Tnnnarv when the Mitchell bomb-1 er aboard which he served as turret gunner went down off the coast of Luzon in the' Philippines. A wire from the War Department received by the parents last week confirmed his death as of January 2nd. ' The 20-year-old airman, who was a native of Sullivan, hadi spent eleven months in the Pacific , Theater of Operations where he spent more than four hundred combat flying hours in the service j of his country. He had completed l more than forty, missions. I

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Traps Menace Tens Of Thousands Of Nazis;

Dutch Cities Pocketei

Fury Of Fighting On Okinawa Approaches That On Iwo Jima Slug It Out Near Capital Of Naha London's Exposure To VrBombs Appears Ended.

BULLETIN! PARTS, April 0. (UP) The American 1st Army burst out of its Weser River bridgehead today and raced 18 miles! or more 'to within 70 miles of Magdeburg, Berlin's main outer fortress on the Elbe River.

(By United Press) Allied troops battled today in three great European cities: Bremen, Hannover and Vienna. Traps were being set both in Holland and at Bremen that menaced tens of thousands more German troops whose only escape route appeared to be another dangerous "Dunkirk" under the eyes of Allied air fleets. ' ' Bremen burned under British cannonfire as the 2nd British. Division fought its way into that great port city, at the same time pointing column for Hamburg, 56 miles away. American troops of the 9th Arry drove intoIIannovei' from three sides and also sent a column east toward Brunswick and Berlin. Foreshadowing a swift drive to the Elbe River and Berlin, American paratroops struck deep behind the German lines on the 1st American Army sectors at the western edge of the Hartz mountains north of Muhlhausen and far beyond the tentative German barrier on the Weser River. This army reported German resistance as having vanished as the paratroopers devastated the rear behind the thin enemy defense line. It was the second successful us of paratroopers in two days. . " A British parachute operation in northeast Holland trapped remnants of the German 25th Army fin the lowlands when ground troops of the Canadian 1st Army linked up with the airborne droops near Meppel. They cut the last road and railroad which the Germans could use in retreat. Inside that pocket were the great Dutch cities of The Hague, Amsterdam and Rotterdam, as well as the V-bomb coast. London's exposure to V-bombs appeared ended unless the Germans were able to step up thek range an additional 100 miles. Official statistics showed there had been 33,537 casualties in southern England by V-bombs since the campaign began last June 15th of whom 8,436 had been killed. Lt. Gen. George S. Patton's 3rd Army resumed its eastward march today although American infantry which had now closed up in the rear of Patton's tanks was still fighting die-hard Nazi troops who held out in strongholds as much as 20 miles behind the advanced armored forces. Patton was mopping them up steadily, as shown by his average haul of 10,000 prisoners a day. Patton's armored spearhead today was only 61 miles from the Czechoslovak border, 126 miles southwest of Berlin and fewer than 170 miles from the nearest Russian forces at Forst. Leipzig, Patton's next great objective, was only 69 miles east. Fury of the fighting on Okinawa approached that on Iwo Jima. On the southern front the enemy used a heavy concentration of artillery to defend the last 15 miles of the island's southern tip. The 24th American Corps penetrated the first Japanese defense lines in a slugging match four miles north of Naha with mounting casualties on both sides. The two enemy airfields at Yontan and Katena, captured less than a week ago, were put to use by the Americans. In the north the Marines set a trap for enemy forces on the Motobu peninsula by driving across the narrow neck of land north of Nago. That would free good ports, where Japanese submarines have based. The American 7th Army exploited today its sensational 36-mile sweep to Crailsheim. It was now only 40 miles from the Danube, near the Swiss border. Patch was in good position for dual advances on Nuernberg or into the Nazis' boasted Berchtesgaden hideout, key setting for their last stand. His armor was 47 miles from Nuernberg and 03 miles

from Munich. HOSPITAL NOTES Admitted Apr. 6: Mrs. Evelyn Ezell of 911 East Washington Street, for treatment; Carl Lamb of 426 South Main Street, foi treatment. Admitted Apr. 8: Lloyd Behem of Dugger, rural route, for treatment; George Flynn of Hymera, for observation; Albert Price of Dugger, rural route one, for observation. Dismissed Apr. 6: Mrs. Edward

RAIN TUESDAY Indiana: Mostly cloudy and continued mild tonight and Tuesday with showers late Tuesday; fresh to occasionally strong winds; low tonight 55. High Tuesday 72, fresh to strong winds.

PRICE THREE CENTS Tapley of 725 South Court Street; Robert E. Moody of West Donaldson Street Mrs. Frank Pirtle and son of Shelburn, rural route two. Dismissed Apr. 7; Mrs. Frank McKinley of Carlisle, rural route three. Dismissed Apr. 8: Mrs. John Alexander of Crane; Mrs. John A. Swayze and on of Sullivan, rural route one; Mrs. Mervyn Peak and son of 444 Star Avenue.