Sullivan Daily Times, Volume 47, Number 78, Sullivan, Sullivan County, 18 April 1945 — Page 1

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msim VOL. XLVn No. 78 News Of Our MenAndWomer With The Color r"Remember Pearl Harbor" SHOWS OLD WORIJJ SLIDES Beautiful colored photochrome slides of pictorial Egypt and its masiemieces in stone are afford

ing a means of interesting pastime for patients of the Army Hospital WASHINGTON, Apr. 18. (UP) at Camp Carson, Colorado. I Ernie Pyle, the greatest front These slides are being shown by line reporter of this war, has Technician Fourth Grade Donald been killed in action. Howard, son of Mrs. Kate Howard . The skinny little Scrippsof Sullivan, and are the property Howard war correspondent beof T4 Howard, who 3s at present loved of U. S. fighting men the a patient at the Camp Carson hos- world over was killed by a pital. These stories on film of the Japanese machine gun bullet on ancient land of the Pharaohs were a little island off Okinawa. photographed by him during fur- i He had come close to death loughs in Egypt and the western ' countless times before in North part of Africa. They include pic- j Africa, Sicily, Italy and France, turcsque scenes of Egyptian roads j Secretary ' of Navy 7 Forrestal lined with tateprrtntfceTTc! aiiiiouncarT-lhat tlicr 44-yeaivfltrt Sphinv'afitf numerous Pyramids Seripps-IIoward columnist was wliieh were the monumental killed instantlyhy a Japanese tombs of the Pharoahs. i machine-gun bullet on Io, a little Also, in the unique collection ' island off Okinawa.

are scenes from Palestine and various other places of the Old World. Howard has been stationed with the United States Army as an assistant in the postal section in British West' Africa RECEVES PURPLE HEART - Mr. and Mrs. H&rve WamoVer of Harhmond have recently received "" the Purple Heart awarded their, son, Private Harvey G. Wampler, of the United States Army for wounds received in action December 8th, 1944 somewhere in Germany. He writes that he has recently been dismissed frcm the American Army hospital and has been transferred to the Air Corps. Friends wishing his mailing address may contact his sister,

Mrs. Ray Hollifield of this city. on the LaPorte, Indiana, Herald and then went to the Washington OVERSEAS ' Daily Nws. Mrs. Harold Conger lias re- His wife, the former Geraldine ceived word from her husband, Siebolds, lives in their AlbuquerPvt. Harold Conger, that he has que, N. M, home, arrived safely overseas and Ts .

somewhere in Belgium. Pvt. Conger is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Ben Conger. BACK IN STATES Wm, K. Rogers, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Rogers of Paxton, has returned to the United States from the South Pacific. IN GERMANY The address of George K. Rog ers may be secured from his pat ents. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Rogers of Paxton. He ,is Germany. somewhere in HOME ON LEAVE Aviation Mate 2nd Class Robert Myer and David Myer, S 2c, have recently been home on leave vis - iting their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Myer of North Main St., Sullivan. Bob is stationed at Pensacola, Fla., and David has been in the Pacific nearly a year. He wears two bronze stars for participation in the Asiatic-Pacific and two for the Philippines campaign. IN PHILIPPINES Corporal Dow Moss, 24-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles I. Moss of 516 East Washington Street, has arrived safely overseas and, is located somewhere in the Philippine Islands Theater of Operations, according to information received today. ' Dow is a crew chief in the 'United States Army Air Corps. , He is capable of piloting an aircraft, having been returned to the ranks after the recent AAF training program was abruptly stopped last June and many aerial students were returned to their old stations. However, this Sullivan airman continued his training and has several hours of flying to his credit as second pilot.

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Is "Killed Victim Of Jap Machine Gun Bullet On Pacific Island; Native Of Dana, Ind. He was killed, Forrestal said, in the company of "the foot soldiers, the men for whom he had the greatest 1 admiration." (Dispatches from Guam said of. Vie town of Ie. at 10:15 a. m. today, Guam time Tuesday nieht. U. S. time.) President Truman immediately wrpte out a statement in which he said that Pyle "deserves the gratitude of all his countrymen." Pvle was born August 3, 1900 on a farm near Dana, Indiana. His father, William . Pyle, still lives there. . His mother died while he was in tnaiana in Ernie attended Indiana Univer-j sitv for; three, and a half years and quit without graduating. He brok SULLIVAN SAILOR nrrnip.s very TTL WHILE F.N ROUTE HOME

Robert E. Norris of Sullivan, Jams, jemes anu ouier sucn proSeaman 2c in the Navy. Is now ducts.

speedily responding to treatment at the Vigo Ordnance Station Hospital where he was taken Satur day shortly after arriving in Terre Haute by train from the Great Lakes Naval Training Center. "Bob," who has just completed his boot training and was en route home for a nine-day leave, was .suddenly. stricken with -a strange, illness sometime Saturday that, resulted in a high fever and ternporary paralysis. Emergency treat - . ment was given him on the train by a Pharmacist's Mate of the 1 Waves with assistance of Shore

Patrolmen and upon arrival m pounds per person then the allotTerre Haute he was taken to the : ment will be smaller."

sick bay at Indiana State Teach.ers' College. From, there he was 'rushed to the Vigo Ordnance Hospital where medical treatment checked what the naval doctor at

Vipn termed "noison in the hloodidny 1,na 51,1 conamons.

stream." He explained to the par cnts, Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Norris of this city that their son's sickness "is not unknown to us and is completely under control, how ever, at the moment I am not at liberty to divulge this informa - tion." The Norris family resides at 438 Star Avenue. HAROLD CAMPBELL IS ROTARY SPEAKER Harold Campbell of the Wilkinson Lumber Company addressed the local Rotary club at their luncheon meeting at the Davis Hotel Monday. Mr.' Campbell gave an interesting .talk on the war-time problems of the lumber business and prospects for the post-war period.' ; He was introduced by Rotarian R. K. Gouckenour.

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In n City To Launch Spring Cleanup On Next Monday City officials announced today that Sullivan's spring cleanup will beein next Monday, April 23rd. City trucks will go along all alleys in the city and haul away refuse that has been accumulated during the winter -months. The refuse ashes and. trash of all kinds must be placed at the alley's edge, it is emphasized. Due to the shortage of both trucks and labor there can be no recalls, likewise the time for'tompletion of the project is indefi-. nite and persons are asked not to become impatient if their n-ash is not hauled on'"" the first day or so of tluv cleanup. However it is important that all trash he ready for the haulers early Monday as no particular section of the city will be covered at any particular time during the drive. Citizens are asked to cooperate to the fullest extent in order to make the cleanup a success. Put your premises in ship shape between iiow and Monday and the city will complete the job.' Explain Canning , Sugar Regulation William Aitchison, Indiana opA Rationi Execu. , , f. Jive, today called attention to the regulations.it is not assured by any means that twenty pounds of canning sugar will be allotted for each person. " "The regulations provide," said Mr. Aitchison, "that one pound of canning sugar will be allotted for each four quarts of fruit to be canned and that five pounds per Person will be allotted for "The maximum of canning sugar to be allotted for one person is twenty pounds and the maximum for any family is 160 pounds. But war price and rationing boards have been instructed to inspect canning sugar applications closely and to allot only the sugar needed by any family. Persons applying for canning sugar must show that fruit is available for canning and, making jams and 1 jellies. Then the sugar they need will be allotted to thme up to the maximum. If the indications are that they will not need twenty Mr. Aitchison says he fears a false impression exists that twenP"unas OI canning ugar win be aIloted for eacl? TSon v'nder HOSPITAL NOTES Admitted Apr. 17: Mrs. Ben for .Brooks . of Freelandville, , treatment; Mrs. W. H. Andersop I of 520 East Davis Street, for observation; Charles Keene of Jasonville, for observation; Jack Edmcndson of Sullivan, rural route five, for treatment!. Dismissed Apr. 17: Mrs. James Weaver and son of Hymera; Mrs. Holt Conner and daughter of 302 North Broad .Street. NEW SUITS Lawrence Ruppel vs. Noble Stoner. Complaint on contract.

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WEDNESDAY, Am. 18, 1945

WASHINGTON.' Apr. 18. - n" n 1 Pa r Rig Three dispute over I'olisU

rrancisco conierence. Secretary of State Stettinius told his news conference that the note had arrived, but he did not discuss its contents. Meanwhile. Stettinius said, the eight-member U. S. dele

gation trt San Francisco has ior noints " ' . ' - ' -

ROM E, A pr. 1 8.( UP) Pope Pius XII, aolmg on the of the San Francisco conference, today issued a special,

eve of encyclical enistle warning the victors and vanquished will face just piece is established

WASHINGTON, Apr. IS. (UP) Senator Kenneth Wherry, R., Nebraska, today asked Economic Stabilizer William Davis to explain why he chose as his chief counsel a man who "failed in all his efforts to stabilize prices and was

fired by the Office of Price Administration.'

Wherrv demanded that Dav;s be called before the Senate

food investigating committee aDDointed Thomas Emerson,

chief, as chief counsel of the O.E.S.

Anna Mae Rogers Wed Recently At Santa Monica In a beautiful nuptial ceremony performed at high noon last Saturday in the Little Chapel of the Dawn Church in Santa Monica, Ccliornia, Miss Anna Mae Rogers, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Rogers of Paxton, became tneT Driae ot lecnmcai beregant uayer i. jxewton or tne united United States Army Air Corps. . . ,

The wedding vows of the double aries of deputy county .officials coats, topcoats, suits, coats,, jack-' -Nazi broadcasts reported that nine Soviet armies 01 perrlng ceremony were read by Rev. and assistants, the board" consid-. ets, .shirts, all types'"-of work haps 2,000,000 men were attacking on a 180-mile front from Elijah Hull Longbrake, pastor of ered reauests as required by the" clothes, including overalls, cov- Stettin to Goerlitz and had linked their Oder River bridgethe First Methodist Church of Acts of the 1945 Legislature. .. ercllss, etc., sweaters, underwear' heads into a continuous 45-mile line east 'of Berlin. ' . ...) -,! West Los Angeles, in the pres- , The board also considered esti- robes, pajamas and knitted gloves. . The Soviet newspaper Red Fleet said the Russians WCl'O ence of a small group of relatives m2tes of additional approoriations Women's and girls' garments.' fjfrhtin"- "within siffht" of the doomed Cernvm eanital and close friends of the bride and requested by the Mary Sherman Overcoats jackets, skirts sweat- j ,Kd 8th 2 Ito S klowlv groom. . . Hospital Board and various county ers, shawls, dresses, underwear,1 ri . . l-sC t- i- .tt i ii a -n' The bride is a graduate of New officiais and the same were ap- aprons, jumpers, smocks,, robes . Rf0 1X1 tmg L.ghtll Army forces . were w.thLebanon High School and of the pr0ved in .part and rejected in nightwear and knitted gloves. j ln n Jf.f the on the Southeast and another column St. Anthony's . Hospital School of part., . Caps and knitted headwears.1 outllanked it from the northeast. Fifth Army troops were Nursing in Terre Haute. For more Ben Blue of Sullivan, was ap- Serviceable heavy duty caps and eight miles south of the city, than a year she has been making p0inted custodian of the county knitted headwear (such as stock- Again Smash Kyushu. ' her home with her aunt. Mrs. court house for the remainder of ing caps). ' ; j In the Pacific, more than 100 American Superfortresses Minnie Hyme. in West Los An- the year. He succeeds Lester Lew- Bedding. Blankets, afghans, bombed six Japanese air bases on the home island of Kyushu - " " J 3 ellvn' wh0 resiKned- ' : ' sheets, pillow cases, quilts. These for the second time in less than 12 hours,' hitting at the fields Hosnittr ' T8 R0S Dailey s named are needed urgently if in service-. from which "suicide" pilots hive been tt'V?ng to crash their The groom has been stationed in C''t v Ca " y Z SU" ableu cond"ion' , . 1 explosive-laden planes into American warships off Okinawa, c insroomnas DeenSUUOneain perintcndent.g offlce for the ,.e. gh Eith bxrords or higl A f in tua PhiHl.e ,uvi -fio-hi.v in iU rTJ'Z T VhC Amy A'r mainder of the year' rePlaci"g 'oe. of .durable type with low or 01ltckir??if SSf the Philippines weie lighting jn the uprps ior me past tour years. Mariie Sheoler. vho resiened. nwriii

Shelburn High Commencement

TTlllVcfljiir IMirrVit tor was dIrected t0 advertise with lllUIdUdy IMglll specifications submitted by coun- : ty highway superintendent and on The Shelburn High School com- file in the office of the county mencement exercises will be held auditor. ' Thursday evening, April 19th at ' - A committee representing vareight o'clock' in the gymnasium, ious American Legion posts of the A class- of twenty-four graduates county appeared and requested will receive diplomas and awards, the board to appoint a county Superintendent F. E. Ward an- service officer to assist war vetnounced today. erans and dependents in filing The commencement address will claims, as authorized bv Acts of

be presented by Dr. H. L. Overdeer of Evansville, Indiana who has spoken to previous graduating classes and their guests at the Shelburn High School. Members of the 1945 graduating class of Shelburn High School are: Janice Auld Boles, Robert F. Bradbury, Jonathon C. Brooks, Mary Lou Buckingham, Norma Jane Davidson, Wm. O. Dickerson, Helen L. Edwards, Rubie I. Gilbert, Nancy R. Grubbs, W. Lyle Robinson, Carl B. Scott, Maxine Slover, Ted N. Stout, Charles E. Syester, Clement H. Taylor, Barbara J. Thompson, Martha J. Wilbur, Charles Woodsmall, Jr., Clara Lee Guy, Wm. L. Hoggatt, Commodore P. Martin, A. Louise Pierson, T. Dorothy Potts and Helen J. Povlin. Pvt. Otho Clark Js War Prisoner . Mrs. Sylvia Clark cf Shelburn, Route 1, has received a telegram from the War Department stating that her husband, Pvt. Otho Clark, is a prisoner of the German government. He has been missing in action somewhere in France since December 12, 1914.

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f (UP) A 'note fj-om Soviet 1? sin lepjesentalioii af1 the San reached affreemenrt "on all ma- . I -' ' , makers of the ineace that both a new war unless a fair and "to show good cause" why he former O.P.A. enforcement Commissioners ' Hold Continued Session Here Ren Blue Named New Custodian At Court House; Con - :dor S3'arv Requests UndXT... T ... - - ' cr New Law. Suliivan countv commissioners met in s continued session Monday evening and in accordance ...!4u lo, r,; iro,c i-M. The board determined that it is for the public interest to purchase a gravel and dirt loading machine for the county highway ! department and the county audi the 1945 Legislature. The board expressed approval of the proposal and took the matter under con sideration until the next meeting, .. YEAR-OT.TI GIRT, DRTNKS KEROSENE: RECOVERING TODAY Little Mona Jo Poole, daughter of Mr. oncand year-old Mrs. Rex Poole of 602 East Jack son Street, was taken to the Mary Sherman Hospital yesterday where she received emergency treatment. The child drank a quantity of kerosene about ten o'clock yesterday from a can on the rear porch of the home here. She was rushed to the hospital where a stomach pump was applied and she was later dismissed. Her condition today was reported to be satisfactory. , CONSERVATION CLUB The regular meeting of the Sullivan Conservation Club will be held in the Norris Building Thursday, April 19th, 7:30 p. m. A good attendance is ' desired since many, important subjects will be discussed, at this meeting.

INTERNATIONAL PICTURE r,u,'ll'c Reminded Of HouseTo.nouse Drive 0n Saturday In This City; List Need ed Articles. j Throughout the nation, the United National Clothing Collec 'on s beifg conducted to help world neighbors who have been' World wl v . . driven from their homes by the , in In four long years of war, some cases more, these allies have .jcrril UIJJC lu L.ltvu Willi liittiu tikkiu more than the garments they, wore. Needless to say, the number ( who have suffered from exposure! due to lack of clothing has been nt.u nirn ..tin, un lwtl.' enormous. The drive in Sullivan will be spearheaded Saturday, April 21st with a hoUse-to-house canvass, with the Boy Scouts gathering the bundles. Persons are asked to place their bundles on the curbs for a speedy pick-up by the Scouts and city trucks. Members of the Eastern Star and War Mothers organizations will sort IIUS l'llftllllli. Rural folt may leave bundles, at the Sullivan city hall " tTS(lfi finihino iini is in Pond condition and substantial is the type of clothing being asked for in' the drive, in which more than 50 ... national organizations are cooperating. Types of clothing neederi arpInfants' garments. All types are in., urgent demand, particularly j nwa k,c o,wo n,mr. shoes collected should be mated and tied securely into pairs TTonhlo nuta nw ftnH' Cut or uncut materials (cottons,' rayons, woolens, etc.- one yard or more in length. Although clothing need not be in perfect repair, it must be useful to the people who will receive . it. Garments should be clean, but need not be ironed, the informa-,; tion sent from national headoar-. ters states. j No evening dresses, tuxedos, dress suits, women's hats, hats, derbies, high-heeled, opentoed or heelless shoes, evening slippers Or novelty type shoes can be used. Remnants, rags or badly (damaged, dirty or worn-out fab rics cannot be used. THOMPSON VAUGHN, FORMER TEACHER IN THIS COUNTY DIES Word has been received here of the death of Thompson Lee Vaughn; 88 years of age, Monday afternoon, April 16th at his home in Terre Haute. Mr. Vaughn resided in this county many years ago iwhere he was a school teacher. He is survived by one daughter, Zelda Mae Vaughn.;. The body will be brought to the Rose Chapel Church Thursday afternoon where funeral services will be conducted at two-thirty o'clock. Interment will be made in the Webb Cemetery. BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT Mr. and Mrs. Carl Wence of Terre Haute, rural route two, announce the birth of a son, Larry Joe, born April 17th at the Mary Sherman Hospital..-' - .: . ...

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Near Northwestern Tip Of CountryOther Americans Battle For Key Cities-Soviets "Within Sight" Of Doomed Berlin Nazi Resistance Stiffens.

BULLETIN! WITH" THE U. S. 3RD ARMY IN CZECHOSLOVAKIA,

Apr. 18. (UP) Lt. Gen. George S. Patton's 3rd Army tanks and infantrymen broke across the German border into ; P7ee.bnslov.1kin tnil.iv ami fnuo-hl. tlimno-Ii stiff nnpmv fe-

sistanre on the roa(j t0 Asch,

( Tt T. ., , ... Press) American 3rd Army columns crossed the Czechoslovak

border today, cutting the German Reich in two.

Other American forces battled for the key cities of

Magdeburg; Halle, Leipzig, Chemnitz and Nuernberg, and D . .: i . 1. i l 1 j k . t. ' nn 'i . r tt i -

inwsii uuiRs ciuseu 10 wiuiin rnues 01 iiamourg. Nazi spokesmen admitted that the western front no longer exists. The crossing into Czechoslovakia was made at an undisclosed point near the northwestern1 tip of the country, about

100 miles from Prague.

. 1 he battle of Germany found the Nazis resisting with increased determination as Allied armies from the east , and west drew nearer a junction. . .

. fne American drive was

l'11'1"1 at iiias ana oy supply proDiems. : The Americans were about 80 to 90 miles from the Russan 'mes and the 3rd Army cut the Reich in two by its drive to the Czechoslovak border. The British 2nd Army in the north, driving for Ham- . burg, advanced another ten miles for an over-all gain of 32 miles in 36 hours. The Canadian 1st Army to the west was pounding through Holland toward the North Sea coast. The American 9th Armv. f.Vhtino- for t.h fmir F,lho

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from Nazi elite guards and Hitler youth units, but had cleared

most of the southern and southwestern districts of the citv.

The American 1st Army had a siege arc around Leipzig and fought into its streets from east and west. The German garrison numbered as many as 30,000 and fighting was hard. The 3rd Army encountered savage opposition southeast of Leipzig after defenders of Chemnitz had rejected an ultimatum to surrender. Nuernberg, the Nazi shrine city, was almost surrounded by the American 7th Army but was being stoutly defended. As the1 ground fighting progressed, Allied air forces resumed their almost unopposed assault on the Reich. An additional 431 German aircraft were destroyed yesterday.

SENIOR CLASS PLAY TICKETS ON SALE Tickets to the senior class play, "Swing Fever" are now on sale and all members of the class are selling them. Sales thus far indicate a record breaking crowd. For every five tickets a senior sells, he is entitled to a free one for himself or friends. Proceeds from the plays go into the Senior and Junior Class funds and from these are taken the . expenses of their junior Senior prom which is the traditional biggest social " affair --.of commencement week. After Friday noon of this week

LIGHT FltOST TONIGHT

Indiana: Fair and cooi tonight and Thursday; light frost tonight; temperature ranging from 28 to 33 north, and 34 to 38 south portion tonight. 1 ' PRICE THREE CENTS In Czechoslovakia 98 miles westof Pragrtlfi. slowed by fanatical enemy Op- . O O AVWI. IJWUUICICU C I Colo LililCtr . these advance tickets may be exchanged for reserved scats at the Bennett pharmacy. "DICK" DRAKE DIES IN CALIFORNIA SHELBURN, Ind., April 18. Word has been received by Albert Drake and Mrs. Hazel Crow of the death of their brother and uncle, Delbert "Dick" Drake, at Garden Grove, California. Mr. Drake was born and reared near Oliver, Illinois, and' moved to California in 1910. He is survived by.. two daughters and six sons. four of whom are serving in the United States Navy. , : -.

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