Sullivan Daily Times, Volume 47, Number 94, Sullivan, Sullivan County, 10 May 1945 — Page 1

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XLVH No. 94 o News Of Our Men And Women With The Colors - 5 "Remember I'earl Harbor" BULLET FOR Ff.EETNO JAP TOUCHES OPP TITO RLAST KILLING SCOUR WITH THE 315TJI DIVISION ON LUZON. A bullet intended for one Jap fleeing into a . cave hit a large store of enemy explosives and killed more than a score of enemies, Sergeant Keith Runnings of Newton, Indiana, told an Army . Combat Correspondent. A small patrol of the 151st In fantry, preceding the advancing troops, moved in so rapidly that the Jap,. instead of firing, dived' for a tunnel entrance. A violent' explosion that blew one side of the hill off, followed the shot that was fired at the Nip. "We saw Japs scattered fill over when the dirt and dust cleared away," Hunnings said. ''That cave must have been clear full of Japs arid ammunition," the 38th Division soldier concluded, y Sgt. Hunnings is the son of Raymond Hunnings, Newton, and the husband of the former Lyndall Ferree, Route 2, Sullivan, Indiana. He has been overseas for the past sixteen months in the Central and' Southwest Pacific theaters. TRANSFERRED -Mrs. Ruby Bonham received a letter from her brother, Pvt. William L. Stearley on V-E Day telling her he has been moved from Belgium to France and is in an infantry training center. He stated he was busy and would be for a few more weeks. Pvt. Stearley has been serving with the Engineers laying pipeline to air bases. He has been in the service three years and three months and has been overseas one year and fourteen months. I His address may be secured from ! his sister, or his father, Fred Stearley. 1 RETURNS TO DUTY Mrs. Alice Huff lias received word that her husband, Darrell Kuff returned to active duty on April 28th. Mrs. Huff has also received the Purple Heart a(Continued on Page 3, Col. 1) YOUTH SHOT IN LEG IN V-E CELEBRATION The shot wasn't heard 'round the world but the yell that followed was no whisper, according to victim Jack Knotts, 16-year old son of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Knotts of South Main Street. The Sullivan High School senior laughingly jokes about the 22caliber rifle bullet that sent him hopping around when the gun Which his friend, Wendell Fleming, was carrying accidentally discharged after the firing mechanism had jammed- Knotts was hit in- the calf of the right leg. They were in a party of five Sullivan High School students who were would-be celebiators of V-E Day Tuesday. Some celebration. SPECIAL MEETING OF COONHUNTERS' ASS'N. SATURDAY The Sullivan . County Coonhunters Association will hold a special meeting Saturday, May 12th, at 8:00 P. M. at the City Hall. The secretary will make a detailed report on the field trial and other business of interest to the Association is to be discussed. .All members are urged to be present.

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TO RELEASEWARVETS Navy Plans No Demobilization UntilJapan Falls; Soldiers Named Standards For Release. .. WASHINGTON, May 10. (UP) Soldiers with dependent children and the doughboys all over the world who have served longest and fought most stand the best chance of early discharge under the Army's point system of partial demobilization announced today. - - In the next 12 months the Army plans to release gradually more than 1.300,000 men from all theaters under the point system. L Ai? of May 12,sfjKIiers with 85 points and Waes with 44 points will be eligible, for immediate discharge. Subsequent revisions probably will reduce the required total at pointsi Meanwhile, discharges are expected to start in about , two weeks. Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson said the standards to be used were picked by the soldiers themselves. , The basis on which discharge credits will be allotted is, briefly, 12 for each dependent child under 18 up to three; five each for battle stars, wounds, and decorations; one for each month of service since September 16, 1940, and one for each month of overseas service in the same period. - However, in no case will , anyone essential to the war against Japan be released, nor will the Navy undertake any demobilization until Japan is whipped. Sullivan County A Towns Cited For Safety Records . i INDIANAPOLIS, May 10. Fort Wayne, Lafayette and Peru were accorded special honors as i possessors of the outstanding safety records in three classifica- ' tions of Indiana Cities during 1944, Governor Gates announcedFort Wayne was cited for the outstanding safety program among cities with 70,000 or more! population and South Bend, Ind-! ianapolis and Hammond received ( special commendations. I Lafayette was adjudged the winner in the 25,000 to 70,000 class. Anderson, Terre. Haute and i East Chicago were named runners up. . Peru led the 10,000 to, 25,000 class, followed in order by Whiting, Goshen and Huntington. 1 Special awards also went to 130 communities with 1,000 to 110,000 population for reporting no traffic fatalities during 1944. The group included: Dugger, Farmersburg, Hymera, Jasonville and Shelburn. DUGGER COUPLE WILL CELEBRATE GOLDEN WEDDING MAY 16TH Mr. and Mrs. Tony Yung of Dugger will celebrate their Golden .Wedding anniversary on J Wednesday, May 16th. They will hold open house at their home during the afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Yung are the parents of eight children and have fourteen grandchildren and five greatgrandchildren. Both are life-long residents of Dugger and -they were married there on May 16th, 1895. Mrs. Yung is. the daughter of William" S. Dugger, pioneer resident of the town that bears (his name.

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ut Mother Of Sullivan Ace Receives A Wonderful Mother's Day Message. Happiness reigns in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Porter Dix today upon receipt of word from their! son, Lt. Col. Gerald Uix, mat ne is well and safe. The mother received the most wonderful mother's day gift possible this morning when the wire came from the famous Mustang fighter pilot who was shot down over Germany last June 8th and taken prisoner. The message read: "All well and safe. My love and greetings- on Mother's Day, Hope to see you soon." Sullivan's ace saw action in both the Pacific and .., European theaters of war and had n number of enemy planes to his credit at the time he was shot down. He went to the South Pacific theater with the first U. S. airmeniassigned there and was wounded soon after the war broke out, likewise surviving two shin sinkings in Pacific waters. He recovered from wounds in a hospital in Australia and went into action with many! forays, having a Jap Zero to his credit when he was returned to the States some two years ago. He insisted on action in the European theater as the air war against Germany grew hot and served with the Eighth Army Air Force, distinguishing himself on many -brilliant missions, and win- ! ning many decorations for valor, I While in action from his base in ! England many news dispatches i told of his accomplishments and he "knocked out', 'a number of Nazi planes. He was promoted to his present rank a short time before he became a prisoner of the Germans and was a squadron leader. "First of the Many," a journal of the Eighth Air Force, published last summer, pays tribute to the exploits of the Sullivan flyer and his famous plane, Ihe Dynamite Dix," along with other heroes of the group, Mr- and Mrs. Dix received their last word from their son December 21. At that time he was at Sagan, (Stalag Luft III prison) southeast of Berlin. On January 28th of this year he was moved to another prison and possibly to other camps later, according to advices the parents receiver from friends who had been with him at Siaiag r,uft III. He was believed to have been at Mooseburg near, Munich when liberated. ADDITIONAL CASUALTIES OFFICIALLY REPORTED Army-Navy war casualties announced by the Office of War Information for release today include: Navy wounded Pfc. Bobble N. Walker, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ellis Walker, 32 N. West St., Sullivan. Army wounded, European rerlons SSgt. Joe Ladika, son of Mrs. Susie K. Ladika, Jasonville; Pvt. Thomas K. Stefanski, son of Paul Stefanski, route two, Jason-, ville. (These reports are all based on prior notification of next of kin). BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT i Mr. and Mrs. Roy Walls of 701 East Beech Street, announce the birth of a daughter, Judith Elaine, born May 10th at the Mary Sherman Hospital.

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Germans Accept $W!!S -: ye British Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Tedder (left) and Deputy Supreme Commander Field Marshal Georgi K. Zhukov of the Soviet Union in the upper photofTvanVi Avnminii the mfifiAH nnconditional surrender . submitted , th Na7i romesentntivp? at Russian headquarters in Berlin For Marshal Zhukov it marked LATE

CHUNGKING, May 10. (UP) The entire Jaoanese line in western Hunan province, where an enemy drive threatened the American air. base at Chihkian?, crumbled yesterday under a Chinese general counter offensive, a communique announced today.

LONDON, May 10. (UP) The Luxembourg radio said today that the Americans have capturel Konrad Henlein, Nazi leader of the Sudetenland. nnd Dr. Karl H. Frank, Reich Minister without portfolio and secretary for the "protectorate" of Bohemia-Moravia.

' WASHINGTON, May 10. (UP) Secretary of Treasury Henry Morgenthau, Jr., today indicated the administration will fight any proposals for general tax relief now. - "The administration position has not changed." Morgenthau said. "We need all the revenue we can get while at war."

(By United Press) Robert McLean, president of the Associated Press

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A.P. regrets the distribution of Edward Kennedy's unauthorized dispatch on the German surrender at Reims. "The A.P. profoundly regrets the distribution on Monday of the report of the total surrender in Europe which investigation discloses was distributed in advance of authorization by Allied Supreme Headquarters," McLean said.

SULLIVAN COUNTY COUPLE MARRIED LINTON, Ind. May 10. Marriage licenses were issued in the office of Clerk Frank Lenning Wednesday to, Orville Reynolds

Uncondi tional Surrender In Berlin

1 1 Mfcr-1 '&&i& - the end of a 1,000-mile battle from the gates of Moscow to the Nazi capitulation in Berlin. In the lower picture Nazi Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel, commander-in-chief of the German army who accepted the Russian terms of surrender, leaves the headquarters after signing the documents. i Prussian disciplinarian to the end, NEWS and

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of Sullivan and Maude Ashburn i of Cass and Homer W- Melville of Detroit, Michigan and Velma Louise Sullivan of Solsberry. Both couples were married in Bloomfield Wednesday morning.

INTERNATIONAL PICTURE &i&i - Keitel raises his sword in adieu as he leaves the building accomp anied by Col. . General P. F. Stumpf, chief of the Luftwaffe (left) and Gen. Admiral HansGeorg Friedeburg (right rear) commander of the German navy. U. S. Signal Corps Radiophotp from Paris. (International Soundphotos.) Miners Suffer Severe Shock In Mine Blast Today George McCrockiin ( of Shelburn rural route two and Richard Williams of Jasonville were admitted to the Mary -'Sherman Hospital this morning where they received treatment for severe shock suffered in the Griffith Coal Mine east of Shelburn on State Highway 67McCrockiin and Williams were working in the mine as loaders when a dynamite cap exploded, erupting coal dust and fragments in their faces with terrible force. The accident happened between 11:30 and 11:45 a. m. today. Both suffered severe shock conditions with McCrockiin being somewhat more seriously injured, however, the true , extent of their injuries could riot immediately ascertained. TRI KAPPAS SPONSOR COMMENCEMENT DANCE Sullivan Tri Kappas are sponsoring the annual Commencement Dance, honoring members of the graduating class of Sullivan high school, - at the Old Gymnasium Friday, May 25th. Leo Baxter's orchestra of Terre Eaute will furnish music for the dance which' will be in progress from '8:45 to ll":45'p. on..-..-.

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Last Shots Being Fired Today In European War Last Resisting Germans Fleeing Toward American LinesEnemy In Channel Islands, Other Pockets Surrender, Subs And Ships Give Up. (By United Press) The last shots were being fired in Europe today, and in the Pacific a massive attack by more than 400 American Superfortresses against the Japanese home islands opened a campaign to knock out enemy air power. The German surrender in Europe was complete excopi for some units in Czechoslovakia,' Austria and Yugslavi'i, who were not so fighlmg tho victors as floruit;? in (lisoi.l.v Inward the American linos to escape capluvo by th Russian;: and Yugoslavs. -' Premier Josef Stalin announced that the Gorman pocket in.Latvia,,in the Vistula delta near Danzig and on the IIcl peninsula above the Tolish port of Gdynia had joined in tho general surrender. The Germans in British Channel Islands surrendered to British troops landed today. The hold-out French ports having capitulated, Nazi resistance in Europe was about over. A few islands in the Mediterranean remained to be taken over. . . German submarines and other vessels still at sea also were giving up. The first U-boat to reach England surrendered at Weymouth, and six others were sighted making for British ports. ,' The German garrison in the Channel Islands numbered

about 30,000.. It surrendered 'without a fight and the. terms were signed aboard a British warship. ; .) : ' j . ' The islands, just off the Freijch coast, have an. varoa: of about 75 square miles and the pre-war population was about 100.000. They were seized byhe Germans in 1010 and wore useful for observation. The liberated countries were mostly busy re-establishing their own countries and rounding up traitors and collaborationists. Czech patriots, aided by Russians, hunted down scattered

JNazi snipers in the cellars and on roof tops. Quisling Jailed, Others Suicide. The rounduo was especially vigorous in Norway. The chief villain, Vidkun Quisling, whose name has become synonymous with traitor, was in jail. Josef Terboven, German governor of Norway, and Lt. Gen. Wilhelm Rediess, Gestapo chief in Oslo, were reported to have committed suicide. Freed Denmark was slowly returning to normal. A British cdmiral and 2,000 sailors took over command of Copenhagen harbor after the last German ships except for a few Red Cross vessels had departed. In the Pacific, the Superfortress attack on Japan was the largest yet made against the home islands. From 2,000 to 2,500 tons of explosives were drooped on aircraft and oil centers on Honshu, Kyushu and G;iikoku. Big fires were started in fuel storage and synthetic oil production centers. The bombers encountered heavy anti-aircraft fire from enemy warships in Japan's inland sea. American land forces on Okinawa edged deeped in Japanese defenses in heavy fighting and got to within 1,500 yards of the capital city of Naha. A communique announced that American casualties for the first 37 days of the Okinawa campaign were 16,425, including 2,684 dead one American for every 16 Japanese killed. Two American divisions on Mindanao in the Philippines began an envelopment of Japanese forces north of Davao and sealed off the northern end of Davao Gulf with the occupation of Samal Island. Australian troops on Tarakan off Borneo captured a hill north of Tarakan airfield. ! - Allen Markee, Veteran Of C-B-I War Theater, Relates Visit To Holy Land

Numerous tales of travel and experiences in lands across the waters are being unfolded these days by returning service men. Among the most colorful of these stories, are the tales of the Holy City as told by Allen Reed Mar kee, son of Mr., and Mrs- M. A. Markee of Sullivan, recently returned United States Army veteran from the China-Burma-India Theater of Operations. ... At the ' Sullivan . Christian

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Indiana: Clearing and slightly cooler tonight; heavy frost north and light frost in south portion; fair Friday morning followed by increasing cloudiness in afternoon and spreading ovr most of the Etate by night; warmer Friday,- , PRICE THREE CENTS Church Sunday morning, May 6th, Allen , told of his trip to Jerusalem, appearng in the evening at the request of the Christian Endeavor Society ttt.relate more details of his travels. The trip to the Holy City was made by plane in a comparatively short time ' from the Sullivan soldier's station on the Mediterranean Sea. He told of viewing (Continued on Page 6, Col. 3)

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