Sullivan Daily Times, Volume 47, Number 102, Sullivan, Sullivan County, 22 May 1945 — Page 1

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'Remember Pearl Harbor" ' VISIT HERE . Major and Mrs. M. S, Brown were here for a brief visit with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. James R. Brown and Dr. and Mrs. J. B. Maple and other relatives and friends one day last week. Major Brown is stationed at Brookley Field, Mobile, Alabama and Mrs. Brown is living at the base with bun. . AT REST CAMP Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Mason have received a letter from their son, saying he has arrived in Hawaii for a rest after participating in the battle of Iwo Jima.. Jesse is serving with the 4th Marine Di vision. He had a very pleasant surprise Saturday, the 12th, when he was on liberty and met John son (Sank) Bell. They both write that it was wonderful talking over old times, and about all the Qitlliwnn frilba 1 Anvrm wishing W nddress . mav secure it

from his parents. He would like ,crowd e Krmnasium for this oc,to 1 iear from his friends. on. A1 , hoo j Patrons and

, I, r IN -FRANCE . Word was yjbceived last w(eek that Cul. Julian R. Shake has arrived in France. He is a brother of Mrs. Edward Cole of this city. Ills" address may be secured from relatives. BROTHERS ON OKINAWA

A recent letter from Cpl. Law- .Engle, Betty Rose Engle, Lillis rence Harrison to his parents. Mr. ( Irene Flynn, Sharon Lee Ford, and Mvs. Arch Harrison of Sulli- Regina Ann Gardner, Mary Eleavan revealed that he was on Oki- ror GUI, Reva Lee Goodman, nawa Island, where one of the Goldie Viola Hadar, Alice Jean

mnjor Dauies or me racuic is - Harrison wrote to their other (Continued on Page 6. Col. 1) Pfc. Steinhall Is Liberated . Mr. and Mrs. Louis Steinhall, Sr. of Shelburn . rural rout one, yesterday received a telegram from their son, . Private First Class Louis Steinhall. Jr., United.'

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ireni iur several minima, swims,, that he has been liberated. . The wire gave no specific date on which the Shelburn soldier had been freed but stated that he would be in the United States In the near future and would communicate as soon as possible with his parents. The 19-year-old infantryman was captured by the Germans December 18th, 1944 and had been reported missing in action somewhere in Belgium as of that date prior to being reported a prisoner of war. Pfc. Steinhall was a member of the 99th Infantry Division of the American First Army and following his capture was interned for a time at Stalag Prison Camp XIII-C. However, from information received from families of soldiers also interned at Stalag Xni-C, he is assumed to have been moved to another place of internment before April 16th. - REQUEST FLOWERS FOR H. S. COMMENCEMENT It will be appreciated if persons who have spring flowers will donate some of them to be used in decorating the gymnasium for the annual commencement exercises of Sullivan high school. Persons with flowers to spare are requested to phone the high school or 424-L before one f. m, Friday.

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Class Of 85 Will Graduate From Sullivan High School. , Plans have been completed for the . sixty-third annual commencement of the Sullivan high school which will be held at the community gymnasium Friday evening, May 25th, at eight o'clock. Dr. George S. Davis of, I address, using as his subject "The 'Marks of a Truly Great . Man."j The high school band will play and special musical selections are also on the program. Principal I Harry C. Gilmore will present awards and diplomas to the graduates. Admission to the commencement exercises is by ticket , only. I School officials pointed out that , everyone is welcome to the num-i ber of tickets that they would like to have. Admission is made! by ticket in order no' 1 to over inenas wisning auuiuunui ucKeis may get them by contacting Mr. .Billman, , Mr. Gilmore or the graduates. The graduating class,-number I ing eighty-five, is composed of forty-three boys and forty-two girls. They are: Virginia Lee Ballard, Gladys L. Burk, Yvonne Lucille Cox. Dorothv Mae Criswell. Marv Lou Daniels. Bettv Jane Hamilton. Naomi Ruth Hedrick. Maudie E. Higgins, Mary Lou Hinkle, Norma Dean Huff,, Mary Jean Keys, Joyce Kathleen Kirchner, Myra Jo Laughlin, Norma Mae Lay, Margaret Ellen Little, Mary Frances Monk, Alverta Frances Morris, Norma Jean Moses. Aleana Grace Phillips, Rosemary Pierson, Mary Agelyn Rambis, Kathryn Jo Reid, Becky Jean Robinson, . Betty June Robinson, Clara Jean Sacra, Gloria Jean Shake, Mary Lou Snavely, Minerva Jeanette Turley, Ruth I Vickrey, Dola June Vickrey, Thelma mciiie Walls, Doris Ilena . r.,j r, ta t,A H. Billman, Lloyd E. Bolding, John Wesley Braner, Joe W.. Brumette, Paul Vern Buckley, ' Harold M. Carty, Robert F. Clark. Robert R. Crawford, Wendell H. Fleming, Ervin R. Gambill, . William ; F. George, Ernest Dale, Hines, Ruel O. Hoesman, Chester ( Wayne Holdson, Hubert M. Houpt, Hugh Curtis Hunt, Edmund W. James, Bill A. Jared, Earnest Leon Johnson. Curran W. Jones, Jr., Thomas E. Kerlin, Charles Robert Marlow, Donald L. Moore,, Russell B. Morgan, Kentz E. Morrical, Carl E. Morrison, William J. t NeaL Max E. Pierce, Stanley Rambis. James W. Richmond,! Edward Leo Robertson, Robert, Louis Russell, Eugene Nelson Schroeder, John Walter Simmons,1 Jack B. Smith, Ferd Usrey, Jr., Jack E. Valentme, Charles E. Walls. Paul Eugene Wible, Robert Norman Wolfe, William C. Wright. SENIOR BREAKFAST ' IS ENJOYED TODAY Sullivan High School graduates of 1945 gathered at the Davis Hotel Dining Room for their Senior Breakfast. At nine o'clock a delicious breakfast was served , following which a program of songs was presented. The affair was climaxed by a dancing session with all members joining in. - Piano music was furnished by - Miss Myra Laughlin,

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Mr. and Mrs. Claude Cillham of Dugger, were advised by the United States War Department Monday that their son, Sgt. Ivan B. Gillham, was killed while serving with the United States forces in Czechoslovakia on May The young soldier was only twenty years of ageH lie spent most of his life in Linton and attended . the White Rose schools. He entered the service on June 17, 1944, and received his basic training at Ft. Bliss, 1 Texas. He was sent overseas last March. He is survived by the widow,' Mrs. Jesse P. Gillham of Indianapolis; the parents, Mr., and Mrs. Claude Gillham of Dugger; two brothers, Chester, who is with the U. S. Army in the South Pacific, and Frederick of Sullivan; two sisters, Barbara Ann and Josephine Irene, at home, and three half brothers, Frank and James Sherman and Claude Michael Gillham, all at home. Churchill Expected To Dissolve WarTime Cabinet At Once. LONDON, May 22. (UP) Prime Minister Churchill' brought the break up in his coalition cabinet to a head today when he served notice on the Labor Party that the time was past when Laborites and Conservatives could work together in the government. A formal announcement f by Churchill dissolving the wartime coalition government and setting the ' date for a general i (Continued on Page 6. Col. 6) Story Of Power Related To Rotary, Rotarian Don Hartman of Vincennes, district superintendent of the Public Service Company addressed the Sullivan Rotary club at their Monday luncheon meeting,, and his interesting discourse traced the growth of the electrical industry from its early days to it's present magnitude. He emphasized that America's system of free enterprize had made possible the almost phenomenal growth of this vital industry. Mr. Hartman, who has been connected with the industry from its , pioneer days proved well quali fied for a thorough discussion of his subject. He pointed out Indiana's fortunate position with a state-wide network of electrical power and likewise pointed out that Sullivan is extremely fortunate to be served with electric power from four sources with a fifth source coming this way. Sullivan is near the center of what is known as the "power loop" of the state-wide network. The closely linked network of power Sources about the state means non-interruption of service. He also explained he industry's almost incredible part in the war effort and gave many pertinent examples of the amazing "working force" of electricity. The speaker was Introduced by Rotarian Carl Howard, manager of the Sullivan office of the Public Service Company. Guests at the meeting included Dick Billman of the Navy, home on boot leave, son of Rotarian Dale Billman,

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In his second appearance before a joint session of Congress, Presi-' dent Harry S. Truman awarded the 100th Medal of Honor granted by Congress to an infantryman in this war. The Congressional, Medal of Honor, won for heroism WILL ORGANIZE CUB SCOUT CROUP HERE THURSDAY EVENING ' A ' Cub Scout organization meeting will be held at the Christian Church ' here Thursday evening at 7:30 o'clock. Boys age 9 to 12 are invited to attend and become Cub Scouts. It is necessary that each boy be accompanied by one of his parents in order to enroll in the organization. Boys from all sections of the city are invited. ARMY LIBERATED PRISONERS OF WAR OFFICIALLY REPORTED Army liberated prisoners of, war (Germany) announced for release today by the Office of. War Information Include: Pvt. Ross D. Hunt, son of Mrs. j Eula B. Hunt, route one, Farmerslmrjr.

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(By United Press) A broadcast Tokyo newspaper dispatch recorded by the FCC said today that the "crisis now confronting Japan appears "elessiy serious" In the dispatch was praise for the leadership of Russia, and the dispatch said the Soviet Union "has shown us how to surmount these overwhelming difficulties."

WASHINGTON, May 22. (UP) President Truman and the Foreisrn Economic Administration told Congress todav that lend-lease must continue on an "adjusted and reduced" basis to generate the overwhelming power needed to crush Japan. FEA reported that a grand total of $38,971,000,000 in American lend-lease aid had been poured into the United Nations war machine in a little more than four years, up until March 31. This, it said, amounted ts 13 cents out of every American war dollar spent during that period. The report said this country had received up to last January first nearly five billion dollars worth of reverse lendlease supplies and services from its Allies, a return of approximately one-eighth of what we shipped to the United Nations.

WASHINGTON, May 22. (UP) The War Labor Board todav unanimously referred to Stabilization Director William H. Davis the six-day-old strike of six thousand members of the Independent Chicago Truck Drivers' Union. The strike had almost emptied the shelves of grocery stores in Chicago. The drivers are striking over a wage dispute.

SAN FRANCISCO, May 22. (UP) The United Nations conference will set up an interim organization before adjourning early in June and wills give it the task of fixing the date and city for the first meeting of the new league, it was learned today. ' Thus this conference will escape the bitter fight over selection either of a temporary or permanent site for the new organization. Secretary of State Edward R. Stettinius, Jr., said last night that conference progress has been very . satisfactory and "we hope that it will be possible to complete the drafting pf a charter in about two weeks." . , .

Confers Congressional Award

Sergeant Jake Lindsey of Luce-, daler Miss., is being hung about' his neck by the President in the photo above, while (1. to r.- ColJ Harry H. Vaughan, military aide to the! President, Lewis Deschler, parliamentarian of the House, and

Work In Sullivan County Soil

' Conservation ' Work in Sullivan County - Sijil Conservation ' District. - whicb-enV bodies all of Fairbanks arid Turman Townships and that part of Gill Township lying north' of the I. C. Railroad and west of the Mt. Zion Cemetery Road, is getting under way. William E. Arganbright, Soil Conservationist of the Soil Conservation, Service, started working in the district yesterday. Mr.' Arganbright is to work in the district on a temporary basis until 'such time as the district program is completed and some requests are made for such assistance. At a recent meeting of those interested in soil conserva-

Gen. George C. Marshall, Chief cf Staff, look on. In the background are Sen. McKellar, presi dent pro-tern of-J.he Senate and Speaker of the House Sam Rayburn of Texas, (International Soundphoto.) District Under Way tion work, it, was decided to request sdeh assistanca.UMmediately. Hatold Eno of Tirrman Township and Clevva O. Drake of Fairbanks Township who are : both state appointed district supervisors, formally requested such assistance. Anyone interested in obtaining some technical assistance on soil conservation problems and who are in the designated district, should contact the County Agent's Office in the Court House where Mr; Arganbright is making his headquar-. ters. - . , - Soil Conservationist, Mr. Arganbright is well qualified for this work. He received his Bachelor's Degree from Purdue University and has tatcen graduate work at . the Wisconsin nnd Missouri Colleges of Agriculture. He taught Vocational Agriculture in western Missouri for thirteen years and has been with the Soil Conservation Service seven years in Missouri, one year in Wisconsin, and two years in Knox and Daviess Counties of Indiana. Farmers and farm owners of the district are encouraged to take every advantage of this assistance. Pvt. Laffoone Is Reported Prisoner Mrs. Clarice Terrill Lafoone of Jasonville . and formerly ' of Shelburn has received a letter from a soldier buddy of her husIband, Pvt. Eugene B. Laffoone, j stating that the latter was taken prisoner of he' Germans. This statement is as yet unconfirmed by the Wai; Department and Mrs. I Laffoone has been advised to notify them immediately as to the news received. Private Laffoone had previously been reported missing in action, on the Italian - Front -since March 26th and - upon entering correspondence with his companion . Mrs. Laffoone has learned that this friend of her husband saw him captured by German soldiers on that date. He was a member of , General Mark Clark's Fifth. Army .Forces and had spent several months in the Italian Theater.. -'. . . . ' He is the father of three small daughters and '. the son of Mr. and Mrs, Jesse . ..Laffoone r- of Hymera.'. '. - - (- '

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Also Appears Broken U. S. Air Attacks On Jap Shipping And Land Targets Extend From Foes Home Islands To ; South Of PhilippinesTension Continues In European Disputes. (By United Press) - Reinforced American troops broke into the main defenses of Shuri on southern Okinawa today and flanked tho town on two sides in their drive to encircle it. , In the Philippines, 31st , Division Infantrymen were within a mile of Malaybalay on Mindanao and had reached the edge of. its aitf ield. The backbone of Japanese resistance on Mindanao appeared to be broken. The 43rd Division on Luzon mopped up the last of the enemy pockets south of the main highway in the I po Dam' sector. .The Chinese announced that, the Min River has been cleared from the sea to a point 40 miles inland from Foochow. Chinese troops were pressing a new offensive ' in Kwang'si province after having- captured the major. Japanese hasp of llochih. - - . , American air attacks on Japanese shipping and land targets extended from the enemy's home islands to south of the Philippines. It was announced that Navy bombers operating from Okinawa had sunk or'damaged 168,380 tons of ships in Japanese. ,and Korean watery More, th&n 250, planes from the Philippines smashed at airdromes,, shipping, railroads and industrial plants on Formosa. Other planes hit targets along the Yangtze River near Nanking and in French Indo-China. At home, the Japanese put into effect a "wartime education act" mobilizing twenty million students for defense of the country. In the fighting on Okinawa, the'Americans were making small but steady gains all along the line after repulsing violent Japanese counterattacks around Shuri. The bulk of possibly 35,000 Japanese defending the southern tip of the island was believed concentrated in the Shuri' sector. The enemy was holding pillboxes and caves until rooted out by bayonets, grenades, and flaming oil. : .' . . New air attacks were made on the American fleet off Okinawa. Thirty-five planes attacked at' low ,level Sunday night and damaged five light warships. All but nine were shot down. ' In Europe, tension continued over the Trieste-Gorizia dispute between Yugoslavia and Italy, and the Syria-Lebanon situation- , - 1 British and American forces in northeastern Italy began moving eastward, taking over positions not already occupied by Yugoslavia. Extreme care was being taken to avoid encounters with the Yugoslavs. The move was ordered by Marshal Sir Harold Alexander, Allied Supreme Commander in the Mediterranean. It was believed that next occupation would lead to a showdown and a diplomatic settlement if clashes could be avoided." The Syria-Lebanon independence dispute caused by the arrival of fresh French troops in the area, became more complicated. The powerful Arab League, representing the Arabs of seven Middle Eastern states, put its support behind Syria and Lebanon. The Arabs accused France of using a show of force to gain her demands. Meanwhile, a delay in the proposed Big Three meeting appeared likely to be caused by the British political situation. Prime Minister Churchill was expected to break up the wartime coalition supported by labor and call for a general election in July. , .

BOOSTER MEETING AT MEROM FRIDAY The public is invited to a booster meeting of the Merom Chamber of Comnerce, Friday evening, May 25th at the Merom Institute. Ladies as well as the men are invited and refreshments will be served. The meeting will open at eight p. m. - Speakers for the occasion are from the Terre Haute Chamber of Commerce. They include:"" Anton Hulman Jr., President of - the Terre Haute Chamber, V; R. McMillen, Mayor of Terre. ' Haute, W. Rex Bell, A. M. Levin, C. L. (Speed) Shideler and George C. Carroll. Mr. Levin will serve -as toastmaster for the occasion. ' MARRIAGE LICENSES Maxie Martland, Sullivan R. 2, laborer, and Nettie Walls, Sullivan R.- 3, housekeeper,- ' - - 1

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DEDICATORY SERVICE AT BENSON CHAPEL A Dedication Service will be held at Benson Chapel Church Mav 27th. An all-day meeting is planned with a basket dinner at noon at the church. The Dedicatory Service will be held at 1:30 p. m. Glenn A. Reece, Supt. Western Yearly Meeting of Friends, will minister at the Dedicatory Service and he will also be present for the morning and evening services. Special programs have been planned for the day and everyone is cordially invited to attend. PARDON PLEASE . Beg your pardon. The little pig with six legs can be found on the' Dick Railsback farm southeast of Sullivan and not the Dick Billman farm as was inadver tently stated -in . yesterday's Times., : . ,. . , , ; '