Sullivan Daily Times, Volume 47, Number 106, Sullivan, Sullivan County, 28 May 1945 — Page 1

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"Remember Fearl Harbor" RETURNS TO BASE Cpl. Wendell Gambill returned to his base' at Baer Field, Ft. Wayne, Thursday afternoon after enjoying a furlough with his family and friends. He is1 an Aerial Engineer on a C-47 Skytrain and just recently graduated at George Field, 111. RETURNS TO CAMP Private Harland Wilson has returned to Camp Robinson Field, Georgia, after a ten-day: furlough with his family and parents, Mr. end Mrs. Jess H. Wilson of SulliVn. '' ' ; PROMOTED Mrs, Harold Trueblood and daughter of' Shelburn, havej learned that Harold Trueblood hE.s been promoted from Corporal to Sergeant. Sgl. Trueblood serves with the 3562nd Ordnance in Germany with ; Gen. Patton's 3rd , Army and has three battle stars. : He has been overseas since January. ' " " '. ', Lt. Frances E. Black, who is stationed at the Darnell General Hospital at Danville, Ky spent a few days' leave last week with her sister, Mrs. Manford Church ot Sullivan R. R. 1 " " Thos. E. Hunt Dies At Indianapolis Thomas E. Hunt, 64 years of age, a native of Sullivan, died Sunday at 12:00 noon in the Robert Long Hospital of Indianapolis. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Mack Hunt of Sullivan, and for many years had been employed by the Allen A. Wilkinson Lumber Company of Sullivan. The deceased is survived by one brother, Samuel Hunt of Detroit, Michigan; several cousins, Mrs. Gertie Ruddell. Roy Hunt, Rose Self, Mrs. Lucile McElrath, Orion Self, Christian Self, and Charles Hunt, all of Sullivan. The body Was brought to Sullivan and taken to the Railsback Funeral Home where it will lie in state. Funeral services will be conducted Tuesday morning at ten o'clock in the Railsback funeral chapel with Rev, Wyman Hull of the Sullivan Baptist Chhrch officiating. Bural will be made in the Center Ridge Cemeery. BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENTS Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Padgett of 939 East Dorothy Street, announce the birth of a son, Lannie Raymond, born May 27th at the Mary Sherman Hospital. Mr. and Mrs. Floyd E. Underwood of Sullivan rural route three, are the parents of a baby boy born May 27th at the hospital. He has been named Floyd Albert. Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Hatfield of Oaktown, announce the arrival of a daughter born May 27th at tee hospital here. She has not been named. Mr. and Mrs. Marion Chambers of Sandborn rural route one, are . the parents of a son, Roy William, born at the hospital May 27th. Mr. and Mrs. Herman Morin of Shelburn rural route two, announce the birth of a son, Larry Wayne, born May 28th at the hospital , . ilia

IRUMAN URGES GREATER SECURITY FOR UNEMPLOYED

Calls Lack Of Ade-

try f,, I Private First Class Orville J. e DenetltS Crabbe, son of Mrs. Linda AlumlOl C I D ibaugh of 715 South State Street, IViaiOr Viap in i.e-recently sent to his home here an

Proconversion grams. WASHINGTON, May 28. (UP)

President Truman today urged supremacy. Pfc. Crabbe was a Congress to close what he de- member of this battalion later to scribed as a major gap in the re- be christened he "Lost Batconversion program "the lack of talion." adequate benefit for workers tern- ,, , porarily unemployed during the' TBhe. c0a tr,ead; "0n transition frorn war to peace." A.uus 1944 Jnfantry Ke" He proposed that Congress act f.,ment 0CJ?ieA defensive posiat once to assure war workers, tl0ns " Hl.H 31 wh'ch cornthrough supplementation of state ma!ded norroutei of approach unemployment benefits of 26 a"d. jupuply-,Tuhe CC?B f ihe weeks of payments in one year if Arlhed eaktorough battles ln in any one year they are jobless. Normandy depended upon re-

He proposed at least $25 a week for unemployed workers with de pendents. wo mt- nrmHHo mavimum

security to those who have given Punched the first of a series of fully of themselves on the fight- Yicious counterattacks in which ing and production fronts," the tney committed large forces of President said in. a- message to Infantry and armor in a desCongress. "The transition from Perate and fanatical attempt to war to neace is Dart 'of the war sPMt the alliec forces, driving

'and we cannot shirk our obliga- into Brittany from those in NorI tions to those temporarily unem- mandy. In the . initial . attack, j ployed through no fault. of their, enpmy troops reached Martain town.";.-. . .. .v , - , . - -...: '.- -. -rr : : He recommended specially that (Continued on page 4. Col, j) t Congress: . 1 1 m'm. -,1 , 1. Take emergency action to wj . "' widen the coverage of unemploy- liarVeSlinff Jl

ment compensation to increase the amount in the ration of bene-! iu. ai leasi xor ine aurauon oi emergency period of reconversl . i . 1 1 n j i f 2. Extend unemployment compensation coverage to include federal employes, maritime workers and other workers not now insured. 3. Provide supplementary emergency funds to assure each eligible worker 26 weeks of benefits in any one year, if unemployed that long. Pay to workers with dependents should be at least $25 a week. Last Rites Held For Mrs. Houpt Funeral services were conduct ed for Mrs. Mary J. Houpt Satur day at two o'clock at the Billman Funeral Home. Services were in charge of Brother Lloyd Boyll. Song services were by Phyllis Griggs, Mary Simmers and Mrs. L. C. MacMahon. Pallbearers were Russell Cox, Joe Souter, Enos Bean, Charles Scott, Miles Pinkston and Lex Draper. Burial was at Center Ridge Cemetery.

Sixty-Third Commencement Honors : Eighty-Five Members Of Class Of '45

The sixty-third annual commencement exercises of the Sullivan High School were held Friday evening, May 25th, at the Community Gymnasium with a large audience of school patrons' and friends in attendance. Diplomas were awarded to eightyfive members of the class of 1945 end a number of special awards to seniors were also presented by Principal Harry C. Gilmore. The high school band and members of the class provided special music and Superintendent Dale C. Bill-1 man introduced the speaker for. the occasion, Dr. George S. Davis of Purdue University. His sub-' ject was, "The Marks of a Truly Great Man." . Dr. Davis has been directly! connected with the student life of Purdue University for manyj years. Recenty he was appointed i Director of Student Affairs at the university. This appointment is a compliment to bis unusual intgr-

Sullivan Yank, Wounded 4 Times Wins Many Honors

rfc. Orville C. Crabbe, Member Of Famous "Lost Battalion," Holds Battle Citations. oiiKiai -Bame Honors certifi cate presented to the nten of the 2nd Battalion, 120th Infantry Regiment of the ,30th ; Infantry Division for meritorious service in fight for Normandy beachhead l . y.wi lenam .ca ture. Orders directed the bat talion to hold the hill at all costs. 0n 7 August 1944, the Germans tj J G l rlaVSeeu ODeCial Practice For '45 Clair E. Merrill, chairman of the Sullivan county AAA has announced that the harvesting of hayseed will be a special practice in 1945. The farm plan must be signed by June 1; to be eligible for payment, it was announced and poundage payments do not apply where seed is not sold commercially. Harvesting or poundage payment , will not be made where seed produced per acre is too small. 1 Minimum requirement will be announced soon. The tentative suggested minimum production is ten to fifteen pounds per acre.! The need for legume seed this year is particularly acute, N. E. Dodd, Chief of the AAA points out. Last year's production was below expectations because of unfavorable weather and domestic and foreign requirements are high. Estimates are that European countries alone will need 20 million pounds of red clover seed, as well as 5 million pounds of alfalfa and 3 million pounds of alsike clover seed. eFt in the life of University students. The informal style and manner of his delivery and the splendid substance of his address were well received by members of the class end the audience. Two members of the graduating class, Tom Kerlin and Dick Billman, were home on leave after completing boot training in the U. S. Navy and were present in uniform to receive their diplomas. Five other boys in the class, Hugh Curtis Hunt, Curran Jones, Ji, Chester Holdson, Harold Carty and Norman Wolfe, all in Naval training, were unable to be present. Their vacant chairs at the exercises were draped with service flags. Senior awards were as follows: I. Attendance Certificates. One Year Dorothy CriswelL Continued on gage i, Col. 3J

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WASHINGTON, May 2 (UP) President Truman conferred for forty-five minutes today with former Republican President Herbert Hoover today, and it was announced that two former GOP presidential candidates, Alf M- Landon and Governor Thomas E. Dewey, also have been invited to the White House. J Mr. Hoover, returning to the White House for the first time since he turned it over t the late President Roosevelt on March 4, 1933, discussed with Mr. Truman the United Nations' gigantic problem of feeding the liberated peoples of Europe. -.1

' WASHINGTON, May, 28.i-(UP) The Seventh War Ixan went into its third week today with individual sales totalling $2,394,000,000 including E bond sales totalling $1,491,000,000. WASHINGTON, May 28.-U UP) The U. S. Navy is building an additional 20,000 warships to give it a total of 127,000 ships of all types to complete the final phase of the second world war. .1 This gigantic number of ships would be sufficient if placed end to end to make a virtually unbroken bridge from San Francisco to Yokohama, Japan. It will provide the vast armadas for the invasion of China and the Japanese homeland some 5,000 miles from American shores. j A United Press survey found that the Navy now has under construction 19,882 warships, including 271 front line fighting ships, and 16,093 landing craft. Ships now under construction include two battleships, 15 aircraft carriers, 30 escort 'carriers, 47 cruisers, 104 destroyers and six destroyer escorts. -

Services Honor . Mrs, Sarah Boles Funeral services were conducted Sunday afternoon . at ' 2:30 o'clock at the Pentecost Church honoring the memory of Mrs. Sarah E. Boles of this city, who passed away Thursday afternoon. Services were conducted by Rev. M. G. Disney, who was assisted I by Rev. Wyman Hull of the Sulljivan Baptist Church. Beautiful song services were conducted by Harry Brummett and Rev. and Mrs. J. M. Smith. Flower girls were Mary Simmers,. Pauline Akers, Hazel Kirk, Daisy Brummett, Bertha Thomas and Bessie Haskett. Pallbearers were Elmer Haskett, Buck Thomas, Harry Brummett, Lee Simmers, . Clarence Kirk and Marion Miller. Burial was made at Center Ridge Cemetery. Dugger Child Dies At Hospital Gladys Mae Linn, little daughter of Oliver and Alvina Kartokus Linn of Dugger, died Sunday evening at 8:30 o'clock in the Mary Sherman Hospital. She was seven years of age. She is survived by the parents, three sisters, Alma, Clara and Dorothy Linn, all at home; two brothers, Sammie and James Delbert, both ' at home; and the grandmother, Mrs. Alma Kartokus of. Sandborn. The body was taken to the Newkirk Funeral Home in Pleasantville where it will lie in state. Funeral services will be held in the Morris Chapel churchj however the time and date are pending. Claude Harlow Is Laid To Rest Funeral services were conducted Saturday afternoon at two o'clock in the Mt. Calvary Methodist Church for Claude Harlow, 58, resident of Sullivan rural route, who died Thursday morning in the Mary Sherman Hos- : 1 o 1 ,., e Rev. F. D. Wimp assisted by Eli 'Yates, i A service of sacred hymns was sung by the Mt: Calvary Choir. Flower bearers were Mrs. Ray Wyman, Mrs. David Harlow, Pattie Harlow, Mrs. James Bennett, Mrs. Thersa Russell and Cleo, Skinner. Pallbearers were Jesse Harlow, Van Harlow, Ernest Skinner, Garland Russell, Herb Goodman, and Jessie Goodman.. Interment was made In the Mt, Calvarx Cemetery;. .

NEWS

I John Ri Linn, 75 Called In Deall 1 John Rohprt Linn, age-75,1 died I May 26th," at 2:40 a. m., following a sudden illness. He was a vet'ean coal miner.' Mr. LinnVwas -born in Lawrence County, inclU 'ana. ' .' ! " "' " ' " ; ." Surviving are three daughters, Mrs; Audrey Ashcraft of Paxton, Mrs. Gladys Byrne of Pennsylvania and Mrs. Fern Shelto'n' of Paxton; two' . sons, , Frank Lee Linn of Hammond and Wayne Linn at home; two brothers, David of Heltonville, ' Indiana,' and James of Pleasantville.'' He was a member of the Church of God at Paxton. The body was taken to the Newkirk Funeral Home at Pleasantville. Funeral services will he conducted at 10:30 A. M. Tuesday at the Church of God at Paxton. Burial will be at the Morris cemetery south' of Dugger. Death Summons Elderly Woman Arvilla Jane Bennington, 75-year-old resident of Linton rurai route, west of Pleasantville, died Sunday evening at 5:15 p. m. in the Robert Long Hospital of Indianapolis. She formerly resided in Vincennes. She is survived by the son, Forest, Linton R. R., with whom she made her home; one daughter, Mrs. Dorothy Parrett of Fritchland, Indiana; one sister, Mrs. Henry Hembree of Bedford; and four grandchildren. The body was taken to the Newkirk Funeral Home in Pleasantville and removed late this afternoon to the home of the son of east of Pleasantville to lie in state. Funeral services will be conducted Tuesday afternoon at one o'clock at the home of the son following which the cortege will move to Vincennes where burial will be made in the Presbyterian Cemetery. T-Sgt. Osborne Wounded Apr. 30 Mrs. Pete Osborne of Shelburn has received word from the War Department that her husband, Technical Sergeant Pete Osborne, had been wounded in Germany, April 30th. He had previously been awarded the Purple Heart for wounds received November 18, 1944, ... f ,

IIIL DAY PUS ARE MADE

STORES CLOSE WEDNESDAY Sullivan stores will be closed all day Wednesday, Memorial Day, it has been announced and the public is reminded today that the local merchants have agreed to remain open on Thursday aft. ernoon this week. They will resume the customary policy of closing on Thursday afternoon next week, however, it was emphasized. Local drug stores will he open until noon Wednesday in keeping with their usual holiday custom. The post office will operate on a holiday schedule Wednesday. There will be no city or rural delivery, however, lock box service will be available and mail will be dispatched as usual. Daily Times Holiday. The Daily Times will not 1 be issued on Wednesday, due to the Memorial Day holiday here. An issue of the paper will be published on Saturday of this week, however. Next week the Times will resume the usual Monday through Friday publication schedule. JOIN THE PARADE! Sullivan's annual Memorial Day progTam will he held at Center Ridge cemetery at two oVhtck Wednesday afternoon - liuiivY'tiif, the irerore'iieailf.of . , this coininunity, .with .palrit otic organizations, other groups and citizens in general r. , taking parti VAii! ! inspiring1 -program has -,,been arranged '' to be. preceded by,' "a parade from the 'old gymnasium,' to the cemetery. The parade will start at 1:30 o'clock. It is especially urged that all patriotic organizations, civic groups and citizens join in the parade this year. In : view of the great sacrifices that our boys have made and are still making in the present war, every citizen should feel that it is his duty to ' show his patriotism and loyalty in this way. ii ii I Samuel Farrar Of Dugger Succumbs Sunday Evening Samuel Farrar, 55 years old, of Dugger, died Sunday evening at 9:45 o'clock following an illness of eighteen months. Mr. Farrar, a 'member of the Sullivan Masonic Lodge for about 35 years was a veteran coal miner of this district, being employed by the Lippeatt Coal Company for many years. He was a member of the U. M. W. of A. He was born November 1, 1889, in Jackson, Ohio the son of James and Maggie Farrar. The father, who survives, came to Sullivan County many years ago and established his residence in Dugger. ' Surviving are the widow, Lillian; the father, James Farrar of Jackson, Ohio; three sons, James Albert of the Merchant Marine, stationed in California, Nathan Farrar of Detroit, Michigan, and Lowell Farrar, residing east of Evahsville; one sister, Mrs. Dollie Adkin of Indianapolis; three brothers, John, Clair and William Farrar; and seven grandchildren. The body was taken to the Welch & Cornett Funeral Home in Linton where it was prepared

for burial and later taken to the three square meals a day." heme in Dugger, where it now. lies in state. Funeral services will The former prisoner was ' a be conducted at the residence member of the American InfanWednesday at 12:00 noon with try forces and had sailed for Brother Maurice Clymore of the overseas duty in October of last Dugger Church of Christ off iciat-' year, having at no time during ing. Interment will be made in his overseas duty received mail

the Dugger Cemetery. '

Foe Under Fire From

Planes And Warship

Appear Ready To Abandon Central Bastion Of Shuri And Attempt New Stand-Tokyo Still Smolders After Great Attack Chinese Recapture Capital Of Kwangsi Province. (By United Press) The Japanese show signs of pulling in their lines southern Okinawa today under a murderous fire from art -lery, airplanes and the guns of American warships.

A front line dispatch said the enemy appeared ready tr abandon Shuri, central bastion of his cracking line, and attempt a new stand on high ground about a mile and a half to the south- The American ground troops were impeded by

rain and mud but the intense bombardment by the big guns was raising havoc with Japanese columns on the move. Tokyo, still smoldering from Saturday's fire attack by 400 Superfortresses, reported that 30 Mustang fighters accompanied by three B-29's hit airfields ."near the 1 capital :t noon today. The planes may have been after photograph:! of the great damage done previously. : : ' Enemy broadcasts said possibly, forty to fifty per cent of Tokyo's public" utilities had been destroyed on Saturday. The'central business section was : partly-i rr-rivi n -a j kV-n uvn y important buildings were listed as destroyed or damaged. On the Asiatic mainland, the Chinese recaptured Nanning, capital of Kwangsi province, cutting the Japanese overland lifeline to Indo-China, Thailand, and Malaya. Japanese Tolls Revealed. The damage done to Japanese supply and communications lines in general was emphasised by Admiral Chester W. Nimitz at Guam headquarters. He said 1,119 vessels ttallin 4,500,00 tons of Japanese shipping had been sunk by American submarines alone during the war. ' .1 . At the same time, it was disclosed in Washington that the United States Navy is building 20,000 more warships to make a total of 127,000 ships of all types to complete the defeat of Japan. The extent of Japanese losses in the Philippines was revealed by Gen. Douglas MacArthur as the work of exterminating the surviving enemy in the islands went aheacl. IIo announced that the Japanese so far have lost 378,427, mostly dead. European tension over the Syrian-Lebanon dispute mounted as dispatches' reported shooting and casualties between French troops and natives at Horns and llama. The London Daily Telegraph said President Truman might be asked to mediate the independence issue between France and the two republics to avert further bloodshed. - The Trieste dispute evuKed an appeal by Marshal Tito of Yugoslavia to the Allies to abide by the Atlantic Charter in disposing of Trieste and Carinthia- ' The Soviet newspaper Pravda accused a section of the American press of "provocation" in reporting the Trieste affair. A Pravda article called for collaboration to avoid sowing the seeds of future disputes.

Pvt. McCullough Is Coming Home Private Max McCullough, husband of Mrs. Louise Scully McCullough of Indianapolis, and son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert McCullough of East Jackson Street, is "heading westward" according to a V-mail letter received by the family. He was taken prisoner by the German armies several months ago and was last known to be interned at Stalag Prison Camp VI-C in Czechoslovakia. He made no mention in the letter of the date on which he was liberated by Allied armies. The letter was dated May 18th, somewhere in France, from where he stated he was being sent to a hospital for treatment and expressed his condition as being much better now that I am in the American lines and getting A from home.

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s SPLENDID SUPPORT IS GIVEN SULLIVAN'S SERVICEMEN'S CANTEEN Loyal citizens, individuals and firms, and the local schools have continued to assist in maintaining the club quarters or Servicemen's Canteen, here. Those in charge of thepatriotic endeavor hope everyone understands how much their kindness means to the Canteen at this time. The Canteen wishes to acknowledge additional donors: Kroger's, by Mr. Lafollette, Ray Burris, Norman Spencer, Hud Crowder W. R. C, Mrs. Mattie Dudley, Hazel Willey, Mr. and Mrs. Ben Trump, Sullivan Home Ec. Club, Bob Conner, Mrs. Lena Lippeatt, Mr. and Mrs. Omar Nickel, Mrs. Clarence Kirk, Mrs. Curt Gaylor, Mrs. Claud Bosstiek, Mrs. Bert Moore, Mrs. Clyde Thomas, Claiborne Home Ec. Club, Mrs. Charles Osburne, Mr. and Mrs. John Gallagher, Blue Tri, Buckley Family, Mrs. Stella Russell, Betsy Ross, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Thompson, Sue and Patty Hofmann, Ira Long, Mrs. Walter Marlowe, Phillip Marrison, Golda Jfesbit. and Village Homemakers'