Sullivan Daily Times, Volume 47, Number 111, Sullivan, Sullivan County, 4 June 1945 — Page 1

FAIR, AND COOL Indiana: Fair and continued cool tonight with scattered frost in the north portion. Tuesday fair and a little warmer. VOL. XLVII No. 111.' UNITED PRESS SERVICE SULLIVAN, INDIANA , MONDAY, JUNE 4, 1945. INTERNATIONAL PICTURE SERVIC1 PRICE THR JLJl

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Men And Womer With The Colors "Remember Fearl Harbor" :: WITH SERVICE COMMAND 1ST BASE ATR DEPOT, WARRINGTON, England. V-E Day - found Pfe. Charles E, Dudley, of van, Indiana, on the job, helping to ready more combat planes and equipment for immediate , action wherever they might be needed. Pfc. Dudley, son of Eva Pepple, 646 South Main St, Sullivan, T a; - r n. . ... 1. a inuuiiid, is one oi uie ciaciv Service Command team who pitched in to back the air assaults " that helped knock Germany out o the war. ' ine efforts. Brieedier General I 'Morris Berman, Commanding General of the Base Air Depot i. Area, Air Service Command, declared: "These soldiers of the I Base Air Depot have, since their i work, began, - dispatched 415,000 ".'tons of air corps supplies, assemble led and modified 12,000 combat planes, and repaired . or over'j hauled more than EiO.OflQ aircraft ..ci.-guiea. . j I . . . ,! "Every soldier, whatever his jon, coiuriDUiea 10 me maginucent.'s final result. I commend hem nnH T know A hat 'whatever 'their next task,' they ' will 'fulfill 'it wjtli , credit ,'tn' 'themselves 'and thei-1 country. 1 4 " " ' - ---- i PiV. niirilev' hnsf been over seas since August; 1943, and join ed the army in July 1942. r He attended Sullivan' High School. I AWARDED" 'COMBAT- BADGE j Private 'Fii-St ' Clasff '..Howard.: .Colvin, husband of Mrs. Geneva :olvin' ot ' Uugger.nas oeen, a-,

iwamea , me. , ivomnai, , w,.L()n(ion Cairo. , vvi-V , -v (Badge after long hours on the, . w .London; , Pi'me'; . Minister J front lines of, the Western Front , chuj.chill Was expected Ho -reply as one of, Uncle Sams expert CommQm to Gen. Chailes De-

nuemen on a., uumiu, lias served overseas suite ru gust of 1944, He wears the Order of the Purple Heart with Oxik Lent Cluster -for being twice wounded in action. BOB ROGERS IMPROVING Robert W. Rogers, son of, Mr. pnd Mrs. Carl Rogers of Paxtpn, who has spent the last 20 months r. KTn.nl tlAnminl nnH iirhi hP in a Naval Hospital, and who has been paralyzed and has undergone several operations, is now improving. He expects to ' visit home some time this fall. Bob's birthday will be June 16th. He will be 21 years old. Friends wishing to write him may do so at this ad-? dress: . Robert W. Rogers, S 2c, Chelsea Naval Hospital, Ward B, Chelsea, Mass. PVT. RIDGLEY HOME Pvt. Earl B. Ridglcy, who re cently returned to the States, vis-

ited his wife and relatives in Ind- Paul Terrell, Pfc. Kenneth Mclanapolis and Sullivan, Sunday. Kinney, Pvt. Harold Howard and Hip new address is: Pfc. Louis Steinhall. Pvt. Earl B. Ridgley, 35248150, ;

Ashford General Hospital, White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia. CHICAGO, 111. Pfc. Kenneth Skinner, 20, of R. R. 1, Sullivan, Indiana, is now a patient at the Army's Gardiner General Hospital, 1660 East Hyde Park Boulevard, Chicago, it was announced today by Colonel John R. Hall, commanding officer of the installation. : In Germany, Pfc. Skinner incurred gunshot wounds to his ! right foot and left leg, and was transferred to Gardiner on May .1st frdtm Mitchel Field, New York. SGT. HANLEY RECOVERING ! THE 65TII GENERAL HOSPITAL, England. Wounded by flak in the right knee on his 22nd (Continued on Page 4, Col. 1)

TEMPERATURI

LOWFORJUNE

Mercury Near Freezing Today In Indiana; Heavy Snow In Minnesota. . (By United Press) An all-time record low temperature for June 4th in Indiana polis was set today as the mercury lowered near the freezing mark throughout the state. The lowest temperature in Indiana was 36 degrees, recorded in South Bend, the weather bureau said. . . Winter played a return engagement throughout the midwest. Extended cool air masses whipping down from the Hudson Bay region gave Chicago an all-time low temperature for June-34.7 degrees in the ! wake of a sixinch snow at Virginia, Minnesota. Minnesota was hit early yesterday by the lowest , tempera-f ture in 48 years as a killing 30 degrees was marked at Duluth. The mercury was down to 34 in Minneapolis, and at Ely, three, inches of snow fell Saturday. . Ney Moves In ; Syrian Crisis LONDON, Jiiiie 4. (UP) Bey- , ruth" ; despatches, said - today 1 that RritisVi trnnnfe ' rein'forCeA bv marines and sailorSi were moving Freni-ll!' soldiers SUVA VTHI"" trorti1 all 'WoErtilated' aWi'bf Syria. to i isolated .iVamns'r-t& '.: prevent f urthef-bloodshed! !h'u r.xM'Mt) i Th, .U,i(if -,-( interest a'in iithe.i rU f Hsi5!;-..was,i Aliiftihff ;to Gaulle's charge of last Saturday hit 'Rritich ncrpnts wpre reI fnr lh. uorisin2'in'the

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I T Afinf ... : : ; In Cairo the' Arch league of seven middle-eastern states, was meeting' today to ; discuss the crisis. A Cairo, dispatch: saidt al) delegates were ; unanimous . that the French must withdraw en. from the Levant and that no negotiations with the French were possible. ,i Some delegates at Cairo favored American mediation to find an equitable solution. . MORE LOCAL SOLDIERS REACH HOME AFTER. BEING LIBERATED During the past week the following Sullivan-County ' soldiers have arrrived at their homes here following their liberation from German prison camps: Lt. CANCEL ISSUANCE CANNING SUGAR FOR THE PRESENT Issuance of canning sugar has been cancelled for the present, according to an announcement made by the Sullivan County War Price and Rationing Office today. Local rationing officials said today that an official order from the Regional Administrative office cancelled all issuance of canning sugar coupons until further notice. Therefore, no applications will be accepted at the local War Price and Rationing Office for canning sugar coupons. Notice will be given when the restriction is lifted. The order was effective at midiiifiht, June 2. ,

. . BOG QUARANTINE ' , ORDERED ,' " City and county officials today placed a quarantine on all dogs running at large. This is being done as a matter of precaution against rabies, health officials said, and all dog owners must comply with the order. All dogs must be kept up until further notice. The notice applies liot only to the city of Sullivan but all over the county as Well.

CPL JACK FRENCH E News was received in Sullivan Friday of the death of Corporal Jack G. French of the United States Marine Corps, the son of Mr.- and Mrs. Carl French of Cincinnati, Ohio and formerly of 608 East Chaney Street, Sullivan. The news was received here by a sister, Mrs. Murphy Draper of North Main Street. After many months of v action with the 1st Marine Division, Cpl. French was presumably killed in the furious fighting on Okinawa Island early last month. He had been decorated with the Silver Star for gallantry on Peleliu Island when he rescued a wounded buddy and helped savp the lives of others. He was wounded twice himself and wore the Purple Heart and several battle stars. . . Surviving are the parents; two sisters, Mrs. Murphy Draper of Sullivan and Mrs. Forrest Clark of California; and one brother, Dude French of the' United iStates Navy and' how" serving ;'vith -the Fleet overseas. Vl Mr, -and ' " Mrs. Draper wem to Cincinnati Friday tiight ,to ,be with Mrs. Draper's County Welfare ' Board Members . Are. Appointed ... , !.!...: ,.; i ..:.: r i,N . ' .' Judge Walter F. Wood of the .Sullivan Circuit Court has 'appointed members of 'the Sullivan County Hoard of Welfare for varying terms, it was announced today. The appointments ' were effective : June 1st.' Appointees are:" ' '' f ' - Will A. Thompson of Sullivan, for the term of one year; Belle Tison of Dugger, for the term of two years; Ray Newkirk of Pleasantville, and Bessie Riggs of Sullivan, for the term of four years; and Charles Sharp, Jackson Township Trustee, for the term of two years. '"',.' Members of the board who are reappointed are Will A. Thompson, Belle Tison and Ray New kirk. ' Geo. Beardsley Of Shelburn Found Dead Early Today George Beardsley, 55-year-old CI Viol Kiifrt facirlant lira a fruinrl jdead early morning about a block north of his residence there. Death was apparently the result of a heart attack. He is survived by one sister, Mrs. Margaret Wakeman of Wyoming; and three brothers, Printice and Dee Beardsley of Wyoming and Arch Beardsley of California. The body was taken to the McHugh Funeral Home where it will lie in state pending completion of funeral arrangements. MARRIAGE LICENSES Jesse Newton Wilkes, Dugger, Army Air Corps, and Virginia Mae' Corbin, R. F. D. S, accounting clerk.

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WITH THE 99TH INFANTRY DIVISION IN GERMANY. Pfc. Chester Ladson of Carlisle, Indi ana, points out five bullet holes in the fender of his jeep, a" sou venir from a recent strafing incident. The machine gun. bullets from the German fighter plane struck the road and ricocheted, coming up through the fender without touching the tire. Pfc. Ladson, a member of the medical detachment of the 2nd Battalion, 394th Infantry,' was filling his jeep with gas when a

LATE NEWS

! WASHINGTON; June 4. UP) The nation's individual purchases in the 7th" War Loan Drive were expected to pass the half-way mark today. Sales to, individuals were figured at $.1,393,000,000 or 4 of the.seven billion, at the last tab-

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'. ' i i . .-s.!; 1 -The,, wounded infantryman is 'MIAMV Fla.,' June 4;H:UR)-The Navy'siJirstr puWic now receiving treatment for his accbunt of'U. Sr losses to German U-boats in .the ,Sulf tfSjearUns .in ; an ATm Hospital in frohtier' disclosed today that 111 :ships vwere battecfe.)ijaIWwf 'a-'?a8; and.( ls reported sunk fend 8B2 men' wer. killed riwbunded,r frow r F-ebruarylprotng haJ 1Q19 nt v v rW " t . , , been decorated with the. Order of . J" Y' io,,(i v i- V'? ':u-U 'Purple Heart with onet Oak J-''The worst came m 1942, the Navy jdisclosed. Beginning Leaf cluster for wotuads suffered Febi 19 -when the first leneniy, torpedo, struck homesr,the ;Gerih 'actioiO'i fill '1. 1 V "( HlVO marisi' attacked 107 vessels; Only four! were attacked, in J 94,3. . j ( ri : tJ. ' tj and in 1944 or 1945. . . i(: ; ho t It al note A i .K I

' ihe liulf sea area includes, the; entire. Honda coastline, the Bahamas, northern shore of .Cuba and the: entire Gulf of, Mexico. ... , . . U-boat moved into the Gulf frontier, the . Nayy said, early in February -,1942, -'when -counter-attacks, in the. North

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j u;j.vanu itiwiii.il iHiHii . j j.vtnu: .ihiii four ior treatment found the battleships Washington and North Carolina ; and,); Admitted June 2: John purceil the Navy carrier Hornet. AH three ships were on shakedown ;0f 304 Soutii Main street,; for, cruises, inadequately escorted and without air cover. The treatment; Mrs. Ida Hamilton of Navy revealed that 25 ships' were sunk immediately outside Carlisle rural route twoy for New Orleans in 1 942. and 25 nff tho pnast nf Florida he. treatment.

tween Key West and Daytona Beach. One torpedo, the Navy said, was fired past its target at the mouth of the Mississippi and into a levee inside the breakwater. Naval officers estimated they battled at least 34 different subs but could not estimate how many they destroyed.

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i Britain, France and China today abandoned any idea of re- , sorting to an immediate showdown on the Russian proposal to i let a big power veto discussion of disputes by the Security Council of the new peace organization. They waited instead for Moscow's reaction to their vig

orously stated opposition to the Russian interpretation of the Yalta voting formula and hoped it would reveal Soviet willingness to solve the issue by negotiation. That change of attitude plus Big Five agreement on 14 out of 17 major controversial issues eased the week-end apprehension. 4-H JUNIOR LEADERS ference which is sponsored by the GO TO INDIANAPOLIS ndiana District Kiwanis International in co-operation with PurFour Sullivan County 4-H Club due University. Junior Leaders left for Indian- These Junior Leaders, accordapolis today to attend the State ing to J. Howard Telf er, ' County 4-H Junior Leadership Training ' Agricultural Agent, were selected Conference. The Conference is to ' as a result of their achievement

be held at the Indiana Central College, . Indianapolis, June 4-7. Those attending from Sullivan County are: Miss Anita Jean Allan, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John F. Allan of Farmersburg; Miss Iris Wilfon, daughter of Mr. and Mrs, Artie Wilfon of Fairbanks; Art W. Boroughs, son of Mr. and Mrs. Don Boroughs of, Ccrlisle; and Wayne Dix, son of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Dix of Fairbanks. . . ' This is the 14th Annual Con-

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evxy plane swooped down on the ... , , . alted convoy. Bullets rained tkwn on the vehicles. The can j ich Ladson held in his hands . was riddled with slugs, but the gas: failed to ignite.. The fender. f-.ear Ladson's legs was pierced by! live shots, but the . tire beneath

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. The, medic treated the wounds,,; , . , cf casualties of the strafing, then ' staff Sergeant. Freeman "Bill" hopped in his jeep; and rode away. Dugger, son of Mrs. Lena Dugger iV'Just another day," said Lad-.of Indianapolis, formerly of Su'll-

son. . . . 1 '. . . V Aw mAivtk aai'linv tlinv nAiil.l ItntrA 4. (UP) The United States, in 4-H Club work and junior leadership in their local clubs. BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert L. Hudson of Shelburn Route 1, north of Hymera, announce the birth of a son, Robert Dale, born May 26 at their home. The baby and mother are doing nicely. Mrs. Hudson was before her marriage, Catherine Louise Davis of Farmersburg Route 1. '

i Bailey Brothers

Circus Will Be Here Saturday To the youngsters the coming ot the circus is a thrilling event a is the last day at school or Christmas, so when the Famous Bailey Bros, big three-ring Circus 1 Comes to Sullivan ior an afterJ noon and evening performance on Saturday, June 9th,.at Gallagher's show grounds, the kiddies as well as the older folks will be up early to watch the erection of the City of Tents; This is the only original Brothers Circus in the United States today! It has been owned and man;Ked by the Bailey Brothers families for more than three generations and at present is owned and managed by Robert Bailey of San Antonio, Texas. Three rings are necessary to present the Big Show and among the " headliners " u V- , ?s oy,vl1 r""esiwrni uispiays ner equesirianna rth nilH Aarinit 0vw ', (Continued on Page 4, Col. 4) ,, f , C Cf D!ll ri-ivrrM J-Ogl. Dill LJtlgger ivan, wasi wounded April 10th and again on April 22nd while participating jn action against the enemy on. Okinawa, according to a wire received by the mother from the War Department recently. . ; SSgt , rjugger entered - the united states Marine Corps in September of 1942 and has seen active duty at Attu, Leyte and 'nioro' recently at Okinawa, AMm'ittear,June ! i: Mrs! kush Richard of Sullivan rural route four,, for. treatment; Mrs., Melba Eiben of Sullivan rural , route "three,-, for . treatment; Mrs. Kattie route . . ... j , Admitted June 3: Mrs. John Springer of Sullivan rural route two, .for .treatment. Dismissed June 1: Mrs. Gerald Zaayer and daughter of Sullivan route three; Mrs. Harry VanAntwerp and daughter of Freelandville; Bobby Richardson of East Depot Street. , Dismissed June 2: William Nelson of Coalmont; George McCrocklin of Shelburn. Dismissed June 3: Mrs. William Schaeffer of Freelandville; Mrs. D. B. Pii'er of Oaktown rural route two; Ben Canada of Jasonville; Mrs. Don Powell and son of 408 West Johnson Street; Mrs. Gaylord Walters and daughter of Shelburn; Mrs. Reuben Crosby of Shelburn; Mrs. Ray Hunter of 564 South Court Street. BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENTS Mr, and Mrs. Max Zellers of Jas;onville, announce the birth of a son born June 3rd at the Mary Sherman Hospital. He has not been named. Mr. and Mrs,, Ernest Snyder of 430 South Court Street, are the parents of a daughter, Donna Lynn, born June 4th at the hospital here. LEGION MEETINQ The American Legion Post 139 will hold an important meeting Tuesday night at eight o'clock at the new Legion Home. All Legionnaires are urged to attend.

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Splits Defenders, Reach Naha Airfield Japs Convert Entire Naval Air Force Into Suicide Corps To Protect Homeland As Halsey Issues ChallengeTokyo Reports Planned Balloon At-tackOnU.S.

BULLETIN! PEARL HARBOR, June 4. (UP) The U. S. Tenth Army carried the battle of Okinawa into its final stage today in drives that split the Japanese defenders and reached the Naha airfield, the best on the island. ,The 7th Division knifed through to the south coast of Okinawa. A- breakthrough trapped whatever Japanese troops were on the Chinen peninsula and laid open the entire enemy position ; to flank Assaults. . . . : . .. . Front reports indicated that Japanese nerve had cracked on Okinawa and said small groups of enemy troops were trying to flee a. shrinking pocket , in south Okinawa. U. S. vessels patrolling offshore captured a number of these bands. The campaign neared its. end as. the. Japanese.- reported that1 Allied ground and sea forces were, assaulting Sandakan, capital of British North Borneo in the East ; Indies. Australian and Dutch forces have been fighting; in the Borneo area for some time, ; -

PEARL HARBOR, June 4. (UPjwjlji W Okinawa campaign rapidly nearing.an end, Japan .converted ,her entire naval air force into a suicide corps to protect the homeland from the rampaging American fleet today.' Other developments ,in ig' Pacific war included: , 1M Radio Tokyo, said Jipftn intends. to attack..the United States with, piloted, bomb-carrying balloons in the "near future." . .".'W-r : '. 2, American troops 'fanned out along the" south coast of Okinawa after sealing, off thousands of the enemy in the Chinen peninsula.7 Tokyo, quoted an . unconfirmed report that American units had landed behind Japanese positions on Chinen -peninsula' from-the sea. f, A 8. The American 37th Division drove along Luzon's Cagayan Valley against light resistanceJapanese casualties in the Philippines reached i85,4Sfl. , ' .4. Units of the American Mars task force we'e rr-voaled to be operating in China after helping to reopen the Burma Road. ; , ' , 5. Chviese troops recaptured Chienkiang, 90 miles northeast of Nanning, and pursued the Japanese toward Liuchow. ' r, 6. British troops seized two towns on the east coast of Burma. . . . ' 7. Radio Tokyo admitted that American and Allied spies were becomingly increasingly active in Japan. Admiral William F. Halsey, whose 3rd Fleet sent carrier planes against suicide plane bases in southern Japan Saturday and Sunday, welcomed the enemy announcement of suicide attacks, Halsey challenged the Japanese to send remnants - of their fleet in a do-or-die "banzai" attack against him. Halsey's planes destroyed or damaged at least 36 enemy aircraft in raids on Kyushu, southernmost of the enemy's home islands, Saturday and accounted far nine more yesterday.' The end of the campaign in Okinawa appeared only a matter of days away. The Americans ripped the enemy's best remaining defenses and split his garrison with a 3,000-yard advance to the south coast yesterday. The 7tli Division reached the southern beaches with a drive down the east coast that cut across the base of Chinen neninsula. Other units slashed southward at the center of the line against weakening opposition. 1 Onlv in the Naha airfield area of the west coast and around the south shore of adjacent Naha harbor did the enemy show anv sijvns of holding his positions. There, the final battles may be fought.

MRS. GOODWIN SUFFERS FRACTURED HIP SUNDAY NIGHT Mrs. Amelia Goodwin of 117 North Section Street, was admitted to the Mary Sherman Hospital last night where she received treatment for a fractured hip suffered in an accident here shortly after seven o'clock. Mrs. Goodwin was struck by a 1939 Chevrolet coupe driven by Mrs. Grace Neff as Mrs. Neff was backing out of the driveway at the Effie Wilson home in North Court Street. Mrs. Goodwin was on her way to the Methodist Church to attend the evening services, it was reported.

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illllljf Mrs. Goodwin was reported today to be improving satisfactorily. ARMY LIBERATED OFFICIALLY REPORTED Army liberated prisoners of war, (Germany) announced by the Office of War Information for release today include: T5 Gerald E. Ice, husband of Mrs. Alice B. Ice, Shelburn. (These reports are all based on prior notification of next of kin.) v 4 r NEW SUITS Mollie Shelton vs. Ben F. Shelton. Complaint for divorce.