Sullivan Daily Times, Volume 47, Number 120, Sullivan, Sullivan County, 15 June 1945 — Page 1

PARTLY CLOUDY Indiana: Mostly cloudy tonight; partly cloudy Saturday with an occasional shower or thunderstorm. Not much change in temperature. VOL. XLVn No. 120 UNITED PRESS SERVICE SULLIVAN, INDIANA ' FRIDAY, JUNE 15, 1945. i INTERNATIONAL PICTURE SERVICE PRICE THREE CENTS

- : -

mm

News Of Our Men And Women With The Colors

"Si "Remember Fearl Harbor" BIRTHDAY SOON SSgt. Darrell Huff has a birthdsy June 16th. Friends wishing to send cards may contact his wife or parents. Sgt. Huff is permitted to wear the Good Conduct- Ribbon, Purple Heart, Presidential Citation with one cluster and the American-European Theater of Operations with four battle stars, also the Combat Infantry Badge. NEW ADDRESS Sgt. Wendell L. Gambill, 3581 3f!16, 563rd A. A, F.B. U., Sec. D,; urouna acnuoi, oiuuem, stead Field, Florida.

Home-inlked

TRANSFERRED Capt. and Mrs.' James Sinclair spent a few days here last week v:th Misses Zola and Betty Sinclair and Bobby Sinclair. Capt. Duuuy oinuidii. Sinclair has been transferred from Chicago to Indianapolis. AT FORT KNOX FORT KNOX, Ky., June 13. Cl 1 T J. 1T J - T TTaUm..m-U a nn wwIrT. ZJZ I , , - , Si" now a m mber of "e una is now a memoer or ine rXesTtfe Regional hoWal i iiiftfiut- it. t . i ii r if 'K iiiiiri i in nnvi ormmadr. has announced . t - ' . JX-gSSFSSSZZ S formerly employed as clinical instructor at the Methodist Hos-; rvitQl Inrt iononnl e Inrl 1 AWARDED PURPLE HEART SOMEWHERE IN THE PACIFIC (Delayed) Marine Private Marion W. Saucerman, of Sullitj ti tj: ' Marines, wounded on Iwo Jima, : who were presented Purple Heart medals in a ceremony at a naval hospital here. . , The other Hoosier Marines are hvivstp sari h- h ppnpr .r indianapolis; Private Wayne ,L. Cripe, Camden, and Sergeant I Robert W. Blundell, Fort 'Wayne HAS BIRTHDAY JULY 1 William P. Thompson Jr. F 2c, has a birthday July 1st Those wishing to send cards may secure his address from relatives. COMPLETES COURSE LUBBOCK ARMY AIR FIELD, LUBBOCK, Texas, June 15. Capt. Charles W. Howard, son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas W. Howard of 333 N. Broad St., and a veteran of many months of overseas combat duty, has completed a "post-graduate" course of instruction'' in instrument pilot training at this special AAF Instructors School and has. returned to his base station to train other fliers in the latest methods of "all weather" instrument flying. Captain Howard was qn duty with the Air Force in the Mediterranean Theater and flew P-38s against the enemy, for which he was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal with ten Oak Leaf Clusters, and the Distinguished Unit Badge with two Oak Leaf Clusters. Captain Howard is a graduate of Sullivan High School and had been a salesman in Sullivan in civilian life. He has now returned to Luke Field, Ariz. MEET IN PACIFIC Paul Bledsoe, MM S 2c, recently was united in the South Pacific with his brother. Eugene Bledsoe, EM 3c. The brothers are formerly of Linton and had not- seen each other for over a year Mrs. Rosemary Bledsoe, wife of Paul Bledsoe, and . sons reside in Shelburn. Mrs. Margaret Bledsoe, wife ofv Eugene Bledsoe, and daughter reside in Linton.

FORMER FOREIGN MINISTER VOM RIBBENTROP azi rnze war Criminal Had Lived Unrecognized In Hamburg. WITH BRITISH 2ND ARMY, Germany, June 15. (UP) Form er Foreign Minister Joachim von Rippentrop, last of the Nazi hierarchy not tacitly accounted for, was captured yesterday in a Hamburg boarding house where he had lived unrecognized for more than six weeks. A British lieutenant and two discovered him lying in bed jessed and taken to British headquarters, he was fcund to have secreted a can of . poison in his crotch. . boardi house under tne name, f p a nn A ., Qmh . .. i UPH his lWifv in H nnntnrc A 1 - gigter arregted t confirmed, Uh..wifitir.n H hdhm in! disguise. . j the Foreign Minister who en gineered the diplomatic Ad?lf Hitler,s European conquests tp,d cantors that he had honed t0 hlde until British against Germany had died down . . . . . - ; e had- thl"ee le"e l"i?,s pos:. iRinn. nnp adfiivctiert tho "Uincpnt" SblSr' S British Marshal . Sir Rptnnrd I. Montgomery and the third to Forjeign Secretary Anthony Eden. t- j a..i t.j .. I . A British staff officer revealed that Ribbentrop had gone to Hamburg April. 30 to seek refuge at the home of a wine merchant who was an old friend. Befqre his ir,, i... n:u bentrop was a champagne salesman. The wine merchant refused him sanctuary, however, and Ribbentrop went to the boarding. house where he was captured and letisiereu mere as an nrnmnrv guest. k ELKS INITIATE ClASS OF SIX The Sullivan lodse of Elks initiated a class of candidates Monday evening. The class was C. Billman. Allen Buzard, F. M. Dukes, Harold Exline, Vainus M. Pigg and Wendell Tennis. ' ' To Be Air Chief? fiFM IRA C. EAKER. who directed - - . : ranean during the conquest of Europe and just recently waa re called to Washington, is beingl mentioned by capital observera asZ VV.,5". t:;T7S

GAPTUR

J ; H lllil- iiilliliilillijllll

Reveal The U.S.S. Saratoga Battered

In Attack Survives PUGET SOUND , NAVY YARD, BREMERTON, Wash,, June 15. (UP) The" U.S.S.; Saratoga, queen of the flattops, was severely damaged off Iwo Jima last February 21st when she took seven direct hits from Japanese, bombs and suicide planes and suffered 315 casualties. The stcry of the Saratoga, one of the Navy's luckiest ships, can be told for the first time today because the tough eld lady is back in action. She is sending all she's got against an enemy that has had good reason on three occasions to believe she . was through. The Saratoga ! took her latest beating two days after the invasion of Iwo. Heroic action by her crew saved the ship." She survived, but at a cost of 123 men killed or missing and 192 wounded. , i "m F?ve-Acre Corn Club Enrollments Being Received . -i Enrollments in the Five-Acre,

i

who en- corn Club in Sullivan County are Attlije to Prime Minister Winston Churchill revealed today pnases ot nnw being received by County that th e, forthcoming B;- Three meeting will be held in Berconquests. Agent J. Howard Telfer, who is ' R""tomin6 inreeietun,, oe neiu in uei

gent j. Howard Telfer, who is i ,v,;0 . ,;ti-. Extension Department,' due University and the Indiana Corn drowers;. -Assoc W EnLast year, eight corn growers of j!-:-county finished the contest I S .11'?' iff ' - . . .....

" 1S expected that severalngaj;ng-r company officials

'" v" viuu lino year. lne menesl ouiciai yieia ot J09.8 bushels per acre in Sullivan Conty ta 1944 was grown by Jo!l,n F; Allan of Curry Township. The Indiana Corn Growers' As -

somtion awards rose gold medalsitoMwr; charges of "fantastic

Ior yieias 01 10W neis or more, green gold meda,s for yields of j 5 to WO bushels and gold medrj , ,s for yields 100. to 125 bush- ; ' ...wvu., awarded for yields of 85 to lOOf bushels sand bronze medals for 75 to 85 bushel yields. , f Any corn grower who has five or more acres in corn can qualify' for the Five-Acre Corn Club by', becoming a member of the Indiana Corn Growers' Association. At harvest time, the Extension Dees to inspect and check yields of contestants. Applications for membership should be made to the County Agricultural Agent in the Court House. Each contestant is furnished with a report blank in which a record of plowing, seed bed preparation, kind of seed used, fertilization and cultivation are kept The annualduring the season,

report of the Association, sent to officers are searching for a man all members, includes a summary who,. according to Arthur Donof the five-acre work in the state. ham. 32 years 0H of 511 Chest-

medal winners, reports of the pro--gram at the annual meeting and. the State Show. KINNETT-BADGER The marriage of Miss Colleent Kinnett, daughter of the late Mrs. Leona Liston, and Cpl. John Badger, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs.' John Badger, Sr., of Fairbanks,1

was soiemnizea sunaay, June 10, .wniuwi. auu wncii mcy apby Rev. Jack Anderson at the proached, the town the man ..pullFirst Christian church parsonage ed the gun. Donham said, and

in Sullivan. Attending them were Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Liffick.

, The bride was dressed in pink last night', and was freed of the j of Mrs. Maude Hostetter, of with white accessories, and wore alledged, charge when Donham J Carlisle, was granted an honora corsage of white carnations, said '. that. 'he was not the man able discharge from the Army at

Mrs. Liffick wore a rose dress, 1 - wwc a iusu ureas. with white accents and accessor. ics of black patent and white. Cpl. Badger will return to Avon Park Army Air Field, Avon

V3 Parb Florida' where he has been the: car. .Then, according to DonJiJTE S stationed for the last 26 months. I ham, th& man drove away in the

' Mrs. Badger will remain in Fair -

Eisenhower's

1 vr-r.-r,v. -K'-?r r:i5txBzsm&&&iVvfv

i s - If ' t J ; i ' Hf i . yU "v r I if A

Two lucky GI's, TSgt. Virgil F.

Clubb-of' Wichita, Kans. (left) j company Gen. Dwight D. Eis- ' and ' Sgt.5 Roger W. Davison of ehower upon his return to WashTunaSj.Mo,, both members of the iiijrton next week. (International ,56th Infantry Battalion, 12th Spundphoto.) .; Armored '.Division of the U. S. 7th i

BIG 3 TO MEE1UN BERLIN

LONDON, June 15. (UP)4-A letter from Clement R.

-;Altlee, If bor party leader, '.wrote Churchill to accept an - invitation, 16. the Big Three meeting, which he described as

,PSPtiye. conference inllm

f RAIL CRASH KILLS SEVENTEEN i ,

- MILTON, Pa., June 15 knwVWnVr. ....... Perinsylyan Railroad crashed Vv '.The '.bodies of 14 passengers recpyered ' from the wreckage.

-STORY OF GRAFT SHOCKS CAPITOL HILL ;i WASHINGTON, June 15. (UP) The Senate War In

vestigating committee called

:onsif uciicn or me juaun-Amenoan nignway. ; .. ; VS In'addition it asked the Justice Department to . explain w.;ihe-;p;B.I. had been held off. the case for. nearly two Vearsl'-Tlie F.B.I.'s excuse, One committee member said sar-

- VV" - 3. "a ,l -hh " . V 'lWml wm ordeid by Committee Chairman Jamesr'A.' Mead, D., New York, as a rand story unfolded pn

tne. senate llcor by digmheu,

Kobertspn; R., Wyoming, lei t Capitol Hill aghast. ' V; ;The stery, centering about a firm which held a government contract to build the highway, was renlete with in-

stances of exorbitant charges cf materials paid for by U . S. Aiitoist Charges Gunman Robbed Him Of $350 TERRE HAUTE, Ind., June 15. State,1 county '-and o:ty police n,,Jt Street; robbed him of $350 m cash. .late yesterday anernoun at the point of a gun about one and . one-half - miles north of Farmersbui;g on TTniitH'i dtntos wuviiu tt lit Highway 41.

; Donham told police he and his.'-n "wwiei d"u "iy wife, agreed to drive the man, Sheriff Ed Reely are conducting wh6 tcld' Donham his name was811 investigation. Emmett Farris, to his "home" I ,

near Farmersburg yesterday afforced, him to stop the automo I tile. Farris was found by police that had. robbed him. According to Donham's report to police, the man demanded that he give i him the money and that, Donham and his wife get out of 'auto. The victim and his wife started walking' toward Farmersburg, he

Bodyguards

'A,rmy,' who have been' chosen to (UP) Seventeen persons were Dte Express of the , into a derailed freight train announced. and two crew members were on the War Department today graft and COlTUptlon in the wiute-naired ben. uawara v. to the government and misuse taxpayers and war bond buyers. said, and found their automobile abandoned at the intersection of State Highway 246 and United States Highway 41. Donham told police the gun used by the man was a .32 caliber blue steel revolver. Hi9 description of the alleged high way robber is as follows: Between 40 and 50 years old, 5 feet 8 inches tall, 200 pounds, wearing a skull cap, dark trousers and dark shirt uonnam reported tne roDDer to Acting Police Captain Mark Heinig, btate police uincers South and Roseberry, Sheriff pojpj DISCHARGE GIVEN TO DARWIN HOSTETTER Pfc. Darwin Hostetter, husband of Opal Hostetter, and son Camp Atterbury last week and arrived home Saturday. Pfc. Hostetter was credited with 105 points. He served in the southwest Pacific for about three years. This is the first discharge granted to a local boy on the new point system which requires i a minimum of 85 points. Carlisle News. 1

i

Flood Control Hearing Slated A public hearing on flood control in the Wabash Valley will be held in the Junior High School auditorium at Vincennes on June 26, according to a notice received from the Board of Engineers for Rivers sand Harbors. - 1 The hearing is being held ip order that interested parties may

further express their views and present additional statements and arguments relative to the advisa-r bility of the United States underT taking the improvements recommended by the division engineer, Ohio River Division on Feb. 7, 1945. All parties whose interests may be affected by the proposed plan of improvement are invited to be present or ' represented at the hearing. Oral statements will be heard, but for accuracy of record all important facts and arguments should be submitted in writing in triplicate and may be handed to the board at the hearing or mailed to it before hand at 2, New York Avenue, N.W., Washington, 25, D. C. Additional detailed information for preparation of statements to the board may be obtained by access to copies of tlie report on recommended improvements at the offices of the Board of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors in Washington, at the office of the district engineer in Louisville, Ky., and at the office of the division engineer in Columbus, Ohio. The report is on file at all these places but has not yet been presented to Congress and cannot be reproduced in newspapers or elsewhere until after it has come before Congress. " Tltereporr of tlie division engineer submitted Feb. ,7, 1945, shows that it is favorable to the construction or improvement of 21 local protection projects and one channel improvement project in addition to the 28 local protection projects previously author-, ized by Congress. The recommended new projects include: . Island Levee Unit on left bank of Wabash from 169.4 to. 169 m'.s in Indiana. ROTARY TREASURER DIES CHICAGO, June 15. Rufus F. Chapin, 78 years old, treasurer of Rotary International since 1912 and former vice president of the First National Bank of Chicago until his retirement in 1932, died Wednesday. f "Axis Sally" MEET "AXIS SALLY," the unglamprous girl who attempted to woo American soldiers with Axis propaganda during the days of tha Anzio beachhead fighting in JItaly. "Sally," who is cross-eyed, and bow-legged, Is actually Rita. Zucca, who says she once lived In Brooklyn, NL T. (International)

1111 : iillllplIIIlPft 11 i: Biiiiiiiia s $ N f w

Big Bombers Open 2ntl

Year Of Campaign

Level Jap Home!

Nips Given First 3,000-Ton Installment Of "Two Million Ton Payoff" Planned In Next Year Jap Suicide Troops Hold Only 12 Square Miles Of Okinawa Assert Their "Will To Fight Is Broken" As Surrenders In

crease.

PEARL HARBOR, June 15. ( UP) Japan got the first 3,000-ton installment today on the 2,000,000-ton bomb payoff she faces in the next 12 months. , A fleet of 520 B-29 Superfortresses opened the second year of their campaign against Japan with a morning raid against Osaka and that was only the beginning of a year which Gen. H. H. Arnold promised would see Japanese industry wiped out. For the next 365 days, an average of 5,000 cons of bombs will be dropped on Japan daily. Faced with the prospect of her homeland being levelled worse than 'Germany was, Japan also watched her stolen empire slip away.. Japanese suicide troops held only 12 square miles on Okinawa today as 10th Army troops moved across the YaejuDake plateau. - . "The Japs' will to fight is broken," said Major Gen. Pedro Del Valle, First Marine Division "commander as he predicted that it would (be all over : ott) Okinawa within twoto two weeks. , ' '"...n On North Borneo, the drive for the rich oil fields was. under way. . -: From captured Brunei town, the 9th Australian Division advanced along the road leading to the Seria and Miri fields which before the war poured out 700,000 tons of oil a yearL The Navy swept mines and " " : bombarded coastal positions near e(j tjjat for tne f jrst time in the the oil fields, while the air force j pacifie war the Japanese' were hammered Miri airstrip, in what j surrendering in sizeable numbers. United Press War Correspondent But some who tried to give up Richard Harris messaged from j were snot down by their own fanBornea was "paving the way for.atjcai comrades. future operations." j . . Tokyo reported that B-24 Lib-1 MURDER OWN MEN

crators raided the oil center ofj GUAM, June 15. (UP) Japan- ! Balikpapan, across Borneo on the ( ese officers murdered hundreds of east coast. And another Japanese : their own men who tried to surdispatch said the natives of South , render in the southern Okinawa

Borneo were Deing organized into apam irap wuay wmie ftnimuau suicide forces. forces herded the enemy toward The Japanese radio also report- !the sea with flame throwers, fire ed that the British Pacific fleet,l Dombs and artillery. . taking more and more part in the Many Japanese killed them-, Pacific war, yesterday raided Truk ?elves Wlth grenades and knives in the Carolines. Planes based on'ln mass suicides. , British carriers were said to have "

raided the island seven times in six hours. Chinese troops on the mainland cf China attacked the treaty port of Wenchow, on the Cnekiang coast, where the Japanese were reported withdrawing. The Chinese also recaptured Ishan. which.

they took June 10th only to lose Bruceville boy, was sentenced to the next day. They were fighting t sjx months on the state farm on from Ishan toward Liuchow, form-1 his plea of guilty in circuit court er American air base 43 miles to Wednesday morning to an exthe east. tortion charge. The light sentHong Kong was the target for,ef.ce recommended by O. L. the biggest fire raid in the South- sturbois, prosecuting attorney, west Pacific. Over 50 Liberators was because of his minor age.dropped over 25,000 gallons of, Hulett was arrested on inforjellied gasoline bombs on the mati0n signed by William Kern causeway area, putting the torch 0 Bruceville. It developed that to warehouses, plants and ships. ! Hulett, who had been fined In the Philippines, the 37th Di- previously in J. P. court on ;i vision in northern Luzon broke disorderly conduct charge filed through the Orioung pass and agajnst him by Kern, accosted continued its advance along the David Kern, sixteen-year-old Cagayan valley road. The 37th brother of the prosecuting witwas within nine miles of the point nesS( and under threat induced where Highway 5 enters broad, hjm to drjve to vincennes to the open country. :home of an uncle to borrow the Commando night raiders swoop- money Hulett had been forced to ed down on a Japanese garrison pay for his fine and turn the , in the Sanghe Islands in the East lr)oney over to Hulett. Indies. When the raiding party, Hulett taIked eely to Judge withdrew, six large warehouses Ralph A Seal and said all nis had been destroyed as well as troubies with the law are the renumerous small boats. suit of a "little lark", started But the biggest news was in the innocentiy whirh turned out bad statements of Generals Del Valle for nim , ,

on Okinawa and Arnold on the. air war. "The enemy is beginning jto fold ud through surrenders, sui cides and disorganized resistance," Del Valle said. Dispatches report-

HH0

Youth Sentenced For Extortion VINCENNES, Ind., June 15. Harry Hulett, 18 - year - old NEW SUITS Sullivan Telephone Co. vs. Carlisle Co-Operative Telephone Company. Complaint on account