Sullivan Daily Times, Volume 47, Number 121, Sullivan, Sullivan County, 18 June 1945 — Page 1

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News Of, Our Men And Women With The Colors "Remember Fearl Harbor"

RETURNS TO BASE Lt. Robert Gus Lovvry has returned to Ft. McClellan, Alabama, after enjoying a ten-day leave with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Gus Lowry. ALMOST UNDER JAP NOSES ABOARD A LIGHT CRUISER IN THE PACIFIC Paul E. Everhart, ship's cook, second class, USNR, has peeled onions in this ship's galley so close to Japan that it is a wonder the Japs didn't smell them. Everhart, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Everhart of Hymera, Ind., enlisted in the Navy in Oc tober, imz. He took recruit trainins at Great Lakes, 111., and attended school at Bloomington, Ind,., before being assigned to this cruiser as a member of her original crew. He's been in action at Bougainville, the Marshalls, the Marianas, the Philippines, the Battles of the Philippine Sea and Leyte . Gulf, Yap, Formosa, and Iwo Jima. , Everhart's brother, Marion, is sfsecond lieutenant in the Marine -. Jill . V-Ul pS.' .. I - AT BATTLE CREEK HOSPITAL Pfc. Thomas M.1! Decker - who was wounded on Mindanao, Philippine Islands, March 13, is now a patient at the Percy Jones General Hospital, Battle Creek, Michigan. He is improving after a serious illness. His wife, Lillian Maxine, returned home Wednes-1 .i i . .1 uty aner .visuing ner nusDand the last five weeks. . " , .. . Dugger Couple Married Sunday , Mr. and Mrs, Frank Abram of Dugger, announce the marriage of their daughter, Rosetta Jane, to Eugene Dugger Graham, son of Mrs. Vera Graham, also ,'of Pugger. The couple was wed Sunday, June mn, at 4:au p. m. in a beautiful single ring ceremony 1 home of the 1 performed at the bride's parents with the bride's brother-in-law, Brother Elmer C. Ringer of Tell City reading the vows. They were attended by Mrs. Elmer Ringer, sister of the bride and Private Robert B. Hacker, brother-in-law of the groom. The bridal party stood before an altar banked by beautiful roses. The bride is a graduate of Union High School as is also the groom, and for the past months she has been employed as stenographer in the Dugger Electric Shop. The groom is pastor of the Sullivan Church of Christ on East Jackson Street. Guests at . the wedding were the families of the bride and groom, Mrs. Maurice Clymore, Miss June Davies, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Abram and Mrs. Vera Graham. ' Following the wedding ceremony, Mr. and Mrs. Graham left for a brief motor trip through the state. Upon their return to Sullivan County they will establish their residence on North State Street in Sullivan. ARMY LIBERATED' OFFICIALLY REPORTED Army liberated prisoners of war (Germany) announced by the Office of War Information for release today include: Pfc. Carl V. Downen, husband of Mrs. Margaret M. . Downen, Shelburn. SSgt. Paul V. Boles, son of Mrs. Fern. Boles, 330 E. Grj St., Sullivan,

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Many Trees Blown Down. Tornadic winds accompanied by heavy rainfall swept through Sullivan County with damaging effect to property Saturday afternoon. i , . 'Damage in the city of Sullivan was largely to trees and window panes, however, reports from the western and northern parts of the county indicate a higher wind velocity and heavier ' damage. Considerable damage was reported at Shelburn where many trees were blown down and windows broken. Considerable damage resulted at the Lynn Thomas farm in Fairbanks township where a 20 x 100foot poultry house w. completely destroyed, a garage overturned, the roof of the Thomas home partly smashed by an uprooted tree and every building on the premises being moved to some x-

tent from their foundations. tended Terre Haute Commercial (ther building losses in Fair- College. Prior to her present posibfipks township wre vepojc-toil ori'tionwilh:lhe firm of Haddn and property lof Mrs. ; Ira' A. ' Drake, 1 Aders6ri,': she' was ' ' employed" 'in Bell' Pogue, i Gerald" Crew, .. Mrs. , thp Sullivan County Clerk's ofMartha Parrj Lemuel Frakes and, iice. ; !;.' ' '"' -'';!;': '',! Ara Johnson. ,. i ' ' 1,1 ( ') .

' f A'12 x 14-foot chicken house on i , ,. . thft Lewis E Chowmng property southwest of Sullivan was . com.i.tPiv rfPmni!sh in th,. trHfiP ..r" Vr" winds when it was raised from its foundation and; dashed to, .- ..... the , ground , in a nearby field. i While reDorted property dampge mounted into considerable jsums today, no, injuries, to persons were reported. However, . in neighboring Vigo County one child died in, the falling wreckage of a Terre Haute business, house and another man died, Saturday evening the result of injuries suffered when his automobile struck a fallen, tree. Information this morning estab hshed the belief that-crops (such las they are) went unharmed by, , the wind and beating rains, with t,le exception of fruit trees which were uprooted and broken. j In Fairbanks Township good-neighbor policy was again demonstrated with many hands banding together and making the rounds of damaged property . where they cleared wreckage and Ae repairs to buildings, MORE RAINS FALL (By United Press) Heavy rains still fell in Indiana Sunday in the wake of severe wind and rainstorms Saturday. Roscoe Pyle, 27 years old, Moral; inwusiiiij, was Kiueq laie oaiurday night six miles northwest of Shelbyville when his automobile crashed head-on into a tree which (Continued on Page 4. Col. 2)

Fairbanks Airman Relates Thrilling Experiences In Raids Over Germany

Robert H. Harmon of Fairbanks received a letter recently from his son, SSgt. Eldon W. Harmon, 27 years old,: waist gunner on the 452nd Bomber Group B-17 Flying Fostress "Up'n At 'Em". SSgt. Harmon tells of some of, his thrilling experiences over Germany. ' . ' May 16th'. Dear Folks: Received your letter written May 8th, and glad you are O. K. I'm plenty O. K. and eat like a horse. We are resting now. We were dropping food to the Dutch when Germany surrendered. They were glad to see us. I guess they were starving. They would get up on the housetops and wave

Mr. and Mrs. William Bedwell

nounced the marriage of their daughter, Lorene, to L. Malcolm pigg) son of Mr. and Mrs ozro E. ng. Attending them were Mrs. Robert Sweeney, close friend of the bride, and J. W. Pigg, brother of the groom. The bride was lovely in a eown of white dotted chiffon, fashioned w)th a fitted bodice, sweetheart neckline, and full skirt, with white accessories. Her flowers were red roses. Mrs. Sweeney was attired in a floor-length dress of pink net ever taffeta. She also wore red roses. During the ceremony, Mrs. Jack Anderson, organist, played "Because" and "I Love You Truly." Following the ceremony a re-' ception was held at the homo nf I the groom's parents for the imwas mediate families. The table centered with a three-tiered wed ding cake decorated in blue and topped with a miniature bride and groom. After the reception, the couple left for a short wedding trip. Mrs. Pigg is , a eraduate of Pleasantville High School and at .l ' cr "t 6"""aic Vl High School of Dugger, and of . ?Urciue;Univ - 1 rtf 1Q41 . ' , " . ,s L He was employed ,n the Larl'sie High School as an Agri cultural teacher' prior to his induction into the U. S Army. Af1er serving one year, he received an honorable discharge, and at present is engaged, in .farming.: Mrs. Behef iel Dies Sunday Morning CARLISLE, Ind., June 18. Mrs. Ora E. Benefiel. 83 years old, lifelorg resident of Sullivan County, died at the Greeman-Greene County Hospital at Linton at 9:45 o'clock Sunday morning, after an illness of three days. She is ,sur-

thelVIved by two daughters, Mrs.

Marjone Willard of R. R. 1, Sullivan, and Mrs. Robertine E. Smith of Linton; three grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. Mrs. Benefiel was the widow of the late Robert Benefiel and the daughter of John and Mary Ann Ppttberry. The body was taken to the Risinger & Kresge Funeral Home at Carlisle where friends may call after 11 o'clock this morning. Fu ncral services will be held at the funeral home at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon, the Rev. C. S. Marsolf officiating. Burial will be in the I. O. O. F. Cemetery. flags and sheets at us. We could see the Germans on the ground with their guns, but they didn't shoot at us, as we had a truce. Amsterdam is a beautiful city, so clean ( and white. France is a pretty country too.. I still lack 13 combat missions having my quota. Some of my most dangerous have beenf Hanover Enemy jet fighters hit us that day. Frankfort Very rough target. Flak was very close on all sides. One burst knocked our plane out of formation and the concussion put me on the lioor. l got up, looked around and the right

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SULLIVAN, INDIANA MONDAY,

CHICAGO, June IS. (UP)WSoldiers began driving civilian trucks today when strikingi'independent union members

failed to heed a government warning to return to work. Members of the Independent Truck Drivers' Union of Chicago refused to mount their tabs at the start of work and two soldiers a driver and a guai tf were assigned to the idle vehicles. , . j . Some GOO drivers of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters were back at the wheels today and refused Army offers of protection but were guarded by police squad cars

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All trucks had posters warning th3t they were under protection of the Federal government.

WASHINGTON, June 18. (UP) The White House said tcday that President Truman still assumes that the United Nations Security Conference will end on Saturday, when he is scheduled to address the parley. -. White House Press Secretary Charles G. Ross said that despite published reports that the conference finale may be delayed until next week, Mr. Truman still is "assuming it will end on Saturday." Truman wi'l return from San Francisco on Sunday, spend Monday and Tuesday in the White House, then head back west for a homecoming visit to Independence and Kansas City, Missouri. f

WASHINGTON, June 1 8. (UP) The Treasury said today that it has urged its 0000,000 war bond volunteers to ask their customers at least twiceand if possible, three times to buy bonds in the Seventh War Loan. The success of the E bond campaign will depend on a personal touch, it appeared, because with two weeks left in the drive there was stil 35 of fee four billion dollars in war bonds to be sold in the Seventh Var Loan drive. BRUSSELS, June 18. UPJ The National Committee of the Liberal Party adopted by i vote of 88 to 3 today a resolution asking King Leopold of Helghun to abdicate.. ' . - Ij The Liberal party action waj takvn as Kelgium waited for the. return of Leopold after five years of German captive ity.' Left 'Wing threats of a general strike if he returned to his thrcne were heard frequently, j ' ,;.! i i.-n .,i ;. i (w. , Theieommittee'iof the, Liberal partythd third strongest in. Belgium, isaid in its resolution that the party '-'hopes the sovereign is conscious of the pacifying; role he can .exercise over a nation temporarily disunited, and will accept the sacrifice the situation imposes on him."; -.- - . -i; ; .

General 1 "Ike" h Flies Home To Great Welcome WASHINGTON, June 18. (UP) Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower flew home and received the heartfelt tribute of a grateful nation today. 1 The Texas-born Kansan arrived at the National airport aboard the same four-engined deluxe plane that flew President Roosevel to Yalta accompanied by 55 other homecoming warriors. A kiss from his wife, a hearty handshake from Gen. George C. Marshall, Army Chief of Staff, and ruffles and flourishes from the U. S. Army band raised the curtain on the biggest and most enthusiastic reception ever staged here for a conquering hero. It was the biggest and best reception the capital could arrange a parade past hundreds of thousands of cheering citizens who started assembling hours ahead of time an address to the. Congress, a civic luncheon, after-1, noon and evening receptions at the! White House. For the man whose AngloAmerican armies smashed Germany from the west, , it was DDay and H-Hour of a five-day blitz during which he will hear, from millions of American throats "welcome Ike." The four Skymaster planes bearing the general and his party were escorted to the airport from a rendezvous point 50 miles away by 100 fighters and bombers. MADE IT CLOSE MARION, 111. (UP) Anna Marie Bowen, Herrin, first Williamson county woman-lawyer, pleaded her first criminal case here in circuit court last week. Although the 23-year-old girl lawyer lost her first case, that of defense for Robert Petty, ex-convict she deadlocked the jury for eight hours before they convicted the self-confessed robber.

JUNE 18, 1945

BEGIN DEMOBILIZING . BRITISH. TROOPS - u ; t-..)!-. LONDON, June 18.r-(UP) Demobilization of British forces .began on a small scale today when a group of grandfathers and other military oldsters were returned to civilian life. The first group released includes n'-en 48 or older. An estimated 4,000 soldiers, sailors and airmen were on their way home by noon. Two demobilization ships sailed from the continent to Britain. PRICE OF GENIUS NEOSHO, Mo. (UP) Missouri's most famous artist, Thomas Hart Benton, drew his first mural in charcoal at the age of six years cn a freshly-papered wall at his family's home here. The subject was a freight train, with the caboose at the foot of the stairway and the engine puffing, black smoke at the top. IMPORTANT LEGION MEETING TUESDAY Ah important meeting of the American Legion will be held at 8:00 o'clock Tuesday night at the new Legion Home. Amos Faught, Commander of the Post also announced today that veterans of World War II are especially invied to attend the meeting Tuesday. SOUVENIR FROM HOME SAN ANTONIO, Tex. (UP) A San Antonio man came up with a new excuse for wanting new ration books. "We put the old books by mistake in a box we sent our boy in the Army" said the applicant. "He's in the Pacific." BIRTHDAY JULY 14TH Pvt. Roland L. Smith will observe his birthday July 14th. Friends who wish to write to him may secure his address from relatives.

INTERNATIONAL PICTURE

. Lieutenant Colonel Gerald Dix, Mustang fighter pilot of World War II arrived at his home here over the week-end. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Porter Dix of Sullivan rural route four and has seen much aerial action in the Pacific and European skies prior to being downed over occupied territory following which he was a prisoner of war; lit. Col Dix, Lt. Paul Terrell of Sullivan and Lt. Ray Sparks of Merom were at one time interned in the same prison camp nnd Terrell and Sparks are also enjoying furloughs at their respective Sullivan County homes. Pfc. Gerald "Bud" Ice, another liberated veteran of the Epropean Theater of Operations has arrived in Sullivan County. He visited the Times Office last Saturday and like others remarked that "the old home town hasn't changed a bit and looks more wonderful than ever before." PTc. Ice is the son of Mrs. Stella Ice of New Lebanon and Hillary Ice of East Chicago nnd the husband n' Mrs. Alice Belle Shelburn Ice of Shelburn. Cpl. Paul "Fuzzy" Foutz, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jake Foutz, wired his parents over, the. weekend of his arrival at Camp Patrick Henry, Virginia from the European war zone. He was returned to the States following almost two years in England &nd France with the 433rd Quar'terrnaster Corps.-He is .expected to arrive at his home in the near future. ' . . ' ., , . ' Pfc, Eugene Pirtle, son of Mr. and' Mrs. Charles Pirtle of Sullivan, has i arrived on the West Coast following many active engagements against . the enemy in the Pacific Theater with the United States Marine Corps. Lt. John E Jones Now Reported Killed In Action Mrs. Patricia Bedwell Jones of North French Street yesterday received a wire from the War Department stating that her husband, Lieutenant John Earl Jones of the United States Army Air Corps, was killed in action August 16the 1944. Lt. Jones had for the last ten months been listed as missing in action as of the above date at which time he was serving aboard a B-24 Liberator bomber. ' The airman who is now listed as killed in action was making a "bombing mission over Desseau, Germany, on the 16th day of August, 1944, when his aircraft was shot down. He is survived by the wife, Patricia; one twoTyear-old son, John Marion; the parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jacob L. Jones of Indianapolis; and two brothers, Lt. fjg) Rudyard Jones serving with 1he Navy in the Pacific and Dr. Duane Jones of Sunnyside Sanitarium. PLAN SOFTBALL LEAGUES IN LOCAL PLAYGROUND PROJECT All boys interested in a softball league please report to the High School Football Field house Wednesday, June 20th at 1:30 p. m. Older boys including adults wishing to play softball may do so from 6:30 p. .m. until dark at the High School Practice Field j where necessary playing equipI ment is available for all comers. Although hampered by the weather groups of boys have have been meeting daily at the city park and High School Practice Field from 9:00 a. m. until 4:30 p. m., and from 6:30 p. m. until dark at the High School Practice Field for older boys playing softball. This program is offered during the week days and will end August 20th.

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Land, Sea, Air Blows Marines Throw Fresh Division At Japs Being Driven To The Sea Great Fires Burn In Important Enemy Cities After 450 Bs Attack.

PEARli HARBOR, June 18. (UP) American forces battereci the Japanese by land and air today, turning four mor6 enemy' cities and a few squp.re miles of Okinawa into living hells. A fleet of 450 Superfortresses dropped nearly 3,000 tons of fire bombs and explosives on the Japanese cities of Kagoshima, Omuta, Yokkaichi and Hamamatsu. Some of the fires could he seen 150 miles away at the bombers roared homeward. On Okinawa, the 3,000 Japanese survivors, their throats parched for lack of water, backed up a little more toward the ocean under land, sea and air blows. The Marines threw a fresh division at the enemy. .,. , American forces on northern Luzon in the . Philippines spurted 13 miles across the Cagayan valley against no opposition. : i ' - ' ' ' " - The Japanese iri North 'Boi'nek set fire to the rich Sena oil fields, lighting at least 20 oil'.. wells, as signs increased of more Allied landings upcoming there. American, naval ..units, probed beach defenses and continued to clear mines. . In the Brunei Bay area, the Australians made slight, progress toward Tupong, but they faced a dead end in the mangrove swamps between there and the oil fields. The Sultan of Brunei came out of hiding in the hills to take over his throne again. . ' -

Chinese Snrpe Back Chinese forced surged back against the Japanese counter offensive in the Liuchow and Kwantung-Kiangsi border areas. The Chinese reached Kwangtung, 21 miles southwest of Liuchow. They also recaptured Tingnan, 130 miles northeast of Canton, only two days after it was taken ,by the Japanese. . ' In Burma, sizeable blows were struck by heavy and light planes against Japanese forces along the Sittan River northeast of Pegu. Kagoshima, on the southern tip of Kyushu, was lit up when the RATION BULLETIN! It was necessary to suspend issuance of canning sugar until fruit was ready to can on account of the acuteness of the sugar shortage. These orders were sent out from Washington. It is estimated that an all-time high will be reached this year in the number of applicants for home-canning sugar and the nation's supply has steadily declined since the beginning of the war, . As all quotas had been reduced to 70 of that issued, last year this Board, after careful -computation, issued 10 pounds per person. New further reduction has been made in the national quota and the pounds per person will be 63. We" have been requested, by the District OPA Office, to confine our issuance to a monthly quota in order to give suppliers a chance to get enough sugar to take care of the demand. We are all anxious to do our part in the Jap war and careful conservation of our sugar will be one way to help. By Mrs. James R. Riggs, Board Member QUARTERLY MEETING OF ODD FELLOWS The. second quarterly meeting of Sullivan County Odd Fellows ,will be with Graysville Lodge No. 584 Wednesday night, June 20th. All Odd Fellows should plan to attend and visiting members are welcome.

CLOUDY TONIGHT Indiana: Partly cloudy tonight and Tuesday; no decided change in temperature.

PRICE THREE CENTS eavy Supers approached. When they left, it was burning to the water's cr!ge. Smoke rose 12,000 feet. Other forces of the great bombers gave the same treatment to Omuta,' a chemical and synthetic oil center, Yokkaichi, a port and textile city, and Hamamatsu, rail junction and aircraft plant center; Four American divisions stormed the last pocket of wavering Japanese resistance on the tip of Okinawa today, and field reports said victory might come at any time. With the Okinawa battle in its last phase, 450 Superforts fanned over the Japanese homeland. They burned out a big part of the port of Kagoshima and kindled fires in three other cities. t " Washington announced that the results of the raids were "good to excellent" and that one Superfort was missing. Okinawa dispatches said fewer than 3,000 of the Japanese garrison once numbering 85,000 remained in the battle, and they were yielding to an assault supported by a heavy bombardment by artillery, warships and planes. . BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENTS L Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Smith of 119 South Main Street, announce the birth of a son, Sherill Leon, born June 14th at the Mary Sherman Hospital. Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Springer of 219 East Jackson Street, are the parents of a baby boy born at the hospital June 14th. He has not been named. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Case of Farmersburg rural route two, announce the arrival of a baby boy, Darrell Alan, - born June 15th at the hospital here. Mr. and Mrs. Neville Curry of Oaktown, are the parents of a daughter born at the hospital June 17th. She has been named Vicky Sue.