Sullivan Daily Times, Volume 47, Number 142, Sullivan, Sullivan County, 18 July 1945 — Page 1

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GENERALLY FAIR Indiana: Generally fair tonight and Thursday with no material change in .temperature. ar-f m ikt tn i VOL'. XLVH No. 142 PRICE THREE CENTS UNITED PRESS SERVICE SULLIVAN, INDIANA ! " ' v; .WENESDAY, July 18, 1945. INTERNATIONAL PICTURE SERVICE n : 10) i zs m

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News Of Our Men And Women With The Colors

"Remember Pearl Harbor"

SESSfOHS OF

3 RESUMED S

DR. THOMPSON

UCCUIS HERE

THS AFTERNOON

Truman Sees iuins Of Hitler's Chancellory

HOME FROM OVERSEAS Pfc. Chas. E. Vester. arrived in Sullivan July 14 to. spend a 30day furlough with his ; wife and other relatives. He has spent 18 months , in the European Theater of Operations. ; '

Truman Appears To Have Won Major Point, Bringing Pacific War To Fore.

HOME FROM OVERSEAS . . Pfc. George K.' Rogers, who has

furlough with his parents, Mr. and that he regards the war against

POTSDAM, , July 18. (UP) The Big Three meeting was resumed this afternoon and Presi

dent Truman was understood to practiced medicine here for fifty-

D e a n Of County

Medical ; Prof ession Practiced Nearly 60 Years;

Rites Friday. Dr. Walter Nixon Thompson,

dean of the medical profession in '

Sullivan ' county , ; and., widely known in state medical circles, died at his home here at 11:30 Tuesday night. Dr. Thompson, who was eighty years old, had

Mrs. Harry Rogers of Paxton.

' IN NAVAL HOSPITAL Mrs. Dorothy Bledsoe has

re-

have informed Premier - Stalin nine years, longer than any other and Prime Minister Churchill Sullivan county doctor living or

dead. He had not been active in his practice for about eight

months, due to ill health and had

I Japan as the first problem of the

conference

In their second, joint meeting ( been confined to his bed for the

I since the conference opened last few weeks, I i i j.i ii i ; j I . - i

ceived word that her husband, yesieiauy, uuu i state were believed to be still

uoxswam jteimeui discussions to pre- . Ma; one daughter, Mrs. Edson arrived from overseas and is m a . miting tneir discussions to pre ' . no

r m ,mmmh J mil

ii' v-. r--V'-' I A

itllory. Accompanying him

He is survived by the widow,

naval hospital in California.

liminaries. apparently establish- Murray of Rensselaer, Ind.; one

ing the order in which the high brother, Will A. Thompson of

ccuno map issues bi siaiie win ue resuiveu. BtI,us Mar I ... i. cnn Mni-r-iw .Ti coruina nn a rip-

,r ii. t.j v. s j mr. iruman was suueuuiea to ... - -

a Germain map 7rom her on Pfc I nch wh ChurchiU and W a'stryer in the SUth PadfiC' John L Tydav showS' the!courtesy ca" on Stalin before .Tommy Murray at home. coSrse of the from hS behe afternoon business session, ! The body was taken to the Course Ot the war from tne - De- j .. Pnilsharlr Funeral Homo and will

ginning to Allied victory.'

WIN COMMENDATIONS

Tony Orr of Sullivan, has re'

but there was no immediate word Railsback Funeral Home and will

from the heavily-guarded com- j be in state there until noon Til

pound whether he had done so.

In his capacity as chairman of the meeting, however, Mr. Tru-

cently received a copy of a com- man appeared to have already

. mendation Jto his son,- First Lieu-

' tenant . Kenneth N.. Ori of.' the Pacific war to

Medical Air Corps, I Squadron .'ageijfla.'

Geiger Field, Oregon, It is in part as follows: "It is with extreme pleasure that I note in the Report of the Inspector General, Headquarters, Fourth Air Force, covering the Annual General Inspection 4 June to 9 June, 1945, of the efficiency and attention to duty thai you have given the Medical Supply Department at Geiger Field,

Washington

wnn a mninr nnint in forcing the

lilt: tujj ui iuc

Max K. Wyman Wins Silver Star For Heroism

day when it will be taken to the

First Presbyterian church for funeral services at 2:00 p. m. The Kev. Homer Weisbecker, pastor of the church, will officiate and interment will be made in! Center Ridge cemetery. J . -Dr. Thompson was born:in- Sullivan November 26, 1864,) the son of Dr. John J. and Mary A. Langton Thompson. The father came to Sullivan in 1848 and practiced

medicine here until his death in!

1889, the combined local practices of the father and son - spanning nearly a century, a period of 97

Ha!seyJs Battle Slips Stretch Of Jap Coast

, President Truman pauses in his

tour of bomb wrecked Berlin to ecretary of State' James Byrnes view the ruins of Hitler's Chan-1 benter) and Admiral William

are, Leahy (right). U. S. Signal Corps;

Radiophoto. International Sound photo.)

LATE STEWS j

MOSCOW, July 18. (UP

Death Summons Jeff Walker, 87

Jeff C. D. Walker, age 87, a life long resident and farmer of Turman township, died at the home of his son, Roy E. Walker in the Dpdd Bridge community this morning at 4:30.

Surviving are one daughter,

Mrs. Mable Thornton of Turman

son of James Wyman of 406 North Court Street and husband of Mrs. Dorothy Risinger Wy-

"The qualities have earned for. man of Detroit, Michigan, has

you an outstanding commendation distinguished himself in battle and rating of your section in all ( while serving with the famous

Staff Sergeant Max K. Wyman, 'Jc-' a

iiie ueueaseu graduated irom the Sullivan high school June 6, 1883 and from Rush Medical College February 15, 1886, becoming the first Sullivan high school

of its phases as superior. This, 38th Cyclone Division of

rating could not have been earned American Armed Forces on La - 1 1 A. - J 1 . 1 P . ' . .. . ... .

wiuiuui cuiisiaeraDie e 1 1 o r 1, thought . and attention to detail by you with respect to Medical supply. "Let me add my personal appreciation to you for the manner in which you have handled your

duties and for having handled

graduate to obtain a degree. He

yie immediately entered practice here

witn nis lather, their office at the

nn TslanH in th Philinninos 1 llmc Deln8 Situated on a 101 on

West Washington street. The preSSgt. Wyman was awarded the sent brick office of Dr. Thompson Silver Star Medal, high military ( was built on the west end of this decoration of the United States : same lot. Army, for exceptional bravery ' He began as a general practiunder fire. tioner in the day when the hard

ships incident to the profession

them in such a way as to attract ' Thf ,edal ,Wf Present to were heavyi Roads In the w-nter this rating from Ihe Inspector. u"Iv.n tafanfcr by to were a morass of mud, difficult to

General, and to have caused him to comment so highly upon all phases of the Medical supply section. "It is indeed a pleasure to have you on Geiger Field under my command ..." "J. W. Park. Colonel, CE, Commanding. "A. R. Gilsdorf, Major, MC."

commanding officer, Maj. Gen,

Win,' C. Chase, before members of his company in a historic ceremony preformed July 4th, 1945 in the Philippines, according to a letter of congratulation received by the father from Maj. Gen. Chase.

SSgt. Wymait has seen In the military service three years

and has served overseas twenty Another son in the Orr family, months with the 38th Division

Staff Sergeant John F. Orr, was

likewise commended for meritorious services some time ago. The commendation, dated March first, 1944, was issued at the Head

quarters, 79th Fighter Group

whose members have become famous as the "Avengers of Bataan." Prior to battle engagements on Luzon, Wyman encountered the

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Leyte, and New Guinea. He was

once wounded for which he was

presented the Order of the Pur

ple Heart. ' SPECTAT, SERVICES AT GOSPEL LIGHTHOUSE IN SHELBURN SUNDAY

overseas, and cited Sgt. Orr. of the i enemy from such points as

Air Corps, 79th Fighter Group, "for his exceptionally meritorious services" as Chief Cryptographic Cede Compiler, Headquarters 79th . Fighter Group, during the Tunisian, Pantellerian, Sicilian and Italian Campaigns, from 22 December, 1942 to 29 February, 1944. "Sgt. Orr, in the capacity of senior code compiler acted alternate with,the group cryptographic officer in ' supervision of the use and maintenance of secret codes and devices. In addition he has been directly responsible for the group messenger service and the

"proper checking and distribution

of all incoming messages. .

During two party operations, it

was the duty of Sgt, Orr to super

vise the cryptographic section of the forward party in which he

h-The Russian people eot

their first word that the Big Tiee conference had opened in Potsdam from an official comnanique splashed across the front pages of the Moscow newpapers today. ' The Soviet Army organ fid Star said the meeting "overshadowed all other internitional political questions," and cautioned that the chances f an enduring peace depend

i auu.uicoua.uj ihc u.. a.. township; . one step-daughter, v xx, n.rttT.. . . L ' ' , , I Mrsi Melvaline Foutz, and one 4 WASHINGTON, July lSUP)-The Senate tod&yde- son- .feoy: at whose home he died, feated 52-31, a proposal by Seritor Robert ArTaft, R.i Ohio, ' ( that it put off decision on the Bretton Woods monetary! The body was taken to. the agreement until Nov. 15. ' M. ; - , i i iRailsback, Funeral ( Home where Senate before it voted that "rothing could do more to em- service wm be held at the barrass" President Truman mhis current Big Three talks Funeral Home, than a Senate decision to delaj ratification of the world Burial will be at the Poplar money agreement. ,1 h ;i Icemetery. Two democrats--Senators Pat McCarran of Nevada and I - '

LaFollette of Wisconsin voted vith 28 republicans, including , Man OeVerely

lair, ror tne postponement. Eifht republicans voted with 44 democrats in opposing the Taf I motion. , '

Black Widow Night Fighters Escort Superforts For First Time; Fast Moving Chinese Troops Recapture Air Base City Of Kanhsien.; PEARL HARBOR, July 18. (UP) Hundreds of American and British carrier-based planes were reported attack

ing the Tokyo area for the second straight day today, clow upon the heels of a 2,000-ton broadside from Adrn. Willian F. Halsey's combined fleet.

Japanese broadcasts said Allied planes began tneir at tacks around noon todav and three hours later, 500 strong they were bombing and strafing airdromes and other mili taw insr.nll.nf Inns r.n nil sides of Tokvo.

Fleet dispatches hinted that Halsey's battle wagons wej still maneuvering off Tokj'o Bay. His ships lambasted a 00-mile stretch of coast includin.'j

such targets as Hitachi, site of an important engineernv works in the center of the teeming industrial area north o Tokyo; Sukegawa. just south of Hitachi; Daigo. 50 mile, farther south, and Mito, 35 miles northeast of Tokyo. The Japanese reported small formations of Superfort resses and Liberators, the latter escorted for the first tiw by P-61 Black Widow night fighters, had. bombed the Kant sector around Tokvo a few hours after the naval blows begai

There was still no counter-fire from Japanese shore ba:

teries reported, and Japanese planes appeared to have be

Dinned down bv vesterdav s wear, air strike which saw son

1.500 American "and Bi'itish carrier-based plane:? raking T kyo's 80 airfields from dawnnto, dusk. A. communique from Fleet:Admiral Chester W. Nimitz headquarters gave no immediate details of the bombardmei but "Adm. Haisey broke radio silence to report terrific d struction along the enemy shore. ; - ' Strike From Okinawa,

Hurt In Mishap

Sullivan's 4-H Achievement Day

On Sunday evening, July 22, at 8 o'clock, the Misses Morene Holloman and Evelyn Divine of Fresno, California, will appear at the Shelburn Gospel Lighthouse. These girls are leaders of the Pentecostal Young People's Association of the Pentecostal Church cf God of America. They are both very talented musicians and singers, as well as preachers.

A cordial invitation is extended

to the public. Young people are

especially, urged to attend.

travel, even on. horseback. During the span of his lifetime he had

seen asepsis make possible modern surgery and the practice of medicine grow from a struggling infant of stethoscope, clinical thermometers, powder, and homemade pills to the present compli

cated picture or specialists, re

search laboratories, X-rays, hos

pitals, and modern pharmaceutical houses with their tremendous fa

cilities for manufacturing pure drugs and searching out new and better chemicals. In the midst of these' crowded years Dr. Thompson had never lost step with the procession but had constantly kept abreast of each advance in tne profession. -J In later years Dr. Thompson had specialized in Anesthesia and had served as a member of the Board of Directors of Associated Anesthetists of the United States and Canada. He was one of the founders of the Sullivan County Medical Society organized April 28, 1895 and held the office of president in 1902, 1930, 1931 and 193?. He was the first president of the staff of the Mary Sherman

hospital here, was a member of the State Medical Society, a Fellow of the American Medical Association, the (Aesculapian Society and the Associated Anesthetists of the United States and Canada, the

International Anesthesia Research Society and of the Section of Medicine and Chemistry for the

Cnmmitfpo tnd nammn,i.,.,nnJ. imvia!M f ; Ernest Bush, 50, of the Plea-

" :C: uJLn. Z ","U01 ?F F "'-jsantville community was admitcrease the lending powers of he export-import bank from'tpH.to th Mrv chfrman Hos$700 000,000 to $3,500,000,000.- : ' 1, t0 ,,TJe Te Zs

vommniee Uiairman KObert f . Wagner, UM IN. 1., told .treated for broken bones in the

reporters that he would bring jhe bill up in the Senate as left cheek suffered m a mishap soon as the Bretton Woods monetary proposals, now being . at his residence the same day.

debated on the floor, are ratified. u : ,

undercarriage of an auto at his home. Monday when the pulley ropes by which the vehicle was hoisted into the air broke and the car dropped upon him. For several hours he was pinned beneath the weight of the auto which was stripped of its wheels, before sufficient aid could be summoned to release him.

WASHINGTON, July 18. (UP) Rubber Director John L. Collyer predicted todav .that some A-card holders may obtain new tires by next February, Or March, if present production goals are met. - ; ; In a farewell press conference, Collyer said 25,000.000 car tires were scheduled for production this year or "little more than essential replacement needs."

The Japanese also reported th sizable formations of Liberato and fighters from Okinawa strin southern Kyushu and Shikoku t

p . j 1 cay and mat iuu ngniers a' rnday, JUly bnmbers again raided Shangh, j The Chinese seaport wns hit i . Suptvpniman has announced ens and Mitchell bnm that;-.-,Su.iivan's local 4-II Gen. Douglas M, Achievement Day will be Friday J July 20, -and will be held at the, jr. . dI B ' High School Building. 4-H pro- I Jl. sending - some 6 - - ... . ifiehters and bombers from O!

members will be on exhibit in J the building and a dress revue will be staged by the clothing

club girls. Awards will be given

LONDON, July 18. (UP)-Dr. Hewlett Johnson, Dean of Canterbury, quoted Generalissimo Stalin today as advocating freedom of worship in religion. Dr. Johnson reported in the London News Chronicle on

an interview he had with Stalin during his recent trip to Russia. He quoted Stalin as saying: "Religion cannot be stopped. Conscience cannot be stilled. Religion is a matter of conscieice and conscience is free. Worship and religion are free.".

His condition at the hospital this morning was reported to be improving satisfactorily.

CECIL TAYLOR HURT Cecil Taylor, 51, well-known farmer of near Sullivan, was improving steadily this morning in the Mary Sherman Hospital where he was admitted Sunday for treatment of minor, though

SPRINGFIELD, 111., July 18. (UP) Approximately 10,000 Illinois coal miners, who started a walkout last week

in protest against what they termed insufficient meat ra- i pafrfui, wounds to fingers of the

uons, began drifting back to their jobs today after being assured of increased meat points. OPA officials told the miners they would receive added meat points after August 6th.

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HOSPITAL NOTES Admitted July 17: Mrs. Charles Walker of Shelburn, for treatment; Hervey Ridgeway of Graysville, 'for treatment; Mrs. W. S. Jared of Sullivan rural route four, for treatment. Admitted July 18: William Hatfield of Sullivan rural route five, for treatment. Dismissed July 17: Theodore Goodman of Sandborn rural route one; Mrs. Quinton McCammon and son of 315 East Harris Street.

WARN THAT DOGS

MUST BE KEPT UP

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Sheriff Harold Reynolds today issued another warning urging people in Sullivan county to keep up-their dogs in view of the danger of rabies. It has been necessary to destroy several mad dogs in various parts of the county and numerous complaints have been made to the au- , thorities from Jime to time,

to girls who vin placings in this

local' program.

Many projects will be exhibit

ed. These projects will include clothing, baking, food preparation, canning, etc. Projects to

be exhibited are due at the High

School by 10:00 a. m. Friday, so

they may be judged. The exhibit

will be open to. the public at 1:30 p. m and the program and dress revue will begin ae 2:30

p. m. Ail motners oi -n t-iua

girls are especially invited to attend. All others interested in 4-H Club work are very welcome. ' . Sulliban has a large 4-H Club program, sponsored by the Sullivan City Schools, under the leadership of Miss Mona Stull, high school home economics teacher.

nwa to bomb and strafe Japam

airfields in Kyushu, including 1 town of Usa whose factories I fore the war flooded the Uni States with millions of artic labelled "made in USA." The Chinese High Command i ported that fast-moving Chintroops had recaptured Kanhsl former American 14th Air Fo &ir base city in south Kiangsi p vince. In Borneo, Australian tro continued to press slowly inl:

against stubborn Japanese res;

ance. , BREAKS ARM IN FALL FROM PO

Alice Jane Cole, 6-ycar-daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fi Cole of east of Meroni on Su van rural route two, was inju Monday evening in a fall fi her pony at her rural home Sh suffered a fracture bones in the right arm and brought to the Mary Sherr

HOSPITAL COUNCIL 'Hospital where she was tre;

s j and dismissed the follow At the last Camp and Hospital morning. She was reported Council meeting at George Field, i day to be improving rapidly

ASK DONATIONS TO Am WORK OF

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leu jianu. Mr. Taylor was combining wheat in a field near his home located two and a half miles

north Ot bullivan On U. a. nign- Lomiarf woro marlA for donations . hw homp npar Merom.

way 4i, wnen ms nana "etunic if individuals or organizations

caught in the combines grain .R counties for the following RECEIVE DISCHARGE auger. The fore and second fin- . f th hospitai f UNDER ARMY POINT

gers of his left hand were lacerated and he suffered shock in the accident.

SO LITTLE

SO MUCH!

LONDON, July 18. (UP) Here is the way the London Star began its story on Potsdam today: "Never has so little . news been available about so much.";

fishine tackle of all kinds for

convalescent patients at the hospital, prizes not to exceed 25c for the Saturday night parties, and gift wrapping paper. If anyone has sugar to spare, please make cookies, for they are always on the want list Leave any donations with either your township chairman, Sullivan Red Cross Room, or Mrs. Carl Steffy at Carlisle, by Wednesday, July, 25th.

SERVICE RATING PI

CAMP ATTERBURY, Ind., . 18. A number of Indiana i were discharged at the Atterl Separation Center Sunday, . 15. The soldiers scored 85 or r

points under the Army's adju service rating plan. They incl Pfc. John L. Wilcoxon, R. 1 Sandborn; SSgt. Ray A. We; Box 281, Shelburn; Cpl. Hoy L. Shipman, R. R. 3, Sullivan.