Sullivan Daily Times, Volume 47, Number 165, Sullivan, Sullivan County, 20 August 1945 — Page 1

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VOL. XLVII No. 165 News Of Our Men And Women With The Colors i ON FURLOUGH TSgt. William P. "Gus" Hash has arrived in Sullivan for a 30day furlough with Mrs. Hash and other relatives. Sgt, Hash served overseas with the U. S. 10th Mountain Division in the Appenine mountains in Italy. It was the Mountaineers who spearheaded the drive through northern Italy, and the Po river crossing. Sgt. Hash, who is the Ordnance Supply Sergeant tor the Division, has received the Bronze Star Medal for heroic and meritorious , achievement, the Good Conduct Medal, the Unit Citation, and wears the European, African, Midole eastern ineatre nooon wun ( tmee uaiue siais. . The 10th Mountain Division is to report to Camp Carson, Colo., at the close of their furloughs for further training. SULLIVAN COUNTIANS SERVE AT MANILA WITH THE 826TH ENGR. AVIATION BN. IN MANILA Sgt. Craig Jackson, Cpl, James W. Riley, and Technicians Fifth! Grade Marion H. Wall, Arthur d( Rumple and William R. Forbev.all of Sullivan County are serving, overseas together with .the 836th Engineer Aviation Battalion in Manila. Arriving overseas in August, 1943, the veteran soldiers have seen several actions against the enemy, and are entitled to wear the New Guinea Campaign battle star, the Bismarck-Archipelago Caremaien battle star, the Philipnine Island Campaign battle star on the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign I Ribbon, and the Philippine Liberation Ribbon with one battle star. The men's outfit was recently awarded the Meritorious Service Unit Plaque, presented by Lt. Gen. Walter Kreuger, Command(Continued on Page 4, Col. 6) - ,, m mm Become Civilians , Aug. 20. Among Indiana men discharged at the Atterbury Separa-,

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Dlan were: Sgt. Ralph E. Pirtle, 623 E. Jackson St., Sullivan. SSgt. Lawrence R. Conway, 332 N. Court, Sullivan. ; DEGAULE' EN ROUTE TO U.S. FOR TALKS WITH PRES. TRUMAN PARIS, Aug 20. (UP) Gen. Chas. DeGualle was scheduled to fly from Orly airfield at midnight tonight to Washington for .stalks with President Truman. ! French political observers believed DeGaulle . would aim chiefly at obtaining full recognition of France as one . of the world's big five powers andalso seek promises of economical aid. RAYMOND MAYNARD DIES Raymond G. Maynard, son of Theadoshie Grose passed away August 11th at New Castle, Indiana. Funeral services were held August 14th with burial in Glenco Cemetery at Knightstown, Ind. NEW suns Azalea Haythorne vs. Winford W. Haythorne. Complaint for divorce. . Mary A. Ladson vs. Oscar LadBon, Complaint for divorce.

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Eataan and Corregidor. Japanese general headquarters radioed Mac Arthur from Tokyo that such rescues were likelv to v,amDer tne realization of our earnest desire to effect smoothly and effectively the cessation of hostilities and arms." The enemy broadcast made no Rpecif ic mention of Wainwright,

who was freed Thursday from a0clock Friday afternoon. He is prisoner of war camp at Sian, and 'survived by the widow, Ida; it was not known whether the'tbree daughters, Faye Stevens, at Japanese would attempt to pre- home; Mrs. May Thompson of Pivent his return to the Allied lines mento, Ind., and Mrs. Esther Hoffpending the signing of Japan's man of st. Petersburg, Fla.; five sui render. Wainwright, highest gonS) Wayne of Mason City Iowa; ranking Allied prisoner of the 0da of Duluth, Minn.; Lee of Japanese, bad been expected to Farmersburg, Aurel of Muncie, land at a Chungking airdrome Tnrt anrt .Toe nf mn TnH-twn

within the next 48 hours. Man Injured , In Auto Crash Near Carlisle A 1941 Plymouth sedan driven by Richard Bohmeier, 26, of Freelandville, crashed Into the rear of a 1934 Dodge truck driven by Howard B. Batchelor, oi Carlisle about 3:00 a. m. Sunday morning on U. S. Highway 41 one mile north of Car lisle, resulting in painful, though minor, injuries to one' person riding in the Bohmeier auto-mobile.-The injured man was Rupert Bays, 31, of Bicknell, who was ; , tnrown against the windshield of Bohemeier's vehicle by the force of the collision. He suffered painful lacerations about the head and a minor leg injury, though his wounds did not require hospitalization. kr ,j .'j '"7 &T IIIIIVHII I. IJ II ri r V .-N M H T-1 i r C.IK...... i . . 4 - rii ohpriff Hnhert Watmer wrm in! into the Batchelor truck stopped on the roadside through believ ed not to have been completely off the pavement. Damage to the auto was estimated at $300 and $50 damage estimated was placed on the truck. REACH STATES SOON NEW YORK, Aug. 20. The Queen Mary is due to arrive at New York Wednesday carrying Army veterans from the European area, including many Hoosiers. Included is Pfc. James B. Banther, Sullivan; Pfc. Sterling Caddell, Jasonville; SSgt. Daritll N. Huff, Sullivan; Pfc. Orville C. Crabbe, Sullivan; Cpl. Alex Wilson, Shelburn; T5 Wade H. Gambill, Dug ger. The S.S. General Black is due ! to arrive in Boston, Mass., morrow. Veterans include Dennis C Wilkey, Sullivan.. AMERICAN LEGION MEETING TOMORROW The Sullivan American Legion will meet Tuesday evening, August 21st in the new American Legion Home to discuss important business. The Labor Day cele bration will be foremost among the business discussions and all Legionnaires are requested to

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Former Shelburn Resident Passes SHELBURN, Ind:,; Aug. 20. Mrs. Charlotte Holmes, 81 : years old, formerly of Shelburn, died at her home in Patricksburg,. Ind., at 11 o'clock Thursday night. She is survived by the husband, Andrew, and one ... daughter, Mrs. ,Mary I. Troth of Patricksburg. The body was brought to the McHugh Funeral Home, where funeral services were held at 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon. Burial was made in Fairview Cemetery, ROBERT DIXON SHELBURN, Ind., Aug. 20. Mrs. Thomas White of Shelburn has received word of the death of troit. He is survived by the par ents, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Dixon; two half-brothers, and the grandparents. Funeral services and burial were in Detroit. CHARLES C. STEVENS ' FARMERSBURG, Ind., Aug. 20. Charles C. Stevens, 69 years old, died at his home neor hero at 4-30 !fiiBtra nM mI,,,'', iviis rwxie viifiiiuer, . ooxn 01 Fairbanks, Ind., and 18 grandchildren. : " The body was taken to the Wood Funeral Home. FOUR FROM COUNTY GRADUATE AT I. U. BLOOMINGTON, Ind., Aug. 20. Marcella Dukes, of Dugger, and Thomas Brown, Harold Hedden and Bette Lou Nusbaum, of Sullivan, received degrees at Indiana University' August commencement held Sunday afternoon in the Auditorium. Marking the end of the University's war t;me commencements, this was the ninth I. U. commencement since the United States' entrance into the world war. Judge Francisco A. Delgado, Philippine delegate to the United Nations Conference and former justice of the court of appeals of .. . . fmnppine uommonweann, who was graduated from Indiana University School of Law in 1907, delivered the commencement address. Garland A. Haas, of Evansville, represented the graduates in the traditional induction ceremonies and the degree recipients were received into alumni ranks by Dr. Merrill A. Davis, newly elected president of the Alumni Association. Rev. W. Douglas Rae, pastor of the First Baptist Church of Bloomington, delivered the invocation and benediction for the commence ment festivities. The bust of Ernie Pyle, Hoosier war correspondent and former student of Indiana University, which was sculptured by Jo Davidson and purchased by the Indiana University Foundation for the Ernie Pyle Memorial, was unveiled at ceremonies in the Union building immedately following commencement. Miss Dukes received the B. S. degree in medical technology; Mr. Brown, the doctor of medicine degree; Mr. Hedden, the A.B. in English, and Miss Nusbaum, the graduate nurse degree. SULLIVAN SADDLE CLUB The Sullivan ' Saddle Club urges all members and those interested in Saddle Club to be present at meeting to be held at the new American Legion Home Thursday night, August 23rd at 8:00 P. M.

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LONDON, Aug. 2.0- (UP) The 11 day Russo-Japan

ese war ended today with the capitulation of the Kwantung army that launched Japan's- bid for Asiatic conquest 14 years ago. Soviet armies occupied Manchuria's four major cities and began disarming some 750,000 enemy troops. Moscow's formal victory propcalamtion still was being withheld early today, apparently awaiting the complete disarmament of the remaining Japanese in Manchuria and. Korea. But Japanese resistance had ended almost everywhere and upwards of 1,00,000 Soviet troops were moving unopposed into the enemy's key ports and communication centers. , . Russian paratroops and airborne infantrymen wrotfoff the battle of Manchuria yesterday with a series of surprise landings.

OSLO, Aug. 20. (UP J The Norwegian state today that Adolf Hitler personally ordered Vidkun to begin preparations for the invasion of Norway

cember 31st, 1939. , i The charge was made at the opening of Quisling's trial on a charge of treason. He was the second of Hitler's European puppets to go on trial for his life. The prosecution told the court that documents found in Germany disclosed that Quisling conferred with Hitler in December of 1939. ' Earlier, Quisling had denied that he had any advance knowledge of Germany's plan for Norway. The pale, shabby man whose name has become a symbol for traitors and puppets throughout the world uttered his plea in a ringing voice after listening to three Supreme Court judges read the long indictment against him in relays for almost half an hour. ;

WASHINGTON, Aug. 20. (UP) Government experts came up today with cheering news for milady: nylon stockings and two-way stretch girdles are just around the corner, In fact, the entire clothing outlook has improved tremendously and prospects are that more clothes of all kinds will bMppearing. on retail shelves almost immediately, and. 'shoe rationing will end soon, possibly " within two weeks ann in tvo months at the outside. - WASHINGTON, Aug. 20. (UP) The Office of Price Administration plans to lower the point values of many cuts of meat in September, it was understood today. And outright end of meat and possibly butter; rationing is expected to follow later in the fall unless there are unforeseen supply complications. The outlook for the civilian meat situation became brighter over the week-end when Secretary of Agriculture

Clinton Anderson announced the suspension of set-aside orders on beef, veal and pork.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 20. (UP) Priorities on airiine travel are expected to be maintained for some time despite the end of the war.

E JOBLESS AS II. S. . (By United Press) Industry's reconversion from war to peace made more than a million persons jobless today. United Press survey of major war production centers showed that at least 1,279,000 woukers had lost their jobs through war contract caicellajtions since Japan's surrender less th,an a week ago. The army of men and women released from war production continues to grow by thousanas daily, . The middle west was hardest hit by unemployment. More than 560,000 persons were out of jobs in Kansas City, St. Louis, Chicago, Detroit, Cleveland and other central state cities. Eastern and northeastern states reported 310,000 lay-offs, while 154,000 workers in southern and southeastern industrial areas looked for new jobs. CAPT. BRADBURY IS HOSPITALISED Captain Jack Bradbury, son of Mrs. Dean Chaney of Sullivan, is in the Army Hospital at Tampa, Florida where he was admitted Saturday. Information received did not disclose his illness, however, assured the mother that she would be informed of his condition at all times.

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NEWS charged Quisling on DeLOCAL LEGION JUNIOR BASEBALL TEAM WINS CLOSE CONTEST The Sullivan American Legion Junior Baseball Team wound' up their 1945 baseball season yesterday afternoon with a win over the American Legion Baseball Team of Indiana State Farm, 8 to 7, at Putnamville, Indiana. Yesterday's victory was the final credit decision to Sullivan's 6 wins, 4 defeats ledger in the current season under the guid ance of Manager Lee French. . Walls and Shipman supplied the pitching prowess for yesterday's contact with French completing the battery. 'Both hurlers counted ; for four strike-outs each. - . Runs for the home town nine were racked up by Ferguson (2), Grable (1), Cochran (1), J. Sevier (1) French (1), I. Southwood (1), and Shipman (1). BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENTS Mr. and Mrs. Roy Terrell of 116 North Foley Street, are announcing the arrivel of a baby daughter born at . the Mary Sherman Hospital August 17th. She has been named Vicki Kay. 1 Mr. and, Mrs. -Emmett Forbes of Merom rural route two, are the parents of 'a daughter, Wanda Gail, born at the Mary Sherman Hospital August 20th. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Lowry . of 112 North West Street, are announcing the birth of a son born at the hospital August 19th. .He has been named Tim Collier. .

INTERNATIONAL PICTURE uu Pvt. Laughrey Dies On Luzon Mrs. Dorothy Goff Laughrey, one mile north of Graysville, recevied a telegram from the War Department last week stating that her husband, Private Donald Everett Laughrey, son of Mr. and Mrs. Everett Laughrey of near Graysville, died of wounds, July 24th on Luzon Island. According to further information received, Pvt. Laughrey was mortally wounded by a rifle bullet accidentally discharged from his buddy's rifle while he was in the process of cleaning it. The date on which the Graysville soldier was . wounded was not .disclosed to the family in the wire received. Pvj.. Laughrey entered military service December 1st, 1944 and was transferred to overseas duty in April of this year serving with the infantry on Luzon. He was 30 years of age and formerly attended the Graysville school. i Surviving are the widow, Mrs. Dorothy Goff Laughrey; three daughters, Shirley Ann, Carol Rose and Janet Kay, all at home; one son, Donald Leroy, at home; the parents, Mr. and Mrs. Everett Laughrey of near Graysville; and three sisters, Mrs. Mable Gorham and Mrs. Audrey Monk, both ofTerre Haute and Mrs. Opal Chambers of Fairbanks. SUFFERS PAINFUL HURTS AT N. LEBANON HOME Alice Jean Deckard, 13-year-old, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Deckard of New Lebanon, was admitted to the Mary Sherman Hospital yesterday afternoon and treated for arm and hand lacerations suffered at her home early yesterday afternoon. Miss Deckard, relatives said today, received a severe cut below the elbow and on the fingers of the left hand when she fell against a glass door in the Deckard home. In the fall her hand and arm were plunged through the glass, resulting in the painful injuries. Hospital attaches reported this morning that her condition was improving steadily. LINTON WOMAN DIES AT HOSPITAL Mrs. Florence Cordelia Maxey, 42 years of age, and resident of Lint'on, died at the Mary Sher- j man Hospital Sunday morning ' following an illness of about a I year. I Survivors include the husband, ' William M. Maxey; the parents, . Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Patton; three ' daughters, Mrs. Thurman Alder man of Beaver, West Virginia, Edna Gay and Kathleen, both at hbme; five sons, Seaman First Class Paul Maxey, U. S. Navy, I Bobby, Freddy, Tommy and 1 Jimmy, all at home; three sisters and five brothers. Funeral services will be held , Tuesday afternoon at three o'clock at the Dugger Methodist church with the Rev. Sam Tuttle and Rev. C. E. Homberger officiating. Burial will be at the Dugger Cemetery. RELATIVE OF SULLIVAN WOMAN DIES Roy McFarren of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, brother-in-law of Mrs. Dean Chaney of Sullivan, died of a heart attack at his home there Thursday, August 16th, according to information received here today. Mrs. Chaney, Albert Snyder, Mr. 'and Mrs. D. E. Rockenfield of this county and Floyd Snyder of Attica, attended the funeral services held Sunday at New Paris, Indiana. i ' MARRIAGE LICENSES Thornton L. Oeffler,. Jasonville, miner, and Louise P. Foreman, Hymera, at home. Merlin D. Miller, 276 E. 14th St., Chicago Heights, U. S. Army, and Marjorie Mae Patton, R. 3 Sullivan, clerk. -"' '

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Occupational Ground Troops To Be Mostly Americans; British And Aussies To Occupy Area South Of Phillippines; GIs Give Envoys Bronx Cheer. MANILA, Aug. 20. (UP) Gen. Douglas MacArthur sent the Japanese envoys back to their emperor with his surrender orders today and announced that he would lead an Allied occupation army into Japan within the next ten days. "I shall proceed to Japan with forces composed of ground, naval and air elements," the Allied Supreme Commander declared. "Subject to weather that will permit the landing-s, it is anticipated that the instrument of surrender will be signed within ten days." British and Australian armed forces, he added, will take over the occupation1 of all Japanese-held areas in the Southwest Pacific south of the Philippines. Sixteen grim and silent Japanese envoys boarded a transport plane at Manila's Nichols Field this afternoon to take MacArthur's message back to Hirohito. . They took off at 1:03 p. m. (12:03 a. m. EWT) to a faint chorus of cat-calls from several hundred watching GIs, winding up a two-day meeting at which they were given complete instructions on when, where andfiow MacArthur would lead his occupation army into their Jiomeland. . The naming of the Japanese airfield on which Allied planes would land was believed to have been one of the main points of discussion at the meeting. The field would presumablj have to be lengthened and otherwise altered to accommodate American aircraft, which generally are heavier than Japanese types. ' 1 Several times in the headquarters conference the Japanese envoys expressed hope that there, would be no untoward incidents when the Americans land in JapSn.-' ' " ' "We also desire no incidents," American spokesmen told them bluntlv.

MacArthur's spokesman said no further conference with the Japanese was believed necessary before MacArthur goes to Tokyo.The landing on Japan itself probably will be an allAmerican show so far as ground forces are concerned, because the other Allies have no troops in position for a quick move to Japan. Units of the British and Australian navies, however, will take part in the operation. MacArthur said he would direct the emperor and his military commanders to issue a general unconditional surrender order to all their forces as soon as the surrender document is signed. The headquarters conferences in Manila went off with split second precision, and the Japanese delegates maintained a poker-faced directness throughout as they revealed details of their airfield and harbor fortifications needed by MacArthur. Spokesmen who attended the meeting said they were convinced' the Japanese were sincere and honest and were making every effort to cooperate with the Americans.

FARMERS TO ELECT SOIL CONSERVATION SUPERVISORS TUES. Farmers and farm owners of the newly established soil conservation district of Gill, Turman, and Fairbanks Townships, will have an election of supervisors Tuesday, August 21. This election will be for the purpose of selecting three super.r Visors to serve with the two appointed by the state soil conservation district. The two appointed supervisors are Cleva O. Drake of Fairbanks Township and Harold End of Turman Township. ' Farm owners and operators who own or operate ten acres or more of land in the district are eligible to vote in the election. The polling place will be at the Graysville High School between the hours of 8:00 and 9:00 p. m. Polling officials are Paul Wible, Superintendent and W. R. Johnson, Manford Church and Arthur Drake, Polling assistants. - Eligible voters who have not been contacted to vote by absentee ballot, are offered the opportunity of voting at the polls during the hour that the polls will be open.

CLOUDY TONIGHT Indiana: Increasing cloudiness north and far south portion tonight. Tuesday cloudy with scattered showers north and partly . cloudy south portion. Cooler northwest and extreme north portion Tuesday.

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YOUTH INJURED IN FALL FROM HORSE Billy Carr, 16 years of age and son of Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Carr of Dugger Route 1, in the Pleasantville community, was injured yesterday afternoon when he was tlUUWU UUU1 IILO IIUIOC Ail Vllb vicinity ot nis nome. tie sutierea a compound fracture of the left arm below the elbow for which he was admitted to the Mary Sherman . Hospital and treated yesterday. He remained hospitalized this morning. ', The Pleasantville High School student was reported today to have been a member of a group of young people on a riding party sSunday afternoon when his horse becoming excited threw him to the - ground resulting in the arm injury. FORMER TIMES EMPLOYEE ARRIVES HOME FROM ETO Corporal Hobert Lewellyn, former employee of the Daily Times composing room, arrived in Sulli van yesterday from the European Theater of Operations for a furlough after many months of service overseas.