Sullivan Daily Times, Volume 47, Number 172, Sullivan, Sullivan County, 29 August 1945 — Page 1
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CONTINUED WARM " Indiana: Fair south. Considerable cloudiness, with occasional showers and thunderstorms in north portion this afternoon, tonight and Thursday. Continued warm. VOL. XLVII-No. 172 UNITED. PRESS SERVICE SULLIVAN, INDIANA WEDNESDAY, Aug. 29, 1945. INTERNATIONAL PICTURE SERVICE PRICE THREE CENTS;
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TAKES BASIC TRAINING Pvt., Herbert Junior Fuson, formerly of Fairbanks, is receiving Infantry basic training at Camp Livingston, Louisiana. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Fuson of Sullivan R. R. 5. His address is: Pvt. Herbert Junior Fuson, 35990335, Co. B, 140th Bn., 35th I.R.T.C., Camp Livingston, Louisiana. . OVERSEAS VET HOME I Staff Sgt. Darrell Huff is spending a 30-day furlough with his wife, Mrs. Alice Huff and son, Ronnie, and his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Russell Huff. Sgt. Huff has spent 14 months overseas and has seen action in Fiance, Belgium, Holland, and Cermany. He was wounded Feb. 23 and spent two and one-half months in a hospital in England. He wears the Good Conduct medal, the presidential unit citation the Purple Heart ribbon, the Am- , 'TtAtfHnA 1? rnr ...Ul. battle stars and the-Combat Infantryman's Badge. i I HOME FROM EUROPE T5 Charles B. BoTes, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Boles and husband of Mrs. Marie Boles, arrived home Friday evening after serving thirteen months in the European theater of operation. He wears xne uooa wonauci meaai rnd the ETO ribbon with four b?.ttle stars. After a thirty-day furlough he wm report to uamp AiterDury. HOME FROM OVERSEAS Pfc. Orville C. Crabbe, son of Mrs. Linda Alumbaugh arrived home Saturday night on a 30-dny furlough after serving 13 months overseas. He will return to Camp Atterbury Sept. 26th and will be sent to Ft. Jackson, S. C, to await further assignment. He served in England, France, Belgium, Holland and Germany. He landed in France on D-Day. ON FURLOUGH Private . Zoe Harbaugh, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Harbaugh of 207 East Washington Street, has arrived at her home here for a fourteen-day furlough. Pvt. Harbaugh is a member of the United States Marine Corps and is stationed at El Toro, California near Santa Ana. MARSHALL, ILL. FARMER KILLED -IN GRAVEL SLIDE MARSHALL, III. Aug. 29. Dan Schafer, 53 years old, was killed in a landslide at a gravel pit near Darwin, 111., about 5:30 o'clock yesterday afternoon. Schafer, a well-known farmer of R. R. 1, was loading gravel at the pit for his own use when the slide threw . him against the truck and crushed him to death. "BACK TO CIVVIES" (Know those who have served by the little gold button reproduced above. Men and women honorably discharged from the nation's armed forces are entitled to wear it.)
Marco Man Is
uicide After laying Wife Rob't. L. Myers Kills Self At Bloomfield Early Today After Reconciliation With Mate Fails. Robert L. Myers, about 38, son of Mr. and Mrs. Alex Myers of Marco, .shot and killed himself at 5:00 a. m. today in the drive of a service station just east of Greene County Jail in Bloomfield after having shot and killed his 25-year-old estranged wife, Mrs. Pauline Myers, in her apartment at 201 South Ninth Street. Terre Haute, last night at 10:30. Myers ended his life by placing a 20-gaupe shoteun in his mouth and pulling the trigger with bis to after having removed a shoe. He parked in front of the Greene County Jail at about five Vclock, locked his car, and walked into the filling' station drive where Jb,e ,took his life. j Greece County Sheriff Charles Mansfield and State Police Officers Ed Nash and Ray Byrode bean a search for the suspected killer after being notified by Terre Haute detectives to be onv the lookout for him in connection with the shooting of Mrs. Myers. The officers called twice at Myers' Marco home, being told on the second call that he had gone to Bloomfield "to give him self up." Three notes were left by Myers one being addressed to his mother saving he loved his wife dearly and could not live without her. Another, left in his car, revealed the information concerning the shooting of his wife. The note, said Myers had gone to Terre Haute last night to talk to Pauline (his wifel and that he had conversed with, her in a tavern in Terre Haute. She had told him she never wanted to see him again, according to the note. Using a pass key to gain entrance to her apartment, he entered and hid in a closet until she returned) the note said. Upon seeing her estranged husband, Mrs. Myers ran screaming down the stairs at which time he drew a revolver and fired five shots, three of which found their mark on the victim's body, one entering the heart. Thp sixth bullet, the note told, he fired at his own head, however, only a scalp wound resulted. The gun empty, it said, he returned to his home in Marco to secure another weapon and proceeded to Bloomfield where he committed his final act. An empty .32 calibre automatic was found in his automobile. Mrs. Myers did not die immediately. She was rushed to the St. Anthony's Hospital where death occurred. She had been missing from her home in Marco since Aug. 9th and was located in Terre Haute where she had secured employment. Myers is survived by the pa rents, two sisters and two bro thers. The body was taken to the Jenkins Funeral Home in Bloomfield pending completion of funeral arrangements. The body of his wife, Pauline, remains in Terre Haute. Her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Johnnie Crynes, of Michigan City, Indiana are former residents of Linton where she attended the schools. '
LIMITED TIME REMAINS TO SUBMIT SERVICEMEN'S NAMES
The public is reminded of the limited time remaining in which to submit the names of servicemen and women to be placed on the Hamilton Township Honor Roll Board that stands in the northwest corner of the Court House lawn. Additional sections are being added to the board in preparation for the new list of names to be placed there. Rank and names are the only information needed, however, all names must be those of men and women of this township. Bring these in written , form to the Times Office on or before noon Saturday, September 1st. Award Medal Posthumously CAMP ATTERBURY. Ind. Aug. 29. Mre Mary K. Harting, Dugger, Monday was presented with the Bronze Star Medal, posthumously awarded to her husband, Sergeant Harold K. Hart ing, at Camp Atterbury by Brig. Gen. Ernest A.Bixby, commanding general. The citation pertaining to the award read: "For heroic service in connection with military operations against the enemy in Germany, 19 November 1944. When the advance of his company was momentarily halted by , enemy( automatic weapons and' sniper fire. Sergeant Harting, with complete moved forward to a point within ! f his own safety, whirh th- minor was firm 0nH fifty yards of the house from killed him with rifle grenades. Later that night, when his battalion commander was wounded, Sergeant Harting, setting up a
machine gun, covered th rnanl"" ,,avttl who was administering medical JaPanese struck. aid. Sergeant Harting was sub- I Botn Mr- Truman and Secresequently killed in action on 9 ary of War Henry Stimson, January, 1945. The disdain for however, strongly denounced the danger, aggressive fighting spirit criticism of Marshall contained and unswerving devotion to duty in the rePort of an Armv Board displayed by Sergeant Harting of Inquiry. They reaffirmed their nrAcont an PYpfllpnt pvamnlp rtt faith in him.
r" " - those soldierly qualities which are in accordance with the finest traditions of the military ser vice. , Sergeant Harting is survived bv his widow and vear-old daughter, Harriett Ann, and his nnrpnts Mr and Mrs William Harting, 79 Third St., S. E., Lin ton, Indiana. GROCER-CONSUMER GROUP HERE STUDIES INFLATION PROBLEMS Sullivan county food dealers and members of the County OPA Price and Information panels met at the Court House auditor ium last night in one of a series of Grocer-Consumer meetings . aesigneu w nuiu uie nut uu iuuu prices and prevent post-war inflation. R. H. Crowder presided at the meeting which was attended by a large number of food dealers from throughout Sullivan county. It was agreed that every effort should be made to hold' retail price lines as a matter of both public and self-interest.. R. K. Gouckenour, a local merchant, fh. mpoHnff rplatincr wiono,.,, ,nH. pv. he perienced them while in business here at the close of the last war. Willard Blocksom, Indianapolis, District OPA supervisor was also present at the meeting and discussed the problems of inflation. , COMING HOME . Lt. Victor DeFrank, son of Mr. and Mrs. Benny DeFrank, will arrive here soon from the European Theater of Operations, where he has served eleven months with the United States Army.
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TOKYO BAY, Aug. 29. (Up) Fleet Admiral Chester Nimitz said tod'ay that demobilization of the Navy will take
place as rapidly as possible and steps already are under way to return Navy men to the United States as fast as ships
are available, to carry them.
MIAMI, Fla., Aug. 29. (UP) Maj. Gen. Claire Chennault expressed fear tod'ay that the Japanese Imperial family would be able to re-establish themilitarv strength of Japan and again seek world conquest. Chennault. recently resigned
j as commander of the 14th Air
the American peoDle themselves pould play a part in restoring Japanese militarism by becoming sympathetic with the beaten people and allowing them 'to grow strong.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 29. '( UP) House Military Affairs committee members showed varying reactions today to proposals that thev act to continue the draft. Some said flatly that Selective Service, must end with the war. Others urged greater inducements to spur recruiting.
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Report Sharply Criticizes Marshall, Stark, Others President Truman And Sec'y. Of War Stimson Strongly Denounce Charges Against General Marshall, Army Chief Of Staff; No Court Martials j Recommended. 1 ,
WASHINGTON, Aug. 29. (UP) President Truman today made . ,. . . ' .Public ArmV and NavV reports on the Pearl Harbor disaster containing serious charges against Gen. George C. Marshall, Army Chief of Staff, and Adm. i Harold R. Stark, who was chief c i .u .1 , There was no official disagreement, however, with sharp criticism of Stark and of Maj. ,Gen. Walter Short, then commander of the Army s Hawaiian department, and Rear Admiral Husband E. Kimmel, commander i 'of Naval forces at Pearl Harbor, No court martials were recommended for any officers. Secretary of Naval James Forrestal ruled, however, that neither Stark nor Kimmel ever again should "hold any position in the v s Navy which rquires 'the exercise of superior judg ment" Both Stark and Kimmel are on the retired list, although Stark until recently, served as com mander of U. S. Naval forces
Secretary Stimson reported an my from stealing. Recently he earlier finding that Short had grabbed a quarter from a sevenmade errors of judgment which 'year-old girl and hid it in his
had demanded his release from command. Kimmel also has gone into retirement and apparently will stay in that status. The Army and Navy Boards investigated the Pearl Harbor attack, which plunged this coun try into the war and broke the ' i.1 DaCKDOne OI inc Pacific fleet, i under the authorization of a l joinx - coiigiessiuucu . jre&uiuwvn I A Tiiha 1 9 1 QAA The Army Board strongly. crit icized Marshall on four counts for alleged failure to keep Short "fully advised" of the danger that Japan might attack. Stimson declared that this criticism was not justified. He said it was based on a misapprehen sion of the staff chief's functions, President Truman sided strongly with Stimson in his defense of Marshall. In a brief statement the president said: "The conclusion of the Secretary of War is that Gen. Marshall acted throughout this matter with
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Force in China, said here that his usual great skill, energy and efficiency: I associate myself wholeheartedly with this expres sion by the Secretary of War. Indeed I have the fullest confidence of the skill, efficiency and energy of all our war leaders, both Army and Navy." Criticize Cordell Hull. The Army board also criticized Cordell Hull, who was Secretary of State when the Japanese got in their sneak blow and who was negotiating with the Japanese. The board charged the secretary could have conducted the negotiations in a different manner in order to prolong them until the Army and Navy were better prepared for hostilities. In reply to that Stimson, himsen a iormer secretary oi state, stated: "Not only do I strongly disagree with what amounts at best ;only to a conjecture, but I feel that the board's comment in this respect was uncalled for and not within the scope of their proper inquiry." mm THIEVING CROW CLEVELAND (UP) They put Sammy, the incorrigible thieving crow, in solitary confinement at Brookside zoo after he stole a set of automobile keys. i But they haven't stopped Samcage. Her cries caused . quite commotion until the quarter was returned. CATTLE SHOW SITE PITTSfFIELD, Mass. (UP) A marker in City Hall Park boasts to the world that it was on this greensward that the first cattle show in America was held. THIRD IN TRAVEL POLL NEW ORLEANS (UP) Ac-
cording to a recent survey by'Gault Pleasant, treasurer;
Globetrotter magazine New Orleans ranks as the third most interesting city in the Western Hemisphere. '. . In the poll New York recorded 1,225 votes; Rio de Janeiro 1,175; and New Orleans 1,126.
Mr. and Mrs. J. V. Irons and High School Orchestra; 10:15,' 23rd. From this beginning flowdaughter. Edna Mae Elise. of Aus- Bible hour; 11:15, Derrick Allwyn ered an outstanding example of
tin,, Texas, and Mrs Glenn Irons and grandson, John, of near Jasonville, spent Tuesday with Mr. and Mrs. H. K. Strong.
Hoosier Soldier Condemned To Die
INDIANAPOLIS, Aug. 29. Governor Ralph F. Gates last night awaited information from the War Department on charges against a Clinton County youth condemned to death for murder by a military court in Germany. The youth, Robert Colby of Gettingsville, had written his par--) ents, Mr. and Mrs. L. O. Colby: j "This is awful hard to tell. My chaplain told me to write and tell you that I am charged with murder and sentenced to be shot. Get an attorney and try to have this sentence reduced." There were no ' other details. Friends and neighbors of the Colby family have sent letters to the Governor and President Truman in the boy's behalf. Governor Gates yesterday telephoned Undersecretary of War Robert P. Patterson in effort to lean details of the crime for which the youth was condemned to die. " In their letter to the Governor and President, the Colby neigh bors testified to the youth's char acter and explained any change in his actions must be due to militnry service since his behavior was beyond reproach in that community. RITES FRIDAY FOR MINE VICTIM Funeral services for Homer Bledsoe, 56-Vear-old miner who was killed Monday evening in a mine car accident in the New Hopfe Coal, Mine east of Dugger, wHlbe held Friday afternoon at two o'clock., The body is in state at the Billman Funeral Home where the funeral rites will be conducted in the funeral chapel by Bro. Clyde Peck of the Sullivan Church of Christ. Interment will be made Center Ridge Cemetery. in LOCAL PEOPLE IN AUTOMOBILE WRECK W. T. Mellott is confined to his apartment here with painful injuries as the result of an automobile wreck last Friday night and two other local people were also slightly hurt and shaken up in the same accident it was learned today. Mr. Mellott was returning to Sullivan from Indianapolis' accompanied by Miss Lucille Smith and Mrs. Harriett Rosenberger Ford when his automobile struck a dead horse lying on the highway. The animal supposedly had been struck by another vehicle. Mr. Mellott received several broken ribs and' severe bruises, it was reported. His car was badly wrecked. Miss Smith sus- ' tained a wrenched back and Mrs. Ford suffered hurts to her neck ora sunerea nuns to ner necK.
Merom Bluff Chautauqua Revival To Mark 40th Anniversary Of Founding; Recall Highlights Of Its Hey-Day The September lsfe and 2nd,' van High School orchestra; 1:45, 1945 revival of Merom Bluff Mrs. Horace Gaddis; 2:00, Derrick Chautauqua marks the fortieth Allwyn; 2:30, Hampton Sisters; anniversary of its founding. 1 3:30, speaker to be announced; This year's Merom Bluff Chau- 4:00, Elks Quartette; 4:15, Chautauqua Homecoming has been tauqua Band, scheduled for Saturday and Sun-! Sunday night 6:15, Chautauday, September 1st and 2nd. Of- qua Band; 7:00, Devotions; 7:15, ficers of the Chautauqua are Derrick Allwyn; 7:30, Mrs. HorGrover Vickrey, president; M. W. ace Gaddis; 7:45, Hampton SisHollingsworth, vice - president; ters; 8:15, Jimmie Trimble; 9:15,
Tom Jennings, secretary. Fred F Bays will act as platform manager. The two-day program will include: Saturday night 7:30, Chautauqua Band; 8:00, three-act play, M. A. Hollingsworth, director Sunday morning 9:30, Sullivan (Boy Soprano); morning mesChaplain; 11:30,; sage, U. S. A. Chautauqua Band. Sunday, afternoon 1:15, Sulli-
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Red Cross es Navy To Rush Supplies of Food
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! Assert 5,000 Allied
With Dysentery Gen. MacArthur Reaches Okinawa Today As Adm. Nimitz Flies To Tokyo Bay Thousands Of Airborne Infantrymen Will Land At Atsugi Airfield Tonight. BULLETIN I WITH OCCUPATION FORCES, TOKYO BAY, Aug. 29. (UP) The American Navy was urged today to rush adequate food supplies here at once to combat dysentery by International Red Cross representatives who informed Rear Admiral Oscar Badger that at least 5,000 of the 34,000 Allied war prisoners in Japan were ill and needed immediate attention. . Swiss representatives of the Red Cross conferred with' Badger aboard his task force's flagship, the U.S.S. San Diego, and revealed that milk and sugar were needed urgently for the prisoners. He told Badger that 6,000 prisoners were held on central Honshu in the Tokyo area, with an estimated 8,000 in the Yokosuka area. Those at Yokosuka, only a few hundred yards away npw
may be released soon.
MANILA, Aug. 29. (UP) Gen. Douglas
arrived in Okinawa and Adm. Chester Nimitz flew to Tokyo Bay today as the zero, hour approached for mass Allied air and sea landings in the greater Tokyo area. The first seaborne troops will go ashore on three forti-. fied islands guarding Yokosuka naval base in Tokyo Bay at 6:15 a. m. tomorrow (4:15 today C.W.T.).
At 10:00 a. m. tomorrow (8:00 p. m. todav C.W.T.) MacArthur will land with thousands of airborne infantrymen at Atsugi airfield, 20 miles south of Tokyo, and 10,000 Marines and Bluejackets will swarm ashore" ffom ships at Yokosuka itself. In preparation for the post-surrender invasion, -the' greatest air and sea fleets ever gathered in the Pacific were making last-minute preparations at bases 1.000 miles' apart. MacArthur and his headquarters staff flew from Manila to Okinawa and watched the vanguard of the airborne troops who will accompany him climb into their transports on Okinawa's airstrip. Nearly 1,000 miles to the northeast, Nimitz MacArthur's partner in the conquest of Japan landed on the green waters of Tokyo Bay off Yokosuka in a giant seaplane es
corted by fighters. COULDN'T RESIST POSIES TIFFIN, O. (UP) He loved flowers so much he couldn't resist them, Joseph D. School ex plained when he was brought in " ""ul ,v" " ."""67 Ui - rrt i sn n rih a rt rnr i v rt a 2 . J T" T The udge sympathized with hi d th fined him $25. Chautauqua Band Back in 1905 a group of for ward-looking Merom citizens and their Wabash Valley neighbors banded together and organized Merom Bluffs Chautauqua Assembly. The first of an annual series, terminating in 1936, was held from August 16th to August
one oi America s mosi unique ana County Boy Scout Round-up at culturally important activities. ItlDuBeer Parents and friends are
is generally agreed that from the onunuea on rage z, uoi. i)
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MacArthur Will Represent Truman. The white-haired commander of the Pacific fleet immediately boarded the battleship South Dakota, which will serve as his flagship. He will epresent President Truman and the United States at Japan's formal surrender aboard the battleship Missouri next Sunday. MacArthur will sign the document as the Supreme Allied Commander. Adm. William Halsey brought the 53,000-ton Missouri, his flagship, into Tokyo Bay with scores of other Allied warships, trans ports and hospital ships today in preparation for tomorrow's landings. MacArthur left Manila after in- : viting Lt. Gen. Jonathan Wainwright, his successor on Bataan and Corregidor in the dark days of 1942, to be hi guest at the surrender ceremony aboard the Missouri. Wainwright. accepted. Members of Wainwright's staff and Lt. Gen. A. E. Percival, the British commander who surendeied Singapore, also will attend the ceremony as MacArthur's guests. All were liberated from a Japanese prison camp in Manchuria and flown to Chungking yesterday. Boy Scout Troop 55 Boy Scouts of Troop 55 will meet at the Baptist church at fi-15 P. M. Thursday, to eo to the lnvited to attend, also.