Sullivan Daily Times, Volume 47, Number 180, Sullivan, Sullivan County, 11 September 1945 — Page 1

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Men And Women With The Colors ON FURLOUGH Set. Martin Woodard arrived Sunday night from Waycross, Georgia, for a 21-day furlough with his wife, the former Betty Birch, and his young daughter, Nikki Ellen. ' BACK IN STATES . Mrs. Myrtle Lyday has received Lydny, stating that he has arrived safely in New York from overseas and will be home soon. OVERSEAS 38 MONTHS WITH THE 821 ST ENGINEER AVIATION BATTALION IN MANILA Technician Third Grade Clarence R. Knox, son of Harry R. Knox,- Graysville, Ind., embarked for overseas duty in June, 1942 and has completed , thirty-eight months of overseas duty. During this time T5 Knox has been operating heavy equipment used in the construction of roads, air bases and other mill-? t&ry installations'. At the 'present time T3 Knox is acting 'first .Sgt. in his company?'. I ' f r I iui 1J 11 iliuui l.u.ll ill J' -v--ruary 1942 at Indianapolis, Ind

T3 Knox worked with his father I Robert Gouckenour is the Counas an oil, , water and test hole ty's National War Fund Chair

driller. In addition to his Good Conduct Medal T3 Knox is entitled to wear three battle stars on his Asiatic-Pacific Ribbon and the Philippine Liberation Ribbon iwith one battle star; he is also entitled to wear the Unit Citation with one star which was awarded to his organization for its outstanding achievements during the early part of the Philippine campaign. 'y T3 Knox is a graduate of the Graysville High School in Grays- ' ville, Indiana. AT SAN ANTONIO AAFFDC Set. Robert S. Jeffords, of R. R. 1, Paxton, Indiana, -who served 15 months in the ns an Armorer Gunner has arrived at the San Antonio Dis trict, AAF Personnel Distribution Command. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas L. Jeffords of R. R. 1, : (Continued on Page 3. Col. 6) j GAMBILL WEES Mr. and Mrs. Milburn' Gambill of Lone Beach. Calif., announce the marriage of their daughter, Mildred, to Set. John Robert Wees, . . enn at viris t nv l .(iwnprm 1 1 k wr ir i- t- i ii J. H. Wees of this city. They were united in marriage September 6, 1945. in a double ring ceremony 1 cnlomn vpH nt thp altar of the First Christian Church with Kev. . . Jack Anderson officiating. ... . .. The bride wore an aqua blue suit with brown accessories ana a Talisman rose corsage. They were attended by Miss

Marguerite French, cousin of thejiy and a few minutes later I

bride, and Sat. Jimmy Birch, ... . , ; cousin 01 tne eroom. ax xne organ Mrs. Jack' Anderson played I LOve YOU Truly" preceding the' traditional Wedding March, and iirAnn..nAn l nA ,in..(. ccwuac was uao'cu a wc vu wo were exenaneea. A wedding dinner was given at the Davis Hotel Dining Room by Mrs. Rov Lowdermilk for the wedding party and guests, Mrs; Chester Alumbaueh and J. H. Wees. After a brief honeymoon the newly weds are here visiting the

groom's parents and their friends, and then discovered that Mrs. On September 18th they will go Martha E. Geer, a city statisticto Orlando, Florida, where Sgt. ian, was at work at her office in Wees is stationed. the cupola.

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10 GI'S JERSEAS Popular USO Entertainer Relates Overseas Experi encesf In Talk Here. Miss Harriet Carr, charming USO-Camp Shows Entertainer, spoke before the Sullivan Rotary 1 Club Monday at their luncheon 1 meeting at the Davis Hotel Din- j ing Room, using as her subject, Miss Carr, who recently returned from an overseas tour to Europe with a USO unit providing entertainment for the GI's gave a vivid and detailed description of her experiences and explained what the USO has meant and will mean to the boys in the service, from a The speaker, who comes well-known New York theatrical family, has been popular as a radio singer and as a member of musical comedy and operetta casts that have toured the country prior to her USO service . ,.7,Mtfes' Carr was introduced by John S. Taylor who ' explained that the next National War Fund drive, which supports the USO, I will be launched in October,

man. USO leaders from all PILOT TRAINING townships of Sullivan county j The Naval Aviation Cadet Sewere present for the meeting , lection Board in the Board of Monday. Trade Building, Chicago, anExcerps from the address of nounced today that processing of the Camp Shows veteran follow: . 17 and 18 year olds for V-5 Pilot "I had beeri with USO-Camp training has been started, in ac-

Shows here m the btates lor over , cordance with new quotas esa year previous to the time I'tablished since the cessation of went overseas. I saw how much ; hostilities with Japan. Examinagood our shows were doing in tion procedures for this outthis country, and it served to. standing program are much the heighten my desire to go overseas. 1 same as those followed prior to "We set sail August 7th, 1944, y-J Day. on the Aquitania, and it was a in continuing this program, trip I'm not likely to forget. It the Navy is offering young men was quite thrilling being aboard an opportunity to obtain the fin-

a troop ship for the fir ;t time, the blackout and lifeboat drills, when all the time you knew it wasn't for fun. Our ship held a zig-zag course the whole trip, in order to confuse any submarines that happened to be lurking about. There were quite a number of nurses and Wacs aboard, and five USO show units. "We would give three performances a day for the troops and in between times I would go into the lounge or out on deck to sing request numbers with our aci cordionist., We did our best to I cram every minute with something so that the men wouldn't have too much time to think about I wl,a weie e"s a gieai menus maue auudm mot ..u : t 3 41 : i i ""-. n,",v'u MUPC crtnn QTlOr . . In London there were quite a few times when we very i . 1 : . 1 : a 1 1 "uwiy ew-Meu, ueinK mi oy uumos. x saw sume 01 uie 1 1 T - JnmnMA j: J J - uawsc uiu, mm incuwuut- . t ...... u wdo '"" ' 'u "cal 'them coming over during the night and would cross my fingers , as I lav in bed until that hummine noise had faded into the distance. Sometimes it would stop suddenwould hear the tprrifie crash. . . Then next, morning we wnuld en out to view the damage. Rnme-i 1 a - o 1 times it. was as rinse as five or siv blocks awav. We were eiven strip 1 . , orders xo Keep away irom windows and mirrors if wf honrrt ; ' 1 (Continued on Page 4. Col Si CLOSE CALL BOSTON (UP) Carpenters, carrying out the orders of a building inspector, boarded up the only exit from the CuDola of Citv Hall

WASHINGTON, Sept. 11. (UP) Point value on cheese will be reduced to zero at midnight tonight, the Office of Price Administration announced today. Lower grades of beef will become ration free before October 1st. Pork chops and Bourbon whiskey are on the way back. These were today's food prospects as the swift elimination of ration controls and forecasts of bumper crops gave Americans assurance that the days of war-time food shortages are quickly drawing to a close.

rv , i o Death OllITllTlOnS . , T . JOSCDn Hi. IllSfDee FAIRBANKS, Ind., Sept. 11. Joseph E. Higbee, 73 years old, died at the home of his son, Don inf 2M5 Smith Rivth Street Torre. Haute at 2:4g 0-clock Monday afternoon. He is survived by the widow Zora; three sons Don of Tprrp Hnntp TiarnlH nf prpmnnt Michigan, and Loren of Fairbankstwo sisters Miss Npllo jHigbee and Miss Therega Higbeej both of Los Angeles, California; on granddaughter, Judy Kay. The body was taken to the Wood Funeral Home at Farmersburg, where funeral services will be held , at , 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon. Burial " will : be in Westlawn Cemetery at Farmersburg. AGAIN PROCESSING YOUTHS FOR V-5 . est of aviation training, valued at $27,000. It will equip youths with an exceptional knowledge of aeronautics that will be invaluable in the post-war world, particularly in a world that is certain to become increasingly more "air minded." The Naval Aviation V-5 pilot training, for accepted applicants, will begin with one year of general college work at an accredited university. Cadets eventually receive an officers commission. ' To be eligible for the Navy's V-5 program, young men must not have reached their 19th birthday by November 1, and must be graduated from high school by October 1. Complete information and application blanks may be obtained from the Naval Aviation Cadet Selection Board, Room 301, Board of Trade Building, Chicago, Illinois. UNCOVERS 1865 SWORD PISGAH, Pa. (UP) What started out as just another routine job turned out to be rather exciting business for Ray Dillman, Pennsylvania Power and Light Co. 'employee. While digging a hole lor a power pole ne uneartned a ... m . . swora 01 me t;ivii war period ana ... , , enmp 1 nnTpflprarp mnnpv "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.)

WASHINGTON, Sept. ll.(UP) The House Interstate Commerce committee today approved a bill to turn the nation's clocks back an hour jto pre-war standard time. Under terms of the measure, introduced by Repr. Lyle Boren, Oklahoma democrat, war ;time would be abolished at 2:00 a. m. on Sunday, September 30. War time one hour later than standard time has been in effect since early February, 1942. j. Acting Chairman Alfred Butwinkle, D., North Carolina,

i said he will try to have the

j morrow. He said he expects speedy passage.

War time was initiated as aidaylight saving device during the emergency. j WASHINGTON, Sept. 11. (UP) The Senate Military Affairs committee today summoned Gen. George Marshall, Army Chief of Staff, to appear tomorrow morning and explain the Army's demobilization lan to the committee. The committee ordered the hearings after a two-hour session which followed sharp congressional criticism of what Congress considers to be the slownes$ of the demobilization programs. The committee held ud approval of proposed promotion of a long list of Army officers to temporary ranks. There have, been mutteringsj in Congress about taking over the whole demobilization job from, the armed services due to the dissatisfaction with the speed and ' method of mustering out the nation's soldiers ?.nd sailors. Then yesterday, President Triiman sent to the Senate the nominations of s;x Brigadier Generals to be temporary Major Generals and 17 Colonels to Brigadier Generals. "Ridiculous," snorted Sen. Edwin Johnson, ranking democrat on the Senate Military jAffairs, committee which will consider the nominations. I "We ought to be demoting instead of promoting Army officers at this stage of the game." Other committee members agreed. They thought it was .useless to expect speedy demobilization as long as top ranks hi the Army were being increase '--rvv -v-- ..i-.-

(By United Press) : A back-to-work movement of Westinghouse Electric Corporation office workers went into reverse today; as the white collar employes renewed their strike. The walkout that started yesterday, ended in the afternoon and broke out again today, threw 12,000 workers into idleness in six offices of Westinghouse. Despite the flareup by the electric manufacturer workers, the total number of workers idled by strikes throughout the nation declined. A United Press survey put the total out of work because of strikes at less than 90,000.

Shake Up State Police Dep't. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Sept. 11. A change in the personnel of the Indiana state police, affecting 28 members of the department, including Ray J. Hinkle of Indianapolis, who was demoted from captain of detectives to detective, was announced yesterday by Col. Austin R. Killian, state police superintendent. Ti 1 1 . y 1 - t 1 . r-i . 1 noDen a. vj iNeai oi speedway City was promoted from IndianaI polis post detective to succeed Mr. Hinkle as captain in charge of the investigation division. Promotions, demotions and transfers, to be effective Saturday, were .made, Col. Killian said, "on the basis of competitive mental examinations, service record" with the department and other qualifications as required by law." Promotions included: Harold Roseberry of Terre Haute, formerly of Sullivan, from trooper to detective at Putnamville post. Other "demotions , Ray G. Fisher, LaGrange (LaGrange), from lieutenant to trooper at Ligonier post: Frank Bruggner, Elkhart (Elkhart), from . first sergeant to trooper at Ligonier post; Raymond Foltz, Terre Haute (Vermillion), from detective to trooper at Putnamville post; Wilborn Bufkiri, Jeffersonville (Warrick), from detective to trooper at Charlestown post; Estel Bemenderfer, Rochester (Fulton), from detective to trooper at Ligonier post; Edward Rose, Bluffton (Wells), from detective to trooper at Ligonier pst, and Donald Winn, Seymour (Jefferson), from Seymour post detective to the headquarters identification division.'

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Malaya, Burma Surrender Near LONDON, Sept. 11. (UP) A BBC dispatch . from Singapore said today that Adm. Lord Louis j Mountbatten will accept the j Japanese surrender for the Southeast Asia Command Theater tomorrow. BBC said the territory involved embraces 1.500,000 square miles, presummably including Malaya and Burma, and area containing 120,000,000 people. Approximately 100,000 Allied prisoners of war were believed to be in that area, along with 84,000 civilians whose names are known, to British authorities and another 60,000 civilians not yet identified. The dispatch said the Southeast Asia Command had inflicted an estimated 310,000 casualties on the Japanese since the war started, with about half the number killed. ' MAN IS FINED FOR DEFRAUDING NEWSBOY WORTHINGTON, Ind., Sept. 11 In the first case of its kind in ;a local court, Cellas White, of West Washington Street, was fined $5 and costs m the circuit court Monday on his plea of guilty to a charge of defrauding a newsboy and made payment of the money which the 1 affidavit claimed he owed a Herald news carrier. . .The fine and costs amounted to $17.60. and the amount of the paper bill was $1.30. Both 'were paid. , The affidavit was filed under an Indiana statute enacted a few years ago which makes it unlawful to defraud a news boy. The carrier was Willard Williams, who lives on West Walnut Street.

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Death Yesterday TERRE HAUTE, Ind., Sept. 11. Mrs. Ida May McDonald, 38 years old, was accidentally killed by electrocution yesterday afternoon when she attempted to turn on an electric table lamp while ' taking a bath at the residence,! 2530 Schaal Avenue. The body was found by the woman's husband, Elwood L. McDonald, when he returned home shortly before 2 o'clock. It was lying in a depth of four or five inches of water with the electric cord lying across it. Police reported that apparently 1 the woman was attempting to turn on the light in a brass and glass lamp when the mishap occurred. Following an inquest Coroner D. M. Ferguson returned a verdict of accidental death due to electrocu-j tion. The body was taken to the Thomas Funeral Heme where funeral services will be held at 1:30 o'clock Wednesday afternoon, with the Rev. R. C. Mowery officiating. Burial will be in Highland Lawn Cemetery. ' Besides the husband she is survived by a son, Howard Gordon McDonald, and the parents, Mr.' and Mrs. Frank Richardson, of . Sullivan, Ind. '." : The victim of the tragic accident grew to womanhood here and graduated from the Sullivan high school in 1925. The Richardson' home, where the parents still reside, is a short distance west of, Sullivan on the West Johnson St. road. States End Wrangle On , River Strip LOUISVILLE, Ky., (UP) Today the State of Kentucky collects the taxes on an isolated strip of "No Man's Land" lying 1 north of the Ohio River next to Indiana. But the state has won' the right ' to claim this strip, only by settlement of a legal wrangle that started many years ago when Nature and time combined to obliterate the original boundary of 1792 separating the two states. The disputed boundary case went to several courts, including a test in the U. S. Supreme Court and was ended only when the legislatures of the two states recently named a joint commission to decide the ownership. Called "No Man's Land" because it , never has had much policing, the property several I thousand acres lies about half way between Henderson, Ky., asd Evansville, Ind. Today, it is populated with a few farm families, augumented by several night clubs which serve both cities. Surveyors set the original boundary at the low-water mark I on the north side of the Ohio River. Through the years, the river changed its course drastic ally, leaving Kentucky soil on what, residents called the Indiana j . side of the stream. Kentucky, .however, continued crossing the river to make arrests and collect I I taxes, i I jn ' 1890 the U. S. Supreme ; Court decided the strip belonged , to the Bluegrass state. I In the 1890s, the strip was in ' dispute again, this time when . Kentucky attempted collection of i taxes on the Evansville, Ind., : water works, located in "doubtfur territory. The case never reached any final court action, , however, because the two legis'latures in 1942 and 1943 sessions authorized the commission which re-set the boundary, along the( lines of the original, as best asi could be determined. . '

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"The Razor" Blasts Gaping Wound Below Heart As U. S. Military Police Demand Entrance To Home To Arrest Him.

YOKOHAMA, Sept. 11. (UP) Former Premier Tojo arrived in an ambulance at the 98th Evacuation hospital at 10:30 p. m. His condition was unchanged.

' TOKYO, Sept. 11. (UP) Gen. Hideki Tojo, former Premier, who launched Japan into war against the United States with the Pearl Harbor sneak attack, blasted a gaping wound below his heart in a suicide attempt today, but hours later an American doctor said he had a good chance to live.

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through his body, Tojo assumed responsibility for the Pa

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"The Razor," as Tojo was p. m. when. American military his home in suburban Tokyo to

war criminal. ' The Japanese Domei News Agency said Tojo was expected to die at any time. But Capt. James Johnson, a 1st Cavalry doctor who attended him, said more than two hours after the shooting: "Tojo has a pretty good chance of being saved." Johnson said the bullet may have nicked the lower edge of the heart but it would not be serious if the lining were not punctured.

Gill Resident Called In Death Mrs. Arty M. Drury, 76-year-old resident of Gill Township, succumbed this morning at 10:30 o'clock at her home in the Riverton community following an extended illness. Mrs. Drury had lived in Gill township during her entire lifetime where she was well known. Surviving are three daughters, Mrs. Alice Norton of West Terre Haute, Mrs. Thelma Spencer of Merom and Mrs. Mary Anderson of Dexter, Indiana; two sons, William Virgil Drury and H. V. Drury of Brazil; twenty-four grandchildren; thirteen greatgrandchildren and four great-great-grandchildren. The body was brought to the Railsback Funeral Home where it was prepared for burial and where it now lies in state pending completion of funeral arrangements which will be announced later. SOU, CONSERVATION DISTRICT BOARD TO MEET FRIDAY HERE The, Sullivan County Soil Conservation District Board of Supervisors will hold their organization meeting at the office of the County Agricultural Agent in the Court House Friday evening, Sept. 14. This will be the first official meeting of the newly elected board. After officers are elected, the board will discuss the soil conservation program for the district and consider farm work plans to be presented by W. E. Arganbright, conservationist for the Sullivan County district. Board members of the Soil Conservation District are C. O. Drake, Harold Eno, Dana R. Pigg, B. Edgar Strain and Henry O. Gettinger. R. O. Cole of the Purdue University Soil Conservation Extension Division and Ward Studor, District Conservationist of the Soil Conservation Service will also attend the meeting.

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ar a revolver bullet wound clear known, shot himself at 4:21 police demande4 entrance to arrest him as Japan's No. 1 A Japanese doctor was the first medical man after the shooting to reach Tojo's villa, where he was living as a gentleman farmer. He administered first aid, but refusedto do anything more because Tojo said he wanted to die. i Johnson came next in an American ambulance and sutured what he called a "sucking wound" in the lower chest. Tojo grimaced in pain as Johnson stitched the wound. He gasped out his admission of responsibility for the Pacific war during a momentary return to consciousness 23 minutes . after the shooting. "I wanted to die by the sword, but the pistol had to do," he said. "I assume the responsibility for the war. I now realize the war was bad for the people. I am now happy to die. Banzai." Then he lapsed into unconsciousness again. Tojo shot himself only four hours after Gen. Douglas MacArtthur, moving swiftly to smash Japanese militarism, had ordered his arrest as the start of a general roundup of Japanese war criminals. The American occupation army, now more than 100,000 strong, rapidly was taking over all of . the main Japanese home island of Honshu. AT GEN. TOJO'S HOUSE, TOKYO, Sept. 11. (UP) Gen. Hideki Tojo, seriously wounded but still living, was removed from his home in an American ambulance at 7:30 p. m. today. A few minutes earlier a U. S. Army doctor said the former Premier stood a good chance of surviving the bullet wound he inflicted on himself a few hours earlier. Four stretcher bearers loaded Tojo into the ambulance for transportation to the First Medical Squadron of the 1st Cavalry Division. OI DIVORCES DROP ' GEORGE FIELD, LAWRENCEVILLE, 111. Divorce statistics for the month of August in the city of Vincennes show a sharp downward trend as far as personnel of George Field are concerned. Only two of the male applicants in the service asking for divorces were from this base.

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