Sullivan Daily Times, Volume 47, Number 195, Sullivan, Sullivan County, 2 October 1945 — Page 1

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News Of Our Men And Women With The Colors

K TRANSFERRED Edmund W. James, S 2c, I, has been stationed at Sampson, f N. Y. has been transferred to Charleston, S. C. His address is fjas follows: I Edmund W. , James S 2c, Separation Center , Naval Air Station, Charleston, S. C. I Posthumous Honors Given .': Sgt. J. R.York Sergeant John R. Ycrk of the 10l5t Airborne Division who was j killed during the battle of the j Eulge in -Belgium was psthum- ' ously awarded the Brcnze Star ( j Medal in ceremoniES at Fort , I Benjamin Harrison Sunday aft'tpmoon. Captain F. J. Luchowski, I post adjutant, presented the I decoration to the soldier's imother, Mrs.' Hazel Stout of 100J. College Avenue, Indianapolis. ' Toward "fas made for Men-, flLtQri?)us.u;.servfce -to-, onnec!tioil with tmhiarv . operations' iruni June 6, 1944 to December 19, i(1944 in France, Holland and Belgium. . y Sgt. York was Inducted at Fort Harrison on July 21, 1942 and ;. after training at Toccoa, Ga., uttua, yja.. Fort Benning, Ga., and Camp MeCall, N. C, he went overseas in September of 1943. He was a pradiiat? of Midland Hieh School east of Sullivan. ; A brother, Machinist Mate Third Class William E. York is now at Camp Bradford, Va af!r ter participating in the Sicilian jand French invasions. "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.) i Cpl. John M. McKinney has been discharged from the service after spending 28 months overseas. Ha is now at home with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John .Mc- ! Kinney.

Farm Price Outlook In 1946 Topic Of Joint Sullivan-Greene Meeting

i What is the price outlook for farmers in 1945? This question confronts SulliVan County farmers and homeI makers, and also the business and profession people in this community, declared County Agent J. Howard Telfer in announcing plans for the Agricultural Meeting to be held the evening of October 16 at 7:30 o'clock . in the Library at Linc . . i t : j -,, 4-.r farmers will have a jointmeeting. i 'Many farmers will welcome this opportunity to discuss the outlook for major farm products as a basis for planning their 1946 crop and livestock program, Teffer said. Present for the outlook discussion will be J. B. Kohlmeyer of the Agricultural Economics Department, Purdue University who will discuss such factors as the general economic situation; feed

COAL AND OIL

STRIKES GROW MORE Double Blow Cur tails Nation's Fuel Supply; Mine Foremen Strike In Four States. (By United Press) A double blow curtailed the nation's fuel supply today as strikes in coal mines and oil refineries grew more serious hourly. Nearly 90,000 soft coal miners were away from the pits in Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Ohio and Kentucky as mine foremen struck to gain recognition for their United Mine Workers-affiliated union. Estimates on daily production lost raneed ud to 500.000 tons. I j The shutdown hit nearly every major field in West Virginia,' where 100 mines were down and. about 25,000 miners idle. Pennsylvania had 104 mines closed. Five Ohio pits already were down . , and a state-wide shutdown was tnref onecl- Production stopped m cuuuu.. - Thpsf and othor strikps hrousht the number of idle workers across the nation to about 440.000. a New developments included: i A spreading wildcat strike , ,. j "s 'v"''"' Wlln a comraci negoxiaiea oy tneir union. tiea UP loading and

York ieis. . Some 6,500 C.I.O. electrical workers struck two New Jersey firms for a $2.00 a day wage increase. More than 1,000 New York City bus drivers began a slow-down to double decker buses. Serviee was being 'restored to about 250,000 electric power users in Texas as the company hired new men to replace strik- ; ers. Union leaders Said additional ; oil strikes were imminent on the j west coast and acknowledged new j shutdowns in. Oklahoma and the eastern . oil. fields ! A minor back-to-work move-; i ment was under way at the strikebound Kesley-Hayes Wheel Co., Detroit, which might clear the I way for resumption of supplies to

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iC ruiu iviuuu u., wucic ju.uuu gullivan County has been cut have been laid off. About 100 of from 75 to 30 boxes, due to the a normal shift of 2,500 reported rapid demobilization. At a specyesterday in the first break in iai meeting it was decided to the 39-day-old Kelsey - Hayes devide the Countv into ten units.

walkout. ; supplies; the hog situation; beef (cattle feeding prospects; farm 'real estate prices; the poultry situation and the dairy outlook. An analysis will also be made of the long-time prospects for farm prices and income. After the last world war a short period of post-war inflation, followed rapidly falling prices, brought financial difficulties to many farmers. This period ls still fresh in the minds of some farmers, and they will want to consider . 1 I 1. 1 i i : .trends so as to avoid similar difficulties after World War II. Every farmer and homemaker in the country is invited to attend and participate in the outlook discussion. Those who do not find it convenient to attend this meeting may find it possible to attend the outlook conference at Terre Haute on October 15 or at Vincennes on October 22.

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WISE IS SUFFICIENT The average paid circula- . tion of the Daily Times for the 12 months preceding October 1, 1945, as shown in .the sworn statement of owner- 1 ship, management and circulation published yesterday was 4,582. This figure stands far , above any' other advertising medium in the Sullivan counJy trade area. The fact that this newspaper gives complete county-wide news coverage that no other paper provides makes its value as an advertising medium doubly effective. Times circulation strictly paid circulation, meaning that it is the medium that is wanted and is read, thereby making it an even grcajter asset to the advertisers. The Times is widely circulated in all communities and every rural area of Sullivan ' county. It is delivered on the same day of publication to subscribers in Shelburn, Dugger, Merom, Carlisle and Paxton. Wise advertisers are joining the growing army of enterprising firms who have found that the results they want can be secured through the columns of the Times. Rotarians Hear About Ski Troops' Part In The War -Technical Sergeant William P. (Gusl Hash of Sullivan, rpnpntlv ' j:u. " Z V ' I Liiscnai iit?u li iiin ii r i mv Hirpr ( overseas service in Italy, spoke ! before the Sullivan Rotary club J at their Monday luncheon meet ing at the Davis Hotel. Hash served with the 10th Mountain division auring training in tms couniry ana witn tne 7tutn Mountain Ordnance Maintenance Co. of the training of the ski-troops and their progress through the mountains of Italy during the European conflict proved of unusual interest to his hearers Monday. Rotarian C. E. Foutch was program chairman for the megng Guests introduced were Lt. William Springer, recently dis-i-uitrgeu irum xne iavy; L.i. Robert Weathers and Col. Paul Bennett of Farmersburg, nephew of H. V. Bennett of Sullivan. QUOTA OF G I yjyj ' gQXFS 1 IS REDUCED Notice has been sent to the ,township chairman of Camp & Hospital Council that the quota of a j Christmas Boxes for (nine townships and' Sullivan city) and each unit ask their organizations for cash donations. It is hoped these organizations will respond at once so the gift purchasing committee can buy the gifts. These boxes must be packed and on their way by Oct. 20. Please send donations to your township' . chairman or to the Red Cross Office at Court House." AMATEUR SHOW AT FARMERSBURG H. SV The Music Department of the Farmersburg High School is sponsoring an amateur contest at 9:00 P. M. October 19th in the gymnasium. Those wishing to participate in the show may write to the Farmersburg High School. Prizes will be given. NEW SUITS Lavena Irene Ragsdale vs. James O. Ragsdale. Complaint for divorce.

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LONDON, Oct. 2. (UP) A French spokesman today accused Russia of attempting "last minute blackmail" at the Foreign Ministers Council and the conference appeared doomed to end in almost complete failure. Some delegates predicted that the ministers would call it quits after today's session regardless of its outcome and leave for their respective capitalsU. S. Secretary of State James F. Byrnes was known to have a speaking engagement in New York City Thursday evenfng. Both French and other Allied sources said Russia

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A source present at last night's session which finally in Merom 53 years. She was the broke up at three a. m. today said Russia deliberately widow of Ben Wesner. thwarted every effort at compromise among the foreign' The body was taken to the minrsters by submitting new and far-reaching demands. 'Billman Funeral Home in SulliI van and was returned to the resit .

WASHINGTON, Oct. 2. in the House Ways and Means

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Some committee members, notably on the republican side, were co'ol to Secretary of the Treasury .Fred M. Vinson's proposal that individual tax rer'ef be given through repeal of the three per cent normal tax next year. Submitting the administration's post-war transition tax to the committee yesterday, Vinson said repeal of the normal tax would relieve about 12,061,061 of those now subject to income tax from all tax liabilities. The normal tax an outgrowth of the war-time victory tax. imposes a three per cent levy on income in excess of $300 and allows no exemption for dependents.

MacArthur Demands Full Accounting Of Jap War Production Since 1941

TOKYO, Oct. 2. (UP) Gen. Douglas MacArthur today demanded a full accounting of Japanese war production since 1941 and a comDlete inventory of remaining weapons and equipment. He also ordered the Japanese government to confiscate the entire September issue of a widely - circulated Japanese magazine on grounds that it contained an article "Inimical to the interest of the occupation forces." The government itself was coming under increasing Japanese criticism for alleged inefjficiency in carrying out MacArthur's directives. One influential Tokyo newspaper demanded its immediate resignation. Eighth Army, medical officers, meantime, confirmed as "legiti-1

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The Courtdl of Foreign Min- : .!: tuiniiiuiuquc uii n uccisiwiis. throw all the problems of peace (UP) A contest was shaping committee today oyer the pol,mate" the serious heart ailment of "Pearl Harbor" Foreign Minister Togo, one of the two princij pal Japanese war criminals who have not yet surrendered to the American occupation forces. Togo is confined in his Tokyo home. WAR'S OVER SIGN INDIANAPOLIS (UP) Department store customers are having their , inning again now that the war is over. One told of an Indianapolis department store delivery man who cut across her lawn recently: "I've been patient for three years now, but the war's over. Young man, you just walk -around by the walk," she shouted. The delivery man was 45, but lie obeyed.

Pat Hyatt, he examines a wartime model of a "blind-pig" exploding tank. (International Soundphoto.) Death Summons Mrs. Lillie Wesner At Merom Monday Mrs.i Lillie M. Wesner, 65 years old, died at her home at Merom at. 4:30 o'clock Monday afternoon. She , is. survived by two daughters, Mrs. Myrtle Lewellyn of Sullivan and Mrs. Ethel Turpen of Merom; three sons, ' ' Floyd Wesner, Lawrence Wesner and Col. Willard Wesner, all of Merom; nine grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. Charles Pierson of Palestine, 111., and Miss Grace Bogard of Merom; and four brothers, Milton Bogard of Palestine, 111., and Carrie, Hall and Troy Bogard, all of- Merom. A native of Ohio, she had lived dence today. Funeral services will be held at the Merom Methodist Church at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon. Buriai will be in the Merom Cemetery. Sixth Annual Nat'l (October

Throughout the war, your newspaper's headlines, news and editorial columns kept you posted on every turn of events. They reported to you the losses and gains; the victories and the setbacks; the background details and interpretations of cause and effect. Honest, specific and realistic, the newspaper in our country is as free as the air we breathe; it has been a weapon toward Victory in time of war, and it continues to serve as a beacon lighting the way to continued freedom for all the people of the world. Just as you have maintained an avid interest in every news detail about the war continue to show equal interest in the progress of our country and all countries during peacetime. Because' it is only by being well informed about every development in national and world affairs that you can fulfill your personal responsibilities in helping tc keep the peace which has been so hard won . . . the peace which must be permanent if our civilization is to survive at all. Look to ycur newspaper for news . . . the world looks to you and every American for peace.

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Advocated Keeping Nazis In Some Adrninstrative Posts As jVIilitary Governor Of Bavaria; 15th Army Is Now Virtually iNcn-Existent Force. FRANKFURT, Germany, Oct. 2. (UP) Gen. George S. Patton has been relieved of his U. S. 3rd Array Command ; and the concurrent military governorship of Bavaria, where lie advocated keeping Nazis in some administrative posts, it was announced today. Patton is being shifted from Bavaria to the command of the U- S. 15th Army a virtually non-existent force, consisting of little more than a headqquarters detachment which is writing a report of U. S. participation in the European war. Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower late today announced . his decision in Patton's case. It was a 'severe punishment for the hot-headed, loose-tongued Patton, who appeared before Eisenhower last Friday to explain his defiance of headquarters orders to purge Bavaria of Nazis. Lt. Gen. Lucian K. Trustott, for- . , j mer commander of the U. S. 5th VlCIOry DOnCl Army in Italy, was named comr , j mander of the U. S. 3rd Army and VUOta AnnOUnCeCl of the Eastern Military District in the American occupation zone of

Sullivan County War FN nance Committee Chairman Gus Lowry announced today Sullivan County's war bond quota in the coming Victory Loan Drive. $382,600.00 is the over-all county quota including corporation sales for the Victory Drive that opens October 29th and continues through December 8th. E bond quota in the Victory Drive will amount to $162,000 with individuals being dependent upon for at least $297,900 in purchases in the Victory round-up of bond sales. Plan your campaign here while our boys carry out the victory "over there". MARRIAGE LICENSES George A. Shoptaw, Carlisle R. 1, discharged soldier, and Juanita Nixen, Carlisle, at home. Harley James, Center Point, Indiana, farmer and Margaret B. Fritts, Shelburn R. 1, maid. Newspaper Week 1 to 8.) TDHJCH QF

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I Germany, succeeding Patton.' I' i The' transfer of , Patton ; meant - that he had been banished from l the American occupation zone and removed from any position of authority over the Germans. The handful' of headquarters I troops which he will head as 15th J Army Commander are stationed i west of the Rhine at Bad Neuenahr, near the Remagen bridge in the middle of the French occupa tion zone. The 15th Army's headquarters remained there when all of its troops were discharged'' or deployed in July. 1 . .' reWabash Valley Joint Teachers Institute Sat. TERRE HAUTE, Ind., Oct. 2.I.The sixth annual Wabash Valley Joint Teachers Institute will be held Saturday, Oct. 6 in the ( Student Union Building at Ind iana &tate Teachers College. Campus host for the institute is the Caleb Mills chapter of Futura Teachers of America. Forenoon session starts at 9:30 o'clock and will feature an address by Dr. Paul Rowland, who lived 20 years in Japan and 13 years in the Balkans. His topic will be "Japan, Problem Child of the Orient." Speaker for the afternoon session starting at 1 o'clock will be Robert Kazmayer, lecturer, author and traveler. His topic will be "Emerging Europe and What it Means to the United States." Mr. Kazmaver is the ' author of the recently published book "Out of the Clouds", a realistic . approach to the problems of the post-war world. He has just returned to the States after spending most of last summer in Europe. j Other features of the institute ; are special music, sound motion pictures and a drama presented by the college drama group. County Sunerintendent Jessa Boston of Sullivan is one of the cooperating administrators for the institute. HOSPITAL NOTES Admitted Oct. 1: Mrs. Rex Truelock of 501 North Section Street. , I Dismissed Oct. 1: Ronald Swaeby of Linton Route 3.