The Daily Banner, Greencastle, Putnam County, 26 February 1945 — Page 2
rHE D/JiY BANNER, GREENCASTIE, INDIANA. MONDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1945.
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Manila Again In American Hands
MANILA, Feb. 26 - (UP) — With Manila virtually cleaned up, American troops pushed into the footh.lls of the Sierra Madres mountains east of the capital today in an assault on the 25-m.le long Kobayashi line. Units of the First Calvary an 1 Sixth Infantry Division were attacking tile Japanese l.ne from Taytay, two miles north of Laguna Bay, to Norzagaray, ID miles northeast of Manila. In tha meantime, the 11th Airtorne Division continued its rapid drive southward along th • west coast of Laguna Bay and crossed the Juan River, 15 miles belcw Muntinlupa. Th:' thniit brought the airborne units with-
in five miles of Los Banos, wheic another sensational liberation ot Allied internees was carried out Friday. ~In resuming" the drive ^toward Luzon's east toast, the Sixth In fantrymen captured Montlban 11 miles northeast of Manila and pushed on through San Isidro, a mile to the north. Fighter- bombers and 'divebombers steadily supported the troops as they ga.ned as much as five miles at some points in the thrust through the Marikina watershed. The cavalrymen, hitting th» .southern end of the Japanese line, en - sintered considerable opposition especially around Ant polo, thre- miles northract of Taytay, where the enemy defens, es were described as the ‘-Cleverest and most effective” on Luz-
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We do well to think the same thoughts: How precious are thy thoughts unto me. — Psalm 139:17.
[Personal and LOCAL NEWS BRIEFS
Mlcnael Wayne Early of Indianapolis is visiting with Mr. and Mrs. Donald Gorham and daugh-
ters.
Misses Nancy and Sailie Tuck-
er have moved to the Durham i iam stiles, 201 West Home at Crawfordsville, where ] gtreet, tonight at 8 o'clock. Mrs.
SOCIETY Home Study Club .Meet* Tonight The Home and Child Study Club will meet tonight at the home of Mrs. Fred Fechtman at
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Officers Wives Club To Meet Tonight The Officers Wives Club will meet with Mrs. N. Huckleberry. 306 North Jackson street tonignt at 8 o’clock.
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Auxiliary To .Meet Tonight The American Legion Auxiliary will meet tonight at 8 o’clock at the Legion Club house.
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Twentieth Century Club Meets Wednesday The Twentieth Century Club will meet Wednesday afternoon, at 2:30 o’clock with Mrs. C. M. McClure. The program, “The Challenge To The Church,” will be given by Mrs. John Tennant and Mrs. Omer Beck.
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Mothers Sludy Club Meets Tonight The Mothers Study Club will meet at the home of Mrs. W.l-
Walnut
they will make their future
home.
Dr, L. R. Eckardt left Sunday for the East where he will address DePauw alumni groups in Cleveland. New York and Phil-
adelphia, Pa.
Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Dunlavy of
Frank Deem has charge Of the
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A. A. U. W. To .Meet Tuesday
The Greencastle Branch of A. (A. U. W. will meet at the
— — - - » . home of Miss Mildred Dimmick, North Manchester, Ind., are in 1 Bloomington street, Tuesday, I Greencastle due to the Illness of i February 27th. Mrs. Joe MoCord J. E. Dunlavy. E. B. Dunlavy is i W j] ij e j„ charge of the program.
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Weddings
Mr. and Mrs. Norman Clark, Coatesville, R. 3, 6 years Sunday, February 25th.
Birthdays
Florence Jean Lady. 15 years! jt> fourth amphibious landing of Sunday. February 25th. J the war on the beaches of aouth-
Mrs. William Holt, Indiana
St. Road, February 24.
Mrs. Clyde Cain. 1114 S. College Avenue, 38 years today,
February’ 28th.
publisher of the News Journal in
North Manchester.
Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Lawson of Boston, Mass., Miss Nan Robbins of Louisville, Ky., Miss Martha Barnaby and Mrs. E. R. G.lrr.artin of Arlington, Va., are here, called by the death of
Charles H. Barnaby.
“The Place Of A Women In The
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W. R. C. To Meet Tuesday The W. R. C. willimeet Tuesday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at the Putnam I. O. O. F. Hall.
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Mis. Flora Lewman of Bain-. GrpenHburK sorority budge, R. 1, has received word ; ,>| ed(fes Lot . a , Glrl
from her son. Lt. Richard Lew-1 Mrs. John Shirk Shortle, formman. saying that he has been j erly Miss Marjorie Lee Reeves wounded in his left hand and , of Greencastle. was pledged by arm. This is the second time j Omega Chapter of the Tri Kappa Lt. Lewman has been wounded. 1 aororlty at Greensburg last
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yin rsi fOtOftS) 6TH ARMY GROUP, FRANCE —I?laying a leading role in the organization of a vast network of defenses in the French Alp.-: along the Franc,o-Italian fcopter, an Engineer Combat Battalion of the 44th Antiaircraft Artillery Brigade—part of Lt. Gen. Jacob L. Dovers' 6th Army Group — In this group, H. Robert E. Reid of Greencastle, Ind., is ga ning a reputation as “the doughboys’ right hand.” In its present positions in the French Alps, the men of the battalion are fighting in bitter weather with a fort.tude that is comparable to their ability as
combat engineers.
T ;rough some of the most difficult fighting terrain in th'-> world -twist.ng mountain trails, snow covered ridges, and innumerable points that are “naturals" for enemy ambushes J — these combat engineers have [ cleared minefields, constructed I by-passes, repaired roads and constructed bridges to facilitate I troop movements. At the same . Utc, guard.ng against any pos-j sible German counter-attack';, j mines are laid, barbed-wire en-1 tanglements are stretched along \ strategic rj'aces, aand bridg-'^j and roads are prepared for de-'
molition.
Commanded by Major Willard
To Evei’y Resident of This Community WE OFFER A Complete, Quick, Convenient and Courteous Loan Service. We Invite You To See Us. INDIANA LOAN COMPANY 19F. E. Washington Street. Phon^
_>rn France. Striking north into p E 0 Mi'etlaj France the men covered more , i^ ]rt j-j. Evening
than 150 miles In the first ten days of fighting, taking more than 4.000 prisoners and setting a pace that has brought them to the threshold of Germany in
record time.
P. E. O. will meet at 7:30 F M. Wednesday. Feb. 28th, with Mrs. Simpson Stoner. Me.r.toer* please note change of meeting place. Mrs. V. L. Raphael. Mr* Jesse Hawkins and Mrs. Ferd Lucas will be in charge of the
program.
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STRIKE HITS GARY
GARY, Ind., Feb. 26—(UP) A strike of approximately 450 workers at the coke plant of the Carnegie-Illinois Steel Gorp., today threatened to chut off the city’s supply of cooking gas and
there were approximately S50,- j halt work in several war plants. 000 nurses serving in hospitals c.ty officials said* thers was
KNOW YOt R RED CROSS In the peacetime year of 1940,
throughout the United States. Today, many of those nurses are on duty with the arr.ed farces. To take up the slack, the Red Cross has trained aver 150,C00 nurse's aides who are now j enrolled n the Volunteer Nurse s Aide Corps helping to relieve | the shortage of nurses in hos- 1
pitals at home.
This is only one of the many services performed by the American Red Cross.
only a thne-e day reserve of cook-
ing gas .n tanks.
Reds Push On
LONDON, Feb. 26. Soviet armored forces
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Pushed u ss 01 Ig
Baltic today in a powerful dn to split Germany’s northern i I
lenses.
Tanks and infantry st ruck through Pomerania for the Bv tic after reaching the N&a ^ based on tne Danzig-Stettin mi. way at a point midway betwe™ those two big seaports. A thrust to the sea in thknm I would slice off the northeaster, Up of Germany, along with w Polish Corridor and the frj state of Danzig. Tens of thoav ands of German troops i„ area would be cut off escape except by sea.
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CARD OF THANKS
We wish to extend our most sincere thank to our friends, to the Rev. Mr. Tennant, the singers and Mr. McCurry for their assistance and words of comfort in the death of our father, Henry
C. Fox.
Mr. and Mrs. William J. Akers
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GRATEFUL WOMEN AND MEN HEAP PRAISES Of) “NATURAL” MEDIdll
The first due to burns he receiV'
Shortage of help forces Kenneth Johnson, vicV-president of the Wright Coal Co., in Chicago to work as a laborer one one of the company's trucks. In this particular job, Johnson shovels coal into the basement of the Union Cl 1 ib, where he is a m’-mber, A door
STETTINIUS ON WAY
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Thursday night as the organiza-
td on his hands and face, and Gon celebrated its 38th enniver-
iater he received the Purple sary.
^ ear *- | Mrs. Shortle w'Ss presented a Mrs. Louise K. Hamilton has shoulder bouquet of white carreceived word from her sister, | nations the sorority f i ower . Mrs. Laura Hamilton, Marshall-1 At a dlnner party which fol _ ville, saying that her son, Pfc. ■ lowed a newspaper theme was Sanuel Hamilton was killed j yged, as Mrs. Shortle’s husband January 17th in Sa.nt Vallery j s C jt y ed jtor of the Greensburg En Caux, France in a train ac- Dajly News A p rinted sign on cident. - fs. Hamilton was born the door announced to the memin Putnam county and attended bers that they were entering the Putnam county schools. He has office of Kappa Kandid Koms.x other broth.rs is the strvica. rnents and various rooms weie S Sgt. Robeit C. Sponsel. Jr., designated as Ad Alley, Make-up husband of Mrs. Maxine Me- Hoorn, City Desk. Composing Gaughey Sponsel. niece of Mrs. Koom, Editorial Room. Morgue | Clifford Reeves of Bainbridge. R. ond Cutting Room.
I, arrived in port Wednesday, in
When actual users of a medicine tell how it has helped them, you have the strongest possible evidence of that medicine's effectiveness. The following statements about Vola-Vin—th-? famous scientific compound of 12 health-giving herbs—are typical of a very large number of similar reports received from grate-
ful users—
MISS ISABELLE HARMESON, Route 7, Anderson. Ind., ’ says: 'T read about Vola-Vin in : the Andvrson paper. I tried one ’ botth'. and it helped me so rapid1 ly that I went and bought an-
i other one. I had been troubled The Washington Township : with indigestion, poor sleep. Farmers Institute was held Wed- j and lack °f PfP; ® ut , r- u 1 „ Vola-Vin has relieved all thvse r.esday, feb. 14, at the Reelsvihe | jjj s j| y appetite a nd digestion
White, 2519 Harris Blvd., Aust.n, j High School. j are better, and I sleep soundly. Texa.-, the battalion is a com ! Th nrncrratT , „„ fniir, .«• i ^PGH VAUGHN, 4119
The program was as follows. College Ave., Indianapolis, Ind para live newcomer to the bat- M(JBic by the High School 0 rOeficlds of Europe However, in- chcstra djrected b Mrg Helpn
tense training in all types of rrell . w 0 M11U of Purdue | » P 00 '^ |^ - hu idinsr bo^* - • nsicl nc&(l3.cncs &nd 16C* psins— nnugt bu.iaino, assault boa. university spoke on “The Other | ju;t felt terrible all over. But af-
Fellow’s Job,” followed by Mrs. 1 ter taking Vola-Vin I’m better in Edith Cullison of Plymouth, ! e y er y . wa y' Paib® are all gone, I
INSTITUTE HELD
states: “I was badly run down before I heard of Vola-Vin. I had
crossings, and infantry tactics have given it a fundation for
coping w ith almost any k‘nd of j 8l T bjec 7 was '.jcV an Ar't", i ^ Tt enemy action. TT t, r u ’ more re K uIar - M y w °r k is a lot
This Growing Up. 1 ’ Lunch was i pleasanter, too.”
served by the junior on 1 senior i MRS. MARY M. STOUT, 406 classes. i E - Wysor, St., Muncie, Ind
Lt. Wayne E. Ader of Bainbridge was among the graduates of the Educational and Physical
Reconditioning courses at the the direction of Mrs. Jarrell sang
School for Personal Services at Lexington, Va.. last week. The term “Reconditioning” as
r.ced by the Suigeon General de- gave a talk on “Living Togethnotes those activities beyond the er.”
says: "I was nervous and run
After noon the Glee club under ■ down. After doing my housework
and canng for my son I felt all
, , , fagged out. But now, after takseveral numbers. Mr. Mills again ing Vola-Vin, I can do my job
spoke on “Developing Community Leadership.’’ Mis. Cullison
scope of the usual medical and Oral McCullough was chosen
, The tables were covered with surgical tieatmcnt carried on in an membership solicitor. Offt,iic Lut'd .States from a prison newspaper. Centerpieces wet.- Array Service Force stations re- cers elected were president. camp 1,1 Leimany, whete he had wood type bearing the initial If onal, general and convalescent George Rissler; vice-president,
been since his —
and still feel swell wh’.n the day is through. Thanks a million for the wonderful things Vola-Vin has done for me.” Mode From
Herbs
brought relief t 0 countlesj me I and women who suffered tortu. I es from bloating gas, (onstip|.| tion, muscular pa 1 3, upsetij»J| dizzy spells, low energy, ujl other ills, where duv to fault! I elimination. ■ Taken as directed, Voli-Vh I helps to eliminate poisons hi I foster stomach troubles, and a sists the liver, kidneys, and hotels to their normal function | Thus It aids the • ntire systH»-| helps to bring new pep and*I ergy and make yon feel iiktil different man or woman, van I
younger.
One of the most amaaxl things tbout Vola-Vin is tin I speed with which it gets result! I Time and time aga:n, users*!I they are simply astounded k| Vola-Vin's fast action-at fel “double quick" relief they om tained from gas bloat, sour slot-1 ach, aches and pains, nijhMtsi Ing, dizziness, weak spells, ml other miseries where the ciutl is non-organic and non-system* | due to poor elimination. Gets Results •• Even In Stubborn Cases. In some cases of exception I long standing, Vola-Vin mayfej quire a some-what longer petW I to bring full and complete a I lief, Yet 'even in many such Is I stances, this remarkable medieHtl has helped bring about a rtpiij Improvement that is little siw | of miraculous. Vola-Vin is recummended »i I sold by Audrid Fb-onor. Th» Rl-1 all Store, at 2 W. Wa^injtnl
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Aids Entire System Help yourself to health. Kiwi
Vola-Vin is called a “natural” < what it is like to really Bn I medicine because it is made from again! Start today by g’dtiflltj the lulces of 12 of Nature’s finest bottle of fast-acting, remit'|
nlane wkj shot ,, , “ “ = ' * ui isaiure s rmesi ooiue or lasi-ai iiiis. ‘ , 1 ‘ K and places were found by in- ' pitals to prepare oui sick and VVm. McElroy; secretary, Crctie health-giving h”r'os. This gentle getting Vola-Vin. One bottk «l
down November 2nd. Sgt. Spon-1 iUa ls of members in type. Fav-
suffered the loss of his left
arm.
Richard H. Whelan, T Sgt. of
the Air Corps is expected to ar-1 events,
live at Camp Atterbury tomoi- .j. .j, ... .j.
row and thence come to Green-1 Celebrates 80th
Birthday Sunday
ors were miniature newspapers j duty or to civilian life.
' containing past and present
and 1 datives, after spending 12 months over-seas as a Flight Engineer and Gunner on a B-24 Liberator bomber. He has flown 40 missions and has more than
Sgt. or, i ;ewg items concerning sorority j FIFTH AIR FORCE SER-
VICE COMMAND,- PHILIPPINES ISLANDS Russell i?. Cline, of Poland, Indiana, has b on promoted to Staff Sergeant He is a member of a unit of the F fth Air (Fores Service O. n-
mand in the Philippines.
Overseas nineteen months, Cline has seen service in Aus-
Roachdale birthday
J. W. Hennon of celebrated his 80th
Sunday. February 18th at his home with a pitch-in-dinner. A b autiful cake decorated with a
wounded soldiers for return to Boone; treasurer, Lois Raab. V et fast-acting formula has convince you.
Vola-Vin Is Sold By
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SECRETARY OF STATE EDWARD R. STETTINIUS, JR., left, Is shown being welcomed by Brazil's acting foreign minister, Pedro Leao Velloso Netto, at the Santos Dumont airport in Rio de Janeiro, as the U. S. official flew in from Crimea where he attended the Big Three conference at Yalta. Stettinius will participate in the Inter-American conference in Mexico City. This is a radiophoto. (International)
600 flying hours to his credit. He j 8pray of yellow roses and 1;ttle | ;mlla> New Guinea, 'the Nether
has been connected with the 7th
Air Force.
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(Continued from I'nite One)
i cached the end of its developmental stage, has been fairly battle-tested and is entering a new phase of the aerial battle ugainst Japan.” a communique
issued in Washington said.
Evidence that Tokyo already has had a taste of what is in store for her as the offensive grows in power was seen in a report from 21st Bomber Command headquarters of reconnaissance photographs taken through holes in an overcast fol-
lowing a raid Feb. 19.
They showed that 29 000.000 feet of a congested industrial
^ blue candles held the honor (Place at the table. Carol and Katherine Caywood, great grandson, sang "Happy Birthday," when the candles were
lighted.
Mr. Hennon’s youngest daughter, Mrs John Keffe, failed to get home because ,of a snow storm, aand two of Mr. Hennon's eons, Forest of Michigan and Harry of Louisiana and a number of grandchildren could not be present for the celebration. Those present were Mr. and and Mrs. Stanley Hennon and children of Eourbon, Indiana,, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Boatman. Mr. and Mrs. Warren Caywood and daughters, Mrs. Flora Lewman, Marjorie and Stanley, of Bainbridge, Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Hennon and son and J. W.
land East Indies and the Phil ppines. He is entitled to wear the Good Conduct medal and the Asiatic-Pacific theater ribbon I & with a bronze star for participating in the New Guinea campaign. A graduate of Reelsvilk* high school, he has been in the serv.oe since September 1942. Cline’s wife, Mrs. Evelyn Cline, lives with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lester Cline in Poland.
aiea between the Ara and Fu r - Hennon, the honor guest. iitrmo vrn ro fn r TV-vlr«^ ,1 ' • . . .
utone rivers In Tokyo burned out completely. Two large food storage dumps In the area were de-
stroyed.
Yet this area waa only an alternative target hit by some elements of a force which failed to reach the primary objective, th? Nakajima aircraft factory In
the suburbs.
Tokyo broadcasts admitted damage to airfields, military in
stallatlons tacilities in
-elsewhere on the main home is-
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Weat Madison llpmc Ee Club To Meet The West Madison Home Economics Club will meet Wednesday afternoon, February 28th at 1:30 o’clock at the home of Mrs. Everett Ellis. Roll call responses will be remarks on the life of George Washington.
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The W. 8. C. S. of Maple
and transportation Helghta will meet Wednesday the Tokyo area and afternoon at 2 o’clock with Mrs.
Iiene Clark, 503 East Hanna
yesterday's street. Please bring articles for
the auction sale.'
2 \V. Washington St. Greencastle, Ind And By Other Leading Druggists.
ACE WEDS CHILDHOOD SWEETHEAIH
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Lt. Comdr. John W. McClain
Pvt. Bedford H. O’Neal, of 405 N. Indiana St., Greencastle, Ind., has been awarded the (Combat
Infantry Badge.
This badge is awarded for satisfactory performance ,of duty in ground cor.bat against the enemy, and entitles the soldier to -10 per month additional pay. The badge is worn above th ■
the service ribbons.
The local soldier's division is' of Marion, Ohio, who is the first adding to the success and glory I man back from Iwo Jima, had a that has been record'd In its) “front row seat” during the terhistory since July. 1918, when on 1 rific U. S. naval bombardment its first combat assignment of of Iwo. MsClain, now in WashWorld War I It su'.cessfuily de- ington, told reporters that the fended the Marne River against shelling of Iwo was the heaviest two divisions of picked German he had ever seen and that the shock troops. Since mak.ng their heavy U. S. casualties In the inimtial landing on ti.e beaches vasion was caused by a “head on ' north of Fedala, French Moroc- collision” with Japanese who had .-
00, November 8, 1942, the men of no place to flee. Heavy losses I fe- -- -
the 3rd Division have particlpat- had been expected, however, he ! ^ campalgn tought n said ‘ in vipw of' Information’ COMDR. DAVID MCCAMPBIU tha Nav^a leading ace with SJjJI ‘ ' Americans had before that P* anes To hia credit, is shown above with his childhood >wee j'ty I Jo^T^Sniel^ 2 °' 000 NipS Were ° n the Uland ' NatvT ^ ^ de ' ,ollowln » maS.ge at the chapel J J John W. O Daniel, the 3rd made (International Soundphoto) ^ Vy R * ,earch laboratory in Washington, ft ft The bride i«
former Mra. Sara Jane Kahn, (Intu** 1 ™ 1