The Daily Banner, Greencastle, Putnam County, 20 June 1945 — Page 1

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LUME fifty-three •INCH RAIN AS RECORDED HERE TUESDAY

Ki.V » INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN SINCE SATURDAY

turned out to be the Mt rain of the past few s of wet weather which h.is utiuun county, was the raini which swept the commas Tuesday afternoon. A total .9 inches of water fell during ni iil-afternoon storm, bproximately four inches o.' a have fallen since Satui[morning, and !is a result all gins in the community are jins bank full and Tuesday’s i cloud-burst sent them hish--ul roaring out of their banks ie low places. 11 t. rm work is at a stand- ; especially in the south half 'he county, but northwest a short distance, it failed to Tuesday afternoon and jiers continued putting up until dark. However in the h section of Putnam county, )rts say it rained as hard as Jid here and that everything failing better weather. [he sun was shining bright Tuesday morning, but it was shining Tuesday morning, .owever, according to all tlur charts, better weather less rainfall are promised in next few days.

ps Fear New Borneo Landing jANILA, June 20.—(UP) io Tokyo reported today that ai mine sweepers have begun k in tlie Hay of Balikpapun, great Borneo oil center ;h has been pounded from sea air for the past week. Te Japanese broadcast said four mine sweepers began work yesterday, a necesprehminary to any invasion hi rich oil area on Borneo's coast. kyo claimed that shore bat,*s sank one of the sweepers the other three withdrew, tevious Japanese broadcasts je repoi led the bombardment alikpapan oy an allied fleet, to include an aircraft cari, three battleships, 16 de‘yers and olner warships, onimuniques from Gen. Tglas MacAithur’s hcadquarhave not confirmed the navhmibardments, but have reited daily air attacks on gun )tions and airfields in tlie ikapapan area also a pruJsion iiattcrn of assault, h’day’s communique reported t heavy bombers dumped 200 of explosives on Balikpapun tbi ship-biuhling center oi harinda to the north. Borneo’s northwest coast, Australians made more progin all directions, their ad- , !Cl ‘a apparently slowed only tli- (hick jungle country. The which landed at Weston, tin: < ust shore of Brunei Bay. >d two of the 18 miles to the bir center of Beaufort, iiqiliibious patrols made anft' new landing unopposed the others 10 miles southt of Brunei town. On the t coast, other units pushed miles beyond the town of ( b»g through virtually im'sablc mangrove swamps. fV apparently were attemptto drive overland toward the i-i and Mill oilfields, where latent inlncsweeping activity indicated new landings ht be made soon, he American advance in ithern Luzon continued unckp d with the 37th Division big across the Cagayan riv-wiii-re the Japanese might "'••nllimril on rnsr Two! 0 Years Ago IN G REEN CASTLE

Itexell A. Boyd

larlcs Rector was a visitor in ightstown. iss Annicc Moore was in nth Bend attending a conven1 the Delta Theta Tau sorty. °hn Cartwright and Roy ams were in Chicago for a anls meeting. '■ford Miller and Harold wle y s Pent the day in Indianlis.

PRESIDENT IS RESTING AFTER FLIGHT WEST MR. TKU.MAN HAS ONLY LIGHT SCHEDULE AT OLYMPIA, WASH. OLYMPIA, Wash., June 20 — (UP) President Truman rested today in the northwest while awaiting word from San Francisco that the United Nations conference has reached the state whole a definite date can be set for its conclusion. The President's present plans call for his appearance before the final plenary session of the conference on Saturday. But that dale remains tentative and the Chief Executive has been in daily touch with Secretary of State E. U. Stettinius, Jr. The President, the guest here of Gov. Mon Wullgren. scheduled only two brief public appearances today. In the forenoon he will present the congressional medal of honor to Sgt. John D. Hawk. Bremerton, Wash., in a ceremony on the capital steps. Hawk receives the award for his heroism in helping stop a German tank attack in the Ardennes I ulge last fall. Immediately after the medal ceremony Mr. Truman will be the honor guest at a reception given in the Governor’s office He will meet about 100 people, including this state's federal judges, the judges of the state supreme court, elected officials and heads of state departments. The rest of his day is being kept clear and he might go fishing in the afternoon on Pudget sound. Meantime, Mr. Truman was taking it easy in the Palatial, red brick Colonial mansion where Wullgren makes his home. The executive mansion is only a few paces away from the massive State Legislative building and is on a hill overlooking the southern end of Pudget Sound. After he arrived from Washington last night aboard his luxurious special plane which made a non-stop trip across the continent, the President had a leisurely dinner with Governor and Mrs. Wullgren and some old friends, then attended an organ recital in the capitol building. The President retired early. Mr. Truman’s presence here was attracting wide attention in all the newspapers of the nori.liwest, but his reception yesterday was comparatively quiet. State Police had kept crowds from congregating around road intcrn ctions and consequently on his 18-mtle drive from the army base at McChord Field, there were speetat is along the way. The President proceeded witnout the usual accompanying dis play of motorcycle escort and his Umouslnc looked more like a prosperous Washingtonian going for an afternoon ride than the President making his first official visit to the northwest. Mr. Truman, despite his tako-it-easy schedule, remained in constant touch with Washington. Special communication facilities made It possible for him to keep in almost Instantaneous contact with the White House, and official pouches were to be sent to him at frequent intervals. MARRIAGE LICENSE John Raymond Hammond and Audrey Taylor, both of Greencastle Route 2.

"IT WAVES FOR ALL”

GREENCASTLE, INDIANA, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 20, 1945

REXELL BOYD INSTALLED AS ROTARY HEAD' local ATTORNEY BECOMES NEW PRESIDENT OF CIVIC CLUB Rexell A. Boyd was installed as president of the Creeneastle Rotary Club at its weekly luncheon meeting on Wednesday. Following the installation of Mr. B yd as president. Dr. Will E. Edington was installed as vicepresident. Other officers installed were, secretary, Dr. V. E. Raphael, treasurer, Deward Smythe, and sergeant-at-arms, Ross Azbell. Howell H. Brooks, I Ivan Ruark and Maurice Staplcy J will serve during the ensuing year as directors of this Greencastle civic organization. Rexell A. Boyd, Greencastle attorney, U a graduate of DoPauw University and has lived | in Greencastle all of his life. He | has taken a prominent part in the life of the community in the past few years and is well known throughout Putnam •County. The new vice-president of the Greencastle Rotary Club, Dr. W. E. Edington, lias been associated with DePau w University for many years. In the field of science and mathematics he has achieved considerable prominence. He has given much time to Boy Scout activities and is interested in other community af-

fairs.

A "March of Time” film on Texas was included on the pro-

gram.

One Obstacle Faces Parley SAN FRANCISCO, June 20. i UP) Australian Foreign Mm ister Herbert V. Evatt stooii lirmly today against Russian demands to narrow the discussion powers of the proposed gcueial assembly the laat issue obstructing adjournment of tin United Nations conference on Saturday. The Big Five may persuade Evatt to change his mind before nightfall and accept the Russian counter proposal, which arrived only last night. If they fail, another proposal may have to be referred back to Moscow. That would certainly push conference adjournment into next week. The Australian and Russian positions were said to be very close together and officials were hopeful that the final session would not have to be postponed beyond Saturday. Today marks the start of the ninth week of the conference and President Truman is waiting in Olympia. Wash., to come here for tlie final session. If necessary, lit will wait there until Monday oi Tuesday oi next week. The Big Five arranged an eaily meeting today — their fourth within 24 hours to continue to search for reconciliation ot the Russian and Australian views on matters which the genial assembly can discuss. Th United States and Great Brltaie are playing mediator roles, seeing little if any substantial difii rcncc between the two positions. Language seems to b< the major barrier to agreement the same bugaboo that ha: bogged down this confcicnct many times beiore. Simplified, the problem is that the Russians want the asseinh ly’s discussion powers limited to subjects ielated to the mainten :.nce of international peace and security. The Australian, actin-; as spokesmen for the litth nations, want unlimited discussion in the assembly. BOY KILLED I51VDGH <>RT, June 20 (UP) iF.nal rites were arranged today for Frank TtRimi. 14, sue of Mr. and Mrs. Boyd Tatum who was Injured fatally when the bicycle he was riding wai struck by an automobile Iasi night. The car was driven by Edward Sncath, Rockville. JACK-ON iN LONDON IX>NIK>N, June 20 (UP) -- Supreme Court Justice Robert H. Jackson, chief American prosecutor of war criminals, arrived in London l*>day for conferences with the United Nationc war crimes commission.

GENERAL OF THE ARMIES Dwight D. Elsenhower Is shown nbovs with Ids son, First Lt. John Sheldon Eisenhower, as the two left the White House following a dinner given by President Harry S. Trumau In the AJlicd commander’s honor. (International SoundphotoJ

Gen. Eisenhower At West Point

Chas. T. Stewart Rites Thursday

WEST POINT, N. Y„ Juno 20 (Uf’l General of the Army Dwight D. Eisenhower, weary but happy after a tumultuous 12-hour Welcoming whirl in New York City, returned to the scene of his first military endeavors to-

day.

It was just 30 years ago this month that Eisenhower was graduated from the' United States Military Academy. He was just a boy from Kansas who wanted a career in the Army, lie wins Gist in a class of 164 cadets. He returns one of the first fivestar generals in the nation’s his-

tory.

Eisenhower’s party made the trip from New York by automobile, driving up the New York side of the Hudson river t « Bear Mountain bridge. A motorcycle escort met the motorcade at Bear Mountain traffic circle. A 17-gun salute awaited him ■it the west gate of the Academy. Tlie day was fully scheduled but was like a day of relaxation after the hectic welcome given him yesterday by New York’s mil-

lions.

After a review of third class of the cadet corps the only cadets at the Academy Kisenh >wer was scheduled to address the K00 cadets at a lunch in the mess hull. 'The cadets arrived Irom Foil Bcnning, Ga., last night in field uniforms.

Friends and relatives at Kouclulalc were notified Tuesday of the death in Portland, 111., of Charles Thomas Stcwai t, who died at the home of his son, Jewell E. Stewart. His death followed an illness of three weeks. Mr. Stewart was born July 2 1866 at Paris, 111., but spent practically his entire adult life In the Rouchdale and New Maysville communities. He was a member of the New Maysville Baptist church. He was united in marriage to Mary F. Johnston on November 27. He is survived by the son, Jewell, a daughter, Mrs. Gladys Thonqison, near Crawiordsvlllc, a sister, Mrs. Lcnnn Estclla Wilder, Indianapolis; ami four grandchildren. The funeral will be held at two o’clock Thursday aftedioon al the Chastain Funeral Home hi Rouchdale, with burial in the New Maysville cemetery. Friends may call at the Funeral Home. NOT DEATH PENALTY LONDON, June 20. (UP)MdScow announced today that the Soviet prosecution was not asking the death penalty for 16 Polish underground leaders be ing tried on charges of subversive activity against the Red Army. REAR ADMIRAL DIES

The carnival, sponsored by the local American Ix'gion Post, will open ton ght at the city park unless there is more rain late this afternoon, It was officially announced shortly before ndon.

WASHINGTON, June 20. (UP) Rear Admiral Forrest Belton Royal, commander of the recent amphibious operation in Brunei Bay off tlie northwest coast of Borneo, died June 18 of natural causes, the navy announced today.

PRIZE BULL COMES TO PUTNAM COUNTY

Thin is a picture of the prize winning Shorthorn bull which was bought by David Grimes and son at the Shorthorn sale held here recently. The prize winning animal- is now in good hands at the Grimes farm east of Greencastle. In the background are Mr. Grimes and his son and Marion Woody, who consigned the animal to the Greencastle sale.

E BOND SALES DISCOURAGING IN 8 TOWNSHIPS JOHN EARNKHAW MAKES :t ‘FA W. APPEAL TO WORKERS With ton days remaining in •Lho Scvi nth War Lian drive, only five Putnam County townhips have made their K Bond quotas according to the latest figures just released by John Earnshnw, Putnam County hairman. W th the emphasis placed on the sales of E Bonds, the poor showing in E tkiml sales is disc, meerting and th • committee headed 'by Mr. Earnshaw is making a special ap (leal to the people of Putnam County to put forth every effort and maintain the county's enviable past record. Franklin, Jackson, Marion, iMimioo and Russell townships are on the band wagon, having attained their quotas but the .other eight townships of the county are lugging as the figures below will show. Madison township with 92% and Floyd with 86'/, are to go over th* top within the next few lays and Clovcrdalc township with 8.1.5% js making g> ,«d progress but Greencastle In ninth place with only 76.3'/ and followed by Washington,, Clinton, Warren and Jefferson townships, will have to put forth considerable extra effort in the remaining days if they are not going to fail in this important drive when our fighting men in the Pacific are giving everything they have. In commenting on the discouraging showing of some of the townsh ps in E Bond sales, Mr. Ernshaw said, ”it is true that I am somewhat disappointed in E Bond sales but I still feel confident that the loyal Put nac County workers will swing into action and get the job (tone as they have done in past drives and in the sales of other issues during the current dr.ve." •Representatives of the Greencastle Rotary and Kiwanis clubs have assured me that the $33,238 in E Bonds necessary to put Greencastle township over would be forthcoming, said Mr. Earnshaw. “Mrs. David Houck in Washington township is doing •p splendid job and will surely do the job in getting Washingon over,” ho said. “Our workers are on the job in Clinton, Jefferson and Warren townships and reports are encouraging though they realize that they must re eeive the coojicration of everyone in these townships,” commented Mr. Earnshaw. With the excellent job that has been done by the n.. / a , "l generals being brought to the people’s attention, it must he realized that the backing of the people on the home front has 'been, essent.al and will continue to be essential until the war i:won. In the war with Japan, distances are greater and it requires huge expenditures by tiegovernment to reach this deadly foe. By press and radio the ernment is appealing to the American people to "keep in. the fight.” Putnam County E Bond sales as of June 16th. follow:

Townships

Series E

% of E

Clinton

$ 10,106.25

72.8

Clovcidalc

.... 17.568.76

83.6

Floyd

12,131.25

86.5

Franklin

50,286.25

168.6

Greencastle

106.962.60

76.3

Jackson

16.650.00

118.8

leffcison

8,271.50

33.7

Madison

6,468.75

92.3

Marion

.... 18,037.00

108.1

Monroe

.... 19,456.25

111.0

Russell

42,312.50

161.0

Wbrren

.... 4,350.00

62.1

Washington

.... 13,018.75

74.3

$326,480.76

93.1

MANY TO BE JOBLESS KOKOMO, Imt, June 20. (UP) Production cutbacks will throw nearly 2,000.000 persons out of work within the next 1)0 days, William H. Spencer, Chicago, Sixth Region director of the War Manpower CominissioA, said yesterday. Spencer told the Rotary Club that the primary responsibility for the eliipinatlon of widespread unemployment lay with private enterprise but that labo? and agriculture also must help to expand the national economy.

JAPAN FIGHTING LAST BATTLE, SAYS TOKYO WASHINGTON, June 20 (UP) Japan has burned her bridges behind tier, her own seas are her final weapon and the nation already is fighting her final battle, a Radio Tokyo spokesman said today in vowing that the empire would fight to the death. He e >mpared Japan's position to that of the British Isles after Dunkerque. He said the United States was making steady progress toward preparation for a "great landing operation" against Japan. "The Japanese-Amoriean war can only lx 1 terminated throu.;h the ghastly landing operation of the American forces on the homeland of Japan,” the spokesman said. Saido Iguchi, spokesman of the Japanese Board of Information, denied in a FOC that Japan had ever proposed peace negotiations with the United States and Britain. TRIPLE STRIKE HADE ON JAPAN BY 450 SUPERS YANK SKY GIANTS DROP LIKE BOMBS ON THREE CITIES GUAM, June 20 — (UP) Three more Japanese industrial cities were believed knocked out as military targets today after a triple strike by more than 450 Superfortresses. Fires still blazed in Shizuoka and T.oyc-hashi on Honshu and Fukuoka on Kyushu more than, 12 hours after the pre-dawn fire

raids.

Strong winds fanned the flames, visible 75 miles or more at sea. Hundreds of backyard and cellar '“shadow" factories and a number of larger of wai plants were destroyed. More than 3,000 tons of fin bombs were dropped on the three cities, bringing to at least 20,500 tons the weight of bonih i cascaded on Japan in this month's obliteration raids. Returning crewmen told thes, stories of destruction: Shizuoka, 95 miles southwesV • >f Tokyo fires explosions blanketed areas two to three blocks wide and four blocks long in the center of the city. Toyohashi, 189 mdcs south west of Tokyo the heart of the city was left a solid mass of fire that sent smoke 14,000 fort into the sky. Explosions could be seen 60 miles away. Fukuoka, on northwest Kyukhu a path of fire two miles wide spread 1,0 miles inland through the city, stretching from the dock area d.r-octly across the industrial sector Smoke climbed 10.000 feet over the target area. One report de scribed the city as a Solid *»>nflagration visible for 75 mil' Several sh ps were afire in tli harbor. The huge bombers fought through heavy rains and rough weather to reach Japan, then split into three formations of 150 each for the individual attacks. The weather was cleat over the targets. An,ti-nirci'iift fire was light and tighter opposition lneffec'ive. Pilots sa il stmng updrafts fr.om the fires shot their plane:. 2,COO feet higher over the tar 'jet areas. Tokyo admitted that fir,were started in the three citieand said the B-20a also dropi»-,| off the northern Honshu coast. ST A TE-TK AIN ED PI LOT’S WILL ATTfEMlPT KLS< IIL INDIANAPOLIS, June 20. (UP) Troop Carrier Command pilots trained in Indianapolis at SI out Field will use a snatch pickup technique to rescue a trio cf Americans stranded in a New Guinea valley. The pilots will swoop down on Hie three survivors of an army transport plane crash, Including n WAC, to snatch up a glider. The technique was developed at Stout Field. The survivors now awaiting rescue In the New Guinea Shan-gri-La valley include WAC CpI Margaret Hastings, Oswego, N Lt. John B. McCollum, Trenton, Mo., and Sgt. Kenneth W. Decker, Kelso, Wash., according to a First Troop Carrier Command announcement today.

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CAMPAIGN ON OKINAWA IN FINAL HOURS ONLY ABOUT 2,000 LIVE JAPS STILL FIGHT ON

ISLAND

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CHUNGKING, June 20 (UP) —4 TiImcnc forces have Slav "it liiu tlins- mill's of ..iLhichow air base and six nirv-s of the city itself, a Chinese c« e j|miiniqiic reported tixlajk<rUAM, June 20 (UP) The loth Army hacked the last 2 WOO or more Japanese into tiny e v»lated pockets on the soul fli tiip ‘if Okinawa today. Fipe ctory was at hand. Scores of the trapped enemy •leaped to their deaths from the southern cliffs. Others were si jrendering in su: li numbers . ft no accurate count coul i%,. |<i ( ,t. Even more were being sliv ji their caves and foxhilcs. “VVcVe got them on the i now,” said Lt. Col. John G. Ji. mill of Champaign, 111., a. r inander .of the 22nd Ma'fhlo Rcgincnt. "We're gong like a bat out of hell and we intend to keep them on the run.” Tlie 81-day campaign react d the tnopup stage yesterday wrtli a ,Marine breakthrough-to the south coast on a wide front. Marines and doughboys then knifed out in. all directions, carving up the enemy survivors into helpless groups of<oniy 10 to 100 soldiers each. Admiral Chester W. N.mitz announced in a communique that the enemy's last defenses were collapsing aantd resistance steadily was Weakening. Hut even as the bloody campaign, was nearing a triumphant end, American forces were preparing for the next amphibious lea]) towaid Japan. Radio Tokyo reported more than 100 American transports were riding at anchor in th: American-held Kern mu islands 20 miles southwest of Okinawa, ready for new operations. Two Allied task forces also wen signted near Miyako island, 200 miles southwest of Okinawa, Tokyo said. One was built around five aircraft carriers and a batlesh p, while the other includirl three battleships, the enemy account said. The Americans were advancing so rapidly on the southern tip of Okinawa that there were as many Japanese behind them as in, front, a field dispatch said. Ixind artillery and naval guns offshore were ordered tc c< use fire for fear of hitting Marines and dougtitnys in the tiny remaining battlefield. FALLS TO DEATH INDIANAPOLIS, June 20.--(UP) While two police ofliceia watched, Mrs. Emma Reeves. 66, plunged three stories to her death from an apartment window today. Sgt. Wiil am Hungh and Patrolman Charles LaDuke of the city police force said they saw the body hurtling ftom the window. YOUTH DROWNED BRAZIL, Ind., June 20. (UP) Bennie Butler, 14, was drowned last night In an abandoned paving brick plant pond while nwiimulng witli two young companions. The survivors said they first stopped at the guarded municipal |M»ol hut found it closed. Butler was believed to have suffeied crumps while swimming in the cold water of the pond.

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