The Daily Reporter from Greenfield, Indiana • Page 1

The Gmeenfielb Daily Reporter Entered at second-claw matter Office, Greenfield, Indiana By carrier 12c. per week; by mall In Indiana 93.5t per ytari SINGLE COPIES-THREE CENTS World-Wide Coverage by INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICB GREENFIELD, INDIANA, THURSDAY EVENING, JUNE 21, 1945 WEATHER: Cloudy tonight; little change in temperature VOLUME LVIl- 87 OCR BABIES Pfc, Norris R. Brooks Gets Bronze Medal For Combat Heroism Local Firemen Make Two Runs Today to Extinguish Blazes BLOODY OKINAfeh BATTLE IS OVER AFTER 82 DAYS DR, HARAMY GIVES INSPIRING TALK FOR FARM BUREAU Adopted Sen of Uncle Sam Stresses Blessings of America Before Large Audience NEW COUNCIL TO AID MILITARY IS FORMED HERE Ccunty Organization is Perfected At Meeting Held At Red Cross Wednesday Evening FRANCO OF SPAIN BIOS FOR GOOD WILL OF ALLIES Appeals to Latin-America to Consider His Country Divorced From Nazism More than 325 people heard the address of Dr. John J. Haramy, former Indiana Central College prof es- sor, and pastor of the Greenfield Friends Church, at the unified county Farm Bureau meeting in the Memorial building Wednesday evening.

Herman Cook, county chairman, presided during the program Choosing as his subject, "Count Your Blessings," Dr. Haramy stressed that America has three outstanding blessings in that it is a land of plenty, land of opportu- I nity and land of liberty. I Fortunate, indeed, was the fact W1m 1NOins chairman of of Hancock Post No. 119 the Amer-T finanCe committee- Pre- ican Legion. teen opoointei ceded the speaker of the evening manager of the piocessmg office for with a pl3a to the residents of G.

I. loans by the Hancocl: Count Hancock county to bolster the lag- Banker's Association gmg war bond drive. Dr. Mr. Russell, who is mana-er of an adopted citizen cf the U.

sj the Hancock Ccuntv Credit Bureau A representative of local organizations, Fortville and New lohx.c waC pjiit iui County Camp and Hospital Coun- cil committee meeting held at the' DnlApfii-iA 1 4 Red Cross headquarters, Wednesday evening at 7 o'clock. Barton W. Moses, chairman of the county organization presided workings of the Hoosier Camp and Hospital Council Council ofi which Hancock county is a branch. This information is to be relayed the representatives present to their respective organizations. Mrs.

H. Wayne Hill was selected secretary of the council, her duties to begin immediately. The next county council meeting was announced for August 1st at the Red Cross headquarters and on Sunday, August 15th, the Hoosier Council will convene at Wakeman Medical Center where a number of the local officers are expecting to attend. Requests were made at last night's meeting for bedside radios electric fans, new magazine subscriptions as there is such a large demand for these articles. Cookies, bingo prizes, birthday gifts, small hand tools, new records, books and sheet music are always needed too.

Some of the larger projects for 3 various organizations of the ja, trt nishing day rooms, sun rooms, ad- Insulation caught fire in the So-lotkin junk yard on East South street about 12:30 this afternoon and caused some damage before the blaze could be extinguished by the local fire department. Thursday morning the fire was called to the Grigs-ky property in East Greenfield where a chicken house was burning. The fire was extinguished without much damage. CHASE RUSSELL PROCESSES LOANS Local Businessman Appointed i By County Bankers Assn. to Interview Veterans Chase Russell.

commander and secretary of the Associated nr i cf Greenfield, was se lected for this position bv the financial group because of his e'ese association and interest in ti1P ioPn cf the returned war veterans, being himself a veteran of World War 1 I and the fact of his knowledge of the credit business His duties will i consist of processing tr.e returned veteran's application for loans and serving as an advisor when needed. These loans are made to G. I. Joe three specific purposes d) For home purchases 2 for farm pur- chases (3 for busiirss enterprises. After the loan applications are processed through the local office by Mr.

Russell and accepted by the designated tanking institution, it is sent to the Veterans Adrr.ini.stva- tion in Chicago which orga tion has the authority to reject or accept the application. ii- plcted in the next lew davs and U- lvil- nuwu wu ucl.j;l applications for loans July 1st at his credit bureau office. No. 8 Masonic Temple. "Where Am She Cried: Well Anyway It Was An Airport.

What The Heck? Last Vestige of Organized Jap Resistance Collapsed Today By Gerard K. Ilimmelsbach I. N. S. Pacific Cable Editor The Battle of Okinawa, bloodiest in the entire Pacific war, ended today when the last vestige of organized resistance collapsed.

Fleet Adm. Chester W. Nimitz announced the victory in a special communique which said that the enemy remnants were compressed into two pockets which ueie being "mopped up." Previously, the 10th Army Marines and doughboys had slr.shed the enemy into three liny pockets, and Nimitz' announcement indicated that one of those groups was entirely wiped out. The battle, which gave the U. S.

a strategic base for land-sea-air operations only 325 miles from Japan, raged 82 days. It cost the Japs more than 89.000 troops, all tut some 2.000 of which were slain; American casualty figures were nut immediately available, though previously they were known to have reached about 33.000 in killed, wounded and missing. In the final stages of the battl3, the Japs fought fiercely in seme sectors, and sm rendered in unpieee-dentcd numbers in other areas. Still oth3r Nips hurled themselves' to their deaths on the rocks below towering cliffs alon: Okinawa's southern shore. Even as Okinawa was by the Yanks, the Japs already were expressing concern over the next Amcrican operation.

According to Domci Acencv formed quarters" in Tokyo said the U. S. began preparations for the next stroke in the Pacific, a stroke which Nippon felt sure "will involve direct invasion of the Japanese homeland." Nimitz' special communique followed by 12 hours one which revealed that the Jap garrison of Okinawa suffered 87.343 men killed and 2,565 captured through June 19th. This represented than i ditional easy chairs and curtains for the recreation rooms. Thc home-coming will be held on The Hoosier Council services the the lawn of lhe community Tf ing and a basket dinner at noon ferson Proving Grounds, Camp At- xt 1 a WITH 6TH INFANTRY On Luzon Pfc.

Norris R. Brooks, husband of Mrs. Lsawanna Brooks, of 418 Indiana street, Greenfield, has been awarded the Bronze Star Medal by the commanding general of the 6th Infantry Division for heroism in action against the Japanese mar San Jose, Luzon, P. on February 4th. While under fire Brooks spotted a wounded soldier in need of blood plasma.

Going to the man's aid Brocks was wounded bv a sniper but continued with the rescue until he his nnRirarip tn safptv Brooks is a medical aid man with a front-line company of the 63rd Infantry Regiment of the 6th Infantry Division, holder 'of the record continuous combat in the Pa cific TAILHOLT TO HAVE ANNUAL REUNION 22nd Homecoming of Little Village Made Famous By Riley, Is Sunday An annual home-coming and reunion which has become a tradition at the little town of Tailholt cn State Road 52 will te held next Sunday, according to an announcement by a committee which is planning activities for the day. This will re the 22nd year that residents and former residents of the community and friends have congregated to honor the memory of James Whitcomb Rile who made the little village famous with his Pen "The Little Town of Tail- wiU be a feature of tne program, Other special features are being ler, treasurer. Destroyer Abele Was Sunk April 12 By Jap Suicide Plane June 21 (INS) Th3 Navy revealed today that the Japanese sank the U. S. Destroyer Man-nert L.

Abele off Okinawa last April 12th and bombed members of her struggling crew, 113 of whom are listed as casualties. The Atele was hlt almost smui1" laneousiy Dy a Japanese suiciue Pne and a Baka bomb. Eighty- name until today. When the attack came, the Abele was on picket duty off Okinawa in the early stage of the campaign icr that isiand. serving as part of the fleet that was protecting the beachhead of the American land- fnrpps At about 1:45 p.

Comdr. A. E. Farker, her commanding offic- pioaching. Several were shot cown 2 o'clock the Abele was surrounded by enemy planes, making feints at attack.

G1S SERGEANT'S RATING Mrs. Joseph E. Cook, has re a appreciation Of the blpssinnc tu "a 10 oner its citizens and Mr. Norris plea played well into the speaker's hand who in turn ner-! l-t i- J3P haps gave the best bond-sales mes-' sage ever heard in Hancock Mercedes Banks Russow, lyric soprano, assisted by Sergeant William George Lantz, pianist, both natives of New Palestine, gave an outstanding concert of modern popular music and old-time favorites Mrs. Russow's charming personality and beautiful voice captivated her lar au-ience and the piano num- bers of Sergeant Lantz were partic u.arly brilliant, Mrs.

Russow, daughter cf Mr. and Mrs. Russell Banks, musicians, has 1 studied voice exclusively with her' mother and was coached in oper- atic repertoire with Joseph Laut- at Arthur Jordan conservatory ner of music 1.,,, 1 scholarshio. She has sung over all i iuuicui.tjji.iiis muiu SiauOllS ailu WlUli various bands and orchestras. 'Shei was one of the four state winners in thc Hour of Charm contest last spring, ana was soloist with the band of the 83rd Infantry Division at Camps Atterbury and Brecken-ridge in which her husband, Staff Sergeant C.

H. Russow. was stationed. Sergeant Lantz, the son of Mr. and Mrs.

George Lantz, of Sugar C.eek township, stationed at Fort Benjamin Harrison, is a scholarship student and a Graduate of Oleerlin College. He has distinguished himself in music after extensive training and study. Mrs. George Ploenges spoke of the poultry and garden contest and announced the contestants. Among other matters cf interest discussed wTas the big county-wide bond iallv in connection with the i ll'lCUl, VldHC lid Veil nilllllUUlklUll Depot, Billings General Hospital, and the committee has m-Stout Field, Wakeman Medical Cen- vited the Public to be Prcs" ter and Fort Benjamin Harrison.

1 ent- Memters of this committee It was announced at the meet- and tbe rcunion organization are ing that an excellent set of golf Cecil Presirlmt; Wendell clubs has been donated to the Coun- Swain vice-president; Mamie Mc- 1 J. C. Oetrek'her IXS Foreign Editor Generalissimo Francisco Fran- co made a bid for entry into the comity of democratic nations today with an appeal to Latin America and the world to regard it as a country divorced from Nazism and seeking its own on an "individualistic" The ruler of Spain himself went on the air to broadcast the plea, maintaining that his government was far removed from Ui'- oppress. on ana orutanty mat created and maintained the Nazi and fascist regimes in Germany and Italy. traditions, individualistis character and our catholic sense cf life," Franco said, "are incompatible formulas which sac-riiiee man and private initiative to a monstrous and omnipotent stale." By this Fianco meant -'that S-oain, despite all that has been said 'ind written about her "neu- trl'ty- the European war and her ed aid to Nazi Germany, is free nation, not a dictator-and thus entitled to equal snip prestige with ether democracies in re construction of the world.

Perhaps tne recent history of fain has net been too well by the majority of the world's nations and has been colored too greatly by Franco's own civil war, to which the Germans and the Italians obvious-cciv amor, men and bombing planes. Tho t.cneraiissimo has been re vue iots by Moscow and the commun-anci was accused not more than a week ago by Soviet Marshal lUiegcry rv iiukov 01 onenng as- 'ium to Adolf Hitler, not generally I conceded to be dead, a suicide along with his long-time mistress and i 43-hour bride, Eva Biaun. The methods used by Franco in his seizure of power may well bo quest 1l ned by all who favor tho 'democratic methods of election by ballot and representation on btv-! half of ln-e people. Still the fact in Europe went by the board main years ago. Whether Iranco "uok ijjrccflul action for his own ends or for tho good of the Sponish people is for history to decide Certainly the Spanish monarchy as exemplified during the reign of the late King Alfonso XIII was lumily a mve.

Modern Spain under his regime was lower in international repute than at aa time in the nation's long history. It is generally forgotten new that Alfonso maintained his rule omy with the aid of Eun pes first supreme dictator Gen. uQ Rivera, an obscure figure li'om nowhere who obtained royal favor and upon this tra'd foundation built upa one-man rule. Spain was riddled thro gh with coemption in those clays ind had ii.ore than its quota of st and vh.lep.ee. There wore a idful of laiulea estates whose groa ices lived reg.l yl and ag.

nst this m'nority were- niiUcr.s wl starved and jr.id'exhcrbil in: to the meant. oi tithe, lords what ouu'v! fu-m services i solid KOd. lioee r.uu ciualioatici; has ach.ieved during his et to be ekleim ned. Cut Franco eign is seems to hove tho bulk of the people behind lum. And it is a tv evident fact that if he ha joined Naeei Germany in the war.

the Al-( cause would have been gravely damaged. The European war was inished at Munich, Hamburg, Augst eg and Ecrchtes.aelen. But is actu hy was von 'n ie Mcditerraneai. when ihe Allies successfully invaded Neith Africa, chased Field Marshal Erwin Rmmel to the continent and to his later death. And it was wen in the Mediterranean ecause the British held Gibraltar.

So much history has unre.led oil thc news ckers of time th it stra- (Continued on Psge 3), -Photo By Grimes. The aboe is a photograph of the son cf Mr and Mrs. A. W. Patterson, of Mcrristown.

ROSSLEY WEDNESDAY Elderly Resident Passes Away At the Home of Daughter In Woblesville Thomas Edward dossier, years, died at the home age 78 of his daughter, Mrs. Kate Manship, north of Noblcsviilc, Wednesday at 7 p. m. Funeral services Friday at 2 p. m.

al tho McCarty Funeral Home in Fortville. Burial in the McCords- vilh I. O. O. F.

cemetery. Surviving are 3 daughters, Mrs. Kate Manship of near Noblesville; U1 ruit- ville; Mrs. Mac Bceson, of Mt. Com- fort; a son William Crossley, Fort- viiIc: a Mother, Crossley, 'Greenfield, Route two sisters, Mrs.

Mary Tine and Mrs. Elmer Whitakcr, Greenfield, Route 1. Fiiends may call at the McCarty funeral home anytime. Pfc. (Herald trader Shirley I nf antryman Given Bronze Star Strader.

a member of Company G. 152nd Infantry, has been overseas 17 months, anel he served previously in Hawaii. New Guinea and Levte- His wile. Mrs. Lena trader, reticles on Route 2.

Shirley. MorrislOlill GuiUlCr Arrives Home After Freed From Germans Staff Sergt. Nolan Havens, son Mi. and has arrived at his cf Morris' own, home in Rushvilic alter beins lib- a Geiman prison camp American troops on May 2nd. Serg ant Havens is the husband of le.geant Havens was confined to a Nazi internment camp for thir- teen months.

He was a waist gun- ncr on a B-17 Flying Fortress and, was captured when his plane was rhot down over Berlin on April 11, 1944, hile he was on his 27th mis sicn. T0I1. Dies the by as th I does remain that except in newcomer to Indianapolis real-! land, this form of government 1,000 Japs slain daily, with better, than doufcle this figure falling dur- WITH THE 6TII ARMY ON Lu-ing the last three days of the bat- zon F.r heroic service against the tie. enemy during t'ne 38th Cyclone) In the Philippines, four Amcri- Division mopping up operations can divisions smashed ahead in near Clark Field. Pic.

Gerald P. northern Luzon, while another ad- Stradcr. of Shirley. has been vanced in the Marikina watershed awarded the B.onze Star Medal, region and still another Cn Mai eh 2oth. a carrying party up enemy strongpoints on Mindan- taking food to an infantry com-ao.

i pany came uruer murderous enemy Gen. Mac Arthur an- machine gun and sniper fire, nounced that the 37th Division cap-' the leader of the party, tured Illagan City, crossed the 11- Observing the wounded man was cil by Mr. and Mrs. Ellis H. Beeson in the name of Miriam Chapter No.

64, Order of the Eastern Star which will be sent immediately to "Human Pincussion" Is Big Feature of Pan-American Show Emmett Johnson, the "human Tvnriishinn" anH bis rnmelv 23-vear old wife, Leona, are among the feature attractions at the Pan American Shows exhibiting in this citv this week, at the Mideetdrome. jnhnenn rarp nH rPmliar lagan river and took thc nearby exposed to chert enemy fire and in airfield, and then drove northward imminent danger ot being killed, through the Sagayan Valley. Tne Strader, without regard for his per-Yanks were "brushing aside scat- sonal crawled laboriously tered opposition," MacArthur added, over rugged terrain swept by heavy In the western mountains, the enemy machine gun and sniper fire Sixth, 26th and 33-d Divisions and dragged the wounded man to forced the enemy backward, while ccver where fust aid was adminis-the 38th division in thc watershed tered. Mighty 7th War Loan drive to bejecnth. In Toledo.

Mr. Kiley bookfni staged at Fortville cn Wednesday passage a': oard a Southern Ahlines evening, June 27, beginning at 7 o'clock. Geiald H. Norris explained characteristic of being impervious uue uiei1 WCiL auu "UUI1 to pain or injury from any sharp ded. Usual complement of a ship object penetrating his skin or body.

oi the Abel-S 13 about 300-He can obligingly drop his eyeballs Several of the men were killed out on his cheek and penetrate hen a Japanese plane dropped a them with needles or pins, or per- bomb among a group of struggling mit a nal to be driven into hi, survivors on a life raft, head with a hammer, all without The twin explosions from the sui-the loss of a drop of blood, or ap- cide plane and the Baka bomb parent pain or injury. He has num- troke the ship's keel and split her ercus other odd and awe-inspiring into two parts which went to the stunts all evolving from his pecul-, bottom in a few minutes, iar gift. His wife, Leana, is an ac- The Abele was one of five accomplished sword -swallower and stroyers announced April 20th as carries her Dart of the entertain- sunk, but was not identified by the rally and auction sale to the; ail port at 10 that night. The plane group. was 45 minutes late in arriving at Barton Moses, chairman of the 'the airport here.

As soon as Mr. Hancock County Camp and Hospital 1 Kiley was cn the ground, he heard i Council, discussed this newest pro-; himself being paged over the 1 nid- of World War II and pointed speaker. lie was oaPed to the out that the various township Farm nhone. It was his wife on the' Bureau units could be cf great as-! other end of the line. "Ray.

you distance in this work by contribu- go; marl at mc' she began, tions to this council for the worm- 'I'm cut lure at Cleveland. It ly was perplexed recently when she found, herself at the Greenfield Airpo.t, east of this citv on U. S. 40, instead of her real the Municipal Airport in Indianapolis. The humorous incident is told by Lowell Nussbaum in his column "Inside Indianapch--." in The Indianapolis Times as follows: "Rav J.

Kilev. district manager for the France Stone had to go I to the home offic in Toledo re- plane for the icturn trip and phoned 'lis wife to meet him at the Road 40 instead of wos When she asked where got to Greenfield. he "the airport' was. c) out eaot oi town, there she was io a. Wnon no go: ihc cw'ocrd she was at the Greenfield airp.Tt.

M. Kiley irline ear. rode downtown in the Library t() SpOUSOr Readinq Course for Benefit of Children Beeinning Monday. June the public Libra rv will again sponsor a summer reading club for children from the 3rd to 7th grades. Each child who reads ten books during the summer will receive a summer reading diploma.

The cooks read must be approved fcy the librarian or assistant, jCin the club and have a oood time reading, this summer. area killed upwards of 100 more-Japs in a single day. Marine Cpl. Rozzell Home From Pacific For 30-I)ay Furlough MARINE CORPS AIR DEPOT, Mi- raniar, June 21. Marine Corp.

James J. Rozzell. 24, of Wilkinson, a communication man with a Marine Air Win-j headquarters squadron, has turned here fiom the Pacific for furlough and reassignment. 1 7i 11 i aJMuu vwi asou in uie 1 7 1 .1 I The son of Mrs. Mary B.

Rozzell, of Wilkinson, he was graduated in i ded veterans in hospitals of this seems, that, being a comparative area and the surrounding camps, newcomer to Indiouop eli-. sh i -The cistrict Farm Bureau picnic came contused and cliove ta-t on 1942 from Wilkinson high school Marie Ernslcs Havens, of Kush-wherc he played baseball and basket ViPn ment with that routine. Johnson was with the Robert L. Ripley "Believe It or Not" exhibit for seven years, and was a part of the famous Ripley exhibition at the Chicago wold's fair. Co.

HoillC EcOnOUUCS Council to Attend Molly Star Hour The Hancock County Home Eco- nomics Council members of 1944 and 1945 will attend the Molly Star hour, June 22nd. This proeram is broadcast from station WIRE at 12:30. Preceding the broadcast the group will have luncheon at Ca nary Cottage. Those elegible to attend this program are 1944 and 1945 club presi- vice-president and county officers Reservations for the luncheon should be in to Mrs. Albert Crumo not later than June 20th.

I was announced for August by Mis. J. Russell Cushman, county S. and E. director.

Preceding the program. Mrs. Let- ta Clift conducted the devotional period. Twenty-eight Pet and Hobby club members and friends were enter-j the evening by Miss A r-n- i and Mrs. Johnson Elected To Honorary Society MUNCIE, June 21.

Philip oi y. m. c. country Lite Clut, Commerce Club and Religious Council. baU.

Trior to enlisting in March, 1943, he was employed by Delco-Rcmy Division of General Motor Corporation, Anderson, Ind. The leatherneck attained his present rank in July. 1944. Two brothers also are in thc service. Chief Petty Officer and Mrs.

E. L. Wolfley and daughter, Nancy, were Wednesday evening dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Trees.

ceived word that her husband has Trees, of Greenfield, was accepted been promoted from the rank of into membership in Pi Gamma Mu. corporal to sergeant. national honorary social science so- Sergeant Cook has recently been ciety, at Ball State 'Teachers' Col-transferred into the Ninth Army. lege. Anyone desiring to write Sergeant A junior, Mr.

Trees is a member The young man was inducted dents or 1945 president and vice-January 11. 1913. and was sent presidents), chorus president and overseas in November of that year, At the expiration of a 60-day fur- lough he wiU report to Miami Beach, for reassignment. Cook would be appreciated by mm. His address may be obtained from Mrs.

Cook. 4.