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The Tipton Daily Tribune from Tipton, Indiana • Page 6

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StX THE DAILY TRIBUNE i-. 1 -NEWS of Benak on Record Breaking USS West Virginia CAGE IS HOME AFTER OVERSEAS G. Cage, PFC. ROE HOME Pfc. Thomas J.

Roe, husband of Mrs. Ruth (Moore) Roe, returned today from the European theater of war where he has served in Italy for 10 months. Pfc. Roe will report to. Camp Crowder, following his 30- day furlough for reassignment to duty.

Serving with the Fifth army entered rived home Monday night, after I I serving overseas for more than years, to spend a 45-day! ficer second class, son of a hd Mrs. Joe Cage, South Inde- erseas and Mrs. Henry Bcfcak, route Impendence street, and other rel- i CKOVER ON FURLOUGH Windfall, fought at pyt Richard Dickover, aboard the U. S. S.

West Vir- Sgt as ginia, according to word re, 1 wl 'who Was been stationed at Aber- Ideen Proving Grounds, Md. for ceived from the war depart- i two months, is enjoying' a 15- ment. This is the only battle- bury at the endof his furlough. dgy hTs home. ship which has taken part in ev- ery major landing operation in the Pacific in the last six! months.

B5 BRISTOW IS DISCHARGED Pvt. Harold D. Bristow, a for- mer Tipton resident, has been "Blasted -at Pearl Harbor by I discharged at Wakeman two bombs and at least six tor-; valescent hospital, Camp Attur- pedoes, the old battleship was'bury, according to ea th San Francisco, Aug. word re- that Sir Bruce Fra- war depart-, 1 commander of the British resurrected and repaired, then, ceived from the joined the fight against the Japs merit His wife live? in Anderson jjj narrowly escaped with a vigor that has won- her his Mr and Mrs. a reputation as the "one ship S.

Bristow, live in Lafayette reputation as the "one ship task force." jThey were former Tipton resi- In the last year and a half dents. the West Virginia has fired i A veteran of 17 months evermore than 3,000 rounds fronvseas with the 297th combat en- Hoosier Laborers, Scientists Work on Manhattan-Born Bomb (By International News Service) Approximately Hobsiers recruited for the work in Pasco, and Oak Ridge, and a handful of university physicists shown in reflected glory today after part of the secrecy had been lifted from their operations. Both Indiana and Purdue uni-1 versity staffs were engaged in' problem of how to release atom smashing and high voltage! atomic energy, experiments in their cyclotron! Thousands Share Credit leboratories. Several members Dr. Ernest O.

Lawrence, cro- frqm the physics departments' of: ator of the' atom-smishing cy- both.schools have been on leaves! clotron, precursor of the atomic of absence after being called'by the government to do research. Four I. U. physicists. Dr.

j. Franz N. D. Kuric, Dr. Allen C.

G. Mitchell, Dr. Lawrence M. bomb, says that man need not worry about disintegration of his earth. "We're winning greater, not less, control over nature," he Marine PFC Albert Boldnc, 20, Ansonia, is getting around again after shrapnel fractured his right leg- in ihc Saipan invasion.

He urges folks to buy War Bonds and hold them to help treat other men now suffering from Nip shots. New Guinea, was made today by radio Melbourne. The broadcast, monitored by the American Broadcasting company, said Sir Frascr was en Langer and Dr. E. J.

Konopinskij explained in lesponse to have been on leave for varying (pressed fears that the new su- times. per-weapon unleashed on Japan Several Hoosier war plants might touch oft en uncontrolla- also took part in the atomic ble series of atomic explosions, bomb project, including P. R. Dr. Lawrence, 43, now head Mallory and company, of Indi- of the University of California and Other Home Furnishings SUITE BARRUM her new 16-inch rines, nearly gineers, Pvt.

Bristow is the 6 reeentl to an advanced 30,000 rounds from her second- holder of the purple heart and! ary batteries and more than three battle stars for the Europ- 200,000 bullets from her theater, of operations ribbon, Da ndronped like matic weapons, a total of 5,500. for- campaigns in. Northern the planc dr ed Kc a tons of ammunition. 'France, the Ardennes and Cen- Sinks Battleships and Destroyers tral Europe. The West Virginia" made her; rta first combat strike by leading a- GULLION IN NEW YORK for a thousand feet before the Pacific fleet commander's pilot could pul the plane out of the i dive.

i anapolis, Haynes Stellite company of Kokomo, Ingersol Steel Disc New Castle and Marion Malleable Iron Works. The University of Chicago, aided by thousands of the physics' department, built the first cyclotron while still in his For the resultant spochal smashing of the atom he was awarded the 1939 Nobel prize. of fire support units in- Mr. and Mrs. Emest Gullion.

to Leyte gulf, flying the same: North East street, have receiv-d, colors -she flew when she was word from their son, Ernest. i damaged at Pearl Harbor. She that he has arrived at Sampson. Continued from Page 1 poured salvo after s'alvo into the for "boot" training. His 00 for car( a of inmatcs of state Jap lines, interrupting the bom- address is as follows: Ernest institutions.

S2.000 for contin- bardment splash her first' Allen Gullion. A-S. Co. plane. With other old battle- Unit U.

S. N. T. ships of the fleet, she helped N. Y.

sink two Jap battleships three destroyers in the 81,000 for Man Who Worked With Bomb Describes Amazed, Speechless Companions Guam, Aug. world's great scientists, techni-i Credit for development ofi cians and research workers, has! the bomb itself, he said, should been the nerve center of atomic be shared by thousands of per- bomb experimentation for the! sons. last two and a half years: The "genius and inspirational It was there that paper work, leadership" of Dr. J. Robert Op- theoretical experimentation and penheimer, University of Calico-ordination of theories took fornia physics professor, was place so that the most powerful i cited by Dr.

as "largs- destructive froce in history final- ly responsible" for" America's! ly could be produced. The Manhattan Project- The sensational new atomic atomic bomb. I Dr. Oppenheimer is now di-' reeling the atomic bomb project bomb is revealed-to have been laboratory at Los Alamos, New born nearly six years ago in and pfc. Richard L.

Gullion, who, terest on the epic stationed at Stewart Changes in of venue. 513,000 forjthe super-fortress which shat- ditch repair and Sl.OOO for in- tered the Jap city of Hiroshima und. the courthouse Battle of the Surigao spent the week-end in budget were S300 additional for She was the first to take the Jap Tipton visiting his parents. exlra Iabor S20 additional for with America's first atomic bomb had no idea of the epoch- making nature of their mission. 131V11 Jg I I 4.1 ship's under fire.

Later, at Min-, Mr and Mrs Gullion had as repair of the building and three men in the crew doro and Lingayen, she Sunday dinjjer puests their son i 500 reduction in the 'supply! of 11 aboard the super-fortress ed with a protective screen for pf Gullion Mr snd Mrs Fred' fund Itcms were "Enola Gay' knew the exact na- carriers and transports. She arrived at Iwo Jima just after the first marines landed, I bombarding the enemy. From iKeeney and Miss Donna Stout, i salar custorlian, salary of matron, S600; electricity, S2.500; repair of equipment. RECEIVES EASTER CARD of the American airmen aboard vaults hewn out of rock under the campus of Columbia university. It was there, in January of 1939, that Dr.

John R. Dunning and Dr. Enrico Fermi finaUy succeeded in unlocking the basic energy of the uhiverse by splitting the uranium atom, paving the way for envelopment of the atomic bomb. ture of the mission and only one i of these had ever nessed the devastating effects of before wit- Tnat is why lhe subsequent insurance, build- the earth-shattering "top-secret" Iwo she traveled to Okinawa. Main street, has received a lei- I in 6 structures and She emptied her magazine from her-brother, Robert E.

mentsr other oper- The attack on Hiroshima was eral- tirrfes in bombarding l''c, saying he received I a expenses. S500. Japs during that operation. In Ibis Fastpr rarri'frnm thn ritv of I Jail Budget Up Japs during that operation. In his Easter card from the city of her action, the West Vir-, Ti ton He expects to be home siimrrtarized by the returning airmen in the following way: A S200 item of supplies "The only -way we could tell led the budget for operation a had been there was be' ZIEGLER ON FURLOUGH ginia has had less than 20 cas-Jj September, ualties.

So pesky has she proved to the Japs that Tokyo Rose, Ihe notorious propaganda broad- vannah, spending a 15- munication, S900 for electricity, caster, once announced day furlough at the home his $300 for repair, $100 for extra; the' jail from $1,675 to $1,875. we it a moment' All other items remained the before." Pfc. Charles Ziegler, of Sa- I same. They were $75 for corn- Col. Paul Tibbcts.

Jr. of Miami, pointed, out today that even his co-pilot, Capt. Ro- sands of the Japs' best fliers Mr. and Mrs. William I labor and $300 for insurance.

i bert A. Lewis, 28, of Ridgefield were attending their own fu-! zieg i er Pfc. Ziegler is with the Infirmary expense which was ar N. was uninformed neral services before taking off po ii c. unchanged from last year was i concerning the terrifying aspects to destroy her.

They didn't! fc, $1,200 for salary of the super-: the "Enola Gay" was carrying. intendent, $900 for salary of the The plane was named for Tib- matron, $400 for physician's; bet's mother, services, $4,000 for wages, $500 Colonel Tibbels, a veteran of for electricity, $5,000 for food, tne European air war, Capt. for fuel, $625 for liam sterling Parsons of the na- Some new arrivals. A baby girl for Carol and La Verne. Unfinished dressing tables and benches for three of you.

Cabinet bases and wardrobes. Also unfinished. And believe it or not, more cocktail tables. A roll of inlaid, but it's all gone. Someone should do something about the weeds along State Road 19.

Especially, there by our park. Pretty nice today, don't you think? Ogle Little EGLER'S ADDRESS Pvt. Robert L. Egler's address is as follows: 45018019, Co. 81st Bn.

15th Camp Fannin, Texas. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Oren Egler, North joil and tires, $300 for insurance vyj a na ti ve of Chicago and resi- and for Miscel-j dc San a and Maj. West street.

laneous operating expenses were Thomas W. Ferebce, bombar- HOTEl BERLIN 1.000 ROOMS 2.000 SECRET PASSAGEWAYS Occupancy August 14th Mailer's Ritz Theatre increased from $1,600 to $1,950. The highway department's budget remained unchanged, despite juggling of some individual figures. The salary of the supervisor was dier from Mosksville, N.C., were the only men aboard the "Enola Gay" who were fuly informed of the nature or the mission. Co-Pilot Writes Letter Captain Parsons who partici- non mcreased in the development of the $1,680 to $1,920, communication atomic WM the Qnly man expenses were raised from $60 aboar(J who had ever bcfore seen to the machinery repair he new weapon Par fund was increased from $2,500 sons was a witncss lo the shud to $3,000, the fuel and tire fund dering ast of lh atomic bomb was increased from $10,750 to when it was fjrst (cs cc New $11,150, and the property fund Mcxico only Ju i 16 was increased from The "Enola Gay" took off on its history-making mission some time after midnight and saw the city of Hiroshima virtualy go up Items remaining unchanged smo ke at 9:15 a.m.

Mqnday included $29,000 for wages, hen the bomb was dropped. for office help, $115 for print- Colonel Tibbets, the pilot, had ing, advertising and utilities, Httle idea of what to expect and $60 for office supplies, $100 for he said that his co-pilot, Lewis, ATTENTION! Our Tomato Lines MUST RUN of FULL CAPACITY Registration of 100 to 150 women for peeling and sorting desired AT ONCE. Apply in Person or Call 199 STOKELY Tipton, Indiana $4,650. An item of $3,000 for right-of-way was eliminated. Some Items.

Unchanged medical expense, $35,825 for materials and $1,100 for insurance. The county recorder's budget interrupted a letter to his mother to watch the effects of the bomb- nig. The handpicked crew was gi- showed the salary of the record- ven just a bare hint of the nature er unchanged from the their mission when they were item in the budget, but with dark glasses as pro- additional $539 was shown for tio against the expected per diem pay. The deputy's salary was increased from $1,200 to $1,440, and the recorder's commission from fees was 'estimated at $800 compared to $720- last year. An additional $150 for official records was included in the 1946 budget 'to raise the office supplies item to $650 from $500.

Communication, transportation and repair expenses again were estimated at $120. JUSTIN DART DECLINES PRESIDENCY OF WARDS Aug. Dart, president' of United Drug today 'said he had declined the offer of the presidency of Montgomery Ward Co. He said: "Because I cannot leave United Drug at this time I have de- blinding flash. Captain Parsons, the navy- bomb expert, was the least surprised man aboard the super- fort when the bomb exploded.

"We made a tight turn away from the target in order to get a maximum distance between us and the explosion," Parsons said. "It was little more than a minute after we dropped the bomb that we felt the Impact of the explosion." Parsons described the men aboard the "Enola Gay" as "amazed and speechless" in the wake of the bombing. STEEL STRIKE ENDS Indi.V»Polis, Aug. five-day strike ol approximately-500 employes of the National Malleable'and Steel Casting company of Indianapolis as clined the Montgomery Ward at an end tod.ay. Efforts of fed- proposal.

I am grateful to Sewell.Avery Montgomery Ward directors for the generous offer." eral cociliators were successful in ending the holdup. Read Tribune Want Ada. army research, engaging the best scientific minds of the united nations, became identified in secret files as the "Manhattan of the world's top war secrets. The successful experiment marked the opening of a great scientific battle, perhaps. more significant than any fought on the field.

For only two weeks before, it is now disclosed, a similar discovery has been made in Nazi Germany. Ten years earlier Dr. Fermi, then in Italy, where he was a Nobel prize winner, discovered a new element which he called uranium discovery which set scientists all over the world working feverishly to solve the Mexico. Army Discharges Lieut. Kisters Real estate mortgages amounted to $31,450 Realty Transfers Drop to Slow Pace During Past Week Five real estate transfers, the smallest number in recent weeks, were recorded by Mrs.

Patricia Richardson, county recorder, for the past week. Three transfers were in Tipton and two were in county towns. Real estate mortgages filed last week totaled $11,636 compared to $12,400 the previous, week and chattel mortgages totaled $6.764.55 to $229. released compared to $5.450 and chattel mortgages released amounted to $2,460.82 compared to $500. The real estate transfers were reported: Mabel J.

Keene and others to Dwight E. Foreman and wife, two lots in Windfall. Arthur A. Teal and wife to Emanuel Lutheran church, part of one lot at Conde and Adams streets. Philip A.

Schmith and wife to Russell Stephenson and wife, part of one lot at Walnut and West streets. Kokomo Savings and Loan association to Ben Thomas and wife, property near Sharpsville. Elias H. Moon to William E. Arnett and wife, parts of two lots at Conde and Dearborn streets.

Bloomington, Aug. (INS) Lt. Gerry H. Kisters. holder of the congressional mdd- al of -honor and Bloomington hero for whom the city's airport is named, is a civilian once' again.

He returned to his "family and his home town after being re- leased at the Camp Atterbury i separation center. He was the first officer wearing the congres- I sional medal to be released at Atterbury. He was inducted Jan. 17, 1941 'at Fort Benjamin Harrison. Lt.

Kisters was a sergeant at the time he received the distinguished, service cross for wiping out an artillery gun crew in the Tunisian campaign and when he awarded the congressional medal. His promotion in the field came after the latter award. The late President Franklin D. Roosevelt conferred the nation's highest military award for gallantry upon Kisters July 31, 1943. He routed two ene-l my machine gun nests after be- ing wounded five times.

For dish, washing and! laundry. Free delivery. 4-H WINNERS Continued from Page 1) L. Rayl, Rose A. Haak, and Mary A.

Coe. Wilson, Deloris Clouser and Margaret Sellers. Fourth Year Clothing Trimble, Virginia McCorkle, Sharlot Dickover, Anne Dishon, Catherine Quakenbush, Wanda Jane Park, Annabelle Sellers and Joyce Ann Smith. Mulligan and Virginia Shoe. White Frieda Cook and Anne Henderson.

Trimble, Marilyn Mulligan, Sharlot Dickover, Catherine Quakenbush and Anne Dishon. Shoe, Anna- bellle Sellers, Virginia McCorkle and Joyce Ann Smith. Cook, Wanda Jane Park and Anne Henderson, Fifth Year Clothing Quakenbush (2), Barbara Lindley, Helen Straley, Martha Stafford, Rosanna Shoe, Joyce Brinegar, Eloyce Brinegar, Carolyn Rose and Louise Hughes. Shoe, Carolyn Rose and Donna R. Higgins.

Langley (2), Barbara Lindley and Joan Massey. Fifth Year Clothing i Higgins, Louise Hughes, Joyce Brinegar and Eloise Brinegar. Straley. Anchor Clasp Kraft En velopea all sizes. Tribune Tribune Press.

Read Tribune want ads. Rockies Hold Ore Bearing Uranium Somewhere in the Rockies, Aug. ore, used as an essential element in the atomic bomb, is found in the Paradox valley of western Colorado and eastern Utah. Details of the amounts of uranium produced from the Rockies and locations of the mines are i still official secrets. At least two uranium-producr ing companies have plants in at least six towns in the Rockies.

Only employees are allowed to enter the well-guarded plants. RAMSEYER ESTATE VALUED AT S46.000 The Citizens National bank wsa named administrator of the estate of Preston Ramseyer, (Prairie township, after a brother, George Ramseyer, had waived rights of administration. No bond was required- The personal estate was valued at $40.000 and real estate i was valued at S6.000. BENSON- MONUMENT CO. Tipton, Ind.

Cor. Main and Adams Sts. Plumbing and Heating STEAM HOT WATER FIXTURES HEATERS FURNACE REPAIRS Johnston Plumbing Heating Co. PHONE W. JEFF.

ST. If you are reaching for the stars in her eyes, may we suggest Rayl's Phone 647. c-tf, Read Tribune Want Ads. PAYING FOR EGOS Grade large 44c Grade medium 37c Grade small Undergrade 37e Current.receipts 37c FOR SALE RED COMB FEED BUTTERMILK PHONE 44 FEAR-CAMPBELt CO. WHY PAY MORE? REGULAR GAS PER GALLON ETHYL GAS IQQ.FER l3i9V GALLON WEBB'S GASOLINE ALLEY 215 South Main KENNETH BUFFER EVERETT CARTER Attendants TIPTON GREENHOUSES -(.

Phone 430 Foy O. Rayl, prop. 119 Cleveland St. Expert SHOE FITTING BY X-RAY SHOE FITTING in Tipton County ITS'FREEl See for yourself and know you are fitted correctly. Ask your doctor! EARL'Sui Shoe STORE FOR THE EFFORTLESS PAINTING YOU ARE ABLE TO ENJOY USE KEM-TONE SERVICE MOTOR CO.

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