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The Kokomo Tribune from Kokomo, Indiana • Page 7

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THE KOKOMO TRIBUNE TUESDAY DECEMBER 9 1941 SEVEN 8 Indianapolis Men Held After FBI 'Round-up' Dec. 9 if)-- Eight men were in Ifat Mrics coanty Jil todft-y aa tijfc re- jmli of roundup by the federal. bureau Investigation and city detec-: of peraona of loyalty. Drayton, astnt In charge of the Indianapolis KSI of- fiM, wouM not their identities or the reasons for their detention. development activity ai! along the home aJi Indbtna prepared to handle part in the war with Japjiri.

district attorneys both Indiana's federal courts -15. Hcra-asd CauKhran in Indianapolis and. 1L Campbell through Kort Wayne office urged to take any complaints of sus- pieioua to the FBI. Campbell litued his statement through hSa secretary from Wajih- -where he was in conference with Attorney-General Elddle and othera on anti-aaliotage and eaplon- Rife Governor Rchricker told other officials and political and labor leaders a coyncfl of war the guard of 2.CXX) should he doubled Jld 50 men should be added at to the 26man state police force. He pointed out the 13-11 tulature had appropriated 1200,000 for civil defense but said, "if th necexjiily arisen for a (Special ses- it will be culled." SANTA'S WONDERLAND A TRUNK FULL OF ANIMALS By Hal Cochran OONT UIOMRV NOW BOUT 3HNTS CLflUSl WEU.

TEU. YOU UHlTr UCRC INK FIX flNO NEED VOUB HELPJ PLEASE OPEN UP THKTLIO! IfJMV HflVE THEY COME TO WONDERLAND; MERE SINCE. UlCRE SHORT Or HELP. WE'LL PlfTTHEM fltltb UJOSK THIS YBUJ AND sfWCTLV rr is; Tuinj. uwo IN JUST vou KIDS OINO TO BE SURPRISED WHEN VOU SEE.

UHAT IS UXXS JUST UKC ATRUNK KNO LOOK! a. UTTLJE IS RlOINfr ON THCBIROS NECK! First Casually List of 37 Men Includes Names of 3 Hoosiers A I A MAR K--Wheit city of Hannibal, observed the lOSlh birth anniversary of Missouri's famous humorist. Mark Twain. Dec. 1.

this bust of Twain was presented Hannibal by Walter Russell. N. Y. sculptor standing aloncslde. Past Commanders of Legion Post Renew Allegiance to United Stales! With the World War entering Be it resolved: That we their lived for the second time, Ihci renew our Legion oath to "Uphold commanders of Post No.

and defend the United States of American Legion, met Monday i i America," to "maintain law and or- for their a a i and "indue-! dcr," to. "foster and perpetuate ITTEft VISION TUBXSHEYg DBCOVfMDBr rue. eerteg. WAV ID TCEAT CMfAMfMN PUE TO LAX Of fXOffK 'BULK." IH PKT TO CORRECT THE OKMC Of THE TROUBLE WfTH KLKIOUS CEREAL, tlon" to the rolls of the latest past commander. With H.

Alvah Edwards, immediate past commander, host, the meeting was one the most a in the 20-year-old history ot the group. Mixed wllh the customary i a i ti'ue Americanism," to "inculcate sense of Individual obligation to the community, state and nation," to "combat the autocracy of both the classes and the masses," to "make Right the master of Might," to "promote Peace and Good-wiH was note of gravity, us those earth" and "to transmit to pos- all of whom hud served in the firm- I lonly the principles of Justice, 1 forces in war-time, met on the war had ivgnin been declared by i a i Before the mcet- Ing the past commanders took tho i civic action looking toward getting Kokomo on a wari The resolution was signed by Freedom and Democracy." Be it ordered: That a copy of this resolution be delivered to Post No. 6, Indiana American Legion, to The Kokomo Tribune. They passed a resolution re- ncwlng their vow of allegiance of 23 years ago, and by resolution they "pledged the lives and fortunes of every Legionnaire" who had served unilor them during regimes in i the poaU The Resolution: Whereas: The i States of W. H.

Unvcrsaw, Otis Gerhai-t, Hillis, O. L. McKay, H. M. Rhorcr.

William Workman, M. C. Tull, El-nest M. Robert L. Kuntz, James L.

Duke, Charles A. O'Neill, J. Victor McCooL.H. Alvah Edwards and W. H.

Williams, this being an unanimous vote. Mr, Williams was present as a special guest irevrey a AWPWONKrUMIY Of WATER. BARGAIN COALS W. H. Special W.

Virginia $7.25 fiasco Kentucky $8.75 Black Magic $3.30 DIAL 6185 Bassett Fuel Co. 10S4 West Monroe St. America has been treacherously at- during part the meeting. He is lucked and by an alien, enemy power; Whcrcus: We, as veterans, know from actual experience the meaning iind of nnd Whereas: More than 20 years ago! w6 look upon ourselves an oath defend and protect this nation with; all we have, that oath being never discharged still binding upon us; and Whereas: We, past commanders of Kokomo Post No. 6, Indiana American Legion, have an intimate knowledge of the temper and disposition of the hundreds of Legionnaires who have been loyal members of-Post 6 throughout the past 23 years; and Whereas: By their election we have been chosen to represent them a pa.st commander of the New Castle post and now lives in Kokomo.

In addition to the formal adoption of the resolution, the past commanders laid p.lans for an active war-time service lor the community, and these plans will be laid before the post for action in the immediate future. The extreme gravity of the present situation was discussed freely, one of the commanders calling: the first results of the present war the "third Bull Run," but each man was confident of the ultimate smashing victory. They were agreed that it was likely to be a hard war of at least a year or more duration, some estimates running as high as three to five years. throughout the existence of It was pointed out that the Amer- post, we feel free to speak for a Legion for more than 20 years n.s well ag ourselves; Therefore: Be it resolved, that we pledge again to our nation the lives and fortunes of these trained, disciplined Legionnaires, in whatever capacity each may be fitted to serve. At OLSEN EBANN HOT just.

new but tfomST Truly Scutotured IM7 I.IIM1S ItltllS. i i i End I Knives! 4 I i I Hista a l-r, i I'rwrtil-Tariiish I I 216 N. MAIN. Never--in all history-beauty like See it today! The loveliest in a century of Bilverplate derign! See how little il costs to own it-today! had begged and pleaded for adequate national defense material and forces, and that only in the past few months had the pleas been heeded, with resultant loss and delay. Now these war veterans unanimously demanded that this be an 'all-out war all the way," with a complete victory and no juggling of the final result at the peace table.

Hilarious "Induction." The meeting opened with the usual hilarious "induction" of the one new members. This time it was H. Alvah Edwards, immediate past commander, and Edwards fulfilled his obligation to provide food and entertainment for all his predecessors, who thereupon criticized him in the traditional for every possible error of omission or commission during his administration. They criticized his food, his selection of the Duke restaurant (where the meeting is always held, Duke himself being a past commander), but the fire of gridiron "heat" was turned on his invitation to the dinner. For the contents of this invitation and its composition, Edwards was tried in a "kangaroo court" with Colonel Unversaw as judge, Glen Hillis as prosecutor and O'Neill as defense attorney.

Edwards was found "guilty," and sentenced to serve one year as president of the Past Command ers' Absent from the meeting were Forest A. Harness, Shirley. Workman, both in Washington, D. Fred C. Goyer, now a lieutenant- colonel in the U.

S. Army, and Frank Lee Hale, now in Indianapolis. Past Commanders C. B. Vance, Walter Scott, Roy Barker and E.

N. Bennett are deceased. Washington, Dec. war department, issuing the first official casualty list of the United States-Japanese war, today listed the names of 37 American soldiers! who were killed in Japanese air I raids on Oahu. I The list of men killed in bombard-- ment of the Hawaiian base included: Second Lieutenant Robert H.

Markley. air corps, next of kin, Arthur H. Markley, father, Mandin Okla. Second Lieut. Jay E.

Pietzsch, air corps, next ot kin, Otto father, Amarillo. Tex. First Lieut. John S. Greene, air corps, next of kin, Mrs.

D. H. Greene, wife, Colfax, fa. First Lieut. Robert Richey, air corps, next of kin, Mrs.

George K. Richey, mother, Wellsburg, W. Second Lieut. George A. Whiteman, air corps, next of i John C.

Whlteman, relationship unlisted, Sedalla, Mo. Second Lieut. Hans C. Christiansen, air corps, next of kin, Peter C. Christiansen, father, Woodland, Calif.

Private Robert G. Allen, air corps, next of i Mrs. Sarah E. Allen, mother, Sims, Ind. First Sgt.

Edward J. Burns, air corps, nearest relative, John J. Burns, father, Pittsfield, Mass. Elkhart Boy Listed Corp. Robert P.

Buss, air corps, next of i Robert Buss, father, Elkhart. Ind. Pvt. First Class Theodore F. Byrd.

air corps, next of kin, Theodore F. Byrd, father, Tampa, Fla. Pvt. Wilbur S. Carr, air corps, next of i John W.

Carr, father, Miamisburg, Ohio. Corp. Malachy Cashcn, air corps, next of kin, Mrs. Gertrude Cashcn. mother.

Lamont, la. Pvt. Dean W. Cebert, air corps, next of kin, Mrs. Mildred Cebert, mother.

Galesburg, 111. Pv'-. 1st class Eugene L. Chambers, air corps, next of kin, Mrs. Violet Chambers, mother, Apollo, Pa.

Pvt. William C. Creech, air corps, next of kin, Mrs. Martha H. Creech, mother.

Cumberland, Ky. Staff Sgt. Frank J. Depolis, air corps, next of kin, Mrs. Laura G.

Depolis, mother, Renova, Pa. Sgt. James H. Dethrick, air corps, next of kin, Paul Dethrick, father, Ravenna, O. Staff Sgt.

James Everett, air corps, next of kin, John W. Everett, father, James Springs, N. M. From Wis, Pvt. John R.

Fletcher, air corps, next of kin, John Fletcher, father, Jancsvillc, Wis. Staff Sgt. Joseph E. Good, air corps, next of kin, Mrs. Ellen Good, mother, Pittsburgh, Pa.

Staff Sgt. James E. Guthrie, air corps, next of kin, Claude M. Guthrie, father, Naphalie, Va. Staff Sgt.

Joseph C. Herbert, air corps, next of kin, Walter J. Herbert, father. Clear Spring, Mo. Corp.

Vincent M. Horan. air corps, next of kin, Timothy Horan, father, Stamford, Conn. PvL George G. Leslie, air corps, next of kin, George S.

Leslie, father, Arnold, Pa. Pvt. 1st Class William H. Manley, air corps, next of kin, Mrs. Elizabeth J.

Manley, mother, Atlanta, Ga. Pvt. 1st Class John G. Mitchell, air' corps, next of kin, Mrs. Clara Mitchell, mother, Hoisington, Kan.

Pvt. Robert R. Niedzwiecki, air corps, next of kin, Peter P. Niedz- weicki, father. Grand Rapids, Mich.

Donald D. Plant (no rank shown) air corps, next of kin. Mrs. Mable Plant, mother, Wausau, Wis. Staff Sergeant Listed Staff Sgt.

John A. Price, air corps, next of kin, Mrs. Leona Price, mother, McComb, Miss. Anson E. Robbins, (no rank shown) air corps, next of kin, Kelsey Robbins, brother, Boston, Mass.

Sgt. George R. ScLmersal, air corps, next of kin, Mrs. Edith D. Schmersal, mother, Corona, L.

N. Y. Pvt. 1st Class Robert L. Schott, air corps, next of kin, Mrs.

Hazel C. Schott, mother, Elkhart, Ind. ApproTe Garbage Contract The board of public works at the regular meeting Monday afternoon approved the garbage contract between the city and L. R. Smith.

The contract has not yet been signed by Smith. It calls for the sale by the city of garbage collected for 25 cents per cubic yard. Killed In Auto-Train Crash. Plymouth, Dec. 9--(AP)--An east-bound Pennsylvania railroad passenger train struck an automobile west of Plymouth yesterday, killed the owner, Carl Nelson, 38, Marshall county farm hand, and injured his employer.

Henry Samuelson, 60. Robert R. Shattuck, (no rank shown), air corps, next of kin, Jose Shattuck, father. Blue River, Wis. Sgt Robert O.

Sherman, air corps, next of kin, Mrs. Ursula Krack, mother, Middletown, N. Y. Sgt. Morris Stacey.

air corps, next of kin, James H. Stacey, father, Fairmont, W. Va. Staff Sgt. Andrew A.

Walczynski, air corps, next of kin, Mrs. Catherine Walczynski, mother, Duluth Minn. Pvt. Lumus E. Walker, air corps, next, of i Mrs.

Bessie Walker, mother, Ziegler, III. The department said that the list was only a partial group of casualties. Weddings- Engagements Swlsher-Sykcs Miss Ernestine Sykes, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T.

J. Skyes of Nicholls, became the bride of William Fussell Swisher, son of Mrs. Sarah Swisher of Kokomo at 3 o'clock Thursday afternoon, November 27. The wedding took place at the country home of the bride's parents, near Nicholls. The Rev.

H. J. Johnston of Blackshear, officiated at the quiet but impressive ceremony which was witnessed by the parents and friends of the couple. The 25 wedding guests were entertained previous to the ceremony at a Thanksgiving dinner. The bride wore a street-length dress of defense blue, and a matching bonnet style hat.

She wore a corsage of yellow rosebuds and gloves of natural doe skin. Her only jewelry was a yellow gold cameo locket and bracelet, gift of the bridegroom. Mrs. Sykes wore a dress and hat of navy blue with pink accessories, and Mrs. Swisher soldier blue, trimmed in brown, with brown accessories.

Guests Eit the wedding were the parents and friends of the bride and also Mr. and Mrs. Robert Swisher of Augusta, brother and sister-in-law of the bridegroom. The bride was formerly employed at the S. H.

Kress store of Waycross, Ga. Mr. Swiaher is employed in the store room of the Haynes Stellite Company of Kokomo. After the ceremony the couple left for a trip to Jacksonville, and after spending several days in Birmingham, Alabama with Mr. and Mrs.

R. E. Arline, sister of the bride, they returned to Kokomo where they are at home to their friends at 918 West Woodland avenue. BETTER SPEECH BOOKS Fifteen 32 Pace Lessons With Self-Test Questions And Answers, SI.85 CANT KEEP GRANDMA IN HER CHAIR She's Lively as a Youngitcr-- Now her Backache is better Many aufferere relieve nagging backacba quickly, once they discover that the real "SS? be trou If tired The kidneys are Nature's chief iray ot talc- cid nd waBt th blood. They help most people paw about 3 puita a day.

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F. W. A special meeting for all members of the Veterans of Foreign Wars post has been called for the post home Tuesday night. The members of the housing committee are especially urged to be present. WATCH FOR PENNEY'S Sensational VALUES IN WEDNESDAY'S TRIBUNE Former Kokomo Woman Dies In Salt Lake City A copy of a Salt Lake City newspaper, of a few flays ago, received by The Tribune, carries announcement of the death, at her home there, of Mrs.

Irene Bailey Philips, a former resident of Kokomo, widow of Albert F. Philips, one time owner and editor of The Tribune. Mrs. Philips was 90 years old. Born in St.

Omer, a daughter of James L. and Phoebe E. Bailey, she was brought in her early girlhood to Kokomo. Here, on October 20, 1870, she married Mr. Philips, associated with his father, T.

C. Philips, in publishing and editing- The Tribune. Mr. Philips died a few years ago. The Philips family's control of The Tribune covered a period of nearly 30 years--from 1856 to .1885.

Upon selling his interest in the paper, Mr. Philips removed with his family to Illinois, remaining in that state a few years, then going to Salt Lake City, where for many years he was connected with the editorial staff of the Salt Lake Telegram, becoming one of the most distinguished newspaper men of the West. At the time of his death, his body reposed in state at the Capitol Building in Salt Lake. He was the only private citizen ever accorded this honor. Mrs.

Philips, well remembered In several of Kokomo's older homes, succumbed to complications resulting from a broken leg, a she received in a fall on Sept. 16, last. She was a member of the First Congregational church of Salt Lake. Her period of residence in that city had been 51 years. The survivors of Mrs.

Philips are three daughters, Mrs. Grace Patton and Mrs. Jessie P. Van Voorhis, both of Salt Lake, and Mrs. Julia P.

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