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Newspaper
Carthage Citizen
Location
Carthage, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1945
Page
4
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Article reflects public awe and horror over the Hiroshima blast and its potential impact on ending the war. It notes a single bomb devastated a Japanese city and headlines claim a city is missing. It urges renewed effort for world peace to deter future use.
Indianapolis Star argues President Truman should push reconversion and end military procurement excess. Officials resist releasing railroad workers coal miners and doctors, risking civilian shortages as war nears end with ample ammunition stockpile.
A fragment reflects on mercy as a concept not understood by those who show none. The line suggests a harsh view of mercy’s relevance, implying a distant or misunderstood humane gesture in a difficult context.
Local social notes describe a Riley Park picnic hosted by Mrs. Max Ellis and others near Greenfield, with a Fidelity class picnic planned for August 15 at Riley Park. A Friends Missionary meeting is led by Mrs. Jennie O Henley at home, while Ronald Wayne Brown hosts a seventh birthday party for 30 children east of Carthage. Change announced for Ripley Home Makers meeting August 23, and Lafalot club gathers Friday with luncheon hosted by Mrs. Ralph Pearson.
The article lists numerous visitors and guests over recent days including Mrs. W. S. Coleman Mrs. Allen Blacklidge and Barbara Rushville Mrs. Henry G. Stager Mrs. O. C. McCarty Mrs. Sarah Stager and others in Rushville Arlington Indianapolis and Lucasville Ohio. Notable attendees include Mr. and Mrs. Erastus Brown Mr. and Mrs. Donald Brown Ronnie C E Brown and Ethel Retherford with extended visits by Charleen Webb and Ralph Winslow among others.
Ripley Township Rush County Indiana officers meet September 11 1945 to consider extra appropriation for Special School Fund Pay of Drivers 400.00 Township Fund Clerical 81.91 for Dorag 24.57 Per Diem Hearing rights for taxpayers present. Final appropriation referred to State Board of Tax Commissioners with a future hearing at Rush County Auditor's office.
Cody Nebraska hosted James McGeorge and family while Mrs. Raymond Tice of Cleveland Ohio visited Dr. and Mrs. Spangler and Henry Spangler. Mrs. Tice mourns a son lost at Manila. Ruby and Frieda McGeorge vacationed with their parents. Dale Spangler and Pamela (Indiana) visited Moore and Sharp in Rushville Sunday. READ THE WANT ADS.
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