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Newspaper
Delphi Citizen
Location
Delphi, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 15, 1945
Page
5
The article argues for a careful shift to civilian rule, insisting no interim vacuum or carpetbagging. It notes existing civilian staff and military officers ready to assist, with proposals to move trained personnel into civilian service while maintaining qualified leadership and avoiding political exploitation.
Congressman Louis Ludlow proposes replacing Armistice Day with a yearly world holiday for peace under United Nations auspices. He suggests late May as a date and plans to push the idea in the House, aiming for a UNO resolution or State Department lead. The note ties the concept to honoring war dead and broader democratic aims.
A series of local notices documents the birth of a son to Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Voak of Tallulah Louisiana, birth of a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Bryce Adams, wedding announcements for Beatrice Bowman with A Clarke Metzger and Cecelia Kelley with Verne Martin, and marriages or engagements including Ruth Sanders and Lawrence Yerkes. The column also notes return of missionary couple William and Mrs Bock from Argentina, the Smiths’ return to Delphi, a birthday surprise for Mrs Will O Hefling, a resignation in the Republican women’s organization, and Miss Bess Wilson’s western trip. It records a death of infant Joseph Griffith in Lafayette Hospital and marriage licenses for McGowan Coble and Florence Groninger. Lawrence Yerkes is noted as a WWI veteran and sheriff candidate.
Readable fragments reflect wartime attitudes toward Japan and Germans, quotes from Col Alfred C. Oliver and Winston Churchill, and public discourse on atomic bomb secrecy. Voices include a British resident’s anxiety post Truman speech and a sixth grade pupil’s misgiven view of Americans.
Indianapolis November 15 Special Hoosier hunters are reminded that Saturday November 17 is the last day of the pheasant hunting season in Indiana. John H. Nigh chief of the enforcement branch of the Indiana Department of Conservation notes hunters must declare pheasants brought in from other states with locker number birds stored and refrigeration plant location. Indiana permits a possession limit of four cock pheasants taken in state. Declarations of out of state kills may be sent to Nigh or to the Division of Fish and Game Indianapolis Indiana.
In Indiana 1944 annual Probation Division report new Republican director Mrs. Eleanor B. Snodgrass credits Mrs. Margaret A. Afflis of Delphi for outstanding public service. Afflis previously directed the division under Gov. Henry Schricker and aided Probation Officers across twenty four counties.
Indiana announces surplus beavers are available for free distribution across the state. About 20 pairs will be sent to suitable areas with ample cottonwood trees, and applicants should expect beaver dam activity. Surplus beavers come from areas where dam building affected farming.
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