1946 01 11 atterbury air base changes assignment

News The Republic (Columbus, Indiana) • Fri, Jan 11, 1946 • Page 4

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AIR BASE CHANGE. Release of Atterbury Army Air

field by the Troop Carrier com-mand does not necessarily mean anything so far as this city's air-port chances are concerned. It is still Army property and hardly ex-pected to be declared surplus as long as Camp Atterbury is a going con-

-cern. The Walesboro field, on the other hand, is said to be on the list of surplus fields, although it has not been publicly announced as. surplus property. It is under-stood to be immediately available if the city should decide to take it over as a municipal airport..

• • The growing interest in munici-

pal airports is evidenced by the fact that 22 Indiana cities and towns were represented at a meet-ing held Wednesday In Indiana-polis under the auspices of the state aeronautics commission. John Owens and Lt. Francis Kline at-tended from here. A number of objections to the Airport Act of 1945 were discussed, and two pro-posed amendments were approved unanimously. One would legalize long-term contracts and leases on rnuncipal airports, and the other would grant authority to munici-palities to make appropriations to a revolving fund for purchasing materials and supplies.

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News .corn The Republic (Columbus, Indiana) • Fri, Feb 8, 1946 • Page 1


WRECK BURNS RAIL STATION

Troop Train from Atterbury Hits Greenwood Depot

—Three Injured.

Traffic on the Pennerylvarila railroad main line through here was tied up for two hours Thurs-day afternoon after a derailed troop train plowed into the Green-wood station, Netting it afire and injuring three persons.

Flames, starting from the over-turned heating stove in the sta-tion, destroyed the building.

Only crew members were aboard the train about 2:45 o'clock when seven of Its 18 coaches jumped the rails as it aped through Green-wood en route to Indianapolis from Camp Atterhury. Greenwood is ten miles south of Indianap-olis.

Blame for the wreck was not determined, railroad officials said. Police stated, however, that the train apparently hit an open switch and veered from the main track to a siding. A short time be-fore, freight cars had been switch-ing in the station area.

Local Folk View Wreckage. Word of the accident reached

here soon after the crash and a number of local residents drove to Greenwood to view the wreckage.

ArviII T. Bicknell, 58, of Indi-anapolis, Greenwood station agent and telegraph operator, was in-jured seriously. He was taken to Methodist hospital at Indianapolis.

Brakeman Ralph S. Donica, 25. of Indianapolis suffered a leg fracture and broken ribs.

Fourteen negro Pullman porters

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1946_02_08_Empty troop train hits Greenwood Depot

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WRECK BURNS RAIL DEPOT AT GREENWOOD

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and four other trainmen narrowly escaped injury when five of the coaches overturned. The train. made up of sleeper cars, had un-loaded nearly 1.000 soldiers at Camp Atterbury shortly before the accident.

Indiana state police said that One of the cars smashed into the station. tipped over a heating stove and tore through the oppo-site end of the building. The sta-tion burst into flames and was completely demolished.

Station Visitor Hurt. Harold Smock, 40, of Greenwood.

also was injured but not serious-ly. He was taken to his borne af-ter a physician took 16 stitches in a head wound and removed a 4-inch wood splinter from his tongue.

Smock was standing in the sta-tion, visiting with Bicknell. when the train wrecked the building.

Smock is a brother of Robert Smock of Edinburg. '

The train ran 150 feet along the siding before leaving the rails. It then plowed across ties and a concrete platform in front of the station, and coaches jackknifed On. coach jumped across the main track and stoltpad upright at the crest of an embankment

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Army to Keep Atterbury Air Field Indefinitely

Atterbury Army Air field, lo-cated at the north edge of Colum-bus, is to be kept in operation indefinitely by the War depart-ment as a military installation, it was announced today.

The announcement by the War I department was made through

I Senator Raymond E. Willis of In-diana.

The War department explained that it had reviewed a previous decision to close the field and, in-stead will keep it in operation in-definitely to serve the communi-cations requirements of Camp At-terbury, which has been designated as a permanent Army installation.

The announcement immediately ruled out possibility of the city of Columbus taking over the .Atter-bury field as a- municipal airport. Although the field is too large for the city to maintain alone, it had been thought that an arrangement for part maintenance might be worked out. There also had been talk that the state of Indiana might be induced to place a wing of the Indiana national guard air force here, using the Atterbury

Walesboro Available. . The Walesboro Flying field, how-

, ever, is still available to the city of Columbus, as far as is known here, and is more near the size which could be operated on an economical basis. Both fields are located four miles from the county courthouse here.

The Atterbury Army Air field has been on a "stand by" basis since Jan. 31 when it was for-merly- given up as surplus by the Troop Carrier Command.

Most local observers, however. were of the opinion that the field would be kept open to serve Camp Atterbury, even though no other branch of Army Air Forces should have any need for the field as part

I of their program_ The War de-' partment'■ announcement today substantiated that view.

I Since Jan. 31 the military and

civilian staffs at the air field have been reduced and it Is not yet known how large a staff will be required to keep the base in operation as a field serving Camp Atterbury,

Lt. Thomas L Pugh. who is present commanding officer at the local field. said today that as far as is now known here only a skeleton crew will be kept at the field, providing service for planes landing here In connection with Camp Atterbury.

As for future plans. Lieutenant Pugh said that he had received no information. It is believed prob-able, however, that the Meld will be operated as a base of the Air Service command.

There are approximately 20 ci-vilian employes at the field ■nd eight Army men. Whether or not any or all of these will be retained is still to be determined.

Probable Use, One of two arrangements for

future use of the local field appears probable. The possibilities are:

1. That the field will be oper-ated only as a lending site for air traffic in and out of Camp Atter-bury• and Wakeman general hos-pital with only • small staff as-signed here to maintain the base.

2. That the field will be incorpor-ated into another branch of the Army Air Forces, serving both as a base for Camp Atterbury and for an Army Air Forces flying program. .In event that the bate is used

only for Camp Atterbury air traf-fic, a small staff could maintain the field and It is probable that the field's operation would be linked closely with Atterbury, with its offices consolidated into the Atterbury offices

However. If made a part of an Army Air Forces program. a fairly large staff probably would be need- ed here because of more traffic and separate offices would be

I maintained.

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Newspapers: The Columbus Herald (Columbus, Indiana) • Wed, Feb 20, 1946 • Page 2


MAYOR NAMES 4 MEMBER BOARD OF AERONAUTICS]

Schaerges, Freeman, Swain and Mellencamp Are

Appointed.

PLAN MUNICIPAL PORT

Creation of Commission Is ' First Step Toward Se-

curing Field.

Mayor Carlos S. Felber.. appoint-mente to the Columbia board of aviation oornmiseioners were an-nounced and continued by the City munch, meeting In regular session Monday night at city hall.

These appointed and the length of their term are a. follows:

Robert Scheergett, 2206 Chestnut Street, employs of Nohlitt-aparks Industries, Inn., one year.

Robert Freeman, 2304 Newton street, employs Cummins Engine mmpany, two jkars.

S. Franklin Swab', 2520 Byce-; more ereet, Golden Foundry; three Years. •

L. W. Mellencamp. 828 Third larva, First National Corp.. four years.

BI•Pserbsoa Dowd. Schaerges and Swain are Re-

while Freeman and Mellencamp are Democrats. The law provides that not more than' two of the members shall be of the earn. politieel faith.

Creation of the commlaslon le • viewed az another step toward procuring a municipal airport for the city.

Mayor Folger was not In attend- &nee at the meeting because of 111-..4

but the tIPPointenents were

read and confirmed by the mem-bers of the council. In We absence Councilman Robert A. Barnaby presided.

I The council started the ball rol-ling on the aviation project two , eaneek• ago when it passed

inance In favor of the acquisi-tion, improvement, operation and

1 MaintenInCe, of an airport and, landing field for the city.

The program is being set up under the 'Indiana Airport Act of

Two Fields Near City. Officials of the city have been

eyeing the poseibillty of procuring one of the nearby army airfields for Columbus. Although Atterbury airfield. north of the city. Is to be retained as en active base. the 000-acre Waleshore field, three miles south. Is expected to be available. City officials have been informed that about the only cost

Ito the community In procuring the field would be for its maln-tenenee

With the board if aviation corn-Missioners appointed, the nt step will be for the body to meet and

• organize by electing from it. mem-bers a president, vine-president and secrete, The board Is to be provided with an office end will

1 receive up to $1500 annually top actual expenses. The members are

. to serve without pay.

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Newspaper5- The Franklin Evening Star (Franklin, Indiana) • Fri, Feb 22, 1946 • Page 1


'400,000 Face the Cruel World at Atterbury CAMP ATTERBURY, Feb. 22 —

(INS)--More than four hundred thousand men have been processed through the Camp Atterbury separation center it was announced today.

During February the center has averaged 2.587 men daily with 51.- 730 GIs having been processed since the first of the month.

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Newspapers- The Republic (Columbus, Indiana) • Fri, Mar 29, 1946 • Page 6


FOUR BOWLING ALLEYS OPEN

Four bowling alleys, part of the Camp Atterbury post exchange system, have been opened in Building 335 on Tenth street in the southern part of the camp.

The new alleys are available for use by military and civilian personnel, but until eight more alleys now under construct on Ninth street are cornplet , or until f

ipa-

tronage at the lleys decreases, there will be a restriction on the number of games each player may bowl. The present restriction is three games at one time.

R. L. Gilmore of Columbus, a Navy veteran, is manager for the new alleys.

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Newspapers- The Columbus Herald (Columbus, Indiana) • Wed, Apr 24, 1946 • Page 5


NO CHANGE AT CAMP DUE NOW

War Department Says Same Status to Continue, at

Least for Present.

International News Service re-ported Friday afternoon from Washington that the War Depart-ment has stated its present plans are to keep Camp Atterbury oe an active basis.

The War departmert added that there has been no decision made to transfer the discharge and in-duction centers to Fort Knox, Ky , from Atterbury.

The query on a possible change at Atterbury was made fo:lowing rumors that transfer of the dis-charge and induction centers to Fort Knox might be made around July 1.

Possibility of a future change at Atterbury was not denied by the War department statement, but it was pointed out that the department, at least for the time being, intends to operate Atter-bury as it is at the present time.

This week the Atterbury public relations office said it could not make any comment on the rumors, other than that no official infor-mation had been received on any contemplated change in status of the •Hoosier camp.

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Newspapercs: The Republic (Columbus, Indiana) • Fri, Apr 26, 1946 • Page 2


TO SELL MORE CAMP BUILDINGS

Bids to Be Opened or May 6 —Time Provided for

Inspections.

Plans were announced today for sale of approximately 100 build-ings at Camp Atterbury, including houses, barns, sheds, showers, la-trine's and miscellaneous farm buildings.

The buildings will be sold by sealed bid and full information may be secured from Buford Sweeney, sales disposal officer, in the U. S. Engineer Sales office at Atterbury.

Buildings will be available for inspection by prospective pur-chasers for a period of four days, starting Tuesday and ending May 3.

A separate bid must be made on each building No group bids will be accepted

Sealed bids will be opened at 10 o clock the morning of May 6 at the Engineer Sales office at Atterbury. The governmert re-serves the right to reject any or all bids.

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FCAMPAIGN TO

RETAIN CAMP IN FULL SWING

Program Seeks to Have At- terbury Kept as Army

Training Canter.

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1946_05_13_Campaign to retain Camp Atterbury in full swing. Separation and reception centers close

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Resolution Urging Atterbury Be Kept Sent Army Officials

Comes Of Petotkon Framed Orleetrng Mere Sent To

m Sece Command Heed And Indinna Congressmen

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1946_05_14_Resolution to keep Atterbury sent to Army officials

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Newspapers: The Columbus Herald (Columbus, Indiana) • Wed, May 15, 1946 • Page 1


CAMP UNIT TO CLOSE JULY 31, BIXBY REVEALS

Major Cut in Center's Civilian Workers Set

for July 1.

Camp Atterbury's Per-sonnel center, including the Separation and Induction stations, will be closed on July 31, it was announced today by Col. Ernest A. Bix-by, commanding officer of Camp At,erbury.

A major pert of the civilian workere employed In branches of .e Personnel center will term inate Meir crk around Suly 1 and other civ

wilian employes with

the center will be relemed by July 31, Colonel Bixby added.

The commanding officer empha-ud that dosing of the Personnel

, center does net mean the entire camp will be closed on July 31.

Preaumahly Wakeman hospital activities von continue, along with other camp funetiom, aside from the Pereonr el center. and the an-nouncement on reduction in civil-ian emp.oyee wi

rtth the center has

no connection wh Wakeman how pital employes.

Many Workers from Here. However. the Separation and In-

duction stations of the Personnel eenter have currently been the major function, of Atterbury prop-er and several hhndred people re-sidng in Me Columbus area have been employed in the renter's Manche.

The War department, action to close the Personnel center this summer as the Army neared the end of irt big drtcharge program had been expected. but there re- mained until today pose.ility that the Separation station would be retained an one of Me Met in the United States under the World War II diecnarge program.

The War department recently disclosed the_ it plans to use Camp Alter ihry NA a national guard training mite However. commun-ties ahoand the camp have signed

petitton asking that the camp he used for Regular Army troops ae well as e guard training camp.

Hospital to Be Kept! No official announeement

been made concerning the future of Wakeman General hoepital at Arterburv. but It is underetood here that present plane call for the boom.: to remain in opera-tion es an Army installation through at least 1948.

Camp Atterbury, Separation station wee to fished Oct 15. 1944, end was reported to be the second tangent Army release ela-tion in the United States

The Induction station was ea- ' tahlisted Atterbury In Septem-

ben 1944, when it wee moved there from Fort Benjamin Harri-son at Indlonelartie

The Personnel center also has included the Reception station for rnen returning to Me United States

r from overseas oh furlough and Spada, Training unit. The Re.

;motion Matron handled thomande of men. returning to the State. un-der the re-deployment programafter V-E lay and prior to end of the war with Japan.

1946_05_15_Personnel Cent at Camp to close July 1, 1946

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Newspapers- The Tribune (Seymour, Indiana) • Fri, May 24, 1946 • Main Edition • Page 1


Field to Make Change Freeman Field will begin

operation under Daylight Saving Time Monday morning, in conformity with the action taken by merchants in Seymour, it was announced today by field authorities.

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Attei.bury Theater Destroyed By Fire

-Camp Atteri?ury, Ind., June WY—Camp Atterbury authorities were seeking today to determine the .cause of a fire that swept a theater on reservation Monday night. -

They estimated the damage at $50,000. The theater was empty at .the time. Firemen. prevented the flames from spreading to the chppel and the - post exchange.

1946_06_05_Atterbury theater destroyed by fire.

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Newspapers: The Republic (Columbus, Indiana) • Fri, Jun 7, 1946 • Page 1


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CAMP ATTERBURY COMMANDER IS WOUNDED CONGRESS SET In High Court

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vliTTERft.• ARMY SECRECY VEILS SHOOTING

OF COL. BIXBY Col. Ernest A. Bixby, commanding officer of Camp

Atterbury, was in Wakeman General hospital with gun-shot wound. today and hie wife was being treated for "nervous reaction" to a shooting which apparently oc-curred in their home, a former farmhouse on the Atter-bury reservation.

Colonel Bixby, veteran of the Normandy beach In-vasion two yeara ago, was in a condition described as "not considered serious." His wife. Mrs. Martha Robot-eon Bixby, formerly of Louisville. also was in the hospital.

Atterbury authorities declined to elaborate on details of the shooting.

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had the Ild on detail. a the wounding of Col. Ernest A. Bixby so tight Nes It Npeared noshtoll

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UD CLAMPED ON MINT AT ATTERBURY

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I northwest of the cantonment area. A civilian worker near the home

said today: "I heard that there was a rum-

pus of some sort down there, 'but there have been so many wild tales about it I don't know what to believe."

The rumors were aggravated further by the fact that Colonel Bixby was reported to have en-tered the hospital without going through the usual checking in pro- cedure.

Few of the enlisted men in the camp. outside of the hospital per-sonnel, were aware that the corn- manding officer was in the hos-pital

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News .corn The Republic (Columbus, Indiana) • Fri, Jun 7, 1946 • Page 2


CAMP ATTERBURY COMMANDER WOUNDED

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at Ft. Leavenworth in 1936 and 1997, he returned to R.O.T.C. duty at Princeton until 1939. He be-came a student of the Army In-dustrial college, Washington, D. C., on Sept. 1, 1939, the day war broke out in Europe. and was assigned additional duty with the Bureau of Information in the Secretary or War's office.

From January, 1931, until March, 1942, Cc4onel Bixby served with the G-3 plans and operations divi-sion of the War Department Gen-eral staff. From March until De-cember. 1942. be was chief of the operations division of the G-3 sec-tion of the Army ground forces. He was then assigned to the Fourth Armored division as artil-lery commander.•The division went overseas in Defetriber. 1943, and trained in Englatfaf until July. 1944, when it landed on the Normandy beach and went into the kne on July 17.

Also With forrth. On July 27, the Fourth Armored

division spearheaded the advance .of the Third army, to cut off the Normandy peninsula and race across France. Colonel Bixby re-mained with the Fourth until Sept. 11, 1944, when he joined the 90th Division as artillery com-mander. H. was promoted to his present rank on Nov. 11, 1944. He left the division in Czechoslovakia. near Regen, Germany, on May b. 1945, to return to the States and his present assignment,

Colonel Bixby has been awarded the Legion of Merit. the Croix de Guerre with palm, the Silver Star with two Oak Leaf clusters and the Bronze Star with cluster. He is married to the former Martha Robertson of Louisville, Ky., and

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STILL NO WORD ON FUTURE USE OF ATTA-FIELD

Plane Base, North of City, Virtually on Stand-by

Basis.

PERSONNEL TOTALS 15

Will Either Be Put to Ac- tive Use or Declared

Surplus, Belief.

Although a big reduction In RAO. Is elated at Camp Atter-bury this month. with the Person-nel center to close formally July 1. • decision on future use of A, terbory Army Air field at the north edge of Columbus Is still hanging fire.

At the present time the held le

virtually on a stand-hy beats and no planes are based there, accord-ing to Capt. Robert L Kenyon, commanding officer at the field.

The local field le still an Instal lation of the Troop Carrier com-mand. being under the Third Air force. Troop Carrier command. at Greensboro. S. C.

No Hospital Planes. With a decision on Camp Atte,

bury, /uture pending. it has been expected that an announcement might be made won on future use of the air base. It wee previously reported that the base would re-main open to accommodate hos-pi., planes being flown Into Wakeman hospital at Atterbury.

*for the past several weeks no planes have landed here.

ptain Kenyan, who succeeded Lt. Thomas L Pugh as command-er at the local field. le 'the only arm. forcee member stationed at the field. Fourteen civilians are employed at the hue. They in-clude an engineering superintend-ent, eight firemen, electrician, car-penter. plumber anti two women office workers.

Seven Gliders on and. Only seven gliders remain out

of the large number which were ...Ioned here while the field

fu,red as center of glider training r George field near Vincennes. number of the glide. have

been scrapped. the metal sold salvage and the fabric burned et the field.

ft is expected that within the near uture, the held either will be put to artive use or will be declared surplus.

There is a coneiderahle amount of machme shop mois amp ma-chinery at the base, installed for maintenance of the planes. This machinery. however cannot be made available for private use un-til after the neld ie dentered eur-pl. and then only if the Air forces have no need foe*.

Captain Kenyon is residing In Columbas with his wife and small child. Their permanent home le at Santa Are. Calif. Captain Kenyon his been in service since Novem-ber, 1940. He entered se an en-listed men and in 1942 graduated from pilot echool as a staff ser• geant ilot. He went overseas with the Troop Carrier command In 1942 and received a ommis-el. In 1943 /Se was in the Euro-

and African areas for 19 months

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Newspapers- The Tribune (Seymour, Indiana) • Mon, Jun 10, 1946 • Main Edition • Page 3


Patients at Wakeman Hospital Get Diplomas

Camp Atterbury, Ind., June in —4,r)—High school and college diplomas from all over the country are arriving at Camp Atter-

reitthied 7 their studies where they left off aft- entering service.

The 'veterans are given tests and the results are sent to the schools which they attended. The schools then decide whether diplomas should b granted.

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News .corn The Republic (Columbus, Indiana) • Wed, Jun 12, 1946 • Page 1


ENGINEERS TO SELL OFFICE

Building on 25th Street to Be Sold Through Sealed

Bids.

Following end of U. II Corps of Engineer activities here, the of-fice building formerly occupied by the engineers as an aria office of the Ohio River division and located at Twenty-fifth street and Cen-tral avenue is being offered for sale.

Work formerly done at the of-fice here is now being handled in the division offices at Louisville. The area office served the Camp Atterbury area and was central point for Army engineering ►ctivi-ties at Atterbury Army Air field. Camp Atterbury and rreeman field. The office was established here in 1943.

The office building will be sold by sealed bids, to be opened at 4 o'clock on Friday afternoon. June

Buford Sweeney, sales repre-sentative of the Ohio River divi-sion, will be at St Denis hotel Juno 17 through Jun. 21 to meet prospective buyers and Lull infor-mation may be obtained from him

The office building. located on the Overstreet property, must be moved. The building is 160 by 20 feet, with two wings 110 by 20 feet and 30 by 30 feet. It is con-structed mainly of sectional Dangle.

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be6n. suspended after lour years ofa continuous publication.

1946_06_13_Camp Crier ends publication

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A son, Kenneth John, was born Sunday morning at the Wakeman General Hospital, Camp Atter•, bury, to4I.A. and Mrs. Noel.J. Fischer, 4131/2 Calvin Boulevard, this city. Lt. Fischer, a former! cadet and later instructor at Freeir: man Field, now is attached to the public Mations office at the field.

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Planes from Freeman Field flew over Kokomo Sunday to add to the ceremony for the dedication of a new airport there. Several displays of foreign equipment from Freeman were it the airport for the dedication.

1946 06 17 Several enemy planes on show at Kokomo airport

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'Plot Plan for Proposed School Building Project On Twenty-fifth Street Announced by Officials

Architects Show How

New Plant Will Be Laid Out.

A proposed plot plan for the new Columbus high school building and athletic plant, pictured above, was announced today by the city school board. The projected plan was prepared by the architect firm of McGuire and Shook.

As shown above north to to the left, while the top of the plan in to the east.

The plot includes the 40 acres of land purchased recently by the school city north of Twenty-fifth street and between the extensions of Maple street and Home avenue.

As proposed In the plan, the high school building. with its double wings, would face Twenty-fifth street. The new gymnasium would be on the northeast wing, while the vocational buildings would be on the northwest wing.

The property extend• for LOGO Net along the north side of Twen-ty-fifth street in an east and west direction and for 1.401 feet in it north and south direction, running north from Twenty-fifth street.

The academic section of the high school proper would face Twenty-fifth street with an assembly room and cafeteria on the north side of the main building near the center and facing a sunken garden to the north.

A large parking area is shown, accessible to the extensions of Ma-ple street and Home avenue. Ten-

his courts off the parking area and the baseball diamond and football stadium also are shown, along with proposed landscaped areas.

Study Financial Setup. The school board is now working

on the financial set-up for the proj-ect and Luther A. Lockwood, su-perintendent of schools, said today the board plans to push ahead with details of the gymnasium as soon as the financial arrangements for the improvement are completed. Mr. Lockwood explained that the gymnasium still Is the first build-ing slated for construction in the new project.

The school board is meeting with various groups and individuals in a review of the plans and contem-plated costs of the project and It bventually is planned to prepare slides showing facts and figures

on the project and the building plane. These will be shown to vari-ous organizations throughout the city so that everybody will have a chance to become thoroughly ac-quainted with the project, Mr. Lockwood said.

Meeting Held. The school board met Tuesday

night with the educational com-mittee of the Chamber of Com-merce and discussed the plans and financial requirements.

The board also is making plant to dispose of its 12-acre property on Twenty-fifth street west of the new school site and also the MI acres of lend on West Eighth street which serves as a school farm. The pres-ent high school athletic field on West Eighth street will be retained until after the new field and facili-ties are ready for use.

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1946_06_26_New school building on 26th street planpresented

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News The Columbus Herald (Columbus, Indiana) • Wed, Jun 26, 1946 • Page 1


Ever Hear of Delta? It's New Town Near Edinburg

By ROBERT J. MARSHALL. , A new Apostolic Tabernacle A petition has been filed for a church also is being erected in

new postoffice in Bartholomew the addition. It is of concrete county -to serve an area outside blocks and most of the exterior the southwest corporate limits of has been completed. Edinburg. The town of Edinburg is ex-

The name of Delta has been periencing a building boom sim-suggested for the proposed postal ilar to that of Columbus and a area, but there is some doubt as number of homes are going up to whether the petition will he in the community, along with sev-granted because of proximity to eral new business buildings and Edinburg and the fact that a additions. rural mail route now runs past Other Construction. the addition. Alden Johnson of Edinburg and

Arthur Barker, who lives in the Ralph Huff of 1304 Pearl street, new addition, said Friday after— Columbus. are enlarging the noon that he hoped to establish former Johnson machine shop the postoffice in a new grocery building south of the corner of store which he is building. Barker County Line street and former said 25 to 30 persons residing In Road 31. Huff purchased an In-the area supported the move for te-rest in the business last March. a postoffice. 1 The new firm will have the agency

New Building Goes Up. for Kaiser-Fraser automobiles and Barker, formerly employed at Graham farm implements. The r

Camp Atterbury, is building a machine shop, auto garage and concrete block building on the . body shop are being enlarged. Art south side of County Line street. addition 108 by 50 feet has been which runs along the Bartholo- built on the rear of the original ' mew-Johnson county line. I building and is nearing comple-

The new addition outside the lion. A show room is being con-southwest corner of Edinburg strutted on the north side of the proper has grown up in the past building. eight months and has been going A 30 by 30 foot concrete block under the name of "Green Acres.•" addition also Is being built on The area is located west of Cuha the rear of the Talbert Service addition, which also is in Bar- station at the corner of County tholomew county. Line street and former Road 31.

The addition includes 18 acres. It will be used for a grease lift bounded on the north by County and wash rack. Line street and extending from Across former Road 31 to the Edinburg's Main street westward west a concrete block building is to the former route of Road 31 being erected by Lawrence Whit-at the southwest corner of Edin- lock for a monument shop. Whit- burg. lock has purchased the monu-

Homes being erected in the area ment business of ,lohn Talbert. are E all and In the southeast which was located next door corner a resident has set up two north. The former Talbert shop tents for temporary use along building is being converted into with a small one-room house. I a residence.

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Newspapers: The Columbus Herald (Columbus, Indiana) • Wed, Jun 26, 1946 • Page 1


TOWNSHIP WILL GET OVERFLOW

SCHOOL HOUSE Overstreet Buys Government

Building—To Lease It for Two Years.

PURCHASE PRICE $2,500

East Columbus Problem of Housing Pupils Tenta-

tively Solved.

Sehooiroom mpace Mr Columbus towisellige overflowing Suit

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quired following wile of the U. S Engineers frame structure on

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.""7:eu'ear"r . yearrjargtre'et, bid arnOrun7eTI

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• OPla erne the building was moved at the .na of occupancY bY tn. ngme ' aemn t, ewnerehiP the eft...re.

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Franklin Phi.. bide.

The hulintes t• • one-shu, frame •tructure with • main /section 80 by feet.. two w.g. The Long wing is 110 by . feet while the !smaller one is a 30 by 20 foot ection.

TTe school is made of sectional Penellng bolted together It is Ich eat. at the northwest corner of

:%,. e °W7,4 cheater N. Dinkins. township

(mate, wild that the township's lease with Mr. Overstreet will be-oome effective as soon a., the ist- ter, iemse with governmeM

Berege. ram

...Sire. which eoon• To Tranefer Grades.

:Ielevaty"gie- fourth andr'llt. ' gred'es 'and to

:or the congeation may be reliever,

Direint sad. Some .0 pupils

wnlan approval by the state fire mar-

Au for employing new teschers. the trustee Indicated that It mllY

11. te'r' e"T some of those alreardy '-o7the Tag at .e East Columbus building Although he could not give a de- .1Ied statement on the conver-

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Newspapers- The Franklin Evening Star (Franklin, Indiana) • Thu, Jun 27, 1946 • Page 1


The Si.t r's Johnson Comely

History Lesson FOR TODAY

Compiled Kr The Chamber Of Commerce

—o— Readers who recall tritereating

hIstorical tarts about Franklin and Johnson County are Invited

send their written contribu-tiona to The Star.

Q- Where Is supposed to be one of the latge.st Indian mounds in John- I son county?

A -On the east bank of Sugar Creek several yards south of tne old Freeman cemetery. south of Amity.

Q -Where is believed to be another Indian burial site?

A—A peculiar conical-tilla p e d mound in Hensley township. west of state road 135 and south of the old Morgantown road.

--- Q Where are the greatest num-

ber of Indian.s blurted? A On the bluffs along White

River, east and northeast of Waver- Is the Morgan and Johivion county line.

Tribes once occupied what used to be known as the Boaz field in White River township, Fl mile east of Wav-erly. in the river bottom and the redskins buried their dead on the high bluffs skirting the river.

Q—Where in Union township was an Indian camp once located?

A—Junt, south of what is known as the old Rivers cemetery, north of Providence. where there was an In-dian camp about L$25 or IS26.

1946_06_27_Indian mounds in Johnson County

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riiiERBURY IS INSPECTED FOR TRAINING GROUND

CAMP ATTERBURY, June 27— (INS) tier Donald F Pancoast. tidlutont lenrral of Ohio. today in- pected enmp A(terbury as a pos-

sible twatning ground for the Ohio State Ountd.

Thr Indiana State Guard will train 2.00f) troops at Camp Atter- bury July 7 through 14

1946_06_27)Ohio NG inspects Atterbury for possible training site

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War Department Officially Lists County War Dead • • Supreme Sacrifice Casualty list Of

Killed In Action E". Marlon E.

E".""t. ". t'"- World War If Is M. Harnett_ Pfc. Hershel! W Benefiel. Pfc. William 0 Headley.

. Clore Pv. John N. Cox. fiat..W

l'''. R'r7 Hargett.

Fir" Cecil Given For Army

lace Curry, Capt. Victor R. Deer Pvt. Claude E. Doty. Staff Sgt. Chester 52 Johnson County

Doyle. Sat. Ralph M. Holland- Deaths Are Listed; beck. Second Lieut. Louis G. Lind,

Plc. Glancy V. Lucas. Second Lieut. None From Here Is Bennett J. Mackey, Sgt. Robert I. Missing, Report Shows Miller.

Pet Alber M. Perry. Pfc. Russell official total of army war dead M. Pike. Pvt. James E. Poynter. Plc. from Johnson county dining World Robert E Richardson. Second Lieut War II was 52. the war department Kenneth N. Rider. Jr.. Pvt. Virgil L_ announced today. The list was pre-Smith. Pfc. Claude H. Stephens, Pot pared by the Adjutant Cenral for Clifford W. Suitt, Pfc. Oliver H. the War Department bureau of pub-Thomas. Capt Harold K VanAnt- lie relations In Washington, D. C. were. Pvt. Melba L. Watson. Tech. Thirty-one of the number were Skt. Charles L. Whitlock. Pvt. Wit- listed as having been killed In w-ham J Whitlock. Oat. Harold E. Don. whether at the front or OF Williams, First Lint G_' enemy action in the rear areas, or if Wright. a !sinner of war, whether by air

Died Of Wounds bembHdment of his prison camp at Pvt Thurman I Miles. Pol. Everett! by being shot while escaltine

E. Patterson, Pfc. Philip Smith, Pet. Four of the total were wounded James R. Suillsan. and lain died of wounds. Only one

Died Of Injuries. suffered fatal battle Injuries as an-

ent Gladuon Gonterman_ posed to wounds, in combat or In

Died Non-Battle. combat areas, and died In a line-of- Pfc Joseph T_ Applegate. T'S duty status.

Marcus Bledstein. P f . Iggan T The remaining 16 were other line- Chappelow. Staff set. Leon E Clem- of-duty deaths, such as from sick-er, Plc. Roland H. Hatch ?light:nem. homlrlde suicide or accidents Officer Wayne E. Hill. Pvt. James outside combat areas, including S. Lewis, Aviation Cadet Frank N. training and maneuver deaths. Pettiler. Pr. Ralph E. Pritchard, The tabulation failed to include Staff Sgt. Jack Ray. Sgt. Lyle W. any from this county who Were Robinson. Pfc. Clarence R. Stanley., either found dead or who are miss-Second Lieut. William W Stockton. tag. Capt. Wendell M. Vol. Master Sgt. The report contains the latest and Richard T. Wales. Sgt. Raymond D. Mist complete data available on all Walker. military personnel who were killed

or died. or became and remain miss-ing. between the president's declar-

Hunger, Bankruptcy'-- un.-- -- Iren,y on May 21. 1041 and January 31. 19f6. and Includes both battle

Predicted By Jenner and non-battW dead or missing. If an individual gave a Johnson

county address as has home when he entered the army, h. name in lintel from this county .

If he gave no home address but designated a betditclary or next of kin—either of whom must be a rel.

Blames New Deal For Condition Of Nation

INDIANAPOLIS, June 27 , 116S1—Willlani E Jenne, Republican Sen- atorial nom•iire. said today that the tine limited denim of ki"4--- nation is on the verge of hunger and or is the absence ref.

emeNency addressee who may' be a bankruptcy lbecatne of New Deal friend. his name appears in t h e

Jenner spoke hfore a meeting Of county m which the address of the

the Indiana Federation of Women's beneficiary. next of kin or emergency

Republican Club' in Indianapolis to- 111 is Iorated,

day. It was his first address since This work has been released for his nomination at the G. O. P. state Publication solely as a public service conv

enner said: ention on June 13. and in response to demands front

interested persons_ Patriotic organi- J -The United States. the world's moons wW hod the list Of rise

proclaimed land of plenty. has been In M'.b151.'"'n or C-o ee--In ,

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reduced to one of dismal eeete,. rolls in their communities. . _ . • .

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Newspapers: The Republic (Columbus, Indiana) • Sat, Jun 29, 1946 • Page 1


COLONEL BIXBY IS TRANSFERRED

Atterbury Commander Re- linquishes Post After

Year of Service.

Col. Ernest A. Bixby, Camp At-terbury, commander since June 13, 1.545, has been transferred to the Second Armored division at Camp Hood, Tex, it was learned here today.

The shift In command of the 45-year-old Army officer was official-ly dated June 14, just one year and one day after he succeeded Col. Welton M. Modisette as Atterbury Commander.

Col. Herbert H. Glidden, who came to Camp Atterbury from Fort Knox, Ky., has assumed com-mand of the post, it was announced.

Colonel Bixby. veteran of the Normandy beachhead battle, had been a patient at Wakeman Gen-eral hospital at the camp since he received gunshot wounds early the morning of June 5 in what camp officials termed an "accident." Dur-ing that time the command of the camp had passed to Col. John E. Hatch, who in turn relinquished it to Col. John E. Brannan.

Files For Divorce. Mrs. Bixby, who was the only

witness to the shooting in the com-mander's Camp Atterbury home, filed suit for divorce in Johnson County circuit court June 19, charging "cruel and inhuman treat-men." The Bisbys have a 16-year-old son, Robert.

Bixby has been In the Army since 1918 when he graduated from the United States Military academy. After serving in the army of occu-pation in Germany during the first war, he was stationed at Camp Taylor, Ky. He served with the Eighth Field artillery In Hawaii and at Princeton university, Fort Leavenworth, Kan.. and West Point.

From 1931 to 1942 he served with the G-3 in Washington and then was transferred to the Fourth Ar-mored division. He went overseas with that division in December. 1943, and trained with it In Eng-lanw. In July. 1944, he accompanied the Fourth when it spearheaded the invasion of France.

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RUM - RUNNER CAN MEMBER

Driver of Wrecked Car Believed Headed for

Tennessee.

The ruin-runner who abandoned a whiskey laden automobile on Road 31 east of the city following an accident Friday, is believed to be a member of a gang hauling liquor into the state of Tennessee.

Patrolman Earl Brown of the state police who aided in the in-vestigation of the accident yester-day, said state police apprehended a runner near Charlestown about two years ago who was believed in e' same gang.

Brown who was In on the appre-hension at Charlestown, said he had reason to believe that the run-ner who cracked up near Colum-bus was in the same gang.

The bonded whiskey is run into Tennessee where it is sold for dou-

part of the bie the prices m this country.

"It's a good guess the driver didn't care much about losing the 1 car or the whiskey as long as he I got away." grown said.

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60 Million in Three and One-half Years.

The branch hank of the Irwin IThion Trust company at Camp

•closed Saturday follow-inZ three and cone half years op-eration.

During that period the branch bank handled more than 60 mil-lion dollars cash.

When the S.:rd :V:Ith and 1Cb6th _Divisions were stationed at the camp the bank would handle up-wards of $1.54.)01),7b0. each pay day.

who was in charge c'f the A•.er.:-. -ry branch. has returned to the local t'ank and is connected with the loan de-

service charge. Another specia: service rendered was the tele- graphing of money for GI's. Funds were telegraphijd to every state in rite rn:on and many. foreign Countries.

The condition of Fletcher. - Tat,or. 25. of Freetown, :who suffered' a fractured leg in a motorcycIe . ac-cident en Road O. west of the city. Friday. was reported as good to-day at the ce•_:rt•v

Judith Ann Gayman. 22-mort'71-- old daughter of Mr. and Kr s. Waz-ne Gayrna.n street. . who has been of tonsilitis. is improving and al- 1.=. to be up.

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Handles handled . for servicemen washout a

1946_07_03_Irwin Union closes branch at Camp

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STATE GUARD MOVES

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INTO CAMP ATTERBURY CAMP ArTERBURY, July —

(INS)—More than 1,200 members, of the state guard began their first seven-day post-War training period at Camp Atterbury today.

The guardsmen first were inm strueted for small and large unit operations, w ea pon s firing and training in special skills.

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Wakeman Family Visits Hospital

t•wtors Las seek at Wakeman ueneral Hospital at Camp Atterbury were Mrs. Frank B Wakeman aright. and Miss Betty Jane Wakeman widow and daughter of the late Col Frank B. Wakeman. for whom the hospital was named. While on a tour of the hospital they examined a lime portrait of the noted medical officer which hangs in the hos-pital. Col Wakeman died in 1944 at F'ort Monmouth. New Jersey. Mrs. Wakeman now n-i ices her home at Valparaiso.

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Newspaper§: The Franklin Evening Star (Franklin, Indiana) • Mon, Jul 15, 1946 • Page 1


Wounded Veterans Win Com pelition

Receive Major Awards In Model Car Contest

CA' r =Ft. MIRY'. July 15 Two Infantrymen recovertn: at Camp Atterbury from battle wounds suftcred m Ciertnany hare won major awards In the Fisher Body Craltsman's Guild model car compefition far hospitalized serv-icemen. it was announced today.

Psi Gerald W °Mits. 21. of New Haven, Conn., earned a cash award of 1000 for his miniature automo-bile. which was pulsed best of those submitted by Army Ground and Service Fames men hospitalized in the fifth service command.

Twenty-two-year-old plcRobe L. Nordli won 9150 for the second-place model entered from the slime area Hts home Is in Milford. Iowa .

Both men are former members 01 the 114th Division and are veterans of the European campaigns Huth are patients In Wakeman General Hospital at Camp Atterbnry.

Nordll received the bemire star for killing an enemy tank com-mankler and repelling an attark In the Aachen sector of Germany. He suffered a leg wound during the BattIe of the Bulge and returned to this country in January. 1945. for treatment at Wakeman.

Gitlitz received shrapnel wounds In the face near Aachen In late 1944 and arched at Wakeman in Feb-ruary 1945 for plastic surgery.

The Craftsman s Guild competi-tion is the first of its kind that Nordli has entered. Clain?, whose hobby Is working in plastics, wood. and metal. won an award In an ar-my crafts show last year Both men plan to study engineering atter their release from the army.

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Announce Firing On Camp Ranges

According to an announcement is-sued today by Major M. L. Heen. of Camp Atterbury. there will be small arms firing on the camp ranges the week of July 15 to 20 inclusive.

On Wednesday there will be fir-ing from 8:30 RM. to 6 p.m.; on Thursday from 8:30 a.m. to 12 noon; on Friday from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. and on Saturday from 8:30 a.m. to 12 noon.

The public is cautioned in the in-terest of safety to stay clear of the danger and impact area which is bounded by Hendricks-Ford road on the north. Mauxferry road on the east, Morton road on the south and McThaine road on the west.

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