Saturday, May 25, 2019 The Commercial Review Portland, Indiana 47371 www.thecr.com $1 Court places Eternal history electoral changes on hold By ROBERT BARNES The Washington Post WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Friday put on hold lower-court decisions that said Ohio and Michigan had to come up with new elec - toral maps because of unconstitutional partisan gerrymandering. The decision was not surprising, because the justices are currently considering whether judges should even have a role in policing partisan gerrymandering. There were no noted dissents in the orders for either state. The Supreme Court in March heard arguments in similar cases from North Carolina, where judges found that Repub - licans had manipulated congressional maps to their advantage, and from Maryland, where Demo - cratic lawmakers redrew a district that resulted in a loss for a longtime Republican congressman. While the Supreme Court regularly examines redistricting plans for signs of racial gerryman - The Commercial Review/Ray Cooney dering, it has never found a state’s plan so infected A marker at Antioch Cemetery, located at the intersection of Boundary Pike and county road 500 South, honors with partisan politics that Pfc. Milo “Bill” Ludy, one of two Jay County soldiers killed during the D-Day invasion 75 years ago. Ludy was a paratrooper it violates the rights of voters. The decision in whose plane was shot down in the early morning hours of June 6, 1944. the North Carolina and Maryland cases are expected before the end of Portland’s Pfc. Milo ‘Bill’ Ludy, a paratrooper, June. With the decisions from Ohio and Michigan, feder - was one of two Jay County men killed on D-Day al courts in five states By RAY COONEY wrote. “We’ve won every game utes from our DZ, Capt. Schae - have struck down maps as The Commercial Review we played except two.” fers’ left wing burst into flames,” partisan gerrymanders. “The sooner things start pop - In the letter, he asks about his said Jesse Harrison, another The courts in the Ohio ping, the better I’ll like it and I wife’s job as a waitress and apol - pilot in the squadron. “I’m not and Michigan decisions aim to be in on it. The sooner we ogizes for not writing more often. sure whether the underneath of ordered the states to come all get in there, the sooner we’ll He then closes by writing, “Dar - the ship was on fire or not. We up with new maps that get to go home. If I ever get back ling, I love you with all my heart. were flying about 1,800 feet at 140 could be used in the 2020 to Portland, I’ll never leave the You are the only one for me. I am mph. My co-pilot gave me the elections. old town again.” thinking of you always.” time of (1:19 a.m.) that Capt. But lawyers for the Pfc. Milo William “Bill” Ludy Ludy, a paratrooper, was part Schaefers’ plane caught fire. He states argued that would wrote those words to his brother- of the 501st Parachute Infantry continued on course, then peeled be foolhardy until the in-law, Lee Atha, on May 25, 1944. Regiment in the 101st Airborne off and went down under me. I Supreme Court has ruled. He never saw his hometown Division — the group featured in did not see him crash.” Lawyers for Ohio told the again. the HBO series “Band of Broth - •“On approach to the drop court that the legislature Ludy and Pfc. J.M. Clifton, ers” — and was assigned to fly zone, the plane was hit by anti- there should not have to both of Jay County, lost their aboard a C-47 of the 77th Troop aircraft fire and I was ordered by “waste its time on a diffi - lives a couple of weeks later as Carrier Squadron, 435th Troop the crew chief to jump,” said Sgt. cult legislative activity part of the D-Day invasion dur - Carrier Group in a plane piloted Charles F. Word, jumpmaster for likely to prove entirely ing World War II. by Capt. John H. Schaefers of the plan. “The crew chief was in Milo W. “Bill” Ludy unnecessary.” While there isn’t much infor - Detroit, Michigan, notes the dis - contact with the pilot by phone Even if the court’s deci - mation available about Clifton play at Museum of the Soldier. when he gave the order to jump. sion is that federal courts at Portland’s Museum of the They left England about 11:30 I yelled, ‘let’s go,’ and jumped. To have a role in monitoring Soldier — a copy of the book er. They were husband and wife p.m. June 5, 1944, and encoun - the best of my knowledge, the partisan gerrymander - “Britain’s Homage to 28,000 for just seven months before he tered German anti-aircraft fire crew chief did not have a para - ing, Ohio argued in its American Dead” inscribed in entered military service. as they neared their drop zone in chute as far as I know, none of request to the court, that his honor is on display — Ludy’s In that letter, dated May 9 and France early on June 6 as part of the crew got out of the plane. I experience is detailed in photos postmarked in Portland on June D-Day, which remains the landed near Picouville (sic), “will require the district and letters donated by his fami - 10, four days after his death, he largest seaborne invasion in his - France.” court to return to the ly. tells of a baseball game played tory. Ludy, the son of Carl and drawing board on the In addition to the letter to his against the officers the night The display offers two Emily (Journay) Ludy, was one question of liability, brother-in-law is a letter to his before. Ludy’s squad won 7-4. accounts of the fate of the plane of those killed as the plane went make new findings as nec - wife Leah June (Atha) Ludy, who “I get a big kick out of it when Schaefers was flying. down in France. essary, and apply what he had married two years earli - we play them and beat them,” he •“When we were a few min - See Eternal page 2 this court declares to be the law to this case in the first instance.” Trump bypassing Congress on arms sale By KAROUN DEMIRJIAN push through deals — worth Sen. Robert Menendez, D-New legal justification for this action requirements” — without noting The Washington Post about $8 billion, according to con - Jersey, the ranking Democrat on and the associated implica - the nature of the emergency or WASHINGTON — Secretary of gressional aides — that lawmak - the Senate Foreign Relations tions.” offering details about it. State Mike Pompeo notified law - ers have blocked from being final - Committee, had been blocking Traditionally, the administra - In his letters, he added that the makers Friday that President ized. the sale of the precision-guided tion must notify Congress when government had “taken into Donald Trump is invoking his Pompeo’s notification letters munitions. In a statement, he it contemplates a new arms sale, account political, military, eco - emergency authority to sidestep effectively give the Trump admin - said that Trump had “failed once giving lawmakers the opportuni - nomic, human rights, and arms Congress and complete 22 arms istration a green light to conclude again to prioritize our long term ty to review deals and block control considerations.” deals that would benefit Saudi the sale and transfer of bombs, national security interests or those they find objectionable. In Lawmakers have frequently Arabia, the United Arab Emi - missile systems, semiautomatic stand up for human rights, and each of his letters notifying law - questioned the Trump adminis - rates and other countries, despite rifles, drones and repair and instead is granting favors to makers of the decision, Pompeo tration’s approach to national lawmakers’ objections to the maintenance services to aid the authoritarian countries like stated that he had “determined security policy and its track transactions. Saudi air fleet, and precision- Saudi Arabia.” that an emergency exists which record on human rights. In par - Republicans and Democrats guided munitions that lawmak - Foreign Relations Committee requires the proposed sale in the ticular, Trump and Congress urged the Trump administration ers fear Saudi Arabia may use Chairman James Risch, R-Idaho, national security interest of the have been at odds over the presi - this week not to take the rare step against civilians in Yemen’s civil said in a statement that he was United States and thus, waives dent’s unapologetic embrace of of exploiting a legal window to war. “reviewing and analyzing the the congressional review Saudi leaders. Deaths Weather In review Coming up The temperature in Jay County climbed to a high of 86 degrees late Friday night. Memorial Day services will Tuesday — Results from Today’s high will be in the begin at 10:30 a.m. Monday at the JCHS baseball team in the Thelma Schindler , 86, mid 80s, and there is a 50-per - Green Park Cemetery in Port - sectional championship game. Bryant cent chance of showers and land. Jay County Community Details on page 2. thunderstorms. The low Band will perform, and Pastor Thursday — Photos from tonight will be in the mid 60s. Darrell Borders will be the the Cinderella Queen of Glass There is also a chance of show - guest speaker. Pageant in Dunkirk. ers Sunday and Monday. See page 2 for an extended forecast. The Commercial Review Page 2 Local Saturday, May 25, 2019 Obituaries Thelma Schindler Schindler, both of Portland, (Leon) Homan of Coldwater, Rosary Sodality and Rosary Condolences may be expressed Karen (Mitch) Leuthold, Dan Jeanette Grieshop of Fort Makers.