Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 41, Number 23, Decatur, Adams County, 27 January 1943 — Page 1

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F.D.R.. CHURCHILL IN WAR AGREEMENT

lericans In Il Bombing Id On Nazis IKI - I— I ■nicrican Warplanes K o qc First Attack Ks War On Germany Lon- Jan. 27 -(UP)- * ■tea States »'•"’/ > ,r force , ■ffuc'announce* tn»t heavy bom&ers have 3 isrge seals •* , * ck on ■ Ger-nan naval bate of WilK r ng fortresses hit WilKahaven by daylight, the ■run due »aya. while AmeriLiberators attacked other ■k, ,n northwestern GerK Three of the big Ameri- ■ planet are missing. ■ Uy United Press . . ~,r *quadrolis have ■< i; . u .-iy forth- first titn.wai K ... Hyiight raid by flyit'K K.... I lilierator bombers K- installations In GerK u • han not yet been re■l j, , ;i is considered likely ■- one of Germany s K, or naval Im»m-s ■i; in*<><-*-an n- »* *i-r-heard in Lxandon 8,, v due a* to the target I Nazi broadcast said that i Kh plane* raided Helgoland | ■j- noon. It In believed the Kt.,- ni.takenly referred to ■aid by American plane* Kc. > I a German Inland 2* .,ff he west coast of GerK X-z - if course. daltn that ember" of four-englited was «hot down Ks • the first time In world ■r— - wo that American hav> been dropped in day ■ man soil from Alltel I ■ • piloted by American i ■or- I- was a grim reminder ■■ •. of President Hoose ■ I ;• 'n.- minister Churchill B;.. Au- will be battered into ■uH-iona! surrender K fact that the American* Krn Ti Pago 1. Column J> H o llliam M. August ■nd Dead In Bed Weort Attack Fatal ■ o Decatur Resident ■H am M August. S 3, employe Be Is- 4 i |r works of the Getterfcn’rli company. was found ■ In hed early this morning at Bh>rr,e 722 nigh street. Death. Kh ».i. believed to have occur.Ibout J a. tn., was attributed to »f attack. Hit lifeless body fund by Mrs. August, s »a- reported to have suffered kbt stuck while at work Tues Imt was believed greatly im fed hat night. b- deceased was bora in Ad Hosnty April 1. IM». the eon '• • W and Rosellx TroutnerH*. and had lived In Decatur B» past 2* years. * »*» a member of the Methorhanh at Willshire. Ohio and «ded the Church of God in this H- »m a member of the Am ts l-egioa. »’ .ring are the widow. Daisy, parents, of Willshire. O.: and following brothers and slattern Ceildie Grtbjl of Fort Wayne. Esther Strickler and Lloyd sot August, ‘oth of Willshire. Mrs Sylvia Heinen of Colum 1 0.; C. L. August of Decatur. L August of Lima. 0.. Rehba Pwt of Fort Wayne, and Corp, so-d August of California. ’ w *rul services will be held at » 9 ■ Friday at the residence. ‘ Glea Marshall official • Burial will be io the Decatur

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Troops March Where F. D. IL, Churchill .Met I * ’*l 'll . $ •** ** -x 11 ! ~ ~ - | --Mb wftOll w . m - -*- J While the Tricolor floats from the building* overhead and big bombers roar through the skies. American and French troops parade together, above, down the- main street of Casablanca. French Morocco. wh»*r»* RoownrHt and Print** Minister Winston Chunhill mH with Vlilted Nation* civilian and r.illltary leaders in thvlr Meries ot inomentous conferences on conduct of the war against the Axis.

ill. S. Doughboys Drive Germans From Position — American Troops In Offensive On Tunisian Front (By t'ntted An American attack in the hill country nouthwest of Tunis has ' driven the German* from a »tratei gic mountain height. Today * communique from Allied North Africa headquarter* say* an American ccmbat team of infantry, tank* and artillery smashed througt German position* south of the road leading into Kairouan. the Nail i air and troop base. The attack chased the German* from position* they had captured In the vita’. Ousseltia valley and In the mountain* east ct there. The successful American assault *aa the only around action reported in Tunisia. where rainy weath er again I* hampering the movement of tank force* Hut the All* expect* a big American off«n»lve in southeastern Tu nubia, aimed at the port of Gabes to block the corridcr of retreat for Marshal Erwin Rommel. They say the attack will spring from Tebes«a just across the border In Algeria. IW mile* northwest of Gabes. The forward element* ol Marshal I Rommel's Africa corps are report ed to have passed through Gabe* cn their way north for a junction with the Axl* armies already in ■ Tunisia And Axl* radio* now 'claim that the main body of the Africa corp* is in Tunisia, behind the Mareth line The British now are fighting an Axis rear guard left at Zonta. ?.» (Turn To P»g* <• Column 6) I o ; Southwest Coast Os France RAF Target Port Os Bordeaux Is Bombmq Target (By t’nlted Press! The Allied serial offensive has been extended to the southwest coast of France. RAF bomber* during the night strnck at target* In the Germanheld port of Bordeaux The British g,.« <6O miles from their base* to bomb the big port. W miles from the mouth of the Garonne river which empties Into the Bay of BisC Another force of British plane* last night attacked the battered submarine Use of Lorieat on »h» French eoaat. Huge Brea were left burning And u the ntgbt shift winged back to base United Frew* observers reported that many light ar planes were overheard appar(Tara To Page <. Column W

Youthful Terrorists Nabbed At Vincennes Vincennes. Ind., Jan 27 (l'Pl| Brucevillo householders who I have answered a rap at their door ■ iecent ly and found five white-1 rolled figures on the doorstep are' relieved to learn that they weren’t j teeing ghosts. Knox county sheriff Clyde Htalcup say* that five teen-aged youth* have confessed to conducting the reign of terror They began the nightly foray* i after discovering a bundle of old Ku Klux Klan robe* in an abandoned liarn. The sheriff adds that the youths also admit robbing atorea. Four of the boy* have been relea*ed on probation to their parent* And the ringleader. 19 year-old Lindley Chandler, has been sentenced to work six months on the itate f irm. 0 - Man's True Identity Revealed By Death Adams County Man Lived Under Alias For the second time within a year the death of a local man has brought to ll'tht a blxarre tale of one of the community * wellknown citixens having lived here for year* under an assumed identity. A few hours before James "Jim" Brown, aged about 65. died this morning a: 6:55 o’clock In the Adams county memorial hospital, j It was learned that the supposed Adaiih county bachelor was not a ' bachelor at all -nor was hi* name James Brown. , Hta name. It was learned, was John Schmit* and 15 year* ago he left a wife and five children in New Weston. Ohio. The fantastic tale -ea* brought to light mainly because of the effilency of the staff at the Adam* county memorial hospital where Mr. Schmits (or Brown) died this | j morning after suffering a heart attack. The story was reconstructed today something like this: Schmit* (or Brown i had come to Jay county about 15 years ago where he secured work as a hired hand. About a year later he moved up to Adams county and for the past 14 years he had worked on Adams county farm*, mostly near Berne Two month* ago hl* health tailed and be came to this city, whet-e he rented a room at the home of Mr*. Mae Elxey on South Ninth street. When he became seriously 111 yesterday he was taken to the local hospital. For the flrat few hours be steadfastly maintained (Turn To Pag* 4, Column 1) Severe Earthquake Recorded Last Niqht Naw Tork. Jaff t?—(UP»— The Fordham univaiwity seismograph 1 recorded a “vary aavere" earthquake <6OO miles from New York la* n '< h ' . -K Two shock* were registered. The direction roe Id not be seeifted.

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Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday, January 27, 1943.

Axis Radios Report General German Retreat Moscow Says Battle For Stalinqrad To End In Three Days (By I'nlted Prrss) Axis tadios report that the Germans have started a general retreat on the southern sector cf the Russ lan front. The report comes from the Vichy radio which quotes the official German news agency. The retreat is described as an orderly one Th'agency also r- ports that fighting' low rages in the northern end ct the long battle line at lx>ningrad I and south of the city where the Itussiaiw are said to be attacking with enormous forces. Today's Moscow communique reports Russian advances every- { where, naming six fronts where the ‘ great winter drive is rolling cn. | ; The communique givtu no detail* i on the Leningrad fighting, but the Vichy broadcast say* the attacks are In progress in the Leningrad. Velikie Luki. Rxhev and Schlnesselberg areas. In thia connection. Moscow announces that Marshal Tlmowhenko has been appointed commander of the northwestern front. In the middle Don, where a Rus aian drive is meMctng the great German bases of Kupyansk and Kharkov, the Mo«ow communique I reports continued success Below this front, where the Rua siana are striking south toward Rostov, the communique says Red army forces hurled back Axis (Turn To Paas i. Column Tl

Decatur Lady Has Five Sons In Service, Sixth Is Ready

Five In the nervier and one to go - that la the record of the sons of Mrs. Cora Lough, cf this city. With the enlistment ot two more sou* in the merchant marines this week. Mrs Lough can now tell the world that five of her boys are carrying on Vncle Sam's tight to preserve democracy Roy F—the eldest ot the Eve—and James W Lcugh successfully passed merchant marine examin atlons at Indianapolis, where they were forwarded Tuesday, after en listing in Fort Wayne They returned home to await call to active duty. Pvt. Everett Lougtu known to his iriendu as "Speed.'' has been In the U. 8 army since November IS, IMS. and is now stationed at San Pedro. California Staff Sergeant Fred Lough, entered the U. S army exactly two ‘ years ago today—January 37. IMI -and io stationed In Louisiana Sergeant Thtodore Lough young eat of the Eve tn service, entered the service on December U, IMI |

U. S. Warplanes On Return Trip To Wake Island Bombers Continue To Blast Japanese In Pacific Areas IBy Vnited Press) American planes have returned to Wake Island, acene of the epic resistance by our marine* in the first month of the war. A navy communique saya our plsnes engaged in reconnaissance over Wake. They apparently were trying to determine what progress the Japs have made in repairing the damage cairned when American airmen dropped 75.0U0 pound* of bombs on the Island on December 23 and 24 Two Jap Zero fighters tried to intercept our plans and are believed to have b-en shot down. The communiqque slso says flying fortress bombers have made an attack on a Jap airfield at Bal lale In the Holomons. 300 tnll<* northwest of Guadalcanal Our bombers started big fires, and encountered only weak alnti-alrcraft fire from the Japs. The Japs are believed to be building their airf'eld on Ballale because incessant American raids are making their base at Munda on New Georgia island of little use. General .MacArthur's bombers i have reached into the Solomons again, setting big fires in the supply dump of the airdrome at Buka, northernmeot of the Solomon islands. The growing strength of MacAr- j thur's airpower is Indicated by the ; tact that the same communique mentions nine other raids by Allied I fliers. The Jab harbor of Italtaiil on I New Britain was pounded for the | sixth straight day by flying fortresses. A large Jap ship was hit. New American air raids are announced on bothe Rangoon and Mandalay In Burma. A new Delhi communiqque says our bombers (Turn Ta Page ». Column 4) ■ - o Marine Corps Only Enlistments Open Navy Quotas Filled For Present Month Steps toward enlistment in the I (’. S. marine corps are the only i ones which can be taken with the Adams county draw board by men , in the 18-37 year group at present, the local board anne anted today. Navy quotas have been filled for the month and n<> Information has been received concerning enlistments for m»n of the above age in the army or air force, the boerd .ttated. Men in the age group desiring to enlist in the marine corps may file necessary Information with the load board and will thin be sent to Fort Wayne recruiting oflltes Three Leave Today Fxiward Lose. Virgil Fleming and (Turn T-> Pag<- 4. Coidtnn •>

and is now locat'd “somewhere in England." The sixth son. Eugene, is a junior at Decatur junior-senicr high school, where he plays basketball on the reserve team At 17. he is r.ow “talking about joining the navy." giving the family a full quota of enlistments. Mrs. Lough has five daughters to , "keep her company" while the boys are going. Her husband lost bis lite some time ago in an accident at the city light and pow.r plant, where be was employed Mrs. Lough's record of having Eve sons in service. It is believed equals the record of the only other Adame county lady to have that many in the armed forces Mrs Mary Meyer, also of this city -and should Eugene get hit wish the reccrd will be broken Only these two mothers have boon reported to the Dally Democrat as having Eve sons in service Several have four and a large num- ! ber have at hast three, while scores ! have one or two

Unconditional Surrender Only To Stop War - Invasion Os Europe Is Believed Planned

Sgt. Lloyd Mahan Awarded Air Corps Medal In England

Staff Sergeant F’.ayd J. Mahan. 19. son of Mrs. .Maud Mahan, of Monmouth, has been awarded an air medai in England for "exceptionally meritorious" achievement while serving on bombing planes. Offii lai announcement of the award was made Tuesday night through press association*. The other Hoosier recipient of th--awa d is get oad Ltokl Do«*l i Ros Green, navigator, of Sandborn. Sgt. Mahan, a graduate of Monmouth high school with the class of 1941. enlisted In the army air corps at Fort Wayne, reporting for active service December 29. 1941 He is radio tnan and ball turret gunner on a l r . 8- bomber. Leaving for service with Mahan were William and Wayne S< linepf. IJoyd Spiegel and Glen Griffith, all of Adams county, and these four are now stationed with army forces in Africa. .Mahan and the other four were ' first sent to Jefferson Barracks. Mo. Maha was later sent to the Washington State College at Pullman. Wash . then to gunnery school at Spokane. Wash. He was then

African Political Muddle Still Hazy Hazy Situation Not Clarified At Confab <By United Pre**) The |*olitical battle of North | Africa appear* to lie Mill just a* much bogged down as ever. Re-, porta from L ndon hint that the I hazy French political situation ha* not been clarified by the meeting <-n African aofl at General* Charles < De Gaulle and Henri Giraud. Fighting French sources say that I basic issue* such as the question of refutation of Marshal Petain's regime In Vichy were not settled at I ell. De Gaulle la sworn to a regime | In Nrrth Africa free of any tinge | of Vichy Giraud. apparently with American agreement, feels he need* the aid of the seasoned administrator* now tn authority. Informants believe -that a step - has been taken toward the event- ! ual solution of the political qtiar- I 1 rel. But American source* say that a pattern for the liberation of France can't rrally be drawn until the pet pie inside France got a chance io say what they them I solves want. The setting of the dramatic Glraud-lta Gaulle meet‘tig was stag <d to give the appearance of unity i Together, the two Frenchmen pos- | <d for photographers, oue sealed on the right of President Roosevelt, the other cn the left and next to (Turn To Page S. Column !> — — O n Roosevelt's Absence Well Guarded Secret Few In Washington Knew Os Conference Washington. Jan. 27 — <I'P» — Top new* In the nation's capital today is the story of the l«-day absence of the tenant of tbc White House. ' Scarcely a soul knew he was ' gone. A telegram went Out from President Roosevelt to striking ' coal miners -and the pres’dent at that moment was far awsy across 1 ' the Atlantic. He didn't nam- the vice-presid-ent to act for him while he waa away, either The law requires thia to be done only If the president t* j ' unable to perform his dutieu Apparently it was believed he could do hl* work juat as well from the ! ' White Villa in Casablanca as in the White Honor In Washington Any | papers he signed there will be pas' as binding as any on which bin ' —— i (Turn To Pag* ». Column 1) I

transferred to Bangor, Me. In Sep 'ember or 1942 and arrived in Eng land in October. The last letter received by Mrs Malian from Sgt Mahan was dated Decemlier 23, in which he staled he was in excellent health and was associated with a great bunch of fellows In his bomber squadren. Sgt Mahan was . inployed at the Decatur works of the General Elec trie company after graduation from high school and also worked at the Central Sugar company during the ' 1941 campaign, enlisting In the air corps after the annual sugar run < losed. The Monmcuth sergeant has a brother. Jack, a private in the air corps, now stationed at Miami 1 Deat h. Fla. Another brother, Ivan. ! is IS years old and expects to see 1 army service soon, although he is ’ unable to enlist In the air corps. 1 as he had hoped, because of recent army regtilati- ns Sgt Mahan's father. Fred Watts . Malian, served four years in the • United States navy during World War I. and saw active service overI seas He was killed In an automoi Idle wreck August 29. 1932.

War Stamp Holders Urged To Fill Out Books, Buy Bonds ’ The sale of war bonds In Adame county last week amounted to ll*. 768.75. Bari Caston, county chairman. announced today. laist week's sale* sent the total for (he 23 days of the month to 176.*306 25. or within lIS.OOd of the 190.300 January quota Investors were urged to purchase t-onds thia week so the quota will lie reached. An extra drive ia being made to have holder* ut war stamp* fill their book* and ’hen e trade them in for an 118.75 "E" bond. — —— Committee Approves Flynn's Nomination Close Vote Recorded By Senate Committee Washington. Jan. 27 <UP> Former Democdratic chairman Ed-1 i ward J. Flynn has successfully, ■ vaulted tlie first congressional | i hurdle on the road to Canberra By a • lose vote, the senate for-1 eign affairs committee okayedi Flynn's nomination as United I States minister to Australia, and) j sent it on to the senate. The | count was 13 for Flynn to 10 against. The Republicans voted solidly r gainst the former Bronx political boss. They were joined by three Democrats — senator* George of Georgia. Van Nuys of Indiana and Gillette of lowa But the administration won it* victory ail the »ame. aided by the surprise vote of Progressive senator LaFollette In favor of Flynn Now comes the big jump on Flynn's highway to Australia an expected stiff fight on the senate floor. If Flynn should win senate ap proval. one of his big headache* will lie ships- the question of sup ply to the far Pacific battlefronts So he should be deeply concerned I tn what rear admiral Cochrane, I t hies of navy's shipping, told the house naval affairs committee today Cochrane appeared at a closed (Turn To Page I. Column »> Attend National Union Conference Adam Kunowich. Decatur G E employs, has returned from .Now Tork City, where he attended the ’ national conference ct the United Electrical and Radio Machine Worker* union (CKD. as delegate from the local union. Ho also attended a meeting of the union w*th | the General Electric board.

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Meeting Os Leaders In Casablanca Seen Forerunner Os Great War Events To Come By I'nlted Press The world is hearing the story of the secret I't-duy war conference at Casablanca lietw.-eii President Roosevelt and prinu minister Chit ri-iiill. But apparently, only •» small part of the full story is being told Most observers are convinced tliat the discussion* formed the blue print for tremendous events for the near future events far beyond the scope of the official ailuouncement revej77ng the conference. That announcement said that offensive plans for 1943 were agreed upon, designed ultimately to bring our enemies to their knees—and that nothing short of unconditional surrender will stop j the Allied hammer-hlows. But it's significant that President Roosevelt risked a C.ohO mile journey by air across the Atlantic to attend tlie conference. And that every top-ranking official of the army. navy, and air force of ixith England and America was in attendance during those 10 momentous days in Casablance. Behind the generalities of the official announcement, it's lielieved that President Roosevelt and Churchill reached specific decision* on the future global strategy , of the war decision* that probably I won't lie alinoitiieed by word--lillt by action when they're carried out. Washington observers, for instance. have expressed their conviction that the two Allied chiefs may have agreed upon an Allied Invaslin of the European continent In fact, that the invasion timetable already ha. been fixed. Dispatches from North Africa suggest that the conferences may also have taken in some far-reach-ing diplomatic maneuvers Involving softie Axis satellites and neutral nations. There are rumors that some officials representing Finland. Spain. Turkey. Sweden, and even Italy, were conveniently in Casablanca during the conferences. Finland might be the objective of jin Allied drive to urge her to get out of the war while the getting is good Simin. Turkey and Sweden still are neutrals with greater or lesser leanings toward the Axis. None of these rumors, of course lias been substantiated in stateI ments from Allied quarters. But ’ one newsman in Casablanca has ' cabled that he saw luggage label- • ed Finland in the Moroccan city Whatever the military decisions President Roosevelt and Churchill made, ft's believed that they were designed to increase the cooperation with Russia and China. The official announcement of the conference emphasixed that Premier Stalin had been Invited to attend Inil was too preoccupied with the war at home However. Stalin and his foreign minister, Molotov, met British and (Turn To Page 5, Column St O- - — French Rebellion In Marseille Is Broken 300 Persons Killed In Area Bv Nazis 'By United Preset i The rebellion in the old harbor district of Marseille has been I broken. French resistance in the picturesque old Mediterranean eeaport is I reported to have waned and died about 12 hours ago—ln the face of German field guns, bullets and bayonets. Word filtering through *o Swifterland. thence to Londcn. describes much of the area as a smouldering ruin from Ires started by German , guns Meanwhile. German storm troopers are driving the etill defiant ’ residents of the harbor area to a , concentration camp at Frejua. 70 miles away. Men. women and children are said to he plodding the (Tuva To FM« L CetaNß*