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ALIAN MUTINY ON SICILY IS REPORTED

Kan Drive imitations trmy Seeking Verc ose Trap On Of Orel i, July 20—(UP)—A Russian communique vat Soviet troops have Mtaensk, a big Nasi theaet of Oral. ■ ■ « blggaat Rod army >f their IM3 aummer . ik Is 27 mlloa north>ral. I .■ ■■ t United Press) l army la holding a men >rer the entire Oarman |£*ttons network In the b 0... ... 4 area. - seton steamroller has (Koya, only seven miles rh ie railroad running into Bryansk. Thia la the line leading to the huge and ita lose would be e-HtMVoro aa a military de Tue-f , , , usstan column succeeds _off Orel’s source of aapab|y will push on to the )J{» move to join other floand dose a steel trap dty. e are even more iodic* ff ' Hible for the Nasis. Only slow captured llinskoy? wv—the hub of a mare j, at highways spreading .. actions. Red air force t, ava been blasting Kara r- nuously. t ’i there la Bryansk. Up Nasi-held city has hid . a protective shadow of 'CT-alient. But with Soviet ■ k-iaing In on Orel from ,i. Bryansk soon may be > the fury of the Red —-Che background tor an luaaian offensive which ng relentlessly. f the beleaguered here jpe have cut their way artillery range of the „ roe fighting to flaming | ig hills and vast field--1 he Red army has brok- n I ensoly-wooded Axis de If Goa*. " i the OermeM are throw upon wave of count unconfirmed dtapahh- | y spearheads are Stoving Itself. A spacial floviet Lz ee reports the capture of towns asd Vulagrs In three to six miles uAroadcaate nervously re X nmenoity of the Russian 1 .Orel. They say that in mile sector, six Russian |fl were thrown into th< j/e A Oiiauu >)~ r At a Glance ly United Frees JTVT: American drive . u central Ciclly against ''"ore than token reaiatireatena to cat Hand British tnsas tor flasl a on Catania on east mutiny In Italian sank* !S*l- - * ; Y: The first raid on , row is revealed to have „ . ode by more than foo m bombers with the * f only five pfoaes *’ report IM killed. 1.200 *■; Rome reports new I of Naples. JIA: Red aimy takes ’ I lagos in four to sis dvaacoe against Orel: 6* of Ilinoskoye threat sl-Brywaak railway sev • » away, the only Oer Mdy line to Orel HC: Allies attack at ads of Booth Keith mm; mw* limited adtaptaMt _*»—** th<> URAY TMflßtajMfirriß Mtfr -n, 72 y. * i .... 7t

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Cabbage And Lettuce Prices Are Reduced I Washington. July 20 — (UP) — I Cabbage Is cheaper today and so Is lettuce. Prices were rolled back 25 and 60 percent on the two vegetables in the OPA s first move to reduct what It termed "excessive" prices on fresh fruits and vegetables. Although the cut-backs apply to I tho wholesale receiving points, retail prices will drop proportion.atoly under the program of specific ti|urkups over buying costs. Maxlminn prices of lettuce will be about 12 cents a head, and cabbage will average about four and one-half cents a pound. Ickes Praises War Effort Os Leaders Lashes At Critics Os Nation's Leader Washington. July 20. — (UP) — Secretary of the Interior Ickes says 1 the administration has done a good ’ job in turning from peace to war. 1 In a speech prepared for delivery 1 before the sales executive club of ' New York, the secretary urges an , end to criticism of those who. he says, are working day and night to the very limit of their physical ’ strength. ' Ickes declared that ail great bus- , inessea and industries are bureaucracies. with the exception that , their stockholders assume every- , thing is going all right and don't , insult the president or bis subord- , inates. Approval for the administration ’ also came from another source In , the attitude of senators toward recent agreement made between the , United States and Mexico. Under terms of the pact the i United States will aid In stimulating Mexican industry by allowing huge reserves of Mexican capital ‘ to be inviated In second-hand Am- , nrican machinery. Such machinery wobld be shipped to Mexico to aid the development of steel, chemical and other industries. Raid Senator Burton of Ohio. "The agricultural, Industrial and educational development of Mexico Is of deep interest and permanent , importance to the United STktes ' As next door neighbors we should set an example of good neighborliness that will strengthen our relations with / the republics to the south.” And declared Senator Hatch of New Mexico, "if ever any Imperialistic policy did exist, it is entirely gone now.” oArmy Air Force To Stage Broadway Show Washington. July 20 —(UP)— The army air force will have ita own show on Broadway this fall. A war department announcement diaeioses that Moss Hart, famed ptaywriter and producer, will write, direct and stage the production. He Is drafting his cast from stage etare now serving in the air forces. Only air force personnel will participate. The play will be designed to depict the true spirit of the air corps. II will be a musical and will be both serious and humorous in vein. Proceeds will go to the army emergency relief. It hi scheduled to open In October. Hart la donating hie services and royalties. Warn Public Against Undue War Optimism Navy Officers Plan For War Until 1949 Washington July M — (UP) — Navy secretary Knox has warned the public not to get so excited over our present military aslas. He says that public optimism over what he cells oar minor military successes Is. as he puts It "just silly.” In fact, vice admiral Frederick J. Home, who attended Knox's pres, conference, threw some real cold water on any Ideas of a quick victory Home, who la vice-chief of naval operations. aaya the navy is making plans ea the basis of the war la the Pacific lasting at least natll iHt Ho anys the estimate is baaed oa the distance wo have yet to go.

Yankee Airmen : Bomb Important I Jap Naval Base » —— , Raid Paramushiru, Important Japanese , Northern Navy Base I By United Press American airmen have spanned the northwest Pacific Io bomb the important Japanese naval base at Paramushiru. Four-motored army Liberator bombers made the record attack yesterday morning and started a number of fires at Japan's main base along the narrow northern neck of the Pacific. Our historymaking bombardiers also scored near hits on enemy ships caught In Paramushiru strait. Announceemnt of the daring flight comes from the navy. 1 Just 1.300 miles from Tokyo It--1 self. Paramushiru lies on the tip . of the Kurile islands, which spread northeastward from Japan proper. , Surrounded by several airfields and bristling with powerful naval 1 Installations. the base has somei times bum called a Japanese i Pearl Harbor. I There are no signs that the American attack came close to equalling the treacherous Japan use destruction of Pearl Harbor. But the bombing of Paramushiru brings home to the enemy the • threat of new attacks on their - homeland. American-held Attu — • perhaps the base for yesterday's flight is only 756 miles from i Paramushiru. Attu Is only a i little more than 2.000 mile* from ■ Tokyo Itself. > For some weeks now there have I>een rumors of American bombing t runs across the northwest Pacific. - Paramushiru Itself has been men- [ Honed, but today's dramatic bulI letin was the first official word (Turn To Page 3, Column 2) o Nerveless Youths In j Rome Raiding Force U. F. Correspondent Aboard Flying Fort An Advanced Air Base In North , Africa. July 20— (UPI- They look ed like college sophomores, those ’ kids. But as they headed their .Flying Fortresses over Rome yesterday with nerveless steadiness, they were strong-fibred American fighting men, the backbone of our air force. United Preus correspondent Richard D. McMillan was aboard one of those big “forts.” He says ' that not a single one of those boys flinched as they loomed into the danger sone, amid a murderous rain of anti-aircraft fire. One of the pilots of McMillan's plane was 21 yeans old. and the other was 25. The bombardier was a fuzsy-chln-ned veteran of 21. Correspondent McMillan says that water bottles woke passed around in the bomber, but everyone was too taut to think of eating or drinking during more than seven hours In the air. One pilot, resting after the historic first bombing of Rome, summed up the attitude of all our bomber crews when he said: “Mussolini knows now who's bluffing —and It isn't the Allies. We're ready and we ll hit him hard er when and If It’s necessary.” McMillan says that after the nerve-wracking trip over the Italian capital, the sky-road back was something of a relief Below was the blue-green Mediterranean look (Turn Te Page J. Columa S) a Neuenschwonder Rites Wednesday Morning Funeral services will be held Wednesday morning at 9:15 o'clock at the borne and i:M o’clock at the Meanoalte church for Laura Lou Nestonacbwander. eight months old , daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edward NeueMchwaader, of Berne, who ; died Monday at the Adams county memorial hospital Burial wilt be i ta the M. R. K. cemetery at Berne. The parents and the grandparents Mr. and Mns. Leon Neueaachwaader and Mrs Frank Amstats oar- . vivo. Death es the boby followed m i operation for a deformity, suffered since birih, _

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War Material Output Increases In June Detroit. July 20.—(UP)—Output of war materials by the automotive Industry has reached a total of 1725.000.000 for the month of June compared with |705,000,000 for May. George Romney, managing director of the automotive council for war production, says the June delivery of weapons to the armed forces amounts to an annual rate of 28,700.000.000. It is the highest rate of productivity in the industry's history and Is nearly double the rate for last year. —— o — New Move Is Made To Control Meal Prices Fixed Ceiling Set On Live Hog Price Washington. July 20.—(UP) — The government has made another move to keep meat prices under control. Effective in August, a fixed celling of 2U.75 per 100 pounds will be placed on live hogs Th hi celling is alight ly above prevailing prices, but under the record high of 212.10 reached this spring. Coincident with the OPA celling on hogs, the war food administration announces a new licensing system which will affect slaughterers of both hogs and cattle. Full details of the program will not be announced until August 15 Purpose of the licensing program, according to the WFA. 1s to ensure proper allotment of supplies to the armed forces, lend lease and civilians. Enough Eggs Washington, July 20. — (UP) — Civilians will have about as many eggs during the next 12 months as they had during the last 12. This Is Indicated by the war food administration. The WFA expects about 5.WV.000,000 doxen eggs to be produced between July 1 of this year and June 30 of 1941. About seven out of every 10 eggs will go to civilians—an average of 338 eggs per person tor the year. The rest—which will most be dried up into egg powder—will go to the armed forces, lend ieaae. and the office of relief and rehabilitation. Ingenious cooks in allt trenches and elsewhere will somehow convert that egg powder Into fluffy scrambled eggs. - ■ 1 o — —■ Farmer Catches Rare Butterfly Specimen Henry Heide man. wt-ll known fanner living west of Decatur, caught a rare specimen of butterfly the other day and brought it to the Dally Democrat office. The butterfly's Inner wings are marked In blue, with an eye of yellow In the center. Mr. Heideman said he never saw such an unusual butterfly In his life. Pleads Guilty To Drunken Driving Fined By Justice Os Peace Monday Albert Lammert. 35, of near Decatur. was fined 226 and costa by Waiter J. Rockman. justice of peace, late Monday, when be entered a plea of guilty to a charge of drunken driving. A report of his conviction was forwarded to the state bureau of motor vehicles, which wiU act upon the suspension of his driver's license. He was arrested Saturday night by officer Truman Bierie of tbe state police. Max Andrews, of this city, was fined 210 and costa by justice Dockman on a charge of reckless driving when be entered a guilty pels late Monday in the same court Andrews was charged with reckless driving by officer Bierie. who arrested him while be was bring lag Lammert to jail. A recommen dation for a suspension of his driver’s license was also made John Rader, fll. of Vaa Wert. O. was arrested here last night by officer Sephus Melchl of the city police on a charge of public in toxica tioa Rader was released thia moralag after posing an appearan< e bond of 225 la order that be migat attend his mother a fuaeral. held this

Further American Gains Near Munda 179 Japs Are Killed In Violent Clashes By United Press American soldiers have made further gains along the treacherour road lo Munda. One hundred and seventy-nine enemy troops died yesterday in a violent jungle clash about two and one half miles east of tbe Japanese central Solomons base. A few days ago American patrols slipped forward In this area to within a mile of Mund| Now It becomes apparent that the Japanese defenses still are lough. A spokesman for General MacArthur describes the ground situation around Munda oa "confused." Allied planes are doing their best to crumble the patched-up Japanese positions. Avenge: - and dauntless bombers lit a new pattern of fires north of Munda yesterday. And up in the northern Holomons, heavy Allied bombers continued attacks on enemy air loisea in the Buin-Falsi region. A hint of Japan's dwindling air strength in the SoliHuuno comes In the report that only one of our planes was lost In the raids. But all of the Pacific fighting is not limited to hammer blows on concentrated little webs of enemy resistance. Yesterday a strong force of Liberator bombers made a 2.000 mile round trip to batter Macassar. In the Celebes. This is the second longest flight route in the Pacific. Fires set by the bombers could be seen for 80 miles. On New Guinea. Australian and American troops drew a small force of Japanese out of hidden defenses near the big enemy base al Helamaua Eighty two Japs were killed. Allied attack planes supported the tedious advance with 14 strafing runs over Japanese positions. , o - — Mine Workers Seek AFL Readmittance Observers Predict Favorable Hearing Washington. July 20 — (UP) — Capital observers predict the United Mine Workers will receive a favorable hearing today when they present their case for readmittance to tbe American federation of labor. They will meet with three AFL vice* presidents. Daniel Tobin of the teamster's union. George Harrison of the brotherh«M>d of railway clerks and Matthew Woll of the photo-engravers’ union After the conference, the AFL officials will report lo the execu live council of the labor board which will decide on the outcome at its August meeting. Originally part of the AFL. the UMW led the split In the labor movement in 1235 -forming the backbone of the CIO. Later, the UMW withdrew from the CIO Spokesmen for both the miners and the AFL say they are sure Lewis will not be denied entrance (Turn To Page ». Column 4) ■ Brothers Lose Horses During Friday Storm Two Adams county farmer-broth-ers. living some 25 miles from each other, were almont simultaneous victims of laat Friday night's severe electrical storm. It was discovered today During tbe height of the storm, Ernest Tumblewon. living five miles north of Decatur, lost a valualrie horse when the animal was killed by a bolt of lightning Today, be learned that bis brother. Harley, reaidlng earn of Geneva, also had a horse killed by lightning during tbe same storm. w_. Pilot Uninjured In Crash Near Auburn Auburn. Ind . July (UP)-Au Indianapolio student pilot 'William Buas-ard eacaped uninjured when his light piano craabed during a forced landing near Waterloo. Reporta indicate that tbe plant- was practically demolished but thats Buses rd suffered only minor abra siOM. The Rodent flier wan earoots from Landing- Mich. to Marton. UmAaaMo OS am |

Soldiers Rebel Against Nazi Leaders; Havoc Is Spread In Rome Bombing

Doolittle Revealed As Planner Os Raid On Rome; Mussolini War Plants Smashed (By United Press) The laurels for yesterday's smawbing raid on Rome go to America's Major-General James H. Doolittle. Doolittle has received congratulations for engineering the second successful blow against an Axis capital. You remember, he led the American bombing raid on Tokyo last year. It is not clear yet whether DooI little personally led his filers over Rome as he did ov> r Tokyo. But Lieutenant-General Carl Hpaatz, who commands the Allied air forces in North Africa, and air chief Mar shall Sir Arthur W. Tedder. Mediterranean air commander, have sent him their congratulations. Doolittle is commander of the strategic air force, which carried the greatest part of the burden In yesterday's history-making attack Aerial photographs of Rome taken an hour after the raid show that Allied bombardiers picked off their military targets with deadly aci curacy. The study of the photos has just I been completed. I The pictures reveal that our bombers raised havoc with the war 1 machine Mussolini had sandwiched i iu between Rome's religious and cultural monuments And they I prove that our fliers took extreme - caution to keep their bombs from falling on the Eternal city's priceless buildings. The pictures clearly show that direct hits wrecked the roundhouses at San Lorenio. They ored so heavily there that vital transshipment of Axis war supplies was blocked. The Littorlo yards were laid waste for their entire length of two miles and their entire width of 400 yards. Locomotive and repair •heds were shattered and administration buildings were burned to , the ground. Five hundred planes took part In the mass assault. Five of them failed to return. Throughout tbe raid —which lasted two and a half hours—no more (han 25 or 30 , enemy planes were seen. They did little to hinder the work of the bombers, and anti-aircraft fire was slight. Eyewitness accounts of the attack bear out the official version. Flier after flier reports that the bombs hit their targets with unfailing accuracy. The concensus of all the aviators was this: They car(Turn To Pag* 4. Column I) — Two Americans Crack Munda Strong Point Captain, Corporal Blast Jap Snipers With American Forces Outside Munda. July 20 -(UP) Courage and sly cunning sometimes make up for lack of numbers. That was the case when a twoman team of Americans cracked one of the toughest Jap strong points before Munda Captain James Rankin of Hartford. Conn , was half of the team, and gave tbe orders. The other was Corpora! Frank Atwater of Shreveport. La. Rankin describe* the corporal as a man with about a* many nerves as an Icebox The Japs had at least a company of troops. Rankin and Atwater turned the trick with mortar fire. And next day when reinforcements stormed the enemy, they foand tbe Japs were as scare-- a« gaod women pool players The enemy strong point was established atop a small plateau next to tho Barike river. It had held up American advances for two days and infileted consider able losses on one American company that attacked It Jap snipers in trees were play Ing tbe mischief with attempts to move, and Rankin derided some thing bad to be done He chose 4Turn TB Pace K Criamc 31

Hitler, Mussolini In New Conference Berlin Radio Says Meeting in Italy London. July 20—(UP)—Berlin radio reveals that Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini met in northern Italy yeelerday as American bombers raided Rome. The Berlin broadcast -aid the German Fuehrer and II Duce discussed the new military situation created by the Allied invasion of Sicily and the Russian offensive. The diplomatic correspondent of the official German D. N. B new* agency aays the Ash leaders probably reached momentous decisions. The announcement of the meeting apparently explains why there ha* been no mention of Mussolini in Axis radio accounts of the bombing of Rome. — Indianopolis Woman Killed In Accident Indianapolis. July 20 — (UP) — Mrs. Katherine Rogers of Indianapolis was killed and two other perrons critically injured in a highway accident yesterday. The einashup ocenred when their automobile struck a bridge railing north of Indianapolis The injured persons are tbe dead woman’s husband Charles R. Rogers — and Helen Scherer. Both are • mployed by the Motion railroad. 0 Capital Stockyards Ask Ceiling Waiver Corn Needed For Feeding Os Hogs Indianapolis July 20 — (UP) — Operators of the Indianapolis stockyard* have asked that corn price ceilings Im- waived ho that te.-d may lie purchased for hogs brought to market The appeal was directed to the office of price administration. Harvey Melvin, vice president of the Belt railroad and stockyard* company, said that the supply of corn for feeding purposes was exhausted oti June 28. Farmers have since refused to sell corn at the ceiling price. Normally tlr* stockyards com* pany has corn on hand for feeding on a non-profit bawls. A 300 bushel supply withheld to feed USDA hogs in transit has been exhausted since June 28. Farmers In some cases have been forced to provide grain for their own bogs at tbe yards. Melvin said the lack of corn has not bad any visible 111 effects on the marketing of hogs. Receipts generally have run ahead of the same period a year ago But he eaid he Itelieved it was an unhealthy situation. Hence, a modification of thep rice ceiling was requested. 1 o No Word Is Received On Arrival Os Body Mte this afternoon no official word has lw-en received concerning the time of arrival of the body of Pvt Everett Johnson from Camp White, Ore The body is to be shipped to tbe Black funeral home here but no definite time was made known. Pvt. Johnson's body was reported found on Saturday after a seven months' search from the time he was drowned in Rogue River, while on army maneuvera. — • —■ ■ . Mechanics' School Opens Here Tonight The organisation meeting of tbe mechanics' school, sponsored Wy the office of defense transportation. will be held toatgbt at 7 W o'clock in room 2oi of the Decatur jumorwealor high » bool Men and women mechanics are expected to attend tbe meeting and select class pvt tods. _ _

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Italians Reported As Surrendering In Large Numbers; See Resistance Lessens By United Press An Aliit-d communique reports uluit it calls "many Indication*'* of mutiny among Italian troops in Sicily. The Italian soldiers are said to be revolting against their German commanders. The report of mutiny In the enemy's ranks comes on the heels of news that the Italians are surrendering In large numbers. Entire units are said to be giving up. in o|>en defiance of their Nail officers. The entire Axis defense of central and western Sicily appears to be crumbling And observers in lamdon believe American and Canadian soldiers may deal tbe knockout blow to Interior Sicily today. The Algiers and Morocco radios report that the Yanka and their Canadian comrades already have reached Enna, heart of Interior Sicily. The fall of Enna would cut the only east-west highway left to the Axis troops, except the expooed road along the northern coast. Observers believe western Sicily soon will be Isolated and they think Its early collapse is inevitable. That would leave the Axis with no chance for further resistance except in a last-ditch fight for northeastern Sicily, across the straits from Italy. The situation In the eastern part of the Island is not clear. General Montgomery's British eighth army has been locked In fierce fighting with hardened Nasi troops on the broad Catania plain. The last official report said thr Tommies and Canadians of the eighth army had slashed to within three miles of the city of Catania. And a front-line report said General Montgomery had sent one column off to the northwest In a flanking movement Other reports Indicate that the big network of airfield* at Gerbinl. 15 miles west of Catania, is under attack Ixmdon observers think some of the airports already may be In Allied hands. If the British get Catania and Gerblnl they virtually will control the Catania plain And observers in lamdon think the final battle will cc.me when the British open up their drive for Messina, separated by only two miles of water from Italy. General Alfredo GuSSoni. (he Axis commander of Hiclly Is reported to have told King Victor Emmanuel that he can't hold out much longer. Madrid reports indicate the general thinks an Allied Invasion of «Turn Te page *. Column 7) — -o Hopes Rome Bombing To Speed War s End Prominent Catholic Clergyman Speaks Indianapolis. July 20 — (UP) — A prominent Catholic clergyman expresses the hope that the bombing of Rome will hasten the end of the war. The right Rev. Raymond Noll, vicar-general of the diocese of Indianapolis and pastor of St. Peter and Paul cathedral, deplorea the destruction of a single life in war But he comments: "The Mussolini government has had a long time in which to mak» and declare Rome an open city without military objectives and they have refused to do so” He believes tbe bombing of military installations ta the holy city to not bombing "the Rome of the student of religion, art or archeology He adds “Everyoae knows what our fliers are trying to hit and wo can bo very confident that there will be little and ealy so tdenial deetraettoa of the Roose whirl* belongs lo history sad to all «4vW lilttd fHMlnk'R * ’I flL**<’