Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 41, Number 174, Decatur, Adams County, 24 July 1943 — Page 1

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ICILY CAMPAIGN NEARS FINAL STAGE

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Allied Forces Step Up Raids Against Kiska Seaplane Tender Is Destroyed By American Bombers (By United P/e*s) American sea and air attacks against Japanese-held Kiska have reached a new height. The navy revealed thia morning that United States planes fiercely bombed and strafed Jap anti-air-craft batteries, costal guns and buildings on Kiska both before and after a navy task force shelled the island on Thursday. The communique reports that our airmen started numerous fires and touched off a large explosion. One American plane was shot down but its crew was rescued. A number of the fighter planes participating In the attacks were piloted by Canadian fliers. Kiska has been attacked by air 20 times and shelled by naval unite seven times thus far this month Allied airmen also are busy In the south Pacific. Our Flying Fortresses and Liberators ranged far up the New Guinea coast yesterday to shatter the big enemy sup ply base at HogadJlm The bombers set off fires that covered the entire target area. Sixty Japanese fighters tried to stop our planes three different times before they got over Bogaujlm. But Lightning fighters protecting the big planes ehot down or destroyed 23 Japanese fighters. Mitchell bombers also gwept out over the New Guinea coast yesUnlay, looking for some of those Japanese barges which bring eup pUee from one base to another. Our bombers had good hunting too. Thirteen of those barges were sunk and 12 more were damaged by the blistering attack. Our dive bombers raked the enemy garrison at Muuda in the Solomons yesterday with another furious assault. They asio set fire to a few barges which were headed for the northern Solomons. And the headquarters comipunl(Turn To Pag* I, Column 4) o * Mrs. Amanda Helm Dies Friday Night Funeral Services Monday Afternoon Mrs. Amanda Heim. 75. widow of the lata. Daniel Helm, and well known Adams county lady, died last night at ff:10 o'clock at the home of her daughter. Mrs. Naomi Jackson, four miles east of Decatur. Death was attributed to complications and followed an illness of four months. The deceased was a member of the Calvary Evangelical church and of the ladies’ aid society of that church. She was born in Wooster. Ohio on May 24. 1868. tbe daughter of Abraham and Samantha OrrBrown. Her busband preceded her In death. Surviving are four daughters. Mrs. Jackson; Mrs. Sarah Jane Light of Marathon. N Y.: Mrs. Nora Cramer of Portland and Mrs. Mary Brown of Kansas City. Kan.; four brothers. Jay and Grant Brown of Omaha. Neb.. Dwight and < lift Brown of Decatur; a sista*. Mrs. Bese Patterson of Fort Wayae; 1» grandchildren and 2»» great grandchildren. Funeral services will be held Monday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock at the Black funeral home and 1 o'clock at the Calvary church, with Rev. M. W. Sondermann of AvtUa officiating Burial will be in the Cast Salem cemetery The body may be viewed at the Black funeral home after 3:30 o’clock Sunday afternoon. o TtMPffRATURt RCAOINB DCMOCRAT THCRMOMKTKR •:00 a. m. 79 10:00 a. m. n H:ff» a. m. — » WKATHKR >4l Ait Sunday ferennew; thundershowers In west portion, scat*Orgd llAfen la Rftßi BvvWxWWTW ISo WWW* tie*.

U. S. Liberators Fly Record Distance To Hit Japs

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Round trip of nearly 2.t00 miles Is flown by American Liberator l>oml>ets to attack the main Japanese base at Soerabaja, on the Dutch East Indies Island of Java. The raid, first on the former Dutch naval base since the enemy seised It In 1942. set a new distance record for Southwest Pacific bombing*. .Map above shows route of the planes from bases to tho target.

Two Army Deserters Are Held As Slayers Held In Louisville For Theft Slaying Ixiufsville. Ky . July 24.—(UP)— Two army deserters are held in Jefferson county jail awaiting trial In connection with tne robbery and elaying of a Louisville man last month. The prisoners are identified as Lawrence Harvey of Meadville. Pa., and Elbert Edwards of Tampa, Fla , who were arrested July 4 in Florida. Highway patrolmen pick ed them up after an attempted holdup of a roadside tavern. The two men (ace charges of the murder and armed robbery of Carl Heltlauf of Louisville June 27. When arrested in Florida they were driving Heitlauf's automobile. A 19-year-old Louisville girl — Wilma Haney -was with the two men when arresled. She also is being held In jail at Louisville. Guard Prisoner Madison. lud , July 24.—(UP)— Jefferson county peace officers are on guard this morning against any attempt to free Gideon Consley from the jail at Madison. Sheriff L. 8 Bear said that Coneley was arrested June 9 along with Aaron Dimmett, one of the three men at large since their escape Thursday from the Vanderburgh county jail at Evansville. Bear said he felt Dimmett might make an attempt to release Consley Meanwhile, law enforcement officers from Indiana, Illinois and Kentucky continue their search for Dimmett and his two companions in tbe Evansville jail break -Ray Cummins and Owen Floyd Gibson. They were traced to the Ohio river bottomlands after they stole an automobile and 120 from a farmer. Dimmett's mother — Mrs. Mina Hazel Dlmett of Evansville — has appealed to her 2i year-old son to surrender to avoid gunplay or bloodshed Her plea was made In a radio broadcast. Two Are Fined For Traffic Violations Fines Are Assessed Friday Afternoon Fines were meted ost to two men tate Friday by W .lter J. Bockman. justice of peace, after they entered guilty pleas to traffic violations. Paul Brown. 16. of this city, was fined II and costs’on a speeding count. He was arrested at noon Friday by police chief Ed Miller on South Second street. William G. Smith. 54. Garrett railroad dispatcher, was fined |1 and coats for perilling an unlicensed driver to operate his car. His arrest was made by chief Miller and officer J. C. Mendenhall of the state police Friday afternoon, following an accident at 2 p. m. at tbe Intersection of Monroe and Thirteenth streets The officers charged that Smith allowed bis wife to drive bis auto, although she did not have a license When she .ttempted to turn onto tbe U. 8 »7 bypass from Monroe street her car struck a utility pole, they saidCity police officials today remrnded motorist, thst the owe-hoar parking limit on Monroe and Second street tn downtown Decntur is being enforced.

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Decatur, Indiana, Saturday, July 24,1943.

War At a Glance (By United Prros) MEDITERRANEAN The American- are mopplng-up westerm sk-ilt. They bate taken Mareala. and the prisoner toll hagrown past 60.000; British warships are shelling German positions near Catania in support of British eighth army. The first major air as«ault on Crete since 1941 increased prospects for an eastern Mediterranean offensive. RUSSIA -The Russians have gained three to four miles in the Orel area, killing another 8.800 enemy troops trying vainly to counter-attack through rain and mud which has slowed the offensive. PACIFIC—AIIied planes have sunk a 9.000 ton enemy seaplane tender and damaged a destroyer near Bougainville. Four Decisions Os Draft Board Upheld One Case Reversed By District Board Four decisions of the local draft board havO been upheld and one reversed by the district board of appeals at Fort Wayne, according to word received today by the local board. Victor Scheuller. order number 11,667. was given a 2-C classification. (unmarried farmer deemed vital) by the district board after having been placed in 1-A by the local board. Those whose appeals were denied and the men continued in class 1-A (available for immediate duty), are: Herald Orville Whittenliarger. 515; Eugene Emerson Moore. 11.446; Roland Arthur Wolfe. 11.902. Joseph A. Hlity. 11.897. was continued In class 4-E (conscientious objector to both combatant and non-combatant training ) The next draft contingent from Adams county will take final armed forces' examination on Thursday. July tti.

Newsman Spends Two Nights In Foxhole As Japs Attack

With U. 8. Fores Near Munda. July 24.—(UP)—What two nights of concentrated fury are like when 100 Japs attack a small Allied command post ts told by United Press correspondent Georg-- Jones. Jones found out tbe hard way. He was caught at a tiny poat near Munda when the Japs sttacked snd tbe next morning the Americans picked themselves up from out of a heap of 25 dead Japs And their tents were as full of holes from Jap bullets as a lot of kitchen sieves. Jones and the Ameircan officer, and men at the little post were saved from annihilation only by a sodden precision American artiltary barrage that drove the Jape away. The American artillery "boxed the area around tbe post off for nearly nine hours —during which Jos-s and his companions had to Be quiet in their foxholes Jones tolls the story in some detail He says: "A Jap combat patrol Banked our rear guard lu the morning and swept down tbe Munda trail toward the command post "Reports placed the strength at tbe Jape as high as 254, but more

Two Indiana Plants Granted Wage Boost Schacht Rubber Co. Employes Boosted Washington. July 24 — (UP) — The war labor board has applied its principle of Industry wide wage stabilization in granting wage Increases to two Indiana plants of the Schacht Rubber company. Ono hundred workers at the Huntington plant were awarded s general Increase of 10 cents an hour, retroactive to September 18, 1942. And 1.400 workers at the Noblesville plant were given an hourly wage raise of seven and a half cents. Industry members of the labor board dissented in the decision affecting the Noblesville plant. The WLB also approved a maintenance of membership clause In the contract at the Huntington plant. However, it denied union security in the contract at Noblesville because the union had not demonstrated sufficient degree of responsibility and had participated in recent work stoppages. Reject Proposal Seattle. July 24— (UP)—Boeing Aircraft workers have rejected a proposal that they work 10-hour shifts as away to increase the output of flying fortresses. They are reported to have voted almost unanlmoualy against the plan to substitute two 10-hour shifts for the present three of eight hours. They blamed the war (Turn To Pag, S. Column 4) —o Former Local Lady Is Taken By Death Fred V. Mills received word Friday of the death of hl, sister-in-law. Mrs. J. A. Milla, wife of the tate James A Mlita Both were former residents of Decatur. Mrs. Mills died Thursday at the home of her daughter. Mrs. O. N. Mortenwon of Wisconsin Rapid*. Wls., Funeral aervlces will be held this afternoon In Chicago. Mr. Mills left last night to attend the services.

likely it wan between 100 and 150. "As tbe jungle darkened with the setting aun. tbe command post received a few reinforcements and our perimeter of defense was strengthened with machine guns and riflemen. "Duak found our defense ready. We were hopeful but not confident “The word was paused: ‘Btay In your foxholes. Don't shoot until you can positively identify tbe enemy.* , "Developments started within 15 minutes after dark. "The crackling of twigs preceded tbe roar from machine guns and automatic rifles The Japs screamed wildly an they attacked '* Jones says tbe Americans waited until the Japs were within five yards of the foxholes, then let them have it. The Japs. Including one saber-carrying officer, were mowed down like tenpins "By morning H was evident tbe Jape had withdrawn into the jungle We were comparatively safe. "Then a group of Japs carrying (Turn Ts ram 4, Ceiuma Q

Americans Driving East; Island Os Crete Raided By 100 Allied Warplanes

California Railway Workers Plan Strike Walkout Is Planned For Sunday Morning Lou Angele*. July 24. —(UP)—j Twenty-six hundred railway workers in the Los Angelou area are going ahead with plans to strike tomorrow despite an appeasement offer from the war labor board. Passenger and freight traffic In 55 southern California communities will be tied up if the trainmen walk out. War labor board public member Wayne Morse hinted today that the entire street railway industry in the California area may need higher wag«a. But he added the board wouldn’t even consider the matter until the strike threat Is withdrawn. The transportation men. members of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen, showed little interest in Morse's promise. One union spokesman explained that the men don't consider themaelves part of the street railway Industry, and that the statement doesn't affect their wage fight. The case first was considered by an emergency railroad panr-l not the war labor board. And the spokesman says any new action either must come from President Roosevelt or director of economic stabilisation Vinson. No time limit haa been set for the strike. But union officials say It will continue until favorable action ha* be-n taken on the workers' demand for salary boosts o Five Persons Killed By Crazed Utah Man Despondency Over Divorce Blamed Ogden. Utah. July 24 -(UPIDespondency over a divorce I* believed to have caused an Ogden. Utah, man to run amuck, killing five perwona and wounding two. Austin Cox. 38 years old, was arrested after the shootings and is held in jail. Among those killed was district judge Ixtuis B. Truman. who granted Cox's wife a divorce. State police started a widespread search for Cox after tbe slayings. While they were out searching the streets with drawn guns. Cox stormed a police station. He fired a fusillade of shots before he was seixed. After being overpowered by policemen. be demanded that he be executed immediately. Apparently, Cox was hunting his former wife when he started his tour of killings. His first victim was a Mrs. Burton, to whose home he bad gone after a friend told him his former wife was there. Then he killed Mrs. Burton's daughter. Mrs. Jane Stauffer. anJ wounded her husband. He killed Mrs. Betty Brooks, a neighbor who heard the shots, and wounded her husband. Then he killed another neighbor. Sam Nelson. Later, be drove two miles to the home of Judge Truman, fired one shot through tbe kitchen window to awaken him. and then killed him with the second shot. - - - o Wounded Cleveland Newsman Improved < leveland. July 24—(UP>—The general manager ot the Cleveland Plain Dealer Is reported In better condition this morning Hospital attaches report thst John McCarrens. the elderly newspaper executive who was shot three times Thursday by a would t>e assassin, spent a restful night However. McCarrens' condition la still grave and be was given three blood transfusions yesterday McCarrens was shot by Herbert Kobrak. former publisher of foreign language newspapers in Cleveland, as be sat in his office. Kobrak then kiUed himself

Russian Drive On Orel Slowed By Heavy Rains Germans Are Facing Annihilation Unless Able To Withdraw (By United Press) Military experts think the Germane are facing complete annihilation at Orel, unless they can manage a retreat through Bryansk. However, the best military opinion Is that the Germans still are strong enough to make a successful withdrawal—ls they will start in time. The strategic importance of th-Orel-Bryansk area lies in the fact that it is the nucleus of a great network of railroads. And the British say that If the Red army take* Oi-el, then pushes on to take Bryansk. It will have paved tbe way for a great offensive to drive the Germans out of Russia. Bad weather nod desperate German counter-attacks have slowed the Russian advance on Orel. However. Soviet armored divisions plowed through mud-choked roads to score gains ot threw to four miles. The Nails spared nelthet men nor tanks In an effort to halt the oncoming Red army. At a single point, some B.tmo Nail infantrymen and 150 tanks were massed to stop the Soviet fighters, but the Germans were c rushed. Almost 9.000 officers and men were lost by the Germans in the day's fighting, bringing the 11-day toll of German casualties up to nearly 60.000. Tank losses were boosted to a total of 1.200 and aircraft losses to 1,000. Rain drenched roads also held up the Red army advance near Belgorod. 170 miles farther south, although gain* of four to five miles were report'd. Several villages fell to the Russian troops, and 1.(MH) Nazi soldiers were l-g>t In this sector. Minor gains were reported on (Turn To P*»e 4. Column 4) o Albert Smith Rites Sunday Afternoon Funeral services will be held Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Geneva Nalarene church for Albert Smith, aged aliout 71. farmer of near Geneva, who died Friday at 2:30 p m. at the Adams county memorial ho-pital. Burial will l>e in the Riverside cemetery at Geneva. A brother. John Smith. wlrtT whom the deceased resided, is the only near survivor. o Flier Missing On Bataan Is Sale Sends Telegram From American Navy Base Albany. Tex.. July 24—(UP)— Mr and Mrs. Richard Dyess are awaiting a promised air mail letter from their son. Major William Dyess, who until last night had been unreported since the fall of Bataan Dyess was one of an almost legendary band of American fliers who fled to tbe hills of Luxon the day Bataan fell and waged guerilla warfare against tbe Japanese. During tbe long months that followed. Dyess' parents steadfastly refused to believe that their son had tieen killed or captured Last night their hopes were justified. They received a telegram from their son from some unnamed United States navy base It read: “Hello, folks, am in perfect health — writing airmail letter late.*." Major Dyess Is the husband of former Marajen Stevick, tbe coowner of tbe Champaign. 111. ' Newedtasette.

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Allied Forces Move On Messina; Final Point For Stand By Axis Warriors By United Press The whiplush of Allied land, sea and air power has begun to strangle Axis resistance In northeast Blcily. And even before the Sicily campaign is ended. Allied planes have begun pre-invasion operations In a new theater —the eastern Mediterranean. The latest, fast-moving developments In this 800-mile Mediterranean front can be summed up briefly ar. follows: Allied planes prolmbly numbering more than lUO have struck savagely at Crete, the Nall held island outpost protecting Greece against Invasion. It was the heaviest assault on the little island—--140 miles by 40 miles wide—since the Germans captured It two years ago. Factories were hit at Heraklion. the capital, and at Hierapeira. And other Nazi Installations were raked ferociously with shell and machinegun fire. Seventeen Allied planes are missing from the raid. On Sicily. American troops from Palermo are driving eastward at a fast clip on the coastal road toward Messina — the coffin-cornet for tbe Axis troops on the island. Allied sea and air power hal made the Island practically airtight against enemy reinforcements. Planes from North Africa have sunk an enemy merchant ship and V supply barges, damaged two other vessels, and set fire to a destroyer. And our big )M>ml>ers are beating a steady tattoo of bombs on the Italian mainland, slashing heavily at railroads, airdromes and embarkation polnla. The Italian radio reports that our planes attacked Bologna In northern Italy this morning. The enemy report is not confirmed. All these actions by our forces are aimed- at one thing hemming In the Axis forces on Sicily — severing every possible link with the mainland, and setting them up for the final hacking to pieces In the northeastern section. Ground action on the island is proceeding at the same pace. A Swiss report as yet unconfirmed - places the Yanks at San Stefano —half way btdween Palermo and Messina. The remaining distance to Messina is only 6o to 70 miles — which means—if the Swiss report Is true — that the Yanks are almost as close to the coffin-corner at Mew> sina as the Germans are at Catania. Thus, the American assault on the enemy northern flank, may force the Germans defending Catania to abandon their positions and hot foot it back to avoid complete encirclement. Otherwise, they run the risk that the Americans may reach Messina before they do It is not likely that there is a big Axis garrison at Messina at tho moment. However, so far. there's no sign of an enemy crack-up at Catanta. The British and Canadian troops attacking there sill lare being hell firmly Allied warships off short have pumped more shells into th-, enemy positions and our planes are slashing at the Axis communications lines all round the vicinity of Mount Etna But everywhere else on Sicily, (Turn To Pago I. Column I) " — O""-" Weird Insect Found On Station Window ’ R J. Macklin, local service station proprietor, is looking for an expert on Insect*. This morning ho found a weird, spindly insect on his station window that up to • late hour no one bad identified. One oldster expressed tbe belteC that the bug Was a member of tho "devil's darning needle family.** whatever tint is.

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