Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 41, Number 177, Decatur, Adams County, 28 July 1943 — Page 2

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American Warfare Methods To China Training Centers For Chinese Army Somewhere in China. July 28. (VPj—-The Chinese are learning while they fleht And thank* to th. effective pl.iiiniiiu of Lieuten-ant-General Joseph Stilw* 11, tiny are learning American method* ot warfare. Two Amerh an training < enter* have been In operation in widely separated point* in western China since April 1. The students are Chinese officer* .earning modern m thtxl- of warfare, and the use , of tn dern weapon* tine school ape< talizes in 'he training of infantry Uulh and Weapons; the other in artillery. When tin- Chinese officers have complet’d their courses they return to their units and pas* on their knowledge to the enlisted men Some already have eomple--ed the training course. in this way. General Stilwell ho|te-s to build the nui leu* of a Chinese army that will some day be called upon to oust tin- Japs from the Asiatic ] mainland The greatest difficulty encounte ed by the *< hools' Am- rie an instructors is getting tin- Chinese veteran* to forge ' what they learned from French. German and other foreign Instructor*. The*, outdat-e-i methods are gradually being replaced with a knowledge of tn dern weapon* and styles of comha Brigadier-General Thoma* Annof Cleveland. I* director of the infantry school which has Generalissimo Chiang Kai Shek as it- official commandant General Arms ha* speeded up his school to the temp, of an American belt system. Only six weeks three Tn weapon- and three in tatic* -.in- needed before the Chin-1 <*e student* ar*- returned to their own auuie*. This time, Generali Arm* admit*, is not enough to make 1 them expert*, but does make them | good instructor*. Trade in a Good Town — Decatur,

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•** VII -fief y. cEww. | • *W*W COMMANDER of the famous "Ted's Flying Circus," * U. 8. J Army heavy bombardment group, la Col. Edward J. Timberlake, >34, pic- ' Hired above in England. His B-24 Liberators have fought in' four theater* of war and have bombed target* in Germany, France,' Holland. Italy. Tunis and Tripolltania. They have ahot down 29 enemy fighters, scored 25’probables and damaged 38, with a loss of 10 bombers. ■■ (International) EARLY ATTEMPT (Continued From Pu» 1) jungle troop* are stubbornly slashing their way through the tough w> b of Japanese defense * around Munds Our s< Idlers and marines passed a Sew Georgia coastal village about a mile and a half east lot Munda to attack the strong-held Jap garrison In New Guinea. American Liber-1 ator and Mitchel! bomber* dump-' - ed 123 ton* of explosives on vil-! I luge* in thu Salamuu.i area. Another Tokyo report br .idea* j by Berlin says that Japanese troop.- I i are still trying to clean up the fieri e reistance of American guer-| i ilia tighter* on Mindanao inland.'

Colorado Truckers Stop Service Today Protest New Fees, Army Action Hinted Denver. July 28. (VP>—Operut era of truck line* serving Colorado began removing their large carrier* from the highways this noon a* , *tate officials indicated the army might interveu. to keep war freight rolling The truckers agreed on the immediate stoppage of service at a meeting called this morning to protest a new system of fees for over weight and over-length trucks put into effect Monday. The tee* range as high a* 81.0*0. Truck operators rotimate they would apply to virtually ail of the I tank transports used to carry gasoj line Into the state Their removal threaten* to leave the northern i Colorado agricultural section without fuel t. power their thresher* | and tractors at the peak of the bar- | Vest seaeon. Governor Vivian esti- | mated earlier the harvesters had ' only a six-day supply of gasoline on hand Truck line officials estimate that I.2s''.mm pounds of war freight on : Denver loading dock- wfil not be in ved because of imposition of the - fee system They explain that ■ those loads now on the road will be delivered, but that no lleW business will be accepted The hint of army intervention came from state highway engineer Charles Vail, who has been conferring with Captain H. L. Myer if the seventh -ervlce command transportation division. Vai! says the fees will not be withdrawn as demanded by the trucker* aud that he has made his last offer He adds: "If it i* rejected. I have reason southernmost of the Philippine*. And a Berlin broadcast say* Allied plane* have raided Hong K< ng A N- w Delhi communique saythree large st. rage buildings were demolished and supply dump* set afiie on Monday when Amerhan plane* Ktruck at Japanese base* In northern Burma

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p Jr : h .4r MB W an 141 w. NEW U.S MINISTER to Canada, Ray Atherton, above, ta leaving tgy Ottawa to take over his new duties after a conference with the president. (International) to believe the army will take over l the trucking industry In Colorado.” i 0 Labor Board Warns • Os Inflation Danger Washington. July 28 (CPi i The war lalmr board ha* Issued another warning — the second In . four day* on 'he dangers of in- . flation. The statement was issued I in connection with a decision denying a wage Increase to 8,500 , • mployes of the Bendix corpora- , tion plant a: South Bend. Ind i George W Taylor, vice president of the board, defended it* ! wage stabilization policies in an • opinion ai companying the decision. He said ’hat a minority report of the WLB Betidix panel focused attention on growing restlveuess over the bearing of antiinflation luirdens. Taylor added that if the demand for an inflationary policy continues it willj make it more difficult to win both the war and the peace.

Seeks To Invalidate Treasury Regulation Senator Taft Will Submit Resolution Washington. July 28. — lUPi I Senator Taft of Ohio announc * that he will Introduce a joint re*<> lilt ion next fall to declare invalid recent treasury regulath n* which I I he said "nullify” tax exemption sot I ' employe** pension trusts of many I large companies Taft -said the treasury regulation.. I were issued in defiance of an opinI iou given to treasury experts by the senate finance committee that corporations could deduct, for in come tax purpose*, their contribution to private pension fund*. The committee felt, Taft said that the deduction should be allow ed even where employe* earning | lews than *B.OOO a year do not bene- j , ‘ fit by private pension funds. !; The treasury held that a corpor- i ’. tion'.* pension fund designed to ap I ply specifically to employes rrcetv i I ing more than >3.000 was "dis , • criminatory" and therefore contri- ■ buttons made to the fund by the ' corporation could not be deducted in computing its income taxes. Q War At a Glance ißy ('tilted Press> I ITALY: Disturbance* are re- , ported In many Italian towns, with four E'aacists killed and I 25 wounded in riot* at .Milan. I'noffit ial signs indicate the 1 possibility of moves toward peace. Et’ROPK: British bombers have heavily raided Hamburg for tite elxth time In 72 hours. SICILY: The Amerhan* and Canadians are rolling back the Axis defense line. They have I gained 15 miles, capturing the north < oast port of Cefalu. ItI'SSIA The Germans have started a big-scale withdrawal below Orel, seeking to avoid encirclement. ,I’ACIFIC: The Americans j are edging forward through a network of Japanese defenses outsid* Munda In the Holomons. They have passed the coastal village of Tetere, 2,100 yard* fr<m Munda airstrip. — o ROOSEVELT SPEAKS fConttauwd prom rags 1) it term* "unsound, impractical and I restrictive regulations by the OPA. laist week the h<ad* of both the American Federation of latbor and the Congress of Industrial Organizations told President Roosevelt that labor would demand general [ wage Increases utiles.* food prices I 1 were lowered. But despite claims and counterclaims OPA ha* announced it will go ahead a* it sees fit. Chester ; Bowles, the agency's newly-appoint- , ed general manager, say* he will ! resist "any and all selfish presi sure." SEARCH FOR BODIES From race 1) saved * large nnmber of training | planes from being wrecked hy the I wind They rushed onto the field 1 I and hung onto mooting ropes on the craft, keeping them on the ground until the wind diminished — —- Trade in a Good Town — Decatur

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’ - 1 11 * ” * WARBONDS Bttftr Then Work VI MunicipsUties, or<*mMt>'*>’ and other units of American life now are conducting drives to buy equipment for our fighting soldiers through the purchase of War Btmds. One piece is the 60-ton heavy tank which was pitted agatnst Hitler s best, the Mark VI in Africa. IU cost is 1120,000 and from its performance it has been worth every penny. I With the whole of Europe a mat* of pillboxes, our boys will neec many, many tanks to clear a pad to Unter den Lmden. and we'll neec i many War Bond buyers to pay fol them. "Figure It OM Yourself." U. S- Trswv DsSartswo To Stop Sales Os Liquor To Minors — Liquor Commission To Revoke Licenses Indianapolis. July 28 (l’P»— A spokesman lor the Indiana alcoholic beverages commission pledg- <* more severe treatment in the future for tavern keepets who sei! liquor to minors. Commisskm member Neil McCallum told a convent lon of Indiana prmtecuting attorney* yesterday that violator* of the rule would have th«-ir license* revoked Hi* pledge was supported hy deputy ' state attorney general Frank Coughlin I Meanwhile, ether state officials pushed their campaign against proprietor* of taverns and flrive-in restauiants who illegally employ under-age youths. State labor coinmlsaioiiwr Thomae Hutson warned that hi* office intended to prosecute tavern keepers who employ boys and girls between 14 and 18 years old. Aud chairman Bernard Doyle of the alcoholic beverage commission urg--d excise police to lie on the lookout for possible violations ot this regulation. — — - o —- -... Suspend Trading On October Egg Futures Chicago. July 28. —(l'pi—The governor* of tire mercantile exchange in Chicago have voted to suspend trading in October egg futures. The suspension order will he in effect until further noth . The action wa* taken at the request of the government offers of October number two contracts at 844.75 a doxen. and hid* at 842.2 b were automatically withdrawn. Exchange offiies have aak**d the commodity exchante ad I ministration to tlx a settlement price on closed-out contracts. Trader* believe the order stem* from the possibility that delivery may not be guarantee*! <>n egg fu tare* under present government restrictions on egg storage.

Soldiers Die When Lost On Maneuvers Camp Young. Calif- July 28 ; (Cl’i Three add lent are dead and ' a fourth is missing after maneuver held in the hot California desert where temperature* are reported | to have reached more than 134 de ; grees. I’be four infantryman were part

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