Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 41, Number 229, Decatur, Adams County, 28 September 1943 — Page 1

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

3rd r Loan

I Nc. 229.

G ITALIAN BASE OF FO6GIA CAPTURED

Fleeing e Russian ler Drive \ Quantities or Mstene's doned By Nazis l rnii«i l r*iii**P»' r r i v ‘‘ r * Lnir (i) ihe Carman* >i (coops are fleeln* firm** the Dnieper. ,Ml* acreamluff |rni from the east bank f r And Soviet warNazi legion* no IRuoian (M* follow Id*-, all the way to the ; 4 ;id bomb them there, ij. „f Nazi* have fallen l ffnriou* attack. Their on the *hore» of the r float in it* water*. |corre*ponrtent for the it new*paper Izventla Ihe iltnatlon this way: un* hvae only one deM ch the went hank a* Lilith in order to eacape M retrihution." lii left tie-hind them |:itle* nl gun*. tanka | war material a* they | the river. ke Soviet* finally have the Nail hold on nearly |Mt hank strongpoint*. men are now poised on ts Kremenchuft. 85 ttillea r aouihern Ukrainian ly of Ihiepropetrovak. riel troop* have flung out of the eaatern liauk Dnepropetrovk itself. Kiev, the Red army haa *>i of the Dnieper 1 * east | line stretching 90 miles Ith and list miles south, r that the Russians will | positions to launch a ptriinr movement around the Red army has not I* PM* 4. Columa •) l Earmarks I War Bond To by Band Uniforms rzular meeting of Adams iAm- r nan la-gion. last I rrtoiution was adopted ■ the purchase of a W"’ l l' 8. war Imnd, to iked m a starter for the •Is* fl&tsi for the purlaiforms for the Decatur * hand-. Ifona* now on hand aru ly and are very old. h> *ay for the member*. f» each year, to purchase " *“• iteen a splendid ■ for the ''immunity •Wrs support The * Hepped out and It la k action will ( ante other ldi»» and Individual! to Hptlon*. large or amall. *l*o adopted a r**»o- ***** the movement to **"' tor Iterator and ,f »M and effort to ■to. r 3rt War Loan ehmometer Wty s Hl|oU *1447,600 *yj & [ £ 525.

I.Q. Expert I * Wy mm 1 ¥ fteneath this hnck private's hel met brain that should go well with the gold braid o( a general's cap. He's Pvt. Karl O. Althoff. son of a St. Mary. O. .haker. and he has just mgilr one ol the highest Intelligence scores on army records In the general classification test. Hl* murks were Just 4 points below a perfect rating. Japs' New Guinea Defenses Crumbling Fierce Opposition Offered By Japanese By United Pres* The last Japanese defenses protecting Flnschhafen. on New Guinea, are beginning to crumble. Auatrallan ground troop*, backed by dive-bomber*, are now less than one mile from the coaatal base. They've crashed Into the defense network of pill bogea that ring the atronghold. And. despite desperate opposition, they've succeeded In blasting the Jap* from one position after another. At the aame time, another Allied column la Jockeying Into position to the northweat to cut off the entire lluon peninsula —at the tip of which lies Flnachhafen. These troops are working up Markham valley, and already they’ve advanced eight mile* beyond newly-raptured Klaiplt. American liberator* were , out over Wewak and Hanna hay again, and Ibis time our pilots bagged nine enemy planes. All otir aircraft returned safely. The Tokyo radio says that two large United State* transport* were, set afire at Vella Lavella. In the Solomons. Hut the enemy'* atory doesn't gibe with the Allied communique, which report* damUge to only one of our vessels. Apparently Tokyo's jitter* are growing worse. The latest enemy broadcast picked up by United States monitors told of a new ■hake up In the cabinet. This time the commerce ministry and war planning board have lieen thrown ont and a new munition* board created. And a special session of the diet — the Japanese (Tarn To Pago «. Column I) - " o Mountbalten Facing Many Tough Problems War Strategy Not Lone India Problem London. Sept. 28—(UP)—It won t all be simply a question of military strategy for Lord Loul* Mour.tbatten In bis southeast Asia command For London belle*'* the new leader la the Indla-Burma theater will face aome tough political and diplomatic problem*, too. . first, he will have to ha*e hie armies on India and draw on India for aome of h<e manpower. Bui that vast nub-continent of people is a resiles, nation, full of resentment against the Brttinb. Further, a famine grow* In proportion every day. The hunger Is moat severe In the province of Bengal, and that's where Mountbatten’s offensive toward Singapore mast begin. Os con me. If# pointed ont that Moaathatten neither la the military nor the civil ruler of India and Isn't responsible for tho -olution of these problem,. But Just the aame. London sources think he will have to consider them before launching hi* drive against the Japa.

Point Value Os Butter Boosted To 16 Points Changes In Meat, Processed Foods Also Announced (Chart* on Page 4) Washington, Sept. 2* -fl’P)~ Butter If you can get It ~ becomes a precious item 4n the nation's diet beginning .Sunday. The ol’A announces the ration value of butter will Jump to 1< points to a pound. Thus a pound of butler will cost the housewife a week's allotment of red ration stamps for une person. And the sharp Increase of four point* Its f s the ration-coupon cost of butter to twice the level 408,000 Points Meridian. Idaho. Sept. 28 — (UPI — Such a thing would have to happen about the time they Increased the ration points on butter. More than 405.000 points of butter were splattered over the front end of a passenger train when It struck a refrigerator trjick at Meridian. The truck had Just pulled away from *a creamery loaded with 7«.o«0 pound* of butter. Almost half of It was lost It was when rationing started. The reason Is simple. The demand for butter egceed* the supply. Farm, or home-made butter, has been Increased from six to 10 points. Hut If you want a butter subsfltute. margarine remains unchanged at four points. OPA announces some other Increase* In point value*. Cheese goes up one point per pound; eight standard pork cuts rise one to two points a pound; and canned fruit In popular site* goe* up from (Turn To Pag* 4. Column 4) o Urges Independence For Philippines Quezon Pleads For Immediate Action Worthington. Kept 28 —(UP) — President Manuel Quezon has congress to grant the Philippines tbelr Independence Immediately He ha* -übmltted a statement to the senate territories committee, which I* considering the Tyding* resolution for moving up the date when Philippines will lie declared free and independent of the United Htatea. The statement expresses anxiety over the propaganda effect or Japanese promises of independence for the Philippines. Quezon was unable to appear personally because of illness. Hl* statement was read by Major General Haslllo Caldes. Philippine army chief of staff. Quezon -aid he was sure the "Immense majority of the Filipino pe> pie will continue to keep faith with America." hot ' W’« must make sure that not even a handful of Filipinos will be derived, cajole* or frightened Into siding with Japan when we return to liberate the Philippines." One Accident Victim Taken From Hospital Ban Barkeley. of Monroeville, who was seriously injured last Saturday In an auto accident in Allen county, has been released from ths Adame county memorial ho*pltal. Morris Marquart. who was riding with him Is still •« the hospital, hut his condition is reported to be sat i-factory The condition of John W srman. local O. E. worker, is also reported to be progrewing satisfactorily. TEMPERATURE READING democrat thirmom«t«r 8:00 a. m. — 10:00 a " Noon — 2 2:00 a 2 8:00 a " WEATHER little cbaeps in *#«"P#ratur* tsmght and Wednesday loronoo*.

ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ADAMS COUNTY

Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday, September 28,1943.

Flagg in Ist One J&k HrM k • V “*tP% »v ■-» VfeL^B.ij This pretty girl. Identified simply as "Pal", has reason to smile and show her dimples. Bh" flagged In the first Canadian-built Lancaster bomber to fly the Atlantic- as It reached an RAF field In England. She's holding Bambl, mascot at the airport. To increase Output Os Farm Machinery Double Production For Year Os 1944 Washington.'Sept. 28. — (l’P) — The nation's farmers are going to get more new farm machinery next year to help them meet 1941' food production goals. The war food administration announced plan* this morning to distribute twice as much new machinery in 1944 a* was distributed this year. The program provides for 80 percent as many new machines as were produced In 1940, a better thgn-normal production year In 1943, farm equipment manufacturers were permitted to prcduce only 40 percent of their 1940 output. There will be no restrictions next year on manufacture and sale of repair parts. Today's WFA order seta up three schedules of machinery. Schedule one lists 19 type* which will be rationed to farmers throughout county farm rationing cemmittees. This list Includes planters, grain drills, manure spreader*, comb'ne*. corn binders, hay loaders and tractors. Schedule two lists 12 types of equipment which will be rationed, but on a more flexible basis. These Include field ensilage harvest* rs. grain and forage blowers. garden tractor*, milking machines. farm milk cooleri. water pumps, windmills and Irrigation pumps. Schedule three consist* larg«Jy of tractor-drawn or mounted implements which are not on the ration list but which will he und*r state distribution control. They Include disk plows, cultivator*. rotary hoes, dusters, grain (Turn To Pag* 1 Column 8) ■■ 0 Launch Review Os Gasoline Rations Extensive Review Is Storted By OPA The moetewensive review of gasoline rations ever conducted has been launched by OPA. Glenn Hill, chairman of the Adam* county war prlee and rationing board, revealed today. Under Ihe -upervlslon of an OPA mileage rationing representative and an OPA organization department representative, all of the supplemental. special, and non-highway rations now In effect will be checked for excessive mileage. Mr. Hill said. In cn*#a where applicants received more mileage than they were entitled to. the OPA representative will make recommendation* to the board either for recovation or reduction of the rations. OPA ha* emphasised that the gMollne check-up should not he tnterpeted aa a criticl»m of the rationing boards. Mr. Hill said. Ho pointed ont that tho gasoline program has imposed such a burden on tho hoards that tbar have boea unable to gtva every application as moch attention aa they would have liked—for reasons entirely beyond their voatroL He said many hoards had asked OPA to check their gasoline applications

Denies Request For- - Wage Hike $3 Day Waqe Boost Is Refused Today (Washington. H<*pt. 28—(UPl — Some 300.000 operating railroad worker** learned from Washingtontoday that their requ**t for a $3 a day wage boost lias b*-en turned down. The special railroad emergency hoard has recommended, instead. a 32-cent-a-day wage Increase retroactive to last April 1. The board say- that is all the men are entitled to under the so-called little steel formula. t President Roosevelt also has taken up the subject of money that is. the amount of new tax**. John Q. Public will have lo pay. The President called a group of government and congressional tax experts to a White House conference on the administration's H2.000,0(K).MH1 new revenue program. Senator Wheeler of Montana also had something to -ay on money matters and the President. He says there's a lot of wastage—not only of money hut of manpower, too, And that the responsibility re-ts with President Roosevelt. He opened aenate debate on hi* bill to defer fathers from the draft. Wheeler contend* that no fathers -hould lie drafted until what hi called "slackers" are taken out of government bureau* and Industry. Wheeler claims there are slackers. Pre-ldent Roosevelt has followed through with his plans for streamlining the state department, by submitting to the senate the nomination of Edward Stettlnhi* a* undersecretary of state. The President also nominated some military men for promotion*. Among them were Major General* Drum. Eaker and Yount, to lie Lieutenant Generals. He also sent to the senate for confirmatfon, the interim appointment of General Elsenhower as a permanent Major General. Eisenhowers full generalship is only temporary. His permanent rank (Turn To Pag# I. Column t) To Attend Funeral For William Ives Decatur Teacher, Student To Attend A teacher and a student from Oeeatur junior-senior high school left this afternoon tor Wapello. 111. to attend funeral service* on Wednesday for Cadet William T Ives as tepresentatlves of local school. Sigurd Anderson of the school faculty, a personal friend ot the former Decatur school teacher, and John Spahr. school senior and a member of the athletic team* which played under Ives as assistant coach, are the representative* Cadet Ivea died Saturday In a two-plane crash near Frederick. Okta.. where he was taking advanced Instructions as a pIM In the U. 8. army air force*. The crash victim, a native of Wapello, taught and coached at thlocal school during the 1940-41. 1941-42 and part of the 1942-43 school terms before entering the service as an aviation cadet in January. No further details have been learned of the accident. It is known only that Cadets Ives and Keith James of Fort Wayne died after their plane collided with another In mid-air. Both were 4o receive wings and commissions in about six week* DeUnite time of the funeral Is not km.wn here. Late Bulletins Ctockhelm. Eept. 2»—(OP) Sweden officially ha* recoqniaed th# Frsnth committee of lihorntion. Brindisi. Italy. Es4>» 2*— (UP)— Rsfuffses arriving from Romo claim that th* Germans shelled the Italian capital befare meving in. According to th# refugees, the Cermans—after the Italian surrender —agreed to occu py only the outskirts of Romo. But than, aft or hurling artillery sheila Inta the eity, they moved in a gams* the resistance es Italians, who suffered considerable casualties.

Air And Rail Center Is Taken By British Army; Yankees Moving Forward

Another Nazi City In Ruins From Bombings 2,000 Tons Os Bombs Dropped On Hanover In Latest RAF Raid By Cnli**il I’ren* The RAF ha* milled Hannover in it* lint of German iinluHirial citle* which have been more than 6« percent demolished by Hriti-h air attack*. Two thousand lon* of explosive* la*t night were dropped on Hannover. an Important Ituluntrial center. in the *ecoilil blockbUHler a**ault in one week. The raid ■truck at one of the weak point* in the German fighting machine rubber. Hannover 1* ihe home of ,iae of Germany'* large*! synthetic rubber plant*. To divert the German night fighter*, small force* of RAF plane* struck at Brunswick. 35 mile* southeast of Hannover, and at Bmden. 125 mile* northwest. Allied night fighter* also supported the big raid with a series of intruder raid* over Holland and northwest Germany. Thirty-eight bombers and one fighter plane were lost in the night'* operation*. The Allies shot down 65 German plane* In the series of raid* yesterday and last night. The British raid wa« preceded by a mighty American flying fortress attack The giant bomber* made their heaviest assault of the war on a single target yesterday to mangle the Nazi C-ltoat and naval base at Emdtn. One thousand ton* of iMimbs were dropped. It was a new technique (or the fort*. Newly-equipped lo carry bigger bomb load*, they la*hed Eniden with a saturation attack - with a barrage of explosives that literally blanketed Ihe target areu. t'p to now. our bombardier* have been pin-pointing their target* front high altitudes. And this may mean an entire new strategy In the air offensive against the European fortress. Flying In the tailwind of the fortresses. Allied fighter-' and medium bomber* carried out sweeps on enemy airfield* 'and rail center* In northern France. In the North Atlantic, the royal Canadian air force ha* been fighting a so-called "wolf park" of German submarine*. RCAF head quarter* at Ottawa revealed today that the famed "North Allan(Turn To Pag* 2. Column 1) - ——o — 16 More Volunteer For Blood Donation 29 Now Registered At Democrat Office Sixteen more person* have volunteered here to go to Portland on October 6 a* blood donor*, bringing the total who have rtgi*!er«d at the Dally Democrat office to 29 In addition, register* have been set up In Geneva. Berne and Monroe. whe.r«* resident* may volunteer. Those who have volunteered here In addHton to the 13 previously listed are: Mrs. Harold Baughn. Mtw Fred Engle. Mrs ("harks Fletcher. Mr*. Manley Fuhrman. Felix Maler. Miss Leo Tinner. Mr* George Blum. Mrs Oscar Gelsel. Mia. Rcnald Newman. Miss Ruthann Hirschy. Mias Evelyn Kelly. Mtsa Virginia Taylor. Miss Patricia Baughn. Thoms* Lanhunt Ronald Newman and Mrs J. H Ktng. *ll of Decatur While two days were at first lifted. wMh volunteer* given their choice, the date haa now been definitely *et for the one day. October 8

Bond Drive Within $154,000 01 Goal Chairman Hopeful Os Meetinq Quota The third war loan bond drive lack* only *153.925 of going over the top In Adam* county. It wa* reported at noon today Sale* up to last evening total 11.193.675. compared to the county'* $1,347,600 quota. Theodore Grallker and Earl Caaton. co-chairmen of tlo- county war finance committee, were jubilant over the prospect of putting the county over the goal Hue before the whistle blows The chairmen urged person* who had signed pledge* for luinds to redeem them at once. A large number of pledge* have not yet been picked up by prospective purchaser* and the total represented will contribute heavily In the push to meet the county’s quota. A special canvass was Mug made today among Ihe employe* of the Central Soya company and McMillen Feed Mill*. Many of the workers signified the desire to buy an extra lioml of the third war loan. In addition to their regular purchase through the payroll deduction plan und contact among the employes -vas underway this morning Township leaders were also calling on farmers lo liny an extra bond and in Decatur the civilian defense and block leaders were completing their house to house canvass, all bent on helping the county go over the top. Ex-Stale Official Wounded In Italy James Tucker Is Now Reported Recovering Indianapolis. Sept. 2*. — (I'Pl Former *ecr«4ary of stale Jam- * Tucker ha* been wounded during Allied lauding operations at Salerno, Italy However, lie is iepo:ted to he r* covering In an army hospital Thl* wa* revealed In a letter made public thi* morning by Lieutenant Tucker’# brother. Dr. Warren Tucker of ludianap 11* The 35-year-old Indiana Republican wa* atrnck by shrnpml In hi* left arm. hut no bones nor nervi-s were Injured. Tucker wrote that he wa* second In command of a boat landing troops on a hotly-con tented beachhead Me said that front llm-* w-rr- only I 5« yard* ft* m .lie boat, and that his ship was the only one which succeeded In diacbarging its cargo at that particular point. Tucker was elected secretary of stale In 193* the only Republican candidate • lected to state oflee that year, lie wa* re-elected In 1940. hut resigned In July. 1942 to enter the navy as a lieutenant, junior grade. He since has b*-eli promoted to senior grade Lieutenant Tucker* wife live* with her parent* at New Albany o— ——— Marines Appreciate Service Kits From Red Cross Workers The l". S marine* appreciate the service kit- made by the volunteer Red Cross worker*, a letter having been received by the Adam* countv chapter, signed in behalf of "1,000 Marines" The writer did not five hi* name, wing the marines -logon "Kemper Fidelia” iAlways Faifthfnl) a* his nom de plume. The letter carried the fleet past office ad res*. San Francisco. Calif. the writer being connected with an airdrome battalion. The marine urged the people to “keep up th# good work." The letter wa, placed In tho mlnutaa ot the lieal chapter by Mis* Annie Wtnaet. secretary.

Buy More Bonds

Price Three Cents

Naples Trap Closing On Nazis As British And American Armies Move Up Relentlessly By United I'ress Foggia one of the prize goal* of ilie drive into southern Italy 1* in Allied hand*. Hrltish mobile unit* rolled into the great air and rail center yesterday In a sudden 22-inlle advance. Apparently Nazi rear guard unit* were taken by surprise General Montgomery'* legions sent them reeling hack with heavy losses. Now the piledriving eighth army I* encamped only so miles northeast of the sacked port of Naples. Spread out over the Foggia area are ome of the rich- • e*i air plums In all Italy — 13 airfields that merge into a giant base. And from Foggia Allied fighter planes call race over to the Naples zone in only a few minutes. Big bomber* will be able to span much of the western Balkans, and of course the entire Italian theater. Foggia also brings a new land menace to flaming Naples. A railroad line link* Ihe two cities, and Montgomery I* In a position to drive across the peninsula and batter the exposed enemy flank. The Naples trap I* closing. American mills of the fifth army have overrun Leonl. and now they're 46 miles due east of the city. We're much sloser than that from tile south. General Mark Clark'* troops are chopping ahead mile by mile through 1 the German hedgehog defense* 111 the hills north of Salerno. Off Italy* battle lorn west • oast, the Nails are having (heir last violent hour* oil the Island of Corsica. Frenchmen. Moroccans, Italians. Americans they've all joined force* In the final hunt for the remnant* of the German garrison. Our troops are only six miles from the enemy escape port of Bastia. And somewhere between them and the sea the enemy stands marooned. The Nazis are fighting to hold open a retreat rout to ihe Italian mainland But an Allied air and sea blockade is on constant patrol, and surrender or death seems the inevitable fate of tile remaining Germans. In hand-to-hand fighting, our forces have battered their way to peak* dominating the town of Nocerno that * 20 mile* below Naples on the direct road leading directly into the port. The Naxl* couldn't hold the town, but their artillery fire is keeping the Allies from moving in. German prisoner* are testimony to the fury of the fighting above Salerno Men captured from the 6th panzer division say 55 percent of their effective troop* are either dead, wounded or captured Bad flying weather kept the big Allied bomber* out of the air ((Turn To Page i. Column t) Wire Companies' Merger Approved Telegraph Service Merger Is Approved Washington, Sept. 28. — (UP) — Western Union and Postal Telegraph aoon will be handling the nation's wire message# as one corporation The federal communications com, mission gave approval to the merger in a decision announced thia morning. The commission's decision *a!4 the merger wa* in the public Intereat. and would provide better service at lower coat Under prraen: plans. Western Union must end ’-he International phase of it* operation*, including several Trans-Atlantic cable* and others connecting with Central and Sooth America Th* reorgaaltatlon will make sure that there I* no lessening of service lo any place in the United States now served by cither company.