Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 41, Number 245, Decatur, Adams County, 16 October 1943 — Page 1

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Rabaul’s “Back Broken” In This Powerful Raid

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Exchange Os War Prisoners Delayed Gripsholm Is Late Arriving In India Marmagao. Portuguese India. Oct. Id (UP)- More than 1.20# Americans waited on the deck of the Japanese steamer — the Teia Maru The Swedish exchange -hip the Gripsholm was late. American and Allied nationals —after two years in Japanese concentration camps waited silently to be exchanged for the Japanese aboard the Grip-holm. United Pre** correspondent John Morris describe* the scene. A* the ship steamed into the harbor, he says, the Americans and Allied nationals lined th.- rail most of them tensely silent. Only one faint cheer went up. as the anchor chain rattled down into the water. The prisoner* scanned the dock for friend* or they looked hopefully out to sea. for the Gripsholm. Newspaper men weren’t allowed near them. Then Correspondent Morris heard hi* name shouted from the deck It was a member of the United Pre#* staff from Manila. But he couldn't call back. The Portuguese and the United State* consul were taking no chancer The police pushed the crowd back from the dock. Last to be shoved away was United Pres* correspondent Frank Hewlett, who peered tensely through binoculars, scanning the deck of the ship. He was looking for his wife. Somehow, at the last minute, she must have lieen prevented from boarding th- vessel at Manila ——o — — Start Instructions In Small Arms Use Hold First Classes Here Monday Night First classes in small arms instruction* for memlier* of the local national riflemen's association club will be held Monday night at 7 o'clock at the club’s range, located in (he Britzenhof* machine shop Robert Light, chief instructor, will be assisted by Walter Hiltsenhofe, Don Gage. Carl Baxter. Harold Shoaf, and Dent B.iltz.ll. All men have completed an instrnetor’s coarse The instruction is designed to afford prospective memlier* of the armed Correa with pre induction training in the use of small arms. Classes will be held each Monday night for a period of six week* First, second and third grade NBA rating* will be assign ed those who complete the course. Other awards will be availaole Men Interested in enrolling are *sk*d to contact any one of the last rectors

Native Os Decatur Drowning Victim lt- latlv<-* here hav.- learned of the death of John Niblick. Jr., a na•ive of Decatur, who drowned recently when the I’. S <*hip Plymouth wa* -milk off the coast of Carolina, following an explosion. The youth wa* born in Decatur, th- *on of Mr. and Mm. John Nile lick HI family moved to Celina. Ohio when he was a lad. He entered the navy on October 27, 1V42. following hi* marriage to Mary Evelyn Brown of Celina on April 27 1 of that year. The widow, parents, and infant eon. three Mister* and two brother* survive. Memorial -ervices w-re held at Celina recently. 0 Says Italians Are Through With King Italian Philosopher Expresses Views Isle of Capri. Oct 16.- (UPt Italy * greatest living philos pher say* the Italian people arc through with King Victor Emmanuel and hi* eon. Crown Prince Umberto, too Benedetto Croce, world-famous a* a great thinker, says no matter what the Alli’ - * want, the Italian* |do not want the Ii use of Savoy. I Croce fXpressed his view* in a long i interview with United Press correspondent Reynold* Packard. He call# Fascism a disease In which Mussolini wa* the biggest germ. Italy, he Wher way to a re-birth. Croce, who 77 years old. reveals that he is aiding a campaign to organize a volunteer Italian army to fight i alongside th*- I nited Nati n*--A* for Count SforZa. the former 1 foreign minister and liberal 1- ader who i« due to return to Italy soon. Croce say* he Is looking forward to seeing him. Th. aged philos • pher say* Storza can help greatly in Italy # reconstruction and be-i-otlle one «f lie leader*. However. Croce say* Italy ha# some young liberal#, who develop ed in spite of Fascism And Ji” »ays they’ll emerge to Jead their ...untry back to gr-atnes*. Now that she ha* lieen through the lordesl of Fascism. Cw# Italy is Immune to such fcrces of oppression more immune, he adds, than some other countries whi-t have not exp- rlenced it. He doe* not think Italy is »“*' ceptible to communism because It ha* no major condition* which produce . ommuntom The pbtlowpber |N dnts out that communism, as developed in Russia, i# «‘2 W * to the Russian# moulded to .n condlth n* of a p-opic. BULLETIN New Vock. Oct. Id—(UPi— A n American Airlines transport plans Ms M<" J’ 0 "" 4 * w-ecked 1? ’ Csntsrvihs. Tenn. Ths w „ found by a f***- P* airlines in New Vo* My , no sign* *♦ **•* visible in the wrecked plane.

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Decatur, Indiana, Saturday, October 16,1943.

Make Plans For War Fund Drive In City Combined Drives To • Open On November 8 Organizations for carrying on Ut.- national war fund and community chest drive* next month are being formed in Indiana cities, step* toward the Decatur and Adams county organization# being outlined last Monday. In addition to the county’# quota of 11L53P. the becatur organization will raise IL®## cash for the B->y Scouts and Salvation Army, and |2## for the Girl Scouts. Thi# city will take it# share of the county quota, estimated at |6.s<m» or more, making the entire budget between Ik.iioo and |I«.OOO. Herman H. Krueckelierg. county chairman, is busy working on plans for (he combined drive*, which will open November 8. .Ministers, industrial heads, labor union representatives. business and professions! men. are assist Ing in the organization. In Decatur. the committee will lie headed by Ralph O. Genii# as city chairman. in Fort Wayne the factory em- [ ploy.- group* represented by the CIO or the AFL. have adopted the phrase. ’’One hour’s pay per month’’ forth.- war fund donations. In some cases thi* plan Is being modified to deduct two hour* for Red Cross drive*, leav’ng approximately 1# hours per year for the USO, war funds and community chest drive# The war fund drive, along with (Turn To Pare «. Column «» Fort Wayne Host To Slate CIO Meeting Prominent Labor Leaders To Speak Fort Wayne. Ind.. Oct 16 — (CP, _ Toda#’# session# of the | Indiana industrial union council convenllon at Fort Wayne will lie highlighted by committee report*. , preparation of resolution# and addresses by prominent labor leaders. f>r. A. Clayton Powell. Negr.i alderman from New York City and editor of "The People's Voice." is one of the main speaker* on the roster. He is expected to arrive from the east this afternoon Major addresses also will lie given by director Power* Hapgood <>f the Indianapolis regional con-grr-s of Industrial organizations. United Automobile Worker* presi dent R J Th->ma* of Detroit and two war production board repre sentatives— -Harry Rouif and William Schulte The convention will close tomorrow evening with the announce ment of next year's officers and tbs city cbo»en for the next annua! The first sessions of the con- ! ventkm yesterday were devoted I to organisational fnnctioa*.

Production Os Steel Slowed By Coal Strike Steel Producing Plants In South Facing Shutdown Washington. Oct. 16. (VP) The strike of coal tnin« rs in Alabama is cutting into America's steel production. The Tennessee coal and iron company the largest steel producing c nipaliy In the south and several other firms have bank, d their fires and exper t to shut down most furnaces tomorrow. An early settlement is not looked for since the miners refuse to d-al with their union olticinlo. I'nioii leaders called one meeting in an effort to end tin- strike but the men simply did not appear. The strikers also have ignored a plea front the war labor board. Officials of the war labor board will hold a special meeting in Washington today to discuss the strike. Ettel administrator Ickes. Undersecretary of War Patterson and Undersecretary of the Navy Eorrestal have asked the Wl.l! for speedy action to prevent what they call a catastrophe of the first order. The return of coal mines to private operators the ease of the Alabama stoppage, also is blamed ter a walkout of 3.500 miners at Terre Haute, Ind The Indiana stoppage affects eleven shafts. In Kearny. N. J., toe midnight shift returned to work at th. federal shipbuilding and dry dock plant, ending a 24-buur work stoppage, The wildcat strike ended when the workers heeded pleas of five shop committeemen to return to work. The men had walked out to protest discharge of the committeemen. In congress, preparations are un(Turn”To Page S. Column 2) 0 Memorial Services For Soldier Victim Schroeder Memorial Services October 24 Memorial rites for Tech. Sg'. Walter Schroeder. 22. who was killed in action in the South Pacific on September 2f». will be held Sunday. October 21. at the St John* Lutheran church, north of Decatu' Kev. Herbert J Bowman, church pastor, will be in charge of the rites. The hour of the service and other details have not been completed. Word of the soldier's death was first received by the parents. Mr. and Mrs. William S< hrowler of Decatur, route one. on October I in J telegram from the adjutant general. A letter received recently by ih« parents -stated that Sgt. Schroeder died when his plane crashed, but it gave no further details. Sgt Schroeder was a member of the St John's church and attended the grade school, near the Adams-Allen county line on U. S. 27. o —— Hoosier Bond Buyers Are Well Over Quota Indianapolis. Oct. Id. — (UPi — Hoosier bond buyers have exceeded their I2S7.OOO.fMMi third war loan quota by over 343.000.000 State war finance committee chairman Eugene Pulliam says the total has been tabular-d by the Chicago and St, I4OUIS federal reserve banks. The bond buying volume during September. Pulliam explain*, was too heavy for state workers to keep an accurate running total. Jacob Betzel Dies Early This Morning Jacob Bet re 1. 14. well known farmer. died early this morning at his home three miles »oulh of Chattanooga. O- Surviving are two daughter*. one son. nine grandchildren and four great grandchildren Fun eral services will be held at 2 3# p m Monday at the Zion Lutheran church at Chattanooga

Fifth Army Is Pursuing Retreating Nazis Headed For New Line Os Defense

Russians Near To Capture Os City Os Kiev Ukrainian Capital Is Scene Os Bloody Hand-To-Hand Fight By l ulled Pre. Kiev is almost within the grasp of Hussion soldier* men who have lieen battling grimly for the city for two long week*. Front line dispatches Indicate the final assault on the Ukrainian capital is underway The latest bulletin from the Kremlin a tna sive battle which I* raging almost at the city's gates. Six thousand Derma"! troop*, spearheaded b> imi tank». launch <-d a savage attack against oncoming llusslan soldii-r*. Plane* both Itu-siaii ami tierman added their 'o-rific bombardment to the struggle The battle lasted font hour* When it was over, eiglit Nazi planes had lieen shot down; 67 enemy tank* knocked out. ami 3.000 of Hitler’s soldiers had been kilh-d. Kussian losses are not revealed. But they al-o probably were severe. North and south of Kiev at both Gomel ami Melitopol hitter street fighting still I* in progress. The fighting at Melitopol, which guards the northeastern ap proaches to the Crimea. Is In It* third straight day. Ami driving down from newly captuied Zap.i roZh** are the other Hu»*ian armies speeding to join their comrades in .Melitopol. If the city doe-n’t fall within the next few day- experts believe its <loom will lie definitely sealed when the two Soviet force* join arm •. The Ilbssians have entered the suburb* of the White llussian base of Gomel, despite stubborn Nazi resi-lance. Soviet troop* are <-l<»«lt>g In on the German strongh -ld from three sides and Its chances for survival a* an enemy base are no better than Melitopol's Berlin hint* that Hitler already has written Gomel off hl* book* that the countless German counterattack* in and around the White Russian stronghold are a delaying actfi>n a <•<»*!ly and savage delaying action The Nazi spokesman. Captain (Turn Tn Fags I. Cnlumn Zt — . o Experts Say German Air Force Wobbling Say Nazis Scraping Bottom For Planes Load 11. Oct. 16 Millta-y expert* in London be!h-v tile German air fore-s Is more wobbly than anyone realizes. They Iwlieve that it will be thfirst arm of the Nazi military machine to ersek up- and that it may come soon—when the air war over Germany reaches its peak There Is mounting evidence that the German* are scraping bottom for piano* to meet the rising inteneity of Allied air attacks. Th- y don't lack pilots. But the plan- * they’ve been using have includ- I some pretty antiquated models including old Italian and Freni h ma chines In view of thi*. observ-rs believe the Al’ied bombing of key Industrial targets in Germany really is putting on an effeitive squeere, and that the full Impact of thia •uatatn>d gnawing at the Nazi vi • ala will he felt in about three months That to. when the planes that should be on the pn duction line now tail to reach the fighting front*.

Blame OPA Policies For Reel Shortage Uncertainties Os Policies Assailed Washington. <> 1 16 (I’l*l Agriculture department official* ' ,*ay the uncertainitie* of ttl’A pric-- , polici)** are contributing to a reduction in <b<- moveini-nt of cattle I to feed lot* for winter and spring: slaughter. Agriculture official* l- -li.-v-- price j 1 polleie. on beef coupled with ris- > itlg prices and reduced feed sup- • plii** have created uncertainties in the minds of cattlemen regard- > Ing feeding operation** They point 1 011’ that beef ceiling price* have held cattle prices to about the -ame . level a* a year ago. Meanwhile, ■ feed pric*-* meat of will, h aren’t - under ceiling* have incn.i-ed air average of 25 percent. The movement of cattle from' range* directly to market hue been alsiut the same rate during recent week a* a year ago That meat, of . course. not of the high quality of corn-fed ca’tle. Federally-licensed elaughters have been required for eolll<- time to set I aside 45 percent of the l»-tter I grade* of b----t for government purI cha-e. Now the war food admintoII itration says that, w'arting next. Monday they must also *:•-! aside 45 percent of their slaughter of (Turn To Page 5. Column 1> o Grady Alvin Light Dies This Morning r Funeral Services Monday Afternoon 1 Grady Alvin Light HU. veteran employ-- 1 th- Schafer Wbol -al . 1 company, died this morning at 2 1 o'eliH k at hi.* home in thi* city Death wa* attributed to compli- ‘ cations, following .1 stroke of ap<>1 |dexy suffered two day* ago He 1 ba i been in ill health for the past * tw y-ars • Mi. Light wa* iiorn in i'utnatu * county. Ohio. Augu*t 24. I'*:: th--1 son of Amos and Mary BJendeii--1 Light. He «a* married to Nina Swartz In-emin-r 15. I'.*"s ■’ The widow !-■ ihildren Mr*. Hoe Burk Mi* Cosle Clia*e. Mi Cleo Essex. Holier t Light. Mr* ' Pau.in.- Tecpie. Mi" R E Aghr. 1 all of Decatur; Mrs Gen. viev-| M« *hb. rg»-r of Vam - uv. i. Wash . | Gerald. Beatrice and Ihmalil all 1 home; thr.-e br :h rs. Forrest J | ’ of Marathon. N V Vernett of Wauseon o. and Hay of Findla”. 10., survive on.- sister ir decea* ed Fiitieral services will be held Monday aft.rnoon at 2 o’clock -t I the home and 2 ■'!'» o'clock at the First I B church, of which he was a member. Burial will be In the De.atitr cemetery. The body will Im- returned to the residence frun the Black funeral I home Sunday and may be Viewed I there after 2 p ni until time tori the servhesr. Officers Are Named For Grade Classes ... offuerw of the seventh and eighth grade daw** * of the Decatur junior-senior high school, nam-.-d a- organization meetings of the ela-*es thi** week, were announced today by principal W Guy Brown Jack Heller was elected president of the eighth grade claM Jame* Cowens was named vice-president. Max Melchl a* trea-urer and William Kinglsey as secretary. Amos Ketchum, of the school faculty, is claa* -ponsoF. Krtotino Striker was chosen president of the seventh grade. With I Clare Reynold* named vice-presid-ent. Victor Bagley eeretary and Mary Ellen Wagner treasurer U»well Smith of the faculty la class 1 aponsor These are the last of the annual dso- organization meetings for the term.

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British Army Also Improving Position In Italy; Important Highway Now Held illy I'nited Pre.nt Tin- Germa!!" . r<- in retreat on the V.d’urtio riv.-i line iii Italy. \lll.-d h. -dquu-tera report* tii.it the Nazi* ar. aleamiug a< ros* the 1 (daiii above the Voltuino. heading .for .1 ni-w line along ’n- Garigliano ■ liver. IX mil-e away. . hi fact, th.- report -ay* the German* an- tiying to break off the i fight with General Clark’tt fifth 1 army whiih. only .1 few hours earlier, they were fighting tooth and nail. But our troop*, continue* th« headquarters report, are pur uing the enemy without a let-up, hounding him with 01.-dg--baiiim.-r blows. Some German artillery unit* still hold position* oil high ground clown to til.- Volturno. however, and these piuket. still mil*t be wiped out. I Their ah.dlfir.- i* giving u» Home I trouble. The comtnptilque also reveal* that we now have extended our control of tin- Volturno north Imnk dear to the Tyrrhenian sea. on the .-astern sector, our force have .dashed forward two and a halt miles and <aptut.--l two more tow 11* above the Colore river near where ■ join* th.- Volturno. In mid Italy tlie British eighth army, ha* ha. k<-d it- way through stiff enemy resistance to .apturu VVinchiaturb, which m astride tha Pppenlne highway to Rome. General Montgomery's veteran* alsa ban- captured (’ampobn so, 11 mile* to the northeast. And that gives our fore.* complete COtnrol of 1 finet < I.U-* highway across Italy Thi- join* tire In' ■i- *■ -• .in-1 tii<Eighth army in the e.mt and pro--.1. , both with an excellent supply and communication* artery In the Adn.it *- i two British d-- -roy--:. mt- i.p-.-d a couple of Italian men bant xliip* under Nazi ! - oiitrol T'---y .-.ink one. which wa* I-a tying Aluminum ore. an i <aptur-.-d the other t tanker. • Tin- German*, how.-v.-r. auto < lulm a naval *u. < .*** The rapture of the N- w Italian Bittle hip hnpero, which wa* tied up at Trieste The lmp.-ro i* a 35,fW» ton *i*ter-*hlp to th.- Roma, wit 1 (l-rinati bombing phm- - " ink whi it w.i trying to uadi as. tlli.-d port aft.-i th- armi t ice. In th. Balkan* .1 Jugoslavian ■—l. 11 11 m -rrrmr ———— (Turn To Psge 3, Column *> Mercury Drops To Neor Freezing Mark The fir*’ real wln’.-ry weather th.- .. .I oil hit ih-iaturand community last nigh- and today a«« (ho mercury, true to prediction, slid n<-ar the freezing mark. The Daily i’.-tn-x rat ’hermomoler r.-gisten-d 36 d- gi.. .* abovP at * ,i m today and -hortly lofor* noon hil r:--n only -me degree. Me' and rain 11 id-- th. weather til! mor.- uncomfortable. Probe Government Spending Abroad Extravagant, Say Touring Senators Washington. Oct. 16. — (UPi — Government spending abroad is In line for • sweeping senate investigation Three senator* have ti.-en appointed to a smkeommittee re cooperate with th. Truman group In looking Into charges of allege! government extravagance. Tas charge* have been made by fiv«» senators who recently returned from a tour of world hattlefron’a. Named OU the subcommittee ar* Senator* Nye of North Dak ta. Truman of Missouri and Tyding* of Maryland Nye and Truman have earned reputations a* tough and thorough laveetigator* The ewbeommiv.-e'* first step will be to draft a resolution setting forth ll* authority.