Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 41, Number 285, Decatur, Adams County, 3 December 1943 — Page 1

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HjUHSEA OF FLAMES AFTER HEAVY RAID

s Threaten Ireak Open i To Poland jfrun Vitol Road fel n ( Threatening Outflank Zhlobin ft r rail'd Press! toal er> . moving ahead Bui«U. threatening to and break open Ip Poland L General Rokoaaotrar ha* overran the vital t ,T. rin altove Zhlobin and L German* hark againat L, river. The Soviet at-EiiP-d ><wk- which conLhwav* from Mogilev to L (rum Krlchev to H<*< L a u the threai to Zhlothat the town ha* [ioft its value a* a gate•vCarman* withdrawing Lftaarl area. Luu are atepplng up L ( ia the Dnieper band. Lr,: Malinofcky'n force# pi Dmitrovka. «lx mllea » big rail junction of gtad *lx other village*. I, tow la preaalng on pubOman n-#l*tanc* wa? tyg around the* Soviet itwr bridgehead near •-ti mile# northeaot of tThi- German* threw attack at the Soviet p* thought of ca*>aa!f(c-« i the crucial fighting In bilge has been almoat g ter three day *, pru have i>een meager I till eector since the jut Kokro-ten. and the ktwght up several freoh hr a powerful new drive m There ha* been one hi the German a were mb in the bulge to ret Meaguered com rad* in ■ma. The Hence front Mate* the result of the I bang* in the balance. I Rentschler ittee Chairman l Renunhler. a director, lbs; an dsecretary of the tatmg conrpany and prel>Hamiltou Foundry it Cx. Hamilton. Ohio, ha* psed chairman of the a*committee of the Gray Iter,' Society, Walter L. if Clrveiand. the aasov prealdent. ha# antetbler. who ha* a long Wit* interest in the orhtettie. of the gray Iron If former director of the I *#d lias held many I committee ehalrmanH French * Resiqns k» l-ll’Pi—The staff ►b ntilw ay In SwltsertOt exception of ambasHard has realgned • teacrihed a* a prole.t • teiicy of *he Vichy gov*doy Service ksMorninq ' • •htervance of the r ** 'he month were * Vary # church (hi# * large number of attending the "Sy communion was v** the mass Rene V* Blessed Sacrament '** wa## B /V/infl/i/y* 1 wtTWr I HKTi&r |H I B *■ ,* 4

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Russians, Czecks To Sign Treaty Soon l-omlon, Dec 3 (I'P) — Itua-ia and f'zechnelovakla expect to sign in the next few day* a treaty of mutual (walstance to ward off future German aggres.lo.i to the east. The Czechoslovakian foreign office announced the agreement, and aaid President Bene# soon will go to Momcow for final signature . Contrary to usual diplomatic procedure. the treaty mentions Germany by name It says the war agaiiMit Germany and the German satellite nation will he fought to complete victory. It also provide for economic cooperation between dtussla and Czechoslovakia after the war. Officers Elected At State Convention County, Township Officials Elected Indianapolis, Dee. 3 — (ITI Officers have been elected at tho annual convention of the Indiana county and township official*’ association. Arthur Griswold is the new president of county infirmary superintendents. Other officers are vice presidents W. II Ditman of Valparaiso. Jasper la-wls of Terre Haute and lien Connelly of Lafayette and Mrs, Kdnu Dexter of Crown Point, secretary-treasurer. Donald O'N’elll of l-ogansport has been elected president and Victor Jose. Jr., of Indianapolis, •ecreiary-treamirer of the county attorneys' association. Thu president of the county treasurer*' association Is Ren Gallion of Marion. Other officers are vice president R W Goh| of Logaiisport. secretary Ulmer la mster of Valparaiso and Mrs. Grace Phelps of Auburn, treasurer. Officers of ihe county recorders' association are Orville Sexton of Lafayette, president; William Brookin' of F inkfort. vice pn-i dent; James Fagln of Terre Haute, vice president, und Mrs. Bertha Lundberg of Munrte. treasurer. Klmer Cook of Fort Wayne is president of the county assessors' association. Members of his staff are vice president Roscoe Hawkins of Logansport and secretary-treas-urer Claude Wise of Huntington. Atsails Trend Indianapolis. Dec 3 — (CPt - Past national commander Roane Waring of the American la-gion opposes What he believes Is a trend towards assumption of stale and local powers by the federal government. He has told the Indiana county and township officials association that the move was started several years ago. He places responsibility for It upon Washington bureau crata who. as he puts it. "didn't know how to make a living for themselves." He say# congress Is beginning to "wake up now." But he adds, "only to learn it has given away much cf Its power through negll genre and blind following of th«-| administration " Another speaker at the official#' convention in Indianapolis has aisalled the administration Judge Wilbur Royse of the Indiana ap peltate court blames what he calls the "bureaucracy and regimentation of the national administration" for "rackets in caring for (Turn To P»*e *. Column ») Mrs. Lewis August Dies Last Evening Funeral Services Monday Afternoon Mr*. RoselU August. 75. wife of Lewis W. August, died at «'25 o'clock Thutwday evening at her borne in Wiltshire. Ohio Sarvivlng beside- the husband are seven children: C. L kuguat of Decatur. Mrs. Jack Oriehel of Foit Wayne. Mm Bather fftrtckler. at home Mr* Gerald Riesen of Colum bu . O.; D. L. August of Lima. O . Rheha August of Fort Wayne, and Cpl-T Donald August, stationed with the V. 8 army at Torrance. Calif „ _ She wa* a member of the Mil. «hlre Methodist ekarch Funeral aervlces will be held at 2 oclork Monday afternoon at the Will-hire Methodist cha.-ch. wK" Re* Beck officiating Burial will m ia the Willshire cemetery.

French Fleet Joins In War Against Japs Troops, Warships Aid Allies; Jap Transport Is Sunk ißy I’nlted Press) France has pitched into the war on Japan. An Algiers spokesman for the committee of liberation says French (loops and warships are «>p eraling with the Allitw in the Pacific. Tile committee's principal Interest. he says, still is the war on Germany. But the #|n kesman promises that France like Britain will continue to tight Japan after the Nazis are finished. On the Pacific Iniitlefrnnts today, the big new,* Is a new marine victory on embattled Bouguinville. Striking out from their Ktnpress Augusta hay beachhead, a picked group of fioil marines lauded three miles behind Jap lines. They whipped twice their number of enemy troops and smashed huge enemy stores lief re pulling out. Two hundred Japs were killed. Marine casuaitiee 15 dead. 71 wounded. In the Bismarck sea. Allied airmen have matched the daring of navy leathernecks. Big Liberator bombers flushed a Japanese convoy off New Ireland headed for the enemy base at Itabuul sin N* w Britain. When the battle was over, a transport loaded with troops was on tne bottom, and two escorting destroyers had suffered direct hits. Hundreds of Japs were drowned But it’s the Japs who have taken to the air in the central Pacific -possibly lit ail effort to balance the book# after tho loss of (lie Gilberts. Knemy torpedo planes carried out a half-hi ur attack on two U. 8. dentroyera In Ihe Gilbert*. Hut the destroyer* beat off Ihe attack*. shooting down two planes and possibly two other*. Liberator bombers, raiding the ncary Mar(Turn To P»*s 4. Column I) State Bond Campaign To Buy Destroyer State-Wide Drive Opens December 7 Indianapolis. Dec. 3. — ll'lM —A elatewide war bond campaign to f-irnish funds for construction of a new l'. 8. S llorie will start in In dlani on December 7. On (hat Pearl Harbor anniversary. Lieutenant fYmmander Charles Hutchins of Terre Haute, commaud* r of the famed destroyer, will speak in Indianapolis Hutchins will tell of the battle between the Borie and a giant Ger man boat —a battle which ended with the destruction of both The meeting at which he will speak will Ik* the highlight of Ihe navy * "Re vetige day” program In the Hoosler capital Tin- state war finance commit tee seeks t sell more than $50,000 worth of bonds during the remainder of the month. The money raised will he used to build a new fighting whip to take the Borie'* place. The December 7 program also will feature a parade of navy service organizations and unit# from liases ill Indiana. Hquadromi of planes from the Bunker Hill naval air station and Stout Field will circle Indlanapolta at the hour of the Pearl Harbor attack No Colored Liqhts On Decatur Streets For Christmas Season Complying with the war production board order, the city l.ght and I power plant will not at ring ikr ■ colored Cbriatma ligh'* a< raas Second and up-town business street*. 1/Mter Million.-, plan* nuperintrudent. announced today Mr. Pettibone I In receipt of the WPM order which read*. "No producer may construct a temporary ex'ention to serve an electric lighting display for decorative or ornamental purpose* related to the celebration of ChrMtma*." The tight* were not erected last rear because of war ban and thl* , will be the aero id y«r **•« '*• holiday *eason will go unheralded by the cheery Chrl-tma* light*.

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Allied leaders Meet Here? m f B Bkw i |j | », BBBBhB BHBf , * 11 " r i 4 -', • Tafc--fjE'*’ -rr ,Z' * IB 1 L. 3 tm "fan *** S fIL t Wk ? at - ’ Sri SUMMER PALACE, above, of tlif* i*h:ih of Iran in Teftt'ran. flu < ip '.il. I* *'**Kaiili*d an a |nimhl Id** Mit** for th*» report•*<! runferenre in Iran <»f President Kooii. vHi. Prim** Minlxi-r Winuton Chun hill and Pmnl'M Joti#*f Stalin. No ofTirial word Han bflfii r«*<***lv«*«l

White House Soon To Lose Star Boarders Harry Hopkins And Wife To Move Soon Washington, Dec. 3.— (CP) —'The White House will lose it* star hoarders any day now—Just as noon as painters and decorator* put the flnUhlug touche* on a certain Georgetown hettae. For President Roosevelt's closest associate, Hurry L. Hopkins, and hi* wife are moving (rom Kino Pennsylvania Avenue h-*« than one "A" gasoline coupon away, to an elght-nom three-bath furnished house they have rented in the Gorgetowu section Those who have had a peek inside the future Hopkins residence report that It's far from pretentious und not at all reminiscent of the executive manwion — wh*re Uncouple have lived since their marriage in July, 1H42. Hopkins has lived at the White House since 1940— which set* acne sort of a man who came to dinner record. At the White House, the couple lived In two rooms. Their new home is an old threestory dwelling, the type found frequently In Georgetown. The brick exterior hue been given a fresh coat < f light gray paint with white trim for the sliuttera and window frame*. Guest# will enter through a bright red door. It I* reported that Mrs Hopkins, the former laiulse Mary, and Mrs. Harold Walker, owner of the house and furnishing*, are getting along like two hug# in a rug in carrying cut Mrs. Hopkins' decoration plan*. (Torn To Purs X. Colum# I) November Bond Goal Far Oversubscribed Nearly 50 Percent Above Month's Goal The November war bond quota wa# oversubscribed nearly 50 percent. Marl (‘a*ton. vice-chairman of the county war finance committee.' reported today The quota wa* $107,371 and rales were $159.21250 The November drive wax sponsored by Adam# Po#t 43 of the American Legion Mm In Deca'ur alone iimonnted to more than the county's quota, reaching a high of $112.*!34 for the month. The breaddown of -ale# reported at the various poaint* in the county follow: Berne, J20.7U75: Decntur. SU2.(34. Geneva. $13.3:5. Monroe. SL--312. M; Pleasant Mill*. $731 26; Preble. $4,493 Mr. Caston al*o announced tbut the December quota woulJ be th* came as the November quota. $lO7171 Heavy buying It expected In view of the Christmas #en#on bond* being one of the major gift# on the shopping list.

Pictures Os Gilbert Invasion To Be Shown Washington. Ik-c. 3. tl’Pt Director Klmer Duvi* of the OWI say* the newsreels of tile fighting on Tarawa and the Makin Island* are on their way to American movie screen# Davis calls them "knockout#.’* lie says the work of navy public relation* in getting these picture* from the Gilbert islands i* one of the best jelt# done hy u government de|«rttneut since the war began —o — — Sees America Most Powerful After War Hopkins Urqes U. S , Russia Cooperate Washington. Dec. 3. tl’Pt — Harry Hopkins says th- I’nlted mate# will emerge from this war the richest and most powerful nu 1101 lin the world Ho adile that we should co-operate with Russia after the war not lie afraid of her. The president'# adviser in an article In the American magazine —write# that nations that are monster# of destruction grow out of poverty-stricken countries. not healthy, pneper us one#. He say* P.tis*ia will want to buy $750,000,000 worth of goods from the I'nlted State# In the fir*t year alter the war. and almost that much each year for 10 years. American post-war policy, he said, should Indude world wnie air ha#e*. Germany's capacity to make war should he destroyed. And the liberat'd ccuntrle# should he given the right to determine their form of government, except that Naziism and fascism should be outlawed Hopkins wrote: "You can't do Iwmbiea# with Hitler. hut we will do btwine#* with a disarmed G- rtnan people " Ex-French Premier Reported Arrested Algiers. D-c. 3.—tl'Pt Former French riemter Pierre Kth-nne Fiandin 1* reported to have been arrested along with two other former high-ranking official#. Fiandin was an avowed advoeate of French collaboration with Germany before the war and during his stay in France after the armistice. He went to North Africa with Admiral Darlan and ha# been living In retirement In Morocco since Darlan'# assassination o —— TIMPCRATUftt BIAOINO OCMOCWAT THERMOMETER 3:00 a. m. . 3$ 10:00 a. m. 3* Now* <2 2:00 ». m. 44 1:00 p m ♦» WEATHER Pair and sl'aMiy cooler tonight; partly cleody and warmer Saturday

Nazi Capital Paralyzed As Over 1,500 Tons Os Bombs Dropped By RAF

Fight On Food 1 Price Subsidies 1 Still Raging LaGuardia And Five Other Mayors Fiqht Ban Against Subsidy 11 Washington, Dec. 3 tl'Pt — t The subsidy fight Is gathering momentum lit the senate Mayors of five large cities tn|d the senate banking committee to : day that subsidies are necessary i to protect unorganized workers against the squeeze of inflation. They pointed out that such work ers have no weapon to wilt Increased wages if the cost of living goes up. The municipal executives urged that the house approved commodity credit corporation extension legislation which would Iran food subsidies after December 31 he amended to permit the subsidy program to continue Tile mayor- were ted by Florello LaGuardia of New York. Other mayors who appeared at the hearing are Maurice Toldii of Boston. Cornelius Scully of Pittsburgh. George Walsh of Grand Rapid#. Miehigan. and Cooper Green of Birmingham. Alabama Democratic senator Ma|oney re spouded hy predicting that subsidies will win out In the long run. Karller. senator Bankhead of Alabama proposed that the government scuttle subsidies and adopt instead a plan to help low Income groups hy giving them fissl stamps similar lo those issmst in depression years. The $2,000,000,000 house approved tax hill was attacked today hy representative# of states where horse racing Is legal. They pro tested the live percent federal lav on pari mutuej receipts which. It Is estimated, would net the treasury some $27,000000 a y> i They say the levy would Invade slate rights, wreck state finances and increase illegal •'lnmkie-" tell fold Tlie senate defeated, hy a vote of 30 to 50. an amendment to the soldiers' vole hill to allow servicemen to ballot by proxy In next year's national elections. The amendment would have peiuiltted soldiers and sailor* to send their baliols to their closest relative# or friends, who would then cast the vote. The pending soldier vote hill provides for the ballots to lie *ent directly to election off! dais. Thern were some ominous signs on thi- labor front today Nearly I non machinists stayed away from their Job# for the sec- . (Turn To Hags t. Column *» .. — o. . — — Two County Officials To Take Army Exams County Clerk First To Face Draft Call The first of two Adam# county public office holder* to lake final examinations for entrance in'" the armed forces during December will leave with a draft contingent Monday. Clyde Trout ner. county clerk and the father of four children, leaves in HD- first call which draft board officials said would begin the heavy drain on the list of fathera A few “honaftde fathers'* were ra|led ‘n the Novemlier I* gioup. hoWet.r. Kira Blockdaie. Charles Hite and Manley Hollopeler were among these lllte and HoHopeter. accepted by the navy, have at ready entered active service, gtockdale accepted by the army, leaves ueit Friday for active service The other office holder called this month Is John L DeVoss. prosecutor lie is the father of one child

Flying Fort Group Ends 700 Missions First Group To Raid European Continent An American llombci Base In the Mediterranean Area, Ib-r. 3 f 1*1*» Tin- first Flying Fortress group to give tlie Germans a taste of Yank air power is stiadlly add ing to its record The crew metnben* call tin mselves Ihe ''fight ingest Fortress outfit In tlie army air corps" and • n their record they deserve the title. They've racked up a string of 200 homhlng missions the longest recorded by any heavy bomber unit. They were tin- first to land ill llrituili. tit- t)rest lo bomb the Nazis in Rurope. the first to attack North Africa, the first lo h mb l(i»nt- and Hie lust to hit Sardinia Twelve of the orgbia! Forts swept out nvt-r northern France In tin, first heavy raid on Rouen on August 17. !»42. Many expert* said tin- daylight raid on Rouen was a suicide mission, Inil all 12 plains' came back XEajm James Webb, wli flew on that first raid and who now is operations officer for tin- group, told I’nited I’resK correspondent Robert Vermillion what happened lie says a flock o( Mess,-rschmitt lull',, made a couple cf pusses and the dual turret gunner got one From then on. the Germans watch isl from a distance hut they didn’t bother the Yanks any more. As the major puts it, "That's all there was lo it. We ilkln't even get a bullet hole " o Record-Breaking Hog Receipts Continue Receipts For Above Year Aqo This Week Chicago. l>ec 3 llTt The war fond administration rep ts that tinweek ending today has seen the heaviest lliov* nient ol tings to mar ket ill recent yeara Receipts for tin- nation's 12 big markets this week totaled almost gSHiMSI head, compared witli 1#2.000 a year ago I hi" week Serious congest) n was noted at Chicago. Indianapolis. Sioux City. Sioux Falls. Omaha and Cincinnati And difficulties were experienced at tltni-s at St laiuls. I’eorla. St I’aul. Wichita, and Wiwt Fargo Tlie flow of hog- to Interior pack ers in lowa anil southern Mlntns ta was well controlled, with slaughtering op- rations at full ca parity lint iinlu-attnns are that some farmer-owned hogs will be carried over the weekend at Chi (Turn To Page I. Column It o Decatur Rotations In Weekly Meetinq Th** Decatur Itmary club met In weekly e,- sion Tliur-d.iy evening at the K of I* home No program was held, with the meeting devoted to a brief tiustnes* wesslon ——— O Iceland To Sever Ties With Denmark Reykjavik. Dec S ll'P>- The government of Iceland Has announced plans for severing political ties wl'h Denma-h The natbin's three political parties Independent. l*e»-ant and Communist have issued a joint declaration railing for the establishment of a Republic bv June 17th I*4! The Icelandic parllamen* will convene In January to draw up a constitution. 0•• • • • Old magaim#* and a bundl# of •I* newspapor# «ac*t wrtok Prepars your tin can* for tut pick-up. A tablespoon of tvam fat and *r**so a day.

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Nazis Waqe Terrific Battle In Vain To Stop Raiders; RAF Loses 41 Bombers lly I'nlted Press The Germans tried desperately last nigh' lo save Berlin from the agony of another blockbuster raid. Mut they fai|ed. And Berlin took the consequences of another terrific assault hy some fiOO British heavy bombers. More than I r.no toll# of hoinlu crashed down on the German capital that already hears ugly scars from other recent raids Huge Gres were set off front the heart of the city to the industrial suburbs, which later blended into a sea of dull rial flame belching smoke columns three miles Into tin, air. Neutral report* today say that th-rllii again Is completely paralyzed as It was after the other recent raids That gas, electricity and water supplies have been rut off throughout the <ity And that street traffic is hlocki-d Tin* Germaus put up a terrific fight to save their capital Curtains of fierce anti-aircraft fire Were thrown tip at the oncoming British liumbera. And swaims of Nazi night fighter plane, hounded tho raiding force all over Ihe skies Nazi dispatches say it turned Into the most violent air Iniiilu i tlial ever took place over Germany Some 2« British Immtieri and German fighter* crashed inti the *treet* of Berlin. Hut the Germans just couldn't ward off the attack The British dropped their Imiiili- right on the target Tln-y hit Industrial area* oil the fringes and dumped liJim kbusters light ill the heart of tho I City. 1 In all 41 British Itomber- wcr« lost from the Berlin raid, and subsidiary attacks yesterday The attack on Beilin wa* con-ci-ntra'cd It lasted alioiil So minute* from the first bomb to the last. And. according to German reports, the It XF thl* time carried mostly high explosive bombs, and few Incendiaries Last night's laid heightens the speculation that soon American and lliitlsh airmen may lie launching shuttle Immiiing attacks between Britain and Kussla llhserv--1 er- believe that plan# for the use of Russian ba«es may he rumple!- ’ i-d at the reported A|lied war conferetice among President House xelt. Prime Minister Churchill ' and Premier Stalin in Iran. They i-xpei, our leaders to deliver an ultimatum to the Gentians to surrender now. or lie bout bed out of tin- war Incidentally, a Berlin broadcast claims that the reported confer- ' dice opened lasi Sunday and I* ending todjy The broadcast quote# a DNB report attributed to ' tin- Reuter’* office in Lisbon. One tiling apparently, has already been bombed out of the war at h-ist temporarily That's th* main German railmad to Italy. Amerii an lllterator Inimber* (Turn To P**» X. Column D Former Decatur Man Dies Last Evening Harry Miller Dies At Home In Peru Harry 8 Miller. 77. former Decatur factory employe, died late la-t evening at bis home in Peru, wh-ro ’ be had been residing for 'he p«*t three yearn Death was , au*ed by carcinoma Mr Miller resided here for about ! 15 years before moving ta Pern. He worked at the Central Sugxf 1 company here until lllne « forced v tm to give up hi* employment about a year ago. Surviving are the wilow: n daughter. Mra. Evelyn Yaney of f Peru and two *ons. Loyal Miller of fort Wayne and J»*». at home i Funeral service# will be held Saturday afternoon *• 2 3d o'clock at I the hie funeral home in Pern and burial will b« in that city.