Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 41, Number 295, Decatur, Adams County, 15 December 1943 — Page 1

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ALKANS SUFFER HEAVIEST RAID OF WAR

Lman Drive Ll Os Kiev ■Moving JLfl Admits Loss Kl(ey Rood Center ®Miles From Kiev ■ ,By United Preus) sH <-.,tinls-r <>9r*-n>iv-in far from over, u-porllng that th • n .;.i,i«ht had been check no* have admit) |K.•( i key toad center K mil' west of the Ids city. |K . -lial Vol’ .M.ilinsh-iii K*. thousands of reserve h » disposal They are „f h army, lie U hurl■L after wave, at So|K rin hop.n he can cupisVp. kiy "ii yesterday's mh „||! I lie entire Ruhsl.iii •'-■>” Kiev b >' ,h '' '■" ,l ’.>n army now fa. • n Mg, . .'Ural defense li.ii ■ |Ko.. ~ A n rivet called th--|K T... »■ d army in etreng IKg, h-.i mi the river’s eant |B r . ,■ 1 , i.-mpt on th- pan |K\. ~t itiinsiaii artillery H>.i I" prove even more Hi'.-i than earlier bat |H> nth-old offensive. |K -ay Mannntein has |Kp . t..nk tactic*. Form, i ..II his tanka Hit. a. .. n y a few in reserve |K of Nazi tanks wan tn - |K \* he linen only a pail ! >. assault. l-av.», a Bp'.'. ' in reserve and digs I 'll. front linen for posts. ||H> ,iy n- wnpape: It' I |Kv ’ll.- Germans also ansmall units <f decoy ’ 'k they pulled on thdu ua the first week-. is North Africa. gK •M • ’. 111 should . raw Mlieir It W too late to < »m'.-I line along thBK >-■ Th.- Russians a. - ■ known a:.- . v • and undouht • ■•Ild *h--l north from b.td when-, i day. ■ - i . xpaiidtne ’h-lr n.-iid .ouniiy So a ■ -lowly, but relent ■HlUbilix 11.- Germans ba. k lll*' • 1m y already have -:n i-<-ntly ' ik. n >'• . of Kreineti. tuts;, rtr.y - olumns ar.- niov■Bird k junction with tinHBf army One Mose w h junction has been yesterday these iUsut 30 mile* apart ■Mt-mh two mor. Russian ■B»*‘ closing a pincers on SClub Members Win. Willord [My H W.llard, pastor of (lie HB*” Tm-day night at the ■B s-Ghn; of the Decatur in the Knights of ■9 Mdre.s Rev Willard ■r ■-d ..-I-" .•■-■■. . t toopil- the war shad Kited, however, for a Mr-* 61 marking of th- <>< HHm ' • - "ny . '^iji*«fc>vati—. g X&T* n * 1,01 ,o ' h * of the holiday overWMff** ,an 'hst the day in <tw"' '' wn " rotate the »!; ’!) kslph Gentia was in program. ; Ir** TUWt RtAOIMO " J**’ thermometer " 10 * 17 " 11 SB *eather B* ibfhtty cold,, 10 . S^L.' msstly fair *■***• M •"d • buMlv of ABT**'’ ••eb EM. *''■■) c ~ r -’ f9r ,h * wssts fat and

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City Experiences Coldest Weather Decatur experienced it I coldest weather of the seaaon at ah early I hour this morning when the mercury In local thermometers slipped | near the xero mark At » a. m. today the Ixaily Demo- ’ •■rat thermometer registered six ! degrees above tero. After that hour It began a slow but steady- ellmb, however. Shortly after noon today the srame instrument read IC degrees above a climb of 10 degrees in a little more than four hours. C. Os C. Directors Favor City Airport Appoint Committee To Consider Matter The directors of the Chamber of Commerce, in session last night, voted favorably on acquiring an airport for Decatur and named a committee to take step* toward the presentation of the matter to the city council and raising funds for the proposed Improvement. Recently an engineer for the civil aeronautics authority, after inspecting a score of sites, recommended a ICO acre tract of land In section one of the northeast corner of .Monroe township, six and one-half mlle« southeast of Decatur. along state road 124. as ideally adapted for an airport. The site does not have any natural hazards like trees, has good drainage, the contour of the land is level and no high tension electric wires are in .the proximity. The farm Is owned by the Central Sugar company of this city. An airport, designed with a look to the future, containing a hangar, concrete runways and other improvements. along with the coat of land. !• estimated at fin.ooo, based on a survey made hy a local committee and Information received from .the CAA. The committee named to initiate steps toward the acquiring of land and its ultimate improvement, includes/ Dr. Joe .Morris, Theodore Graliker. Ralph Gentis, Ralph Roop and Harold W. McMillen. Coirtact with city officials and those interested In establishing an 1 airport and the methods or plans' through which it can Im* financed and maintained will be made by the committee and a report of its finding* made to the Chamber of Commerce for further consideration. the member* stated. Approximately half the cost of an airport project is in the cost of the land. Dr Morris, who has devoted much time to the proposed project, estimates Sentiment for an airport Is prevalent among those who view such an undertaking as a post war project. the acquiring of a site being one of the firm steps It govern~Turn To Pa«» ». Column «) 16 Men Are Killed As Bomber Crashes Hits Top Os Hill Near Omaha Airport Omaha. Neb.. Dec 15—<CPlArmy air force officials have Identified the 15 men killed in a bomber crash near the Omaha airport last night Thirteen of the names hare been released for publication. The others still are b withheld pending notification of next-of kin. Midwestern and western men among the victims ire Captain Edwin Pa»e of Fort Worth. Tex ; staff sergeant Joseph Diaze of Jlan Antonio. Tex.: staff sergeant Ralph Bates of Dallas; private Robert Cross of Coleman. Tex . second lieutenant Leroy Anderson of South St. Paul. Minn . captain Abraham Johnston of Hunter. Okla; second lieutenant John Clarke of Swiiit Creek Micß4 staff sergeant Emery Gollin of Munger. Mich.: night office. M ward Jordon of Chicago and corporal Franci. Gausep<»hl of New Athens. 111. wh «se The other two victim* whose names have been released were •••terner* . Witnesses aay the «»»«* 'T"* the top of a hill In taking off from the Xor- and burs' Army Investigator, .ay the sou motored craft was oni a flight from Its base at Fort * orth, Tet

Eden Hints At Big Operations Against Nazis Declares No Secret Treaties Made; At Allied Conferences By United Press British foreign secretary Anthony Eden hinted luday at big Allied operations against Germany "in the very near future." He told the house of commons that those operations, planned at the Tehran conference, will demand the use of all Allied resources Ho said: "There will be no margin . . it is going to take all our energies to fulfill the demands to Im* made on us In the very near future.” Speaking during a debate % on foreign affairs. Eden assured the house that not ' a single secret treaty was made at the Tehran and Cairo conferences. He added: "If I make an engagement I shall come and tell the housn at once. If they do not like It they can turn me out.” But Eden made It dear that whatever new operations are coming up. the bombing of Germany still is high on the priority Hat. He said the bombing offensive figures prominently I nAllied plans for the coming year. And he added that Russia attaches the greatest Importance to it. Eventually. Eden sail, there will be a change in the Italian government. But the foreign secretary added: "It will be better to have a change when we are certain new dements truly represent the views of the Italian people. I doubt whether they could do it at the present moment.'' Eden also revealed that a mass transfer of 4UDOO Polish refugees from Iran is almost complete. They were sent to East Africa. South Africa. India, Palestine and (Turn To Page Z. Columa I) o Cash Donations To War Fund Reported Pledges Received From Payroll Fund Cash donations rrcelved hy the war fund and Decatur Community fittx-l amount to 911.727.42. Ralph O. Gentis, city chairman anncunced 1 today. From this amount, the combined fund has comitments of 910.674 52. Including 97,91 k as Decatur's share of the war fund: 91.000 for the Boy Scouts: 91.M0 for the Salvation Army and 92ott for the Girl Scouts. Contribution* frem rural and city churches received here w«re paid in addition to gityu quota. The expense of the drive was 9110.08. Pledges received from factory employes in the i>ayroll deduction plan, whereby employes donate the equivalent of one hour's pay tier m< nth to the fund, total 910.985 56, Mr. Gentis said The above amount is net after the 25 percent deduction for Red Cross is deducted. However, since ' th'- pledgee are redeemable over a year, it is impossible to estimate what the actual amount will be. Mr. Gentis said The surplus in the community fun i Is 91.052 90 and as tbe monthly donations from employes are re- ' celved they will be added to the amount. Employes in seven manufactur- ‘ mg plants have enrolled 100 per- , cent in the payroll deduction plan. These include Bag fkrvtce. Inc, Krick-Tyndall Co. Wayne Novelty ' Co. Tbe Schafer Co.. Kraft Cheese ' Co.. Central Sugar Co., and the Decatur Casting Coin two other Industries, the Gen- ! (Turn T„ Pace 1 •> Buys Health Bond a The Pythian Sisters have voted purchase of a 95 I - health bond officials of tbe Christmas seal cam | paign in Adams «wnty | announced today All proI ceeds iron tbo annual Christmas seal sales are used In ‘ the fight on tuberculosis and to . purchase milk for undernourished children

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Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday, December 15,1943.

Navy’s Chief Inspects Recife Base jvW nr. ■ * i ofl O ' -k' Tzl * I • ■ i d jyHj l ■Sb « By ’ B i|| 1 1 *■ a ■ ’B ’ r> - ' -• *’ " - f -' SiliESrt U. 8. NAVY BASE at Recife, Brazil, is inspected, above, by Admiral Ernest J. King, commander in-chief of the I’. S. Fleet, who stopped off en route home from the I'nlted Nations conferences in lh< Near East. Walking along a Recife street with the admiral are Lieut. IJ.g.) D. Frost, left, and Vice Admiral Jonas Ingram, commander ot the IT. S. Navy's Routh Atlantic force. Navy photo

Break Is Forecast In Severe Weather Rising Temperature Predicted Thursday Indianapolis, Dec. 15 — (I'P) — Indianapolis weather bureau officials forecast a break In the subnormal temperatures which have gripped Indiana for three days. They predict rising temperatures ~ together with increasing cloudiness—for tomorrow. The weathermen report that the mercury hit a low of six degrees below zero at South Bend last night. That was the coldest spot In the state. Fort Wayne reported a onebelow reading And Terre Haute's minimum was two degrees above zero, while Indianapolis reported three above and Evansville five above The weathermen say the readings at Indianapolis were far below tho norma) temperature of 32 degrees. However, they still were well above the record low for December 15. For in 1901. the mercury hit 10 below zero on that date. Moving South By United Press The cold wave Is rushing south towards the Gulf states. The mass of cold air that has brought icy temperatures to the northeastern quarter of the nation is continuing Hs swift movement (Turn To Page 3, Column 6) Record Food Output Foreseen Next Year Acreage Goals Set Five Percent Higher Chicago. Dre. 15.—(UP)—A rood distribution administration apokesman. Carl Wooster, predicts that total rood production In 1944 will equal or surpass thm records net thia year. He points out that total acreage goals for nezt year have been set at five percent above the 1943 level, and he says particularly big gains are expected in vegetables. Wocster also believes there will be a large demand for vegeÜbles because of an expected increase In consumer purchasing power. Wooeter believes the principal shortage will be in machinery, containers and transportation He suggests that a partial solution to the transportation problem might be afforded through increased usof dehydrated vegetable* Wooster is head of the freak marketing division of the FDA’s frnß and vegetable branch-s. He spoke tn Chicago today before the convMtlog cf the vegetable grew era association of America Porter Taylor, general manager of the cooperative fralt and vegetahle association alao spoke He maintained that criticism of vege- “ (Tara Ta Pa«a X Oainma 9)

Worn Purchasers Os Oil Heatinq Stoves Persona hulylng used oil heating ztoves are asked to first check with the local war price and ration board office, to seo If they are eligible to receive fuel oil ration coupons, Lloyd Cowens, fuel oil panel chairman, elated today. Several misunderstandings have developed recently and person - contemplating making a change In method of healing, or the purchase of a used oil stove for healing purpoasa, should first a-certain If they can obtain ration coupons, the lioanl cautioned. — —o ——— Gas Coupon Issuance Change Is Announced Alter Methods For Coupons For Trucks Effective January 1, a change will Im- made in the method of Issuance of gasoline coupons to truck owners, embracing Inith thigh and fleet owners. The procedure was explained today hy Harry O. Williams, transportatloii xpeciallst of the Fort Wayne ODT area office, to members of the Adams county war price and ration board and the local fuel oil panel, headed by Lloyd Cowens. .Mr Williams also called on the county trip! A committee and explained the new system. so that Information could Imgiven direct to farmer*. The procedure, as outlined, follows : "Owners are requested to mail their latest certificates .and supplements. if any. to the local war price and ration boani office, properly filled out as to mile* driven and the amount of motor fuel consumed or purchased The first Jire Inspection on this form must he filled out hy an OPA tire inspector. "Serial numbered strip style coupons will be Issued and an identification card known as Form R-577 will be given for each truck. The aerial numbered coupon* are'not transferable to any person for use In any vehicle other than the one described on identification card. Gaaoline dlapensers are requested to make this check. "Fleet owners must present (Turn T* P»»» 6 r-Mamu S) O Institute Officers Guests At Banquet Officers of tbe various farm iu-f|-tutea of Adams county were gurets of the county farm bureau at a banquet and meeting Tuesday evening at the Methodist church in Monroe Approiimntely 85 per ons heard O. M Manafield, state leader es farm inatßnteo. from Pu.due universlt. speak, urging larger consmi'tee to carry on the hiatltnte work The speaker also stated that Adams county ranked third last year In tbo auto in attendance at fsfrn institutes.

Athens Area Os Greece Devastated By Crushing Attack Os Allied Planes

Early Move By Allies Against Rabaul Foreseen Marine Paratroops Extend Beachhead On Bougainville BULLETIN Washington. Dec. 15—(UP) —An American carrier task force has sailed close to the big Japanese naval base at Truk in several sorties designed to lure the enemy fleet out for a decisive battle. But the Japanese refused to take the bait. This was revealed this afternoon for the first time by Captam John Cassady, commander of the carrier Saratoga. The Saratoga was a part of the task force. By I'uHcd Press Allied «ea. air and land forces an- believed to Im* polri-d for an early and smashing blow at Ilabail! -the keystone of Japan’s itouthwext defense line. Monday night MacArthur's liberator and mltcbell bombers tore a gap in the outer defenres of Gasmata on thi* New Britain Invasion coast. The thrust against Gaxmata. which lies some 200 miles southwest of Rabaul. is described as the second biggest raid of the war In the southwest Pacific. The liombers concentrated on I Linden harbor and Ring-Ring , plantation, which are 20 miles east of Gasmata and across from the Allied-held New Guinea cou*tliiie. The damage wrought by the more than 100 bombers was descrihed as heavy and widespread Other Allied planes bomlw*d Rabaul itself for the first time in almost two weeks, while a big force of American bombers battered Japanese airfields on Bougainville Island with 150 tons of bomba. At the same time, a dispatch f-om Admiral Halsey's South Pacific headquarters reveah-d that American marine paratroop- again have extended the American iM-achhead on Bougainville Island : l>y annihilating a Japanese force in a two-day liattle. Other ground troops in New (Turn To Page I, Column O 0 ■■ — World War Two Is ln 1,5671hDay Passes Milestone Os World War One (By I'nited Press I The European war han passed a milestone in world conflict. World war two ha outrun world war one. Today the war is 1.567 days old -one day older than the holocaust that raged a«eneratlon ago World war two began at dawn on September 1. 1939 when the Mltzhordrw of Hitler rolled acrons the :*oßsb frontier Tnen. tbe late Prime Mini star HiamherTain announced Britain would honor her pledge to Poland and fight. , But tbe Allie* weren't ready. Hitler hoisted tbe swastika on the Atlantic coaa. of France to the west ... on the white slope- of Norway ! to the north . . . and on the sand* ' ot Egypt to the south. Finally Allied military might roae to supremacy. Bui Hitler flgh eon beyond the hour nt which the Knlner gnve up. ' the paperhanger of Berlin to at bay. to be tare, but far from beaten. But. as In 1911. the Allies are get ting ready for a big push In Uaiy. tbe British eighth army M driving tbe Germane ap the Adriatic aoaat. The tall of Ortona. anchor ot the enemy line In Eaitern I (Tarn To Page », Ceiaaia •)

Collapse Is Feared In Transportation Blunt Warning Is Given To Nation — ■" Washington. Dec 15 (I'l*l The Truman committee bluntly warns the nation that immediate action Is iieed-d to avoid a disastrous transportation collapse Tile committee says America already has coasted lo the limit on iu roserve of transportation facilities It add-c that a replacement program must begin at once. Point by point, the ccmmittee I goes Into the situation concerning . all types of transportation rail, j highway, air. barge and pipeline. - All I the committee ieport is gloomy ulhhii them all except the pipeline situation Though tin- senate gre up praises 1 tile transportation Job oo far, it sternly cautions that the transportation burden is becoming heavier. Manpower is growing scarcer. Equipment is waring down Experts are liuHing their forecast of the 1944 Iraio-portatlon burden cn what the trans|M>rt lines can carry, not on what they will Im- < ailed u|M>n to carry. Says the committee, "The public will have to accept the discomforts of rail passenger travel as one of the burdens of war and should 'plan to travel as little as possible.” Another trsmcportatlon, problem Still defies solution. The Strike of B<m) truck drivers In Atlanta and oth- r southeastern cities now is tn its 14th day. liefense transportaI Turn Tn Psge 1. Column t> Aulo License Tags Go On Sale Feb. 1 1944 Auto License Tags Received Here New 1941 auto license tags, which have arrived at the Icx-al auto license bureau, will Im placed otc sale here February 1 A total of S.MB plates numbereel 518.7U1 to 522.3(h) were accepted at the local bureau by <*al F Peterson bureau manager and Mis- Phyllis Kolter. bureau clerk In addition. 4<mi truck plates were received Motorists this year will display a »lngle plate on the rear of their cars, replacing the* 1912 plates and 1943 tabs, used last year. The- new plates are black with white numerals and letters. They are !'• inches wide and three and one-qusrter Inches high Bureau workers reminded the motoring public that only one month will be allotted this year to the purchase of the plates, since March I Is tbe deadline Driver's licenses will also go on sale February I and mu»t Im- purchased before March I. in accordance with the state law. Rince they will he on sale only j one month before the deadline. I Ins'ead of the customary two ’ months, drivers are urged by the ' bureau to get their plates and operator's licenses as early as posI sible after tbe sale is started. A big rush is anticipated during tbe last few dsys. The new plates were made from salvaged metal at Michigan City state prison.

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Invasion Armies Slowly Advancing In Italy; British Gain Upper Hand By I'nited Press Allied warplanes are hammering the Balkan peninsula while Allied invasion armies crawl slowly up the Italian |>etiin*iila. More the biggest single fleet ever sent against the faltering Balkans — has carried out a crushing attack on the Athens area of Greece. At a loss of two planes, the raiders pounded three Nazi airfield- in Greece and wrecked enemy shipping In a nearliy harbor The Germans are reported to have shifted new air strength to Greece Hut early reports show that at least one airfield — the eaemy's fighter l>a«e in southern Greece — was completely knocked out. The harbor, which was severely damaged. Is the main loading point for Nazi Aegean island liases. Incidentally. Cairo reports say three of those b’tsu* —the Island of Lemnos. Khios and Kamos — have been taken over by Bulgarian troops. The- move apparently was aimed to release German soldiers. But the Greek raid wasn't the only new Allied air blow at German positions in southern Europe. A British broadcast quotes the Cairo radio ns saying heavy immbers based in the middle east have raided German din ks at Crete. And Jugoslav sources In Ixmdon say Allied air raids on a Jugoslav Island in the Adriatic have killed 4f>a Germans and wounded 1.54M1 others. The raids are said to havo enabled Jugoslav partisans to had1y defeat a German garrison In tho Port of Zara Across the Adriatic. British eighth army troops apparently have gained the tipper hand In a bloody liattle oh the Italian east coast Indian units have captured a town only four andoiie half miles southwest of Ortona. Tho Germans have given ground all along their 15 mile u-mporary lino from Ortona Inland l»-!ow the Pas- < ata river Canadian troops have staged a coininandolike raid on a town behind tiie German lines. Thi- Nazi garrison commander and many other officers and men were seized. The fifth army front Is quiet. However, the German- have sh-**v-•si their concern over Allied post- , lions by sending over Itni planes ; to tMinib and strafe them In western Europe, a formation of Bi itlsh tso-ed typhoon fighter botnbero headed out toward Frame this morning No details I are in. The Germans may be In for diplomatic as well as military defeats in th»- Balkans The Bulgarian cabinet has held a seven* (Turn T-> Page 2. Column ’) Q ■ , , » Shift OCD Agency To Community Aid Civilian Defense Leaders Meeting Ht Louie. Dec 15-Civllian defense director, from all over tho nation are meeting In Bt. Ixxuis to plan for ehifting OCD emphasla from air raid protection to meeting day-to-day community euierg- • aciee. The change in plans was sbetefo -d by acting national director John Martin and strongly urg'-d *»y President R-jeevrlt The Preaident ernt a me atge to tbe convention in which he called the war serviced ! branch of tbe OCD the best mesne for developing au overall plan to deal with wartime community protsleme The message -aid: Tlriliaa defense must take tho offensive at home as our armies move fomrd abroad ” The convention will conclude tonight with the presentation of awants to the St Loam OCD for outetaading accomplishment. in air i raid protection and war set vices.