Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 41, Number 304, Decatur, Adams County, 27 December 1943 — Page 1

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Eull, -Eisenhower Predict German Defeat In 1944 NEW INVASION FRONTIN NEWBRITAIN

\llied Leaders oresee Hitler loom Next Year

Lfihower Flatly Edicts Victory fltxt Year; Warns Need ■ By I til"* l Pr ‘‘** < ”, n Europe next year—- ■ ; Mt made today by leader*. of state Hull and | . commander. to n ■ £.vah'*'f. believe I'.Hi it ■| ir of d'ottn for Hitler. E .nh-wer. in a fare|V. . . feiet.ee before fur new job in Eng Hind flatly: K,, :a t, he European war next breath. Eisen K. ./-d that every man HTr all ’he way from the ■ to >he remotest hamV.l • d word must do hi* duty for victory. Kvr of -fate Hull also ■ predation on the condi all people* of the I llite I their effort* and neater unity. . ■ E -enhower gave es victory, one of hl* men told how it ■k The British eighth army |D neral Montp.imiv " >!>• tor winning I*.*’ t '.- 'tming between plate troop*. who Will lead ao.i-ion troop* undei K. Eisenhower, told I’nit"! potident Frank Fi-li . x .mine the conduct d you'll find w touch' a land battle until battle wa« won." -:n>ry added: ■ ' he tir-' great principle of warfare.” that lie * going to London ■firt-ra: Einenhower to r.d front, there* much - to who Will MUCleed the helm of the eighth fi "tn Algier* »ay th" .ie.y -uieesaoi is Lkut.-’i Fr.-yherg. the domb v an almost i. of both World War H 1 " Wot id War Two E■ * ■ >'" lommand* the I |Ht«:*iid division under M ■ , I' ..y ha* been w "!!.<!• I in this war. He* tie|H*ub"'.d Rommel to |HV Mareth line In Tunisia. gj l Wprl*« flanking move world war. Ei'-yb.- v 4f a spectacular stunt it i'l-h storming of the He swam ashore |H> »ar«hip and »et big fire* 'he Turk*, while the *nd Australians struck Mm. H Gain In Italy ICT' Eiaanhower and Mont■r were outlining when anti victory will he won in 'heir armies in Italy r 'x»ps 111 Italy are retreat U’ard the Catslno plain and < 0 R,, me with the Amen bitter battle of Mt Sam ||V •*»»• to have turned in |B * American fifth army *ol T hey have captured two Height* and are pushing |CT/'‘ slope* toward 'he Cas **»tern inly. Canadian forte* have cleared the BE** from two more blocks in 1 * s, alingrad" battle of f‘««. * Column «) Health Bond BL Tl ’*’a Tail sororry 'n'-d purchase of JI" bon< * oSlrl*!* of IB C* Christmas seal cam a » : m In Adam* county n ®27 nnre<l ,n4 *y Al] i”’ o ' from the annual ■v **' “ are used In Int *r''ulo*l; and tn silk for undernou.• .shed

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

— Adams County Men Leave For Service Army And Navy Men Leave This Morning Four Adam* county men left thi* morning for Fort Benjamin Karri eon. Indianapolis for active *er vice with the f. S army, following their three Weeks’ furloughs after acceptance with the hecember fi contingent. The men who l«ft this morning were: Gerald T. Roth, acting corporal: Cloyce Wolf, Johns Sinjer man and Richard W Engle Chester Deß It. al* ■ of the liecctnber fi contingent, will leave Tuesday for active service with the army Five men. accepted last Monday by the navy, left late last night for Indianapolis, where they were to rejairt thl* morning for active service. The five were: Robert William Hhraluka. Daily Demo< rat re porter; John Albert Baumann, la-e Mwrence Lybarger. Harold Edward Worthman ants liar. Id E. Mo»*er. The nine men from last week s contingent who were accepted by the army will leave Monday. January 10, for active service. The Adam* county selective service board ha* al»o been notified that Robert Gale Strickler, held over the December 20 contingent, ba* been accepted by the army ami will leave for active service January 13 No further calls fcr contingent* have been received, selective service officials stated today. Call* Are Small Indlanapoll*. Dec. 27 tl l’i The 2.500 Hoosier fathers drafted •Ince Novemhi r 1 represent only a small percentage of the total number of men inducted into th" arm ed servile In that time But Colonel Robinson Hitcln ■ k says eventually 75 to SO percent of each call will lie ma le up of father*. The state selective service director also report* that the total num her of in-it called in January will be the smallest dime last sumntet Howev* the prop - i on I ‘ h-t called in that time will be larger than In November and D < ember Hitchcock add* that the February quota Is just slightly larger larger than that for January The draft director aay* most local boards are following a liberal policy of deferment f father* for occupational reasons But he point I ■■ — i (Turn To C«4u»nn *> Give Stalin Credit For Naming Leader I I Urged Appointment Os Over-All Leader Washington. IE c 27. tit’' Authoritative *". " *«"■ '' - Htaltn credit for the naming of an l Allied commander to lead the - ond rront invasion. , Mr Stalin i* said to have IlMd I the wounds of second fr<»i»t plan* •• far a* they went But he bluntly asked President Roosevelt and I Prime Minister t’hur. hill who was t ’ o TbTy m »ought to put the I aside But Btaltn would n t butae He said that pi»n» *' witbou- the name of the respom“is why the two K ngli.h a sneaking leaders had to m,k ' ' 52k“ bion at the Tehran conr! l ' Pre*idant Roo*. velt. in hb

Steel Strike Spreads, WLB Meets Tonight Strike Grave Threat To War Production; Roosevelt May Act W.i hin.-ton. Dei 27 tlT't The war labor b ard has made a new move in an effort to end the steel strike. Board ofli< nils have < ailed a special meeting of the board for tonight to consider union <1- maud* that any waye increase* the sie<d worker* obtain tn negotiatich* be made retroactive. Public members of the board hope to win approval of their proposal that im rea*es be made retroactin provided tin- increase* are within the fiame work of th" stabllizatl n program. The contrails for 35«.0<M1 *te. 1 worker* expired last Friday. And the tefti al of the WLB to premit increase* to be made retroactive Io that date piovok d the present walkout. So far, some 1:!5.ooii steel work er* tn seven state* have quit work. , and the number i* expected to ill-I * crease li urly. Th're’a rtili no guarantee, how-1 ever. that. th> strike will end if 11 the WLB permit- retroactive pay! ' for Illi* im'rease* which are within | the bound* of the stabilltnilon t ‘ policy. The publii nt- mlier* of it was turned alown by the labor WLB suggested it once before ami member* of the board. Morecver, 1 Prewldeiit Roo»ev It made just about the santt proposition to them la*t night tn a last minute attempt 1 to avert the walkout And it wa* ignored The larges! number of striker* are in tit' big steel district* of Ohio In fact, ab ul half the striker" are in that slate. The other* are spread through l’enn*ylvaliia. Illinois. Michigan. New York. Indiana and Kentucky. 1 There’s one bright spot. Repub- ’ lie steel, winch is hard hit In some sections, ri'porl* that 12,oo<) worker* "till ale on the job in three of 1 its plant* at Warren. <» ; Buffalo, f — — tTurn To !’««• 2. Column I) o Christmas Quietly Observed In City Normal Activity Is Resumed Here Today I Decatur resumed normal bu»l---i n..* life today, following th" . double Fhri»ima- holiday Factories and war plant* resunns! production sche'dules. mail was delivered, store* and public office* were reopened. t’hnstm.l* day was observed quietly and reverently Churches r.(»or: large attendance, al Christmas Eve and l’hii*tmar morning services, the congregations beingl sprinkled with uniform* of the army and navy a* men from camp returned to !*• with their families and join them in attending the church service*. For those who like Florida r brand weather, the temperature > on (.’hristma- day wa* ideal I' hit a high around 35 degree* during th.- afternoon I The day was void of tragedies • -ind deaths. No accidents, fire* or 1 death* •sere reported in Decatur. I from Friday until thl* morning * Sunday, the weather took a | change glassy pavements greet1 (Turn Tn Paste *. Olums It '• — O~ — 1 "" One Christmas Baby Is Born At Hospital 1 Santa Claus brought only one, ’ tia'by to th" Adams county memorial hospital Christmas dvy. it wa* ' reported today The child is a wevp en pound 12't ounce baby boy. the f „„ n of Mr and Mr* Gen*- Hike of Monroe No name had been selected ‘| forth" baby today, it was -Id by 1 i the huupital attach* today Mother ( •land child are doing nicely.

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Decatur, Indiana, Monday, December 27, 1943.

Report For Strategy Confab a ■ kBHHKmBSBBhB" a. fi''.'Jo;— »*.! CONFERENCE OF MILITARY CHIEFS with I’ .■!■ 1t... v 1 ’ bring* Secretary of W.n H'-tity I. Stimum i*ii. .>'"l ' <• ' ■ ' Marshall, chief of t iff. <•> th" White House in W I'hingtosi G neral Marshall h.i* just returned Lorn a tout of Aim liatl oii’po t* in the Pacific theater of action

Identify Transient Found Dead Dec. 19 Criminal Record Revealed By FBI Information received In a tele grant from J Edgar Hoovi-r. held of th" FBI in AVa»hlngton. Dt'. enabled local authorities to Idelili fy the transient found dead Suu day. Ih'cember if*, on the Samuel Girod farm, live miles eist ami one half mil'' north of Berne, u cording to state officer J I* Mendenhall. toil'iy Hi* trit*' name w i* t’haile- Ad am*, and he hail a lengthy crim Inal record in state ami federal penal Institution*. Howe*. it lias 1101 been po-sililc Io chei k .. to whether or not lie has living relative- ami so the body i* being kept at the Yager (iiuei.il home ' i Bettie until further Information can be reeCivetl The man hail gtven hi* name as Iwith t'harlv* am! Frank M< y.-rs on hi* two visits in jhat community Doubt as to the cori'-c’tu - of ei’her of th names .11 when an examination of the Imhlv revealed tile letter* A tattoo ed at two diffen-na pl *<.-» <m hl* (Turn To »•««• 2. Column I* O Fred Liechly Rites Tuesday Afternoon Monroe Resident Dies On Christmas Funeral Mvrvh*’* will w * •** 2 p m Tuesday at the Monro" Metbodtot church for Fred F Liethly. fi« who died t’hristmas at t> ra<M>n at hl* home in Monroe as Vera week* Hines* of d uhle pneumonia Burial will tie in the Detenseles* Mennonlte ■ *m-t ry. He wa* born tn Switzerland May 13. 1*77. the »on.of Ma’thia and Marian Galli-Llechty He lived for many year* on a farm nor’he*»t of Rtrne. moving to Monroe three year* ago He wa* married to Mary R th. May *. Hud*. In Vera <’ruz Surv'vlng bealde* the widow are four brotheiv: Joel Liechty of Linn Grove. Edward of Fort AVayne. Joseph of North Dakota and t’arl of Columbus. <> nve sister*; Mr* Ell Ber Mrs Jacob R th Mrs Errin Stucky and Mrs. Selma Neuenschwander. all of Monroe, and Mr* Ro** Beer, of Berae Two children. Gerald and Geraldine j Ma«on. were reared in the Li"' hty 1 horn*-.

Epidemic Os Typhus Fever Sweeps Naples i Napli-*. In<. 27 tl'l’t Nap!'* 1* out of Ihiutid- for all Alli'd troop* today lici .iu*" of .111 cp d'-mie of Typhil- f"*'-r. ('iloii' l Edgai Ei.'kin. Hum", re gional It* .id of tin- Alli 'd military government, ordered tin- Ban after conferring with army medical offkI er*. Hume I'-por’* tli.it no -.<"•■* have heel! repo-'-d among Allied k troop*. -• i> — Sui! Dismissed To Break Steele Will Agreement Reached Without Court Trial : By agreemenf with the parties, ' thl- sllit io bn <k lie will lit th'I lai" Willard S'" " ha* b.. 11 di-'rn--.-*d in the Well* circuit court • ami i settlement will be m ide < soon to distribute part of the estate ;wiiing th" Decatur churches the Decatur public library. . tin- !»• 'it cemetery association and th" Ad.im couti'y memorial . hospital. In the "Hlement, made by the parties out of court, the churches and public Institutions agreed to 1 pay Ihe objector* to the will I” I percent of th" money to !«• recelv-l led by them in the will The AV"II» I circuit court approved the di*mis•al of th*’ case. Yearn'd there from tile Ad,'llls circuit colli t Th" 12 in-i-atur church** Included among the benefit larie* were given 12 In 'he will I lid* r the agreement they will j pay 4« percent of this amount to the objectoi*. Thi- Will give each of them net. 11.2ba The Decatur i cemetery association will receive a like amount The Decatur pul*lie Illirary and the Adam* roanty , - memotial hospital were each given |sbo in the will and will 1 receive |1< M > net under the agreej men Th" objector* were Je.-e A Fwartg. Nina M Light. Clarence (Turn To Pag* L Column II <> TffMPERATUffe REAUINO OPMOCRAT THERMOMETER S OO n. m. .34 10:00 a. m. 34 Noon 34 2:00 p m. M 3:00 p. m. 3® - - - WEATHER Cloudy tonight and Tuetday: rain m the eatrema south and ram or *now in the central portion* | Tuesday: colder to the north cen j tral portion

Marines Establish New Beachhead, Pratically No Resistance Offered

British Fleet Sinks German Battlewagon Scharnhorst Sunk By British Fleet In Arctic Waters (By I nlted Pi'r-i The British have .« > ■ 4 their great"*t naval victory since they sank the flermati battleship Bismarck. look in I' 1 !! I'ni’rt of the British home fleet .ink the 2fi.t'"" -ton Nazi hattlewagon. S< harnhor*!, Sunday "Venina . The Scharnhorst wa- caught in. Veth- water* off the northern tip of Norway presumably while ,<he w.i* oti a raiding m -*ion on ’ ><• \llied convoy route to Ru-ri > It must have lieeti a rp' cta' ular t,-aval battle. \nd from the word-1 Ing of tin- Brilislt communique an- . nouncing the sink.ng and the Ger man admission of the low- i* '‘l" pear* to have bc.'ti otic of the rare ’ purely naval engagnmen’* of this war. The British fie"t lift'd II I " -lienee only long enough to 'ill of he oinking I' aav. nodetails But a German broadia't paint'd a mon- lurid picture It *aid th" Scharnhorst went down with al! gun* firing af’er putting up a her l<- fight Moreove tin Nazi claim that befoie she w;ui eunk Scharnhorst inflicted heavy dam-' ag" on a Rile* an-bound Al', d ■ voy. thi*. of cour-e. i* not confiiiued. Several Ante, ii in wate'.ip joined the British home fleet •jim- ago But the '■ ia no Heli' Itioli whe'het any of • e \mei an oilip took pan tn tit" ba’ - • » -i« i» ’ 'lik the Schanihor*’. However, ‘Ole thing b* ea, ’ll" German* have lost lie "lily *’ • < api'al elcp Wh h wa- in Clgh condition. The Nazi* *nl uv" tw • Imlfieshlpa !••<■ the hug- lirpltz a sister-ship o' the Bi*mai> k -•ml th" Gneisenau. *i*'"t ship of Si harnliorf But boin of the*, hate been damped and are in hiding However, th- German* -till a i-mipl" of P" k"l battleship* and a few cruwe-e They still I" main a datigerou-t threa' ’■> A1I'."I shipping and mu-' be wat lied on ctantly o Lilly May Garard Is Taken By Death Native Os Decatur Dies At Dayton, 0 MiM Lilly May Garard. a native of Decatur did a’ 5 I" o . !••< k Sunday morning a' the \e'e a ' Administration. Dayton <>. »!>•' sh" had rraided th" pa*! two yea-* MU* Garard. a daughter of Mi and Mr*. Al Garard. wa* b.rn in Decatur, and wa* a reg!*'' nurae She graduated from II hospital In Fort Waytie in l*'s - ■rvd > in the First World War *nd » > ‘ charter member of Po*t No 1. Vn erlran l*eglon. In Fort Wiyn- S e was a member of Bethany Presby-; lerian church Survivon* include the mother Mr* Mary Garaid «d 1 •trwf to For Warne trrs: Mr* Howard Min»er and Mr* Lee Mollenkopf. both of W ayne and Mis* Grace Garard of Van U-rt-j IO ; three brother* B<-n ■•! Bryan. O. Dorsey of lansing Mich . and I Charles of Fort Wayne Robert Gari ard of 'his city I* a co—m Funeral services will be held *" 12 o'clock Wednesday afternoon at I (Tura Tu fM« •• Cotomb •>

Powerful Russian Force On Advance Stage Comeback In Kiev Bulge Battle I By I lilted Pre. Th" Russians have *tag«-d i tn mend"u* comcb.uk in the Kiev bulge. lii th" la t three day* they haV" regained more than two third- ofj the t'-rriloty lost in the past the | week* including th*- d'-f. ii-'- hub 1 of R.idomisl. mile west Ilf KieV A- you u-memlie:. the Russians i had to retreat ne.iily ’." mile*, and yield Itolh Zhitomir and Koin .-.■n bes He they c "ild bring ttpj i ieinfol l '-ment* and finally halt tin- enemy ea-t of Radomi*l. the. bl.’hw i-<--. m.nk "f 'll" poweifuD Get man counter thrust But now the Russian* have 'bound'd b.n k. and Zhitomir and i Korosten are being threatened I again Th two cities are th" i last big German -Ittmghold* Im tween tin- Red army and the old Polish border 75 mil** to th" : W. - Front d spateh' ay Gene-all Vatutin * fl: *t I k .line veteran-. I in th*- fom th day of iheir te-w offensive. at>- streaming through a 7,n mile gap ill the G"i man d>-fen-c- tow nd the Zhitomir Koto j *fen tr. u h of tile la-ningr.ad to. Odessa trunk railway Some :tt" mile- io th" north, olh* . Soviet forces ar.- tightening their an- of steel around th" Whi'" Itn-sian -trot . hold of Vitcb-k Sixty more towns and village* have h'-en Illi* - > <-d and at one point the Red a e only th" I mt! of tile City The lilt*- ; slat!* are expected > tnt th" Vitebsk to I'.c k ill ■id -""'i Two Minor Wrecks Are Reported Here One Person Slightly Iniurcd In Accident Two minor accMenls on 1 > highway 27 ov« the Week-I.d !• I suited iii minor iujuri'-- to only one person, anotdilig to slate poll J <’ Mendenhall, who Invc*' iga'ed Boh W' attiibuted to ii.i'l W'-ath' • ond | I ’ ton • Mr* Katharine l«h. I*. wif' >f I S Glen I ■ b -<■ •' ! poll received i U’- and leu • - tot ‘ her head h g and arm. when i • irl diiva-ii by \ W Hagg.od of Fort I Wayne, skidded into th" "tie driv I en by her husband on I H 2.1 r ight mile* north of Dec.itur just I ar ro * th" Alien county line Sunday morning at II ml-ak Sh"| wa* brought to the \dam- i-oiintyl memorial hrrsfii’al whr*T* -he rr--cr-ived Vre.a’mr-tit for her injiirirand was dismissed a short time later Both car* were badly damaged Cause of th" accident Wa* believed to have lieeli th" -lippery pave-mr-nt. Two car* sld«-wiprsl in the fog at ’• tn o < I'" k Saturday night on < rurw T» !’*«• ». Columa »> Slightly Less Meat For Civilian Use Waahington. Dec 27 — <t Pt • Soretnment so-d and pneo control offir ial* »ay the tentative !»<♦ meat rationing allotment ahapes up to about 112 |>«>und* per person — or abont If pottndg s*** thin thi* iyear Th* IMt program - now being ' worked out Would give rivtlian* .about 11 pound* of m*a! a m«n'h a* I against thi* year * aa-rag s of cluaaj • •« 12 prrandn.

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Guadalcanal Vets Storm Ashore On New Britain; Few Losses Suffered By i nlted Pre-* Tii" marine* who -titnk th® fi -• blow i: ain-l the Japanese oil Gu.i'lali ' ~il have e-'al*lished i S> iir.d mv.< :"If " . m NeW Brits illll. G' neral Ma- Arthur reveal* that! the marines swarmed ashore eally yesterday moiiiuig ,i> two simultaneous landing*, to »>-t up beachh' ads oil Iwith side- of the enemy * Cap- Gloih ■ iia-e on the northwestern 'ip of New Britain. Tie invu- on < ini ,f'er an Illa* ,o i i.il iH'inliaidmeni that virtually flattened Japanese defense* II the i t|M i ea under ll'-arly J.fwm iimi* of < xplosive* The marine* I slalkisl a*hore while th" last bnnli* and shell we e falling upi on ’ll" d'-m-'iallzed defender* Eyewltne- e* call ’he invasion the mo t perfectly coordinated land, air and operation of tlio Pacific war I tilled Pres* eorre— IHindellt George Jones, who trsdC par’ In the landing, says tho Id ai line i I w> < yielded by th<» Japs under one of tin- most aectirn’e and U»l i •'! Is'inliiidmei:'a |in th" no'inoiy of experienced j naval off'" And for proof of 'hi- Jom iy* the marines reached shore absolutely unopposed That wa a notable etnrn '<» l action for 'lie Gnadah anal Veter|an- who. Join* says, still had j lo> lilng memories of the ferociou* fight foi their Guadah inal beaeti. head* But 'ln tn. r« ' nff "II this fa* or lb; r> . option Jon< * ,1 ■ • I ind and sp • tdll .- on' ih'llg th-i coast, seekins’ to ' r up a hatll* wilt th" i uttered Japan**' Other marine m»:>- duplicat'd 'he liudina- by- capturing lams 1-1 mil mib- A'-’ of Glomes-ti-r. in i supporting attack The Invasion ' line ju-t II day* if'er any uni's had *> iz*d control of Xt.lWe "’I t!l< «OUtllWe-G . rn Side of N' W B'i’a Th!- mean- ad" tl. 'hreat the Japan*--' -trourl,. Id <f Rabatii on th. nmthwe -. n shore o' the island And i’ also mean* •ha’ 'he Allie- lav.- iomple’-d eont'ad "f th" isla d« eastern ■apply rout*- I p>i'« MoAifliin * fliei- in easy striking* di-’ime "f Jip.ii*' •• -apply convoy* meting down to llabaul from Truk mil' ■ to 'he north It l.ff'.li*.:* . hob's off the flow of jtmrge traffic to m* theaaferu N>-w iTnn T" I l **- 2. Column *> War Bond Racket Is Uncovered By FBI Reveal Brokers Are Making Big Profits W.<*hlnrton Is 27 —H'PA— Fed'-ral *'>'re- ."rvl* - agent* h*v<* uncovered a n- w rocket in war tsind*. A<-"> ding to official*, •c’fety’ei! brokem make hug" prof!'* by , v*lf Ing war bond* f'»" pens**’ who d<» not want *o wait the required fi*t days The broken* pay 115 for a l*>nd worth fl* 75 Then, when th* minimum wal'lng period eipires. the broken* redeem the bond* hy fo-ging the initial owner* name to tedempGon c*rtlfica'*» • d by altering addrapaoß. In one . a*" th* offlclai* oay. a !*rok*r paid a war b*nd owner fl* for hto bond Late*, h* gave h’m an adltional 15 after th* owner endorsed the redemption chock Federal authoriti** ar* prosecuting all they can urn over under th* regulx’lc’ti which require* I original w»r bond purrtamnr* to .■d"*m them personally, in *rm» I caw*, broken als > ate be'ng pros* Sated atider **«• uoury laws.