Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 42, Number 32, Decatur, Adams County, 7 February 1944 — Page 1

Illi. No. 32.

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Is Facing ■hilation On nine Front Aital Os Finland ■eavily Pounded Russian Bombers ’ bullcti;m Ker. Feb. 7 — (UP) — report* a new success. The broad3SL,d Soviet troop* have the Narva river in and penetrated the ,jKn part of the city of ■ Bj United Pre** K:.l.hlnit new Soviet offenthe Russian warK new and. so far. highlydrive to trap thousands Sail* in the south K r . and the Russian air Finland. M-iond time within a Kv..- forces have sprung |H>n a huge German force. |S.. .l ive by General Malithird Ukrainian army. a wedge between the jK- d mining center* of Krland Nikopol along the through ha* cut the retreat for more than iKniy infantry division* — K a from 50.000 to 75.000 division*--or'approxl-men encircled by and second I'krainian gflln the Cherkassy pocket five-day drive ha* ■ 250 town* and village* sealed the fate ot the WMtdaiipam-se center of Niko|Kos>’ mine* already have Sor are on the poin* of Sovjet hand*. pos-lbie escape for the enemy force* would Keti.-at across th* Dnieper •mall bridgehead on the |H»t>-n hank Hut the fourth Kn army already I* poised SB rim of the bridgehead *o M Just such a move. center of the Ukrainian Mari.'ilier 100 square mile* jjeen <ut off the Cherkassy ■ rh.-:.- the remnant* of the .1 visions are encircled the salien' to 350 (■miles. And Red air force destroyed another 69 ■ which tried to fly supplies ■> shfmking pocket. B'-oi spearhead of General army driving into old H advanced 19 mile* beyond K Ta Pegs a. Colama ») lie Bulletins Kh.ngtee. Feb. 7—(UP) B* hou( * ha* approved the Mrence report on the new ■bill which provide* an ■"»'-* 12.300v000,000 in B revenue*. Similar action will send the Mure to the White Hous*. B» York. Feb. 7—(UP)— B u "'«ed Press ha* learned three executive* of the B* n bran «h of the office B’.-'-at.on have resigned. B ir * Joseph Same*. Warburg and Ed Johnt ] «'»pute involving tn* B. 1 "*" *»*• P'*e«d before B orr ’ R oo*e*lt recently by B* r ’ Sh «rw*od, head of the B** 11 branch, and Elmer B* °W< director. Davis I* B*tood to have demanded W kberwood drop hl* three rt•g VWWtoSS ■ b* evened ’’ ngn vncrwvvw B*** ,h « dispute wss put B* th * Whit * Hous* with a B** ,rw " Dsvis that Mr. B**** decid who is runB Owi - B~ —~~~ * ■*"ERATURE reading ■°C Rat THERMOMETER B* • m — w B * • m 3d B » "• Id ■ » M 1 WEATHER F*‘> e, «*dy tonight and to|eB«VW U«vUW *nd light rain in * ****** temerrour, ectd

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Only Fourth Os Auto Licenses Are Issued About one-fourth of the 1944 auto liernar plates have been issued at the local bureau, an inquiry revealed today. The local bureau received 3.600 plates, beginning with number 516,700, and up until today le«u than 1,000 has been issued. The new plate must be displayed on passenger c«r« and trucks by March 1. Chauffeur and drivers' licenses must a'so be obtained by that time. In those ca«e* where auto owners have changed their addressses since last year, they are requested to refer to their old registration card and it they have not received their application* to write the postmaster at the old address, requesting that the application Inforwarded to them.

Six Hoosier Soldiers Die In Japan Camps Names Are Listed By War Finance Group Indianapolis. Feb. 7—(UP)—The Indiana war tlnance committee reveal* the names of six Hoosier soldier* who have died in Japanese prison camp* and the name* of one army private and 19 civilian* who still are Jap prisoner*. The announcement follow* by a little more than a week the ptHdicatlon of the Japanese “march of death" and other bestialities inflicted upon several hundred Americans at Hataan. The committee •ay* the list is revealed to help bring home to Hoosiers the fact that the war I* not over. And every person in Indiana Is urged io invest every available dollar in war bonds to end the war as quickly a* possible. • At the same time, committee chairman Eugene Pulliam announces that state war bond sale* now are *163,600.000. This amount is les* than 70 percent of the Indiana 1233.000.000 quota. The name* of the aoMtem who have died in the enemy camp* are Staff Sergeant Robert Williams of Crown Point, sergeant Ward Tharp ot Greentown, and Trlvates Roy Davis of Seymour. Don Gregg of South Bend, Gerald Morgan of Washington and George nbatne of ('handler. The Hoosier soldier who i* listed a* a Jap prisoner of war Is private Harold Trublood of Kokomo. The Interned civilians are James Chestnut. Mrs. R. J. Hoover. Alice Mary Johnson. F. H. Betty Myens. Dwight Shouse and Rachel Storey, all of Indianapolis; Selma Ofetdahl of Fort Wayne. A. V. Herendorf of West Lafayette; Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Sidney Baxter of French Lick. R. E. Runyon ot Shelbyville; Madge Weedham of Columbia City; Mr. and Mrs. A. Karrer of Carlisle; Roscoe and Mayme Norton of Lautzenhiser of Hamilton and Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Wolfe of Rising Sun. o Commissioners In Monthly Session The Adam* county commissioner* began their regular monthly session this morning. The allowance of claim* wa* done before noon. Among the business on the calendar thi* afternoon to consideration of a site on the court house lawn for the names of Adam* county men and women in the service.

Hollywood Oscar Awards Studied Previous Winners Among Nominees Hollywood. Feb. 7.—1 UP) -Goldplated Oacar—the academy award •totuatte—lt flirting with five Hollywood actraaaea—two of them previous academy award winner* Greer Oar*on. who won laat year for her role In "Mm. Miniver, has been nominated thia year fcr "Mad ame Carle" Joe" Fontaine, the 1941 winners for her appearance in "Suspicion." has beea named again for her work in "The Constant Nymph" Other aetreaaea named ae ca*di data* include Jean Arthur la “The Mor* the Merrier." Iwid Bergman In “For Whom the Bell Tolle, at»d Jennifer Jone, la "The Bong of "oTiito I male .ide of the *l*te la Gary Cooper, for his role In "For (Tar* Z« «M* L oeSu«B lT

Battle Raging In Senate On Soldier Vote Consideration Os State Ballot Forced By Bill Opponents Wellington, Feb. 7 — (UP) — Senate opponents of the administration's federal ballot plan for soldier voting have succeeded in forcing consideration of the amended state ballot measure approved by *h» house. The vote to take tip the state ballot bill was 50 to 33. It came on a motion by Senator Overton of Ixwlslana. after the senate had progressed to the verge of a final vo’e on the administration-backed Green-Lucas federal ballot bill. A similar attempt by Overton last Friday failed by a tie vote. TOere is quite a bit of new* today about the brewing presidential campaigns California's delegation to the 1944 Democratic national convention has pledged itself to support President Roosevelt for a fourth term. Attorney general Robert Kenney announces that the names of California* 56 delegate* have been files) and all that remains is to open the state'* "fourth term" campaign. Incidentally. Robert E. Hannegan the-new)yi-le«-tedl>emocratic national chairman -says the national committee intends to out of state party ftgh's. The name of Governor Thomas E. Dewey of New York has been injected into the New Hampshire presidential primary. A professor Charles Holden of Dartmouth filed for delegate-at-large to the Republican national convention, pledged to Governor Dewey. Wendell Willklo has announced he will enter the Nebraska primary scheduled for April 11. The 1940 Republican presidential nominee is now making a tour of the Inter-mountain state* and the Pacific northweat to talk with industrial. agricultural and labor leaders. The name of Lieutenant-com-mander Harold S-aasen. the for- • (Turn To P*g* 6. Colama 6) File Suit To Break Edgar Moses' Will

Suit Filed Today In Circuit Court A suit to break the will in ’be estate of Edgar S. Moses has been filed in the Adam* circuit court by Glenn Forry. Jennie E. Clark. Robert Forry. Frank Forry. Mildred Dempsey. Allda Prost. Myrtle Maxwell. Grace Porter. M Knouse. Helen Ix-tnke, Ann Slayton, Homer Knouse. Robert Knouse. Edgar 8. Forry and Allda E. White. Defendants In the suit are Carl Moses. Carroll Mooes, Dale Mo*e», Mary Gage. Carroll Moae*. as administrator with the will annexed Edgar Mose* was well known here, having formerly operated a green house In thta city and In the laat few years lived on a farm east of Decatur. The complaint set* out that hi* wife. Margaret Moses, died August 22. 1943. leav. ing her husband as her sole heir. He died September 4. IMS. leaving the “plaintiffs and the defendant/' In thi* suit a* hl* belra. A will wa* probated in the Adams circuit court September 9. 1943. which read a* follows: “July 7. 1943 “To Whom it may concern: “Af’er my debts ar* paid If there is anything left divide it equally between Mary Gage and Carroll Moaes. “Edgar 8. Moee*. "Margaret A. Moaea." Witnessed by Declma McElwayne" The complaint estimated the value of the real eatate al St.DM •nd of the personal property •’ 32.5 M. Four grounds for breaking the will are allegeci that Edgar Mocea was of unsound mind at the time be signed tt: that tho “protended' wiii was unduly executed; that tho "pre*ended will wa* signed under "duress.” and th»t the “pretended will wa* “obtain"nWh’Sh EM* A aetataaTT

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Decatur, Indiana, Monday, February 7,1944

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Wallace Says Work Is Vital To Peace Vice-President In California Speech Han Francisco, Feb. 7 —(UP) — Vlce-Pre*ident Wallace say* America will win the peace only if we keep the people of the country at work. Wallace told an audience at San Francisco last night that the war debt wouldn't stand in the way of post-war prospetity. For. a* he put It. "There's Just one way to treat the war debt, and that I* to remember that it can lie carried easily If all of us are able to work hard." The vice-president said that we c*n pay the Interest on thia debt and still have a standard ot living at least 5u percent higher than It was In the 30's. • But,” he added, "we can and must give our poorer people a chance to work productively if we are as serious about total peace a* we have been about total war." For Fourth T*rm Ban Diego, Calif.. Feb. 7.—(UP) —A fourth term for President Roosevelt has the approval of the AFL federated trade* and labor council. When Vice-President Henry Wallace left San Diego yesterday he carried a sealed envelope containing the endorsement. The message was presented to the vice-president by council screiary Robert Noonan. Farley On fllump Ix»* Angele*. Feb 7- (UP)-For-mer postmaster general J*mes Far(Turn To Pag* 4. Column D —«■o - ~ — Father Os Seven Is Killed In Accident Rensselaer, Ind.. Feb. 7—(UP) A Newton county father of seven children ha* died in a Rentoelur hospital of Injuries he suffered in an automobile accident yesterday He wa* James Lafoon. who lived near Brook He is survived by hi* widow and the Alldren.

Increased Bond Sales Needed To Meet Fourth War Loan Goal

Adam* county'* standing today in the fourth w*r loan drive was above the halfway mark, with •ale* of |*l»«.<MM) repor ed against a quota off 11.221.600. Earl Caston, rice-chairman of th* war finance committor-, announced. The total include* Urge purchase* of bonds made by several Decatur corporation*, making the laat 3541.000 necessary for the qota a little more difficult to obtain in small subaertption* Theodore Oraliker. chairman of the bend drive, said. "Unless a lot of people and business concerns com* to the raaote Adams county will fall to me« its quota. That would be • ahame. for there to pioaty of idle money and savings in the county sufficient to rnewt the quoin several limo* ' Mr Caston said that la all prob •baity th* farm quota ot *300,000

Further Information On Wounded Marine It wa* learned t<»day from Mis* Margaret Moran, teacher In the De catur school*, that Private Richard Huffman, reported wounded in action with the United State* marine*. i* the *on of Francl* Huffman of ea*t ot Geneva Pvt. Huffman attended the Decafur high jchooi for a short time, and then went to work for the Magnovox in P’Ort Wayne, it is thought likely he registered for the draft in Allen county as hrt name is not on the record* of the Adam* county •elective service. He enlisted in 1942 at the age of 19 and ha* been in the South Pacific moM of the time since, Relief Sought For Bataan Prisoners Concerted Action Planned By Group Albuquerque. N. M.. Feb. 7— (UPt -Friends and relative* of Americans who were taken prisoner on Bataan and Corregldor are expected to take concerted action soon to arrange relief for the men. Dr. V. H Spensley- founder and president of the Bataan Relief organization In New Mexico has called a meeting of representa tive* from 14 State organizations. The group will appear in Wash ington Thursday In an atteinp- io form a national organization for the purpose of aiding the prisonerr. The group, which ha* some 150 000 members. I* also expected (o demand more help for General MacArthur in the form of war materiala. The states expected to he represented a’ the meeting are Missouri. New York. Texas. Wiscon sin. California. Montana. Nebraska. Geoigla. Ohio. New Mexico. Illinois. Minnesota. Michigan and South Carolina (Tarn To Pngs 4. Column »>

would Le met Kirkland and Blue Creek townships are already over the top and worker* in the other 10 townships are exerting every effort to pu- their district over the goal thi* week Mr. Caaton said that business concerns had not yet purchased heavily in the drive. M*ny Indi v Idas Is have bought an extra *IOO bond and If the trend continue* there i* a chance of the total going above <he fl.oao.uoo md*k in the next 10 days From there on. Mr. Grallker and his committee believe that patriotic workers would be impelled to use an extraordinary effort to meet the goal Estes la*t week aavoan'ed to more thaa 1275 AM Bede* E bonds can he purebaaH all month and applied on tbo county** quota, but the *ate *f other Interest beartag securities atops on Feb 1*

Task Force Makes Bold Foray Into Jap Waters I,2ooMiles From Tokyo

Allied Forces Holding Firm South Os Rome Repulse Violent Counter-Attacks By German Troops B> Uniter' Press Allied forces sou'h of Rome are holding doggedly to their lieachhead positions In spite of violent Nazi efforts to dislodge them. Our troops again and again turned back new enemy counterattacks launched yesterday by wave* of German tanks and infantry. The main weight of the Nazi attacks centered on the sector north of Carroceo. where the l»attie line projects closest tr» Rome. Die Allied troop* captured many prisoners Our battle lines were shor'ened a bit and tightened up. under the pressure of the enemy assaults. But they're holding firmly. A headquarter* spokesman reveals that our guns smashed an enemy formation of tanks and assault troops that had Iw-eii spotted massing two miles north of Carroceto --smashed it before the enemy had a chance to throw them into ar. attack The Germans are Itelieved to have al'ottt 75. WM) troops defending R|>me inrtudlng the 715th infantry division, just rushed down from southern France. And thi* morning, radio Rome was heard appealing for all aide-bodied Italian* in Rome to take up arms in defense of the capital. Nazi artillery ha* been lobbing shell* into Anzlo harluir one of th« Allied supply ports. But American warships offshore have hit hack by shelling the enemy artillery einplui emeilts The Nazi air force has appeared in considerable strength in the Cussino area, to the south. United Press war correspondent James Roper, who's there with our troops, say the Nazis threw In fightei-lionibers to pound Yankee ground forces. Twenty-four FockeWulf* bombed American positions north of Cassino yesterday, and others struck at our positions In the Mount Calio area They got a wattn greeting from our antiaircraft batteries. American dive bombers and medium bomlter* also were in the air. banging away at Nazi defenses. Cassino itself still appear* to be firmly In German hand*. But north (Turn To Pag* 6. Column 4) - l l— —l ■ ■■ ■« I—*> — Herman Godfrey Alz Dies Sunday Night Will Hold Funeral Services Wednesday Herman Godfrey Atz. 41. unmarried Wahash township farmer, died at hi* home Sunday evening at 10 o'clock after a three week seige of the flu. 'He wa* the son of Lev) and Lillian Ashbaucher Atz and wa* born in Hartford township on March 16. 1302. He lived in Adam* county all hw life and was a member of the Cros* Evangelical and Reformed church at Berne. Surviving are hi* mother and four staters: Mr* Pearl Glendenn ing Geneva rural route; Mr*. Agnes Shoemaker. Berne. Mr*. Marcella Baueerman Berne, and Helen, at home ■Funeral service* will he held at the Cross Evangelical and Reformed church M’ednraday afternoon at 2 o'clock, with Rev. C. A. Schmid, patvtor. officiating Burial will be in the M R E cemetery in Berne The body wa* take* home thi* afternooa from th* Yager funatnl home at Berne and may be vtawod after 7 o'clock thi* evening.

Mail Applications On Mustering-Out Pay Indianapolis Office To Handle Claims Indianapolis. Feb. 7.— (UP) Hoosier soldiers of the present war who have received honorable discharges are flooding the Indian•polls army finance office with their mailed and personally presented requests for mustering out pay The rush of the veterans follows President Roosevelt's action In signing the new (ederal bill allowing such pay last Friday. Finance officer Maj r B. B. Callaway in Indianapolis says the names and addresses ot the former servicemen are being taken and that application blankswill be mallI ed to them He expects hi* office to handle about 60.000 applications. Callaway adds that the applications of all Indiana men discharged between December 7, 1941, and the thlrtFof this month will be handled I by the Indianapolis < slice. Appllca- , i tlons for those discharged since the I third will be handled upon their discharge and through other army i finance office* In the state. Discharged veterans must make application for mustering out pay in the state where they were in- , ducted. Callaway emphasizes that , photoatath' copies of the discharge , papers will net be accepted The enlisted naval and coa*t guard men in Indiana apply for the ' pay to the field branch of the bureau of supplies and accounts at Cleveland. Enlisted marines are ' directed to apply to the command- ' ant of the corp* at Washington. Naval officers apply to the navy bureau of per* nnel in Washington 1 and marine and coast guard officers anirlv to the commandant of their I• r * ‘ corp* In Washington. _ o _— Wm. Gilbert Dies ! Here Sunday Night Influenza Is Fatal To Decatur Resident William GiHrer’. 75. retired mill 1 worker, died at his home on 10141 1 Patterson street Bunday night at I 1 10 o'clock of complications follow 1 lug an attack of the flu. He had been ill about five days. H« was born In French town1 ship. February 1.1 M». the son of ' Jasper and P. Blockdale Gllliert He wa* married to Rhoda Smi'h. who “urvlves. on January 1". 1306 ' Mr GlHtert was a member of the 1 First United Brethren church I Surviving liesides the widow-1 are the following children: Mrs Viola Whitfleld Decatur; Mrs Clarice Yake. Htiirgi-. Mich . Mr*. Marcella Sudduth Fort Wayne, and James Gilbert, of Willshire. O. One son Is decease*! Two sister* and four brother* survive: Mr*. Sarah Sudduth. Deca’ur; i Mrs. Viola Trim. Sturgis, Mich ; Frank. Rattle Creek Mich.; | Charles. California; Erwin. Bron , •on. Mich., and Jess Itecatur. | One brother i» dead There are I D surviving grandchildren i The body may be viewed »t the r Black funeral home fiorn 7 o'clock thia evening until noon Tuesday (Turn To Pa*s 4, Column I) i ■ < Re-Elect Trustees Os Catholic Cemetery 1 «. w Frank Heiman, prominent Wash I Ingion township farmer, and Char!e» Miller, veteran employe of the i tL-hafer company, were re-elected i truatees of the St Joseph* CatboI lie cemetery Maoctatiou. at the annual meeting held Sunday morning in the Catholic high school. Other tranters are Lawrence Beckmeye.r Dick Boch and Arthur , | Meyer. There were 36 buriala in ■ the cemetery laat year. The plan* for this year call tor repair ot the driveway* and the I making of such improvementa a* I are permlt’ed under the war curtailment program, Mr. Meyar aaM.

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Navy Planes Support Sea Attack; Mopping Up Operations Now On In Marshalls (By United Preset Tile American navy has shifted the Pacific s|M>tligbl north with a bold bombardment of Japan'* sea and air base of Paratniishlro. Striking within i.2(H» mile* of Tokyo, a task force shelled the southern and eastern coasts of the fog-bound island stronghold. As the great warships bucked off. giant fires burned through the base and one unidentified enemy ship had been driven aground. Japanese sb< re batteries answered the Are. But a communique says the American ships escaped unscathed. "The sea attack was supported by navy plants* which hit not only Paramuahlro but also the nearby Island of Hhlmushu. Waves of Catalina* and Ventura* hit enemy barracks and ground installations and returned without loss. Il was the 12th raid on Paramushlro since the aerial offensive from the Aleutians began last September 21. The raid, which took place on Friday, was the navy's first bold foray Into Japanese waters. It underscored the growing might of the naw which, at the same time, was carrying out large-stale operations In 'he Marshall*. Paramushlro t* the northernmost of the Kurlie Islands, which extend MU miles from Japan to the lip of Russia's Kamchatka peninsula. The navy's attack on the northern ruote to Tokyo apparently ba* the Japs worried Today the Germans transocean news agency quoted the Tokyo press as saying an Invasion of the Kuriles may be expected In the spring The Tokyo dispatches *aid lOfI.OOO specially trained AmerIcan troops are massing in the Aleutians for the bl- w. Tokyo radio also Wasta of a new secret weapon, which a< cording to the broadcast —"would instantaneously destroy the entire British , navy." However, the enemy spokesman had !'■ tiling to say about the bombardment of Paramushiro. Tokyo also says "tnti-nse fighting ' still rages in Kwajalein Atoll. But American dispatches paint a far different picture. Only mopping up operations are reported from the islands as navy and army engineers repair the Atoll’s two airfields. When they're finished. Am- : erican plane* are open up with an aerial ffenaive against the Caroline Islands, next waywtalion* along the mid-Paciflc road to Tokyo. The three last stronghold* in the Atoll fell yesterday, but the Japs still maintain a light hold on a few minor coral Islets. Victorious tx Idler* and marine* are getting Kwajalein Atoll in shape as a springboard for future air and sea attacks against the Japanese. They are counting their bag of i (Turn To Page 3, Column t) Restrictions Fail To Solve Traffic Woes Traffic Toll Higher Despite Restrictions Chicago. Feb. 7.— (UPt — The head of the national safety cotincll says wartime restriction* have failed to solve the nation’* traffic accident problem Council chairman Sidney Williams points out that more persons were killed in traffic accident* in the last three month* of 1943 than in the *ame months of 1942 He aay*. “We still tolerate unnecessary travel, violation of wartime speed limits, cheating on ga* v line coupons—and we kill or injire 1 .(too workers a day " Williams predicts aggravated traffle problems aftar the war when tha unroatrietad public suddenly put* an Increased burden on wornout vehicle*, tire* and road*. He spoke to a group of traffic e>perts meeting to diacaaa postwar safety measure*.