Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 42, Number 80, Decatur, Adams County, 3 April 1944 — Page 1

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IISSIAN FORCES STREAM INTO RUMANIA

■Airmen Kt Raid lidapest ■orion Capital Med; Nazi Raid Bnzio Repulsed United Press Ku'.' h >v.. struck haul Kit >, . !,.1< of \xi« Europe. Kt,.,.' <»f Norway. British 1 hlt< on the Ger- , Tirpitz. ph.- heart <rf central Lrican filer* have botnta Jt. capital <>f Nazi-occup-American raid, it wa* lino that our explosives in Budaraiora and flying forthe 15th air force flow up to (bomb enemy objec- ,< an irnl and beautiful B aide Danube river. B). e.-ioiid big attack by B| for... in just two days. ■ heavyweights from K| 'li.'ir Iximb bay doopt war plant* in Steyr, the targets at Budapest *y yard* and one airMry In choosing Budapest Kt.. t:ii.-:i<-ali* wera strlkB at on.- of Hitler s vital Milon center*. Ksn.<ii' claim their fight- , tia’.l.-nge the American 'iieit inicort* The •-11K ,ay- many dogfight* th.- < t'y And the Nazi* Hr shot down at least -14 K> 1!..-. " he 15th mi sot.-e Ked no details mi the raid ■a<k on toe Tirpitz was Bt ».y Htl'ish naval planes Brk at the Gennan battleBl.<y .rlppi.-d in a NorweB The admiralty say* the fru hit by several botndis Hirai'> doesn't say wlien Bi took place, nor does it B*t type of Britieh plane* B attack. ■ thi. Britons’ second darBin rec.-at month* on the Bl battle-wagon, once the ■h<- German fleet The first ■> made by tiny British Hrs which crept up the B'te.i Norwegian fjord to H torpedoes at the Tirpitz Kb<‘r 32 of lan year. ■ the land fighting in Italy. ■ Nazi at'ack on the left ■he beachhead below Bane B stopped. Allied troop* B lines In the face of stiff fed flame-thrower barrage* ban* used the flame throwfrying to bum their way ■th<- traitbed wire entangleItr Allied rifle and artillery hern back with heavy B »outh. Italians with the By have moved in on a third Bt peak, thus increasing the ■y * flanking threat to tbe fc* around ('amino. I filer* again were over I Italy. Heavy and medium I last night attacked the ■yard* at Vicenza. The west ■bom of Leghorn and SanI alio were bombed. I Balkan*. Marshal Tito say* Lilav Part loan troop* are I firm in Eastern Bosnia ■ heavy German attack*. P Adriatic. Jtpchl French pres have wiped out an en■y convoy and its escorting I The site of the s-onvoy M y Deadline For p To Register pun’y clerk's office was the place in the court house to- ►»*" of people appearing to L Today was the last day M to qualify to vote in the F election. Beputles and per* busy making out the F* oo forma F f,,B twill be open until » evening to accomodate Mtrants IPERATURE READING OCRAT THERMOMETER [ *• 24 ' •- *• — 21 l~- . |1 ► • U 1 B *• u WEATHER T Mr toaigbt nod temertomorrow.

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Urges Drafting Os Women For Service Hollywood. Apr*! 3 (UP) A California American le-gion group wants to see women sharing toe fighting responsibilities of the Unitcd State* along with men .About 3O.Ut*> west coast veterans of World War on - advocate drafting of all women be'jWeeli the ages of IS and 45 who are physically qualified. A resolution passed at a legionnaire pre-con ven Hon caucus also asks legislation to place all honorably discharged veterans of this war -on the army reserve list. 131 Blood Donors To Go To Portland Go Tuesday Night, Wednesday Morning At least 131 blood donor volunteers have signed to go to Portland Tuesday evening or Wednesday morning, H. H. High, county chairman, announced today. Root township school busses and private cars will convey the donors to the Portland Red Cross blood bank. Those going Tuesday evening will drive private cars, arrangements being made to accommodate these volunteers who could not gut away on Wednesday. The busses and cars will leave the American Lugton home In thi* city at 9:45 Wednesday morning. A school bus will also leave from the Kirkland high school. Decatur volunteers who registered for Tuesday evening are: Georgia Fletcher. Mary <’ Braun, Rose M Gaae. Ruth A. Borns. Edward J. Heimann, Mrs. Engle, .Murjorie Kintz. France* Brlte, Eui* Allison, Mrs. Violet Smith. Kathryns Hoffman, Jean McLean, Mrs. Joyce Eilettberger, Mrs. Chau. A. Otnlor, Ralp h Ix>*he. Jerome Rumschlag, Carl Geiiner. Leo Miller. .Mi*. Pete Reynolds. Betty Trlcker. Jeannette Hraun. Germaine Gelmer. Other volunteers from Decatur and nearby points, achuduh-d for Wednesday morning are: Mtw. Merle N Rchnltz, Mrs. Ed Keller. .Mrs. Oscar Geisel. Mrs. Robert Ray. Roy Kalver, Itnoln Case. Olive Journay, Mr*. Max Schafer. Mrs. Ix-ona Teeplu, Alice E. Ulman. Eileen Andrews. Juanita Blum. Annabelle Doan. Wilson Mann, Mt*. Helen Batighn. Patricia Baugtni, Emma Lou Kukelhan. Francile Reldenbach. H. ffebnepp. .Mr*. Margurlte Hoffman Perrlsh. Mr*. Charles Kent. Mis* lamna Marie Tinner. Mr*. .Mary Ellen Scheiman. Mrs. Marie Evans. Mr*. Vincent J. Bormann. Helen Weber. Margaret Kauffman. .Mrs Roy Lehman. .Mr*. J. H King. Mm Ed Boknecht. Mrs. Lowell Smith. Wilbert Fuelling. Jean Oliver. Monroe; Edith Marbaugh. Mrs. Glenn Bates, Willshire; Mrs. C. L. Custer. Pleasant Mills. The following will go from Kirkland on Wednesday morning: Mr*. Earl Arnold. Mrs Herman Barger. Paul Arnold. Theo Heller, <Tura To Page ». Column «) ' o ■ ——- Vandalism At Court House Is Reported Heavy Damage Done In Men's Rest RoomThe county commissioners may clone the meti s rest room in the southwest corner of the court house basement, if vandals continue to damage the plumbing and fixture*, members of the board told today, following notification that considerable destruction w*s done In the room Saturday night. Two toilet *tool« were broken and paper gangers were pulled from the side of the stalls Kvidently thes, were hurled at the toilet* which broke the fixture* beyond repair. John Bixler, custodian, notified the commissioner* of the damace thi* morning The hoard was in ie*slon and the members w-re debating if the room should be closed eurly Saturday evening .It I* believed that the vandals entered the room about midnight Saturday and committed their depredation* One report came to the commitoloner. that four young men probably Mecfesn*. were seen entering the comfort •tatlon tote Saturday night Investigattoa wa* being mad, today The room to <>»•” * u tn<l tftri Tt »• Ostomg •>

Jap Invaders Repulsed On Indian Front British Imperial Troops Hurl Back Jap Invasion Push ißy United Presni The Japanese Invader* <»f India are finding It hard going. British imperial troops have repulsed another enemy attempt to reach the Indian section of the Tlddim-lmphal road. A communique Indicate* that Japanese were thrown back from a point some 20 miles south of linphal, capital of the state of Manipur. To the north of linphal. the Japanese also have suffered a setback In their drive for Kohltna, which is on the highway linking linphal and the main Allh-d railroad in eastern India The British are reported to have cut behind th<Japanese In thi* area and to have severed the enemy's supply line* Tokyo radio said Japanese troops occupied a point of the linphalKohima highway 25 miles north of linphal almost a week ugo. However. there I* no Allied confirmation of this enemy claim. Th< latest new Delphi communique say* that Allied planes mad*extensive sweeps throughout Burma yesterday and Saturday, sinking at least 70 river craft and damaging seven locomotive*. In addition. 12 enemy plane* and probably two others were destroyed The American raids on Truk In the Caroline* may Im- even more extensive than yet reported. A Japatnue new* dispatch nays the Truk raids continued through Sunday A Pearl Hartror announcement reported eight raids on Truk In the four days ending Friday. In the meantime, detail* have come In from one of the Thursday attacks It I* the story of a bulh-t---reldled Liberator whk-h miraculously returned from a wild. 45(Turn To Pegs I, Column I) McMillen Industries To Sponsor Gardens To Sponsor Victory Gordens Here Again The MdMlllen Industrie* In this city wifi again *pon*or a victory garden plot In the north part of town, parallel with I' 8. road 27. J Ward <’all*nd. chairman of the committee announced today. The land is donated free by the .Mo.Millen Home Building Corp , and will be developed for employe* of the Central Sugar Co.. .MHMlllen Feed -Mill* and Central Soys company. There will lie 70 garden plot*, of two size*. The smaller one* are 25 by 115 feet and the larger one* 25 by I6n feet. The lot* will tie plowed. (erHllZed. staked and the row* marked out. Mr Calland «*ld For this service. tbe former nominal charge of |2S and |3 per lot will toe made No rental charge wIH be made for the ground. Application* from Knploye* must be filed not later than April 4. On April H». the assignment of lota will to- done thtough « lottery system, number* <being drawn from a hat. Mr Calland said. last year, despite the unuaual rainy spring and early summer, the gardener* raised '-onoiderable produce i.Man and women cultivated the lots and the place wa* kept dean and well managed. The government again urge* families to plant victory gardens this year, a* one mean* of assuring a supply of fresh vegetrfde* and 1 turpla* of the product* for canning — ■■■ a— — Helm Funeral Rites Held This Morning Funeral services were held this morning at 10:30 o'clock at toe Zwick fuuetsl home for L. C. Helm, whose death occurred Thursday •veuing at Miami, following • fall that fractured bi* bip a few day* le-foie Thr remain* arrived Sunday morning, sccoutpanied by Mr. and Mr* J J Heta Rev O O. Walton <a* in charge of the aervice* *ad pallbearer* ware number* of tbe fire d*panmeu’ Interment wu in tbe Decntar camotery.

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Triplets Bow In After Quads IK - * n mA 1 • 1--HOLDING HER ARMS about her new triplet* is Mr*. Muriel Bachunt, 21. wife of a Bronx serviceman. The three girls Nancy. Karen and Janet were born in Sloane hospital. N<-w York City, the day after Mr El anor Zatlrf gave birth to quadruplets at the same institution

Politics Centered On Wisconsin Vote Wisconsin Primary Election Tuesday Milwaukee, Apr. 3-—(UP) The political eyes of the nation will be centered on Wiaconsln tomorrow The Badger state will hold u primary electton which well may show which way the political straws are blowing The chief issue is the Vigorous bld of Wendell Wlllkie fol the state's 21 delegates Io the Re> publican presidential nominating convention. Wlllkie is the only avowed candidate In th« field, but he is opposed by slates pledged to Governor Dewey. LieutenantCommander Stassen, and General Ma< Arthu.'. Most political observer* agreo that unless Wlllkie obtains a fair majority of tbe delegate* in tomorrow's balloting his hopes of winning the nomination in Chicago are just about blasted And there has heen a great deal of opposition to the I*lo G. <). P. standard-bearer, who lost Wisconsin by a mere 25,000 vote* four year* ago Fellow party members claim that Wlllkie is what they call a "Republican Roos-veil." They are opposed to hi* forthright stand for leadership in world affair* and offended by his charge that the G. O. P. devotes too much attention to narrow nationalism As a result, several delegates on the ballot have no other policy than that of being anti-Willkle. Wlllklo has answered the charges that he is a new deal man with outspoken criticism of the present administration's foreign policy. And despite the opposition. Willkies supporters claim be is out in front in tbe fourcornered Republican race. Th« Democratic primary to choose 26 delegates to the nominating convention is arousing (Turn To Page 2, Column I) ■ ■.. o— Battleship Tirpitz Is Again Damaged German Dreadnought Damaged By Planes Umdon. Apr 3. — "TUP) — The Nazi* mystery dreadnaught, the battleship Tirpitz. ha* been damaged again. A terse communique reveal* that British naval aircraft successfully bombed ’.be Tirpitz as she was lying crippled In the Alten Fjord of northern Norway, Several hit* were obtained by the planes, which are believed to have come from aircraft carrier* The Tirpitz is the mainstay of tbe dwindling Nazi naval power The weight ot the battle wagon is known only to Berlin, but it'* estimated up to 45.000 tons. However, it'* thought tbe onetime terror of tbe northern *ea lanes undoubtedly will remain out of action for a long time. The new damage of several bomb hit* comes on top of that Intlcted by British midget submarines, which knock ed tbe Tifpiu out of aetton 2ve month* ago Tbe veeeel ba* beau undergoing Mtaoatva repair* ifi the Norwegian fjord Tbe next attack apparenUy wee calculated to cot toons repair* bach aad keep toe TJrpiU off toe high eeaa

Two British Newsmen Killed With Wingate laindon, April 3 4'Ul’) Two 1 British newsmen died with Major I General Orde ('. Wingate when lii* ' plane t rashed Imo a mountain in Burma on (March 24. They wenStuart Erneny of the London New* Chronicle and Stanley T. Will* of the Daily Herold. Their death* raised to 29 the number of American and British correspondent* killed in the war. Nine other* are misuing and 34 have iieen wounded o - Complete Democrat Ticket Filed Here Complete Ticket For All County Offices The Itemocrat* have a complete ticket for all party nomination* in the May primary, all except three (dace* being contested. Three Republicans filed for renomination, all of whom are unopposed. Declarations of candidacy were nied with the county clerk up to Saturday evening Three Demo crat* entered the race* tfor county office* before the deadline. They are. Noah Rich, well known dairy farmer of Monroe township iind proprietor of the Idea) Dairy In this city, for county commie stoner from the second district. John W Tyndall of this city, who served four terms as county surveyor from DiH6 to 1894. and i« a former county auditor, filed for county surveyor Robert J Zwick. for renomlnation a* county corner The Candidates The candidates on the Democrat ticket are: Judp* Adam* Circuit Court J Fred Fruchte, Nathan C Nelson Joint State Representative Robert H Heller County Auditor Thurman I. DrewCounty Treasurer Freeman Schtwpp Prosecuting Attorney G. Remy Blerly. C. II Muselman County Recorder Rose Nesswald. Gerhard <’. Retaking and William F. Hetdde County Sheriff Leo Gillig County Surveyor William Khmani. John W Tyndall Commissioner Ist District L R tßudyt Meyer Commissioner 2nd District Noah Kh h County Coroner Robert J. Zwick Repbtican Ticket The thras Republican candidate*, who previously announced are; County Treasurer Roy L. Price Commissioner Ist District Dale D Mose* Commissioner 2nd District John Christener C. S < Budge I Mead, of Bluffton, filed hi* candidacy Saturday afternoon with the aecretary of state for the Republican nomination as Joint state representative from Adams and Wells counties He Is (Tara To Page I. Columa 4) Close Ration Board Wednesday Morning Tb* Adams county war pruo and ration board will be cioaod *1! morning Wednsaday io enable board rlark* to start tb*ir teconl survey ot food stores

Pour Across Border On 165-Mile Front; Nazis Abandon Arms In Flight

Spikes Rumors Os Lowering Os Draft Age To 31 Selective Service Director Hershey Denies Knowledge Washington, Apr 3. (UP) Draff director Hershey says there's nothing to th,- rumor* of a socalled army plan to lower the draft age from 3K to 31. According to these reporta, it would be a case of sparing more older men for industry while stepping up the call for younger draftee* But Hershey says it's all new to him. and he doubt* if *uch a plan would till the manpower needs of the armed service*. The selective Service director estimates that not more than 230,000 of the more than l.ooo.tMMt men now deferred on (farm* or in war plant* will ever get into uniform First, because of a rejection rate of about 4" percent and second. because thousands of key men will get new deferments. That leaves about 77M.000 men wanted by the armed ’ forces by July I and still unaccounted for And It * considered most unlikely that they could be found in the 28 to 31 age group The policies guiding new deferments -:or men under 28 are being studied by a federal interagency committee under man-power chief McNutt A decision is exjiected soon. But some hint on how things will go i* contained in the warning by rubber director Iliad ley Dewey that l.’twt such young | men must toe kept in Hie iubl>eri Industry to forestall national dis aster. There is at least om bright note I to the manpower picture today The war manpower commission report* that January labor turnover in most of the 26 major war industries was lower than the same month last year. And that's despite lighter employment in some plants. The WMC also reveal* that employment stabilization control* now are operating in every major production area More Ilian 30,<ws» vetenAis of the first world war have their own solution to the problem At an American Ix-gion pre-conventton caucus In Hollywood, they adopted a resolution calling for the drafting of all eligible women between J* and 45 The resolution also aek* for legislation putting all physically nt. honorably diachargITurn Tn P*S» X. Column *) - t( File Delegates To State Conventions Delegates To State Conclaves Unopposed Delegates to the Democrat and Republican alate conventions are unopposed in the primary, toe slate* being filed Sa'urday by G Romy Bi»rly. chairman for th»Democrat* and Cal F Peterson, i hairtnan of the KepublicaiM. Eauh party ha* nine delegates to the ousts convention*. Tho*e named I and the district* represented by them follow Drawcrat: Hanael Foley. Pr«4»le district ?; Mrs J A. !a»ng. Geneva 8. Rue S’rayer. Monroe. 6. Edward Bleeke. Decatur. 4: Grover E Neu eusebe u< ter. Berne. 3; Frank I* Hetatel' and Max Schafer, district 2. Jud»e J Fred Fruohte and Huher M tfoVoa*. district 1 Repuhlban Cal F P*ter*on. di*trkt 1; John "M Doan. 2. Homer D Lower. 3. Ralph W Rice. 4. Ban McCullough •; True Andiww*. d. Menno Burkhalter. 7. Amo* Burk baiter. •; Harold T Helda. • Ten signatures wore required on eech application irking for stmointmen, a* a d*i*C*t».

Negroes Right To Ballot Is Upheld Supreme Court Rules In Favor Os Negroes Washington. April 3 tl'l’i The supreme eouit lias ruled that ll<-groes have a const it Ut tonal right to vole in state pi itnari<*. The eight-toditU' decision wa* handed down today, with justice It I delivering the court's majot I’y opinion and justice Robert* the Jone dissenter Tile case was a direct result of the Texas into primaries. A negro lamnie Smith. «barged that the; Texae Democratic party had been denying suffrage to til* ra< e in violation of the constitution "solely Ikcame of race and coloi .‘•'mith sued t<w« election judges, asking damage* mid a judgment affirming the right of negroes to vote iii Texas primaries. The federal district court at Houston and th- federal court of appeal* both refused to rule in Smith's favor. And the case wa* argued twice before i in the supreme court Wore today's verdict was handed down. The court overruled u previous doctrine to reach the verdict. The majority opinion said that th*' Texas Domociatlc (tarty has no right to make rule* governing elec Hons, and that the state Itself ha* made no law violating the voting right* of negroes Production now . a* well a* court nows provided the headlines from i Washington today tmerli an plane production broke all records during March. Aircraft production < hiof Uharle* E. Wilson aiinouii'i* that S.ID plane* rolled (Turn To Page J. Column 7) <> Melchi Funeral Is Held This Afternoon School Dismissed For Funeral Rites Funeral *ervic- « were held this afternoon for .M ix Ed*on .Melohl. 13-year-old son id Mi and Mrs Eugene M* h-bi. who ili'-il Friday lilgllt ot injuries suffered ill an unusual aacfdvnt during a physical education clas* Weduawday after noon. The tHidy was taken to to* Church of G<»d a' I ) o'-lie k this afternoon, where hundred- of school children paid their final trilaute The Decahin junior-senior high! *< bool » a* dtomissed thi* afternoon ; ito permit students to attend tin- ■ funeral Services Were held al 2:30 o'clock, with Rev Glen Marshall, pator. dMi'iating. aseieted lay Rev I Carey II Mosa-t of toe Firwt Itap H«t church Burial wa* 1n the lie catur cemetery. Mantoer* trt the Junior high school taaeka-tiaal! team, ot which young Melchi.»a* a member, acted as paille-arers These squad m«l---her* were Hdbert Haley, Ronald Hill. Bru<-e Batighn. Rarfaert McAlhany. Raymond le-hman. lairen Brentlinger. than Freelay. Bill Kingsley. Dick McConnell. Lawrence Scott anal Albert Andmwo. Reserve tneinla«-r* of the team served as flower laoys. O Former Local Lady Dies At Hammond Mr* Francis FsrreU. Ml. former well known resident here, who died at her home in Hammond Friday, wa* buried thia afternoon with funeral services there Mr* Farrell re<dd«M here many year*. Her hu*taand wa* a prominent stock dealer and later engaged in the grocery business They M here about 40 yeans •<<» Rurviriug *ro three daughters Mrs Georgia La*h*r ot E! Monte Calif Mr* Martin Amo»* ot Hammond and Mis* Pearl, at home, and on* eou. (Nek o< Dsn rUto TH Mr Farrell died a number of years ago

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Molotov Declares Soviet Russia Has No Designs Against Rumania Territory By rnlied Press The Ruslan* are streaming aci.es the Imrder into Rumania along a 165 mile front One force Is driving westward across the middle Prut toward Jassy seven miles beyond the rlv< r Ja*«y, a big Rumanian tall junction, h being threatened directly It Is thi* force. Marshal Konev's second Ukrainian army, which a week ago reached the Prut river boundary of Rumania above Jassy after a drive through Bessarabia. On the north-rii iiorder of the Rumanian front two other Soviet column* have advanced five miles beyond the boundary to capture Dtltnen These forces are advancing southwestward into Rumania proper from the CernatiH area. There are unconfirmed reports from Moscow which say Hie Red army already has set up headquarters in the Balkan country and established regular ferry rrosj Mings over the Prut. A Pravda newspaper correspondent gives a dramatic account of the Red army surge onto enemy soil He says panic-stricken Nazi troops Jammed the ferries, so overloading them that many turned over and sank They swam for their lives and were forced to abandon their guns and tanks. There was such panic in the Nazi ranks, according to the Soviet war corivspondent* that German officer- had to turn guns on thetr own troops to try to restore ord-r. After the Russians had established thetr bridgeheads, the Inhabitant* of the Rumanian villages began streaming home from Hie for. ts where th- y had hidden The first word the Red army lihil crossed into Rumania came from foreign <(imnil»sar Molotov lu announcing the move, tin- first time In th< war that Soviet triwip* hale gone lieyomi what Moscow it fines as Russia's proper liorder*. Molotov made it clear that the Soviet union Ita- 110 designs on Rumanian territory He said the mam object was tn rout the i-nerny arinh-s. lu Washington diplomatic and congressional critics hall Molotov - statement as one that may spi d collapse ot Germany's Balkin flank. gecietary of state Cordell Hull ha- told reporters that the United States had been infoinied In advance of Molotov's statement. Hull *.iid the iKilittcal assurance* which the -tat- merit contain* -hould help Rumanians see that I their own ultimate interests will I Turn To l*a<« t. Column T) Bluffton Man Files For State Assembly Mead Candidate On Republican Ticket Bluffton. Ind. April 3— (Special) C S. i Budge i Mead. «f thia city, Saturday afternoon filed hi* declaration of candidai y for the Republican nomination as joint state representative from Adam* and Well* counties Mr Mead » a partner in 'he ownership of the Specialty Development Co., a Bluffton industrial concern. and wa» recently elected president of toe ('hstniwr of <"n«nmerce. Abo. at the presen' time he Is serving a* community service director for the office price administration and ha* for many year* been prominent in civic affairs A graduate of Indiana university in 1332. M«wd was employe J for one year with the Hh.-I! Petroleum corporation with headquarter* ib Indianapolis Later, he was advertising manager for the Meyer drug •tor* chain in Fort W*yn». After •ervtag aaven yuars. h* left the organ list ion to form hi* own concorn at Biutfton Mr Mead who M U V*an oid. (Tur* T« Pag* 1. Coinm T)