Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 42, Number 108, Decatur, Adams County, 5 May 1944 — Page 1

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Maj. James Stewart Serves At Aero Club vjb ak *■ A A ..., ■ * k-, EkdjE» U I J —la-. . ENLISTED MEN at the new Aero club in England are served by officers .Maj Jimmy Stewart right antir| r |eut r 7'ol ‘ r'li ’p K , n <! 7« J m'"t rlak ' - ,h,rd fr ' , " , rglhl ' Liheratm combat wmg anti Li ut. (ol R h I otts of Memphis Fenn , second from right Sergt James R Kelley of Pittsburgh la. receives coffee from Timberipk. as S-rgt R W McClure, left, of Washington o*o looks mt The club is ex.lusively sot I’nfed States servicemen imkxm. u t.. toons an.

38 Men Are Accepted From Tuesday Group No .Word Received Here On Draft Curb Thirty-eight men from Tuesday's contingent sent to Indianapolis for prednduction physical examination were accepted for arj£*'d service, the Adams county Kdective servlnboard announced today. Os the men accepted, 31 were accepted for army service and seven for the navy. In addition, one conscientious objector, Aaron P. Schwartz, passed his final tyi>e examination and will be assigned to a work camp. The seven men accef2»-d by the navy an- as follows: William John (’ripe, Luther Jay Singleton, William Carl Bauserman, Harold Dee Hakes. Brice Franklin Sheets, [siren William Kruetzman and Lelan A. Miller, l»y- latter a transfer frofll Cando. N. D. The 31 accepted for army service are as follows: Paul Shelby Wiseman, Carl Richard Bischoff. Jesse Leo Carpenter, Robert Merlin Tveple. Fred Ansi! Schelderer, Eli Simon Sprunger, Elton David Archer, Earl Ervin Buckingham. Richard U roy Stanley, Millard U-Roy Sprunger, Dale Roth, Garth Willard Anderson. John Nelson Edward Elmer Zimmerman. Law rence Elliot Rlum, Milo Habegger, Arthur Clarence Daniels, Arthur Gottlieb Cook. Paul William Zurcher, Arthur Leon Braun, Gerhard Anton Hugo Selking. Roger Daniel Monnier, Laverne Steiner. Kenneth Duane Chronister. Edward Lewis Hammond (limited service). Chester William Ray. Calvin Earl Bletler, Donald D. Stevens. Thomas Ralph Sprunger. Erwin C. Doehrman and Frelrick Doyle Mathye., ixiehrman wr, a transfer from Greenville. 0.. and Muthys from Muncie, Draft board officials stated that Lester Glen Burley, scheduled for examination with th*- May 2 group, and previously reported delinquent, had presented evidence that he was unable to take the examination because of a recent and (Turn To Pngs • Column •) p — < . Late Bulletins Washington, May S—(UP) The heuse today passed and sent to the senate the ways and means committee's individual income tax simplification bill which would relieve 30,000,000 taxpayers of the necessity of computing their taxes. New York, May 5-(UP)~ Mrs. Velvaloe Dickinson, Madison avenue doll dealer and former resident of San Francisco, was indicted by a federal grand jury today on a charge of espionage, an of fenso that carries the death penalty In wartime. "Thia women reported the movements and repairs of battleships after Pearl Harbor to the enemy,” United 010100 attorney James B M. McNally told federal Judge William Bondy to whom the Indictment waa handed up.

Decatur Rotarians Organizing Potato Club With Youths Mi-mbi'iv* <if th*' (Rotary club are attempting io organize a. potato club, each member being expected to select a 411 club worker ’or boy or girl between the ages of 10 and ®. to grow a plot of potatoes this year. Arthur D. Suttles lx chairman of the committee, assisted by L. E. Archbold, county agent, who Is drafting a set of rules. The Rotarian is expected to contact a local youth and make arrnngrtnetite for the planting and growing of the the youth receiving most of the crop for hid' efforts. The Rotarians will furnish the seed potatoes and the fertilizer Th*- persoKal contact and ruralurban relationships between the 'Rotarian and th>- farm youth is one of th)* objectives back of the movement. o British Bombers Hit Afßudapest Yards Fury Mounting On Italy Ground Front Allied Headquarters, Napiea. .May 5. (I’P) .Medfterraneandianed Hritleh In mihers. striking deep [j*,to Nazi 'Europe tor the second .straight night, buttered Ihe Budapest railway yards before dawn today as Allied and German troops and. artillery battled with Increasing fury ots the land fronts below Koine. 'lntensifying their campaign to smash th? chain of Axis ran lines feeding down to the Italian battle- . fronts. RAF Halifaxes and Wellingtone dropped scores of blockbusters and hundreds of Incendiaries on the Budapest yards in what preliminary reports Indicated wax a highly effective attack. . •It was the four'll nigh* raid of the war on ihe Hungarian capital and followed a similar assault early Thursday on the sprawling freight yards In Bucharest. tlennan fears that a major Allied laud offenaive was Imminent were reflwfed tn furious Nazi patfbl at(Turn To Page I, Column 4) 0— —— Truck Stolen Here Reported Recovered The truck stolen form Clarence Osterman, proprietor of the Sanitary Fruit Market In this city, has been recovered at Greencastle, Sheriff Leo Gllllg announced today. This makes the sixth car or truck stolen from Decatur and vicinity iu three weeks, all of which have been recovered. • The truck was taken from Its parking place at Willow Bend Wednesday night along with 1300 from the cash registers of the Hoblß Fruit Market, managed by Glen Ihlbllt. and the dining room managed by Mrs. Tony Schumacher. The money bus not yet been recovered The truck Is being held In Greencastle by authorities who reported the driver ran out *< gaa. Mr. Osterman waa to go to that city today .to return It. It was used by him In the conveying of fruit to hia market *

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Says Nazis Ready For Long Warfare District Meeting Os Legion Is Held Here "Germany Is prepared for seven years of defensive war and the morale of its people is still higrt,” Manin V. of Middletown, Ohio, national OLte-commander of 'he American Legion, told approximately 500 parsons attending th*fourth district of the American Legion at the Legion home in Decatur Thursday night. Mr. Coffey went on to say that the German people are convinced that the American flMObs are being destre/ed l>y bombs. He said that news reels of the tornado at Cleveland, 'he fire at Lox Angeles, and other similar cataxtrophiex are being shown in Germany wlih comments which giv>- the impression that th)- damage is coining from German bombs. He gave figures of th*' costly efforts to date to defeat theemmy and ■ waqg>ed against o*2'l' optimism. ° Preceding ihe meeting, a dinner was served from 5:30 to 7:30 o'clock to 350 guests The meeting startup at X o'clock. Eighteen of 21 posts in the district were represented. Other distinguish* d gijpstSj,were Dean Bechlol. jif Garrett, department'cotflinander of Indiana; Henry Siebenmark, northern vicecommander, both of whom dlscussed the business, of the stat)Legion. Red Maxton, of Indianapolis, a past d* partment commander of Indiana, and Mrs. Anna Davis. of Albion, president of the Foigrth District auxiliary, were introduced. Th*- latter was pre(Turn Tn I’sso 2. Column 2) 0 Area Coal Advisory Committees Named To Determine Needs For Additional Coal Washington, May s—(CPl—Secretary of the interior, Harold L. Ickes, today a list of appointments of area adrvixory committees who will assist the solid fuels administration for war In determining which areas need additional coal next winter. Ickes said these committees will assist consusnens and will serve without compenation. "The most careful planning is Heeded to sucure a fair distribution of the available supply of solid fuels among all domestic consumera.” Ickes said in letters advising memtiers of (heir appointments. Those appointed from Indiana Included : Area Three iHenry F. Berning, Walton Coal, Fori Wayne. Royal D. Clapp. Colurmbla Grain Co.. Columbia City. James H. Dawns. Downs Coal. Wtibaaii. Howard McMinn, B. A M Coal Co.. Peru. William M. Coady. William M. Cosdy Coal Co. Kokoeno

House Votes For Probe Os Ward Seizure Subsidiary Plant In Springfield Is Closed By Strike Washington. JL>y 5 • (i'Pi ' The house voted overwhelmingly I lodaf !•» Ahvestlgate the Montgomery Ward Ar Co. case. The vole of 300 to Go followed spirited debate in which administration supporters manifested ini-1 erest mainly in tiie firm's resistance to the government while Republicans were concerned chiefly With the exercise of executive power involve*) in federal seizure of the company's Chicago propertied. The vote was on a resolution by Hep. friaries w Dewey, R . Illproviding a special seven-member house committee to investigate the seizure in which Montgomery Ward president Rewell Avery was forcibly removed from the premises. The senate previously had directed its judiciary committee to inquire into all phases of the matte.*. Administration leaders who first opposed the resolution later supported it &fter tin- scope of the proposed Investigation was broadened to include an Inquiry Into the company's long history of defiance of th*- war labor board. Work Stoppage Springfield. 111., May s—ll'l’l Government seizure of a part-war production plant of the Hummer manufacturing company, subsidiary of Montgomery Ward and Co., Chicago, was suggested in a motion adopted by plant employes following a plant work stoppage today. Between I**o and 450 employes are involved in the stoppage, according to plant manager John It. Kaxer who termed it a "strike" (Turn To Pace 2. Column C) Japs' Naval Chiel Is Killed In Action Japanese Announce Admiral Koga Dead B> I'nJU-d I’resff Admiral Mlnelchl Koga, sft. commander In chief of the Japanese fleet and one of the key commander. tn the seizure of the Philippines, was killed in action in March while "directing general operatons aboard an airplane" at the front a Japanese communique disclosed today Ills death followed by 11 months that of his predecessor, Adm Iso ruko Yamamoto, who planned and executed Japan's sneak attack on Pearl Harbor. Yamamoto also was killed in an airplane while "directing general strategy on the front line" In April 1943 Tokyo gave no clue as to the scene or circumstanc* s surrounding Koga's death other than that It occurred on the "front line," an Indication that his plane may have crashed In the central Pacific or over the Kurile stretching north from the Japanese home islands. Truk. Japan's main stronghold in th.- central Pacific, as well as other islands In the Caroline (Turn To Page 4. Column 4) 0 —■ ■ Rotarians Hear Talk On Child Delinquency The potent forces against delinquency are the home, church and school. Rev. J T. Trueax, pastor of the church of the Naxarene. stated In a talk before the Rotary duh last evening. Rwv. Trueax has followed the delinquency problem through personal contact with the juvenile courts in various cities, including Indlanapolio. *( "Parents are just as delinquent aa children." be said. "In fact, delinquency Marts with the breakdown of tha home." said the minister “Adam and Eve were delinquent when they disobeyed the law of God and their aon Caln was 'he first child delinquent,” he explained. The problem will akways bo with us, he said. Ja» tes L. Kocher waa chairman of the program.

Allied Bombers Battle Bad Flying Weather To Pound At French Points

British Launch Strong Drive In India Area Major Battle Is In FuM Swing; Report Fight Satisfactory Advanced Allied Headquarters, Kandy. Ceylon. May 5 tl'Pi British Imperial forces hove • launched a general counter-offen-sive lit the Kohima area of <t*ast<*rn India, a corfWnunique saiil today as tank-b d American and Chinese troops burst through She main Japanese defen.<es In Burma's Mogaung valley ami raced southward to within 1G miles of Kimaiiig Striking simultaneously from ail Hdes, powerful British ami Indian armored columns smash**! deep into the Japanese sieg.- arc around Kohima and brief official reports indicated that a major battle was in full swing on the outskirts of ihe city. Tiie Allied communique reported that the attacking imperial forces w* re making “satisfactory progress" in Hie opening stages of the offensive. Strong tank and artillery reinforcements were believed streaming into Kohima from the AssamBengal rail line at Dimapur, and the commitfilque iillieated that some British units were striking down into the Japanese real from the hills north of Kohima The bulk of an estimated 30.000 Japanese jungle troops that launched th*- Invasion <>f India in March w» re believed concentrated on ihe Kohima front, and a defeat there would end all enemy hope of winning an operating has*- in eastern India before the monsoon rains now little more than two we* ks off M-auwlille. Lt. Gen Josepli \V Stilwell's Chinese and American forces Ih-re reported moving swiftly through the lower eml of the Mogaung valley after routing a strong Japagx-se column tiiat hail held them up for four days at Inkangahtawng. is miles north if th*- enemy base at Kamaing. Niipported by American divebombing squadrons that dumped 15 tons of Immbx on the en*-iny defenders, Stilwell’s troops drove tjf- Japanese iu headlong retreat from Inkangahtawng Wednesday aft* rnoon Almost a liattalion of enemy (Turn To P*g« S. Column 4) Find Woman's Body In Express Trunk Sent From Chicago To San Francisco Isis Angeles, May 5 — (I'P) The body ot a woman in her mid thirties was found today, packed in salt and crammed into a small,, trunk sent here by express front’ 1 Chicago. Th** body was crouched in a kneeling position, with the ankles and wrists hound. The woman's dark brown hair i wan wrapped in curlers. Nhe wore only a pink girdle, brassiere, and bohlty socks. Salt had! turn spread over the entire body before It was wrapped In a sheet, but It wan In an ad-vaiq-ed stag*- of decomposition T4te trunk arrived at the rail way express office here last night. ■Express company repair clerk Eugene Blldeau noticed blood seeping from It and called police, who took it to the morgue The express company blip attached to the trunk noted It had been s*nt April 30 from Chicago by a "John Uipex” It wax addressed to U>pez In care of the express company office here. (Turn To Pago >, CeUiBR 7/

New Plan Announced For Army Furloughs Army Ground Forces Personnel To Benefit 1 1 —— * Washington. May 5. 4t,’l’> Th*- I war department today announced a * new plan under which army ground forc*-x personnel in combat i zones will be abb- to return t<Mbls country on nun-emergency leaves * ami furloughs. Th*- department emphasized, however, that the overall number ■ *>f men win* will return will not be ImreaKsl since tl»e key personnel 1 men whose Join made them "in a fhvasure" indispensable will b*- included in present furlough quota** They Will be allowed three weqjjp 1 within the I'nlted State In-fore returning to their posts. At present, not more than one percent of the military strength of any theater may In- returned in any month on leaves or furloughs. I'nder Hie new plan, men held to l*e "Irrepla*i-able" will In- grant ed furloughs and their jobs will be till*-*! only temporarily while they arc on leave. Ground forces |>eiw>nne| may now I**- granted leave* and furloughs under th*- following plant . 1 Th*- rotation plan which requires that personnel returned for leave and reassignment In- replaced by men of th*- same grad*- and military specialty. X* The return of men who need hospitalization, who ar*' to he discharged or thiMe compelled to com*- back for emergency reasons. 3. Th*- key personnel system which requires that men granted leave lie returned to theit job, al the expiration of the leave Soviet Planes Bomb City Os Sevastopol 'Heavy Losses' Are Inflicted On Enemy Moscow. 5 (t'l’i Large for* *-,; of Soviet bombers sent tons of bomb? trashing down on Ger man and Romanian troop jammed into Sevastopol Wednesday night, a Russian communique reported last night, in what may be a pre lude to the final Red army assault on th*' Crimean strpnghold Many artillery butteries were silenced by the rain of bombs, and I•• big tires w**r*- started among inilltjry dump- utjd in the railway Junction .it*-.* A number of eVplosions, including two large ones, w.i** observed. "Heavy Ineses" were Inflicted on the enemy, th*- communique said All plaiK-e. returned safely from the attack th*- 13th major raid carried out by the l(*-d air for*-*- on the central and southern fronts in lb nights. Russian planes abo bombed enemy troop concentraiiona on the Stanixlawow front southeast of Lwow in old Poland, shooting down ' 13 enemy aircraft in combat. The Germans atta<k*-d on a number of sectors on this front, but everywhere were thrown ba* k to their Initial positions with a total lons of nearly K<io men ——_—o — . Habitual Criminal Charge is Filed •An amendedgciffidavit has been filed in the Wells circuit court, charging Rissel Wist, alias Raymond W*«t. with Is-ing an habitual criminal. The original affidavit Charges West with grand larceny for the alleged thoft of a calf valued at 135 from the Fear farm near Petroleum last January, which Lx alleged Rvas sold at a public sals in Decatur. *The calf was recovered through a replevin action against the Van purchaser. West is now iu jail In Hartford City, awaiting prosecution on a felony charge. The affidavit alleges that Wes' was convicted ou two previous felony charges,

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American Invasion Forces Will Smash Into Europe With New Type Weapons z IxMidon. Muy 5 tl'Pi American and British bomber- battled through murky clouds and rain squalls to give German anti invae io-i defenses their 19th daily dose of explosive** today In a four-way smash ut the rocket gun coast and rail Lubs in France. Lt G*-tt. James H Doolittle'** eighth air force weather-constricted bombing par ad*- against Europe with a dawn attack on Pas De Calais All of the I'M) or x.o heavy bombers and Muxttipg fighter *-s* *>rt safely froCj) the attack, th*' fifth of the French Invasion ciuimt in five days. Tit*' German air Ihi* *' again failed to challenge th*' Liberators or tit*' llglitiT bombers which struck at th*' inland rail outers of Cambrai, Valenciennes, ami Somaln, France. Bad flying weather reduced the scale of th- day’s *-aily operations to scarcely more than s*m sorties by th- t#*ltcd Stat*’** and British air forces American-made 825 Mitchells and A 2** Bostons of the British second tactical air force cut fhiamgh rain storms to sina* k Cam bral. where workers still were ijy itig to restore important rati yard** rep4g.te*Uy disrupted In recent weeks by the offensive will'll wax < rj’-pling transport behind a wide rem h of the Atlantic wall. Ninth air force Thunderboll tight* «■ bombers hit the heavily blasted and equally vital rail centers *•! Valenciennes anil yards at Somaln. Resident** of the English ihannel coast were awak* JE*I at dawn by th*' r**nr of outgoing planes, some of which were visible above th*» clouds. The American dawn fl*-et passed In mid i hatiuel the last flights of British twin-engined Mo-**|Uito*s* returning from bi* ■buster night attacks on western Germany. RAF planes also mined enemy waters la»t night, and all returned safely. New Weapons London. May 5 il’Pi C H invasion for* *■** were told today that they will smash into Axis Europe with ft*-w type weapons never before tried In combat, and a Stockholm dispatch said the Germans expect at least one Allied for**- will land in In-nmark on the shortest rout*' to Berlin. Brig Gen. Henry II Hayler, chief ordnance officer of the f. H. army In the EUropa-an theater, wrote tn the army newspaper Stare and Ntiq.- the ids weapons, rest resenting* the best American military ni'len**' yet lias produced, wetv sent to Britain after being li'slxi thoroughly at proving ground- in the i'nited States. —'•. — 1 ■ (Turn To Page 1. Crj|tf*nn •) O — Party Chairmen To Be Named Saturday County Gpmmittees Organize In State Indianapolki. May 5 — (VP) — Congressional and state L-glslatlve racer, and battles for major county offices occupied the spotlight In Tunday's primary election, hut down In tn** loujly precincts there occurred .developments which had a direct bearing on political party futures in Indiana. The R.tioo precinct committeemen 4,000 Republicans ami 4.000 Democrats elected Tuesday meet In 92 county scats for IHI conventions tomorrow The committeemen. augmented by 0,000 appointed Vice committeemen. Will decide oil county party chairmen, vice chairmen and other oflli-ers. While county conventions will be mere formalities in some canntied, lust ditch flghte is** control will he waged by lutra-party factions In oth-rn Some fights Were waged openly at the polls between factions of Ihe same political party iTaru Ta Fads 4, CvLuuia 5). ,