Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 42, Number 119, Decatur, Adams County, 18 May 1944 — Page 1

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IASSINO FALLS TO TRIUMPHANT ALLIES

■Children bio Death Barm Fire Amen Arc Unable Wind Bodies In Bement Os Home ;in ' l Mr " -k. living oil the f.iun. two miles ,i-h .• Ohio. w.-rA con which destroy !■' .. .<1 iy afternoon ■■,.... of :lc-ii belies bad ,n tlio mini up to noon of the tragedy Eugene Hamrick, 22 age |K Ma I' Io- live month Old ■hr, dart'd when a leaky ■ 111 till' kitchen ex . to< fo|»'d the small hollo- as the ten year of ■ :■ Mi'-ti’* motliei Bonner, furiously ran a half mile to a farm 'he I'.U' iits were work ■»-< -plead quickly and ■» of the hoiiee fell to the Firemen, aided by vol parties have not any trice of the bodies, had I work ini; ■' 1 and Mrs. Ilamrfi k left just a few minutes be Msrini; the < liildren In the ■ of her ten year old-sister day meal wan being and the lighted stove ex- ■ F auth ally the ten-year - - help and exert effort to rea< it the par ■> house was a burning in although they tries! desto reach their children, ■e.- drove them back The Mid walls fell In and the ■ten' to the basement. one the miMt saddening ■h ever experienced in the Me community. services will be held at Mtsk Sunday afternoon at the ■loi’-d B eiiiren < hutch, but ■ doubtful if remains of the Mile* would be Obtainable for ■gotlf-r is a daughter of (iuy ■of Markle and the father's M lite In Terre Haute. The ■-f th*- flic were their only ■ Hamrick farm li located a ■dt'tante from the Adams ■isdiana state line, lion Will ItF.D.R. fchteen Delegates ■ c Uninstructed Marton. Msy U — (ftp) _ ■f >rillln3 ' 14 *Pllt delegation to national convention discounted here today as M 1 ,0 President Ronxevelt'j ■ 1 J** Miwed the partly Million against the ad- ■* “• might make Smith Car■“"key state In a cotmervaeffort to obtain ■ /’* of the convention bwoI ‘ snd to Mock the renomrke President Henry A, B ■‘'’nth Carolina DemocnMlc B,, 011 J"»’*rday picked 36 ■ to cast the state’* 16 1 ’ next July. The K Lei un| n*tructed and is K,,,. ** n Pf”- nnd antiE , n ”’ n T* l * convention InM!Ml,neß te by adopting ■ _endorsing a limit of ■ bt>U^ r UP ° n th?! l j* l,ta ' OC * 1 ehanged aEL** **° a " Ok,ahf »«« B for * h * r * • n *’ ni< ’< nit canJllMiZT’* Won ‘ r of another Re fc ”• That »M followed L J* • l «n'flHint rrnamlnaKs rL Lto l* r ~m‘ n A, “ ‘ p,nn ”‘ r ‘ DFia in KL i ,*he Admlnisl ration's EL J ha *°“ th w«»atatak" f**a £X W,,,C * howln * ► fin?. rnla Primaries la EJJ 0 ; "> stiffening the ada “T comproK™J* at Chicago on the Ihs •• a idea presidential

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Mate Killed Her? (Josh, No! Mag .... ,'yj| Bl 4Br jsom COM’tSSES 1] -'‘■-i'-'s - . M : ‘ ' -“Ss-aW*”' ~j| PVT. JOSEPH F llidliiig-worih of Canton <).. told Colorado Springs Colo., police h< choked his wife to death in a Seattle hotel in March He even signed a conf.salon saying h< had hid hei body in a trunk near Olympia. Wa h. Imagine the surprise of authorities In Seattle when they found Mrs. Hollingsworth very much alive Imagine her surprise, also, when sh.- read In the papers, as above, of het ’'death” by her husband's hands. Chief I. H Bruce of the Colorado Springs police department said Holling-worth concocted tlie story because of domestic troubles. *

War Loan Meeting Here Next Week County Pions Will Be Mode Tuesday Plana for conducting th<* Fifth War loan drive in thia county, starting June 12. wi’i he made al a county wide meeting at the American legion home in this city, next Tuesday evening, member* of the general committee of the war bond stuff announced today. J, Dwight Peterson. of indianaie oils, alate vice; hairman, will be the principal epeaker at the meeting Charlea Rueaching, president of the Lincoln National bank, Fort Wayne and Orville Maxfield, district chairman in charge of the drive, will also speak. A motion picture taken on one of the battlefronts will be shown to the group Letters have been sent by T. F. Graliker, county chairman; Karl Caston, vice-chairman and Dean Byerly, county agricultural chairman to bond workers in Decatur. Herne and all the township volunteers requesting their presence at the rally. Adams county's quota for the Fifth War loan Is $1,473,800 and since the county has not fallen down on any previous drire, the (Torn To Pag* S. Column 4) o— — Berne Lady Leaves 193 Descendants Berne. May M — (IT) — Mrs. CatheHao Numsbaum Hatbegger, 82. died yesterday leaving 193 descendants. They Included four sons, a daughter, 61 grandchildren. 125 great-grandchildren ami two great-great-grandchildren «he was the widow of the late John 11. Ilaltegger and wa., Irnrn in Rwitxerland. lAugust 3. 1861, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Nwrimum. Funeral services will ba held Friday afternoon at the Missionary church. Burial will lie made in the Amish cemetery, northwest of here. — O TEMPERATURE READING DEMOCRAT THERMOMETER •:00 a. m. 10:00 a. m 81 Noon 63 2:00 p. 84 WEATHER Partly cloudy tonight and Friday; thundershowers In north and widely scattered thunderstorms in south portions tonight, clearing in north tonight and In central end southeast portions Frldgy.

Red Army Expands Dnestr Bridghead Moscow. May 18— (VP I -Red army troops, taking advantage of heavy German losses on the lower Dnestr river In Bessarabia, pierced the enemy line at several points yesterday to expand the month-old Russian 'bridgehead on i the west bank northwest of Tlra- , spot, it was announced today. A Soviet communique also dl« . closed that ground forces made , small gains in strikes from their 1 Hies southeast of Stanislawow. In 4>u«heasteni Poland, ahd sfan long range bombers carried . their aerial offensive on German i communication lines Into the sixth . successive night. Board Members >1 Named By Judge ) I Review And Tax Board I Members Appointed i Judge J Fred Fruchte today nam- ■ ed the two members of the Adams ' county board of review, which will convene June 5. in the county com- ■ mlss'oner'a room in the court I house, for a 30 day session i The two appointees are: Mrs. i Luella Ellsworth. Democrat and L. A. Graham. Republican, both of this city. Three county officials serve on the board by virtue of their office. They are. Thurman 1. Drew. auditor; Roy L. Price, treasurer and Ernest J Worthman, assessor. Judge Fruchte also named four . members to the Adams county tax adjustment board which will meet next September, to inspect the budgets of the various government units and to make changes In the . tax levies. If necessary. The api*olnh«d members are: George M Krick, former mayor of Decatur; Alva Nichols, shoe dealer of this city; C. H. Muselman, publisher of Berne and Harold Fields, salesman from Geneva. Other members of the board who servo by virtue of their office are Mayor John B. Stulls of this city; Dean Byerly of the Adams county council and one representative from the township trustees Fourteen duties are listed for the county board of review members. The chief purpose is to check assessments and valuations and to make whatever changes or equalixat lons they deem necessary. Tin board will also hear complaints of any taxpayer on his assessment and review all valuations as made by the assessors. Omitted property can be added to the assessment roll and mistakes corrsttod by the board.

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Plenty Os Food Is Predicted In Months To Come 1908 Was Last Time ( Nation Ate As Much Meat As In This Year Washington. May 18. — (UP> — The agriculture department today forecast abundant supplier of most foods for the nation In the next few months, but warned that shorter rations of some Items may be In prospect toward the end of the year. The nation is eating more meat than at any time since 1908, coneuining steaks, chops, and other cuts at a per capita rate of 155 pounds a yestr, the department reported. However, It said, average consumption for the whole year probably will drop to 145 pounds—which Is still eight pounds more per person than In either of the first two war years. During the spring and early summer. the department said. |>otatoes and eggs will continue to be abund ant, supplies of fresh vegetables and fruits relatively large, and cheese, chickens, oils, and butler mor" plentiful than In the early monthu of 1944. The survey reported civilians probably will consume four percent more sugar this year than last In February, the war food administration had announced civilian supplies would be six percent smaller. On the darker aide, the department predicted a curtailment of 15 or 20 percent in supplies of canned fruits and vegetables. This will be ttgaet to a great degree, it said, by Increased production of fresh produce. During the closing months of 1944, the department estimated, supplies of poultry and eggs probably will fall below the record quantities consumed in the corresponding period last year. Milk consumption Is expected to stay at tho 1943 level, but smaller | qits&tilifw of cream, cheese, and condensed and evaporated milk are in prospect, according to the department. The non-alcoholic beverage outlook Is bright, with 15 percent more coffee. 20 percent more lea. and 26 percent more cocoa now Indicated for the year. Civilian supplies of butter are likely to be "at least as large" In rTnrn To Pose I. Column 8) Soldiers Exempted From Tax Payments Indianapolis, May 18 — If you have received a letter from the Indiana gross income tax division requesting Informal lon as to why a memiier of your family, now In the armed forces, has not paid gross income tax for 1913. don't become too upset about it. Many Indiana citizens have received these letters and are wondering why the tax department is asking for tax payments from military personnel when they are exempt under the gross income tax law. Military personnel is exempt from being taxed on military pay and tax payments on any other type of Income are deferred uptii six months after discharge from the armed forces, under the gross income tax law, If you received a letter regarding unpaid tax and the p> raon to whom It is directed is In the armed forces, please make a note to that effect on the letter and send it back. When It Is known a person Is In the armed forces, there will be no further processing of his or her file and the file will remain In status quo.

City Subscription Rates Effective Monday, May 22. the price of the Daily Democrat hv carriei in Decatui and adjoining additions, will he 20 Cent* per week Single copies 4 cents (Same price will prevail at the office and news stands) The increase is necessary primarily because ot higher production costs and secondarily to hold carriers to deliver the paper. The turnover in carrier boys is nearly 80 percent monthly, which makes efficient delivery a problem. Part ot the increase will be shared with your carrier. x The Decatur Democrat Co. Pubis. Decatur Daily Democrat

Allies Score Burma Victory Japs Being Driven From Northern Burma Chungking, May 18—Il'Pl iAmerican and Chinese infantrymen stormed into the main Japanese de-ft-iMU-e at Myitkyina today after overrunning the Garrison's southern airdrome, and front reports indicated that tbe fall of the city, keystone of the enemy's position in Northern Burma, was imminent. Three colsimne of Brig. Gen. Frank iMerrill'a veteran jungle troops launched a coordinated attack on the city today, striking hind a shattering rnor'ar barrage. (Allied observers believed that the enemy, forced to disperse hie forces to meet the Lt. Gen. Joseph W. Stilwell's Mogaung valley offensive and the new Chinese thrust across the Salween river to the eaat. had only a weakened division left to defend Myitkyina. Destruction of the Myitkyina Garrison. military sources raid, would prdbuAdy mean the collapse of the entire Japanese position in northeMt Burma before the start of the Monsoon rainc now only a matter of days. Continue Bombing Allied Headquarters. Southwest Pacific. May 18. (VPI American Liberator and Mitchell bombers carried their obliteration offensive against the Japanese in the WakdeSarnii area off Dutch New Guinea through its fourth straight day Tuesday with an attack that started large Area, a communique announced today. The bombers also silenced a number of antiaircraft guns in the latent raid, which was concentrated on Wakde island. 110 miles west at the new Allied base at ijyllandla. and enemy installations at Maflin airdrome and Tor river on the adjacent mainland Far to the southeast, American outpost patrols contacted the Japanese along the coast 34 miles be(Turn To Paas 1. Column 4) —— O R. E. Glendenninq Reported As Fair It. F Gletidening cashier at the First State bank, who became 111 while at work Tuesday morning was admitted to the Adams county memorial, hospital today. His attending physician reported his condition as fair this afternoon — o — Strikes Continue To Plague Nation 74,000 Detroit Men Going Back To Work By United Press More than 74.000 Detroit war workers !»• gan to return to work Imlay after the Foremen's Association of America ended Its strike in automotive plants, but a transit tb-up was threatened at Cleveland and scattered strikes across the nation idled thousands o’ workers. The six striking chapters of the FAA voted to end the strike last night after the army air forces appealed for a resumption of production. Resumption achedtffea were drawn up by the large plants and full production was expected by Monday At Cleveland. 4,(MM> transit employes. members of the AFL Street Car and Motor Coach Employes union, voted to walk out at midnight Saturday in an attempt to enforce their demands for wage increases. Three thousand employes of the (Turn To Pn«s 8. Column I)

City Which Held Up Rome Drive For Four Months Is Outflanked

Nuns Freed By Conquering Yanks jriiin MwYwLw- W W Me B f'' ' ' - ’*'■ LIBERATED when I’. S forces undei Gen. Douglas MacArthur made a successful invasion at Hollandia. Dutch New Guinea these two nuns are assisted down the ramp ot a landing craft aftei thelt Journey front Hollandia to a real base. Th' nuns and 121 other missionaries wen freed after internment by Japs.

Diplomas Will Be I Awarded Tonight DePauw President Is To Give Talk Tin- 63rd annual commencement exercises of the Decatur juniorsenior high school will Ih- held in the seined auditorium at 8 o'clock this evening for the 74 members of the graduating class. Dr Clyde F. Wildman, president of D-'Piiiiw I'nlverslty. Greencastle will deliver the commencement address, using as his subject, 'Resources For a Day Like This." Dr. Wildman, noted edit cator and theologian, was dean of Cornell college and later a pro | feasor at Syracuse university b 1 for" being elected president of j DePuw in 1936 He is Widely) known as a teacher and lender of young people, and is in d- manti as u lecturer before church and school groups. Carl ('. Pumphr-/, president of the Decatur school board, will present the diploma to tile grade atlng class. Rev. William ('. Feller, pastor of the Zion Evang Heal and Reformed church, and Rev. R. R Wilson, pastor ’-of the First United Brethren church, will participate In the program. Special music will lie presented by the high school glee club Eight young in-it of the graduating class, who graduated al mid term last January, or who waived deferment, are already in uniform, und several others will be inducted into the army or navy next month*. Tin- parent's of the eight servicemen Will receive diplomas for their sons at the exercises. Those already in service are: Brice Brelner, navy; James Cochran, army; Orin N. Crider, navy; Keith Hammond, army; Alvin Rl< kord, navy; Don Springer, navy Vs} Melln Thieme, navy V-12; Robert Ray, navy. Principal W. Guy Brown announced today that classes at the (Turn To Pas* *. Column I) ——— r -.0 Ministers Re-Elect Rev. Carey Moser Rev. Carey R. Moser, pastor of the First Baptist church was reelected president of the Decatur Mlniateilal AMdclalion at the annual meeting of the body today. Other officers are: Rev. William Feller, pastor of the Zion Evangel leal and Reformed church, vicepresident . Rev F H. Willard, pas tor of the Evangelical church, secretary and Rev. D. W Patterson, pas'ot of the Union Chapel United Brethren, treasurer.

Bible Scool Is To Beqin May 29; Will Continue Two Weeks The community dally vacation Bible school, sponsored by the Iterator Ministerial Association, will be held again this year The school will start Monday. May 29 and continue for two weeks. It will be held In the Lincoln school Mrs Rii-e--ll Owens will bi- dean of the school Teachers are secured from the various churches. and classes will be provided for every age group from kindergarten to a high school class. Parents of the city an- urged to enroll their children in the school for tile two Week* of Wholesome Blhl<- instruction. Ask More Aid For Soldiers Unemployment Pay Increases Sought Washington, May 18— llTl Th., congress of industrial organisations today charged the house veterans committee with trying to pass a "G I hill of rights" which Is "unworthy of tin- sacri- . flees of our servicemen anil women " These charges, levelled by Nathan Cowan. ('lt* l-gislatlve representative. were forwarded In , letters to all members of the house of representatives as d'bate on the measure continued for tin sixth day Cowan called upon the con gresrmen to "return to the senate version" of the bill In voting on the omnibus veterans lenefN measure. Ills attack was directed particularly against th" unemployment compensation section of the rewritten bill which slashes payi rnent of benefits from a maximum of |25 weekly for 52 weeks to a maximum of |2O weekly for 26 weeks. Thus far the educational section of the bill has stirred the greatest controversy, with the house education committee grads uallv gaining ground with amend(Turn Tn Ps»» X. CMtMM BULLETIN Washington, May 18—(UP) —American airmen on Tuesday blasted widely separated Japanese bases In the central Pacific, including Wake and Nauru islands, probably sinking a 10,000 ton enemy tanker I and a cargo whip, the navy announced today.

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Many German Troops Are Killed Or Taken Prisoner In Battle Allied Headquarters, Naples, May 18 tl'Pi The British eighth army Imlay captured ('assitto, most formidable German stronghold on (lie road to Rome, scoring the greatest victory of the new Italian offensive in a brilliant outflanking maneuver. A special communique announced the capture of Casslno and the nearby monastery hill and said that a "substantial portion" of the first German parachute division was destroyed In the six day battle after iiesng trapped by a piners movement. •'The Gustav line south of the Appennines now has ceased to exist," Gen. Sir Harold R. L. <l. Alexander's communique said, in announcing the Casslno victory even as French troops to the southwest were slashing (hrough Erperla Into the Adolf Hitler line. Large numbers of German troops were killed and more than l.atto captured in the battle for i Casslno, the powerful bastion astride the via Caslllna to Home where the Allies had been stalled for four months With the launching: of the new Allied offensive last Thursday night Polish troops battered down behind Casslno from the north and British forces struck up from tU» south to clamp a pincers on the stronghold and forestall German plans for a withdrawal to the Adolf Hitler line. Trapped by the closing pincers in lite last 24 hours of violent fighting the bulk of the Nazi defenders were killed or captured In the final onslaught. The first Nazi parachute division. cream of the German army, lost more than half of Its lighting strength in the battle. In addition. one regiment of the 15th panz-r grenadier division and the 376th regiment of the 305th Infantry division were badly mauled. For two data II had been evident that the German position at Casslno was ie-i-<miing untenable ami that the Nazis were arranging ’<■ withdraw If !he->lghth army had elected to make a frontal attack on ('assino, the Germans could have Inflicted heavy ca-iialtles and then withdrawn in orderly fashion Instead Lt. Gen Sir Oliver l.'-'si- chose the outflanking and squeeze maneuver In a hid to trap the German defenders. The turning movement south of Casslno cut the via Caslllna and "the German command once again has been too slow in effecting a withdrawal from a strategic position." r. spokesmat'. said London. May 18. —(UP>—Germany's anti invasion command wau summoned to an emergency meeting at supreme headquarters in France yesterday, the l-ondon ■ tally Mall said today, and Marshal Erwin Rommel warned that ' an Allied landing "may begin at i any moment now." • German torpedo Imais operated in strong force off the English '.Turn To Pass 4. Column •) 1 -O - — ■ Plowing In Indiana Slowed By Weather As Rains Continue 1 Indianapolis, May 18. — (UPI — The Indianapolis weather bureau said today that while condition* Im--1 proved during the week ending ' Tuesday, much of the ground In ’ Indiana was st ill too wet for plowing and planting In Its weekly summary of Hoosier crop conditions, the bureau said that garden work was very active ' with early garden crops doing well. Many tomato plants were set out during the week. Prospects for strawberries and respberries were favorable, the bulletin said, while favorable weather put alfalfa, clovers. pastures and gasses In very good to excellent condition. However, there wa* some delay In planting corn and soybeans and the bulk of the oat crop was late. Wheat was making goml progress and was |n good condition, it said, and rya was heading.