Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 42, Number 120, Decatur, Adams County, 19 May 1944 — Page 1

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Given Prison Term r 1 | $ LIE wb IT’ ■ Hetty Jean Williams, 19-year-old Fort Wayne girl, has been sentenced to serve a 1-10 year sentence at the Indiana woman's prison for strangling her five weeks old sun. 62 Leave Today For Pre-Induction Exam Contingent Leaves Here This Morning Sixty-two men left Decatur this morning for Indianapolis to take pre induction physic al examinations under selective service. In addition to these men, four conscientione objectors went to Indianapolis for final type examination before being sent to a work camp. One man scheduled for examination, Delbert Eugene Runnlou. failed to report and will be reported aw delinquent. Wayne Deryl Hinchman, former Hartford township basketball coach, now located at Winchester, was leader of the group, with Jack Edward ffchnepf. of north of Decatur, as awefstant leader. Joaeph Warren Glohig. assistant superintendent of the Decatur works of the General Electric company. was included in today's group, as transferred from the draft board at Schenectady. N. Y. The majority of men In today's contingent are 2fi years of age, and their active induction, if accepted for service, will be postponed under the latest rulings of selective service. The contingent was delayed for mofe than an hour thbt morning by the breakdown of one of the two busses used to transport the men to Indianapolis. A repair man was called from Fort Wayne before the group could leave. The complete list of today’s con(Turn To !'*<• I. Column I) 47 Allied Officers Die In Escape Effort Killed By Germans After Mass Escape Ixindon. May 19— (VPI-Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden told commons today that 47 RAF. dominion* and Allied air officers were shot to death March 2« by the Germans after a mass escape from a prison <atnp. The list of slain officers com-. prised 25 of the RAF. six Canadian. three Auatrallans. two New Zealanders, three South Africans, one French, four Poles, two Norwegians, and one Greek. No Americana were Included. Asked whether he would "make It clear that the German govern inent Itself is responsible under provision* of International law, Eden replied: "that la certainly our position.” Other sources said If any of the men were shot while they were not resisting, that would violate international law. and that Britons were under Instructions to surrender Immediately if caught and offer no (Tara To Puffs’A CeHuaa 4)

Allied Planes Resume Raids On Nazi Europe Berlin, Brunswick Targets Os Bombers In Renewed Attacks Isindon, .May 19 (UP)—A 1.600 plane force of American heavy bombers and fighters smashed at Berlin and Brunswick today to set the pace for a full scale renewal of the pr< invasion assault on western Europe after a fiveday lull caused by bad weather. About 750 flying fortresses and liberators, escorted by an equal number of lightning, thunderbolt, and mustang fighters, swept in over the heart of Germany and blasted the sources of supplies for Nazi anti-invasion armies massed lit western Europe. Other powerful formations of Allltd warplanes took up the nonstop shuttle parade across the channel, picking up the all-out offensive where it was broken off last weekend by stormy weather. The Berlin radio, giving the first tipoff on resumption of the aerial onslaught softening the west wall and its bases to the rear, said American bombers and lighters battled through stiff resistance to the Berlin .area. Two big bomber fleets converged on the capital from the west and norjhwest, the Nazi warning system reported, tracing their course over hundreds of miles of Rehh territory which Berlin described as marked by violent air battles. Taking advantage of clearing westher over the continent, wave after wave of Allied planes poured over the sunlit straits and by early afternoon the first of the official accounts of the new often- . give were coming in. One force of Allied planes staged a two hour parade over an east coast town. Residents said it was the biggest forma lion they had seen throughout the war. Coastal observers reported later (Turn Te Page <, Column 7) ■ O —— Seoul Camporee At Berne May 27-28 Scouts Os County To Attend Camporee Preparations are complete for the Adams county Boy Hcout Camporee, which will Im- held at Pine lake, west of Berne, on Saturday and Sunday. May 27 and 2H, with a preliminary registration period the evening before. Troops from this city and Berne will bivouac on the Scores of the lake and more than 100 Scouts are expected for the camporee. Scout leaders from this city, Including Lloyd Cowens, county chairman; C. C. Pumphrey, area executive; Clarence Ziner. Steve Everhart. Lowell Smith. Ton’ Smith. Harold Daniel. Avon Burk. Herman H. Krueckeberg. George Harding. E W. I-ankenau. W. Guy Brown. Harold Mumma, Felix Maier, and others will attend. L. R. Van Horn, of Fort Wayne, scout director for the Anthony Wayne area, will also attend and assist In directing the outing. A court of honor wifi be held Saturday evening and awards will be made. A fish fry for the scout leaders will be held after the Saturday night program. , The schedule for the two day event follows: Friday, May 26 6 to 7:30 p. m. — Check In — ■ demonstration hike. Saturday, May 27 6:30 to 8 a. m —Check In — '.Turn To Page 6. Column I) — ■ , —o i -— Julius Heideman Has Right Leg Amputated 'Amputation of the right Irg above rhe knee was performed on Julius Hetdoman prominent Washington townwhip farmer, at the Adavno county memorial hospital yesterday. He hsd been suffering from a toe Infection and gangreen had set in. He was renting fairly well thia morning, the attending physician stated. Mr. Heldeman's brother, H.mry Hehlmnan. died Usl weak.

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“Ike” Gets Morale ls>wdown ' mmh a'numWßßtMMem— ■— ub—m ’■BB®- ‘ >■ Il : wii fl x GEN. DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER, supreme Invasion commander, gets tn- lowdown on Gl morale from Pfc. .Marvin C. Thompson of Shelbyville, Tenn. Thompson is one of thousands of Allied soldiers set for “D"-Day and the huge attack on Hillers European fortress. Official I lilted States Signal Corps Kudiophoto

Graduate Exercises Held Thursday Night DePauw President Graduate Speaker "Resources for a day like this are physical fitness, trained minds, and faith In the future, and ihe greatest resources In any nation are young Urea." Dr Clyde IS. Wildman, prealdeut of DePauw University, stated In his address to the 74 members of the graduating class of the Decatur juniorsenior high school, and their relatives and friends, at the 63rd annual commencement exercises, held last evening in the school auditorium Dr. Wildman emphasised physical hardihood, from which thenmust he no *< viation In the postwar period, and the need for trained minds that know what to do with Information. •‘This Is a smart man's warhut in time of peace, education will lx- even more necessary to keep our democracy in working order," spoke l»r. Wildman, In ; urging young people to make the most of their mental resources He stressed the need for trained minds with original and Independ ent thoughts, necessary to cope with present day as well as post war problems. Dr. a forceful and dy namlc speaker, showed a keen, far-reaching Intelligence, capable (Turn To Page 1, Column II — 1 '■ o King Os Yugoslavia Dissolves Cabinet Move Seen As Bid For Tito Support (London. May 19 —(TW’l—King Peter II of Yugoslavia has renounced the prime minister and srttlne! of his govertMnent-in-exile and has named Dr. Ivan Subasic. formegovernor of Croatia, to form a new ministery in a move toward a reconciliation with Partisan leader Marshal Josip ((Tito) Brog, It wtm learned today. St trim sic. who returned to Britain thia month from the United States at the request of the king, agreed to replace Dr. Boxidar Purlch as prime minister and to form a new government on the condition that Gen. Druia Mikhallovltch would not be retained as minister of w»r, reliable sources reported. The government dismissal move was made by the King after weeks of consultationew |th British official* including, according to Yugoslav circles, prime minister Winston Churchill and foreign secretary Anthony Eden Yugoslav quarters said that the change In the government was a move to establish a regime acceptable to Bros and that it had been (Tara T* Pag* *> Column I)

- Phil Sauer Recovers From Spider's Bite Phil Hauer, street commissioner, is on t*he j»ri» again after several days Illness as the result of being bitten by a black spider. Phil wax working at Hanna-Nuttmau park last Saturday when he felt the'xplder. He knocked II offpnd went on with hix duties but In h couple of hours became ill and was taken home. He suffered terribly and finally became unconscious. The physicians administered antidotes by injection and he began to revive In a couple of hours. However, he wax Ho ill and sore ax a result that lie was kept at home several days. Q. — Important Height Seized By Russians Take Initiative On Approaches To Lwow Moscow. May 19 —(CPI- Re-1 army troops, seizing the Initiative on the southern approaches to ; Ijwow, have captured a height of "grrot importance" In a surprise attack southeast of Stanislawoar, the Soviet high command announced today. The thrust enlarged the springboard from which the Russians are expected to launch a xiMitmer offensive against southern Poland and Hungary. The Germans abandoned 90 dead and wounded in their reretreat. On a neiglvliorlnx sector, the Soviets killed nearly too Germans and captured 40 more In repulsing several enemy attacks. The Germans also attacked the Soviet, bridgehead on the west bank of the lower Dnexter in the attempt to regain positions lost the previous day, but fel Umck after losing 800 men and seven tanks In northern White Russia, three detachments of German infantry attempted a reconniasr.ance raid on Soviet positions southeast of Vitebsk following an artillery and mortar liarrage. The Russians held their fire until the enemy was within close range, then opened up a strong liarrage. The Germans left 60 dead on the battlefield and fled. -Planes <X the Baltic fleet air arm were credited with sinking a 3,000(Turn Tn Page 4. Column 4) O ■ - - Rev. Paul Chalfant Is Rotary Speaker Rev Paul Chalfant, Presbyterian minister of Peru and a former Indiana Rotary governor, spoke before the Rotary club last evening. (Rev. Chalfant gave a vocational talk on the ministry He said a tnlnlater bad a great opportunity to serve in the dispatch of hU various duties. He expressed enihualM” to ward his work and recited several instances which occurred In his life ss a pastor. Eno W. Lankenau. sup erlntendent of the General Electric plant, was chairman of the program.

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German Radio Says Invasion Schedule Upset Says Bad Weather Upsets Invasion Plans For Allies London, May 19 (UP) —The German radio said today that AngheAmerlcan armies of "unimaginable” size are massed in southwestern England for an assault on western Europe, but It asserted that the Allied invasion schedule has been upset by heavy storms over the channel area during the past six days. Lt. Col. Alfred Von Olberg. Transocean News agency’s military commentator. s<Gd In a broadcast that Allied land, sea and air forces have not yet reached the slate of maximum preparedneua for the invasion. He acknowledged that "enormous tension*’ still exists In Berlin over imminence of the Allied attack, although he insisted that he period of favorable tides in the channel already has slipped by. "A crossing of the channel and amphibious landing operations on a very large scale can hardly Incarried out in storms and torrential rains," Von Diberg said. 'Weather conditions such as have bein prevailing over the British Isles in the last six days have largely upset all strategic plans. Von Olberg said German labor battalions and civilian workers have rebuilt almost all of the damaged railway and road lines bombed by the Allied air fleets In their month-long preinvasion offensive atid that the element of surprise has been removed from the Allied invasion tint" table. Other Nazi broadcasters said Britain's ports were now "crammed to the bursting point" with men and equipment, and exiled leaders warned the Belgian people that .‘not much time remains" to prepare for their role in the invasion o ■ - — Few Deaths Occur In Evacuating Wounded Washington. May 19 (I'l’t Th j U. 8. array air force medical services ovwcuated 173,627 sick, wounded, and injured personnel bv plane last year with only 11 deaths occurring In. flight, the office of war Information 'oportod today. - Daring British Raid Nets German General Daring Coup Staged On Island Os Crete Cairo, May Iff— (UP) - A small party of British soldiers, in a daring raid on the German occupied Island of Crete the night of April 36. captured Maj. Gen. Hienrlch Kreipe. commander of the 22nd par.zer division, it was disclosed today. After a reconniasaance of the Nazi Crete headquarters and the general's persona! habits, the raiders slipped aehore after dark, stopped the general's unescorted car by waving a red light and re-emliarked With their prisoner after Inavlng a note of "thanks" tor German authorities. The raiders were led by a British major and a captain of the Cold•tream guard*. They land-d after dark at a point near Heraklion. German headquarters on the north shore of Crete, and later encountered Gen Krelpe's csr leaving the beadqauarters building for his villa in the Mila. The car stopped when a red traffic light was waved. British officers Informed Kreipe he was a prison (Turn Te P»«e I. Ceiaiaa I)

Auditor To Compile List Os Veterans Names Are Obtained By Tax Assessors r ._ County auditor Thurman Drew said today that he has not yrt received a complete list of the veterans of the various wars. Under a law passed at the last session of the Indiana legislature, each assessor is required to Inquire at every household as to the number, if any. of members of the family in lhe armed services or veterans of this or past war The lists are to bi- turned over to lhe county auditor this week by the assessors for tabulation. When completed, this list of veterans is expected to be the most accurate In the county. It is available only to the American Ig-gion, other veteran organiz. f Hons approved by congress, the state historical society or a local historical society. The American Leffion. at the present time, has spent considerable tim>- and effort in preparing a list which now contains more than 1.600 names. These are being printed In large sized type and will Is- posted on two boards being erected before the Legion home. The new list furnished by the county auditor can be used as a check. Il is expected there will be names on one of the lists which will not be on the other. Th<- auditor is required to put the names on card Indexes and to keep them classified. The auditor s list will show not only the veterans of World War II but also all other wars of which veterans are still living In the county. G. I. Bill Os Rights Is Passed By House Reduces Benefits Os Senate Measure Washington. May 19 - (UP) — The Senate today was expected to demand a conference with the house on the 'G. 1. hill of rights” which it passed two months ago and yesteruay received back from lhe house In considerable altered form. The house sharply reduced unemployment compensation bene fits from a maximum of 425 weekly for 62 weeks approved by the senate to it maximum of |2<i weekly for not more than 26 weeks. In addition, Il rewrote the senate's loan provisions, which prie vlded for a guarantee of loans for fnvestmeiH purimses ti|H Vo a total of |i woo, the money to come from veteran-' administration funds The house provided for government guarantee of 50 percent of loans up to 82,500 for the purchase or construction of homes farms and business property. Interest for the first two years would be paid by the government, and the loans would be obtained through private lending agencies Other major provisions of the house bill are the granting of a maximum of |s<M> tuition for four (Turn To Page I. Column 4) —— "O — Farewell Breakfast Is Held By Seniors 'Members of the 19(4 graduating cljss of the Dscntur high school •aid farewell to each other at a breakfast In Hanna-Nutuuan park this morning which Mncludad senior class activities. Breakfast wan served at 1:30 o' clock, class members attending the sunrise event. It was the final gathering of the 74 graduates who last night received their diplomas. A reception and dance wae held at the school, following the graduation | eiercieea.

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Allied Twin Drives Threaten To Turn Anchors Os Hitler Defense In Italy Allied Headquarters, Naples, May 19. (UP)-Defeated German forces were falling back In disorderly retreat on the lower Italian front today before American and French troops racing westward through fortifleations of the Adolf Hitler line. The German retreat approached, hut had not yet reached the proportions of a route. Yielding the right wing of the:r vaunted Hitler line, the Nazis were abandoning rich stores of equipment. Including the big guns of two entire divisions. Front dispatches revealed that American mobile forces were speeding westward beyond captured Form la In the coastal sector, and that the Germans had put the torch to Gaeta, which belched smoke and flame throughout the afternoon. Fanning out north and south beyond Formia on the ancient Appian way to Rome, lhe United States units wheeled around the Gulf of Gaeta coast toward the town of the same name at the opposite tip of the half moon arc. The prospective or actual abandonment of Gaeta was Indicated by the Nazi demolitions as they fell buck Into the Hitler line, putting up only token rear guard resistance against the American sweep. Reconnaissance showed the biggest buildings In Gaeta covering several block* aflame as the Nazis carried lhe scorched earth policy to its extreme, and American outriders pressed forward cleaning out lhe struggler* beyond Formia. On the fifth army front below the Llri valley, the disorderly retreat was characterized by the fact that the Germans were splitting up Into small units, each scrambling to save Itself, rather than pulling back as a whole by any pre-arrang-ed plan. Tie- enemy disorganization facilitated the rapid advance of the fifth army on a broad front, and leading French elements now were close to the Itrl-Pico road, the lateral route parallel to and behind part of the Hitler line fortifications. At the other end of the fast shiftlug battle line, the British eighth army was closing against I’ledimonte, northern bastion of the Hitler defense belt, and Aqulnio. three miles to the southwest. Thrusting to within 70 miles of Rome, American troops reached the outskirts of Itrl. one of tho main southern anchors of the Hitler line, in an advance of nearly five miles along the main coastal road from newly-captured Formia. The eighth army, swiftly exploiting Its capture of Casslno on Via Castllna, drove to within a mile and a half of Piedimonte. northern anchor of the Hitler line, and neared Aquino, another stronghold in the defense licit. Gen Nir Harold R. L. G. Alexander said the two Allied armies ware pressing the enemy “vigorously back against the Adolf Hitler line” as the Rotne-bound offensive went into Its second week, as much as 17 miles beyond its jump-Ing-off points In some sectors. "French and American troops of the fifth army have continued their drive across the mountains south of the Llri river and now are in contact with the enemy on hill features which constitute the southern bastions of the line," ths communique raid. The twin drives toward Itria and Piedimonte Indicated that the main Allied strength may be thrown into (Turn To Page 1, Column I) TIMPERATURI READING DEMOCRAT THERMOMETIR 6:00 a. m. 47 10:00 a. m. 55 Noon .. .. .. 06 2:00 p m. 74 WEATHER Partly cloudy tonight and Saturday; widely scattered thundershowers near Ohls river tonight; j somewhat warmer north portion Saturday.