Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 42, Number 143, Decatur, Adams County, 16 June 1944 — Page 3

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ma Elz.-y, nani.-n and contests were .•njoy.-d, and dellt 50.,, refr. .htnettf. were »o*rv<*d. The Ktwn Join Us o f lll( . Evangelical church will haV( . ~ |(j( .. nie al Hann.i-Nutinian park T,n,. day evening at six thirty o'clock Mr. and Mtw George hoop Ul , ln charge of the arrangements. Each family ie osk-d to bring a cover,.,! dish and sandwiches. Ihe St Mary's eoci.-ty W ||| meet a't the st. Joseph school lull Mon day evening at 7:30 o ’< lot k. The Young Cruxudent < l a . w end the ('. L W ( lass of the Evangel,, cal church will sponsor a rummage Bale tn the church basement thia evening from 5 until 9, a .td Saturday from !» to 12 o'clock. The meeting of the Decatur Home Economic ciq|, u-heduled to be held at the home of Mrs Wil haul Affolder, has been changed to ' the home of Mrs John Merger. 617 Winchcftter St. The meeting will ),>■ held Wednesday afternoon at oneforty five o clock, ami Mian Anna K Williams will give a canning demonstration. All members are asked Io be present. The Garden club will m»< t at th? home of Mrs. George Rentz Tuesday afternoon at wo thirty o'clock The assisting hosowq-s win f w Mrs Hd Warren ami Mie. Ed Swager. The ( atholic laidiee of Columbia will have a picnic in the shelter house at Haiina-Nuttnian park Tuesday evening at six thirty o'clock Each member is „«kfd to bring a cup and table service, mid those desiring transportation should contact one of the officers. Thcommittee in charge is Mr.i Joseph I Helman. Mrs Fred l iman Mrs I, A Holthouse, the Mimes Hornadine Hackman Rose Mary and -Mary Catherine Spangler, and Marjorie Kintz. A. J Smith, well known retired lumber dealer, ta reported improved after a several days illtiees. Th- now bridge ninth of Willshire on highway 49 is now opened for traffic It i* a two way drive. The frame dwelling on the Paul Dug.-on farm in Blue Creek township was destroyed by fire together with all the furniture. It was occupied by Beryl Bayer and family, who were away when the fire Blared. Mrs. Norman Kruse, Mrs. II N Shrull. Mrs. C E Bell. Mie Homer Reppert. ami Mi Maud Merriman ff* r f t 99

club calendar •oclety Deadline, 11 A. M. Phone* 1000 — 1001 Friday Red Croas Knitting Center, LeMion Home, i p n( Sunday ’■nltfd Christian Miaeionary soc- *• hrtetlan church auditorium. • •>" p m Monday Mary'B Society, .st Joseph •'tool. 7 30 p. ni Pythian Stater Temple, K. of p , ;jo p in Tueedty angel| ia J KlU(| J())n p* ■■tilt. Hanna-Nuttnnan park, 6'30 l> in '"’'nit' laid..* of Column, la . • mia Nultinan ehelter house ti 3o p. m 'harden Mrs George Rentz 30 p m Weoneaday l‘" .Hur Home Econom.ca cludi Mi* John Metzger, 1 45 p u > Thursday I • •byterian Ladies Aid, Church Parlors. 2:30 p m. will return this evening from l ranklin, where they have spent "•v past three days attending a hou-e party f l>r Indiana Baptist women. Mini Lybarger, Hoagland hanker, attended to business here this morning. Police officer and Mrs. Sephus Melchl and Mr. and Mrs Hubert 1 <(• hran ar- spending a week'w viicatioh at Lak* 4 Gnoigp yanks advance (ContlnuM From Fa<o |) last midnight The fall of La Haye Dn Puis would cut a secondary coaetal road from Cherbourg, as Well IB the railway and Inland highway, completely Isolating the port. Despite the American advance, there was no “major change" in any sector of the losmile beachhead perimeter, Gen. Dwight D Eisenhower reported In his 21st communique following a surprise visit yeeterday to the Britiah-Can-■idian portion of the front in comisiny with his deputy commander, 'air thief Marshal Sir Arthur Ted der. "All attempts by the enemy to gain the initiative have been frnstrated and counlerattacka have been repelled successfully," the communique said "Our stuking power growH steadily " The great armored battle southwest of Caen roared into its third straight day with neither side giving or gaining ground. Troaru, five miles east of Caen, remained In German hands, while Montebourg, at the northern end of the beachhead. had become a "no manta land” with Allied patrols penetrating at will while the German garrison reelst-d I non deep cellars reminiscent of Cassino. i A tleiinan DNB dispatch from Brussela said Caen hud been under uninterrupted tire from British warships since nuesday and now was ill complete ruins. American Infantrymen captured Quineville, four miles northeast of Montebourg and 15 miles southeast of Cherbourg, yesterday in a bayonet charge, giving the Allies a new beachhead at which to land men and supplies though the town Btill Today’s Pattern / 11l I */ fi I IM l r i f J i II i u IIIn 111 Fnl 7 lii'l/11/ij 9245 f F/ F/1 • 2-20 I Il I/I JO 4| MARIAN MARTIN Pattern 9245, redingote tun lined coat i of lovely simplicity. Perfect for its accompanying dress. Make in dark sheer or spun rayon. Pattern 9245 comes In sizes: 12. 14. 16. IM, 2<L 30, 32. 34 36, 3M, 4U, 42 44. 46. 48. Size 36. reditigote, 3% yds. 39-in Dress 2% yds This pattern, together with s mredlework patt-rn of useful and decorative motifs for linens and garments, TWENTY CENTS. Send TWENTY CENT* In coins for these patterns to Decatur Daily Democrat. Pattern Dept., 155 N Jefferson St., Chicago lg, 111. Write plainly Size, Name, Address, Style Number. Send FIFTEEN CENTS more for the .Marian Martin new and bigger Summer Pattern Book. 32 Pages, easy to make styles. Free pattern printed tn book.

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If MCLE Second Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster Awarded TSgt. L. H. Marhenke in Italy Fifteenth air force—T/Sgt. (xiuls H. Marhenke. 22, eon ot Mr. and Mrs Ed Marhenke of Rt. 1. Irecatur, Ind., has been awarded the second bronze oak leaf cluster for the air medal It was announced by 15th army air force headquartere In the words of the citation, Kgi Marhenke was awarded the cluster "for mfritorioiMi achievement in aerial flight while participating In sustained operational activities against the enemy." A waist hatch gunner, Sgt Marhenke ta stationed in Italy with a 15th AAF Liberator bondbardment group which has been bomtbitig German held targets in Europe A graduate of Decatur high school. Sgt Marhenke wau a m«nber us th- St. Johns Lutheran church. Sim Burk and Earl Colter have returned from Camp Atterbury, where they were guests ot the War department aud the Indiana Manufacturer's Außociation for the past two days. They wttneswed the mass reviww of the lutitb infantry “Tiger" divlslo on flag day, and also an eihibitlon of taciita and the utse of all supporting weapons of the division by the troopa. Pvt. Elbert Fuhrman, who recently completed a 3 month course at master gunner school. Camp Itavis, S. C., ta spending a 10 day furlough with hta mother Mrs. Lidia Reese of route one He will r*port to Camp l»uvta for further assignment after his furlough. o Adams County Memorial Hospital 'Admitted: Miss Ann Wuiliman. Bern* ■Admitted (and dismissed) J. M Brelner, Decatur route 2; Mi». Leo Workinger, Decatur route 6 •Dismissed: Mis* flloi la Anu Teeple, Bryant route 2; Miss huo gene Reef. Berne; Itrlbert Baker. Decaturo HITLER SENDS tceauaeoa rrta rw »• witnesses reported seeing tremen. dotis explosions high overhead , Many more fell with terrific ' impact on the countryside, and J preliminary report* Indicated that considerable damage and casual. Ties resulted Rescue squads still were digging through the wreck, age for victims in a number of southern districts thia afternoon Accounts of the bombing agreed on four major points: 1. The missiles travelled at tremendous speed: 2. All were equipped with bright tail and fuselag- light* which flashed off just befor* the projectiles exploded; 3. They gave off a trail of fire and sparks, apparently from ex. haust ga.-e*; 4. travelled a r-mark. ably straight course. Civilians in one coastal town said the robot bomba appeared to be painted black or dark brown and streaked across the sky with was within enemy artillery range. The Americans alao strengthened their positions northwest of Montebourg In the direction of Vaiognes, 10 miles eouth of Cherbourg. Richard D. McMillan. United Press war correspondent at the front, said the valley bounded roughly by Vlllers-Bocage. 14 miles southwest of Caen; Caumont. sevsu miles to the west, and TillyßurBeullea, 10 miles northeast of Caumont, had been churned into a scene of utter destruction by the I blazing armored battle. The fighting went on day snd night, with each aide throwing In all available strength In the knowledge that on the outcome of the battle will hinge the Immediate fate of Normandy. Both the British and Germans suffered substantial tank and Infantry losses, but the enemy's were higher. McMillan said. The Germans lost 12 out of 30 tanka and several hundred men In two futile attack* on a British-held height Four German Panzer divisions with a possible strength of BVO tanka were fighting In the sector. The American advance to the ap proache* of Nt Bauveur-Le Vicomte followed a threeinlle thrust west from Pont L-Abbe. Henry T. Gorrell. United Press war correspondent on the northern front, said the Americans were using Indian tactics in their thrust toward the highway and railway from Cher bourg.

I a shuddering roar. One man who iel) to the ground | when be heard tne blact of an exploding bomb was lifted to his feet and thrown several yards away by the concussion. In another area, a soldier on leave was lifted out of his hath, ntb and thrown into the sink. Two nurse* and a number of patients were Injured In a hospital that received u direct hit. The alarm began around II | o'clock last night and continued I throughout the early hours today, giving southern England it* long, est stand.io since the blitz of 1940.1941 German propagandist* broad, pasted lurid accounts of the new mystery weapon's deadly effect and declared repeatedly that the robot tiornb* were Hitler's retalia. tlon for the Anglo. American “terror" raids on the Reich. J AP INDUSTRY (Coatlnusd From Faas I) cently. Two B 29s were lost as the result of accidents, one crew of wnich is safe. This communique ta based on preliminary incomplete reports from the combat zone " “Most Successful" By Walter Rundle (UP War Correspondent) Advance Echelon, 20th U. 8. Bomber Command. Western China, June 16.—(UP)—A powerful force of 829 super-fortreases flying his tory's longest air-raid — plastered tons of destruction Thursday on the steel plants of Yawata. “the Pittsburgh of Japan." Returning crew members today jubilantly dewribed the raid as "most success fill." The crew men said the raid served notice on the Japanese that the Industrial heart of their empire is ■ marked for the saaie type of sys- ( tematic destruction that was heaped on the Ruhr. Our super-fortrewses set ablaze the Imperial Iron and Steel Mills, largest in the empire, whose blast furnaces and coke ovens produce one-fifth of Japan's steel. “It looked like we kixx kisl hell out of the place," Lt. Robert Winters, Wichita, Kan., one of the returned filers, eald. Pilots said the attack apparently ! caught the Ja|>ane«e off guard ' Most of tha pilots said they en-' countered no fighter* and the flak | was inaccurate. Capt Ira Matthews. Fayette. Ala . said, “it waa as colorful as a Fourth of July celebration—no kidding." Planes returning to this base showed not a single mark of com bat First news that the plane* were over the target was flashed back . to the base by radio from Maj Donald Humphrey of Postville, la. “Betty. Betty. Betty." he signalled Tiiat w*s the prearranged signal. Lt.-Col William S Blanchard. Boston, raced Into the Snap-lined I wardroom In which Maj.-Gen Geo ■ j Stratemeyer, Brig Gen. Kenneth B , Wolfe. Brig.-Gen. John E Upton of Tuwas City, Mich, and the 2t)th bomber command staff were sweating it out. Everybody was drinking black coffee and the ash trays were piled high with clgaret butts “I have the pleasure to announce that Betty Is over the target at 10:50/’ Blanchard shouted Ntratemeyer. commander of the 10th air force in India, clapped the back of Wolfe, chief of the 20th. Wolfe's tense face broke into a grin and he said: "This I* only the beginning of : our organized destruction of the • Japanese Industrial empire " Wolfe then authorized correspondents to reveal that the B 29 s had made an earlier raid on June 5 when they bombed the Makasan 1 railway shop* at Bangkok. 81am. through which Japanese supplies pass into Burma The Siam raid was dwrlbed an a "maximum strike," Intended as a shakedown flight for the B 29s and their crew* preparatory to the Yawata raid. Results were described as “good to excellent.” The planes on the Japan raid started out after a briefing at which the crews were told: "If there ever was a juicy target, this is It." FLAG POLE WORKERS (Coatlnusd From Fags 11 be paid t6o for repairing the pulley, 11 an hour for painting the tower and approximately >22 for painting the flag pole SCHRICKER AND (CaatlauM r*w Fags I) who "condemn the high handed methods" which the Democrat* claimed were used in ths state GOP convention and It* aftermath. Lyons’ election. It called attention "to the fact that hl* (Lyons') resignation cannot cure the harm which ha* been done or guarantee hope for the future.” It eaid that the GOP national convention delegates' action In meeting “the considerations de manded” by Lyons In return for hta resignation "transcends In In fiulty the original wrong." The platform preamble termed the Republican state platform "a t

shameful effort towaid disunity.” State Ticket Indianapolis. June 16—(UP) Nomiiu->-‘- selected today at th«Indiana state Democratic con. vent lon were: U. 8. senator (long term)—<Jov Henry F. Schricker. Knox I" 8. senator (short term)—Cornelius O'Brien, Lawrenceburg Governor U. N. Sen. Samuel I) Jackson. Fort Wayne. Lieutenant governor — Floyd J Hemmer. Huntingburg. Secretary of state State Sen Charles F. Fh-ming Hammond Stale auditor Ernest Weather, holt, Cannelton. State treasurer —L-ster E. Hol. loway. Muncie. Attorney general — Hubert E Wlckens, Greensburg State superintendent of public instruction —Robert H lloughum, Franklin. Supreme and appellate court reporter—Mrs. William Ward. In. dianapoll*. Supreme court judge (first district)- John U' Baumunk. Brazil Supreme court judge <third district) H. Nathan Swaim Indian, apoiis. Supremecourt judge (fifth dis. trfet) Michael L Fancier, Ixigan. sport. Appellate court judge (southern division) Warren W Martin,

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South Coal Owners Sign Wage Contract Contract is Signed With Mine Workers Washington, June 16 (UP) The Unit.-d Min< worki-r-) announced today that southern Appalachian coal operator*. th<- major holdout in the wag<- dispute with the t’MW, had signed a wa.'p coirtract carry- • ing the same provision* a« the agreement already In etfect for • northern and western mine*. •A union spokesman said Edward It Burke, president of the southern coal producer* association, had ( slgm-d the contract in behalf of all • the southern Appalachian operators I evcept the Jewel Ridge Co, of Vlr1 ginia. Operator* and union spok»«m<*n wrangled for two weeks over the language of a minor provision be- 1 for- uegotlation* broke down in an apparent deadlock a week ago ■ The operators had Instated on a clause to protect pending litigation • . Boonville. Appellate court judge (northern i division) Flank B. Russell, , Tipton.

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—M——— Ito determine whether travel tims at work time under the xagehour law They had been unwilling until today to accept a union proposal to make no change In the contract except elimlnaNon of a section calling for dismissal of all pending travel time litigation. The southern Appalachian group produce* approximately one-fifth of the nation * bituminous coal. o Picnic in Shroyer Lake Park. CLOSED Wr have closed our beauty shop and wish to sincerely thank our friend* and customer* for their pact patronage. BECKER BEAUTY SHOP SFENCER SERVICE Individually Designed SUPPORTS for Men and Women. -o— OPAL M. PRICE Registered Corsetiere For appointment phone 64.