Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 42, Number 145, Decatur, Adams County, 19 June 1944 — Page 1

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Five Cars Involved In Three Accidents No One Seriously Injured In Wrecks Three accidents were lnv<*stig:iied by Sheriff ia-o Gilllg Sunday aP ternoon and evening involving five cans and in which six persona were Injured, none seriously. Consider* able damage wait done to the automobiles. The first happened on the river road one-fourth mile east of the St. Mary’s river bridge near Pleasant Mills Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock, when a car driven east by Iceland Holloway. 18. a sailor from Winchester, failed to make a sharp curve and ran into the ditch. Holloway said he was unacquainted with the road and did not see the turn because of high Weeds. Robert Van Wald. 11, of Bluffton, sustained cuts and bruises and LaVaughn Holloway, 51. of Winchester. bruises. The front end and body were pressed in. afnounting Io damage estimated at $250 to the car. At 5:60 o’clock Sunday afternoon, an automobile driven by .Melvin Tinkham. 20, a soldier from Monroe route one. was being driven eouth on the Mud Pike when it was struck by a car driven west on a county road five mlks south of De catur by Harry S. Crownover, 4*. a mail carrier from Monroe. Morris Tinkham . 18. received cuts and bruises and Harvey Tink ham. 58. bruises. Damage to the left side and top of the Tinkham car was estimated at 1250. Damage to the front end of the Crownover car was placed at SSO. The third accident occurred at 7:20 o'clock Sunday evening, when a car driven north on the Tile .Mill road a half mile east of Herne by Rolland Beer. 20. of Herne, struck a car driven east on a county road three miles north of Berne by Hoy (Turn To Page 4, Column «) 0 John Reed Funeral Tuesday Morning Decatur Man Died Suddenly Saturday Funeral service* will be held Tuesday for John H. Reed, 81. retired farmer, who died suddenly Saturday afternoon of a heart attack at his home 346 North Tent* street. Services will be held at 10:30 oclock Tuesday morning at the First Methodist church. wWh Di M- OLester officiating Burial will be In the (Reynolds cemetery The deceased was born in Cleveland. 0., September 14 188- the soil of John M. and Mathilda SpanglerReed He 'had never married. He vm a member of the First Methodist church. Only survivors are two sisters. iMisa 'Polly Reed of Dect'ur and 'Mrs. 'Mathilda Showers of Chicago Dwo (brothers, two half-brothers and a half-sloter are deceased The body was removed from the Zwlck funeral home to the residence Sunday evening

Eliminate 90-Day Ruling On Exams Indianapolis, June 19 — (UP) — Col Robinson Hitchcock, Indiana selective service director, announced today that pre-induction physical exainiations every three months for potential draftees no longer 'Were necessary. • Hitchcock said that rcexamlna- ■ tion would be necessary only when i there were Intervening illnesses ■ or other reasons for a second medi- • cal test. He said that m-w regula- ■ tlons liberalizing former arbitrary rules were issued in Washington, • making It unnecessary for draftees . to .be re-examined every 90 days l iwhlle awaiting call. , o Await State Report 'I On New Water Well I Make Analysis Os New Water Supply — City engineer Ralph Roop, who also Ih superintendent of the city ’ water department, is awaiting word from the Indiana state board of health on the analysis of the water pumped from the new well on the Teeple farm, east of the Monroe street river bridge, before further steps are taken on the proposed well project outside of the city limits. Engineer Roop said that the well produced 208 gallons of water per minute on a test made last week with a tractor used as a generating unit. The tractor was not large enough to pump the well at capacity. he said. Another type tractor is being obtained and anoter test will he made, with the hope that water flow will be around 300 gallons per minute. The well was drilled down 418 feet. The drill went through a layer of alate and into the second strata of rock. Mr Roop said. It gives every indication of a good well, but city action will be withheld until the state board com(Oinpletes the chemical analysis and purity of the water. The city proposes to buy the 40 acres from the Judson Teeple heirs. The tract extends back of the Dr. Palmer Richer estate and runs north along the east bank of the St. Mary's river. There are several abandoned sand pits in the area and if the city purchases the property, thaw will be used for a city dump The city has a year’s lease at |75 on the entire tract, with the option (Turn To Pas* I. Column 7) o ■ — Funeral Held Today For Taylor Infant Funeral services for the stillborn baby iborn to l.Mr. and "Mrs. Donald D Taylor of Willshire, were held at l.he home of the grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Beu Gause in Willshire this afternoon, with Rev. Lawrence Middough, officiating. The child had been named Donald D. Taylor. Jr. Besides the parents and grandparents, one brother. Kyle Taylor survives. The tushy was moved to the Gause residence iby Gilllg and Doan of this city. Burial was made in the Fletcher cemetery. |

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Decatur. Indiana. Mo nday. June 19, 1944.

Churchill Says War In Europe May End Soon Optimism Shown In Prediction War May End This Summer London, June 19.— (UP) —Prime Minister Churchill was revealed today to have predicted that the Allies may win the war in Europe this summer. • The execution of plans adopted by the "big three" at Tehran "la being steadily unrolled and the months of this summer may. by tTle victories of this Allied campaign, bring full success to the cause of freedom," lie rudd. Churchill made the prediction—the most optimistic he has yet uttered—ln a speech at a luncheon tendered In his honor at the Mexican embassy last Thursday, but his remarks were not released for publication until this afternoon. He tempered the forecast slightly iu another part of his speech, however, saying: “It may be that events in the next few months will show us whether we soon are to be relieved of this curse which has been laid upon us Whether ft be this year or next, the British and American peoples will never falter or withdraw their hand from the task they have undertaken.” He said the western front was (Turn To Page 4, Column 4) — O' ■ Mrs. Wm. Freitag Dies Sunday Morning Funeral Set rices Tuesday Afternoon Mrs. Minnie Freitag, 71. wife of William H. Freitag, died at 4 o’clock Bunday morning at the Adams county memorial hospital. She had been In failing health for several years, but her death was sudden, following an attack Saturday afternoon at her home. 228% North Fourth street. She was born In Preble township July 4, 1872. the daughter of Christian and Louise Buuck Homeyer. She was married August 26. 1897. Mr. and Mrs. Freitag operated the post office, store and tavern at i Preble from 1918 to 1941. when they moved to Florida for one year, returning to Decatur two years ago. 1 Surviving. In addition to the hue- ( band, are a daughter. Mrs John E. Dunham of Scituate. Mass.; a son. Robert Freitag, a warrant officer stationed at Gulfport. Miss.; and one half-sister. Mrs. Anna Hoffman of Fort Wayne. Three brothers and one sister are deceased. ' Funeral services will be held at < 3:30 o'clock Tuesday afternoon at < the Zwick funeral home, with Rev. < Paul W. Schults officiating. Burial i will be In the Decatur cemetery. < The body may be viewed at the i funeral home until time of the ser- i vices. I, s

* — Russians Drive i Finns Back In Headlong Roul Hint Capitulation Os Finland Likely Within Short Time Mattcow, June 19. — (UP) — Ru»slan mobile force*, leading a drlwo up the Karelian isthmus to knock Finland out of the war, swept into the approaches of Vilpuri today, and military sources said "decisive developments" were expected at any time. (The Moscow hint of "decisive developments" forthcoming, together with numerous other unofficial intimations that Finland may have had enough, suggested the possible Imminence of Finnish capitulation in the fact of the (asl breaking Red army drive.) Soviet spearheads aboard jeep* and American trucks sped toward Vilpuri, Finland's third largest city, from newly-won positions around Koivlsto, west coast anchor of the Mannerheim line, and Makslahdenkyla, only 17 miles below Vilpuri. Front dispatches said the Finns were fleeing northward, abandoning line after line. In a frantic effort to save the shattered remains of their army. The Russians were reported pouring through defllea between the Karelian lakes and forests, while the Baltic fleet led by the battleship October Revolution and the cruiser Kirov moved northward along the coast shelling the flanks of the retreating Finns. Home reports indicated that panic had broken out In the Finnish rank* (Turn To Pa«« <. Column i) O Bond Sales Slow In First Week Os Drive Sales Are Far Below Necessary Average Incomplete reports up to last Saturday show sales In the fifth war loan drive only 1180.339.75, Earl Caston, co-chairman of the county bond staff, announced today. At this gait, the county quota will not be met. Mr. Caston stated. The county's quota is 11.473,300 and over the four-week period. Males should be approximately $370,000 each week, the chairman figured. While the response was good, the total was disappointing to the bond chairmen who hoped that the first week would show sales of around a half million dollars, Theodore F. Graliker. county chairman said. At the Schafer booth, which was in charge of the American legion auxiliary, sales total $14,350, Mrs. Elmer Darwatcher, chairman reported. The incomplete reports show sales at Berne since the first of the month, at $27,393 and In Deca tur, $150,290.50. Other points in the county make up the difference. The farm salesmen have not yet reported. The farm quota is $332.000 and chairmen are optimistic over the prospects of meeting it. One of the largest sales points last week was at the General Electric plant, where the plant-wide drive was launched last Tuesday and continued In effectiveness throughout the week. ■ '0 Fight Injuries Fatal To Fort Wayne Man iFort Wayne Ind . June 19—(Up) -(An autopsy -was to Ire held today by Allen county drqruty coroner Dr. D. R. Renninghoff definitely to de termlne the cause of the death of Waiter Polston. 50, former foundry moulder who died ala Fori Wayne hospital.| The coroner said death was due to a fractured skull, sustained In a fight <wlth Harry N'elaon, 21. held under SIOOO bond on a loitering charge. Detective Sgt. Ray Towaley, investigating the case, said that Polston's daughter had stated that Nelson acted In selfdefense. Th* coroner reported Polston died (Without regaining conclousneM. He said that following the autopay the case (would be referred to (Alien county prosecutor A Everett Bloom.

Trapped German Troops Thwarted In Effort To Break Through Corridor

U. S. Troops Near Japanese Strongholds Smash Jap Attempt To Land Amphibious Force Inside Lines Pearl Harbor, June 19 -(UP)— U. S. troops on Balpan hammered at the approaches to Uarapan, administrative center of the Marianas. today and engaged the Jap. anese in a bloody battle for Aslito airfield. 1449 miles from Tokyo, after smashing an enemy attempt to land an amphibious force In. side the American beachhead. Veteran marines and army troops, driving north and vast from their beachhead in south, western Saipan, were within sight of the flimsy, thatched buildings in Garapan on the west coast, and had reached the tdges of 1300 foot Asllto airstrip on the south coast. While the ground forces slowly were lighting their way through strong defenses, manned by an estimated 30,000 Japanese, (he enemy made a desperate but futile attempt to land amphibious (roops behind the U. 8. lines south of Garapan. Armed landing craft, proliably U'l (landing craft infantry) gunboats, engaged the Japanese amphiiihnis force In an off shore battle Thursday and sank 13 troop filled barges, each of them cap. aide of carrying from 10 Io 100 men. Admiral Chester W. Nimltz' I communique did not indicate where the enemy barges came from, although it was believed they had been based at Garapan. the largest city on the island. Other than the ground resist, ance through Saipan's sugar cane fields the amphibious effort was the first enemy attempt from the sea or air to stem the driving American forces which have se. cured a beachhead of approxi. mately 10 square miles. The troops striking at Garapan were approximately five and a half miles north of Agfngan Point, while another force moving east, ward to Asllto were a bom two miles f’om the southwestern tip (Turn To Page 1. Column 6) 0 French Troops Hold Most Os Elba Isle Allies Are Battling Forward In Italy Rome. June 19. - (UP)—French colonial troope have fought their way across the narrow waist of: Elba to capture the Insular capital! of Portoferraio and now control most of the 85-square mile island, a communique announced today, while Allied forces on the Italian mainland battled through stiff German resistance on the outskirts of Perugia. Cut off from ail hope of escape of reinforcement hy Allied naval ( and air forces patrolling the approaches to Elba, the remnants of the German garrison were reported scattering through the hills under relentle»< attack by veteran French commandos, Senegalese, Moroccansand Algerian troops. Portoferraio. on the northern end of the Island, was seized yesterday by a French spearhead that thruat up from the south coast, capturing several hundred Nazis hi their path RAF Bpltflres ranged over the narrow siraita of Piombino through ! out the day, sinking a barge and a number of small vessels offshore. ‘ presumably attempting to evacuate Nazi troops to the mainland. A special communique announc- ' - “ (Turn To Pag* 4. Column f) I

Rescued i MA.. M & If Ensign Richard G. Mcf'lenahan, son of Mr. and .Mrs. Hubert R. McCienahan of thl« city, was rescued at sea after In-ing afloat 45 minutes, following a plane crash over the Atlantic about 50 miles east of Hollywood, Fla., late Friday night. Local Lad Rescued After Plane Crash Richard McCienahan Rescued Off Florida Mr. and Mrs. Hubert R. Mcfllen. ahan or this city have not recvlv. ed any further word, other than that printed in the newspapers, regarding the rescue of their son. Ensign Rh hard G, McCienahan, a navy pilot on a torpedo plane, which crashed with another plane over the Atlantic about s<> miles east of Hollywood, Fla., some, time Saturday night. The parents talked with their son Saturday night, but he did not say anything about his plane crash or rescue. Th,- first Infor, motion they had ot the accident was from the Item they read in the Sunday newspapers. The Me. Clenahans talked with their son about 8 o'clock Saturday night. Ensign McCienahan was rescued by a Catalina flying boat after being afloat 45 minutes. The UP press report from Miami today said search was being made for four other filers who were thought to have died In the crash. Ensign McCienahan enlisted in the navy air corps while attending I Indiana university. He wax com. | missioned in April at Corpus j Christi. Texas, following several months of Intensive training. Hunt Flyers In Sea Miami. Fla. June 19—(UP)— Rescue crews today sought four men believed to have lost their lives when two planes from the I Miami naval air station collided ’ 50 miles east of Holly wood, Fla., I (Turn To Page S. Column 7) — ■ —q Glenn J. Steiner Dies Saturday Night Glenn Jerome Mtelner, 31, of three mile* southwest of Linn Grove, died Saturday night at the <*linic hospital in Bluffton of a heart ailment. Surviving are his mother.'Mrs. Ida Steiner, a brother, Floyd, and (two .listers, Lillian and Charlotte, at home (Funeral services (will tie held at 2:10 p. m. Tuesday at the old •Salem Evangelical church near Linn Grove Burial will b- In the M. R E. cemetery near B< rne. — o , Former Decatur Man Is Taken By Death Mrs. Enoch Eady received word today of the death of her uncle, W W. And rows. M. native of Decatur. at his home in Coffeyville, Kan. Nr Andrews moved to Kaneas in 1907. Surviving are the widow a son. Raymond of Mexico City and a daughter Mtw Jessie Austin of law Angeles. Funeral services and burial were held In Coffeyville.

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30,000 Germans Are Trapped Near Great Port Os Cherbourg; Nazis Lose Heavily BULLETIN Allied Supreme Headquart, ere. London, June 19—(UP) — American invasion forces op. ened the battle of Cherbourg today, striking up through the mid.peninsula town of Brie, quebec to within seven miles of the great Norman port and blasting German targets in. side the city with their 155 millimeter, long tom guns. Allh*d Hupr«*m» Headquarters, Ixmdon, June 19— (UP) —The United States 9th division has thwarted a desperate effort by trapped German troops to break through the American corridor across the Cherlmurg peninsula, beating back the Nazis and In. fileting bloody casualties, It was announced today The veterans of the 9th slugged it out wtih the enemy northwest of St. Sauveur-lxe Vicomte some 15 miles below Cherbourg and wrecked his first major bld to break out of the trap closing on some 30.000 Germans in and around the great Normandy port. (A BBC broadcast heard by the United Press in New York said Allied units were only eight miles from Cherbourg and were shelling the port.) The Americans not only contained the enemy but scored new gains to widen and strengthen the trans'penlnsula wedge and to approach V’alognes. 10 miles southeast of Cherbourg. While the crucial battle of the Cherbourg peninsula was being fought, the remainder of the 116 mile battlefront flared with violent struggles all the way from the no man's land of Carentan to the Hoarii outpost east of Caen. 1 British assault forces battled their way Into Tilly.Bur.t(eulles, 12 miles west of Caen, and cap. tured the northern part of the ruined town The Germans clung stubbornly to th, southern part, but were being driven out in block by block lighting at close quarters. Amidst the massive test of strength on the Norman beachhead. it was announced officially that fresh Allied troops had pour, ed Into the battle at many points to strengthen the United States and British forward positions. Meanwhile there was no sign of a big scale German counteroffensive from the south against the American barricade thrown across the Cherlxiurg peninsula during the weekend righting. It appeared possible that the Germans at the base of the peninsula still had not recovered from (Turn To Pags I. Column 4) - o— Six Escape Serious ■ Injury In Accident Auto Crashes Into Tree Sunday Night Six young persons escaped ser. ious injury when an automobile driven by Victor Braun. 16, son of Frank Braun, of route four Deca, tur crashed hoad.on into a tree in front of the Acker property at the northwest comer of Five Points, Sunday evening at 19:20 o'clock. Young Braun told city police, who Investigated, that the auto, mobile steering wheel worked hard and that he was unable to make the turn as he came north on Mercer avenue. Virginia Badders, 17. of 604 Adams atreet, sustained a laCerat. ed Up. a cut on the right leg and four teeth chipped. Othera In the accident were: Paul Kohne 14. route four Decatur; Helen Gelmer. 14, route six Decztdr; Gene Schindler, 16. route f< ur Decatur and Louis Schindler. 14. route four. All were taken to the Adama county memorial hospital, hut were dismissed after first aid treatment.

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