Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 42, Number 155, Decatur, Adams County, 30 June 1944 — Page 1

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U. S. SEVERS RELATIONS WITH FINLAND

irilish Drive Within Three Miles Os Caen ■ Repulse All German I Attacks In Effort 1 To Stop Advances Bailihl Supreme Headquarters. June .10 —((IP) —British .d force* steadily expanding held salient between the ■p,,. and Odon rivers despite In German counterattacks, driven from the southw-st within three miles of Caen, it announced officially today. German elements have into battle In a full scale to stem Gen. Sir Bernard ■ y.'iiigotnery's push in the Caen and the Nazi command was to step up the number -. ..in- of Its counterblows from direct lolls as they swing into ■(hn. Dwight D. Elsenhower's tors reported late today the British had beaten off all ■ui thrdsts and Inflicted heavy ■p,-* <>ii the enemy while grinddowly but steadily forward ■r important strategic gains, ■jh- Germans made every pos. ■he attempt from every possible to batter In the sides of ■t vital salient southwest of ■rn. bit’ they had been definitely ■f*-.r<-il. at least for the moment, ■.n dinc- to word at headquarters. ■a« of midnight Thursday the ■tuatiott was regarded here as ■ifhly satisfactory but still not ■ major Allied success." ■ front dispatches said the Brit, ■ft had won Important high ■wind near the village of Bretts. ■st of Caen. The hamlet on the ■i.u road t» Villers-Bocage marks ■» beginning of the other sub■to of Caen Itself. ■ih* G rmans wen- throwing the ■eu and grenadiers of the arm. division* Into the struggle the deep and broadening ■itih salient southwest of Caen. ■ heavy lighting raged around ■t rim of the salient all day yea■day Around 5 p. tn. the Ger. attacked from the southwest, ■ry drove spearheads well over ■ mil- to the banks of the Odon, ■< by nightfall were forced to ■tltdraw and all Allied positions ■re fully restored. ■T»>terday morning the Nazis ■uGod from the south between ■ly-Sur Seulles and llaut de ■*l The attack was dispersed. ■**ly by artillery including Can. ■“'■ guns. latter in the day they ■trwfd the assault, supported by ■re artillery. By evening they ■d infiltrated at places, but the ■du penetration* were stemmed ■ wiped out by dark. ■Xow the Allies have the Initia- ■* on every part of the front ■*r- lighting Is going on. a head■nets spokesman reported. ■*" »aid the Allies hold all the ■und they have won since D- ■? •'Kept a triangle about two long around Vlllers-Bocage ■ another roughly four miles ■* around Troarn. Recent ■"* have more than counterbal- ■*•* the lost territory, he added ■for the first time it was dis. ■(Turn To Pago 3, Column 4) ■ Rate Bulletins fl ®* n Frensisco, June 30 — — The 9,135 ton troop ■*'P Santa Elena, formerly a ■ lur y liner operated by Grace flp I ***- been sunk in the Sea off Sicily ■ enemy bombers, but 1 700 Wj'Oiers wore rescued by the fl *’»«n Hnor Monterey, the fl**’’ shipping administration flounced today. The oinking ■**urred In mid-November. H ywehmgton, June SO—(UP) ■'yresident Roosevelt today H**'ved congratulations from IT*'** Premier Josef Stalin fl* th * "brilliant" Allied lib■J*** of the Norman port of ■Mrbourg. B «MM_ W Cuttyhunk. Maes., June 30 fl. <LP, —Eeven members of H ’ I<-man crew of a mine UT* tßper were lost last night IF thl * Vineyard Sound laland W"*n their ehip collided with HJ < J *«roy er escort, the first fl* n ‘ district reported today. ■

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Record Day's Sales Os Bonds In State ■lndianapolis, Jane 30. — (UP). Eugene C- Pulliam, state war finance committee chairman, announced today that a single day's record sale* of Fifth war loan seesrities of 840,6 *O,OO had sent the Hoosier state total to 9184)500,000 toward the goal of 82111,000,000. Pulliam said that the familiar victory signal of three short blasts and one long would emit from factory whistles all over the state next week to remind Hoosier* that only a few days remained to buy . "extra" invasion bonds. i -<>■ ' Abolish Rationing ; On All Inner Tubes I Move Designed At Tire Conservation ' Washington. June 30.—(UP). — The office of prlc-> administration, in a move to conserve Brea, today altoliehed all rationing restrictions on Inner tiAes. which have been rationed since January 1942. The OPA, announcing at the *ame time that passenger tire aliocat lona for July and August will be 50,000 a month aibove the June quo, ta. reported that the Inner tube stock pile haa grown enough to meet the anticipated future demand for 1,500,000 turtles a month. OPA emphasized that available tires will continue to trail far behind demand and pointed out that by making new Inner tubes more readily (Attainable It hopes to diminish tire wear. A good tube properly Inflated, officials explained, will extend the life of a tire. OPA announced that the office of rtfbber director allocated 1.960,000 new passenger tires (grade one) for July and the same amount for August, an increase of 50.000 tires each month over the June allocation. Ceiling Prices ' Washington. Jane 30— (UP). — The OPA today established cents-per-pound retail ceilings on wweet peppers, hothouse cucumbers and all melons, except watermelons, effective July 5. bringing about a reduction in prices on these commodities. Cents-perpound ceilings on watermelons were announced yesterday. The new action. OPA said, brings to nine the number of fresh vegetables and to six the number of fresh fruits now priced on a retail cents-per-pound basis. Although prices will vary in different communities, typical prices under the now ceilings are: Sweet peppers 23 cents per pound in Now York and Chicago and about 22 cents per pound in Los Angeles; hothouse cucumbers 24 cents per pound in New York. 23 cents in Chicago and 28 cents in Los Angeles. Melon prices will vary for each of tha several types of melons. OPA estimated that reason average prices of about 9 cents per pound tor cantaloupes and about 11 cents per pound for Honeydew melons will result from the ceilings. o Americans Striking Northward On Saipan Stubborn Pocket Os Enemy Is Eliminated Pearl Hartbor, June 80. — (UP). — U. 8. marines and army troops, bolding full control of the southern half of Saipan, * truck northward along the western shore today toward Tanapaf Harbor, while Other units continued their assaults on by-passed Oarapan. capital of the Marianas The new drives followed elimination of a stubborn pocket of Japanese at Nafutan Point on the southeastern tip of Saipan, where it wax estimated the enemy lost from 500 to 1,600* hilled or captured In 13 days of bitter, band to band fighting. Admiral Chester,W. Ninths’ communiqe eald the Invasion troops completely occupied the point Tuesday after tbe Japanese tried every trick to escape from the trap seven miles behind their own lines. Simultaneous with the occupation of Nafutan Point. Vice-Admiral <Marc A. MHscher's carrier fleet made another heavy attack on Pagan island. 180 miles north of Bal(Turn To Page 8, Column •)

Allies Smash German Lines ; In West Italy Tear Gaping Holes I In Defense Lines; Move On Livorno Rome, June 30 (UP)— Amerl. can and French troops poured' through gaping holes In the Ger.' man battle line in western Italy today and raced northward to within 2u miles of Livorno (Leg. horn) and seven mile* of Siena, driving the Nazi* Into headlong flight behind a screen of minefields and demolitions. All along a 50 mile front ex. tending Inland from the Tyrrhen. lan seacoast the Germans were In full retreat, breaking off contact completely at many points In a , hurried withdrawal toward their , Pi*a-Fiorence.Riminl line, only 30 , odd miles th the north. The pursuing American and French column* captured almost a dozen key town* yesterday and hammered out advances running to about nine miles. Simultaneously, the British Bth , army cracked through strong eneI my rear guard resistance west of latke Traslmeno, capturing the fortified town* of Castiglione Del Lago, and Montepulciano, and fanned out to the north and northwest toward Arezzo and Siena. As the ground forces swung Into their general advance, Allied warplanes heavily attacked the Nazi supply and communication* lines In tbe north. The air' assault centered on the railway line south 1 of For!!, where Allied raiders 1 smashed the bulk of a big shipment of about 500 motor vehicles, i gasoline supplies and numerous ' tanks enroute to the front. Returning airmen said they also destroyed 54 railway cars and a locomotive and damaged F 0 . more cars and three locomotives. American armored columns pushing up the west coast highway paced the swift sth army advance. They drove forward nine miles yesterday to within 1,600 yards of Ceclna against only feeble opposition, while other Ameri can units captured Bibblna, five miles inland. (Turn To Page 4. Column 4) Price Control Act Signed By Roosevelt Fears Enforcement May Be Weakened Washington. June 30 — (UP) — President Roosevelt today signed the price control extension act continuing for a year the admini Istratlon’s autl-inflatlon program, but expressed “fear" that changes made in the law by congress would "weaken and obstruct the effec. tive enforcement of the law." Mr. Roosevelt, in approving the measure, took issue with only on portion of It —action by congress to relax penalties against non-wilful violators ot the price control law. "I know that the congress In relaxing the penalties against nonwilfu! violations was anxious to protect only" those acting in good faith and not those who do not wish to know what the law requires of them," Mr. Roosevelt said. "But 1 fear that the change* made will weaken and obstruct the effective enforcement of the law. I hope that experience may not justify my fear." Should it develop that government enforcement agents encounter difficulty in prosecuting "chlselers and black market operator*." the president said he ( would ask congress to correct this condition. Most of Mr. Roosevelt's statement was praise for the "statesmanship and courage” displayed by congress "in resisting group pressure and in protecting the public interest" by continuing the stabilisation program. He said it should be noted partcularly that "the congress rejected ail pleas which would require any gt neral change in the wage, price, and subsidy policies now In effect," ending "gratification" that congress "stood firm" against “the loud . . . clamor of p rie asu r e groups." * •

Decatur, Indiana, Frriday, June 30, 1944.

War’s Innocent Bystander Hurt Hr J* '’■E -di BADLY INJURED by a German grenade thrown into a group of French civilians nar St. Saveiir, this French youngster, Jean Louis, to a flrxt.aid station by an American paratroop* r. The boy’s father wax also hurt by the grenade

Leroy Scherry Dies In Army Hospital Contracted Fatal Disease Overseas Funeral services for warrant officer Leroy Scherry. 25, of (he U. 8. army air corps, who died Thumday at Walter Reed hoxpl'al. Washington. D. C-, ot Hodgkin's disease, which he contracted while overseas lavt year, will be held at the Mag-1 ley Reformed church, six miles i west of Decatur, at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon. Rev. John Michael, pastor, officiating A military escort from Patterson field, Dayton, and Baer field. Fort Wayne, will accompany lhe body here. The young warrant officer was a nephew of Ed Jalwrg, Lincoln school principal of this c'ty, and Mrs. John Gettber of Kirkland towttohlp. Warrant officer Scherry was stationed In England for several months and last November was brought back to the United States and entered the hospital. A son of Rev. and Mm. A. LScherry, he was born In* Marion. Ohio, and lived at Xenia. Ohio, where his father had a pastorate, when he enlisted. He formerly was employed at Patterson field. He was a graduate of Oxford College. Oxford. Ohio. 'Besides the parents and relatives in this county, he is survived by three sisters.

' — ■ * ■ii.ii i i —l.* a . Brutal Slaying Os Wounded British In France Revealed

By Leonard Mosley, (War Correspondent for the British Kemsley Newspapers) (Distributed by the UP.) With the British Sth Airborne Divinion in Normandy, June 29.— ? (Delayed)—(UP)—This Is the story of one of the most brutal actions perpetrated by the Nazis against British troops in Normandy — the ntory of how German soldiers broke into a medical aid post of killed and wounded in the Orne valley on Dday. killed the helpless men and then murdered the padre, George Edward Maule Parry of the sixth airborne division, who tried to defend them. Parry, 29, formerly of St. Johns. Leytonstone, and Emmanuel church. Forest Gate, was killed by knife and bayonet. Here are the details of the Nazi murder raid on the wounded as tar as could be pieced together for me by the officers and men of the nixth airborne division to which I was attached. The parachute division was given the job early on Dday of dropping

Red Cross Committee Meets This Evening A meeting of the executive committee and chairmen of the Red Cross will be held this evening at the Winnes shoe store at 7:30 o'clock. Clarence E. Hell, county chairman, announced. The filling of the vacancy as secretary of the chapter caused by the death of Miss Annie Winnes, who served In that capacity for 25 yeais, will pridNslily lie made, Mr. ■Bell said. Brownell Is Elected AsG.O.P. Chairman To Direct Campaign For Governor Dewey Republican Campaign Headquarters, Chicago, JJune 30. -(UP). Forty-year-oid Henliert Brownell. Jr , who managed Gov. Tht>ina>< E. Jh-weye successful 1942 gilbernatorial campaign, today was elected chairman of the republican national committee io direct the governor's presidential effort. Brownell was named In closed session after De>wey had told the committee men and women In a brief speech that: "We will all make a gigantic effort to do our best to save the republic and win lhe war.” Brownell succeeds Harrison E. Spangler, of lowa, as national chairman. He is one of the three men (Turn To Poss 4. Columa 4)

by parachute and capturing intact the vital bridges spanning the river Orne and the Caen canal. Parry dropped with them. Soon all were engaged in defending themselves against some of the most bitter and , determined Nazi counter-attacks of , the invasion. Hearing that "A" company of the battalion holding defenses In the perimeter along the west side of the canal near La Port village was in sore straits and aid for the wounded badly needed. Parry went to join them through the darkness. Not long after he arrived Nazi forces innitrated between the company and the rest of the battalion cutting (hem off from all help. Roon after dawn a panther tank and a self propelled gun opened tire on them taking a heavy toll of men "A" company's commander was so badly Wounded that he carried on the direction of the battle from a stretcher. All efforts to get help from the rest of the battalion failed and many died trying to get (Turn To Page ♦, Column <)

Finns' Agreement With Nazis To Continue War Leads To Break Today

Soviet Forces In Pursuit Os Fleeing Nazis Red Cavalry Leads Pell-Mell Pursuit Os Disorganized Enemy Moscow. June 30.— (UP) — Marshal Konstantin Rokossovsky's Ist White Russian art'ny poured acrose the Berezina river, last natural defense harrier before Minsk, on an ever-widening front today and begun to outflank that fortress city from the xouth. Cavalry led the pell-mell pursuit of the disorganized enemy legions and reached a point 3b miles southHouthwest of Minsk in a drive that raised a threat of encirclement against the White Russian capital, next obstacle of the am lent invasion route to Moscow and Warsaw. The Soviet high command report- . ed the Germans Were fleeing so rapidly and In such disorder that they had no time to man their intermediate defense lines. Groups of hundreds of Germans, engulfed by the Russian flood, surrendered with all their arms and baggage. (A Ixindon broadcast recorded by CBS said two more German gener- ' als. the commanders of 53rd army corps and the 306th infantry division. had surrendered.) 1 Tin- Russian press hailed Rokossovsky's forcing of the Berezina, ■ along which Napoleon Jost his army ' In 1912. as sealing the doom of Minsk. "The Red army has won a brilliant new victory along the Berezina, the historic river in which the remnants of Napoleon's great army drowned and Napoleon himself narrowly escaped." the semi official Pravda said. "More than 100 j*eare later, the! waters of the White Russian river have engulfed thousands of corpses of the doubly Inglorious German conquerors." Rokossovsky's forces also were - pursuing the Germans westward The Baranowiczs gap. 75 miles . southwest of Minsk. The gap is the ancient gateway to the Polish ■ plains and Warsaw. At last reports, the Russians were driving I over the approaches to Slutsk, 60 i mile* east of Baranowlcze, On the northeastern approaches i to .Minsk. Gen Ivan 1). Cherniak- » .... . . _ ■■ - (Turn To Pag* >, Column 4) ■ I , 11. ! O ' Strong Task Force Smashes At Kuriles Jap Resistance Is Reported As Slight A hoard A U. S. Flagship off Para muiihiro, June 26. — (Delayed) — (UP)— A strong naval task force subjected Karubu Zakl, Japanese air and naval base on the southern tip ot Paramushlro Island, to a 30ninute bombardment of nearly 5.oC‘< projectiles early today. The attack apparently came as a ' surprise to the Japanese in the heavy fog and early morning darkness. There was little enemy re- * slstance and there was no damage ' or casualties to the American force, I commanded by Rear Adm Ernest 1 Gregor Nmall. New Haven. Conn. ’ While high capacity shells from 1 large warohl|>s crashed among the ■ hangars, barracks, and storags • dumps of Kurabu Zakl. our destroyr era, dose In against the beach, en- * gaged a swarm ot small craft In a fierce action. t l( wax undetermined In the fog I and darkness whether the enemy f craft were armed patrol vessels or r torpedo boats sent out In an at- • tempt to trap the task force, but s destroyers, racing through the t' ghostly murk, charged time and i again Into the flotilla and at the II conclusion of the action a number > (Turn To Fags 3, Column 4)

Majority Os Stores To Close Two Days Quiet Observance Os Holiday Is Expected One of tire quietest Fourth of July observances In the history ot the city is anticipated nezt Tuesday as moot of tbe community's war workers will Ireep grimly at the tusk of out producing the Axis No fireworks display or other demonstration or celebration bus been announced by any organization, due to the large nunsber of persons who will be at work or sleeping after eight hours on the swing or grave yard shifts. Farmers and other citizens will attend the farm bureau picnic dinner and afternoon meeting al the Lehman's park In Berne Sunday, when Gov Henry F. Schricker will be the speaker. -Monday, most ■business house* will be closed to give employees a three day holiday. The bank and postoffice <«vill be open and the Decatur Dally Democrat will publish as usual. Tuesday nearly all bu*liiess bouses, the Inink and postofflee will in* closed. There will he no edition of the Decatur Daily Democrat printed on the Fourth A few taverns and restaurants may stay open over the Fourth. ■Due to the government's request that travel be curtailed, it is anticipated that most persons will remain a* home even when given vacations. The use of fireworks by individuals was Itanned by law a few years ago. ao quiet is expected. Plcnies and family gatherings are expected to take tbe place of celdbrationa and the trips to the lakes. Custodians of the parks In the community are expecting large crowds. - o Decatur Post Office Goes To First Class Higher Stamp Sales Boost Classification Effective July 1. the Decatur post office will Im* stepped up rrom a secund to a first class post office, Leo Kirsch, po tmaxter, announwd today. The higher classification of the local office Is earned through the largo increase in postage stamp sales, which last year totaled 849.29504. In 1933, postage stamp sales were 123.73266 and in 1940 when Mr. Kirsch became postmaster, they had climbed to approximately 836,000 a year. Under postage regulations, when stamp sales reach the brack- I et between 140,000 and 850.000 a ' year, the |»o»t office becomes an I office of the first class, carrying ’ with ft increase* in the postmaster’s salary of 8200 a year and 8100 annually for the assistant postmaster and the special clerk. No additional employes will be added with the new classification,Mr. Kirsch explained. The basic salary of the postmaster will be 88,200; that of Carrel Cole, asMlstant, 82.6(8) and Joseph Laurent, who is now designated as a special clerk. 82.200 annually. A special war time act allows these posts! officials an additional 8300 annually for the duration. In view of extra duties performed by th* in. The postage stamp department is not the only division of the local office that shows tremendous Increase in business in the past few years. Nor does the stamp (Turn To )*»«• 4. Column 7) TEMPERATURE READING DEMOCRAT THERMOMETER 8:00 a. m. . . 60 10:00 a. m. 62 Nopn 69 2:00 p. m. 80 WEATHER Fair tonight and Saturday; warmer Saturday afternoon.

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Severs Quarter Os Century Os Relations With Finland; Hull Makes Announcement Washington, June 30. — (UP).— The United States, abandoning all hope that anything but shells and ixmriis will force the Finns out of the war, today severed a quarter of a century of diplomatic relations with Finland. Secretary of State Cordell Hull, It*, advising the Finnish diplomata here of the United States' decison, called attention to the announcement of she Finnish government on June 27 of complete agreement between Finland and Germany to carry on the war. "The Finnish governm* nt has thu« formally admitted to tbe world that it has now entered a hard und fast military partnership with Nasi Germany, irrevocable throughout the war. for the purpose of fighting the Allies of the United States, in alliance with the enemies of the United Status." ■Hull said that up to the pr went the United States lias taken every opportunity to warn Finland "of the inevitable conaequencM of continuing its association with Nazi Germany. "These warnings have been Ignored and the partnership is now complete." he Mid "The government of the United States must take Into account the fact that at this decisive stage in the combined operational of the military, naval, and air fofees of the United States and the other united nations, the Finnish operational have a direct bearing on the auccess of the allied effort. Notwithstanding the esteem in which the American people have held the people of Finland, further relations between th** government of the United States and »he government of Finland are now impossible “ Only two members of the Finnish legation were left in this country following the expulsion June 16 of the other staff members. Alexander Thexlcff, the Finnish charge d'affaires, was called to the state department this morning to receive the note advising bls government of the break. The del— rt- ; men! said it had notified the U. S. charge d'affaires in Helsinki, Edmund A. Gullion. that relations between the two countries were "nornr impoKsilble" and instructed him to request passports for himself, members of his staff, and their families. (Hull's note said the United States has asked Switaerland "to assume Immediately the representation of American interests in Finland." Relations with Finland had been tottering since June 16 when Hull ordered former Finnish Minister Hjalmar J Procope and three Finnish legation counselors to leave (Turn To Page 4. Column 8) O Three Vegetables Go Back On Ration List Peas, Asparagus And Tomatoes Rationed Washington, June 30. — (UP) — The office of price administration returned canned peas, asparagus and tomatoes to the ration list today and warned civilians that their supply of canned vegetables and fruits during tbe next 12 months would be smaller. The action ended a point holiday for canned peas, asparagus and tomatoes that haa been In effect since.early this year. "Everyone no doubt has heard that record food production is expected this year.” said OPA chief Chester Bowles, "but the amount needed for our armed forces also is far greater than a year ago. "The net result will be | M * canned fruit and canned vegetables for the home front during the year ahead." OPA announced that effective July 2 the popular No. 2 size containers of asparagus would require 10 ration points and similar alas cans of peas and tomatoew would iTiua Pace 8. Cehuna 41"*

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