Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 42, Number 167, Decatur, Adams County, 15 July 1944 — Page 1

Must Win the War! Al! Else Is Chores!

Vol. XU! No. 167.

JAPAN REPORTS U. S. AIRMEN EXECUTED

American Navy Continues Raids Guam 5 Former U S Naval Station Undergoing ""SHttaing Up Raids hid •on (jlPtori Harbor. July 15 (UP) hw. A 1 former U 8. naval atation of lUM and He.irhy Kola Island hi *• soothers Mariana* singr;W! -d out today for an uiipr,-dent-•d "WtqMhF up" aesaiilt by ip* ; A MMMqnr by Admiral 'heater W. Nimi'z disclosed that .merlcan plane* attacked Guam ar the ISth consecutive day 'hnrsday. (he day after warships 1 'tonjtleted the fifth straight bom•rdment. of 'h<- strategic Hand t the southern tip of the MarMil. Other units of the carrier-based orca also aided Rota, between —'■—rtiiani and tonerlcan-held Saipan, 'hureday, for the ninth consentire dar and the Hili tint., since uly 13 Ammunition dumps. Horace ★ icililles and gun positions were imaged sevtoely on both island* y American! bombers, which carled out the attacks without loss. Nitnits’ communique made no nentloa of cn'i-aicraft fire or trial opposition over either Guam nd Rota, both of which have been objected to perhaps the most conentrated "dpfteniug up” assaults f the Central' Pacific warfare. During the naval bombardment uesday. It pra* revealed that a 8. dpattvy. > sank small k eeastto transport off Guam. I 1 The Island. 11l mil<* south «f * Aaipan and the first U. 8. poseaaion to fall In the Pacific war. -as by.paSMd when tin- American trees Invaded the Marianas Jn»t mouth ago ye- . rday. Both Guam and Rota have exelient air strips, which If held y the AatMCan* would udd conIderaole wtogb t to the con'emIper Into Japan's i from the sevtin raided Truk Wednesday for tive day. centerEten and fhiblon i atoll. re of 16 to 19 tempted *o interIcan formations r enemy plane* four others prob id five damaged minor damage to t. halting a desick of the trapptritish New Gulf the enemy In rt " yß o< 1)1 its Jangles east of Altape. ■; Tha cemm nique disclosed that nniui l’ s,rol * * la<l nccupled frw* T« i*»e» s. Cntumn st temWot Carrier Boys Guests Os i»L< Paper At Theater t?,- The MKDemccrat carrier boys '* lhe newspaper Ct >/»«*•*• Ad«to|o|h<-a.:er during the curso* MtWMKI fi*®' "Buffalo HVdi&tof the year's features. been obtaiocd from Sjw good tor or TuesTh>- film Is in technlilflM i **MMBB* Joel M( 'Crea as Huf- *® n^Br r<>< * n ° f,ar “ an< * Lln ‘ -J* recognition of their M ' rrions thl P*P'” * circulation de--4i the boys they bad The toy* eiithusias:*lly ceUgd for tickets for the **to;Kgj town! of is regular carriers * doton assistants, deliver ap ' v BHBB 1800 i* peril * lrh v EMsr ur “to • d J* , * nt a<M| ' V lWyWy M ‘ •■nrsnt circulation * Hfl^Bßb iatflr,r ,he pa^*r - TSMFCRaturC READIN& MNMMNtAT THCRMOMKTCR , ■■ M till 1 ■ •-4|b ———— 76 ? lo*- 11:W «. to. —. ao ic.' —”■ funr B. Wr* KA ™ tw tonight and Suns” *’**’ scattorod brief north portion iAKH #M« totoßfternoon and tonight, :. T” north and central >R |WOO>«"<»‘’y-

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New Assault On St. Lo Launched By Americans Siege Arc Clamped Around French Town By American Forces Supreme Headquarter*. AEF. July 15. — (PPI — The American Ist army, capturing 16 more towns and villages in advances of up to three and ahalf miles, clamped a siege arc more than halt way around St. lx> and neared Lessay and Perrlera today. A front dispatch filed by JJames McGHncy, United Press war correspondent. from Normandy at 11:20 a m (5:20 a. m. EWT) said the Aerlcana aunched a "new as saut” this morning on Bt. I», binge of the German line and guardian of the invasion roads to central France. The dispatch gave no details of the attack. Other American columns In a general advance along a 40-mile front from 81. !a> to the west coast threatened to split the German line Into three disconnected segments in advances to within a mlleor less of the St Lo-Periers and Periers-U-ssay sectors cf the St. 1»lx-aaay highway. With the Americans within a mile of both Lo and U-ssay and less than two miles of Periera. official reports suggested that all three anchor strongholds were "almost Into the American bag." The eastern half of the front remained static except for heavy artillery fire, aapecially around Maitot and the Canadian salient southwear of Caen. Headquarters disclosed last night that the British had pulled back from both Maltot and hill 112 and that both new were in “no man's land." Lt.-Gen. Omar N. Bradley, commander of the American Ist army, ordered his troops forward in the (Turn To Pa*s 6. Column l> — - o Moose To Initiate Class On July 25 New Indiana Leader To Deliver Address Twenty-seven new members will be Initiated at a meeting of Adam* i-odge 1311 of the Loyal Order of Moose Tuesday. July 25 at 8 o'clock, in the Moose home. The regional director of the Moose has selected as a speaker. Harold Bridges, secretary of the Fort Wayne Moose lodge, and who was recently elected president of the Moose state association. The drill team of 17 members of the Decatur lodge, under the command of Nick Braun, and the de gree team will give the Initiatory degree. This degree team waa recently honored by winning second place In the ritualistic contest at the state convention. The winners In the ritualistic contest were: Kofcomo. fijpt: Decatur. second; Fort Wayne, third; LaPorte, fourth; South Bend, fifth and Indianapolis, sixth. Member* of the team are G. Remy Blerly, Heber Feasel. Marlow Schlaterstein. Henry Braun. Dick Harmon and Dan Braun, The last class initiated by the Decatur lodge numbered 30 and was given the degree work May 28. The national convention of the Loyal Order of Moose will be held August 20-23 with the first day at Moosebeart. and the others at Milwaukee. Members from the Decatur lodge (Tarn T« Pare S. Cnlume St - — Youth Slightly Hurt When Auto Overturns (Richard Strickler. 17. of Willshire Ohio received minor injuries when a car driven by Jerald Lautsenheber. 17. also of turned over and was wrecked dbout three miles southeast of Decatur on U. 8. hlghrwsy 33 at 11:«5 o 'clock laat nigiM (Lauwenhelaer told sheriff LeoOlb lit. who investigated, that he loot control of his car when a tire blew out. Strickler received treatment for head and body brntaas al the Adams county memorial hospital and was dismissed boimedlately

Reds Occupy Wilno, Ancient Lithuanian Capital ..... .. A -B .» . . ...... v-a'-* \ IK;- ; , . »<-**<.*' UH • — j* • J T MIIIaI3I I I I 1 s ;*‘ 4 •• ■r , z JH. L- A Ju i BE*.. Here Is a view of Wilno ( Vllnai. ancient Baltic metropolis and main ga‘> way tft the heart of Lithuania, which has been occupied by the onrushing Reds after a five-day street battle. The Reds killed or captured more than 13.6W0 Germans In the 1.000 year old city, capital of the Soviet Lithuanian republic. Wilno, situated on the Polish-Lithuanian border, was seized by the Poles from the Lithuanians shortly after World War I. It Is noted as a city of churches.

No Large Fund To Be Sought For Defense Civilian Defense Is inactive In County I*. Is not likely that the civilian defense council will a»k lhe coati, ty coniinlKslouers for a large appropriation for operating expenses of the local unit for 1945. Vinecat ’J. Bormann, county CD director, stated today. Although formal ] disbandment of the civilian defense organlza. lion ha* not taken place here, the membership Is more or leas Inactive and Mr. Bormann does not see the reason for appropriating funds, except possibly a nominal sum for eventualities which might come in posLwar work or In connection with aid to exaervlcemen. This year, as well as in 1943. the county appropriated 32.500 for coun'ty civilian defenae. Out of thia fund, the 160 monthly salary of Mrs. Carey Moser, clerk in the city service office, located on the second floor of the city hall, I* paid The unappropriated balance In this fund July I. was approx I. matdy $2,100. hi addition lo the salary outlay only two *mall expense items have been paid. Mrs. Moser in serving in various capacities. also recruited several hundred women volunteer work-ra for the ration program. Mr. Bormann said he would contact Cal E. Peterson, city CD director, to see if there were any need for an appropriation for what might come up In civilian defense activities In 1945 and would discuss the sitbjec* with (Turn To Pave X. Column St ■ 0 Two Os Townships Exceed Bond Goals Three Others Are In Sight Os Goal Two of the 12 townships have alnady exceeded their war bond quotas. Dean Byerly, farm chair, man. announced today. Three other townships are within .gun sight of their goal, 'he chairman explained. Root and Preble townships, with quotas of $30,000 and $24,000 respectively. have sales of $31,000, and $26,200, the record shows. Washington township, with a quota of $40,000 has sales of $37,000 and French township Is a runner-up with sales of slß,ooo against a $24,000 quota Kirkland township with a quota of $30,000 lacks only *52,750 of ringing the bell. The farm quota waa $334,000 and sales lo dale total $198,153, or approximately two.thlrds of the entire amount. Mr. Byerly stated that chairmen in the various townships hoped to complete their canvassing next week and that he believed several of the townships would go over the goal line by July 28 The township quotas and the tales ao far reported follow, the first figure being the quota, the jxura x« totoe a, ueMMua

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Decatur, Indiana, Saturday, July 15, 1944.

Tank Is Overturned Into Field Friday (Approximately 14.’4M> pounds of concentrated buttermilk. being hauled on a tank truck owned by the Kroft Cheese company, wa* hurled into a field Just south of the city limit* on Wlnch«wter street extended. late Friday night. The tank worked loose from th>* chassis on the curve Just south of Decatur and rolled Into the field Roy Tucker, of Ridgeville driver, escaped Injury. Efforts were being made today to salvage the cargo. Tire Theft Ring Is Smashed By Arrests Fort Wayne, Ind . July 15—H’P) Oity and state pdltce were believed today to have smashed a tire thedt ring with the arrest of three alleged mem-Wia of the gang and two other men charged with receiving stolen merchandise. Fort Wayne detective Sgt. Rex Morton and state police detective Sgt Ed Rose nabbed ’Wo broOfrns. John 19. and Lawrenoe Stldman. 34. Fort Wayne, along with a juvenile aMtomplice. Charged with receiving stolen merchandise were Raljili Gladieux. 38. and Chalmers Miller. 38. alao of Fort Wayne.

Children Buy Bonds With Pennies To Put County Over Goal Line Hhw - a■ * w ? I B WbHI v v fr'Joan Johnson James Johnsen There la an old saying. "Pennies make dollars,” but the modern version of the adage Is "Pennies grow In'o war bonds.” as proved by James Johnson. 10, and sister. Joan Johnson, 8, children of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Johnson. 110 Houlh 10th street, city. Since the day of Pea'rl Heritor the two children have bwdl saving pennies and extra coins earned by doing chores around the house and gifts from their grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Whitright, prominent Washington township farmers, living west of Decatur. During th* last week of lhe Fifth War latan drive they had accummulated sufficient savings and "earnlnga” to attend lhe show a* the Adams theater, where they each bought a $25 bond. The purchase was their nineteenth and twentieth respectively, which proves that Hen Franklin, or one of the philosophers of a by gone day knew what he was talking about when he urged his chldren or friends to save. During lhe past school year the Johnson children purchased stamps and when they filled their book, converted the stamps Into bonds. The secret of their success Is. that they don't spend a penny they esru and if they want an extra dime or quarter for a movie, candy or ice cream sods, they "talk" their parents, grandparents or sometimes their uncle, Pete Whltrlght. Into "staking” them for the extra flnanc ing The parents of the children are employed at *hr General Electric plant and they alao buy war bonds. These Individual purchases aide«s In rolling up tb» big total In sales In Adams county during the present grivv-

Seek Addresses Os Veterans For Vote County Clerk Asks For Cooperation County clerk Clyde O. Trontner said today that in the event any service people had been missed on the recent drive to obtain the names and addre**es of service men and women for voting, that these should lx- s< nt to hi* office immediately and an application will Im, mailed. The correct military address, the names of the Individual and the precinct in which he or she lived at the time of entering the service Is the information required. Immediately after the special session of the state legislature, which passed the hill permitting service people to vote under a state ballot plan, Democratic precinct committeemen began a drive to obtain military names of all service people of both parties. Republican committeemen later announced a similar program. The ballots, under the law.

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Jap Broadcast Tells Os Execution Os Captured Superfortresses Crews

Diner May Be Used For Teen Canteen Legion Offers Use Os Diner Building The proposed Teen Canteen may be entabllshed In the former diner building on Madison street, members of the men's service committee announced today, following a meeting with American la-gion representatives, who have offered the use of the building as a youth center. The la-gton originally intended to have the building removed, which Im located directly west of the Legion home. The proposal was made later that it he turned over to the youth committee and converted into a canteen center for Decatur children. laist evening the proposal was discussed ami the committee members checked on the building. It is is by 50 fret in size and those who inspected It have visions of the possibilities for converting it into a canteen. The compactness of the place Is desirable, it offering the club type room, which appeals to youth. The canteen, if and when established. will be supported by funds from the Decatur Community Fund, Inc., aftew approval is given by the 'governing board. Men who attended the meeting were Deane Dorwin. James L. Kocher. William Linn. Htsrl Fuhrman. Phil Hauer and Adrian Baker. o , Budgets Filed By County Officials

Extra Prosecutor Fee Is Eliminated The prosecuting attorney who will take office next January will not receive lhe extra s4<m voted to that public official by the 1943 general assembly. The law which authorized the imymvnt terminates on Decomber 31. 1944. and unless the 1945 session of the Mate assembly pa see* a similar law. the proecutor's salary in Adams county will Im* $1,700 annually. the additional for special services ae paid tn 1943 and 1944 being eliminated Ed A. Bosse, acting prosecuting attorney for John L. DeVoss. who was elected two years ago and is now serving In the army, haa tiled his budget estimates for 1945 with Thurman I. Drew, county auditor, ang the salary of the prosecutor is listed at $1,700. according to law. Other items In the budget total $175. Several county officials have already filed their budgets with lhe auditor. Throe will be considered by the county council in September. The budgets are practically the same as year ago. Those filed to date. Include: Lawrence Beckmeyer. president of the Adams County 4-H club and Extension Exhibits Inc.. $750. Mr. Beckmeyer stated In hl* petition that last year 153 boys and 268 girls were enrolled In the 4-H clubs. The money is used for prizes In club work. Will Wlnnes, Washington township assessor, budget $1,420. Including $360 salary and $975 tor dep Uties. L. E. Archbold, county agricultural agent, budget $2,705. Including S6OO salary. Theodore Bleeke, Jr., chairman of the Adams county farm Institutes. sioo for Institute's expense* Robert Swick, county coroner, salary S2OO. budget. $623. The Indiana atate board of health haa sent a letter to the cduhty commissioners offering to donate S7BO toward the salary of a county health nutwe, providing the county appropriates $2,240. The state board explained that the appropriation should he divided as follows: Salary. $1,300; traveling expense. $540; ail other expenses, SSOO. iTarp Te Fags 3. Coloma •»

Berlin Reports Russians Start New Offensive Powerful Army On South Front Joins March On Berlin' London. July 15.— (UPI The Ge. man high command reported today that a powerful Red army on the soutehrn front has Joined the Russian "march on Berlin” with a smashing new offensive on the approaches to the lortrMs of Lwow. and a Nazi commentator warned his countrymen that the "days of the great storm have arrived.” The reported new assault, which GeGrman broadcast* acknowledged had achieved a "small number of local penetrations." would put the Russians on the offensive along an almost continuous front of some •900 miles from the Gulf of Finland to teh foothill* of teh Carpathians with the avowed objective of smash ing through to Germany.

Re darmies on the north-central invasion route to Berlin were storming the ancient Polish tortlrea* of Grodno from three sides with onecolumn already within artillery range of the disputed 1939 border of East Prussia The German high command communique said the Russians "went over lo the expected attack" on the southern front yesterday between Tarnopol and Luck, 60 miles euat southeast and 88 miles northeast of Lwow. one of teh biggest communications hubs in Europe and key stronghold on the soffTheaatern iiivuMion route to Berlin. Other German, broadcasts ackknowledged local penetrations in the Nazi line, hut sought to belittle them with assertion that they were unimportant “Imcause the firwt Impetus of Tile assault was stemmed along the whole line.” The main assault was launched around Tarnopol. a live-way railway junction on tin- Odvsea Lwow trunk line, with teh Soviets throwing a "great concentration of rifle divisions. supported by strong tank forces,” against a comparatively narrow sector. Ernst Von Hammer. Nazi DNB agency commentator, said. Luck was captured by the Ist Ukrainian army al the climax of its thrust deep Into old Poland from Kiev lust winter. The Russians surrounded Tarnopol, but Its garrison subsequently broke out of encirclement and the Germans claimed to have recaptured the city. Mrs. William Beck Is Taken By Death Funeral Rites Here Monday Afternoon Mrs. Fanny E. Beck. 6x. wife of William H. Beck, native and former resident of Decatur, died late Friday afternoon at the Clinic hospital in Bluffton after a six weeks' Illness of complications. Hhe was born In Decatur January 8. 1876. the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Rice. Her first husband. Horace Callow, Decatur druggist, died a number of years ago. She was married to William H. Beck In this city 4n 1938. and they then moved lo Bluffton. Surviving in addition to the husband Is a brother, Frank E. Rice of Fort Wayne. Funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon at the residence. 203 East Wabash street. Bluffton, and at 3 o'clock at the First Methodist church iu thia city. Burial will be In the Decatur cemetery. Dr. M O. Lester and Rev. R. J. Burns will offlcte** The body will be removed from the Thoma funeral home to the j residvuce suuday uouu.

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Japanese Warlords Order Any Os Allied Airmen Bailing Out Over Japan Executed fly United Press A Japanese broadcast from Singapore reported today that American airmen twho <fe!l into Japanese hand* in the superfortress aMack on Yaiwata on June 15 had been executed. as were captured' member* of Lhe force which bombgd Tokyo in 1943. The broadca«g. recorded by the federal c<mrmunica4ion* eommkiaion. in reporting the new executions said the Japanese warlords Irad made It an "order of the day” that "any Allied airman who falls or baibt out over Jagtan will be exocuired." The enemy propagandist called the iMsinhardtneip of Vawata. big steel center on the Island of Kyushu. in the flnst announced operation nf the superfortresses, an "Abortive raid, aimed tM nothing in particular.” . Tlte nimfber of airmen reported executed after tney Itailed out was nut mentioned. The army announced the loss tit four superfortresses in the attack, two by enmity action The broadcast was beamed to American forces in the southwest Pacific. It reported that the American airmen had snet wi’h “the same fate which wa* meted out to raider* of Tokyo acme two years ago." FfX' monttons recorded the broadcast from the Japanese operated Hingatpore transmitter They said reception waa poor and only a f«w excerpts from the Japanese spokesman's "special talk" In English were intelligible. The original execution of American airmen by the Japanese was revealed by Preaident Roosevelt, who denounced h in the strongest terms. The victuns were members of J.t Gen James H Doolittle's fotre of medium iMtmibers which took off from the aircraft carrier Hornet and iKttulted Tokyo and oilier Japanese centers The Hornet later was sunk. 15-Year-Old Youth Runs Decatur Store The youngest business man in Dccgtur -today turned back the management of a store to its owner C. Wesley England today He is Ralph Hauer, son of city street commissioner Phil Hauer. Hauer, who is 15 years old and will be a sophomore next year at the Decatur high school, has operated the England Auto Parts Co., for the past three weeks while Mr. and Mrs. England visited her relatives In the east. The l»oy began work at the »tore before and sifter school last winter and became so proficient that ’Mr England entrusted him with the sole management df the business while he was gon ■ -.1.... LU—,,, „ Aqed Decatur Lady Receives Letter Os Thanks From Sailor Mrs. Henry Hchoensteadt, 86, ha* received an atiMWer to some Red Cross sewing, with which she included her name and address The V-mall letter, from R. B. Solsburg, seaman second class, reads: "I am writing you from somewhere In Africa to thank you for the Red Cross kit I received. It's a grand feeling *o me and thousands of boys all over the world to receive something, no mailer bow small, from those at home who are doing such a fine jolt. It will be a pleasure to visit your chapter some day In the future 1 will If God permits. Just k<<-p them coming, mother." Mrs. Hchoetisteadt la a member of lhe Zion Lutheran church, where she Is still active in sewing for the Red Cross. Bhe resides with her daughter. Miss Minnie Steele, at 1016 Monroe a*reel. Mtaa Steel* haa alao put In many hours in Red Cross sewing. She said. "It made her and 'mother* very happy to hear from thia sailor iu iar off Africa.