Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 42, Number 168, Decatur, Adams County, 17 July 1944 — Page 1

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AMERICAN PATROLS SMASH INTO ST. LO

Uice President Mie Is Chief & invention Hem _ Believe Wallace To ■*" Be Given One Ballot Chance For Victory ' ijonvenllon Headquarters. Chi. ; '.lo, July 17— tri’> i’n-xi<i.m «B»te wsr. r« itubiy reported lay to be leteimiiicil to give ve FrecMent It- s \ W.ilfac, aneJMHBt etete**- *o obtain re. ■> indicating to national convenhere Wednesday imong alternate r. Roosevelt sugante or names, ii. ential controver. that marks this national conven. velt’s renomlna. is bagged and packaged. The Inform te Mar fluid i* umi.i WOO words-althonu, the resohi. 7 ns commlttM today starts go- . f through the t» otions of hear. v I all sides of all from Arsons who have |.L.r»k- .. ,’Jst. . J There Is hardly a whisper of 11. fourth term t.dk. in contrast ’’"jthe noisy antUhlrd term outM«f four year- .*r*. But there a big and determined movement | H> agaihM the i.ii.ur.inalioii of allace. He Is not accepted by '‘iny party men as a liona fide enocrat bat a* more represents. '# of the new deal. Democratic slitlon and a leader of the brl. & of the left —The national committee will, •et today ter final convention ■ aiigeaents and a sub-commit, j will hear cdtHests of opposing (>U pete from ,K*xas and South rolina. Lost cause presidential support. * of Ben. Harry F Byrd of Vir. da have arrived amt promisst his name will be proposed for a nmntaattoh. James A. Farley, •mar national committee chairm whe skippered Mr. Roosevelt election triumphs /Twa To MUto 1 Column t) oenemann Infant ; Taken By Death Funeral Services Tuesday Afternoon ■ Vernon William Koenemann. Inat son of Mr. and Mrs Erwin F. d Ida Gerka-Kmnemann. of three tea mutt Os Hoar ami ,1 ml Sat dock of tuber the Lutheran tyne. •ar and four it ill a week of ■s stated that tits type of the n In Decatur. , and was a Rock Lutheran rill be held at e home and at Flat Rock LuHoagteud. Ruin the church H. Kortenberlie casket will e church. ■ed by the par--11, aged 5. and Mr. and Mrs. I of Hoagland Oerke of near loved from the Sunday evened at the realind until the READING IMOMCTKR M .. PI ER tonight and Ml thundernd west wldely-ocat-ndershowers warmer te-

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Seven Enemy Ships Destroyed By Lone British Submarine Ixmdon. July 17—(UP)-A Britleh submarine wax disclosed today to have sunk seven enemy ships and damaged several otheis in an IH-minute attack on a German-held haitbor in the Aegean sea. iLt. W. H- Kelt, navy reserve officer in command of the submarine, eaid he surfaced the craft within a mile on the breakwater. Then we opened fire for IS minutes and dived.” he said. ‘'Subsequent examination showed t<wo ships sunk, five destroyed on slipway*, one holed and damaged. and several mnaller craft damaged.” German antlsulKnarlne craft counterattacked heavily for three hours but the submarine escaped. British Will Send Forces To Pacific Churchill Promises Aid To Australia Canberra, July 17—<VP>—Britain will send “large and powenul" forces to the southwest Pacific before the end of the y&ar to tight under Gen. Douglas MacArthur against the Japanese, Prime Minister John Curtin announced today. Curtin told the House of Representatives that he had received Prime Minister Churchill's promise of the forces during his recent visit to Britain to attend the Empire conference. “Though the transfer of the main British effort must await Germany's defeat." Curtin said, "large and powerful forces will become available this year and the planning of the whole British effort Will tie vigorously pursued. “Mr. Churchill summed up the position thusly- 'Though we might have to begin In a small way. we intend to pour all our forces into that struggle whereto we have been pledged by honor and fas tened by Interest.'” Curtin said most of the 'formidable tasks” 'imposed upon MacArthur by the directive of April, 1942, when he came to Australia from the Philippines to save her trom invasion, already had been accomplished. “He now faces with confidence the final and. of course, the most dlfticult and decisive phase -an offensive to defeat the enemy forces in the southwest Pacific area,” Curtin said.

Economy Os Plenty Asked For Farmers Agriculture Pldnk Asked OF Democrats Convention Headquarters, Chi. cago, July 17—(UPl—Fartn lead, era today urged the Democratic national convention platform com. mlttee lo adopt an agriculture plank calling for development of an economy of plenty with em. ployment for all. Witnesses rushed their presen. tatlons on insistence of commit, tee chairman John W. McCormack of Massachusetts, who was deter, mined to finish all domestic bust, nesa by Tuesday night so that Wednesday may be devoted eg. cluaively to the vital foreign pol. icy plank. As a matter of fact, the essence of the platform al. ready has been drafted In a form agreeable to President Roosevelt. Urging adequate farm prices and “an economy of plenty that makes full employmen* possible." Albert C. Goss of the national grange told the committee that "we must avert the tragic error of allowing abundance to dps'roy Its broduc. er.” In addition to asking a full share for tanners In the postwar economy, James G. Patton of the National Farmers Union hit at congressional action wfdeh has limited lending functions and the tenant purchase program of the farm security sdminlstratlon. Patton charged that FBA time, tlons were curtailed because P "has been vilified and mlarepre. sen tod” by “pressure groups" profiting at the expense of the family type farmer who Is the backbone of the nation's economy. W, Kerr Scott, North Carolina commissioner of agriculture, rep. resenting the agriculture controls. (Tara To Page Si Coloma •>

Yankee Troops Only Two Miles From Livorno Two-Way Assault On Rich Italian Prize Made By Americans Rome, July 17.— (UP)—American troops drove up the west coast within two miles o( Livorno today and swung In from the east for a .two-way assault on the richest prise In the Italian campaign since the fall of Rome Advanced units of the United Blates forces reached Montenero. a Livorno suburb four miles from the heart of the city, and captured Monte Maggiore, one of the dominating heights overlooking it from a distance of about four miles. The fifth army advanced through several towns and villages keying the fortifications before Livorno, and headquarters announced that the Germans now had stabilised an organised line of resistance three to four miles below the Arno river, on which the Gothic line is based. German forces struck back heavily in several sectors trom their first stable positions since they cracked up below Rome and began a disorderly flight of more than ISO miles to the approaches of the Gothic line between Pisa and Rimini. The Fifth and Eighth armies battered forward despite the stiffened resistance in all key sectors. While the Americans closed on Livorno, the Eighth army gained several (Turn To Pago t. Column 4) —— ■ O Kirsch Re-Elected By District Postmasters dx>o Kirsch, Decatur postmaster, was re-elected fourth district president of the national association of postmasters at a meeting held last week at Kendallville. Other district officers, all reelected are: Douglas Blateing of New Haven, district director: Mark Kaufman, of Rav. vice president and Mrs. Lets McComb of Huntertown. secretary-treasurer.

Four Accidents In Area Over Weekend Two Persons Taken To County Hospital Four accidents occurred over the week-end, resulting in the hospitalization of two of the victims. Ronald Hurat. four-year-old son of Arthur Hurst of east of Decatur, was Injured when struck by a car driven by Delmer Thieme. 16. of route three Decatur. Sunday evening at 3:30 o'clock. Sheriff Leo Gillig, who investigated. reported that the boy had been playing with some email friends, add ran out across the north fork of the road at the Twin Bridge Service station about a mile northeast of Decatur. He was struck by the Thieme car. The boy was rushed to the Adams county memorial hospital by ambulance where It was found he suffered slight lacerations about the forehead, right arm and foot, and a possible mild concussion of the brain. He was held for observation. but it la believed he will be dismissed today. Dorte Sprunger. 19, of Monroe, and a small child escaped Injury (Turn To Pane 1. Column 6) — ■■ II O' Replevin Suit To Wells Circuit Court The replevin suit (brought (by H. O. White against Floyd Acker has been venued <o the Wells circuit court, after the defendant struck off the name of Allen as an available county for venue The suit was filed Iby H. O White against Floyd Acker 4o Obtain poasession of (furniture belonging to his son. Russell White, now In the U. B. marine corps. It was reported that both men have signed powers of attorney to dispose of Russell White's real and personal property. PoaacMioti of the property has been‘turned over to sheriff (Leo Gillig pendin settlement of the case.

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Decatur, Indiana, Monday, July 17, 1944.

Easy Pickings On Beachhead r. 1 ' —L —ft Z ' V ■ ' •'A hl - - • [SOEh -•CCj £' a,' fjpSgKBKF OICCINC INTO some nal fried chicken on the .Normandy beachhead are these members of a U. 8. Navy salvage group as they zestfully put jway their Hunday dinner. They are (I. to r.): William Holohan. Dorchester. Mass.; Louis Fabrizio. Cortland. N. Y.; Norman Malament. Brooklyn. N. Y.: and Michael Gagliardi. New York City.

Rival Texas Groups Contest For Seats Subcommittee Is Studying Contest Convention Headquarters. Chicago. July 17.—(UP)—The contest for seats In the Democratic convention between rival Texa* delega'ions - one instructed and the other pro-Roosevelt- goes before a subcommittee of the party's national committee tor a preliminary teat today. The uninstructed group, selected at a regular state convention, is demanding the return of the twothinte rule for nominating candidates; rights of the states to establish their own qualification* for voting and nullification of laws preventing the segregation of Negro and white children In schools. It wants those things as the price for (Turn To Page 1. Column 7) ——.—.—o— Vera Cruz Resident Is Taken By Death Mrs. Mary Meyer. 6M. of Vera Cruz, died Sunday at the Clinic hospital in Bluffton after a seven week* Illness Surviving are five children Joseph. ReWben and Walter Meyer, all of V’era Cruz. Mrs. Dwight Reynold* of near Bluffton and Mrs. Frank Croy of Vera Cruz; and t’wo brothers John Rich of Berne and David Rich of Woodburn. Funeral services will be held at 2 p. m. Tuesday at the Vera Cruz Evangelical and Reformed chu'Th, hev. .11. H Meek*troth officiating. Burial will Im* in the Bluffton mau•oleum.

Adams County Paratrooper Is Wounded In Invasion Os France

Ki Cpl. Erwin F. Bußemeier, 32. 4011 of Mr. and Mrs. Charles O. Bulte meter of Dacatur route two, a paratrooper with the First army, was wounded in action aa he landed on the Normandy beachhead on June 13. the parents have been advised. Cpi. Bultemeler, who attended the Preble parochial school and

Portland Coach Quits For Red Cross Post

Kenneth R. Farrie. for the past 17 years foolball and basidicll coach and teacher at the Portland high school, has rewlgned his position, (•jfecitlve July 30. to (become a Bason officer “with the American Red Cro<M on oversea.! duty No successor has Imen named. o — Six Persons Killed In Fire Al Denver Amusement Pork Is Scene of Tragedy Denver. July 17 —(UP) —Big persons, including two soldiers and 'heir wives were dead today, the result of a flash fire which ripped through the romantic Tunnel of I.ov»- at Elitch's Garden, on* of Denver's largest amuse, inent parks, last night. The blaze, which turned the pleasure cruise down “The Did Mill Stream” into a nightmare of horror, may have been caused by a short circuit in the electrical wiring or a light* d cigarette 1 ossi it carelessly into one of the niches in the winding tunnel, park officials said Th* fire raged for an hour be. fore It was brough* under control. The victims were Ident If I- d as Pvt. Robert ('. Mcllvaln. formerly of Wichita. Kan., and his wife. Mary. Emporia. Kan.; Pvt. R. L. Jacobberger. formerly of Holly, wood, and his wife. Maxine, for. meriy of Omaha, Neb.; George Kefthellne. 16. and Edward Ixtwery. 35. park employes. The two soldiers were stationed at Buckley Field and their wives were visiting *hem

was employed at the Decatur Casting company prior to his induction into the army, has been awarded the Purple Heart, which coveted medal was received by his parents last week The young paratrooper was among the first American soldiers to land in France on D-Day. He is now confined to a hospital In England. The parents received a letter from him last Friday. In which he stated that his left band wim injured. Several bones were fractured and skin had to he grafted, plastic surgery being necessar*later. the injured soldier uaid. His health In general Is fine, he assured his parents. Cpi. Btiltemeler entered the army on October 19, 1942. and received training at Camp Blanding, Fla.. Camp McCall. N. C.. and gis He went overseas last Jun uary. landing in Ireland and later was transferred to England. ( A younger brother of the parstrooper. Arnold Bultemeler. age 13, went to Indianapolis today for bls preinduction examination Into the armed services.

Central Keystone Os Nazi Normandy Line Near Allied Control

Nazis Evacuate Civilians From East Prussia Grodno, Key Nazi Bastion, Falls To Advancing Russians Ixmdon July 17 —(UP)—A Moscow dispatch reported violent fighting today in the “ituinedia'e neighborhiH d </f East Pi neeia” and Bwiss advices said the Nazis ha.l ordered the immediate evaluation of civilian* from the border region of Germany's easternmost homeland. A Moscow diepatch of the Exchange telegraph said Russian tank* and motorized infantry were breaking into the outer defenses of Kaunas, prewar capital of Lithuania and bracketed with fallen Grodno as one of the two main Gennan defence tinwitlons before East J’russia. Two Russian armies wer? Mnashing wiatssard from cwptured Grodno key bastion of the Gennan defenses on the approaches to 1-Lset Prussia and delayed report* indicated the Soviet might already be in the Suwalki triangle of Old Poland, which Adolf Hitler annexed to the province In 1939'While the Rea army wax developing its frontal push agaiaut East Prussia, Nazi broadens** said a great Russian olfeMive was picking up momentum in lower Poland, and had rolled up impressive advance* in the campaign to bulkwark the southern flank of the Boviet forces striking toward Berlin. Berlin said tile Ru*sian attacks from Luck and Tarnopol toward the fortress city of Lwow had developed Into a full-scale offensive. A Nazi commentator oaid the Russians (Turn To Page 4, Column 7)

Sgt. Warren Andrews Is Wounded In Action Adams County Native Is Wounded In France Relatives here have re-civ*-1 word that Staff Sgt. Warren L. Andrews. 22. native and former resident of Adams county, wax wound ed in action on June 24 while participating in the invasion of Normandy. The meMage received by Mrs Grover (Levy, a couain. stated that the sergeant was struck In the neck by a piece (4 steel while fighting on the outskirts (»f Cbedbourg on the afternoon of June 84. Sgt. Andrews, in his letter, further ntated that he Is now confined to a hcwpltal in England The wounded soldier was born east (»f Berne, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Dewey Andrews. Following his mother's death, he moved to Angola where his father now resides. The sergeant Is a cousin of Pfc. Rdbeltt R Andrews, of Muskegon. Mich., also a ifonner Adamt county youth who was reported killed in action in North Butina June g Bgt. Andrews, who visited here In March is a nephew of Robert Andrews of this cfcy. - 1 o— Joseph Fisher Hurt In Farm Accident Joseph Fisher, route 3. Decatur sustained Injuries to his leg last week when a bridge plank broke as he was crossing a creek on the Bowers farm, with a team of horses and corn plows. Mr. Ftehet was taken <0 the Adams county memorial hospital where X-ray picture* were necessary to determine the extent of his Injuries. One of *the horsiw broke through the floor ot the bridge and went lunging to get out broke the seat of one of the corn plotwa. throw Ing 'Mr Flatter off and dragging him for anm* r'datsnne

U. 5. Bombers Attack Robot Supply Dumps Follow British Raid Against Oil Centers London. July 17 (UP) A flee' of approximately 760 American heavy bomb, rs crossed the channel through misty weather today to at'ack supply dumps for flying bombers, and bridges and mar. shading yards in the network of French railways feeding the Ger. man battle areas. The daylight assaults. Coming a few hours after British Immbers pounded Germany's dwindling oil supplies in coordinated night raids from the west and south, wenmade In generally unfavorable weather. More than a dozen railway bridges in a wide circle around Paris were attacked try small for. mations <*f bombers, while others went on to lilt a flying bomb dnmp at Hilly La Montaigne, south of Rheims. and rail yards nt Belfort, about 35 miles west of Basle on the Swiss Irnrder. RAF mosquito bombers, flying from liases in Britain, struck into Germany's Ruhr valley to drop two.ton blockbusters on synthetic oil plants at Hamboru, near Duis. burg, while Italian baaed heavy bomliers raided an «»il refinery a’ Nmederevo. near Belgrade In Yugoslavia. The mosquitoes also mined enemy waters, and the air minis, try said the night operations from Britain were made without loss. The night raids capped one of tkie busiest days of two. way Allied aerial operations, which ap. proximately 4.000 warplanes ham. mered Nazi communications from Vienna, in Austria through the (Turn To Paas >. Column 4) 0 —-—— Truck Damaged By Fire This Morning A pick-up truck owned by Bernard Helking caugitt fire at the intersection of Thirteenth s'reet and Nuttman avenue this moinitig at II o'clock. The city fire department answered the call. C’onalderable damage iwas done to the wiring and poaslbiy to tlt>- motor.

SIO,OOO In Bonds Sold At Booth Lost Week The Business and Profeesional Women's dub closed the fifth war loan bond drive sale at the Schafer store booth Saturday, with total sales (4 liO.tlOO. The club's quota was |5j300. Mrs 'Martin Welland, chairman stated. Three sororities and the American la-gioii auxiliary conducted the booth one week each during the drive and t*sal sales during the five weeks were nearly 350,t)(M). The b(M>th mj* removed today. ———— -o Named Acting Head Os County Hospital Miss Lichtensteiqer Is Named By Board Miss Florence Llchtenstelger, nursing supervisor at the Adams county memorial hospital for a numlM*r of years, has been named acting superintendent a* ot today. Is*o Saylors, a member of the hospital hoard, announced. Mrs. Nelle Mae Lowe, who resigned recently as superintendent, left this morning to become superintendent of a Huntington hospital. The hospital board met last week, but did not at that time select g successor to Mrs. Lowe, who has been superintendent since September 1, 1941. Mies Llchtenstelger has served as acting supervisor before and la believed by the board to be well qualified to administrate the hospital until a permanent superintendent is chosen.

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Advanced Elements Os American Army Probe Into Streets Os Key Norman City Supreme Headquarters, AEF, July 17 (UP) —American patrols smashed into ruined St. lai today, bringing the central keystone of ■•he German line In Normandy al. most within the Allies! grasp, and other United Slates assault forces stormed the near approaches of Perlers and la*ssay. British forces waging a new offensive below Caen battered for. ward several hundred yards in ex(reinely heavy lighting and drove Into the key villages of Noyers and Evrecy, wresting parts of each from the German defenders. Lt. Gen. Omar N. Bradley's American first army clamped a siege arc tightly atpiinst St. Lo. its prongs probing th.- near Ger. man fortifications southeast and northwest of the ancient town, while advanced elements broke the Nazi crust to penetrate the rubble.strewn strettu. Other U. S. forces closing against the two remaining anchor bases of the German defenses far. Ing the American front, captured the village of le-s Milleries. a mile northwest of Perlers, and seized a flooded urea east of Lessay to bring that town under direct attack from three sides. Five miles south west of Periers the Americans cut ilie arterial highway to bt. Lo, the backbone of the entire German defense line fronting the Americana, by a drive to tin- village of Le Mesnil.Vigot. The crushing assault which laid open the fortifications In the out. skirts of St. L> was launched a* 4:30 a. m. today The doughboys clambered out of their foxholes and hedgerows with bayonets flashing and grenades flying. Taken by surprise because of the absence of artillery prepara, tion. the Germans reeled back, and the American assault rolled fas' in Its early stage. United Press (Turn To Pa«» «. Column 4t o — Contingent Leaves For Physical Exams 16 In Contingent Leaving Here Today Sixteen youths left <thU» morning for Indlanapollw 'tor -pre-induction physical examinations under selective service. Today's contingent ‘was the first set* from Adaans county for more Lhan a month Floyd Adrian Reed, former Yellow Jacket atar athlete, who graduated this apring was leader of the contingent. One of the group, Norman ■Stanley Kister. of Berne, volunteered for immediate induction ts accepted for service. iMemibers of the group are aa follows: Maynard Ralph la-hman. Arnold Martin tßultfltneier. Richard Leonell Ijehman, Floyd Adrian Reed. Donald Wayne Hprunger, Bttrvil Eugene WaXkitMt. Howard Earl Schwartz, William Wayne ttedter. Clyde Burnell Augteturger. James Franklin Brunnegraff, Richard Helking. Kdliert Cloice Pyle, James Carroll Eichhorn. Donald Wayne Windmiller (transferred from Klamath Falls. Ore ) William C. Stamp (tranaferred frtan Booklings. 8. D >, Nonman Htanley Kistler. Edwin Ochoa, also scheduled for examination today, has Iteen transferred So the purlsdlctlon of the latard at Marlin, Tex. ■ g ■ Congressman Gillie To Visit In County George W Gillie, fourth district congressman, will make offkchil visits in Adams county Friday He will be at the Geneva poet office at 10 a tn., at the Berne post office at noon and at the Decatur p<»t office at 2 p. tn. Al! residents of the coun'y are Invited to confer •with the conginsaiusU dUlloa tirnse Vtells.