Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 42, Number 184, Decatur, Adams County, 4 August 1944 — Page 1

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AMERICANS RACING THROUGH BRITTANY

rongAHied Aerial Fleets Mund Europe British In Action Axis Europe Am <i p» Th. <AF hlirlWl OK« of the greatest flMhtlC fleet H th., today. a|>|»ii.-ntl>-.At 1 -- 111 • ’ Northern *Htnw. while German radio slams ItoMMtt'-'’ American h<-av e* were Mriklm- in fore., at c.-n-Tiif. rogr Os Allied warplanes **»»**tmt coast wan a l BhOOT ttMMKnt throughout the em ■tearing akk»[eu.i i>led the Anglo * « to into a ■nM bmn|tar offensive. TiwmWM tl" immediate an aOMMMMMtt ®a the daylight opera■HßHHlNim from Britain NtoffMMip A**' hammering Ger•aan front !i»« imsiHons and other •nnr in«n|HKrxet«. ArptMMl »Qkt however, the ratllo service flat'll ■MHHHk ltonilier forma {■■■■p norttiw.-stern (ter;sai»y »»tf #*■>- in - time the British ■tit of RAF I ■aster* and HallSpit*- pttSsibly Hie blggeMt ever ■■■Mp Kv Hi<‘ British on a from & watmißtiire oine dioitly .liter the 4pW ini MgMoi Hied ItlllO-h they might be sink B toi'ol lb ■MMRUR Btl F1.111.r where Hie ■ A HMf and no bomb on tij* gOHtiIMK. and olnelVelH lie ttto.'Xb) -.[.- .!>.-• • a..111.1 >9MM| flteue "( ' 'erd.n. When ■OiMMkitKpO hoi tl.- Wife llowti ‘MUMtOdßrith ,1 n liort. d Gel Official ■ur.-s releax.d today the & ' lioml.er-. of th. I S ' ' Itaxed in Britain Mr. ,«M Xfipisiu dropped a total 4*l 73.898 ton* of bombs on Ger ill doiioti.lied ffllP iNMaßbrs. with lhe aid of of 111. xtm k of ■BM9RMR* i» «ir and more ■I M# tM *•»’* ground Oil re ■ME"|toCt : ' factories. tank ■MR Mt ballbearing plants ■W* M£Ml< pal t.m-els durum fIHjM ZXr.mt iMimber and W.wßXjfeer sortieH Were flown the •tolilh by the eighth ijfe laisx.s during the »w»«h jirded as 211 bombers ' ° ■.Mead Is Named ■Weed Truman H®cdb Senate Group i HB rest '9 a^ons WasMtjgten Aug 4 — (I Pi — M Mead. 11. N Y. : *A(Wa»Mmed < hairman of Hie yMr investigating nun ' * EMpedlng Sen. Harry S FrMsi|i(UL JJ,, Mo, ilemoi ratio vn e Horn nee ®M|j| wng unanimously se|e< led meeting ot Hie oom man'll Trwa»n ■•signed yesterday Io *J k ‘* up Ws active campaign u« *te-«Ms*t)» KJloose'eli '* running MM his Kelts linn as . hair ** ' !i •»<■*> grout honor a. d an n “'""'‘ l Ml ' ft"’' New 'ttMi Truman for hla ’Ate teetf#rMip of th., wai inv.xtt ®SI6B and said we JX*’* " 111 ‘hall! " ,IM ’‘ S *" fhumiiiiH SP hut II l« Hie fee’. ef^^B< n ' -, " l, e|H of Hie com We must and will ion

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30,000 Idled By Strikes In U. S., Canada War Department In Control Os Strike At Philadelphia By United Preu* Nearly 30.000 workers were Idle today in a aeore of walkout* that plagued the United State* and Canada, the moat Important of which were the transit atrikea at Philadelphia and Montreal, while at Detroit a atrlke of 7.000 employee* at five General Motor* plant* entered It* ninth day, tying up production of Pratt-Whitney aircraft engine part*. Klevuted-MUbway aervice was remimed on aeveral line* at, I’hiludelphia thia morning, deapite Ktrike leader* atatement* that the walkout which began Tue*day in protest agalnat training of negro operator*, would continue. A 13-yeur-old negro boy, Frank Howard, was shot and critically injured yesterday at Philadelphia by white men in a paraing auto i mobile in the firal vhdence the city ha* experienced since Tuesday. when 11 person* were hospitalised and more than 200 arrested in riots. The system wa» taken over by lhe war department last night on order of President Roosevelt, and an army spokesman said under government operation working condition* would revert to a prestrike basis. The strike raised absenteeism to lo percent, curtailing production as much a* <o percent in *ome plant*, and 1,600.000 workers were forced lo walk or find other transportation to work. Montreal worker* continued to fTurn To Psge «. Column <> . o Guam Island Battle Enters Final Phase Japanese Prepare Last Ditch Stand By Charles P. Arnot United Pre** War Correspondent (Written for the Combined Allied Press) Almard Adm. Hiehard 1., Connelly's Flagship. Guam. Aug. 4—(UP) — (Via Navy Itadioi — Surviving Japanese defenders of Guam, attempting to prevent a headlong flight from becoming a rout of annihilation, appeared today to be digging in for a last ditch stand against a joint army ami marine trap that has been dosing in on them at the rate of nearly two miles a day. For final defense, several, thousand remaining Japanese apparently have chosen the thickly woodevl plateau country of northern Guam, which in place* almost rivals the South Pacific jungle*. Reconnaissance tank* and advancing marine and army infantry units already have encountered enemy concentration* in ambushes along the front line* which now follow a zigtag course roughly southeast from Nato lieach on upper Turnon Bay to a point some 2000 yard* below Sassayan Point on lhe east coast. It is nearly 10 mile* to the extreme northern tip of the island from our farthest point of advance (Turn To Pag* S. Columa •) ■ --— ---- —o ■ ———— — Issue Final Appeal For Salvage Drive Here On Saturday Phil Runer. city salvage chairman.‘issued a final appeal today to local citizen* to participate 100 percent In the watrte paper drive Saturday “Our goal I* 10 tons of wants paper. The Hoy Rcout* will pick up the bundles If you place them on the front porch or along the curb in front of your htjnse. They'll also plekup the prepared tin cans" Ever since the monthly cleanup drives were aatahliehed here, an effort ha* been made ot get 10 ton* of wade paper. The government estimates a quota of 0.4 pounds per perwon. which to three times Hr) 10 ton goal, but th* highest ever obtained hero wa* Una.

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Deeds Available To Homesteads Tenants May Obtain Deeds By Completing Contract The IM tenants occupying houses in the Decatur Homesteads addition. Houtli of the city, may now obtain a deed to their properties by paying their contractu in full, William Linn, manager of the properties announced today. The federal public houidng authority, the government agency und-1 er whose supervision the Home ateada ia vested, lias notified the local aaaoclatlon that deeds to the properties can now he obtained by liquidation of the principal, which originally figured on a 40year basis, dating from November, 1838. I'nder the old contract, occupants of Hie houaea who made monthly paymenta, could pay all except *lo of the entire principal, but could not get a deed until the end of 40 years. Mr. Linn explained. The 48 houaea were built by the government, under an agency then known as the subsistence housing agency, and later transferred to other housing authorities within the federal government structure. Construction work started in 1933 on the houaea and the financing details were not completed until 1930. The houses were sold to occupants at amounts varying from *3,000 to *4.000. The project wax one of the largest housing developments ever launched here and was a great stimulus in combatting the effects of the depression. Decatur at(Turn To Page », Column t> —o Japanese Report New Raids By Americans Bonin And Volcano Islands Attacked By United Press The Japanese reported today that powerful formations of American carrier planes had attacked the Bonin and Volcano islands, within t»3O miles of Tokyo, and radio Tokyo expressed its belief that Vice Adm. Mate A. Mitschers famed task force 5M again wax on the prowl near the Japanese homeland. A Tokyo broadcast recorded by United Press at San Francisco said 10 cruisers and destroyers were sighted east of Cchlchl Jims in the Bonlns Friday afternoon. Their appearance there “and sudden intensification of enemy activities near the Japan.-/*- homeland" ImVcated to the Japanese that an . terlcan task force was operating in the area, already struck by Mitscher's force three times since the start of the Marianas campaign In June. Powerful formations of carrierborne planes raided Iwo Jlma. 100 miles to the south of Ctlchi Jlma, 528:3 Friday morning. Tokyo said, CM* <. OaMaa '

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Copt. Baldwin To Lead Recruiting Gapt. Inviiig W. Buldavin hue been placed in charge of army air corps reserve recruiting office In room 3B<) Federal building. Fort WayneSeventeen year old youth* are n<iw eligible to apply for enlistment in the air corp* for assignment to air combat crow training, following their ISth birthday. Information and application blank* may bo obtained from (’apt. Baldwin. — o , Gehrig Is Elected District Commander Tillman H. Gehrig Elected Thursday Tillman H Gehrig, prominent Legionnaire'of th to city, was elected fourth district commander of the American Legion, at the annual dietrbf convention h«-ld Thuttaday night at Angola. Only other candidate for the district ieadershp wa* P. T. Hase of Fort Wayne. G-’hrig will succeed Dan Munaon, of Angola, who ha* aerved for tho past year The Decatur man will aseunie hi* duties at lhe state convention. which wHI tie held in Indianatmlta August 12, 13 and 14. The new district commander ha* served a* commander of Adam* poet, truetee of the poet for three years, *lx years ao post adjutant, and was district adjutant for ono year. ‘Delegate* from Adame post to the diMrict convention wer« Gehrig. A. J. Baker, Al RutiMchlag, com-mander-eioct. and James K. Htaley, present commander. These same men will be delegale* to the slate convention at I Indianapoita.

IFfc. Fred R. Harden Killed In Action In French Invasion

Pfc. Fred R. Harden, 21, non of Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Harden of Decatur route five. wan killed in action with American troops In France on July 15. according to word received today by the parents. The telegram from the war department was the customary notice, Imparting the sad news that the young soldier had been killed In France. He is the 27th man from this county or formerly from here to join the list of immortal dead while In the service of their country. The Decatur soldier, who was an infantryman, was born in this county, April 30. 1323. He attended the Decatur schools and lacked only one semester of having completed his high school training. Prior to entering the army in February. 1943, Pfc. Harden, whose father la an employe of the county highway department, was employed by the Decatur Casting company. He look training at Camp Swift, Toms, and Camp Forest, Tenn. ( Pfc. Harden went overseas last December and was stationed In | North Ireland and Scotland, before I

Jap Stronghold In : North Burma Taken I Myitkyina Captured By Allied Forces Southeast Asia headquarter*. Kandy, Ceylon. Aug. 4.—tUP)— American. British and Chinese force* today captured Myitkyina. Japanese stronghold In northern Burma ami last major obstacle to the reopening of an overland route into China from India, after killing lhe garrison of more than 3,000 almost to the )a*t man. Tib* fall of the city ended a siege which began on June 3 when British and Indian air borne troops, landing far behind Japanese line*. cro«sed the Monsoon-swollen Irra- . waddy river and sealed off the garI rison's last escape route. • Japanese force* also have start- - ed withdrawing from the Tamu base, ao miles MHithrast of Imphal. and li can now be said that the enemy is retreating from Manipur j along the Tiddlm road. Many Japanese already have crossed the Chindwin river, although It was not ' apparent whether they will try to ’ establish a line there or continue ' to retreat towards southern Burma to reinforce troop* mauled in the abortive expedition Into India. ( One hundred Japanese, the last (Turn Tn Pag* 4. Coliimn 1> t ...0 Hartford Tax Rate $1.32 On The SIOO ' — — The Hartford township tax rate ■ for !»4a is 31.32 on the 310)) of tax- . able property. The budget for next year total* 316,>74. exclusive of the ■ P«or fund levy, which to figured by lhe county audlto.-. Thl* year’s budget was 312.178,

E joining Invasion troops to France. The parents said he arrived In France a few days after D-day. Besides the parents, the young soldier is survived by two brothers, Psul of Detroit and Warren, employed at the General Electric plant In this dty.

Great French Ports Os St. Nazaire And Nantes Believed Near Capture

Russians Poise For Drive Info East Prussia German Civilians Fleeing In Panic Before Red Drive BULLETIN London, Aug. 4 — (UP) — Gen. “Bor*,’' leader of the Polish underground movement, announced today that fighting patriot* have captured the entire Staremiasto (the old eity) district of Warsaw as 26.000 partisans seized important strong points in violent battles with Germans throughout the capital. Moscow. Aug €—(UP)—Panicstricken German civilian* have begun evacuating Eaxt Prussia a* the Red army ma*Ki*d at the frontier for the first thriiKt onto Reich soil. Izvestia reported today a* other Hie vlet force* swung northwest ward beyond the Vistula in a grand scale flanking drive against Warsaw. ’ Gen. Ivan D. Cherniakmovsky’s , army was poised on a broad front ’ for a drive Into East Prussia, but semiofficial ifUcted catqf- '■ gorically that the border crossing ’ hao not yet been made. ’ The government organ Izvestia said the road* of East Prussia were (Turn To Pag* S, Column 4) 0 _ __f Rev. George Walton Appointed Chaplain Presbyterian Pastor To Report August 28 , Rev George O. Walton, pastor of , the First Presbyterian Cnurch in this city for the past 12 years, ha* , been appointed a chaplain in the rnitml States army, with the rank of first lieutenant, and will report for duty at Fort Devend, Mas*., on Amtimt U. • The Derotur minister, who applied to the war department last March for an appointment, was notified of his acceptance yesterday by Major General William H. Arnold. chief of chaplain*. <Rev. Walton slated that Mrs. Walton and their two children would remain here temporarily, or until he had a penmanen’ aMlgnrnent. "Ordained to the ministry l:i 19M. bythe Presbytery of Cincinnati, following hi* graduation from lame Mem*nary. wtoere hr took his theological training and obtained hi* Th. B degree, Rev. Walton came to Decatur to accept the local paatorute In Neptember, 1»32. Pi evloualy he had Been graduated with an A. B. degree from Aathland College. Ashland. Ohio, and then entered the »»wninary. He took post graduate at the University of Cincinnati. but did not complete hi* studies for the D. D. degree. He .tarved a* pas'or at the Linn street Presbyterian church tn Cincinnati before coming to this city ihiring hi* pastorate and residence here. Rev. Walton ha* been active In civic, fraternal and religious activitl'M ot the community. He served a* president of the Decatur ministerial association, at present k* high priest of Decatur chapter of the Masonic lodge and la a former moderator of the Fort Wayne Prewbytery A* pastor, he (Turn Tu Pag* 4. Column 1) — o— Firemen Called To Put Out Grass Fire The Decatur fire department *w called lo exilngutoh a gras* fire on Line street shortly after uoon today. The flame* were extinguished before any damage wan caused

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Rev. George O. Walton, putor of the First Presbyterian church of thl* city, has been appointed a chaplain in the United States army.

British Crack Open Nazi Italian Lines Final Assault On i Florence Is Near t BULLETIN Rome, Aug. 4.—(UP)—British Bth army forces broke into i the southern section of Florence today after a swift fourmile advance that routed the defenses below the Arno river Germans from their main hill and drove them back across the stream into the heart of the historic city. Romo. Aug I (I Pi- Triumphant British troops cracked through the German hill defenses southwest of Florence today and halter ed the retreating enemy back to their last natural defense line astride the narrow Kmn river, only a mile from the city's edge Veteran New Zealand Infantrymen tore open the bristling Nazi lines late yesterday witlt a furious cliurge that carried across the plan I >ei (’orri and on Iw-yond the village of Giogoll to n point less than a mile from the confluence of the Greve and Ema rivers and barely 2> a miles from Florence itself. Official reports kaid the Germans were bracing for a last bloody stand on the Etna line, but Allied cannon already were pounding the Arno river crossings be(Turn To Psge t. Column 4) 0 Mrs. Mabel Palmer Dies Last Evening Monroe Woman Dies After Long Illness Mrs Mabel Painter. 43. wife of Karl Palmar, died at *:*S o'clock Thursday night at her home in Monroe after an illness of two years. She wan born In Champaign county. 111, March 25. 1901. the daughter of William and Minnie Outlaw-Gerdes She was married to Karl Palmer Marcn 35. 1922 The family lived In Decatur from 1931 to IBB*, when they moved to Monroe Mrs. Pahner was a member of the Methodist church at Majenlcu. Surviving, in addition to the huaband, are a daughter, Jane Ellen, at home; the rnorher. living at Majenica; and one brother. Ruaael Gerdes of Huntington county. Her father died four week* ago Funeral services will be held at I o’cloch Sunday afternoon at the home and at 2:30 p. tn. at the Msjenica Methodist chdrch. Rev. Keith Hanley officiating. The body will be removed from the Zwi.-k funeral home to the residence thia evening, where it may ba viewed after 7:30 p. m.

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American Mobile Forces Speeding Beyond Rennes To Cut Off Peninsula Httpreme Headquarters, AEF. Aug. 4—(UP) —American mobile force* sped at least 20 mile* southward beyond Rennes In Brittany today, and Informed quarters here expected them to capture the great French port* of St. Nazaire and Nantes within 24 hour*, blocking cSf the entire Breton peninsula for a qui< k mopup. At supreme headquarter* the occupation of tlie whole peninsula by Lt. Gen. Omar N. Bradley's flying column* careening through It at lightning speed seemed to be a matter of day*—and a few day* at that. Responsible sources said thi* ■ evening it would not be surprising If Bradley's advanced element* al- ( ready had reache<| the German ( positions covering St. Nazaire and , Nantes on the laiire estuary. Front dispatches revealed that I nited States armored columns hud raced virtually at will to point* 20 mile* below Rennes. 31 mile* from the south coast, and 17 miles southwest of Dlnan in a many pronged push threatening to collapse the lust organized German resistance on the peninsula. only in the area of Rennes, ancient Norman capital which Washington said yesterday had la-en captured, was any formidable German resistance reported, and by-passing element* already were speeding far on beyond that knot of oppoßltion Isith to the- south and the west. Bradley's westlamnd right wing swept along the coast toward Brest and opened a frontal push against St, Malo, which was bypassed by a column striking through Dinan to Broon*. 17 miles to the southwest and 31 miles northwest of Rennes, At headquarter* it was believed 1 the elements of four German divisions believed lo lie in Brittany might undertake one stulilsirn ’ stand somewhere In the Breton ‘ Hills. Hut if so it was regarded a* foredoomed The distance of the American vanguard from their goals on thu 1 south coast was measured l»-st not in mile* hut in terms of lhe ’ resistance ahead of it and the speed with which It could Im- supplied with food, fuel and ammunition. 1 The only definite new* here (Turn To Pags 4. Column 4* 0 Late Bulletins Bruning Army Airfield. Neb-. Aug. 4—(UP)—A C-47 transport plane, carrying an estimated complement of 28 men, crashed near Naper, Neb., last night, it wai announed today by Col. C. McAllister, base commander. The majority of the crew are believed to be dead. Vatican City. Aug. 4— (UP)— Baron Ernst Von Weizaaeker. German ambassador to the Vatican. has deserted the Nazi cause and informed the Holy See that he will no longer represent the saisting German government, authoritetive Vatican sources revealed today. London, Aug-4—(UP) — Adolf Hitler ha* ordered a ruthless purge in Germany In an attempt to account for the last of “criminals’* taking part in the conspiracy culminating in the attempt to assassinate him last month, th* DNB agency reported today. TEMPERATURE READING DEMOCRAT THERMOMETER S OO a.m. 77 10:00 a.m. Hi Noon 90 i 2:00 p.m. ... Hb WEATHER Continued hot and humid tonight and Saturday except •omewhat cooler with scattered thundershowers in extreme northwest portion.