Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 42, Number 193, Decatur, Adams County, 15 August 1944 — Page 1

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ALLIED ARMIES INVADE SOUTHERN FRANCE

BauncA Battle Os Annihilation Os ■r Afazis In France

■leports Indicate Prepare K ; ftle To Death iStgainst Allies Headquarters, AEF. it |'i Allied planes. „„| iilaiitrymen opened gK.yu. ~f .illllllniatioll on some |K IB th.- Normandy |M»cket |K „ i .i.i.iii Canadian troop ■Kt.4 Ih. 1 and guts" linn I,; George S Pat ton's ltd army virtually shut ’l"' enemy's last mate to the east -li-liim.- tank columns up from Argentan to |Ht> rirln miles or less of Fa|K sink the i'aiiadian first i'hs.u.l to within <*,> miles of tiiat town and om- of tin- two main eastward to Lisieux. |K>.'' ;• |".i -uui-est.-d that the u.rndor might have been less than H> miles, and the rims of Un- I'aiiadian and .on ho..- already had made lurios lifeline impassable. upon wave of Allied war•hu'ileil incessantly over M 4».iu0l Nazi army. Isimbing m .'rating ev.-ry moving target turning ihe entire area into charnel house. |Mtuii.|iiari. is reports indicated |M field Marshal Gunther Von luf! abandoned all hope of Hu- remnants of his 12 from flu- pocket and was his bat tie-wearied for a death fight against ]|M Allied armies pressing in from irf-rmaiis appeared to be their remaining tanks M > >!»k;idHrpe defense line to it voted wagon cor..n.e used by American pioand massing their riflemen. gunm-rs, and artillery that barrier. hulk of the Nazi forces rotwi-iifrated near the south rim of the pocket, however, B there was a | Nl ssibillty that desperate enemy might hurl weight against the Aln„. r .. in a last ditch to l.i. ~k n,rough to Paris aßrsdiiuurf. rs sources predicted, that any such attempt |Brid U .rushed with bloody los|B 10 Germans, since they M , heavily engaged on all Hut t|„.y have little or ■■•Wortunity to regroup on the |H~ "pessary for a successful rough. official reports said the « Hus comprised a series of U*s«>inis thrown across the ■ WSctlons through which the ■. «’ *****l *ry to escape. IW’-Wl'an was the easternmost '• the ring Eleven miles to |W*oiiihw>»t. th,. Americans held U" Eight miles farther to the captured La B*"" To Pm* 1. Column 1) ■mil Restricted fcds Production ■ Vacuum Cleaners B_ C mon 9 Items B»‘hii»gto". Aof u _ (tJp) _ ■L xo ® u,, i°n chief Donald M ■"• May Issued the much dis Bhitin ,‘ r N ° 1 tn hl * Program ■ reconversion sn order B>um X? Wr,rt * - Production of Bl n»nchines Btke I'u r market B^i, Wr< l*r authorized WPB Held Bw.tn l * rml ‘ lo, a | "'■ntifacBkutwt """ produ, “ , ’'> of the B* MijJ.”* rn “ labor ■ tfertert not adverseBuk.t, ,1 . . r mnnpower comBio W,,, «•* ,n *r manpower can be “*?* 'b« B* kroblem .“’"‘““’“''••ton With B '"rwill * ,orn »- „ fj h ,s h tor »oon to-he pro-

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One Red Army Only 15 Miles From Germany Powerful Russian Armies Forge Arc On East Prussia Moscow. Aug. 15 —(bP)—Two powerful Soviet armies forged a huge arc around East Prussia from the Niemen river to the southern approaches of the Masurian lakes today with one salient within leas than 15 miles of (}?r man soil. Driving rapidly northward through the Biebrza marshlands In a move to by-pass the Masurlans. Gen. Georgi Zakharov brought his 2nd White Russian army Into the fortress city of Osovets in the closest thrust to German territory from the south. At the northern end of the tightening 13N-inlle semi-circle, Gen. Ivan D. Cherniakhovaky's 3rd White Russian army was battling against strong enemy resistance around Raseiniai, 53 miles northeat of the Eeat Prussian city of Tlhri.l Zakharov has been moving swiftly northwest of BlalyatokLyck for.the past three days in an apparent attempt to flank the Masurian lakes, acene of the historic clash between Czarist and German armies almost exactly 30 years ago. (Turn Tn Pawn 3. Column S) - "O • — Easements Are Filed For Right Os Ways Road 101 Easements Obtained By County Easements tor the right of way along the proposed south route of state road 101, east of Decatur and running north and south between state roads 224 and 124. the latter extending east through Monroe. have been Hied at the county recorder's offlce. Adams county paid 14.703.3$ for the right of ways. The state highway coinmlMion-tias been notified that the county has obtained Ihe easements. The following payments were made to the land owners in th« six mile stretch of territory: Dent O. Baltzell etux. fU.4O; Iceland Ray, etux. *157; Avallne Archer. *sl; Myrtle Vizard, <101.70; Dale Riley etux. 570; Reed R. Riley etux, |81; D. Burdett Custer etux. 585 30; Dolt M Morrison etvir, 578; Loretta Gvdsier elvlr, 5104.80; George C. Mann. 574.50; Orvai Morrison etux. *111.30; Rose Masters. 338.50; Sherman Archer etux, 5138.30; George F. Steele etux, 858.50; Mary C. Brinker etui. 553.10; Lee Custer etux. 85$ 50, George W. Ray etal. 836 50; P. F. Jones etai. 888.20; Mutual Benefit Life Ins. Co.. 566; Amos W Gulick etal. 86050; Clyde C. Jones elux, 832.80; Ealas W. Dailey etal. 877.10; Ben S. Colter etux. 8123.10; Eva J. Acker. 8115: Henry MlUer etux, 871.10; John G. Bunner etux, 8100; Mary A. Schaffer etal. 861.50; Jacob M. Heath. 814; Lucy B. Koos etvir, B*B 85; Mamie P. Jones. 919; Clifford Death etal. 85.50; John Elzey etux, 822. Hugh Daniels etux, 85; Enoch A. Bunner etux. 875.40; Trustees Bobo U. B. Church. 875; Thos J Dur kin etux. 8350; Matte May Stevens. 8151*; Bessie Edgell etvir,' 8150; Eimlna Hilton etvir. 8100; Frank L. Johnston etux, 8100; Wm. 8. Chronister, 8111; Otis E Hlilfferiy etux. 8158 50; Board of Comm of Adams County, 8113; Esias W. Dailey, etal. 8185; Glen L. Chronister etux. 8223-24; Wm Alfather etnx, 8150; Edgar 8. Moirs etux, 8150; Eva Mauiler, 864.50; Joseph P. Heimann etux, 878 80; Victor Uluan etux, 8136 80.

Yanks’ Brides Arrive From “Down Under” ’ ■ j: — — — BA ■ ■ JBmh B. '9 IBMJ iti< *1 BsBaBB ijß Wv- :vJmBsL ? 1 i w | THIS GROUP OF NEARLY 300 Australian wives of American servicemen arrived in San Francisco Cal to make homes in preparation for the arrival back of their Yank husbands on the war s end They all “Kt-ced that America was Indeed till they expected it to Im. ami their first concern was can we buy clothes without ration pidntsr* Seventy two of the wives had less than year-old babies, while many more were expectant mothers. This is the largest group to arrive bringing the total to »<m who have moved to take up new lives in the United States.

Annual War Service Fund Drive Planned Campaign To Start Here On October 16 The annual drive for the war service fund in the county, combined with the Decatur Community Fund in Decatur. will be launched here on October Hi and continued to November 1. it was decided at the August meeting of the liecatur Community Fund directors last evening. The war fund quota in |ll,!MHt thia year, the aa:ne as In 1»43. the director* announced. The Decatur Community Fund budget ha* not yet been prepared, the directors Baid, l-aat year the local commit menu included 11,000 for the Boy Scout*: |l,ooo for the Salvation army and |2tHi for the Girl Scout*. The fund wa* over*uh*crlbed by *everal thousand dollar* The lied Croaa received a portion of the fund* ralaed through the payroll deduction plan established tn several industries. Rev. C. I’. Maas of Herne is the county chairman of the fund ami James Elberson. retired gas and oil operator of this city, will be the chairman of the liecatur drive. Letters have been sent to the Boy and Girl Scout organisation* ami the Salvation army, asking that they file their request* with the board by September 1, A committee composed of Ray Leitz, (Turn To Page 4, Column I) Halmahera Virtually Useless To Japanese Southwest Pacific Bastion Neutralized Allied Headquarters, Southwest Pacific, Aug. 16.—(UP)—Japan's once strong bastion of Halmahera. stepping-stone to the Philippine*, was virtually neutralized today by a sustained Allied aerial assault threatening the main defense of her stolen empire In the southwest Pacific. Gen. Douglas MacArthur, reporting a continuation of dally attacks on the island, said the Japanese could no longer use freely the great base that was a key feeding point for men and supplies throughout the southwest. . A raid Bunday started great Are* and explosions among Installations and capped a week of aerial blows described at advanced Allied headquarter* In New Guinea as "most impressive.” United Press correspondent Francis McCarthy reported from advanced headquarters that at least 25.000 tons of enemy deep sea shipping were destroyed or disabled and an unestimated number of coastal vessel* sunk In the campaign to neutralize Halmahera. (Tara Ts Pags L Velum*

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Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday, Auqust IS, 1944.

William Glendening To Speak To Lions William Glendening. a native of Geneva, will be the guest speaker at the iwenkly miu-ting of tin-Ih-atur Lions club this evening at 6:31) o'clock at the K. of I*, hall. Mr (llendc-nning is home on two months' leave trinn Venezuela, where he has Jm*cii an employe of the Standard Oil company for a uunslter of years. Glenn Hill will be chairman of the program. Native Os Decatur Is War Casualty Fred Crawford Dies In Action In France Fred Crawford. 28. a native of Decatur and well kucwwii In this city, having visited here on many occasions, was killed in action with the American army In France on July 31. relatives here were informed today. '.Mrs. Tim Sprauge, of West Jackson streel, aunt of the war casualty received Ihe word this morning from a brother of the victim. Mar ion Urwwford. of Payne. Ohio Owwford was an army veteran, having enlisted in the regular army several years before the outbreak of the war. He*had been overseas for several months, and was stationed in England prior to the Invasion this summer. He wm Isirti In this city, the son of Bort and Carrie Huston-Craw-ford. both of whom are deceased The family moved to Payne a number of yeans ago. He has i wo bro there in service. Roy and Bert, both (Turn To Paga S. Column 4) I ”' ~

I ——- ■■■ — ——,, Sgt. Eugene Knodel Flies 50 Combat Missions Over Europe

15th AAF IN ITALY. Aug. 15— (Special) — 8/Sgt. Eugene E. Knodel. whole wife. Phyllis, Ilves at IHO W. Madison street. Decatur, Ind., has flown 50 combat missions over enemy territory In Nasi Europe. Sgt. Knodel. waist gun ner on a B-24 Lilierator. has participated In bombing missions against targets in Austria. Hungary. Itumania. Chechoslovakia. Germany. Italy and France. According Io Sgt. Knodal. an attack on the harbor installations at Toulon. France, in June, was his most memorable mission. “As we started our tomb run." said the sergeant, “a flak shell hit our ship in the bomb bay, deflected and exploded. Why It didn't set off the Ismibs, I'll never know. It did. however, do plenty of damage. It blew holes In gas tanks. cut gas lines, damaged one supercharger and put our hydraulic system out of operation. We continued on our bomb run and dropped our bombs on the target. Our navigator and engineer theu made what emergency repairs that they could and our pilot decided that we could

4 Skating Project Is Planned In Decatur Rink Is Planned At Former School Site A roller and ice skating project 1 on the old North Ward school ’ grounds on North Fifth street, will Im* incorporated with Hie youth canteen center. Carl C. I'umphn-y. president of the Decatur Community Fund, stated tiMlay. following the monthly meeting of the Isiurd last evening. The petition of the youth activity committee of the Decatur WoI man's club was presented to the Imard lust evening, asking for an initial grant of 82.<hh> to establish, maintain and operate the canteen center in the American Legion diner on Madison street. Phil Saner, city street commissioner. appeared before the Imard and requested B*loo to improve the quarter block area on North Fifth street, placing a hard surface over (Turn Tn t*ss« 2. Column 1> Report New Allied Raid On Volcanos •By United Press) The Japanese Dome! news agency ! reported today that 22 Liberator , lumbers raided Iwo Jima In the Voh-utio Islands. 650 miles south of Tokyo, yesterday. The dispatch, recorded by FCC mmClors. claimed Japanese fighter planes shot down two Liberators but made no mention of any damage to the Island. Iwo Jlma Is almost midway between the Japanese mainland and the recently-conquer- ’ ed islands In the Marianas

make It l>ack to an emergency landing held When we got to the emergency Held the weather had dosed in and we couldn't land We then decided to stretch our luck a little further ami try to Hurs Te I*m« >■ Valuta*

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Youth Is Sentenced For Vehicle Taking Grandstaff Pleads Not Guilty To Charge Glen Ray Holdit. Is, who pleaded guilty to vehicle taking In Adams circuit court this morning was sentenced to tin days al the state farm, Putnamville and fined 825 and costs l>y Judge J. Fred Fruchte. Tile court also disfranchised him for one year and entered on the docket that the defendant shall l><* rendered incapable of holding any office of trust or profit for one year. Iloblit was charged with stealing a Drulge tractor and trailer, valued at 81.500. and Irelonglng to Clarence Austerman, fruit dealer of this city. He drove the truck away and wrecked II 40 miles soiilli of IndianaiMdis. On Ids return to Decatur. Iloldii was arrested by Sheriff la*o GUIIg. Pleads not guilty Gerald Grandslaff. 35, charged with reckless homicide in connection with the death of .Mrs. George 8. Cooley, 42. of Dayton. Tenn., who died from burns when the Cooley car exploded !• flame fol lowing a rear-end crash from the auto driven by Gralldstaff. pleaded not guilty to the charge when arraigned before Judge J. Fred Fruchte in Adams circuit court last evening. Grandstaff was arrested by (Turn To !•»<• 4. Column 41 o — Continue Probe Os Slaying Os Youth State Police Aid Local Authorities A sift of the evidence and circumstances in connection with the fatal shooting of Clark Snyder. 17, Fort Wayne youth. by*George Adams, local truck driver, at his iionie ill Preble township Sunday night, was Iteing made today by local authorities ami special state police officers. At Hie request of Ed A Bosse, prosecuting attorney and Leo Gilllg. sheriff, two state police offt cers were sent here to assist ill Ihe inquiry regarding the guilt of the defendant, who has been held on an open charge In the county jail since he surrendered to Sheriff Glllig an hour after the shooting. Adams was quoted as saying that he thought there was a prowler on his farm, and that he also had reason to fear for his life. Detective William Spannuth and Sgt. Walter J. Mllayne of the Pendleton barracks of the stato police were here t<Miay. They, with the local authorities queried Mr. Adams at the jail and his story did not vary to any extent with the statement he made to Sheriff Glllig on Sunday night, officials stated. Adams admitted the shooting of the youth as he fired a bullet from his .22 target rifle from his bedroom, which struck the boy in the chest as he was standing on the porch. Today, in the library of the court room the state police officers interviewed Mrs. Adams and her niece and nephew, Betty Purdy, blonde 15-yearold curly haired girl, and Roscoe Purdy. 13. who made their homo with the Adams, and were in the house when the (Turn Tn Psa* 4. Column t> —- ——o —— Lifesavinq Classes Open Here Wednesday •Dun Perry, supervisor of the municipal swimming pool, annouced today that lifesaving classes will open at the pool Wednesday afternoon under the direction of Mr. ZurHier. of Herne, an expert Red Crons instructor. 4'kiiisex for the Juniors will ba held from 1 to 2:30 o'clock, and tor for seniors from 3 to 5. o'clock-

3,000 Allied Planes Batter Axis Territory Campaign Aimed At Neutralizing Nazi Air Force Continues Ixmdon. Aug. 15—(I’I’i Allied bomber ami lighter forces totaling more than 3,000 planes attacked a score of German aircraft nests in the Reich, low countries, and Paris area today as the RAF and i I'SAAF continued their aerial campaign to m-utraHze the luftwaffe over the twin invasion areas of Frame. The raiders lost only 18 bombers — !<• of them Americans--and the bulk of them failed to see a single enemy plane In the sky More than 1.100 aircraft of the RAF lamilier command with tighter cover dropped 5.000 tons of high exidosives on five airfields in Holland and four in Belgium used by enemy night lighters. All nine attacks were "very effective." the air ministry announced, listing two iHimbers as missing. .Meanwhile, a fleet of nearly 1. American heavy homliers, accompanied l»y upwards of 760 fighters, struck seven enemy air force bases and three airdromes in Germany. Belgium, and Holland. while ninth air force medium iMtmbers slashed at several oilier airdromes In Hu* vicinity of the French capital Tin* Allied campaign to smash (Turn To Pairs S. Column 4) 0 —— Back Is Broken In Fall From Scaffold Raymond Braun. Decatur route 2. is confined to the Adami county memorial hospital suffering from a dotlbb* fracture <»f his back which he received frirni a fall of 14 feet from a ecaffold while repairing a barn roof at the farm home of Henry Heimann, route 4. I>**ca’ur. The accident occurred Friday afternoon when he and two other men were lowering a sheet of tin roofing when a gust of wind hit the tin. eaueing Mr. Braun to lose his l>a lance. Due to *he seriousness of hie condition he has not been placed in a cast and x ray pictures have not been taken. o18 Leave Today For Pre-Induction Exam Take Examinations Today At Capital Eighteen young Adams county men left thin morning for Indianapolls. where they will undergo pre-lnduction physical examinations under selective service. James Lewis Rice was leader of the group. One mender of the contingent. Russell Paul Miller, han volunteered for immediate induction. ami it accepted will report at once for active service. Members of today's group were an follows: Wilbur Oren Debolt, Herman Charles Drayer. Wendell Paul Miller. Arthur Harold Bertsch. Herman John latndis. Claud Junior Harvey, Wayne Nylvester Fisher Hill Jean Dixon. Edward Louis Bulmahn. Merlin Junior Ross. Warren Elmer Schmitt, Virgil Dalw Neuenschwunder, James lewis Rice, Arthur Edward Franz. Wayne Cloyd Nelson. Harry Lloyd Hofstetter. Frank Rioz Hernandez < transferred from Fort Worth. Texas! and Russell Paul Miller. In addition to thia group. Lavr* en<-« Eugene Brodlteck. 4 E (conscientious objector), went to Indisnapolis for final type examination prior to being ordered to a work cutup.

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Mediterranean Coast Between Marseille, Nice Is Scene Os New Allied Landing Rome. Aug 15. (UP) A mighty Allied invasion force struck Into southern France from sea and sky today and within a mutter of hours overran the Germans' feeble shore defenses an d established tlrm beachheads along a 100-mUe strip of the Mediterranean coast between Nice and .Marseille. A iniles-long sky train of gliders and transport planes swept In over the coast before dawn to shower thousands of American and British paratroopers across the rolling hills behind the .Nazi coastal de senses, and the main assault force splashed ashore from landing craft at 8 a. m Between the two forces, the stunned Germans were rendered almost helpless and their onceformidable fortilb aliens were breached almost without a struggle. "By mid morning all the landings were prm-ei ding successfully according to schedule, against only light ground opposition and no air opposition," a headquarters com miinique announced. "The supporting air-borne operation was also succesafullv executed.'' First reports said American and French infantrymen, the pick of the veteran armies massing In the , Mediterranean theater for months, made up the bulk of the.assault force put ashore by an armada of some Btm warships and transport craft. American and British paratroops and air-borne Infantry spearheaded Hie attack, hut it was indicated that the Initial British army participation was limited to this phase of 9he invasion. Reports trickling hack from the thousands of Allied fliers who swept unchallenged over the beaches said the invading army was striking swiftly inland. In a drive aimed to the northwest at the Rhone valley. IcJs than 30 miles west of Marseille. One observation plane fli-w 60 miles Inland without sighting any large German troop concent rations, but later reports said American Thunderbolts were dive-bombing Nazi tanks attempting to reach the coast. Gen Bir Henry Maitland Wilson, supreme Allied commander in the Mediterranean, declared that his forces would sweep the Germans from their path, march northward (Turn Tn 4. Cntums () O Late Bulletins London, Aug. 15 — (UR) — Gen. Dwight O. Eisenhower has gone into the field to take personal command of hit Allied armies in the finpl stages of the battle of Normandy, a BBC broadcast said tonight. Washington. Aug. 15—(UP) —The senate today confirmed the promotion of Lt. Gen. George 8. Patton to the permanent rank of major general after nearly a year of delay resulting from criticism of his slapping of three American soldiere. Groton. Conn.. Aug. 15 — (UP)—Production of submarines at the Huge Electric Boat Co. yards was halted when '*7s to 80 percent" of the 8.300 employes on the day shift failed to report for work, the company announced today. .. ~ , 0. i TCMPCRATURI READING DEMOCRAT THERMOMETER 8:00 a. m. 74 10:00 a. m. ... ...... go Noon .. ..86 2:00 p. m. $4 WEATHER Generally fair, continued warm and humid tonight and Wedneeday with widely scattered afternoon and evening thundersbow- - ** J -« * -