Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 42, Number 194, Decatur, Adams County, 16 August 1944 — Page 1

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HUES PUSH INLAND IN SOUTHERN FRANCE

lies Tighten Lon Nazis ■Normandy Herlm Reports New Bimencon Armored jßolunin On March !!■ "I'luarl.-r*. AEF. , i p. The cornered |^L r . i,. -rmatiy'* 7th army K "Hi ar.iin*t encircling Al *il'i hut apparent K„ u - tii'hi h>r life tonight a* I that a new Amer- ■■ ...Innin wan sweepBM(i. Pans and the Seine to J £t. :d outer trail around .rmalldy pocket |M, .ii.1.1-ii ■ in- rgi iu e of the M VI..TI. ..I, . ohimn 111 the roll ti.-1.l- <-a*t of Pari* poi* n .» Ihnut Io the riddled .fni-i"iis that had manag ..in of the Falaisegap at Ihe eastern end K Allied trap. fiom tn.- air by swarm* till'd attack plane* ..ml ma. lune gunned highway as far east as the 111- 1,, man column* fa I |H|-oi'.r ho i of American uni infantrymen sweeping K. their lute of flight. . . a-i -ii tei * maintained JM. -n Hi- enemy reports, fol th. blackout" policy pr-taik-d during l.t. (Jen S Patton* outflanking n \rg.man which sprang j trap *| th- entire western ■ aimy perimeter wa* under the. hammer -t <"io- 4111 K Allied armiea in Im the kill from the Migtli and weal. Vg. corridor was real a slatldHlill tonight beof the savage Allied crOMIm' Nazi tank* and riflemen frmziedly at the closing >>f American and British for■if a last minute effort to of (he enemy were or captured in the attempt <.' iiii.il; I’raiiHocean m w* f admitted that file next |B<ia)'» iir even hour* might de fate of their Murvivlng by th.- incessant pound |H' rs Allied plane* and shellfire, ■Bbt'ik.-Ii remnant* of Field ■Bdud Gunther Von Kluge'* 12 w,r ' splitting up into l.aiuis in a frantic attempt through the ring of gun* tiKliiening around them t'nnadlan lat army fought Into th.- outskirts of Fal ■^fcnirrow ;ng the main eastern rwridor to six miles or |B »nd front report* indicated 'lm Herman* were trying to ou ’ over secondary road* »■ ‘"".d through the hedgerow* Allied armored patrol* U* “lung the perimeter of the plugging the loopholes in «'/*' and slaughtering hun U" "t 'he fleeing enemy. More "ere rounded up tB I ''' T " ’’••• A Colum* <) gig o •radians Killed ■British Bombs ihmbs Foil Short ■ Ot French Target Army Headquarters. HLr J o P> ’ An un <i Eclosed K7 ’ • n *<ttan soldier* were Kr- rai ~‘ *«• al " 1 today ■on ’ h ** KAF Mon Bh Vai h * K,la,ae defense* In Btlk t. ,On ’ ot boroba Ml short line's a " d ,n ,fce **' ,h * ,h,n * ln ■’M ,rOnl B flowl* .7 "upport B***lr JL* h * 1,1,d dr,T * a - have B in. m ‘‘ n One 01 th * » lc - ■ f ;*n i l>r ’‘ V,, ’ U * ■‘■‘■Went wa* B?sri2Z MeN, ' r ' B* 1 "! * m * r,can around force., ■' tf, * r *** TuroB * hl< ‘ h u ' 8 F, rB*’*d Hrt’L" .k". n d L,b " ra ‘°ro ■ 'MUia? he ‘ r b< ” n ‘>l<«“l* on B*»ui tL r L“ r ’"*• Mo'tdty* ■k—7_ WB * Waa er.nonnced S T * 3, II

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County Budget Shows Increase Os $13,000 Entails Tax Levy Boost Os Two Cents The Adams county budget for 1945 operating expense* totals (214,746, an increase of 113,000 over the estimate* Hied a year ago, entailing a general fund tax rate of 33 cents on the (lot), a boost of two cents over the levy applying on county taxes paid this year. I«awt year the proposed rate, based on the estimates filed by county officials, was 36 cents on the |ioo. When the county council Hnlshed its pruning, the estimates were reduced more than |7,(>00 and the levy was fixed at 33 cents. The state tax hoard reviewed the levy and cut it to 3J cents on the-|IOO. The county welfare department's proposed rate is 16 cents on the (100, an increase of five cents over the prevailing levy. Combining the two proposed levies, the cotiltly rate would be 49 cent*, compared to the 42-eent applying this year. The welfare department’s rate was cut from 13 to 11 cent* last year by the county council. The welfare department's budget total* (171.320. the Ifis'eut rate producing approximately 345.123, the amount the department estimates I* necessary to finance the county's share of the pension and child assistance program for 1945 The highway department budget totals 3114.235. No levy is made for this departmet a* Its revenue come* from the state gasoline tax. included In the county's general budget I* the hospital’s budget of 390.000. which is off-set a* far a* a levy is concerned, with an estimate of an equal amount of revenue. The hospital Is self supporting and no levy Is asked for its operation in 1945. as ha* been true the past several years. The 33 cant county rate will produce approximately 395.950. based on the county'* taxable valuation of 328.547.531. This year the 31cent rate will produce about 390.000 for the county general fund. Action on the budget estimates will be taken by the county council at Its annual meeting on September 5. — o Adams Is Released From County Jail Youth's Slayer Is Freed Last Evening George Adams, local truck driver, who admitted that he fatally shot Clark Snyder. 15 year old Fort Wayne youth Sunday night at the Adams farm home in Preble township, because he thought the boy wa* a prowler, wa* released last evening from the Adam* county jail, on instruction* from Ed A. Bosse, prosecuting attorney and state police officers, who were called in to investigate the shoot-' ing. No formal charge was placed against him and any further ac- , tion in the sift of circumstances, will be up to the grand jury. Adams had been held in the jail since Sunday night on an opelf charge, while Bheriff Leo Gllllg. Prosecutor Bosse and the special state police officers conducted an inquiry as to the guilt of the prisoner. Yesterday detective William Bpannuth and Hgt. Walter J. I-a Hayne of the Pendleton state police barracks, conducted an inquiry. interviewing Mrs. Adams, Betty and Host oe Purdy, niece and nephew of the Adams, who were In the house when Mr. Adam* 1 fired the bullet from a .22 caliber rlfie through the length of the house, striking the Snyder youth in the chest. The boy died within (Turn Ta Paaa ». Columa 61 Rev. Walton Granted Leave Os Absence Jit a joint meeting of the session and board of the First Presbyterian chuifh lawt evening. Rev. George O. Whlton wu* granted a leave of ' affiseuce until November 1. He will report at Fort De vena Mrs. Wlallon and children will remain In the parsonage /or the present. Rev Walton expects a abort furlough 1 after five -week schooling and will 1 then return here to conclude ' bl* arrangements Dr. Fred Hattereon waa elected temporary Moderator of the tocat semkm.

Southern France Invaded By Transports, Gliders - fe-- -HgreSgMTw .afflß - m sid 11 db« ** w MS- u ,-_- , <• — • - .. . ***** BY GLIDER AND LANDING CRAFT Allied troops pour into the invasion area of M>uthern France a* the third front ix opened. Top photo shows glider* landing American troop* on farmlands. Note the billow* of dust a* the glider* land Lower photo show* Allied landing craft of various type* streaking for the Riviera coast of southern France to land wealMirne troops. This is a War Pool Picture radioed to the i'nited Htate* by the I'nlted State* Army Signal Corp*.

Memorial Service For Lt. Barkley Memorial For Nurse Killed In Service 'Memorial services for Lt- Beulah Barkley. Decatur army nurse, who died In Fram-e while in the service ot her country, will be held Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at the Kaat Liberty United Brethren church, north of this city, on s'ate road 101, in Allen county. Word ot her death, which was stated a« of luly 27. was received by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Barkley ot North Second street, on Sunday. Auguat 0. Rev. Ihrul (lamer, churcn pus'or, will preach the sermon and eulogy. Assisting in the service will be Rev. R it Wilson, pastor of the First United Brethren church in thia city. Lt. Barkley wan born in Decatur July 2tt. I*oß. She attended the Monroeville high school and was a graduate nuntie or the Lutheran hospital. Fort Wayne. Mince February. 1944. she was stationed in England, landing in France on July IS. celebrating her 36th birthday anniversary the next day and only one week prior to her (Tims To Paas I. Column SI till ■ ■— Civilian Defense Asks Appropriation • ■ County Council To Act On SI,OOO Fund The Adams county civilian defense count il through Vincent J. Bormann, county director, haw naked For an appropriation ot |LOOO tor 1945, compared to the t2,&On, only partially expended allowed by the county this year. The Item will be Included In the budget and acted upon by the county council when it meets next month. Director Bormann said that no emergency existed at th ■ present time and that civilian defense would be a stand-by organisation, ready to act whenever called upon No special request* have been riled by the city organisation, or which Cal E Peteroon Is chairman. The CD office In the city hall, of which Mr*. Carey Moser is clerk, functions in obtaining volunteers for the various OPA rationing program* and will continue to operate on a reduced schedule during the balance of the year. Mr. Bormann said. About 1,000 persons were enroll(Turn io Fsgv 2, Cvluaa 4),

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Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday, Auqust 16.1944

Speaks On Venezuela At Lions Club Meet William Glendeiiing was the guest speaker at the weekly meeting of the Decatur Lion* club Tues-, itay evening Glendening, a native [ tri Geneva, ha* been a reprewenta live of the Standard OU company in Venezuela for several year*, and I* now in the state* on vacation. He discueeed condillond in that country, particularly in relation to the United State* Glenn Hill was . chairman of the program —— o Nazi Resistance In j Empoli Cleaned Out Most Os Italian Front Is Quiet Rome, Aug 16. (UPI— British Bth army troop* cleaned out the last remaining nest* of German resistance In Empoli. 15 mile* south west of Florence today, while Pol tah troop* expanded their holding* in the Adriatic sector by Mending fighting patrol* as far a* two mile* west of captured Frontone. With Empoli mopped up and Montlupo, four mile* to the east, already In British hands, eighth army troop* prepared to drive northward against the rsrna'ining German* In Ihe loop of the Arno (Turn To Pag* 5. Column 4»

Lt. Vaun Liniger Home After 68 Flying Missions Over Europe

With fix flying misslona to hli credit First Lt. Vaun Llnlger. Deca* tur's leading ace In the European air war is back to good old Adams county, enjoying a reunion with his family and the first nigh’ of hie five month old son. Cary Dee Liniger. whose mother, (before her marriage was Mire Lois Frank, daughter of Mr and Mim. Iceland L. Frank 924 W Jefferson street. 'Lt. Liulger a son of Mr. and Mrs Frank Llnlger of Decatur route two lu a pilot on a H J 8 Marauder med lum bomber and enemy targets along the Engllda Channel count from Holland and Belgium. Franco and Germany and In Naxl beld territory. felt the -Haaatrous effects of bombs let loose from his ship. 'His record Is a shining example of the ability and acumen of American pilots. In his 13 months overseas. during which time be was stationed In England with the ninth air force he won the coveted air modal, graced with 11 bronae clusters and was wwarded the dottinguished flying cross. He bad several nsirivw escapes over the spun of month, and more than three ccora

Ornamental Street Lights Unavailable Light Application Is Rejected By WPB 'The electric light committee informed the city council last evening that It would be im|M>**ilde to inntail three ornamental street . light* on Steven Hon Hlreet, in the ; new Park addition, for reason that WFB regulation* prevented I »uch improvement* until after the ! war. Lester Pettilmne, superintendent of tlie electric department, Informed the council that he had contacted the Fort. Wayne WI’B office and wa* advised lhat an application for the material necessary to install the light* would be rejected. Property owners along tlie street fileif a petition for the light* two weeks ago No bld* for the construction of the Smith sewer between Fourteenth and Fifteenth street, west of Adam* street, were received l>y the council. The proposed sewer would run 212 feet and due to Its Htnall size, councilmen were advised that contractor* were not interested in bidding. Tlie board of work* and public *afety recommended that the council accept the bld of the Johns Equipment company of Fort IT'trn Tn J. Cnlum* 4)

1 ____________________ jm! 1 si missions, but as he put It. “I was always lucky uud cams through without a scratch." Lt Llnlger participated In the Invasion of D-Day. "When the skies were filled with planes." He has Alura Ta Face 1> Cpluma 11

Strongly Reinforced American And French Troops Move Forward

1,000 Heavy U. S. Bombers Raid Germany Attack Aircraft, Engine Plants And Oil Refineries London, Aug 16 (UP) —More than l.mm American heavy bombers. escorted by fighter plane* in about the *ame strength, attacked aircraft and engine factories, oil refineries, and airdrome* in Germany today. A* the (?. s. second tactical air force reported the new a**ault* on the sth consecutive day of tinheavy Allied aerial offennive against Germany and Germancontrolled area*, the Nazis reported other formation*. posHlbly based In Italy, were over Bavaria Although the weather continued comparatively favorable for aerial operation*, it wa* not equal to that of the last few day* in which the Allie* hammered the German* from the two invasion areas of France to their home territory Following up yesterday's big operation*, which comprised 4,ouu offensive sorties excluding routine patrols, mosquitos of the RAP' iHimber (omtnand made another harassing attack on Berlin last night, dropping two-ton blockbuster* without loss The wideapread assault* were capped by a concentrated blow of 19o<» four-engined Immbers and nearly l.ntut fighters ugaln*t 21 key German air force Mtalion* In western Germany. Belgium and Holland An air expert, summing up the mighty strike in which M.OilO tons (Turn To Page 2, Column ») Fal! Is Fatal To Raymond A. Braun Adams County Farmer Dies This Morning Raymond A. Braun. 52. well, known farmer and carpenter of near Decatur, died at 6:15 o'clock this morning at the Adam* county memorial hospital of injuries sustained last Friday afternoon. Mr Braun wa* injured when he fell from a scaffold while assisting In repairing a barn roof at the Henry Heimann home on Decatur route 4 Mr. Braun sustained a fractured back and also internal Injuries. He wa* born In Adam* county ( January 19, 1992. the son of Mr. 1 and Mrs. John P Braun, and wa* a lifelong resident of the county. He wa* a member of the Bt. Mary's Catholic church and the Holy Name society Surviving are the wife, Mary; the father, five children, Joseph Leo. Jean Marie. Betty Lou. Phyllis Ann and Deloria Jane, all at home; three brother*. Lawrence, Edward and Henry Hraun. one stater. Mrs. Fred Gelmer, all of Decatur; a step-sister. Mr*. Mary Gilmartin of Chicago. Funeral services will be held at 9 a m l* tarday at the 81. Mary’s Catholic church, with Rev Robert Hoevel officiating Burial will he In the Catholic cemetery The body way be viewed at the Gilllg h Doan funeral home after 2 p. m Thursday. Members of the Holy Name sotTurn To Page I. Column 1) — o Bluffton Trucker Is Fatally Injured Hartford City. Ind . Aug. 16 — (UPi -Cbrence Me lYirren, 40. Bluffton traoker. wa* fatally injured today when hta truck overturned four mile* north of here. He died en route to • Hartford City hospital.

Germans Seize Initiative On Prussian Front Desperate Effort To Stabilize East Front Despite Cost Moscow. Aug 16 —Il P» —The German*, admittedly seizing the initiative, burled their largest forces <>f the summer campaign against the Red army before Warsaw ami East Prussia today In a desperate effort to Mtabillze the eastern front whatever the cost. The Kovlet high command'* communique last midnight *|s>ke of German "attack*" rather than "counter attack*" for the first time since the start of the Riimslan summer offensive June 23 ami conceded that the Nazi force* had wedged their line* temporarily. Reeling under crushing blow* from both the east and west, the Wehrmacht appeared committed to an all-out attempt to plug the hole* on the Ru**ian front to prevent Soviet armies from breaking through to Germany while Anglo- . American force* were engulfing German troop* in France. Both north and south of the War*aw-Eu*t Prussian front*, however. the RusMian* gained new' ground Gen Ivan I. Maslennikov's 3rd Baltic army struck three mile* farther into the flank of the German pocket of nearly 300.000 men on the Baltic coast with the capture of Anne. 14 miles west of the railway junction of Valgn on the Estonian-Latvian frontier and 75 mile* from the Baltic. Kassl. 17 mile* northeast of Vaiga and nine mile* from the RigaTallinn railway, and Mustaja. 29 mile* south of Tartu, also were xelzed by Maslennikov'* men. Marshal Ivan N Konev's l»t I krainian army occupied several unidentified village* in enlarging ! it* bridgehead on the west bank of I the Vistula northwest and west of Randotnierz. The German* counter attacked in an attempt to regain the village*, but were thrown back with a total loss for the day of 22 tanks and 25 armored troops curriers. Konev's army wa* credited with killing 140.000 German* and capturing 32,360 In it* phase of the Soviet summer offensive, bringing (Turn To Pag* J. Column 4) — " ■ - O Taxable Property Valuation Higher Slight Increase In Utility Assessment Ths net assessed valuation of taxable property in Adams county is 328.547,531. an Incrsass of 3723.000 over a year ago. The state'* assessment of railroads and utilities for 1944 increased only 319.500 over a year ago. totaling 33,684.810, the completion of the abstract by Thurman I. Drew, county auditor, show* The three railroad* carry the highest assessment, the Chicago and Erie topping the fist with 3923.530 10. The other railroad* assessed here are. the Pennsylvania and It* branches. 3741.493 • 50; the New York. Chicago and St. Loula. (Nickel Plate! 3654.819 - 10. Other large assessments Include. Indiana Service Corp.. 3412.710; Northern Indiana Public Service Co.. 3141.980; Citizen* Telephone Co.. 3202,788; Ohio Oil Company Pipe Line. 3116.470; Buckeye Pipe Line Co, 3118.500 and the Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line 3196.880. Apportioning the aaaessment* to (Turu tase *. uwuma~4j~

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German Resistance Weak To New Allied Invasion; Sky-Borne Troops Hit Inland Rome, Aug 16. (L’Pi — Powerfully reinforced American and French invasion force* stormed eight miles Into southern France on a 4u-mile front between Cannes and Toulon against weak German opposition today, while thousand* <>( *ky borne troop* Htruck far inland to throw a solid block aero** the path of enemy reserve* moving down-on the beachhead* German account* said port in- . tallaiioii* at Nice, Cannes, and Nt Trupez had been blown up by Nazi demolition squad*, and front dinpatches broadcast by radio Al giyr* said the Allie* had captured Cannes and tin- village of Croix De* Garde*, just inland from the famous resort. Barely 24 hours after the Initial air and sea invasion that breached the Germans' Mediterranean wall. Aili<M| headquarter* announced that every initial objective had been taken and that the combined American and French army wa* firmly established on the coast between t'anne* and iht* great Toulon naval base. Casualties In the first day and night of the assault have been "exceptionally light," a communique said. The fast rolling assault force* ran ito some opposition from German beach troops and coastal batteries last night, but it wa* announced officially that these defense* had been overrun Simultaneously, a great force of paratroop* and air-borne infantrymen were revealed to have been landed far ahead of the main striking force last evening to support the original sky troop* who spearheaded the invasion before dawn yesterday Unopposed by the strangviy-dor-mant luftwaffe. hundred* of glider* and transport* streamed bold1y across the French cna«t before nightfall yesterday and sent thousands of fighting men out on to the network of highway* over which the German* must move their armor and infantry if they are Io mount an Important counterattack. Th. glider fleet wa* describe officially a* fully s<> mile* long, Indicating that the Allie* were throwing a major blow into the heart of the German*' rear defen*es It wa* announced officially that the air-borne unit* had e*tabltahed themselvea "*ucces*fully" acroaa the highway* funnelling into the Toulon-Canne* beachhead front and had blocked off the flow of enemy reinforcement*. At least five unnamed towns were known to be in Allied baud* this evening and there was no sign that the German* had yet been able to offer more than isolated resistance. Giant naval rifle* of the Allied fleet, firing over the head* of th* advancing American* and French, devastated the Nazi*' Inland defense*. Naval observers said the warship Are wa* heavier and more accurate than during any previous Mediterranean operation. I Reports reaching the United Press'ln Bern said Maquis in the Haute-Savoie department of southeastern Fiance, lea* than 200 mties north of the new landing point, had launched a general uprising at 4 am today, capturing at least two German st anghold* in the first few hours.) (Rsdlo London ssid one correspondent had been 20 mile* Inland behind Cannes and saw Fiemh 'Turn Tn Page 8. Cnlum* It TCMPCRATURC READING DEMOCRAT THKRMOMKTCR 8:00 a. m. 74 10:00 a. m .... so Noon .. M 3:00 p. m .. 31 WCATHCR » Partly cloudy with scattered thundershowers tonight end Thursday; not so warm In north portion tonight and in north and central portiena Thuraday.