Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 42, Number 195, Decatur, Adams County, 17 August 1944 — Page 1

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AMERICAN ARMIES 32 MILES FROM PARIS

I Beachheads Blinked In fclhern France Mmencon, French Sivasion Forces Are ■onsoi'datmg Gains Anu-ri : nuaxioli for. *s. > artillery, hint- link.ul along n wide frame. laplur |«,r' Raphael and i- 111 I liberated ">ry. a special |^L<.., <>un> •■<! today I. . a-t and West alone tr<<i:'. of ’.<l miles. Allied HHv ■ I. al bllS- of Toulon . m.il IHy of Can roinmuliique said. ||H • ■!i-;.ii h fi.-rlin radio Haiti |M had broken ' • i.raged the gar ■ ■ ■ fighting The |H ■idoiavlall tele..io.i i o |H>rte<l from Her’ll- Alius had occupied ..i d Sit • 17 miles to this may have Mt lot I t det Ice to pave a later < laim that the ■ '.: I . <ll dtiveti out of the 'Io- special com |H|<l< -ad H< re tile Seaports lz ..<| .! < I 71 Hilles east of |Kr<. and S' Tropez ami St l-.'h about half way IreI .ulon and Cannes ami the towns of |<e Muy. Luc. Br and Collobrleres. Allied sources reported of the coastal town of Knout four miles east of St. rt-tomialssam e fliers reNiff harbor was in flames. th. result of German I"' I’ar.tlory to ahand of Ills Illy, largest oil the \n.<ri m divisions spear the Allied landings, the communique said. Sir Henry Maitland Wil .\iii,.,| commander in |HNolit. tran.-.m. announced in |MIHrd loniinunique of the In that em-my resistance. W* light. has not been as |Mc tasual'ies have been mod“Illi- there j, g.MMI losses have been the ! -ommunlque said |^B r troops continue to ad At some points, light ele»re II miles inland. The foru-8 that < ame In over have lontai led elements haralroopi-rw who landed Inland. ■jloMinrs have exceeded ex jW* I®#’ 1 ®#’ Th., assault forma Ml ‘f* completely ashore with 9 nk and tank destroyer units ■ ‘ »"ll balanced stock of am *lid supplies. defenses have ■‘ ■ through effective tt lr bombardment." ■ «’»l communique revealed '" M,n ,nil Artm Htr John supreme Allied naval -r in ti,,. Mediterranean. K?, a * ,! ‘ ul ' »rea in a BritPsterday They al ■ta, ‘ •" ,O "W’ making up m armada the day pre and flashed ■*'" Ts p,«. ( r ola , nn ■'Woman Is Killed ■ *uto Overturns ■ S?’ :nJ • Au< ,7 ~< l,p > ■c, ri , " county coroner today ■wiJn’" “ < ' , ’ ,de,,{ *hich ■7,2. 1 * <* o, “* ’"’man and ■ Thst». IH, L ,o another, ■teed h* M ''n<«omery. 26. was ■-is I *'”* Mm Marjorie ■* ■ 'xrrs au, “""* ,il '* oterturnel BlMor^* TU ’’ B "KADiNO W* ’'"AT THERMOMtTtR *• - ■°° 1 "»• ' 75 E»Rfc~~ E * x n WtATHtR ■“*7./ * M kaMgMt thu*”* E“"’l rrid *>' d *- g "• •udIM H aM

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New Invasion in France Strikes Near Marseille FRANCE'S GREAT SEAPORT OF MARSEILLE has Iteen thrown Into the war as the Allies invaded a 10fl®f Fl * a £*“ ‘•“An'- The Nazis. Just previous to the great invasion by American British and French forces from the Mediterranean sea. ordered all civilians not essential to the German occupation army to la- evaluated from the |>ort. one of France's largest cities

I Volunteer Workers | Aid Ration Board Tremendous Amount Os Work Entailed Th« 5.000 families ana more than Jtl.ooo people in the county are ao well served by the local war-price and ration board, that the average pemon ia apt to overlook the tremendouK amount or work entailed in the Ihhuliik of coupon* and certificate*, which make It possible for them to obtain focal, sugar. tirea, gaa and oil for heating and tractor*. Not that the people aren't up preciative, but many do not atop to think that the rationinK program ia each individual's business and that he or she can have a part In it. The need today is for volunteer helpers to help issue the various coupon* ami certificates which make it possible (or the individual to go about his daily way of life without any Inconvenience.- more than rationing ia itself. It should In* remembered that only the clerks at the ration office, who are under alvil service, are paid for their time. Chairman Glenn Hili, the chairmen and memtiers of all the panels, are volunteers and do not receive a penny for their services and hour* of time devoted to the processing of applications. The limited number of clerks makes it impossible to do all the work, and besides, the rationing program la so designated that it backs away from (Turn Tn Put* *. Column It Kipfer Child Killed As Gun Discharges French Township Boy Is Fatally Wounded Raymond Kipfer. Jr., aged three, son of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Kipfer of French township, was fatally wounded Wednesday while playing with a loaded shotgun in his father's automobile, which was parked in front of their home, one and one half mile* southeast of the Apostolic Christian church. Information disclosed that the lad was playing In the auto with hl* sister. Carol. who was In the front seat She accidentally pulled the trigger of the shotgun, the full discharge striking her brother in the left side of the head. The father was working In the yard, only a short distance from the car. He had planned to go hunting and had forgotten about leaving the loaded gun in the auto. Surviving are the parents, the grandfather. Kipfer. of French township; the sister, Carol, and a brother. Kenneth. Funeral serviegp will be held at the !»«!• st s-Mi a m Saturday and at 10 o'clock at the Christian Apostolic church, with burial in the chiitch cemetery.

Buckingham Palace Grounds Damaged ifxmdon. Aug 17—(CP) Rat-ot I bom<>« recently damaged the grounds of Buckingham Palace, main residence of King (I -org-- and Queen Elizabeth, it was revealed today. The palace itself was hit at least twice during the German Blitz of IMP-41-Ixmdon bad its second straight night free es flying bombs lust night, but some fell in southern England and awiauit was resumed in full force against both Ixtndon and southern England in daylight today Nurses Aide Riles Al Berne Saturday Commencement To Be Held At Park Mrs. Roy Price, head of the nurste aide project In Adams county. Iwwt announced that the nurses aide commencement exercises will be held at the band shell in lx-h---man park at Berne, Saturday evening at s o'clock. The metniber* of 'he graduating ctam <»t thb» city are: Mm. Max Shafer. Mr* Weldon Soldner. Mias Mildred Worthmail, Mr*. Evelyn Kingsley. Mrs Agnes DeVor, Mm. Bernice Adamo. '.Mr*. Gerald Fairchild, Mrs. Magd dine Bar'on. Mrs Roy Price. Beme: Mrs Dewaid Reitler, Mrs. Orval Allspaw, Mrs Chester Heare. Mrs. Everett lx-h---man. Mrs. Emerson Neuenschwander, Mrs. Safari Sanders, Mns. Howard Teeter and the Mieses Goldie Elleixberger. Florine Fltiecklger. Mary Eicher, Ru'h Musepnan, Virginia and Doris Nueebaum In recognition of the service given at the county hospital. Mrs. Frank Crist. Mrs. Roller! Freeby. Mm. John lloltbouse, Mr*. Robert Helm of fleatur; and Mns. Howard Sprunger and Mrs. Lester lx-nnian of Berne, will be gifeti service fairs. Rev- Harry Thompson will lie the speaker for the affair and music will be furnished by a group from Berne. ... ..Q- - Rev. Updike To Head District Nazarenes Rev. Paul Updike of Huntington has been elected district superintendent of the Church of the Nssarene. He amreeds Rev. J. W. Montgomery of Fort Wayne, who reaigend recently. The new district head was pastor of the church In Huntington Gehrig Is Named As Convention Delegate Tillman H. Gehrig, of Decatur, fourth district commander of the American lx<g!on. has been named district delegate to the national convention of the Legion, which will open at Chicago September Id. James K. Stalev. who will retire as commander of Adamo post this month, was named alternate district delegate.

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Decatur, Indiana, Thursday, Auaust 17,1944

Philippines Again U. S. Raid Targets Nimitz Expects Aid Soon From Europe (By United Press) Admiral Chester W. Nimitz was revealed today to be expecting reinforcements soon from the European theater to accelerate the war against Japan while American airmen struck again at the Philippine* and other enemy target* through the Pacific. Nimitz' disclosure was made at a press conference In Guam after a six-hour tour of the recaptured Island He described the newly conquered Marianas Islands as all important to the Allied campaign in th.Pacific but said that Japan could not In- defeated by naval action alone and that bases would loneeded in ('hlnu to Insure victory He emphasized his belief that even if the Japanese surrendered before the home-land was Invaded, the country would have to Im- occupied to "win the peace.” Allied bombers attacked Davao. South. Philippine* city, for the sixth time Monday night, concentrating their blow* on docks and wnarfa. Liberator bombers, maintaining a steady offensive against Halinabera, stepping stone to the Philippines, hit the Ixibota airdrome, installations, and shipping around the Island again Tuesday. Eleven enemy planes were destroyed on the ground and a small (Turn Tn Hurs 1. Column t) 0 IS.—.— Democrats To Open New Headquarters Formal Opening Set Early In September Democrat campaign h--a Iquarters will Im- established In the first floor room of the Lemon building on South Second street, across the Street from the court house. Clyde O. Troutner. county chairman, announced today. The building was formerly occupied by the Peoples restaurant and ha* been leaned for the next two month*. Mr. Troutner said. The new and enlarged hindquarter* will be formally opened lusbor <tay. the chairman stated. The public will be Invited to the opening nltght.*long wlrh the committeemen vlce-committeemen. candidate* and party workera. A clerk will be employed prior to the election and assistance will be given to prospective voter* and servicemen who wl*h to avail them selve* of the opportunity X vote a special war ballot Chairmen Troutner and the commKteemen are planning a spirited ramgmlgn during September and October culminating In the reentering of eligible voter* t.nd the casting of the ba Dots on election day.

FDR Declares Axis Homelands Must Be Taken Roosevelt Returns To Capitol; Must Occupy Axis — Washington. Aug. 17 — (CPi —I President Roosevelt returned to I the White House today from a | l&.OOO mile, five weeks inspection of the eastern Pacific, openly determined that (he German ami I Japanese homelands must lie completely occupied before they are allowed to surrender. Tanned and healthy-lookinx after his journey through 21 states and to Hawaii and Alaska. Mr. Roosevelt made clear his conviction that if the Axis partners are allowed to quit before their countries are overrun l>y conquering Allied forces there will bo trouble later. He told a press and radio conference almard his special train, shortly in-fore it reached Washing ton. that If the Allies fail to drive on to complete occupation of Germany and Japan, the next generation of Germans and Japanese will be tohl that they really won the war. as the present generation of Germans was told after the last war. Pointing up the itn|>ortancc of his conference with top Pacific commanders at Hawaii —where he inspected huge forces and Vast installations Built up during the two years and eight months since Japanese bombs l>Usted that island liMse to a virtual nullity he said one of the first items on his future agenda will l>e coming operations in the Pacific. This remark bore out Itelief that he had laid plans for new and i powerful blows against the JaptTurn To Ps«s 1. Column I) O Wounded Veteran Is Home On Leave Herman Patterson Reluctant To Talk Fragments of a mortar shell which was fired from the direction of the Nt. Ihqiedict Monastery at Cassino. Italy, struck Sgt Herman H. Patterson, decorated veteran of the war. now home on leave, in the right thigh, and sent him to the hospital a few days before the American army command ordered the bbmbing of the famous abitey. liecause the Germans were using it as a fortress. A timorous Individual. Sgt Patterson. who was overseas nearly a year and was twice wounded ami decorated with the Purple Heart and one oak leaf cluster, spoke calmly of his experience and denoted a degree of shyness when he said. “I'd rather not talk about ft. It wasn't anything much. I'm back home now. fee) pretty good, am happy to be with my family again and when I think what the boys are still doing over there. I hesitate to say much about my days at the front." Sgt. Patterson was hospitalized for about 10 weeks following the Cassino battle. He was a rifleman in the Infantry and had constructed a makeshift stone wall around his fox hole, when a shell landed in his one man fort and he was knocked out. Recovering from the first wound, be joined his regiment at the Anzio beachhead and was wounded in the left leg' on March I*. Sgt. Patterson was within 3uo yards of the famed Benedictine (Turn To Pags •. Columa 4) ——————o - ■———— Placing Servicemen Names On Honor Roll -Adams Post 43 of the American Lagion has started to place the names of servicemen in the honor roll panels oredted in front of the Legion home. The east panel haa the names of county servicemen from A to K. The west panel will bouse the other nimw, which are printed on cardboard in td point type .<ih<mt latm names are op the honor roll, which will continue to grow each month as men are inducted for military service.

Powerful Tank Armies Capture Qrleaps, Cut All Os France In Two

Soviet Forces Narrow German Wedge In Line Great Tank Battle Is Continuing Into Third Straight Day Moscow, Aug 17. — (UP) — Rua-' sian armored forces narrowed the German wedge In their lines in the eastern suburbs of Warsaw today as the greatest tank battle of the Soviet summer offensive continued its third straight day Red army counterattacks on the German flanks were revealed to have cut the German salient to a narrow spearhead reaching Into Ossow. six and one-half miles cast northeast of Praga. Warsaw’s easternmost borough The Russians acknowledged the loss of Oxbow in their Wednesday midnight comcomm unique. SN panzer grenadier units still were streaming across the Vistula from the center of Warsaw in a desperate effort to hold and widen the Ossow wedge, but the army organ Red Star reported the situation was "fully under control." Red Star said the Germans were attacking uninterruptedly with fresh waves of tanks and infantry ent ring the battle almost every hour. The enemy changed the direction of his blows at frequent in lervals in an effort to catch Marshal Konstantin K. Rokossovsky's Ist White Russian army off balance. Mijilary observers did not attach much significance to the slight withdrawal In the Oxsow area, con | tending that the effort cost the Germans a disproportionate quantity of men and material. The setback first suffered by] the Russians since the start of the . summer offensive June 23 also was offset by the Soviet breakthrough Into Nandomlerz. Vistula river stronghold 115 miles south of Warsaw. The Russians penetrated Nandotnlerz and engaged the garrison In fierce street battle after establishing several additional bridgeheads oil the west bank of Tile Vistula both north and south of the city, thus besieging it from three sides. With Nandomierz in their hands, position to maneuver extensively the Russians ag-uln would lie In a northwestward in the direction of i Radom and Warsaw. The Germans also were attack-' <T»irn Tn 4. Hnhimn <) Hull Assails Dewey Fears As Unfounded No Military Pacts Planned By Big Four Washington. Aug. 17 tl'Pi — Necretary of state Cordell Hull today descrilted ax "utterly and completely unfounded" the fears expressed liy Gov. Thomas E. Dewey alsiut plans for an international security organization. Dewey said yesterday that he was disturlw-d by reports concerning the forthcoming four power talks which Indicated that "it is planned to subject the nations of the world, great and small, permanently to the coercive power of the four nations holding this conference. ” Hull said in a statement that there is no plan for a military alliance of the four major nations "No arrangement such as described by him. which would Involve a military alliance of the four major nations permanently, to coerce the rest of the world, is contemplated or has ever been contemplated by this government, or, as far as we know, hy any of the other governments." Hull said. Dewey's vigorous denunciation (Turn To Pago I. Cvlumg I) *

No Poor Relief Levy In Three Townships Other Townships To Have Nominal Rates In view of sustantlal balances in the poor relief accounts, and with nominal expenditures estimated for next year, no poor relief ;evy will be made in three townships and only nominal rwnsi. ranging from one to five cen'a. will be made In the other nine. Thurman I. I>rew, county auditor, announced today. The three townships that will not have a poor relief levy next y-ar are Preble, Root and St. Mary's. The rate in Washington 'ownehtp which includes Decatur, and takes in the greater part of poor rellivf in the county, will have a three-cent rate, producing approxima'ely >2.s<>o. Expenditures for poor relieif in thin towiMhip are averaging about. MOO a month for the firm half of IM4. Tile township had a bularue of approximately *260"0 on July 1. which will l»e reduced by several thoaoand dollars by next -tanuary. as the rwo-eent rtite In effect this your wil produce lew than *1.60(1. or only about one-third of the amount expended. The rates proposed for the other ownshlpa on each 1100 of taxable property, are: Blue Creek. French, ffuritford. Jefferson ami Kirkland townships one cent ouch; Monroe, three cents; Union, ttwx> centa; Wabash. five cento Th>- oties-ent levy in Jefferson township will raise only *S7, according tt> the auditor's estimate. O Nazis Launch Terror Reign In Florence Supplies Situation Growing Critical Rome. Aug. 17—(UP)—German tank units returned to the northern section of Florence yesterday, killing civilians and Carabinieri, and launching a reign of terror which still was in progress today with the f<xMl and water situation growing more critical hy the hour Less than a week ago the Germans withdrew their main forces to new positions just north of the Mugnone canal In the outskirts of * Florence, but since then they have ' made no-man's-land of the suburbs ! with ma< hine gun and tank fire Many thousands of civilians who remained in that area foraged desperately for food In the nearby countryside, although Allied military government officials still were trying to bring food to them across the Arno river from the Allied held southern section of the city British kth army troops continued efforts to clear the city of enemy snipers, and an order was broadcast prohibiting the carrying of arms by any persons in Florence except the Carabinieri. On either side of Florence, from Ernpli on the weal to I'ontasxievc on the east, there was little change south of the Arno, with the British troopa held up by extensive mine fields, blown up bridges and other demolitions. The remainder of the line extending across the peninsula was quiet, except for patrol and artillery exchanges, particularly in the western sector held by the American Sth army. (Turn To Psgs «, Column I) Cooling Shower In Decatur At Noon The rain came. At 12 o'clock noon a shower arrived in Decatur, cooling the atmosper* 10 degrees in a half hour At I.SO the thermometer registered 72 degrees The rain iwas heavier than most people Imagined, liemail "Hi" Meyer, river gtuge reader said. He Inc-Murad It at .11 of an inch at the bridge north of the eRy,

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Canadians Lash Out In Companion Drive Threatening Great New Trap On Nazis BULLETIN Supreme Headquarters, AEF, Aug. 17 —(UP)— Rough-riding American tanks and infantrymen were reported storming into the -outer suburbs of Paris only 22 miles from the city gates, today and front dispatches hinted that the German army may be abandoning the old French capital without a fight. Supreme Headquarters, AEF. Aug. 17. (UPI Powerful American tank armies closed to within less than 32 miles west of Paris and cut all Frame In two with the capture of the vital railway hub of Orleans today as Canadian troops In the north lashed out suddenly toward the Seine In a companion drive that threatened to forge a great new trap around the fleeing German 7th army The German battle screen guarding the western approaches to Paris buckled and broke under the power of the American thrust and front dispatches said the doughboys were plunging on through relatively weak opposition toward the outskirts of the old French capital. German reports said the thunder 112.673 Casualties Washington, Aug. 17—|UP> —American army casualties during the first two months of action in western France totaled 112.673 fierxons. including 16.434 killed, 76.535 wounded, and 19,704 missing, acting secretary of war John J McCloy announced today of the American guns could be heard clearly in the streets of Paris and it was indicated that Lt. Gen. George N Patton's tanks, outrunning Allied communiques. might already be within sight of the city As the Americans struck, the Canadian Ist army hurled a mighty new offensive easiward and southeastward from the Caen FalaiM* sector, advancing more than four mile* and capturing Nt Pierre-Nur-Dives. Mezidon and Courc-y Heavy fighting also flared farther south around Barou and Bamblalnvllle as the Canadians pushed eas'ward from captured Falalse The new thrust apparently was aimed at forcing the Germans back to the Seine, more than 60 miles to the east and pinning them against the river with the Canadians on their northern flunk and Patton's Americans on the south. Units of the battered German 7th army still ware fleeing eastward from the Normandy pocket and it (Turn To Page I. Column 4) o Ploesti Oil Plants Battered From Air Italy-Based U. S. Planes Make Raid London. Aug 17—(UP)—A fleet of some 500 American heavy l«>mleers based in Italy attacked the Ploesti oil refineries In Romania and the Nls airdrome in Yug<q slavla today, while 250 9th air force medium and light bombers smashed 10 vital bridges used by the battered German 7th army to retreat eastward across the Rlsle river from the Normandy front. Ploesti was attacked through smoke screens which hid the results. hut fortresses over Nls. a communication center 125 miles southeast of Belgrade, reported direct hits on the airdrome and railway yards. The lo bridges over which retreating German columns struggled eastward toward the Heine were bomlced through a solid cloud celling Nlmultaneously fnn-M o f wide-ranging fighters and lighter bombers of the Nth air force strafHunt Ta Pape 1, Caiusap 4j