Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 42, Number 221, Decatur, Adams County, 18 September 1944 — Page 2

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Roman Mob Lynches Fascist Criminal Assistant Prison Director Lynched Rome, Sept IS H'l’i More than T.Ot'tt Romans stormed the nrst great trial <>f Fascist criminals today. seized an assistant <iii<-< tor of the Regina Coeli prison. mauled. beat anti stamped him nearly lifeless ami then threw him into the liter river and kept his head under water until he drowned Donato t'arreta «as the man lynched but the mob was after Pietro Caruso, pro Nazi chief of the Home police and defendant at the trial which never got underway. They missed Caruso and remained milling around the Regina Coeli prison, where they believed he was being held, until a squad of .‘>o American and all British military police arrived on the seelie Although they had ignored the orders of Carabinieri throughout the morning, the crowd quickly melted on sight of the Allied uniforms Carrcta's body was hauled from the Tiber and hung from one of the bars of the llegina Coeli prison. Caruso terrorized Rome during the Nazi ociupation Thousands of enraged Romans surged in and around th<- court room in Palazzo 111 Oiustizia. The | crowd included widows of many of the men Caruso was charged with killing They broke through the solid line of Carabinieri guarding the building to storm into the courtroom .Men and women screamed for Caruso He had not yet been brought into the room. Col Harty Pollack. Allied police- chief in Rome, formerly one of Scotland yard's top men. helpcd the- Carabinieri fight to restore order He was present more or Jess as a spectator. since the trial was lfi> percent Italian —— —-O — - - ■■ ■ Th.* Tii> ■ lite: in Ronni« spanned by I l ' bridges

Food shortages may mean VITAMIN SHORTAGES *^k. A U^»XA z It! ILL liiMiu plus Lint and Irtt Puntest 1 PLENAMINS Contain ill vitimins known to be essential in human nutrition. »2 Ceptvle* . A Est . *tssS < '•G&wU SMITH DRUG CO.

PEACHES FANCY. THEE RIPENED. MICHIGAN. LAST OF THE SEASON. TOMORROW Bu-hel Larjje Size. Stults Home Grocery Public Sale I have decided i<> discontinue my farming operations. I will sell at public auction at my residence, 1 mile east of Decatur. on Saturday, Sept. 23, 1944 Starting at 1:00 P. M. The following property: CATTLE Holstein h*U<r due in January; Koan heifer due in January; Koan cow ahd calf, 4 years old; Angus heifer cow and cult; Red cow. 5 years old. HORSES Day mare H years old. sound. Wuigut 1450; Kay mare 9 years old. sound. weight 15*0. 4 month old inuje colt. MACHINERY Tandem dIA. wagon corn plow: mudlauit; 2 rldlna plows; shore) plow: 2 wheel trailer with stock rack; •ift-rods used wire fence. household goods Leather datenport; two 3 4 bods with mattreuaes and springs, table model radio; floor lamp: talik lamp. measional chair; large Glow Boy heatrola; clothes cabinet; lard press; sausage grinder; and many other ar th les too numerous to mention. rWMS-CASH. HOMER ÜBY, Owner rjjna Behais. Auct. T D £eiyet*r»teiß. Clark.

P,F " vl W HI II 5 CiZZ / Uh AH** •vx B 8 * 1 > wSf-a Oil . i - InH Wt* IJ I i 9 JkjF ‘i»H * * I 1 I ■ I*l 11 ■.-J L,— l. I in. I BiibnEW *• STANDING ON THE BRIDGE of the battleship Nevada as she comes into New York harbor are Capt Powell M. Rhea (left), I ayettcville, Ark., . commanding officer, and Comdr. Howard A. Yeager, Satinas, Kan., ex- , ccutive officer. On the bridge rail below them are service ribbons telling of the ship's battie achievements in two wars. Purple Heart (upper I urt» is for Pearl Harbor damage. Navy photo. - (inlernattonal)

AIR FORCE (Coatlnawl Froo rag* H (■■.(■ approached, but tlie Chinese armies have determined to tight :<n th» < |ty to th<- las: housi . and are entrenched behind pill boxes which stud the deserted city. 0 London Dimout Marred By Flying Bomb Raid L.mloi. Sci< 1* M'l’i J,»ndon’s e' !i* du'ed dlmoti’. ending five y<-.ii i of blackouts, was marked down .(. a “flop” today Itecaune the Germans launched a flying bomb a’tack shortly after dark, the ee<olid w '.r.n 24 hottie following a I'l day lull Th> bombs piesumatbly wet< released from German Hetnk"’ planes which had flown them within range. Night fighters niti i c'-di-d tn knocking d'twn most of the mi»«'!« released The atta. k obviously wag timed to coincide with th'- first relaxation of the'blackout s o Murder Trial Opens Today At Albion Albion, lud . .*• pt, is ■ t'l’i James Kmai". 27. Marion, went on trial today on a charge >f murder in counectiun with the death of J. ..O' W Bowling 2>. at Kendallrille June .1 The priko-c-ution charged that Smart stabbed bowling and fled after an altercation in downtown Kendallville over Smart's alleged attentloiM to Bowling's w.f-. ritnart

■l..——- .. » I IrubsequinUy was found hiding in the home of a relative near here, ''fate's evidence included a knife found by a youth In a cabbage patch along what authorities claim wag th<-path of Smart flight They cont tend hat Smart thnw away the weapon as he fie I Htw*******w**w Containers for blood plasma t’TWjijprSvl are made of ■sSsWdQB paper. Your waste paper is needed! BfcwHH MgE - < . A " ■’ < *. -, lW ’ 4 ■» " Sl 1 AM TESTIFYING before a House subcommittee which is investigating aid for handicapped persons, Earl ■ I Richardoon, blind operator of a refreshment stand in the treasury | annex, Washington, amazed listeners by announcing that he didn't want to be a congressman because they earn only 310,000 a I year, Richardson said he netted ■ 314,000 last year out of a gross take of 8122.000 at his stand. He employs 12 persons, one of whom is blind. (International) f ■ J/V ■F'. > / i !■■■■■*». '. BECAUSE the used fat she's brought in means red ration points to take borne to Mama Wong as well as four i pennies a pound for herself, six- > year-old Carole Wong of New York City it extftly ta the vary eof.ee. Al;). *M lltsw; Utt sfa tadV. Attfod Joj w*r- U nt F na!t .?? Ji i

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SKY-BORNE ALLIED (Contlaeed Fnm FBga l> ei-erf by the sky trains carrying out the reinforcement mission today, while Iximbers of the C. S. sth air force dropped food. ammunition and fuel in small parachutes culled "canopies." The airmen expected less danger from antiaircraft fire today m-ca’ise of the airborne army's gains against enemy positions. Troops and heavier equipment rode to Holland a I Heard the gliders today, while the big twimbers were mustered Into service a* supply craft. Supreme headquartern revealed that the task force in Holland — Americans and their Allies, but largely the 1 I’. S. veterans of earlier alrlacrne operations were commanded by l.t. Gen Frederick Browning Brereton's deputy, who glided In yesterday More than 3.800 planes c»f all types were revealed to have taken part in the- attack yesterday Their losses were described officially as "slight." That all was going well was indicated by revelation that one divisional commander radioed from the field today that the parachute missions were "absolutely superb" Canadian forces cleaning up the channel coast were reported in a front dispatch to have fought their way Into th«» main part of Boulogne and the port area. Both

- .... ■ HKR 5 ' I STRANGE JOBS ' A-. '■ I vW' in I for < E ELECTRIC MOTORS ■■Mt: ft Cannon shoots through doughnut motor. In the none of this ‘ Bu fighter plane, right in the middle of the G-E motor that feathers the propeller, is a 37-mm. cannon. Building a motor with a hole where the shaft ought to be was a brain twister, but I | G-E engineers solved this problem with an electric motor shaped Like a doughnut. Mk I ’■ » I "wSg;; I Thia Tom Thumb motor loads the guns on our bombers and B-2t Superfortress. 150 electric motors act as muscles bene-ih « fighters. Other electric motors raise and lower wheels, open the sleek exterior of the B 29. They power, among other things. | bomb bay doors. War requires more than 40,000 different motor the gun turrets in the G-E designed fire-control system that j modeis, keeping G-E research and engineering men busy. arras the Superfort against enemy attacks. | ■ I •' V- '■ - ...MWSI. 'X I I . I sir 11 111 i i Ittt - flS^Bßsf j I Turning a battteship over. 21 G-E motors teamed up for a Push button doormen for IST*. Push a button, and out g 21 -thousand-ton pull to turn the capsized OWaAoma right side pops & tank. It’s not quite that simple, but the doors and ramp ■ up at Pearl Harbor. Electric motors see action on every front, on an LST are opened, at the push of a button, by electric | in weapons, and in tools to repair them in the field. motors. On an LST, there are 140 electric motors. i j- ~_ ro( {uc«d 7 miHfon ' I | F^=X‘.r-— ■■ GENERAL ©ELECTRIC I | • *erv‘«‘ <Ai * y<ar ‘ J I I u.dlM’ 1 wk* sb** bm«* sahmm* -n. oce «h4M6>*«m4 ■ te ■ Uioa ► «-WT,i«e-nv. ww« •.wff.cai ■ ■ ll Mm ai— - _ . - . . .__. b.

Infantry and armor were In the soutliwe.tcrn part of the town and a Inc) were eatabllehed on Mont Lambert, the key to the defcnaM of IkmlogncOther Canadian forces advanced <-loaer to Cap Gris Net, at the narrowest n<-< k of the channel, and only two German defense points, including the liglifhouite. Ktlll held out in that area. AMERICAN (Continued From rage I) was saved Ursa of the vessels brought to 180 the numlter of ships of all types lost from all causes since Pearl Harbor The Warrington was the 48th destroyer to go down o — FOOD-STAMP PLAN IContlnuod »io«n rags 1) would : 1. Authorize Issuance of free food allotment stamps in denominations of II and 10 cents, to l»-1 distributed on the basis of family ; Income and family size. They, would be good at any regular food [ dealer's. The dealer would be | teimhursed l»y the treasury. 2. Ban the payment of tood subsidies unless specifically approved by congress 3. Establish a "basic food al-1 iotment" consisting of: milk or Its equivalent in cheese, evaporated milk or dry milk—-five quarts;

potatoes and sweet potatoes —four pounds; dry Iteans. peas and nuts —eight ounces, leafy, green or yellow vegetables one pound, eight oum'es.l other vegetables and fruits —two pounds, five ounces; four eggs, meat, poultry ami fish -one pound, eight ounces; flour and cereals — four pound* seven ounces; fats and oils—l 4 ounces; sugars, syrups and preserves —1! ounces LEGION CONVENTION (Continued From rags If jobs at the expense of civilian job holders. Such action, he added, would violate a promise made to servicemen when they left for the fields of battle. Truman outlined in detail the G I bill of rights and sttessed the small phase of the legislation He said small business was the bulwark of free enterprise and said that every aid should be extended to veterans wishing to establish themselves in business. ; Warren Atherton, national comj mander of the U’gion. presented i the Legion’s distinguished service | award to Gen Henry H. Arnold ! and a memorial service was held i for the late Brig Gen Theodore Roosevelt who died In France shortly after the Invasion of Normandy President Roosevelt in a message to the Legion which was read by Commander Atherton praised the organization for its contribution "in

the years of peace for showing that the country's welfare was of first concern. This purpose has been more manifest since another war has come u|«>u us." He added that the Legion ' wi'h foresight and fervent patriotism intensified by war experience" had rendered a worthy service In advocating a well Integrated program i of readjustment for returning veteans. "Your plan to assist In making l | this program effective at points of demobilization and In every community in the United States Is a true service of democracy," the ’ message concluded.

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