Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 42, Number 222, Decatur, Adams County, 19 September 1944 — Page 1

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■(Arthur To Ad Way Back ■Philippines Battle For I Klehu Believed g Bear Culmination B Hu . sn lh«- « )M -<| more than half i •■•.»• X ■ 'tnok<off •,!. strikes in the 9K : <>usly with the > .impalgn by (h n Wile \: . .irmies ba< k to j th. -i <>f the war. < arrler-based IK ag.i'.ii-’ Haimahrra's airS. lay lo prevent a'tiuks liehl Morolari inland E|g ili end of the Halmahera and miles south of the n- • - . firn i.unpaiirn to reconquer ■ a . .uinonnc ed l.i-• f.y Vlniiral Chester W. of the ft..' radio broadcast \ . la-aion c unveilthe PhIIIII’-. • <-' ot I'hilippilles. by w in Ide item *hnh cover and ' ci Mac Xiiloir'h I’hili Nlinl'Z said ABB li'- tint official confirMoAithnr will have BB<-'rmi.oici ot the reconqiiecct of BBl’r winch he let! more '»o yearn ago resolutely himself to return. - losses whic h to ’ !'••. no : kill.-d by Americ an ':• lap.nn .. fought fiercely ÜBl'- e| u , diffic ult terrain and |H> cttempied counterattacks .lowed tlie marine drive fiom their southern .'.inmimtque disc losed th.- iccwn of \nian. about a gM to t!i. Ii division marines gß> *'■<> «. !/.-d tiny Ngarinokxl GBci ff tin southern tip of the flire.it the troop, of th,. Mat division hack several Japanese aitac on Aiiguur. south ' ■ ■ continued their ad to vain control of the north tail ot 'he island except for strong pockets on the \ totuj „ f 1s J apan . Ta Pa», j. Column 4) mm ” late Bulletins ■ w »«h'"9ton. Sept. 19.—(UP) ■lt? S ,übml,rin *a operating Japan's Pacific ('apply have sunk 29 more tnvessels, including three (hips, the navy antoday. *' ,h u 8 Ist Army Near ■te'’ Gfrm,n f- &»Pt 1»— |B ' Seized German docu- ■ revealed today that the ■ J*' Mrly on B *P‘ 12 ordered ■ r ‘'' leu * ,lon •» entire ■ ®«"**«ch»n area with an ■ «onated population of at ■ **” 2.000.000 Germane. B !Ry United Press) ■ '•"'•’'■baaed aircraft ■ r.s S ‘" n “ ra “»"<«■/. Tokyo ■ brr?a r *9 or lsd today In a ■ Pr , Mt r ' cord »< 1 by United ■ tL** ** n Pr,w c , »®®- ■ Ucs “W ‘h« atB Icatc 2*” eon ®«Ptrated on ■ tea J .^ ,rbor •" ‘b» northern ■ wh,l * ’• Oeo - m "« *ong island. ■ ’"•'"yAsld Singapore. ■ olln7 n R * TU " e HtADINQ ■ “imocrat thermometer B He," m - 72 8200 p w - - 80 I bertt , WtAT H«R ■* M »y > el« dy •"<» w««t portm*' o’”' 0 ’”' • how,r » "btlh- [-•- -

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Here Thursday ■ wf B v - j Mm Am WF At Ak ~‘ 7i/ - • Dr. J. naym<>n3~Bchuti7“not«| lecturer and educator, will apeak at u Joint meeting of the Decatur Kotary and Lion* club* Thuraday evening at the K of P. home Armistice Signed By Russia And Finland Finns In Undeclared # War Against Germans London, Sept. !•.—(UPi—Rueela and Finland today signed an armistice which Stockholm sources said gave the Soviets broad wartime privileges in Finland and a 50-ycar lease on an island 20 mile* from Helsinki along with a considerable stretch of coastline. The Moscow radio announced the signing ot the armistice ending the second war between lluxsia and Finland since 1939. The Finns already were waging undeclared war against their Nagi former allies. Responsible quarters In Stockholm said the armistice terms gave Russia control of Finnish railways, roads, and waterways for the durfltion ot the war. together with air bases In south Finland The island of Porkkala, 20 miles from the capital, was named as a site lo be leased to the Russians for 5" years. To most Finns the Soviet garrison outside Helsinki will be painful The ii~rwrs”jn t iTt-raiiy were"ifiiderstood to cull for restoration of the 1941 Finnish border as established after the "winter war.” Stockholm said, with cession of Petsamo and Huursaarl to the Soviets more or less taken for granted. The Moscow radio said the So-viet-Finnish armislice was agreed upon after negotiations in Moscow since Sept. 14. British representatives sat In on the conferences and together with those of Russia acted on behalf of all the UnPed Nations, the broadcast said The terms of the armistice will be announced later, Moscow said. It was signed by Colonel General Zhadanov for the United Nations and by members of the Finnish armistice delegation In Moscow Helsinki advices said the Finnish

(Turn To Page 4, Column I) — -O Belgian Parliament Reconvenes Today First Session After Four Years Recess 'Brussels. Sept. 19. — (UPl—The first free parliament of liberated Europe, after a four year recess, reconvened today to pick up the threads of democratic government and start Belgium on the road to recovery. Deputies and senators met In Belgium's old Palais De La Nation, still resplendent with thick plush carpets and priceless tapestries and paintings. Prime Minister Hubert Pierlot was visibly touched when he entered the chamber. Tears formed In his eyes. Galleries were oversowed with spectators, but on the ffoor of the chamber there were many vacant seats (or some members killed by Nazis, or In German prison camps. In the foreign diplomats gallery wore American and British representatives. Outside in Rue De Lslol stood hundreds of persons who were unable to get Inside. Among the members present to“fura Te PMI ». Colwaa Q

Big Nazi Naval Base Hammered By RAF Planes Bremerhaven Base Pounded By Nearly 1,000 Tons Os Bombs Imndon, Sept. 19—(UP)—RAF heavy bombers hammered the big tierman naval base of Bremerhaven with fire bomba lust night and swarms of Allied planes crossed the southeast coast today for new assaults on Germany by daylight. Nearly 1,000 tons of bomba were dropped on the harbor, where the German liners Europa ami Bremen were anchored together with many small warships. Pilots returning from the raid, the first in two years on Bremerhaven. said the fire Isimbs started ; huge blazes which lit up the port from end to end. It was the 21st of the war on the North Sea port. The official description hy the air ministry's news service said It was a "heavy . attack" which could mean l.mm | planes or more. RAF mosquitos again hit Berlin with two-ton blcM-kliusters, continuing the almost nightly harassing raids on the German capital. The tierman Transoeean news agency reporter) that Allied planes from the east flew over Sweden during the night ami continued southwest ward in a possible new shuttle raid from Russian bases. (A Budapest broadcast, recorder! by FCC. reported an air raid warning in the Hungarian capital. indicating Italian-based planes again had joined in the offensive.) Nearly 500 American flying fortresses and liberators from Italy straddled communication lines in tons of high explosives yesterday Hungary and* Yugoslavia with (Torn To Page 4. Column <l> — — —o Airport Fund Drive Opens Next Monday Al! Meet Here Friday Niqht

The county's first and greatest opportunity to obtain an airport will be presented to interested and public spirited citizens next Monday by the soliciting teams who hope to raise *40.000 to match a local industry's generous gift of a *25.000 farm ami an additional contribution of *IO.OOO from an anonymous donor. The generous offer, which started with the Central Sugar company ami Central Soya company agreement to donate a 100-acre farm nearly In the center of the county, In the northeast corner of Monroe township, along with the *IO.OOO cash, appeals to many persons as "something which the community cannot afford to turn down." With the ,10.000 pledge hy a pnblif.spirited and civic-minded Individual, the driVt for *50,000 Is already reduced to *40,000. chairmen and directors of the county-wide drive, pointed out. "It seems that If two of our lit dustries and one individual donate *3s.Otst to establish amt help build an airport, that the other 20,000 residents and other business concerns should lie able to match It." Ray Leitz, county chairman, explained. "Our organization Is being form(Turn To Paas 1. Column •) o Rev. Alovs Dirksen Appointed Pastor Very Rev Aloys Dirksen. C. PP. 8., former president as «t. Joseph College. Refisaelaer. has been appointed pastor of the church of the Most Precious Blood In Fort Wayne. Father Dkrksen succeeds Rev. Cyril Mphr. C. PP. 8.. who recently resigned. He will be Installed on October 1 Father Dirksen Is well known in Decatur, having visited here in recent years. He delivered the commencement address at the Decatur Catholic high school graduation exerclass two years ago and also spoke before the Knights of Columbus. He Is a noted theologian and writer.

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Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday, September 19, 1944.

FLAG: WHITE; HOUSE; GERMANY > m A « J| w* A WHITE FLAG of surrender flies from the upper window of this building in a German village across the border near Aachen. Germany Signal I'. S. Corps radiophoto.

Green Urges Legion Laud Labor Efforts Financial Benefits Reviewed By Hines Chicago, Sept. 19 —(UP) —William Green, president of the American Federation of lather, today urged the American legion to pass a resolution prafting American labor which, he said, would help to mend the breach between the Legion and the AFL caused by the Legion's condemnatory sta'ements against labor. “In time past, when a great clamor arose in the press and the radio against labor, condemnatory statements from Legion representatives were plentiful and prominent." Green said. Now. he said, when the president, the army, the navy and the war production board all praise labor’s magnificent job. "the workers ot our country cannot find • single expression of thin kind from any qualified spokesman for the American la-glon. ''This Is a ( iri iTij.-f.iii'■ w lii'h gives rise to the unfortunate mixunderstanding between the two organizations." Green said. "Such action by the Legion would go fur toward cementing th'- bonds of frelndship which have existed so long between the American Legion and the American Federation of laihor." Brig. Gen. Frank T Hines, administrator of veterans' affairs, told the Legion that financial benefits for disabled veterans of World War II are starting out at rates It ■ook World War I veterans and dependents 26 years to obtain. (Turn To Paws 4, Column 5) School Enrollment Higher This Year Public Schools Show 24-Student Increase Less than 52 percent of the Isiys and girls in the Lincoln school were Imrn In Decatur, final enrollment statistics announced by Walter J. Krick, superintendent of the city schools, revealed today. The total enrollment In the public schools this year is 1.069, an Increase of 24 over last year. The Lincoln school enrollment is 584. an increase of 35 over the enrollment of 529 a year ago. The high school is 505 this year, a decrease of 11 from last year. Os the 564 attending the Lincoln school, only 293 were horn in Decatur und 271 were born elsewhere. The figure 293 is just less than 52 percent of the total. The final enrollment figures for all the schools in the city compared to last year are: kindergarden. 1944, K«; 1943. 79; first grade. 1944, 93, 1943 8«; second, 1944 94. 1943 78; third. 1944 74. 1943 93; fourth. 1944 87. 1943 89; fifth, 1944 60. 1943 73; sixth. 1944 80. 1943 73; seventh. 1944 83. 1943 94; eighth. 1944 91. 1343 79; ninth. 1944 95. 1943 99; tenth. 1944 93. 1943 93; eleventh, 1944 85. 1943 84; twelfth, 1944 78, 1943 7*.

Road To Berlin (By United Press) The shortest distances to Berlin from advanced Allied lines toduy: Western front 300 miles (from point east of Aachen. Gain o( 18 miles in a week.) RusHia—32o mllex (from Praga. Gain of eight miles In week.) Italy — 553 miles (from point north of Florence. Guin of two miles in week ) F. D. R. Orders Plan For Demobilization Order Is Sent To Budget Bureau Head Washington, Sept. 19. (UP) — President Roosevelt today ordered the budget bureau to begin planning demobilization of 'he government's vast wartime machinery through liquidation of emergency bureaus and agencies and reduction of ’he federal payroll to a "peace footing," "This is the time to do the planning. although the war—even in Europe Is no' over." Mr. Roosevelt said In a letter to budget director Harold D. Smith. “Most of the planning will probably have to wait for execution until the Japa have surrendered and there Is no way of telling when 'hat will happen. But th.- plan* should be ready." In planning adjustment of the government's executive branch from "the needs of war to the needs of peace." Mr. Roosevelt said, three principal problems must be considered: 1. "Liquidation of war agencies and the reaaslgnmeti' of such permanent or continuing functions as they possess." There are now 23 emergency war agencies. Some of the major ones, such as the office of price administration ami war production hoard, are expected to continue operation for some time after hostilities cease. 2. "Reduction of government personnel to a peace footing." The federal payroll last July listed 2,938.61'2 civil service employes In this country, as compared to about 1.P00.000 In May of 1940 when the expei'.sion began under imp< tus of the defense program. 3. "The simplification and adaptation of the administrative structure to peacetime requirements." This presumably will Include realignment of the duties of regular agencies which were assigned special wartime duties by congressional or executive order. "Some Steps along these lines may be taken when the fighting ends In Europe," Mr. RooaeveF. said, and urged that "Immediate attention" be focussed on thia phase of the government demobilization (Turn Tn Psge 4. Column <» Youth Is Fined Here For Reckless Driving Eugene L. Doctor. 18, of route 10, Fort Wayne, waa fined *1 and costa by Mayor John B £tuits tn city court Monday afternoon on a plea of guilty to reckless driving. The Allen county youth was serrated on Mercer avenue laut week by city police.

Skytroopers And British Army Wheeling Through Holland At Rapid Clip

Great Battle Is Raging On Baltic Front German News Agency Reports Attempted Crossing Os Vistula BULLETIN London, Sept. 19.—(UP)—An order of the day by Premier Josef Stalin announced tonight that the Red army had captured Valga, big transport center on the Estonian-Latvian border. Ismdon, Sept. 19—(UP)—The German DNB news agency today reported a major Russian attempt to storm across the Vistula river north of Warsaw, and acknowledged that some Soviet elements had reached the west bank where they were reported "annihilated." A DNB report of the attempted crossing said only a "minor unit" spanned the broad Vistula north of the Polish capital yesterday. The size of the undertaking was indicated by the Nazi admission that the Russians tried to send tanks across the river. Official reporta In .Moscow remained silent on the battle of Warsaw, where fighting of “tremendous pro|x>rtions" had been raging for several days, a dis patch from the Soviet capital said. "The Russians are pumping a hell of fire into the enemy positions from a wide front on the east bank of the Vistula." the dispatch reported. » A United Press report from Moscow said equally if not more violent battles were being Waged wh*re were struggling fiercely to impede Soviet forces striking east of the laitvlan capital. The Soviet high command has taken no cognizance of the fighting there. For days Berlin has been reporting a mighty Soviet offensive l»y perhaps l.mm.tMM) men. aimed at Riga and the North Sea in an apparent attempt to trap the German forces in the upper Baltics The Germans admitted the Baltic situation was "critical." There the Russians spread huge forces ITnrn Tn P»«e *. Column 4) — o United Press War . Writer Captured Edward W. Beattie Prisoner Os Nazis With I'. S. 3rd Army in Europe, Sept 19 — (UP) — Edward W. Beattie, famous United Press war correspondent, was captured by the Germans on Sept. 12. near Chaumont and Is believed to have been taken Into Germany. Two other correspondents, one of whom was freed later, and an army jeep driver were taken with Beattie. One of the correspondents ami the jeep driver were liberated by their Nazi guard and returned to the press camp today. They said Beattie and the third correspondent probably were in Germany now. The freed correspondent said one of his companions was wounded in the fleshy part of the left leg. taken to a hospital at Chaumont, and later probably removed to Germany Beattie was separated from the others near Chaumont. He volunteered to go with another convoy when the Germans told their prisoners that one must leave the ■roup “After the capture, on Sept. 13. we were awakened and told that one of us must leave,” the returnjffiU iff i*«« (i CDhun* U

Roosevelt's Labor Policies Assailed Dewey Raps Policy In Seattle Speech .VlHtard Dewey Campaign Train, Sept. 19 (4'Pt—Gov. Thomas E. Dewey makes hie second campaign apeech from the wrat coas' tonight with a direct attack on President Roosevelt's fourth term bld. a followup to last night's addrras at Seattle when he appealed to American lalbor to desert the president admlnirit ration. Dewey's theme In tonight's addnos. which will !e delivered from Portland. Ore , will be: “Is there an indispensable man?" The Republican GOP nominee told a nation-wide radio audience la<«t night that the Roosevelt administration was responsible for wartime strikes and said it seeks to make labor a luditlcal pawn. 'Speaking befort* an overflow crowd of more than tl.otm persons in Seattle's civic auditorium. Dewey outlined a five-point program he would Inaugurate if lift White lloiwe la succeMful. They were: I. An able secretary of labor from the ranks of labor; 2 -Return lo the la-lror department all the functions of such a, department; 3 A-tmlltlon of "wasteful, competing bureau* filled with men quarrelling for jurisdiction;'' I Establishment of a fair em(Turn To Pag* 4. Column 7) O Mrs. Minnie Weber Dies This Morning Adams County Lady Is Taken By Death Mrs. M.nnie Wtaber. 51. wife of Otto Weber, died at ti o'clock this morning at the St. Joseph hospital in Fort Wayne, after a seven moot lie lllnesri of lobar pneumonia. The family has resided tn Root township, seven mibw north of Decatur. for the past I.’ years, moving to Adam* county from Fort Wayne. She was born in Roseville, Pa., October 4. 1392 She was married to Otto Weber January 9. 1933. She was a member of St. peter* Lutheran church. Surviving are the huwband. the rollowing children: Mrs. Francis Argetrtinger of Middleton. Pa.; Mwt Marie Haas of Fort Waytie route 3; Frederick Haas and Jooeph Richard Haas. Inith of Fort Wayne and six brothers. Asa Copp of Williamsport, Pa.; Sandord and S.effen Copp of Wellrflarro. Pa.; Ixtuie of RtMevllle. Pa ; Hubert of Coming. N Y. and Ray ot Mansfield. Pa. Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p. m. Friday at the home and at 2 o'clock at the church, with Rev. Kurl Hoffman officiating. Burial will be in the church cemtTurn To Page X. Column 4> s, Another Flying Bomb Attack On England Ixmdon. Sept. 19 — tUP)~ The third German flying tomit attack against southern England and the London area since Saturday morning was launched «arly today, causing damage and some casualties. An alert lasting 2u minutes waa> sounded shortly before dawn and Southern Englandem again heard the familiar put-put of the robot bomtlis, followed by rumibllug explosions. o Norbert Lose Is Reported Unchanged The condition of Nortvert Lose, former Decatur young man. who le a patient in the St. Joseph's hosplteal in Fort Wayne, was reported as still being serious today However, It is believed he has a good chance lo recover If he dues nut contract an infection,

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Entire Nazi Defense System Is Apparently Falling Apart; Brest Taken By Americans BULLETIN With, U. 8. 3rd Army in Europe, Sept. 19.—(UP)—Heinrich Himmler, Nazi gestapo chief and commander of the home front, was reported today to have made a personal inspection tour oft the Moselle front in an effort to bolster the German defense line as it showed the first signs of cracking. Hiiprcmo ll«<adquart«*ra. AEF. Sept 19—(I'Pt Lt Gen. Lewis H. Brereton's airborne army turn ed the northern end of the Siegfried line today In the Arnhelm area of eastern Holland beyond the Rhine while other Allied forces captured the Hutch transport hub of Eindhoven. Elated spokesmen said the aerial invasion of Holland was going exactly as planned on Its third day and the commanders were highly pleased with its progress Front dispatches said the skytroopers and the British 2nd army were wheeling through Holland at a lively clip, and the entire Nazi defense system for the country appeared to lie falling apart. Again today an armada of Allied planes flew a supply mission to Holland, reinforcing the army which landed In the areas of Arnhelm, Nijmegen, and Eindhoven as well as other unspecified localities. The concerted onrush of the British 2nd army anti the airlstrne forces which brought them together in the Eindhoven area toppled the defenses of that big industrial city, and Lt Gen. Miles (’. Dempsey's armor raced on through a number of towns to the north and east Besides Eindhoven the Allies seized Wehgel. 15 miles to the i:n!th !>; ' - tl.. north Geldrop, four miles to the east. Wilreit and Lytlksgesleh. four miles north of lamimel, ami Broek one mile north of the E*< aut canal, where the British forced a new crossing in the Lille St. Hubert area. Far to the west the battered German garrison of Brest. I>|« French |H>rt fatuous for its role in the first world war. had withdrawn to the LeCrozon peninsula. Berlin said The Nazi command said the city had lieett reduced tn "smoking ruins" before it fell to the Americans who raced across Brittany early In August. United States tanks and armor of Lt. Gen Courtney H. Iliwlgi-s' Ist army resumed their advance rust of Aachen, breaking a staletTurn To Pegs >, Column 5) o British Troops Enter San Marino Republic Nation Neutrality Violated By Nazis Rome. Sept 19—(UP)—British Hth army troops entered the tiny republic of San Marino near the Adriatic coast today to engage German forces operating there tn violation of its proclaimed neutrality. The British troops crossed the frontier at Faetano. two miles northwest of Montescudo. ami advanced one mile toward the city of San Marino, II miles inland and approximately In the center of the little republic. The country, with an urea of 33 square miles and a normal population of about 14.000, was crowded with some lOO.ftoo refugees Although It had proclaimed its neutrality and posted signs to that effect all along its Isirdera, Allied reconnaissance planet found that Germans hud set up gun emplacements Inside the frontiers and were using highways for supply convoys. U. H sth army troops, meanT« Paga (, Cffhuaff