Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 42, Number 225, Decatur, Adams County, 22 September 1944 — Page 1

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IANILA RAIDED TWICE DY U. S. PLANES

F° rce( i 9 Nazi Slier Blows Airborne k Wops Reported In I W tical AEF. \ h-avy Get man • forced back KZLte I’oop. north BHEHt . inii.Him <<| ni . •' heavy ml.lm Holland a! ,.|. -npreme head - ,1 |K \ uhi'fii "i-land 'of . m mi 'ln mirth ' the ■K.y ' ink- -.’l uggled vainly ■ , . ting Nazi f .hi tin- Arnhem |EHr i . fl< < 'ml the desof the there. marveling at affiagKi k. !'• 'he British Koine >■■! '.lying that "only n 'hey Wil! keep ■HKtii!. .'nd army gets den< lilted most ■■ fighiing Arnhelm. key i oininalldiliK the ap- ' .*•• -fetn Germany. - ■■ ''••.' tlie Biitish had "■ .mu lint were unable i.i'. victory. *.l ources said that k' of 1.1 Gen. fourII sl.'i- til s- army front 'h Luxembourg. ' • tin- Americans hud aBB 1 " 1 ' to pull back an undla distance H - "'.o k . arm- In the sector ■M>* ! Itn-kirHi 23 miles north MHf* ( T "*' r and 12 miles northI. liiernac h The signiti'he snong <nunivrassault i Nn/ai home soil was immediately. 1 1 <1 tin- Arnhem area ».i' disclosed to hold a ' lung w. s'ward from MMt> > io not th bank of the Up T! " depth and width .a. not disciiiseU ’ " v 'eim- violence Was ■■**:> 1,. tt .. ( i uuy ~.a (h (>r |M [> •* :i '' ■•'*•■111 Arnhem and !•> niiJe M to the south 'h- Allies forced the Rhine up toward Arnhem. BW*" ■‘ ‘"d ’•>' unofficial reports MM' 81 " ' ‘ 114,1 •"'ablished imk with the Arnhem HW i, "‘ d'"l‘ui< h Aruli. tn area and the subMW” “ k ‘‘"y r, 'l M *rt “1 HeadMM* rs on a junc tion. MB" - "I .olumn ran into heavy tw o miles north of eigb’ miles short of W - a " -1 ”1' 10 ’he noon hour had not 1,e.. n able to break KB" •* "j" l '' there, headquarter* ■B*" reported. Plight of the Arnhem forces ,nf *’“*‘ ln •'? a had turn In which cut down the ,oh *'"""' mission flown by AlYesterday the air , '»'f»d in a substantial num fern,ans were revealed to 'erattacking the MM> W """* , " n,M along the |K' ’rorn nor’h of Aachen to of Isunevllle. k firM ar ' ny *Uhdrawal east t'h was In a sector where , h *' ,| * , ''l'e«t penetrations of BB rl > had been made It was whether the spearhead K h* B * J * Germany. ■M? r *' “* Aa< hen a counterattack HK, * ll ’ ,,l <‘ | rchen was repulsed Mli , of « r <’'"'d. Southeast IM. , " * low Pro«r»M was ret ,h ’' dr,¥ * through the against < uinouflag* 9t * Tft ’**<• Column «> Action Averts H° SS| b'e Serious Fire action by Carson lllowetw. and Klghth |K« a l7‘‘ n ’ M * h “ ml ’ ht h “ v * ■toek nrt ' vhc ’ (| y •*« • «t hU home. A Ker, S t? Ui J?' nre> but Mt of tx.. 7 he bun »n« at<>»e n ‘ nr ' d ”‘ rt - K M -n< * M,ln Mo, °»lji damage was to the

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Inspiring Address Made By Dr. Schutz Rotary, Lions Clubs Hold Joint Meeting •■l’nfinlshed Builmm." America's paramount task of winning the war and the peace to follow, was the theme of an inspiring, thought provoking message delivered by |>r. Raymond J. Rchutz, noted educator and lecturer, at u i joint meeting of the Iteeatur Rotary and l.ions clubs Thursday ' evening;. I»r. Rchullz, former president of Manchester college, now prvsl ( dent of a life Insurance company at Indianapolis, had also spoken during the afternoon to the students of the junior-senior and Catholic high schools at the pub- , He school auditorium "Armies In the field do noi settie anything." the apeaker warned, "they merely, by winning victorles on the field of hattie. protect ua at home." "Winning of the peace will lie much more difficult than winning of the war," Dr. Schutz emphasized. "The tragic mistakes made following the first world war must ’ he avoided, else the world will ' be plunged into a far ghastlier i conflict within a period of only! a few years." Citing the major matters of! unfinished business, the speaker pointed to: winning the war. rehabilitation of the returning veterans; the vital youth problem; saving of democracy; peace relationships with other nations, and finally, the winning of the peace. Otto Buehler was chairman of the program and Leo Kirsch, president of the Rotary club, con ducted the meeting. ‘**l W— O — First War Criminal Executed In Italy Rome, ept 22—(I'PI -<Pletro Cartwo. former pollc« chief in Rome an dfirat of the Italian kiscist crim- , Inals »o lie convicted for collaborating with the Germans, was executed by a firing squad today. "Long Live Italy,” Caruso shouted juat liefore the execution squad 1 was given i’a order to fire. Be held a Rosary in his hand and was at- ‘ tended by a chaptain. o— —■■ — Airport Fund Drive ; Meet Here Tonight I I Final Plans Will Be Made This Evening i , Final plans for the kick-off In the . airport drive Monday morning will ' be made tonight at a meeting of chairmen, area captains and their f workers at the First State bank. [ Karl Fuhrman, city chairman for ■ the (40.000 goai, *.o match pledged 1 gifts of (35.000 already made, an--1 nounced this morning. Dale W. McMillen, of Fort Wayne. 1 founder of the McMillen industries. 1 which will donate a f*o-acre farm, 1 valued at (25.000, will attend the meeting, ML Fuhrman said. The divisional captains will be furnished with a budget, based on a suggested donor quo*a. as a ' guide In soliciting funds for Adams county's share In obtaining the ' arport. ’. Similar meetings will be held in Monroe. Herne and Geneva tonight, t under the supervision of Ed Rich. ' Chester T. Michaud and Ell Stucker The drive will be launched throughout the county Monday morning, individuals. Arms and ‘ corpora*lona being solicited in the effort to obtain sufficient funds to L acquire the airport. • Pfc. John Cook Is Wounded In Action Pfc. John Cook, son of Mrs. Dorn Cook, of this city, has been "slightly wounded in action" during the Mattie of Belgium on September 5. , according to word received here, i The eon recently wrote home a i thrilling letter in which he told of I his advance with the Infantry i through Belgium. I Pfc. Cook, had said tha*. he had > a narrow escape from capture from • the Germans and lost all of bls I equipment including his ballot. A i new ballot has been mailed him by County Clerk Clyde 0. Troutner

American Flag Flies Over German Soil # mt fra”Jl jK .m 2| R . T «7 u F ,' I RB T T .' ME “ n l A, " , ' rl, “'' fl “« ’•*«' over German soil in this war as American troops dig in

Plans Complete For Two-Day Berne Show Events Friday And Saturday, Oct. 6-7 Plans have been completed for the two-day event* in Herne. October tl and 7. which will feature exhibits of girls 4-H baking, sewing, food preparation, canning and garden projects; the 4-H calf dub show, 4-H bull calf dub sale; lightweight and heavyweight horse pulling contests; suckling colt show; night riding horse, and 4-H dub achievement program. The girls 4-H exhibit* will be judged at the Berne community auditorium Wednesday. October 4, and the auditorium will be open *o the public October 6. Awards in the various 4-H exhibits were announced in a meeting of leaders last night at Monroe. Exhibits will be judged as a unit and placed in the blue riblam group, red ribbon or white ribbon. Premium ribbons will la- awarded to five high exhibits in each blue ribbon group. A grand champion will be declared and ribbons awarded in do'hing, food preparation, baking, canning and gardening. The dress revue will be judged Saturday night and an honor group will be selected in each of five divisions of the clothing project. Girls in these groups will receive silver medals. Each club will receive for all members who submit satisfactory victory record book or regular book and an exhibit, a 4-H club chevron and certificate. The club with the highes* percentage of its enrollment completing ali work will receive a flag set at the achievement program Saturday

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Roosevelt Discusses Quebec Conference Develop Plans For Aiding Italians Washington. Sept. 22. — (UP) — President Roosevelt said today that he and Prime Minister Winston Churchill devoted a great deal of time in Quebec to planning for the gradual transfer of more responsibility to the Italian government. and developing plans to prevent the Italian people from starving and freezing to death this winter. Mr. Roosevelt also told his news, conference that he and Churchill also talked a lot about the future of Germany. But he said there could be no new* on this phase of their discussion st present. In the field of international affairs. M.. Roosevelt expressed satisfaction with progress being made In the Dumbarton Oaks International security conferences, saying that he thought the achievement of 90 percent agreement was a darn good ba'ting average. Asked shout the Italian political situation, the president said he did ITME TO Ps« »- <Muma II

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Decatur, Indiana, Friday, September 22, 1944.

2,475 Hampers Os Tomatoes Received A total of 2.745 hampers of tornaI toeu were received yesterday at the a'utiori located in the Burdg-Everett building which to the lai gent amount received In one day thto year. According to Cecil Harvey, field manager, the tomatoes grade excellent quality, and all indlcatlona I point to a bumper crop, the best in ; several seaeons. o— Pfc. James Spears Reported Missing Father Believes Son May Be War Prisoner Pfc James M. Speaia, 19, a>n of Gua Spears of Blue Creek townahip. Is reported to be tnixxlng In action in France since Angimt 15. according to a tneMage received by the father from the war department. The father to iliclined to believe that bta "on 1« a prisoner of war for the reason that he received a letter from him dated Aitgiatl 30, or 15 days after the date on which he was reported mtoolng. In the letter. Pfc. Spears did not tnenlioii that he waa a prisoner of I war. e stated tna* he was well and I wtohetk that the war was over f<> ' he could come home. He entered the ■ ervtce March 10. ! 1943, with Billy Etnlck ,»f Berne and Paul Burgess and Kenneth MeCrosky of Geneva. He received his Inmlc training at Camp Walters. Texas. In July of 1941 he was sent to North Africa and from there took

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Marine Roger Moser. 22, Dies While On Duty In Marianas

•Roger Moser, 22. a baker with the United State* marines, died In the Mariana* in the mid-Pacific, while In the service of Ilia country. Lt General A. A. Vandegrlft notified the mother. Mns. Ruth Moser of Linn Grow, hint evening. The message stated tha* to prevent aid to the enemy, the name of the ship on which th" youth «erv. ed ahould not be divulged, and the present iqterment of th- irody would he made oversees. Msrlnr Moser had written to his mother under date of Hep'emtoer 14. •o his death occurred within the last eight days. The meassge did not give the date. The young Adame county marine entered the service on February 2. 1943. and took basic training at Paris Island. 8. C. He was graduated from the marine haaer'a school at Hadnot Point, New River N. C.. and went overseas test February. •Recently he was on the Hawaiian Ishnda In company with First Sgt. Hofer Sprunger of Berne, son of Franklin Spruuger. It to believed that Marine Moser left for the Mariana* within the last two weak* and might have bean killed at aea. He bed been In the battle bf Saipan Beside* >' mother he Is »urvlv-

Dewey Ends Coast Campaign Tonight Promises Middle Road To Security Aboard Dewey Campaign Train. Sept. 22—(UP) <lov. Thoma* E. Dewey winds tip his Pacific coast campaign tonight with an address from Ix>s Angeles' huge memorial coliseum when he will outline ’he Republican program for expansion of unemployment compensation, old age pensions and minimum wage laws. The address, which will be broadcast at 1« p. m. CWT over the National Broadcasting company network, will be u followup to last night's speech from San Francisco when he promised, if elected, to find a middle road between “new deal rcglmonta'ion" and a "reactionary philosophy of dog-eat-dog" to postwar jobs and security for al) without loss of personal or political freedom. A round of meetings with leaders of thi' aircraft and motion picture industries, labor qrganiza'ions and |M>lltical grou|>s precede Hie evening address. Dewey and his party were accotn(Turn Tn P«u» 8. Column 8> — o Infant Is Killed In Traffic Accident Indianapolto. Sept. 22 (UP) — Pamella Ann Crouse, 3 months old. was killed last night when a truck in which ahe was riding struck a safety zone abutment. Th- child's mother and ano*her passenger were injured. The baby was thrown against the windshield.

* ed by a brother. Richard of Monroe township; two ttotens. Mary at home and Mis. Maxin- Engle of near Monroe; a brother. Ray and & foster brother. Eddie Pierce, both at home A sister. Martha, who was •a triplet, died when she was three mouth* bld.

Carrier Planes Blast Shipping And Airfields In Smashing Attacks

Report Battle Is Raging In Warsaw Streets Polish Communique Reports Red Army Storms Into City Ixindon. Sept. 22—(('Pt—-A Polish communique rejMirted today that Marshal Konstantin K Rokossovsky's Red army had stormed across the Vistula river Into Warsaw and*joined Polish patriots in wild street battles against the German garrison As the battle of Warsaw was Joined in the streets of the Polish capital. Berlin acknowledged that the German army had begun a retreat in Estonia, where onrushing Soviet forces hail brought the big escape Port of Tallinn. Estonian capital, under artillery fire. (A Finnish broadcast recorded by the FCC said the Nazis had started evacuating Tallinn.) A Moscow dispatch reporting Tallinn under Soviet artillery fire indicated that Marshal Leonid A. Govorv’s army had raced almost 30 miles through Estonia within 12 hours from the last positions reported by the Soviet high command. The first non-Nazi word of the Red army crossing of the Vistula at Warsaw came from General Bor. commander of Polish troops who emerged from their hideouts nearly two months ago to tackle (Turn Tn Paa* 1. c-ntumn It Rimini Is Captured By British Forces Americans Pourinq Through Gothic Line Rome. Sept 22 (VP)—British (th army troops captured Rimini today and entered the southern edge of the Po valley to outflank the gothic lihe and begin a sweep up the corridor between the Apennine mountains and the Adria'ic sea to northern Italy. Simultaneously. American sth army troops, pouring through the breached central sector of the gothic line, captured the Impor'ant road junction of Firenzuola and pushed on to take several dominant hills to the north. The Americans also occupied the village of Santa Lucia, three miles southwest of Firenzuola. and advanced to within a mile of Futa Pass, gateway through the Apennines. Firenzuloa and Futa Pass are on roads leading to Bologna. 25 miles north, and Imola. 25 miles northeast. the la'ter on Via Emilia, airline highway from Rimni to Bologna. Rlmni was captured by Greek troops of the (th army, while Canadians operating two miles east of the coastal city took San Fortunato village and an adjoining ridge which had been bitterly contested for days The eighth army s Indian division captured the town of San Marino. capital of the tiny, ancient republic of San Marino, and continued to advance northward. The republic, with a peace-time population of about 15,000, has declared war upon Germany, It was announced today, and for the flrat time In 500 years her pocket army (Turn To Paca 4. Column (D TCMPERATURE READING JX.MGCRAT THERMOMETER COO a m. -- 52 W:CO a. m 50 Noon .. .. 83 2:00 p m. .. .. 70 WEATHER Fair and rather cool tonight and Saturday.

Dies Today • ■■MIS % 1 Rev. Il»-ry W Thompson, prominent Decatur citizen, died unexpectedly this morning at the Adams county memorial hospital Rev. H. W. Thompson Dies This Morning Prominent Decatur Resident Dies Today Rev Harry Wright Thompson. 5(, one of the community's most prominent citizens, died unexpectedly this morning at (:<H o’clock at the Adams county memorial hospital of a heart disease Although he had been in poor health for several months he did not liecome seriously ill until a week ago Tuesday, when he was I taken to the Adams county me- : morial hospital. He was removed from the hospital after showing some improvement last Sunday to ills home at 335 South Fifth street. He be«-ume worse Wednesday morning and was returned to the hospital Rev. Thompcud came here January 1. I!«23 and had been associated prominently with church, adult education, literary, radio. Industrial and tt wide range of other itllerests At the lime of hi* Illness he was employed at the General I Electric company here unj was ; supplying as minister at the Pres--1 byterlan church due to the absence i of Rev. George (*. Walton, who resigned to become an army chap- ■ lain. Born April 5. !((8. the son of ' Robert and Barbara Thompson, in Lalrolie. Pa . lie spent his childhood there and received his high school education in that city. He was graduated from the I'niver slty of Pittsburgh. immediately after which he was given a charge In a Christian church in Illinois He left Illinois for Ligonier, where he was pastor of a Christian church for six years la-fore coming to Decatur January I. 1(23. as pastor of the Christian church, whh II at that time was a frame structure on the corner of Fourth and .Monroe streets where the Catholic school now stands. Built New Church While he was minister here the Christian church congregation built the new building on South Second street, which was dedicated In October of 1924 He remHllled gw pastor of that church until April of 192* He was pastor of the Cenrral Church of Christ in Fort Wayne from November of 1933 to May of 1942. when floor health coinpelh-d his resignation He maintained Ham Tn Ps«» *• Coloms () - —O- ,n. Weekly Feature In Decatur Democrat Beginning today the Daily Democrat will publish a weekly feature Preacher-Farmer. L. Dewey Burham". of Brookston. Ind. The author l« the owner and operator of a 400 acre farm near Brookston. Also, be is an ordained minister and preaches in two rural churches every Sunday. His article appear* ou page I In toffay's paper.

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Puppet Government Orders Martial Law in Philippines In Wake Os Assaults Pearl Harbor. Sept. 22 -trpiA second day of American carrier plane raids in the Manila area was reported by radio Tokyo today. in the wake of smashing attacks on shipping and airfields that brought a ileclaration of martial luw by the frenzied Japanese puppet government of the Philip pines. Tokyo said the American planes, whose strike on Wednesday (Thursday Manila timet was described as "superlatively successful" in a special communique issued by Ailm Chester W Nimitz, had returned again for a second <lay of assaults. As American forces ranged over Manila Bay for the first time in more than two years. President Jose P laiurel of the quisling Philippines government proclaimed martial law throughout the islands due to "danger of momentary invasion" and for "preservation of peace and order." Tlie proclamation suggested a popular uprising In Manila, actual or potential, as the appearance of the powerful American aerial fleet over the capital stirred hopes of liberation. Vice Adm Marc A. Mitscher'* task force launched the great fleet of carrier planes which de llvered Wednesday's blow. In •vhich 37 ships were sunk or dam aged and 205 enemy planes destroyed Shipping in Manila Bay and in Ruble Bay ami ground installations at Cavite Naval base. Clark Field and Nichols Field all were blasted by the thundering barrage of rockets. Isimlis and machine gun fire laying the foundation for Gen. Douglas MacArthur's return to Bataan The attacks may have gone far toward neutralizing Japanese air strength in tin- entire Philippines, it was believed here. Nimltz al- ' ••ally liaii 'anifinini •<! tin- elimination of enemy air strength in the central and southern areas after four days of carrier plane raids there lest week that cost the Japanese more than Mio aircraft. Tokyo claimed that the historic Binondo church ami - nsular factory Imilding on the Plaza Calderon De lai Barca wendestroyed during the second day of American assaults Nimltz reported that 15 of the carrier planes were lost in the Initial raid, but soma of the flight personnel were saved Tlie carrier force, operating as part of Admiral William F. llal(Turn Tn Paas I. Oolume I) FDR Reelection Urged By Wallace Cites Qualifications Os FDR As Leader New York. Sept 22 tl'P)—VicePresident Henry A Wallace said last night the only Iwue In the presidential election wa* whether President Roosevelt or Thomas E. Dewey was better qualified to lead the nation* return to pqgce-time living. "The problem in this campaign." Wallace told 20,000 persons who jammed Madison Hquare Garden, "la not one of hidispeiisabillty. The only Issue confronting us Is who of the two men can better handle the following two problems: "1. Who can better cooperate with Churchill. Stalin, and the Generalissimo in writing liberal, demo cratlc peace which will preserve American Intervals without being unfair to any nation big or small? "2. Who can best make sure that there are jobs for eveiylKaly, and therefore giaxi Incomes for farmer*, white-collar worker*, buaInes*, and professional men?" Wallace made hla first formal speech in behalf of President Roosevelt and Ben. Harry ■ Tru.(Tara Te Pa<* 4, Cvluma 11