Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 42, Number 230, Decatur, Adams County, 28 September 1944 — Page 1

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jCte" hill Says l|is May Wage ■lnfo 1945 j-MLlores Optimism flKr Early End Os Conflict S. !■' 'll’» Prime ■■ < 'tun ■ lull illlp.l- 'I ■K. < . irmv may 'av>- off ■■r a >ll into 1945 and said i .omil" Am» rl< an EEK Into lie- batan - dm-< not col ■; Quebec conferthe LX:,. - revie wed the gloQK m<l political si ma'ion in case speech to the common*. >in . Inset Stalin Join In an Kussian roll--oon the military |»-itnit». He added a |£Mi ' ta.to- y am. ,-io(.|i> ■■p 'll lt.cnizat ion could Inf the three heads .ointment* had met |Bj-i/iii: that he would not "it could be no more i’ i«"" a* to when the A II will 1-nd. ami deplor- . n-d away into - .imitations of (mined■■c ->t fighting.' Church pc-rsoni. of the highest itt eminent and know! |K|-.' -p.'i ibility have good HHthit it will uli be over by of 1944. On the other liKi •" hiinly not I can ■■>• 'li.it several month* of not Ice required." I. iii.ccle liic-Hi* additional in Ills speech. Interrupted -ec e.iccc of the house: I lot.-,| Stales lout more ItlBC"" nu ll in killed, wound tin -no: in France; Britain .' >o mill. Germany nearly Hi kiilml. wounded and cap- ■■ An- It. i Stm.oOo or ho Gernit off in the coastal M "and their destruction of in highly probably." \.'.n-« now have between and 3.000,000 men in «■>- - !- isnation apparent i n.- Hi. low countries and of '.oniuered Germany ® d.-p-iaite may tight > n tin (orest« and inounC- mt.ttiy after organized tease*. HHl'-ti-.iti vnerha. and Htissia tunic.i> for the emergence of "an entity which could MH be laid to apeak for the Fr.-nc li people, and It seem* to transform Gen Charles legislative assembly 311 elected body—* step would make possible recog- "( the French provisional Allies should not be httrHH into momentous decisions (■’’"'K tlu- future of the world. g^B’ I ' ll ( |,.< isions cannon be ’akwithout doser and more discussion*. prime minister, two days as return from the Quebec consketched the campaign In !■*” since he last addressed then turned to ‘he Far and declared: M t,n “’ Urt ,h< * h<,u ** ,llal '*“* the Japanese and othof the jungle will be forward with the utmost T " Pm« 7, Cofcimn «» O — ■ Alexander Sharp ■ Presbyterian Church Alexander Sharp, executive ■" ar y <>f the Indiana synod of B'f-byt.- r ian church, will con- ■ H ‘ t ' •TVieea at the First Pres ‘ ,lur < h h“re Munday mom- ■ 19 ?q >' h» world wide Com W*” 1 hl> ' * ,ld opeclal music is ■Arranged Mendbers are urged W"'" 1 and the public is Invited. ■e«P£RATURf WOOING »MOCRAT thermometer Hr °° nt. 85 a. m. .... . ■:% o m ” In.t * ,AT *«»» ■at • nd ” Hy ■T ‘"« ate tMlght; Friday ■Lad<*"• ■"“•I c»®l Friday.

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New Gasoline Coupons Worth Four Gallons With the new A-13 gasoline coupons In use, motorists were reminded by Gfenn Hill, chairman of the Adams county war price and ration board, that the coupons are now worth four gallons, Instead of three as formerly. Some reports Indicate a few motorists by force of habit have ordered three gallons from a filling station attendant, surrendering the new coupon worth four gallons, Mr. 11111 said. o_ Russians Drive On Approaches To Riga Axis Sources Hint New Red Offensive BULLETIN London, Sept. 28, (UP)—The German high command said today that Russian forces had smashed across ths Danube river into Yugoslavia from the Iron gate area c' Romania—a crossing apparently aimed at a Junction with Marshal Tito's psrtisan srmy. London, Sept. 28.—(UPl—Russian tanks and riflemen drove fulltilt through the chain of lake and river barriers covering the nor'hern and eastern approaches to Riga today, routing a rag-tag army of German reserves thrown Into the battle In a desperate attempt to win lime for the evacuation of the Mtvian seaport capital. Simultaneously. Axle sources hinted at the start of a great new Soviet offensive against Rast Prussia and reported that Russian columns were across the Hungarian border In force less than IM miles southeast of Budapest, menacing Szeged, the second city of that Nazi satellite. The German i>NB news agency said Hungarian authorities had ordered a general evacuation of the threatened border areas, and reports from Turkey said Budapest again was trying to obtain an armistice from the Allies. The Soviet early morning communique centered on the bat’le for Riga and made no mention of the Hast Prussian or Hungarian fighting. a customary Russian practice during the initial stages of a major campaign. Moscow dispatches indicated strongly, however, the' the Germans had shot their bolt in the Baltic states and were lighting only to cover the withdrawal of their main forces southward into Rae* Prussia. More than 200 German held towns and villages felt to the advancing Russians north, northeast, east and southeast of Riga yesterday in a series of armored thrusts tbs* carried as much as 28 miles through the city's main outer defenses. Attacking behind a rolling artillery barrage. Soviet Infantrymen broke through a ring of German trenches in the marshes west of (Turn To Page 8, Column S) ■ O British Subs Sink 32 Japanese Ships Christmas Island Bombarded By Subs London, Sept. 28 —(l’P) Britlsh submarines sank 22 Japanese vessels during recent patrol opera'ions In Far Eastern waters and bombarded enemy snore Installations on Christmas Island, south of Java, an admiralty communique revealed today. The enemy vessels sunk ranged from small coastal craft to medium sised supply ships and Included two Japanese gunboats caught a’ anchor In Port Owen, off the southwestern coast of Burma An unidentified British submarine surfaced boldly Inside the harbor at Port Owen and engaged the two Japanese warships at close range, sinking both with shellfire. Four other enemy vessels were damaged In the widespread British taids. which extended into the narrow waters of the Sunda straits between Sumatra and Java. The raiders also attacked shlpp Ing berthed at Nias Island, off tha oast coast of Sumatra In ths bombardment of Christmas Island, shell hits were scored on a number of oil tanks ashore.

Secrecy Veils : Allied Drive > ’ Into Albania « * Guerillas Aiding Allied Troops In Latest Invasion Rome. Sept. 21.—(VP)—Greek guerilla forces were placed under orders of the Allied supreme command today in anticipation of the liberation of their country, but military secrecy veiled the movements of Allied troops Invading neighboring Albania. Supreme headquarters of the Allied .Mediterranean command remained silent today on the amphibious operation across the Adriatic, which was announced yesterday In a carefully-worded communique giving no indlcaton of where the landngs occurred. A special Balkan air force communique which was to have been issued late today concerning the Invasion across the Adriatic was cancelled without explanation. Vesterday's communique, which , revealed the Invasion. Indicated ! the main blow was struck at an . unspecified point on the Albanian , coast, while other units landed on , the Adriatic Islands of Yugoslavia. , The Invading forces were being . assisted by Albanian and Yugo- . siavlalt guerillas forces, while preparations have been made for the Greek guerillas to fight as a , unit with the Allied troops in the Balkans. Gen. Sarafls and Gen. Zervas. ■ rival leaders of the Greek guerrili las. declared their full acceptance i of the authority of the government- ; In-exlle ala recent conference,. Allied headquarters announced. The government, in turn, placed all (Turn To Page I. Column 4) Hull Warns Neutrals Not To Harbor Nazis Reviews Policies Os United Nations Washington. Sept. 28 —(l'l’l——of state Cordell Hull today warned neutral governments that their relations with the United Stales would Im* "adversely affected for years to come" If Axis leaders are granted asylum tn their countries. Hull outlined United States policy concerning refugee Axis criminals In a long statement which reviewed the warnings given by this country to neutrals who might harbor Hitler or his aides. He also revealed that replies from all the major neutrals except Portugal and Argentina have lM»en received in answer to the state department's warning late in August. In a supplementary statement, Hull also noted that "considerable attention has been attracted by a statement that a Hat of war criminals compiled by the war crimes commission in London does not Include the names of Hitler and other top Nazi officials.'* "The answer to any suggestion that they have been or are likely to be overlooked by the United Nations.'' Hull said, "is found In the Moscow declaration of 1843 on German atrocities which, after stating that the perpetrators ol atrocities In occupied territories will tie brought back to the scene of their crimes and judged on the spot by the people whom they have outraged, specifically declares that the 'major criminals whose offenses have no particular geographical localisation . . . will be punished by the Joint decision of the governments of the Alßm'. “The omission of the names of these people from any particular list compiled by the war crimes commission is without any sig nificance whatsoever from the point of view of what the Allied powers have In mind In regard to that." Asked If the United States had new evidence that Argentina was preparing a haven for Axis criminals. Hull declined to deny that such was the case He said he did not want at this time to add anything more to what he already has said on that subject.

ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ADAMS COUNTY

Decatur, Indiana, Thursday, September 28, 1944.

Where Allies Invade Albania GERMANY j fp 050 H» 200 I - HUNGARY Xfiume Ay,?,.A, V" Bi Igiode Q YUGOSLAVIA X V J® X ~ cAniono IA \ Sotiar 1 (A) ) C Adriatic \ iiv \ • ■ J TIRANA I J J LiSaiY

I t ALLIE* HAVE LANDED airborne and seaborne forces on the Albanian mainland (AI In a large-scale overseas operation to speed the liberation of the Nazi-dominated Balkans. The sweep into Albania by l the Adriatic army, established four months ago, followed liberation of I the central Dalmatian islfinds (B* off the coast of adjacent Yugoi slavla to the north. I ■■■ " "■ ■"

I Schricker Meeting Here Saturday Night Dinner To Precede Governor's Speech i Gov. Henry F. Hchrlcker. Demo- ■ crtttlc candidate for United State* ■ senator, will lie the gueat of the 1 Democratic county central commit- ! tee and local candidates at au informal meeting at 6 o'clock Saturday evening at the American Legion home, prior to the rally at the 1 junior-senior high school. County chairman Clyde O. Trout- | tier. Mrs. AWiert Reueser. president ’ of the Democratic women's organ I | •atlon, Ed A. Bowse, president of ; the Schricker-Juckson good govern-1 ment clirb, and party worker* are completing plans tor the dinner and | meeting later ill the evening al rhe I high school Baud music will be furnished by the Decatur high -chool baud in the evening, prior to Gov. Schricker'* eng*B*m«nt at the high school. Gov. Schricker. due to his popularity throughout the state, I* maintaining an arduous schedule during the last six weeks of the campaign. Every county in the state Is anxious to have him apeak end the demand for hi* appearance on the platform la widespread. The chief executive will arrive here late in the afternoon and will tie met by a reception committee and escorted to the Legion home for the dinner. Japanese Forces Drive On Kweilin Chungking. Sept. 28 — (UP) — Japanese forces driving on Kweilin in Southern China advanced yesterday to a point 18 miles northeast of Shunkla and within lei* than 3t) mllw of joining with more northerly forces and forming a huge arc of rMislance over the Canton- Sulkal coastal area, and Allied communique reported today Other enemy troops advancing from Wuetoow split Into two column* yesterday and reached point* six miles east and 18 mile* west of Tengyun, 30 miles we*t of Wuchow, Important road junction souths**', of Kweilin

New System For Cashing Bonds Explained - Retention Is Urged

The war finance division of the V. 8. treasury, explains the new system of cashing bonds, on and after October 2 at banks, reminding the public that it Is “solely a convenience for those who ot sheer necessity must cash bonds." Individuals not needing their money are asked to hold the securities and earn the interest. The system Is explained as follows: “The new system was organised solely as a convenience tor those who of sheer necessity must have cash. It is Intended to make It possible for them to hold their bonds longer because Ihelr money

Traffic Decrease Is Recorded In August A 5.3 percent decreaee in the volume of traffic using Indiana highway* was recorded for August of this year a* compared with the same month in 1943. This report wan complied from 23 automatic traffic counter* operated in different parts of the «tate by the s'ate highway department. A deereMC of 534 percent was noted for Auguat this year a* compared with the same month of the Icat pre-war year. UH I. o— New Discharge Plan Announced By Army Physical Condition Discharges Planned Washington. Sept 28 — tU*P> Soldier* whose physical condition no ledger meete minimum induction standards and for whom no appropriate alignment Is available -will be released under a now discharge plan, the war department announced today. There have not been enough j<d>* recently for soldiers who do not meet physical i xpilrenx-nts. and the army plana to release them when: 1. They have obtained a discharge from the medical department. 2. Their commanding officer* rule there is no appropriate assignment for them. The plan applies to all army personnel at home and overseas. Soldier* ovemeas who are r-lea*a>ble under the plan will be reported available for return to the United States without replacement Only 700 Remain Rome, Sept. 28—(UP) The U. 8. sth army announced today that only 700 men remain of the more than 3.000 original member* of the 135th Infantry, former Minnesota national guard, a unit of the 34th division. After 300 days of actual front line comlbat, close to 1.000 men of the 135'h have been killed and several thousand wounded, indicating (Turn To Pago 3. Column 41

will be al once available upon the actual occurrence of any necessity. "Some have been cashing in advance of necessity In order to have cash in lime. Their bonds henceforth will be as negotlable as a government check and are the most patriotic and the safest way to hold Interest earning money for any future need. Their money is always instantly available after the required M days hsve passed. "The plan la another reason for holding one's Itonds to the last minute and for putting all of one’s savings into bonds.*’

New Bid For Crossing Lost By Paratroopers After Valiant Stand

Fighters From Peleliu Base Join In Raids Join Growing Allied Aerial Campaign In Philippines Theater Pearl Harbor. Sept. 28. -(UP)— latud-basi-d fighters from nearlyI conquered Peleliu have joined the ! growing Allied aerial campaign In the Philipptft** theater, where sou'hweat Pacific bombers rained . new blows on Mindanao and carrl- ' ed out a 2,000-mlle round-trip raid on Java, It was diseased today. Beginning of aerial operations from the big airdrome on Peleliu was revealed In a communique which announced that Corsair fighters strafed the northwestern area of Babelthttap island In the north- . ern Palaus Tuesday. t The Japanese Homel news ’ agency, in a wireless dlspa'cb fe- . corded by FCC, said 100 American planes raided the Palaus Tuesday. ■ concentrating mainly on Koror ■ Island near Babelthuap.) > The mission waa the first from Peleliu. where I'. S marines and i army troops have gained complete • control with the exception of two small Japanese pockets on rugged Umurbrogol mountain and at ‘he northeastern tip of the 12-square-mHe island Admiral Cheater W. Nimltx said the two pockets were being steadily attacked and also disclosed that the count of enemy dead on Peleliu and nearby Angaur now totaled 8,I 537. While Nimltz' forces pushed the Peleliu campaign toward a conclusion. Gen. Itoiiglas MacArthur's Allied bombers Intensified their strikes on the Philippine* and ilh*i protective bases as far to the south i as Java. The 3,000-mlle round-trip flight ' to Java probably the longest ever made In the southwest Pacific thei ater was made Bunday by Ausi tralia based reconnaissame planes, i They strafed Japanese buildings In : the Batavia area for their first asI sault on the Japanese capital. II Other bombers from MacArthur’s j command again swept over Min- . danao and Celebes. 200 miles south . of the Philippines, in a series of raids during the weekend. Three i more Japanese freighters were sunk and five planes destroyed. (Turn To Psgs 2. Column It O To Concentrate On I B-29 Construction Over 100 Os B 29 s In Latest Assault Washington. Hept. 28 —(UP)— More bad news was spelled out for Japan's industrial empire today by the disclosure that the army, after defeat of Germany, will com ent rate on production et super-bombers like the big B-29* which battered steel works at An shan. Manchuria, on Tuesday. The war department revealed that "more than 100" of the big four engined iNHiiliers took pari in the Anshan attack, making it one of their mightiest missions yet. and returned to their secret liases in China without a single loss. "This would be a remarkable record on a Isinibing mission by planes of any type." said Brig Gen. laiuris Norstad, chief of staff of the 20th airforce. "It Is all the more remarkable when applied to the B-29 which 1s still relatively ezp<-rlniental and Is flying such vast distances.' The distance covered In the Anshan raid, he said, was comparable In miles to flying from Atlanta. Ga.. to the Arctic Circle. In addition to Anshan. the B-28's bit targets in occupied China.

Allies Advancing On Italian Front Extend Bridgehead Over Rubicon River ICome, Sept. 28—vll'Pt Brltiah Bth army troops extended their bridgehead acroff* the Rubicon to a width of to mliei and a depth of two miles today, and captured the Adriatic coastal town of llellugria, eeven rnl)<M north of Rimini. In the mountainous central aector. meanwhile. U. H. s'h army troops, a|*parently recovered from fierce Ger man countqrat tucks, advanced aa much as two miles in 21 hours at ><ome pointe and recaptured the epur of mount Alafln’e ‘ ridge which was lost to Gie enemy on Tuesday Tile Americana and South African troope attached to the Sth army alato captured the town of Castiglione, 11 mliee west of Firenzuola and uleout midway between Florence and Bologna, on the Floren-Prato-Bologna highway. With the capture of Castele Del Rio in the central sector, the Americans were witbin 19 miles of their ultimate objective, Bologna, key city of the great Po valley* It Is the northernmost point of the entire Allied line extending aeroas the Italian PeniiMula. Th* British »th army troops operating along the Adriatic ware reported today to be closing in on the town of Savignano. eign* miles nortbwixt of RiinHii, on Gie airline (Turn Tn Pugs 2. Column *> —— ■' ■ ■— . -O" ■ — — Elizabeth Voglewede Dies This Morning Funeral Services Saturday Morning Miss Elizabeth Voglewede. 80, lifelong resident of Adams county, ami member of mte of the county’s plotleer families, died at 6:20 o'clock litis morning at the Adams county memorial hospital Death was attributed to infirmities, mul followed an Illness of four weeks She was born in Adams county .May 29. 1864. the daughter of Gerhart H. and Mary Holthouse Voglewede. She was never married. Bile had resided for the past eight years with a niece and nephew. Miss Bertha and Lawrence Voglewede, In this city. She was a member of the St ' .Mary's Catholic church, the St , Agnes sodality, and the St. Vincent de Paul society. only near surviving relative Is a brother. Uiuls Voglewede of Muskogee. Okla. Three sisters and four brothers preceded her in death. Funeral services will |>e held at |u o’clock Saturday morning at the St. .Mary's Catholic church, with Rev. J J Helmet* officiating Burial Mill be in the Decatur Catholic cemetery. The Issly will remain at the Z'vk-k funeral home, and may be viewed after 7:30 o'clock this evening until time of: the services. o New Shoe Stamp To Be Valid November 1 Washington, Hept. 28- (UiP)—A new shoe ration etamp will become valid lieglnnlng Nov. L the office of price administration announced today. The exact stamp to be need for this purpose will be disclosed later. Airplane stamps one and two from ration book three are now valid for an indefinite period. a— — - Close Ration Board Monday And Tuesday The Adam* county war prfee and ration board will be closed Monday •nd Tuesday to permit office personnel time to file car de received during the Isautnco of the A books •nd truck gaadine ticket*.

fluy War Savinat 1 Bonds And Stamps

Price Four Cents

Calais Citadel, Far Behind Main Front, Falls To Canadians After Bitter Siege Supreme Headquarters. ARF. Sept. 28—(UP)—The British 2nd army lashc-d out northeastwar-j from the Nijmegen area below Arnhem today In a new drive to clean out the triangle inside the forks of the Rhine preliminary to a new effort to blast open the gates to northwest Germany. Far behind the- main In*ttic-front, assault forces of the Canadian Ist army captured the Calais Citadel, big fort in the heart of the channel coast city, carrying u long siege near a successful conclusion. Lt. Gen Sir Miles ('. Dempsey's 2nd army reached the Maas (Meuse) river on a 14-niile front In Its eastward drive from the ! Nijmegen salient In Holland, now bulging out in Isith directions and threatening to spring the trap on 2(10,000 Nazis to the west. Supreme headquarter* announced that the 2nd army column striking northeast from Nijmegen toward the Neder Rijn had advanced through Bemmel, 3’4 miles alsive Nljim gen and seven miles below Arnhem, where the Ist airisirne division fought Its 10-day battle. Tim Germans were resisting bitterly. but slowly losing ground south of Arnhem. Tim dominating crossroad of Rist, where a Nazi roadblock delayed the flow of sup plies destined for the marooned paratrooper*, was cleared, enabling the ezpanahm of the British spcarheiid. Tlie advance beyond Bemmel I was aimed toward the Linge canal. which runs in an east-west direction about half way between the Waal Rhine ami Neder Rhine. As the Tommies pushed forward. Mitchels and Bostons joined the battle of eastern Holland. They smashed at Emmerich, 12 miles southeast of Bemmel. where the Germans were moving supplies into the battle zone. Batlies of varying size and Intensity flared all along .Marshal Sir Bernard L Montgomery's 21st army group front. Tin- slap-dash ailvaiu vs following the airliornv landings were over, ami it had become a slugging match. on the left wing of the Dutch front, the line la-tween Antwerp ami Eindhoven was moving northward. and narrowing the gap through which the Germans to the west might escape. There were indications of a fight Ing withdrawal by the Germans in the Ityckerlairsal area, where the British seized a bridgehead across the Antwerp-Turnhout canal. Headquarters reports indicated the American Ist and 3rd armies were engaged primarily in staving off (h-rman eounterthrust* and exchanging artillery fire with Hie enemy. The Canadian siege army was battering slowly but surely through the last-ditch defense* of Calais, anil a front dispatch re(Turn To Pag* 7. Column 1) i—l-l—■■■■.! ««. . -, City To Enforce One-Hour Parking Start Enforcement Os City Ordinance Ed P. Miller, Decatur police chief today announced that strict enforcement of the cHy'* limited parking ordinance will be atarted immediately by Decatur police The ordinance limit* parking to one hour on Second atreel. from Jeffenaon to Jackson afreet, ».1 on Monroe street, from First to Third street. The ordinance la In effect from 8 a m. until 7 p m. dally. Monday through Friday, ard from 8 *. m. until 10 p. m. on Saturday. The parking limit is not in effect on Sunday* or holiday*. Chief Miller announced that city police will make hourly check* of parked car* and *ll offender* will be given traffic ticket*.