Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 42, Number 240, Decatur, Adams County, 10 October 1944 — Page 1

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Road To Berlin By United Press The shortest distance* to Berlin from advanced Allied lines today: Western front: 296 miles (from point near Nijmegen. Gain of mile in week). Russia—3lp miles (from Warsaw. (Jain of five miles in week.) Italy: 540 miles (from point south of Bologna. Gain of 10 miles in week.) o War And Community Drive Opens Monday $15,557.50 Goal Is Set For This City The Decatur war and Decatur Community fund for 1945, the drive for which will open next Monday, totals $15,557.50, directors of the organizations announced today. Decatur's share of the $11,595 15 war fund is $7,919. Community fund project* approved by the directors total $4,918, and a reserve of $3,000 for contingencies, making a grand total of $7,918. Projects approved by the Decatur Community Fund are: Decatur Boy Scouts.. $1065.00 Decatur Girl Scouts .. 574.50 Salvation Army 1000.00 Other activities 1500.00 Operating expenses .. 500.00 Contingencies 3000.00 War fund 7918.00 Total $15,557.50 James Flberson Is Decatur chairman and a meeting of his volunteer solicitors will to held Thursday evening at the First State bank to organize for the city-wide drive next Monday. The payroll deduction plan will to carried out in a few of the major industries, the contribution of employes Including both the war and community funds, but not the Red Cross. The Red Cross drive will be made next March as a separate campaign. The same policy will to followed in towns and cities, the national Red Cross requesting that the drives be divided. Rev. C. P. Maas of Berne is county chairman of the war fund and organizations are being set up in Berne. Geneva. Monroe, Pleasant Mills and Preble to carry the campaign to residents of those places. 'The Decatur Community fund, in addition to supporting the agencies mentioned, contributes to the Youth Canteen and other youth building projects in the city. Herman Kruecketorg. treasurer of both funds, said that the $1,500 allotment for "other activities" could be used for the canteen being established here, or if more money were needed, contributions could to made from the reserve, if the directors <X the association approved the requests. To get the canteen started, the Decatur Community Fund contributed $2,500. The canteen will to opened this month In the old diner building on Madison street, (Turn To Pags 4. Column I)

Jesse Deßolt Dies At County Hospital Funeral Services Thursday Afternoon Jesse H. Deßolt. 68. lifelong resident of Adam* county, died at 6:45 o'clock Monday evening at the Adam* county memorial hospital, where he had been a patient for the past week. Death was attributed to complications. He had been in failing health for the past year and critically 111 for a week. A retired laborer, he resided at 710 Schirmeyer street. He was born in Indiana February 8, 1870, the son ot Abraham and Busan Fredllne-Deßolt Hl* wife, the former Ora Alice Whlttenbarger, died 16 year* ago. Surviving are a son. Wilbur, at home; two daughters. Mrs. Joby Went of southwest of Decatur and Mr*. Levi Carpenter of Fort Wayne; three brother*. Alphonse Deßolt ot southwest ot Decatur. Bam of Willshire, O. and Jacob of Vandalia. 0.. and five grandchildren. Funeral service* will be held at 8 p. m. Thursday at the Black funeral come, with Rev. R R Wilson officiating Burial will be In the Decatur cemetery. The body may be viewed at the funeral home after 7 o'clock this evening.

Corinth Falls To Invading Allied Troops Gateway To Heart Os Greece Taken Without Opposition Rome, Oct. 10 —(UP)— British invasion troops and Greek patriots have captured Corinth, completing the conquest of the Peloponnesus and winning a springboard for a push against Athena 49 miles to the east, it was announced today. The British and Greek forces pounded into Corinth, key citadel commanding the tohrnus linking the Poleponneaus with the mainland. Sunday morning behind the laat Germane to flee the southern Peninsula comprising a quarter ot Greece. "Britbih forward troops are In Corinth and met no opposition," A communique of the Balkan air force said. "Our forces now are in control of many key points and communications centers on the Peloponnese peninsula. Operations continue.” Coincident with the official announcement, United Press correspondent Robert Vermillion. In a dispatch from Corinth, said the British and Greek forces moved in on the heel* of "the last Germans to flee the Peloponnesus" "Yesterday and today the city rang with victory shout*. ’ Vermillion said, "and for the first time in three years the Greeks were singing and church tolls were ringing." A British Jeep made the formal entry of Corinth over roads strewn with flowers and colored mats. The city's 'normal population of 5.000 was <ewollen by an Influx of persons celebrating the liberation. About 250 members of the Greek (Turn To Pass 1. Column 4) 100 Blood Donors To Go To Portland Volunteer To Give Blood For Soldiers Nearly Ito Decatur and Kirkland township resident* have registered as blood donors to go to Portland where the Red Cross mobile unit will to stationed today and Wednesday. Several of the donors will go this evening and others will leave at 9 o'clock Wednesday morning from the American tog ion home, where school buses and private automobiles will to provided for transportation. The donors registered as follows: t Marie Lord. Romayne Eady. Harriet Mallonee, Joyce Smith. Ronald Hannon, Violet Brelner. Nellie Hawkins. Frank Sprunger, Hugh Kent, Helen Colchin. John Schug. Rose M. Gase, Elia Dellinger. Eula Allison. Mary Ann Yake, Olive Journey. Mabie Journey, Gladys Engle, Mary Johnson Virgie Harmon. Eloise Chllcote. Florian Keller, Edra Dellinger, toretta tohmr.n. Lula Schaffer. Gertrude Brandy berry. Frank Bohnke. Hank Llchtenstelger. Gladys Kraner. Russell Flemming. He** Cochrln. Ralph J. Roop, Tillman Gehrig. Alvena King, Grace Wyer, Bea* Geisler. Delphlna Reynolds. Leah Rash. Marie Rash. Miriam Moore. Emma L. Goldner. Lorena Keller. Wilson Mann, Florence L. Schnitz, Eloise Noll. Imolu Case. Edith Marbaugh. Mrs. Glen Bates. Richard Bogner Arble Owens. Edward Deitch. Carl Gelmer, Germaine Gelmer, Ruth A. Borns. Mary C. Braun. Jeanette Braun, Jerome Rumachlag. Betty Tricker. Mr*. Pete Reynolds. Mrs. Earl Shoaf. Mrs. Elbert (Turn To Fags *. Column 4) 0 Indiana Farmer Is Killed In Accident Washington. Ind , Oct. 10.—(UP) —The Davies county coroner today investigated an accident yesterday which resulted in the death of Fred Burch. 49. farmer and former township trustee. His automobile collided with another driven by William Arthur, whose wife and two small children were hurt.

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Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday, October 10, 1944.

Russia Drives Sweep Onward ) I r 11111 I rkJ?*-- - hiL> h 0-■ f 11NING» AD J/ .. JtHLL r| J ■ t\>VA*NU7 YS . 1. , P-rfT SWEDEN A 1 W~$T 7 Baltic Seo M< - l ) ? 'K -NltMtN *7S»,c7*MNAS / ft O ’° ) * ;z ** I A RUSSIA ierlin? ‘'s' wamawQ L ' POLAND’ f i V J* e RUSSIAN ARMIES have driven more than 62 miles through faltering German lines in Lithuania on a 174-mile front In a n>-w four-day offensive wh< ih has carried Red Army troops within in miles of East Prussia. The Reds also were closing in fast on the Latvian port of Liepaja, and threatened the rail center of Tilsit.

Red Cross Meeting Held Monday Night Suggests Aid For Returned Veterans Suggestions for the expansion of home service in the aid of servicemen and discharged veteran* when they are returned here were outlined by L. Dallas Albright, Reneral field representative, of the American Red Cross, before director* and chairmen of the Adams county Red Cros* chapter last evenln*. The meeting was held at the Wlnne* Shoe store, with Miss Jessie Winnes, secretary. Clarence E. Bell, county chairman, presided. Mr. Albri*ht stated that county chapter* in town* the size of Iterator were opening up-town service quarters, with a trained Red Cross employe and interested volunteer helpers, to expand Red Cross service to soldiers and sailors and to prepare In meeting the post war needs. Mrs. Roy Price, chairman of the nurses aide* committee, reported that during September the graduate aide* had donated 326 hours of time at the Adams county memorial hospital. In Auguat. donated hours were more than 360. Mis* Grace Coffee, chairman of junior Red Cross, reported on the Interest and work of the school children in Decatur, both in the (Turn Tn Pius* t. Gnlu-n* I) 1 -—— - -O Heavy Registration Reported Last Days Registration Total May Be Equal To 1942 tost minute registrations may bring the total up to approximately the point where it was two years ago. county clerk Clyde O. Troutner said today. More than 11,to<> voters were registered in 1942. Until a couple of weeks ago it had been feared that the numtor of registered voters would to considerably les* than two year* ago tocauae 8,000 were purged from the Hats by failure to vote In either of the 1942 election* or tocauae of moving. However, a great number of person* came into the clerk’* office in the last few day* and an even greater numtor were reached by deputy regiatrant* In the field and the two political head quarter* In Decatur. About 100 person* came Into the clerk's office Saturday or Monday and registered. A tout 25 person* just got under the line by registering Monday evening at the clqrk'e office. Due to the tact that the law doe* not require deputy registrant* U> make report* until October 12, a complete estimate ot the total numtor of re*i*tered voter* can not to given 3ntli later In the week.

Democratic Rally At Geneva Toniqht tßotort W. Bunhee. Democratic candidate for CoiigreM *rom the Fourth district will be the principal speaker at a Democratic rally to be held at Geneva this evening at 8 o'clock In the school building. Robert W. Heller. Democratl" candidate for joint state representative will >to the other *p(-aker. Refrrabments will to served by the Democratic women. Churchill, Stalin Confer In Moscow Conference Is Held Soon After Arrival ■Moecow. ct. 10 — (UP) Prime Minister Churchill and Premier Marshal Stalin were revealed today to have begun their discussioiw last night only a few hours after the Biitiali leader’s arrival in Moscow. A'inoancement of the Churchill party's arrival and the initial conference ahared limelight Jn The Soviet preas with a summary of the iomuli* of the Dumbarton Oaks Interiiatlonal security conference, but there was no hint of any direct connection between the Prime iMinlater'* trip and problems pisted by the Washington talk*. Tlie Dumbarton Oato conference, however, had agieed to submit to "higher levels” Rumtia's request that she should have veto powei« over any proposal by the suggested united nations security council for action against a major power accused ot aggregesilon (The totndon Daily Mail said matters which could not wait for the proposed post-election meeting among Stalin, Churchill and President Roosevelt might have made it imperative that Churchill go t o Moscow at this time, (Diplomatic dtoerver* In Lindon believed that the Churchill-Stalin meeting might lay the basU for an Irilernatlonal framework which could be adopted after the American election "by the '’big three.”) Though American Amtosaador W. Averell Harriman previously had been designated as an official observer for the conferences, he was not mentioned In official Soviet announcements as present at last night's Initial meeting. Only Soviet foreign commissar Viacheslav M. Molotov, British foreign secre'ary Anthony Eden and British Ambassador Sir Archibald Clark-Kerr were present In addition to the t-wo principals. Earlier, Molotov received Eden in the presence of Clark Kerr and Soviet vice foreign commissar Andreyev Vlshin* nky ■' o" 1 • 1 - " BULLETIN Clavelang, Oct. to— (UP) — A total of 70.000 membora es th* Mechanic* Education*) society of America will go on (trike In 67 Cleveland, Toledo, ■nd Detroit war plant* Thursday, Mathew Smith, secretary of the Independent union announced here today-

24-Hour Ultimatum To Nazis To Surrender Or To Face Annihilation

Soviet Forces Closing In On PortOfMemel 100,000 Germans Near Entrapment By Russian Army Moscow, Oct. 10—(UP) —Soviet armored forces closed in on the big Baltic port of Mernel today and probably already were storming its outskirts, virtually completing the entrapment of 100,000 or more German troops. (A Lindon broadcast said Russian troops had reached the Baltic coast 20 miles south of Mernel.) The Russian thrust toward the Baltic from newly-captured Vezaidal. 13 miles east of Mernel, pinned 10 to 15 battered enemy divisions against the sea tn a vast pocket stretching northeast to Riga, dooming them io death, capture or an attempted "dunkerque” evacuation under the guns of Soviet planes and warships. Planes of the Red banner fi-et air arm already have sunk 18 enemy vessels presumably attempting to evacuate troops from the Baltic pocket, the Soviet high command reported in its midnight communique. Four transports, six fast landing barges, an escort ship and a coast guard vessel were sunk by torpedo planes Friday night. Two days later, two transports totalling 11.000 tons, a 3.000-ton enr-hty tanker and three motor boats were sent to the bottom. (A Stockholm dispatch said Inhabitants of Gotland Island off the east coast of Sweden reported flashes from heavy calibre guns and the red glare of a burning ship were visible from the direction of totvla Monday night. They speculated that Russian warships may have Intercepted German units attempting to evacuate troops by sea. leading to a naval battle.) Pressing eastward in a bid for speedy liberation of Mernel. Gen Ivan C. Bagramian's Ist Baltic army was believed well across the torder of East Prussia as fixed by Adolf Hitler following his pre-war gral> of the Lithuanian port in 1939 The disputed border Iles only three miles east of Vezaicial. Gen Ivan D. f’herniakhovsky's (Turn To Page I. Column •)

Election Day Four Weeks From Today 11 Biq States To Decide Presidency Washington, Oct. 10.— (UP) Four weeks remain today of the < lection enmpaign In which the voters will decide whether President Roosevelt shall have a fourth term or be supplanted by Gov. Thomas E. Dewey, the Republican presidential candidate. The campaign is primarily a con test for 11 big state* where the vote last lime wa* close and of which Mr. Roosevelt carried nine In 1940 and the late Wendell L. Willkie, Republican nominee, carried two. If Dewey holds the two that Willkie carried four year* ago and reverses the trend In the others hl* chance* of election will to excellent. If Mr. Roo*evelt can hold hi* own In most of theae atate*. he probably will to re-elected The state* are Illinois, Indiana. Ma**achu*ett*. Michigan. Minnesota. Missouri, New Jersey. New York. Ohio, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. Willkie carried Indiana and Michigan In 1940 But the count was close In all 11 of those state*. Their aggregate of electoral vote* is 337. Only 266 electoral vote* are required to (Tura To Vogt », CoUmg 4).

Russia Wins Major Point At Conference Special Air Force Units Soviet Plan Washington. Oct. 10. (UP) Soviet Russia won a major point at the Dumbarton Oaks conference, a high spokesman ac knowledged today, when the Big Four powers agreed to give the pro|x>sed new League of* Nations authority to call on special air force unit* for "urgent military measures." Russian delegate* originally came to the conference with a proposal for an outright international air force which could be hurriedly dispatched to any part of the globe to discourage a nation preparing for aggression The original Russian plan was rejected. But the final draft of| proposals for the new organization.) as released yesterday. reVealed that tile four powers had reached a compromise that would have virtually the same effect as the Russian plan. Under the compromise, members of the new organization — to to known as "the United Nations"—, would to obligated to hold national air force cont ingets "immediately available . . . for combined Internal enforcement action" by the International authority A high official serving as spokes(Turn To Paas i. Column 4) —'——-o—' American Guns Pound Al Germans In Italy Rain Slows Italian Battle Front Tempo Rome. Oct. 10. I UP) American "Long Toms." 155-mtn rifle* perch-; «d high In the Ap|ienines inountalna. hammered the main Bologna Rimini highway In northern Italy today as sth army troops inched forward through mud-Ailed fields to within less than lo miles of the Po valley The systematic artillery fire was concentrated on the 20-mile section 1 of the highway between Bologna I and Imola in an attempt to cut offi German transport movement from j north central Italy to Rimini on the Adriatic coast. Although the weather grounded artfuery spotter planes, the long toms were hurling tons of explosive* over the mountain peaks onto the superhighway, the best remaining road still In German hands An Important rail line parallels the road. (A BBC broadcast, recorded by NBC. said It was reported In London that American guns were shelling the outskirts of Bologna, although this was not confirmed by any other Allied source.) Ground operation* virtually were stalled along the entire front hy the sixth consecutive day of rain, which, already nearly has reached the normal eXpe< table rainfall of: four inches for October. Despite the heavy mud. however, j American troop* of the sth army made small gains on the west side of the main highway leading north; ward from Florence. They occu(Turn To Pag* *, Column 4) o— — Sewer Is Reported Clogged By Roots The city afreet department Is digging up a 14-lnch newer on North Third street near the Intersection of Marshall atreet, where It ha* become dogged with root* of tree*. Phil Hauer, atreet and aewer departinnt head, haa on display one branch of a willow tree root which filled completely a dretch of more than eight feet of aewer. Today, several street department employe* had worked aeverai houra attempting to dean out the rent of the sewer with instrument*. It was feared that perhaps a considerable atretcii of the pavemeut might have lo to excavated.

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Cordon Os Steel Is Forged Around Nazi City; Headquarters Shifted To Paris Supreme Headquarters. AEF. Paris. Get. 10—(UP)—The American Ist army forged a cordon of steel around Aachen today and delivered a 24-hour ultimatum to its German garrison demanding unconditional surrender or face complete destruction of the city. Front dispatches reported the surrender-or-dle ultimatum to the Nazi defenders of Aachen coincident with the shift of Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower’s supreme head' quarters trom Lindon to Paris. SHAEF authorities at the first press conference here announced that Lt. Gen. Courtney H Hodges' Ist army had cut the AachenCologne highway northeast of Haaren, a mile north of Aachen, j and captured S< haufetiberg. a mile east of Alsdorf. The U. H. 3rd army, steadily extending Its gains on a 16 mile front in the Moselle valley, captured Letricourt, 15 mile* northeast of Nancy, on the second day of a violent street battle. The ultimatum was delivered to the doomed Germans by the Amer- , ican infantry commander of the i Aachen sector. It declared that the Nazi garrison. believed to numtor alaiut 1.500 men. was cut off from all hope of aid by other Nazi force*. Unless the garrison surrender*, the Germans were Informed, the American* will loose a merciless • hail of artillery and air tomhanb I ment which will annihilate them. Front dispatches from United Press war correspondents Henry T. Gorrell and Jack Frankish made plain that American doughtoys now held Aachen in a vlaelike grip They swarmed Into the eastern suburb* of Aachen, a i state forest called Forst-Aachen. Aachen wu* tin* first lug (j*r* ' man city to pass within the grip I of American force* The ultimatum was delivered to i a German se< <>nd lieutenant liy i Ist Lt. Cedric A. Liffey of Enosburg Falls. Vt„ Lt. William Boehme of New York City. Interpreter, and Pfc Kenneth Kudin* ■ of toGrange, 111 . the flaglwarer. The trio headed by LaSey, pick- | ed its way up a street piled high , with rubble and wreckage to a wre<ked underpaaa leading from i tlir Forst-Aachen suburb into the city. Their white flag was two square yards of a bedsheet. "Several Jerry enlisted men 1 stepped out and asked what we (Turn To Paa* I. Column I) Final Tribute Paid To Wendell Willkie Funeral Services Held In New York New York. Oct. 10.—(UP) Representallve*. great and *mall, of the "one world" that Wendell L Willkie envUagto. paid their last , tribute to him today at Impressive funeral service* in the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian church. Tile body of th< one-time homespun Indiana lawyer who became the Republican presidential candidate In 1940. lay In state In the bl* brownstone church where at 3 p m. today Dr John Sutherland Bonnell preached the funeral sermon. Some 60.000 persons filed through the church yesterday to pay their final respects They were, in the main, office worker* and laborer*. Today's services, hy Invitation, were attended by Mrs Franklin D. Roosevelt, representin* the piesldent, by Gov. Thoma* E. Dewey and many other dlgnltarie* of thia and other nation*. The public was admitted to those seat* remaining of the church's 2.400. Willkie died early Sunday of Coronary thrombosis In Lenox Hill hospital after he previously had shown Improvement In a efimplication of disease*, colitis and lung congestion. (Twa Ta Paga », CoUuaa •>.