Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 42, Number 278, Decatur, Adams County, 24 November 1944 — Page 1

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Quiet Observance Os Thanksqivinq Is Reported In City Ute arisero on Thatiksglving morn were greeted by a soft snow which fell ufrout 9 o'clock bat quit kiy melted ae « Warm sun mbi the mercury above the freezing point. Thankugivlng day was olaervwd with the traditional family reunions and cessation of Inwlmvs. War Plante operated cn full schedule. The thank, public offices and retail estabUvhinente were closed and there were no mall deliveries. I The union Thanksgiving Hervlce , of the I’rotestant churches waa held Wedneoday night and the regular massen were said at 'St. Marya church in the morning. No fires or • Meriouo acckdente w*re reported . during the day. ( 0 Jap Stronghold On Leyte Falls To Yank Forces Crack Jap Division Virtually Destroyed In American Advance Allied Headquarters. Philippines. Nov. 24-—(UP) —American tanks and infantry neared the rolling Ormoc plain today after capturing the Japanese stronghold of Limon ami plunging on across the Leyte river bridge Hob yards to the south. Destruction of the crack Japanese Ist division, one of the best In the enemy army, virtually was completed In the advance, which carried through rugged hills to within 19 miles of Ormoc itself and threatened to roll up the entire Yamashita line protecting that air and sea base on the west coast of Myte. Control of the bridge over the Leyte river pul the American 32nd division in position to launch an attack over easier ridges, but swamps os. either side of the road were expected to hamper the advance somewhat. Gen. Douglas .MacArthur reported in his daily communique that the enemy suffered "terrific losses'' from American artillery and superior infantry fire power In his bitter defense of Limon, northern anchor of the Yamashita 'line. "He had attempted to mount a large-scale counter-offensive and failed." MacArthur said. "He has been compelled by our aggressive tactics to a piecemeal and Ineffectual commitment of his forces." Scattered Japanese groups which penetrated to the Pinaniopoan and Capoocan areas, two miles northeast ami five and a half miles east of Limon, during abortive enemy counter-attacks were being mopped up, MacAr(Turn To Pass 4. Column T) O 1 Jail Break Foiled, One Guard Is Killed Four Convicts Are Wounded In Attempt Joliet. HL. Nov 24.—(UPl—One guard was killed and four convicts were wounded today when a band of 10 prisoners attempted to storm the wall of Stateville prison here. The gt|ard. Zoethe Skaggs, was shot over the heart when guards in a tower opened Are as the convicts. led by two members of the Koger (The Terrible) Touhy gang, attempted to place a ladder against the wall. He died in the prison hospital two hours after he was shot. The attempted break was frustrated by John Alberta, a guard In a tower on the wall, who opened Are on the convicts as they started to scale the wall with a crude, 20foot ladder. Tl was a bullet from Alberts' gun which wounded Skaggs fatally, but he also shot four of the convicts and sent the others running for cover. Leaders of the attempted break (Turn To Pa«o 4, Column •)

Nation's Phone Strike Ends On Union Decision Telephone Service Restored As Union Head Bows To WLB Cleveland. Nov. 24 /UP) - Long distance telephone service was fully restmed In 29 Ohio communities and of the east and midwest today after an eleventh hour union decision which forestalled government seizure of struck facilities. The break In the seven-day Ohio work stoppage came suddenly in Washington last night. President Robert Pollock of the strike-origin-ating Ohio federal.ou of telephone workers announced unexpectedly to the war labor board that he and other union officers involved were “convinced" that the board would make a "fair and equitable" settlement of atrlke issues. Pollock .Immediately ordered members of hie Ohio union to go back to work and other officials called off "sympathy" strikes which had spread to Washington and Detroit. The spreading strike, sparked by Dayton, 0., switchboard operators protesting flß.it weekly maintenance bonuses to imported operators. was verging on a national tieup of communication. Nathan P. Felnslnger. WLB public member, disclosed last night that President Roosevelt already had authorized seizure of Dayton facilities. "This case came closer to seizure without actual seizure than any other in WLB history," he said. Before the "surprise" break last (Turn To Paas z. Column 8) - 111 o AAA Elections In County Next Month Each Township Will Name New Officers Farmer committeemen who will have Important roles in war and post-war farm proldemu will be elected at annual AAA elections in Adams county between December 4 and December 16. Ux atlous and dates of the election meetings will be announced as soon as they are arranged. Farmers will elect three committeemen and two alternates and one delegate for each township. Delegates from these meetings will later elect three county committeemen and two alternates. Conservation practices (or 1945, production goals, farm machinery, and general agricultural outlook will be among the subjects discussed at the meetings. Committeemen represent both their neighbor farmers and the executive branch of the federal government In the work and responsibilities of tbe agricultural adjustment agency. Their recommendation. baaed on personal knowledge and experience, help shape agricultural programs to At the needs of their own localities and to meet the problems of farmers and consumers throughout the nation. The election meetings will give local farmers a chance to consider the problems and the demands of the coming year, saya Winfred L. Gerke. county AAA chairman. A program Is being arranged for a full discussion of what's ahead. Every farmer should attend the (Turn To Pag* 4. Column S) " - ' ■ -0— - Start Mailing Os Christmas Seals W. Guy Brown, president of the Adams county tuberculoais association. announced today mailing of Chrlatmas seals to individuals was started today. Esch person Is mallmi 62 In seals and is asked to r* turn tbe money ao soon as possible. Health bonds. In large amounts, are available to organizations. All proceeds from the sale are used to further the work of the tuberculosis association in this county.

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Decatur, Indiana, Friday, November 24,1944.

GI in Germany Gets Xmas Gifts lUtf? i ■ *w. 1 CARRYING HIS FIRST BATCH of Christmas packages. Sgt. Joseph II Kadlec, Evanston. 111., approaches cross-roads leading to Roetgen and Ktolberg. Germany. Kadlec belongs to an infantry uhii Idvouaced nearby. United States Signal Corps photo.

Election Expenses Filed By Democrats Campaign Costs Are Listed By Chairman The Democratic central committee had receipt* of 13.147 25 and expenditure* of 03.000.8 H, the latter coverinc some of the Muy primary and state convention expenses, the report of Clyde O. Troutner, chairman and David Adams, treasurer, reveals. The report shows a balance on hand of 060.37, and the original copy has been tiled with the county clerk. The report shows contributions from more than 100 persons, the largest of which is listed at 4200. Others In denominations ot |5 to 1153 are shown in the financial accounting of donations to the county central committee. Heveral contributions are listed under the heading ot "A Friend." These range all the way from small amounts to |IOO. Disbursements are listed since last May, which includes minor expenses In connection with the primary election and others for the state convention. The largest expendllureae were for postage, advertising and campaign literature. Other expend!tlures were for clerical help, rent and I6*o for the precinct committeemen. for mileage, car cental and election day expenses. U. S„ Britain Near Air Plan Agreement Agreed In Principle On Freedom Os Air Chicago. Nov. 34.—(UP) —The United States and Britain today made puhllc their individual proposals for settling the Issues which have deadlocked the civil aviation conference, and revealed they had •greed In principle on a definition for freedom of the air. The British Gocument said the following “modincatlons" had been made In the original stand taken In the basic position of the British delegations. 1. Acceptance of the fifth freedom ot the air—"the right to pick' up and set down traffic to and from j destinations not in the country of I origin of the aircraft." Britain I previously bad wanted this freedom subject to negotiations between countries but now would ac-1 cept it* conclusion in a new air I convention. 3. Limitation of the functions of the International authority to those of advice and recommendation 3. Inclusion of a provision to ensure that the efficient operator (Turn To Page 4, Column 1)

Road To Berlin By United Press The shortest distances to Berlin from advanced Allied line* today: Western front: 256 mile* (from point southeast of Nijmegen. Unchanged.) Eastern front: 315 mile* (from Warsaw. Unchanged). Italy: 532 miles (from point south ’ of Ravenna. Gain of mile in week.) . o— ———— Pressing Problems Are Faced By City Pollution Control Is One Os Problems I . In addition to the sewage disposi al mandate and the perplexities which confront the city In carrying out the state order to “abate and correct" the pollution ot the water* I of the St. Mary's river, as charged by the stream pollution control board. Mayor John St tilts and local ; city officials have several pressing i problems before them, some immedlate and other il*ted under post- ■ war projects. Since the state order was Issued I on October 18, to correct river pol--1 lution here, which, Interpreted. - mean* that the city must build a sewage disposal plant. .Mayor Htulta. member* of the hoard of public works, the common council and department heads have given much attention to the matter and have obtained valuable information on the proposed development. Consulting engineers who have contacted city official*, are of the opinion that the state order cannot be compiled with by October 1, liti?, the time fixed by the control hoard. Due to wartime restrictions. much of the material needed to build the interceptor sewer and the sewage plant cannot be obtained. At least it would require considerable time to obtain the necessary priorities, engineer* advise. The manpower shortage In this 1 city and community I* another potent factor In the consideration of immediate steps toward building the sewage disposal plant and mile* i of sewer. With the consideration of the sewage disposal project, attention | ba* also been given to the possl- : bility of constructing storm sewer* In the city, as a tn-dium to relieve the overtaxed sewers In the bus- ' Ines* snd residential districts. May- | <Turn Ta Pasts 1. Cnlqms SI * Shock From Accident Is Fatal To Woman Kokomo, Ind.. Nov. 34 — (UP)— Death by shock was the verdict today ot an attending physician for Mr*. Angelins Stetler. 79 The woj man died yesterday when a car driven by her »on. C. R Stetler of near Kokomo, figured in a collision with another automobile.

Giant Four - Engined Bombers Raid Tokyo From Base In Saipan

Report Bloody Fighting On Hungary Front Russian Troops Are Reported Storming Edge Os Budapest London. Nov. 24. tUP) —Red army troops were reported storm-1 Ing Csepel Island In the Danube on the southern edge of Budapest today, while other Soviet forces hooked down across the southeastern corner of Slovakia in a fast-break-ing offensive that threatened to roll up the shaken German flank In Hungary. Berlin and Moscow agreed that furious fighting was raging on the Immediate eastern approaches to Budapest and at a half dozen key points on the long battlefront extending I't) miles northeast of the capital into Slovakia. But the RuHsian early morning communique remained silent on a Berlin announcement that Red i army troops had landed in force on, . Csepel, a 3()-mlle long Island formed l>y two arms of the Iranube exi tending almost into the heart of Budapest. i A German DNB news agency commentator said powerful Soviet units batthd (heir way onto Csepel under cover of a heavy fog early yesterday morning, cementing a solid siege arc around the western, southern and eastern approaches to the city. The Nazi admission indicated that the battle for Budapeat wa.< entering its final pha*e, with Marshal Rodion Y. Malinovsky wheeling (be shock spearheads of his ’ 2nd Ukrainian army Into position for a frontal assault on the Danublan stronghold. There were no details on the fighting on Csepel, but German and ! Ruseiaa accounts agreed that a battle of mounting ferocity was in progress In the Hatvan area 22 (niles northeast of Bada|*e*t, where the Soviets were edging forward yard by yard through rain, mud and a maze of Nazi tnlneAelds. German reinforcements were reported streaming steadily into the front lines, under constant attack by ItuMMian warplanes, counterattacking again and again in a des-|M-rate effort to prevent a breakthrough at Hatvan that would enable the Hoviets to cut through to the Danube north of Budapest Its(Turn Tn Paws 1. Column 4) — o ■ - Orders Grand Jury To Convene Nov. 30 Order Is Issued By Judge Fruchte Judge J. Fred Fruchte of the Adams circuit court today ordered the clerk to Issue hi* venire for the convening of the Adams county grand jury for November 20 at 9 a m. This Is the first time the grand jury has been called this year. In connection with whatever invest!- , gallons the grand jurors make, i the annual inspection of the county jail and county Infirmary will tie made. The members of the grand Jury are: W. D. Cross and Christ Eicher of Geneva; Samuel Nussbaum and John H. Hilty of Berne, Mrs. Carl C. Pumphrey and William Colchln of Decatur. It is likely that G. Remy Bierly, prosecutor-elect, will sll iu on the Investigations and in matters which Ed A. Bosse, prosecutor, may call to the jurors attention for their further investigation or declaion Mr Bierly will assume office on January 1, 1945 and if indictments are returned, prosecution of the cases will be under his direction.

FDR Asks Lend-Lease Be Ended With War Quashes Reports Os Extension After War Washington. Nov. — (UP) — President Roosevelt told congress J today that lend-lease and reverse! lend-lease "should end with the 1 war." hut that tfie United Nations, “partnership" must continue and grow stronger to assure an enduring peace. | The president said In his 17th report on lend-lease operations that the Allied system of combined supply must be replaced after the war by a "permanent and stronger Uniter Nations" capable of quelling aggression. building economic foundations for prl»|>erlty and furthering civilized progress. The report devoted eolely to reverse lend-lease provided to the United Htaie* by the British commonwealth of nations, said Britain and het dominions had furnished 23.348,127,000 in services and supplies to this country in the two years ended June 30. Mr. Roosevelt's report was made public a few hours after the British government issued a white paper reporting that the United kingdom had provided lories with 12,347.062.(100 In reverse lend lease Tbe president noted that au additional |911,065.000 had been provided by Australia, New Zealand, and India. U. S. lend-lease shipments and transfers to the British empire during the same period totalled (Turn To Paas S. Column 4) — -— —O ■ 111 Eighth Army Troops Cross Cosina River Small Beachheads On Italian Front Rome, Nov 24 —(UP)—British troops of the 6lh army stormed across the Cosina river Wednesday night ami have established five small beachheads on a two and a half mile front, three unit a half miles southeast of Faenza. despite heavy German counterattacks. headquarters announced today. A communique described the fighting as "very bitter" with the Germans throwing in Infantry* artillery, mortars, and machine guns. 'riii- British captured one- bridge intact uu*i rushed tanks across the river, capturing the town of Fug na on the fur bank. The communique said the bridgehead* had been deepened to 500 yards and that fierce fighting continued To the south, Polish troop* advanced a half mile north of gyn Biago and were reported fighting on the crest of Mount Ricci, threw and a half miles south of Faenza. In the Adriatic coastal sector, patrols ot the Nth army virtually had cleared the enemy from the south banks of the Unitl river south of Ravenna Germans continued sporadic raids and small attacks with artillery and rockets In the Afth army sector south of Bologna Allied fighters and fighter Immbers strafed and bombed targets in the battle area In support of the ground troops and also hit road and rail targets In Yugoslavia. An air communique reported that heavy and medium bombers attacked bridges and troop concentrations In Yugoslavia while plane* of the coastal air force struck at shipping in the Adriatic. Three aircraft were reported miss Ing from the operations. — * 1 o , Local Youths Take Navy Examinations Tom Colter. Tom Lutes and Ixm Borne, local 17-year-old high school yvu*%*. went to Indianapolis today to take an examination for entrance into the U. 8. Navy. e

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Official Opening Os Two-Prong Offensive Designed To Soften Japan For Invasion BULLETIN Washington. Nov. 24.—(UP) —Reconnaissance photographs showed fires burning In central Tokyo after today's B-29 attack. There was “smoke rising to I great heights in the industrial I areas that were bombed." the 20th air fores announced. Washington, Nov. 24 — (UP) — One hundred or more B-29 superfortresses winged back toward their Saipan base today, flashing word ahead that they had "successfully ’ attacked important military installations In Tokyo in the initial attack of the softening up of Japan for invasion. The superforts attacked Tokyo by daylight and the enemy admitted factories and other important war installations were hit. Brig. Gen. Emmett ißosey) O'Donnell, Jr., leader of the first B-29 smash at Tokyo radioed track ' to Saipan that the mission had been a success. Il was (he first attack launched from the new Saipan liases in the Marianas, ’ 1,550-tniles to the southeast of Japan. 1 Tile firs' plane over the target was piloted by Maj. Roliert Morgan. Asheville. N. C.. pilot of the ' famous B-17, "Memphis Belle," of the eighth air force O'Donnell rode In Morgan's plane as command pilot and as leader of the ' mission. 1 The attackers struck Tokyd at noon tin p nt CWT Thursday) in the first tombing of Japan's capital since the historic April 19. 1942, raid by Lt. Gen James H. Doolittle’s formation. Four hours later Tokyo belatedly admitted the raid and (tacked into admissions of what It sought to Imply was slight damage to factories and other major installations. "Small fires" were caused, i okyo broadcasts added, but only among "civilian homes and hospitals" and all were controlled Immediately." Tokyo said the latinlters. attacking in 10 or more groups, were over the city for two hours. Three were shot down, a later Japanese communique said, adding the customary: "our damages have been slight." The attack, the first on Tokyo by land based aircraft, was announced here by Gen. H. H. Arnold. 'commander of the army air forces and chief of the glottal 20th air force. He said another communique on damage done to the- Industrial tarfcets would Im* issued "when further details are available." "The battle for Japan has been joined " Arnold said In a special rejeort to President Roosevelt. "This operation is in no sense a hit-and- run raid. Il is a calculated extension of our air power • • no part of the Japanese empire is now out of our range, no war factory too remote to feel our tombs ...” The Saipan bused B 29’s, working under the newly-formed 21st Ixinilier command. Arnold said, will coordinate their operations with those of the China-based 20th tomtor command, whose B-29's have already carried out 17 missions against Japanese empire targets "The systematic demolition of Japan's war production, begun six months ago from China bases, henceforth will be carried out (Turn To Psa. *. Column *> ■■ O W TffMPERATURt READING DEMOCRAT THERMOMETER • :QP a. m. 30 10:00 a. m. 33 Noon 34 * : <X> p. m 37 WEATHER Increasing cloudiness tonight, becoming cloudy Saturday, with occsslonal ram beginning Saturday afternoon; warmer, fresh to occasionally strong winds Satur- < day.