Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 42, Number 282, Decatur, Adams County, 29 November 1944 — Page 1

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■d Armies In Banking Sweep Lrd Austria ■eported Battling ■to The Hungarian »ronqh°ld Os Pecs bulletin N - P9-.UP.-r , .. st.llHi .inrounc C lhe Red arm r Danube river north -1. < which flows into |K. .. , ,th of Budapest. (; ,. k „ through the defen west bank. BBsLvi-v Fedor I. Tolbuk th.rd Ukrainian army across the Danube. HK, i, and captured more 330 Hungarian towns. r. reported in an order of dar broadcast from Mos 11 l’i - Huh IB", •' i -lannis. slashliu* ... |i.niiilii' l<m miles InHKt ■ • ■ • ■ l I ||l|| ti ll half sn :.i I'..- Hungarian strong HH .I . • . 1.,y Iti am s flank KH. a . ,M Lak*- llaliitiin Au man Isirder. ■l'li'ly »»!•• Soviet 2ml ■ t-j i n n:.in armies link*-.! . miles front niHH mountain roads of -i l a ami northeastern iiiiHhi'il slowly west ar.illi.t bitter ••iii'iny resist rlir military commentators without confirmation a furiuiis battle was raging - approaches in p... mi.iiHi Hontiiwi-Hi ' 'l'll.' i-ii.-liiy report fhr- > •' lank formations mill. 11l oil III" illy all.-l a m » < rossmg of th" 22 mili-H in flu’ east ami Um wi hi bank < iiy of was no itninml ia tn mill ■r. similar Un- Soviets wennmr. -ly to draw off en.-mv fr..i,| in.. Bmiapi hi ar*-.i Mtlm Vi-man frontier I’.-.k ■55 m. . - below l.ako Balaion - lake would ■ a »w- -p around Hie south ■ the 11.-d army spearheads in mih-H of Austrian koi I ■trim raid massed German ar ■O' and flak batteries knocked ■ls Russian tanks on the out ■’ of f. i h, thwarting a Soviet B 8 break into the city. ■ar io the northeast, units of ■ Russian 2nd and 4th I'kraln ■ armms combined along the ■firs Tn l',r, 1. Column Si ■ <> ohth Army Meets *aqe Resistance bmr. Italy. Nov. 29 — (UP) — h‘h army tr.mp* pushing north »wd> the Lamont* and .Montoni* T * ban met savage resistance hr Alhcreto area about eight H northeast of Faenza, Allied dqaartem reported today. Ir-ish and Indian troop? of the h a"my advanced north end west M'xiigliana. South of Faenza, and frrican troop* Wat off two ,n < raids on their position* •th of Bologna. Elsewhere on the lian front action was limited to rals. -ate Bulletins Undon. Nov. 29 — (UP) — minister Churchill told the house of commons today ,h,s the port of .Antwerp is * e ". after beinOg captured in- “:*. “and is now receiving '•'St convoys of ocean-going •“Pt." | *••"000, Nov. 29 — (UP) — *’ re than 1.000 flying fort- '•••*' and liberator:, escorted •y an equal number of flghtattacked the big oil resin ** ** Migburg, freight yards « Hamm and other targets n "•Hl'wtMern Germany today allowing a h( ,avy British bomnfment of Nuenberg, Ansen, Neuss. T he attack on Mosborg was • tenth and possibly the flnsl •‘taring blow to the vital oil Germa ° B * ° 1 the ’•'G*** ,n

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Business Women To Conduct Bond Booth Th" Bunin,M, „„| J U •mens chib will b. in cha.ge'of the war Isuid booth al th,, s liaf,. r ••tore from Noy. ( „ ( \| rs Grace Welland, chairman, aunonneed today. '.Mih. Weiland, who ;« < hairman of th» women's group f ir tin- Mile of Ixmds. urged the m.mbers lo | IU y their pin bond during the u,-xt three days, in addition to what'-ver pur-chui-oo they may make. Our national vice-prmident, Miss Sally Butler, Iran H-quested B A- |* W'.itiK-n to parlieipal.. J,.0 percent in the drive and „ur su<’< )W j... pet.daon you." Mrn W.-lland etat.nl — • <> - - . Japs Threaten To Slay U. S. B-29 Flyers Threaten To Renew Atrocity Slayings; Say Tokyo Again Hit Chungking. Nov. 29 il l’i American flyers who parachute from B-29 Superfortri ages onto Japanese noil after bombing Tokyo will be "killed vii the spot by angry Japanese people." a Dome! news agency dispatch said today Threatening a ren.-wal of atrocity slayings of American pilots, a Domel political commentator called B-29 crewmen "savages" and "Albiona apes" and warned that death awaits them if they ball out Th.- frenzied outburst, broadcast by Tokyo raldo and heard in China, was one of the most violent Japanese reactions to the Sup••ifortrens raids originating from the MarlV is base* "Minor Raid" By United l‘r.--s Radio Tokyo r> ported that a “minor formation” of Arr>r'.*an Superfortresses attempted their first night attack on Tokyo tonight (Japanese time) and admitted that tires were start'd at “two places ’’ The broadcast, recorded by FCC monitors, said the B-29'e apjieared over the Tokyo area shortly before midnight and dropped in< < ndlarles and flare bombs, but w<-r<- r.-pulHed by Japanese interceptors. In admitting that two tires were started in the Japan. capital, the broadcast Indicated th.- blazes continued long after the raiders left. It did not nay the tires were extinguished but merely that they (Turn To Pare J. Column 11 Heller Again Picked As Minority Leader Decatur Democrat Is House Leader Indianapolis. Nov 29 d'P) Indiana Democratic legislative leaders today prepar. d to draft bills for Introduction In the Indiana general assembly to back up the minority party's platform and campaign promkies, as ordered late yesterday In a caucus of senators and representatives. The legislation will be assigned to various members for Introduction at the Democratic caucus on the opening day of the 1915 assembly. Jan. 1. .Meanwhile, chairman John H. Lauer?Williamsport, of the Republican state committee, called a caucus of (»<H* majority legislators to be held in Indlanapilfs Tuesday for organization of the house and senate and for election of floor leaders. At their meeting, the Democratic (Turn Tn P*--« S Column «» TEMPERATURE READING OEMOCRA' thermometer 8:00 a. m. 3 ® 10:00 a. m. 3 ® Noor. .. -- -- 3 * 2:00 p. m. 3# WcATHER Cloudy with occasional very light snow In north portion snd light rain or snow in south portion thia evening: Thursday snow flurries and colder with temperatures falling throughout the day over northwest potion.

Photo Crew of B-29 Flight Honored on Saipan ,I^'' fey wL I ® 1 It 11. ® If DURING IMPRESSIVE CEREMONIES on Saipan, new Superfortress base, medals, are presented'to the ci.-w which mad<- the first photo reconnaissance mission over Tokyo, thus paving the way for future raids on the Jap capital The B-29 which made the flight is in background

Givens Chairman Os Inaugural Committee Indlanapolle. Nov. 29 —(UP)— State treasurer James M. Givens was appointed l.y Governor Schricker today as dial:'nan of the committee to handle the inauguration of gov. :.or elect Ralph F. Gates Jan k. ■Supreme court justice Frank Richiib.iid and nftite examiner Otto ' K Jensen were named to assist Giv-' etis. Jensen is a Democrat and Givens and Ric hmond are Republicans. ■ - - - -Q_ Youths Leave Today For Active Service Contingent Os 20 Sent To Atterbury Twenty Adams county youths' left this morning for Camp Atterbury for active induction into the nation's armed forces. These men all piirtsed physical examinations previously al liiilianapoll- and have been home awaiting call to active duty TJi'-y will be given a final examination at the reception center for assirnm* nt to the various branches of the service. David Albert lamgston was leader ot today’s contingent from the county selective service* board. Other members of today's group were as follows: Max Edward Johnson, Chas. Virgil Shell. Clyde Burnell Augsburger. Wayne Sylvester Fisher. Bill Jean Dixon. Ixiuls Edward Buimalm. Warren Elmer Schmitt. Virgil Dale Neuensc hwander. Arthur Edward Franz. Wayne Cloyd Nelson. Earnest Clayton Foreftian. Max Edward Riggin, Vilas Eugene* Liikinl.ill, Myrl Edward Harmon. Roman Dale Beer. Howard Dailey Beitler. Junior Clifton Hart. John Earl Bauman and Glen Allen Straub. JiFinal reports have not been received on the contingent of 17 a.-nt to Indianapolis Monday for pre-lii-ductlon physical examinations, selective service officials stated today Milk Weed Winners Presented Awards Rotarians, Lions In Joint Meeting Awards to winning schools in th'* milk weed pod collection contest. held throughout Adams county this fall, were made Tuesday evening at a Joint dinner meeting of ".»• Decatur Lions and Rotary clubs, held at the K of P. homo in this city. Batin, rs for first, second ;nd third places in three divisions — one room schools. two-room schools and consolidated pchools, were contributed by the two service chilis while banners for win tiers in the contest between the Decatur and Berne schools were donated by the Chamber* of Commerce of the two cities. Floss from the milk weed pods is used for the manufacture of life preservers for the U. 8 navy. (Turn To Pag* L Column 4)

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Decotur, Indiono, Wednesday, November 29, 1944

Bond Purchases Are Reported Slow Here Slow Sales Reported By Drive Officials The home front needs some of tin* push and all-out drive of the gallant men ..long the German border and In the Philippines, if It Is to meet th<- challuiige of providing tiie money for furnishing them food and equipment, m-ces-tary to win the war, a report of liond sales up to last Saturday reveals. Sales reported to November 25 total only 1163.925. The county's sixth war loan quota is 11,253.100, so tile goal is more than u million dollars short, Earl Caston, co-chairman of tiie I'oml staff, emphasized today. When the campaign was set up It! this county i.y Theodore Grailke<-. general chairman, the thought was expressed that Adams county could meet its quota l.y November :>». The drive in Indiana was launched on Armistice day. November 11. with the intention of iM-ating other states in rea< hing Indiana's quota before the first of Hie month. In the nation, the drive extends to Deceml.er 16 and every effort will be made here to put the county over the top by that time, Mr Graliker said. Tiie sales so far reported in(Turn Tn Ps<» Z. Column 61 Two Men Killed In Truck-Auto Crash Hammond. Ind . Nov. 29 (UP) David E Roadruck. 49. Morocco. Bid., and Fred Schultz. 59. Blue Island. 111. were killed y.wteiday 111 a truck-car collision In Calumet City. HI. Both the truck, driven by Roadruck, and Schultz car were demollrtbed.

Cpl. Ned C. Johnson Rescued After Bailing Out From B-29

Cpl: N.-d c. Johnson. 22, son of Mr. and Mr*. Roy Johnson of the River road, a gunner on a B-29 Superfortress. wias one of four men rescued from a 12 man city that balled out over the Gulf of .Mexico ye.-iterday, when the giant plane developed engine trouble. The first word the patent* had of their sou's narrow escape fr mi death, was In a telephone conversation from their eldest sen, Robert Johnson. Associated Press writer in IndianapolkL who read the item about his brother on the press wires. Word from the hospital today was that he was well. The fo'lirwing dispatch was sent from Biloxi, Mias., last night: Eight membert {’the 12-man crew of a Superfortress were hunted today In the Gulf after their riant bomber had developed engine trouble about 4(, mile* off Biloxi and the crew bailed out at 10,000 feet. Three other members of the crew were rescued miles apart by craft from the Biloxi emergency rescue oehool and the Biloxi Coax' Guard, while the pilot, First Lt. Eugene W. Hammond, 24, of Sacramento Calif., heroically brought the plantdown at Kessler Field minus one

British To Bolster Force Against Japs — Ixmdon. Nov. 29 (UP) King George VI declar.-d in a speech at the opening of the new *< -slot! of parliament today t-hat the British Empire son-es now arrayed against Jaiptni will be reinforced "a* rapidly and powerfully as possible." The United Nations, he added, are looking forward with greater confidence than "Ver before to the final victories "Which will give to the peoples of t,he world the Just peace which is our chief d"“ire ' o- - —— Six More Are Drawn For Grand Jury Duty Jurors Meet Here Thursday Morning County clerk Clyde O. Troutn.-r lias Issued his venire for six additional members of the Adams county grand Jury. In the event one or more will be required to serve during the session which will coiiveii'' in the circuit court room Thursday Mrs O 1,. 1 an. i* of this city, the name first drawn from Juror box by coinmlsslon.-rai Albert Harlow and James L. Hocher, will tak. the place of John H Hilly of Berne. I who was excused. Other names drawn are John W Kraner ami Mrs T J Fenstermaker of Wabash township: Alfred Ryf of lb i ne; Ed 8. Chrislen. Root township and Otto Hildebrand, Kirkland township The grand jury lias been ordered in at 9:30 o'clock tomorrow morning Prosecutor E<l A. Boose will condiK t the session and G Remy Blerly. newly elect, d prosecutor. Will be consulted 111 the deliberations of the Jurors. Several cases are exp. cted to be Investigated by the grind jurors

engine. The Keesler Field public relation* officer said C-pl Ned c. Johnson. 22. gunner. Decatur, was among those rescued and was In good condition. Keesler Field officials said the B-29 wax on a training flight from Its home Immc at Great Bend. Kan . when an ernine caught flr».

Nazi Defenses Before Roer River Yielding; Yanks Gain Steadily

United States Naval Forces Bombard Ormoc I Detroyers, Other Units Sail Boldly Into Bay Os Ormoc Alli.-d 11. adquai t. i-. I'hilippilb-s.' N0v.29 il'l’i American destroyers and other naval units sailed boldly into Onnoc bay. heart of the Japanese pocket in northwest' la-yte. and hombani.-d shore Installations for an hour and a half without drawing answ.-ring fin-, it was announced today. The naval forces also searched a wid.- area of the Camotes s.a off northwest Ley'e before and after the bombardment .Monday night for enemy -hip- attempting to r.-ln-fori-.- th.- doomed L'-yte gairieon. but none was found. United Press war correspondent Ralph Teatsorth. who was aboard ! one of th.- participating destroyers, said large Ares were kindled in the sen and air base of Ormoc by the Immbardtnent. American artillery fire raking Ormoc targets from inland ridg. s also was visible, he said No air opposition was encounter-j .-<1 .luring the entire foray. T.-at north add.-d, though several planes were spotted in the vicinity Dr.n.liing rain- <Aiitinti"d to ■stalemate ground activity on Leyte However, ground patrols prob.-d Japanese lines for weak pdlnts to be exploited when clear weather return*. Japanese planes made their heav lest raid yet on American shipping (Torn To Page Z. Column 4) '» sjp.il 1... Decatur Elks Plan Memorial Service Rev. Feller Speaker At Service Sunday Rev William jJ,' Feller, pastor of the Zlmi Evangelical and Reform ed church in this city, will deliver the address at the annual memorial services of the It I’ (> Elks. Nunday afternoon al 2 o'cha-k at the Elks home Lloyd Baker, exalted ruler, and staff of officers will give the ritualistic services A committee composed of the officers. I. A llcdthouse. Alle rt Col. hin. Cal Yost and Walter .1 Buckman, is arranging the program, which will ir« hide musical elections The lodge had four members to ilie during the past year They were* Herman I. Conter. first ex alt.-d rul.-r and Herman .1 Yager, also a charter member. Judge lames T. Merryman and David F Teeple. The public Is Invited to the pro gram and a special Invitation Is -■Xtended Io relatives of deceased members to attend the service — - ■ —o Junior Red Cross Report Requested Miss Gra.-e Coffee, junior R-'d C:or« chairman, "diy u ■-■. d the oobuol teach"!" who have not yet rep tried, to get their reports to her by November 30. '.Miss Coffee stated tlia - It was net'cr.ciry for her to report to the nat'onal Red Cross on D'- ember 1 Only as« w arhools in the county have not yi*t reported and .Miss Coffee and local R d Cnva officials would like io have a U"» percent record for the county. Miss Coffee has been Informed that the Junior Red Cross members will have the opp irtunlty to fill 100 educational gift boim next spring The boxM will be received In February and rhe list of contents will then be mad.- known the chairman said.

Committee Endorses Edward Stettinius Endorse Nominee For Hull Position Washington, Nov 29 —(UP. — 'lli>* senate for.-lgii relations com mittee today unanimously endorsed the nomination of Edward R Ht.-ttinlus, Jr. I, year old ■freshman" in ilit.-i national politics, to in- secretary of state. Chairman Tom Connally. D. Tex., said lie would ask (he full | senale to confirm the nomination. I as well as Hie de, ignution of Maj l Gen Patrick A. Hurl, y to be ambassador to China, later tin. afternoon. Connally said lioili nominations Were approved by th" committee without debate He said tile only reason for speeding them through the senate was that "there is no occasion for delay." The committee considered but delayed a decision tor one week on a resolution which would put the senate on record as favoring unlimited Jewish Immigration and colonization of Palestine. The resolution, sponsored by Sens Robert A Taft. R, 11. and Robert F Wagner, D . N Y.. lias been pending l.efore Hie committee since Fell. 1 Th.- committee also heard Leo I T Crowley, foreign economic administrator, give what Connally described as "a general review of I file situation in 1.-nd lease " Person* close to Stettinills. mean I while, said they expe.ied him to Introduce Intot he state department j some of th,- streamlining methods that helped push him to top place in Ills |>re wai days witli General Motors and U S Steel There Is, for example, some heli, f that Stettinius hop.- to dear th.-haze from U S Latin AmwleMt| relations l.y e-nL.ilizlig h<- handling of inter Ani"i i. hi .- ff ire In on.-, assistant secretary of -tale He i may a- fgn hik-Ii a port lo his boy ( I friend. N.-lson Rock feller ' whose pre -■••nt position .is roordin alor oi intet Aim- i.-au affaire I. expected to be abolished within the next year Un- of the principal topt.-s of speculation m diplomatic quarters now Is Stettinius' chohe of a man, to siK-ceed liliiim If as unders.-. re taiy Reports that presidential ad vf*«r Harry Hopkins wa influential j In bringing about his appointin' nt ' as secretary led to belief that Hop-I kilts also may have a hand in nam ' ing the undersecretary If so. a likely candidate may b.- ( l,ewis Douglas, former Arizona eon gr< “Ktiian and onetime budget di-1 rector, whom H .pkins backed forj uii.leis.-ci'elary last year when 'Turn T<. !’»»• z. .'nluma •) o Military Honors Are Paid Herbert Koontz Funeral Services Are Held Tuesday Full military honors wore paid to Herbert I. Koontz. Spaniah-Ainer-I an war veteran and civil service employe Who was kill d at Baer Fi.-ld las: Saturday. In funeral ser-i vice conducted here yesterday A detail of soldl.-i-s. including a I color guard from Baer Fi.-ld, att< tided the rites which were held at the First I’reshyterian church, with Dr M (). *.’ster, pastor of the First Methodist church, officiating Several army officers and about 51) co workers from the army air field also attended th. services. Locul Spanish-American veterans and fa'gionnalr.M formed an escort at the Decatur cemetery, where military rites were conducted at the grave by the Baer Field aoldlent. Mr. Koontz was employed In on" of the hangars In the maintenance division and was killed In a fall from an army truck, falling to the ' pavement and fracturing his skull

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Five Other Anchor Towns Before Roer River Captured By American Soldiers Faris. Nov 29—(Ul’i—American forces captured Langerweiw. biggest German-held town west of Duren, and five other anchor towns of the yielding. Nazi defenses before the Roer river line today in slow l.ut steady gains along a. 18 mile from aimed at Cologne. Lt. Gen Courtney H Hodges' first armv tanks, tank destroyers, and bazooka armed doughboys routed the last German troopa from the fortress-ilk*- cellars of Langerwehe* five miles west of Duren On either side of already bypassed Langerwehe, the Americans seized Koslar, Frenz. Jungersdorf, Kleinhau. and Hurtgen in violent tlgliiing that now posbd direct threats to Dur.-n and Julich. main strongholds of the Roer river line First army troopa also drove into lannersdorf. six miles northwest of Duren, but a violent counterattack shoved them back lo its southern outskirts. The Yanks reformed and attacked again, reentering iaiim-rs.lorf and engaging Hie Nazis in hand to hand struggles through its streets. Two miles southeast of lainger-w>-he. the doughlH.ys l.attled into the streets of Merode, and entered Hie road junction of Hardt after an advance of more- than a mile. Troops commanded l.y Lt. Col Elisha <> Peckham of Narragan | tt. R I entered Langerwehe* I Monday afternoon, and l.y Tues- ! .lay tiighl had cleaned out all l.ut | isolated pocket* of resistance. The mopup was completed today. The weather cleared around noon, permitting fighter-bombers lo swarm in to the close* support ot Ito- first ami ninth armies. .Mellum iH.ml.ers attacked Pier, | miles noriheasi of lartiger|w. li> ami nearby Mariaweiier . sill' result: ili-.-i iib.-.l officially , .IS "gOCHI Hodges w.is revealed lo have expanded his offensiv. with new attacks In tl.e area of Vossenack, two miles below ilurtg.'ii Field dispatches r.-port.-d gains north and northeast of Voxsena. k i,i G'-n William H Simpsons iiinlli army reached the Roer along | a ~'x mile front, and the Nazis I said it was at tiie river on either Hid" of Julich. To til" south. Lt. Getl George S Patton's third army was within sight of th.- end of its drive across j r rance, with the left wing already •lugging through Germany's Saar, and th.- center and right swinging in against the border within light i artillery range of Saarbruc ken, I io the outskirts of Saarlauten, and into the street of Sarre Union. The American seventh army pushed down the Rhine valley of iiortneast.-rn Frame on the heels of the retreating Germans, and a British broadcast said it "now has entered th.- tight for the* Saar basin. Supreme headquarters announced that the I S third, seventh, and mmli and Frenc h first armies nut captured o:f.:i81 prisoners hiiii .* G.-n Dwight D Elsenhower touched off Ills grand offensive. Altogether the- Allies have taken 734.218 prisoners since Delay, with 151.1'1l of them in American hands. First army troops captured i Fr.-nz. six miles southwest of Duren, and Kleinhau. a mile northeast of Hurtgen, after the fall of Jungerdorf. Hurtgen. and Koslar to the American forces beating a hard way toward Cologne The capture of r<-nz Intel been reported earlier, but apparently had heen lost to counterattac king G -rmans. • Turn To Page J. Column ?) GET READY!! The regular monthly City-wide WASTE PAPER and TIN CAN otek up witi be held SATURDAY. DEC. 2 Help make this a big month.