Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 42, Number 288, Decatur, Adams County, 6 December 1944 — Page 2

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AMERICAN THIRD (ContILOKJ From Fas* 1) and Saariautern. German small arm* pierced the ntaht with a hall of bullet* and mall caliber «hell*. but the doughboy* reached the east bank and carved out their assigned bridgehead*. Farther north, in the Merzig I discovered an amazing way to HewSffltHCrH.. hmtOOKS! Getting value out of the food you eat Is your No. 1 health problem whether you eat 500 or 2.000 pounds yearly. To do thin. scientist* ssy, you muse have an adequate supply ot natural atomach digestive Juice* and rich, redblood mint be present. Improper diet, overwork, undue worries, colds, tbe flu or other Illness often Impairs the stomach's digestive function* and reduces the red-blood itrength. A per on who is operating on only a •70 U> 7SC r healthy blood volume or a atomach digestive capacity of only 50 to 00' I normal is severely handicapped. Undigested food sours, causes gas . . . bloating... faU* to supply tbe necessary body energy... tissue repair... of ten resulting in nervousness and loss of energy. So wt’b ample stomach digestive Juices PLUS RICH. RKD-BLOOD you should enjoy that sense of weU-betng which denotes physical fitness .. . mental alertIf you are subject to poor digestion or suspect deficient red-blood as tbe cause of your trouble, vet have no organic complication or focal infection. BBS Tonic may be just what you need as it is especially designed 11 >to promote the flow of VITAL Diagb'nVfl JUICBS in the stomach and (3) to build-up BLOOD STRENGTH when deficient. These two important result* enable you to enjoy the food you do eat... to make use of it a* Nature intended. Thu* you may get new vitality... pep ... become animated . . . more attractive I Build Sturdy Health end Help America Win Thousands and thousands of users bavo testified to the benefit* SSB Tonic haa brought to them and scientific research shows that it get* rssults-that * why so tnanymy "SSflToolc bulldssturdy health —makes you feel like yourself again.” At drug store* in lu and 20 oe. sizes CS .8 S.Co. SSSi TOMIC helpi build STURDY HEALTH

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19 Adams County Students At I. U. More Civilians Are Enrolled This Year Bloomington. Ind., Dec. 6— With civilian enrollment at Indiana university showing an upturn for the first time since the beginning . of the war. 19 students from Adi atiis county are enrolled this semester. according to an announce- | mcnt today by registrar Thomas : A. Cookson. Adams county students listed a* j registered in various divisions of 'he university on the campuse* at | Bloomington and Indianapolis include. Berne: Howard E. Haumgarti ner. Harold 11. Lehman (medical I school. Indianapolis t. Itobert J. 1 Lehman (medical school, Indian i spoils*, Howard M, Luginbill. N. I Bruce Nyffeler. Decatur: Phyllis Beineke. l>onlid I'. Bixler (medical school. Intianapolis), Gilbert Egly, Kathleen Foreman (nurses* training school, Indianapolisi. Mary Fry back. Arthur H. Girod (medical school. Indianapolis i. Dorothy Hammond. Jean Johnson. Charles It. McClenahan. Robert L. Mann. Phyllis Owen*. Naomi Brown (nura •si training school. Indianapolis). Full time student enrollment at the university is shown in registrar Cookson's report to total 1.557. an Increase of 14 percent is compared with a year ago. PRISON INMATES (Continued Stem Faws 1) f any. Hanford and Bennett last night reported that the imprisoned guard*. Reno 11 Townsend. Orlin Harpe;. John U Bacon and Henry I . Pittlekow, all of Atlanta, were seen through the windows of the segregation building." area itseli. reconnaissance unite of the loth armored division also 'i dipped across the Saar in small patrol formation*, but there was 1 n<> indication whether these latei were reinforced in strength ot i withdrew. Infantrymen of the 95th divl lon won their second brldgeheai ion the east bank of , the Saat I river yesterday south of Saarlai tern, where they pushed a mil* beyond the stream. I Other units ot the 95th. exploit , mg the Initial Saar bridgehead it Saariautern itself, were reporte< wedging into the outposts of th Siegfried line more than a mil and r half beyond the town. Inside Saariautern, the Amer cans were mopping up the las' I enemy sniper nests. To the southeast, the 134 ti regiment of Maj. Gen. Paul \\ Baade's 35th division slashe ahead three miles into the out skirts ot the French fortress towi of Sarreguemines. on the Germai border 12 miles below Saarhruck eu. Saari,rucken. industrial capita of the Saar basin, was unde heavy artillery bombardment from third army units barely six miles away at Jtougaiir and Morsbach on its southern and southwestern approaches.,

'Den' Activities Are Described By Members Os Center (Editor's note: Following Is another in a series of arlcies on activities at "The Den." Decatur's youth center, as prepared by members of tbe center's publicity commutes.) Pltms for the Christmas dance at I "The Dan” are progressing well, I and details will be announced withIng the next week. A number of elightly used bend I scarfs, gloves, cap* and other ar-' tides have been collecting here for ; some time, so a rummage sale is being planned to dispose of thtse; unclaimed articles. (Owner* may i claim their goods at "The Den" at J any time). Do you want to learn to dance? Then come to "Tbe Den" between 3:30 and 5:3u Wednesday afternoons. The floor and music are furnished This class is mainly for beginners but all are welcome. If * enough participate, these classes ’ may Ire continued. "Just as a reminder to the Berne team and student fans. You are invited to spend Friday evening at "The Den." The chairman of the decorating committee is planning to use Christmas trees and a flreplace to promote the Christmas spirit in "The Den." Table Tenni* Tourney A table tennis tournament will be held, beginning Dec. 11. Registration and collection of fee* will open Thursday. A participant must be a meinbt r of "The Den," must be registered before Saturday evening. and must pay a 15-cent fee (or registration to cover cost of balls and trophic*. Pairings will be made over the weekend and the schedule will be posted in the center Trophic* will! be awarded in boy’s singles, girls sldcles and mixed doubles. Ei'ly round matches will be two gatc.es out of three, with st mi-final and final rounds will be three out of five. New Thermostat A new thermostat ha* been installed to maintain an even temperature. 0 HOUSE BLOCKS (Contlsow* F-wwi i • tee. trimming administration estlmates by 28 percent today recommended supplemental appropriations totaling 8415,324.712 for government expenditures during the, current thecal year. A major proportion of the totall was earmarked for the navy, which would receive new appropriations of 8888.128.563 in addition to contract authorization* of 81b.000.000 for its rocket production program and a reappropriation of 852.50P.0U0 from surplus funds previously appropriated. Budget bureau estimates had called for 8576.345.507 in new appriation*. The committee eaid appriximatcly one-third of its proposed reduction resulted from di version < Trom expec ted surplus in previous appropriations and the balance from reductions and elimination of proposed items. 0 Wabash Couple Killed When Train Hits Auto W albas h, Ind., Dec. 6—(UP)-Mr. ,nu Mt». cam H. Aiber w«-e killed astantly lant night when their car v*s hit by an eaatbound passenger train at a railroad crossing six nlles west of here. Alber was 53 ;ear<i old and hl* wit?, 46. , WHAT IF YOUR CHILD should barge into someone and seriously injure him? It could cost you plenty. ' Comprehensive Personal Liability Insurance would cover thia and many other possible sources of loss. Complete. Inexpensive. Suttles-Edwards Co. Agents Decatur, Ind. Niblick Store Bldg. . Rassy CmVW •* •**** A Ihiiißiiiill

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Accepts Position Al Local Industry John Doan To Retire As County Surveyor John jd. Doan, who wilf retire December 31 a* deputy county surveyor and highway clerk, ha* accepted a position with Decatur Industries, which was «taibll*hed here more than a year ago by Noah Sleury. Mr. Doan will be aupervisor of tbe packing and shipping department, which assignment also includes tbe final intpeitlj'i of the products made by the company Decatur Industrie* is oa% ot the city's fast growing manufacturing concerns it manufactured a line o( wood novelty products. ’nchiding the music box tor cigars, cigar .-tu. perfumes and other used. Thu company employ* about 3D persuiM at its rapidly growing plant corner of Jefferson aud Eighth «trce;». The music device used in tfie wood boxes i* imported fropt Switzerland. 'Mr Steury was formerly associated with the Wayne Novelty compatiy in this city and has made several additions to tbe plant. Mr. Doan will continue as a partner iu tbe GilUg and Doan undertaking and funeral director firm, which was euiaall*hed about 10 years ago by him and H. M Gillig. ATTEMPT TO STEAL (Coatlauad Pm« i> on the precinct registration books. Other cities also have buen visited by the investigators to examine similar ( barge*. in a letter to tbe committee. Marlon county dork A. Jack Tilson said that ‘{Republican* and Dennxiats must bear equally all responsibility for registration error*.” Tilson said that inexperienced help and worn-out typewriter*, combined with the rush of a heavy registration, probably prevented 15,000 Marion county persons from voting. MORE WORKERS < Continued From fast *» veil told the industrialist*!. "If I fail today to get this situation across to you and these workers, I will have failed all America—the twelve million in the armed forces, and the ten time* that number on the home front." "If we don’t throw this extra weight of production into the scales, right now." he said, "we may have to rksg life* tomorrow that we never should risk. The lives are those o’ your sons and your bi others." In an emotional appeal to the congress which is the 49th annual meeting of the National Association of Manufacturers, Somervell stressed that "for the first time Industry and its workers are not making munitions as fast a* munitions are being used up." Germany, he added, with its undeniable flendtab skill and efficiency is right now training thousand* of fresh troops and turning out millions of ton* of equipment for them."

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BRITISH BOMBERS (CoatinooS >•<>■ rt«* » landed safely In friendly territory An estimated 1.000 ton* of bomb* were dropped on Berlin, with tbe American heavies centering their destructive load on a huge munitions plant on tbe outskirt* of the city. Home ot the escorting fighters dropped down to strafe German .airfields, railway line*, highway and canal traffic and other ground targets. o TANK-LED JAP 'Cootina* rr*a Il Luzon intercepted and sank the Japanese destroyer Sunday, while naval bombers followed up after uiglitUll with a aeries of attacks on enemy airdrome* In tbe Manila area and destroyed a troop barracks at Fort Stotesenburg to tbe north. The communique also disclosed that American heavy bombers ftom the i’alau Islands 605 miles east of tbe Phllippinesjlropped 24 tous of bombs on the Japanese Lahug and Opou airdromta at Cebu. In tbe southwest Pacific, heavy bomber formation* from New Guinea continued their neutralization attacks on the once-formldable Japanese stronghold at Rabaul. New Britain, dropping 36 tons of bomb* on the Lakuuai airfield. (Au unconfirmed Tokyo broadcast heard by FCC monitors said units o( (be Japanese Rabaul gar rlson made a siirprUe amphibious

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A FRENCH COLLABORATIONIST is pictured here as hi* execution takes place in Rennes. France. The collaborator is falling as the rope which hold him to the stake flies free, severed by bullets, and splinter* fill the air. The photo was snapped at the instant bullet* from a French fir.ng squad hit the victim who collaborated with the Nasis. This is an official U, S. Signal Corps phdto. (laternational)

landing at an undisclosed point on the north coast of New Britain Nov. 21, and drove off two companies ot Australians.) RUSSIANS ROLL ;CoOtJ*=*3 Frew Fag* 11 ing wide open under the furious Russian assault and Moscow indicated that the enemy had abandoned hi* announced plan to wage an allout battle along the marshy lake shores. Soviet dispatches and roundalM>ut Berlin reports, however, indicated the German* were bracing for a desperate stand in the 31mile corridor extending south from Balaton to the Drava river The Russian* said a steady flow of German reserves was being drained off from the Italian and Balkan front* in an effort to stem the Red army sweep toward Austria. and Berlin dispatches relayed through Stockholm claimed units of Marshal Maximilian Von Welch** Balkan army already had crossed the Drava into the Imperiled gap. A Swiss broadcast claimed that Russian tank spearheads had punched through the southern corridor all the way to the Austrian border, but Moscow'* early morn tng war bulletin apparently negated that report. The communique placed Tolbuk Ilin's southern vanguard in Mar call. 52 mile* east of the border and 21 mile* northeast of the gateway stronghold of Magykanlzsa last nisht. and the pace of

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the Russian advance indicated | they would bring that fortress; under attack within the next 36, hours. At the opposite end of the lake. : the Russians were racing full-tilt toward tbe railway hub of Szekes-, (eliervar 25 miles northwest ot' the shore town of Hiofolk, which Berlin said fell to the Red army early yesterday. There appeared little likelihood that the Germans would make good their boast of a full-scale defense of the marshy lake shore* around Fondva. between Marcall and Balaton Bolgar, in viev£ of the swiftly-developing threat to (heir flanks. Unconfirmed Swedish reports said Adolf Hitler had received Hungarian Premier Ferenc Hzalast In an emergency council of war. and Berlin declared tliat the Wehrmacht would tight for evury foot of Austrian soil. There was no new word on the progress of fighting around Budapest, although Moscow said Russian troops were ferrying up the Danube in assault (mats 3! miles below tbe capital. — ll ■ - o In Time For Cake Leetonia, O. —iFP)- Just a* Mrs. John Kiliany was Icing a cake to celebrate the 21st birthday of her sailor son. Joseph Kiliany. who was

SIX MONTHS AFTEI How Normandy Invasion Has Grown to c —Ditch Battle on Western Shores of the RhinK y/jJ 1 Bjl 1 yifi W" INGOtM t HAMHHIHCUJH Si X *’ *° \ < ,-■ FRANCE Bq/ ) FRANCE / x, fl ALLIED INVASION of Normandy be- THE CHERBOURG (' ... .jK gan when U S forces landed near been cleared alino.-: to Isigny and the Vtre River mouth, The Yanks had dtr.ci Jov.nß while Brituh-Canadian troops the Carentan area ; u ivy B shored near Bernteres and the Orne Haye and were n> i<i: 4i ,r River mouth Within a week the Lo breakthrough The fir Allied forces had their meeting tough op,> a ..:H beachheads and began pushing m* and to the scuti ' the M land from the Ome to St Mare on beachhead exparu*.;. .s ■ the Cherbourg Peninsula Villcrs-Bocagc. B ’ I r 7 FRANCE [X B k ) CT V fl r— . J THRUSTS toward key Brittany sea- AUGUST was a r,: : ■-( (W ports, such as Brest St Malo and mental achieves.n-' » B St. Nazaire were on and the crucibl France had been in . I -r-J ■ breakthrough at St Lc opened the had fallen With the --?’•'•*■ way for the Yank push southward Mediterranean pot' > "■W toward the Loire River and Nantes pushed up the Rhone V 7 4 as well as to the East Pans became tral France The c | the immediate objective and the toward the v.e.tv I i '- j liberation ot all France the great 't* southern tip The ' theW goal oi the Alhes tended north through • I -.J 1 nMT 1 " i BRITISH CA7IADIAN armies had be- CiSAfuNG of _ Antwerp ; ‘*T gut; the Netherlands invasion and new Allied supply route * J the battle tor the Siegfried line attention on the bloody L-att-aj gained in momentum Progresr-ing Wakheren and the > lot • *• I from Nijmegen, the British had Western Netherlands A I reached Arnhem in Holland The great front Allied |.r • Yanks had made their first pene- gained in tempo and t ’• i l Ration of the Siegfried line at a mounted as the time t r the | point beyond Aachen The drive to Winter push neared Had we»u the Rhine was beginning. made fighting conditions tougM ■ EROM Arnhem to the Belfort Q I the Western front has been ing and the toughest and bloaß baltlca have been raging That i Germans would make their m desperate defense stand on a « beginning just south of Aacn which bad been leveled by AU bombs and artillery appeal o tain For strategists have i Considered the Cologne Plait* patural corridor for invasion a the march to Berlin Here Is the Reich, heart ot mdus Germany The Saar coal ba*m also been a vital Allied cbjecU Following the breakthrough oi French Ist Army at Belfort the Saar battle gamed in mom« turn. Meanwhile, Gen |ps predicted that the G cr ™ fnust; strategically male* 1 BUmd wut ox the Kime- ■ _

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