Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 43, Number 19, Decatur, Adams County, 23 January 1945 — Page 2

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THIS IS LIBERATED WARSAW, the capital of Poland that has been devastated by the Germans and at last has been freed in th: great Russian offensive. This ,

Road To Berlin . TBy United Press The nearest distances to Berlin front pi;;.. d Allied lines today: Eastern front: 138 miles (from - L =■- ■ -■■■■==

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; bridge across the Vistula river, top left, was destroyed i by the retreating Germans. In the lower left photo, I Red army officers .are shown interrogating Polish |

Poznan, by German report). Western front: 296 miles (from point southeast of Nijmegen). Italy: 530 miles (from point north of Ravenna).

Few Measures Passed By State Assembly G. 0. P. Legislators To Caucus Tonight Indianapolis. Jan. 23. — (UP) — ! Hoosier legislators moved slowly I through their work of passing new laws today, in contrast to the rapid •- pace of previous sessions of the: Indiana genera] assembly. The state senate and house of j representatives have passed less than a score of measures, all of them minor, during the first third of the 11)45 session and the number ; of new bills offered was far below' “normal.” Republicans, who dominate both ■ i houses, still have not reached a 1 "working" 'agreement on the final i form of important subjects, such as aid to state institutions aud the future of public welfare in Indiana. The mist that obscured t’ae : future agenda of the lawmaker, i however, was expected to.be clear-* ‘ cd partially at a caucus of the GOP i legislators tonight to hear wtat ! j might be the final report of the* I party's legislative policy commit-' | tee. Lt. Gov. Richard T. Janies. R‘„ ■ I Portland, chairman of the policy i group which includes both legisla-j ' tors and state officers, will make! | the report at the caucus, i Spokesmen for the policy com- , mittee reiterated, however, their ! earlier expressions and the pledge I of Governor Gates that they would | not seek to bind senators and repi resentatives to the recommends- ' tions. Legislators predicted that once* i the alms of the policy committee i were outlined in full, the majority i j party’s legislative program would j begin to take the form of laws. i Thus far. in the 20-day-old sess-i ipn, the bulk of the measures were I of such minor nature that the ‘ ■ ixjlicy group overlooked them com- j pieteiy. or they were individually- ; * sponsored bills touching on some’ , major topic on which the policy makers had similar ideas. At a meeting yesterday, the pol- : icy committee considered a survev; . of wage levels within Indiana A-1 i stitutions and for public employes' with a view toward their correc-i lion. Lieutenant Governor James! headed the study group. It was a step toward adoption of ; \ a formula for wage increases not • J only for the institutional employes' but ultimately for some elective [ and appointive officers whose salaries are fixed by law. A formula similar to that used by , Gov. Thomas E. Dewey of New ; York was considered a possible j ; solution. Some employes in lower ■ brackets would be given increases i I I of as much as 15 percent. Raises *! would be scaled downward in ths * ’ higher-paid positions. GERMAN FORCES (CvuUnued From Page 1) 1 | I 409 damaged. .1 Ixx-omottvrs — 18 destroyed, I three damaged.

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i civilians on the streets of the war-torn city, while at I the right, units of the Polish army pass through Wari saw square. These are radiophotos.

COMMITTEE TO (Continued From Page 1) and then take up the Wallace’ nomination. Bailey disclosed that it was, Sen. Ralph O. Brewster, R., Me., i who offered the motion to consider the George bill first. Sen. John • H. Overton, JJ.. La., offered as a substitute a motion to proceed : first with the Wallace nomina- ■ tion. but Um? committee voted down ths. substitute, 10 to 2. o — SUPERFORTS IN (Continued From Page 1) Formosa, by night and shot down an enemy float plane in the Okin - awa islands by day. Admiral Chester W. Nimitz's! Pacific fleet communique disclosed 1 that carrier planes from Admiral ■ William F. Halsey’s third fleet also i inflicted heavy damage on shipping; and ground installations in the Formosa area Sunday. Incomplete reports said at least two large ships, docks and the in- j dustrial area were set afire at Takao. Japanese naval base on the southwest coast of Formosa and “considerable damage" was inflict-i ed on shipping at Keelung, Toshien and Nan Wan harbors on Formosa. : at Mako in the Pescadores and in the Sakishima islands. Forty-three enemy planes were i shot down in aerial combat. 97 were destroyed on the ground and I approximately 100 more were damaged in attacks on Formosan airdromes at Heito, Choshu, Matsuyama. Eiko. Kupatsua, Giran, Koshen and Taien. American aircraft losses were relatively light, the communique said, but it acknowledged that a ■’major'’ American ship — possibly . a battleship or an aircraft carrier I —had been damaged. The Sunday attack marked the | seventh day this mouth that Vice-! Admiral John S. McCain's carrier-! borne air force from the third fleet ■ has attacked the Formosa area. Q _— I TRAINING COURSE : (Continued From Page 1) Smith and Robert Zwick. Other Scour Laders in attendance at the course were- KSrl H-ilty,; Norbert Huffman, Rev. C. P. .Maas, • E. M. Webb, Les Sprunger. and I ‘Ernest Stengel, all of Berne.; Bryce Thomae, Low 11 Smith, John Halterman, Franois Zi/nmermau, Herman I Krueckeberg and Lloyd Cowens’, alli of Decatur. ; o— | ' (Continued From Page 1) abrogate con tracts made voluntarily by management and labor and des-J i troy gains made by labor in recent ! years. Anol iter content was promised | over an attempt to autt-ad' th* bill ! ’o outlaw strikes. Rep. Arthur Win--1 stead. D., Miss., announced he I would offer such an amcndmqn-t, although H was rejecUgl by the | eommiitee yesterday. ■ > O*— ~ i - TRADE IN DECATUR — ... * ' I

MORE NEW (Continued From Page 1) I of engineers in any state departi ment. Create-a fair employment board l in the state labor division. Appropriate 822,875 from the ‘ state general fund to pay J 152.50 extra to each legislate/ for expenses. Increase minimum wages for beginning school teachers to $l5O a month, and beginners with 144 | weeks training to $175. Allow investment type loan ■ companies to qualify under state : -tanking laws. Increase the scale of welfare j aid to dependent children. Set the starting dates for the ! 10-wcek LaPorte superior court ! terms at Michigan City on the second Monday in September and February, the first Monday in May and the fourth Monday in November. Bills passed by the house !' would: I Grant the right to servicemen under 21 to enter into legal contracts under the federal “G. I. bill of rights." Authorize the use of ditch construction fund balances held as long as 10 years for repair of ! specific ditches. increase the salaries of the - mayor and clerk-treasurer of North Vernon. __. o YANKS KEEP UP (Continued From Page 1) I Lt. Warren Brandon qf Forest Hills, N. Y„ who flgw over the tamp m an observation plane, said the Japanese had set fire to native villages in the area. He saw a skirmish under way, ap- | patently between Japanese and I Filipino guerillas. The . Japanese may .make their i first strong stand north of Maj nita in the Fort Stotsenberg area, 10 miles southwest of Bambau. They were known to have strong torees at the fort, where Mac- ‘ Arthurs father, Lt. Arthur MacArthur. once was. commandant. The first corps under Maj. Gen. InsiS P. (Bull) Swift, holding do-wn the eastern flank, steadily j was driving the Japanese deeper ' into the hills flanking the Luzon | plains. Guns of the seventh fleet in Lingayqu Galt shelled . enemy ' positions in- the Rosario area. Liberators, striking out iu adI vauce of the 14th corps, bombed I storage areas at Bamban Field, while lighters wrecked more than j2O enemy , trucks in -low-level sweeps over the central plains. Medium and attack bombers destroyed sevea locomotives, railway bridges over the Vinas river and muuy freight cars and motor Vehicles in fetaugas and on the Bicul peninsula south. of Manila. Light naval units started fires among positions near San J - Seebastion point, eputb of Vigan | in northwest Luzon. -, ; —r T . «■■■ ■!-<■ ■— —-*■ ■y—'y" "—— - ! Trade I® • Good Tow® — Peeatnr I

DRASTICPROGRAM (Continue From PaJfn » utter informing about 100 invited trade representative, of its details. The officials said that the program will be considered "tough" by many business interests but they told the industry it will continue to make profits “well above" their peacetime earnings. Bowles said that the plan, still in tentative form, will go into effect shortly and that in a tew months retailers should have better supplies of the low and med-ium-priced garments "their customers want.” 0- ■ ' •- — STORM POZNAN (Continued From Page U up the southeastern road to Berlin to within 205 miles of the enemy capital at Stav and overran scoree of mines and undergiound war factories inside Silesia, Germany s "Ruhr of the east." The first Ukrainians were 2S miles or more inside Silesia on a front of almost 100 miles, with their outriders less than 28 miles from Preslau, capital of the province, and barely five miles east of the Oder river. In the first ten days of their offensive, through Sunday, Konev's troops killed 60.000 Germans, took 21,000 prisoners and destroyed or captured 734 enemy tanks. Another 4,C00 Germans were slain in Silesia yesterday, among them a Lt, General Von Bloch, commander of the 56th German tank corps. 0 —. —

To Investigate More War Output Centers Follow Up Charges Os Manpower Waste Washington, Jam 23. — (UP) — Members of the senate war investigating committee planned today to swoop down unannounced ou other war production centers, including additional navy yards, as a followup to their charges of wasted manpower and material at the Norfolk navy yard. A committee spokesman said the investigators would purposely avoid advance notices of their itinerary to prevent any "dressing up” for their benefit. The spokesman also promised that witnesses —mainly plant employes willing to tell the committee of manpower and material abuses — would be “protected" against retaliation. The assurance came after chairman David 1. Walsh. D.. Mass., of the seuate naval affairs committee demanded yesterday that the committee disclose the names of persons responsible for the abuses found at the Norfolk yard. Committee ciiairman James M. Mead, D., N. Y.. and Sen. Homer Ferguson. R.. Mich., a member, reporting on the Norfolk rteit, said that critical materials were destroyed and tnat employes made inlaid chess boards and oyster bars on yard time. The navy promptly replied with a statement that the Norfolk yard's production record “speaks for itsself.” The yard, the navy said, constructed a large aircraft Her and repaired 2.458 ships in 1944 alone. Os the repaired ships, it added, 930 had to be drydocked. The navy expressed surprise at the Mead committee's “sudden attack,” and found it “difficult to understand” the committee's departure from “normal processes” by which the navy department would be informed of committee investigations and allowed to answer the charges and “correct the inefficiencies or mistakes which are pointed,out.” “The navy department has yet to receive an enumeration of any specific 'charges,” the statement said, adding that the navy woul-1 “be glad to investigate” any such allegations and would “continue to do our utmost to improve our navy yard operations.” CARAKO 1 •nlti because \ PIE CRUST I intredients 1 j . arepred»io» I / mixed. I / a— urn,,, J, BBS 5 ” — ■ ,11 mi, fl

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’ AUCTION SALES ' _ lam devoting my entire time to _ 1 feel by doing this 1 can give you better 2? J get the nit<! J Highest Prices For You. s See me for sales dates. I am at , your service any tims. r. CHRIS BOHNKE B Phone Hoagland Decatur,

PUBLIC SAL . isiatihj We have sold our farm and will sell at Public Auctic- d “Alw North and 514 miles East nt Geneva. Indiana; 3 miles Wlmmw miles West of New Corydon, Indiana. ‘ t TUESDAY, JAN. 30, lIE Commencing at 10:00 A. M. »m. 22— REGISTERED & GRADE GUERNSEY CATTLE-wd ! Herd Sire, Absolute Victory of Mapledale, born Feb C 6 Registered Guernsey cows, 2 will freshen by day of sale u tered yearling heifers, bred; One heifer. 3 mo. old, eligible K J 0 !”, M 2 Grade Guernsey cows, will freshen in Feb.; 4 Grad* o4 CtrlC milking; 4 Grade Guernsey yearling heifers; 2 Heifer cab,- - HORSES - •' 2 ® u 1 Bay Gelding, 5 yrs. old, wt. 1W0; Bay Mare, smooth- r r 1600. ' GRAIN AND HAY U-PH 150 bu. corn; 50 bu. oats; 5 ton alfalfa hay; 2 ton ci >NOR 150 bales wheat straw. vir. ar TRACTOR & IMPLEMENTS 8 city Allis Chalmers W.C. Tractor on steel, A.C. 14" Traewiner a> Case Tractor disc; Cultipacker; Hoosier 10 disc fertiliser riot Sg 3 section spring tooth harrow; Dump rake; Wagon and t-’d 6o n .Nisco manure spreader: Oliver riding corn plow; 2 walkinrw a* m plows; Massey Harris 8 ft. Binder; John Deere 14" Double Disc 7 on side, good; 2 wheel stock trailer will Power drive sausage grinder; Electric motor and pump jack7? chargers; Butchering tools; Piano; Cook stove; Kitcher ■* - Porch swing: Electric Brooder. h i tioi MILKING MACHINE— Maes automatic milker, only used! single unit, 2 pails. en Bi TERMS—CASH. tot U Not responsible for accidents. ie, M FRANK FOGLE, Ofi ' ra Di Roy S. Johnson—Auct. f- anti E. W. Baumgartner—Clerk. • n, Mr Lunch by Mt. Carmel Ladies. ’ d Mt ’ r. an PUBLIC SAl| LIVE STOCK SALE 1 will sell at public auction on the Peter Brehm farm aud 1 mile South of Chattanooga, Ohio: miles North of*®? Ohio; 13 miles Northwest of Celina, Ohio. FRIDAY, JAN. 26, «= , Commencing at 1E:00 Noon. Yhite aary 22— REGISTERED A GRADE BELGIAN f arl De Belle, foaled May 13, 1940. A.M., No. 25897, white stripe in face, Silver mane and tail. Weight 165" It’s. Bell, foaled May 28, 1941, A.M., No. 28898. Chestnut stripe in face, weight 1550 lbs. In foal. -i.-?-Betty De Tripsee, foaled May 7, 1941, A.M., No. 29312. sowing in face, weight 1550 lbs., in foal. ' Patty De Tripsec. foaled May 11. 1942, A.M.. No. 2931* Mg white stripe in face, weight 1550 lbs. In foal. Mare, 2 yrs. old, chestnut sorrel, eligible to register. B||| Horse Colts, coming 1 yr. old, Sorrel, light mane and to register. Stallion. Laurent De Pottes, foaled June 13, 11'34, in face, white mane and tail. wt. IXSO lbs. This is an imi»Hw ar | Sorrel mare 5 yrs. old. light mane and tail, weight Sorrel mare 5 yrs. old. light mane and tail, weight !6 f * 7 4 yr. old Sorrel mare, light mane and tail, weigh* In foal ftav ’ Pan 3 year aids, mare and gelding. Light sorrels, strlp ‘i w with white mane and tail. W'ill make a 3300 lb. team. Well with plenty of flash. 3 yr. old Sorrel Mare, weigrt 1200 lbs. In foal. oare( 3 yr. old Sorrel Gelding, weight 1350 tbs. ture Two light Sorrel mares, 2 yrs. old, stripe in face, white g om tail. Well mated, with plenty of class. 2 yr. old Sorrel Gelding. 2 yr. old Bay Gelding. w Yearling Sorrel Mare with light mane and tail. . told 4 yr. old Gelding, white mane and tail, weight 1700 lbs. —ha pulling horse. an( j 6 yr. old Sorrel mare, weight 1500 lbs. whl* Most of these horses have been shown at the s nrrfllir ‘ t Aher All well bred horses. Most of the above horses have t ** a * s nsfa this farm. They must be seen to be admired and apPrKthey are extra good quality horses. s 16—COWS— 16 rifle Brown Swiss Cow. 6 yr. old, fresh by day of sale; G “ f 7J B bo' 6 yr. old, with calf by side; Roan Cow, 6 yr. old. due to fre _ v<con 6. Jersey cow. 7 yr. old. due to freshen by day of sale'. J e ’" gh e yr. old, due to freshen Feb. 2Q; Jersey cow, coming with ? " <.ji ( due to freshen first of March; Jersey & Guernsey cow. FJ’ ; - coming with second calf, due to freshen in May; Jersey i ' 3 giving milk, coming with second calf, due to freshen in ■ heifer, bred December 4; Brindle Heifer, bred December ® , hea Heifer, bred August 1; Brindle heifer, open; R° an H ‘ Brown Swiss Heifer, open; Guernsey Heifer, open; Jersey • bred. act 34—HOGS—34 - (1 j. ma 34 Head of Feeding Shoats; 12 head weighing about la 24 head weighing abou. 70 to 80 lbs. each. pre 9—SHE El*—9 u „ ,i the 8 good breeding ewes, 3 yrs. old; 1 two yr. old bui» ljk breeder. gig TERMS—CASH. trj pn RAYMOND FICKERT, 0”! Roy S. Johnson-—Auct. L. H. Brehm—Clerk- , mi Cut this ad out as it appears today only-

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one u. SJse and magazine aii| el „ *■ and radio visited all cij® importance in lht 7*O States and When the ■ recw after the Unhl jiJ treed the war. Mr oe„, wH director of Pllblic r Australian war mJSAN Wa.Mngton. U s the staff of th# and Informational*^ 1 ! I