Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 43, Number 137, Decatur, Adams County, 11 June 1945 — Page 1

eve nth War Loan 22 Days to Go

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npanese War ■ants Raided ||yU.S Planes ’■Demolition Attack ■Blasts Jap Engine ■Works At Hitachi ’ ■ June 11—(UP)—IB-29 su■Jrtr’esses scored at least 820 ixrnilb hiis on the Hitachi enat Snkagawa. 11'5 miles ” f Toky0 ’ in a » reeiaion raid Sunday, it was antoday. •{^■L, u)PS e broadcasts said other planes kindled fires at airfields in the Tokyo area toS 3O miles to the southwest io warships in a bombartl"t Minami Daito island Sum or 31st bomber command said io taken during the raid ■ fiukagawa, one of five objecrevealed extensive bomb of the target. » at the other four targets • cn a semi-circle around To--1 were believed equally good. increased the destruction in urban and industrial Japan by the B-t2os to at planes, three battleehips, cruisers and four destroyers Kh Minami Daito Sunday, raj ■ Tokyo said. The planes presumcame from new American on Okinawa, 200 miles to the fleet headquarters was IUS^B : ;: on the report, .but announced that a naval task force Okino Daito. 120 miles south Daito, on Saturday. raid on Japanese airin Tokyo area was made by more Iwo-tbased Mustang and two B-20 Sutperfort|Bks from 11:30 a. m. to 12:20 the enemy said. planes straffed several airin the southwestern part of. jßiyo-Yokoliama area. Fires were at the Tachikawa army air|Bt and the Atsuki airfield, but pxtingufehed almost immedTmtyo said. Mustangs only yester■y shot down or damaged 12 enKy planes in the Tokyo area while superfortresses o.i a raid ■ ■ enemy aircraft plants and other installations. final toll .showed 2G enemy ■Brraft shot dawn, seven others j®fc«idy destroyed and nine damwithout the loss of a single I plane. communique announced that escorted B-29s .scored “good in their attack on the Hiaircraft company plant at BBia, 20 miles southeast of Tokyo; I Japan air( ' ra ' ft company TomioJ^B Plant five miles south of YokoIB™ and an army air depot 20 west of Tokyo. superfortresses simattacked the Hitacho works at. Gukagama, miles northeast of Tokyo, and -WKasimagaura seaplane base on lake 35 miles northeast :||B '"kvo. One B-29 was loaf in the S3 —- o punish Continue In ■vance On Thailand June 11—(UP)—(British ‘ SS 1 * 9 awtinued a slow advance r| i H’s Thailand border today driving Japanese from posiat mileston 19.4 on the Tounhighway oast of Toun- ■’ Bdian Troops of the British 14th continued mopping up in the of Prome and on the eastLK of the Pegu-Yomae range ■'Miles west of Pegu. thermometer M te MPERATURE reading ■2 a -« 64 ■ No °" ’--I.CZZZZI S 1 2:00 P- m 70 ■ . weather ” north Portion tonight. ■ sho 7 tloUdy Wilil occasional .^■i h * ers ant * thunderstorms ‘ »T,.. °. U “ Portion tonight and .gßw».- ay ‘ Cooler tonight. in north portion ■ ’•mper' '* t * ® change in

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Seek Billion Dollar Bond Sale This Week Washington, June 11—(UP) The nation's 6,000,000 war bond volunteers buckled down today for another $1,000,000,000 week in the seventh war loan. The drive has three weeks to go and needs a shade less than $2,000,000,000 to put the $7,000,000,000 individual campaign over the top. Latest treasury figures showed total individual sales of $5,022,000,000, 72 percent of the goal, Jtnd E bond sales of $2,284,000,000, 57 percent of the $4,000,000,000 E bond quota.

Big Five Refuses Veto Issue Relreal Little Nations Plan Final Veto Assault San Francisco, June 11.—(UP)— The Big Five powers refused to retreat by as much as a word or comma from their stnad on the veto issue today despite a barrage of oratorical opposition from the little nations at the world security conference. 'Under the generalship of fiery Australian foreign minister Herbert V. Evatt, the little nations prepared for a final do-or-die assault on the veto at a late afternoon meeting of the conference committee on voting procedure. (The Big Five remained confident that when the speech-making and argument was over, the Yalta formula and their interpretation of it will be accepted by the committee and eventually by the conference. There was hope among the major powers that the week-end recess in conference activities might give the veto opponents an opportunity to cool off after last Saturday night’s hectic session. But. Evatt didn't rest. He was busy all day Sunday contacting other delegations in an effort to win their support and map new strategy. He also served notice that he had a lot more to say personally about his objections to the veto. The conference, meanwhile, moved rapidly forward with other phases of its charter-making task. The general assembly commission scheduled a morning meeting to act. on the report of its committee on economic and social cooperation. Officials hoped to get all four commissions down to work this week in order to wind up the conference by the middle or latter part of next week. 3 ‘Aside from the veto question, there remained a little better than a half dozen major issues for committee to decide. Most of these were expected to be resolved this week. o Canada's General Election On Today Record'Outpouring Os Votes Forecast Ottawa, June 11 —(UP) —A record number of 7,250.000 voters may go to the polls today in the most bitterly-contested Canadian federal election of the century. The greatest number of candidates in the dominion’s history sought election to 245 posts in parliament. Some 958 candidates, entered under 18 diverse political banners, were running for office. Prime Minister W. L. MacKenzie King’s liberal party has entered 232 candidates; the cooperative commonwealth federation (Socialist) party has 206 candidates, and the progressive ' conservatives were a close third with 204. ' Polls open at 8 a. m. (EWT) and close at 7 p. m. The election will determine whether King remains in power to pursue, his war, foreign trade and foreign relations policies which the other two major parties disagree with. The disagreement, perhaps was most apparent in Canada s foreign policy. The liberal government of King favored independent action, maintaining its freedom to treat with all nations without regard to the British view. The socialist party, led by M. J. Coldwell, generally aligned it(Turn To Page 2> Column 8)

3rd And 7th Armies Serve In Occupation Patton and Patch Men Take Over As Occupation Army London, June 111—'(UP)-jGe:| George S. Patton’s famed third and Lt. Gen. Alexander M. Patch’s veteran seventh will serve as occupation armies in the American zone of Germany, the army newspaper Stars and Stripes said today. The 15th army under Lt. Gen. Leonard Gerow, originally designated as the American army of occupation, will cease operations soon after the official boundaries of the occupation zones have been announced, Stars and Stripes said. Thus the third and seventh armies will remain in much of the territory they conquered in southwest Germany. The 15th army has been operating in the Ruhr and Rhineland, but these areas will be turned over to British and French occupation armies. Stars and Stripes said the American zone would be divided into two districts. The seventh army will control the western district and the third, the eastern. Replacements will be brought into the two armies to clear the way for those eligible for discharge. An announcement Saturday said the American ninth army will wind up its duties in Germany about. June 15 and be given a new assignment, presumably in the Pacific. The ninth army occupation zone will be taken over by the Russians and British. There was no mention made of the future of the 15th army, newest of the American armies in Europe, but it may be sent to the Pacific. Neither was there any immediate word whether Patton and Patch would remain in command of' their respective armies. Patton has returned to the United States and has asked for a Pacific assignment. Patch knows Japanese warfare from his service as army commander on Guadalcanal. The seventh army has one of the longest service records of any American army in this war. It fought in North Africa, then in Sicily under Patton, finally invaded southern France and advanced into

(Turn To Page 4, Column 4) 0 Hopkins Fails To See Gen. DeGaulle London, June 11 —(UP) —Paris •dispatches said Harry L. Hopkins left suddenly »for Washington today without seeing Gen. Charles ‘DeGaulle. First reports of Hopkins’ departure from Paris lacked an explanation of the failure of President Truman’s special envoy to meet DcGaulle. Earlier accounts said they were scheduled to confer in Paris and probably would take up the Levant problem. o Funeral Rites Held For Wreck Victims Geels and Friedt Rites Held Today Funeral services were held today for the two young victims of the motorcycle-truck accident on U. -S. highway 27 at the Monroe street intersection last Thursday night Services were held for George Frederick Geels, at St. Marys Catholic church this morning. Burial was made in the Catholic cemetery. At 2 o’clock this afternoon services were held for Jack Byron Friedt, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Friedt, at the Black funeral home. Burial was made in the Decatur cemetery. Clyde H. Smith, of Terre Haute, driver of the truck, was released on SI,OOO bond, following the placing of a double charge against him. He was charged by affidavit with failure to yield the right of way and reckless homicide.

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Vinegar Joe Visits MacArthur ■ K" 4 . JI I t •IB 4 ' Al w 1 Bsl K t a ■ I IRh 7*? ■■ II A ibu ? JEsI JI —.- I v < '■ —,— GENERAL JOSEPH STILWELL, commander of American ground forces, returned to the Pacific and paid a call on general of the army Douglas MacArthur in Manila. Former commander of the U. S. forces in China, General Stilwell held conferences with MacArthur at the latter’s headquarters in the Philippine capital. Subject of the discussion was not disclosed. This is a U. S. army signal corps radiophoto.

Nine Persons Die In Traffic Wrecks Three Fort Wayne Youths Are Killed .By United Press ■At least nine persons last their lives in Indiana tratffic accidents during the weekend, including three youths who died as the result of a collision near Angola. lAn Ohioan was killed during a South Bend boat race in the St. Joseph river. A discharged soldier who spent more than two years in the Pacific war theater was injured fatally by an automolbile on a Bedford street. lAn 8-year-old girl died beneath the wheels of a motorcycle at NobileeviMe. A Fort Wayne man was killed in a two-car collision, and an Illinois woman was crushed fatally when her car overturned near La Porte. IThe victims were: James P. Croteau, 16; David E. Burlege, 18, and James Wateon, 17, all of Fort Wayne. They died in an automolbile which struck a tree near Angola. Three other young persons were injured in the crash, one of them, 17-year-cld Joyice Getts of Fort Wayne, critically. iLewis D. Grove, 40, Warren, O. He lost control of an outboard motorllwat during a race sponsored by the St. Joseph valley l>oat cluib. The Iwat hit a tree on the river bank and Giove died of head injuries. Eli Fleenor, 31, Bedford. He stepped into the path of an automobile at Bedford, after cheating death for 27 months in the Pacific as a soldier. IBetty Jean Herron, age 8, Noblesville. She was killed when .-'ruck by a motorcycle operated by Harold E. Beck, Zionsvill.e on Ind. 32. IWilliain Beusking, 56, Fort Wayne. His automobile and one driven by Ray Bacon, 18, of Fort Wayne, Collided at a street intersection. Kenneth Finley, 47, Muncie. He (Turn To Pagie 4, Column 6) 0 Supreme Court Again Delays Many Actions Washington, June 11. —(UP) — The Supreme court again deferred action today on a number of important pending calses, including the five-year legal tangle involving government attempts to deport Harry Bridges, west coast labor leader, as an alien Communist. The court also failed to act today on the government’s anti-trust suit against the associated press. The court already has delayed by two weeks its customary summer adjournment.

Discharged Veteran Drowns Five Children Bryan, 0., June 11 —(UIP) —Alfred Stoner, 38, a discharged war veteran, drowned five of his children and himself as his wife lay in a hospital with a day-old ba'by, 'Coroner C. Paul Waid held today. Waid’s ruling came after the bodies of Stoner and a daughter, Alice May, 7, were found in a waterfilled gravel pit from which the bodies of four other children were recovered Saturday when a 1932 model car was pulled out of the water. 0 Area Scout Camporee Held Over Weekend High Ratings Given To Decatur Patrols The nine patrols of the three Decatur Boy Scout troops participated in the 14th annual camporee of the Anthony Wayne area council, held over the weekend at Franke park in Fort Wayne. Eight of the Decatur patrols were awarded blue ribbons, signifying first place ratings, and the nipth n red ribbon as a second rating. Five Berne patrols were also given blue ribbons. The camporee was termed as one of the best ever held, with 1,001 Boy Scouts from the area participating. The camporee closed Sunday afternoon following a pot luck dinner for the Scouts and their parents. Decatur Scouts who attended and their patrol ratings follow: Rotary Troop 61 Fox patrol—Dick Mies, leader; Don Mac Lean, assistant; Dave Mac Lean, Gerald Schultz. Herb Kitson. Blue ribbon. Cobra patrol—Sheldon Daniels, leader; Norman Stingely, assistant; Merlin Johnston. Kenneth Nash, Jim Lake, Ralph Bollinger, Don Schmitt. Blue ribbon. Swallow patrol — Dan Freeby, leader; Gene Ziner, assistant; Dave Moore, Grover Odle, Jr., Kenneth Grant. Blue ribbon. Lions Troop 62 Eagle patrol — Medford Smith, leader; Victor Porter, Byford Smith, Dick McConnell, Ralph Smith, Jr. Blue ribbon. Crow patrol — Roger Gentis, leader; Merlin Lister, Dick Hott, Bill Brentlinger. Blue ribbon. Kangaroo patrol — Don Smith, leader; Dan Mills, Dave Owens, Bob Dague, Jim Blue ribbon. Legion Troop 63 Indian patrol — Sam Bogner, leader; Bill Schulte, Terry Berg. (Turn To Page 2, Column 5)

Strategic Brunei Bay Seized; MacArthur In Lead Os Aussie Troops

Gen. Stilwell Says Japs No Pushover States Pacific War May Last Two Years Tenth Army Headquarters, Okinawa, June 7 —(Delayed)—'(UiP)— Gen. Joseph W. (Vinegar Joe) Stillwell, chief of army ground torcee. said today that the war in the Pacific well may last another two yeans. lEven after Tokyo and the main some island of Honshu fall, he said, “It is quite possible that we will have to fight the Jaipanese in Manchuria.” ‘llf that happens,” he said, “the war could easily last as long as two years in the Provinces north of the Yellow river.”' Stilwell told newsmen at a press conference that the United States would need an army of at least 500,000 men to invade Japan. ‘ll think we would be foolish to start to invade Japan with anything less,” he said. “You know when you have to attack an enemy you’re not exactly sure about, you Want to take along the full load.” He criticized what he called a widespread feeling in*the United States that the war with Japan would be a pushover.” “A lot of people think the B-29’s will take care of Japan, that Japan will give up, that the voice of the Japanese people will be heard, and such slop as that,” he said. “I believe the defeat of Japan will require ground action in addition to anything done by heavy bombers. >1 don’t see any reason to expect the Japs to crack. I can't see why when they are so tenacious individually that we can expect a crack in morale in the mass. “In that respect, I don’t think Kamikaze (suicide) attacks represent a defeatist attitude. The Japs don’t think that way. They will use any methods which they think

(Turn To Page 4, Column 2) _O Two Decalur Youths Given Commissions Complete Training In Navy and Army Two Decatur young men have been commissioned as officers in the armed forces, one in the navy and one in the army. Ensign Tx>o A. Brann, son of Faank Braun, Decatur route four, was graduated from the UU. S. naval reserve midshipman’s school at Notre Dame laat Saturday. Second Lt. John Spahr, son of Mr and Mrs. John C. Spahr, 107 N. Seventh street, was commissioned as an infantry officer at Fort Benning, Ga., also on Saturday. Ensign Braun, a graduate of Decatur Catholic high school, entered the navy in February, 1943. He took his boot training at Great Lakes, 111., and then was selected for Vl2 training, going to Oberlin College. He also studied at Northwestern university, Evanston, 111., and at the navy’s specialty school at Asbury Park, N. J. Four months ago he was sent to the Notre Dame midshipman school and was one of 245 young men to be commissioned in colorful exercises in the drill hall on Saturday morning. Lt. Spahr has an eight-day leave at home, before reporting to Fort McClellan, Ala. He entered the army in September, 1944, following his graduation from Decatur high school in May of that year and took basic training at Camp Hood, Tex. He was selected for the officer’s candidate school, where he took special training leading to his commissioning. Lt. Spahr was one cf the leading athletes at the local high school. Ensign Braun left today for Camp Perry, Va., where he reports for duty.

Yankees Smash Onward In Big Okinawa Push Final Remnants Os Japanese Garrison Trapped On Ridge Guam, June 11. —(UP) —The 10th army, smashing southward in a final big push, captured at least two towns and four hills in the outer works of the last Japanese defense line of Okinawa today. A front dispatch revealed that I one army battalion also won a | precarious foothold on the rim of! jagged Yoeju-Dake escarpment, backbone of the defense line, Saturday and held it against six separate counterattacks. Three army and marine divisions were crawling, shooting and burning their way uphill toward the crest of the escarpment and Kunishi ridge, its western extension, against point-blank enemy fire. The last ragged remnants of the Japanese garrison of Okinawa, once 80,000 strong, were trapped on the ridge and escarpment at the southern tip of the island with their backs to the sea. To the northwest, two regiments of another marine division linked up on the east China seacoast and completed the encirclement of an isolated enemy pocket just below the Oroku peninsula. The junction squeezed the enemy pocket to three and a half square miles and gave the Americans full control of the coast from Naha south to Itoman, Japanese defense anchor town captured yesterday. Though the bloody ground battle of Okinawa fast was nearing an end, the Japanese continued to throw suicide planes against the American fleet off the island. One light warship was sunk Sunday, Pacific fleet headquarters an - nounced. The loss brought the toll of American ships sunk or damaged in the battle of Okinawa or associated operations to 78, mostly light units. Never before has the U. S. navy suffered such losses in a single campaign. In the 83 days of action, 25 vessels have been sunk, including four

(Turn To Page 4, Column 3) O Band Concert Here On Tuesday Evening High School Band Presents Concert The complete program for Tuesday night’s regular concert by the Decatur high school baud was announced today by Albert Sellemeyer, director. The concert will be presented at 8 p.m. Tuesday on the court house ramp. The combined band will practice ing and the high school band will rehearse at 7:30 o'clock. The high school band will meet at 6:45 p.m. Thursday to take part in the annual flag day services at the Elks home. The program for Tuesday’s concert follows: “Television,” “King Cotton,” march—Sousa. “Mexicana,” themes from Mexico—Yoder. “When Johnny Comes Marching Home” —Lambert. “Three Slippers,” trombone trio —Johnson. Leona Hoile. Edna Mae Schultz. Donabelle Roop. “His Honor,” march —Fillmore. “Pamdora,” overture —Eisenberg. “Emblem of Unity”—Richards. “Triumphal.” march —Verdi. “Star Spangled Banner.”

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Landings Preceded By Shattering Air, Naval Bombardment; Casualties Light Manila, June 11 (UP) Allied headquarters announced today that Australian forces had invaded Borneo, seized control of strategic Brunei Bay on the northwest coast, and thrust more than two miles inland toward Brunei, capital of the sultanate of the same name. Led by Gen. Douglas MacArthur, troops of the Australian ninth division landed against, scattered opposition on Labaun island at the entrance to Brunei hay, on Maura island along its eastern shore, and at nearby Brooketon on the mainland; With ‘.negligible” casualties in the first phase of the invasion, the Australians captured Labaun town and airfield, and on tlj,e mainland moved 4,000 yards from Brooketon toward Brunei town. The Australian ninth division put three assault forces ashore almost simultaneously — on Luibuan island at the entrance to the bay, al Muara island on the eastern shore, and nearby Brooketon on the mainland. Gen. Douglas MacArthur, accompanied by Gen. George C. Kenney, commander of the far eastern air forces, and Australian officers, went ashcre with the assault, waves on Labuan island. The landings were preceded by shattering naval and aerial bombardments by joint Australian and American air and naval forces. The Allied fleet lobbed shells into the beach m a preliminary barrage, while planes plastered the enemy defenses inland. Late Sunday afternoon a fourth landing was made on the east, side of Labuan island, opposite the original beachhead. Labuan island is in the mouth of Brunei bay, and commands the entrance to the sweep of water leading to the port and city of Brunei, where the Japanese had a naval base. The Tokyo reports of the landing said that a naval armada, including battleships, cruisers, destroyers, and smaller ships steam(Turn To Page 4. Column 5) — o — Governor Gates Urges Hoosiers Buy Bonds Indianapolis, June 11 —(UP) — Governor Gates today issued a proclamation designating June 15 through June 30 as “Hoosier War Bond Days." Gates pointed out that individual purchases of war bonds in Indiana wee lagging and. add“d: “At this stage of the war we must never relax our efforts, and through the purchase of war bonds and stamps we must back our boys and help them bring the Japs to their knees in crushing defeat.” o j- “ President To Attend Governors' Conference Washington, June 11. —(UP) — ; President Truman has made definite plans to attend the annual governors’ conference at Mackinac Island, Mich., July 3 and 4, the White House announced today. Press Secretary Charles G. Ross said, however, that the President would go “if his work permits—and it all depends on conditions in Washington." The President has been invited to address the conference and will do so if he attends. o - — ★ ★★★★★★A Honorable Discharge *★★★★★★★ Tech./6 Xysitus C. Meyer, son of Mrs. Mary Meyer, 1046 Vine Street. He entered the army in September, 1941 and was iwounded in Italy on Feb. 6, 1944, and later returned to il’ercy Jones hospital. Battle Creek, Mich. He served nearly a year in African-Italian campaigns.