Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 43, Number 144, Decatur, Adams County, 19 June 1945 — Page 1

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XLIII. No. 144

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|w York Pays Iro's Tribute I Eisenhower ■City's Millions Pay ■Homage To Leader |)f Victory In Europe Kw York. June 19. —(UP) —New K’s millions paid Gen. Dwight Kisenhower a hero’s tribute lo■under murky skies that held a Kt of rain. Ksh from his triumph at WashKu the general, tanned and ■ng, stepped from his four-mo-K C-54 Skymaster at 10:10 a. K Laguardia Held. ■ battery of three 75’e roared ■ a 17-gun salute and New York’s Kg e to the leader of the victor- ■ armies in Europe began. S was Eisenhower day in New ■, a nd the business of the Kps greatest metropolis—ex- ■ for the war plants — was al■t at a standstill as the city’s ■inns turned out to honor their Ei estimated 35,000 men, women ■children cheered as Eisenhow■inerged from his plane. They ■e part of the vast throng of ■ Yorkers, estimated at possib■,ooo,ooo people, who were exited to see the general before ■ day in New York has ended, ■sty thousand school children ■ picked from the city’s schools ■watch the Eisenhower victory ■ Tens of thousands of office fcers were released for at least ■ of the (fay to participate in ■celebration. ■n hour before the Eisenhower ■cession was due to move down ■th avenue police estimated that ■nillion and a half people had ■d the famous avenue of heroes, ■ming a solid wall of humanity ■t stretched back nearly a block ■some intersections. ■nth avenue was a sea of color Ih every building bedecked with ■ flags of the United Nations, ■pai'tinent stores were shut and ■te glass window's barricaded ■nst the crowds. In Central Park police estimated It 35.000 people, mostly school lldren, lined the pleasant treeled boulevard to see Eisenhower ■ (Turn To Pagie 2, Column 4) ■ o • Went On Flying lip To West Coast I Visits Governor Os I State Os Washington [Washington, June 19.—(UP>— Resident Truman left today on a kistop flight to the Pacific coast [he first time a President ever Is made an airplane trip in this ■ntry. pr. Truman's flret destination Is Olympia, Wash., some 2,450 Iles away. There he will be the F SI of Gov. Mon Wallgren, an F friend of Senate days. (After a few days’ relaxation pe. the President will go to San hm.isco to address the closing pion of the United Nations conpnee. Shortly after that he r M to visit his home town of Impendence, Mo., and Kansas P e presidential plane, a luxurR. especially-equipped C-54 of [army transport command,'took M* 7:21 CWT. In exactly a ® ate it was out of sight in the * r «*t sky. This is the four-engined plane at brought Gen. Dwight D. t Eisen*6r home from Europe yester- '■ Eisenhower, preparing t o ‘rahig own craft for New York, ’ th « President off today. The ■ l ’ was used by President Roos- ° n sor ne of his foreign flights (Tu rn To paye 4 Column 6) **MOCRAT thermometer »L Mperature READING ’J ~.. 60 l ’°°n 70 2:00 P- m 77 WEATHER cloudy tonight and »cattered thunderl|, * r ’ ' n south portion. Lite an fl* In temperature.

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■ 'WK r ■ ti Ik J 1 «aaK - U. Gen.. Simon B Buckner. Jr. * Gen. Buckner Killed By Jap Shell Al Front Yanks' Commander On Okinawa Killed By Japanese Shell , Okinawa, June 19.—(UP)—Lt. Gen. Simon Bolivar Buckner, Jr., was buried with full military honors today only 20 miles from where the troops he commanded fought to final victory. Buckner, killed yesterday by a Japanese shell while he was up front, was laid to rest in the 7th infantry division cemetery. At 9 a.m. they lowered hie body into the ground, alongside the other .men who have died in this bloody campaign. A bugler sounded “Taps” and the melancholy notes floated across nearby Hagushi beach, where Buckner led his men ashore on Easter Sunday. Today those men had victory at fingertips. But Buckner, whose great wish was to walk “through the ashes of Tokyo,” didn’t live- tc see it. Their new commander was Maj. Gen. Roy S. Geiger of the marines, the man Buckner wanted to take over if anything happened to him. The general went to the front yesterday to watch the final stages of the battle he had predicted would be over in another four days. He was at a forward observation poet of the eighth marine regiment. A marine combat photographer —Staff Sgt. Martin Conn, West Long Brach, N. J. —had just taken motion pictures of the general and his party. It had been a quiet morning—hardly a Japanese shot fired. Buckner, big and silverhaired, sat on a rock chatting. Then it happened. A Japanese shell came screaming in, and then another. The first bounced off a rock, splattering murderous splinters through the air. One of those (Turn To Page fi, Column 6) 0 - Polish Propaganda To Foment Haired Polish Commander Testifies At Trial Moscow’, June 19. —(UP) —A regional commander of the Polish home army testified at the terrorist trial of 16 of its members today that he received orders from the Polish government in London to prepare diversionary acts against the Red army. Stanislaw Dzyalensky, former Polish newspaper man and underground leader of the Wilno area, said the whole brunt of his propaganda was to foment hatred of the Russians and promote the idea that they had come to occupy eastern Poland. The trial opened its second day at 11:10 a.m. Fifteen of the 16 defendants pleaded guilty yesterday to all or parts of the charges. Gen. Leopold Okulicki, commander of the home army and one of the defendants, looked to be in good form to challenge testimony against him and his colleagues. Dzyalensky was summoned as (Turn To Page 4, Column 8)

As Capital Welcomed General “Ike” Back Home i j I'' ' * 1 I® X - • ‘--x . ’ «**■■ GEN. DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER, back in the United States to receive a grateful nation's thanks for a job well done, is shown as he was cheered by thousands of persons in Washington as he rode in a parade prior to addressing a joint session of congress.

Pledge Development Os Self Government Trusteeship Issues Settled At Frisco San Francisco, June 19—-(UP) — The United (Nations wrote into their proposed world charter today a pledge to develop eels government and “free political institutions" for all dependent peoples able to assume those responsiblities. The declaration —a sort of preamble to the chapter on trusteeships and dependent territories — was approved last midnight when a technical committee completed work on the important trusteeship section. The committee action, made possible Iby a final okay from •Mocow on certain language changes eliminated another major obstacle in the way of adjournment of the" ■United Nations conference. (With the trusteeship issue settled, delegates looked toward Moscow for word that w’ould eliminate the last adjournment barrier —the dispute over tthe power of the assembly to discuss international problems. Secretary of state Edward R. Sfettinius, Jr., is still hoping that a miracle will make it possible to complete the charter by Saturday so that Presdent Truman can address the closing session then. But most delegates have virtually abandoned such hope and are counting on being here until early next week. (Committee approval of the trusteeship chapter and conynittee. adoption of the chapter on transitional arrangements for keeping the peace until the new organization is equipped wth force, wiped clean the slate of eight outstanding issues tihat were before the conference last Saturday. Russia added another one Sunday tby formally reopening the question of assembly ■powers, contending it had been voted too (broad powers. The chapter on trusteeships pledges' (United Nations which administer such territories to: I.—'lnsure political, economic, social and educational advancement, of the peoples concerned, “their just treatment and their protection against abuse.” i2.—(Develop self government, “to take due account of the political aspirations of the peoples, and to assist them in the progressive development of their free political institutions, according to the particular circumstances of each territory and its peoples, and their varying stages of advancement.” 3 —Further international peace and security. 4 —'Promote such measures of development as their cultural institutions, encourage research and cooperate with one another “‘with a view to the practical achievement (Turn To Page 6, Column 6)

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Late Bulletins Washington, June 19. —(UP) —A “very large” force of superfortresses from the Marianas struck again at Japan’s resources today, attacking industrial areas in central Honshu • and northern Kyushu. The war deparment said the attack was carried out in darkness with incendiary bombs. Further particulars were not made available. Washington, June 19. —(UP) —The Senate gave President Truman a major foreign policy victory today by voting him authority to cut tariff rates 50 per cent below Jan. 1 levels. 0 Says Nazi Leaders Must Be Punished Eisenhower Outlines Views On Criminals Washington, June 19 —(UP) — Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower wants to teach the German people that “crime doesn’t pay.” He wants to do it by punishing those responsible for war crimes, not the German people as a whole. In measured words the five-star general sounded the theme of this country’s participation in the military occupation of Germany. “You can’t build peace on hate or with a club,” he declared. “You must find the war criminals and all must be punished. That’s the only way I know to teach them that crime doesn’t pay.” Eisenhower, who is head of occupying forces in the American section of Germany and also U.S. representative on the Allied control council in Berlin, made his views clear yesterday following his triumphant return to America. It was at the press conference that genial General Ike outlined his views On punishing German criminals but educating the remainder of Germans to a belief that aggression and brutality won’t get by in a civilized world. As for punishment, Eisenhower said the German general staff which has planned wars since 1806 must be destroyed. Members must be segregated so they cannot pass on their doctrines. Their records must be destroyed. He said 15,000 German war criminals already had been segregated by Anglo-American forces and there would be others. He said members of the storm troops who were enrolled up to September, 1944, should be considered war criminals or at least that the burden of proving they were not (Turn To Pago 6, Column 6)

Truman Recommends Succession Change House Speaker To Be First In Line Washington, June 19 —UP) —President Truman today asked congress to pass legislation making the speaker of the house first in line for the presidency in case of death or disqualification of t'he President and Vice President. The recommendation, made in a message to congress, would’change the 69-year-old law under which secretary of state Edwaid R. Stettinius, Jr., would advance to the presidency if President Truman were to die or leave office for some other reason. The present statute, Mr. Truman told congress, gives him power “to nominate the person who would be my immediate successor in the event of my own death or inability to act.” “I do not ibelieve that in a Democracy this power should rest with the chief executive,” he said. 'The change suggested by Mr. Truman would put speaker Sam Rayburn, D., Tex., first in line for the presidency with Sen. Kenneth MoKeller, D,, 'Tenn., president pro tempore of the senate, second in line. , The order of succession after that “might pass to the members of the cabinet as now provided,” The same would apply if there were neither a speaker or senate president qualified to succeed.” Mr. Truman said that “insofar as possible, the office of the president should be filled by an elective officer.” There is no officer in our system of government, besides the President and Vice President,” he added, “who has been elected by all the voters of the country.” He said, however, that the speaker of the house is the official in the federal government “whose selection next to that of the President and Vice President can Ibe most accurately said to stem from the people themselves." The speaker is elected to congress 'by his own district and then is elected to be presiding officer ot the house by the vote of all represenatives. They, 'Mr. Truman's message pointed out, are representatives “of all the people of the country.” 0 Washing Machines On Sale In September Washington, June dff — (UP) — Consumers wil lhave a chance to by washing machines in September at prices equal to or lower than they paid 'before the war, Staley B. Adams, director of war production board's consumer durable goods division, predicted yesterday.

Surviving Japs Fleeing In Panic For Cliffs On Southern Tip Os Island

Aussie Troops In New Landing On Brunei Bay Australian Troops Are Driving Toward Great Rubber Center Manila, line 19.—(UP) —Australian troops drove through the jungles or north Borneo today toward the great rubber center of Beaufort after a new. unopposed landing on the shores of Brunei hay. The Australians made their shore to-shore operation as American forces in northern Luzon continued their Cagayan valley push unchecked by the Japanese. The new landing, in which Amer-ican-manned Buffaloes, amphibious tractors, carried the Australians, was made at Weston, a small railhead on the eastern shore of Brunei bay. Beaufort is 15 miles northeast of Weston. The Buffaloes moved upstream on the Padas river, which runs past Beaufort, then lumbered ashore on the jungled banks. Other troops worked their way along the bombruined railroad from Weston to Beaufort. Australian troops on the opposite shores of Brunei bay took the oil refinery town of Tutong, but Mangrove ewamps stopped them from advancing along the coast to the Seria and Miri oilfields. U. S. navy minesweepers continued their work in the waters off the oilfields, and United Press correspondent Richard Harris again reported from Borneo they were clearing the way “for possible future operations." American and Australian fighters,' lights, medium and heavy bombers, and transport planes alrea,dy have landed on the airstrip on Labuan island, in the mouth of Brunei bay. In northern Luzon, two columns of the 37th division which has made parallel drives in the Cagayan valley joined forces at Cauayan and advanced four miles along highway five. They were within 8,500 yards of the town of Naguilian, population 7,000. (Turn To Page 4. Column 7) 0 Injunction Ordered Against Local Lady ■ Order Della Moser To Cease Practice Judge W. H. Eichhorn, of the Wells circuit court at Bluffion, has returned a decision against Della Moser, of thia city, enjoining her from practicing medicine without a license.

The judge's decision was found in favor of the stale board of medical examiners and registration in an injunction action seeking a mandatory order to prevent the defendant from practicing medicine. A metion by the defense attorney to arrest judgment on the findings was overruled and judgment was entered against Miss Moser prohibiting her from practice of medicine without a license. Evidence was heard in the case several weeks ago and the matter taken under advisement. The state contended that her treatment of persons at Decatur constituted practice of medicine, while the defense contention was that she did not go further than to manufacture medicines under a state permit authorizing her to do so. An appeal to the supreme court was asked and granted, with appeal bond placed at SSOO, with 90 days given to file all bills of exception. Attorney fees of $250 for the state’s attorney were also charged against the defendant.

Croix De Guerre Is Latest Award Given Cpl. Richard F. Linn < K wZI

High honors have come to Tech. 5/G Richard F. Linn, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Linn. 410 Fornax street, on the field of battle, his latest award being the Croix De Guerre, awarded for "gallant action in war.” Awarded by the French government. the Croix De Guerre follows lhe Distinguished Service Cross, which was awarded to the Decatur soldier by the American army for “extraordinary heroism in action on October 24, 1944, in the vicinity of Embemienil, France.” Wounded twice on the field of battle, where he serves as a medic in a medical detachment unit, Cpl. Linn has also been awarded the Purple Heart, with one cluster. His last wound was on April 20, in Germany, following his first mishap on October 25 in France. Cpl. Linn has been in the army since March, 1943, and overseas since last. September. He is with the 44th Division of the Seventh army. o Naval Plane Makes Forced Landing Here Naval Cadet Pilots Unhurt In Landing A forced landing by a navy training plane, piloted by two naval cadets from the Bunker Hill naval training station, near Peru, was made at about 8 o’clock last evening in an oats field on the Lewis Runischlag farm, south of Decatur on Mud Pike. The pilots were not injured. The nose of the plane was driven into the soft earth and the young men were able to right R without serious damage. The plane is mired in the field and the pilots told Clark William Smith, of the Homesteads, one of the first persons to arrive on the scene, that it would be necessary to dismantle the plane and haul it out of the field by truck. Mr. Smith noticed the plane circling the town. The pilots told him that they lost their way and had “buzzed” lhe town several times hoping to see a landing field. They were runinng short on gas and after making several (Turn To Page 4, Column 7) o Berne Soldiers Back From Prison Camps Staff iSgt. Weldon Wittwer and Pfc. Charles Edwin Taylor of (Berne, who were German prisoners of war. have returned to their homes. ISgt. Wittwer was a prisoner for nearly a year and a half and Pfc. Taylor was taken captive last Decemlber 21>. and liberated on April 26. The men are well and have regained their former weight. They endured the hardships of prison camp and have been given furloughs before reporting to the rest camps at Miami Beach, Fla.

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Tenth Army Troops Storming To Within Less Than Two Miles Os Tip Os Island •Guapi, June 19— (UP) —Panicstricken Okinawan civilians and disorganized Japanese troops, herded by American forces, converged today in a small death pocket within sight of the 10(). foot southern cliffs overlooklug the East China sea. Admiral Chester W. Nimitz an nounced complete conquest of Okinawa was “imminent.” Front dispatches said Japanese soldiers, in groups of several hundred, abandoned foxholes and fleu southward towqrd the deadend shoreline where they have beeU invited by Maj. Gen. John R Hodge to commit suicide. Avenging the death in action of their commander, Lt. Gen. Simon Bolivar Buckner, Jr., 10th army troops swept to n»'w positions ranging from a mile to two miles from the southern tip ot Okinawa. Witnesses reported that enemy troops joined civilian refugees in their steadily diminishing trap. They had the choice of digging in and resisting to the death during the American mopup; committing suicide individually, or in groups; surrendering; or letting themselves be killed in last minutu charges. Elements of five U. S. division* poured out blasts of fire powe? against holdout enemy troops, "It’s quite a feat to surrender in slop like that,” said one observer, watching the U. S. often I sive. I Officers believed the Japanese I lack the necessary organization to carry out effective banzai charges. The terrain does not lend itself to establishment of a defense line Innocent victims of the battle’s climax were countless homeless Okinawans who had been misled l>y Japanese propaganda that Americans mistreat captives. Between 2.000 and 3.000 Japanese troops remained of the original garrison of 85,000. Marines reached the NagusukuMakabe highway at a point little more than 3,000 yards from the southern tip of the island, while the 7th division moved to within half a mile north of Mabuni on the south-eastern coastline. Meanwhile the 381st regiment of the 96th division crossed the Yaeju "lost world" plateau and reached high ground overlooking Madeera village, 3,000 yards from the islands southern coast. On the eastern end of the line the (Turn To Page 2. Column 3) o Contracts Awarded By Commissioners Coal And Gasoline Bids Are Awarded The contract for furnishing four carloads of prepared stoker coal to the court house and other county buildings was awarded to the Burk Elevator company on ils bid oil $8.25 per ton. The proposals were received late yesterday by the county commissioners. The board also awarded the contract for furnishing up to 35,006 gallons of gasoline to the county highway department to the Shell Oil company, on its bid of 13.7 cents per gallon. It was lower by onehalf mill than the other two bids filed. The Petrie Oil company had the contract the past six months. The commissioners also entered into contract with Frank Berkunstein, of Fort Wayne, for placing a grease proof composition floor over the brick floor in the kitchen of the county infirmary. The price was $375* The state inspector recently recommended that a floor be placed over the bricks, which was laid when the new Infirmary was built.