Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 43, Number 150, Decatur, Adams County, 26 June 1945 — Page 1

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WORLD CHARTER ADOPTED BY CONFERENCE

ft War Plants ft Japan Hit ft Superforts Speculating \B)n Latest Invasion ''ftovcs By Americans ftL rl Harbor, .Tune 26—(UP)--picked oft 10 war ■» • ki| ' ;in " nl;,y nkP sllal ' p ' firing at fixed targets n r jfi e range. u s the big planes K. offensive by dropping 3jom mowing pro-invasion (p.moliiion bombs on •'" :ll Akashi, Osaka, Nagoya 1!H -Til.’ 21st bomber confident of the results speci ;u alar show of probombing, named the spe|K taigets. In the one city of alone. live different M ts were pinpointed. ft, Japanese cabinet came up ’ determination” to handle | present “critical war situaftjio Tokyo speculated on new 'Ksuni moves and said Amcri- | ft lM ps might land on Amami ■Hhikai Islands, ISS miles south 3ft(yusliu. The .Japanese still |ft worried about 200 ships, in Mi::..' many transports, they L K were massed in the Keramas. jjiftiiwest of Okinawa. reported that Allied had landed on the little of Ternate, off the west of Haimahera. in the East group of Molucca Islands. 1 ‘MB island, miles square. oHftiis the entrance to the fine of Ternate on Haimahera Japanese broadcast reI that an Allied fleet of 30 t ■ had resumed bombarding rich oil center on east coast, and that again were at work So far there were no landsigns, Tokyo said. tii" Philippines, the 37th div: Mi and American airborne Ift > wei ’<' •'ill miles apart in |fttlirrii Luzon and betwc-i n ■ a Manila communique said. Japanese were "thoroughly sM>P'-d." The 7th was within miles of relieving guerilla holding on to the Cagayan JMrmi'ial capital of Tuguegarao | Mi'ist constant counterattacks. bitter siege, with the r, ‘ v ‘‘ rsp d, continued in I M' 1 ' where the Japanese hung |ft‘ ! y to the former American of Lichow. Chungking To Page 2, Column 5) ■*y Minesweeper ■Lost In Action ■Nine Crew Members ■Are Lost At Borneo fft’ashington, June 26.—(UP) — today announced the loss minesweeper Salute as a of enemy action in the Borurea. 945-ton vessel, which carried crew of about 100, lost |M" -six killed and three of [] l€ vesge i j o | ni y ar'' 1 ”- Garden City. Long Island, ' " "'as a survivor. of this small craft brought |M, Vesse * 3 lost from all causes in war. jgft’eship S a W action in the Leyte Ift" ’ nvas ’ on and in minesweepin the Philippines Was engaged in convoy and l^ftL. WOrk P ri °r to the Borneo Jons in which she was lost. /■?° CRAT thermometer ■ »Ic PERATURE READING ft :®° a. m 62 ft. ’®® a. 67 ■ 2:oc p- m~zz:z si ft WEATHER r CreaS ' n g cloudiness, and t an . mer ton ' a^"t ’ mostly cloudy l Warnier Wednesday, with < ft, .^ erS ln northwest portions ■" if ‘«rnoon. ,

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July Allotment Os Tires 2,500,000 Washington, June 26.—(UP)— The Office of Price Administration announced today that passengercar tires available to civilians in July will be the same as the June qu0ta—2,500,060. This quota, OPA said. wag the largest monthly allocation under rationing. Only R and C rationbook holders are eligible for imw tires. Warns Os Germany's War-Making Power Says War Potential Is Still Tremendous Washington, June 26—(UP)— Foreign economic administrator Leo T. Crowley reported today that Germany's war-making potential is tremendous despite years of Allied bombing. He said if the Germans had held out six months longer they might have been able to hit New York City with V-bombs. a little afterwards they could have sent jet-propelled planes against Washington and if left alone now they could be better prepared for war within five years than they were in 1939 when Hitler launched his blitz against Poland. Crowley gave a senate military affairs subcommittee investigating Germany's war-making capacities a summary of what, his agency has been able to learn on the subject through 29 surveys covering virtually every phase of German industrial economy. He said the Allied powers must be prepared for a long-term occuation of Germany and rigid indusif the German war machine is not again to threaten the peace of the world. "If we were to leave Germany to its own devices and not to institute a program of economic and industrial disarmament. Germany could be far better prepared for war within five years than she was in 1939,” Crowley said. He conceded that Allied bombing was a major factor in the defeat of Germany. "Hut. contrary to popular belief Allied bombing did not. reduce most German plants to utter ruin,” he declared. “It substantially curtailed the production of aircraft . . . Its effect on German production in 1944 and 1945 was tremendous. Its effect on German production for 1946 and 1947 and a few years after that will probably be tremendous. “But it didn’t eliminate Germany’s industrial war potential—and its effect, on Germany’s productive capacity could almost surely be discounted by the Germans before many years have passed unless we take steps to prevent that from happening.” Crowley said one of the principal effects of Allied bombing was to disrupt the flow of raw materials. fuels and other supplies by (Turn To Page 2, Column 7)

Sen. Wheeler Hol To Fighl World Charier No Organized Fight Planned In Senate Washington, June 26 —(UP)— Sen. Burton K. Wheeler. D., Mont., today eaid that “so far as I am concerned.” There will be no organized fight in the senate against ratification of the San Francisco charter. .Wheeler was widely regarded as the senate's staunchest “isolationist” before the war and his attitude toward the charter has been awaited with interest. “I have not made up my mind yet as to what I am going to do or how I’m going to vote.” he told reporters. "I haven’t read it, and I am not going to make up my mind until I have had a chance to read and study it. , ‘lßut as far as I am concerned, there is going to be no organized fight against the treaty. He added that iso far as he knows, no other senators are planning‘'organized” opposition to it eit er. said he probably would make a tpeech in the senate when the charter comes up for ratification.

Berliners Use Muscles In Lieu Os Electricity BBKjSg;}; 3 / > t ’I i ~< <■ » 1 a MW ... 71 ; <3. :l ' K J & AA 1 « HE j; ; -wMr H ’ a x UNTIL ELECTRICITY is turned on in the rubbled city of Berlin, the German capital’s civil servants are supplying the motive power for street cars, as is shown in this Signal Corps photo.

Polish Government To Be Established New Government To Be Announced Soon Moscow, June 26. — (UP) —President Boleslaw- Bierut and other members of the Polish provisional government left for Warsaw today preparatory to establishment of a new coalition government. Stanislaw Mikolajczyk, former premier of the Polish exile government in London, was expected to follow- them soon and it was likely that formation of the new government, will be announced this week-end. Preliminary arrangements for the government, to lie known as the Polish provisional government of national unity, were completed last week in Moscow. It was understood that Edward Osubka-Morawski, premier of the present W.a rs a w government, would continue in that post with Mikolajczyk becoming vice premier and agriculture minister. Jan Stanczyk, another former member of the London government, appeared slated for labor minister. Four of the remaining 12 portfolios also probably will go to Poles in London or other Polish leaders not in lite present government, it was believed. — o Authorities Probe Series Os Breakins

Sheriff And State Police Make Probe A series of breakins in Magley, Toe-in and Uniondale last night led ftheriff Leo Gillig to believe that the same gang of hoodlums committed all of the robberies. At .Magley the thieves took about 35 gallons of gasoline from the pump and the ediitei from a pin-ball machine at the George Gerber filling station. The thieves broke the lock on the gas pump and evidently had containers for the gasoline. They broke the glass in the door to the store and smashed the top gla.-s on the pin iball device, extracting the coins. The Tocsin and Uniondale robberies were reported to Sheriff Gillig by Truman Bierie, state patrol officer, who also believes that the three robberies were committed by the same gang of boys or men. Sheriff Gillig stated that a fingerprint, expert from tlie Anderson state police barracks would assist in the investigation, hoping to find a trace to the three robberies. — o i BULLETIN Washington, June 26. —(UP) —The house today passed and sent to the senate legislation to give the army $38,285,951 with which to fight the Japanese in the year starting July 1.

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Uhrick Funeral Here

Wednesday Morning Funeral services for Frank 7. Uhrick. who died suddenly Monday morning of a heart attack, will be held at 10 o’clock Wednesday morning at the Zwick funeral home, with the Rev. F. H. Willard, pastor of the First Evangelical church, officiating. Burial will be in the Ray cemetery west of Monroe. Friends may call at the funeral home after 7 o'clock this evening. 0 Japs' Politicians Criticize Leaders Strenger Action In War Crisis Is Urged San Francisco, June 26.—(UP) I—The totalitarian Nippon political | association called on Premier Barlon Kantaro Suzuki’s government today to take “stronger action" in coping with the war crisis and arranged for an emergency conference with Suzuki and his ministers tomorrow.

Criticizing the government indirectly for its conduct of the war, leaders of the political association met in executive conference late today after Suzuki issued a stateI ment warning the Japanese people their decisive hour was at hand. Suzuki told the nation that “the life and deatli of any individual is no longer worth giving consideration.” He called on his people to (Turn To Page 5, Column 5) O —- Two Soldiers Killed In Unusual Accident San Antonio, Tex., June 26 — (UP) — Two soldiers were dead and three others were reported in critical condition today following an unusual collision early Sunday between a motorcycle and a jeep, it was announced by army officials. Killed in the crash, which occurred just northwest of San Antonio, were Pvt. Everett L. Wagner, 26. of Columbus, lud., and, i’fe. Hollman Pratt, a military policeman of Carrollton, Tex. Deputy Villareal said the jeep had been taken from the Alamo country club without authorization. 0 Plan Conference On Smaller War Plants A conference of army and navy officers, in conjunction with the smaller war plants corporation, will tbe held in Fort Wayne at the Purdue extension building, Transfer building, on Thunsday, beginning at 9 a. m. Subject matter io be discussed wiil eonisiet of general information on cutbacks and terminations, filling out of the necessary blanks and accounting background. Representatives of war plants are invited to 4be four-hour session.

Order Truck Drivers To Return To Work Strikers Ordered By Union To Return Chicago, June 26. -(UP)—Movement of war materials was on a current basis and backlogs of stalled civiXan supplies were being rapidly reduced today following a back-to-work order to striking members of tlie Chicago truck drivers union. Ellis T. Longenecker. office of defense transportation manager of the seized truck lines, said the union’s action meant that the 10-day old tieup had been broken. “Each and every one of you," the independent union instructed its members, “should return to work immediately and entrust the work of getting what we are fighting for to the (union) officials.” Tlie statement indicated that since the ODT took over 1700 trucking firms June 15—under a presidential seizure order, the union was unable to gain by continuing the strike. Union officers reportedly were split on the decision to order members back to work and many drivers, milling around the headquarters, violently protested issuance of a statement without a membership meeting. Tlie union's executive board came at Hie end of a day during which trucking operations were described by ODT officials as “close to normal.” Longenecker said that only 3,842 of 5,000 available army drivers had been pressed into service yesterday and that a large, portion of them had come in response to re quests for military escorts for civilian drivers. He said that members of local 705 of the rival AFL teamsters union had reported in full strength after their officers ordered members to man tlie strike-bound trucks. The AF*L drivers, similarly affected by a. war labor board wage increase which both unions assailed as inadequate, had followed the independents’ lead in leaving their jobs. At its height, the strike took 10,000 drivers from their trucks. The strike, and a previous one last month, were called to protest a regional WLB wage increase of $4.08 for 51 hours. The unions had asked $5 for 48 hours. o Local Lady's Brother Is Seriously Injured Dale Myers of Jay county, a brother of Mrs. Lester Pettibone of this city, was seriously injured last Saturday on his farm. He was riding on a tractor and had a cultivator -attached. In tripping it, the cultivator fell on him, cutting a deep gash in his head and fracturing his skull. He was removed to the Jay county hospital. Mrs. Pettibone is in Portland assisting in caring for her brother.

Representatives Os 50 Nations Approve Pact; Truman Speaks Tonight

President Truman Given Tremendous* Welcome, Speaks At Final Session San Francisco, Juno 26—(UP) — President Truman today conferred with fleet admiral Chester \V. Nimitz and congratulated him on hia long series of naval victories over Japanese forces in the Pacific. The President, who will address the closing session of the United Nations' conference later today, heard that N'imitz was in the city and called him to his Fairmont hotel .suite to congratulate him on hie Pacific operations. The President also saw Field Marshal Jan Christian Smuts, .South African prime minister. (The only other engagement made for the President was a reception for the San Francusco ci’izen.-’ committee at noon. Later he will go to the conference itself. Presidential secretary Charles G. Ross announced that shortly after the chief executive arrives at his Independence, Mo., home tomorrow he will hold a pre-6 conference. (4 P. M. CWT). Mr. Truman, in his visit here to officially close the United Nations

security conference, was moving into the really top flight of the international big time where wars are made and the peace is kept. In hie most important venture into foreign affairs, the new President goes before diplomats of the 50 united nations late this afternoon to .tell them that their responsibility during the peace will be even greater than during the war. His I's-minute speech will conclude the United Nations conference which has worked here for nine week< to create machinery to prevent another war. 'The President planned to spend most of this morning in his suite at tlie fairmont hotel on Sau Francisco’s famous Nob Hill. Leading citizens of Sau Francisco arranged a pre-noon reception in his honor. The President met international diplomacy in full blast yesterday, when he arrived here by plane from the Pacific northwest, where lie had (Turn To Page 5. Column 4) 0 Contingent Ordered To Service July 17 Report Is Received On June 21 Group The Adams county selective service board today announced that 12 men have been ordered to report Tuesday, July 17, for active induction into the nation’s armed forces. Those ordered to rei>o:t have passed pre-induction physical examinations in recent weeks and are on furlough awaiting call to active service. Those ordered to report July 17 arc as follows: James Emett Hurst, Amos Stauffer, William Dwight Denny, Earl Ervin Buckingham, Edward Zimmerman. Delbert Eugene Runnion, Arthur Gottlieb Cook. Verlyn Ray Geyer, John Henry Schultz, Lynn Wallace Sprunger, Roy Dale Gilliom, Lowell Alvin Thatcher. A contingent of IS men is scheduled to leave here Friday of this week for active induction. The local board also has been notified that 10 men from the June 21 contingent passed pre-induction physical examinations and two others were accepted for limited service. These men have been returned home to await call to active duty. Those accepted are as follows: For general military service— Edwin Charles DeLong, Otto Joseph Hake, Jr., Lewis Marcus Williamson, Bruce E. Bricker, Paul DeWitt McCollough, James Madison Myers. Roy Dale Gilliom, Lowell Alvin Thatcher, Elmore Verne Sprunger, Robert Deward Colter (transferred from Chicago). For limited military service— Paul Lester Hilyard, Eugene Pettibone.

Detroit Faces Strike Tieup Os All Plants City Maintenance Workers Threaten Paralyzing Strike By United Press The threat of a city-wide maintenance workers strike, threatening to completely paralyz.'Detroit war production, dominated the nation's strike scene today although labor tieups eased elsewhere. A meeting of the maintenance, construction ami powerhouse workers council (CIO) adjourned after a stormy session last night, tabling a motion to call out 3 s.ouf' Detroit maintenance workers. Union leaders, however, expressed their determination to go ahead with walkout plans without the formality of a strike call. The dispute, arising out of a jurisdictional row witlt the AFL over reconversion jobs, affected approximately 30.000 maintenance and production workers. Other strikes brought the total idle to approximately 37,000 in the motor city. In Chicago, meanwhile, officers of the Independent Chicago Truck drivers union ordered members to return to their jobs and Ellis T. Longenecker, office of defense transportation manager of 1,7 m) government-seized lines, said a 10-day tieup had been broken. Movement of war material was on a current basis, Longenecker said, and backlogs of stalled civilian supplies rapidly were being reduced following the back-to-work order. In other Detroit plants. 1.000 workers remained away from their posts at the Ford Motor Co.'s River Rouge plant. Fifteen hundred others were on strike at Stinson Aircraft. 975 at Aeronautical Products Co.. 100 at Hudson Motor Co. and 7m) at 12 lumber companies. Some I.SOO workers were engaged in a slowdown at the Federal Mogul Corp Federal seizure was considered imminent at the Goodyear Tire (Turn To Bag’s 2. Column 4) 0 To Hold Horse Show Here Friday Evening Decatur Lions Club Sponsors Show Here —o The east field of Hanna-Nutt man park, west, of Decatur, is being placed in readiness tor the Lionclub horse show Friday evening, Thurman I. Drew, secretary of the exhibition, announced today. Floihl lights are being erect -d by the city utility force and a track is being scraped in the center of the field. Barring a rain r-torm, the show will be staged at 8 o’clock, having been postponed from last week because of wet grounds. Mr. Drew said that 62 entries had already been made and that lie expected the list to grow to 70 before the show opened. There are 10 ponies, 19 English saddle horses and the balance Western saddle entries. There will be 12 events during the evening, several of the horses being entered in more than one event. Lee McDuffie, an auctioneer and horseman of Laotto, will act as masted' of ceremonies. rejiOaving Roy Johnson, auctioneer, who will lie out of the city over the weekend. Proceeds from the show' will be donated to the Red Cross and the Decatur Community fund, the Lions club announced.

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Historic Document Aimed At Preserving World Peace Signed By Nations Today San Francisco, June 26 —(UP) —A world still at war today placed its hope for a peaceful future in the charter of a new world organization unanimously adopted by the United Nations conference. The representatives of the 50 nations approved the charter at 10:50 p. m. (PWT) last night. They will sign the historic document today in a specially built, flag-draped, Hollywood-like setting in San Francisco’s stately Veterans building. Tonight they will listen lo President Truman give the charter his blessing and his promise to seek immediate United States ratification. The president’s address will conclude tliis nine week conference. To Cliina, which lias been lighting aggression longer than any of the other United Nations, will go the honor of being first to sign Hie new charter. The United States, the host nation at the conference, will lie last. Tile signatures of the great powers as well as those of the tiniest nations will represent their pledge to work together in peace to save future- generations from the source of war and to try to raise the living standards of mon everywhere. Twenty-six years ago next. Thursday the treaty of Versailles was signed ending World War I. That, treaty incorporated the covenant of the league of nations—man’s first but futile attempt in this generation to create international cooperation and prevent future wars. The delegations which helped to produce the present document are aware of all the pitfalls ahead of them. Some of the delegates—the venerable Field Marshal Jan Smuts of South Africa, the tall. \ery correct EarL of Halifax of Britain, tile white, -bushy-haired Joseph Paul-Boncour of France, and diminutive Wellington Koo of Cliina — suffered through tlm league s failures at Geneva. They have repeatedly warned the world against expecting a miracle this time and have urged that the charter and the new organization ue considered only the beginning of a long-hard road toward peace. The nine weeks-old United Nations conference is expected to end on that, note tonight. Preceding President Truman will bo speakers from nine other countries. The keynoie of their remarks—to be delivered in eight languages will be that the success of tlie present organization depends upon the will of the people to make it succeed. Tonight s session will bring to a dramatic 'amt colorful close a conference that has been marked for weeks by dull, hard work in the rooms of committees, Presi--1 dent Truman took it out of that state as soon as lie arrived here late yesterday by airplane. Riding through tlie streets of San Francisco, tlie new president of the United States was given a tumultous reception by San Franciscans and the delegates of the 50 United Nations. A tew hours after he arrived, the lucky ticket, holders to the (Turn To Page 3, Column S) O ★ ★★★★★★★ Honorable Discharge ★ ★★★★★★★ CPL. CHARLES J. HEIMAN, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jacon Heiman, route four. Cpl. Heiman, a veteran of 36 months overseas participated in the invasion of Normandy, France and the Rhineland. He also served in England and was awarded the EOT ribbon with three bronze stars and the combat infantryman’s badge. He had 106 credit points. Cpl. Heiman enlisted in the army in November, 1940.