Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 43, Number 151, Decatur, Adams County, 27 June 1945 — Page 1

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XLIII- N°- 151.

AMERICANS INVADE ANOTHER JAP ISLAND

liman Pleads approval For |rld Charter ■Conference Closes Kfter Hearing Plea ■ Bv Chief Executive FranHi'i-o. June 27- (I P) — |K United Nations charter ■ . and signed, re.pre■L.,.,; of ’lie countries e.chedRb,„„. final meeting today to set ■ ••preparatory” commission to ■ die first meeting of the ■ world peace-keeping organizarailed Nations conference is ■1 after nine full weeks of deli- ■ ioii and debate. It was ad.journjKary of state Edward JI. Jr-, last night at 7:29 ■ CWT., after hearing Presid■nu m mi's solemn plea for ■dr ratification of the new charter. signing of the charter by '.lie sHcipating nations was eomplet■p:|xp. in.. with the delegates ■uatemala the laist to append name to the historic docu■e ink was hardly dry on their when most of the top started hack to their ■, Stettinius left with a plane ■„f American and foreign dele■latter dinner. Mr. Truman had ■rted for Salt Lake City even ■er. ■day's meeting is just a formal■riie conference approved :i plan ■ selling up the "preparatory ■mission'' in London and the ses- ■ today wa,s called simply to dis- ■ its organization. The commis- ■ will carry on until the charter ■ been ratified by enough coun- ■ to permit actual creation of ■new world organization. ■esitlent Truman brought the ■ conference to a dramatic cloise ■ yesterday afternoon with an ■ess to the delegates. It was his ■ appearance before such an ih■alional gathering, and by the ■tents later, he was a .suceese. ■e President urged the peace■g nations of the world to ratify charter immediately, warning: there is a time for making is—and there is a time for ac- . Tlie time for action fe now." e also promised to present the tier to the U. S. senate iminedly. Reports from Washington it would be next Monday. The U. S. senate representatives on delegation here — Sens. Tom nally, D„ Tex., and Arthur JI. denberg, R., Mioh. — were en le to the capital to report to senate tomorrow and Friday, ratification process however, kably will not begin for a couple reeks. r. Truman admitted that internal problems were difficult, ©licated, controversial and danms. But he cited a long list of M wherein the nations of the Id have shown their ability to Pirate in peace as well as in war What you have accomplished in ! Francisco shows how well 6e lessons of military and eco»ic cooperation have been learn(Turn To Page 5, Column 7) o •tato Black Market 'lndiana Probed Wnapolis, June 27—(.UP)—An ''investigation of an alleged po--0 black market in Indiana was Agrees today. Is t phase of the inquiry result- ! n P en aitie 3 yesterday against . n( i‘ a napolis retailers. Each was * re d to pay $l5O administrators’ ■ ‘entente for selling the vegetabove ceiling prices. ®°d attorney George Kistler of Indian., district OPA, said that Mack .market in the 6 vegetable had hit Hoosier lies, °n2 CRAT THERMOMETER SMPERATURE reading 2:00 P-m- 84 ‘ . . WEATHER I I th" 8 ' erable cloudiness and T hur» e d r a ßhoWers knight; : >.j a F’ Partly cloudy, warm th dnrt U,T " d with showers and «ntra7* tOrm8 ’ north and i ra| Portions.

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Counterfeit Ration Stamps Flood Chicago Chicago, June 27— (UP)—a deluge of counterfeit red ration stamps—‘‘enough to sabotage the nation’s entire meat rationing program”—has hit Chicago within the past two days, the office of price administration revealed today. Rae E. Walters, regional office of price administration director termed the situation "the most critical in three years of rationing. He disclosed that a crosscheck of stamps from 40 retailers showed that 85 percent were counterfeit.

Liquidation Os Jap Stronghold On Luzon Near Australian Troops Complete Conquest Os Rich Oilfields Manila, June 27.—(UP)—Australian troops completed their conquest of northwest Borneo’s rich oilfields today and Tokyo reported a continuous bombardment of Balikpapan on the island's east coast. At the same time Gen. Douglas MacArthur .announced that liquid ation of “the last enemy stronghold” on the Philippine island of Luzon was approaching. The ninth Australian division captured the town of Miri, center of the oilfields of the same name which produced 1.318,000 barrels of crude oil in 1940. Previously he Seria oilfields, the other important one in northwest Borneo, was overrun, fires lighted by the Japanese burned in both oilfields, and storage tanks were wrecked. A Tokyo broadcast said that an Allied fleet “continues to fire naval shells boldly” into the Balikpapan defenses. The enemy broadcast also said that Allied minesweepers still were operating off the oil center. Tokyo said the fleet was using “an extremely precautions method of operation.” In the Luzon fighting, less than 20 miles separated two American forces advancing north and south in Cagayan valley, where the last big enemy force wu.< trapped. The end of the Cagayan battle was in sight after the hard-driving 37th division pushed through Tuguegarao, capital of Province, and drove 10 miles beyond to the town of Iguig.

Elements of the 11th airborne division, which landed near Aparri on Saturday, pushed two miles Pnttnnn »n ° noint about 25 miles south of Aparri. Gen. Douglas MacArthur’s communique today said that the liquidation of the last enemy stronghold is approaching.” The remnants of the two Japanese divisions which had been concentrated in northern Luzon apparently were retreating into the wild (Turn To Page 5, Column 4) — All Fourth Degree Officers Reelected Annual Meeting Is Held Tuesday Night Officers of the Fourth Degree of the Knights of Columbus were reelected at the annual meeting of the members held at the K. ot hall last evening. The officers are: John H. Barth, faithful navigator; Joseph Koors, Sr., faithful captain- August Heiman, faithful admiral; Elmo Smith, faithful comptroller; Herman Gillig, f althful pl ' lot; <Rev. J. J- Seimetz, faithful friar; Dan M. Niblick, faithful outer sentinel; George Colchin, faithful inner guard. The new terms will begin on July 1 and the formal installation of the officers will be held sometime duiing September, Mr. Barth announcIA social followed the regular meeting. The Fourth degree is an honorary rank conferred on members who have been imtia ed into the third degree of the Knights of Columbus.

As Gavel Fell On Last Plenary Session In Frisco I JT f 'Wj LJPw j| 1 ill 11 -. " ' ‘|| JpOSM 'j ' t S* ' 5 IN RECOGNITION of the untiring work of Secretary of State Edward R. Stettinius, Jr., second from left, at tile San Francisco United Nations conference and as a personal gesture of friendship, Lord Halifax, left. British ambassador: Wellington Koo, Chinese representative, and A. A. Gromyko, right. Russian ambassador, presented him with a sterling silver box. The U. S. delegation chairman is shown holding the gift as the four chatted following the last plenary session of the conference which saw the unanimous adoption of the United Nations charter.

President Enroute Io Missouri Home Independence Plans For Big Homecoming Salt Lake City, June 27 —(UP) —President Truman, after an overnight rest here, left today in his special plane for a homecoming at Independence, Mo., where lie will make one of the most important news announcements of his career. The silvery presidential plane took off for Kansas City at 9:08 a. m. CWT. Gov. Herbert B. Maw, of Utah, accompanied Mr. Truman aboard the presidential plane. Ho will remain with the president as far as Kansas City. The plane left after the president shook tlie hand of each of the state highway patrolmen who guarded him while he was at the airbase and witii everyone in tlie small group on hand to see him off. He also obligingly posed for photographers. The chief executive was up at 6:40 a. m. and left the Hotel Utah at 7:30 after breakfasting on wiiat lie termed luscious Utah strawberries. lie was dressed in a gray suit, blue shirt and a dark blue bow tie. Yesterday the president ended the United Nations conference witii a dramatic request, at San Francisco for “world wide rule of reason” and today lie was going home for tlie first time after becoming president of the United States.

The trip from Salt Lake City to an army airfield near Kansas City, Mo., was expected to take four hours. This is the first time the president lias been home since he went into the White House. And Independence and Kansas City were ready to pull out ail the stops in giving him (lie welcome deserving of the nation’s No. One “hometown boy who made good." Once the parade through Independence is over this afternoon, the president will hold a news conference in the Memorial building at Maple and Pleasant and make what his aides referred to as one of the biggest, announcements of his career, both in tlie (Turn To Pace 2. Column 4) o 55,000 Tires For Hoosier Motorists Indianapolis. June 27 — (UP) The office of price administration announced today that 55,000 tires would be available next month for B and C gasoline ration card holders in Indiana. Joe R- Rimstidt, state OPA tire rationing officer, said that the supply would be insufficient to furnish all motorists whose applications now were on file.

ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ADAMS COUNTY

Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday, June 27, 1945.

Board of Review On Tour Os Inspection ‘Members of the county board of review were making a trip of inspection over the county today, checking on special assessments to be placed on the tax duplicate, including improvements made on real estate within the last year. iA check will also be made in Decatur, it was announced. The board is concluding its session. Mrs. •George Buckley of the Homesteads and Miss Bertha Voglewdee of this city are tile two appointed members, serving with the county auditor, treasurer and assessor. War Bond Purchases $300,000 Over Goal County Record One Os Finest In State Tlie purchase of seventh war loan bonds by individuals and corporations in Adams county is sailing to new heights, the weekly report of the county bond staff disclosed today. The county’s over-all quota is exceeded thy nearly $300,000, the figures reveal, and the purchase of bonds by individuals is approximately SIOO,OOO over the goal. Tlie county’s standing is one of the finest in the state, Theodore F. Graliker, county chairman stated. “'We are leading the district in percentage,” he commented.

The totals up to last Saturday follow: • Purchases Quota E Bonds $511,868 $441,100 Other bonds ... 452,725 425,200 Corp’s 621,0G6 428,600’ Total $1'585,6'59 $1,694,900 The flag will fly high, Mr. Graliker said, as the county's final figures are obtainable after June 30. The purchase of bonds still continues. Thrifty and patriotic citizens are investing in the government securities which pay a higher rate of interest. than they can obtain on bank deposits. “They are providing for after the war period," Mr. Graliker explained, “by putting their savings in government bonds.” Although the total seventh war loan quota of 14 billions is over the top in the nation, the quota for E (Turn To Page 2. Column 4) OFive Decatur Men Are Fined In City Court Five Decatur men pleading guilty to various charges, were fined by Mayor John B. Stults in city court late Tuesday afternoon. Eugene Baker was fined $lO and costs for driving withou an operator’s license. The others, each fined $1 and costs, were: Richard Guilder, provocation; Gugg Hurst, reckless driving: Richard Martin, speeding; Franklin Bender, speeding.

Expect Lowering Os Discharge Points Required Number To Be Lowered Shortly Washington, June 27 —(UP) — The army is expected to lower the number of points required for discharge from 95 to between 78 and 80 in the next few week-, it was reliably reported today. At the same time members of the house milit'ary affairs committee said they anticipated no change in the army regulations qualifying men for automatic discharge on reaching 40 years of age. Tills they expected to stand despite what they called “tremendous pressure” from those who felt that older men -especially family men suffered the greatest economic dislocation while in the service and cost the taxpayers more money. Other pressure came from those who would release medical and technical students but members expressed doubt that either of those changes would be made, explaining that tlie army insisted the only fair method was to discharge the men who had the longest and most arduos service. They also said that the army will stand on its demands for 7,000,000 (M) men to lick Japan. If one group is relieved of service tlie pressure will 'mount for release of other groups, they said. (However, tlie. army itself has made it clear that some time soon the number of points needed for

(Turn To Page 5, Column 6) O Mrs. Cora S. Reber Is Taken By Death Funeral Services Friday Afternoon Mrs. Cora Sophia Reber. 56, of Fort Wayne, died Tuesday afternoon at the St. Joseph’s hospital after an illness of 18 months. The Reber family lived near Decatur until three years ago, when they moved to Fort Wayne. Surviving are the husband, Earl Reber; three daughters, Mrs. Edward J. Baker of Fort Wayne, Mrs. Eugene Johnson of Markle and Betty Jean, at home; four sons, Cpl. Roger Reber, with the army in the South Pacific, Sterling and Paui Reber, at home, and Ralph E. Wilder of Antwerp, O.; two sisters, Mrs. Ernest Merica of near Decatur and Mre. Frank L. Miller of Waynedale; one brother, Ralph S. Krill of Antwerp, and two grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at 2 o’clock Friday afternoon at the C. M. Sloan & Sons funeral home in Fort Wayne, with burial in the Waynedale Prairie Grove cemeteiy.

Tokyo Reports. American Landing On Kume Island, 50 Miles From Okinawa

Early Senate Ratification Os Charter Likely President Truman To Submit Charter To Senate Monday Washington. June 27 —(UP) — Key U. S. delegates to the United Nations security conference returned from San Francisco toady with a plea that the world security charter be put speedily to work to ensure peace. Secretary of state Edward R. Stettinius, Jr., spoke for his dele-gate-colleagues. As he stepped from the four-engined transport which brought them home after an all-night flight, he said: “We have completed the United Nations charter, but we have just begun to make a United Nations peace. Let us get on with all we have to do to make victory and peace secure.” A crowd of around 200 at the national airport loudly cheered the smiling, happy Stettinius and his associates. Among the, arrivals were chair man Tom Connally. D., Tex., of the senate foreign relations committee and Sen. Arthur 11. Vapdenberg. R.. Mi< h. Both were U. S. delegates. Connally said he planned to report to the senate tomorrow on the peace charter drafted in San Francisco by representatives of the 50 United Nations. Vandenberg will address the senate on Friday. And on Monday President Truman personally will go before the senate to make his plea for

speedy ratification. Undersecretary of state Joseph ('. Grew, several congressmen, including most members of the senate foreign relations committee, and (lie army air forces band greeted the delegates. Stettinius said he hoped the United States would be "among the first, if not the first, to ratify the charter.” That, he added, (Turn To Page 2 Column 3) o— Decatur Lions Club Installs Officers Herman Krueckeberg Is New President Recently-elected officers of the Decatur Lions club were installed at the weekly club meeting Tuesday evening. Tlie installation was conducted by W. F. Beery. Herman H. Krueckeberg. assistant. cashier of the First State Bank, was installed as president of the service club, succeeding Deane Dorwin, who has served for the past year. Other new officers, also installed last night, are: John Halterman, first vice president; Robert Gay, second vice president; Francis Ellsworth, third vice president; Thurman Drew, secretary; Harry Knapp, treasurer; Herman Lankenau, Lion tamer; Phil Sauer, tail twister; John M. Doan and Russell Acker, directors. Tlie new officers will assume their duties at the regular meeting of the duh next Tuesday. John Doan’s team was declared the winner of the attendance contest, held during the past three months, and the losing team, captained by Phil Sauer, will pay tlie dinner costs for the winners next week. A short, discussion was held on the saddle horse show, sponsored by the Lions club, which will be held at Hanna-Nuttman park Friday night at 8 o’clock.

Picnic Speaker : -'■W""’-'-! .• i il WB h i si ‘ . I ft® ' 'ths; 1 Larry Brandon, above. se< r<’-' : tary-treasurer of the Indiana farm, ! bureau, will be the principal 1 ‘ speaker al the annual picnic of ( ‘ the Adams county farm bureau, which will be held at Borne Sunday. Annual Farm Bureau 1 Picnic Next Sunday Larry Brandon To Be Principal Speaker Tile public is cordially invited l >; the annual picnic of the Adams county farm bureau next Sunday. at Lehman park in Berne. The feature 01 the day's gather-’ ing will be the family picnic at i noon and the highlight of the afternoon program will be the ml-j dress by Larry Brandon, former |

state senator from Steuben cou i | ty. now secretary-treasurer of tlmi Indiana farm bureau. C. W. R. Schwartz, president of, the county bureau, today announc i ('d the program, which will follow, the family picnic-style dinner at ‘ noon. Long tables, arranged in the shade of the beautiful trees that grace tile park, will be .-up - vised by women of the social and educational committee of the bureau. The program will be given in the park puviiion and will stait ai 1.30 o'clock. Mr. Schwartz will act as chairman. The farm bureau orchestra will (Turn 'l’o Page L‘ Coltimm :t) o —• Succession Measure Wins Committee OK House Committee Approves Proposal Washington. June 27. (UP) The house judiciary committee today approved legislation embodying President Truman’s proposal to make the speaker of the house next, in lino of presidential eueces-’ sion. Tlie committee acted at the end ; of a one-hour session without hoi ling hearings on tlie bill. The vote • was 10 to 9. Committee chairman Hatton | Sumners. D., Tex., introduced- the bill Two days ago in response to a recommendation of Mr. Truman. Tlie measure provided that the speaker and the president pro tern of the Senate should be next in line for tlie presidency if both the President and vice president should , be removed through death or dis- ■ qualification. Since there is no vice-president now, the bill would make Speaker Sam Rayburn of Texas the President if Mr. Truman should die. Next in line would be Sen. Kenneth McKellar, D., Tenn. Under present law the secretary of state is next in line for the pres(Turn To Page 2, Column 4)

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Nippon Radio Says Heavy Fighting Is Underway; No Allied Report On Landing Guam, June 27. H'P) Tokyo said today that American invasion forces, enlarging their Ryukyus springboard for landings in Japan and possibly China, stormed ashore yesterday on Kume island. 50 milc-s west of Okinawa. The Japanese garrison intercepted the invaders and heavy fighting is under way, radio Tokyo said. Capture of Kume would give the Americans their closest, base yet to the China coast, 3fio miles to the west. The tiny island lies in the. east China ."•■i some 3no miles northeast of Formosa and 100 miles southwest of Japan proper. There was no immediate confirmation of tb.e landing report from American sources, but Tokyo said yesterday that 200 American wav. sliipa and landing craft were assembled in the American-held Karama islands, half way between Okinawa and Kume. for new landings in the Ryukyu island chain or possibly in Japan itself. Tlie Tokyo newspaper Yomiiri Hochi saw a “great possibility” that American forces would land in China before invading Japan. Such a thrust would be design -d to sever communications between Japan and the Asiatic continent and hampe "the transportation of fighting tones, military supplies and foodstuffs into our homeland,” the newspaper said. “Our government and army and navy forces, however, are fully prepared to cope with these enemy •, ;»!’ ■ 3!! eye’ on all enemy moves,” it added. In invasion-jittery Japan, the enemy's biggest surviving oil refinery blazed following an attack by 5(1 superfortresses just before midnight last night. The B-29s bombed tile Utsube river oil refinery, 18 miles southwest of Nagoya, only 11 hours as--1 ter nearly 500 more of the big j bombers had raided I l ' aircraft and jarms plants in Japan—the first time that ciuperfortresses have hit Japan in strength twice in 21 hours. The Utsube river refinery was Japan's largest producer of aviation fuel. -Radio Tokyo conceded that tires were started in the attack, but said all were “quickly brought under ioioioi." li said letmbvis also aitin ked tic' coastal area, south of Nagoya through an overcast. Returning airmen reported good to excellent results in the largescale daylight raid yesterday despite “soupy weather” that iced their planes. Mustangs escorting the bombers shot down two intercepting enemy planes ami damaged six. but live B 29s were lost. One Mustang was also lost, but the pilot was rescued at sea. More than 70 superfortress, s made emer gency landings on Iwo. at one time landing at the rate oi one every 30 to 45 seconds. Most ran short of gasoline, but others had been damaged over Japan.” Tenth army forces on Okinawa rounded up more Japanese prisoners Tuesday, boosting the total ; for the 87-day campaign to 9.495. • The number of Japanese dead ro(Turn To Page 2, Column 6) Q — Public Welfare Cost In County Announced The net cost to Adams county for public welfare, including old ago pensions, dependent children and administration wa< J35.9G5 in 1944. a table of Figures released by the ■ Indiana taxpayers association, discloses. This is an increase from $35,277 in 1943. The public welfare program in the state, provided jointly by the federal, state and county governments. paid only $7.3fi5.130. Poor Os tlios amount, county governments, pai donly $7,365,130. Poor relief administered by the townships was reduced last year from a high of $10,112,672 in 1935 to sl,026,721.