Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 43, Number 174, Decatur, Adams County, 25 July 1945 — Page 1

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|B S ess ’ on 3®e Recess Goes To .||Bj|ar!d To Await E®ion Results July -(UP) — Il9l lßßHKinian will fly to Frankfurt to confer with Gen. ENenhower and review troops during the brief 4 ShßJf'l lll ' Big Thl’**** conference today. will inspect the 841th T3BBB^ ivisi '’ n and tile ai_ '*■; at (Frankfurt. He witl ‘ Eisenhower and hiwill return to Potsdam temortWnight and it was expected it-e Blip'llree session will resume fPhe*-Biursday night or Friday Theßg Three held a final disafter which prime “ s i Churchill together with i Anthony Eden • I &|gßk)siti(>n leader (.'lenient Ats| plane for Britain to reBritish election returns lip.' also learned that during absence the foreign secretaries will to confer with Sir Alexpermanent under J acting of foreign affairs, sit- — Anthony Eden. AjtJfjßfrom the British delegait departing for Lonunderstood that both thejKrican and Soviet delegatisMWtioiiid remain intact uiitll ends sometime '• Bek. business will con- - a,) 'evels except at the ricans of any import'll tijjjjjiß'e left Ute Potsdam meet--5 | yggS do any plan to leave it. 1 ' I 19HF tlle recess American and were expected to ’ I on their heavy paper Preparation for a quick business when the con resumes, presumably on was nothing official on UMF Stalin an d President 71 Plans during the recess, I ■>air-?Wls believed that they will | business sessions — al- .• ig-WEXthe possibility of informal it as not ruled out. ih EgSßthis nin,h ‘‘ay of the meet.EßjMgSj strictest secrecy still covf details of big three dis- | and most secret of all i sdKk question of the continued S|Mi! of the three nations' ’ 4 .;’ ’..S-jB and naval chiefs. *B|n| fact that they’re still indicated that the fields cover are still under Bion. s JUf 8 well known that Mr. came to Potsdam determamong many other ’ th " conference must help • Ik® tn d the Pacific “■£^’B‘- V<?r - any details along this beeU cl ‘>sely guarded quarters discountJr 013 that the big three *- ’ '-jk announce any explosive x. : B ! ” : war developments. The 17-77* S,a,es is still on record as g'~ : ~'-’B illg Soviet neutrality. Iz./Brvers said this did not expossibility of new major war. developments but Was I’kely such develop*f they occur > wiil not l.^B 6 apparent during the life | conference or possibly for !41 me a ff er Its conclusion. J b ' g three or RooseveltI 7'b” ! '1 mee iin g in the past, pro- * 7 B-h'. 8 c,lan ges and stepped up I ehlB r 3 tem P°- and this confer--1 <-■ E u “d° ü btedly will have the i B rn To Pa »« ». Column 4) 1 ° I Bocrat thermometer I BL MPERatu RE reading i «• rn - 74 I «° a ‘ m ' 78 g B' 80 I B° p ' m - 86 WEATHER I ■ JB' r nop th and partly cloudy I 1» h poptlona tonight and IV'Jr* 18 ** Occasional thunder ; ,y* r * southwest portions OW- 1 and ear, y Thursday. | . B’* 1 ' n °rth portions tonight. I u° warm south portions 1 Bht a nci Thursday.

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Wanted —ss Points! Dunn, N. C., July 25—(UP)---The Dunn dispatch received the following advertlsment from an unnamed Erwin, N. C., subscriber. ‘‘A young soldier with four and a half years as duty would like to meet a young widow with three children. "Object: 185 points.” —o Senate Split On Issue Os Armed Force Split On Method Os Putting Forces At Council's Disposal Washington, July 25 — (UP) — The senate was split today on the question of how the United States should place armed forces at the disposal of the United Nations security council. The issue, first to arise in senate consideration of the United Nations charter, centered on this technical question: After it htfs ratified the treaty which calls for member nations to provide the council with sufficient force to prevent future aggression, should the United States supply its share by a joint resolution approved by majority vote of both houses of congress, a treaty requiring a two-thirds senate vote for ratification, or by presidential decree? Tied into the argument was the question whether the American delegate on the security council could vote such troops into action without specific congressional approval. The argument arose after Sen. Carl A. Hatch, D., N. M., challenged the basis on which Sen. Burton Wheeler, D., Mont., announced that he would vote for charter ratification. Wheeler said he would support the charter because of sttfffements promising that “the specific duties and powers of our delegate will be spelled out in supplementary agreements and that these agreemnts will come back to the senate for ratification.” He said he would lead a “real fight” later to limit the use of American forces by the council. Hatch interrupted to demand that if any member of the senate (Turn To Page 5. Column 5) 0 Lt.-Col. Daniel Is Back From Europe Decatur's Highest Officer On Leave Decatur's highest ranking army officer, Lt. Colonel Robert E. Daniel, former local physician, arrived here last evening for a visit with relatives and friends after serving more than 20 months overseas as a divisional surgeon with American troops in England, France and Germany. Col. Daniel flew to Fort Wayne from Asheville, N. C., where his wife and daughter have resided for the past year. He hae a 30-day leave from active duty. With the collapse of Germany last May, Col. Daniel, divisional surgeon with the eighth infantry division, had the great responsibility of directing medical and sanitary supervision in the Schwejii area. There were more than 15,000 Ger man battle casualties in 26 military hospitals, some 200,000 German prisoners of war and thousands of civilians in the area assigned to Col. Daniel. It was his responsibility to organize the area and see that medical care was given to soldier and civilian. It was one of the largest military jobs given any American officer. Col. Daniel, who was awarded the Bronze Star in 1944 for meritorious service, entered the ai my as a reserve officer in December, IS 10. He went overseas in November, 1943, and saw active duty on several of the major battlefionts in Europe. Although he has 109 credit pointe, Col. Daniel does not know if he will be released from the army, or returned to Germany to assume his former post.

Tries To Save Cyclist In Flood, Is Rescued Himself WHS® Ww' r rMß.i. 'X " » *W' v ~'' HB IKE FISHER, who risked his life in a vain attempt to save an unidentified motorcyclist thrown from his bike while crossing a flooded highway near Ridgewood; N. Y., has to be rescued himself. Torrential rains have caused serious flood damage in the state, washing out highways and bridges.

Slight Temperature Drop Brings Relief Predict Mercury To Soar Again Thursday By United PreSs The midwest, after sweltering for three days during w the season’s first heat wave, enjoyed a slight drop in temperature today under the influence of north and n'ortheast winds. Temperatures of more than 100 degrees were experienced in many places yesterday with a season’s high mark of 99.4 being recorded in Chicago. Forecaster I. W. Brunk said except for 113 degree readings in southwestern Arizona artd California’s interior valleys the midwest was the hottest spot in the nation. High humidity accompanied the heat. Temporary relief was felt everywhere except in extreme southern Illinois and Indiana where a 100degree high continued. • Hottest spots in the midwest yesterday were Moline, 111., and Burlington, la., with 102. Moline’s temperature dropped to 88 today. Lawrenceville, 111., and Terre Haute, Ind., where the mercury soared, to 100, continued to suffer as the cooling north and northeast winds passed them by. The biggest temperature drop was in Wisconsin and Minnesota, where yesterday’s high 98’s dropped to the mid 80’s. Milwaukee’s 97 and Minneapolis’ 96 settled at an 86 average today. Brunk said that the mercury would probably soar again tomorrow, with scattered thundershowers late tonight offering only slight temporary relief. The first break in the heat wave (Turn To Page 2, Column 8) O Decatur Cub Scouts Planning Day Camp To Hold Outing At Shroyer Lake Monday Decatur’s Cub Scouts are planning a day camp, to be held at Shroyer lake, northeast of Decatur, next Monday, July 30. The Cubs, who include all nine, 10 and 11-year-old bffys of the Boy Scout organization, will meet in front of the junior-senior high school gymnasium at 10 a.m. Monday and will be transported to the lake in Zwick’s truck. Each Cub Is requested to J>ring a picnic dinner and bathing suit. The picnic grounds, nature trails and bathing beach will be open to the boys without charge, as Ben Shroyer, owner and operator of the lake, has donated the grounds for the use of the Cubs. The refreshment stand will be open In order that the boys may purchase popcorn, ice cream and soft drinks. The day’s outing will be supervised by Bryce Thonas, Cubmaster; Sylvester Everhart, Boy Scout commissioner; and the Cub committee, John Halterman, Herman Krueckeberg and Robert Zwick.

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Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday, July 25, 1945.

Appropriation Os Funds Is Approved Ben Gallion and Clifford Bemish of the Indiana state tax board were here Tuesday aftrenoon to review the appropriations as allowed by the Adams county council last week. They found everything regular and approved the transfer of funds ae necessary, reporting to the state iboard, from where (he order will come. They also approved the appropriation asked for by J. B. Stoneburner, trustee of Washington township, for a school bus. o See Churchill Hold On Parliament Cut British Election Results Thursday London, July 25. —(UP) —A majority of British political experts believed today that Prime Minister Churchill’s Conservative party would not have more than 40 percent of the total votes cast In the recent election when they are counted tomorrow. Some experts went even further. They believed Churchill might have the backing of as little as 36 percent, which would be the lowest any Conservative leader has polled since the last war. David Lloyd George gathered 57 percent in the “coupon election” of 1918. The chief feature of this election may be summed up in three words: The Middleclass Revolt. This has been evidenced by the crowded and frequently electric Labor or Commonwealth party meetings in middleclass neighborhoods, and by well authenticated reports of big labor gains in previously “squire-ridden” rural con stituencies. This revolt is partly a national inquest on the political party which openly or behind the scenes ruled the country over the entire period between the two world wars. It is partly a rebuke to those who did “un-English things” such as "betraying the Spanish Republic,” or “selling Czechoslovakia down the river,” and landing the nation into the war all but unarmed. The vote count does not mean that Churchill is unpopular. He is very popular. But it does mean that no one outside the premier’s own constituency can “vote for Churchill” except by voting for the local Conservative, or local national government candidate. This, the experts believe, the majority of people in Britain has refused to do. There is not a scrap of evidence that the British electorate is greatly enamored with the Labor party leaders, although many reports suggest the party has numerous attractive candidates who inspired confidence. Churchill could elect enough members to give him a small majority over the Labor and Liberal parties combined, but some experts were doubtful that he could manage even this. Labor party leaders weakened their chances because of a peculiar psychology which drove them to put candidates into the field against all other Leftist parties, thus splitting the anti-Conservative vote.

Great Aerial Blows Planned On Japan Allied Air Power In Pacific Tremendous Manila, July 25.—(UP) — Gen. George C. Kenney said today that Allied air power in the Pacific is so great' that after the bombardment in future landing operations the troops will walk ashore virtually without opposition. Kenney, commander of Far Eastern air forces, said that in the very near future the Allies will be able to drop 5,060 tons of bombs in a single raid on any given target in Japanese territory. He said Allied combat planes in the Pacific now number 5,000, and will reach 10,000 after redeployment is completed. "Before we go in any place,” Kenney said —correspondents attending his press conference noted that “any place” included Japan—“there won’t be a bridge or decent foot road left. “We expect our troops will go ashore anywhere with almost total lack of opposition as they walk up the beaches. “If you tell a man that he’d better look out because in two hours he’s going to have an earthquake, there isn’t much he can do about it. And the TNT tied in those bombs is an earthquake.” Greater Than Germany Washington, July 25. —(UP) — Japan was left with a grim warning today that American bombers soon will be hitting Japanese war centers at a rate greater than that (Turn To Page 5. Column 5) 0 K. Rotary Scout Troop Attends Big Island Report Is Given On Two Weeks At Camp A report was given of the tw roweek camping period for the Boy Scouts of Rotary troop 61 at the home of Dick Rathman, scoutmaster. Twenty-one boys of the troop enjoyed camping at Camp Big Island near Rome City. Those attending were Dave Mac Lean, Don Mac Lean, Kenny Grant, Gordon Rice, Jim Kortenber, Tom Kortenber, Gene Ziner, Norman Stingely, Gerald Schultz, Sheldon Daniels, Dick Mies, Dan Freeby, Bill Freeby. Ralph Bollinger, Norman Leonardson, Don Schmitt, Kenneth Nash, Grover Odle, Dave Moore, Merlin Johnston, and Joe Daniels, who will be at the camp all summer serving as camp clerk and bugler. Three boys from the troop were admitted into the Order of the Arrow, which is a fraternity of the Boy Scouts. They are Norman. Stingely, Norman Leonardson, and Sheldon Daniels. Three boys from the troop succeeded in obtaining the rank of Scout lifeguard. They are Norman Leonardson, Dan Freeby and Gene Ziner. Older scouts are allowed to work on senior scouting strips. The live that are offered are craft, (Turn To Pago 6 k Column t) ■

American And British Carrier Planes Swarm On Burning Naval Base

Change Expected In Beer Distributorship The beer distributorship in this county will in all probability be changed effective August 1, it was stated on reliable authority today. Final details in the transfer of the business and issuing of the state license to two Decatur men are being completed. The Mutschler Distributing company has been the licensed distributor here since 1933. o Petain Defies Court Refuses Judge Answer Daladier Charges Petain Intent To Destroy Republic Paris. July 25.—(UP)—Haggard and harassed, Marshal Henri Philippe Petain today defied a French high court trying him for treason, refusing to answer questions about a message he sent to the Nazis after the Dieppe raid in 1942. Through hi s counsel Petain stubbornly refused to comply with an order by Judge Pierre Mongibeaux that he answer questions about his reaction to the Dieppe commando assault. . The old marshal showed clear signs of weakening under the three days of testimony denouncing him as a traitor to France. He fingered his glovee nervously during the wrangle with the judge, and was heard to complain querulously to bystanders: “I don’t know what is going on. I am very hard of hearing.” The dispute over the Dieppe telegram broke out after Edouard Daladier, the second former French premier to accuse Petain in the three days of the trial, completed his formal testimony. Former President Albert Lebrun. 73, followed Daladier as the third witness of the trial and in a thin, cracked voice hardly audible in the small courtroom told again the dramatic story of the break-up of the French army under Nazi attack and the hectic cabinet sessions in which, France's fate was debated. Daladier ripped into Petain with an oratorical vigor that worked up 'to a frenzy of shouting, his face flushed crimson and streaked with tears, his voice choking with emotion. Resuming his testimony where he left off at the adjournment of court last night, Daladier charged that Petain and the Vichy regime of which he was chief of state was (Turn To Pagv 6, Column 7) o Discharge System Os Navy Announced 30,000 Olemer Men To Be Discharged Washington, July 25 — (UP) — Some 30.000 older navy and coast guard reserve officers and men were assured today of discharge by December under the navy’s new point discharge plan. The plan was formally put into effect last night. It is designed to return to civilian life “older officers and men who have contributed their full share of wartime service.” Here’s how it works: A total of 53 to 57 points is needed for discharge, depending on the arm of service. Points are awarded solely on the basis of age and length of service. One point is allowed for each year of age to the nearest birthday, and one point for each four months of active duty completed since Sept. (Turn To Pag» 3. Column «), .

Jap Defenses Hammered On Borneo Island Australian Troops And Planes Hammer Japanese Defenses Manila,.- July 25— (UP) —Australian troops and planes hammered Japanese defenses on the road north of Balikpapan with near-perfect team work today, after RAAF spitfires destroyed IS enemy-laden trucks caught nine miles north of Mount Balochampar. Seventh division Australians pushed two miles farther north along the main highway leading from the oil field installations, in southeastern Borneo, but the Japanese concentrated on r.etreat and refused to fight. On Sunday 350 far eastern airforce fighters and bombers attacked Shanghai airfields and shipping in the largest raid yet against the greatest Japanese held city on the China mainland. At the same time, Okinawa based B-24s traveled far north to hit Korea for the first time, dropping their bombs on Fusan airfield al the southern tip. B-245, B-255, A-26s and Mustang fighters of the fifth and seventh airforces swarmed over Shanghai bombing from both high and low altitudes. The raiders dropped everything from 1,000 pounders to fragmentation bombs. The liberators attacked Kiangwan airfield, which is China's largest and capable of handling all of Japan’s combat aircraft both in China and Manchuria. The A-26s roared in at less than tree-top level showering parachute fragmentation bombs on Tacing and Tighai airfields, hitting dispersal area and buildings. Attacking shipping in the Shanghai area, the raiders definitely sank four ships, heavily hit and probably sank 10 others, and wrecked numerous small craft. Earlier a single liberator bombed and dispersed an eight-ship convoy near Shanghai. Two seventh fleet mariners strafed over 20 small craft in (Turn To Page 2, Column 2) o Lions Entertain 4-H Garden Club Entomologist From Purdue Is Speaker Members of the Adams county 411 Garden club were guests of the Decatur Lions club at the weekly meeting of the service club Tuesday evening. Glen Lehker, entomologist of Purdue university, was the principal speaker, presenting an amusing talk on "insect pests of the garden.” He emphasized the fact that there are now more troublesome Insects than ever before, that dusting or spraying should be a regular garden practice and that leaf chewing insects can be destroyed with stomach poisons while contact sprays or dusts should be used on sucking insects. In closing, the speaker stated that spading all garden debris under in the fall is a good insect pest control measure. Robert Gay was acting president of the meeting and Carrel H. Cole had charge of the program. Gar 1 den club members in attendance were: Melvin Werling, Mary Schroeder, Marilyn Bultemeier, Darlene Bultemeier, Shirley Striker and Evelyn Gerke. Other guests were L. E. Archbold, county agricultural agent, and Miss Anna K. Williams, emergency war food agent.

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At Least Seven Jap Warships Blasted By Planes; Superforts Hit Oil Refineries Guam, Thursday, July 26.—(UP) —Superfortresses blasted three more of Japan's vital oil refineries early today while more than 1,306 U. S. and British carrier planes blew the Japanese air force from the skies over western Honshu as they swarmed back into the burning Kure naval base to finish off the crippled remnante of Japan’s imperial fleet. Between 75 and 100 B-29s struck in a precision demolition raid near Tokyo shortly before midnight as the U. S. third fleet maneuvered offshore after its devastating twoday strike at Japan’s great inland sea anchorage which blasted at least eeven enemy warships. Bombing at medium altitude, the superforts struck Japanese oil refineries and installations. Targets were the Mitsubishi oil refinery, the enemy’s largest producer of aviation gasoline; the Havana petroleum refinery and the Asaishi Oil Co., adjoining each other in the Kawasaki area on Tokyo bay. The raid followed by less than 36 hours a record strike by 625 superforts on seven industrial targets in the Osaka and Nagoya areas. Thundering back for their second straight blow at the great inland sea anchorage of Kure yesterday the carrier pilots shot their way through a blazing screen of flak and enemy fighters to get at the seven or more major Japanese warships they had riddled with bombfi and rockets. The Japanese countered first with a terrific anti-aircraft barragq that turned the sky into a rainbowcolored hell. They sent theit hoarded fighter planes aloft in 4 last desperate bid to save the fleet. United Press war correspondent Ernest Hoberecht reported from one of the attacking carriers that the enemy aerial opposition appeared to have been smothered after a furious battle. By late afternoon, American corsair fighters had won mastery of the skies, clearing the way for the knockout, by the fleet’s helldivers and torpedo bombers, and were strafing the enemy airfields almost at will. The imperial battle fleet that eteamed out to challenge the United States barely three years and seven months ago was dying impotently in the bomb-churned waters of the inland sea. At least seven enemy battleships, carriers and cruisers—virtually all of Japan’s surviving seapower—• were holed or set ablaze in yesterday’s 1,000-plane carrier strike. And wave upon wave of diving, strafing American and British planes were back to finish off tha cripples today. They fSmc in over the burning Kure anchorage at first light of day and were still pouring bombs, rocKets and gunfire into the wrecked Japanese warships more (han eight hours later. “This may well mean the end of the Japanese navy,” reported (Turn To Page S, Column 6) O Mrs. Minnie Molthan Dies In Fort Wayne Mrs. Minnie Molthau, 50. d*ed Tuesday afternoon at (he Lutheran hospital in Fort Wayne, following a major operation. Mrs. Molthan, the former Miss Minnie Kukelhan, was born in Root township. The family moved to Fort Wayne 25 years agp. She te survived by the husband, William, and a son, Ray, in the Pacific. She also has many relatives living in thin county. Funeral services will be held Friday afternoon at 1:30 o’clock at the Roden beck funeral home and at 2 p. m. at the St. Paul Lutheran church in Fort Wayne. BULLETIN Washington, July 25. —(UP) — Gen. Malin Craig, former army chief of staff, died today at Walter Reed hospital.