Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 43, Number 178, Decatur, Adams County, 30 July 1945 — Page 1

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ftpire State Sash Probed a Army Board Meek Cause Os Plane jarash Into World's BBreotest Building BULLETIN York. July 30.—(UP) — BHoters have stolen thousands 1 ■dollars from the devastated ■ Btholic welfare office in the State building which |l s struck by a B-25 bomber the building manageannounced today. BHw York. July 30—(UP)—The S: building was reopen■EKday as a special Army Air tjH> s hoard pressed an investi- . into the cause of the crash BoiWl!-’J bomber into the world’s building which killed 13 ( Fiorello 11. La Guardia, in the first World War, E|lly blamed the dead pilot of KHii'i’lieil bomber, Lt. Col. Wils“'‘lli. Jr., 27, Watertown, gB bomber, flying over fog■Bmd New York Saturday g|Bing, plunged into the 79th the building, exploded and tite skyscraper into a torch SOBme high over the city. »B the pilot had been up where ■SBbelongfil." LaGuardia said, would have been no trouIfßiilatioiis provide that planes ■mS fly s.hint feet above the city. llle dead stiU were un ‘ through dental work and ■Mo.ird the plane with Smith ■B S Sgt. Christopher E. Domit■Bh. 31, Granite City, 111., crew' wßht. ami Aviation' Machinist’s Albert G. Perna, 20, of |pß' ,yn ’ Y ” a sa *'° r w ‘ i °sot a: Bedford, Mass. The 1W was en route from Bedford N. J. ■■Caurdia said that the plane > traveling almost four miles j »B" !1 wllen it crsned into the 5 BBrap< r and sprayed burning over a wide area. gsHc other 10 persons killed were i.<.?Bt)yos of the War Relief Ser■gjaS' of the National Catholic conference which occugp*B tit,-' 79th floor of the build|BB ap hes at LaGuardia airport had asked by radio for conditions at Newark. ■■ said he had been warned ■H'* last radio contact that the HB ra State building was 1,250 feß' ; ’"-‘ an d sometimes invisible W" fogs. Mg. Gen. C. P. Kane, commandos the Army Air Base, Myiig. Gen. M. F. Schneider, air of (i le Army Air Forces, I,MS|LaGuardia that a “complete” mogadon would be made. Gen. Hugh A. Drum (ret.), of Empire State, Inc., to the, building could eßl * lnated as yet - Tt was "^ES ntei l unofficially, however at He said the observation BQ* w iH remain closed Indefi|j|ff ,I 'l'mi'n began patching up the To Page 21 c ° iumn 7 > ’ School Is ®B n ed Here Today semi-annual term of Kw e l ) I )er t school of auctioneerfeßh' iS ol)ene d here this mornSa stu dents enrolled, re- ■ i !lin s 22 states of the union Canadian provinces. are being held in the ro °tns at Bellmont park, scents will conduct their KB aUCt * on sa ' e Saturday after®B “ pm ” an d uulcs will be i(f^^B nig btly at 8 p.m. except SunKW (>r the duration of the c■,Br OCRAT thermometer I ebatur e READING IBS a - m - 67 Hr ■»" . 77 800B 00 P-m 81 bB .leather jy.B'" * oni 9ht and Tuesday. No EMe P in temperafiH

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Traffic Death Toll Is Slightly Lower Chicago, July 30—(UP)— Traffics accidents took 11,160 lives during the first half of 1945, a one percent safer record than the 1944 corresponding period, the National Council announced today. This year’s January through July fatality rate, however, was 10 percent above the 1943 figure. Big Three Are Believed Near Conference End Truman, Stalin And Attlee Working On Final Communique Potsdam, July 30 — (UP) —The big three met again today and it was believed their conferences are within 24 to 36 hours of conclusion. President Truman, Premier Stalin and Prime Minister Attlee were reported working on a final communique but this was no.t expected to announce some of the military decisions reached. The only word issuing from the conference compound today was: “The conference is still going on.” (The dispatch did not speculate on the nature of the military decisions, but a CBS correspondent broadcast from Loudon that he believed one of the principal negotiators — obviously Russian —had stated that his country would go to war against Japan soon.) The big three conference obviously was in its closing stages and the communique was expected to be issued soon. An official statement yesterday said the conference was “progressing satisfactorily.” In addition to meeting Stalin and Attlee, Mr. Truman was conferring with Judge Samuel Rosenman, his special adviser, on the report to the nation which the president probably will deliver by radio within 24 hours of his return to Washington. The president’s report was expected to include a summary of the accomplishments at Potsdam and their effect on the future of the Japanese war, resettlement of war-torn Europe, and the formation of a workable peace organization. (Turn To Page 2, Column 2) ■ o Annual 4-H Show Thursday, Friday Place Exhibits At Berne Auditorium The annual Adams county 4-H club show will be held at Berne Thursday and Friday, with the community auditorium the site for most of the activity. Clothing, canning and victory exhibits will be taken to the auditorium Tuesday, and will be judged Wednesday by Mrs. Opal Whitman, home economist and judge of Fort Wayne. Each exhibit will be placed in the blue, red or white group and five premium ribbons will be awarded in each major project. Entries for state fair classes in clothing, canning, baking and gardening will be selected during the county show. Members of the garden club and soil conservation club will have exhibits in place by 9:30 a.m. Thursday. Each garden club member will show at least four varieties of vegetables. Dr. Nolan, Fort Wayne victory garden consultant, will be the judge. The auditorium will be opened at 8 a.m. Friday so all baking and food preparation exhibits will be in place by 9 o’clock. Mrs. Whitman and Mrs. Edith CullicaQt, of Plymouth, will act as judges. The dress revue will be held Friday evening at the Berne band shefll. Entrants will report first to the auditorium for initial inspection by Mrs. Cullicant, the judge. An honor group will be selected in each division, each of whom will receive a -pin. A grand champion will be selected to represent the county in the state drees revue at (Turn To Page 2, Column 8)

What Bomber Crash Did To Empire State Building Wil •1' . mi - w Wflßi y (BWmWSIOI flar MMhaat W? / wWIi -BB FLAME-SEARED WALLS and scattered debris show damage done to interior of the Empire State building when an Army B-25 bomber crashed into the building and exploded, showering offices and hallways with burning gasoline, trapping office employes.

Carrier Intrepid Returns To Action Compiles Great Tolls Os Ships And Planes Washington, July 30 — (UP) The navy’s 27,000-ton aircraft carrier Intrepid was well named. Hit five times by suicide planes and torpedoes, she is back looking for more Japs to add to this great score compiled by her gunners and pilots: 289 enemy ships damaged or sunk, 650 enemy planes destroyed. The navy, disclosing the Intrepid's story today, did not say how many of the ships she got were sunk and how many were damaged. Many of the ships of course were small, but they included one Japanese aircraft carrier. The Intrepid’s planes also were credited with helping sink the superbattleship Yamato. The hits scored on the Intrepid cost her 176 casualties, many planes and considerable damage to her flight deck and her interior. Twice the damage was repaired by the crew, but three times the crippled carrier had to limp back to the U. S. west coast for navy yard repair. She is back in action now for the fifth time. The Intrepid first tasted battle damage in the strikes on Truk on Feb. 16, 1944, six months to the day after she was commissioned. Japanese land-based airpowcr there had been virtually wiped out, but a lone enemy plane wormed through the screen and put a torpedo into the Intrepid. The explosion damaged the ship’s steering mechanism and hopelessly jammed her rudder. She was unmaneuverable and her decks were bathed in flames, her commander Rear Adm. (then captain) Thomas L. Sprague, Coronado, Calif., used his engines to ’steer the stricken ship. She suffered her next casualty off Luzon on Oct. 29, 1944, under the command of Capt. Joseph F. Bolger, Arlington, Va. A suicide plane plummeted into her flight deck, slithered into a gun gallery and started a fire. Ten gunners were killed instantly. Six stewards mates who continued to man their guns despite painful wounds were awarded navy crosses. The Intrepid fixed her own batttle damage and continued to fight on until she was hit again, less than a month later, off Luzon on Nov. 15, 1944. Another suicide plane rocketed into the flight deck. Its bomb exploded in a fortunately-empty pilot’s ready room, but 32 men in an adjoining compartment were killed Instantly. Ffemes covered the hangar deck, destroying aircraft and fuel. While the first fires were being fought, another suicide plane crashed into the flight deck and started fresh fires. Sixty-five men were killed and one wounded (Turn To Page 4, Column 4)

ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ADAMS COUNTY

Decatur, Indiana, Monday, July 30,1945

Reed Funeral Rites On Tuesday Morning Funeral services for Mns. J. J. Reed, former Decatur resident, who died suddenly Saturday, will ■be held at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday at ■the home, 115 West Butler street, and at 10 o’clock at St. Patrick’s Catholic church, with burial in the Catholic cemetery at Fort Wayne. In the list of survivors, the name of a son, Jerome Reed, was unintentionally omitted, and a son-in-law, Bernard Schlink, a sailor, was wrongfully listed as 'in army service. o . German Casualties Os War 3,625,000 ✓ Total Discovered In Official Documents Berlin. July 30—(UP)—The Germans officially listed their army, navy, and air losses from the start of the war through Nov. 30, 1914, at 3,625,354 killed, missing, or captured. Discovered among official documents the total included 1,911,300 killed, 435,853 missing and internees, with 278,201 prisoners of war. The documents were considered authentic and intelligence officers said there was no reason to doubt them. Tn addition there were 438,352 discharges, with 732 deserters tinapprehended, making a total of ineffectives of 4,064,438. British official losses from Sept. 3, 1939, to May 31, 1945, read: 233,042 killed, 57,472 missing, 275,975 wounded, 183.849 prisoners of war, for a total of 750,338. Canada’s casualties were: 36,018 killed, 2,866 missing, 53,073 wounded, 9,051 prisoners of war for a total of 101,008. Australia’s were: 21,415 killed. 6,519 missing, 37,477 wounded, 26,800 prisoners of war, for a total of 92,211. The entire British empire had 336,772 killed, 98,113 missing, 468,388 wounded, 330,523 prisoners of war for a total of 1,233,796.

Late Bulletins Berlin, Juiy 30. —(UP) —Col. Gen. Alexander V. Gorbatov said today there still is no definite proof that Adolf Hitler is dead, and an investigation is continuing to determine whether he still is alive. Gorbatov is the Russian representative on the Interallied command of Berlin, also called the Kommandantur. Chungking, July 30.—(UP) — Chinese troops have mopped up Japanese remnants in Kweilin’s suburbs and other units have overtaken the retreating enemy at Lingcwan, 15 miles to the northeast, a headquarters communique announced today.

Pledges Occupation Troops Early Return To Send Troops Home As Soon As Possible Potsdam, July 30. —(UP) —President Harry S. Ti*aman has promised American soldiers in the European theater that they’ll get hq/ne in a hurry, but not so quickly that peace will be jeopardized. Talking to a reporter from the army’s daily “Stars and Stripes,” Mr. Truman called the European occupation “temporary” and promised troops would be returned to the. United States “as soon as conditions warrant.’’ Mr. Truman told the G. # I. newsman that he was opposed to bringing soldiers’ families to the European theater because he didn’t want to have Americana settling in Europe. Asked how long the Japanese war might last if Tokyo ignored the recent surrender ultimatum, Mr. Truman replied: “No man is smart enough to answer that one.” In discussing Japan, Mr. Truman said that ho was doing hie part to lend the war in offering the Japanese a final surrender opportunity. He assured returning servicemen that they would get jobs. He said if soldiers wanted to work, he thought they would have “no very serious trouble in accomplishing that purpose” because he expected employers to be co-operative in rehiring veterans. Mr. Truman announced that he would put a new military policy before congress this fall, and said that any discussion of peacetime conscription was impossible at this time. Saying that the veterans didn’t (Turn To Tage 2 Column 3) — o China Again Makes Shakeup Os Cabinet Soong Is Ousted As Foreign Minister Chungking, July 30. —(UP) — China shook up her cabinet again today, removing T. V. Foong from his position as foreign minister but he retained his post of premier. Soong was replaced by Dr. Wang Chidh, former minister of information. There was no indication whether the move had any diplomatic implications. Soong is in the midst of complex negotiations with Marshal Stalin and was expected to return to Moscow after the Big Three meeting at Potsdam. The Soong-Stalin conferences were interrupted when Stalin had to go to Potsdam. Sobng was namod of the point administration of the ■four government banks, replacing ■ ■ ■" ■— ■■■..... i ——-M—---(Turn To Pagie 4, Column 6)

Aerial Attacks Follow Pre-Dawn Bombardment Os Mainland By Fleet

Hammer Japanese Rear-Guard Units Report Japanese On Borneo Retreating Manila, July 30.—(UP—Australian seventh division troops hammered disorganized Japanese rearguard unite north of Balikpapan today. The main Japanese column apparently was undecided whether to”run north for Samarinda, or to retreat 215 miles southwest to Banjermasin. Gen. Douglas MacArthur’s spokesman said, however, it appeared likely that the Japanese would plunge inland across the Semoi river and then drive south for Banjermasin. On the Samarinda road, north of Balilcpapan, Australian units overran one small group of retreating Japanese and at last reports had engaged them in a running fight. Maj. Gen. E. J. Milford, commander of the Australian seventh division, said that his men in the Balikpapan area had completed their first major task, of routing the Japanese with great losses. He ordered two days rest for each man, when practicable. Australian observers believed the main Japanese forces in northwest Borneo might attempt to reach Kuching, in Sarawak far south of Brunei bay. It was thought those in the north probably would attempt standing in the Jes-selton-Terringau-Rangon area while those in the southeast, as MacArthur's 'spokesman indicated, would shift from Balikpapan south toward Banjermasin. Radio Tokyo claimed that Japanese suicide planes off Puket island had “heavily damaged” a “large enemy warship, probably an aircraft carrier,” and had sunk an Allied cruiser. Domei agency said Allied troops, attempted to invade the island, off the western coast of Malaya, once on Wednesday and twice on Thursday. Domei claimed all three attacks were unsuccessful with Japanese garrison troops "driving the invaders into the sea.” There was no Allied confirmation of the assault.

Herriot Testifies At Petain's Trial Says Roosevelt Had Promised France Aid Paris. July 30. —(UP)—-Former Premier Edouard Herriot testified today at the treason trial of Marshal Henri -Philippe Petain that President Roosevelt promised France material aid from America before the armistice with Germany was signed in 1940. "I know Mr. Roosevelt was convinced that he one day would ask the United States to enter the war,” Herriot said in mustering arguments of the French Republicans against the armistice which Petain negotiated. Petain himself was suffering from an acute attack of laryngitis, Judge Pierre Mongibeaux revealed in announcing that today’s session of the trial would be shortened. The strain on the 89-year-old marshal was becoming more evident daily. Petain’s counsel said he had a “fairly high” temperature yesterday and was not at all well. He was suffering from a severe head cold, and coughing occasionally. His physician was understood to have examined him thoroughly yesterday, particularly for heart trouble, and found him in good health except for the cold and laryngitis. Herriot, president of the Chamber of Deputies when France collapsed, was an imposing figure on the stand. As he worked up to an oratorical fervor, he gesticulated (Turn To Page 6, Column 4)

World Charier Is Ratified By Senate, 89-2 Real Fight To Come Over American Troop Use In Peace Cause Washington, July 30 — (UP) — The senate has given overwhelming approval to American participation in the United Nations peace organization, but the real fight is yet to come. That will take place when the time arrives to determine what this country is to furnish in the way of troops and planes, and who is to authorize their use by the new world security organization. These questions were left unsettled when the senate ratified the United Nations charter by an 89 to 2 vote last Saturday: 1. The size and type of military units this nation will agree to furnish for the cause of peace. 2. Whether such forces can be ordered into action without specific approval of congress in each case. 3. Whether the agreement for those forces will require a tWothirds senate vote, as a treaty, or a majority vote by both houses of congress, as a joint resolution. It will be months before all those questions are settled. The senate plans to recess Wednesday until Oct. 8. The house already is in recess until that date. According to present plans, the question of specific congressional approval for use of American troops may Ixk the first to be tackled. It is expected to arise in connection with a bill to set up the office of delegate to the United Nations security council, to which former secretary of state Edward R. Stettinius, Jr., already has been named. • There are divergent views on the powers which should be accorded the delegate. Some senators take the position that congress must be consulted in each instance before the delegate can vote for the use of American troops. Others contend that the delegate, as the agent of the president,, can order troops into action at any time to protect American lives, property or international commitments. (Turn To Page 2, Column 2) o Nine Men Leave For Pre-lnduclion Exam Contingent Sent By Selective Service Nine Adams county men left Decatur this morning for Indianapolis, where they will be given preinduction physical examinations under selective service. Those members of the group who are accepted for the nation’s armed forces will be returned home on furlough to await call to active induction. In addition to the regular contingent, three conscientious objectors were sent to the state capital for final type examination prior to being assigned to a work camp. Howard Elmo Habegger was leader of today’s group, whose other members were: Carl Jerome Beitler, Donald Richard Rupert, Doyle Homer Krick, Delbert Francis Luzadder, Raymond Eugene James, Ralph Leland Merriman, John H. Sprunger and James William Striker. The three conscientious objectors were: Bernard Milton Mazelin, Henry J. Shetler and Samuel R. Schwartz.

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300-Mile Stretch Os Central Japan Hard Hit By Allies In Pre-lnvasion Blow Guam, July 30—(UP)— Upwards of 1,500 carrier planes blasted and burned a 300-mile stretch of central Japan from Tokyo to the great Osaka-Kobe industrial area today—the 21st day of an offensive softening the enemy homeland for invasion. Radio Tokyo said the raids began at 5:30 a. m. and still were going on after 3 p. m., eight and a half hours later. Before dawn, American and British battleships and other third fleet units set fire to the Japanese industrial center of Hamamatsu, roughly midway between Tokyo and Kobe, with a bold pre-dawn bombardment from only six miles offshore. Tokyo broadcast said surface units also shelled the southeast part of Kii peninsula, below Hamamatsu, after the main bombardment. American and British carrier planes of the third fleet opened their new assault on central Japan at dawn with attacks on trarg port, airfields and military targets in the Tokyo area, a Pacific fleet communique announced. A dispatch from Vice Adm. John S. McCain’s carrier task force disclosed that the aircraft subsequently extended their attacks from file far side of the Tokyo plains southwest to a point beyond the big port and industrial center of Kobe. Within the area lay burning Hamamatsu, the aircraft manufacturing city of Nagoya, and Osaka, Japan's second largest city and bigest war production center. The task force dispatch said the principal targets included 60 airdromes and their satellits landing fields. Radio Tokyo said the main weight of the assault was directed against the capital and adjacent prefectures. Airfields, war factories, communications and shipping were hit by five waves totalling 700 planes during the morning and early afternoon, Tokyo said. A sixth wave of about 100 planes attacked the Tokyo area in the late afternoon, a later enemy transmission said. Tokyo said 200 other Allied planes, including P-51 mustangs from Iwo, raided the Osaka and Ise bay industrial areas in two waves for three hours beginning about 8:30 a. m. Air bases, warships and military establishments were bombed, and machine-gunned, Tokyo said. Other developments in the battla of Japan included: 1. Admiral Chester W. Nimitz announced that American and British airmen of the third fleet destroyed or damaged 283 planes and 189 ships, including 18 warships, in Saturday’s raid on the Japanese inland sea and adjacent areas. This boosted the fleet’s toll since July 10 to 915 Japanese ships and 1,211 planes destroyed or damaged. 2. A dispatch from Admiral John S. McCain’s flagship in task force 38 said Japan has no seaworthy warships left to defend the homeland against invasion. Nimitz said the battleships Ha(Turn To Page 4, Column 5) Elliott Roosevelt Asks Army Release Washington. July 30—(UP)—Elliott Roosevelt, who rose from captain to brigadier general in a little under five ye|rs, has asked the army to release him from active duty. The 34-year-old officer, second eon of the late President and center of more than one nationwide controversy, accumulated 278 discharge points in a career that included action in North Africa, Sicily, Italy, Britain, and France. A minimum of 85 is needed for discharge.