Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 43, Number 183, Decatur, Adams County, 4 August 1945 — Page 1

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MACARTHUR TO LEAD INVASION OF JAPAN

ftnsion Os ■gfSg "fcandSeen ■ediiD To War ) tlMcArthur Move Is First s tcp ln . War Plans ilSMiit■ >ll. Aug. 4- (UP) -The KaML- Douglas MacArjJ to Okinawa and Ryukyu Hands wa- seen .< ihc first step in carELsSggu! Anglo-American deciBritnimr’" :11 “ “ ! P° tstlaln lor P us!1 ‘ Ikuific conclunow is in direct corai Bmaß American-held Pacific' ' ' 1 • : tl) 1,0,11 Ja l’ all and ,K ,'9|Ssl: ml t 'iritory, including '''EfiHlmyim ,< as well as the RyuES|<;:m. s. aS his headquarEwMls it. ".i great semi-circular ■- < it.'i- r against form )-a Chinese s mainland or Julian I Thßiii'ic- presumably was part "!.( -..J I'.ririsii-American plan for of “areas and com- ■' I>aeifie d!scUS-ed at am! referred to yesterday gin communique from the ' Augusta bearing President homeward. 4 t ~;i said B of direct control to did not include Lt. ■ n. ' 1,l)oliltles stll .1 ' vill re,,,aln under (A " '“‘oLtgic air ijfWr ’toman lor (lon. Carl A. 1 "*' !l ,lb “ 2,,11 ‘ an “- v m based f it®s believed hero that the Al- / ■Wj» v> move would be extenLord Louis Aljuntbatten s command to in ® Hast Indies, now under a move, it was thought, preliminary to British ' est'tt«t,> recover Singapore and tarn .Malacca |iiovi(i ° a a ’ o,M * iuii, ‘ r “ ,,,e ,0 ’ l,O Pacific | ttßii’d also free .MacArthur to on the attack on JapllsB a *||Bi.' ln ' !i ar >' authorities have j atlack on the Chinese precede an Japan itself, tiie Japa'iImss Wrp long ] )l>en exl)e( .|i n g all of China. p^lEgME* ll v;is *"" 01 Japan presumawait full massing of reLtmiiean troops, ex- . tore next spring. Plans ' : ’’ aslon ot Ja|ian ateo ina - v agreed on at Potsdam. late l’ resltlent HooseI wgH? 101 ln( * 1 ’ Prime Minister Churchill formulated tl "‘ lnva?ion ° r north France in their lllESr' a Legion's H8 bersh ' p 56,001 il ’BgMnapolis, Aug. -1— (UP) — William Brown of the Aueum-an Legion announcthat the final ?Jp§§W iy r " r 1015 was 56,001. said the membership closed with an enroll--7,000 higher than in the membership was < ir'' ! tl”° :ul<^*(l Hlal ibe latest ’^B ll ’htded 11,0'80 veterans of ' ” I!I WVVar li. Head Charged |■ Misuse Os Fund 1 Infll In<3 ‘' Aug- 4 ~ (up) — . Witli misappropriating |../*B unlon funds, Edward MoshI AuJI an officlal of tlle internaI I ' lleinic ' al workers union f ■'"‘lay was held in the | r‘. 1 W” y Jail under $2,000 bond. !;'.W arges w ere filed by Mary | '■‘■another union official. I W. CRAT THERMOMETER t a W" PERATURE READIHG t - 61 ' i?» a ' w ' — -- 68 i ■ a,ni ' 70 WEATHER tOn '9 lrt and Sunday, fiwMT 0 rather cool again tonight ? r Sunday.

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

To Lead Invasion Hr w i Gen. Douglas MacArthur To Dedicate McComb Airport August 12 Airmen Are Invited From Other Cities Invitations have been extended to airmen in Fort Wayne, Auburn, Angola, Huntington, Portland, Logansport, and Paulding, Defiance, Bryan and Van Werl, Ohio, to attend the dedication of McComb Airport northwest of the intersection of U. S. highways 27 and 224, on Sunday, Auguast 12, Robert Me Comb for whom the field is named announced today. The airmen have been invited to be here at S:3O in the morning and attend a breakfast at a local restaurant as guests oT the Decatur Aero Club, American Legion, the Loyal Order of Moose, B. P. O. Elks and the civil air patrol of this city. Local merchants will provide the breakfast. George Roop of the CAP is chairman of the field arrangements for the parking of automobiles and servicing of visiting airplanes. The American Legion will provide transportation for guests to and from the field and a short tour of the city, including industrial sites. The dedicatory program is being arranged and details will be announced later. A large erftwd is expected for the ceremony and it is probable that a flight of the visiting planes will be held over the city, following the time of church services. The field has been improved with a runway 2,000 feet long, north and south, and 300 feet wide. Since its establishment here a few’ months ago it has grown into a popular place for local aviation enthusiasts and members of the Aero club who purchased a trainer plane and fly from the field.

See Restoration Os Spanish Monarchy Big Three Action Studied In Spain Madrid, Aug. 4—(UP)—lnformed observers believed today that the denunciation of Gen eralissimo Franciisco Franco by the Big Three in the Po’sdam communique might result in a rapid restoration of the Spanish Monarchy. These observers said that a new military government might seize power, “honorably retire” Franco, and put a king on the throne possibly before Sept. 30. It was understood that Franco, vacationing on his summer estate in Galicia, was especially anxious to examine the full official text of the communique, particularly the passage affecting Spain. (Unconfirmed rumors said the government wan planning to issue an sfficial statement replying to the communique. Foreign Minister Martin Atajo, who is understood to have a copy of the communique, was driving to San Sebastian when he received urgent word from the Caudillo to come to Galicia. Newspapers published the full Potsdam text and they sold liko VTurn To Page 6, Column 4)

Heavy Damage To Jap Ships, Planes Revealed Far East Airforce Inflicts Big Loss Past Seven Months Manila, Aug. 4—(UP)—Australian patrols pushed along approaches to the rich oil fields of the Mahakam river delta in East Borneo today, threatening any possible Japanese withdrawal south toward Bandjermasin. Fighting was scattered and sporadic after U. S. 13th airforce and Australian bombers upset the enemy’s planned retreat pattern yesterday with repeated bombing and strafing missions over the rear areas. The far eastern airforce announced that, with the help of attached units, it had sunk or damaged 2,846,932 tons of Japanese merchant and naval shipping during the first seven months of 1945. FEAF’s bombers and fighters also destroyed or damaged 1,375 enemy planes while flying more than 150,000 sorties in which 100,000 tons of bombs were dropped. The seven-months total was equivalent to the sinking or damaging of 33 Queen Elizabeths, and one He De France. The total was approximately two-fifths of the Japanese merchant navy as reported in 1939 by Lloyds of London. Meanwhile, Gen. Douglas MacArthur and Gen. Carl Spaatz, who now heads American airpower in the Pacific, conferred on future air operations. The communique figures revealed that 1,032,107 tons were sunk, 506,091 tons probably sunk, and 1,308.735 tons were damaged. Official information revealed that two percent of the ships de(Turn To Page 6. Column 2) O Churches Reported Reopened In Berlin Berlin, Aug. 4—(UP)— Maj. Gen. Floyd L. Parks, commander of American occupation forces, revealed last night that 132 protestant and 52 Catholic churches and one Synagogue have been reopened in Berlin. Approximately ono-th’rd of the churches were in the American zone. Church attendance was understood to be increasing. j Propose Cent Boost In Library Budget Increase Asked To Purchase New Roof An increase of one cent in the Decatur library's tax levy is proposed in the budget for 1946, which the board members have approved. The increase will be from eight to nine cents on the SIOO of taxable property. The proposed nine-cent levy will produce approximately $5,682.40. The levy in Washington township, outside of the city, is four cents on the $101)1, producing $1,030141. The combined levies will give the board an anticipated operating fund of $6,712.81. The principal reason for the increase is the fact that funds must be raised to place a new roof on the library building. Repair and upkeep of the property is estimated at $2,200. The library trustees are also faced with the responsibility of employing a new librarian, succeeding Mrs’ Lamoille Fogle of North Third street, who, with her husband, is moving to Newkirk, Oklahoma. Mrs. Fogle tendered /her resignation, effective the first of the month. At present. Miss Edna May Schultz is acting as assistant librarian, assisted by Miss Phyllis Teeter of this city. The trustees are considering several applicants, but as yet have not selected a permanent librarian from the list of eligibles.

ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ADAMS COUNTY

Decatur, Indiana, Saturday, August 4, 1945.

Before Augusta Sailed For Home KING GEORGE VI, visiting President Truman aboard the cruiser Augusta at Plymouth, England, just before it sailed for home, bringing back the American delegation to Berlin conference, leads the party inspecting the Marine guard of honor lined up on deck of the cruiser. With the king is the Marine captain commanding the detachment aboard ship, and following them are President Truman and Capt. James Foskett, skipper of Augusta.

Clear Soldier In Prisoner Killings Three Nazis Killed In Escape Attempt > Colorado Springs, Colo., Aug. 4. —(UP) —Routine murder charges were being prepared today against Pvt. Harold W. Garland, Columbus, Ind., but the 23-year-old wounded veteran stood clear of any blame in the fatal shooting of three German prisoners of war. Lt. Col. Peter Fredericksen. Camp Carson inspector who investigated the slaying, announced that Garland was found faultless in the slaying but that general courts martial charges of murder, under the 96th article of war, would be prepared to officially close the case. Garland was not confined but held in technical custody in the prisoner of war camp area at nearby Camp Carson, Fredericksen said. The three Nazis, killed Wednesday at Ovid, Colo, in an escape attempt after they refused to work, were to be buried today in the prisoner of war cemetery at Camp Carson. They were Cpl. Ahton Nauner, Cpl. Helmut Pfifferling and Pvt. Hugo Quaas Fredericksen declared that Garland, a wearer of the purple heart, acted in the line of duty when he fired on the trio in a potato field near the Ovid branch of the Camn Carson prisoner of war center. Earlier it was said that Garland shot the prisoners he was guarding when they attempted to “rush” him, but investigation revealed that he shot after they refused his or(Turn To Page 6, Column 6)

Cpl Jim Newman, Victim Os Jap Brutality, Dies Friday

Fort Worth, Tex., Aug. 4.—(UP) —The Japanese had succeeded today after more than three years in killing Cpl. Jim Newman. Cpl. Jim, emaciated survivor of the Bataan death march and three years in filth-ridden Japanese prison camps, died last night in the little white cottage of his parents. He died in his sleep. His father stood near him. His “mom” was resting in another room when death came to her courageous son. He died a month and a day after he was taken home from an army hospital after physicians had given up hope for his life. ‘Sheer exhaustion caused his death,” his physician said. But everyone knew that the Japanese started killing Cpl. Jim— James E. Newman —on the infamous march of death and made sure of their victim with three years of imprisonment in their dis-ease-filled prison carnpe. Asthma was the latest complication to strike his wracked body suffering from tuberculosis of the

3,000,000 Leaflets Dropped Over Japan Guam, Aug. 4 —(UP)— Superforts have dropped more than 3,1)00,000 leaflet-; on Japan outlining t.he Potsdam "surrender or elee" ultimatum, it wae announced today. The announcement was made without elaboration by the 20th Air Force. How long ago the big bombers began dropping the Big Three’s ultimatum of July 26, was not revealed. Trial Date Is Set For Durham Company September Date Is Overruled By Judge Fort Wayne, Ind., Aug. 4 —'(UP) —Judge Luther Swygert set late November or early December as the final trial date set for the Durham Manufacturing Corp., indicted for fraud against the government in the manufacture of war materials, at a hearing of all preliminary motions in federal court here yesterday. John C. Darsey, chief of the war frauds section of the department of justice came from Washington to the hearing and made a plea on behalf of the government for an early trial. He urged an early trial date as part of the policy of the Justice Department to expedite war frauds cases. District Attorney Alex M. Campbell asked for a September trial, and Judge Swygert over ruled his request. The defense counsel called the request “extraordinary” and said (Turn To Pag© 6. Column 5)

lungs, throat and etomach, and beriberi. His death came as a shock to his family. His daily, brave grin had encouraged them to hope that the 26-year-old hero might recover. “God wanted him and took him,” Marie, a sister, said. “It’s hard to believe that he’s gone. We all tried and prayed eo hard to keep him alive and get well.” The memory of Cpl. Jim will remain alive, however, with thousands of American fighting men and civilians. Thousands of letters es encouragement poured into his parents’ home during his fight to live. Funeral services will be held Monday at 3 p.m. CWT at the Riverside Assembly Church of God church and a military burial was arranged for the Garden of Memories memorial park. At times Cpl. Jim seemed on the road to licking the diseases. “It’s Mom’s good cooking,” he — —« — (Turn To Page 5, Column 7)

Command Os Okinawa, Entire Ryukyu Chain Is Shifted Under MacArthur

Big Three May Meet Next In Washington Suggestion Made By President Truman Aboard USS Augusta with President Truman, Aug. 4—(UP) —President Truman, it was disclosed today, suggested at the Potsdam meeting that the next Big Three conference be held in Washington. Russian Premier Josef Stalin tentatively agreed, depending on whether conditions at the time make it possible for him to travel so far from the seat of his government. The British attitude was not made known. Presumably Prime Minister Clement Attlee would be willing to come to Washington if Stalin agreed. The British have, however, been trying to get the Big Three to meet in London for some time. The lime of the next Big Three meeting has not been determined, or even discussed as yet. Should Stalin journey to Washington it would be the first time that he has strayed so far from his native Russia. During the war he was unwilling to go further than Tehran, Iran, to meet with former Prime Minister Wiuston Churchill and the late President Roosevelt. His second meeting with them was on Russian soil. The man from Missouri is proving himself far from backward in assuming leadership in Big Three affairs, despite his relative inexperience in foreign affairs when he took office last April. It has already been disclosed that he was chairman of the Potfldam conference. Now it is possible to report that an American agenda put forth by the President at the first session of the conference July 17 served as the basis for action in the following sessions. It was the first in Big Three his(Turn To Page 5, Column 4) O ■. Eight Reappointed By Governor Gates State Institution Heads Are Retained Indianapolis, Aug. 4 — (UP) — Five Indiana state institutional superintendents who held appointments under the Democratic administration of ex-Gov. Henry F. Schricker were reappointed today by Republican Gov. Ralph F. Gates. Gates announced the reappointment of eight institutional heads, including the hojdovers from the Schricker administration. The reappointments were announced shortly after Gates named Albert H. Jessup of Plainfield to succeed Dr. E. M. Dill as superintendent of the Indiana boys' school at Plainfield. Dill resigned, effective Aug. 15. Veteran institutional superintendents who were retained were Dr. W. C. VanNuys, head of the epileptic village at New Castle; Dr. Hubert B. Pirkle, of the state sanitarium at Rockville; Dr. J. V. Pace, of the southern Indiana tuberculosis hospital at New Albany; L. A. Cortner, of the soldiers’ and sailors’ children’s home at Knightstown, and Mrs. Marian F. Gallup, of the state women’s prison. Gates also reappointed Luther T. Hurley as superintendent of the school at Fort Wayne; Ray Robinson, commandant of the soldiers' and sailors’ home at Lafayette, and Albert E. Virgil, superintendent of the state farm at Putnamville. The governor also announced the appointment of James F. Keenan, Fort Wayne, as a member of the board of trustees of the state school for the blinXL Keeton succeeds W. C. Griffith.

Laval Returns To Stand In Petain Trial Declares Refusal To Siqn Military Pact With Germans Paris, Aug. 4 — (UP) —Pierre Laval testified today that he refused to sign a military alliance with Germany on the day the Allies invaded North Africa. Laval slouched into court at 1:15 p. m. and five minutes later opened his testimony for the second day in the treason trial of marshal Henri Philippe Petain. The emaciatea Laval, wearing a plain gray pinstripe suit and clutching a battered felt hat, was brought in at the last moment through a subterranean passage. Elaborate precautions again were’ taken to prevent any attempt on his life. As soon as Laval was on the stand. Judge Pierre Mongibeaux prodded him about his statement of yesterday that he had hoped for a German victory. He fired back by quoting Petain as saying in a Vichy speech that they had patched up their differences. and “we will go forward hand in hand.” “I went to the hotel Du Parc (government headquarters in Vichy) on Oct. 24, 1940, and saw Petain,” he said. “Apparently he had been told that I had seen Hitler at Montoire.” Laval testified yesterday about the Montoire meeting at which Hitler, Petain, Laval and German foreign minister Joachim Von Ribbentrop conferred. “He agreed to come with me next day (for the full conference after Laval’s preliminary feelers) and asked Paut Baudoin to accompany him. I told him Hitler had requested a personal interview.” Several days later at a meeting of the anti-bolshevist legion of French volunteers, he said, he attended a dinner at which Petain said: “My difference with Laval has been fixed up. We will go forward (Turn To Pago 5. Column 4)

Winners Named In 4-H Club Projects Winners In Baking, Food Preparation Miss Carol Kirsch of the Monmouth 4-H club was selected as the grand champion in the baking project and Arvada Schaefer of the French township club was chosen ae grand champion in the food preparation project at the 4-H club show in Berne. Other winners in the baking projects were: Baking I —First, Sharlene Lehman, Decatur; eecond, Elizabeth Johnson, Monroe; third, Patricia Barger, Kirkland; fourth, Nancy Drew, Geneva; fifth; Sally Ross, Kirkland. Baking II —First, Carol Bultemeier, of St. John’s; third, Phyllis Riggin, of Geneva; fourth, Maryann Swearinger of Decatur. State Fair exhibits are: Coffee cake by Wanda Rauch of Monmouth and cookies by Carol Bultemeier. BBaking lll—First, Carol Kirsch, of Monmouth: second, Thelm Daniels, of Monmouth; third, Nancy Krick, of Decatur; fourth, Mae Bell Sheets of Monmouth; fifth, Sarah Krick of Decatur. State fair exhibits are: dark cake by Carol Kirsch, drop cookies by Thelma Daniels, and sponge cakes by Nan(Turn To Page 5, Column 6)

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Mighty Invasion Force Being Built Aimed At Ultimate Conquest Os Japan Manila, Aug. 4.—(UP)—Command of Okinawa and the entire Ryukyu island chain was shifted from Admiral Chester W. Nimltz to Gen. Douglas MacArthur today in preparation for the forthcoming American invasion of Japan. “With the Philippines, these islandfl form a great semi-circular base from which a mighty invasion, force is being formed unde: the primary responsibility of General MacArthur for the final conquest of Japan,” MacArthur’s headquarters said. The announcement said that all army forces in the Ryukyu® with the single exception of Lt. James H. Doolittle’s eighth air force now were under MacArthur’s direct control. These include Gen. Joseph (Vinegar Joe) Stilwell’s 10th army, conquerors of Okinawa, and Gen. George C. Kei>ney'-s fifth and seventh air forces. The 13th air force will come under MacArthur's command as soon as it reaches the Ryukyus from the South Pacific. In addition, MacArthur’s over-all command includes the sixth and eighth armies and other air force units in the Philippes. Besides Okinawa, MacArthur took over command of about a dozen smaller islands captured by the 10th army east, west and south of Okinawa. Today’s announcement ended the unusual situation resulting from the fact that MacArthur previously had been given command of ths 10th army but not of the island oil which it was stationed. Coincidentally the only army commander in the Ryukyus not placed under MacArthur—Doolittle —came out strongly only Wednesday for appointment of a single supreme commander for al! land, sea and air forces arrayed against Japan. MacArthur previously had been appointed commander of all army forces in the Pacific, and today’s announcement gives further effect to that move. However, it also indicated clearly that the 20th. army air force up superfortresses in the Marianas would not operate under his direct command. The 20th, like the eighth air force, is part of the strategic air forces commanded by Gen. Carl A. Spaatz. Navy forces in the Pacific remain under the over-all command of Nimitz. Guam dispatches said Japanese planes again have begun to hit back at American forces for an invasion of the enemy homeland. Nimitz announced that the Japanese sank an American light naval unit and damaged another off Okinawa early Sunday and sent 2(1 fighters against American plane* raiding the Tokyo area yesterday. The naval units sunk and damaged presumably were destroyers or destroyer escorts. Although Japanese opposition was on only a small scale, it nevertheless marked the first time in 10 days or more that the enemy has mustered sufficient strength even to challenge American air domination of hie homeland area. No details were available of the Japanese air attack on American naval units off Okinawa, but the (Turt To Page 6, Column 2) Sackett Appointed To War Crimes Commission Fort Wayne, Ind., Aug. 4—(UP) —U. S. District Attorney Alex M. Campbell announced today that Assistant District Attorney Henry R. Sackett, in charge of the Hammond office, has been appointed a member of the prosecuting staff of the war crimes commiflflion and will leave for Europe within a few days. Sackett, the only assistant U. S. attorney in the country to receive the appointment, was recommended to the office of strategic services by Tom C. Clark, attorney general of the United States.