Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 43, Number 199, Decatur, Adams County, 23 August 1945 — Page 1

■XLIII. No. 199.

iAPS ASK CHANGES IN SURRENDER ORDERS

■hers And Biges Go Back ■Sale Soon I Ad Restrictions I ■ Home Delivery I Brvices Nov. 1 I Aug. 23 — (UP) — were assured today supplies of washing ma»<3o anti electric ranges will be Ln Sc market by the year’s end ? tile milkman can soon rei deliveries. .joToffiee of Defense Transpor»announced that restrictions delivery service would : ;, S4 B)v. 1, time permitting depart- ‘ H dairies, laundries and ■ rthsß to deliver their products as they please. Limits on the i packages that can lie delivwill end. : (W Ui-eetor .J. Monroe Johnson I however, that the relaxa--1 tiaßtio not necessarily mean an pjfflßiate return to full pre-war Shortages of equipment. manpower will force some |r restrictions on deliverFT® Office of Price Administrathat washing machines, aluminum kitchenware retailed at the 1942 prices. emphasized that the gsdKiroporlion of low-priced units made in the coming months manufactured before the F * are confident that nearly |a:'Bisiimer durable goods can be ttTWled to the civilian market at prices or very close to Price Administrator Chessaid. fc St survey of its reconversion IMS 3, ,!u ‘ " al Production Board many important homseP<i®!ommodities would be availt - Bn good quantity by late Deand that pre-war producLilaßhouhl be restored by the of UI4-6. p.BB Sized up the production of i -As items as follows: fc<-K:trie ranges: Will be in re>n fair supply by DeE ®B‘r. and no statement of neI for purchase. By Jan. 1 the rate of production may be or surpassed. Production :he last six months of 1945 about 145,000. ing machines: Should be Iret in some quantity by . They will not be rationut 500,000 probably will be ‘lured in the fourth quar--1945. The present pent-up is estimated to be 6,000,000 Itric fans: Should be on sale icember in fairly adequate (S. About 100,000 will be proin fourth quarter. Producexpected to rise sharply in ring. 1 : By the end of the year should approximate deThe army and navy have extensive cut-backs in film ’meats, but will continue to rn To Page 8. Column 1) ■ ° Safe Bulletins L Bondon, Aug. 23 — (UP) — 1 ■ Jose t Stalin tonight an- > H nCed ' n an ort^er the day ii Hit Japan's Kwantung army f B surrendered. B an Francisco, Aug. 23 — : — The Yenan Chinese Bnmunist radio in a broadBt recorded by FCC said Bt the Chinese Communists accepted the invitation ■Gen. Chiang Kai-Shek for a Bference at Chungking. B«n Francisco, Aug. 23 — B e Ja P a nese Oomei news B ncy reported today that ■ extraordinary session of the ■Panese diet will convene 2 and 3. BMOCRAT thermometer READING ■°° a. m 56 B°o a. m. „ 62 Bj" 70 ■°° P. m 74 WEATHER ‘^■ r n °rth and partly cloudy Rather cool to- •• Friday fair and warmer.

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Legion Commander Floyd B. Hunter, above, will be installed.as commander of Adams Post 43, American Legion, at installation services for new officers next Monday night.

Legion To Install Officers Monday District Head To Install Officers New officers of Adams Post 43, American Legion, will be formally installed at the regular meeting of the post Monday evening at 8 o'clock at the Legion home, First and Madison streets. Ervin H. Bengs, of Fort Wayne, newly-elected fourth district commander of the Legion, will act as installing officer. Floyd B. Hunter, of Decatur, Will be installed as commander, succeeding Albert Rumschlag, who has served as pest leader for the past year. Other new officers are as follows: Artljur E. Myers, first vice commander; T. C. Smith, second vice commander; George Harting, third vice commander; Dwight Sheets, fourth vice commander; W. L. Linn, finance officer; Till man H. Gehrig, adjutant; Ed Bauer, trustee for three years. All veterans who are home on furlough or have been discharged are invited to attend the installation ceremony. Lunch will be served following the meeting. 0 Hoosier Officer Is Plane Crash Victim Phoenix, Ariz., Aug. 23—(UP) — Army Air Force authorities announced yesterday tliat Second Lt. Herbert Jacobi, 25, was killed in a B-24 bomber crash Tuesday near Aguila, Ariz. The pilot’s wife, Lillian, and two children live in Highland, Ind. Six members parachuted to safety. Elks Will Observe 40th Anniversary Program Is Planned Here On September 6 Elaborate plans are being made by the lodge to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the institution of Decatur lodge No. 993 of the B. P. O. Elks at the local home on Thursday, September 6, Lloyd Baker, general chairman, announced today. A feature of the day’s celebration will be a mortgage burning ceremony, which will take place during the evening banquet. Honors will also be accorded the active ciiarter members of the lodge, all of whom will be invited to attend the birthday anniversary party. Florian Keller, exalted ruler, has named members of the several committees that will plan the banquet, mortgage burning ceremony and reception to the charter and eldest members of the lodge. With the return of many of the members from the armed services, the occa-eion will also afford the opportunity to welcome those who have been discharged from the military services, or are home on leave, pending return to civilian status. ■ Since the outbreak of war, 47 men from the local lodge were en(Turn To Page 2, Column 2)

Teaching Staff Announced For Public Schools No Additions Made In Faculty; School Opens September 4 Walter J. Krick, superintendent of the Decatur public schools, today announced the teaching staffs for the junior-senior high school and the Lincoln grade school. The 1945-46 school year will open Tuesday, September 4. No additions have been made in faculty members at either the high school or grade school, Mr. Krick stated. Enrollment ages were also announced by the city school superintendent. Children enrolling in kindergarten must have attained their fifth birthday before September 15, and children enrolling in the first grade must have attained their sixth birthday before September 15. The complete teaching staffs are as follows: Junior-Senior High W. Guy Brown, principal; Merritt J. Alger, Lowell J. Smith, Sylvester Everhart, R. A. Adams, Vaughn Millikan, Deane Dorwin, Edith Godfrey, Catherine Weidler, Dale W. Ross, Amos Ketchum, Glennis Elzey, Helen Haubold, Kathryn Kauffman, Eleanor Pumphrey, Daniel Perry, Mildred Worthman, Albert Sellemeyer and Maynard Hetrick. Lincoln School Bryce Thomas, principal; Gladys Chamberlain, Rosamond Gould, Elizabeth Peterson, Edith Stolz, Effie Patton, Florence Haney, Georgia Foughty, John R. Parrish, Matilda Sellemeyer, Edward Jaberg, Grace Coffee, Madeline Spahr, Glelinys Roop. Custodians Lincoln building — Harve M. Baker and Harry Poling. Junior-senior high—Joel Reynolds, George Squier and Dick Shaffer. o Potts Funeral Rites On Friday Morning Funeral services for Peter Potts, former Adams county resident, who died Tuesday afternoon, will be held at 8:30 a.m. Friday at the Mungo van & Sons mortuary and at 9 o’clock at the Most Precious Blood Catholic church in Fort Wayne. Burial will be in the New Haven IOOF cemetery. Treble Damage Suit Filed Here By OPA Government Alleges Overcharge For Auto A suit for treble damages has been filed by Chester Bowles, administrator of the office of price administration, by Alex Campbell, U. S. district attorney, in the Adams circuit court, against Elmer J. Hendricks, 1217 N. Fifth street, for selling a 1939 Chevrolet pasrenger automobile above the maximum ceiling price, as regulated by federal law. It is the first suit of its kind to be filed in this county since congress instituted the maximum price law, governing the sale of automobiles and other products during war time. The complaint states that the auto was sold to Francis Hart for $535, whereas the maximum price as set out in the schedule for used cars was $5lO. The federal government asks treble damage for the alleged overcharge of $25. The demand judgment is asked for and on behalf of the United States of America. Under the law these suits can be transferred to local courts for hearing and decision. The complaint statea that “said (Francis Hart has not exercised his privilege and right to bring an action for treble damages against the said defendant as provided by said act, therefore the suit by the government enforcement attorneys. Hearing will be heard on September 5 in the circuit court.

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Decatur, Indiana, Thursday, Auqust 23, 1945.

Signs Charter For China

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CHINESE PREMIER T. V. SOONG, who was obliged to leave San Francisco before the final signing of the United Nations charter, is shown with Secretary of State James F. Byrnes at the state department in Washington as he signed on behalf of China.

County Council To Meet September 4 Three-Day Session Planned For Board The Adanrn county council will be in session three days next' month when the local legislative and tax appropriation body takes up the budget covering 1946 governmental expenditures and requests for special appropriations to pay this year’s expenses. Thurman I. Drew, county auditor, said that the council members would convene on September 4 for the annual meeting, continuing in session on Septenwer 5. During these two days the budgets for the county government, welfare and highway departments and the proposed tax levies for each division will be considered by the council. On the following day, requests for special 1945 appropriations will be considered by the board. These .include a request for $765 for the newly-elected county attendance officer’s salary from August 16 to December 31; transfer of highway funds to pay insurance premiums; transfer of SI6OO in the welfare department budget to the item, "assistance for sick and crippled children and adults committed,” and a few general items, including payments for fire insurance premiums. On the basis of budgets submitted and tax levies proposed to raise the amount of money to defray anticipated expenditures, the county tax rate figures 64 cents on each SIOO of taxables. This is an increase of 20 cents over the 44-cent rate applying in the tax bill this year. The three budgets total $561,811, of which $183,547 must come from local taxes. The 64-cent total rate, (Turn To Page 2, Column 6, o Denies Bulgaria's Election Law Unfair Reds Reject View Os Western Allies London, Aug. 23 —(UP)—Soviet press dispatches today flatly rejected the contention of the western Allies that Bulgaria’s election law is unfair as an appeal from King Michael of Romania posed a ticklish new problem for the big three powers. The Soviet news agency Tass in a broadcast from Moscow quoted a commentary in the government newspaper Izvestia as describing the Bulgarian election law as “the most democratic the Bulgarian people ever had.” Both the United States and Britain have sent official representations to Bulgaria over the forthcoming elections, Britain saying curtly that the results of the voting would be rejected because of the undemocratic character of the law under which it will be held. (A dispatch from Istanbul said that American warnings regard Int the election had created a political crisis in Bulgaria. It quoted reports of continuous meetings ‘(Turn To Pago 2, Column 6)

New Sugar Stamp To Be Valid Sept. 1. Washington, Aug. 23 — (UP) — Sugar stamp 38 in ration book 4 will become valid Sept. 1, Office of Price Administration announced today. It will be good for five pounds of sugar until Dec. 31, 1945. The current sugar stamp, No. 36, becomes invalid Aug. 31. OPA is continuing the current ration rate of five pounds of sugar every four months because of a shortage of supplies. No improvement for civilians is expected this year. Stocks are lower than they have been for 10 years. Start Demobilizing Os Army Air Force Release More Than Million In Year Washington, Aug. 23 —(UP) — Demobilization of the- army air forces was underway today under a plan which will return more than 1,400,000 AAF personnel to civilian status within a year. - The present strength of the AAF is 2,300,000. Discharges at their peak are expected to hit 150,000 a month, leaving air forces personel at about 900,000 in a year's time. Another 200;000 will be released as soon as conditions permit. Airmen with necessary discharge points who are now overseas will be replaced "by volunteers or others with equal training but lower point scores. Officers will be eligible for release on scores ranging from 36 to 70 points when their services are no longer required. Flight officers need 36 points for release; second lieutenants, 42; first lieutenants, 58; and captains and officers of‘higher rank, 70. Enlisted men, as in other branches of the army, require 85 points for discharge. Members of the women’s army corps will be eligible if they have 44 points. Maj. Gen. Fred L. Anderson, assistant chief of air staff, said the ranks of all enlisted men under orders to go overseas as of Aug. 15 had been screened to eliminate those with more than 75 points and also all Wacs with 43 points. They will be stationed in this country until lowering of the critical score makes them eligible for release. Henceforth, Anderson said, the air forces will screen overseas shipments to eliminate men with less than 75 points — the exact number was not revealed — and those who are 37 or older. He said the screening was intended to avoid wasting shipping space by moving men who might soon be returned and to avoid blocking a man’s early release from the service. “In general, our order of release is: “1. Those desiring release in the order of their point scores. “2. Those who wish to remain in the service but for whom there is no job, still in the order of point scores. "Right now we are discharging those with more than 85 points who wish to be separated from the service and those over 38 years old.”

Tokyo Tells Jap People 50,000 Allied Troops To Land In Japan Next Week

Prepare For Surrender Os Japs In China Over Million Japs In China; Nanking Scene Os Surrender Chungking, Aug. 23 — (UP) — Japanese military chiefs informed Chinese anti American officials today it was now safe for them to enter Nanking to prepare for the formal surrender of mo’e than 1,000,000 Japanese troops in China. Gen. Yasuja Okamura, supreme commander of Japanese forces in China, assured the Chungking government that he would recognize only an authorized representative of Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek and requested further surrender instructions. Okamura’s representative, Maj. Gen. Takeo Imai, having concluded preliminary surrender discussions with the Chinese at Chihkiang, was scheduled to return to Nanking today. It was believed certain that the formal signing of the capitulation would take place at Nanking, present seat of a Japanese puppet government and former capital of the Chinese administration. However, the Chiang government withheld any definite statement as to time or place of the formal surrender pending comple tion of Gen. Douglas MacArthur’s over-all negotiations. Complications appeared certain as the Chinese anounced that they would occupy the British crown colony of Hong Kong, and would accept Japanese surrenders in China, Formosa, and the northern half of Indo-China. Tile British military mission at Chungking told the United Press yesterday that British naval units already were on their way to take over in Hong Kong. The Japanese surrender mission at Chihkiang yesterday gave the Chinese the Japanese army’s entire communications plan in China and a map detailing the positions and disposition of more than 3,000,000 Japanese troops on the Asiatic continent still capable of fighting, despite the destruction (Turn To Page 4, Column 3) Contingent Leaves For Physical Exam Two Groups Leave City This Morning Fourteen Adame county youths left this morning for Indianapolis for pre-induction physical examinations under selective service. Seven of the youths were dispatched under the regular call and seven were forwarded under the special call for youths 18 to 26 for re-examination. Arlo Lee Wagner was leader of the contingent. Other members of the regular cap were Troy Lee Fening, Simon Eugene Heyerly, Clair 'Duane Christener, Clarence Lowell Hamrick, Warren Edgar Kneu.se, Donald Duane Clark. Members of the special call group were Joseph Anthony Weber (volunteer for immediate induction), Walter Ivan Edward Henry Heckman, Max Merritt Heare, Kenneth Harold Liechty, Glenn Junior Donnel, Max Eugene Ogg (voluiUeer). A contingent is scheduled to leave here Thursday, August 30, for induction into the nation’s armed forces. Several men, over 26, slated to leave with this group, have had their induction indefinitely postponed since the end of the war.

Victory Loan Bond Goal 11 Billions Washington, Aug. 23 —(UP)— The Victory Loan, last organized bond drive of its kind planned hy the government, will lie held from Oct. 29 to Dec. 8 with a goal of $11,000,000,000 (B), the treasury announced today. Secretary of the treasury Fred M. Vinson explained that despite the end of the war the government etill needed huge amounts of money to meet costs of mustering out pay. redeployment of soldiers, hospitalization and other expenses incident to the war. o Jobs For All Bill Endorsed By Anderson Agriculture Head Warns Employment Vital For Nation Washington, Aug. 23—(UP)— Secretary of agriculture Clinton P. Anderson warned today that the fate of this country's democratic form of government may depend “in large measure” on its ability to maintain full employment. Testifying before the senate banking committee, lie endorsed the pending jobs-for-all bill as a “significant step’’ toward providing an economy favorable to all industries, including agriculture. “The ‘right to a job’ which this bill proposes to make a basic policy of our government is as important to preservation ami sound functioning of democracy as are the time-honored rights of free speech, a free press and freedom of religion,” he said. “The future of our democratic form of government may depend in large measure on our ability to maintain full employement.” Reconversion Director John W. Snyder’s appearance before the committee today was cancelled because of what Chairman Robert F. Wagner, D., N. Y„ described as “terrific pressure” on the reconversion laws. Wagner said he would call Snyder as the final witness Sept. 1. Snyder has estimated that 8,000,000 would be unemployed by spring. Other witnesses to be called today were James Patton, president of the National Farmers Union, and Bishop G. Bromley Oxnam, (Turn To Page 2 Column 3) o Truman, De Gaulle Off To Good Start Long Conference Held By Leaders Washington, Aug. 23 —(UP) — Gen. Charles De Gaulle and President Truman were reported off to a good start today in their efforts to inaugurate an era of better Am-erican-French relations. The two chiefs of state held a long personal conference at the White House last night, shortly after De Gaulle's arrival, and their staffs of specialists immediately went to work on mutual economic, political and military problems. De Gaulle's social schedule for hfe first full day in Washington was held to a minimum so most of his time could be devoted to his mission. De Gaulle and his aides will visit the unknown soldier’s tomb in Arlington cemetery. today and be guesi of honor at a dinner tonight given by Secretary of State James (Turn To Page 4, Column 4)

Price Four Cents.

Commanders Os Jap Soldiers On Luzon Agree To Surrender To Yanks August 28 Manila. Aug. 23—(UP)— Tokyo formally asked for five revisions in Gen. Douglas MacArthur’s surrender orders today and told the Japanese people that 50,000 to 60,000 Allied occupation troop.’ would land in the capital area next week alone. MacArthur's forces ultimately will seize control of all Japan’s strategic centers “with decisive armed strength," radio Tokyo said. Japanese Imperial headquarters broadcast in rapid succession five requests to MacArthur for changes in the surrender orders effective tomorrow immobilizing ships in Japanese home waters and requiring those at sea to head for Allied ports. The five requests were for permission to: 1. Continue railway ferry services with unarmed, especiallymarked vessels between Aomori and Hakodate, Uno and Takamatsu, and Odomari and Wakani for communications and transportation to carry out the surrender terms. 2. Leave in operation within Japanese waters some motor sailing vessels of more than lOt) tons which, without radio equipment, may not receive the immobilization order. 3. Send a transport to Minamitori island with food supplies, since current supplies will be “completely exhausted” by Sunday. The transport would bring back sick and wounded. 4. Send two hospital ships with food and medical supplies to isolated garrisons on various South. Pacific islands. 5. Allow Japanese ships at sea to communicate with the Allies on frequencies other than those prescribed by MacArthur since Japanese ships "unfortunately” have no transmitters for the latter. From Okinawa came word that 3*o C-54 transports and Liberator bombers will begin a shuttle service to Atsugi airfield near Tokyo Tuesday with air-borne occupation troops. Sea-borne forces also will begin landing Tuesday. MacArthur announced, meantime, that Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, commander of the Pacific fleet, will sign the Japanese surrender document for the United. States aboard the American battleship Missouri in Tokyo bay Aug. 31. MacArthur also will sign the document, but as supreme Allied commander. 1. MacArthur’s headquarters announced that 32,000 Allied war prisoners and civilian internees will be evacuated from Japan to the Philippines hy sea and air as fast as their health permits. 2. Nimitz announced that the Japanese garrison of 4,550 on bypassed Mille atoll in the Marshall islands had surrendered unconditionally. Capitulation of other isolated enemy PA’ific forces totalling perhaps 240,000 Japanese was expected soon. 3. Luzon —Two Japanese commanders agreed to surrender with thousands of their men on Aug. 2S. 4. Japan formally asked MacArthur to give special consideration to the time and means of disarming the Japanese army in China because of the activities of “irregular forces’ bandits and disturbances of mobs.” 5. Japanese military authorities notified Chinese and American officials that they could enter Nan(Turn To Page 2 Column 3) Lake Cottage Fire Fatal To Infant Angola. Ind., Aug. 23 —(UP) —An eight-months-old Ohio baby died in a blaze which swept through a lakeside .summer cottage last night. The victim was Mary Kathleen Taylor, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Taylor, Cincinnati, O. The parents had rented the Bails lake cottage for their summer vacatlon, 1 •