Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 43, Number 216, Decatur, Adams County, 13 September 1945 — Page 1

R' XLIII. No. 216.

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jommanderOf lake Island marines Safe ft K Major Devereux Is f| Found Alive, Well i| in Prisoner Camp S Tokyo. Sept. 13-](UP)-Major K,,... I'. Devereux, gallant comr ~f the heroic U. S. marine on Wake Island. has ■ found safe and well in a K. Nin ,.r of war camp on Hok- ■ northernmost of the Japhome islands, and is awaitH, evacuation by plane. and grayer but still alert and military. DeverH? and other survivors of the H-/:,. island garrison overcome ■ the Japanese in December, were found at Utashinai in ■oHh central Hokkaido. H \titericans ot an air evacuation K., t ,r. reached the camp at la. in. ■nesday and found Devereux and K , ire '.amp personnel awaitthem. ■j Commanding officer at the prisKn camp. Devereux still thought B us the welfare of his men. ■j.. supervised the evacuation of I litter cases by train to Chtose airdrome before any I were made for his i ■wiving, H "The first thing I'd like to get | lite record is that we did not j Kruk that radio message saying. I us more Japs’.” he told the I team. KI We had all and more than we j ■ruhl handle t ight then and there. I ■There were just too many of | Mhitn to hold off any longer. But i ■ did have to give my boys the I Bff.ise firing order three times.” 9 Altii.mgh a lieutenant colonel- - j ■c probably a colonel by now — ■lii'veieux said he will stick to his Bnajor's rank until he gets his Hbliciai orders. 3 Told that iite defense of Wake | ■i-iaud had been filmed in a mo-1 ■lticu picture with Brian Donlevy ■portraying him, Devereux said he ■v’.itihl like to see it but he wants "get home first.” H He discussed the Wake island ■l'.iiiiv- which tite Japanese have ■admitted cost them 1,000 men in I £ actual invasion—and said the ■•••mcricaji.s lost only 86 men. r ‘Our actual losses weren't! ■ great, of several groups of ma- | ■ ruies we hist five officers and 41 ; ■ tuci! Os !laV y officers and 58 men j ■ *'' lust, three men and about 37 of j I smile J.itltt civilian workers.” ■ Sgt. Al Martin. Roanoke. Va., | ie sth air force, who was with I b*" res. ue party, said that Dever- , x would remain on Hokkaidj c hl al; his men were evacuated. I bevereux' tiny garrison of 3rd E ruities wrote an epic in Ameri- | i history during their valiant e laud on Wake island. They were ! under attack by 200 planes and J ing-range naval guns during 12 ■ | la| ks for two weeks before the ■ apanese succeeded in landing ■ «roopg ashore. I hiuing their bitter resistance ■ UKatnst hopeless odds, the maI ? !t ‘ s sllot down some 12 planes, I .th ,-m v cruiser, a destroyer and °' h « destroyers. ■" ''■teux said that after he and nien were taken prisoner Dee. ’be surrender of • the group was taken to „,‘ ma a,,(1 heltl a Shanghai ■ un camp untiJ j uly They “ were transferred to Japan North China and Korea. __ Shanghai, he said, the en "" Tn o r’nlnmn <■ I Indiana Thanksgiving I H oliday November 22 '“'hanapolH, Sept. 13—(UP) — will carve their Thanksv?’ tui 'keys on the next-to-last IlalnTc* t Thursday - G 0 v ernor | in uc.tes revealed today, n?, procla ‘med Nov. 22 as , a, iksgiving day Tn order to con ’■‘’itgress' ,hB datG recently set by Oe «OCRAT THERMOMETER Bon MPERATURE FADIN') a' m 58 Noon 60 2100 p m 66 WEATHER l»rn O o n ’"! conti '’«d <=col this asSt ron ’ ton ‘flht and Friday, i 3 winds, mostly northerly.

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Radio Programs Are Disrupted By Strike 120,000 Workers Now Idled Over Nation By United Press A walkout by vital technicians of two of the nation's major radio networks today boosted to nearly 120,000 the number of workers idle in labor management disputes. Approximately 400 engineers and other technicians left their lobs at 6 p. m. yesterday as the National broadcasting company and American broadcasting company swung into their heavy Wednesday evening network programs, tuny of which were disrupted. The strikers, members of the National Association of Broadcast Engineers and Technicians, walked out less than an hour after network officials had been handed a 30-day strike notice. Union leaders said the walkout was unauth orized. The men charged the networks with refusing to negotiate a new contract to replace the one that expired in June, 1944. Union demands include pay raises, better working conditions and recognition as bargaining agent for the so-called ‘platter turners” j who handle the records in tranj scribed shows. In New York, 10,000 union I painters and decorators walked | off their jobs The strike was I called after collapse of negotia-. I tions over wage increases, job • | security, health and life insurance j j and improved working conditions, ; A 2' 2 percent wage increase, I I job security, health and life in ; j surance and improved working | i conditions were at stake. National war labor board offi-1 { cials, meeting with union leaders I lin Washington, reported little I i progress in attempts to settle a | strike of 12,000 Westinghouse] I Electric Corp, white collar work- 1 ' era. The work stoppage, called to 'support demands sot incentive bonuses similar to those received by hourly-paid employes, already has idled 12,000 production workers at the large East Pittsburgh p.ant and shut down the WestingI house small motors division at | Lima, O. ('turn Tn I’m. I. Column II —O ■. - ■- Enrollment In Rural i Schools Decreased First Report Made To Superintendent - Enrollment in the Geneva and township high schools is less this year than in 1944, the first report of principals to Lyman L. Hann, county superintendent of school*, reveals. The report is complete to September 12, with the exception of the Monmouth school in Root township, both for the grades and high school. The report by townships for the grades and high schools follow: Blue Creek, two schools. 109, compared to 113; French, 92. last year lit); one grade was transferred. Hartford, 123, last year 117; high school, 71. last year 70. Jefferson, 126, laet year 136; high school 41; last year 50. Kirkland, 104, last year 91; high school 72, last year 78. Monroe townehip, 248, last year ! 270; high school 98, last year 107. The Amish parochial school, 16. '.ast year 13. Preble. 28, last year 39. The Magiey ischooi is closed this year, where formerly 19 pupils were enrolled in the school. Monmouth, last year 133; high school, 79. No report for thw year. St. Mary's, 142, last year 155; high school at Pleasant Mills, I<H, ' last year 117. Union township, 55, last year 67. The Erwin school iri closed, the registration tliere last year being 22. Immanuel Lutheran, 56. laet year 51. Geneva, 341, last year 331; high school, 116. last year, 134. Washington township, 86, last year 71. All the school* opened on September 4 and classes are being held on regular schedule, Mr. Hann stated. Thirty seven schools were included in the report.

Army To Step Up Discharge Os Veterans Chief Os Personnel Says Demobilization Os Army Increasing I Washington, Sept. 13 —(UP)Sen. Edwin C. Johnson, D.. Colo., today clashed with Maj. Gen. Stephen G. Henry, chief of army personnel, on the need for an army of 2,500.n0n men by next July 1. Henry said congress could change the figure if it chose but would have to accept responsibility for reducing American poker-playing power "where only I power counts.” The clash came after Henry testified before the senate military affairs committee that the demobilization rate is double what the army expected at the time of Japanese surrender. Henry said the rate will eon tinue to accelerate until the army has been cut down to 2,500,000 men by next July 1. The force at that time will include approximately 500,000 in Europe, 500,000 in the Pacific and 1.100,000 supporting units in continental United States. Henry said 2,000,000 men and women will have been released ] [ from the army between V-J day ] i and Christmas. Although he ar- ! gued against discharges by spe- : cial categories, he said 13,000 of j the army’s 45,000 doctors will be | among those released. Sen. Chan Gurney, R. S. D., I ] sided with Henry in his clash I with Johnson and expressed a j hope that the July 1 figure of I 2,500,000 would be maintained "to I clinch our security.” Johnson said they were the minimum figures for occupation forces submitted by Gen. Dwight I). Eisenhower in Germany and Gen. Douglas MacArthur in the Pacific. Henry said the discharge rate is now 400,000 a month. He promised that it. would be stepped up as additional separation centers become available. Henry testified at a committee hearing prompted by a flood of | congressional mail since the eml I nf the war demanding faster disI charge of combat veterans. I The <ck of separation centers ■ lias been the bottleneck in the ! demobilization program Henry laid 22 centers were in operation on V-E day. [•'out Inore will be opened Nov. 1, he said. at. Monmouth, N. J., Failing, Tex , Ft. Knox. Ky , and Camp Grant 111. He said the time required for separation of a veteran has been cut from 18 days in January, 1944, to 44 hours. The war department announce 1 today that discharges from May 12 through Sept. 7 have totaled 661,000. In the same period, 1,(Turn To Page 3. Column 8) ■ —o End Rationing Os Shoes Next Month OPA Retreats From First Os Year Date Washington. Sept. 13—(UP) — I’he end of shoe rationing is now xpected before Oct. 15. There was an argument between he War Production Board's office f civilian requirements and the Jffice of Price Administration bout it. The latent word from both OPA xnd WPB ources is that OPA is now willing to drop shoe rationing letween Oct. 1 and Oct. 15. WI’B felt that the .supply would >e coming in by Oct. 1 and that here was no reason to continue ationing beyond that time. OPA didn't want to do it before tie end of Hie year when it expected an ample supply to be in . e.ailers’ hands. It backed down reluctantly from ,ts first position, expressing wilingness to drop rationing by Nov. I. Then it agreed on .some time between Oct. 15 and Nov. 1. Now it's by Oct. 15. The latter dale m satisfactory : ,o the office ot civilian require- i luents. I

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Seize Jap Dec. 7 Plotter 'C*'MiiipwL # v*' Shigenori Togo Shigctaio Shim,i.la RANKED NO. 3 on the list of Japanese war iiimina. has been ordered by Gen. Douglas MacArthur. \dm i Shimada, lite Jap naval minister who planned tin I’e,. attack, has been seized by American military police in I kj addition to ex-Premier Hideki Tojo. who attempted io kil the No. 1 war criminal is Shigenori Togo, a member of ‘ Pearl Harbor" cabinet.

19-Day-Old Strike At Magnavox Is Settled Fort Wayne Workers Returning To Jobs Fort Wayne, Ind. Sept. 13 (I. P ) Approximately 1,839 workers most of whom are members of local 910. united electrical, radio and I machine worker.* of America, ((’. L O.), returned to work at the Magnavox plant ! .i Fort Waym this morning after the union called off its 19-day-old strike. As a result of calling off the I strike, the union and Hie company j have begun negotiations toward a I atisfactory settlement of the wage dispute. The company notified the War Labor Board in Chicago to disregard its telegram of August 27 in i which it requested the WLB to withdraw i‘s signature to form In. in application asking permission to grant certain wage increases. Tite union also a ked the WLB to 'immediately process the wage increase application. The company stated that a* ot October 25, 1945 it would make effective the wagq increases previously agreed upon by Hie union ind the company. If the WLB and the office of economic stabilization approve the requested in the anplica- I :on to.the WLB the company Aid | make the change- retroactive to, June 1. 1945. according to a joint statement by the company and the; union. However, the company affirmed.' the approval or disapproval of W. ' L. B. will not affect the wage in•reases promised for October, 1945. The company further agreed to lismiss the injunction suit filed ast week in federal court, and ! ■ompany president Richard o’Con--nor’ said that all union members J who were on strike will he reintated at the plant. The union said I hat union members who failed to I support the strike will not be dis riminated against. The strike of local 933, T’.E.R. M. at the INCA division of I’helps Dodge continued today and the company said that negotiations would not lie made until union ' netnber.* returned to their jobs. Rent Control To Be Continued, Williams — ‘•Rent* control will he continued] until there is no further need for] it aa determined by the officials of the office of price administraion." said John E. Williams, diroe tor of the Fort Wayne-Decatur rent control area, today. “Areas where there is no longer any need for control will he de controlled. But if rents should spiral , after such action, the OPA has the authority to reinstall rent control. “An impression is current tha' rent control has been discontinued. As a result there has been a let down in the registration of rental properties. It is for this reason tha* 1 make the statement in regard to continuation cf rent con-] tiol.”

Combat Casualties Counted At 1,070,730 Washington. Sept. 1”> t UP) '. S. combat casual! i'-- of World A’ai ll Wire coun'.cd at 1.'*7".73oday. This was an iner.-ase of onl ' .'7B over the total of a k ago i’he navy, coast guard and murin ' otal inerea. ed 563 duitng t;.-•• veek hut tim army otal dropped *BS due in part to adjustments in he missing category. I'he 1.070,73* otal included 258,851 killed. 651.-, ,6<t wounded, 36,344 missing and i .24,172 prisoners. Bowles Sticks Io Retail Cost Plan Resisting Pressure Aaainst Increases Washington, Sept. 1.1 (UP) Despite tremendous pr-ssure price chid Chester Bowles is slicking by his plan to make retailers pay ] part of the price increases grant-1 ed to reconverting manufacturers, ir wa- learned today. Price increases were being al : lowed manufacturers under Bowles’ I policy to compensate them fori higher labor and material costs. Requiring retailers to pay part, of |'his added price means that much chance that the consuming i public will have to pay higher | I prii es. Bowie- has been under heavy | pretsure to change his mini, espoi ially from retailers and m<:id>er* of Congress But he is adamant He contends Hint only a vety small portion of the business of ome retailers is affected by th? policy. In other cases wnere letai! | ers deal only in so-called reconver--1 ion goods Items which were not j produced during the war the ol’\ ] claims it has instituted a more libj oral pricing policy. Within the next day or two I Bowles intends to make a public | iM<t t ut-i ( iiuiii-, liiS pO ItlOil. j ' The chances are lie will have i I omething to say about i* todav when he appears before a meeting ] of the 'ruslees of the national rei tail federation. A spokesman forth - retail fed ] rati n said it will be prepared to ! how that the OPA policy is eni [angering the very existence of a 11<»; of -mall retailers. Meanwhile Bowles remained adaI inant against the lifting of war | production board controls over priI vate housing. Another meeting of ] 'fficials of all agencies involved in | construction matters, held yester- . day. failed to produce agreement in I the wceks-long argument over . home-building iis'ric ionHugh Potter, federal construction coordinator, indicated that a decision will have to bo made finally by reconver ion chief John W. Snyder. But it will have to ; await his return home from Europe. Bow! willing to .-<■*' some relaxation of controls but only sufficient to assure that the demand for low-cost homes can be met. One of the harriers to unhampered home building has been the i (Turn To Page 4, Column 4) 1

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’ Str< mm ■ -,i M he ml I' ■■ ■. . aga.list his si >n ’mm " M ■ St .- : dnee I .<■ known n 'always ha Icd Ihe J■ ■ < ■ he wouldn t go into a smi" "A-. by one 'i Str. m. r who w ■ ' did brtitidca.-! < |m .Hi ll Tok v. • almost two years. i minin': exp: li - the tact, howevei tli.il his te ■ prisoner-, hated him. lb admit!' i | I hat this bit t • I f'-'-liug li.ld .mm. i iiltii to move into a <ep.i> a 1 '• ba racks, although he continued •• e..' < I’m n T.. I’.iup I'fdiinm ID Warrants Issued For Arrest Os Two Men Charges Arc Filed In Circuit Court ‘ Wan.in.s have been issued for ;:he arrest of two men, mt al'fida vit of (1 Bemy I’ierly. prosecuting at'orn"y am! '.'U'd by l-"o Gillig sheriff Richard Dale Swygart m’ th j llomewo >d addition, is charged i Iwi h grand larceny, in tha' he i- . ha rged wii h en'ei ing i ie .John 11.-Inn i‘ h o ore at Magh-y and . stealing incrchatidi e w:.h a vain • I of s:t , mi March 29, IHC. Anotho. 1 affidavit charging Swygaf «it i taking money from the ,\ppelma:i restaurant ill this city, is on file in the Adante eirctii- emir l . An affidavit in wo count ■: harges John Harrison, a truck driver of Harvey, 81., with killin ', a valuable bull belonging to E. M Kistler and a valuable cow owned Ivy Noah Rich of neat Monro. The second count charge ; Harrison , with leaving the scene of the acci-I dent. The alleged c: into w :tl . commit ted at about 6 p m mi Septemhe • ii on !'. S. highway 27. Ihe affidai i pla c ■ In value o: the bu* at $10t) and of the cow at ■ S2OO. The animals were killed by the imp ct of the truck at a cattle crossing near the Rich farm. The wa'tan's were turned over to Sheriff Gillig to eerve and arraignment will be in the Adams circuit coijrt.

: imina s. was ~ . • ... gout t,i 'in- til ,' :; 1:. r ■ or- of Kuizar.. ", ..; . ileal. 11 5 I,'. Gen. Sli getnitr Ku oda. I I<i pa n■ >■. comm.. nd< i :t> : • 1' :. ■;. I dues in la 12 11 and N I lell 111,.is:, told a flitted !>...« -orrespoulont -he did no. know why lie was iceused of war crimes, but was • ••ady te su'relidm r. Radio Tokyo said MacArthur ;ave pe: mission i'm .lapamr-e airAaya to resume service mt four ities Eriday to expi'dit" the Allied n cupa'ion of Japan. 7. The Japanese government nodied MacArtliur that an li.tt-m i auden's at naval < oUe ;e- ami in- ■ endatic'. schools, now -an summer I a. ation. had been dismiss -d. The otfii ial Japanese Domei | igency said Imperial general headl quarters the brain trimt in Japthe [’•> war w.i - abolished formally as of noon today (10 p.m. Tuesday, t’WTi in accordance with MacArbur's orders. A' 2 p.m Domei said. Gen. Yo<Tmn To Pace 2. '"olinnii ID Four Overseas Vets Killed In Accident \yer. Mass Sept. 1H ID i four overseas veterans enroute to Eort Devens for furloughs or dirt- ! charges were burned lo death ami >5 others were injured 'ml.iv when a i rowded m■- ovi < x !cd and was dostroyi d 'v '.. in the center of this town Cause of the accident still was undetermined ,-everal hours later. The dead were Vincent J. Battle, Providence, R 1.. Chat lee \V. Canini, East Boston, Mass., and two unidentified soldiers.