Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 43, Number 272, Decatur, Adams County, 17 November 1945 — Page 1

11. No. 272.

INESE TROOPS BREAK INTO MANCHURIA

fc Are Injured Kin Wreck Kith Bend Train W.Med As Train Car . Nov. 17 — ■L„ ; ■ ■ i" i -on • were >,,.|.,y following a ES « York C.n MrLA hi’o a d -i ail . .■‘if miles West ■EmW . .-..K. w York nil ■EBE n-iillg at better . ~ r , tor hundred* EM,t engine ami ii. .1 at 5* pill six a.-., i. ported, hut • t ' them requiring Itosr.i'irt.i'll of the InEm to Memorial gEK: loin -o St Joseph'* H&gK ' i to lloiy F.iinily l-d'orti". Ini' ' tit’. r< fMßgg. v '" • 1!!! "' 1 '■" scelli'. . -0. l iln- luxury train 9&*..|0,- earn at 75 to SO Kblf 111,111 "hen ,!I '' weHI |^^Ki... . on the |K». unioupieil. anil . >1- the llat’king at a crossing the freight engine and caused the Mpf. • at, railroad po!i .• |RMk '■ Fr.'.*ik I* DavidMte The locomotive plowed 11 toppled over. ■BBt .'I I «< 1. II <.U K O'le car for the train crew. ■■t ‘ r and five sleepers — ■K ..ft the height car. smashSSESBi a torn field. Six Ollier ■|H lounge :ar and four -ell B of the train crew were I from the locomotive and ■in soft dirt along the I The engineer suffered a B skull fracture and was pi in critical condition, to Stiver, 41, Millersburg, I fireman, had a fractured ttnd bale Becker, 42, Elkfd., aho a fireman, suffered bred hip. Been of those hoapitalixed to* York Central employes Engineer, the firemen, the toaloman. cooks, waiters, b and bus hoys. 'of the injured was 3 patient i Newport. It. |„ navy host- Seaman 1/c Vincent L. I 19, of New fiayen, Conn.. Mered shock and bruises. Hr a score of ambulances, <rf them accompanied by * and nurses, hurried to the from South Bend, LaPorte iher nearby Indiana comFt. 1 navy nurses moved through Teckage administering first of them. Lt. <jg) Arlene ■ 25. Revere, Maas., was ’* io Memorial hospital here “atment of a shoulder Injury “rk The other, Lt. (jg) * Nichols, 21, of MarlborMasx, WaM no( hurt. " II Olson of Naw Carlisle. |EE* 4M itß treated more than at the scene of the Becker, who was ul the |m «aid he glanced up as the IHI n *’ r * d ! ydlck. Ind . six miles and saw Im freight KB.' 1 rR,, y in front of him. next thing I knew I was ’ rl,h ml." he said when ■K ” ,hf ‘ emergency room K Ksv Ph * h *"P*’ al here. a New York PuK~ <t Column 7~) I Bgt» C ? AT THtRMOMfTtR ■ffi tM HRATURE READINGS I K?’ m ’ - 46 IE *■ *■ ... 47 I ■ * " 48 K,. weather IKI >h Cleu<,y w,th mtUred IKlv .^ er * twUy Brd ‘oniOht. kund.y w|u , # few BSh >.x **‘ reme south. Colder ■i * c ’"‘ r «l “night and SunHHt

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Baer Field Processes 10,000th Dischargee Baer Army Air Field. Ind.. Nov. 17—tl’Pj Master Sergeant Harry It. Dlerkes. Michigan City. Ind. today became the Itt.ootMh army air force veteran t » be discharged at the Baer separation tenter. The event occurred just 5x days after the field lw>gan separation acUvlth* last Heptemlter. Baer fiokl now discharges airmen at the rate of 300 men per day. Nine Os Nazi War Criminals Facing Death 'Beast Os Belsen/ Eight Others Are Sentenced To Die Lueneberg. Nov. 17 - (UP) Josef Kramer, the notorious “beaet of Belsen." and eight of his cthdwfendants in tho Belsen war crime* trial, today were utntencod to death. Twenty-one other convicted defendants were given prison terms. Fourteen defendants were acquitted and the trial of the 45th defendant was suspended due to ill ncHs, Those sentenced t > death were convicted of participating in maws murders and atrocities at the ltdsen and Oswiecim concentration camps. Those sentenced to death by hanging were Kramer, l>r. Friti 1 Klein, concentration caa.p physician. Peter Weingartner, 32, Yugoslav; Fraiiz Hoeszler, 31. SH guard: ’ William Dor, 8« guard; Frain Hterfel. NS guard; Anagar Pichen. Sfe guard; and Karl Franzicn, SS guard. The women prisoners escaped the death penalty Torture Deaths Os Fliers Disclosed I 1 . Surprise Testimony I In Yamashito Trial [ Manila, Nov. 17— (UP) —The torture deaths of four more Ameri lean prisoners of war were described today by witnesses at the I trial of Gen. Totnoyukl Yamsi shita and the proserution added , surprise testimony directly blaming the defendant for the war crimes. The tribunal accepted as evidence a deposition by I'. S. army medical personnel describing the discovery of the tortured and mutilated body of Pvt. Wade E Gensemer, whose mother lives at ; Medina. 0.. at Carlgara, I-eyte. Gensemer was wounded and capiured while on patrol Qct. 30. 1 1944. His body was found three days later, the deposition said, with the fingers Jerked from their 1 sockets, his feet burned, his head bashed in and his teeth knocked 1 out. 1 The deaths of three American 1 fliers, one of whom was bayoneted ’ and buried alive, after they had been forced down rm Batan island ■ north of Luzon was described by Rafael Puno. a Filipino witness. ■i F - a i.i <h<> fliers. Captains i William Burgh. Philip M. Martin ‘ . - ” 1 ' '"** (Turn T» paee *. Column si P/eas Renewed For Donations To 'Gifts' For Yanks Who Gave' I — 1 Renewed pleas for gifts and 1 donations for the “Gifts for Yanks Who Gave" program of the ' American Legion and auxiliary were voiced today by leaders of the organizations. The joint Christmas program calls for at leant 2,000.000 gifts to be distributed to over 500.000 American servicemen and women hospitalized In this country and in foreign lands. Indiana is called on to donate 50,000 gifts. I The deadline for donations in • Decatur, originally set for Novcm- ’ her 24, has been changed to Sat- ■ urday, December 1. Headquarters • for Adnrns county is at the Legion home, First and Madison streets.

Resignation Os De Gaulle Grave French Crisis Threatens To Split Nation Over Issue Os Communism Role Paris, Nov. 17 — (UP) — Gen. Charles De Gaulle's resignation plunged France Into her gravest political crisis since the liberation today and threatened to split the nation on the Issue of communism’s role in the new republic. De Gaulle resigned the presidency last night after three days of fruitless effort to win communist support in the formation of an interim cabinet that will guide France's destiny until the fourth republic comes Into being next year. The constituent assembly will meet Monday at 3 p. m. (9 a. m. ENTI Io de< ide whether to accept De Gaulle's resignation and elect a new president or attempt to keep him in office. Informed political observers believed the shrewd De Gaulle was banking on his tremendous personal popularity with the French public to force his political foes into line and restore him to- the presidency. De Gaulle himself made no public comment iw-nding publication of his letter of resignation this morning, but the capital huzz*-d with rumors of horse-trading and political deals going on behind the scenes. Most observers leaned to the belief that the communists, social Isis and MRP. which together hold a majority In the assembly, would make every effort to reach a compromise. Webb Resigns From Price Panel Board E. M. Webb, superintendent of the Berne schools, has tesigned as chuiiman of the price panel of the war ration Itoord. Miss Rosemary Spangler. <hief clerk, announced today. Mr. Webb, who has served two years as price panel chairman, gare co his reason for resigning . ,is increased duties In cnnection with his school work. His succes -or has not yet liee.i appointed. Tlte chairman and members of the panel serve aa volunteers. Allen County Farmer Slain Friday Night Confessed Slayer Is Taken Into Custody Fort Wayne, Ind., Nov. 17 — (I'Pt — Fort Wayne police early today captured Ray Hahn. 36. selfconfessed slayer of his uncle, Jesse Goodlln, 57. at Goodlln's farm home in Allen county last night. The shooting and death of GoodIm occurred following the broadcast of the Tippy Urkin Nick Moran tight at Madison Square Garden. Hahn was captured at California road and state road 3 after an overnight search. Police said he was unarmed and offered no resistance. He was taken Into custody by Allen county officials who said Hahn readily admitted shooting his uncle. Hahn and Goodlln disagreed over the decision of the New lork prize tight. Mrs. Goodlln told police. Hahn. Mrs. Goodlln said, went upstairs and returned with a double-barreled shotgun. He stood al the doorway between the parlor and kitchen and leveled the gun at his uncle. Goodlln had lost his right arm several years ago in a railroad accident. Mrs. Goodlln said her husband walked toward Hahn and said: ' 'Ray, Ray. what the hell Is the matter with you?" Hahn did not answer. Mrs. Goodlln said, but fired the gun, hitting Goodlln In the chest. The shot aroused Russell Luther, 70. a farmhand. Mrs. Goodlln said she screamed and Hahn threatened io shoot her If she continued to scream. She said (Turn To Page 4. Column 7)

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Decatur, Indiana, Saturday, November 17,1945.

A Dream Cornea True For A Vet Wb' a. i i \\yWl ’ Z/\ £ r f 'Mr CAPT. FRANK L. LILLYAM of Skaneateles. N Y.. boiiiices daughter. Bye, 3, high into the air while his wife watches. The captain, It seems, had a dream of a perfect vacation which Included a stay at a New York hotel plus all the special service that goes with It. A hotel manager, who read a letter outlining Lillyman's dream, invited him to a leading New York hotel "on the house" as a token of what they would like to give all the servicemen

Soldier Husband Crossed Up Nazis Sergeant Is Held At Fort Ben Harrison Indianaptdis. Nov. n—(UP)— The United Stales government han known (or (our years that SSgt, Frederick Hauer, th- Fort Benjamin Harrison photographer now held hy the Army for investigation on suspicion of being an enemy agent, "Double-crossed the Nazis." his wife charged today Mr*. Bauer said her husband returned to the United State* In 1911 after srving three years In the Herman Army and ‘'promising to be a Nazi agent in Washington." "But, he never received one cent from Germany because he faild to function a* a spy.” ah - said. The War department in Washington disclosed last illicit that Bauer was being investigated a* a result of Information receiv'd from "overseas sources.” Mrs. Bauer said she believed that testimony by Nazis in Germany who are attempting to get even with her husband has incriminated him. The Hoosier wife of the G rmanborn soldier said: "He couldn't |M*ssibly do anything subversive without me know Ing it." Bauer has been stationed at Fort .Harrison here most of the time since his return from Germany and entrance into the U. 8 army. Hr met the present Mrs. Bauer in Indianapolis in March of 1943. "He had to promise to do things to'get out of Grmany.” she said. "There was no other way." Mrs. Bauer said she had not revealed this Information before “because the government had known it for four years and so how could I help but ke- p supposing that the photographs of those nude dancers were the cause?" She assert d that her husband told her about how he was released from Germany in a letter written during his Imprlsonin- nt at Fort Harrison. She said the letter was passed by Army censors. Mrs Bauer said her husband's father, mother and several brother* and sisters still were in Germany If. she added, "They are still alive,” Hhe denied that Bauer had received counsel at Fort Harrison, a* the army announcement last night Indicated. The War department announcement was forthcoming after Bauer'* wife. Wilma, charged that he was held Inc'btnmunirado in an abandon d War barracks because he had taken photograph* at an Army stag party for visiting l-atln-Amerlcan Generals last April 2. A war department spokesman denied la»t night that "photographs of any kind" had anything to do with the matter. .Mrs. Bauer, the army sergeant’* second wife, told reporters yest- < rday that her husband had come to this country in 1939 and became a naturalized American elf(Turti Ts page 5, Column 1)

Area Rent Director To Be Here Tuesday John E. William of Fort Wayne, area rent control director, will be in Decatur at the post office building on Tuesday. Nov, 20 from 9:30 a m to inld-afternoon. landlords and tenants who have rent problems are Invited to confer with the direct o’-. o Democrats To Seek Farmer-Labor Vote Indiana Democrats Map Campaign Plans Indianapolis. Nov. 17 (UPt Indiana Democrat* mapped isl.-a---h gy today to bring aitout a farmer labor coalition which would knit the .two economic elements Into a political victory eombinition Procedure for conf' fences, de signed to interweave voting factions >!a'reiofoi< often at odds on administrative policy, was dismiss<sl am >nj party and labor ieadtrs at the annual outing of the Indiana Democratic editorial u->oclation. There was evidence that overtun* already had been made to bring labor and farm leader* to gelher for talks In an effort to unify the elements before the !!•!«» congressional campaign ■•ets under way. The farm voir was ’.wavily Republican In last year’s overwhelm Ing Indiana GOP vict nles Certain ‘p.-»ke»men tor union organization filed the need for a farmer-la law coalition to aid the Democratic party cause. Tli'-y exprosaed wlllitvgnte* on the part of labor to compi tmlae on issues Wi-ere wide di agreement existed between the two j'.’-.mpa. Powers Hapgood. regional director of the CIO, was outspoken in hl, belief that the farmer and the laborer shoui i unite "We murt get together," he Mid. Meanwhile, she labor leaders mustere.l their t rces to demand of national democratic chairman Robert E. Hatinegan that the party "remain as liberal as It was” under President Roosevelt. Hupgood, unofficial spokesman for more khan too union representatives who came here from Mun tie, youth Bend. Evansvill**, Indlanapolh and the Calumet area, (Turn To Page 5. Column o Display Hitler Auto To Boost Bond Sales Indianapolis, Nov. 17 — (UP) — Hitlers personal automobile will be displayed at the Cadle tabernacle Thanksgiving day to help sell victory latnds. Sharing honors with Der Fuehrer’* jallopy will it* concert singer Gladys Swarthout and a victory loan symphony concert. The car I* a 12-cyllnder handbuilt blue sport* roadster. It was captured by Lt. James C. Cox and a unit of the 336th alrltorne engineer battalion. Cox now ha* charge oft It* exhibition. ■

Little Opposition Met By Government Forces In Advance On Mukden

— Byrnes Denies Atom Bomb Used As Club Hints At Sharing Secret With Others Washington, Nov, 17 (UP) An official hint that U. S.-RrltishCun adlan atoini< secrets may he shar ed with other United Nations sooner than expected was coupled today with a warning by a world famous scientist that Russia would edge out the United States in a world atomic armament race. The hint that other united nations may l>-- l«*t in on the atomic s««cret in the not too distant future was given by secretary of state James F. Byrnes in an address at Chari-ston. S. last night Byrnes flatly denied that the United States Is using the atomic bomb as a diplomatic or military club lie said the period dining which this nation. Britain and Canada hold the atom seer-1 in trust “need not 1»e unne< essat lly prolonged." Byrnes said in a nationally broadcast speech that the atomic secr' t should he given to other friendly nations “as soon as experience demonstrates that the sharing of information is full and unreserved." Irving l.angmitis. 1932 Nobel <h- mistry prize winner told a meeting of the nation's top atomic scientists st Philadelphia, mean while. That the United States inevitably would com out second nest in a cutthroat atomic arms rnent race. Langmuir said Russia might be willing to forego any Increase In living standards and devote I" percent more of her producing power to a 5 or 10 year plan for the development of new atomic weapons. Langmuir’s warning followed a statement by anoth r Nobel prize winning scientist. Dr. Arthur It Compton, that tlie combination of airplanes ami atomic weapons had made inevitable the establlshm- nt of a world government to monopolize the power to wage war. Byrnes said that although this country will keep the atomic sec let for the time being. It htlend-* , Ifl'iirn To Page 6. Column '•» ..■■■- O • CIO Head Continues Wage Issue Battle Phillip Murray To Wage Floor Battle WawhitMton. Nov. 17 ll'Pt CIO President I’lillip Murray, angered iHH-ause t'ie ial’or-tnanage-metit conference side t--aeke<| hl* wage resolution, t day refused to attend a meeting of a *ubcomtnltfee drafting a substitute propoxal Convtm-ed in his own mind thi: the sulxommittee would duek the wage question. Murray indicated that he would make a fight over the is>ne from the floor when- the «s nferxm e goa-s into plenary session. Trie niilH-wriiiOißls". W.iR (Hiller IB stwti.ans to take the Murray resolution and !*<> irflu-ia one of feted by matiagemeti ->nd Me oth er by Unit<-d Mine Workers President John I. la-wls and use them as the ba .is for a r.ubstltufe rew lutioti Murray bad Ireen uiqminted to the subcommitter- along with Lewie. AFI. President William Greett and three oianagetnen* representatives. He told newsmen he would not serve nor permit any other CIO member to nerve because ho wae convinced tin- majority of the Mibcommifh-e was oppoaed t > on ferencc endorsement of " a subsianGat wage iu< r< »«e” for Am«*rican worker*. Conceding he had suffered a setback, Murray said he had “no intention of walking out" of the conference. "W<* are going to slick >t out 'an.l fight it out." he declared ' (Turn To Page Column 5)

Mark Time In Auto Industry Wage Dispute Striking Employes At Windsor Reject Ford Company Plan By United Press laioor and management I- aders in the automotive Industry marked time today as the United Automo(ift|j- workers (ClOii rej-cted a company peace plan in the 6.-<lay-old Canadian Ford strike and wage negotiations were "r-cessed" between the union and General Motors. Trucking operations west from Denver remained halted, but a similar strike in an eight-state area of the midwest appealed nearing an end following announ-cent-nt of a contract settlement between the union mid the Central States employers association. In other transportation tie ups. I city bus op< rations were crippled ’ for Hie second day In Tulsa. Okla.. I and Staten island. N V. t Repres- titatives of striking Wind- ' sor, Ont., workers lO.ItOO Feed of Canada employes and I<»,oo<> • CIO sympathizers lai yesterday i I turned down a company proposal j for an immediate eml of the strike i to pave file way for resumption I of negotiations. 1 A UAW spok smalt said neg it lations would have to be resumed before pickets were withdrawn and added that “workers nr not going to throw away the only ••<■- 1 onomic power they have" The union also rejected a tompatty proposal to submit th ■ disI pitte to arbitration If Issttea reI maitted deadlocked after a “reasonable period of negotiation Th*union has maintained that union security thief Issue at stake 1 Should not Ite subject Io outside mbit ration. 1 UAW ami G-neral Motors n ptesentatives i>oth announced yesterday that negotiations on the tin I ion demand for a 30 pern i.t increase has been "recessed and | some union quarters indicated they were at an end After tinning down a company offer of a I" percent pay boost. UAW officials charged Fe d. General Motors, ami Chrysler with Inciting a strike ami announced that "realistic preparation*' already wen- underway for a system wide iTmii no I'am- •'<. ('••himn O —0- ——— Sale Os Christmas Seals Opens Monday Sale Is Sponsored By TB Association The annual sale of Christmas -•-niri in Adams s.sunty wh! be laumhed Monday. W Guy Brown. pn-Hidt-n! of file Vimns county tu le rculosls association, ann ntm ed today Students In Ihe commercial department of the Deialttr jtinlor-re-nior high school have l»een work--1 Ing for the past Hever.il davs on preparations for the sale, and mailing of the coals will be started Monday. Health bond*, ranging from 15 to 1100, are also available for organizations wishing to mak - contribution* to the fund. All proceed* from the sales of Christman seals are used in the fight against tubercukikia in the county. Free clinics are held each ' year and un active program of ' health education Is carded out thr ugh the schools of the county. The county association also works in close <oopcration with the Irene Byron sanitorium in Che unending fight on tul*c < dh»sle.

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Pour Through Great China Wall As Reds Flee In Effort To Avoid Encirclement Chungking. Nov. 17 (UP> — Chinese government troops poured through the great wall Into eastern Manchuria today and advanced almost unopposed along the coastal railway toward Mukden. Communist force* defending Shanhalkwan, eastern anchor of tltc great wall, fled to avoid encirclement after a nationalist column slipped through an unguarded pass yesterday at Chiu Men, eight miles to the north. Gen Tu 1.l Ming. nationalist commander In North China, Announced the surprise break through from his neat by headquarters in the I'. S marine held port of Chingwangtao Tu ordered an immediate advance u|> the coastal railroad to Mukden. 223 miles to the northeast There appeared little likelihood, however, that the retreatIng communists would leave the vital rail line intact and observer* believed the nationalist* would attempt first to secure the adjacent coastal strip to permit reinforcement Ivy sea. Tu said hi* troops were making no attempt to encln le and destroy the communists around Shnnhaikwan estimated st altout itinoo men. In view of the continuing peace negotiations und’-r way In i Chungking o — Trial Delay Denied For Durham Company Fort Wayne, Ind . Nov. 17 —(U. I • The Durham Manufacturing Corp war fraud* trial will la-sin Monday as previously scheduled. District Judge Luther M. Swygert ruled vi st< ril.iy a' Hammond. Ind , after denying th.- c- mpany's motion for continuance <f the trial until Jan I Tit" firm, iudi ted la -t spring on charge* of lon-piiinz to defraud the gqvvrnment by inanufa urlng defective war materials, asked for the delay because of ser.ous llltiro* of Karl 4 Manser, president of Dm ham —o Japanese Version Os Attack Sought Admiral Inglis To Testify At Probe Wa-hiugton. Nov. 17 <UP) — The Pearl ll.irb.r in-estitating committee expected after a day's delay today t<> get th-- JapaneM vet-ion of the sneak attack which l.iiitn hed the Pacific War Rear Admiral T B. Inglis, chief of naval Intelligence, was ready to tell tlie story, drawn from captured Japanese dmument*. «wn a* crows examination on Is prellmiItal y fe. jla) liegtin two ti tys ago was completed. Committee memliera a I ready have received r-opic* of Inglis’ prepare! statement Homer Ferguwon, R, Mnh., and Owen Brewster, R, Me, told reporters they were dissatisfied because “it I* upsupporte.l by tiny records presented to tlie committee." They want to examine th.* original Japanese documents u>>on which the Inglis statement Is liased. Republican memlterw of the committee Ferguson ami Rep*. Bertrand W. Grat hart. t’alif.. it nd Frank B. Keefe. Wis took ut» moat of the Mccond day's session with examination of Inglis and Col. Bernard Thielen of the War Department general* stafl. T<!ie examluatlin developed agreement on the fait that the UnitiMi Stale* began convoying tran»-Pai ific shipping Nov. 25. 1941 13 days before the Pacif io war started. liigbs said it wa» < rdet ed by Adm Harold R Stark, chief of na* (Turn To Psge &, Column 1)