The Tribune from Seymour, Indiana • Page 1

im.illii A NEWSPAPER FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY Weathers little change temperature tonight. Partly cloudy Wednesday. VOLUMS LXI. NO. 259.

4 SEYMOUR, INDIANA, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER. 30, 1M3. PRICE FOUR CENTS i rim u)tyj ml In 3 Formal Induction Ceremonies For Freeman Field Hitlen'Refuses To Let Hungarian Troops Oavc Russian Front Posts; Capitol Hill Differs on quoted as saying that the Hungarians are afraid that the Ger John M. Van Lrew, physical education instructor and football coach at Shields High School and Former Local Man Missing, Family Learns Lt. Jesse B.

Crecelius, Flying Fortress Pilot, Lost Since Nov, 10 In North African Area New York, Nov. 30 (AP The British radio says that Adolf Hitler, has once again re fused to permit Hungarian troops to withdraw from the Russian front. The broadcast, which- was re corded in New York, says that the eommahder-in-chief xt the Hungarian army visAed Hitler several times to obtain the release of his troopsy-but was refused each time. i In commenting on this situa tion, a Swedish newspaperirts Hunting PcnriitV Free on Furlough- New Ruling For Service Men and Women Is Announced Jackson county service men and women who desire to hunt or fish while they are home- on furlough may obtain hunting, and Aching licenses free of charge at ipe cierx omce in me cfturthouse, officials there advised todfiy. A.

H. Horstman is me county clerk. The free permits are made pos sible. under a ruling by Attorney General James. Emmert, who has to pply to members of the armed forces in the present conflict, as well as to those persons holding honorable discharges.

Honorably discharged persons were originally the only! persons included in the law -n Certain regulations govern the issuance of permits, which must bfe applied for by the service man or woman in person. The rules are as follows: The form is to be.tised only when issuing a permit to an in dividual who Is now serving as a soldier, sailor, marine nurse, or member of the Women's Auxil iary of the Army, Navy or Ma rine Ct'rps of the United States. (Continued on page 4, column 5) Pacific Veteran To Speak Here Corporal Oswald O. Obhoff, vet eran of three major engagements at Guadalcanal and wounded there, will address workers ot vital wood production industries at Seymour some time between December 15 and 25, it was announced today by Robert S. Dim- mick, district forest ranger.

All producers of logs, lumber and timber' products, their em ployees and farm woodlot own ers are especially urged to attend this meeting. Invitations have been extended to members of the Camp Jackson and Seymour Post 39 of The American Legion, the Jackson County USDA Wat Board and to the local draft board The message will be one of im portance. It concerns a serious matter and is not to be considered entertainment In addition to twenty-five to 40 minute graphic-account of his experiences in the Southwest Pacific war zone Cor poral Obhoff will show sound mo tion pictures dealing with the uses of wood and Its importance in the war effort. The audience will given opportunity to asK ques tions Arrangements for holding this meeting are. being sponsored by the American Legion.

The phve, date and time-will be announcca later. Lt 'Jesse reported missing in action in the Nnrth A frtran nraa sf tA TThva- VS1W pean war theater since November 10, it was learned here today following receipt of word by his family. 4 Lt Crecelius was the sort" of Mr. and Mrs. Philip Crecelius, of Medaryville, who lived in Seymour for several years while Mr.

Crecelius was conservation officer for Jackson county. Ltr 'Crecelius, who was employed -ft this city for several years, was a deputy conservation officer and frequently accompanied his father on enforcement trips throughout the entire county and was widely Following the outbreak of World ar ii, me youtn, me eldest oi W. Mo 'Pvlnial fVirni ds jm nvintinn gaeigii al though he was near the maximum age limit set in the early rigid qualifications for air sj)udenfs. He completed his basic, primary and advanced flying training suceess-fuUaod several weeks ago went overseas as the pilot of one of Uncle Sam's Flying Fortresses. Visited Here Recently.

Lt, Crecelius stopped in to visit friends just a few days before he made the trip overseas. His brother, Lt. Charles Crecelius, is now in the'' final phases of his training as ar pilot "of i Flying Fortress and a young er brother, Fred, has been accepted as an aviation Cadet by the air corps and will enter training as soon as he reaches the mini mum age limit. Parents of the youths now live at Medaryville where the former county is now superinten dent of the Jasper-Pulaski Game Preserve for the state department of conservation. Friends in Seymour are hope ful that Lt Crecelius was not Kiuea, dui pernaps.

paracnmea 10 safety, landing in some inaccessible place or perhaps becoming a prisoner of the enemy. Jurors Selected For Kidnap Case Re-Trial Louisville, Nov. 30 (AP) Jurors are being selected today to try Thomas Robinson, on kidnapping charges to. which he once pleaded guilty and for which he served nearly seven years of a life sentence. The Jurors are be ing asjccd their willingness to rec ommend the death penalty as condition of service.

5 Robinson, a former resident of Nashville, Tenn. is again charged with kidnaping Mrs. Berry Stoll of Louisville, in 1934 and holding her at Indianapolis, until he received fifty thousand dollars ransom. Robinson won new trial on a self-prepared plea of imDrooer representation when he pleaded guilty. Whatever decision the Jury makes in the new -trial, Robinson looses his seven years' servitude.

If convicted and sentenced to imprisonment, he must begin -all over again. Vital Rail Junction Now In Gun Range Eighth Army, RAF Carry out Raids Over West Germany, "France, Holland By Associated Press, i The Red Army offensive in White Rusia has achieved impres sive gainsi According jlo the British radio RussiaHtroops are nowHmt seven miles frim the im portant rail junction Zhlobin. This means that the Soviets an now' able to usj theirmobile me- dium-range artillery tashell the town, a usual Russian maneuver prior to a final drive on an objective. However, an earlier story from London describes the Ger mans as determined, to hold their prepared positions. The last official dispatch vfrom Moscow said the Soviet forces are -twelve miles south of Zhlobin, having captured, Strye'shin, Twelve miles is heavy artillery range.

From the northwest an other Russian column is said to be just twenty-five miles south of Bobruisk, 35 miles above Zhlobin. Two hundred miles to south in the great Dnieper River bend, other Soviet forces have launched a new assault in the Cherkasy region between. Kiev and Kremenchug. Reds Establish New Bridgehead A British news agency dispatch from Moscow claims rthe Russians have pierced the; German lines at Cherkasy to establish a new Dnieper bridgehead. The Red Army is believed to have reduced to less than five mile fwcape corridor, linking th Germans In Chirltnsy with the Germans aroung Krembenchug.

German counter-drives in 'the Kiev sector were blasted back. The entire German position in Russia is believed so perilous that Hitler has refused to permit satellite partners to back out of the eastern front. A Swiss report says that the German have flatly refused to free Hungarian troops still in Russia. The RAF and me British Eighth Army gave their prime minister double birthday gift British mosquito bombers hit western Germany again Monday night, and other RAF planes blasted France and Holland for good measure. The attacks, carried out without loss, followed up Mon- -Jay'a Flying Fortress' raid on Bremen.

Nasi Defense Cracks. In Italy, the Eighth Army cracked the main winter German defense line. The British troops, drove beyond me Sangro river to i depth of four miles and expand ed their bridgehead holdings to a width, of twelve miles. ATter thirty-six hours of continuous fierce fighting, General Montgomery's men are holding parts ot the vital Sangro Ridge above me river, as well as me town of Mez- Tagrogna. The British threw in irtillery, aerial bombardment and direct frontal infantry attack to blast out the Germans.

Fifth Army Takes Town. At the same time, American troops of the Fifth Army pounded their way through a mile ot bad terrain on Falconara mountain, capturing me town of Castel-novo. Allied air power contributed considerably to both advances with raids all over Italy, in Yugoslavia, and off the Albanian cqast. vfo American Ships 3uiik iy submarines Balboa, Canal Zone, Nov. 30--- AP) Naval headquarters has announced that two American ships have gone down following the sinking nf the Columbian-Inter- Island Schooner Ruby.

The Ruby was sunk by gunfire from a German submarine and four crewmen were killed. Four- other crew mtmbers, two passengers and a six-year-old child, were injured. One of me American ships lost was a liberty ship torpedoed and sunk with the loss of sixteen men." An American tanker was sent down, killing twelve men. All survivors have been landed safely. A Panamanian freighter scheduled to arrive in port-from the same area is overdue! SixJt Rotary Formal induction of six new members of the Seymour Rolary Club took place at the weekly dinner, meeting of the club Monday night' at 6:15 o'clock 'at the Elks Home, WestjSecond street.

The meeting was marked by almost perfect attendance of local club members, and in -addition four visiting Rotariani and sever-, guests were present. Those attending the first time as members o'f the club Monday night were. Theodore' L. local insurance William -an-engineer with i NoblitfcSparks Industries, Frost Named To Head USO Other Officers Re-Elected for Coming Year -Reports Made I. L.

Frost, who has been active in the USO council for the past year as chairman of its building committee, was named chairman of the council at its annual election of officers Monday night in the Seymour USO center, 205 South Chestnut street. Mr Frost, who assumed his new duties immediately, succfeeds. P.r,QJt)iiJLPrentic. who-served successfully during the past year, Other officers of the council were reelected unanimously. They are Tv Plunkett, vice-chairman; Charles Moore, executive secre tary; Mrs.

George Heins, corresponding secretary and L. J. Casting, treasurer. At the meeting, lt was an nounced that a special discussion group for both soldiers and civil ians will be held at the center Thursday night at 8 o'clock, and members of the council, as well as the general public, was issued an invitation to attend by Bram- well Lundgren, director. A committee composed of Mrs Heins, Mrs.

Arthur S. Kaufman, Mrs. Harold Hall, who are mem bers of the council, plus Mrs. L. R.

Browning and Mrs. Albert VonDielingen were named to committee to be in charge of special money which is to be con (continued on page 4, column 3) Motorist Found Guilty by Jury After deliberating an hour and forty-five minutes, a jury in Jack son Circuit Court at Brownstown found Hubert Forgey, of the Free town vicinity, guilty on a charge of operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of in toxicating liquor. He was fined $10 and costs, a mounting to $34.15 and the sus pension of his driver's license for a period of ninety days was recommended by Judge John C. Branamah. His trial was held Monday.

i A jury trial will be held Friday in circuit court when Elmer Speiker will be tried on a charge of operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of in toxicating liquor. He will be rep resented bv T. H. Branaman, who With George H. Gossman repre sented Forgey in Monday's trial, Daulton, charged with grand larceny for the theft of some, chickens, entered a plea of riot guilty to the charge Monday and he was-placed under bond of $1,000.

His trial was set for De eember-10. -r The payments are made for dren under sixteen years of age, A decrease also has been noted. in the case load in the old age assistance division, Wlffl Dartment now carrying 457 cases as contrasted to 510 cases in Jar uary. However, 'although the case load has dropped, assistance checks "will total about the same because of increases granted view cf Vie higher cost of living Increased allowances have been granted, for' food and clothing, The case load has remained al most static for the last three four months. Mr.

Owen said, (Ctntlnued on pagr 4 "column 7) To Mark First Annivers; sary Special Retreat, Dance, Bond Auction Arranged For Activation. Ceremony Military and civilian personnel pf Freeman Field will combine forces in celebration of the flrst anniversary of the field's activation. The working daytwill terminate at 4 o'clock in the afternoon, military personnel and civilians will assemble on "rthe parade grounds opposite the- cjdet area for a short which will include a brief talk uverthe public address system by Col. E. T.

Rundquist; -commanding officer of the field. Bonds For Birthday-Caka. Retreat ceremonies, with a formal parade, will be(held at 4:30 o'clock, and in the- evening a birthday dance from" 8 to 11:30 will, be staged in hangar 5 on the flight line. The hangar will be decorated in a birthday motif, and at 10 o'clock slices of cake from a-ihuge birthday cake will be auctioned off or-the-pricg of -a War Colonel Rundquist buying the first slice for $100. Those purchasing cake may sign pledge slips for the amount of the bond they plan to Coffee, doughnuts and soft drinks will be served at no cost to guests.

Nazis Refute Peace Offeijs London, Nov. 30 (AP) The Nazis are now deflating the trial bauoornheir propagandists Bent up this week about a possible peace offer to the allies from Germany, ine tsernn correspondent ot a Swedish newspaper a German foreign office spokesman today on the subject of peace ne gotiations with "the allies. The Nazi spokesmen is de- scriDea as caning such rumors "absolutely ridiculous." American Secretary of State Hull said in Washington yester day that the stories of a German peace oner most HKeiy were put out by the Nazis themselves, who now deny them, in the hope of tieaung overconnaence among allied peoples. Uther observers have pointed out the Nazis would like to create unrest at home for the allies now, because they are worried about Continued on page 4, column 4 Mrs. Ella Rottgr Exju'res at Hospital Mrs.

Ella Shewmaker Rottger, age eighty-one, a life-long resident of Jackson county and a well known citizen of Seymour for many years, died at Schneck Memorial Hospital late Monday nigni. had been ill for the past three months. Mrs. Rottger, who had been making her "home with her sister- in-law, Mrs. Etta Rottger.

801 West -Oak street, was born in Jackson county on October 6, 1862, the daughter of Josiah and Gincy Carter both deceased. She was married in Seymour on June. 12, William Hottgeiv-whardiecr gust 8, 1930. She spent the greater part of her life in this city and enjoyed the acquaintance and es-teme of a wide circle of friends. She was a faithful memberrof First Methodist Church and was an active member of Seymour Chapter, Order of Eastern Star and of the Eastern Star Club.

She was a woman of fine character and kindly disposition, qualities Winch etidearecl-her to all who were privileged to make her acquaintance. Besides the three children, who had died In Infancy, also preceded her In death. Funeral services will be conducted at 2:30 o'clock Wednesday. afternoon irom the -Voss Mortuary with the Rev. Edwin F.

Shake, pastor of the First Methodist Church, in charge. Burial in Riverview Cemetery. Friends may call at me i Voss Mortuary at anytime, Length of War Several Senators Believe Germans Can Not 'Be Beaten Before Next Summer Washington, Nov: 30 (AP) in Washington today is about peace, but it is grim and cagey talk. Much ot it stems from reports that President Roosevelt, Marshal Stalin Prime Minister Churchill and perhaps Chiang Kai-Shek are already conferring or about to meet. The current crop of peace rumors has stirred up speculation among of.

Congress about an early enfi to me war, but several Senators, who in a position to know, agree that it will be surprising it. thejGermans are beaten before next summer or even later. They say there is bound to be, someioygh- land fighting against the Nazis before they are cleaned As an exception, however," Ver mont's Senator Warren Austin says, he believes the war will end suddenly Austin, who is ranking minority-member ot-the- Senate military "affairs' committee, be lieves that the Germans may al ready have broached peace terms to the allies. Similarly. Robert Reynolds, of the Senate military committee, says he does not see how the Nazis can stand up much longer under aerial bombardment, Senator Henry Lodge, of Massa chusetts, who saw action in Africa as an army major, and who has visited allied fronts on a Senatorial tour, sees little hope of ending the war in Europe before mid Harry Truman bf the Senate War Investigating commit tee, predictsit will take-a year at least to crush Germany.

WPB Reorganises. The War Production Board is being reorganized to meet the quick changes than can be ex pected when the war reaches climax. The streamlining will be managed by Charles Wilson, ex ecutive vice-president of the board, who has outlined the program at a special meeting of WPB division directors. Wilson has disclosed that the agency must be ready to deal with sudden changes in the design and type of wea- 'Continued on page 4. cofi u4' Surgeon Warns Fifth Army Casualties High Algiers, Nov.

30 AP) An American surgeon attached to the Allied Fifth Army says the num ber of maimed and crippled United States soldiers is on the upgrade in Italy. Colonel Joseph Martin of Rock ford, Illinois, ha issued his somber warning through Allied headquarters, declaring that American homes must prepare to receive and care for increasing numbers of permanently crippled men. He attributes the steadily increasing total of mutilated American soldiers to the enemy's use of land mines and bombs which explode in the air. Deaths from this type of injury, however, are considerably lower than in previous wars. Condition of Freeman.

Soldier Is Unchanged he-condition of Sergeant Perry Simoni, age twenty-four, of Detroit, who is in a critical condition at the station hospital at Freeman Army Air Field here, remains unchanged todayrfollow ing an operation Monday. Sgt. Simoni sun sred internal in juries Sunday afternoon when a gasoline truck he was driving overturned on -the flight line at the field. He was pinned beneath the vehicle after it overturned. At the time of the accident Sgt Simoni was alone in the truck.

2700 Reported Killed In Turkey Earthquake London, Nov: 30 (APf The Ankara--radio-saysthe--death toll from Saturday's earthquake in Turkey has risen to 2,700 persons. Another ,1,800 persons are said to have been injured critically. 3,000 homes were destroyed, and 500 others were damaged. mans want to hold their troops as hostages, i. The British radio also' snys tRtit the Russians are finding rrfJfTevP donee cf German effort.f;' hide their crimes, Near Bobruisk, in White Russia, the Nazis seem to be repeating, on a smaller scale, what they did at Kiev.

They have ispenecHhs mass graves of Soviet citizens' they executed and have burned the bodies. 'Witnesses have been shot. The British say that normal life is returning gradually to Kiev, Although nearly all the work is done by womeri children. Conditions are also, approaching normal at. Stalingrad, where the battle was raging a year ago.

It is said that several hundred thousand-persons are living in StaliiiV grad now, and the famous tractor works have reopened. Allied Planes Set Pacific Pace Mitchell Fighters Support Australians, Liberators Hit Wewak By Associated Press. air powor highlighted the action throughout the Pacific fighting front, attacking Japanese installations and supporting tipi Allied land drives. On New Guinea, tough Australian veter ans moving through the Jungles gn the Japanese outpost of Banga were supported by Billy Mitchell fighters which machine-gunned enemy posts at tree-top level Heavy Liberator bombers at tacked, the Japanese position at Wewtik on the New Guinea coast at the -same time, dropping nine ty-four tons of bombs on the en emy. 'No fighter opposition' met the Liberators, although the Jap anese are known to have fighter planes in the Wewak area.

American torpedo and dive bombers attacking Bougainville in the Sol omons also met no opposition The American planes hit Japanese positions on the south shore of Empress Augusta Bay, where American land forces have es tablished their bridgehead. The American troops on Bougainville were officially "described as consolidating their positions. In the captured Gilberts, naval officers described American ac tivity as "going according to 'Continued on page 4, column 3 Seek To Revise Vote of Forces By Associated Press. Washington, Nov. 30 A group of southern Democrats attempt ing to revise the servicemen's vote bill are -act-king Republican support.

The southern group wnts the legislation revised so as to retain state control over the balloting. A proposal has been offered by Senator Kenneth McKellar, of Tennessee, that the military forces distribute and collect bal lots printed by state officials. Dis tribution would be limited to service men qualified to. vote un der the laws of their respective states. The southern group indicates it will alter the substitute bill to meet Republican demands for elimination of any possible par- continued on page 4, column 3) An Associated Press dispatch lists the following subsidy sched ule, to be paid at the mill: Hard wheat ground outside! of the Pacific coast area, sTxleen cents a bushel.

SofFwheat ground outside the Pacific coast area) five and one half; cents a. bushel, Durum wheat ground outside me Pacific coast, six cents bushel. All -wheat tXsM ttt the Pacine coast area, 14 cents a bushel. -The rates will continue in ef feet during December and until further notice. Payments will be mada on theamount of wheat 4 ground during a calendar month.

Gerald Shibe, draftsman at Nob- litt-Sparks. Also formally induct- were Tsarl C. Parker jeweler, and Stuart S. Blish, treasurer' ot the Blish Milling Company, who had become members of the cluo at 'previous meetings this, month. Don' L.

Coy, past district gov- ernor of Rotary International ana past president of the local 'cluh, was in charge of the induction ceremony and at its close presented each tf the new members with Koiary lapei Dutton. i ney also were presented with "The Four Objects of Rotary," suitable' or framing, by Roy Applegate, cluo secretary. The new memberi ere Introduced by Walter L. Sur face, club membership chairman. Attending the meeting to make up attendance at the Mitchell Club were William Stipp, with a twenty-two year perfect attend ance; record; Hayden Morris, with fifteen-year perfect record and Lowell DavfsT secre tary the Mitchell Club, with a seven-year perfect record.

Not one or the missed Rotary meeting since they be came members. Morris Hirsch- Continued on page 6, column 3) Soldiers Here SliopFoFCifts Freeman Field Personnel Gets Last Pre-Christmas Pay Day Local business houses and the Freeman Army Air Field post exchange felt the impact of "pay day" at Freeman Field here to day, as officers, enlisted men and WACs began their Christmas shop ping on the last pay day which they will have before Christmas. A rushing business was in or der at local stores as military personnel came into town to select presents for loved ones "back Especially popular for the "girl left behind" was costume jewelry bearing the air corps in signia, along with clothing, purses, compacts, perfumes and cosmetics. Already-depleted merchandise stocks in the business houses became even more meager as hundreds of eager soldiers spending their first Christmas away from home sought gifts to please "'Mom and the whose homes span the continent. Dad was not for gotten, either, bv the soldiers, who tried to think of gifts which their fathers would like Expensive gifts were not great ly in demand by the soldiers, many of whom are spending much of their monthly pay for war bonds, but a gift for everyone back home seemed to be the goal Many, have already started mailing Christmas packages home, (Continued on page 4, column 4) Tom Harmon Reported Rescued By Chinese Chungking, China, 30 (AP An announcement from United Stales Fourteenth Air Force headquarters in China that Lieutenant Tom Harmon, former all-American quarterback, was rescued by the Chinese after a crash The announcement says thai Lieutenant Jondan Robing, of Dallas, Texas, was shot down on-the same mission mon, and that Robing also was rescued and is returning to base Weather Records Her ar official and unofficial weather records lor Seymour for the day.

The atur reading it 1wn from a downtown thermometer, and to- unofficial The minimum, for the pant twenty four houra, ii from the record of Mm Louise Ahlert, government weather observer here, and Is official. ine river level is obtained from tht Seymotir-WatefXo," pumping atatioii at Roclcford. TmpraiurM Minirnum Reading at 2 p. m. .32 Ittwt, low water jnaraC.

3 in. above 4 Less Than Half County Children Wio Bread Subsidy Payments to Millers Did Receive Welfare Aid Now on List To Keep Bread Price at Present Level Fewer than half of Jackson county's children who were re- ceiving assistance from the coun- ty welfare department in January will tcccivtr assistance in Decem-ber, figures released by Stanley Z. Owen, Jackson county depart- ment of public welfare director, "show. While there-were122 families, Including 295 children, recipients of assistance in Januaryr only for-ty-two families, including 125 be recipients in the be made on uecemDer v. lotai oavments for child care on De cember Twill be $1,400, as con "trasted with" $3,500 lasCnuary.

Despite, the fact that millers will receive Wednesday more man they have been receiving for wheat, Jackson county house-wives will ihJL be eqmred to pay more for their bread than they have been paying in the past-" A series of subsidy payments on various grades ofJieatas Jbeen announced by the defense supplies corporation, the payments being designed to relieve a price ueeze bhsu Uert so that-millers can sell flour to bakers at prevailing prices. Without the subsidy payments the cost of flour to the bakers would have risen, it is believed, thus raising, in turn, the price to the consumer..