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PHONE NUMBERS Subscription, Class Ads, and Display Ads, 205 News Room 170 The CoshoctonTribune VOL. XXXVI, NO. 233 01 Newspapar Faatursa, Comics Kid PlctorlaJ COSHOCTON, OHIO, WEDNESDAY EVENING, APRIL 18, 1945 ul) Wlra Upon at InUrnitlonaJ News THREE CENTS Ernie Pyle, Noted War Correspondent, Killed by Jap Machinegun A A A 1 A 1 nn I i A i crt rl rl i 11 Ml I I a Vi 1 if Art A Vt a rl i 0 i i i i WASHINGTON--The navy an- Bounced today that Ernie Pyle, lamed war correspondent, was killed yesterday during the battle lor Okinawa, Pyle, known around the world as the "doughboy's" war correspondent, was killed by a bullet from a Japanese machine jjun, the navy announcement said. The writer was advancing with a regiment of the 24th army corps in the battle to take le Shima, Japanese-held island near the gateway to Tokyo. Thus Pyle, who lived in intimate terms with the foot soldier thru the battles, dirt and grime of Africa.

Sicily, Italy and France, died with the men he loved and who loved him. A few minutes after the navy disclosed that Pyle had been killed, President Truman expressed the saddness of the nation over the end of a great career. Mr. Truman said: "The nation is greatly saddened again by the death of Ernie Pyle. No man in this war has so well told the story of the American fighting men as American fighting men wanted it told.

More than any other man he became the spokesman of the ordinary American in arms doing so many extra- ordinary things. It was his genius thnt the mass and power of our military and naval forces never obscUred the men who made them." Pyle was on the war fronts from the time oC the London blitz. He wrote shortly before he left for the Pacific that he did not want to go back to the wars, that he had seen enough of death and destruction, but he felt it his duty to return. He said at the time he thot his luck might running out but he would have to take chances. For the past two months Pylt had been with the navy.

Hi went along with one of the early wavts of marinei landing on Okinawa and told Jubilantly jof tht lack of opposition to the landing. He died, however, with the men who were his firit love, the infantry. Pyle was born in Dana, where his father, W. C. Pyle, still lives on the family farm.

For many years, Pyle was a newspaperman In Washington and editor of the Washington Daily News. Ha gave up his desk job to travel around the United States writing his column about the men and women he loved, not the big shots, but the plain people of the nation. When war came he continued to write of the same people now wearing the khaki and blue of Uncle Sam. NINE SOVIET ARMIES SMASH AT BERLIN Manpower Situation Improved Production Cutbacks Offer Further Relief THIRD ARMY CUTS REICH IN TWO, CROSSES INTO CZECHOSLOVAKIA Yanks Storm Nuernberg, Leipzig, Blocking Nazis WASHINGTON An appreciable easing of the nation's manpower situation was reported today and production cutbacks give promise of further relief. War Manpower Commission reports showed a shortage of only 176,000 workers in 1793 plants at the beginning of April.

Four months ago the government talked in terms of a shortage of 700,000 workers. A production official said the current manpower deficiencies are not of the desperate character which prevailed last winter. He added that the picture "can't be called too critical now." On the west coast and in Detroit cutbacks will relieve the labor supply problem. West coast var industry is expected to lay off 45,000 or 50,000 workers by mid-summer and the army plans to halt B-24 production in the Ford Willow Run plant not later than August. The Villow Run cutbacks, an nrmy spokesman said, will affect approximately 100,000 workers the country, including 30,000 in the JJetroit area.

Merchant snip production also is declining, with a constant release of labor. Tank and artillery ammunition programs have passed their peak. Collet! to Die in Chair Friday Night COLUMBUS, O. James W. collett, 61-year-old Clinton county hog breeder, must die in Ohio penitentiary's electric chair Friday night for the triple slaying of the Elmer McCoy family, Governor Lausche decreed today.

"In my the governor, facts i the murder of Mr. Elmer McCoy, his i Mrs. Forrest McCoy, and their a Miss Mildred McCoy, do not a a the granting of executive clemency." The murder and Collctt's subes- conviction by a Fayette county common pleas gained wide a i The 61-year-old brother-in-law of Elmer McCoy was arrested several days after the triple murder and confessed in a lie detector test at Toledo, a confession which Collett contended was obtained under duress. Collett's was by both thp appellate and state supreme courts and the latter court set March 20 for the date of Collett's electrocution. However.

Governor Lausche that time granted a 30-day stay of execution pending investigation of the case. reme Dresden GERMANY Nuernberg Danube ft. Muni Ninth Clears Nazis From Magdeburg West of Elbe By JAMES L. KILGALLKV PARIS--(INS)--Pre-war Germany was ripped in two today by battle-toughened American Third army men who roared completely across the Reich and entered Czechoslovakia for a perhaps imminent juncture with the Rus- a all out effort to block escaping enemy columns fleeing to the Bavarian mountains, American and Russian forces stepped up their offensives, with Yank armies storming Leipzig and Nuernberg, and the Russians reportedly dropping a i troops behind Nazi lines before the outskirts of Berlin. U.

S. First Army divisions fanned out cast, northeast and southeast of Leipzig closing off mam escape roads south of Berlin. The U. S. Third Army, on their right flank, were within 30 miles of Dresden and up to the German-Czechoslovak border.

Will Celebrate Safety Record Two years without a lost-time accident will be celebrated by 190 employes of the Ohio Power Co. service division and their a i i at a a Thursday evening at the American Legion home. Joe Paddon, safety supervisor of the division, said today that E. A. Lewis, general manager, Conton, will be present.

The guests will enjoy dancing to the music of Virg Loos' orchestra and cards after the banquet is served. Tap dance numbers will be presented by two entertainers of New Philadelphia i the evening. Truman, New Commander, Talks to Men in Service sians. Frontline correspondents were permitted to report only that Lt. Gen.

George S. Patton's vanguards have crossed the Czechoslovakian frontier. Details, however, temporarily were withheld. The American i army sent flame-throwing tanks smashing thru Magdeburg west of the Elbe, reaching a waterway and clearing the Germans from all of that city as far as the river bank. The tunics their way past formidable street a i a manned Jury Decides Chaplin Is Father 11-1 Verdict Closes Actor's Second Trial LOS A I time came today for a screen i a a i i to i a i a an angemcnts to support baby Carol Ann Chaplin, ruled by a superior court to be his a a i K.

i a counsel for a i was to confer at 2 p. m. today i Joseph Scott, who represented the a of Joan a in two i a of her paternity i a a i the i a i comedian. The verdict a i a i to be a of his former pro- tege's i struck the courtroom a bombshell late yesterday. Spectators and a a gasped and a a and i a i was forced to a.sk for i in or- by fanatical Hitler youth headquarters a nounced Magdeburg has been penetrated from three sides and revealed that the U.

S. Seventh army is locked in battle with crack Nazi Panzer grenadiers inside Nuernberg, While without news of the fighting at the Barby bridgehead over the Elbe, headquarters announced that to the southwest First, army i gained a new toehold across the Sanle river and pushed for- -wnrd three mort miles. While farther in actual from the last-reported Russian lines in the Czechoslovakian area than other American units to the north, the Third army apparently has been meeting opposition, It Is driving toward Soviet units which Moscow already has reported to be on the offensive. The Germans opposing the Third army at encircled Chemnitz, however, turned bazookas and small arms against Patten's men. The Third army's 89th infantry entered Zwickau, while other in- (Contlnued On Putt light) Allies Storm Within 10 Miles of Bologna A I I I I i S.

Trum a a i picking up the reins of approached his desk today with the i of increasing i confidence in his ability to carry (Continued on rage Eight) the duties of his high office. Tens of a of letters a been i into the i House i support to the new i Telephone calls from members of congress expressing their support into the Widow, 63, Dies Tuesday Eve at Home On Hanover Route 1 Airs. Henrietta A a 63, died Tuesday i at her home on Hanover Route 1. following a three years illness. She had been seriously ill for the past three weeks.

She was born April 9. 1882, in Fallsburg township. i i county, the daughter of i i and Nancy Hoover Wince. She was married to Elmer A a who died in 1935. One son, Ervin A a i whom she a her home, vives.

A sister is deceased. Mrs. A a was a member of the Rocky Fork Church of Christ and services wil Ibe conducted there Friday at 2 p. m. Rev.

Hugh will i i a and i a will be in the church cemetery. A of relatives of Mrs. Ashcraft live in this county, most of them in the West Carlisle vicinity. ROME--Allied Eighth army- troops stormed to within 10 miles of the great Italian cultural and industrial city of Bologna today thru the i i a i terrain along highway Route Nine. i army i i their way toward Bologna over the rugged terrain captured two im- from the town Behind Mr.

were days of i i activity, i which he succeeded in reassuring congress, the a i and the armed forces overseas a the change of helmsman will cntai! no switch in the a i a foreign or domestic policies. In his first direct address to American soldiers and sailors as their commander-in-chiof, Mi- Truman coin-eyed to them his knowledge of the i of i i in which they are engaged. The president recalled his experiences as a a a a i in the army i the first World war. Repeating a portion of his speech to congress, he a Icdged tiie debt the a i owes its servicemen and "I the a i the the misery, the v.cnrmcss of the soldier in the held," the i declared in a a a beamed direct to the armed forces over( On Papp i 7,000 Civilians Freed by Yanks at Baguio, Philippines Summer Capital HOSPITAL NOTES Mrs. Nolen Mortine, 1128 Oak a a a operation Tuesday at city hospital.

MANILA--Liberation of war- ravaged Baguio, former summer capital of the Philippines, appeared i i today. Troops of Gen. a A a converging on the city from three sides, reached the outskirts of Baguio as more than 7,000 i i i a were revealed to have been rescued there from the Japs. They now are being cared for by the army a their i of more a three years. "Among those freed is Brig Gen.

Manuel Roxas, former speaker of the i i i assembly," Mac- A said, revealing also that four members of the i i i col- a a i i government captured and are being confined for a i of the war "as a matter of military security." Then, he added, the collaborationists will be over to the government of the Philippines ''for trial and judgment." The refugees--mostly i i i but also i i Americans and A i a i a i a a their way from Baguio to the a lines along dangerous trails. They traversed a i valleys and moved a precipitous slopes. i i them were Igorots-- members of a i i i a i tribe i a i i Bangeut a i The tribesmen also fed camotes to the refugees, but many i on the trial because of weakness. President of INS, King Features Syndicate Succumbs NEW ROCHELLE. N.

V. Connolly, president of King Features i a Intern a i a News Service and Intern a i a News Photos, died early today at New Rochelle hospital i a heart a a In ill health for several months, the veteran 50-year-old newspaper executive was i home from a movie i his wife, Mrs. a i Connolly, shortly a i i when he was stricken. Mrs. Connolly rushed him to the hospital, but of doctors to revive him proved i Despite increasingly poor health, Mr.

Connolly considered it his a i to remain to the end at the helm of thn a newspaper a i a i he headed. As late as yesterday a he was at work at his cie.sk in his New York City offices, personally i i the world-wide acti- i i of the more a 1,000 members of his stalf whose i i a and drawings are distributed to newspapers from one of to the other. Mrs. Elizabeth Price Dies at Lakewood; Rites Here Friday a services for Mrs. Elizabeth Price, 57, widow of Simon Pi ice, who died Tuesday evening at the home of a a Mrs.

Emma Price Kerncr, Lakewood, i be held at the Dawson al home Friday at 2 p. m. Mrs. Price was born March 1, 1888, in Coshocton. a a of Mr.

and Mrs. John Doyle. She moved to Lakev a two years ago. i i are mother, Mrs. Sarah a i Coshocton; four sons, Harry Price, Pvt.

John Price, Cpl. a Price and Will i a Price, a of Coshocton; -five a Mrs. Isaac Jones, Oklahoma City, Mrs. a a Foster, Mrs. a Kerner, Mrs.

Mary Erman end Miss Jean Price, all of Lakewood; three sisters, Mrs. Mary Myles, a Mrs. a Plummcr and Mrs. Margaret Collmer, Columbus; two brothers, Thomas Doyle, Coshocton, and Joseph Doyle, Massillon. Fi i be received at the Dawson a home after 4 p.

m. today. Rev. Roy Hicks will officiate. i a will be in a i i Chapel cemetery.

2,055,575 Nazis Captured Since D-Day HEADQUARTERS. A i i i a Force, Paris --Headquarters cf. Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower a today that Allied armies on the western had taken a grand total of 2,055,575 German prisoners since D-day, last 6.

A i a forces bagged Germans la Uic Ruhr socket aloe. Joseph Fortune, 73, Dies Suddenly at His Home Here Tuesday Joseph Fortune, 73, died suddenly of heart attack Tuesday at p. m. at home, 332 North Second st. He was born In Coshocton county March 3, 1872, the son of Eli and Mnry Jnne Fortune.

In 15)41 he was married to May Wood, who Also i i are four children by previous marriage: Mrs. Mildred Longnecker, Seattle, Howard Fortune of Mont a a Robert and Russell Fortune, both of Los Angelei, two sisters, Mrs. O. D. Neldon and Mrs.

i i Randies, both of Conhocton; two brothers, i a Fortune of Los Angeles, Fort of Coshocton Route 4, and nine grandchildren. One son is deceased. Funeral services will be held Friday at 3:30 at the Prairie Chapel church and burial will be in the church cemetery. Friends may call at the home from noon Thursday until time for the services. GRADER SOLD County commissioners announced today a used A i Chalmers motor grader, 1934.

model, has been sold to Alva Taylor for $200. Teen-Aged Boys, Old Men Fight For German City WITH THE U. S. SECOND ARMORED I I I I MADGEBURG--American armor and infantry, using flame-throwing tanki to blait out fanatical Hitler youth fighters from behind formidable road blocki, encountered tome of the strangest opposition of this campaign when they were obliged to fight teenaged boys in Boy Scout uniforms and fray-bearded old men. They held out for several hours some cases against the toughest assaults Ninth army troops were able to fling at them.

Maj. Henry Zeien of Fressen- den, N. said civilian resistance in this bomb-blasted and still burning city was among the fiercest yet met by his veteran outfit, "These boys and old men weren't even members of the Volkssturm," said. "They were just crazy kids and men with a grudge against us. We took a bazooka away from one old man who rnunt have been 80 years old." Marines Kill 300 Japs on Okinawa Counter-Attacks Costly to Enemy A ARD ADMIRAL TURNER'S FLAGSHIP OFF OKIN- Gen Lemuel Shipherd's Sixth Marine division tightened the noose on Japanese forces trapped on Motobu peninsula today after more 300 of the enemy fell In the necks' hottest skirmish of the Okinawa campaign.

In an all-out try to break thru the marines' lines, Japanese ele- mtnU which have been compared to a raider battalion and are reportedly reinforced with Okin- awariB, launched four counterattacks. On the southern limit of the Jap pocket, a controlling hill changed hands twice as the battle roue In ferocity. There was no immediate estimate of marine casulaties. Reds Less Than 18 Miles Away, Germans Report Bloody Battle at Gates of Capital Seen Developing By NATALIA RENE MOSCOW--(INS)--Rus- sian front line reports said today that Soviet forces facing Berlin had laid down a withering artillery barrage as German reports claimed that nine Red armies were storming the German capital. The German agency DNB said the battle of Berlin "has reached its climax" and the Nazi Trans- ocean agency warned Germans that "tomorrow or the day one of the bloodiest battles of thli war will develop the gates of Berlin." "Nine armies are taking part in the offensive on the capital," DNB reported.

"Hundreds of tanks were thrown into the bitter battle along the Oder." Peund German Lines The Soviet press told of terrific artillery poundings of German positions as German sources claimed that a three-pronged Red Army attack had stabbed to within less than 18 miles of Berlin. Soviet citizens received the first of the Berlin-bound offensive when newspaper photographs appeared in today's papers which showed the damage done to Hit- (Contlnutd On Pagt Bis) GUAM--Fleet Adm. Chester W. Nimitz revealed today that forces under his command destroyed or (Continued On Eight) Farmer Killed When Run Over by Tractor FINDLAY, O. Edward M.

Stucky, 67, Hancock county farmer, was killed instantly late yesterday when he was thrown from a tractor while at on his farm. According to his wife, who was at work in a garder 500 feet away, Stucky was thrown from the machine when it struck a rock. The tractor passed over his body. Surviving are seven children and two brothers, Rev. D.

H. Stucky of Bowling Green and Rev. N. O. Stucky of Arcanum.

THE WEATHER OHIO--Clear with heavy frost tonight. Thursday fair and not change in temperature. High temperature Tuesday, 83; low, 54. Reading at noon today, 37; low, 36. Senate Committee Probes Union Boycott of New Jersey Dairy Farm WASHINGTON-- (INS) Senate food subcommittee turned today to a labor union's boycott of New Jersey dairy farm that was said to have caused the loss of nearly a quarter-million i As the a i rtarted, Sen.

A i said it may result legislation to prevent such boycotts. He declared, "A powerful i could levy tribute on all farmers for allowing their products to go to market." Aiken said a local AFL Teamsters union attempted to organize the 260 employes of. the Walker- Gordon Laboratory Farm at Plain- boro, N. J. In January, the union ordered truck drivers not to haul milk from farm, and 23,000 quarts were lost daily for 10 days, Aiken laid.

Then the union appealed to the War Labor Board, which took jurisdiction on the union's claim that "because they use milking machines, the dairy employes are industrial workers." Aiken challenged the WLB position, declaring that congresi already hat deflntd farm workers, and that the WLB "Is making a definition of its own." Farm workers are not subject to War Labor Board regulation, he Mid. Donahey Opposed to Pre-Primary Political Conventions in Ohio COLUMBUS, O. (INS) -Former Gov. Vic Donahey today went on record as opposed to the bill of Sen. Roscoc Walcutt (-Columbus) to establish pre-prlmary political conventions and declared that "I will fight it with all the power thnn I can command." Donahey's opposition increased to four the number of ex-governors opposing the bill, while two have favored it.

The others opposing the measure are John Bricker and Myers Y. Cooper, Re- puolicans, and Martin Davey, like Donahey, a Democrat. Favoring the proposal now pending before the elections committee were George White and James M. Cox, both Democrats. "Why should the voters of Ohio delegate a power to party executives that we could just as well exercise ourselves?" asked Donahey in a letter to Sen.

William Boyd (D-Cleveland) member of the elections committee." Young Farmer Denied Release From Army COLUMBUS, Engle, 23-year-old Clark county farmer, said today he would appeal a ruling of Federal Judge Mell G. Underwood denying him release from the army on a habeas corpus writ. Engle, who was inducted April 12, claimed he was entitled to a a deferment as an essential farmer under the Tydings amendment. Previously, he had received six deferments as a farmer. Judge Underwood held that actions of both the local draft board and the appeal board were "regular in all respect." Takes New Position R.

S. Cobb, works manager at the Moore Enameling Mfg. West Lafayette, for the part years, has accepted a position with the Strong Mfg. Co. in Sebring.

Mr. and Mrs. Cobb, who plan to move within the next few days, will reside in Alliance. No successor has been employed at the local plant ai yet, it was learned today from Walter B. Moore, president Iht Wtlt Lafayette company.

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