The Sedalia Democrat from Sedalia, Missouri • Page 1

9 i's 'he brain was a thrnugh which the blood passed to be cooled. THE SEDALIA DEMOCRAT Cify Edition Nolnme Sevenly.five. Nt.mher 112 Democ-at Established 1868 Liveliest and Most Productive Territory in Central Missouri Sedalia Sedalia, Missouri, Tuesday Evening, June 15, 1913 Eight Pages Almost all absurdity of conduct anses from the imitation of those whom we cannot resemble. Johnson. Guards Eusifiii Miller Coinmciiilefl For Bravery At Sen To River Twenty-nine Leave Sedalia Before Dawn For Overton other work area.

Less than three hours after receivinpr a call from f'ol. Rex Baimett, of the Fourth Mi.a.aouri Infantry, members nf Company F. in SoHalia. had reported and were en- route to to join State Guardsmen in on 1 eve PS on the Mis- river in the Overton Twenty-nine of the guai'dsmen i-eported for duty. One was excused because of an injured foot, much to his own disappointment.

Company had been on a partial for the past several days, having received word the company might receive a call for service in the Missouri river flood area, unless the water receded soon. About 2 o'clock this morning a call was received by Major Eugene Hansman, member of the regimental staff, asking that Company be assembled and sent to Boonville. Shortly beiore 3 the Dorn-Cioney whistle was blown for several minutes, this being a pre-arranged warning for members of the company. Those hearing it called in, while others who were not awakened by the sound of the whistle were either called by telephone, or a taxicab driver sent out to get them up. Gone By Five About 5 the last car filled with guardsmen left Sedalia.

The company was transported to Boonville in private motor cars of company members. Captain Arthur B. Burke Fir.st Lieutenant Ernest N. Reynolds remained with the company, while Lieut. Otis M.

Clouserjppgp KANSAS CITY, June Navy Department announced recently that the chief of naval personnel presented to Ensign Carl Fletcher Miller the following citation: Department has been informed that upon the recent sinking of a vessel to which you were attached, in utter disregard of your personal safety you remained out of a life raft, continued swimming, and aided others who were injured, despite the fact that you were then suffering from an abdominal injury sustained as a result of concussion from the explosion of a bomb in the water. The Department is further informed that you later assisted in keeping on the raft men who were delirious, and that as a result of your exertions you subsequentiy became exhausted and delirious, timely rescue alone preventing your the exemplary leadership, courage and devotion to duty displayed under these extremely trying circumstances, you are hereby copy of this letter will be made a part of your official Ensign Miller is the son of Mrs. Dora Miller, widow of the late C. A. Miller.

She resides at 821 West Third street. He is 26 years of age. Application To Buy Water (kmipaiiyStock Price Five Cents arsaw Murder Trial Set 29 Full Associated Press Leased Wire and Wide World Features Arkaitiias Loiiipaiiv Files With Public Servire Coinitiission W.ARSAW. 1,0. Trial of August Bruns.

49. on a degree murder charge in the of a neighbor, William Kroose, 60. was set today by Benton County Circuit Court Judge Dewey P. Thatch for July .29. Bruns is accused of having (killed Kroose with a pitchfork April 15 near home 8 miles northwest of Lincoln.

Prose- is F. M. Brady. American B-24 Plane Beat Off 15 Axis Planes The Arkansas Municinal Waler, today filed application I with the Missouri Public Service Commission for permission to I chase more than 10 per cent of the I I issued and outstanding common! stock of Sedalia Water Company. The application shows that the office of Arkansas Municipal Water Company is located at Pinp Bluff, Arkansas and that I it K-s engaged in supplying water ice to eighteen Arkansas com- jmunities.

The application further 'shows that the Arkansas company is to acquire 11.807 shares of the common stock of Sedalia Water Company, being all of the issued: and outstanding common stock of CAIRO, June an the company except Liberator, two of shares, for the sum of $153.100.00 its four engines in flames, beat cent oerTnnu' 15 in- 1943 until planes while returning until date of settlement Former Owners bombing raid over Sicily Since Iiilv 1 1 today by its pilot, 22- oHiLe JUiy 1 the common rxf Lieut. Clarence W. stock ot the local company has been owned by General Water Gas and Electric Company. Mr. I.

H. Reed, x'lce president and general manager of Sedalia Water Company, staled todav that: Search For Weapons Attacked On ay Back From Sicilian Target Place In America For Iiidiffei the purchase is merely a transfer Gooden, of Waycross, Ga. had just left the I a Sicilian said Gooden, the sky suddenly blackened with enemy fighters. One of them caught our No. 4 engine.

setting it afire. It was not long No. 3 engine burst into I flames. By now we were all alone didn't have enough power agement of the local company, Mr. and of common stock ownership and not a sale of the physical and properties.

It does not affect the corporate set-up nor the man- Nazi Home Front Shakes Under RAF Violent Assaults Group Leaders In Raid On Pantelleria Military policeman of Gen. Dwi ght Eisenhower's forces searches an Italian prisoner on the Island of Pantelleria for weapons. British official photo passed by censor. S. Signal Corps Radiotelephoto From Telephoto.) Reed stated.

All Should Be Working To Keep Our Liberties Americans be think- Identify FI icrs Killed In Crash ARMY FLYING FIELD, Maiden. June iJP public relations office here today identified two armv aviation it went along without us. was a lonesome feeling with those 15 fighters on our tail coming at us from all direction.s their guns spitting right into our faces. we were not exactly idle. Our gunners were in the argument, too.

Staff Sergeant Roland S. Cox, an 18-year-old kid from Ohio, was pouring No Easy Task Ahead To Crush Jaj3aii Stillwell States The Enemy Is Large Ami Savage RAF Mass Attack On Ruhr 1 arget cadets who were killed in the cl from his tail gun. Waist gun- crash of their plane near St. Louis! Technical Sergeant Oscar W. yesterday as James G.

Overbey, Houser of Philadelphia and Staff but declared that the United 19, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Sergeant Alexander M. Cochrane I Nations were thoroughly deter- CHUNGKING.

June Gen. Joseph W. Stihvell returned from Allied strategy conferences in Washington today and said, feel that we will a hell of a hard job ahead in crus'ning A Aj, CT US I I uy ueier- and about conveniences and luxur-; Overbey, 149753 2, Benton, of Lynn, dished it out from I mined to do the job as soon as I .1 1 rx -1 rx. ft. r-, I les Harvev Hale were sent but should think about preserving our liberties, our priv- worship God and our fot to Attorney General tnd Pvt.

fhead to McKittrick, their arrival in Boonville. Upon declared this afternoon in an the arrival of tne Sedalians there they directly to the armory vLitors at the annual Sixth' of Company where they had i meeting ot the Missoui breakfast, and were sent on to: of Democratic Wom- Overton, arriving on the tob, en's Club at Convention Hall, Lib- about 7 this morning. lerty park. indifferent who is and James J. Arthur Nolan, troit, Mich.

Col. Ros T. ing officer at Nolan, 23, son of waist windows. Staff Ser-1 possible. 688 Sheridan, De- geant T.

S. Hendricks, our aerial I nuring ihe Washington confcr- photographer and utility gunner, ences, Stillwell told corre.spond- Wright, hails from Little Rock, the field, said al.so hard at have a board been notified and hundred delegates i IS estigating the accident HMI 1 Which occurred on routine flight, He said it was the first fatal' accident since the Maiden field has been in service. The company relieved the members of Company of Boonville which outfit had been working in the Overton area since All On Offensive Everybody under comirand was on the the attacking fighters. Gocxien went on: By E. C.

Daniel LONDON, June RAF's front line heavy bombers made another mass attack on Ruhr objectives last night, concentrat- i ing particularly on the important steel and coal city of Obcrhausen, (three miles west of Essen and another big t'ormation of planes, pos- American, roared across the channel today. Coast observers said the daylight attackers were headed southeast. As the big bombers rumbled tot vvard the continent, two forma! tions of Allied fighters already were returning from a time sweep of the Pas de Calais area, where they shot down three Focke-Wulf 190s out of two for: mations of 15, presumably setting By The Associated Press ALLIED HEADQUARTERS, NORTH June and American- flown Spitfires performed spectacular operations in shattering the air forces during the last days of the battle for Pantelleria, authoritative quarters said Monday. The Yankee-manned fighter planes shot dowm a total of seventy-eight German and Italian aircraft for a loss of twelve Allied planes. A veteran Warhaw'k unit from the former desert air force led by Col.

Earl Estates, of Winnetka, 111., shot down twenty Axis planes Thursday, while other War- groups under Col. Arthur G. Salisbury of Sedalia, and Col. William Momyer of Seattle, played considerable roles in clearing the way for the big Allied bombers. Refugees Fleeing From Western Germany And From Berlin A ties and BY ROGER GREENE mass evacuation of ci- in western Berlin itself to escape the tempest of Allied bombs reported in Bern today, I even as the Nazi home front shook under a violent new assault by fleets of RAF block-buster planes thunder- ingr over the Ruhr.

With pounds dropped Friday, returned Italians Are On the Watch, Radio Reports taring For Decisive Phase Now Approaching more than 12,000,000 of explosives already on Germany since last RAF pre-dawn raiders to the attack for the fourth night in a row, pounding the war foundries city of Oberhausen and other objectives. Berlin said the damage severe. German newspapers reaching Bern, Switzerland, acknowledged that refugees fleeing the w'eslern as a result of 180 heavy Allied raids and 600 air alarms, and urged the German people to open their homes to evacuees. Bomb battered Duesseldorf, target of a recent RAF. raid, said to be one of the chief cities being abandoned.

Das Reich said the evacuation scheme called for refugees from Berlin to go to Brandenberg, East Prussia and Pomerania, while Preuarinff For others from northern Westphalia Ruhr) to Bavaria. must bow to the demands of said Adolf own newspaper, Voelkis- cher Beobachter, calling on the LONDON, June nation to refugees into Rome radio commentator, in a homes recorded here Removed told Italians to stand by for an i ents, "China was thoroughly con- roast, sidered and her needs gone into It was announced officially that bombers were missing from the There wa.s. he said, a constant'ronsecu- offensive interchange nf information night assault by the tween Allied leaders in China and those in charge of the unwhlling to help in the war effort is hurting the countiy and is aiding and comforting the en- last Saturday night. The he further pronounced, and ville unit W'orked most of ihejstated that in his opinion, Truck Drivers Buy And Sell Corn we fired nearly operations on the common 2,000 rounds at those babies and defeating Japan. night and returned to the scene again on Sunday and Monday.

Work With Regular Troops The local company is working side-by-side wuth soldiers of the regular army sent to the area from Fort Leavenworth, Kas. The regular army was sent to Miami, first and later to the Overton area. Company members at Marshall, called to the river Saturday working on the levees in the Miami neighborhood, and held the battle with the raging waters at this point until the arrival of 30(i federal troops from Fort Leavenworth. The Marshall group was mobilized at 3 o'clock Saturday afternoon and left that city by 4 o'clock in the afternoon. and lers, cheaters should be put in concentration camps or sent to battlefields there are no profits.

men and women in the armed forces do not want to die for chislers and McKittrick said, should die only for loyal, patriotic Americans Not War Experts Mistakes in the handling of our war plans have been made because in this country w'e had no experts in war rationing and war machinery, the speaker explained, and added that many mistakes could have been avoided if it had not been for obstinate opposition of some against edness and in coping wuth the treachery of our enemies. That is. he amplified, people be- CHIC.AGO, 15- the mid- all the we were losing altitude fast. Soon had only one good engine left. Lord knows how many holes were in our ship.

There were no brakes, no hydraulic system, no radio and only one good tire. did we make it to Malta? profiteers i Truck roaming west in an unprecedented hunt for coin, are buying the grain'Listen, brother, we just lead good at higher than ceiling prices and I selling have a there's plenty savage enemy and of Stihvell lot of thor- after The Sedalia company was head-jJapanese, Germans and ed by Captain Burke, and the fol-i Italians could be trusted and that lowung personnel answered thejt be a of monev to call: Lieut. Reynolds, Lieut. Clou-(prepare. It has been proven that sor, SgtG.

Leslie Hale, Oliver W.jif we had been better prepared. Hall, Kenneth L. Holdrcn, and less American soldiers and sailors Cleo W. Hopkins; Cpls. Virgil W.

be in eternity Gilbert, Louis W. Goff, Harold J.I It is not just for those in uni- Heerman, Raphail R. Jiedel, Wil-: form to fight the McKit- it profitably to farmers need it to feed livestock, members of leading grain firms said today. That is one reason, they said, not as much corn as is needed is coming into marketing terminals, threatening, in the words of the Corn Industries Research Foundation, a complete shut-dowm in the corn refining industry the 30 days. A in corn refineries would affect such industries as textile manufacturing, paper making.

aluminum and steel foundries, brewing, candy manufacturing and innumerable others. Senate Approval Of LCC Building JEFFERSON CITY, senate todav June passed and Shoe Departments Doing Big Business Monday and today shoe stores and footwear departments in ready-to-wear stores here were doing brisk business hurried in to take last-minute advantage of the No. 17 shoe sent tN the house an enabling act eventually permit construction of a state office building in Jefferson City to house the unemployment compensation commission. The bill, sponsored by Sen. Phil IM.

Donnelly (D), Lebanon, car- I ries no appropriation and conj tracts probably w'ould not be let, he said, until after the The commission is quartered in an old shoe factory building emphasized. be a hard fighting but we are oughly determined to get Asked if more supplies coming to the Orient, Stihvell replied, "The clearing of the Mediterranean ease up the shipping situation action in the Orient, he declared, had been and would continue to go coordinated. Officers Greet Stilwell Stihvell, U. S. commanding general for China, India and Burma, arrived here from his globe-girdling trip earlier today and was greeted at the airdrome by Brig.

Gen. Thomas Hearn, his son, Col. Joseph W. Stihvell, and other members of his staff. Enroute he stopped in London and Cairo to discuss other American commanders the problems affecting the Chinese ations.

on Germany. The night's activities included mine laying in enemy The Oberhausen raid was the third reported by the RAF on that city, although the Germans claimed it had been hit a fourth time mn April 26 at the same time heavily assaulted. The jRAF reported bombing it last in 1940. The city stands on the Rhine- Allied invasion. Reich said not only men are ready at their families but also those as yet guns, our planes are ready and 'by the great Allied our sailors are on the offensive were being refer the phase approach-jBerlin newspapers noted Every Italian is.wag ready to fight and fight until final sentment among both refugees" victory is land their sometimes unwdlling London newspapers today quot- ed the Rome radio as saying that A British air ministrycom- Allied warships and transports said the main massing in the Sicilian strait following Allied occupation of the tiny island of Lampione, the last of four islands in the channel to be wrested from Italian control.

A Reuters dispatch from North attack during the night set big fires at Oberhausen (pop. an important steel and coal center on the Rhine, three miles of much-bombed Essen. Sw'arms of lighter RAF planes Herne canal and at the junction of' raiKvays to Duisburg, Dortmund and it an important communication center. Berlin confirmed in a broadcast heard by the Associated Press that the Oberhausen raid had caused casualties and heavy damage. Africa reported the capture of! bombed, cannonaded and ma- Lampion yesterday, saying it fell raihvays, water on Sunday.

The inhabi- transport and airfields just behind tants a few lighthouse keepers the Nazi-occupied were reported to have fled. coast from Holland to northern The German agency, DNB, i France. Eighteen RAF planes mis- I'iiiies Coiiiiiieiits On Fourth Term NEW York Times said today that President move in sending to the senate for confirm- theater of oper- as United States attorney for southern district of York here. AUempts to move the com- needs'gone missions ea quaiteis fiom Jef- the support which n'r" tlie Chinese forces on the Yangtze egislatmes. been getting from the as cities offered to provide new.i^,^ united States air force.

It the Washington conver-i name of James B. McNally Stilwell said, was I interpreted here an almost thoroughly considered and her declaration of a fourth term buildings to house the commission. liam H. Kain and Carlisle Taylor. Privates James son, Herbert L.

Bahv's Picture W. At kin- Helley, Janies M. Pelot, Isaac Ellis, Elmer Fingland, Cecil A. Mil- V-NIail Carrv ler, James E. David M.

Overstreet, Gaiian Burton, Smith, John B. Alackinson, Ed McC la Brougher, K. O. Phillip Ward, Gordon Williams and Robert Sparks. Pvt.

William Morgan reported. trick stressed, but all civilians which expires today. 18, the new rationing for shoes, becomes valid, Wednesday and be good' through October 31. (Please turn to page 4 column ticket Closing Syrian Border Tonight WASHINGTON, June The latest V-mail innovation will Dorothy Thompson Marries BARNARD, June ith only about 50 close friends sources said ANKARA, Turkey, June authorities close the Syrian border with Turkey at 6 o'clock tonight, semi-official today. Turkish au- candidacy by the McNally, a personal tricnd of Michael J.

Kennedy, Tam- leader, is chairman of Tammany hall's law committee, must meant big to, gratified by the step, them, he remarked. i was practical enough to interpret Chinese armies have been Demo(Please Turn to Page 4, Column 1) but because of a severe injury his foot, he was relieved of duty. permit sending picture to daddy at the front, pro'cided, the regulations emphasize, the child is less than one year old and Regret Not Being Called Maj. Hansman and Lieut. W.

The photograph must not occu-1 and relativ es in attendance, Doro-' thorities profess not to know why Thompson, columnist, and jhe border is being closed or Maxim Kopf, Czech artist, it will remain shut, married at noon today in a little; Syria is under control of the old chui'ch on Silvery Fighting French. Lake, near the bride's summer Division Sold Many Stamps The division of the Pettis County War Bonds and; Stamps committee in their booths Saturday sold $3,260.50 in defense will be the death-blow to The next series of booths anti-Kennedy group seeking the Kennedy's ouster at the coming primary the Times ing forward to the 1944 cratic national the Times said in a page one news story. nomination particularly welcome at this time to Mr. Kennedy and his supporters, as it in a Berlin broadcast recorded by the Associated Press, said today that Axis air attacks were continuing against the potential invasion fleet in the Sicilian strait. German bombers damaged a landing craft and six medium transports off Pantelleria and in the harbor, DNB said, and also reported that heavy bombers attacked Bone on the Algerian coast last night.

Freighter Damaged Further suggesting heavy Allied shipping movements in the general Mediterranean area, the German communique said a freighter had been damaged by German air attack off the Portuguese coast and four Allied planes shot down in combat in the same area. None of these claims was sing in the Sicilian straits, ostensibly preparing for the grand assault on southern Europe, and declared the fleet under heavy attack by Allied confirmation lacking. Battle Rages The Rome radio was quoted by the London Express as saying that battle which has lasted for three days and has not lost any of its raging in a triangular area between Malta, Bizerte and the Sicilian coast. DNB, the German agency, asserted that Nazi bombers damaged six Allied medium transports and a landing craft off Pantelleria. A previous Berlin con-ibroadcast said at least ing barges were sunk 20 land- in Bizerte firmed by Allied sources.

Axis planes have engaged Allied pai'bor among large concentra- in a battle has tion of means of Developments (Please Turn to Page 4, Column 1) Has stamps, will be located in stores on the 26th. P. Arnold, members of the State! v-niail form Guard, not called for py more than onc-third of the cor-! respondence space on regulation It should be pasted in the upper left-hand portion to ihoine. Twin Farms. New Use For Terminals CHICAGO, June A Smoke Greeks Out June German-ltalian drive Greek Guerrillas, which 10 days ago with tanks.

said, adding the move was seen "as a victory for Mr. Red Cross Plans Day Treat ifiL-ridfin poriion lo i an as both are members of the regi-: avoid creasing when the reproduc-' adapt present bus mental staff. Both men i tion is folded! the war department' garages for use as Jer mental they regretted not being called to; announcement said. Ceases i Nineteenth Egg This The Bothweil hotel barber shopj LONDON. June 15- is closed for the untiLons are receiving tl eir Company ret irns from floixi of tne year this week d'itVi Captain Burke and Lie Reynolds are the only barbers tue shop.

However Luther Dyer. NY-gro porter, is holding down tre ousiness unRi his bf return. Several Sedalia busine-s have been becaine of employees and pioprietors i in: Year 19th egg under ra- at tmmng regulations. Tlie potato is being sold at aoo it $6 a ton fim teediug gs. 1 landing ports and hangars in a helicopter air bus service was advanced today w'hen (an application for this type of airline was filed with the Civil Aeronautics Board by the G-ey- I hound corporation, operators oi Admiral Sir John Cunningham, new British commander-in-chief in the Levant, arrived by from Cairo Saturday and an hour and a half in conference and artillery in support, with President Ismet Inonu pgg to smoke out the Greeks In order to the Sedalia Ifrom their mountain strongholds, Army Field hospital patients Before calling upon the presi-1 information from Greek sources a Day treat, the Red dent he held conferences whthlsaid today.

Premier Sukru Saracoglu, Foreign! Minister Numan Menemencioglu Bothweil Hospital Notes Marvin Brockschmidt of Mora Howard Roberts Early Tomatoes Howard Roberts, 904 South Vermont avenue, brought to the Democrat a tomato which home grown on his farm miles west of Sedalia. It is the first home grown tomato brought to the Democrat this season, and according to Mr. Roberts is rather early compared the present! season. develop ments at-a- G. S.

O. Meeting Thursday Other Other glance: armies crush tank- led German drive to recapture four villages in Orel sector, big was I guns duel from Leningrad to Ros- foLir fronts. Axis drive fails to smoke out Greek guerrillas from mountain strongholds, patriots scorn ultimatum to surrender. Southwest Pacific Allied bombers drop 30 tons of explo- The regular monthly meeting of Japanese base at Rabaul, 4 111 Ko hoM Britain; three other enemy the G. S.

O. will be held Thurs-: day evening at 7:30 o'clock at the I attacked USO Fifth enue. street and Osage av- and Chief of Staff Fevzi Cakmak. The admiral was scheduled to leave todav. Cross Canteen is asking for volunteers to make cakes.

The Red Cross will furnish the sugar and shortening. One hundred fifty are a a al- Sedalia Federation of Labor To Hold Tonight The Sedalia Federation of Labor Will holii regular meeting tromgKt. 7 30 in La All itligatec arc gcd lo ioe present. nichvvav buses. I British Casualties I Co-operative Districts LONDO.N.

me I JEFFERSON June vuhan casualties in state senate, after weeks the United Kingdom reached the intermittent aebate, level of the year last ti'ken to a oilL month, the ministry of home and Mrs. Carl Johnson, 1518 East to be served and time is getting Tenth street, have been dismissed, short. Please call the Red Cross Joe Salisbury, 924 East Broad- office, number 110. if you are will- jvvay. admitted 15 uP' Ci- i ment, air raids oni------------- for medical treat- vvhiL-h I'd'''' i Icdfi AO ild ve permit Missouri: security announced today, with cdiSd a- 584 pei uins killed or mi.vTiing and iMti.erat.on vvitn 733 ini erely e.iougn to guv joe huspntdLzed.

ing to help. Softball Game For To Die For Acts Tonight Called Off Against Germany The softball games in the Tvvi- RERN, Switzerland, June light league scheduled for 'fribune De Geneve re-(night have been called off be- ported tod.sy t.bat ten AYatians cause of rain. The games to have ud been lo death fur been played tonight are reacts agdiiiit Germany, I scheduled fur Ihui'iday mght. Ohe Weath let MISSOURI Scattered showers today and tonight; little change in temperature. Temperature: 7 a.

m. 66 degrees; p. m. 70 degrees. Rainfall; .56 of an inch.

Sunrise 5:46 8:40 a. P- m. m. Sunset Ful moon June 18; quarter June 24. last Washington Navy announces 12 more Japanese ships, including a destroyer, sunk by American submarines in Pacific.

and British bombers pound Japanese in widespread raids. Axis commentators, nervously speculating on where the Allied blow would fall, named Sicily and Sardinia as the likeliest targets and a majority predicted the attack would come this week, now that Italy's last small island outpost on the Africa-to-Italy invasion route has been occupied. Swiftly following the conquest of Pantelleria, Lampedusa and Linosa, the tiny lighthouse isle of Lampione, eight miles west of i Ozdik 59.8. Fall .1. (Please Turn to Page CoL ly.