The McCook Daily Gazette from McCook, Nebraska • 1

rinrtr ftiTruaffirruH 4 i rm I 1 Is i. i I WEATHER COMFUUNTB NEBRASKA FORECAST Snow and not much change In temper ature today and tonight: high today near freezing: low tonight 25-30; Sunday, mostly cloudy with little change In temperature. McCook readers of The Gazette who fail to receive their paper before 6:30 p. will please call Allen Strunk, phone 661, before ff Southslde Sentinel. ItS9-lt3tf jnlkSaiette, 1911-1924 Consolidated with: MeCook 155difauc i Price Five Cents NEA Features and Pictures McCOOK.

NEBRASKA. SAT Volume XX Number 167 United Press Leased Wire "Blazes" Makes Germans Driving Wedge Deeper Into Alsace As Strasbourg Threatened Roosevelt Takes His Oath Fourth Time In i Brief Inaugural Fete Short Inauguration Speech Warns That We'll Preserve Peace Only by. Trust and Faith; Crowd Stands on Snowy Lawn in Bad Weather America Cannot Live Alone With Peace: We Must Be Citizens Oi World Community, FDR Declares ii I must never be mistakes which result from faintness of heart abandonment of moral principles. I remember that my old schoolmaster said, in days that seemed lo us then to be secure and untroubled: "Things In life will hot always run smoothly. Sometimes wo will be rising toward.

the heights then all will seem to reverse Itself and start downward. The great fact 'to remember is that the trend of civilization itself is forever upward; that a line drawn through the middle of the peaks and the valleys of the centuries always has an up wz trend. Our Constitution of 1787 was not a perfect instrument; it is not perfect yet. But it provided a firm base upon which all manner of men, of all races and colors and creeds, could build our solid structure of democracy, Today in this year of war, 1945, we have learned lessons at a (See Page Five, No. 5) No Comment, is reply Blazes, bull mastiff, gives to reporter Murray Moler of I Angeles, that he was cause for alleged removal from Army cargo plane of sailor Leon LeRoy and two other service men at Memphis, Tenn.

The dog was said enroute from Col. Elliott Roosevelt to his wife and is reputed to have had an A priority. (NEA Telephoto) By C. Wilson WASHINGTON, (UP) Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Inaugurated today as President of the United States for tho fourth time, warned that we shall have ho lasting peace if wq approach its commitments with mistrust, and fear. He took the OMtli of his office on the south portico of the White House instead of the east capitol steps where Inaugurations traditionally are held.

Some 7,000 specially invited guest 8 stood on the snow-sodden lawn below him. Chief Justice Harlan F. Stone administered the oath a few minutes after noon. Just before Mr. Roosevelt was sworn, his 1044 running mate, Harry 8.

Truman 'of Missouri took the oath of office as vice president. It was administered by Henry A. Wallace, who was chosen by Mr. Roosevelt as his campaign partner in 1040 but was discarded last year in favor of the Missourian. Mr.

Roosevelt, Truman, their families, and their closest political associates and friends were in the shelter of tho south portico. The other card-holding, carefully-sifted guests stood down below, churning a two-inch snow, into the White House turf. This was not the worst inauguration weather of record the Taft affatr in 1909 and Mr. Roosevelts 19 3 7 ceremony were In a class by themselves. But this was no day for an outdoor party unless the date was fixed by the Constitution.

For the president this day was one of prayer. For him it began with family prayers at 10 a. m. in East room of the White House. On each of his successive inaugurations he has thus sought divine guidance.

Diplomats, political figures of lo- cal and ad-j ures oi uTeaTmetTsemce, and a few campaign contributors were in the crowd of inauguration guests They listened in chill and solemn silence as Mr. Roosevelt uttered his fourth inaugural address of 540 words. He told them it was appropriate that this occasion be both simple and brief. To the south, outside the White 1 louse fence and some hundreds yards away, was the public. Loud speakers carried the' words uttered up there on.

the 'south portico but couldn't see mqch distinguish who was who. It was all over, the important parts, almost before the guests. and fence-peekers knew it had begun While some few still were shuffling to their appointed places Captain William F. Santelmann flipped a baton and the United States Marine band hit Hail To The Chief with the oompah blare of brasses that other bands, somehow, cannot achieve. It is music to make the hair prickle on your head and that was the way it was today.

The hush that followed as the Rt. Rev. Angus Dun, Episcopal bishop of Washington, delivered the invocation was in effective contrast. In these days of perplexity and pain the bishop said, forbid that we shall be content with any peace save that of a world at unity with itself. Truman and Wallace stepped up to the microphone to shift the re- sponsibilitles of the vice presidency.

Less than a minute sufficed for that. Mr. Roosevelt and the chief Justice were next, the presidents big palm, on the old, familiar Faith, Hope and Charity verse in the ancient bible that la written in Dutch. Stone spoke and the president repeated after him Will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United Sta-teu. Then it was Mr.

Roosevelts turn to speak on his own, with the nation and the world listening in. The Rt. Rev. Msgr. John A.

Ryan, director of the Social Action department of the National Catholic Welfare conference, uttered the benediction. That was all. The band hit ufo The Star Spangled Banner. In' side the White House, servants (See Page Three, No. 9) LINCOLN.

(UP) The administration proposal of a Missouri Valley authority for the development of tho Missouri river' basin was attacked as unnecessary and defended as acceptable with local home rule by speakers at the first annual meeting of the Nebraska Reclamation association today. Sen. Hugh Butler, said In a speech prepared for delivery that he cannot see the need for such a super-agency as an MVA. I sea no reason for Nebraskans to get excited about a valley authority, Butler said, Just 1 because one down south (Tennessee Valley authority) happens to be enjoying popular favor at the moment. Let us retain a measure of independence.

State Sen. C. Petrus Peterson, Lincoln, however, was no opposed to an MVA, if It provided for area home rule. People of the Missouri -valley section will not be happy with a managerial triumvirate such as the TVA, even if it be of the highest type, Peterson said. Our people will expect to have' a voice in the determination of their destinies.

He suggested that the directorate of the enterprise be chosen by a delegate assembly, with the extent and completeness of the home rule powers determined and modified by experience. He insisted that (See Page Three, No. 1) DAY. JANUARY 20. 1945 beds Parade Dver Poland In Big Rush clamp Put on East Pruftia And Southern Wing Has Been Moved Up Rapidly LONDON, (UP) Russian forces drove into the German border area about 200 miles Berlin today, clamped a crushing pincers on East Prussia and swept westward in the Carpathians through the big transport centers of Nowy Sacs, Kassa, Presov, and Bardeva.

Gen. Ivan Y. Petrovs Fourth Ukrainian army, bringing up the south wing of the record Soviet offensive, overran the Polish rail junction of Nowy Sacz, 47 miles southeast of Krakow, and the Czechoslovak cities of Kassa in the Hungarian border area, Presov. 20 miles north of Kassa, and Bardeva, 22 miles north of Presov. Marshal Stalin issued a special order of the day announcing the conquest in lower Poland and Czechoslovakia and- ordered a salute of 20 salvos by 224 guns.

Othe Soviet forces gather along a 60-mile stretch of the Silesian border and drove, into East Prussia' from the south in a bid to trap the defenders of the German province. 1 The German high command reported that Marshal Konstantin K. Rokossovskys army had invaded southewstern East. Prussia on a 37-mile front between Chorzele and Giigenburg, the latter only 7 1 miles from the Baltic. Other 1 Russian forces reach the area of Kepno, seven miles from the Silesian frontier, 43 miles east of Breslau, and 60 miles north west of Czestochowa, the opposite end of a border sector into which, the Soviets were flooding for an invasion drive which may have begun.

Moscow dispatches said five Soviet armies, striking progressively stronger blows, had set their sights on Danzig, Poznan and Breslau as the next objectives in their winter victory offensive, now in its eighth day. Ernst von Hammer, milit ary YftffmentatorTPrtTie. 'OHfCTin cei-man DNB agency, acknowledged that Russian tanks had penetrated East Prussia from the south as far as Giigenburg, just Inside the border at a point 90 miles south (See Page Big 3 Meet Tipped Off Sen. Connally Lets Slip Brief Facts on Coming Journey by Roosevelt WASHINGTON, (UP) If. Sen.

Tom Connally, didnt mean to say it, its too late now. The secret is out President Roosevelts next meeting With Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Premier Josef Stalin will take him across the seas and soon. Fo some time there 1 had been hush-hush speculation' that the forthcoming Big Three parley would involve a trans-oceanic journey by Mr. Roosevelt. But it remained for the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations committee to give authenticity to what previously had been merely rumors, guarded ones at that.

And some 1,500 persons heard Connally say it. The setting for the disclosure was last nights presidential inaugural dinner a sumptuous feast given by members of the electoral college in honor of Mr. Roosevelt and Vice President-elect Harry S. Truman. Connally vas delivering the principal speech of the evening.

With great eloquence he pleaded for early action on a world security organization to assure future peace His voice boombed through the ballroom of the Mayflower hotel. He frowned on the Idea of settling boundary questions bow by unilateral or bilateral treaties and said, such things should be left for all the United Nations to settle later. So far he was preceding according to text. But toward the end, he strayed. President Roosevelt soon is to go across the seas' to confer with Churchill and Mr.

Stalin, he said and the secret is out. Six Red Stamps W31 Last Five Weeks For Meats In Next Period WASHINGTON, (UP) The Office of Price Administration will probably validate six red stamps worth 60 points for the five-week period from January 28 through March 3, it was learned today. Only five red stamps, or 50 points, were validated for the current ration period, which 1 is only four weeks long. The probable higher Slumber of points -i for the next period will not mean, any increase, in -the point-purchasing power of the housewife, it was pointed out. No Comment Judah Advanced To State Chief Of Reclamation LINCOLN, (UP) C.

T. Judah has beep named planning engineer of the Bureau of Reclamation In Nebraska, E. B. Debler, regional bureau director at Denver, a n-nounced last night. Judah has been planning engineer for the bureau at its McCook office since 1940.

Hewill bo replaced there by A. W. Redman, his former assistant. Paul Harley, Denver, formerly of National rSwiwnM sM tiii eS ii ii in" ir'wn sume a position similar to Redmans at Grund Island, Debler said. Judah will direct planning and supervision of construction of all projects in Nebraska.

His. offices will be at Lincoln. Labor Draft Bill Coming House Committee Says it Will Have Its Draft Ready by Next Monday WASHINGTON, (UP) House Military Affairs committee mem bers predicted today that they would finish writing a war-work-or-else bill despite the fact that they still face bloc fights over questions of farm deferments and union membership. A lively floor fight over the bill Is predicted, with at least onp committee member promising to oppose the measure when it comes before the House. The hill Us work-or-fight" tag late yesterday when the committee voted 15 to 2 to accept an amendment by Rep.

Paul Kilday, substitut ing civilian penalties for the army work-battalion draft proposed in the original measure. The draft dodger penalties in the Kilday amendment would make violators refusing to work at essential Jobs, liable to fines up to $10,000 and imprisonment for not more than five years or both. Meanwhile Rep. William LniKc, N. claiming the support of 225 House members, said he would introduce a resolution Monday to compel local draft boards to defer irreplaceable farm workers.

Lemke -said Hersheys latest dl rective had been taken by draft boards to mean that ail deferred farm porkers aged 18 to 25 must be drafted into the armed forces regardless of essentiality, thus abrogating the Tydings amendment which defers them Lemke invited Byrnes, Hershey and War Food Administrator Marvin Jones to a closed meeting Monday to discuss the farm labor problem. -If Lemke fails to get House action on his resolution, by the time the work-or-else bill gets to the floor, he may attempt a farm bloc fight against the measure, although Jones testified it would not affect the Tydings amend menL Reps. Paul Stewart, Okla, and Arthur Winstead. both said they would offer amendments Monday to prohibit any man assigned to a specific industry to be Required to Join unidn against his will. Winsteads amendment also would fix a penalty of fine or imprisonment for any person who interferes with such, a worker.

-r FLASHES By United Press LONDON -Marshal Stafin announced tonight that ths Bed army had crumpled ths north wing of th German defenses in Easi Prussia, capturing the great transport center of Tilsit and three ether strategic towns. Other Red. army forces were driving into East Prussia on a broad front from tho south, and threaten lg -to Isolcto thr -on- tire province by a push to the Baltic. LONDON The admiralty announced today that British submarines operating with the East Indies fleet sank 84 Japanese and Japanese controlled supply ships during recent 'patrols In Far Eastern waters. WASHINGTON Man Hopkins, presidential adviser who in recent days has bee persistently rumored in or en route to London, attended the inauguration today.

He was accompanied by his wife and his dough-" ter, Diana. LONDON Radio Moscow said tonight that an armistice agreement between the provincial Hungarian government and the allied powers has been signed in Moscow. LONDON--'More than 750 American heavy bombers with an escort of 550 Mustang fighters struck today -at German supply and communications centers in the Rhineland. American Flying Fortresses bombed th freight yards at Rhein, 25 miles north of Munster, the yards at Heilbronn, 25 miles north of Stuttgart, and th Rhine river railbrldge at Mannheim. French Open An Assault From South Allied Force if Trying to Take Nazi Pressure Off Yanks in Alsace Region PARIS, (UP) German armored forces today deepened their eight miles north of Strasbourg In a thrust toward one of the two highways which link the Alsatian capital with Its Saverns gap lifeline through the Voagea, The Germane were only four end a half milea from tha northernmost of the two main highways which run from Strasbourg to the Vosges gap and there were Indication! that Nasli were strengthening their forcea for an all- out prestige battle designed to recapture the Alsace citadel.

A strong German armored force was thrusting out of the Hagenau forest, striving to aever Haganau und rupture the communications lines on which the Seventh armys Strasbourg garrison depends. It was believed that Field Karl von Rundstedt had shifted some of the armored forces: which he employed In the Ardennes, southward for the Strasbourg thrust. Front dispatches reported' the weight the German assault which is designed lo retake Strasbourg is growing and Lt. Gen. Alexander M.

Patchs Seventh army was fighting to hold back the growing Nazi threat. (See Page Five, No. 2) Child Is Fatally Burned By Liquid McCook Youngster Spilled Bottle of Anticeptic Ho Found In Cupboard Gary Crawmer, two and one-half yea.old sofi of Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Crawmer of Indianola, passed away late last night In McCook as the result of burns received from a caustic antiseptic.

Gary, who with his mother and baby sister, Sharon, makes his home with his grandfather, Francis Powell, saw the bottle of antiseptic when he reached Into the cupboard to get a glass. No member of the family to know why the bottle was In the kitchen cupboard, but they do remember that It was. in the back part of the cupboard. Members of the family said the bottle contained a product known as Lysol. When Garys mother saw him with 'the bottle, she reached over to take it from him.

Gaiy whirled, spilling the contents of tho almost full bottle over his throat, arm and into one eye. Mr. Crawmer, who is In the Navy and stationed at Ardmore, has been contacted through the local Red Cross and Is on his way home. Funeral arrangements will be announced later by the Herrmann Funeral home believed killed when he was caught in the whirling propellors of the enemy craft and others were shot to death as they struggled In the water. All of the victims died as a result of the attack that followed the torpedoing, survivors said The Navy did not reveal where th action took place other than to, say the sinking occurred somewhere between the coast of California and the Hawaiian islands, but Tokyo radio twice announced that.

Japanese submarines were operating off the -west coast lata In 1944. Yates, a former Salt Lake City cream manufacturer, said the torpedo struck the vessel amidships while he was talking to Second LL Raymond Schissler, 22, of the Army transport service. When the torpedo hit, Schissler and I were thrown against, the ceiling of the wardroom, ha'' related. '7 ordered my men to man Uielr guns, which they did promptly. Schissler later was shot to death -by machine gun fire as he struggled in the water.

The captain and mate found members of the Navy glin crew for. submarine to surface so they could. shooL bright submarine moon, was shining, and we watching the ship settle and wondering if dared gto back Fage Three, no. 8) WASHINGTON, (UP). Following is the text of President Roosevelts fourth Inaugural address: Mr.

Chief Justice, Mr. Vice President, my friends: You will understand and, I believe, agree with my wish that the form of this inauguration be simple and its words brief. We Americans of today, together with our allies, are passing through a period -of supreme test, it is a test df our courage of our resolve of our wisdom of our essential decency. If we meet that test successfully and honorably we shall perform a service of historic importance which men and women and children will honor throughout all time. As I stand here today, having taken the solemn oath of office in the presence of hiy fellow countrymen in the presence of our God I know that it is Americas purpose that we shall not fail.

In the days in the years that are to coine we shall work for a just and durable peace as today we work and fight for total victory in war. Wc can and we will achieve such a peace. We shall strive for perfection. We shall not achieve it immediately but we still shall strive. We may make mistakes but they Wallace Is Not Grieved 4 Waiting for Him After Truman Succeeds Him WASHINGTON, (UP) Vice President Henry A.

Wallace, turning over his job and title to Harry S. Truman today, became the mystery man of the hour. With Trumans future taken care of for the next four years, what everyone around here wants to know for. certain is, what will the ex-vice presidents next Job When John' Nance Garner stepped out of the vice presidency four years ago he went home. Wallace has no such intention.

He wants and there is considerable evidence that he may get Jesse H. Jones job as secretary of commerce. But thus far it has been impossible to get anything definite on Wallaces fate, either ftom him or from the man' in whose charge it appears to be, i.e. President Nothing definite, that is, except the assurance given, by Mr. Roosevelt at his news conference yesterday that he did not think Wallace would starve; and subsequent hints that Wallace would continue to sit in cabinet meetings.

Not starving, in the lexicon of official Washington, doesnt mean merely that; lt means having big job in the government a job, it would seem in' this case, of cabinet rank. The way Jones Texas friends have been running around lately would appear to indicate that, whatever the presidents intent -ions, Wallace definitely has drawn a bead "on the commerce post. As vice president the now 56-year-old Wallace refused to accept the obscurity that' frequently in the past has been a concomitant of the post. He remained a public figure. He made speeches all over the country.

He took on extracurricular administration jobs which required more of his energy than did the vice presidents constitutional function of presiding over sessions of the senate. Truman does not intend to be another Wallace. The slow-talking, 60-year-old Missourian happens to be fond of his predecessor. When he said after -his (See Page Five, No. 7) Cloudy And Cold Is Weekends Forecast Snow ranging from one inch at Valentine and Grand island four inches at'Scottsbluff and Cha-dron fell in Nebraska Friday.

Omaha, McCook and North Platte reported three inches of snow, while Kearney recorded two Inches. The sky was still heavily overcast at McCook today, but no more snow had fallen. A light to heavy snow was fore- The band sounded more ruffles and flourishes, and the president was eseorted to the speakers rostrum by Marine Col. James Roosevelt, only one of his four fighting sons who was able to come here. The president, standing bareheaded, spoke the oath in a clear, resonant voice, his left hand on his old family Dutch bible and his eyes focused on Chief Just ice Stone.

Then after shaking hands with Stone, the president turned slowly toward crowd, opened his familiar black notebook and delivered his address. The crowd had applauded when he swore to do his duty as president, and gloved hands clapped again when he completed his speech. The President stood silently gazing toward the Washington monument while, the minister said the band played the Star Spangled Banner, and the crowd stood hatless under the dripping trees. Mr. Roosevelt waved his hand to the crowds, which responded with men waving their hats and women shaking hankerchiefs toward the portico, The president then 'tanked: and went back Into the White" HouSe to the tune of Hail To The Chief.

thus ending the shortest inaugura-(See Page Three, 10) Yanks Close In On Japs' Tar lac Base No Sizeable Resistanse is Met on Luzon as Yet; Clark Field is Goal Ity United Tress Goncrul MucArtliur's forces today closed In on strategic Tarlac, key communications center 65 mil-ck uyfth of Manila, in an which had-yaiudofr meet any sizable" Japanese opposition. Japanese air power had not yet intervened, presumably because of the devastation inflicted by American air blows. The American Air ussault oix Japans homeland brought tlic panicky from Tokyo of new $460,000,000 construction program" to lAove all government offices into underground shelters. The program was unnotinccd us at least one Super-Fortress from the Marianas appeared over the Tokyo a rcu, following up the full scale nttue.k yesterday on the Osa-ka-Kohc raid jBiUd they' left the great Kawasaki uircruft engine plant aflame. Mat-Art were approaching Tarlac on a 10 mile front, their pace being accelerated by completion of a heavy duty bridge across the Agno river.

MacArthurs spearheads were beyond Santa Ignucia, 13 miles northwest of Tarlac, and wero well south of Tiiahiui, 12 miles north of Tarlac ahout-10 miles to the cast. They- were driving ulong two bron pavetj Jhighwnys. On thcwestern flank, American patrols, reached the 'crest of the Za hides mountains' iwid reconnoi-fereti DusoMJay on the west coast of Luzon against negligible resis-. A See Page Three, No. 3) Canadian Troops Went 'Over Hill' Thousands of Draftees on Leave Failed to Return For Overseas Departure OTTAWA, (UP) Half of tile 15.600 Canadian home defense trooiM who were' ordered overseas under the governments new compulsory overseas service act, went AWOL from port of embarkation and 6.300 of them still are missing.

Minister A. G. L. McNaughton announced today. All the overseas-bound troo were given-the customary final home, leaves' from embarkation points of them failed to return on A fewhave straggled backjor have been apprehend-ed since.

But the large majortiy of them still are absent. After being AWOL. for 21 days. they are listed as deserters, and McNaughton said the disciplinary action will be taken against them under the provisions of Kings regulations -and orders' Desertion -in irartime is a capital offense. After five years of war, Canada instituted, compulsory overs a service for the first time last month.

Previously, Canadian troops had. served overseas only on a voluntary basis. The over se a draft precipitated a government crisis which Prime Minister W. L. MaCKenzie King survived.

Despite the high percentage of defection. McNaughtdn n'h i a full complement of 8,300 national troops arrived in: the United Kingdom in the first overseas movement of Canadian draftees. Navy Lets Survivors oi Liberty Ship Sunk In November Tell How Jap Sub Gunned and Rammed Them It Ain't Like Old Times' Says An Old-Timer At Inaugural: Whole Ceremony Is Oyer In 13 Minutes SAN FRANCISCO, (UP) A Japanese submarine, roaming the Pacific between Honolulu and San Francisco, torpedoed and sunk the Liberty ship John A. Johnson last November and machine-gunned and rammed survivors, killing at least 10 of the 70-man craw and wounding six others. The incident, believed to be the first submarine ac(Iqtf near the American mainland since Oct.

25, 1942, was reported yesterday in Navy sponsored interviews with survivors. The 60 survivors ware ''spotted by search planes and rescued the following day by the Navy motor yacht Argus. The torpedo struck without warning and the men abandoned ship when she began to break up. A half hour "later the submarine surfaced on the moonlit waters and criss-crossed the oil-smeared sea in search of survivors who hid behind floating sacks of flour and prayed. The Japs gleefully ran up and down the deck of the submarine, chattering like monkeys, and shouting banzai and You American cast for the state today, with little sons of they spray change in temperature, but Meteo- ed the with machine gyn By Frederick C.

Othman WASHINGTON, (UP) Franklin D. Roosevelt, only man at his inaugural without an overcoat, looked across the thousands crowded into his snow-covered back yard today and solemnly to uphold the Constitution fbrr a fourth term as president of the United States. Mr. Roosevelts eyeglasses glistened in the spotlights. His hands mayhave trembled, but his voice was strong and clear as he repeated the oath after Chief Justice Harlan F.

Stone and then delivered the shortest inaugural address he ever gave 540 On his left was the blue presidential pennant, on Iris right the American flag. Behind him were the members of his personal and official family. Below him on the ground were the others who were lucky enough to get invitations and hardly enough to brave -the wet and the cold. The entire ceremony lasted only 13 minutes. Sharp at noon the Marine.

band broke into strident ruffles and flourishes, then 1 "Hail To Th Chief signaling the presidents arrival at the center of the portico. Men in the snowy crowd bared their heads for the invocation. Mr. Roosevelt watched retiring Vice President Henry A. Wallace administer th oath to his successor, Harry Truman.

bullets and rammed LL (Jg) Wynd Del Yates, USNR, 32, Salt Lake was the commander of the gun crew -aboard the At. least one of the victims was rologist.M. Robins of. the Omaha Weather bureau. Lower temperatures were- expected in the west and- north portions tonight.

Partly cloudy and qplder weather was predicted for Sunday. 3 1 1 s..