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11 of of of Elwood War Fund Still $3,000 Short Of 1944 Quota Today's Thought Weather Forecast: of the press CALL-LEADER Indiana Scattered it not be limited ers and tonight; depends THE ELWOOD without being lost. tie Tuesday cooler: showers fresh to and strong Ut. Thomas Jefferson. A home newspaper owned and operated by and for home people winds. NUMBER 269 OF OUR FIFTY-FOURTH YEAR ELWOOD, INDIANA, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1944 Germans Expect Big Super-Fort Reported Over Jap War Plant' Reconnaisance Flight By B-29 By United.

Press Tokyo, report stated the American Super Fortress Command has extended its air reconnaisianceinto, a industrial, Nagoya Honshu Island, 160, miles south west of Tokyo. According the report, a sing gle. Fortress, hovered over Nagoya's sprawling airoraft factories and textile mills for 30, minutes without dropping a bomb. The American bomber crew resumably was photographing the to obtain pictures for future large-scale Glen Edward Mays target, raids. This' was the fifth time in 13 days that the Japs have reported American reconnaissance flights over southern and eastern Honshu, the main Japanese island.

In addition, the forts were said to have been over Tokyo and the industrial-rich Kobe-Osaka area. Observers compared these bombless raids over Japan's mili. tary targets to the two weeks of so-called Nazi "nuisance" raids over London which resulted in the great fire blitz of 1940. No Confirmation Washington has said nothing about the Japanese report. Nor was there any confirmation of Japanese report which claimed American planes have bombed Manila again.

Another still unconformed Japanese report stated American warships hit Iwo Island 770 miles south of Tokyo. It was from Iwo that Japanese planes have been attacking American bases in the Marianas. American officials did have one piece of news from the cific this morning and it was bad news. The 14th Air Force acknowledged the destruction and evacuation of its most valu- able remaining air -base in Dast- ern China. The communique said the Kwangsi Province airfield at Liuchow was blown up and evacuated last Tuesday because of pressure by Japanese land forces.

Blew Up Base Not until the Japanese were See SUPER- FORT, Page 6 City Policeman Enters Service Paul Stafford, member of 'the Elwood police department returned from Chicago Saturday where he announced that he had passed his physical examination and had been sworn the service of the United' States Merchant Marine. It was announced that man' Stafford would receive' a leave of absence while he is in the service. He has been with the local police force for the past three years. He will remain at home, 1526 South for approximately 15 days he is expected to be where Remaining at home will be his wife, Ethel, and four children. Mayor Tunis said today that no appointment had been made to fill the vacanty created by Mr.

I Stafford's leave of absence. -BUY WAR BONDS- Var Labor Board Seen WASHINGTON, Nov. 13. (UP) There may be a turnover in the War Labor Board membership before very long. WLB Chairman William H.

Davis has written President Roosevelt asking that he be allowed to retire from the White House Secretary" Stephen Early said Davis wrote the letter on August 29 his 65th birthday. According to Early, the president, in reply, asked Davis to on for a while longer. At present, there was no formal resignation and no action has been taken by the president. However, unofficial sources said Davis has set a January 1 deadline. He was said to desire to get out of the public limelight.

(Full Leased Wire by United Press) PRICE FIVE CENTS Offensive: School To Be Re-Named For Statesman Formal Dedication con Scheduled Soon The Elwood nigh school Board of Trustees, met Sunday morning in special, session to pass al resolution that Elwood high school be renamed in memorial of a great man born, and educated in Elwood. The board, consisting of C. G. (Buck) Norris president, Mark Noble secretary, and Merrill Robinson treasurer, met with Superintendent of Schools C. C.

Hillis and it was unanimously agreed that the school should be known as the Wendell L. Willkie high However, the ly known by that name until the school will not become official- formal dedication ceremonies are held in the near future, The dedication, which is. under the supervision sponsorship of the to Wendell Willkie headed by Edgar G. Ball, will be held in the unannounced future, It was stated. The dedication will be made to man, who although defeated in a battle for national leadership, went on with his career as a leader of all men.

A man who, in his travels all over the world, met the rich and poor alike and discussed their problems and tried to show the world that in spite different races, creeds, and, colors, world people wanted at the heart Same "all thing freedom and liberty. A man also, who tried to make this vast expanse We call the earth into one world. The Wendell Willkie foundation workers here in the city are working for something, great to keep the Willkie burning throughdut the years to' These plans will be brought before the public in the near future. These plane will be of interest to every citizen in the community. -BUY WAR BONDS Accident Listed; Three Arrested Roy Gentry of 723 South A street, reported an accident seven and one-half miles south of Elwood on State Road.

13, where his car and the car of Leo Frazee of 1802 South street, collided. Enough damage was done to require a state report, There were no injuries. Vames Snipe of 211. North 13th, street, was apprehended by local police for speeding. He is schedtiled to report for trial tomorrow evening.

Jacob Frick, of Frankton, was arrested on charges of intoxication and will appear for trial before Mayor Tunis at City court Tuesday evening. Harry Brown of this city was arrested by local police on charges of public intoxication. He is scheduled to appear at City court tomorrow evening. -BUY WAR BONDS. 'Round Town There, were varying reports "venison" served at the Armistice: u.

Day at the American Legion home Saturday night. Some. the, partakers of the meat believed it very tasty, while there were, others who said "ban" There, was quite a celebration down in. Bloomington today. in honor of Ernie whose column appears daily in The Call-Leader.

Both of the city's high schools, Bloomington High and University High, dismissed sail classes at m. until noon. Most of i the city's business establishments also suspended that pour. 1 The occasion was the, ceremonies at Indiana University. auditorium where the honor-1 degree of doctor of humane was conferred upon Er or lasted but one halt hours the Hoocolumnist asked for Flashlight tires.

See The official board of the East Main Street Christian Church has accepted the resignation of Rev. D. D. McColl, who has been pastor of that church for six years. The resignation was announced to the congregation from the pulpit at Sunday's services.

Rev. and Mrs. McColl and their five children will take up resi-1 dence in Huntington in the mid. dle of January. However, Rev.

McColl will continue to preach here until the last of January. At that time Mr. McColl will take up his work as District Evangelist for the Northeast Indiana District. During his work in Elwood, Rev. McColl has received his Arts and Bachelor of Divinity, degrees His from Butler University.

congregation and friends wish him luck and share his pride in his advancement. The church board has not announced Rev. McColl's successor at this time. -BUY WAR BONDSMrs. Acres Dies At Koontz Lake Rev.

D. D. McColl Christian Church Pastor Advanced Mrs. Sarah Tressa Acres, 82, died at the home of a daughter, Mrs. Etta McCarty, at Koontz Lake at 8:40 o'clock Saturday morning of complications following an.

illness of two years. Born November 5, 1862, in Marion: county, she was' the claughter of Herron and Tressa She married Henry Acres, in 1879, He died May 1, 1896. She was. affiliated with the Presbyterian church. Survivors are three daughters, Mrs.

McCarty at whose home she died, Mrs. Orpha Fickis and Mrs. Gladys Jones, both of Baltimore, seventeen grandchildren, and nineteen greatgrandchildren. The body was removed to the Copher Fesler Funeral Home. Funeral services were conducted this from the Copher Funeral Horne at 1:30 o'clock with the Rev.

Herbert C. Sprague of Walton in charge. Burial was made in the City cemetery. -BUY WAR BONDS- Control Board To Meet Mrs. Gladys Land of this a member of the county advisory board.

will attend the dinnermeeting sponsored by the Madison county Cancer Control advisory board to be held, at the Anderson Y. M. C. A. This meeting was announced by Mrs.

W. W. Barlow, county, Cancer Control. chairman In charge of the arrangements will be; the Anderson advisory boand of which Mrs. O.

K. Gray is president: Guests, are, expected parts of the county and from Muncie, Noblesville, New Castle, Shelbyville, as well as the 'state Cancer Control director from Indianapolis. The speaker for the evening will be a prominent IndianapoHis physician. BUY WAR BONDSAT to Mr. and Mrs.

Cecil Moyer spent Sunday in Muncie the guests! of Mrs. Moyer's mother, Mrs. W. Johnson. Russian Guns Pound Edges Of Budapest! Germans Striving To Bolster Defenses By United Preen The lull in the fighting at the doorstep of Budapest was over.

fit Moscow the Red had head across established the Danube firm ana below' the Hungarian capital, and expected to swing around behind the capital in a double flanking movement. Meanwhile Soviet big guns were pounding at the outskirts of the city. With Budapest in a state of growing panic, the Germans were frantically trying to bolster their rapidly crumbling outer defenses east of the capital with fresh Panzer' divisions. But apparently to no avail. For the Russian drives on Budapest from the southeast and east were gaining.

The Germans ad. mitted that the spearhead of the Soviet drive from the east has broken into the big transport center of Jaszbereny, some 30 miles east of Budapest. Press On Capital From broadened Tisza river bridgeheads, other powerful Soviet forces were pressing in on Hungary's capital from the northeast. The northeastern and east. ern Soviet columns were nearing a juncture.

From Moscow, United Press War Correspondent Henry said Second Ukrainian Army' was completing 'mop-up operations in the area between the Danube and Tisza rivers. The United Press Correspondent, stated the' young appeared determined to wipe out the remainder of the enemy and knock Hungary out of the war in the near future. Shapiro's dispatch added that the Hungarians appeared demorlalized and the Germans were bearing the brunt of the battle. -BUY WAR BONDS Services Set For Former Resident Funeral rites will be held in Spokane, Washington, Tuesday for Mrs. Rose Fite Frothinger, 51, of that city, who died Friday evening at 7 o'clock of a heart attack.

Mrs. Frothinger, a former Elwood was born in this city on April 1893, the daughter of (John, and Elizabeth Fite. She resided in Elwood for several years. She is survived by her husband and two sons of Spokane; also six brothers and Elmer Fite and Mrs. sisteriuda Crouch of Elwood, Mrs.

Mae Tolbert, Mrs. Kellar and Mrs. John Fite of Anderson, and Mrs. Freda Wood of, Wilkinson, Mrs. Frothinger visited in Elwood with relatives and friends in August of this, year.

-BUY WAR BONDS-, Revival Services Now In Progress Rev. Fred Hill, pastor of the Methodist church, announced today that the evangeiistic meetings which began last evening at the church, got off to a very good The music was in charge, of Prof, Baker of Marion College, who will be the director during the entire campaign. Miss Johnson, one of his musical students, sang two solos last evening; and the regular church choir made their contribution to the musical success of the service by singing I a number. This evening, Rev. Hill announced' that a male quartette from the college will be present and furnish special music.

Rev. C. W. Kocher will also be present, and bring a message. The meeting will be at 7:30 o'clock and the public is kindly invited to attend.

BUY WAR STAMPS. VISITED HERE Misses Gertie and Leota Stevof Anderson, visited Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Elda Brown, 2015. South street.

Claim American First Army And Allied 21st Army Bring Up Tanks For Twin Campaigns By Unitde Press Be. lin reported that the American First Army inside Germany and the Allied 21st Army group in the Netherlands were preparing for a twin offensive. The enemy report claimed German observers could hear the clatter of Allied tanks moving up everywhere on the two Farther General Patton's men were fighting in the worst weather of the European invasion. Snow and rain has been falling along most of the front and a low ground haze prevented air support and limited visibility to a mile or less. Nevertheless, front reports stated the Americans were advancing at a fast clip in puri Talk Of The Hour Club Speaker Pierre Clemenceau will be the speaker at this evening's meeting of the Talk of the Hour Club at the Elwood high school auditorium at 8 o'clock.

Mr. Clemenceau has had a very interesting and exciting career. He was in the French army during the Battle of France and escaped German occupation forces in December, 1940. He lived in Dakar, West Africa un. til the arrival of the American casion to help was offorces.

He frequently, had fered a captaincy in the U. Army. However, after a trip to Algiers he was sent by the French National Committee Washington. Before the war traveled widely in Europe and the Americas in the interest of his business in West Africa. For, two years he was in India and Afghanistan and was the first to drive a motor car from the Persian border to Kabul, capital of Afghanistan.

Mr. Clemenceau is married to. an American girl, the former Miss Jane Grunewald of one of New Orlean's first families. His grandmother was an American. One of his first talks, was given when he substituted for Hon.

Sumner Wells and was well received. His English is perfect and an interesting evening is looked forward to by all members of the club. -BUY WAR BONDS Son Of Former Residents Dies Funeral' services were conducted this afternoon from the Robert W. Stirling, funeral home in Indianapolis. Burial was made in Shelbyville.

survived He is by the parents, a sister, Patty Maxine, his grandmother, Mrs. Grace Snider, and three uncles, James, Charles and Robert Parker, all of Elwood. Lawrence was a junior in the Technical high A school. BONDS ARMISTICE DAY PARTY PROVES "BIG SUCCESS" The Louis Post No. 539 of the American Legion entertained in honor: of day the veterans of World War One and Two and the service men on furlough and leave at- a) 'party Saturday evening at the Legion Home.

Music was supplied by Mrs. Jack McCabe, George Krebs and Wayne Hughes. Community singing was enjoyed by all. large flag display was in the main room while smaller flags decorated the halls and bar. Refreshments were served tor the large crowd that attended which included besides service men, their wives or lady friends, many out of town members of the American Legion.

BUY WAR STAMPS DISMISSED Asa Perry, 2218 South street, was dismissed from the Mercy hospital, Saturday morning. Friends and relatives in EL wood have been advised of the death of Lawrence Pierre Parker, 16, sop of Mr. 'and: Mrs. Lawrence Parker, of 1201 Hoyt Indianapolis. and former Elwood residents, which.

occurred Saturday morning in City, hospital, Indianapolis, folinjuries received Friday evening, when he was struck by an automobile. Quality Anti-Freeze: 900 -per gallon. Earl Copher. Pacific Veteran Back In States First Class, son of Mr. and Glenn Edward Mays, Glenn Mays of 400 North 12th street, is, back in the states for a short while.

Seaman Mays has seen six months active duty in the fie War Area. He took part in the Guam operation and also the Southern Philippine operation at Palau. He entered the Navy, before graduating from school on June 1943, and left for -over. seas May. -BUY WAR BONDS- Lunima B.

Hahn Succumbs Sunday Miss Lunima B. Hahn, 50, died at the home of. brother, Russell Hahn, 315 South A street, at 5:30 o'clock, Sunday evening of complications. Born November 30, 1893, in Jay county, she was the daughter. of George and Eva Hahn.

She is survived by two sisters, Mrs. William Ballantine of Mansfield. Arkansas, and Mrs. O. C.

La Rue of Warren, Ohio; two brothers, Weldon Hahn of Elwood, and Russel at whose home she died. The body was removed to the Copher Fesler Funeral Home, where it will remain. Private funeral services will be held from the funeral home Wednesday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock with the D. D. McColl, pastor of the East Main street Christian church in charge.

Burial will follow in the City cemetery. WAR BONDS Sally Sue Bannon 'Milkweed Champ' milkweed pod collections have come officially to a close and all the youthful collectors have added up their sackfuls--to see who gathered the' most. It was announced that Sally Sue Bannon of Red Corner school was the county winner. The girl, the daughter of Mrs. Rita Bannon, principal of the school, picked a total of 29 bushels to1 win the championship.

Her closest rival the test was Charles of Summitville, who, gathered 22 bushels and Gerald Sheets of Leach school who won third place with a total of 20 bushels. -BUY WAR. BONDS District Officer To Address Lions The Lions Club will have dies' at Night" at their dinner meeting the Mangas Cafeteria annex Wednesday night at o'clock. Principal speaker of the meeting will be Carl Songer of Veedersburg, District Governor of the Lions. Mr.

Songer is an experienced speaker and his address, as have others, will be well received. The club cordially invites all members to attend this meeting and don't forget the ladies. suit of German, forces back on a 30-mile front running southeast from the Metz fartress. The Yanks were meeting their toughest resistance in the fighting around Metz. American units wore pressing German detenses from positions less than four miles south and an equal distance north of the historic bastion.

At some points, the width of the German escape corridor eastward from Metz has been cut to nine miles. Some field reports stated the Nazis appear to be, evacuating civilians from the fortress city through the artillery raked corridor. Evacuate Saarbrucken The British claimed German civilians also were being evacunted from Saarbrucken German border town about twenty miles northeast of the fighting front. Supreme Allied headquarters, revealed that United States forces about 12 miles north of Metz have reinforced newly Won bridgehead "across the 'Moselle river. They also have regained all ground lost to recent German counter In the Kerling area four miles south of the German border.

The Germans said American troops have driven into the bypassed stronghold of Thionville on the west bank of the Moselle river at the top of the Third Army front. The enemy dispatch stated violent fighting was under way for the old citadel. Along the entire, front from Luxembourg to Chateau Salins -the Yanks captured more than 1,200 Germans yesterday in the fifth day of the American offensive. The German news agency, DNB said the British" were using rocket bombs in an attack on Dunkerque on the French chan. nel coast.

-BUY WAR BONDS- Legion Post Wins Membership Prize The Fifth District of the American Legion Department of Indiana presented the Elwood Louis Monroe Post No. 53 of the American Legion with a $25 war bond and congratulations for the membership which Elwood Post was first in Group Those in Group were posts in which there are 100 to 249 members. These posts in the or der in which they won are: Elwood, first, with a membership of 206, which has exceeckd any membership since this post was organized; Alexandria, second, with a membership of 182; Jonesboro, third; Wabash, fourth; Dunkirk, fifth; Hartford City, sixth; and Tipton, seventh. The 'group winners of the District Commander Bonds were: Kokomo, Post 6 in Group Frankfort, Post 12 in Elwood, Post 53 in Group "C': and Anderson, Post 282 in Group R. M.

Hoey, Fifth District chairman, stated that the spirit of competition was splendid and reflects credit to the district in the state membership standing. BUY WAR BONDS- Missionary Society Sponsors Program The ladies missionary society will sponsor a talk to be given at the Wesleyan Methodist church Tuesday evening at 7:30 o'clock by Rev. Paul F. Billheimer, pastor of the Anderson Gospel Tab. ernacle.

Pictures will be shown of South America. This announcement was made by Rev. N. S. Green, pastor of the Wesleyan Methodist church.

Tirpitz Hit By RAF Bombs By United Press The RAF has landed the best punch yet on the German battleship Tirpitz. The British Air Ministry stated thirty RAF heavy bombers caught the Nani super-dreadnaught in Tromso Fjord In Northern Norway. They tered battleship in the world. It ton earthquake bombs. Clear weather enabled the RAF bombardiers to pinpoint the heaviest known bombs in the Allied arsenal.

The Tirpitz is the most bat-, tened battleship in the world. It has been on the run or in hiding since March 1942. The giant ship moved into Tromso Fjord last September when heavy bombers attacked it with. 12.000 pounders in the Alten Fjord arta. A month ago, bombers again stalked the ship four miles west of its present moorings and scored at least one direct hit.

-BUY WAR BONDS Group To Set Up Advisory Board At the request of Lewis B. Hershey, director of Selective Service and the War Food Administration, the Agricultural Service has been asked to set up in each county, an advisory committee to which counsel and advice to returning veterans who are interested in establishing themselves in an agricultural activity. In order to outline a policy to be followed in Madison county, Walter C. Haynes, county agent, has called a meeting to be held in his office tonight, at 8 o'clock. Representative farmers from each the 14 townships have been invited to attend.

This group proposes to determine the best types of farming for Madison county, a satisfactory size of the farming unit, the amount of credit required, and other sound operating policies. The aim is to prevent service men from engaging in an agricultural set that is unsound and in which he is likely to lose his investment. Also, the committee will consider the opportunities on Madison county farms for hired hands or tenants and for custom work or related activities as well as for farm ownership. -BUY WAR BONDS FROM INDIANAPOLIS Miss Virginia Higbee of spent the weekend with her parents Mr. and Mrs.

J. D. Higbee. -BUY. WAR BONDS.

On War Fronts WESTERN FRONT Berlin reported that the American First Army inside Germany and the Allied 21st Army Group in the Netherlands were preparing for twin offensive. On the Metz front, the enemy situation has been reported as becoming confused but the Yanks were said to be advancing along most of the 30-mile front. LONDON RAF heavy bombers have landed a solid punch in their campaign to knock out the German Battleship Titpitz. EASTERN FRONT Moscow announced that Red Army troops have established strong bridgehead across the Danube river below Budapest. PACIFIC Tokyo said another Ameridan Super- has made a reconnaissance fight over vital military installations on the Japanese mainland..