Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune (Newspaper) - January 13, 1944, Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin of paper will 20 protective bands for tb bombs Start laving I Thirtieth 9367 Wisconsin Rapids Wis Thursday January 13 1944 Single Copy Five Cents ROOSEVELT SUBMITS BUDGET REDUCE MILITARY ESTABLISHMENTS IN COAST AREAS Washington Military in the coastal areas of the United States are being reduced in order to augment offensive for- ces overseas and the army's tern and central defense commands are to be consolidated in a further move to free military forces for combat assignments Secretary of War made these announcements today on be- half of both war and navy ments Ready For Emergency In connection with coastal defense reduction Stimson said a considerable number of units retained in the coastal areas for training would be available for coastal defense in case of cy The consolidation of the two de- Saturday and Lt Gen George ert commander of the Eastern de- fense command will head the con- command with ters in New York City Lt Gen Lloyd R Fredendall commanding general of the Central defense com- mand and the Second army will re- tain his Second army command with headquarters at Memphis Tenn Simplify Procedure Consolidation of the two defense commands was decided upon to fett an economy in personnel as well as to simplify the procedures of operation of the said Stimson's announcement The staff of the present Eastern defense command will operate the consolidated command r e leasing those who have been on duty in the central defense command for other duties States in the command are West Virginia Ohio Indiana tucky Michigan Wisconsin Illinois Minnesota Iowa Missouri North Dakota South Dakota Nebraska Kansas Wyoming and Colorado Gradual De-Emphasis Today's developments were the latest in a series of recent steps re the gradual de-emphasis of continental defense in favor of over- seas expansion Among these have been of the civilian aircraft warning and the announced closing of 69 army air forces lations in various parts the try Further evidence that the war no longer is expected to hit the con- United States came in an announcement last night by the war department and the office of civilian defense that no more practice outs and alerts will be held in the interior Such practices will con- in coastal areas but only on Sundays Raymond Mullen Former Resident Here Dies in Iowa Raymond C Mullen former resident of this city died at Mercy hospital in Cedar Iowa at noon on Wednesday January 11 after a lingering illness with a heart ailment A veteran of World war I and a member of the can Legion Mr Mullen was with the Clothing company here before going to Cedar Rapids as a representative of the K C Baking Powder com- pany Mr Mullen son of the late Mr and Mrs Thomas E Mullen was born here on January 22 1805 in that part of the city which was then Grand He attended the parochial and public schools of the city and remained a resident here most of his life In 1916 Mr Mullen became the Clothing company operating stores in this city and Nekoosa He aged the Nekoosa store until he en- tered the U S army in the first World and after being dis- charged from service returned to Wisconsin Rapids and the clothing business For the past few years he has represented the K C Baking Powder company of Chicago with headquarters in Cedar Rapids and remained in their employ until taken ill Surviving relatives are his wife the former Mrs Dorothy Daly four stepchildren and two brothers C George Mullen of this city and Howard Mullen of Webster Grove Mo Funeral arrangements had not been completed early this afternoon MAN DIES Auburndale ler 80 of this village who had been confined to SL Joseph's pital at since January 7 died there at today neral arrangements have not yet been made PT Boats Sink Nine Jap Barges Damage Many Others Off New Guinea Advanced Allied Headquarters New Guinea Swift boats of the United States navy darting at night among barges crowded with Japanese are blasting to the bottom of Vitias strait many of the enemy trying to escape a jungle trap ing on them along the Huon sula coast of New Guinea Headquarters of General Arthur reported today the sinking of nine barges and the severe aging of 11 others by PT boats op- In darkness offshore be- tween Saidor and Sio Contain Enemy Troops Many of the barges contained enemy the communique said In all headquarters reported day the aerial and naval destruction of 43 more barges including two loaded with troops which were sunk by U.S marine artillery while ing to reenforce Nipponese now tling American invaders at Borgen bay on northwestern New Britain At least 130 barges including more than a score carrying troops have been destroyed or damaged along the northeastern New Guinea coast since the invasion of Saidor stepped up the allied offensive against Madang Showdown Fight Soon These disclosures came as can and Australian forces ed at the Japanese and their ened supply line in the southwest Pacific in steady assaults which foreshadowed a possible showdown fight in jungle-covered northern New Guinea Shifting of General MacArthur's air arm to new forward bases in New Guinea was disclosed in a move to intensify the siege laid down on the enemy and haps prepare for the next allied of- fensive Concentrate On Madang The Fifth airforce concentrated on Madang key Japanese base on the northeast coast of New Guinea in what could be a up op- for early troop landings and the Japanese showed definite indications of their apparent tion to evacuate the Huon peninsula to the south In the Asiatic theater a Tokyo broadcast reported the second allied raid in two nights on Bangkok cap- ital of Thailand Unescorted Liberator bombers bombed the Japanese aluminum plant at Takao on the southwest coast of Formosa and the Bangkok railroad yards in Thailand in two night raids Tuesday it was an- today by allied ters It was the first blow at Bangkok miles southwest of Formosa by bombers from China bases The Japanese announced day that Formosa had been ed Typhus Epidemic k Raging in Naples typhus epidemic Js now raging in Naples 60 times as extensive as it was in October has become a potential menace to the allied war effort although the disease has not spread to the troops Brig Gen Leon A Fox of Birmingham Ala said today Fox who is field director for the United States typhus commission added that the menace can be ex- to extend to southern Italy The problem was inherited from the Germans upon allied occupation in October and since has increased greatly due to the influx of sands of refugees from northern Italy and also because of Nazi de- struction of water and gas systems Fox explained Orphaned Son of Flier Becomes Naturalized Louis Earl Joy 4 originally of Johannesburg South Africa orphaned son gf an English flier who was killed in the 1940 Ethiopian campaign today became the youngest person ever in United States district court The boy's adopted parents Perry E Joy and his wife Iva took the oath for him under the 1941 ruling permitting children of any age to be naturalized if adopted by cans Joy said he first saw the boy three years ago in a Johannesburg adoption home Louis mother died shortly after he was bom Reds Print Large Map of Curzon Line Soviet ers today printed a large detailed map of the Curzon line and a re- view of the whole boundary controversy since 1919 This presentation was accepted by many foreign observers as an indication that progress is being made toward an amicable ment of the frontier dispute James A Stillman Noted Financier Dies in New York New A man 70 former board chairman of the National City bank of New York and noted financier died today at the New York hospital after a brief illness was active as a director of the bank up to the time of his death On Wednesday he celebrated his 40th anniversary on the board His tenure as director was the est on record of any member of the board of National City retired as president of the bank in 1921 as he and his wife Anne Art Potter entered into ten years of sensational divorce tion Stillman who married his wife 20 years before charged her with in- fidelity a charge which she denied when she made a of improper relations on his part with Florence Leeds former chorus and of being the father of the latter's child A referee held Stillman guilty of adultery and cleared his wife of all charges subsequently she married Fowler McCormick grandson of John D and 18 years her junior Stillman is survived by three sons Lt Alexander Stillman U S a former assistant cashier of National City bank James der Stillman of the U.S army cal corps and Dr Guy Stillman of New York City and a daughter Mrs Anne Stillman Davidson Glen Cove WAUPUN PRISON SITDOWN STRIKE Waupun sitdown strike at the Wisconsin state prison yesterday reached a climax last night when SOO inmates remained in the dining hall for several hours while their representatives aired their grievances before officials of the prison and the state board of public welfare After hearing the report of their committee the prisoners returned to their cells in an orderly manner Strike Spreads The strike started in the morning in two of the prison shops spread to other shops throughout the day until virtually all industrial ties were suspended It was finally settled about 11 p.m The strike apparently was ed off by a chilly cell hall during Tuesday night's siero wave ing to A W Bayley director of the state department of public fare who was called to the prison from Green Bay where the parole board was sitting No Violence The group of prisoners who discomfort due to the cold re- fused to work morning Bayley said and the strike spread through other shops Bayley said there was no violence As a measure the Waupun police and fire departments were asked to stand by as were the Fond du Lac and Dodge county sheriffs de- in a statement issued lale last night said that at time the inmates gathered in the dining roam and selected a com- to meet with Bayley den L V Murphy Deputy Warden 7 Clothing Workers Pick John Starek The Amalgamated Workers of America Clothing CIO Local No meeting in the Moose hall here Tuesday installed a slate of officers headed by John Starek president Fabian Tackan is vice president Lucille Stibbe financial secretary and treasurer Valeria recording secretary Emory vost sergeant-at-arms G i 1 bert Gouchee chairman Mildred Renham visit chairman Ben Cooper coat shop chairman Daisy Frede Edna Johnson and John trustees MARSHFIELD MAN MISSING Edward W Loos son of Mrs Anna M of this city was reported missing in action in the Mediterranean area by the war department today RUSSIAN ARMY EXPANDS FRONT IN Nikolai highly mobile First ian army expanding its front on the Sarny sector in old Poland to a width of 50 miles or more struck out in several sweeping movements today to threaten the strongholds of Pinsk and Kovel The strong armored and infantry force of right wing which captured 20 miles north of Sarny on the railway fought its way through frozen marshland country to within 50 miles east of Pinsk important center on the railway Near High Rolling Ground It already had passed the worst of the Pripet marshes and already advance units were approaching the high rolling ground beyond the swamps While this force was smashing its way to the northwest a new of- fensive launched Tuesday to the north of the marshes by Gen stantin White sian army was approaching the city of 80 miles southwest of Gomel along a front Dispatches said that German troops in front of advance were falling back towards Pinsk and a second threat to that city was developing Pinsk is 140 miles west of at the con- fluence of the Strumen and Pina rivers along the northern edge of the Pripet marshes Advance 27 Miles Using Sarny as a pivot Vatutin sent other flying columns south and dispatches reported them operating within 23 miles of Rovno an advance of approximately 27 miles through marshy terrain to high ground be- yond Other units reportedly were ing westward from Sarny toward an important the railway In the southern Ukraine the left of forces 7 Busy on War Work Looks Ahead With employment and payrolls at the highest peak in our history our company has completed a very factory year despite the shortages and new problems brought by E S Wiltrout treasurer and al manager of ducts company told stockholders at their annual here day night The uncertainties of the war make it impossible to make tions for 1944 with any certainty We expect to continue with war work so long as it is available in the meantime keeping our facilities as flexible as possible in order to make needed adjustments to facture of peacetime Mr Wiltrout said At the present time we have worth of war contracts to complete and these contracts will run through until next July 1 while we anticipate additional war con- tracts should the war the company's manager concluded With more than of the company's shares of stock represented in person or by the in the company's offices here carried the weight of more than 82 per cent of the firm's tion Stockholders re-elected all bent directors of and directors in turn re-elected alt incumbent officers Directors are C F Kruger Guy 0 C R S Wiltrout E W Ellis A E Bark and Michael Woolf The officers continuing in their same positions for another year are Mr Kruger president Mr Ellis vice president Mr Wiltrout as treasurer and general manager and Mr Bark secretary and Stockholders agreed to change the date of the annual meeting from January to May Liquor Gone Blame Opening in Wall Sioux City la A grand jury which investigated the of an estimated 95 of confiscated liquor reported last night that the valuable beverage disappeared through an opening in the of the courthouse vault The report paid the grand jury finds no evidence upon which to establish a criminal charge in this case against any person or persons The liquor went through an ing in the wall up toward the opening leads into an empty room which is accessible to the jury added The ing was immediately bricked up U.S Fliers Sum Up Tuesday's Flaming Battle Against We Won Didn't New American bombers were already on the ways today to replace the 59 lost in Tuesday's spectacular raid on tral Germany and fliers who took part in that great three-hour battle were eager to get on with the against the Nazis We have plenty of replacements can take a whole lot more in war losses than we suffered an Eighth airforce spokesman said As the Americans losses were against more than 100 Nazi craft shot down and the destruction dropped on three centers of Nazi airplane production the returned airmen summed up the flaming three-hour battle against swarms of Nazi rocket fighters and rocket ground guns in these fact We won didn't we Forerunner of Great Battle Both allied leaders and Germans linked the clash between possibly American fighters and ers and formation of Nazi fighters as a forerunner of the mighty gle for air supremacy expected to accompany the land invasion of western Europe Gen Henry H Arnold chief of the U S army air forces said at Wichita Kas that the continuing attacks against Nazi plane tion had prevented the Germans from doubling their fighter strength as a defense against invasion Almost 48 hours after the gles five miles in the sky some crews were still streaming back to their home bases from emergency landings due to battle damage Expect to Increase Claim Official interrogations were con- and were expected to in- crease the claim made in the official communique that more than 100 Nazi planes were knocked from the packs of Nazi fighters that attacked the great armada Today's German communique was silent on the air battle thus letting stand the German high com- claim of 136 U S planes downed including 124 bombers There was speculation in the United States that Tuesday's tion might have been the Eighth air force's first under the command of James H Doolittle There has been official announcement of Doolittle's arrival in England though he said goodbye last week in Italy to his former command the 15th air force Arrive in Swarms As for replacements new can planes and crews have been ar- riving in England daily in such a 7 DISPUTE AIRED A bitter dispute between tenant and landlord took place in county court here this morning as the case of Bory Bocaner versus William Weller sr was tried before Judge Frank W Calkins in the adjourned November term which opened Basis of the controversy is a loan which Bocaner made on May 17 1943 to Weller a jeweler here who was the tenant in a store perty owned by at West Grand avenue The loan was made the plaintiff charges with the understanding that it was to be used with the defendant's own money to chase in Chicago a stock of jewelry worth which merchandise was to be given to Bocaner as security repayment of the loan Didn't Deliver Bocaner testified that the jewelry was never delivered Irt him by his tenant and that when he asked for repayment or security as promised Wetler lold him he did not in- tend to repay the money A involved is an agreement marin between landlord and tenant on July 1 by which the ant was to be given certain blocks and lumber yard with which he was j criminal to build at his own expense an 7 ROMMEL INSPECTS INVASION Field shal Erwin Rommel front emerges from a camouflaged gun em- placement during an inspection of defenses on the invasion coast according to the caption with this picture distributed by a Swedish picture agency AP wire photo by radio from Stockholm State Relations Board Says WPB Agent Acted Unfairly Milwaukee IP The Wisconsin employment relations board in a memorandum accompanying ings of fact in a case involving a Kenosha firm and one of its ers charged today that an agent of the war production board in in- the case had violated every American tradition of fair play The relations board ordered dis- missal of a complaint filed by John Wilder Kenosha against the ican Brass Co his employer and the Federal Labor Union APL cal 19322 Kenosha but stated in dismissing it We do not desire to be understood to condone in any respect the action of the war duction board in this case Appeal to WPB The state board reported that Wilder claimed he had been dis- charged in March 1943 because he refused to join the union unless certain oaths of allegiance were omitted The union charged Wilder with making derogatory statements and appealed to the war production board after the company refused to act The union brought tho matter to the attention of tho war production the slate rHul inns board said This board an agent to make an investigation of conditions at the employer's plant This agent apparently went to the employer's plant and discussed the matter with the local union dent and no one else The state board added that on Feb 23 the regional labor of the labor production di- vision of the then served a written request on I UNFAIR 7 Wants Indictment of CIO Committee Reveal Names of 2 U S Ships Sunk The navy re- ported today that a destroyer sunk by Japanese planes at Cape cester New Britain Dec 27 was the ton U S The navy said 208 members of her crew vived At the same time the navy an- that there were 30 ors of the U S S Saint Augustine a fun boat which was sunk off Cape May New Jersey Jan 6 Washington Rep Smith of the Smith war dilutes act last year today Attorney General to an of be CIO political ad ton committee for violation of that tute the of thf if of war labor disputes Smith to th mailer to a federal grand jury with a view ment and of en- raged m this to control the national of Highlights of Budget Message WAR ACTIVITIES TO UTILIZE OF EXPENDITURES Washington dent Roosevelt laid before con- gress today his second budget embodying plans for at least 18 months more of global con- but at the same time re- preparations to absorb the impact of sudden victory in Europe For war activities alone new budget projects tures of in the fiscal year beginning July 1 on the assumption that the fighting wilt continue full tilt at least until J Earlier Victory Unlikely We can not rely with safety umes of earlier in making actual plans Mr Roosevelt eaid But he noted the possibility that victory on one of the major the be won earlier and said such a velopment would mean that muchi of the money he now requests not have to be spent j In order to be prepared for tory whenever it the pre- sident said that the essence of thel government's program now up in the budget is that while we move toward complete defeat of our enemies we must lay the work to return the nation to ful pursuits Financial Requirements Mr Roosevelt summed up tha budget as the financial ments for victory He included a demand for a truly stiff fiscal pram providing at least in new taxes on top of the which he estimated present revenue laws will produce in fiscal 1945 He also congress not to ter the contract renegotiation laws under which war production costs can be whittled down or the auto- matic doubling of the one percent social security levies which would 7 Washington Highlights of President budget This is a period ending June 30 1945 which I am certain will be crucial in the history of the United States and of mankind a period which will see decisive action in this global war We must fight and fight hard For the fiscal year year ending 18 months ex- are estimated at 30 lion dollars It estimate is based on the assumption that the war will continue throughout the fiscal year of If hostilities end on one major front before they end on other fronts demobilization adjustments will be possible and necessary while we are still ing a major war Both servicemen and war ers will need active help in finding their back into gainful and productive peacetime employment To master this great task of ployment we must maintain and strengthen daring the tion period a unified national em- ployment and counseling service I repeat my recommendation thai the present unemployment ance system be to provide the necessary protection to the millions of who mat be affected by reconversion of in- dustry 1 also recommend the lion if a program of federal allowance's ior members of the armed times Tho will be more cal mi the world front Farm production must be than in 1913 unfavorable 1 believe thus objective cafi and will lie achieved MAY PROBE Washington Chairman Green T of the senate tions committee today demanded that the war department investigate a sampling of political thinking among American troops tn reported by Chairman Harrison of the Republican al committee to me shown a trend toward his party A stable faun is basic if we are to prevent nutation 1 have often my belief that the judicious USP of is if puces are to bo kept from rising I wish at this time to stress the need for additional wartime taxes in at the amount requested in October 10.0 billion The failure thus far to enact an adequate fiscal program has the difficulties of maintain ing economic stabilization By June 30 the public debt is expected to reach billion lars and a jear later 258 billion dollars The only effective way to control he volume of the debt and to minimize post-war ad- is to adopt a truly stiff fiscal program Urges Veteran Aid Should Be On a Self-Help Basis Aid for returning veterans should be placed on R self-help basis urged Leland Jens Farm Security in an address before club luncheon meeting day We have as yet no overall for dealing with the needs of ing veterans A lump sum upon discharge has been ed but that does not solve the he asserted Some of the bonus money in the past has been frittered upon poor Jens declared Made work is not the declared Jens We should men who have an agricultural back ground with an equity in good land Henry Duckert Kiwanis dent also gave the members an ac count of the recent state conference in Milwaukee ity singing rounded out the for the luncheon meeting Cite Ruling Barring Firearms for Parents are warned that law prohibits all persons under 15 years of age from possessing and using firearms without the presence of guardian or part pnt Sheriff Henry ami District Attorney HugK U Gofftrms in a joint statement sued Wednesday here It has repeatedly come to the at- tention of Wood county authorities that hoys under 16 years of age have heen in possession of and usini the statement firing has resulted in two human deaths and in wanton killing of dogs Every future lation will bn strictly dealt they emphasized THE WEATHER For Partly cloudy and warmer night and day Weather Maximum temperature hour period ending at 7 a minimum temperature for for m 12 24-hour period ending at 7 a m -9 at 7 a m -4
