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MM ON VOL. XXXIX, NO. 55 UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATIONS INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE HAMMOND, INDIANA, SUNDAY, AUGUST 20, 1944 PRICE FIVE CENTS HPnnr .1 HE 1-J A rr o) on fry LrALl Li i IT. BERTZA OF EAST CHICAGO BAGS 27 HUN CAPTIVES IN AS New Pincers Catch Fleeing sen Back From German Lines Red Wedge Bores North Of Warsaw Nazis Admit Great Battle for Polish Capital Is Under Way Nazis at Seine; Spearheads Drive 50 Miles in So. France Tag Officer He was taken to a division headquarters in a farmhouse already battered from strafing planes, and placed with a captured RAF flier and four American medical corps enlisted men.

Later in the day, the Germans abandoned the farmhouse and took the Allied soldiers with them. "We traveled for three hours in a circle and finally came back to the same place," Bertza said. "Then the next morning we resumed our hike." Vehicles and tanks cluttered headed toward the east he said, ana lanKs naa me ngni 01 way. Look Into Coddling of Prisoners 10,000 Prisoners Taken; Invaders Head for Rhone ROME (U.P.) Swift-driving Allied armored columns, seizing more than 10,000 German prisoners in five days, thundered onto the approaches of the vital Rhone valley above Marseille early Sunday threatening to trap the disorganized German First and 19th armies, and to the east outflanked Nazi garrisons were reported preparing to abandon the Toulon naval base and WASHINGTON (U. Chair- i trapped part or tne uerman sev-man Andrew J.

May, Democrat, of enth army Saturday by throwing a cordon of troops across the escape Kentucky, of the house military gap east of Falaise and drove the affairs committee, revealed Satur-j bomb-blasted enemy troops who day night that committee inves- i escaped that pocket into the ing arms of a new pincers near tigators have been sent to prison mouth of gdn camps in Pennsylvania and Ken- 0 te tw no Nazarene Church Elects DeLong as Session Ends the Riviera gold coast citadel ofituckv to look into complaints "that! Eager Krauts U. S. THUNDERBOLT BASE, France (U.P.) An American pilot, a prisoner behind German lines for 27 hours, returned Saturday with 27 Nazi prisoners and a talc of the confusion and chaos behind the front lines. The pilot, 1st Lt. Emil Bertza of East Chi- cago, landed in I nerman terri Emil Bertza tory after para- chuting from his crippled plane.

Howmiller Is Killed in Test Flipht Lansing Pilot Dies As B-24 Liberator Crashes in Michigan LANSING First Lt. John Kenneth Howmiller, 25, husband of the former Miss Mitzi Besse, and son of Mr. and Mrs. John Howmller of 18160 Maple street, Lansing, was killed intsantly yesterday afternoon in the crash of a B-24 Liberator bomber. The accident occurred between Imlay City and Almont in Lapeer county, Michigan, while the plane was on what the army described as a routine production flight from the Ford Willow Run bomber plant.

Also killed in the crash, as iden tified by Col. Alfred H. Johnson supervisor of the central procurement district for the army air forces material command, were: Capt. Thomas W. Vaughn, 27, of Elyria, and two civilian flight engineers, C.

R. Womach, 35, Dearborn, and Harvey Jenkins, 26, Ann Arbor, Mich. Recently Promoted Howmiller was a test pilot at Axis prisoners of war are being the German garrison, hopelessly coddled and treated like heroes." isolated, began blowing up stores "We have received complaints i and arsenals in apparent prepara-that some prisoners are being tion for.a withdrawal across the treated like guests, are transported to movies and held up as great heroes," May said. "It is one thing to treat them decently, but it is something else to give them a lot of privileges jus because they happened to be captured while trying to kill our While receiving "many" reports of this nature. May said there have been numerous others of unworthy treatment of wounded American for hospitalization.

He referred to a report sub-j mitted by a committee member; yesterday that the army's Boiling i ettitinn rincnifol ara its a etrap inadeqUate and unworthy Qf the -naUon those who are it hnftlp5 Rep. Ivor D. Fenton, Republican, of Penreyhania. who made a per sonal investigation of the Boiling field hospital for the committee, recommended "immediate" steps to i )1 Cannes. The American and French spearheads, in lightning advances which carried them 50 miles into southern France, ripped east and west through mediocre oppositions, and a senior Allied staff officer reported that the German high command had exhausted virtually all its reserves in' France.

His report indicated that the enemy was pulling out fast and adding strength io this were dispatches from the front and the Franco-Spanish frontier which said the Nazis were blowing up stores and installations. By-Pass Toulon 'l XT i Seventh army by-passed the be leaguered Toulon base to cut it off from three directions and raced to- ward Aix-en-Provene, 33 miles from Marseille in a 10-mile advance aimed at gaining control me outtLCBu; nuwic vane, vni.ua.iijr 4.11c last escape route for Col. Gen. "Their tails are certainly up and they are on the way, a special an nouncement quoted the staff officer as saying of the Stventh army. With the Germans apparently unable to organize any effective counter-reaction to the Allied invasion of southern France, which in UA Viniirc ri(rnlfH iirmr0fprlpnfrprt 1,000 square miles, three American and French spearheads cut off Toulon from the northeast, north and northwest, with the southern- most prong already in the suburbs.

V. DeLong nlDewev Aide obtain "more comfortable andarea( 15 miies southeast of Falaise MANY HOURS front other Germans joined the procession." Bertza and Flight Officer A. H. Kilpatrick of Belfast, Ireland turned the 27 super men over to advancing armored unit. Lt.

Bertza, son of Mrs. Anna Bertza, widow, of 3710 Pulaski street, East Chicago, left his labor atory job at the Inland Steel corporation to join the army air corps. was awarded his silver wings after advanced flight training at Selma, Ala. Sent overseas, he was attached to fighter plane squadron. jCIO Battles jNew Strike At Pullman 'Harris Says Workers Behind Wildcat Tieup Will Be Fired Although the motive prompting the walkout yesterday of 75 to 100 workers of the Pullman-Standard Hammond plant remains shrouded mystery, company officials anf union representatives today are-rounding up men- to replace the "wildcat" strikers in case the men not comply with orders to report back to work.

Norman Harris, union representa-, tive for 3,000 employes of the Hammond war plant who are members of local No. 2534 of the United Steel Workers' union, said last night that the strike was absolutely unjustified and that it had nothing do with the proposed new labor contract now being negotiated. Continue Negotiations "We are meeting with company officials again Thursday morning continue negotiations on the new contract," Harris said. "In the meantime, everything is working smoothly under the old contract on 'day-to-day' basis, with the main tenance of union membership and 'dues Checkoff clauses eliminated. "We haven't been able to ascer.

tain who caused the strike or why the men walked out. But indica tions are that it is the work of someone more interested in destroy ing the union than in helping it." The strike occurred yesterday morning when 75 to 100 cranemen, truck and tram drivers, and welders walked off their jobs without giv ing reason or warning and went home. Harris said that both the company and the union are contacting the men, requesting them to report for work tomorrow morning. May Fine Them "If they refuse to comply," Harris declared, "we will insist that the men responsible for the strike be fired even if they are uniot-members. At any rate, there will be no work stoppage, for the area is being combed in an effort to find men ready to step into the jobs of the strikers Monday morning." The proposed agreement when adopted will supplant the old collective bargaining pact which expired a week ago.

Under a directive from the war labor board, the company extended the terms and conditions of the old contract until various matters in controversy in the new agreement can be clarified. "All indications seem to point to prolonged negotiations with the prospect that the intervention of the WLB more than likely will be necessary before all the points in the controversy are resolved, Harris said. "But," he pointed out, "Saturday's walk-out bore no relationship with the current controversy." Abetz Put on List Of War Criminals NEW YORK (INS) Otto Abetz, German ambassador in Paris, wag listed by an official spokesman for the French Committee of National Liberation Saturday as one of the "main war criminals" who would be found and held responsible for their crimes. These criminals will be tracked down, Andre Gilrois, the spokesman said on the London radio, "even though they may already have left their domiciles in Paris." airport and just recently had Bares Plans Foreign Policy to Be One oi Major Issues ALBANY (U.P.) Gov. Thomas Dewey plans to make foreign while a tourth closed in to been promoted to a first lieutenant rating.

Vaughan had returned from African campaigns to become, assistant resident representative for the procurement command at Willow Run. The plane was one of the type whiph Willow Run has been pro- ducing at the rate of one an hour, fully assembled for combat duty. It was undergoing its initial test flight before being delivered to the army. cndirrnan oi a commission mak his campaign for the presidency, ing investigations relative to th the State police from Romeo bar-; inee-s position was disclosed by racks, sheriffs officials from Imlay jJohn Foster DulI his forei City and Willow Run authorities affairg at a conference were dispatched to the scene held in Dewey.s preSence. Sheriff Gernon Garden of Imlay: iiT City said the plane exploded and! 1 don think it is healthy or i desirable to eliminate from the "It was like a stampede from a burning theater with everyone wanting to leave by the exit and consequently few leaving," he said.

The prisoners and their captors slept in a hayloft that night where they witnessed the terrific bombing and strafing of Allied night planes along the highways. "In the morning we dodged our captors. They didn't seem inter ested in us anyway," he said. Bertza and his comrades sought haven in a ditch from Allied planes and ran into a group of Germans "The Krauts surrounded us and said they wanted to give themselves up," he said. "So we told them to tag along and as we went toward Dr.

Russell V. DeLong yesterday was elected by the annual assembly 'of the northwest Indiana district, of the Church of the Nazarene to serve as district superintendent for another year. Dr. DeLong was appointed as the first district super intendent when the district was organized two years ago. Dr.

Earl Keener of Logansport was reelected president of the dis trict's Nazarene Young Peoples so ciety. Elections marked the closing ses sions of the district assembly following a five-day district rally in the First Church of the Nazarene in Hammond. Other officers elected: First vice president, the Rev. Bernard Hertel of Rensselaer; second vice president, the Rev. W.

E. Crossman of the Hessville Nazarene church; third vice president, the Rev. Leslie Parrott of Mishawaka; secretary, Mrs. Louise Marsh of Frankfort, and treasurer, the Rev. John Stephenson of Tefft.

Dr. DeLong is well known in educational as well as church circles. He received his Ph.D. degree from Boston university and for 16 years he served as president of Northwest Nazarene college, in Nampha. Ida.

For several years he also served as a member or the crediting committee for the Northwest Association of Colleges and Universities. Rev. DeLong is known through out the nation as an evangelist. He is also a member of the general noara or the Cnurch of the Nazar-I ene. During the last year he acted organization of a Nazarene seminary.

He was later elected as a member of the board of directors of this new school. The district superintendent reported an active and successful year, having traveled nearly 55,000 miles and having preached more than 250 times. During the past years three new churches were organized making a total of 52 churches on the district with a membership of 3,810. These churches gave nearly $25,000 for missions and raised for all purposes $252,550. This is a per capita giving of $61 per member, which is more than twice the national per capita giving of Protestant churches.

Advance Spuds Price 90 Cents Per Hundred WASHINGTON U.P. The office of price administration Saturday announced increases of 60 cents a hundred pounds in the maximum price for potatoes grown in Iowa and 90 cents a hundred pounds for potatoes produced in Indiana, Illi nois, Michigan and Wisconsin. The revised prices will he pffw. tive from Sunday through Aug. 31.

The increases. OPA sairt 1. us aaaea to established FOB shiD- yuiui, prices. They were allowed after indiratinn that drouth conditions would pro- the crop yield of the fiv. iQtDO Retail prices will rise less than a cent a pound during the period, The Weather Fai- and a little Monday partly cloudy with moderate temperature.

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MALO, France (U.P.) The 600 Germans under Col. Andreas Von Aulock who held out 11 days in an underground citadel against a violent Allied siege, shined their boots, toasted one another with cognac, "wept like babies" before they surrendered. The white flag was hoisted from the rocky fortress just as a fleet of P-38 Lightnings of the Ninth U. S. air force swooped down to dump tons of bombs in what was intended as a death blow.

The lead plane released its load before the pilot saw the surrender symbol but he signaled the others and they swerved off. the an He in do to to a Germans Destroy Munitions Supplies As Armies Approach LONDON OJ.P.) With U. S. reconnaissance vanguards already reported in Paris, Allied armies Yanks struck into greater Paris, stoned river Aiarne to tne east. To the northwest, Lt Gen.

George S. Patton's main tank columns smashed up to the Seine or close to it on a 20-mile front extending from Vernon, 50 miles from the sea, through Nantes Gassicourt to the Poissy area about 10 miles from Paris. New Pincers Closing Striking north nearly 30 miles from their last officially reported near Druex, Patton's tanks formed the southern arm of the new pincers. The Canadian first army, lunging east from its long-held Orne estuary bridgehead, drove along the coast six miles to within 18 miles of the Seine mouth. forming the northern arm of the pincer and forcing the Germans into a narrow corridor.

Meanwhile Polish contingents, operating with the Canadians, struck across the Seventh army's straggling columns in the Chambois and well beyond the original gap, and joined forces with American troops pounding up from Argentan. Furious battles developed inside the pocket against considerable German troops which had run the gantlet at Falaise, and it appeared most of the enemy would die fighting to the last rather than submit to surrender, front reports said. Odd lots of 18 German divisions, possibly 50,000 men, were clamped in the trap, and the united Allied columns swiftly widened their cordon to guard against counterattacks aimed at a breakthrough-German reports said that in addition to reaching the Poissy area above the capital, American tanks had smashed east of Etampes, 25 miles south of Paris, indicating a by-passing or encircling movement. Climaxing a historic 200-mile drive in three weeks half the timt that it took the German army to reach Paris from the same dis- tance in the original blitzkrieg of 1940, Lt-Gen. George S.

Patten's (Continued on Page Two) Natale Quits Demo Ranks Political Break Seen By Resignation Bowing out of politics and Indicating a break in the Democratic party in Lake county, Pat J. Natale. Saturday resigned as chief deputy treasurer in East Chicago. Natale has also notified William Harrigan, county Democratic chair man, that he could not accept his appointment on the executive committee "because he would not take part in the fall election." Natale, who is the unsuccessful candidate for county treasurer's office, said he had accepted a position in Indianapolis "where be would not have to depend on politics." John Knotts, who has held public office in the county for the last 13 years was city clerk of Gary two terms, sheriff two terms and now chief deputy sheriff to Fred Stults, was the winner in the pri mary for county treasurers nomination. Natale placed second with 6,515 votes to Knotts' vote of 9,575.

It has been rumored in the region that the so-called Democratic party leaders in the county have dispensed with the Martin organization in planning for the coming election. Other remarks from county Dem ocrats have indicated that Frank Martin, county treasurer, has been read out of the political picture. It is also reported that the Mar tin organization believes that all committee appointments are coming out of Gary and that Gary is trying to run the whole eet-up for the county Democrats. When contacted yesterday, Mar- Ltin, verified the resignation of his chief deputy treasurer and said he would announce a new appoint ment to that office on Monday. Martin commended Natale for the "wonderful job" he has done in the deputy treasurer office and said "he is one of the finest public servants in Lake county." For three years, Natale has been deputy treasurer in the county and Martin's Barrett law representa- I tive.

He was formerly with the juvenile probation department for four and one-half sears, LONDON (U.P.) Russian troops, driving a powerful wedge between the Nazi defenders of Warsaw and East Prussia, Saturday smashed to within 12 miles of the big Nazi base of Lamza while other Soviet forces improved their positions before the eastern gates of the Polish capital. Fighting their way through great fortifications and some of the bitterest Nazi resistance of the summer offensive, Gen. Zakharov's 2nd White Russian army was pressing the Germans back through the 30-mile gap between the Narew and Bug rivers in a powerful drive to break into the open countryside! north of Warsaw and outflank the embattled capital. Zakharov's troops, advancing five miles from their last reported positions, waded through bogs and marshes to capture Kolomyja, 12 miles east southeast of Lomza, Nazi bastion protecting the southern approaches to East Prussia and on the south bank of the Narew, scene of bitter World war I battles. Threaten Second Center At the same time, the southern wing of Zakharov's army, smashing along the northern bank of the twisting Bug, captured the town and rail station of Czyzew and swept on to Smolewo, only 13 miles east southeast of the great communications center of Ostrow Maso-wiecki.

While Zakharov's hard-fighting troops menaced the southeastern borders of East Prussia and also threatened to cut off Germany's easternmost province from Warsaw, Marshal Rokossovsky's First White Russian army "improved their east and north east of Praga, the Polish capital's great industrial suburb on the Vistula river's east bank, Moscow's war bulletins said. German counterattacks forced the Soviets to give up sow, seven miles northeast of Praga, four days ago. But Moscow indicated the attacks were ending, and Berlin suggested that a great battle for the Polish capital had begun. The German Transocean agency said that the Soviet high command was moving up thousands of Rus sian troops, while the German high command said that Rokossovsky's powerful army had gone over to the attack on a 42-mile front between Wolomin, eight miles northeast of Praga, and Sokolow, 50 miles east northeast. In Lithuania, German troops attacking northwest and southwest of Siauliai were successfully thrown back with heavy losses to the Germans.

Indicating the ferocity of battles, the Red army destroyed 203 tanks on the east front Friday. 70 Miles from Riga Gen. Yeremenko's Second Baltic army, driving westward toward Riga, swept up 50 towns and settlements north of Krustpils including Berzaune and Jaunkalsnava, 70 miles east of the Latvian capital. Striking out from the rubble of Sandomierz on the Vistula bridgehead, Marshal Konev's Ukrainian veterans were thrusting northward bent on outflanking Warsaw from the south and southwest and split- (Continued on Page Two) Ask Autos Price Hike Dealers Claim OPA Schedule Too Low WASHINGTON (INS) The of fice of price administration Saturday studied a plea from the used car industry for a boost in ceiling prices on second hand automobiles. Members of an OPA automotive industry subcommittee complained to the agency that the public is slow in selling cars to dealers because of low prices prevailing under the price ceiling program.

While some complaints of a black market in used cars were disclosed, dealers pointed out their chief concern is their inability to secure enough used automobiles to carry on a profitable business. Complaints against the present cciling3, based on a National Deal ers' association and other surveys. included one that the 25 per cent mark-up between the ceiling and the guaranteed price for reconditioned cars is too low. Where to Find It Page Amusements Theaters 13 Comics 14 Death Notices 16 Dr. Logan Clendening 12 Editorials 12 Financial News 11 Lawrence 12 Let's Explore Your Mind 12 Radio Programs 8 Scott's Scrapbook 12 Sports 9 Washington 11 Uncle Kay's Corner 12 Voice of the Teople 12 Want Ads 14-15 Women's Pages more appropriate quarters iorj treatment of wounded war veterans who are flown here from overseas for confinement pending i 3e 01nS to stop at Boiling field, May said.

'It was investigated first because it is ln the capital where Grissom Dies Over Germany Listed as missing in action over France recently, TSgt George I. Grissom, flight engineer-gunner on a Liberator bomber, was ty killed when his plane fell on a mission over Germany July. 8, according to word received by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. James A No- vak, 4605 Cam- eron street Hammond, from f.

I ii Germany by the Red Cross, G. I. Grissom Friday night Sgt Grissom, who held the air medal and two oak leaf clusters, is believed to have been lost on his 24th mission, having completed 23 trips over enemy territory when he last wrote home. He entered the service in January, 1943 and prior to this attended Hammond Technical high school. Fire Hits Hat Shop Several thousand dollars is estimated to have been the loss to new fall hats and other merchandise by fire in the Helen Brumm Millinery shop at 5857 Hohman avenue, at 5:56 p.m.

Friday, a few minutes after the store had closed. No damage was reported to adjacent shops. According to Assistant Fire Chief Gerhard A. Schulte, the fire is believed to have started from a cigaret left in the women's dressing room. Until adjusters estimate the loss no definite damage can be ascertained, Schulte said.

Siege cognac, wine and cider and cigar-ets. Finally they told us to get out and give them a chance to sur render." Harris said the Germans spent the morning shining their boots and tidying themselves to make the best possible military appearance before their capture. They filed from an underground passage, their eyes blinking in the sunlight after living like moles for weeks. The Americans said the under ground citadel consisted of four levels under solid stone. They added they could not feel any blasts from aerial bombings but there were slight concussions from artil- lery shells, I than 15 miles from the east along the coastal highway.

Front dispatches said the enemy was fighting a delaying action before Toulon, blowing up bridges, mining naval installations, and cutting off the city's water supply in preparation for its abandonment. Although heavy artillery engagements were under way, the U. S. Seventh army was unable to maintain contact with the Nazis, who were falling back quickly to avoid encirclement, it was reported. Launching what appeared to be their second big push, American and French columns opened a big (Continued on Page Two) Japs Upon Death Trek Burmese Retreat Is Costly to Nippon BURMA (INS) Dead and dying Japanese mark the trail of the enemy marching back through Burma.

The dead outnumber the dying and both far outnumber those fam ished soldiers who daily increase the 14th army record take of pris oners. Over 160 Japanese have been captured since July 26, when the final drive along the Palel road to Tamu began. The number of prisoners is the greatest for any 14th army operation so far. Hunger and disease have given the final blow to the Japanese who have had to retreat southeast and east into the Kabaw valley. So many had died in Tamu that, on the western rim of the valley, the British had to burn part of the town and sprinkle what was left with chloride of lime.

There were dead even in the temples which were not burned and in one lay the body of a man who had crawled in to die at the foot of a Buddhist image. A Burmese spear was through his heart charge was a hard man. He didn't want to quit" Piegaro was one of eight men captured Friday when Americans attacked the fortress in vain. One's leg was amputated as the result of a shell wound. The other six released included Staff Sgt William Harris of Pasadena.

Calif, and Pvt Nick De Grazia of Forest Park, El. Harris said he and his companions spent much of their time trying to talk the Germans into surrendering. Tve got a bar in De Grazia said. "I promised those Germans all kinds of drinks. They but is willing to "coonerate" with President Roosevelt in working out basic ideas for a "durable and lasting peace," it was revealed tonight.

campaign a discussion of these in-j ternational problems," Dulles said. "The only way in which a democracy makes up its mind, and makes up its mind in a way that sticks, is by having these issues debated and discussed." He aid that "one thing which I think all Americans or practically all Americans are united on and want to achieve is a practical and effective organization for a durable peace." The organization, he said, must not be charged with the responsi Ibility of policing Germany and Tnnnn offox Tirol T-Tr cqM Vi nolicine activities and future world peace must be separated. The United States, Russia, Great Britain and some of the liberated countries such as France, Belgium, the Netherlands and Norway will have to be held responsible for keeping Germany disarmed and under control, he explained. China, Great Britain and the United States should be charged with controlling Japan, he added. HanneganSees Fourth Term As 'Favorable WASHINGTON (U.P.) Demo cratic National Chairman Robert E.

Hannegan, emerging from an hour and 20 minutes' conference with President Roosevelt Saturday de scribed as "favorable" the prospects for returning Mr. Roosevelt to the White House for a fourth term. But he warned that "everyone must guard against overconfi- dence." Hannegan, chosen personally by Mr. Roosevelt to manage his fourth term campaign, said he and the president discussed "politics in general." He replied negatively, however, when a reporter asked if they talked about the role Mr. Roosevelt will play personally, and said he had no idea if the president would make any speeches.

Mr. Roosevelt said in his acceptance speech that because of the war he would be unable to campaign in the accepted sense touring the country and making speeches. Road to Berlin (By United Press) 311 miles from the Russian front 541 miles from the northern French fronf (unconfirmed). 653 miles from the southern French front. 590 miles from the Italian front, (Continued on Page Two) istrict Wr Club Formed Dewey-Bricker Group Hears Otto Fifield Republican hopes flared high last night at Peter Levent's restaurant 1 1 4-U Fifi-(1 for rjonress club changed its name to the First Congressional Dewey-Bricker club of Indiana, elected officers and listened to many speeches predicting the doom of the New Deal and the election of Thomas E.

Dewey as president of the United States. Fifield, Republican candidate for congress, asserted only hope lay in keeping capital, labor and agriculture at loggerheads, and that unity this year would assure a GOP victory. Dr. Andrew Hoffman of Hammond, former Democratic coroner of Lake county, who recently changed his politics, said: "The New Deal reminds me of the googus bird that flies backward and doesn't know where it comes from or where it's going!" Other speakers included Attor-i ney s.Henry Cleveland, Paul Mc-1 Cain and G. W.

Slaughter. Ed Plain was elected president of the club and J. J. Shultner secretary-treasurer. Nearly 100 attended the meeting.

H. Johnson Is Killed Pvt. Harold Johnson, 36, son of Mrs. Clara R. Johnson, of 7117 Alexander avenue, Hammond, yesterday was reponea dead of wounds x.

ikT y.v -x in New Guinea. 5 -1- He had been overseas since last September. Johnson had previously been -reported wound- ed. He was a former employe of the Inland Steel corpora- tion and had been in the i II. Johnson irmy two years.

He graduated "rom Washington high school, East Chicago. Surviving him are his mother and two brothers, Jerry and Roy, both of Hammond. 4 i THEY SURRENDERED 9 Shined Boots After Long Shortly before the bombing, seven begrimed American soldiers filed out of the citadel. They had been prisoners of the Germans for six days. The Nazis had told them they could go home.

The Americans said 605 Germans were inside mostly officers consisting of an assortment of paratroopers, naval men, cavalrymen, infantrymen and artillerymen. Sgt Rocco Piegaro of New York City, who observed his 20th birthday inside the citadel, said the Germans started drinking up their stores of wine and cognac after deciding to surrender. "Those guys cried their eyes out," Piegaro said. "They didn't want to give up at first The colonel in were nice to us. They brought us.