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Decatur, Illinois, Sunday, jNovember 17, 18 DtCAiUK bUiNUAT mcKALU AND REVIEW 'Finis1 Written in Pacific Decatur Sailor Saw Surrender for and fought and some have died for. "This day will forever livs in "On Dec. 7 at 7:55 a.m. we were torpedoed by a Ja torpedo dive bomber. The fish i hit between one and two fire, i and luckily there was no one in I them I With that simple statement.1 ar wim japan, uieaiary oi, Decatur Police Capt.

James T. Slade begins his account of America's war in the Pacific. vapi. aiaue was 1 anu a fireman second class in the Navy for 11 months when the Japanese attacked Pearl on Dec. 7, 1941.

While he was not the Only i i i "Those colors are gnrgeous and when you realize what hell it has taken to bring them all together under the flag of red. wnite and blue, it gives ou 'quite' a big lump your throat! "Our loud speakers are hooked up with the na' ion-wide hook up on the battleship Missouri. It is just like being aboard her cause I can see everything and hear all that is said. "The treaty is now being signed and everyone is hushed and still as though at a funeral. Actually, it is reverance for those we have lost in battle.

"Continually overhead have the drone of these low the minds of these battle wearj Today the peace treaty will be signed and then we shall all 'rest easy' once again. -it pretty ciolKjv but doesn't look as though "it wili rain. We are anchored about 200 yards from the flagship 'Missouri' where the 'treatv of all treaties' will be signed "It is 0920 and the small beats have been arriving, bringing aboard the Missouri the many famous foreign dignitaries who shall have a nart in the Qionino uniforms over there, khaki, navy blue, sky blue trimmed in scarlet, olive-drab greens, tans and browns. One is identified as a Russian (officer) and is wearing a scarlet uniform. Central Illinois man at Pearl of the treaty.

Harbor on that ofj "I can see the crowded decks Infamy," Capt. Slade is one the flagship through these the few who was also present on binoculars, and believe Sept. 2, 1945, to witness the there are many colorful the 500 Block E. Marietta Street for a paper drive. These boys, who had Victory Gardens Home SuDDort Vari During World War II relanves in service, gathered in to War Plants 1 30 Earl Bagley of Route 2 k2E3r 111 i-fes' 4 r.

ft i By Coleman T. Mobley Of the Herald and Review War came to Central Illinois on Dec. 7, 1941, with the sneak attack by the Imperial Japanese air forces on Pearl Harbor. Like the rest of the country. Macon County and all of Central Illinois were stunned by the suddenness and the brutality oi the attack which took the lives of over 3,000 American service men.

Recruiting offices in the area were swamped with volunteers, and the whole area immediately began preparation for war. Millikin University's facultj and facilities were drawn into the programs through air cadel studies and special courses design to train women and civilians for war production. War production in the area centered around four plants. The Sangamon Ordnance plant and the Oak Ordnance plant, located west of Illiopolis near U. S.

36, loaded shells. The remains of some buildings and many sod bunkers can still be seen there. The Caterpillar Tractor Co. built tank and tractor engines at Victory Ordnance plant, where the Firestone Tire Rubber Co. and the General Electric Co.

now have their Decatur plants. At the Houdaille Hershey Corp. building north of Grand Avenue in Decatur, a top secret product was being manufactured. The product was identified as a porous barrier used in the; production of the atomic bomb! shortly after the first A-bomb! exploded over Hiroshima Japan. Lake Decatur's rooline waters! attracted the eve of military hitched his horse and plowed his men in tne lignting Guadalcanal.

Women in the area formed B. Sebree was the first com-the backbone of war production, mander of Army troops' in1 leaving kitchens, typewriters combat in the war. He led his Gen. C. Frank Schilt and Maj.l and 16 when the news was first Gen.

Reginald C. Harmon, both received that Japan was sur-of Olney, also served in World rendering. War II. in Macon County, 176 men Schilt was in charge of light met their deaths in the U. S.

bomber squadrons in Army either facing Germany or Solomon Islands. Harmon was Japan Air Force judge advocate! The 'following is a list of 13 rx" 1 5 A .1 Slade saw Japs surrender. this day is so great th.t it fills your heart to ov? flcwiag for your fellow human being. "God grant this peace everlasting life and may all 1 men be brothers from this day forward. "The treaty was formally signed at 0930 and one copy kept by the U.S.A.

and one copy kept by Japan. "Finis." Good Looking MAXIMILIAN SCHELL JEAN SIMMONS WALTER SLEZAK and MICHAEL REDGRAVE as the grandfather in introducing JENNIFER EDWARDS 6 PM SUNDAY NBC COLOR :00 VM on Sunday A stubborn landowner drflrs tha law bv Irttinf Indlani Kit him rounds. JQHil GREIV SHOW I'M on Sunday Gnrsls: DELLA REESE. JOANNE r. casti, MOR1.Y AMSTERDAM.

AVERY SCUREIBER. NEWS NATIONAL STATE AREA WEATHER SPORTS VM Tonight Shauj starring Johnny Carson 1 1 :00 PM on Sunda Ganti: DINAH SHORE, IRENK RYAN. ESSEY PERSSON (Swedish' clrrssl. THALASSA CRtSO (TV Gardener). 7A WWII Jllll Hill iinonzo Shorts-clad girls hug a Decatur policeman on V-J Day.

11th Victory Garden. solemn contemplation. He urged, however, that it not be a holiday in view of the celebrations held Aug. 14. 15 Centra? Tllinnic rmintips anrf tho number of men listed as killed Qr mjssi jn A operatjong Taione: Christian- -81 Clark 35 Clay no Coles 95 Cumberland 19 DeWitt-42 Douglas 48 Effingham 67 Fayette 66 Logan 71 Moultrie 32 Piatt 39 Shelby 67 The number of the Army totaled lives lost ln 308.978 men million out of a force of 10 EMERSON'S fl'ing 'B29s' they are coming over us in formation of at least 3 hundred to a formation.

Many Navy planes flying too: "These 'B29s' represent the majestic air force of tne U.S.A. Open Mon. Fri. 'Til 8:30 P.M. 1 BILL THLRN and sales counters to enter the factories.

The Red Cross and women's societies rolled bandages and prepared kit bags and other specialities for the men on the Lwo fronts Europe ana the Pacific. Dr. V. P. Zarcone of 41 N.

Country Club Road, who was serving in Sicily vith the American invasion forces, found a Dunme CI surgical oressings labeled "American Red Cross, Chapter." He sent the label home. uvn lua through the ranks to and 01ney haci tne u'stmction of being the -ome three World War II generals. Brig. Gen. Edwin Raudle, grew UP in Decatur, led successnu lanomg ia North Africa.

Brig. Gen. John A. McDavid who retired in 1967 as director of communications for the Joint Chiefs of Staff at the Pentagon, served for five years in the Pacific Theater as a communications officer. Olney's Major Gen.

Edmund keep YOUNG signing ot tne treaty wun a subjugated Japan in Tokyo Bay. Slade's ship, the U.S. S.I Raleigh, was sunk at Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941. On Sept.

2, 1945, when the final act in the drama was played in Tokyo Bay. Petty Officer 2nd class Slade was aboard the U.S.S. Pasadena anchored in the bay. This is his account of events that day. "This day is the one that everyone has hoped and prayed InOIu EsQuiCEtnlNNA Archeologists Finding Roman Town in Spain Coimbra, Portugal (AP) Archeologists are making rapid headway in uncovering the ruins of ancient Conimbriga, one of the largest Roman cities on the Iberian Peninsula.

The excavation of Conimbriga, 10 miles southeast of this central Portuguese university town, was begun at the end of the last century under the pa'ronage of Queen Amelia of Portugal The place now has been discovered to have been built on top of an Iron Age settlement. It was raztd by the invading Suevi tribes in 468 A.D. The most recent find was the main public baths. Previously a fnrnm villac 3nH tomnlo I founcatjon were uncovered. 1 JEWELERS 300 N.

Water if 1818M ILL authorities who thought its'" regimental com cat shores would provide an ex- Team at Sau, French Morocco, cellent site for a rest and on Nov. 8, 1942. The recreation camp. department credited his regi- a font o-jct 1 ment with making the first geneiai. Those at home could also be p.

raoieu to me ran oi genei i if they worked on a "victory; An Associated Press feature during the war years was the vxo v.ulull.... A good garden general of the Victory garden front knows a iftn columnist, such as a grub or a tnnp, wnen ne sees one. declared the 1943 columnist in a typical militaristic analogy When V-E' day was declared on May 8, 1945, war was still going on in Japan. Decatur followed the desires of Mayor James A. Hedrick, who called for a delay of festivities until victory over Japan was announced.

That night, however, the town shone for the first time in many years when the brownout regulations were lifted. President Harry S. Truman named Sept. 2, 1945, as V-J Day a time for rejoicing and for and ACTIVE men. i mmp Even if you don't play a make sure your child does The gift of music is an enrichinj; experience one your child will enjoy today, will appreciate for a lifetime.

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