Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 40, Number 43, Decatur, Adams County, 19 February 1942 — Page 1

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ARUBA OIL AREA IS AGAIN ATTACKED; btimson WARNS OF POSSIBLE RAIDS

fcerican Troops I Dutch Indies I Aid Defense ■ Ground Troops And ■ Pilots Arrive To | A .d Java Defense - Foreign Kp :I „li.|:cg \meri<-an« have i,, aid .11 ’he defense of I ■* v . ■. w. igetn y «.ud I K. ... 1 ..1 the Amer i< .ill* ! ■» , relatively «mall bmly . ■ - have I IVed K Mr . v ». . . t-om Hu- .-nt Ire K,-" . , ,-h I native miih■ud •«' I number* al' 1 by ■ n-jn- i.i v- enough yet." the Kgry <ontinu- >1 ■ - .1 'I f*l»t fll' l il “ r ■tl •m-ivw i* an indication that ■ Selberiaiid Indie* do not tight ■xwri.'ah g- - md troop* a* Well ■ krnte- and tighter pilot* are Hp -ran f.-quetiHy In Java." a< ■ Kir* to tlte agency statement ■Aa.-i-an- are often seen in fc'ir.r rooms of the t> lepholie eXKr.e plaiing • all* to their home ■ra it added tx-rer tn the history of the ■tolacifi. telephone have so ■ry,a.;, gone out over the wires Whom a certain East Java town ■ ttb ,a»t vor erven weeks, the ■ygnh ii.utmued. indicating the krtran* have been In Java for Bn* time ■h?aw»<- bomber* renewed at■tin on an airfield in western On today nut Dutch defense fori ■ it:li fought stubbornly In HuInn to stem the enemy invasion ■rut* toward this strategic is|A Dutch Indies communique Jm* Ikud that damage was inflicted ' i the latest Japanese airfield atkk but Mid full details of the op huoh have not yet been recelvIJapanes. planes flew over a pber of regions of the Indies, apBmtiy on reconnaissance inispar to test the strength of Dutch p»n»»s, the high command re- ' ' ST ' <W PAOff «1X» War Bulletins Ottawa. Canada. Fab. 19 — UPI - Loss of tha Canadian tsrvsttt Spikenard through •aamy action was announced ! »«V by naval minister Angus ’•tOonaid. All five officers ‘"a 52 of the 90 ratings aboard corvette are missing and "fv»t be presumed loat. the "•vat minister said. Rangoon, Burma, Feb. 19 — o*;—British counter attache sff'c.atiy were reported , t emJapan’s all out offensive ••ward the Burma road supply '"• to China today in a clfc'"•ctic battle still raging on ,h « Bdin river front. . Batavia. Feb. 19— (UR) _ •"'•d forces have sunk or I ‘2' B,d • ,OUI of 182 j«p- *** ahips, ineluding 109 sunk, up to Feb. 14. a is * rl * •"dies summary ••owed today. London. Feb. 19— (UP) — tn. • Up " do " M( d today that , are uaing a new cret weapon. .JLl* * pum ”' drl *«" By an coi/V 0 *" 1 whieh Wk. * ,r upo " th » Germans iee ir * quicl<| y covered with Tvu.’?* b,,0w -«»ro weather. o«J17* TURC READING ° lm °crat thcrmometkr 1M a— ’ ' ° -- ” , WEATHtR u ' ‘•’"Wffture thia as,,ld nM dulta ao cold rise t ' OCCMIo " al MOW fluepart "orth central Mr t thl, afternoon. 1

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Two Fast Passenger Trains Smash Headon Uki- Worth. FU. Feb. 19 (I*l*l Two fust pM«*riigi-r train 1 of thel Hralmatd Airline railroad v th<- > *outhliouiid Orange ltlo«M>ni »p«clal and the northbound Sun QU'-rii. Inifh N'-w York 'o hliaiit. traitnw crashed h>-ad on w<>»i of' llypohllo ioday and the Diesel rn ' glues of iHt'h train* liui't into flame*. SeaiKMird officials at M.jm’ said early report* had three dead engineers of l*ith train* and 1 baggage man British Destroyed Great Naval Base Base At Singapore Useless To Japan IRy Harold Guardi Batavia. Feb 19- tl'Pi Britain's Sl'h> oi'ti. oihi naval lia*e at Singapore. British naval officer* said today, wa* blown up 10-fore being abandoned to the Japanese Demolition of the huge installs- j tlons on which If, year* of effort had been spent wa* in progress steadily during the final day* of the Singapore campaign. Vast quantities of supplies and equipment were remover! by naval personnel. What could not be removed wa* d'-stroyed This work was well in progress when I last saw the base Feb 5 Befote the area was abandoned Feb. 10. naval officers said, the destrwet ion WAS virtually complete The base Itself, located on tinside of the island, was fitted for repair and maintenance of naval vessels. It had no defenses of Its own. depending (or protection upon the great forts and gun* guarding the asa approaches to Singapore. The only gun* at the base were tome anti aircraft Installation* I and some light field artillery,] moved up when the Japanese' reached the Johore side of the straits. I do not believe that any of the great 15-lnch and IS-Inch batteries on which Singapore relied for defense ever went into action They were pointing the wrong way The British strategist* never thought an attack from the land side wa* possible. I never heard any of the big guns fire. Outside of a few guns of larger caliber, the main batteries at Singapore were 2&-poundar9. When the Bhltish force* withdrew to Singapore island, they blew up the causeway to the Johore shore but caused only a 30yard break. They knew the Japanese could easily repair thl* gap but they also knew that the main invasion effort of the Jap* would be made at other points along the straits where better cover was available. In this, the British <<<nw twt'KTi nw osar rtVßt —o Civil Defense Bill Nears Final Action Provides Fund For Civilion Defense Washington. Feb. 19 — (UP> The deficiency appropriation bill which provides f|i)H.(MMt,OtM» for the office of civilian defense went to the house and senate today (os (Inal action A conference committee from the two chambers agreed on a bill stipulating that OCD may use its share only for vital civilian defense equipment, not to pay salsties. The bill also require* senate confirmation of OCD official* receiving lI.WO a year or more. Director Jame* Landis of OCD has scheduled a pres* conference tomorrow at which time he may announce a major reorganliatlon of the agencies. Landis already has made a start towards the reorganisation. The office of Inapectors-general. the know-your-government div!' slon and the position of associate director of the division of state and the local cooperation were abolished a* of March, 1.

Japs Increase Attack Against MacArthur's Men i Hammer Incessantly At Far Outnumbered i Defensive Forces I Washington. Feb 19 — ll'Pi I Strong Japanese force* using I flame thrower* and supported by a non atop attlllery liombardment are hammering at Gen Douglas MacArthur* lines in apparent 1 preparation for "a resumption of ' the offensive" aimed at a knockout conquest of the Philippine* Today** war department com-11 intinique. So 114 of the war. re- ' ported increasing pressure on MacArthur's thinly-held line* on Hu-i I laan peninsula and reported ornln- I ously that the Japanese are regrouping their numerically super ior force* for what probably will Ire their all-out. supreme effort. MacArthur's right flank anchorI cd In the vicinity of the highway center of Pilar on Manila Bay was said to be under particularly heavy pressure. 1 For the fourth day the Japanese, using newly-installed batteries and trading ton* of steel with MacArthur's gun*, laid down a bom- 1 bardment of the Atnerican-Flliplno lines. "Japanese troop movements liehind the enemy lines indicate regrouping of forces, preliminary to a resumption of the offensive," the communique said on the basis of reports received from MacArthur up to 9:3<> a m. EWT. Despite the constant itomltardment of his jkisitlons by the Jap- 1 snese guns and squadrons of divebomber*. many of which are believed to have hern shifted from tCONTiNi'RD nv p»nr rtvg> o— — Red Cross Center Opened At Berne Production Center Opened Wednesday Another branch of the Red Cross production center was opened in Berne Wednesday afternoon. Mt*. William Bowers, production chairman of Adam* county, announced thl* morning. Mrs Bowers and Mrs Dallas Goldner. chairman of the Decatur sewing project, and Mrs Dick Boch completed arrangements there yesterday. Splendid enthusiasm was shown by the 42 persons present at the meeting and Mr*. Charles Braun of Berne wa* appointed sewing chairman of the branch center, with Mrs. (). N Smith as the co-chair-man. while Mrs. Homer Goodin was appointed chairman of the knitting with Miss Dorcas Hprunger as cochairman. Garments for aewlng were distributed an d Include hospital pajamas and hospital surgical gowns for both the army and navy. Grover C. Moser, chairman of the town board, and board members have donated the town hall to be used as a center for the work and five Berne factories have volunteered to assist with the cutting of the garment* They are the Smith furniture factory; Dunbar's; Berne Furniture; Berne Manufacturing, and the Berne Overall company. The first allotment of goods was cut at the Smith factory, where the power cutting machine* were used and 100 garments cut at one time, greatly facilitating the enormous task. The workers of Berne have selected Thursday and Friday afternoons and evenings, both, for work nXINTINUtai) ow PAG it HIX> 0 ' ■—- - — Workman Is Injured Wednesday Afternoon Mike McMulty, 003 North Second street, is suffering from a probable fracture of the right shoulder, sustained yesterday while working hi the construction of the new General Electric plant here.

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Decatur. Indiana, Thursday. February 19,1942. I—— uh Ml in ■■■— WMI ~ - m.m— *—*■■*—»l —■ 1 1 ■» "" “W* ■ 111 ■' ’ 1 " •■■■■

Sheriff Miller And Deputy In Exchange Os Congratulations Cigar* and handshake* were fly- j Ing fast and furious at the sheriff* I office in the < ourt house today a* I * Sheriff Ed Miller and hi* deputy, II Leo tlillig. “battled for the lime- | light" I Sheriff Miller started the whole ' thing when he announced that he wa* grandpa again, following the birth of a second son to bl* daughter. Mrs. Mildred Gros*, al the Io ' < al hospital taat night. But Deputy Gillig stole the show from his boa* in announcing that Mr*. Gillig gave birth to a son at 1 ( the institution last night The dep-1 ( uty’s family now embraces six son*, and Iwo daughter* “darn i.< er en-, ( ough Gillig* to whip the Japs by . themselves", he declared , 1 - ■» —— - — , Cal E. Peterson To 1 1 Head City Defense I Clothier Is Named As City Director 111 • • Cal E Peterson. Decatur clothier. I* the city * m-w city civilian 1 defense director. 1 Mr Peterson was named to the ( post last night by Mayor Forrest ( Kiley following the resignation of George Thomaa from the position j Mr. Thomas submitted hi* resig nation because of business duties , in Fort Wayne which would keep , him from devoting enough time, he stated. , Mr. Peterwon attended last night's 1 city defense council meeting and | took over supervision of the de- | fen»e program already begun , Member* of the city defense I council reported various phases of their respective divlnlon work. In 1 attendance were: H. Vernon Atirand. Brice Roop. Ed Hurst. Walter J. Krick. Mr*. Arthur R Holthouae . James Border*. Forre*t Eliey. Dr James Burk. Glenn Hill, Lowell Smith. Avon Burk. Mr. Peterson and Mr. Thoma*, all of the city civilian defense council; Sheriff Ed 1 Miller, director V. J Bormann and L. E. Archbold of the county defense council Ed Hurst, city fire chief, report ed that 33 of the 35 men who will form the auxiliary fire committee . had been temporarily approved and select'-d. As soon an the other two are named and finally approved, fire school classes will be started under the direction of Adrian ICONTINLEI' ON PAGK MX> - - — Entire Nation May Go On Rationing Os Oil Products Washington, Feb. 19 (t'P) — Petroleum cordinator Harold Ickes said today "w» foresee the poasi-! billty of nation wide rationing" of petroleum products If other methods. a-bout which he was “pessimistic" fail to solve shortages on both coasts. "The whole country ottjlit to share In whatever disabilities there are. "Ickes told a pre** conference. He added, however, that 1 we aren't yet able to make up our mind" on whether rationing will be necessary. Hl* office l» prepa-ing a coupon rationing «y«tem with th« ..ft..— —* • 11/<H ,1

oflce of Leon Henderson <or>NTtNfttr> on paor mix> Lenten Meditations ) (Rev Geo S Ixrxler. First Evangelical Church! CONTENTMENT M l have learned. In whatsoever state I am, therein to be content." —Phil. 4:11. Freedom from dissatisfaction. anxiety or agitation la not the common experience of men. Current conditions In the international, national, community or Individual life try the souls of men. The awareness of theae conditions may cause an Irritation and revolt In mind and heart, and tend to create a cynical attitude; or they may create a greater appreciation for God and a deeper Irnst in Him. la there a perennial containment for man? What in its source? How can It be experienced? And what will be Its manifestation? This contentment Is not Innate in man. Its source is Ood. who Is eager to share His spirit with those who will live In Intimate fellowship with Him. The restoration of the spiritual life In man Is the only cure for discontent, i greater Independence on the outer life and a larger reliance upon God will give strength to the Inner life to adapt all of life to conditions Thus there will be experienced a serenity and quietude which gives evidence of a trust in Almighty God that "all things work together for good to them that love God. to them who are called according to His purpose "

Darwin, Vital Aussie Base, Is Heavily Bombed First Direct Attack Made On Australia By Japanese Today Hydney. Australia. Fell 19. il'l'i A strong Japanese air force of about !•*' bomber* proteited l»y fighter* heavily bombed the north Australian port of Darwin twice today. inflicting considerable damage on military Installations in the vital allied base At least four enemy bomber* were shot down The flr«l attack on the Austral lan continent wa» made by approximately 75 bomber*, accompanied by lightet planes, while 21 bombers participated in the second raid this afternoon Phini" Minister John Curtain said that at least four of the 21 bombers that attacked the city and port In the second raid were downed Curtain's annoum einent. marie from a sick bed, said that thlumbers had caused considerable damage hut that detail* were not available concerning loss of life. "Our armed force* and civilian* behaved gallantly " Curtain said "I have no information regarding r-asuaitieai hut it mu»l be obvious that we suffered " The Japanese planes in their flrat direct attack on continental territory, concentrated on Darwin ' itself and on shipping in the har bor. the only north coast port, a communique of the royal Australian air force said Itetail* were not immediately available, hut it was hoped here nw noir SIX> — o Hoosiers Listed As Japanese Prisoners Presumed Prisoners From Pacific Areas Washington. Feb 19 il'pi — The navy department said today that 1.009 naval and marine corp* officer* and enlisted men who were serving in China and Pacific outpoits Dec. 7 and 12"" civilianpresumably were taken liy the Japanese a* prisoner* of war The civilian* were employed al Wake and Guam building defense works. The navy explained that the exact Mtattis of all the individuals could not be determined because of Interrupted communication*, and the elimination of contacts when the outposts were overwhelmed. The lists by claislfleal ion and location followNavy personnel at Wake included: Ctndr Winfield Scott Cunningham. Long Beach. Cal.; Ctndr. Campbell Keene, naval air station. San Diego. Cal Navy personnel at Guam: Lowren Augustus Arnett, seaman Ist das*. Sullivan. Ind Mortland Cochran, chief machln-

Another Tanker Is Torpedoed Off Venezuelan Coast; Coasts May Expect Sporadic Attacks

Tom H. Allwein Is Named Bean Buyer Given Promotion At Gibson City Plant Tom H Allwein. »on <•! MrGrace Allwein of tin* city ba- been promoted to the po»t of beat, buyer. tn addition to hl* dulte* a* traffic manager of the McMillen Feed Mill* it Gibson t'ity. 11l Mr. Allwein le-came traffl manager of the Gilmmmi City plant in September 1939, following 't.s employment with the local office of the McMillen Industrie- II • i« a graduate of Decatur high school and obtained a Re, tor *<‘ho!ar*hip at In- Pauw university tor one year. — Mr and Mrs Allwein hiv lived tn Gibson City for more than three I y,-*i *. Before her mutrlag ll Mrs Allwein wa- Mi*« Corolen • Townsend. other promotion* announced by the company'* general oft.ee in Fort Wayne. in< lude the appointment of Ralph Kail a* plan 1 m ihag er of the McMillen Feed Mill* and 1 Central Noya company at Gibson City Mr. Kail succeed* I T Kendall, who ha- gone to Bowling ; Green to operate an '-leva or and , feed mill. Don Baughman, who was oftieo] manager of the Master Feed and Seed Company at Alliance. Ohio, an affiliate ot the local industry, ha* transferred to Gibson City and placed in < ttarge of th» older and credit d'-partm -tn. The Gilrsou City plants serve the Illinois and Wisconsin territories, the company having a largo warehouse and distribution po:nt in j Madison. Wis. 0 Mercury Hits Zero Mark This Morninq Slowly rising temperature were prevalent m Decatur today after zero weather struck •be city at .in early hour this morning. Th'- mercury started slipping rapidly last evening and coa’iliued its descent after midnight until 7 am. the Daily Demon.it thermometer registered exactly Zero. One hour later it had in veil up 2 above And started a gradual '•limb Weathermen predut' i slow ly rising temperatures today and net quite so cold tonight - —- o Health Movie Made Available To County Tuberculosis Movie Is Available Here "Goodbye Mr. Germ,” a novel animated and "real life" movie depicting the life and death of a tube;culosis germ, was made available today to the health cla»se« of the Adams county schools. The movie was recently purchased by the Adams county tuberculosis association and prt viewed last night at a meeting of 'he executive board of the tuberculosis association, held in the Decatur Junior-senior high «cho) Remaining the property of the association, it will Ire loaned io the school* upon application to W. Guy Brown, president of the association. at the Decatur school. The movie presents In an unusual manner the birth and progre-s of tuberculosis germ*, symptom* of the disease and effective means of cure and prevention, advising early diagnosis. Members of the assoclati.m pointed out that an education preparedness program against the disease waa appropriate to thr present health theme of civilian defense.

Decatur Citizens Enroll For Delense All Citizens To Be Given Opportunity Each citizen in the city of Decatur will be given an opp rtnnlty to enroll for volunteer civilian d> fen*e woik »oon sin hi« th' 1 them, of a program outlined by i n city civilian defense count II la«t night Lt the -Ilggeslion of f'al E Pet er«on. li'-wly eler ted direct " and Mr*. Artliur It Holthou*-'. the < ounell unanimously approved 1 methi'd of conducting a house t> house canvas* of the city to enrol I»-• a turtle*. “Enroll every adult inll l city. I learn the capabilities of each and be prepared for an etne g-nev i ,-ven if it never come*." was 'he d> < Islon of the < ouncil Pointing out that should r need ari*e for various types of volun 1 teer defense Workers, Decatur would lie wholly unprepared unless an indexed, classified list of citizen* Wa available, the I adets said. Ib-tails of the canvas* arc to Inworked out. but it was definitely I d'-r ld'-d that district and block war I dens would be natn>-d. who*- duties would include organizing block by | blm k canvassing Recognize Volunteers Citizen* who volunteer w.ll lik'U’OS I INI Hl> "N t'AU!-: SEVENI — — o County Draft Board Given New Rulings Withhold Names Os Trainees To Leave Publishing of name* of registrants about to lie Inducted into selective service before they leave I* to be discontinued under a new 1 tiling received by iln- Ad am* county drart board The btf'-*t ruling received by th»- board asserts that .‘when pub llshing name* of men who unbeing delivered by bus or other means of transportation It 1- ad vlaahl'* not to publish the li-t be (ore the men leave the local board area Thu-, we will not lie in the position of publishing in advance the fact that some of our men will be In transit at any given turnThe ruling doe* not tian the pub lieaiion or photograph* of the men after they have gone Tin ini'ruling applies to men elthei ciitet Ing service or going to .1 my egaminalii.il* Thus, under the ruling names ot Adam* county men who enter service or go to Fort Wayne for examinations will not app-ar in the Daily Demin rat until after they leave The communication relative to the new ruling* received from the state director continues ths' 'many question* still arise regard Ing the nature of Information which may be released to the newspapers. There Is no reason why local boards should not release to the papers the name* of men who are being delivered for army examinations or Induction Names of Individuals whose cases have been appealed may also he published, if the local board de.CONTIN’t'B’i ON PAGR I fVKI Green's Condition Remains Unchanged The condition of Lawrence "Amish" Green, state highway worker critically injured February 1 in an auto-train crash wa* reported as unchanged yet today The attending physician stated that he was still in a semi-coma at the Adams county memorial bo*pi'al.

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War Secretary Says Command Is Making Every Effort To Smash At Axis Will.-m-' id Curacao Ihtti h We.l Indie* Feb 19 iri'i Get man submarines tmiwdoed anothi taiik'-i In renewed attack - I 011 the Aruba oil are.i today and . I apparently .igaiu -helled tinStandard Oil refine v on that . 1 island off the V«-in-zit'-lean < oa«t Th" Aneta n--w» agem-y repjrt ' e<| the tor perilling ot a I'an.lin i I registered tanker Ihh morning 11 which brought to around 1" th'number of ship- »-|Hirted attacker) I or sunk thi* we-k de-pit* l vigilant patrol action by I itlb-d State, ar and sea force* The agency said that earlier till- : morning "-ome projectile- lauded In the neighborhood of the Stand I ard nil refinery mi Aruba, but that “It is no' excluded that these w> -• ■ stray projectile, not fired by the : enemy 1 <The statement indicated a 1 Siblllty that the "projectile*" were a result of defense operation*, b'tt ‘ It appeared more likely that they ■ were from th»- gun* of an enemy * submarine 1 Stimson Warning 1 Washington. Feh 19 ICPI r Secretary of war Henry Ntim.mi warned the nation today that r ‘ inti.t expect -porudlc attack* on f our cCM-ta. but he declared 1 Inhigh command i» making eve v ••ffort to gain th*- offensive • crushing the \xi* Stimson told .1 pre.* c<mferen<e 'hat about the only way to win rmI war I- to “take .1 vigorous off, iI slVe against th'- enemy He -.nd 'he - i-e-t way to lose it Would be •o yield to pn--«ure by local group* for protection that would divide the might ot out -tiiking tonNtimson mad,- bi* statemen in response to i|:ie*tlon* concerning the German submarine attack 011 the Dutch West Indie- island, ot Aruba and I’ur.uao All I have to -ay 1- that ih„ possibility and probability ot ■ i- i, an attack have been foieseen " tn■aid By arrangement with he Dutch gov. iittienl wc placed on the island a for, e for It. defense " He said that th>- attack 1 :i>- d th" Vital i|Ue-t|oli that we 1 hi-•• got to be prepuri-d for attack n - only at A:ul>a but ail along our coast*, and w- have got to be pt. I pared again-t pre-.ni'- by th,- pub lie to string out mil defense* along the oast- and ba-es To yield to thl-. pr.-s ur<- i.* the •urest way of losing Hie Wai Stimson aid We've got to be prepsred In thi- war to take sporadic attack* along our coast*." Stimson said. The only way to combat that is to m.i s our forces to carry the fight to the enemy. If w,- scatter our forces for the defensive, it i, the surest way to defeat." r "in rn i o"‘— — ' Unemployment Bill Lost In Committee I 300 Million Fund Voted Down Today f r Washington. Feb 19 il l') - The house ways and mean- com. rnittee today voted down I’ . id- ,. ent Roosevelt'* roque-t f-e a * too - OOO.MtO unemployment i-mipensa-tlon appropriation foi worker- who lose their Jolt* through tin- . -inversion of peace trine itidu-trles to war production The committee voted I's t i S against the appropriation aft -r less than an hour's deliberation Th--lr r rejection had been expected fol- ’ lowing the overwhelming onposi* I i tion of state governor*, who feared thal the legislation might tie , th« flr.t step in federallz.ng the unemployment compensation «y—---r' l iiNTINl'Kti ON U4GB FIVRI ~