Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 38, Number 216, Decatur, Adams County, 11 September 1940 — Page 4

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DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT Published Every Kv.ning faeept Sunday by THK DKCATUR OCMOCRAT CO. Incotporat*4 Knt*red at th* Decstur, Ind , Post U®< < a* Second Class Matter I. H Walter . Pr**ldmt A. R. Holtbouse. Bec’y A Bus Mar Dick 0. Heller Vlcepre*id*nt Subscription Rate* Slagle Copt** I 03 One week, by carrier—.—— 10 ■)n* year. by carrier I <M» One month, by mall 35 Three month*, by mall .......... 100 Ila month*, by mall 1 75 One year, by mall 300 One year, at o®ce .... 100 Price* quoted are wit bin a radio* of 100 mile* Elsewhere II 5u one year. Advertising Rate* made known on Application. National Adver. Repreaentatlv* BCHKKRER A Co. 5 L-lincton Avenue. New York II Eaat Wacker Drive. Chicago Charter Member of The Indiana League of Home Dailies. Another sign of cool weather l» i the teeth the September (lie* are ■bowlug three day*. W- e—- — tuber 7th will be the last day for registration of voter*. It mean* , that those tint now qualified must du so by that time The tai review boatd ba* con-. eluded a busy sesshm and the matter of filing an equitable tai rate haa reached another notch in procwmtare. —oo — Chairman Biorly is starting hl* iampaign off with a boom and hi* opener w 111 be no lea* a personage ' than LieUteuant Governor Sciulck er. the < andidate for goveruoi . Hear him at the high school audl , torium a week from Saturday ev-1 enlug ■" C—o ■ ■ The Ilig Ih-rtha gun* are Imhiiu mg aero** the English Channel a* ' the attack on Great Britain con -1 tluue* The talked of fog hasn’t ■truck yet to any client and even the stolid native of the Isle* I* iHi-oiuiug a little Jittery The war gc*ea on and the future I* gloomy. —o Be sure to hear Henry F S< hrlc- I her. Democratic candidate tor governor of Indiana at the high ■< hool auditorium a week from belt Saturday evening. It will mark the I opening of the campaign and from ; then ou It will tie a merry one- Mr. Schric ker ha* a wonderful message for you and you will enjoy meeting him. —o—o — Wells county Democratic women will hear Frauk Corbett, candidate for congress when he speaks at th*- shelter house al Ihe stale tor eat near the county line Mr Corbett ii starting bis campaign which will continue thougbou! the campaign A fluent speaker he will prove a popular candidate and a | splendid congressman. O—O Henry Ford took lunch in a Fort Wayne- hotel, luuicied out a fifty dollar bill In payment of the bill for himself and his companions and left the change. >4S W» on the table Now the waitress doesn t knee* whether It was intended a* a Up ’ from the billionaire or si* a case ' of absent mindedices* The old boy must be slipping —o Weil there goes Vermont Maine elected a Republican ticket Monday. There waste t much of a campaign and every one agreed as to the result so the only thing now Is to figure on the slse of the vote caul and the percentage* a* compa rod to four year* ago. It s quite possible that the result* in November will be much ckrner. 0 0 Two hour* after the prwideut had signed the five billion dollar

Two boor* «ft«r the proeideut had signed the five billion dollar

I total defense appropriation meature. contract* were let for 201 warship* fur a total of more than three billion dollar*. It was the largest sward of it* kind ever made and will neuro this nation a navy that will surpaaa th* tornblued fleet ol Russia Germany Ja- ■ pan and Italy It will provide a l 1 navy to protect both th* Atlantic ' and the Pacific coast* Qhi Qu. i Rev G T. Roeaelot. Okie Meat I minister and a fine gentleman, ha* II been returned at pastor of the * Fir»t I'nited Brethren c hurch here. > 11 much to the satisfaction of bi* •! congregation and the community in J general Rev Koss-lot spem about twenty years as a missionary In I Africa and I* an entertaining and interesting man with whom to con--1 verae lie ha* done excellent work i as pastor here and Is welcomed bar k for the ncit year with a sincerity that cannot be denied. -0 The Central Sugar company will open their il»4o campaign about October Ist and it’s good new* here that the Indication* are tor ' a larger run than last year. While I tb<- early season was rathe: bad. some I .Scat ac re* teeing wa*hed out by heavy rains, the crop looks fairly good and with good weather the licit two weeks, may be even better. The opening of the big mill will produce employment for *ev- , eral hundred people and the bun- ' dr.-d day run should help in num | erott* way*. -O 9 | The war over London grow* in intensity a* wave after wave of * Natl planes continue to drop ton after ton of bomb* The destruction of millions of dollar* worth ' of property atid the- killing of <l- ' vllians sc-em* to Ih- a plan Io break the morale of the Britisher* and ‘ make possible an invasion of troop* and tanks. Can the beseiged city hold out' That's a question i being discus** d over the world So far there has been no sign of weakening and report* declare they are prepared to take even greater punI ishment. truly time can tell the i ultimate result. c— P. T Barnum may have had ' some weaknesses generally credit- | ed to showmen, but he was highly | suc< -ssful and be ran a good circus where you generally got your . money ■ worth. A word nt advice : from the man who operated the ■ "Greatest Show on Earth" I* there- i fore apropos at the present time Here * a very pithy declaration from Barnum ■ own lips: Adveri Use or the chance* are that the ; sheriff will do it for you.' Those I who argue that advertising is a waste of money forget that it sell* goods widely, helps to make ma** production possible, and thus In the end lead* to far lower price* fur the average c onsumer. Dr Gleun Franks, famed educator and two hundred other brilliant member* of the- U. O. s'. worked more than two year* to formulate a platform that they felt could be sold to the people. The national i convention changed it and wreckit until the original writers could not have possibly recognised it, but the convention finality did adopt one. Then Mr Willkle made his Elwood speech of acceptance H—ms as though he accepted the nomination but kicked the much i c bee keel mid rec-becked platform ' out of the window Mr Me Nary ev- ' Identiy didn't want to be bothered with It either, so It just doesn't seem to lieloug to any one now. What a mess —o The war* raging in many of the countries of Europe and Asia have i brought, a* was -ipoTted. a general food shortage, but here we i still live In a land of plenty, thank goodness A Department of Agrli culture survey show* that abundant supplie* of ueariy all foodstuff* will be avai-abte for the coming year, increase* in production of edible tai* aud oils ar* *Xpected to continue. The freak fruit

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"PLAYGROUND OFYAMERICA" i . ( I 1

BUILDING FOR DEFENSE THE PROBLEM

The American citixen suddenly becesnfog defense minded, is Hable to jump one of *wo ways. He reads that President Koo»e---veil h*« asked Congress for •!•,- (hhhmhxhh) tn build up our national defense The following week, he looks out the amdow and is disappointed not to see the sky darken ed by new planes snd the highways rumbling with new armored divisions. Ills neighbor across the street, jumps to the other extreme Ke feels that It takes forever to build * battleship that It will be ten years before thia country can begin to have a proper defense machine The truth, of course, lies between these two To get a dearer pl>ture of the time necessary to build up our defenses, It is necessary to understand how the National Defense Advisory Commission function* In this program we have undertaken The goal was known It Is to provide equipment for a modern army of 2 000.0*0 men. to provide the nation with a two ocean navy This la already well under way, aa the Commission has cleared contracts for more than two billion dollars worth of defense materials. Organising Industrial Resources I The first job facing the Commission was to lay a firm foundation on which the resources of American Industry could be coordinated At the same time every effort Is made to ajieed current contract* for military equipment. Within eight weeks after formation of the National liefenae Advisory Com mission. Commissioner Knudsen was able to report that "with the continuing cooperation f Industry and the interested Gvernment agem les, we can be confident of a production machine capable of attaining the definite goal Thia can be accomplished just as fast aa the beat production facilities and techniques In the world can gain momentum through favorable Congressional action upon this augmented program " The first step toward the production line involves design The engineering preparation involved In the construction of airplane*.! tank*, gun* and battleship* Is highly Involved It takes thirty ton* of blueprints for the designs of a battleship The gun carriage alone for a 155 mm. gun requires a thousand separate drawltig* and five supply will be slightly above last year and large wheat and rice crops are anticipated. In the case of moat food* there will be enough to meet ail domestic requirement* and to provide surpluses for ex, port. Other surveys indicate that the demands of war material production lu our factor!** will not seriously dislocate production of consumer good*. We may have to do without a few manufactured luxuries a* time goes on. but there will be pfouty of the necessities.

hundred more are required for the recoil mechanism The preparation of all this detailed material takes ' time, skill and effort before a hun- , dred production line* can begin to ; roll out material on finished designs The next problem involve* drawing of specification* for contract*, by Army and Navy specialist* who know exactly the type of material needed tor every nut and bolt to aland up under severe service requirement. Specif leal ions often make up assail site book giving the precise else. shape, strength and i material of every Hem Selection 01 Contractors Then come* the letting of contracts. items of defense are necessarily complex No fly-by-night operator with a factory in his brief case is qualified. Companies with France Wants Them i Hu I sfl HL aSS HL -I pwre Cat, fop; Guy La Chambce Both former air minister* of Franco, Pierre Cot, top, and Guy La Chambr*. below, have been indicted by Um French supreme court at Worn on charges of being rsppeMM* for the war •««! rub***) tint defeat and now face 1 arrest. Cot and La Chamber are > both in th* V. now. It was said th* Vichy government may attempt to ey.lradit* th* two if It i t* shown that ths existing Franco. American treaty permits ouch acUoB -

experience In working In tbc materials used under the strict dimen 1 sional limit* necessary are lonsld lered. Organisations which have the I‘ man pow<. with hard »'<>U ‘ know how ' experience are vital lu supplying defense material. To make guns, tanks, airplane*, and rifles, the manufacturer must have raw materials to work with In this respect, we are compare lively fortunate. With a few Important exceptions, all materials needed c an be found within the llm Ha of the continental V. H Kupplies. such as mbbet. tm and antimony. are being accumulated In stock pile*. The flow of these commodities I* up to the Material* Division of the National ftefense Advisory Commission which I* responsible for having them ready when they are needed The Industrial Material* Division ha* already determined that there are plentiful supplies of steel copper and other esoeutial materials available. The Production Division of the Defense Commission is charged with seeing that there are adequate production facilities to fill contracts issued by the Army snd Navy The next problem after find- , Ing manufacturers, Is providing machinery because machine tool* are fundamental to the entire defense program. before we can step up our production of defense material*, we, must have the machine* that can make a rifle barrel that Is accur-1 ate within a ten thousandth of an i Inch and can also make a bullet to tn hat barrel with the same accuracy. These machine* which carve toughened steel* to these tight dimensions must be specially designed One particular type of grinder, for Instance, can pick np a motor shaft, load II between the grinding Wheel*, keep he work lu perfec t , position, polish the piece within a thousandth of an ln< h absolutely , true and round and eject finished piece* at the rate of ten per minute. When a battery of these machine* Is set up. they can turn out. thousands of parts per hour, which In turn will result In big production ■ <>t finished machines. Machin* Tool* Speed Production The Production Division report* that definite progress ba* been, made in producing these machine* 1 and that no actual delay exists In delivery thus far It take* several 1 months for the manufacturer* to, receive their contracts, make ready their plant facilities to house these machine*, snd locate skilled workmen necessary to operate them When all are ready, the production ean begin on a big scale. Thu*, this basic work make* possible th* easy flow of material* through the shop*. American industry then begins to meet rapidly the heavy requirement* placed upon It by the program. Delivery of the contract* calling for twentyfive thousand complete aircraft I* thereby assured and we will see the plants with capacity for turning out foO.OO# pound* of explosive* per day in full production promptly. The first powder plant contract was let within eight week* after the National Defense Adlvsory Commission was organised In I*l7, tbs contract for the first powder plant was not slgped uutil seven mouths after w* lad entered the wgr. bh*U* Irvin new shell-loading

* The People*! Voice Thi* column tor th* a*e of our r*ader. who wish ta maha MT g**tion> tor th* g*t>*ral go»d or discus* qu**tlcn>* of talarMt Pte*M •!«« r»"! r •bow *utb*ntldty. it wtfl not I b* uwd If you pr*f*r that It not be. 4 U. • Navy Rterultlsg Station tndi*n»p*h* Indian* I desire to announre that with my i detachment thi* date I bare completed two very pleasant year* of duty as Navy Rec ruiting Officer tor < th* Htate of Indiana. During my tour her* •* have enlisted many hundred* of fin* young men from Indiana who I am aura. I ( wlll compare with any In the Nation and as • reault. I »m happy to ‘ •ay that Indian* I* well represented |in th* 0. R Navy. Whatever success we have had I* | due In large measure to th* newspaper publicity w* have received 'and you may be sure that I am deeply grateful tor your grerrou* assistance. My successor, Lieutenant IMvid McWhorter. V. H. Navy, wilt be 1 equally grateful tor your continued 1 support. Sincerely. J. C. SHIVELY. t Lieutenant Commander. I' 8. Navy llc-cnilting Officer. • —— • if Answen To Test Questions 11 1 I I Baloa are the answer* u> th* T**t UuMtloa* rtoted on Fag* Two ♦ fl 1. No. I 1 Third 1 Eugenio Pacelii. L 4. Vlsc-ountes* Astor. I ». Vraa Major. < Seven. 1 Dutch. I. American League. S Vermont. I#. "The Tempe»t" by Bbakeapcare o I, Scrapbook* By Roberta 1-ee • • To Renovat* berg* To renovate a shabby or shiny serge skirt, sponge it with boiling l hot vinegar until the stain* and grease marks disappear Then | thoroughly press on th* wrong side | with a fairly hot iron. For spot* on | bine eerg* rub with a doth wrung out of coffee. Reach** « On* of the favorite baunl* of, roaches is around the drip pau or drain under the refrigerator Watch < this place for any signs of them Equal part* of piaster of pari* and powdered sugar make a good roac h powder Barken Marbl* To mend broken mark!*, make a i very stiff paste by tailing Portland cement with water. Clean the edges I of the marble thoroughly, then put > the cement on 4>oth edges, press to- j gether very tightly and tie together, until the cement baa set. — 1 0 — "" I TWENTY YEARS I AGO TODAY Septemlcer 11 Renat* committee 1 11* investigating charges of Gover-* nor Coi on th* Republican "slush plants are. of course, useless without rifle* and gum. but looking ■- head to that point the defense force* ascertain that production of rifle* and guns will be doubled within a few month*. Soon, the product* of the many dr-fenae production line* will begin to flow In huge volume to the defense manpower which la to be equipped. i ■ •

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fund. ’ Foreat Elley la in charge of tbs new Brunswick phonograph depart Bent at the Pumphrey jewelry etore. Mis* Josephine My*r* goes to j Bloomington to enter I. V. Valuation of Decatur I* |7.**3.13u land city tai rate based on that val- , uatioa will be I! 33 Mis* Pauline Hit* and Mr. Brke 'Butler will wed September list, it is announc ed. Mel Baumgartner of Vera Crua appointed ground manager at Bellmont park. MRS. WORTHMAN - • cCONTINUBD FROM rAUB OW) day afternoon at ! o'clock it’DTi at the home of Fred Goldaer. four miles west of fi-catur and 2 3** o'clock at the Magley Evangelical and Reformed church. Rev David I Uruther will officiate, assisted by Bev. C. M Prugh Burial will be In the Hagley cemetery. The body will be removed to the 'Goldner residence from the Zwick funeral home Thursday morning 1 and may be viewed until time for the service*. Bvrnt* C hurch Plans Special Meetings An unu*ual oppcutunlty will pre- ’ I sent itself In Berne nelt week for i the people in this area to hear on- ' tit the outstanding Bible teac hers in America today The speaker will I be Roy L. Brown, who Is known ■ ' as the business msn with a Biblical message. The- meetings will open Bunday I morning at 10 o’eteck at the First M-nnonite church and will con- ' tlnue for one week Services will be held week nights and Sunday nights at ?:30 o’clock, closing Bun-, clay. September 32 with a morning ’ , and evening meeting. All sebedui-' ' ea In Berne are on central stand-' I ard time. Rural Church Plans For Homecoming The Inion Chapel Methodist c hurch in Adams county near dene--va will hold its annual home com- . mg Sunday. The program begin* at i» 30 CST with the regular Sunday , school session The regular worship services will follow th* Sunday school Rev E. J. Glendenning. who entered the ministry from the Uirion Chapel church and who is now pasior of the Hobbs and Aroma Methodist charches. win be th* guest I speaker tn the morning service -During the noon hour all those- present will have an opportunity to ’ purtako of a basket dluher to be |served in the church basement, and to renew old. and to make new <

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