Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 38, Number 263, Decatur, Adams County, 5 November 1940 — Page 6

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REPORT GAIN continvbd from p*nw onb Increases io th* continued expin •lon of defense and rotated Indue trlea sml mild ae.ither which al lowed canning activity to lontinnr at a relatively high level On the heel* of preliminary data It vu isHmat'-d that !?? '<»> wage earner* were working In Indiana fartorlea In mid Or totter, an increase of uppr oxi merely ?.i*hi over the number employed a month earlier, and ll.mui over the num tier employer! In October 1*34 In addition, factory payroll* In October represented an Increase of fdM.WUI over Septenilier |eve|« and |! Jl"'"ft on payroll* In Ortoher last year The division reported Mina well distribute in manufacturing Indus trie*, with hip two of 14 major groups studied decreasing payroll* and only four d*« reusing employ >uent The nonferrous metal* and prodOt’*. and 'he rubber product* groups allowed •uh*tantl»l gain* in both employment and payroll*, while Iron and «t*el and leather and It* manufacture* set high Incraaw* In payrolls Nontnanufai tttrlng employment and payroll* also expanded from jSepremher *o Ortoher i' rate* a trout equivalent tn the gain* in manufacturing, the division reporter! Return* from 1.54” nonmanufacturing firm* employing t? II? wage earners In <>• loha-t. in dirated Increase* of J I pc >-i ’ in employment and 3 4 percent in pay roll* BITTER CAMPAIGN cmrrtwk./ mow pace oxe es to safeguard the nation - pear* and pleas for national unity In a world aflame. Roth are voting today part of the vast polling army President Roo«r-v*lt elo.ed his campaign with a prayer: "Almighty Hod Ble«* our land with honorable Industry. *oitnd learning and pure manner* Save ns from violence. discord and confusion: from pride and arrogance and from every evil way imfend our liberties Justice and peace at home Obedience to thy law . . In time of prosperity, fill <»ur hearts with thankfulness, and In the day of trouble, sutler not our trust in thee to fail Amen ” * He had pledged again that he would not seek a fourth term and in the last hour of the last day before the election he sat at home with hi* family and reminded the people tha' they are at p--a< free to live their ordinary lives, to do and say and worship as they please "Tomorrow " he *aid "of ail day* they will he free to choose their own leaders In our polling plac es there are no storm trooper* or secret police to look over our shoulders as we mark our ballot* "After the ballots are counted, the real ruler* of this country will have had their say. After the ballot* are counted, the t'nited States will still be united There can be no argument* about the essentia! sac t that in our desire to remain at peace by defending our democracy, we are one nation and one people " Willkle spoke during a midnight to 1 a m. rally at the Rita theater here. "I cannot say anything to you." he said, "about how well I have led this crusade Rut I can say this to you. that no man in history has ever felt a deeper sense of obligation to the cause he ha* led than I do at this time "We believe this cause is th* most sacred cause In the world, the preservation of th* free life In America. And that free way of life can be preserved only if we become a united people We must win this cause I call upon you and

Four Died in This Michigan Plane Crash Twist* wreckage it all that remains of a twin- i dead ineluded Pilot Ed Whltlnr of Chicago. Cob motor* piano which crash* near Ottrot. Mich ,in Smith. . Chicago newspaperman, f ta( and Mtt* CH four pin— is aboard Those | ministers on their waytoFUnt, Mich.

' the millions of other Americans tn carry ’his ■ ru*ade to the point where •• can again preserve the . ' liberties of the c mniry." I Willkle* -pcech overlapped the • first election return* Rc-p Joseph I-1 W Martin Jr. chairman of the •• 1 Republic an national committee checked the <1 <i I' program for a a moment to announce the* tabula- < Hou of the nrst little bundle of a vote* Mharcen N I!. with poll* t- open at the stroke of midnight had <> completed and tabulated the can'i vas* In flvo minutes i , The first return* Willkle 14 Roosevelt 7 • Shaiccti ha* gone* Republican b*- 1 > fore Hoover II Roosevelt I. In I • 1*32. Landon IS, Roosevelt 3, in l l*<W | Through th*- final hour* of elecI I Hol) eve the presidential c andidate* campaigned, expressing con r fidenc < of vie tory and firing last ■ minute salvos of protest against | the mlsre-presentatlo nos the nppoI sIHon ■ Third term third term third iite rm That was a Republican re t ain From Washington Senator Jam** F Hytnes D. R. C. mad* the- Ih lllGr tuio. gtcsWei. "Far more fundamental than the custom of no third term" he told , the In p m to midnight |b*m**c rath - audience- "is th* custom that no ' man shall be elected president without previous experience In •tat* or national public life The : c ustom I« so deeply imbedded In our politic al institutions that pricer to this year it has never leeen i hallenged Before the solemn moment of his final radio appeal as a presidential candidate Mr Willkle sharply ternplained that hl* political opposition had attacked me with a ameer campaign designed to make you question my i ecord and my mo- | t|ve«." Mr. Roosevelt was abreast of that with equally sharp objection to ' misrepresentation" whkh be •aid Republican* had undertaken to persuade- civil servants that legislation would be- put forward to jeopnrdile thc-tc pension position ROOSEVELT IS I CONTI Nt'ED FROM PAGE ONE! Washington In this, hi* last word to rhe vot ers before the polls open, the president contrasted the peace of the i'ntted Rrates with the war condition* of Europe Today, he •aid American* vote a* free men with no "storm trooper*' watching how they mark their ballots "In every political campaign” he continued th* question on which w>- all finally pas* judgement through the ballot box I* •Imply thl* whom do I think is the candidate be* (qualified to act | a* preaident. or governor, or sen ator or mayor or supervisor or - county commissioner during the next term’ i "It is that right, the right to determine for themselves who l should be their own officer* of i government, that provide* for the < people the most (ecwerful safeguard 1 of our democracy The right to | place men in office at definite, t fixed date* for a specific term i* I the right which will keep a free I people always free "Dictator* have forgotten — or I perhaps thay never knew — the - basis upon which democratic gov- i ernment is founded that the opln- 1 lon of all the people, freely formed I and freely expressed, without fear or coercion. I* wiser than the opln- ' lon of any one man or any small. i group of men "We have more faith In the col- I lectlve opinion of all Americans i than in th* individual opinion of- - one American ‘ Yoifr will la a part of the great will of America Your voice I* a part of the great vok-e of America. X x x “After th* ballots are counted.'.

i the real ruler* of this country wll i have hud their nay. as they have • had II every two year* or ever) | four years during out whole nation ■ al existence t After the ballots are mittited * the I'ntted H'aies of America will Still Ih- united 3 EARLY RETURNS CntfTIMVRM FROM FAO It ONB Virpiai*. an Incemplst* tally from M precinct* from Marian county gave RoOMVCtt I*i<: Wltlhi*. *M. •t Leu is. Me.. Nev. 5-4 Uh —lncemptete unofficial return* from !l of Mctteun't 4,4*4 precincts gave Reotevoit 17M: Willkle. 2.0 H. The return* were from rural district*. Carrollton. Ga . Nev 3 —41.01 —Of the first *OO person* to vote in the main Carrollton precinct thi* morning. 372 east Ballot* for Pret.dent Rooosvelt and it f«r Wendell L Willkle. Mt Washington, M»»*. Nev s—Hjpj—This Berkshire county town today gave Wciikie 12: Roosevelt 10. In ’*!• tn* vot* was Landon 2d. Rooeeve't 13. Pointe Au* Barque*. Mich., Nov 3—dJ.lO—Th.* hamlet on the very tip of Michigan'* "thumb" ms-ntacnod it* record today for bring th* state's first precinct to report It gave Roosevelt 2. Willhi* 11. Hart * Location. N H . Nov. 3— UP) — Becond New Hampshire community to report election today. Hart* Location gave for President Roosevelt 5. Willki* 1. In 1433 it gave Roosevelt 11. Landon 4. BLAME FAULTY ■ CONTINI'Kh FROM FaclW o!Vk' west coast to New York Th* drod were Fey. of Oakland t'al Handegren and Mi*» Satidino., nf Alamr-da t'al ; Mr and Mrs H i' Mult of Detroit. F Dybdahl. of Fergus Falls. Mian . Joe faffi-ro. of Oakland. Mr and M-< I. Wil*<m of Maywood 111. and G I. Si.-vcnimn of Sacramento, t'al BITTER CAMPAIGN cCONTIMVICD FROM FAOB -•!»<• tire day. answering calls to various precincl*. Several precinct* reported that their reserve supply of iiallots was running short and extra tsslto:*' were taken to them At one voting place- the clerk was summoned to aid In settling a minor disturbance A woman holding a poll iMMik insistecl on gMli'ig Inside the- voting place, because of the Inclement weather Rhe refused to listen to the precinct sheriff wdto advised her that no one except the workers and the voter* were permitted within the place A compromise that placed the lady In an auto near the polling place was reached howevor. i before the clerk arrived In South St. .Mary* precinct at Pleasant Mill*, a number of ballots were mutilated when ink was aplll ed over the supply The Im I lot* were replaced by the election I board member*. An extra county ballofh were printed after noon today under the supervision of the elec , tlon Icoard members These Isal-1 lot* were printed as a precaution , ary measure because of the heavy , vot* County clerk Clyde Troutner. who was planning to take a few extra minutes ot sleep this morning. was called *l>out 3 o'clock liy an Inspector inquiring where the lead pencU* were Mr Troutnor

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Safety On Indiana’s State Highways y Increased By line Os Modern Signs II ■ ■_ kqaasflMwaiMmmwsswiMiaaw . ■ until iMWtwnw* -Wb> •»«»■ «wReflector.*** S.gn* ot an intersection

Proper marking of Indiana* teg thousand miles of state highways for the safety and information of motorists has become an important | re.pon*iblllty of the State Highway ('omml*sion. it waa pointed out today by T A Dk us. < halt man. Approximately a quarter of a milllion dollars Is expended annually ! by the t ommissioß for marking th* . roads in the state system While | thl* involve* maiatenaate of stop•ndgo alffMls and the caatweii*** the painting of warnings on pavements at railroad crossings and Use of a reflectorixed yellow line to designate no-pa««ing aones. sign maintenance is a major Item In the - highway budget lleflecHirired "stop" signs, slmll lar to the one pictured above, cost l

' Informed the Inspector that the pencils were in the hag with the state tickets Mr. Troutner said that he received five or six calls from the Inspector* relative to the i lead pencils and then decided to I come to office Interest In the election, which j climaxes a heated campaign was of i course the main reason for the heavy vote 1i waa pointed out. also, that the rainy weather kept farmer* from getting Into fields for shredding and doing mher work, thns allowing them Hme and the opportunity to cast their votes No returns on the election In the, county are expected to be available qu< h liefore 4 o'clock tonight Workers will lie on duty Boon after the polls close, however, to furnish the public with report* Results may be obtained by telephoning either 1 uoo or I not A bulletin hoard In the newspaper office window will also carry the ■ ounty vote by precincta and will lie posted as *oon as they are re- ' reived • -- ■ -' —- o~ ■— - ARRIVALS Mr and Mrs Fronds Coyne aro the parents of a five-pound txry born at the horn* southwest of l»e-1 <atur at 2:l* a m today This Is i the fifth child in the family DRAFT LETTERS CIWTINUKI. FSMMI FAUK <>NBt 1* Karl Frederick Nyffeler 1*54 23 James Emmert Hurst Id? 2? -Francis William D H'ults IMP 2* Hugh David Moaaei i<2 23—Ralpf. Vernon Deam 144? IP—William John Cripe 24X4 31—Homor Author Aachliman 14? 31—Herman Willard Krick 1100 . 31- Wayne Merrill Johnson 1155 114-Floyd Everett Anderson 2510 35 Wayne Edward Reuaser 3*3 33—Harold James Rhoaf 2527 37—Gorald Vincent Zimmerman 12H 73—Earl George Fuhrman 1234 33—Rrwfn Fred Fuelling 31 4o -Carl Robert Norr 153 |4! Emil H Reiter 243? 41—Alden Leroy Babcock 373 41- Adrian Gale Burke 112 44 Willard Freman Rprunger IXS 45 Richard Earl Bheets 2403 44 -Virgil D Yoder 2404, 47—Norman Calvin Wlnteregg 1342 43-Marlon Elliot Laturner 10k 4»--Arthur (Ttarlea Frane l<M» *0 Charle. William Whitman 2*3 j ITALY CLAIMS xwuisu«i> rsos rsu* on*, i . 1.,.the port. Earlier the official news agenef had said in a dispatch from the Al-banlan-Greok frontier: "Th* Italian advance la not fulm i sou a Hike t hander or lightning I owing to rain and scarcity of road*. Th* en*my reaction la strong In the Janina Agion and It is undeniable that the Greek divisions are perfectly armed, but they cannot be compared to the Faaclat war I machino.” 1 An Halloa break through the Meta us line 'nf defense, which the lleoto Doi Carlino dispatch implied would mean that Jantaa. the key city at the southern end of the Greek-Italian front, would be in Imminent danger. WILLKIE MAKES ■ vWTWroNM F»»W FAOB OWM» and waaknaeo from within that caused the democracio* of Europe to collapse before totalitarianism " b* continued. “7 can't any anything to you aboat haw wall I can or have lad thia entsado. bat I can aay thio to yoa: that no man in all the history ot time baa ever fait a deeper dedication or sens* of obligation to the cause that he has lad than I feel to this cause that i lead. "And we must win. w* must win this eauae, . . I call upon you and the million* of other American*. . .

• imut |1« rorh or *hout ten time* 'a* muih a* the same sign without I that reflector qualities. There I* a I similar difference in coat for other ■ types of «lgn* u**d along the state highway* Due to th* ufety vale* of the reflector signa, they are Standard marking on all heavily * traveled routes In the stgte ays- . tem. Observance of the "fltop” a»d other caution sign* Is one of the niajur cualtibuiions which the individual motorist can make to In- < reaae safety on the highways. Kkich sign has been placed by experienced traffic engineer* to pre•ent a definite mesnaa* to th? mo ( torist but observance at th* me»•age la the responsibility of the motorist

. I to carry thl* ernude to the point ■ where we then can begin to save America and preserve the liberties iof this great beloved country of I our* " ,| . < ... (’uh Scout*, leaders Meet Friday Afternoon Decatur Cah Scout* and leaders will gather at the new Scout building at Hanna-Nuttman Park Friday afternoon at 4 o'clock There will lie an official in*pe<iion and pack roll call under the supervision ot a representative from the Fort Wayne offke of the Hoy ftcouta of Amerl ><a. All boys who expect to be Cub Scout* duHng the year are urged to register in advance of this date so aa to he eligible for this event. Registrations will be received by Bryce Thoma* at the Lincoln school, and by Rev Alvin Jasinski at the St Joseph's school A camp supper will lie served to all lioys and leaders following the . program of Inspection and the roll I a call Cubs and Den Chiefs are urged to wear their uniforms for the occasion g I To Insulate Home Under Hoodiixhte — An Innovation In bum* Insulation will be shown the public Wednesday night by the Ashbaucher Tin Shop when the residence of Dan M Niblick. 221 North Fifth street | will be insulated under floodlights from * 30 to 3.10 p. m. GREEK TROOPS i CON rINXJKH KROM ** < sst uMBi was said, and dropped 4A bag* of flour and 15 sacks of barley and 30 bale* of hay into the Greek line* after circling to hall what they thought waw an Italian fore*. Greek machine gunners responded with a blast ot fire which downed two low Dying planes. who«e crows, including a major from tbe Italian general headquarters, were made prisoners. It waa said. "Our aircraft canted out bombing raids and machine gunned with great «u<ces* concentrations of motor trucks and enemy troops al Various points on the front,” the high command communique said. Well informed quarters asserted ' that this terse •tatement covered •mashing raids by Greek plane* and British Wellington bombers on ' all sorts of Italian objective*. I The Wellington*, it was aald, bombed Italian embarkation porta on the east coast of Italy itself, including Bari and Brindisi, bombing men and munitions, and also bombed Banti Quaraatl. on the Albanian coast near Corfu, the chief port of debarkation British bombers escorted by Greek fighters bombed Tirana and other Albanian town*, it was asaertsd. and bombed and machine gunned motonaed Italian columns who ware pinned helplessly In narrow mountain paaae*. Os Italian aerial activities th* mlniatery ot public aafoty said “Yesterday * air raids were directed against noncombataat Piraeus, Volo. Kastoria and smaller vlljlage*. There worn few casualties and damage waa Insignificant No ' military objective* were bit. A 1 plane which attacked Piraeus bore Oreek marking*." CLOSE INDIANA oogrriNUßD fbub raaa owb. i Ha belting waa reported to be ex- > tremely heavy on both the stale ' and national race*, with much even money In sight. Some partisans i were taking wagers that Lieut I Gov Henry F. Schrlcker the Dem- > ocratic nominee for governor, will ’ win even though Willkle earrla* ■ Hie auto. Another enthuelaet bat > that th* Democrats would carry I Allen connnty. even though It la concede* to be strong Republican i territory. I However, moot obaqrvei* believe that If th* Republican party can

i come from northern Indiana to a|i j line running through th« state east ' and •*•' Do* Indianapolis with upward* of a IS'*"' vote lead 'hey I will Win the election Lok* county appear* to I* defl I nlirly llenwHrallr. and It la a < question of the slxe of the vote, i Thl* must he off.rt by large <l<» P i margins In th* **<-«t»d. fourth, fifth and tenth distrbta to balance the , normally Dem™ rath 1 territory to , the south. Marton county with,, an eligible registration of Jog noo votes, will see an extremely < lose , race In the opinion of most eb- ( server* i Fred Bays, stat* Democratic ( chairman, asserted that his organ- i laatton will return » very sub- i •tantlal majority" for President I Roosevelt and the entire ticket I Anh N Bobbitt, state Republhan

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