Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 38, Number 290, Decatur, Adams County, 7 December 1940 — Page 1

XXXVIII. No. 290.

ITALY SEEKS TO STEM GREEK ADVANCE

ELECTED RESIDENT OF ESTATE GROUPS K, Doan To Head State ■dii'H' 'nd Trustees ■ Variation* v i-ii - Imli . *X«lll|> offlcl ll it,.- closing ses*hm - Filday In tb.-j . . ~i Indianapolis ' 1t... .Hur «ii. (i i ■ u .i Minion county I. n( of ’h.- ,i«.o. i.< ' i ,v pul>ll*her <rf ■ merrlal. legal news■K . -I! r-r-«ry It.- IBH. '-.c i hnrlf. M lira ,ni governor > nJ leer* ixtl'.Ol«|M>tl John I* Bal* . .uiiniy recorder of . |.r- • I'l'-rr UIo I". . minty . > pi .--ident ilao f|.-< p ■ I .11 , Township fitoil. largest of th.ip« m 'ft.- g--n--t.il ixsodn'lon in ■ ■ -Ing Itoan'n* piesldm' , ffl. er* Otto W >ll. of H'- . . 11. Iman of l.«k- . I Wiseman of A l> n » presiib-n'-I 'iii'li of Htillivnn presidents •.. I.y a vole of <5 to Si i resolution (ailing for h.H woilM require ~lees' pool relief > township the trustees i Hti-es' poor relief > ■ inht .1 ilw laiatloti from Il trustee of 'Wayne \tl.n county. that re she action sinh legi* « be sought at the m-i' sss-.mhly .. -es approve.) a one of them (ill* n 1.1 the pre.. nt sy.t. m |"< appeal* to the of any tat rate that matlmum provftl. I b» lutloti proposed 'll,. ...IvhtK public u.lf.i'.' W l"\ liayinent* be i. fu-. <lh. ■ townxhip • m . itranrdinary cases Candidates j File Expenses l-t'i two candidate* to file • Edward E L’.hty of uuauocesaful Republican ■ Buys Health Bond Research club has voted of a 45 health bond. ■f'STMAi n ® rU!s ot lh ; ' ■ SEALS Christmas seal campaign In Ad eras county an flounced today HiL’-J -MaJ* All proceeds (tom mas Seal sales ar< * “‘“’d 1,1 flgh" on *°*ta ■nrl IO pur w °"»s fross darnourlshed ■ hil dren. i w r a n\ 1 1 ;»«n-pyj

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

George Mclntosh Is Taken From Hospital Oeorye Mrlatosh. local harbsr. wa« released yesterday front the Adam* county memorial hospital. Where he had been confined since he was Injured in an auto-truck • rash. Ortoher ?. Mr Mclntosh sustained a fractured left leg, shock and other Injuries in the crash. Injuries rarely••d by his wife m the same accident proved fatal on October I*. The accident occurred at the junction of federal road 224 and Ohio state road «. east of the Ind-iana-Ohlo state line on the morning of October ?. LAPORTE SEEKS TO AVOID BOOM Hopes To Avoid False Boom In Influx Os Defense H orkers M Porte Ind. Dec T tUJO -La Porte, eapeitlng an Influa of between 4 <mio and Soou workers Ini’ the neat few miHilhs today seeks to avoid becoming Indiana's w mid boom town The flsssMl ut workers will lie added to the payrolls of the Kingsbury ordnance projes l, a |J' 000 ■ mro army shell loading plant, and ss-cond of three big national defense projects In the state Number one Is Charlestown. Where a ISO.OifO.OBO smokeless powder plant mushroomed a r-ommun ity of W 0 Into a city of several thousand within a few weeks The army also l» planning a dd.OOO acre ordnance proving ground near Madison which will coal an estimated |IS,d*O.OOO to |2u.<fOO.ooo The Kingsbury project bore, originally designated as the Vnlon Center shell loading plant, will occupy 13 000 acres and conalat of approalmately 400 separate build Ings. I’nion Center io a railrood stop lying within the tract and Kingsbury Is a village on the edge of it. Pour railroads adjoin the tract. Ho far. only a few hundred work era. moatly rarpentera and masons have been engaged, conatructlng the administration building, and fem-lng the tract By Jan 1. general <-onatrurtion contractors. Hates and Rogers of Chicago, espect Io increase payrolls gradually until more than 4.000 men are employed When the plant la completed, about f 000 employes. approalmately half of them women, will lie hired to load the sheila, guard the plant, or work In administrative capaclties To prevent the added employables from becoming a municipal problem In LgPorte, the contractors. army ordnance officials headed by Major Benjamin T Rog ers. and the state employment service have worker! out a decentrafiled program of hiring "It la hoped that local cities and towns can furnish sufficient workers to mlnlmlge lumm-town effects.’ Major W J D'Kapinosa told the Cnited Press The alate employment service already has applications from SO 000 workers within W tulles of UPtrrte As LaPorte surplus labor Is called tin additional labor will be drawn in an "ever widening circle" from the surrounding area. . . Within a few weeks, the employment service will open a clearing house in the plant administration building, and through this will draw on 17 northwestern Indiana employment offices for the men needed Meanwhile Major li'Espittoas announced the army Is endeavoring to have hi II road a a»d bus arrange scheduled so workers from surrounding towns can commuteSo far the ordnance department has opposed the construction either by the V H housing authority or the connty of a low cost housing project In UPorte Lumber Plants Are Tied Up By Strikes Seattle. Wash.. Dec 7 The Pdctflc northwest lumber industry vital to the nation’s army mobillMtlon Plans, was lied W today by a combined walkout of ArL and CIO unions. The strike which began a week ago tn isolated logging camps odiv had spread throughout the InStry to.imostevary milling flnishuig Plant in Washington and °Mor" than l».00v men either were w Sy on -trike or were forced out of work by plants closed by labor disputes.

ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ADAMS COUNTY

QUESTIONNAIRES SENT DRAFTEES Fifty .More Question* nairen Sent Out By Selective Service Board An addltloal group of questionnalres was mailed out Friday evening by the Adams county draft board It was stated today by Miss Imrls Nelson, draft board clerk. The quest iimnalr-s were mailed to men. whose county order num Iters are In those numbers 20l to 2Se Inclusive. Joseph Carl Hower, the latest | ntan to volunteer for selective service. was espected Io 1* placed In i lass |-A by the draft board in Its meeting today. He has successfully itassed his physical rum and i will he placed at th.- top of the I Hat. The names of the men to whom questionnaire, were mailer) today, I preceded by their county order numbers 201 Dale Kdward Biller. 202 James Corvin VanHkymk. 2«i3 Charles Everett Hatley 204 Maurh-e Vaughn Franklin. 2'ts Theodore Herman Witte. 2o« Philip Gibson Robinson. 207 John Francis R< hurger. 201 Arthur Edward Neadstlne. 2OV Arlle Ellenberger 210 George John Trit ker. 211 Jesse Emerson Clark 212 Elmer Charles St (trader. 213 George Freedom Carpenter. 214 Jerome Anthony Grothause. 215 Barnard Francis Meyers. 214 Tillman Oscar Biller. i 217-Oswtn M Amstutl 211 James Calvin Moses. 21* Noah Daniel Mazelin. 220 Dewey Kuhn 221 William Irwin Porter 222 Noah Elmer Hlrschy. 223 Frank Simon 224 William Aleiandet Bunner. 225 Howard F.liey 2M Wendell Smith Sheehan 227 Forest Francis Baker. 22k Lyle LaVerne Take 229 Helmuth Henry Oldenburg. 230 -Daniel Conner Neal 231 Harold George Sauer. 232 Francis Earl Tester. 333 Rl< hard J Settle 234 Roman Joseph Brite. tCWNTINtfim ON PAGE THHEhi RECORD PRICES ATSTOCKSHOW International Stock Show History Chicago. Dec 7 <U.P> Pockets of the nation's cattlemen and farmers were stuffed today with an estimated 4l.3M.ddd gathered from sales and prlies awarded at the 41st International live stock capoalt lon, Racord sales anti premium prices in almost every division, many of them prompted by forecasts of an improved market outlook for 1941. made the eiposltlon the largest show In the history of the Inter national. Highest previous estimate of sales and prile totals had been 4l.oott.tmo. the figure set consistently for the last few years. The top price bull ot the Hhorthorn breeding cattle sale brought 41,500 Which show offh’lala said was the highest price in 20 years The total of the auction of breed Ing stock was about 44*.000 Crfrlot cattle returned approlimately 4175.000 with the top load of feeder cattle alone bringing 425 per hun dred weight. The top price for carlot lambs was 42« which was 43 above the figure for last year. The average price on carlot hogs was 47 23. the beat In three years There was a general feeling of optimism among dealers and buy era Blds were placed more freely than they were last year and there was a greater Interest In the pure bred stock used to Improve the quality of herds. Many sales were completed outalde the auction rings for breeding cattle and the total value of stork sold In thia manner went unrecorded. o — TEMPERATURE READINOE DEMOCRAT THERMOMETER gtOO a. m M 10:00 a. *• 11:00 a. m •• WEATHER Fair tenlght and Sunday; teeter tonight.

Decatur, Indiana, Saturday, December 7, 1910.

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HOLIUAI SPIRIT PERVADES CITY City Decorated For Holidays; Store* Plan Eve* ninx Opening Time Activity In the dty is cute, ted to be greatly Intensified here licit week as Christmas shopping reaches nearer Its peak before the holidays arrive. Despite the unseasonable weather of the past two or three days, holiday shopping spirit has been prevalent on all sides. Comments on me unusual nt treetlveness of display windows in the stores of the dty have been numerous Colored street light lilies and the decorated Christmas tree on the court house lawn, as well as individual Christmas "trimmings' have added further to the color of the (M-caslon. The majority ot the stores In the dty are not elpeded to remain open nights to accomodate shoppers until week after nest. Several have signified their Intentions of starting to stay open evenings on D.-<emlter IS. while some have staled that they may not start until later that week Jewelry stores, which have been staying open some at nights for Ihe past week, are alt eipecled to remain open an eitra three or four hour*, starting Monday night. The majority of the stores voted their disapproval of a plan for closing on Christmas Eve at the customary week day dosing time. The upturn In shopping la egpeded to climb Steadily until it reaches Its cllmas Christmas Eve as shoppers feverishly make attempts to do last minute purchasing.

Committees Appointed To Conduct Good Fellows Club

Committees to conduct the work of the Good Fellow* duh In Decatur were announced today All committee appointees are members of the Delta Theta Tan sorority. whl< h ha* »poll»ored till* dub for a number of year*. Mr* Kenneth Fllttner i* genera! chairman, and Mr* Charles E. Holthouse Is publicity chairman Other committee* are a* follow*: Investigating - Dolores Leonard. Jeanetl.. Hol tho use, Monica Schmitt. Irene Holthouse, Mildred Acker ’ Sorting— Mary Murphy. Ann Young Bette Young. Margaret Wertiberger. Martha Meyers. Jessamine Kelley Betty Schneider Buying -Patricia Fllttner. Lnara Bosse, Roweua Holthouse. Margaret Sutton. Mary Miller, Martha Jane Foos

War Department Plans Two New Hospitals Washington, Dec. 7 <U.Pi The war department today authortard construction of a 2 000 cantonment type general hospital al Atlanta, Ga.. and a 1.000 lied ho*pltal of simitar type at Fort Benjamin Harrison near lndlan»|Nills The Atlanta hospital will tout 42,778.300 and the Fori Benjamin Harrison hospital aiqiroiitnately 41.525.000 The war department said construction will start soon TO BROADCAST HOLIOAYMUSIC Zion Reformed Church Will Again Broadcast Christmas Music Announcement was made today by Rev Charles H Prugh. pastor that Christmas carol* and music would be broadcast again from the steeple of the Zion Evangelical and Reformed church during the Yuletide season This will be the third year that Instrumental and vocal music will have been broadcast from the church during the holiday* Rev Prugh stat'd ihl* morning that plans had not yet been worked out for the broadcast, eicepl that decision had been made to rend'-r a program of Christmas music. In addition to the instrumental and organ recitals, a program of vocal number* will probably be given by (he vested choir. There I* a probability of other church < holr* joining in the program The first program will likely be _ <-<»NI INI KU (IN CAOB THHKBI

Anyone wishing to send In nam

e* of needy families la requested to do so wltb n the nest week If you know of any needy family, where the father has not had steady work or where there has been sickness, or If a widow la trying | to care for her children, send the names to the Good Fellows club I either In care of the Dully Demo- ' crat or Mrs Kenneth Fllttner Winchester street, phone 149# Friday. December 2« Is the final date to receive names, as Investigation will lie completed and Ihe buying In progress The sorting must lake place and be finished by Monday In order that deliveries ■ may be made Christmas eve. The club regret* that It I* impossible to take care of needy rural families.

Duce Sends Reinforcements Into Albania; Greece Plans To Carry War To South Italy

REPORTGERMAN j PEACE MOVE IN WAR IN GREECE Nazitt Apparently Irked By Italian Reverse* In Warfare London. Dec * <U.F> Diplomatic quarters said today that Huron Frani Von I’apett. tierman ambassador to Turkey, has at tempted through Turkish media lion to arrange peace or al least an armialh-e In the Italian-Greece host Illi lea. Diplomatic reports reaching lam t don from Belgrade said that Papen had dlsrussed possibility of an I Italtan-flreek armlatlTe with Turk | ish foreign minister Sukru Barai (oglu but it was believed that j Greek premier John Melakan, whose armies still are scoring vic- | lories against the Italians in Albania. has shown no enthusiasm for Germany's efforts. The Belgrade newspaper Polltlka Vreme was reported In Belgrade to have received Infor- , matlon froiu Berlin that Haracoglu j soon might meet .Metasas at HalonI Ika as result of Papen’s reported efforts to use Turkish Influence ! with Greece In favor of an armistice. i’apen was said to nave suggest ed to Haracoglu that Greece could have peace by repudiating Britain's guarantee to defend Greek independence As a "reward." It was • reported Greece would lie allowed to participate in Adolf Hitler a new order for Europe and receive a German pledge sltnllar to that given to Rumania Huth a pledge Would replace the British guarantee Io Greece Reports of I’apens activities ' were not confirmed In any official | quarter nor were there any IndiI cations that Metasas was inclined l to listen to the I’apen suggestions Diplomatic quarters here attrib- : uted l*a|ien’s alleged peace move I mainly to the serious reverses which Greece has Inflicted on Italy But the move also was attributed to Hitler's desire to re More sufficient tranquility in Greece to enable Germany to ole tain much needed chrome, fruits, raisins and other Greek produce needed by Germany Turkish circles In Ixmdon lielleved that Greece would continue In the war. It was pointed out here that Britain has kept her pledge and has given Greece the inasimuin of armed aid and sii|r piles Turkish quarters here were candid in laying that they had been Impressed favorably by the estent of the British support to the Greeks. CHURCH PLANS FOR PROGRAM Special I’rtjjcram At First U. B. Church Sunday Morning A special program will be presented at 9:14 o'clock Sunday morning In the children s department of the First L'nlted Brethren church. The complete program follows: Song. "Give of the your best to the Master.” Scripture. "Christmas Story." Prayer. Playlet. "Christmas Stewardship” Aunt Alice. Helen Sheets, mother. Estella Franklin: children George Rosaelot. Patsy Evans, Joan Death. Poem, "Stewardship " Claea period. Announcements and offering, birthdays. Benediction. All children who will take part In the Christman program to he given Sunday. December 15. ure asked to meet Sunday afternoon at 1 o'clock and every evening neit week after school.

COUNH DEATH TOLL IS HIGH Eleven Traffic Fatalities In First 10 Months Os Year Adame county's traffic fatality reconl for the first 10 month* of the year was the highest of any county In the stale for it* site Such was the tepoit ot the governor's coordinating safety committee and Indiana traffic safety 1 council, received In a bulletin today With five of th>- deaths occurring In the first 1# months not Included, the county ranked 20th In the num ties having 15.000 Io 30,000 popula lion, for an average of 30 04 per- ' i cent estimated yearly rate |ter 1 ' 100.000 population There are 25 . counties In this class According to the t riffle figures compiled by deputy sheriff Leo Gllllg. five deaths are not Included In this report i These five Include the four tm-tn Iters of the Harley Kistler family. , who were killed late In October at . rhe EleVi-llth street crossing of the . Erie railroad, and the death of i Tom t'olchln. who died late the same month after Itelng struck by I an auto In downtown Dec atur , The all Included In the report are' Mrs Charles Teeple. killed east of the city on federal road 334; Agnes Koor. south of the city . on federal road 37: Jacob and Cath erine Hchwartt south of Monroe ion 27: Ram Harger and Milton i Beppert. west on road 224 Marion county, of which Indiana|M>ll* Is the comity seat had the ' , highe* (number for the l<t months iPLAN MEETING ON RECREATION I State ■ Wide Recreation Banquet At Indianapolis Tuesday A state wide recreation hanquet I will be held at the lllvlera dull in Indianapolis neit Tuesday evening Jb-cember I#, at fi 30 o'< lock > Theme of the meeting will be ''Recreation and National D»- . tense" The principal speaker will . be G Ott Romney, national recren l lion director He has been In con • slant contact with the latest d,- . sense plans In Washington and . throughout the nation In addition to Mr. Romney. | representatives from the l’nlted . States army and navy who will r take part In lite program will be Col W S Drysdale acting com mander. and Capt Clifford S Miller. public relations department. Fort Benjamin Harrison and <' A Griffiths, commander. I' S navy, third naval reserve area The banquet and meeting will be | for lay committees In charge of recreation work throughout the l (CnNTINCUtI ON PSIO4 TMHKKt ’ o —— Local Man’s Uncle Dies In Illinois •Phil Sauer and son, Harold, of this dty; John Hauer of Orslan and Mrs. N Pfifer of Fort Wayne left 1 this morning for Pekin. Illinois to attend the funeral services for Ad am Mlosslnger. 93 The d«w«ed ' was an uncle of Mr Hauer. - —-■<» —— — Two Army Airmen Killed In Crash Chanute Field. Rantoul. HL. Dec. . 7 GJ.» An army plane, misaing since It look off from this government air field at 4:45 p m. yesterday. has crashed near Camobellaburg. Ky, and the two occupants are dead, officials announced today I Officials said the plane carried t gas enough io last only to 3 a tn i today Thi-y listed the dead as : second lieutenant Gordon V Kil I mer pilot, and staff sergeant Owen E Cecil.

Price Two Cento.

Greek, British Warships Plan Full Use Os Porto Edda As Base For Drive On South Italy. CONTINUE DRIVE Washington, Dee. 7—<UJt“ President Roosevelt, in an aschange of telegrams with King George II of Greece, today pledged U. S aid to the court try "which is defending itself eo valiantly against aggression.” Athens. Dee 7 IUP> The Hal* lan army has flown relnfon ementa hitu Albania In an attempt to halt the Greeks. Italian prisons brought to Greek headquarters said tiMliiy, The reinforcements were arriving In a steady atream the prisoners reported Rome of the prisoners left Italy only four days ago and Immediately were thrown Into battle. They fell Into Greek hands In the Argyrokastron sector. Greek headquarters here awaited news of the fall of Argyrokaa* tron. after yesterday's occupation of Porto Edda. Government spokesmen said that Greek and British warships would make full use of Porto Edda "In tin- coming offensive against southern Italy." *0 miles away. Modernised by Italy to serve a« a base tor the Greek campnign. and named for Benito MussoHnl'a daughter. Countess Edda Ciano the port has been rechriatened Aghla Saranda <4O saints) by the Greeks and will be so d'-signaled henceforth In the Greek war dlspati he*. It Ilea at the lower end of thss Straits of Otranto, across whlilt Daly shuttles her trmtps and supplies. Its capture yesterday, and a further Greek advance on Argyrokastron. Otte of the few remaining Italian strongholds hi this sector, assures that Greece mhui will <<mtrol all south Albania a -polreoman said. On the north front the twopronged Greek drive toward Elba*an. key to central Albania, continued. (Reports at Struga. on the Jugoslav frontier said Hie Greek colNimn from Pogradec had reached the village us Hoput. west of tho Mokra mountain range, only It mile* southeast of the Elbasan road which runs i-ast to laike Ochrida Tin- Greek column from Moakopoll, moving on a parallel line io the Pogradec colnmii. wan «uld to be 15 tulles northwest ot Moskopoll. ailvamliig slowly down ihe valley of the Tomorlca river, a tributary of the Devoll. Thin position was about 30 miles southeast of Elbasan i The caplure of Argyrokaslron, reported In Jugoslav frontier dispatches, was not confirmed here. At last reports, however the Italians were said Io be falling back from Argyrokaslron to T'-pelinl. 15 miles northwest and the Greeks, advancing from captured Premedl, were said to have repulsed a strong counter attai k yesterday between Argyrokaslron and Tepelinl. The Greek forces marching into Porto Edda were said to have been led by captured Italian armored cars, flying blue and white Gre« It pennants. The Greeks marched In mNTINVKD ON PAGR THKKBj' Examinations Listed Under Civil Servicd Announcement ha* been madn through the Dseatnr post office of open competitive civil service eg. aminations on the following post* tlons: Associate animal lon director, 43.300 per year: bindery operative, 6*> cents per hour. 40 hours per week Applications will also Im received at the Washington offico of the civil service commission until November 30, 194! for (bo position of eiploslves chemist, with salaries ranging from 42R00 to 4S.4off per year Full information may be received and application forms secured front Francis R Costello, secretary of Hie civil service eiamiuera al tbq local post office.