Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 39, Number 41, Decatur, Adams County, 17 February 1941 — Page 5

HdaY. FEURt’ABY 17, 1941.

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[tries, and polnthd Mt that these - were also •« Important detenu* factor. He continued to say tbit strengthening o< Japanese econotny was «l*i> necessary fro a. 'he view petat of Japan * construction of a greater Last Asia co-prosperliy sphere." Il was then that he aaked 1 .upporl of the people sot the Im|k>i tat loti of Herman technician* and Invention* He added that the military commi*don *a* already fanctloning Kid ted pre** dlapalchea reported that American »hip captain* In ' the Pacific were now carrying aoal .-d inatructlon* on what to do if i war brohe oat. that Britain had concentrated tO.tMHi men on the Thailand frontier and that Britain wa* working oat Joint campaign plan* with China agaluat Japan, Vice foreign mlniater Chnlchi Ohaahl. reapondlng to aueatlona by member* of the account* committee of the lower houae. *ald "Japan I* concerned regarding the Philippine* aa Japan'* friendly netghlior. and therefore deeirea that they will not endanger Japan In future We are making effort* to that end," BRITISH WAITS JAP CHALLENGE Mine* Area Near Singapore; Increases Fighting Force London. Sept 11.- (UJO — OrMl Britain mining the approa. he* to Mingapore after reinforcing havlly It* lighting force* lu the Malay p. Inaiila. awaited a Japane»e challenge for domination of the Paclllc South Bea area* today. The mhilng of Siagapore. announaed here ami al Singapore, •trengthened belief In diplomatic quarter* that the government bad reaaon to aspect a ■imultaneou* drive by Japan agalnit the Netherland* Ka«t Indie* or Singapore ilaaelt and by Germany against the British lwl«-w and In the Balkan* through Bulgaria. Japan wa* reported making vigorous attempt* to insure that Hu*•!i maintained neutrality in It* bld for domination of the South Seas i The admiralty here and at Singapore announced y.aterday that water* off the southeast tip of the .Malay peninsula were now a dangerous sone for navigation It wa* Indicated that the area had been mined so aa to do»e the approaches to Singapore to shipping from Thailand. Indo-t’hlna. Chhia and Japan escept by secret routes known only to authorised pilot* The “dangerous'' area estend* from 2 ff degree* north latitude on the north to 1: 3S degree* north latitude and from IH:M east longitude io the Malayan coast. Mines will be laid In the above area without further notice and vessels Wishing to pass through the area must apply to British naval authorities at Singapore for a route." the admiralty said "Any vessel disresardsng these tn*tru>Hon* will do so at It* own ri»k." Britain * anslety wa* increaa< 4 by report* which persisted despite Japanese denials that Japan sought air force bases In both Thailand and French Indo-f'hftia. There wan great Interest here in

INITIATION IS r I HELD SATURDAY — I 10 et 8 Society Holdt Winter “Wreck’’ At Local Home 1 Five Legionnaire*, two from lie- < . iatur and three from Fort Wayne. ( were initiated Into volture 37, 4o et I. Fort Wayne, at the winter , promenade or "wreck" held at the I American l-eglon home In this dty , Saturday evening Throe fonner ( members of the vulture were re--1 Instated J Ray Bchornp. cnet de gar of I volture 37. assisted by some U to iO voyageurs from Fort Wayne. < onducted the Initiatory service. In addition to the Fort Wsyne members, out of town men present , included Brooks McComb, of An- ( deraon chef de gare of Indiana: I'hil K. Clements, Indianapolis, correspondent nationals; Charts* Wheeler. Lebanon sou* chef de gare. south; George Huisch and Jonathan Muidoven of Rast Chi- ■ ago. Verne Circle and Tell Gates of .Marlon, and W. Carl Graham of Fort Wayne. Also In attendance Were past Ohio stale officers, ac- i compsnled by a large group of Van 1 II Wert Delphos voyageurs. Including the mayor of Van Wert [tinner was served at 7 o'clock ' to bid voyageurs by the past pre*)- < dents' parley of Adams post 43 aulliary. The various steps of the ritual of I la sodete were administered by I 'he attitude of the Vnlted State* in favor of its declaration* iu fav-' or of the maintenance of the pres-1 ent statu* In the South Seas During the week end the British i legation at Bam kok advised Brit-1 lab women and children to leave Thailand aa soon a* possible and the British embassy at Shanghai i repeated previous advice to non- - essential Britons to leave Japan-ese-occupied parts ot China.

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the wrecking crew of volture 371 at 3 o'clock - ■(►■!"■*■ * BRITAIN’S AIR CONTHTOBO FROM PAOff ONB crisis pattern London announced that the vital eastern spproaches to the great naval bases ot Singapore -the ap proaches from which any sea foroue from Thailand French Indo China or Hainan Island would come have been sown with mines At the same time a cryptic remark was made in th* Japanese parliament by Cbulchl Ohsshl. viceforeign minister. <>ha*hl said that Jajan la "making effort*" to assure that the Philippine* shall not "endanger" Japan Ohashl gave no hint aa to what steps Japan proposed to take to assure It* security from any dangers arising In the Phlllplnes nor did he Indicate what those dangers might be However, foreign minister Yo*uhe Matauoka Indicated the client to which Japan la npandlng her war economy by revealing that nasi war technicians and nati war Inventions are being brought In to btlng Japan's military strength to an unprecedented level of CfflelenIcy Matstioka called on the Japanese people to support this effort in . every way. The Japanese press was in a fresh Burry of eicltement over I newspaper rdport* that Vnlted Ktatrs skippers of vessel* In the I Pacific trade were sailing with I sealed orders to lie opened In event war break* out between the Vnlted Ktates and Japan The Tokyo pres* ' alio devoted much attention to rej port* that 2ft 000 British troops had been concentrated on 'he Thailand , frontier of Malaya sad that the , British were dl*cii**lng joint war 1 plan* with the Chinese The Balkan* were somewhat quieter today but there sppeared to be no ground* for believing that the German threat there wa* any le«* Imminent British minister tilr Reginald Hoare, arriving at Istanbul from Bucharest, reported that 330 000

ANCIENT CHURCH TO BE RAZED I 1 samswaM** School And C'emeU*r> Abo To Be Moved From Defense Area Holurn. hid . Feb 17 AMO W»r <ame to the little ChtteUe parish of 8t Magdalina's today as mem bera of this quiet community pre , pared to move their church, theh ■, school and even their dead to mak- , way for the grim business ot nat ~ lonal defense I, The last solemn mass was held yesterday by The Most Rev. Joseph 1 K Ritter bishop of Indianapolis tn the beautiful native stone chard! which wa* built during the Civil , ( war. The pariah was established ( 311 years ago. I, Now the church, school, rectory 1 i nasi troops sre now concentrated in Rumania Nome AS.ntNt of the* , are iu the Con«tan*a area when- < th-y sre lieileved to be carrying] out embarkation esercia*-* prob | ably tn preparation ftp early move- | nient to the big Bulgarian port of > Varna. The British believed the Germans plan to move possibly 12 or , IS divisions into Bulgaria snd that I, the movement may start In a week | i or 10 days i i At the same time suspicions i, arose that the Germans may be | concentrating forces in southern i Italy In preparation for a slmul-1 taneous assaula on Greece from , | Bulgaria, Albania and possibly | Jugoslavia >- The African front wa* relatively ■ quiet with BiUlsh preparation* go | I Ing forward for a final a**ault on t K eren. Kurmuk. the last Italian-1 I held post In the Nudan. wa* recap l I tured by Imperial troop* H Home reported that the British , ate now heavily attacking Giant-L I hub. the Isolated oasis in noutb > i eastern Libya which ha* held out 1 l despite the lit itlsh coastal advance 1

and other building* must be torn 1 down so the federal government > can convert the area Into a teat mg and proving ground for defense machinery. Hundred* of person* will move from their farm home* only five famine* will remain. More than 400 gravea. *ome of them • century old. will be moved to North Madison l( E CAI SE OF tCnNTINVKD PHOM PAGB ONKi lame to go around a highway sign stationed there tn warn motorists < of the construction work on the new by pas* and that hi* car skidded almost lieudon with the one op- , erated by Jordan Both cara were badly damaged. The accident oc- ; curred about 11 a. m Ambulant* Crash** The (lllllg 4k Ikuin ambulance, driven by Herman Glliig. was badly damaged at the Thirteenth street crossing of the Erie railroad The ambulance had started up the railroad grade, enroute to the Hers-Jordan wreck to bring In the victims, when a car driven by John Andersou, of Decatur, skidded and sideswiped it. Police Chief James Border* reported No one wa*; hurt. Both vehicle* were damag- . *»' Two Escape Two person* escaped Injury I about 3:10 a. m. when a car driven by Oliver lx-e ffteiner. 27. of 1 ’ Warsaw. Ohio, skidded *ud slid In- ] to the back end of another car driv-1 en by Waldo M Berne The accident occurred on , alate road 124. west of the Cop- > pesa service station, officer Russell Prior investigated. 9 BARKLEY TELLS CONTINUID from pagw onb vote*, will open tomorrow with Ben i Bennett C Clark D. Mo. and Beu Arthur H Vandenberg. It Mich The telegram to the president, asking for food a* well a* munition* for Britain, proposed that everything possible be done to make the I'nited Htate* not only the arsenal, a* proposed by Mr

'Roosevelt, but the larder of de- I nio<mclas t "Men, no matter how brave. In order to tight victoriously on laud I and sea and In iba air, tnuat know t that starvation cannot threaten thej i home* they nre defending." the i telegram said "It Is within nur I power io »ee that *u< h a threat I doe* not materialise " I Among the signer* were James P Warburg, banker, E.nest W ' tlrhson. Jr., chairman of the com < mlttee to defend America by aiding 1 the allies; movie star* Joan Ben net.t Melvyn Douglas and Helen 1 Gahagan Mark Etheridge general ■ manager of the Louisville iKy l ■ Courier Journal; Dr John N Fiet 1 cher. of Tulau* i'nlversliy. Irving t Berlin, song writer; Robert E I Hherwraid playwright and Thomas 8 Gates, president of the i'nlver I ally of Pennsylvania ' Wheeler said he didn't believe 1 the petition would "fool the Ameri- ' can farmers" because, he charged It wa* "another move to take us i closer to war." I "It should seem strange to the < American people," he said, 'that I whenever petitions urging steps to j take us closer to war are prepares!, th- y arc made public by the White House Hut the White House does Hos make public the petitions It receives from peace-loving Ameri can cltiseM who plead with the president to keep u* out of war." There still was no hint from Hopkin* or from Ike White House i of the speclßc nature of the trip to < Britain of the president's close friend, but It wa* certain that Britisb aid plana for the Immediate

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future will be baaed on Hopkins' report A* th* Rrl'lsk-ald bill went Io the senate floor today H authorised the prrsMent to lend or lease war materials for direct or Indirect i»-n*tit* to any nation whose defense be deemed vital to the tbilted Hlale* subject to these major llmltotlone'. 1 No more than 3130ti.000.000 worth of materials on band or on order for lhe V. K army or navy shall lie given to foreign power* " 3. Congress, by a simple majority vote of both houses, may terminate the aid power* before June to. 1*43 their automatic es pt ration date and contract* made before the act's termination date must be completed by July 1. I*4o 3 Nsthlng In the bill authorises use of U. H naval vessels as convoy*, or authorise* sending of merchant ship* Inta war combat sone*. 4 Presidential authority to make lontract* or provide aid to foreign power* above the 31400.ihmi (hhi limitation on equipment now on hand or on order la subject to later congressional actum. Plearant Milin Man Reformatory Guard Glenn W Ray. son of Mr. and Mr* Harry Ray of Pleasant Mills, who ha* been employed as a guard at the federal reformatory in Chilicothe. Ohio has been transferred tn the laituna. Tesa* reformatory. He assumed hi* new du'ie* last week.