Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 39, Number 85, Decatur, Adams County, 9 April 1941 — Page 1

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ITLER’S LEGIONS SWEEP ONWARD

■[LEASE COAST I fa) CUTTERS JjO AID BRITAIN Xiithon/.cs 10 ■ Guard- RehasK rd h* Britain <uP ' saw in.t ./• .1 gRg , ~.. ,-.*•-, u.tnl .11'. . |i -n iiav,. A'hit*Mg . i'll." t Ea-iv , c.-lea,-- the m r-. >. -in. r Ur - .< i • ,h,v K f ...i i - « v .... >. ,■. 1*;» and ■ .1 Vl.Htilc against 'end IcW ||g\ .t ..f th. w,-el* to . .1 h. <|. a'uty.-Is ■. .. .J. »n..y.-r. wet*- < Nivla Scotia by . .4. sh.-ie th»- Star, | A A .'.CCS' P4<SK TIIRKKI Hu Percent Boost In ■ Hoc Prices Foreseen ■ 'a'.v . I'l'i <prii » <rr» Hi increM- tn hog i, • otid halt <rf the far . April to Sep | H*. -.>■ a|i. ted today by Hi . y agriculturist- | ■ *.< • -.he prospect- •' ■k aa-i. th.- latter part of appear 1« to 15 Hr . than a )>-«r ago h-G- ■ < -«l that a price i -.-> • ozimately SO pm r t.-<l in ly, considering burr-ti' demand for pork War Bulletins lo»,»n. Apr •.— U^ ,_ “ Th * Mt **>ipr claah between Ger British land force* »"c» Duss.rlc appeared cmmtMet toe get •» Balkan report* that Nat. panzer di--0,.0«, had split the Jugoslav r»r ■" two. opening the Varaar valley and were strtaming "to Macedonia. Athena. Apr 9 — u.P —Jugoslav armed force*, driving a3»'"tt Italian troop* tn Albania. have c rooted the Orin river w northern Albania and are (weepirg mto the interior of t»* country, a Jugoslav general headquarter* communique '•ported today. Jugoslavia apparently wae attempting to aid Greek force*, driving u p from the aouth. in knocking th* Italian force* out a* Albani* before German <*•»•* driving aero** th* narwaiat of Jugoslavia could "dk* contact With them. Wathmgton. Apr. •-—>UKi — Captain jam** Rooaoveit. the •ideet ton of th* president. ha* tentative arrangement* ta to to Jugoslavia aa U. 8. •••rine corp* observer, authoritative quarter* revealed today. ••run, Apr. g._ ux>—The German high command eaid In 1 special communique today **at sis British general*, two H«er*i , tl p officer*, and mor* **»" 2.000 men had boon cap’""td when Gorman-Italian farce, took Mekili. Libya, south ’♦ Oerna. , ••me, Apr. 9. — U.P' —The "‘••oaper Glornale D‘ Italia ••'< today that “Italian force* * Libya, aided by thoir Gerallies, yesterday arrived •' Tobruk.** Condone Apr. •*—"U£-—Naa- **•. Italy'* oldest colonial •“"f- haa been occupied by ■ritlah empire troop*. It wae '•ported reliably here today. "••Mwa I* the Red Boa port ; ’* Asmara, capital of Grltrea. ■kick fen to the British last •Wk. •••ft". Apr. 9.—< UH—Large ddmbers of civilian* were klllM »r wounded in a British air on Kisl lest night, the Germ ‘" kigh command laid teday.

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

I County Counril To Hold Special Meet Th.- Adam< rmaniy munrll will I Im railed In for a •pm lal session I rometim.- durinc ih»- w.-.'k of April I JI. Victor ElcJirr. county auditor. announ. rd 'mlay Onr of thr dunes of th<- <iMin.ll will 'lir to appoint a wm'mr of th* liquor board, complying with tn» new law which provides that one shall Im- named l.y the <ounty council one by the coun’y ...mmlssionwrs. one by the mayor of th*- largest I city In the county and the fmirth I man by the state. Dallas Hower wa* nam-d l.y the < offiinlsaioner* to the old Im. a rd and Charles Z.mmeniMn was nam ed l.y the mayor It is <tpe*ted that these appointment* will continue with the new four-man luiard UNION MEETING HELD TUESDAY Local II Hold- Public Meeting Here Tuesday Evening A large rtWWd whl. h more than I half filled the Decatur junior senior i high m h.M.I auditorium last night ,at a puldic meeting staged by Local <1 Vnlted Grain and Processing Worker* <>t America, was informed that the Central H«ya comI pany and M- Millen Feed Milla had I rejected lh>- union s offer to comI promise the wage Increase at five cents an hour and that the union turned down the company * counter off.r of S l * con's an hour i Harold I Lane, international I sec retary of the United Cannery | Workers. ('lt*. wjMNC iddre** con \ eluded th.- meeting, asserted that the local union had voted down the proposal shortly before the ..pen meeting The proposed JlgC .diet was subm.lle-l try the rowpany he said, after the tatter had rejected a five cent compromise proposed by the union, which had originally asked a !'• cent hourly boost ”We will stand pat on the five cent raise," he asserted, "and will Inform Mr Hall tHoy Hail. Me!Millen .ompanles preslJenti of the rejection In the morning " In his address. Mi la*ne toid of the union * desire to reach n peaceful settlement In the strike at the McMillen plants H- read from a financial report of the companies In answer to the teller's contention that their fluanciul statu* prevented the payment of a wage boost and compared wage* paid at the local plants with those paid in similar plants In other cities In closing. Mr. laine stated in In-half of the union, "when the strike is settled, which it will inany animosity of the union toward the companle* will i.e erased and It Is hoped that when the worker* return an organization will lie formed of which the union, the companle* and the citizens <>! Decatur will in- proud " L- E Morrison, financial secretary of Imm-sI 41. acted as chairman of the meeting and introduced the speakers First to speak wal Koln-rt Miller, president of Immul *2«. I'ERMWA. of the Decatur i General Eler trlc factory. *We I (CnMTiNURi. ow panic vtvbi DEATH CLAIMS JACOB BOERGER Retired Root Township Farmer Die* Tuesday Evening Jacob F Hoerger. 72. retired Root township farmer, died last night at * o'clock at the home of hl, (.rother. Otto l»eath was attributed to complication*, following an lllne*s of all year, He was born In Root town,hip March 12. 1««». the ,ott of Mr and Mrs. Jacob Boerger. and was a life-long resident of the township. He was a life long memta r of the Ht. .Peter', Lutheran church. The brother I, the oflly near survivor Three sisters and four brothers are deceased Funeral service, will be held Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the home and 2:M ® , ctock at ih* church. With Rev. L. J. Dornwlf officiating. Burial will be In th* church cemetery. The body will b® returned from the Zwlck funeral hom-- to the brother's residence In Root townehip this evening and may be viewed there.

'SEN. SHEPPARD TAKEN BI DEATH I "Father Os Prohibition’* Dies In Hospital At Washington Washington. Apr. * <U.P> Ren. i Morris W Hheppard. D. Tel. the 1 dean of congress and the "father of | prohlbitbm." died early today of an intra-cranial hemorrhage at WalI ter Reed hospital He Was M Hheppard was stricken at hl* home last Friday but the seriousness of hl, illness was not reveal- ! ed until yesterday when Dr. Oeorge i Calver. congressional physician, i announced In a spe< lai bulletin | 'that the senators <ondltion was I "considered critical ’* Sheppard was < hairman of the | senate military affair* committee I I whh h had a heavy hiad of leglste- | live work during the past year. Cali ver said the senator had shown the ; effect* of overwork and strain for » I several Weeks. ’ | Hheppard was short and genteel. I dapper and somber; had a valedic- ! - torlan manner. The favorite capltai sobriquet for him wa* "the liti He Hheppard of kingdom come." Hheppard bad served lb the »en- i . ate for 2N year* and prior to that he served 11 year* In the house. During that time he had devoted hl* time especially to two subjects prohibition and army problems I On prohibition he never surrend- I ered his conviction and each year since I*ll. the senate has halted II It, bu,lnes* on Jan. 11. —the efi fectlve date of the prohibition amendment to hear Hheppard deI I liver a commemorative oration He - was toauthor of the l*th amend-1 - merit. I He was considered an authority . .XTIXt Kl> "N PAOK THRkKJ Tw« Tulip Treen Are Prenented To Hospital — 1 TWO tulip trees were planted yes- ' terdsy on the front lawn of thr Ad- i ' a-ats <oumy memorial hospital | 1 which will add to- the attractive , nea* of the grounds. Thr trees r wete a gift to the hospital from I the civic section of the W'oman's ’ c lub and the Decatur Gard-n club ELI SPRUNGER DIESSUODENLY 1Former Prominent Decatur Resident Die* At Bluffton Home Ell Hprunger. 71. for many year* a rraldent ot Decatur, died suddrii--1 ly at 11 JO o'clock Tuesday night at hi, home. 412 East Market ! street. In Bluffton His wife, overcome by shock, fainted and was unable to summon aid until after 2 o'clock this morning. Mr. Hprunger for many year, ! wa* an Importer of Belgian horses. . and wa, recognized a, one of the leading stockmen of the middle west. He served Mveral years as , a Judge at the International livestock ezposltlon at Chicago. He was born in W’ells county J January 21 IM«3. the son of Abra- i ham and Katherine Moser Sprung- | er. He married Husan Rlesen In I Herne in IMB. He wa, a member i of the Mennonlte church at Berne. Hurvlvlng besides the widow are ! a daughter. Mrs Harry Starr of Bluffton, a son. I-eo Hprunger of Haginaw. Mich ; three so*. Lewis and Amos Hprunger of Berne and Abraham of Fort Wayne; and two ■later*. Mrs J. D. Winteregg of Berne and Mr*. Gideon Rader I»c tier of Fort Wayne A *l»ter. Mr*. Jacob Steiner died Saturday afternoon. Funeral services will be held at 3 o'clock Friday afternoon at the Thom* funeral chapel In Bluffton. Rev Matthew Worthman officiating Burial will be in the M. R. E. cemetery at Berne. DEMOCRAT THERMOMETER 8:00 a. m. 52 10:00 a. 60 Noon 68 2:00 p. m 3:00 p. 72 WEATHER Partly cloudy tonight and Tuesday: light shower, in northwest portion tonight; somewhat colder southwest portion tonight

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Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday, April 9, 1911.

p - * Court House Clock To Be Operated On Fast Time Schedule • • The court house clock will be moved up one hour this i>i>mm<-r i when other timepieces in the city are changed to conform with a day | Libi saving schedule A ruling 'o this effect wa* deI i ided upon yest< rday by the county . om'nltsloner* <Fn-n It b«cam<- > apparent that the "fast time" will | ' again t>e utoerved this summer, in I I conformity with an crdinance pas*- j ed by the city <ouncil teat May. ' after the time wa* voted In by I re«ldenf« of the city. lai«t year the clock wa* not changed and much confusion re portedly resulted The < hange he- I ' tomes effective in the city at mid , I night. April 26 The Berne town hoard Monday i night voted to adop' the daylight ' time In that town. *tartmg on the last Saturday In April, effective un I til midnight of the te*t Saturday In Heptemlier. the same a* in Itei-atur : CIH TO MARK I GOOD FRIDAY Business To Be Suspended In Decatur Durinx Three Hours Activities In Decatur and com I inunity will tie practically at a standstill Friday afternoon as the i citizens reverently pause In com memoration of the Three Hour* ' that Christ spent on the cross Hundreds of citizen* will attend ' services during the Three Hour, i | Annual union Good Friday service* i will Im- held from 12 o’clock noon until 3 p. m at the Zion Evangel! cal and Reformed church with { .various church pastor* participating in the service, divided into j II half hour intervals Three Hour* devotion from 12' 'to3 at the Ht. Mary's Ca'holit | church will la- preceded by a mas* . |of the pre sanctified at 7:3<> a m i i and followed by an evening service ' l at 73" p in At the Zion Lutheran j I church, services will Ih- held at I 7 3u p. in. The observance will call for a pari lai suspension ot business | The First State Bank »ill Ih- nosed all day. In accordance with a -uling of the recent legislature pro< laltn | Ing 'be event a legal holiday Th-- j license bureau will also close ill I i day. The post office will lie closed | i during the Three Hours and the i ' afternoon mall delivery will be made only In the business sec'lor. With few eiceptions, all business house* will Ih- closed during the Three Hours to permit employer, and employe, to attend ebujeh service,. The Dally Democrat will be closed from 12 o'clock until 3 p. m., hut the dally paper will be published al the customary time Friday evening. Puldic and parochial schools of tUONTISUED ON PAGK KIGHT) BUCHER GIVEN FARM SENTENCE Bucher Given Six Months For Arnault On Father Judge J. Fred Fruchte In Adams circuit court this morning MBfenced Lewi, Bucher. 27. of this city, to serve sli months at the state penal farm for assaulting hl* father. Chris F. Bucher, local tinner. Bucher wa, arrested Monday night by Officer Roy Chllcote on a charge of assault and battery He wa* lodged hi Jail until arraigned before Judge Fruchte this morning, when tie entered a plea of guilty to the charge. The court also imposed a tine of 325 and costs Buchef had been arrested previously for similar offenses. authorities asserted. He wa, taken to the farm this afternoon by Hheriff Ed Miller to start hl* sentence. Moran Htetler. of Willshire. Ohio, who works in this city, was arraigned thia morning before Judge Fruchte on a charge of failure to < provide. He entered a plea of not guilty and his bond wa, set at 3250. After posting bond, he wa, released. Ed A. Bosse, local attorney, entered his appearance for the defendant.

HOPEFKDESOF EABIVENDTO FORD DISPUTE Conciliator Fail to Reach Axrecment On Ford Company Strike By I'nlted Pres, Hopes for immediate settlement I of the Ford Motor Co strike fad«d I today when conciliator, emerged I from an after midnight conference . with officials of the company and the I’nlted Automobile Worker* | (CIO) without agreement Gov Murray D. Van Wagoner still wa* optlm'stlc slkhi! the po»*lbillty of ending the 3154,m,».mat ■trike In-fore secretary of labor Frame* Jerkins certlflc the dls- ' pule to the defense mediation ; board at 4 p m Federal concilia!i or James F Dewey called company | I and union represetiiatlve, to a I third joint conference in an attempt I to beat the deallne There was little real progre,, in negotiations for a new contract that would end a work stoppage of i 4l!i.<aHi I'nlted Mine Worker, 'I 4CIO> In soft coal mine. Director j John It Hteelman of the I'. B. j I conciliation service said *otne Ap ■ palachian operator, had agreed to I resume operation, any lima the | federal government requested but that he had recommended the pr<e poaal Ih- »et aside for the present ' liecauar there wa, no danger of a i i coal shortage "for a few more i day a.” The soft coal miners stopped I j work April I becanae negotiation, ) | between the union and operator, I had failed to produce a contract to , replace one which eiplred on that ' date. The miners demanded wage I Increase* and other considerations. Meanwhile Pennsylvania hard . | coal (anthracite) operator, reject;id the I’MW demand* for Wage | Increases and paid vacation* in I I their new lontract to replace one I I which will egplre at midnight April i 3» The operator, recommended I that the elating contract Ih- re- , nr wed for another two year, and (CONTINI'KD ON Wilt FtVfc) MERCURY HITS SEASON'S HIGH Temperature Goes Above 72 Mark Here Early This Afternoon Yeaterday's high mercury mark for the season appeared dmimed I ■hor'ly after I o'clock thia after-1 noon, when the Daily Itemocrat ’ thermomefi * registered 72 aliove and equalled the high mark set Tuesday The mercury got a better start i | this morning, tegisterlng 42 a(iove | at N a tn. In compirfson with a ; i reading of 4® at the same hour : Tuesday. The temperature kept pace in ' a rapid rise throughout the mornj Ing. zooming to ft, at noon and 72 lat 1 o'clock, bringing favorable. { summer-like weather to the city once again. The forecast of the weatherman, however, once more saw an end to the unusually warm temperwture, at least. Cloudy and possibly rainy weather was seen for most sections I of the estate, with colder weather predicted in some portion,. o— Joseph Look Rites Thursday Afternoon Funersl service, will lie held | Thursday afternoon for Joseph I Cook. 59. who died Monday night at hl* home in Ceylon. Service, will be held at 1:30 o'clock at the home and 2 o'clock at the Berne Missionary church, with burial in the M R. E cemetery. He wa* a life-long resident of Ceylon Death followed an Illite,* of four week, aWd was attrkbuted to complications. Surviving are tin- widow. Magdalena Hlrachy-Cook: four children. Clyde. Herman and Eleanor, all of Ceylon, and Mr, Elmer Bailey of Jefferson township; the following > sisters Mr,. Carl Burley o' Berne, i Mr*. Catherine Line, and Mia, Josephine Hlrscby of Fort Wayne; Mr,. Drusilla Houston of Oklahoma and Mr*. Martha Runyon of Buckley. Michigan.

Take Salonika, Capture Slav Cities As Churchill Warns Os Dangers Os Renewed Attacks

Wants Hitler War Efforts Threaten To Sink U. S. Aid to Britain And May l,cad To Invasion. GRAVE WARNING lamdon. April 9 It’Pi - Prime minister Winston Churchill today warned that Adolf Hitler's mightiest war effort, threatened 'o sink America’, aid to Britain and may egplode at any moment In an inv.v •b>n of Britain, an attack on Tut-; key and a thrust at Russian wheat i granaries and oil field*. Whatever event* in the Balkans, in Africa where he said that even Egyt-' may Ih- threatened by Nazi ; panzer divisions or elsewhere. : Churchill declared that the main theater of the war wa, the taittle of the Atlantic. Chun hill had nerer threatened so emphatically and gravely that Britain’s war effort* depend on full scale American effort, effort, he i -aid. which in thr shipping field at least, must equal "that prodigy of | output accompliahed by th- Atneri- . -an* in 1»1«" He ezpressed hope. *l*o. that I the aid of Eire', wa bases and air l (told, might ultimately Im- given j I Britain. •’Everything." »ahl Chun hill, i turns on the tattle of thr Atlantic which i, proceeding with growing intensity on both sides." He said that German submarine, and surface raider, are ranging ever farther westward toward American shores. >.-eking to sink I American', aid to Britain. Hr de- { I ctaied that unless this menace i* j ' met ami d'-fealrd ''the life of Briti aln" will Ih- threatened and "the I purposes. . . to which th- govern | tnent and the people of the I'nited ! State, have devoted thrmwlve, : will be fruatraird " Marketing Program Here Thb Evening Plan* have Iwen completed for the farm marketing quota prognun. to Ih- held at the court rooms of the county courthouse tonight at 7:3" o'clock Winfred Gerke. chairman of the county agriculutral con- ■ servation a,so<'latlon. la in general : charge- of arrangement, for thr I event. Churle, II Gregory. Indiana state ' I < rop Insurance supervisor, to to be • i the main speaker A similar pro j ■ gram will Ih- held in the Kirkland ; ! high school tomorrow nigh' at 7:30 o'cl-x k Holy Thursday At St. Mary’s Church Holy Thursday will Ih- observed in Kt Mary's Catholic church with a high mass at 7:30 o'clock In the | morning, followed by procession with the Blessed Sacrament. Adoration of the Blessed Haora- | ment will take plat- during the day. and in the evening Lorn 7 to 3 o'clock, there will bu a prayer hour, WOMEN ATTEND DISTRICT MEET Women Os Moose Attend District Meeting At Fort Wayne Twenty-five members of the Women of the Moose went to Fort Wayne late this afternoon to attend the district meeting of the order, which will open with a banquet at 8 30 o'clock in the Oriental Gardens. The dinner I, in honor of Ml,, Katherine Kmlth. grand recorder. ot Washington, D. C Ml,, Smith will address the meeting on the subject, "Mooseheart Standard, in Our Home, and Communltfe,." The Decatur chapter received the honor of having the opening ezerclses. Initiation of candidate, will be held after the banquet. The district la comprised of chapter, from Angola Huntington, Bliffton, Wabash and Fort Wayne.

WEIGH STATUS OF ELEVEN MEN McMillen Arbitration Board Still In Sex<rion Thin Afternoon At 2 o'clock this afternoon Judge John F liecker and member, of the local arbitration l-oard had not ( rendered a decision on the re-em-I ployinent status of the II di«< hargj ed employe, of th-- Central Soya I < ompany and McMillen Feed Mills. Indication* pointed to a decision ; by the hoard late today, but memi Ih-ts would not <-<>mment on their deliberation*. Several of the men whose eattM are ta-ing weighed !>y the hoard were summoned before the luuly | today. Inquiries relating t > employi ment. Negotiation* on the wage scale between Local 44. I’nlted Grain 1 and PrcH'essing Workers of Ainevl- ! ca negotiating committee, and the j company management wer ■ not resumed today. In yesterday's conference, the ■ company management rejected the I union's compromise offer ->f 5 cents an hour increase, and ountered with a proposal of 2*4 cent, an hour, the union voting it down. Final de||l>etwlion<» may tu- com pleted Thursday, it wa* Indicated by union and company off-; tel*. - -o Special Scnices At Mt. Zion Church — A candle light prayer ,nd comI in union service will be held at the Mt. Zion I H. church at -Hobo I Thursday evening Good Friday »<-r---j Vice, Will Ih* held from 12 DOUD b> I 3 p m , with st«ven speak- c on thr program. Spec ial music will also he a part of the trrviue CHURCHPLANS FOR SERVICES Special Senices Start This Evening At Methodist Church Special passion week service, I I will Ih- held at the First Methodist ' church In this city starling this' evening. Rev It W. Greham, i«as- | for. announced today. A meditation service will Ih- held ! I in the sanctuary of the church at I i 7:30 o'cloc k this evening Appro- , I priate music will be furnished .by i the chorus c hoir and the message |of mediation will Ih- brought by 1 Rev Graham. Thursday, known a, Munday Thursday, the- sacram«-n> of the I laird'* Hupper, the service will also , Ih- held at 7:30 p. tn Holy Com-I munlon will Ih- administered In memory of the sacred meeting ot Jesus and HI, disciple, on Thur,- | day before Good Friday, when this i holy searament wa, mstituted The I lighting will be by candle,. Music I will tie furnished by the young peo- ' pie's choir who will sing. "God So Ixivc-d the World." and the ladies trio. "O Savior of th- World ” Every mntnber and ft lend of I the church is invited to attend these service,. A morning watch service will bo held Easter Sunday at 8:30 o'clock. Morning worship and study will be held at 9 3" a m The chorus choir will sing 'The First ‘Easter" at the vesper hour service at 4; 3d o'clock Sunday atternoou. — O Proclaims May IK As “I An An American” Day Indianapolis, Ind.. April 9 il'P) Gov. Schrlcker t<>day proclaimed Sunday, May 18, as *T Am An American" day in Indiana. The proclamation, coinciding with a similar action by President Roosovelt. wa, designed "to Impress upon native- Ikmii and naturaliznd citizen* the Importance ot their American franchise," Guv. Hchrlcker said. a

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German Command Report* Force* Moving Rapidly On All War Front* In Balkan Area. TAKE SALONIKA tp-ilin. April 9 (UP" The German high command reported ;<Htay i that a thr»e-day blitzkrieg had ' I swept Nazi force, into co ttrol ot Salonika all Os Mac edonian Greece i and the bulk of nouthern Jugce i slavia. splitting th- Jugoslavs from their Grec ceßrltl’h ullie* hi 72 hour, of whirlwind action, j the German high command reveal- . ed seven soultiern Jugoslav cities have fallen. Thl, places German armored columns within 25 to 3" miles erf Junetnre with their Italian allies In i Albania and «ma«he* the Vardar i valley route of < ominuuic ation beI tween Greece and Jugoslavia. The northern campaign against Jugoslavia apparently ha, pro grossed more slowly and the comI munlquc- reported only the capture | of uue frontier city, due south ot | th- Austrian border. The Nazi successes placed Germany In command of the- Vardar valley and wlchin 15P mile, of Belgrade from the south. The high command coinmuulqiin claimed that Greek troop- east of | the Vardar river whic h bisect, the I main iMirtiou of Greece from MaceI don la and enter, the- Aegean at Halonlka had capitulated The high command said that German troop, have entered Hkopl* : )e Vele, and Nish, key towns 111 I ! th-- \ ■ cl.li i .clb-y of South JugcH I slavia. ' The- high command said i*,t Marfbor. on the northern Jugoslav , frontier had In-on captured and : that German troop, had occupied I'rilep in southern Jugoslavia 25 | mile, northc .cst of Bitolj and only ■ Incut 4" mile s from the Albanian I frontier. The sweeping German mce --»c-g appe.c ed to put Germany in control Os th- bulk of South Jugoslavia .<♦ well a, all of M.«edonl< Reports from the Greek fighting | front indicated that th*- German* I at any hour might turn west and | attack the- main Greek and Bi tish I defense- line, running ninth and I south, west of th*- Vardar river, where a e ra* k force of more than II<HI<I<MC seasoned British troop, Is tciac ed for a shock attack. Nazi occupation of Halonlka and with it loss ot the entire .Macedonian fringe of Greece had been i foreseen Icy British ,tralegist, since before start of the (o-niaft . blitzkrieg early Sunday Greek troops fought valiantly, l particularly in th*- fort, guarding i Rupel Pass, to hold off th*- -up- rior Nazi storm troop, who .*.»••< kc-d with tanks, flame-thrower, and cooperating dive-bomber,. Their effort* were futile, mewever, when a German column i smashed westward Ju«t north ot j theii position, broke through feeble) tCONTlN't'le’i <>K pgOK P|VE> ANNUAL MEET HERE THURSDAY County TuberculoMi* Association To Meet Thursday Night The annual meeting of the- Adam* county tuberculosis a-sm-ig-tlon will be- held Thursday night at 7:30 o'clock at th*- l»*-<atur junior senior high school. It was announced today by W Guy Brown, president of the asscH-laticiti At the meeting th.- talking picture. "They Do Come Bac k.' will 4h» shown. The movie, depleting the recovery of a person affile 'ed with tutH-rculosls. was rec ently pure based by rhe association. A <<>rdi.<i invitatiu.i ha- been egtended to Ute general public to attend the meeting by the presidc-nt, in behalf of the association. The -hewing of the film will Ih» a featured part of the- "early diagnosis" camiMtgn now unde . way under the sponsorship of the county organization.