Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 39, Number 168, Decatur, Adams County, 17 July 1941 — Page 6

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URGES CUT IN MANUFACTURING Morgenthau Say* Noil-De-fense Work Must Be Reatricted Sharply Waxhlngton. July IT-IVFl—Sec-retary of the tr*a»ury. Henry Mor gen than. Jr., aald today that nondefneae manufacturing nuat be wbarply reatricted Immediately If defenie production la to reach deaired leveia. Morgenthnu veld that Induatrlea engaged In the manufacture of artlcle« for civilian conaumptlon mu»t curtail auch operatlona at once to prevent a lag In defenao production He told a preaa conference that the total government expend iturea thia flacal year wonld not ho much over 119 000.000.000 (Bl unleaa Immediate atopa.aro taken to curtt the production of factory made art Idea for civilian uaaa. The aecretary <ald that he hoped hla Slt.ttoo.OOO.OtM figure ia wrong but aald that the ahowlng In the paat few monlha had not been • very encouraging.' He cited the automobile induatry aa "a glaring example" of production facilities that ahotild be diverted draatlcally to defenie production Inatead of continuing to lie uaed to build up large number* of motor care for civilian uae — ■ -o MARSHALL SEES CONTI NUBD FTtOM PAGB ONB ly. Each move made by the ax la forcea makea them that much more ready for a further operation.'* Marehall added that "there ia no doubt whatever in my mind that unleaa we prepare we will And ouraelvea In a tragic situation. We cannot apeculate with our security." Asks Hoosiers Buy Coal During Summer tydlanapolia, July 17 — fljJb — Got. Schrlcker today aaked Indiana home owners to purchase bitumin-ous-coal during the summer in cooperation with a nation wide effort to avert a railroad car shortage next fail. The "buy early” campaign is being sponsored by the office of the bituminous coal consumers council at Washington In order to get coal movements out of the way to facilitate transportation for the national defense program when it reaches a peek during the last 1

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Slide Engulfs Miners’ Homes, Threatens Others I ; - JHr , > ■ -1" T * ' * - •’ \ Hmß| Dislodged by heavy mlns, thousands of tons of alate, muck and discarded coal began moving down a mountainside at a coal mine camp near St. Charles. Va.. destroying 15 homes of working tn the mines and threatening to engulf 70 others in Its path. This picture shows two of the bouses caught ia the elide.

quarter of the year. The governor pointed out that coal may be purchased now at prices considerably below those which will be asked next winter. O 1 ' Hold Flower Show During Fair Week The Decatur flower garden club will sponsor a flower show fair week. The show will be held Wednesday and Thursday. July 30 and 31. The judges and particulars will be announced later. ... ■ i . Farmers Meeting On Friday Night ■Music will be furnished by the Brlte girls at the farmer's meeting Friday night at the Monroe school house, T. M. Andrews, general chairman of the wheat penalty protest group, announced today. Elmer Baumgartner. Berne banker. will act aa toastmaster of the meeting and Carl Scrocher. of the state organisation will be the principal speaker. Farmers are objectIng to the Hcent penalty placed

on wheat, raised in excess of their t allotted quota. The penalty affects t several farmers in thia county. I ■— .. O" 1 LOWER COUNTY fCONTINUBD FROM PAGOONB) • run up the total considerably, the local board being governed by the ( law. Provision for them had to be . included in the draft of the preliI mlnary estimates. , The county's bond and interest . levy, will be eliminated as the hospital bonds will be paid this year. Every township that still pays for road improvements, under the old three mile road law. will enjoy a . lower rate next year, as the levies Iran be cut. o Imel Is Winner In Policeman’s Voting Polling nearly half of the ballots cast. Ray Imel received a large plurality Ln the vote for a merchant policeman, conducted by the Cham- '■ ber of Commerce the past week. ’• Imel received 59 votes. Other candidates posted 25, 21 and 20 votes, i respectively. - - Q ■ . No Objection Filed At Liquor Hearings Hearings -were held yesterday by the Adams county alcoholic beverage board on the following applications; Walter Kichar for a beer | and wine retailer's permit at the I White Spot, the B. P. O. Elks club j for a beer, wine and liquor permit. Herman Colchin for a package liquor license and Albert Aeschliman for a dance permit at the Colonial Case. The latter was the first of Its kind to be heard in the county under the new liquor laws of the state. There were no objections fll-

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ed against any of the applications, i The members of the county board are D. M. Hower. Charles Zimmerman and Henry Dehner. Rent Control Laws May Be Necessary I U—» Washington. July 1? — (UP) — Price control administrator U-on Henderson declared today that rent control laws will have to be approved for some defense areas ■ where rents have Increased from 20 to 100 percent In less than two years. He told the house committee investigating defense labor migration i that surveys now are being conducted by the government In more than 100 defense communities and that they reveal that “rents are skyrocketing" where bousing shortages are acute. o I Italian Girl Fined For Wearing Shorts — Genoa. July 17—(UP)—Catherine Plxaorni. a shapely 17-year-old Brunette, was arrested for wearing shorts at a football game and I fined 250 lire (about I12.S0). Her arrest was the first since Premier Benito .Mussolini started a campaign to stop women wearing shorts in public. O- , . Aged Woman Is Killed When Struck By Auto Kendallville, Ind., July 17.—(VP) —Mrs. Emma Rensch, 84, was killed yesterday when she was struck by an automobile in front of her home near here. Youthful Criminal In Sent To Boys’ School Wabash, hid., July 17.—(UP)— Max Robb. 17-year-old North Manchester youth, was in the Indiana boys' school today after pleading guilty to a second-degree burglary charge. His companion. Courtney Bowman. Jr.. 15 < South Bend, wan shot to death by night officer Jbss Huffman last Thursday morning when he caught the two youths stealing from parted cars. Robb ir. to remain at the school until he ia 21 years old. Owen County Farmer Killed By Lightning Spencer. Ind., July 17/—(UP)— Ernie Ray Decker, 27-year-old Owen county farmer, was killed yesterday when struck by lightning while operating a cultivator ia a com Held on his farm. Two horses which were hitched to the cultivator suffered no injury although Gene Carpenter, 17, who was working about 100 yards behind the victim, was stunned by the bolL Coroner James Rowland said Decker apparently died instantly, o * I PETERSON NEWS J Mrs. Ells Skiles and family are •pending a week’s vacation at Snow Lake. Mr. and Mrs. Max Houck of Fort Wayne were the guests of Mr. Houck's parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Houck over last weekend. Mr. and Mn. O. D. Weldy spent Saturday afternoon with Mrs. W. B. Weldy Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Leichty, Mrs Prank Spade and Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Spade «ent last weekend with Mr. and Mrs. OUo Dilling and Maliy at Griffith. Mr. and Mn. Uyke Schorry visited Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Scherry Met Sunday.

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