Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 39, Number 226, Decatur, Adams County, 24 September 1941 — Page 1

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■uge Fire Raging I In Standard Oil’s ■ Whiting Refinery

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STRIKE VOTED IN WEST COAST 1 1 PLANE FACTORY: - I Machinists Authorize Call: Seek End Os w I Ship Tieup I By I’nltiil Fre»« AFU machlnl’ta gave their lead-1 era authority to order a walkout at a huge aircraft factory today a* defenae official*, hacked hy an 1 ultimatum from Prealdefft Raoaeveil. MMiaht to nettle a aeaman'e atrffte. The aircraft ’trike threat wa» directed at the Conaolidated Aircraft Corp, at San Diego, Cal.. 1 which hold* contract’ valned at l7tM.iMWt.iNMi for lMtmlH.r plane’ Official’ of the International A»ao elation of Machlulat’ lAFI.t an nounced that percent ot the VotliiK menrlwTa favored ’trike ac tlon to win wage demand’. They aald H.ihmi of the plant’ IIXNNI employe’ had voted Vnlon tnemlter* reiecled a com- • patty offer for a blanket wage hike of five centa hourly and InaiMed on I a lu-cetit Increaie to match the •calx of other We’t coaat plant* Negotiation* collapeed la«t Satur-' day and the union naked the national defeti’e mediation Imard toi Intervene. Vnlon official* expreaaed confidence that the diapute now* would he certified to the board. I No date waa »et for the atrikei call, which flrat mii’t lie approved hy international officer’ of the union. .Meanwhile, the NDMII awaited a reply from atrlkitlg meinlier* of the Haafarer* International Vnlon' tAFI.I who were nuked to rename work pending conaldeialhtii of Ike diapute. I’rrMden’ Kno’evelt cm-. phaalaad ala pre” conference yenterday that 17 ’lti|>* Immobilized hy the ntrlke mii’t Im returned to; service. The union ordered a atrlke of I 570 aeatnen .Sept 13 to enforce de maud’ for war bonuaen. The maritime commi’nlon leixed three Alcoa Line *hlp» affected by the atrlke denplle a union threat to order a walkout of N,OM member* on other veaaela. A hearing on the diapute will open before the mediation board Monday. At San Franclaco. Harry Lunde berg, aecretary of the Sailor* Vnlon of the Pacific, aald went) coaat ’eamen had ended their atrlke agalti’t three ahlpa In New York harlwir. It waa underatood the went <-oa»t nallorn. who’e »trike alao Involved war bonil’ demand*, were awaiting the outcome of the NDMR hearing Their action did not affect the AFL atrlke A atrlke Involving 3.s<H> employe*' waa ordered la»t night at the International llarveater truck plant al Springfield. <>.. after a breakdown In negotiation* between the company and the t'nlted Automobile Worker* Vnlon (CIOI. The, union had waked the company Sunday to operate on a four-day week to avoid a lay-off of 700 employe* MORE BREAKINS ARE REPORTED — Three Breakins Here, Two At Geneva, Reported To Police — Three more breaklDß hav<* been reported to city police chief Jame* Border* atated today Three were prevloualy entered on the police record*. An Intruder reportedly entered the home of Frank Lynch He wax frightened away without ibtalnlng any loot by the appearance of a daughter. Vivian Lynch, who heard him jump out a window. John Shaw reported that a thief or thieve* entered hl* home and atole Id. Ollie Chroniater of Fifth Utreet. reported that I* and hla wife'* purae containing 12 were taken from their home during the night. An accident In the alley behind the Newberry »wrea *»» »>«® reported to city police. A Pure Ice company truck of Bluffton, driven by Carl Booth, and an auto driven (.cqaTINUMQ on paub run*/

TREASURY HEAD URGES CEILING ON ALL PROFIT Recommends Only Six Percent Return For Corporations Waahlngton. Sept. It tl'Pi Secretary of treaatiry Henry Morgen'hau, Jr., declaring that thia country “I* going to have much more atringent law* affecting eace«« profit*.'' recommended t<May that all corporation* Im- allowed only a t', percent return on their Invented capital. All above thl* • lion Id lie atlhjet t to lint percent taxation. Morgen, than told the houne banking committee during hearing* on the price control hill. Earlier. Morgenthau. In a prepared »iatement. aald that an administration sponsored price COB-1 tred bill now pending In congre” was defective In It* failure to provide adequate control over farm prices. He opiwiaed suggestion* that wage* he controlled. Maerting that labor Is not a ccnnmcwlliy. Price control I* e**entlal to prevent Inflation that would Ire costly ; to the government and Individual* alike, he said. Then under questioning, he Mild heavier taxes on corporation* also are needed a* an anti-inflation • measure. Referring to the recently enact<ed *3.s'>3.<MMt.fMMi tax bill. Morgenthau aald: "W’e would have liked them to go further on the question of excel* : profit* I ’llli feel that we are going to have more stringent law* affecting excess profit "if we are going to ask anybody i else to he patriotic and make sacrifice*. the owner* of corporation* , will have to do likewise. If a cor-| poration earn* rl percent on Its 'rapital. that ought to be enough." Hep Clyde William*. I).. Mo.. I asked •‘Hoe* that tnean that everything ' over and above a t> percent return I should go to the government ?'' "Yes." Morgenthau replied CIUBWOMEN IN DISTRICT MEET District Federation Os Clubs Meeting Is Held Here Today "The time has <ome for women to take their rightful place hi local government," Mrs. O«car A. Ahlgrog, president of the Indiana Federation of Clubs told approximate- ' |y go clubwomen, meeting at the First Pregbyterian church here this afternoon in the closing session of the 3Hh annual convention of th--eighth district Indlatia Federation of Clulw. “Lnt us put capable, high purpose women into public office. Mt its start a crusade—a crusade to get efficient women appointed on school board*, health boards, park boards, library board*, zoning committoe*. into city council*, county ollcm and Into the legislature.” she urged. "This is not a feminist movement," she continued, "and we must not seek because we are women. We must seek because we are Aytcrican citizen*. Interested In good government." The speaker asserted her belief in a party system of government, but urged cooperatlmi of the 32.000 club women, regardless of party affiliation. She described the present era as a "gtdden opportunity 1 for organized womanhood" and recommended the placing of women candidates on both major party ticket*. Short addreaaes by Mrs. George Jaqua. general federation director; Mtw. W. D. Keenan and Mr*. F. D. Hal*, followed by committee reports. brought to a climax the convention which opened thl* morning with registration at the church. Half a hundred clubwomen were ,CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR) TEMPERATURE READING DEMOCRAT THERMOMETER 8:00 a. m. — BO 10:00 a. m. •’ Noon 80 2:00 p. m. 90 8:00 p. m 92 WEATHER Partly cloudy to cloudy, rain beginning In extreme eouth west early tonight and spreading over entire *tat* Thursday forenoon followed by clearing and cooler Thureday night

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Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday, September 21,1911.

Sunk In Defiance To Shoot Order# vS t BBv,w z 3 4 ' W? 1 J* \ Here '.* the American-owned freighter Pink Btar. sunk SOO miles west of Iceland in the first attack on American shipping since th,- I' N Navy received order* from President Roosevelt to shoot \xi. raiders :m sight According to the I'. N. atate department, the Pink Star was sunk only 45 miles from the scene of the N S Bessa torpedoing.

REELECT GERKE AS AAA LEADER Winfred Gerke Reelected Chairman Os AAA Committee At the county convention of the township delegate* of the triple "A” organization, held thl* afternoon at the Flrat Blate hank. th» former officer* were re-elected They are: Winfred Gerke. Root toWMblp. chairman; Harvey Inelelien. Walrash township, vice- , chairman; Homor Arnold. Kirklandj township, third meittber. The alternate* are: George Ringger. French township, first alter--1 nate; Carl Bchng. Monroe town- , »hip. second alternate. i 1 The altove board will administer the AAA program in Adams county for the coining fiscal year Following is a Hat of the township committees In each of the 12 township* as elected last night Blue Creek: Rue L. Btrayer. | delegate: Walter Beard, alternate. Mr. Btrayer. chairman; Hiram Wittwer, vler-chairm.iii. Guy C. Edward, member; Milo Fox. first alternate and Belmore We. hter, second alternate. ,i French: George Ringger. delejgate; Mr Ringger. chairman; Ban lei Berl’ch. vice-chairman: l-evl II Bchlndler. member; Martin Kipfer, first alternate and EH <lraber. second alternate. Hartford: Marcus Htahly. delegate; Mr. Btahly. chairman. Harve Garboden. vice-chairman; William Beltz, member. Grover Romey, CON I'lNltED ON FAOff THREW, Sophomore Students Elect New Officers Floyd Reed was elected president of the sophomore class of the Decatur high school during the election of officers this morning Other officers are: I’aul Moore, vice-pres-ident: Brice Rreluer, secretary and Barbara Kohls, treasurer.

TODAY’S WAR MOVES (Reg. U. S. Patent Office) By laruls F. Keemle Os the United Press War Desk

If. tut Berlin and Mourn* dispatches Indicate, Marshal Budenny ha* extricated the larger part of his army from the Kiev "trap" and I* still fighting furlou»ly. It probably mean* that the expected new German drive eastward will be considerably slowed up. Two day* ago the outlook wemad dark for the Russians. Petalmlit* envisaged annihilation of Budenny'* army and a swift blitz drive to Kharkov and the Itonet* industrial basin. ! It I* obvious now that Dudennys army, while hard hit, has held together and still is a formidable fighting force. The Germans may beat him back and probably will, but all development* of the war to date indicate that he will retreat slowly and In good order, fighting a rear guard action and contesting every mile of ground, at the same time removing or destroying anything of military value to the Ger--1 mans [ At the time of the fall of Kiev.

Heber FeaNel In Named MooNe Vice-President Heber Feasel, governor of Adams lodge 1311, Loyal Order of Mooae. has In-en app .Inted vicepresident of the third district of I the Mih.sc association. nam,-<i by Albert Keller, of Bluffton, district president. The third district Include* lodge* In Decatur. Bluffton Auburn. Fort Wayne. Portland, i Marion. Peru. Wabash, la.gans port. Huntington and t'oluml.l'. City. A district meeilnte will be held In Decatur the third Naturdny in January AT LEAST FOUR DEAD IN STORM KMI-Mile-An Hour Hurricane Sweeps From Gulf Os Mexico Houston. Tex . Sept. 21 tl'Pt Coastal fishing town* were Inundated and Houston, center of Texa*' most populous metropolitan district, wa* buffeted by wind* and rain today as a tropical hurricane of ll*' mile* ail-hour intensity • wept inland from the Gulf of Mexico. The hurricane wa* spending Its force as It moved northward but it toft behind at least four dead and damage to property and tlee and cotton crop* estimated in the million’ of dollar*. The known dead were: Deun K. Navby. (Alvin. Tex., superintendent of tin- Gulf State* uiility company who was electrocuted by a fallen wire Fred T Hall of Houston, electrocuted by a wire An unidentified s<>aman reported swept overboard from the tanker Myrlam enroute to Houston from Tampico, Mex. Bessie Jackson, negro. Accurate predictions of the storm's course by the federal htirrlj tGONTINUED ON FACIE THREE/

It was suggested that Budenny deliberately abandoned the city, leaving only a small rear guard to delay the Germans while he withdrew his main l>ody. That surmise appears to have been borne out. It is the classic Russian policy of retreat, drawing the enemy ever deeper Into the interior and lengthening hl* communications lines, which are harrasserl from the rear Iby guerilla unit* At the same time the scorched earth policy Insures that the enemy cannot live off the country and must haul up everything he needs, The Germans already are having transportation difficulties. The Information come* not only from Moscow but Is confirmed by Berlin. The difficult dirt road*, hard to traverse at the best, are deep in mud. The weather Will be an increasing handicap a* autumn passes Into winter. According to Russian sources. (ax4l lNl>Fnr 'IN PAGK TWO)

10 Allied Nations Unite On U.S.-British Peace Aims And Pledge Increased Aid To Reds

11. S. MERCHANT > SHIPS LIKELY TO BE ARMED Plan Arming To Combat Raiden; Aak Repeal Os Act Washington. Kept Ji tl'Pi Armed. Americanowned merchant vessel* already are In the British life line and approximately US ot {them can Im- equipped with gun* without changing the neutrality | act. It waa learned today, a* President lloow-veh contemplated asking congress to repeal that legislation These IIS ship’ sail under the Panamerican flag I'Ut are owned by American* 45 of them by the I'nlted State’ government. Not all of them, however, are presently plying to British port* The administration'* tentative plan* to arm the entire American merchant marine I'nlted Blates flag »hlp» a* well as those registered lit Panama combine with war department Intention* to make antiaircraft weapon* the most critical Item on the national defense list. The Ideal gun for the purpoae I* th,- fast firing five-inch dual purpose * UI > for use against surface ami air raider*. Armed merchant men in the World War ■had only three inch rifle* Secretary of navy Frank Knox. | who urged repeal of the neutrality | act yesterday at the launching of j the 35 ihh> ton liattleshlp Massachu*etls. ha* Intimated a gun shortage Mr IltMtaevell le-lh-ve*. how ever, that there are guns enough to go around He told hl* pre** conference yesterday that we were I loaded toward the arming of our merchant marine but said decision I whether to ask for repeal or amendment of the neutrality act toward that purpose would not be ' reached until next week The war department already ha* | Informally advised house appropriation committee member* that It want* a hurry-up appropriation of 11 iMst.iHMt.iHMt to accumulate additional equipment sufficient for ait army of S.immi ihhi men The Item* in gently sought with those fund* are tank*, anti-tank gull* and anti-aircraft artillery. It ha* not been determined whether the Bl.ooo.immi.imml of new emergency fund* will be sought along with the second 85.#R5,mm,ihhi lend lease appropriation or come up In a big supplemental war i department appropriation. Mr. IliMtsevell In press conference yesterday referred to President Wilson's World War exper- . fence as the latest of several precedent* establishing executive , nutholty to put the gun* aboard vessel*. Wilson ordered our tner'chant ships armed after a senate (ConttniTkd on page Twm O PETITION FOR NEWINFIRMBRT Petition* Are Circulated For hbuance Os $75,000 Bonds Petition* for the issuing of 875.000 worth of bonds by Adams county to finance the building of a new county Infirmary are being circulated In Decatur and the 12 townships. The petition* ask that the county commiasfoneni take the Initial steps and request the county council to authorize the appropriation of funds for the construction of an Infirmary, to replace the on,- destroyed by fire August 1. The estimated coat of the building Is 89K.O«« The county will receive 823.000 from Insurance on the old building, leaving a balance of 875.000 to be flnant ed The county haa a bonding credit of 8500,000, figured on the net valuation of about 825,000,000. The bond limit I* two percent on tbo dollar | The petitions will he filed with the board next Monday, or sooner if they are turned in. Several' township trustee* are circulating the petition* In their respective township*. William “China" Schumacher was among the circulators > In this city.

AUDITORS CHECK FEDERAL TAXES Four Federal Auditor* ( heckinjf Tax Record* In County Auditor* from the ludlana Internal revenue department are making j an examine!ton of lMM>k* and record* of Individual*, business concerns and corporations In this city, checking them for all federal tax••W The accountant* are Harold Borden. Cliff Dbkerson. le-ster I Kelley and L. W Htevena. I The Cher h ups have already been completed in Monroe. Berne. Geneva, Pleasant Mills. Preble. Mug ley and Monmouth. The men will | lie here a few day*, due to the | large number of taxpayer* within > the city. All form* of federal tax are checked by the auditor* This in-1 elude* corporation, partnership. I social security, unemployment, Income. d<M umeiitary and amusement tax<* They are checking those place* that sell liquor, requiring a federal license A representative of the group explained that it was not the purpose of the department to penalize anybody, but to see that individual* and business concerns were making the required, report* and tax amusement*. Explanattons of the existing law* were given by the auditors and ’ where omission* were found, due to la< k of knowledge a* to the law. I the auditors assisted the taxpayer in correcting the error. Flllhig statiotMi. roadside stands and threshing rings were also checked by the auditors. Tin- auditor* are located at the Rice hotel and will be glad to answer any question’ or confer with any taxpayers. DEATH CLAIMS C. 0. PORTER Former Decatur Manufacturer Dies Today At Huntington Chalmer O. Porter. 43. prominent manufacturer of Huntington, ami a former well known citizen of Ito-i-atiir. died at X 45 o'clock till* morning at the Huntington county hospital, of a peritoneal Infection, following an operation three week* ago. Mr Porter did not progress satisfactorily from the operation, computation* setting In a ahort tinilater lawit week the incision was opened and be seemed to rally to the treatment. Hope was extended for bl* recovery and he apparently was making headway over the Weekend Word of hi* d-nth was received here by relatives. Tentative funeral arrangements are for Friday afternoon at Huntington. Services will he held al 3 o'clock at the Bailey mortuary chape! and the body will be brought here for burial hi th* Decatur j cemetery. Definite details will not be made until word I* received from tin son, Robert Porter, u midehipman at Annapolis Naval Academy, to which place he obtained a congressional appolntmMt lust June. Prominent socially and for many years one of the city's leading manufacturers, word of bis death came as a shock to hie many friends here. Mr. Porter was born in Bluo Creek township, Adatns county, July 14. INBN, the son of John and Sarah Porter. Chalmer was the youngest of eight children. The family moved to Decatur and ChaitCONTINUEfI ON PAGE TH 11E E > LaGuardia Seekintf To Protect Cities Washington. Sept. 24 — (UPI — Civilian defenae director Florello H. LaGuardia asked congre** today for authority to provide American cities with facillliea. supplies and service* adequate to cope with bombing attacks. LaGuardia advised speaker Bam Rayburn, to whom he addressed the request for authority thut the necessity for taking such step' l "Is apparent."

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Russian Forces Display Remarkable Ability In Battlinx Nazi* Am Bad Weather Comes To Aid SNOW FALLINC. Berlin, Sept. 24 — (UR» — An authorized German military spoketman «aid today that German troops were in the "auburbx of Leningrad ' after cracking the city'* defense ring and "tightening a nooxe around the city proper." By I'nlted Pre” Ten allied government* most of them 111 exile united llehitld the peace alms of the I’nlted Slate* and Great Britain Imlay and pledged Increased aid to the Red army's struggle against the j Axis The meeting of the first Interallied conference of the war emphasized the necessity of speeding 'American aid to the Soviet union at a time when the Husslau aimerl force* were demonstrating remarkable ability to iibaorli severe defeats on the I'kralne front and then strike back at the Nazis. The I'kraltte army of Marshal Semyon Budenny, battered by a IHiwerful Nazi drive toward the main Russian industries of the south, was reported by laiiidoii to lie making a stiong new stand In defense of the vital Donets basin, with Kharkov as the key city In a new and big-scale battle. The philtre of the eastern front, drawn by di»pat< hes from Moscow. London and Berlin, was less )M-Hslmiatli’ from the ll<-d army viewpoint for the moment at least. For the first time royal air force t unit* of the British empire were reported In action on the eastern front, fighting alongside the Red air force. Umdon *ald the British pilots brought down seven German plaiie>. The H. A. F. previously was n-ported Io have sent hundred’ of plane* to aid the Russian*. Know has started falling on some Hecllona of the battle front, the Moscow radio reported, and American correspondent’ visiting the central sector In the vicinity of Smolensk said that mud and rain as well a* strong Rit’sian fighting units had forced the invader* to *hlft from lightning panzer blow* to trench warfare ttti the southern front. 8.-rlln admitted that the Russians were fighting back strongly on a line from the Poltava sector northward In front of Kharkov and thence to Glukhov, where the armies of Marshal Semyon Timoshenko still were counter-attacking In an effort 10 rescue Russian troop’ from th" German trap east of Kiev. The Germans reported that the Russian counter-attacks In the Ukraine, led by oirplanes. heavy tanks and armored trains, hail lieen boken up in most instance’, but It was obvious that Bttilenny's army had avoidi-il disaster and that 11 still was n fighting force In defenae of the Donets basin and the road to Rostov and the t'.iucaaus oil fields The German line* again were ICONTINirEIi YIN PAGE ffOURI U KILLED IN MEXICAN RIOT Hint At Hidden Force Causing Riot At President’s Home Mexico City. Sept 24 tl'Pi ♦ A semi-official source charged t e day that “some hidden force' wad liehlnd the carnage In front of tho home of Pn-a Manuel Avila Camacho, In which triMips firerl Into a crowd of striking workers, killing at least 14 and wounding approximately 15 "Some hidden force I* trying to •Hr up labor trouble.'' this semiI official source said "The government Is not going to ataiid for It. It Is nwful that iinylMNlv waa killed. , Some people thought Don Manuel ' was soft He is not. Holding manifestation* at the presidents ( own house I’ going too far ” This source indicated that ho 1 thought Ax's agent* might havw stirred tip th* trouble, but he wax ' not spei-lflc He sought to draw parallel* betkeen Mexican soldier* i dispersing the crowd of striker* CONUNL KD UN PAUK THAUtBi