Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 39, Number 265, Decatur, Adams County, 8 November 1941 — Page 1

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DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ADAMS COUNTY

Deputy Resigns* ■■ MMMMtt a * HaaaaaH Kdwln Kauffman, deputy county recorder alnce 1*37, today re.lmied hi. po.t to accept a poattlon In the acctfuiitlnx department of the (leneral Kleetrlc company In Kort Wayne. DEPUTY COUNTY j RECORDER QUITS Edwin Kauffman Resigns To Accept Position With G. E. Edwin Kauffman today tendered |hla realxnatlon aa deputy county recorder to accept a poattlon In the accounting Mepurtment of the Broadway plant of the General I Electric Company in Eon Wayne Mr. Kauffman ha« been deputy recorder wince IM7. when hl. tnerthI or. Mra. Har! Holllnit.worth, wa. elected to her flrnt term aa recorder. Mra. Ilolllng.worth announced to j day that her new deputy would' not Im* nam>*d until Monday. .Mr. Kauffman I. a graduate of Decatur high wchool. lieing a meniber of the elMa of 1»33 He took >a bu’itiea. course at International Business college Ind within the * past few months ha. bee.i enroll-1 ed lu the Indiana university egten-i aion division In Eort Wavne. He was recommended for the place In •he General Electric office and will begin his duties Monday morning The young man Is popularly known in this county and la a fur-1 1 mer officer of the Young Democrats club. He and Mrs Kauffman'will move to Eort Wayne as soon a. an apartment is obtained. 0 — — Attend Infant’s Funeral Today — Mr. and Mrs. Charles Ward went to Columbia City this morning to alend funeral services for 'he baby daughter of the fomter's brother-' in-law and sister. Mr. and Mrs, Harold White of laiud. The baby, who was Icorn Thursday night, died one hour after I birth. The services were held in | Columbia City at 10 o'clock this morning. Mrs. White was formerly Miss Margaret Ward of this city. The deceased was the sixth child j in the family. RED CROSS TO CONDUCT DRIVE I Adams County Red Cross To Launch Annual Membership Drive i The annual dinner meeting of the Adams county chapter. American Bed Cross, to be held Monday night at the new Moose lodge home. , will officially open the yearly roll ' call drive. Miss Margaret Vesey, secretary I of the Allen county chapter at Eort Wayne, will be the principal speaker at the meeting. Avon Burk, acting Adam, county chapter chairman. stated. A moving picture of Cross work will also be shown The dinner meet will open at 4:30 o clock , Approximately 100 persons, includ- | Ing Red Cross leaders and roll call workers are expected to attend. Mr. Burk. Miss Annie Wlnnes. chapter secretary, and Walter J. Krick, city chairman, are in charge of the event. The goal ol the chapter this year Is 4.500 members, Mr. Burk stated, and an effort will be made to enroll every home In the county. The drive will start on Armistice Day. following the dinner, and will continue until Thanksgiving Day, i November 20, All persons Interested in assistIng In the drive are asked to at--1 tend the meeting.

RUMOR HITLER PEACE URIVE London Quarters Say New Peace Offensive Indicated London. Nov. R (UPI Informed quarters noled signs today which they believe Indicate Adolf Hitler is about to launch a n«-w peace of- i tensive. The prospect was viewed with little or no concern, particularly in view of what was regarded as the further American commitment to an allied victory implied In the ffii.ite repeal of restrictions on I'. N. shipping. Brutish quarters Ixdleved Hitler's objective again would lie to divide Britain and Russia. This was the Implication read Into Vichy reports that Germany is considering calling a new Vienna conference of Nasi satellites and I conquered states to launch the • ''new order." Out of this conference. It was bellyfed here, the Germans might hope to evolve terms which would split Russian and Brittain dsplte their pledges not to accept a separate peace. 1 Actuating any such offer, it was ' felt, would ba the hope of gaining 4 respite for the strained and worn I German army and an opportunity to make the rmitive conquered I countries more docile, cooperative partners, particularly by being able to blame Britain and Russia for continuance of the war If they reject the Nazi terms. It was anticipated here that the outline of the "New Order" would Ih» ingeniously designed to confuse war Issues and divide. If possible, the common Interests of the conquered countries. The peace offensive. It was thought, probably wil (develop re- ' gardleas of the outcome of the efforts to take Moscow If the Germans should succeed In brealtlng [ the Russian defenses that triumph, I naturally, would be exploited to the , 1 coN iINVCD nw ranr thrbb> CHURCH PLANS FOR SERVICES Preaching Mission At First U. B. Church All Next Week Beginning Sunday night and con j tinuing throughout the entire week. I will Im* a series of special services at the First United Brethren 1 church. The subjects to bo discussed are 1 aa follows, beginning with that of i Sunday night. "The Evangelistlc , Challenge of the New Age;" "The I Primary Duty of the < hurch to Wit-1 ness;” Monday night; "The Adequacy of the Power of Christ,” j Tuesday night. These two subjects will Im* discussed by the pastor. ; "Tin Work of Winning Men to Christ,” will be discussed by the young people in the Wednesday evening service. Rev. D. L. Patterson will preach Thursday evening on the theme, ' Regeneration, Its Nature and Necessity.” Friday evening, "The Meaning of Church Membership”, will Ih* the theme presented by the pastor. The closing theme of the series will be Sunday morning. Nov. Hl. and will Im* “The Pri<lk-ges and j Duties of the Christian.” These week night services will last one hour and will be made as ' interesting, helpful and challenging aa possible. All members and friends of the church are invited to attend and bring others with them. 0 ‘N^wsOrrheWorld 1 By United Press w * 1 4 Ixndon—British sources believed ; today that Adolf Hitler has ordered preparations for still another st-! tempt to smash Moscow's fortifications in order to save his armies from a winter In field positions out- ‘ side the flovlet capital. Berlin—The official news agency ■ -j reported t'Miay that German bombers have sunk a British destroyer off the east coast of Scotland. ; ’’ Washington Orders have heen issued to IT. 8. commanders in the tar east to prepare for immediate evacuation of American Marines | frem China, it was learned today. . It was understood the marines would be withdrawn soon unless ! there is sudden Improvement in Japanese-American relations. — • Ixmdon Informed quarters not-1 . ed signs today which they believe Indicate Adolf Hitler is about to launch a new peace offensive.

Decatur, Indiana, Saturday, November 8,1911.

Probe (’hemical Company Blast ■ j Investigation Into possible nalMitage In the explosion at the Carbide and Carl Min Chemicals corporation, Charleston. W Va. has Iw en launched by authorities Three peruona were killed and four others injured In the blast which ripped the plant at nooti when most of the workers were at iunch.

TWO FINED FOR I EARLY HUNTING Adams County Youths Fined For Hunting Out Os Season Two youths of near this city who , "jumped the gun" on the hunting I season learned yesterday that it was a costly act. In city court late yesterday. Mayor Forrest Elzey imposed a fine of 310 and costs each upon John A. Espich and Fred Baker. The costs were fin each and an ' added assessment of |5 each goes . to the state conservation department. Thus the five rabbits the ; two lads bagged cost them |so. The law also provides that their hunting licenses Ih* revoked. Since * neither lad had a license, they were forbidden to hunt for the remainder of the calendar year. They were warned by Prosecutor Harry T. Gru Ire that failure to | abide by this ruling could result | Ip a fine of 325 to 325" and up to ■ Ml days in Jail. Mayor Elzey reminded the youths that they received the least fine possible They could have lM*en given a similar fine for each I of the five "bunnies” In their posi session. The two Were allegedly Caught hunting early Friday northwest of Decatur without permission Ervin Schuller made the complaint and as a deputy game warden arrested Baker. Baker was lodged In jail to await arraignment. Meanwhile Espich. In the company of other youths, came to the Jail tn visit him. Sheriff Miller, who had learned the Identity of the other youth. Im mediately locked up Espich Game warden II W McClain was present at the hearing. - George Dutcher Will Filed For Probate The will of the late Georg,. W. Dutcher has been probated In auperlor court No. 2 at Fort Wayne, The estate la valued at 33.430. Thn three children and three grand* hlldren are willed the estate.

PROCLAMATION WHEREAS Th? President of the I'ttlted States has designated the period commencing Armistice Day. November il, 191 L continuing through Sunday. November 16, as a time Cor all persons throughout the nation to give thought to their duties and responsibilities In the defense of our country, and. to become belter Informed of the many and vital phases of the defense program, and the opportunities which It offers for the participation of every Individual In the defense of our priceless heritage of liberty and freedom of opportunity; and. WHEREAS The Governor of our great State has Issued a proclamation calling upon all citizens of our state to unite In the observance as requested by The President; NOW'. THEREFORE, I. Forrest Elzey. Mayor of the City of Decatar, do hereby call upon all the citizens of our own city to pay heed to the proclamations of our president and governor; to set aside these days in our Ilves to consider well our duty to our stale and our nation: to dedicate and consecrate ourselves to a greater and more sincere determination and participation in such activities as we may he called upon to serve In the future that we may present a united front In the troublesome days ahead and to support, more effectively on the home front our young manhood and young womanhood now so unselfishly serving our nation In the armed forces. Likewise. In keeping with the request of those charged with th? administration of civilian defense activities I call upon each and every one of our citizens to dedicate themselves to doing their daily tasks a little better, to eztend our cooperation, each with the other, more fully and more willingly and to the preparation of our Individual selves morally and physically that we shall be ready to meet the greater responsibilities likely to come to each of us. IN WITNESS WHEREOF. I have set my hand afid seal Done In the City of Decatur this Sill day of November. In the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and forty-one. FORREST ELZEY I

I State Plow ing Contest To Be Held Tuesday L. E. Archbold. Adams county; I agent, late this morning announced | that the state plowing contest, postponed Thursday because of rain. | will Im* held Tuesday morn ng. Nov. 11. at 10.30 o'clock on the Ceti tn I Sugar Co. farm, fuur mile-* southeast of Monroe. Thia afinoancement was made following a conference of officials of radio station Wtffi'O. Fort Wayne, and weather observers In that city, who stated favorable w**ather la forecast for the early part of next week. THANKSGIVING UNION SERVICE I’nion Service At First Baptist Church Thanksgiving Morning The annual Thanksgiving Itay union service will l*e held at the First Baptist church In this city Thursday morning. November 2tt. at S o'clock with Rev Carey R Moser. pastor of the church, chairmun ot the service. Rev. G T. Rosselot, pastor of the First United Brethren church, ami president of the Decatur ministerial aaaochitlon. will deliver the Thanksgiving aerffion. The complete program for the service follows: Music by tho First Baptist church. InvcM-ation — Rev. Charles M. I’rugli. Zion Evangelical and Reformed church. Scripture reading — Rev. Moser. Prayer of Thanksgiving — Rev. | George S. Ixizler. First Evangelical church. President Roosevelt's proclatnalion Rev. Glenn Marshall, Church of God. Thanksgiving sermon Rev. Rosselot. Benediction Dr. R. W. Graham. First Methodist church. School Services Special Thanksgiving services will be held at the Decatur Junior-' senior high schmd and the Lincoln ' grade school Wednesday afternoon, j rr-oNTiNttrn on page thhee)

Britain Wages Heaviest Air Attack Os War From Germany To Italy; Many Planes Lost

SENATE VOTES FOR REPEALER OF NEUTRALIH Votes 50-37 To Arm Ships. Sail Into Belligerent Ports Washington. Nov. S — tl’PI President Rooueveß'a drive for authority to deliver American war i weapons In American ships lo bel-, ; ligerent porta today faced Ila final. and crucial test in the house after winning senate approval. M to 37. | House leaders, who plan to call I the neutrality law revision bill] up for eouaMeratlon Wednesday.! the day after Armistice day. said the lower chamber would endorse , it by a margin of 50 to 7t> votes I Opposition leaders disputed this [ and promised a fight. The neutrality law revision bill originated In the house, limited | to repealing the section prohibits the arming of merchant ships It was approved 25!* to 13S. Hut when the senate passed It la»t night It carried authority for American ships to enter belligerent porta and pass through comhat zones. la*adera had not decided whether to ask the house to accep| the senate version or to send it to conference. The former course was' indicated, and had imrllamentary | pi lorlty. But Instead of the usual one! hour granted by house rules for discussion of motions to recede and concur in senate amendments, speaker Sain Rayburn was planning to provide at least one full day's debate. In view of the importance of the legislation The senate's enlargement of the bill to a repeal of all shipping restrictions ot the neutrality law, caused opponents of foreign policy to fight it as a war measure. Administration supporters uniformly denied that the bill would lead to war. Some said It would make war less likely, while others said war might come to the I'nlted States In any event. Several spoke frankly in justification of war as a national policy although they said they were not ready to vote for war. The sharpness of cleavage between the two viewpoints was illustrated last evening as «tn- senate approached its final vote, when ' Sen Hiram W Johnson. It Cal., made his only speech of the II days of debate. Shaking a fore finger solemnly, the only gesture he employs, Johnson recalled, with obvious emotion, the night nearly 25 years ago when he voted to put the I'nlted States Into the World War. In voting on this hill, he said, he CONTIWURD ON PAtIK THHKEI BEEF CLUB TO i MEET NOV. 12 Adams County Beef Calf Club To Meet Here Wednesday The regular meeting of the Adams county beef calf club will lie held at the Decatur Junior senior high sclkmjl Wednesday evening at 7 o’clock. At this meeting, the members will give figures on ration fed. pounds of feed per day. the calf's gain in weight, daily gain, cost of 1 feed per day and the coat per pound gain. These figures are expected to give an Interesting comparative study. Students In the agriculture classes will take each Individual ration and figure the nutritive ration. If it Is found that some changes should be made In any ration, then the entire department will summarize the situation and make recommendations. A complete chart will he kept lon each calf This will probably mean different rations and methods of management. At present all calves are reported doing well, hut i the club Is planning to work out a eheck sheet so each boy will be able to determine methods to improve his project. William T. Ives, vocational agri . culture teacher, will conduct the I meeting.

AUTO STOLEN HERE FRIDAY Dealer’s Automobile Thought Taken By Two Sailors Police of sev> ral counties have joined in the search for the two youths who apparently stole an j auto In Decatur Friday after sban- j donlng another etoleli vehicle near I here. A new Chevrolet auto, used as I a demonstrator by the Saylors | I Chevrolet company here, was atol- i len from in front of the place of ' business yesterday presumably by l ! the two lads, first reported as sold- ' Ilers, but since Id'tiilfli-d as sail-i I ora. The youths are believed to have abandoned the car. stolen in InI diana|M>lla. at a |Hdnt four miles i west of the city, then came In to I stay at the local hotel overnight. Il Im Iwllev.-tl that they l.M.k the second car sometime yesterday morning. In staying at the hotel Thursday | night, th.- .me youth registered m 1 "Bonny Smith.'' stating that their! car broke down. The other lad <lid j not register They told hotel at | taches that they were from the , east and asked the distance to Cin | cinnatl. Sheriff Ed Miller and Officer Roy Chllcote are leading the Invest!- I gallon here. The youths ar.- reI portedly wanted on armed robbery 1 and vehicle taking < harges at In- . Indianapolis. SATS BRITAIN MUST WIN WAR Churchill Tells Listeners Britain To Survive Conflict Sheffield. Eng. Nov. R tl'l't Prime minister Winston Chur, hill said today that "none of Us can say at what moment the bugles will sound cease tire, but of this you may Im* sure, that however long and hard it may Im* the British commonwealth of nations will come through united, undaunted, stainless and unflinching ” Churchill spoke to a large crowd from the hulcony of the Hheffiel I town hall. “This foul war was forced upon us l.y human wickedness.” the prime minister said He said that 15 months ago Britain was alone and almost unarmed bttt now Is developing great forces with great weapons II" added that Britain now sees 'he "great warrior Stalin" at the bead of "valiant Russians" and nowsees the I'nlted States sending war vessels "to rid the seas of pirates ” "Before we get to the end of the road we shall ail be together,” he said, asserting that the actions of Russia and the I'nlted Slates were most Inspiring to Britain. "Th.* chance for glory and honor comes now here ami now there to each | and everyone, however hard the task may he." —— — -"O Special K. Os (’. Meeting Monday A special meeting of the Knights of Columbus lodge will be held Monday night at 7:30 o'clock to make final plans for tho rabbit supper. The meeting will Im* held Just prior to the regular Holy Name society meeting at N o'clock. All member* are urged to attend. o — Post Office, Bank To (’lose Tuesday Business generally will be conducted aa usual In Decatur Tuesday Armistice Day. However, there will In* no mall deliveries, except specials, the First State Bank will bo closed and ail county offices will bo closed the entire day. World’s Largest Flying Boat Is launched Today Baltimore. Md.. Nov. A—(UP! — The navy's 47-ton patrol bomber — the world's largest flying boat — was launched today at the Glenn L. Martin company plant here before high ranking army, navy, congressioual, state and local officials.

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Kccord*Breakinx Aerial Thrusts Hammered At Nazis; Weather Chanice Downs Planes. TAKE HEAVY TOLL ißy I'nlted Press) Gr*at Britain hammered at Axis targets from Berlin to southern Italy In a record breaking but costj ly aerial offensive today while both ! Germany and Russia claimed gains in a new surge of fighting on thn I . astern front. Battering royal air force atlacka I by hundreds of big kombera t<*>k i a heavy toll of casualtiiw and dam- ' age at Berlin. Cologne, in the Ruhr I valley and France and at the big ' Fascist aviation center of Brindisi I during the night and today But Ixmdon acknowledge the unpreiedeiltsd loss of 35 airplanes, due chiefly, the British said, to unexpectad storms and Icing. British pilots were credited with fighting their way through sudden storms over Europe to drop their heavy cargoes of explosives on ! designated targets, only to fall vicI tlms of the greatest hazard of ■ night bombing a sudden change lin weather. Big four-motored I iMunbers crashed under the w> Ight i of ice on their wings, were buffet'ed dow In France or the North | flea or lost over Germany, accordI ing to official statements in Ber- | tin and Ixmdon. The error In judging the weathi «r t probably an unavoidable error in view of limited war-tlm. facilities) accounted for a greater loss In bombers and pilots than had Iwen reported in any night raid except for one German attack on Moscow, when the Russiane claimed 47 Luftwaffe craft. Dispatches from the fighting front, meantime, were conflicting. The Germans ciaim -d two importJant break through operations, one ] oil the Mos<<>w front and one In ■ the Crimea's Kerch Isthmus, while | th*- Ruswians reported that th.* Red army had beaten ba* k a big German tank attack tn the Volokolamsk sector northwest of Moscow | and takin the initiative against the enemy. Th*' extent of Russian gains near Volokolamsk was not Indicated In Kuibyshev dispatches but had been re|Mirt*'*l earlier by Ixmdon as several miles The Germans did not specify the sector they said they had broken through in hard fighting before Mostow. hut it appeared likely that they referred either to Volokolamsk or Tula, where the RussiaiM had reported the enemy masslg for new attacks after beig thrown back many times. In the Far Eaat. American authorities Io gan efforts to arrange fur evacuation of Americans as a result of indlcatione that I'nlted States marines will be withdrawn from Shanghai and other posts. It was hoped to have two liners call at Shanghai, where Japanese forces presumably would lake over all patrol duty If the marines were withdrawn. The sinking of several more Russian ships in the Black Sea was claimed and <•• inian submarines, operating In the North Atlantic I were salii to have sunk four Brita'oVTlS'l'Kl* ON HOFFMAN HEADS DRAFTEE CROUP Dale Hollman To Lead Draft Contingent Thursday .Morning Dale Hoffman, of near Decatur, has been namml leader of the next contingent of selective shrvku trainees to Jetive the county. Hoffman and tune other youth* will go to Fort Benjamin Harrison next Thursday. November 13. If successful In passing the examination there, they will be Inducted. die is the only volunteer. The youths are scheduled to leave Decatur by AIK' bus from draft IwMird h**adquarters in tho public library at 3:15 a m. Thursday The other boys who will make up the contingent are: Walter Jean Muth. Ix>ris Ell Neuenschwander, Walter Adolph Hoile. Gordon D. Hllty. Robert Nolan Ritter. Reinhard Bultemeier, Otis Seldon Buckley. Carl Frsncis Jacksou, i’eler Wayue Fog,