Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 39, Number 278, Decatur, Adams County, 25 November 1941 — Page 1

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■atiohto ■ DOWN ON JKI PLANNED T<> Take Up |Bjk<> LeKKl«ti«n ■n Week H&. Nov. 25—(UP) ,*« ro.lro.d ■^L ( ,r.t '*bor. seal* railroad '• todJV WH” , *.* **lt then met room of the ■^L uir to discus* ES. ■ developed from |H\ .th Mr Rootevelt/ |Klf*"'* arranged to K w ,th Mr Roose |Ktcc»r after discusin their FK,, among themn Not 25 - (UP) - |K * ml I K*i ... 1* .*'l* . V u blt rat i**n ■ on national defense j^L., , ■,nii*h*-*l even "f h*'* . Li.,-mil They said K .! ■,H up .mtl sll Ik*seek. h.is directly I !h;,l program ■l.. . -ion plii iM'ly router* in >- at I P ni. K*..| after last night*! nk. •■ conference. It will be largely to the coal ■ by president John L United Mine Workers and to the threat of ion serve t Ives to ion foreign polldefense stoppages were The proposed prte ■koiiKi-i by far than most Mi nos pending in conH Ih-miK ,raltc leader John Mr in.* k "f Massachusetts, MUoOrr* after the While Mretlnz that the "general M" hail been fol four point I legislation. Including ■ry arbitration, to he preB the house neit week. ■ Republii an leader Joseph yn Jr of Massachusetts,, BrConii.uk in the poat-con-■tstlln*- of the strike leglspogratn and apparently Pith the former's version •mt on. I members of the house, general Francis Middle f "t hltor Frances Perkins sunt secretary of labor 1 Tracy met with Mr. It after which McCormack consensus had lieen for tr consideration of leglsntalning these provisions, ametit of defense strikes: foliation between employemployes. irliiatlmi by a govern=s=7. Station by a statutory empowered to prohibit wring a "period of reason." : mpttlsoiy arbitration of Me at the direction of the 1 l( the three foregoing "* failed to obtain a nt said It appeared OkUgL PAog im, " | Flashes """Wwi. Nov. 2SI-IUP) Coy. liasion officer for • « of emergency man *"’■ Mid today that the "•most l« -gomj -hM<r to construct a powd- ’ 1 M Newport, Indiana, * Protest of tome land ■b News, Va.. Nov. ». J*-’wo employee of the rsock company were when a plane - "»o the shipyard. h** Chile, Nov. a.P * d * A «“* I, "* « 1:10 p. m. Chopping days L to Christmas B BONDS and STAMPS jB *'»toru. bank> _M| MiM

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High-Hankinx Nazi Air Officer Killed I Berlin, Nov, 25 (Up) The death of another high-ranking air | officer was revealed today with an- > nouncement that air major general : Helmuth Wlllawg. BJ, had Ip-.n killed In an accidental crash five I days ago. He died when his plain crashed while he was on an official flight In 'connection with his duties of direct* Ing military air training. H.< «as | the third high ranking air officer > to die within a week. DUTCH GUIANA MOVE AIMED ID THWARTHITLER U. S. Prepared To Defend Western Hemisphere From Axis i —— Washington. Nov 25 — I UP) — The I’nlled Ktates was prepared today for any threat to western I hemisphere defenses resulting from a meeting of marshal Henri Philippe Petain of France and a "high personage." presumably Adolf Hiller, of Germany. Adm I n Ist rat lon congress lona I ' supporters are advocating that I this country move troops Into all French possessions In this hemls-i phere If Petain agrees to egpecled Ails demands for French military collaboration. Rome senators Interpreted the government's decision to protect Dutch Gulang which cental'll v.ilu - ahle liauxite mines, with American troops as a move to forestall posslble seliure by Hitler, operating; through French flulana which .id joins the Dutch colony on the northeast "bulge" of South America. Petain meets reich marshal Hermann Goering tomorrow and later Is to confer with the "high! personage." The extent of American preparedness to meet any: , threat that may result was ernphaslied by: President Roosevelt’s announce I m>nt that American troops will I ' protect Dutch Guiana (Surinam.l Revelation that Mr. Roosevelt. has authorized lend lease aid to the Free French Revocation of all export license* for Vichy French areas In North I Africa and of all licenses for exportation of petroleum products to Spain and Its possessions and Tangier. ■ Those step! seemed to make : clear the policy which liegan :ak . Ing shape last week when the state department denounced the 1 Vichy government's ouster of Gen Maxlme Weygand. commander of j Its African forces, as the handiwork of Adolf Hitler. The state department said exI tension of lend-lease aid to the Free French was not unusual itias much as the lend lease act authorIles the president to aid any ■ "tin i try whose defense he deem* vital to the defense of the I’nited States. Some American supplies already had been sent to the Free French ; through (ho British The Free French are In control of French, equatorial Africa. j The lid placed on exports by the export control office was not explained but was seen as part of a i general policy to keep American products from falling Into German hands In event the Vichy government permits the Germans to send ] troops to French North Africa. The decision to send troop* to ■ (CONTINUPTI ON J'AOK TWO) —— —O COUNTY CLERKS DISCUSS LAWS Clerks Os Fourth District Hold Meeting Here Monday Discussion! of the IMO marriage law. the hunting and fishing regu latlons and other office buslnesi featured the fourth district meet* ' Ing of county clerks held here lust night. The conference was he.d In the form of a dinner meeting at the Appelmau restaurant with Clyde 0. Troutner. Adams county clerk, ai host. The clarks endorsed a change in the birth certificate law. which would eliminate the one year residence provision The group approved I of a plan in which birth of the ap- ! pllcant could be verified by a wit* B Counties represented at the meeting. In addition to the host county, were I*oGrange. Allen. Wells. Steuben. DeKalb, and Noble.

HENRY STIMSON ASSAILS FINN AID TO NAZIS Secretary Os War Points Out Action Harmful To U. 8. Washington, Nov 25.— (UP) — Swretary of War Henry U Sthneon charged today that Finnish army <-<H,|wration with German trimps along th*- northern front In Russia Is helping Germany to concentrals its efforts in away "harmful to the beat Interests of the , 1 t'nlted Stales." He ref* rred to German attacks on the MnrmMsk-Moscow supply lint- over which the United Slates I Is supplying lend h-ase aid to Itusslans and over which British assistance hue IM-*-n moving. In a statement which war department <ifll* lais said was design•■d to answer numerous Inquiries, Stimson said it wax "regrettable that th.- Finnish army should allow this condition to continue." "Regardless of the laudable ambition of the Finnish nation to recover around lost to the Russians In the last war between these nations.” Stimson said, "it Is evident that the Finns are now being used by the Germans to further the German effort to defeat the Russian forces In the la-nlngrad'luike Onelga theater." Th*- secretary declared that thia Iwituatlon was "not only Inimical to . the finul lateenrta of Finland, but enables Germany to concentrate he, efforts <m a line harmful to the interest of th.- Vnlteil States." Simultaneously, the war department releaaed a statement by Maj-or-General James H. Burns, d'-puty lease lend administrator and member of the recent U. S mission to Moscow, who declared It was essential to our natfimal policy that I the U. H. get supplier in quantity to the Russian forces, "and It now appears that Finland Is being foreed to act In such away as to Interfere with delivery of these supj plies." CHAVEZ TAKEN TO STATE PEN II Mexican Slayer Starts Serving Term In State Prison The last chapter in the slaying of ■ Jesus Velez, aged Curryville Mexican. was written today as Sheriff Kd Miller took Jesus Chavez, admitted slayer of Velez, to the Michigan City state priaon. Chavez today liegan serving a 2 to 21 year sentence. Imposed by Judge J. Fred Fruchte last Saturday when the 41-year-oM former Gary resident entered a plea of guilty to a charge of voluntary manslaughter. Chavez was in prison today because lie chose to plead guilty to a charge of manalaughter and re- * celve the 2-21 sentence rather than gamble with a jury on a possible dHith penalty or life sentence against acquittal In standing trial on first degree and aecond degree murder counts. All three charges had been filed against him in a grand jury indictment returned last September. Vp- , on Chavez's plea of guilty to the manslaughter count, prosecutor Harry T Grate moved to dismiss; the other two counts. Velez was shot August 15. Hedied In the Adams county memorial hospital October 1 of a bullet wound through the abdomen. Michigan City Man Dies Os Tularemia Michigan City. Ind., Nov. 25 — | (UPI Bowen P. Hurley, «3. Michigan City, died yesterday of Tularemia (rabbit fever! after contracting the disease two weeks ago when he cleaned aeveral rabbits during a hunting trip. Hurley's death was Michigan City'* second Tularemia fatality. - -o timpbrature reading DEMOCRAT THERMOMETER — •too a. m 20 10:00 a. m. - 30 Noon 38 2:00 p. m. .. - - 80 3:00 p. m. 40 WEATHER • Fair to partly cloudy tonloh* and Wednesday: not quite so cold tonight; mild temperature Wednesday; westerly wind 15 to 25 miles per hour, diminishing Wednesday afternoon.

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Deratur, Indiana, Tuesday, November 25, 1911.

They Arbitrate Mine DiNpute iAa| John L. Lawle and Dr. John R. Oteelman Settlement of the captive mine dispute, which brought about a United Mina Worker* strike, now la In the hands of three men named by President Roosevelt to arbitrate the differences. John I, l.i-wls, left. I president of the U. M W. represents the miners. Dr John II Steelman. right, head of the lalair depariment's conciliation service Is the ' representative of the public. Benjamin Falrless. president of U. S Steel, represents the steel Industry.

SEE SHORTAGE I IH CLASS 1-A Predict Indiana's Supply Os Traineen Soon Exhausted Indianapolis. Nov. 25 —4UPI — State selective service officials today predicted Indiana's supply of class 1-A men will soon he exhausted If army officials continue Io call men Into service at the rate of 2.000 a month. Virtually all of the state's 152 draft board* have completed classification of registrants and from data available, it is apparent there as** only 10.000 class 1-A men iu Indiana today ' Draft officials have not de* ided what they will do when they are unable to meet army demand*. Hut they believe the situation Is comparable to that In other states and that the administration may Im- | forced to request congress to lower 'the age limit of registrants from 21 to 18. Reports have drifted into stale I heaiiquartvrs from scattered section* of Indiana that some I wards 'are already "having trouble getting men" and this situation, according to selective service officials, can be expected to become aggravated during coming month*. Indiana has sent IP,IM men to | the army since the national lottery more than a year ago. and 131 more ' are scheduled to report In Decentter. Draft officials reveal that about 76 percent of Indiana's 537M.8411 draft registrants have been deferred many because of depeadents and others tiecause of the 2H age limit. I'hylcial unfl'ness lias also cut deeply into the lists of eligible men, since ono out of every ten men have lieen deferred for that reason in Indiana. In some Indiana cities where the (CGNTIMUBD OH PAG! gfX) DEATH CLAIMS WM. HISHLEN Retired Carpenter Die* Monday After Extended lllneNß William Hlghlon. 87, a retired carpenter, died at 4:35 o’clock Monday evening of infirmities and complications. Death occurred at the Allen county infirmary, where he had been a patient since the Adams county Infirmary was destroyed by fire. He was born in Hancock county. ()., July 31. 1864, tbe son of John and Elizabeth Hunsicker-Hlglen. His wife, formerly Susan Miller, preceded him in death. Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Jess Gilbert of Decatur and Mrs. Ernest Ferguson of Cass City. Mich.; three aons. John Highlen of North Branch. Mich. George Hlghlen of Grand Leldge, Mich., and Ezra Highlen of Michigan; 21 grandchildren and one brother. W. L. Highlen of Markle. Two daughera are deceased. Funeral services will be held at tbe Zwick funeral home Wednesday afternoon at 2 o’clock. Rev. C. J. Miner officiating. Burial will be In the Poe cemetery. The body may be viewed at the funeral home after 7 o'clock this evening.

Cub Scouts Meet Friday Evening l Cub Scouts of Decatur will go I Indian Fml.iy *-v< i ttiitg at Un- Lin coin school gym when the monthly Pack meeting will lie held. "Indian I Lore And Thanksgiving" Is the them** upon which th*- various lAens have been working during the month of Novemle-r. Various projects and exhibits will Im* presented, with each Cub appearing in Indian ’• dress. f Parents and friends of Cub* are ■ urged to Im* presen' promptly at i> 7 o'clock for the program DAMAGE SUITS : OH FILE HERE J Suits Totalling $17,500 Art* Filed In Circuit Court i • Sults for damages, totalling |17,r 600. hav» been filed In Adams dr- • cult court as result of a truck-auto crash four miles south of Decatar B on federal road 27 on July 7. IMI. Th** plaintiffs are Patrick Brad- " ley. who demand* 17.500 and Harrf • son Kellam*, who demands *lo.om>, ' hotli for personal injuries, alleged' • ly suffered In the crash. Defendants In the actions are Haniu*-I, Floyd and Russell Acker. ’ doing Inosines* a* the Acker Celt ment Works, and Walter Roman. ’ driver of their truck which was in- • volved In the crash. The plaintiffs allege that Human i mad*-a left turn without signalling; ' that be was not Ik years of age and ' that hi- was driving without an oper- • ator's license. ’ They charge carelesiffi*-** and • negligence on tho part of the de- > felidailts. I ■ . ... -o— Scout Committeemen To Meet Wednesday The November meeting of the Adams county Boy Scout committeemen will bo held at 7:30 p. m. Wed nesday at the scout cabin In HanI, na-Nuttman park. All committee I'halrmen. scoutmasters and all | i troop committeemen are requested to Im* present. 1 * '(MISSING" PLANE! * What happened to the "miss- j' Ing" army plane? That Is, what | ■ I i happened to the army plane j, | with the "missing” motor? We mean, what happened to the army plane, the motor, of which ' waa "missing?" Aw. what's the use? Anyway, according to Police | Chief James Borders. Ralph E. | ' j Hoop. Mrs. It. C. Ehhigvr and a few others, an army plane, pre- | < sumahly from lhe Fort Wayne 11 airport, flew over the city this morning and apparently was bothered by engine trouble. The | motor was not running properly, | they all agreed. Then some said It looked as If the plane glided to a landing ; southeast of Decatur when the | motor gave a Anal suptter and i dh-d Anyhow, they pointed out, , they did not see the plane rhe. j nor h»ar the motor again come i |to life. A check with HutiHet, Pleasant Mills residents and | others In that area late this afternoon had failed to locate the "aliasing" plane — there's that word again, ♦ - -

Britain Reveals Daring Raid Made On French Coast Sunday t Night, Mission Accomplished

BRITISH DRIVE CONTINUING IN LIBI AN DESERT Heavy l,osscs Reported On Both Sides On African Front Cairo, Nov. 25 (UPt The British middle eastern command reported today that the fifth Indian division has swept mon- than t 2"o miles across the mld-l.lbyan desert to capture Anglia, near (Halo oasis, only 2<M> miles from! the Gulf of Sidra coast The middle eastern announce ment confirmed the speculation ' that a "phantom" British column Is streaking across the vast desert , wastes far south of the main tut- ’ tieground, driving for the Libyan coast In the vicinity of El Aghelli ' in a vast flanking maneuver. On the big tank battleground, the high command reported, the 1 British garrison at Tobruk has captured J.ten prisoners and la 1 consolidating the gains of its ' break-out attempts. In the Idg battle near Rezegh. ■ the middle eastern command said. ' a South African force, heavily outnumbered by Axle troopa, with- ■ stood an attack by German troops rushed up in truck* and supporiwl 1 by tanks. British armored forces, the communique said, launched a counterattack ail'd drove off the German lank* with heavy losses Losses i on lailh sides. In fact, were heavy, i the communique said. , Meantime the New Zealand forces moving up the coast after capturing Bardla and Gambiit is drivI Ing closer to Tobruk with the sup I port of British tanks. The middle east command reported that In the "frontier <tei”l presumably the region of f'apur | zo and Sldl Omar the British I ' have taken I.oihi prisoners an I •'"many more are coming in." In addition to the regular com muniquo. an 11. A F communique ' said at least 12 enemy tanks and ’ two aircraft were destroyed In a . single raid without British loss. Destroy Brigade Rome. Nov 25 lUI’l —A Geri man armored division and the , Italian Arlets "battering run" • division have destroyed the British , 22nd armored brigade In bitter fighting near llir El Gobi. Libya, the high command said today Its communique said bitter fight Ing rag'd In the Marmarlca section of eastern Libya yeateiday and asserted that the destruction of the British brigade cam - as a climax to an encircling movent' it started by Axis force* Sunday The high command aald Italian and German forces now w**r mopping Up the battle field In the Blr El Gobi sector , "which Is sprinkled with Immobilized or burning British tanks." The high command said Italian and German aviation, in collabor at lon with land forces, bombed tCONTINURfI ON PAOK SIX) WOMAN HURT IN FALL FROM CAR Mrs. Nelson Abbott Is Injured Late Monday Evening Mrs. Lucy Abbott. #». of 333 North Tenth street. Is confined in the Adaina county memorial teapltai suffering from injuries sustained late Monday In a freak accident. Mrs. Abbott was hurt when she fell from a car, driven hy her husband, Nelson Abbott, as it swung around the corner of Tenth street and Nuttman avenue, and the auto door flew open. , She waa taken to the hospital In tbe Zwick ambulance, where a pre- ' I ’.mlnary examination disclosed 1 that sh. wim suffering greatly from 1 shock, the a physician 1 stated. ‘ Rhe also suffered a scalp wound, a possible shoulder fracture and a I back Injury. While she was «us- < ferlng greaily late Monday, her 1 . < otiditlon was much Improved this morning, the doctor stated. The accident occurred shortly t I after 5 p. tn. Monday. I

POSSESSION OF LAND IS SOUGHT New Action In Filed In Litigation (her Country Club Frederick J. Hildebrand of Chicago through hl* local attorney. Arthur E Vogl»w«-de. filed a petllion this morning before Judge J Fred Fruchte In Adams circuit Kiurt to Im- named -i party defend ant In the suit for poMMsion of the Decaior Country club and golf I course Th'- original suit was filed by Calvin Yost against D Burdette i Custer, laniise Hall. I’aul Nchultiand Curt Huffman. Il a*k>-d pos session of the real estate and IIVP.M damages. hi his petition. Hildebrand sets OUt that on October 31. lull In circuit court here he was awarded a judgment of )fi5.9*(71 in aceordance with a judgment previously granted In Cook county. Illinois Ills petition asserts that thereafter lamlse Hall transferred the real estate shove described to Paul Nchulte It further seta out that Nchulte on August 18. 1H32 trans ferred by deed the real estate to Frank Jovlen; that on March 12. I9M Jovlen transferred the real estate to Louise Hall without consideration; that on Decemter I*l. IMO lamian Hall transferred the real estate to l> Burdette Custer without consideration and that on Decomter 2". IMO II Burdette Custer transferred the real estate Io Calvin Yost, th« said Calvin Yost taking the real estate as security for a loan of II I.oihi and (CONTtNUKD ON PAGK HIX) RECOMMEND 15 IN CLASS 1-A 15 Os 27 Adams County Young Men Placed In I-A The I’. R. army examiners yesterday rei-oinmended the placing <>f 15 of the 27 men who went to the F**rt Wayne armory for phslcal exanil'ia'lons in das* I X on the \,| ,I*. . ..,■*'<•*■ 1 . glide liat. They also recominend*Ml the pla* Ing of eight men in daa* I E' and ordered three to retupi for further examination. Ralph E Roop, chairman of the Adam* county diaft board, stated that a meeting of the board will be called tonight and the classifications acted upon. The daasification* will be announced Wednesday. Mr. R<H)p pointed out that If any of the men or the board was dissatisfied with the dassificatlon. upon the iHtard’s apptoval. another examination by the specialists' Ixiard could be conducted One <4 the 27 youths was a transfer and not recommended tor das- 1 slflcatlon with the Adam* county, group The 1-A list Includes tho*--available for immediate service. | while 4-F Is comprised of those un-1 fit or physically incapable of mill-1 tary duty. U-Boat In Sunk By Canadian Corvettes Ottawa. Nov. 25 (UP)— Two Canadian corvette* recently forced a German submarine to th** surface of the North Atlantic with depth charges and took 47 members of Its crew prisoners, it was officially announced today. The submarine sank. Two Trainmen Are Killed In Wreck Omaha, Neb., Nov. 25 —(UP) — Two trainmen were killed, three other* Injured and 21 boxcars destroyed by a fire in a wreck of two freight trains at Edsr.n, Wyoming tsirly today. Union Pacific headquarter* here announced. Engineer Walter W Martin and fireman Lewi* H. Haberlane. both of Mramie. Wyoming, were burned to death. Both train* wero westbound. They collided when one of the train* attempted to leave a pas*-ji ing track for the main line track. L

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| Commando*, Britain'* ‘•Phantom’’ Troopa, Repealed An Raiding CoaNt Os Normandy. ONE WOUNDED lamdon. Nov 25 (UP) —Brit* aln'* I'omniamlo*. touth, black uniformed "phantom" troop*, made a daring hit and run raid on the I Normandy coast Monday night and I early Monday morning, It wa* die* II loM-d officially today. The Commandos, organ Ins! 11» I j reconnoiter German defenses and fl cause as much havoc and destruc- * lion as possible, got ashore, <-<im- ’ i pleted their mission and returned, ' the only casualty being a man who ; was shot In the arm by a machine I gun bullet. II A* the ministry of Informatlan was announcing the raid. Admiral ' Nir Roger J It Key*-* said In the l house of commons that the Com* I mandov were eager and ready to act a year ago when he said, they might have altrr.*d the course of the war. "The prime minister was as keen as I was to act vigorously in the • face of hazards and achlve great I results whi* h. if the Commandos l had teen allowed to carry them out. might have electrified the > world an*f altered the whole course . of the war.' Keyes said I Keyes organized the Commandos. beginning with July 17. IP4®. . but had Io retire under the age • limit five weeks ago. Keyes started training the men i 15 months ago — after the fall of • France. Th*- training was a close- • j ly guarded secret and even war i corre*pondent* were not allowed • I t<> visit them latter it wa* learnt 1 the Commando* operate with I tommy guns, grenades, knives, sticks and dynamite. They always operate under the cover of night. | The Commandos black their faces to make them match their Iwlerd black battle dree*. The daring hit and run raid I made by the Commando) Sunday night was 'he first gainst the continent to have been acknowledged officially But it has lieen known that tte group acted a* spearheads in British blow* against the Norwegian laifotvn Islattds. Npltzbergen and Bardla Key*** attacked th*- "brass hats of Whitehall" for "frustrating every worthwhile offensive action i I have ever trb-*l to make ' . It was recalled that in a hi ndcast last weekend th** British radio wgrned the French people "to pre par*- for the bout of Invasion that the allies one day will make " There was no suggestion, however, that th*- latest raid was big . enough to be connected with any Invasion li-iprs ('ommentlng mi a German high command assertion that an attempted British landing had Ix-eti repulsed the ministry said "The enemy Is iM-traylng anxiety regarding our Intentions concerning th* coast of o* < npled territory and hopes, by making exaggerated claims, to elicit Information which, however, will l*<- withheld from him "Today's Item In th*- German communique probably refer* to the i action mentioned." * Th*- (b-rmati comniunlqtta said that the attempted British landing ! had bei-n repulsed Nimday night or j early .Monday morning ) WALTER THIEME HEADS BUREAU Named Chairman Os i n» ion Township Farm Bureau Monday Walter Thieme wa* nam*-d chair* man of the Union township farm bureau In the meeting held laet night at the Schnepp school In that township. Victor Bleeke was chosen as sec-retary-treasurer of th*- organization. George Hardey was the principal speaker at the meeting, which waa carried on In * round table manner. Dis* inwions pertaining to th*- value of th** farm bureau to the farmer were the chief topics. Everett Johnson, county chairman. opened the meeting and presided Following tbe business senslon a lunch wa* served. The meeting of the Blue Creek township bureau will be held this evening. I*eland Ripley, publicity director reported.