Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 39, Number 279, Decatur, Adams County, 26 November 1941 — Page 5

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apparently Ut the IV-riKanl araa. The advance *|>t-arhuad already waa reported to have pu.hM on from the Gioia mo-tor toward the (Juir of Rtera. abo«t Ho m ||,. M i northweit. Two hundred priaonera and a large amount of military atone and equipment were captured by the Brit Inh at (Halo. The main batilafront, however, continued In the Nidi Reaeflh seclor. where the Hi It lab were encountering "*ubitantlal" Allo reinforcameEta, and In the sector along the Egyptian frontier, where it waa acknowledged that the "enemy ataged a raid on a aulMUntlol acale aaal of the frontier aouth of Bldl Omar." Thia meant that the Axl* raldera pushed into Egypt "In an effort to divert attention and force* from the main operation field " Annihilate Fore* Home, Nov. 2d (Ul’i The bigh command said today that the Britieh force* sou'll of Ketegh have been "annihilated" with loaa of l.tHiu prisoner* Including Gen. II F. Armstrong. commander of the First South African dlvlaion, two American military observers and aeveral Britlah and American newapapermen. The communique said British forcea lu that central sector of the Libyan fighting were encircled by Axla forcea and then mopped up by German and Italian troop*. The high command aald three British division* have launched a bitter attack upon the Italian Sa voua dlvlaion on the Solum front but claimed that ail attache were broken up with the Britlah "suffaring bloody losses without realising any success ." It said 2o more Britlah tanks were destroyed and many more damaged. Th« communique aald that after putting up a Htrenuour defense the Italian garrison at the Gia Io oasis, zoo miles inside Libya from the Egyptian border, had been overwhelmed by superior British forces. The British were said to have suffered grave losses GERMAN FORCES .CONTINL'RLi FROM fAUg USB) Radio Moscow said that In the Klin sector north of Moscow the German offensive continued to develope and It was admitted that several villages bare been occupied by the enemy. The Germans were reported concentrating effort* to advance along the highways and It was admitted that at one point 'hey bad succsoded in breaktag through the Moviet ge-teus.-s

Survivors Os Reuben James Reach New York lIMIfInfIBaBVttranHHHMHMBHBBHMtfaK BET » -BbmPKmK , is ' ASurviving sailors of the Axis-torpedoed U. H destroyer Reuben James are pictured after arriving In New York City aboard the naval auxiliary vessel Algorab Chief potty officer William lleiry Bergstresser of Pittsburgh. Pa . sole surviving officer who directed abandonment of the sinking destroyer, is given a shouldet ride by his men as they first set foot on New York soil Two of the 4S survivors <IOO dead) were not landed at New York, their whereabouts not being disclosed by the uavy.

Thank Offering Service Sunday The annual thank-offering service, which Is sponsored by th* woman * missionary society of the First Evangelical church, will be held Munday. Special services will l>e conducted in the morning and evening of the day. Emphasis will lie made at th* point of support for missions In term* of k thank-of-fering. Mrs. Edward Warren is the pt eaident of th* local society. Professor Wilbur C. Harr, head of the Department of Christian Missions in the Evangelical Theological Seminary, st Naperville, Illinois. and a former missionary to Africa, will be lit* guest minister for the day Ho will deliver a message at the momma worship hour on the theme, "Where are 'he Scarred Hands." In the evening he will give the illustrated lecture on the theme. "Our African Missions." In this service he will show pictures of the activities of our missionaries at work. The general public is invited to share In this service. ■' o Jay County Farmer In Burned To Death Portland. Ind. Nov 2<—IVPI— Earl O. Burdg. 53. di.-d of burns suffered when his farm home near Portland was destroyed by Are. Firemen found his body crumpled under a telephone, Burdg waa a former Chicago artiat and originator of an apple blossom festival in Virginia Three purebred dog*, valued at Ix.oub. were cremated by the fire. To Improve Part Os Federal Highway 221 A communication from M E. Shaffer, chief engineer of the bureau of location and right of way for the Ohio stele highway commission. ba* relayed through John H. Williamson, the original booster for the Franklin highway, that improvement of the highway between Van Wert and the Indiana slate line ha* been approved liy the pule lie road* administration. According

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to Mr. Hbaffer th* project La* been scheduled tor sal* December H This means that th* road will be paved over that portion which ha* not already been completed and that early next summer will b* ready for travel. ■ W “Breathing Spell" In Far Eaat Crisb Washington. Nov 2d -- <VP) — The Called Ntate* was understood on good authority today to lie favorably disposed toward a plan for a three month* "brxthing spell" in th* tar east to provide tim* for mors extsneded discussion of critical isues between this country and Japan. It was reported that a proposal along these Hues was ready for presentation to Naburu Kurusu and ambassador Nomura when the Japanese diplomat* resume their con-

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was res|Min*|bl* for the war and Mslit “th* t'nlted States taspaysr must riwllse whtt aid to Britain ia costing him. Britain still ow«* lIS.ooo.IMMUHHt plus Interest for the last war debts. Under the present <-<Hli*e the I'nlted Ntates faces the greatest economic < rial* in world history against shich the depression of 1929 Is mere child's play " He characterised the claim* of president Roosevelt that the Garman* propose to alatlish world religion and carve up Mouth America "all truly Idiotic nonsense." H« ridiculed Chui chill'* claim* of the possibility of revolution lu Germany and Italy and said Germany "will rn-ver capitulate. GerI many under Hiller know* only one possibility: victorious <<m< lusioti of the war forced upon her.” j "The people of Europe do not I want to revolt." he said "It I* true they must adjust themselves Ito new conditions. But they alI ready have united in the conviction they have nothing to gain from Britain. Frame realises I this. "Europe for the first time in Its history find-< Itself on the road to union The new Europe la on the march regardless of Herr Churchill. Herr Roosevelt and their Jewish backers." Itlhben'rop said that "parallel ■ with the new order in Europe under the Axis powers there Is proceeding a new order in the Asiatic sphere under Japanese leadership " — — Miwtsitseippi (itrnpcl Four Hinn* •Swing Low Sweet Chariot*’ tonight. Church ot Nazarene.

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URGES FARMERS COMTIMUmO FROM FA'IE '»*• board. .Mr. Gerke •■mphaslicd that thw gov«rum«wt do** not want farmera to scrap useful farm machinery. Whvre macblusry ia b«lng kvpt for spare parte. Il la »ugge»ted that the parts b« taken off th* machine* and *tor*d and the remainder of the metal sold for scrap. A county wide scrap-iron campaign will be launched some time during the mouth of Ihtcember, Mr. tlerke said, after the VNDA defense board and Adam* comity scrap d- al*r* meat to arrange a definite plan of a<tlon. O ~ A century ago Oberlin college wa* the only one to admit women as students.

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