Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 39, Number 290, Decatur, Adams County, 9 December 1941 — Page 5

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pondrlll of till, orn.ml C,. ,n tuH I HNIi mo ney and th. only <i. rm ;, n newspaperman stationed here. I There ar« no Italian ni-wa isirres-1 pondenis here. Thf credentials of Japanese corrcrpondentn were tak-' i-n up Stitiiliiy, It l ottld not 11.. . «lnt>ilsh. <l vi i 1 whether Si'll had b<.en p|. |< ( <| qp during th. night by the Fft| y„ terday it was understood that h.' would he p.'i in|tte<| to fl], < tiui.r I ed new* reports lo Iholln. ||.. I not lw> permitted to attend pr. ** I conferences nt th Whit, ifuu-e • the state department and other federal «»fti« ••«. Meanwhile, the juxtfie departnt'nt epe.'di’d u . <imie.it it to pt. Vent peixn utl.m of |w .... fn| a)l ,I law abiding" Jupan.o ti.itti!,.!.-. <| or alien. —- n . Monmouth Juniors To (live Play Wednesday The jitniot cl.i- of t y t ,n mouth high •< hoot w ill pt> , >it t||, annual eU«* play at v.. . . k i ne*day night at she . .oi h.m The public I inviie.l tn I’ti-nd. County Assessor To Annual ( onterencc The offi. es Os . .einty a Krnest Wortliinatt a - I; , | until Saturday tnornin i- wa announced today, while .Mr. Worth ! man t« attending the li t annua! assessor * < onferenee in Indiana | polls.

RESOLUTION IS VOTED BT CROUP I I’ort Mayne Presbytery Adopts Resolution By Pastor The winter meeting of the For’ Wayne presbytery was held at the Westfield church in Fort Wayne Monday, with the group adopting a resolution offend by It. v. (leorge O Walton, pastor of the First Presbyterian church of this city, this resolution to lo> sent to each church I | In the presbytery. Speakers at the presbytery were i Rev. Is.tiald A Irwm. missionary i ’o China, and Rev. J P Van Kalon of Chile C. I>. Teeple, elder (’elegatC I ■ from th. Dscatur church, announ.- • I plans for the men's league of the > I’t byte y, which wil) b” hold In Bluffton January 19. Roseau (UrnI' ulna of this city is president of . ’he league. Text of the resolution submitted .by It.a Walton follows; 'ln the..- dark and ominous days . in whl. h oui nation suddenly find* i' e|f engulfed, we urge upon our I- ople In th.- name and spit It ot our laird and Savior Jesus ( hrlst to search prayerfully and dilig-ntly all | motivating attitudes which may be i manifest toward those to whom we | may be a! war, and to guard against wholesale and unwholesome pas- ' 'lona and hatreds which Indlscrb niti it.-ly quest lon the Integrity and | incerlty and the divine right of ' perM.nallty of vast multitudes of unfortunate millions who are In no way responsible forth.- actions of I 'heir government. That we «hall. I through whatever exigencies of the future wisely and prayerfully bear n mind that 'on.. I* our Master | even Christ and all men a>. brothi r ‘‘” ' " o SI’GAR C OMPANY CONTINVKO FPOM PAOR ON» was on the side of the drive I* a i matter of conjecture, they stated. I Closely loeat.-d Iron beams and the wooden guard rails would not per- , mi' hl- body to revolve freely ' ..round the shaft. Coroner Yager ! ix.inted out. and It was the ham- ' merlng against these structure* that crushed and mangled his I body, he asserted. A watch found In the clothing. ■ wrapped around the shaft, had , -topped at 9:»S a. m , but the coroner said that the aceident must ' have happened at least five or possibly 1o minutes earlier. A local physician and the Black ambulance were summoned by I plant officials Immediately after j th.- accident wa* discovered, hut It wa* learned that the victim wu* d< ad before th.-y arrived The body was removed to the Black funeral home where an eximln.itlon wa* conducted by enroll. r Yagei and Clarence Weber of the Black funeral home. Life-Long Resident The deceased wa* a life-long i. sfdent of Adams county. He was l.i.in In t'nion township on July 31. IH9S. the son of Matthew and Magdalena I. Brown Ills par- • nt- both died when he was a child. He was a member of the I nion Chapel church in Union township. Surviving are the widow. Flossie Lee-Bro*ii; «nd thre-e children: Carl, -in employe of th.- Fort Wayne <lencr.il Electric: Mrs. Robert I.eßiun of Chattanooga. Ohio, and Merlam. at home A -Liter, Mrs William Roth of Monroeville and a brother. Charles Brown. Itecattir city plant employe, also survive. A son and a brother are de. eased. Funeral services will be held Thttr«day afternoon at 1:30 o'clock a th. home two miles east of !».•- c.iiur. and 2 o'clock at the Union Chapel church, with Rev. Dwight l*attcr*on officiating. Burial will be hi Clark'* Chapel cemetery. The body will be returned lo the re fd.'ti. •> Wednesday afternoon ■nd may be vl.-wed there until tlmi for th<' service*. TWO-HOl'R ALARM CONTINUED FttoM PAGE ONE certain there wat. no danger. War Close To West San Francisco. Hee. P—(UP) A night of bla.kouis and air raid alarm* ordered by military authoi i-l tie- brought the war close to the ' west .-oast today. Army authorities aasertedenemy aircraft was operating off California* -.hore*. and before dawn two blackout* hud been ordered for tin-1 San Francisco Bay region while the Pacific northwrst and San Diego remained In slarkness night-1 lon*, i Conalderabio confusion surrounded the alert signal* which many persons assumed to be practl-i j alarm- and which even the police twice mistakenly announced were! test warnings. The first was ordered when i planes were detected about I<H> mile* ott San Francisco. Brig. Gen. Wiliam Ryan, commanding the. fourth Interception command. J was convinced they were enemy j craft. He said the navy was attempt-1

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Ing to "locate and give battle*' to. tho Invader*. Thu K'.ond warning presumably was caused by I* N navy patrol Immhera that fall.-d to Identify thom»elvM. '■We're In u hell of a spot here and we Ju*t can't take any chan era," itynn said The Initial "enemy'’ force wa* | believed to number fin plane*, which ventured to the entrance to j the Golden Gate The plane* wsre . flying too high to be caught by ' searchlight. They soon disappear-1 ed to sea. The report was relayed up atul | I down the coast. Radio station-i were ordered off the air lest their signals afford direction posts. Blackouts were Imposed at army j posts, navy baacs, defense plant* and numerous cities Rioting followed In Health where crowds numlierlur almost 3,o<Mt persons swarmed the streets and kicked in window* and broke electric signa of merchants who had failed lo observe the blackout Lo* Angeles radio stations that ! had Iw'.'ii restricted to broaden*' Ing Identification calls each half, hour, were ordered off the air completely "until further notice." A bright moon to some extent offset the blackout In California but the northwest was overcast and past experience In trial blackou'* had given that area a chance to perfect Its "alert” organlxatluti (The war denartment In Wa Ington ht. ■ the alarm said. It had tecelv >io report of h'> tile planes .iff the west coast and , had "no means of verifying th. report") Throughout the west normal civilian life was being displaced,' by wartime activities. School* at Alameda were dosed until the situation was stabilized. Civilian*, by army orders, were evacuated from a 20-block area around Fort MataArihur which protects th.* vital Im» Angeles-Long Beach harbor. —— o ■ The right use of today I; the best ' preparation for tomorrow

“TRAILER VAGABOND 1 * Ftefc JIBIB [jp “ By WARREN HATLEY

Shasts Dam. California A IG.OCO.OC" ton mountain is being moved 10 miles to help form the world's second largest dam—the Shasta. Neatly pil'd into i geometric heap, the rock ami sand of this sizable hill would < nv< r two square city block* to a depth of 4ko feet. All of it is being trans ported on a narrow conveyor belt that never stops rolling. It ram Ide* over hill and dab- and a< rm the broad Sacramento River twi<.a* It cairh * It* endless load from Redding to the site of thi* mighty structure. The conveyor that Is moving this mountain is the longest in the world. Although the narrow belt mo«*s at a mer* six and a quarter miles an hour pace, its twenty six sections handle 1,100 cubic yards of material per hour, or more than 52 large trucks and trailers could cope with if they took over the job. Each section of belt I* kept In motion by a 2"" horse-power electric motor, which ha* proved to lie thi* most ••<■<>- nomlcal method of moving thi gigantic mas* of material. A strange sight it Is to see this seemingly endless line of rock and sand wandering through valleys. up hill and down, night and day. as it feeds the g:ant crushert. and mixers at the dam. A million ami a quarter ton of cement are being added to thi* loose aggregate to nianuf.i<'"ir>* th<' huge i-eiiient block that will become a dam by 1911 Th.n dam will forever *to|i the turbulent flood* that have been -Weeping down thi* veid.mt. northern t'ali

"TRAILDR VAGABOND" is *pou-o *<l and appea: . In till* paper through the court** y of DECATUR SI PER SERVICE MONROE STREET PHONL 532 "new cars are HARD TO GET Why n«»1 take care of your pre**vnt car? Have your brakes relined before drums become damaged. Good brakes arc essential for safe driving. We have brake shoe exchange service. Decatur Super Service MONROE STREET PHONE 532

Grid Star in Army I ~ i 1 I’aul Lillis *aul l.llis, captain of the 1911 v'ulri Dante foottaH t< rt R»uth Bend. Ltd., enlisting In th* J. S. Army Air Corps. He joined he Notro Damn Knuto Rocl.no Squadron. Red Men Will Meet Thursday Evening A special meeting of the Red Men , will be held Thur My . v. niii- a' 7 o'clock at the hall Th. m.inher- j Were urged to be presen' <J —*"■ • History i* the .---• n< v if Inuumera hie biographies. Ca .lyle,

I f onia valley < v<-rv spring a* lon .'a* man can ri-niewilx r. Th** wild I w.lti't that have In *|> il . naßun i crop* and pio|»-rty will be tm-j ' puundi-d In a 0.0.0 l lake 35 nub.long and allov-.-d to tl>» wh*-n I i».<bd for irrigation, al I, ■ .in- • time u* nerating power I:, th*- ir * i pl. 'tit tha* will liavo a * ipacity | • of 375.ihhi kilowati.i Thirty *«*vcn mile- o' S<»n<t»«-r»< | • I'acltii track Will co il'i-i* . Wat*-, i when the tw • .'lant -.-itioti* ot i ■ I thi- datn finally tin • i lo iiinl i th*- flow of the S h ■ itri'ai'i River | \* i* result it 'hi* exp* * ini lak* | I lh>-*<' mile* of track a«• b*-i I I foia .-I ap* . th.lt. m. * ,„tat. *l j i ;h>- boring of a 4<iz< 11 tuuiP-L and ' tli* <oii*c.*l. tion <>t l ight b :. I one of will. !l in the hlshi ' I i dotibl* ilcck brld-' tn the woild ll' support* a fonr-lalt'' hl.'.v. iff { . on It* lofty <:< *l and .1 double I I track pathway on I' low.' d> .k | land iipp.ai to b*> about r.-.d> I i for 1:11*111.** Ii I* going to off. ii bi eaihtaking view of the nori I. | end of tin Ink wlll.h will ii- ! .< dizzy's"h ts ... i,a A unique feature cf th s $2l r - 0C5.0C0 project is that the bolt . conveyed mateiial arr.vmg to go into this JIOO.CXXI.COG dam act. ally helps pay for the jeb t putting it then Att r the rock and grave! have been crushed for mixing with cement 0 is cashed j and processed for gold of wn ch , tecovery is lunn.ng between six and twenty five cents per yard. Taxpa/eri who are footing th< bill for this expensive but necessary Structure will be saved between a third and one and a third millions ot dollars.

CUB SCOOTS TO | BEREORGANIZED Meet Thursday I-or Re-j urxanixation Os Dens In Decatur Cub Scout* of Decatur » I1 meet i Thuisday .ift< u.hui f.o .> u.. . gallon. All iM.y* a.- ura* I i*. m.. , It. the Lin 'ln a. ho.>l ntditorliim I promptly at the <1 ot : c | 3.30 I", M tn .iffl. lai of th.* An-1 y Wuyt ' i: will be pi. ,e|i' to -peak UP *U :li‘ : new arrangement of le t .pi being udop ed In the city. In ai o'dain <■ with t. pH ..ppi > i *1 l.y th Ministerial Asoiein l.m, | spon.-ors of th- Cab S. on iti l><4*ui. hoy- wtll bo organ... I into llep* a. . i dilip to the In- 1 ill ot their horn. 11'aet'.f 1H a < c> * 1 cause of hi* (liur. h affiliation '1 ii*'! new plan . .Hl* t n .< div <>' o a I ten -I'uat ■<i :i <.. !i on :., .•i . . immediate neighborhood, At th** m* ng Tllu -Li,. t!i matton of tin- new in■«» will *• x- j plained by th. Culmii-t. Rev c M I’l ugh and ea. h < ub w mi I 'red for th* new yea. will * us-ifii. d to < D* t. Hen M i"i. and Den Chi f- w II ... > I* ...i noun .-.I at tha ti n> It . impor •■nt that every Cub h* p v n I th.- meeting Tr .de lU a i; ..Xi 'I >W*l ll* I*

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JAPAN SEIZES niNTIS'I . *> Fn*.M i'A'IN OWE. >ln > a: I'- *ping <■ ... ,ii lie I’a.ific W.II. 1...1 de*

PUBLIC AUCTION lh<* Ki< < rd properly Inc.ilcd at 111.1 Adam* street, will he Mild tn Ih< lii. he*l bidder <m S VI I RI>AY, December 13, at 1:30 |». M. I i\' i i "’’> !< rii ‘ion e. lull ba ■ ment. motor plumb* in:', tetiii'i. lioai. garay'i f i'l size lot with plenty of nhrub* Ihi . a o il i ,nst raded home in a fine state of repair. Ab ideal l<H-a’ioii. Iti-I»‘ ■ I thi p' p< rty before day of gale. ri'.RMS: j*i <a ii day of <ale, balance upon delivery of i *o'l titl* l’< * ion in 30 days unless otherwise arranged day of sale. Rl( KORD HEIRS, Owners .1 I'. Sat’imtni . A net iont er Jim Audit v*. Auctioneer S. d :te t>y M'DWLST REALTY AUCTION CO.. Occitur. Ind. Phone 174.

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, First mw- of th» assertion that was now undsr direct at- "" k «tiftt* in a German official I u.'Ws agency dlspati h from Tokyo, '. id In Ixmdon by ths Un.tod It.--* B«t>*nlng post . | ’I - di*put<h ild tha Jupanosa Iti.p. rlal .iff bad announced that th. I.ip.in<land irrnip* ware now I, king th,. Rlngapore a-'*«. I nii .a a brosdewst heard by i tj < BS. quoted Singapore that the . .l ip' ii*- •• n-purt of h landing at •if wu* completely untrue • I id th< wi*r<* no Japanese *1" *'i th. lUthern Malaya epast.