Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 40, Number 2, Decatur, Adams County, 2 January 1942 — Page 1

VoI.XL No. Two.

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Allied Powers To Battle To Finish Against The Axis

Many Other Nations Expected To Siqn Pact For War To Finish On Hitler Wffsbngton. Jan. 2. il'l’i The I'nlted Stales. Great Britain. Chinn have signed a declaratorthat th<y will fight the Axis <> • Rush and that unite of them •iHb< e|>t a separate p. are. it eanir. Prw* ent Roosevelt was expect•d tlpnnoum•• the part later thin ifte«k>- He told this morning conference an Important itatMß* nt would be forthcoming UHlhe White Hous.- in time to W fMli"' 1 in late afternoon newaIt *.i ■ understood that several lailons also have agreed. or main will iftree, to the anti-Axls pact, iwrara envoys visited the state Iwpartiii.nt during the day. Includng Wbtiiitnanlan ambassador Em*sto Guardia, who told reporters » bad ilgned a declaration of anti* Altai Solidarity. The declaration was said to be brief, and to contain only two points- -i pledge to enter Into no reparat-* peace, and a pledge to ""rrtoportfe toward victorious eonelusion of the war. The agreement apparently is the drnt OOH' ret., result of the Roose rritCbiif - hill conferences here. Envoye from these countries visited the state department today ind Wei- believed to have signed the pa< i Australia. Belgium, the Netherlands, Costa Hico. Hondurts, El Salvador. Cuba. Haiti. (Juate* nala, Luxembourg. Czechoslovakia, ionteli -111 Republic. Nicaragua and the Upton of Routh Africa. They called at the office of assistant secretary of state Adolf Berle, where the signing ceremonies app i- ntly were taking place. Austrlia In Fold Melbourne. Australia. Jan 2. — lUF>— Prime minister John Curtin hag fpbled io Prime .Minister Winsten Churchill the assent of the AmUaian government to a Pacific igreetm nt which It was reported had Been evolved at Washington for def.-nse of Allied interests in tha Fa- lie. The text had been studied by the warMablnet at a meeting at Canb&. Curt in had announced the receipt if Ml urgently Important document m Ps file defense. (No details were available of the l(Mg|hint, (Jen. Hain Ter Poorten. omat iml. r in chief In the Netherands East Indies, had said in a Naw Year message to his troops hair th.- British and Americana _tri fr.-imi ing something which will ba W> > unpleasant for the Japan Ah Curtin announced the approv"d of the agreement, Australian air forage planes opened an offensive ■jA <!•!>■<n.-*.- liases in the Caroline Qialami- and the government etnWJONTINUIS'I ON PAGE FIVE> Cold Wind Brings Winter To Decatur irW A scold. stinging wind whipped mtgjlhe city last night, bringing .Ltlong an atmosphere of real winter. } Although the mercury slid down >nly to lie 20 mark, the raw wind > made residents think that xero or temperatures were at k The Dally Democrat thermomet,r,'d 20 degrees above xero fcl'clo. k this morning and gave iptlttki indication of a very rapid ’ rioa* ' The cold wave, predicted by 1 wgjjraermen. arrived late last night The wind reached almost fcalMke proportions and created minor damage. ,1 tetone instance a storm window |Mvug kported blown out of a home. JMAOBI ,now Hurries accompanied HidKlnd at times

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

Hitler Making Valiant Effort To Stem Retreat Report Adolf Hitler Desperately Seeking To Stem Soviet Tide lamdon. Jan. 2 — (UP) — Adolf Hitler was reported today to he on the .Moscow front attemptin’? desperately "by the power of his personality" and the "Inner call” which Impelled him to assume command of the once Invincible Wehrmacht. to halt the dlsastr-us retreat of the German armies In Russia. A report reached Ismdon from Stockholm, now a chief source of German news, that llltl"’ had flown to the front to direct !n person the German Moscow armus. establishing headquarters som -where near Smolensk. 250 miles southwest of Moscow. It was said that Hitler had decided upon th* move when he learned of the smashing German defeat in the Kaluga region Merciless Drive Kuibyshev. Russia, Jan. 2 -Il'Pi German forces on the centra’ Moscow front are retreating on Vyazma 1.15 miles southwest of the capital on Napoleon's road of retreat, bn* sere a igeralleM Red army drive which has now broken the lasi atabln Nail defense line, dispatches from the front said today. It was believed that the Russians ' (CONTDfIHtn <r»N PAGE HIXi 0 Six Escape Injury As Car Hits Tree Tree Blown Down By High Wind Thursday Six persons escaped serious Injury last night when their car crashed Into a fallen tree on the Hoagland road, north of the city. Mevln Miller, his wife and three children, and Theltnu Tlnkham. all of route six. Decatur, were riding in the car. All were bruised and cut by Dying glass. The entire front end of the car was demolished and the windshield broken. The accident occurred one-half mile north of federal road 27 on the Hoagland road at 8 p. m. The tree, measuring shout 18 inches in circumference, was blown down by the high wind. The driver told Sheriff Ed Miller, who Investigated. that he did not see the fallen tree until his car was upon it. Hoagland and Decatur telephone lines and a power line were torn down by the falling tree. Otto Fuelling and two members of the county highway department worked for hours, cutting up the tree to open the highway. Utility crews were dispatched to the scene to restore the disrupted service. Sheriff Miller was at the scene iroNTiwt'En on pagw rivxi o John Glutting Rites Saturday Morning Funeral services for John Glutting. former Decatur citisen whose death occurred early yesterday, will be held from the Catholic church in Attica. Saturday morning at 9 o’clock. Raymond Voglewede. a son. and family will attend the services. Bur ial will be in the Attica cemetery.

F. D. R., Churchill Worship At Washington’s Church ■■■v — a ■ i I H 1 1 X ■ T j I z 1 IM I ; Returning to the United States from Canada for further conferences. Prime Minister Winston Churchill <> Great Britain accompanied President Roosevelt to a New Year's Day service In old Christ Church. Alexan drla. Va . where George Washington, first president of the United Stales ami leader of the colonial force that defeated the British 111 the revolution, worshipped Shown on the steps of the church following th services are. left to right, above. Rev. Edward R. Welles. British ambassador to the United States laird Hall fax; Mis* Katrina Melies. Rev Welles’ daughter: Prime Minister Churchill. President Roosevelt. Ma.' Gen Edwin M Watson, the president's military aide, and Rev. T Stewart Matheas

Annual Report Is Filed By Recorder Instrument Increase Is Noted In Report The annual report of th't .ecorder's office wa* made today by Mrs. Ruth Hollingsworth, Adams county recorder. The report shows an inert-aae of 119 instruments and 1183 fur 1941 over that of 19(8. The total in 1941 was 4.O4MSN instruments for 82.898 * 80 In fees against 3.889 Inst rueinents and fees totalling 82,533.80 in IHO. The 1941 total was broken down by Mrs. Hollingsworth* report to the auditor as follow*: 782 deed*. 8789.10; one transcript. 81 40: 383 mortgages. B*ll 15; 89 mechanic's Hens. 81790; 1,122 chati»l mortgages. 8561. 210 releases. 4109.10 11 assignments. 86 30; four powers of attorney. 83 l 0; four ar'lrles of incorporation, 87; 1.218 marginal releases. 8179.85; four marginal assignments 8 80; 182 miscellaneous, 8148.70; nine public welfare releases, five honorable discharges, three right of ways, nine old age (CONTINL’EB ON PAGE FIVKI 0 Mrs. Fogle Assumes Duties As Librarian Mrs. Fogle today assumed her duties as librarian at the Decatur public library. She succeeds Miss Ruth Winnes. who recently resigned to accept a position In Chicago. 0 Roosevelt Denounces 'Unjust' Discharges Washington. Jan. 2—(UP)—President Roosevelt today denounced as "stupid" and "unjust" the increasing discharges of loyal, efficient workers in American industries "simply Itecause they were born abroad or because they have ‘foreign sounding’ names." "I am deeply concerned over the increasing number of reports of employers discharging workers who happen to be aliens or even foreign born cltlxens." tha president said in a press conference statement.” This Is a very serious matter. "ft Is one thing to safeguard American industry, and particularly defense industry. againM sabo’age; It Is very much another tiling to throw out of work honeet and loyal people who. except for the accident of birth, are sincerely patriotic.’'

ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ADAMS COUNTY

Decatur, Indiana, Friday. January 2. 1942

Plan Christmas Tree Bonfire Here Tonight Christmas trees were being i rounded up today by the Cub Scouts of the city in preparation j for the big bonfire tonight at 7 o’clock City trucks stopped at e dozen places where the boy* had assembled the trees and wen hauling them to Bell’s field, souili of the Legion Memorial park A brief ceremony will be held at (he spot, in which all Cubs are to have part, to be followed by the lighting of the fire. QRush For Purchase 01 Auto Licenses Applicants For New Tags Swamp Office Although 1941 passenger car license plates are still good until March 1 under state legislative acts, the local license bureau was besieged by applicants for the new 1942 tags today. Seekers of the new tags swarmed Into the bureau at an early hour this morning and a constant stream of purchasers filed Into the office throughout the day Miss Phylll* Kolter. cashier of the bureau, and Miss Mary Arnold aided Cal F Ueterson. bureau manager. In handling the heavy demand. William 11. Hell, of this city, was the first to secure a set of tags. He was given number 518,707. The "honor" of having purchased the number one set out of the bureau. No. 518.701. went to Ray Smith, rural mall carrier, who bought the tags last week before leaving for Florida. The 1941 license plates and the 1941 driver’s licenses do not expire until March 1. Several persons upon going to the bureau and reading a sign In the door advising them of this fact chose to wait until a later lime to get their tags or operator’ll licenses and thus avoid today's jam. Only chauffeur's licenses and public passenger permits had to be secured by January 1 to comply UYINTtNHICn nN PAGF FTVHI ■ o Hold Moser Rites Sunday Afternoon Funeral services for Mrs. Willis Mosser. .13. of Geneva, who died Thursday morning at her home, will Im held Sunday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock at the Wells tc Hardy funeral home, with burial 'n the Riverside cemetery. Death was attributed to carcinoma. Surviving are the husband, the mother, two brothers and a sister.

Plan Provides For Medical Assistance Pion Works Through Welfare Department The Adame county pybllr welfare department. In co-operation with the physicians of the county medical association and the county hospital, has effected a plan to provide medical and health services to recipients of public welfare assistance, as was made possible through the new 1941 law The law became effective January’l and the welfare department Is immediately taking over these services, which were formerly provided by tlie township trustees of the county. Th.- coat of the medical program will be shared by the state and the county, lhe sttae bearing 60 perc<*nt of the coal and the county assuming 40 percent. Under the law and plan of the county welfare department, medical care will be given at th,- present lime to 348 old age recipients, seven blind recipients, and 88 dependent children families, which Include 170 children and 80 adults. Agreemen's have been entered Into between the welfare department, lhe physicians and surgeons •CWNTINt’IXn GN PAGK FfVg, Slaub Infant Likely Baby Derby Winner Born This Morning At County Hospital Gerald Lee Rfaub, Infant son of Ismis and Hildegarde Staub, of route five, Decatur, late today appeared to be the likely winner of tho 1942 “baby derby." Gerald Lee Is not a New Year's Day baby, but It Is believed that he was the first child to he born in the north half of Adams county In the now year. He was born this morning at 7:23 o'clock al the Adams) county memorial hospital. At birth he weighed eight pounds, lb and onehalf ounces. His father is a farmer. Gerald Lee is the first child in the family Report of his birth was made to the Dally Democrat this morning by Mrs. Nelle Mae l*owe. hospital superintendent. If no other birth Is reported previous to Gerald Lee's since midnight Wednesday, he will be declared the winner of the baby derby and receive lhe more than a score of prizes given by Decatur merchants who cooperated In lhe event.

American Forces Still Hold Strong Positions North Os Manila, Fortified Islands

Sales Os New Autos Banned By Government Speeding Plans To Convert Industry To War Production Washington. Jan. 2 il'l'i The average man who has been ■ hlnklng about swapping the old car for a new one but ha« hesitated because of the state of the world, doesn't have lo worry any more He can’t do It now even If he has made up his mind and has the cash. The office of production management is rushing plans today to convert every facility of the automobile industry to the production of Implements of war All sales of new automobiles were halted as of yesterday, and production of auto mobiles will be stopped completely go days hence. A rationing system will be work ed oul in the next few days to dis|H>se of those cars that will lie i manufactured in 'he next mouth Passenger >-ars add light titicks j probably will be rationed in much the same manner as shat lo lensed for distributing tires aed tubes The tire and tube rationing system goes into effect Monday Civilians will be able to purchase only used and retreaded tires and tubes unless they are on the govICONTINITRII <»N PA’IF FfVkt I —Q - -- County's January Tire Allotment Set ■ r— Tire Rationing Will Be Effective Jan. 5. The January allotment of tlr<* and tubes for passenger cars, light trucks, motorcycles, heavy trmks and busses hi Adams county has been announced by the etate tlnrat lon Ing Inta rd. The quotas assigned for this county ate: Tires Tubes Passenger cars, light trucks, motorcycles 19 Ifi Heavy trucks and busstv .18 Tire rationing becomes effectlve January 5. and in the meantime all sales are curtailed In this county the provisions of the congreseional act will be ad ministered by a board composed of Glenn Hill. I Bernstein and Earl B Adams of Decatur. Ernest Stengel and Elmer Baumgartner of Berne. These men will meet tonight with county civilian defense director [ Vincent Bormann and his county committee, to discuss detail* per-. talning to the functions of the 1 hoard. Adams county has approximately 5.000 passenger cars. Price Control Bill Advances In Senate Washington, Jan. 2—l UP)— A senate banking subcommittee today approved the comprehensive price control measure, with a provision that ceilings on farm commodities cannot be set at less than 110 percent of parity for the price level of October 1. 1941, The full committee will consider th« measure alter today. Sen. Prentiss Brown. D. Mich., chairman of the subcommittee, said he hoped to -bring the house approved measure to the senate floor by next Tuesday “We've got to get a bill passed.*' he said.

Work Started This Morning On New Plant Build Contractor Office On Site Os New Building Here Work started thia morning on I I the < (instruction of a contractor's I offi< (• north of the General Electrb 1 company's building on North Ninth street, for Day and Zimmerman of ’ Philadelphia, contractorw for the - new building In b. erected on the , • Site Engineers of the contracting firm were surveying the grounds but no ■ statement was made, either by th-- ’ contractors or G E comjtuny of ' flclais In regards to operationA frame structure was being built by local i arpentere and labor < ’ era. The building will probably b. used by the contracting him us .m ' employment office, a work pro-, I greases on the site. J Award of the contract to the Philadelphia concern was made a ( few days ago. following the .tn ! j IIOUIK eim-nt of |te<enil>ei 2». that ,|a new manufacturing unit would I I be ere< ted by the Itefelise Plant Corp, on the General El* t k < npany’s property, north of the present industrial plant ' GE officials had no statement I to make, all transactions being carried on separately from the lo cal offi( e and by represnetutives ->l the contracting him In compliance with th< voluntary censorship polity observed by newspapers throughout the couti try. description ol the pioposed building and details p«-italning to It will not be released. Work on the building will proceed rapidly it is exp. < t.-d and maliilfacturlng opeiatlotis will get underway as soon as it is constructed — —O--Six More Students In Auction School Six more students have Inn enrolled in the winter term >f the Reppert auction s< hool. which - opened here Monday. The new students ate: Bill llaverlo. Ellens . berg. Wash . Ev.-rett GiHiham. Washington. Ind . E W Phillips i Flagstaff, Aris; Toni McClung. Ronceverte. W Va.. J Allen Bak er. t'aley, Alberta. Can . W .'ter A mos. Wayne. Pa. —o 20 Percent Increase In 1942 Sugar Quota 300,000-Ton Increase In Sugar Beet Quotas Washington. Jan. I.—(UP) The agriculture department today sought a 20 percent increase in 1942 sugar quotas to assure the nation an ample supply, largely through Increased domestic production. Secretary of agriculture Claude R. Wlckard estnblished quotas totaling 8.032.074 tons, compared with 1941 quotas of 8,818,871 tons All areas supplying the United States shared ill the Increase Wlckard said th.- increase was necessary because Hawaii and the Philippines probably will not he able to meet their full quotas He said the nation needs at least 8 - 888.890 tons. The initial 1842 quotas, which tCONTINL’ID ON PAGH SIXJ

Price Two Cents

Continue Resistance To Invaders Despite Loss Os Manila To Japanese Invaders Wathington. Jan. 2—(UPI— The war department today had no report that Gen. Douglas MacArthur, commander o’ the U. S. far eastern force*-, has been wounded as claimed by a Japanese radio broadcast MacArthur is peraonally leading the defenses of the Philippines. He has mid* no reference to being wounded in his reports to the department, and officials sa.d that he certainly would have done so if he had been injured senously. Washington Jan 2 tl’Pi - j The city of Manila and th<> United I St.it.-s naval base at nearby Cavite fell into Japanese hands today. Valiant American and Filipino I defenders under Gen Douglas I MacArthur had to abandon the -capital and the bare But they I still held strong position- north of Manila and in fortified islands that ‘ command Manila Bay. The fall of undefeated Manila was announced in u war d-part i muni communique which aid: "Advanced elements of Japanese troops entered Manila at 3 p in , I January 2. 1942 i Manila timet.” Evacuation of Cavite was rei ported liy the navy in another communique. stating All ship- and naval personnel - were removed from the Manll.iI Cavite area prior to enemy occitpaI thin ” Tin- lu-i- of .Manila, which has been ill United States hands for 4.1 years, had I practically a foregone conclusion ever since last night's war depat'in.-nt communique disclosing that American defendei- In the north and south Ind Im-.-ii united The approximate position of the new defense line appeared to be a -.-mi < iri le am hored on the w.-«t at the subsidiary naval base of Ol.ingapo and at an unknown point In the east, not th of Manila Cavite was th.- principal I’ S naval base in the war east but arrangements long since had been made tn base at other points. Evaluation of Cavite was accomplished before the Japanese entered the Manila area All records. e<iuipm< tn and stores that might have been of value to the enemy were temov.-d Naval installations wet.- destroyed as was the fuel stored at the naval ha e. Cavite lie- |n miles southwest of Manila. Th.- war department stated that "the loss of Manila, while serious, has not lessened resistance to the Japanese attack” on the ground. And it reported that "Japanese air activity is somewhat less In Intensity than for several days.” "American and Philippitie troop* are occupying strong posithtns north of the dtv and are holding the fortified island of Corregidor and the other defenses of Manila Bay effectively, preventing itn- u.-o of this harbor by th.- enemy.” It was about I a m Wa-hhig' time when Japanese unit ettn I Manila The department -aid that Japanese troops reportedly w.-i.. "limited to a site necessary for police duties and maintenance <>( order." The communique said that dur* K'llNl INt'Kti ON t’W efiHKK) <» TEMPERATURE READING DEMOCRAT THERMOMETER 8:00 a. m. 21 10:00 a. m. .20 Noon 30 2:00 p. m 21 3:00 p. m. . 21 WEATHER Partly cloudy to fair this afternoon and tonight; colder tonight.