Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 40, Number 17, Decatur, Adams County, 20 January 1942 — Page 1

We Must Win the War! i All Else Is Chores! ,

■ IT - -- - — Vol. XL. No. 17

I.S. BOMBERS SINK JAP CRUISER CHURCHILL EXPRESSES CONFIOENCE

sprouting Faith In e Eventual Outcome ' Os War Expressed

i*|]i Churchill Cheered On w First Appearance In 7 Commons Since Trip - To United States Loaffgß. Jan 2" • '!'• Grow g cwafMence in the united gland against Japan in tinr cast wa* e*i’ wof cammon unlay b$ pt inn inlater Winston Churchill **Th* prim* mini*'' p.>k- i- "t at ha praHreu ' ►M ler ,or • tSrea-il full di- • * . , ! yhate and. if bballi uged ' • d~~an4 a formal von- ..t < .>■■ i ui. .. •• l_<‘hui«'hlll wa* cheered a load* hl* first a arant ■• in llo* 1 taaa of common 1 since hl* return A«om the United vv "I natarally ahai* th* .mxieti. —_at are Mt." be nahi in a brief |Mam«nt on the far east. 'hut I <,.■ that I alao ah.ir.- in the grow g confidence which. I think. alao lx> ji-'lfled in tinv entaal oatcome of the stiugtgle" Taking the opportunity to pay . p ihute to the late Duke of Coll laghl. hist of Q ■ V >1 la * dMrra and graai-nu<b- of Kutg VI. he again rejected a Himy view of tin- situation, duke. Pl. died last Flrady I “! an .moat glad he *ald. "to M that he loved long enough to ke the dark cloud wiurli w.- w. re nfronted It Months ago t Into »W jppewh.ll clearer and >re hopeful light which -u , and* u* at tb< present time Eighteen MM’ l ago the British pedltioMUy pr- had i v.n tated inkirk BpHa n w . ilnm i hout weapon and a German . a«lon Uttemi wa* believed | (Imminent. It waa aanouti- officially that urchil! himself would open the among debate and would wind * BP hlmaalf If iin. nary 11 ‘lt wax the flr-- formal state ■lit on the fas ■ situation ice the prime niiilster returned England last .* y from hi* dt to PraaMeti' Roosevelt at ri-Hlllted Ited nation* Agreement on far lip Bar 11 defenae \ reatloaa and anxious house of union* had mailed a statei it ” f Churchill on hl* visif and. nr _ CONTINItKD ON PAGE FIVE. War Bulletins ■y United Pres* British radio report* assert • Ml today that Italy had agreed o Garman Btbservers" being . >ut aboard Italian warship* in traparation far an Axis attack —-'»n Malta. Mtain's mid Medi ■WtrtW MVai bate. Actually • at waa balloved the "observ ■ fd»" were put • vnand the Italian vessels. By United Press Asia propagandists said tolay that General Archibald |2 Vavall. auprame commander •f the united nations in the "avifla, io about to quit his •out Radio Rome, quoting a ' •okyo newupaper said Waved l> ' »ae "convinced of the impos■Nßy of Offering resistance" 1 p the Japanese and was about 0 resign. • > | Washington, Jan. 2G-(UP) -President Roosevelt today ■■Bn congress for an emerg- „■ noy.appropriation of WOOc 90.000 to relieve thousands of workers who will lose their j'l >bs In the next few months yT» Bring the period of conver- ; lon of American industry to C,g'ar production. .ft An eastern Canadian Port, inir''an. 20—(UP)—Another coni «'• ngent of Canadian soldier* nd airmen, which sailed from tie port, has reached Britain . R ifely, It was announced tof *y. The troopx were mainly tdnforeements for Canadian nits already ever sea*.

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

Intrigue in Death? I Von Reichenau hid Fi»-Jd .Mundial Walther von Reichenau of Germany die from apoplexy? The Brltlxh pre** greeted that announcement with considerable skepticism, as writers hinted the Irtle cause may have been sinister intrigue behind the back of Adolf Biller. Some took the view vou Iteicheuau was eliminated as an open < halb-iige by the army to Hiller Von Iteichenau Has givgli a large share of the credit lor Gurimuiy » awuepIhg victories in the west. Double Funeral For Film Star, Mother Return Star's Body To Hollywood Today Las Vegas. N<-v.. .lan. 20 tl'l't t'laik Gable planned to return to llollyuml with the cru hed body of his wife. Carole Ixttnbprd. today after fdriitifb atloti ol the liody of ths film a< tress' mother. Gabi- 'e Hint studio associates said a double funeral would lie held tomorrow or Thursday for Miss Ixtmlmrd ami hei mother. Mrs Kllaabeth Peters, both vh ilms of an airline crash In which 22 were killed. Only a few personal frh-nds will he Invited Io the servlcj* al the Forant Lawn Memorial park, it waa said. Mis* larnibard's body will lie near those of Will Rogers and Jean Harlow, whose death*, like that «f Ml** latmbard, Minified Hollywood and the nation several year* ago. The llllion Pacillc railroad made a special railway cat available to afford Gable complete privacy on hl* return to Hollywood. Plan* to return la»t night were cameled beiause Mr*. Peters' hoily was not Identified positively. Miss Lombard's body who identified Sunday nlglit by use of denial chart*. Gable had secluded himself at a hotel here after two futile attempts to acismipatiy searching |»rtle» Healing tlie rugged mountain where the plane crashed Friday night. Hlo friend* persuaded him yesterday, however, to take a drive In the desert. The actor received many messages of condolence and was reported "deeply moved" by a telegram from President Roosevelt. Th.- president's message said "Mm. Roosevelt and I are deeply distressed. Carole was our friend, our guest In happier days. "She brought great joy to all who knew her and to the millions who knew her only as a great artlit. She gave unaelllsli of her Huie (CONTIMUtn ON PAtIK FOUR' —O — ——— Revenue Collector Here January 22 A deputy Internal revenue colloctor wtll lie at the Dwatur post office from H:3« a. m. to 4:20 p. m. Thursday. January 22. to assalst taxtnyera in preparing their federal tax returns.

Pan-American Conference In ' Deadlock Today At Stalemate After Chile Balks Break With Axis Nations Itlo lie Jaenlro, Jan 3<* tl’Pl Efforts to achieve a unified hetnlsplieiic break in relations with the Axis nations were deadlm-ked today a* Chile u-sei led she could not sever relation* unless the Clllted Slate* flwl I* sent to protect her coast Hue. The crisis will be brought into the open tomorrow al an emergency sitting of the main hemisphere defense committee. oil which all 21 American delegations are represented It was undcistiMMl that Bolivia, which' would be placed In a serious position by a Chilean break from the h.-mlnpheric front, will force the issue at the full commitlee meetliig. The Bolivian member of the committee has been charged Ji with the duty of studying the relat Hotis severance resolution* today It was emphasized that tin and . other vital Bolivian elports to the f l ulled State* must pas* through I Chilean port* since Bolivl* I* land- * locked. * Brazilian foreign minister Aranha. I". C undersecretary of slate ' Sumner Welle* and the delegate* of Mexico, Columbia and Venezuela. who presented the antFAzls . resolution, conferred at the foreign office today. Later Argentine foreign minislei Gulnazii conferred with tianha. but virtually no progress was made toward a solution o- - — Report C. D. Lewton In Serious Condition C l> le-wton. well known local real .-state agent, I* seriously Hi at 1 the hdani.-* county memorial hospi- > tai. suffering from streptococcic ' xeptlcemia. He was taken to the hospital last tiigb: The attending 1 physician stat.-d that hi* condition is not believed critical, however i -O -- Victory Book Drive launched In County I Books Being Sought [ . For Men In Service I I Launching ot the "Victory Book Campaign" in IWatur and Adam* county wa* announced today. The , .ampaign is being carried on all , over the nation under the sponsor *bip ot the army, navy. American library association. America.. Red Cross, and the CSO. Mrs. Thelma Fugle. Decatur Hie ra-rlan. will be In charge of the local campaign. Tim Adam* county civilian defense council has a'ready l>b*|ged It* endorsemeot. The campaign I* designed to aid the boys in camp, by furnishing them with MUltable reading material. They need non-flctlon l»ook* for study, a* well as fiction for recreation and diversion. Person* having book* which they are willing -to contribute to the campaign are asked to take them to the American Legion home here, or the public library and committee members will supervise tiidr ills(CONTINTHen nN p*cr t-’tVM SIOO Damage Suit Is Filed In Court A suit asking IBM) damage* ha* been filed in Adam* circuit court by Claude Foueh. naming Josrgih Rash and Tunis Hudson of Decatur and Charles Corbett of Indianapolis a* defendants. The suit, filed as result of an auto wreck In Muncie Agust 8. 1941, charge* that a car owned hr Hudson and driven by Baah collided with the Corbett auto and then both collided with the plaintiffs car. Myers and Reed are plalntf-fC* attorneys.

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Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday, January 20, 1942.

In Candidate J* 1 Clyde <> Trimmer, of Decatur, today announced that he will be .i candidate for re-oom illation to the office ot county clerk on the Democratic flcki-i in the May primary. Mr. Troultii-r I* tin- iiicninbi-tif clerk Clyde 0. Iroutner Seeks Renomination Adams County Clerk Announces Candidacy Clyde o. Tnnitni-r. of Decatur. incunitM-ni Mams county cir. k. announced t<*iay that he will be a candidate for re-nominalioii to the office mi th- iMiKHialic ticket in the May prhn iry. Mr. Troulm-r tia« handled the dutlA* of th- offb-i- since J inu.iry I I'tto Hi<«ag elected C'Stn'y clerk In the fall of I'm after lieint nominated in the Democratic primary of that yea*' The office I* i one year hold*»Ver The candidate is a native of Rt. Mary'■< township, the snn of Mr. and Mr Charles I’ Troutner. Hi wa* educated ill the grades and high school at Pleasant Mills, latgt grad Hating from Manchester «*>ll<-ge ~t North Manchester Followin'.- grad nation, h« continued his ed'i<ath»n In post graduate woik at Indiana university. He taught sclkhil for ••v«-n year* in Washington town-dtlp and three In Blue Creek before enterin' pule lie office. He I* an ardent Democrat and active in the Adam* comity Young Democrat club program. Mr. Troutner I* married. Htr wife is te former Maxine Dellinger of Decatur. They have four children. Tommy. Hilly. Sue and Max. the first two attending class** at the Linixiln school. The family resided on a farm north of I'le.isan' Mills until October of this year when they moved to their present residence, Hi* South Seventh street. — o Democratic Women To Meet Al Berne Democratic Women Meet February 19 Mary Catharine Smeltzly of Fort Wayne, will be the speaker at the Women's Democratic meeting to lie held in B>-rne. February 19. Mrs. Albert Reusaer, president of the Women's Democratic club announced today. The meeting and 8.30 o'cloi s dinner will be held at -the Swiss case in Berne. It will be the first meeting of the organisation sfn« last fall, when Governor Henry Hchrh-k---rtr wa* th*- guest of the cluu. Tickets for lhe meeting are on sale by the following committees, in Dec atur, Berne and Geneva. Decatur: Mrs. O. Remy Blerly. chairman; Mias Marcia Martin. Mr*. Arthur R. Holthous*. Mre. Mrs. Walter Bockmsn. Mrs Robert Heller. Mr*. 141 wrente Green, Mrs. Alva Buffenbarger. Berne: Mrs Augusta Dubach, chairman; Mr*. C. H Mnaelman. (UDNTINURD On’pAOE TWO?

Daylight Time Goes In Effect Monday- Feb. 9 President Roosevelt Signs Legislation For Chancing Time Washington. Jan 20 — il'Pt President Roosevelt today slgtod leglalatiotl placing the entire n.itloii on daylight saving time effective at 2 a in Monday. February 9 The statute, which placed clo< k« one hour ahead, will continue In effect for duration of the war and for not more than six months thereafter. It <au he nullified ill the meantime by congress, however. The bill provided for daylight «avlllg time to become operative 20 days after formal enactment of the bill, and with the president'* signature today, the i-fft-i live hour and date was thus made 2 a. tn. Feb. 9. according Io lhe White House. The purpose i* to achieve greater efficiency in ihl* country’s Industrial war effort. William 8. Knudsen, director general of the Ol'M. re|x>ri>-d to ; Mr R<x>*eveli that nationwide day- | light saving lime would save an I estimated *,ot> <H>it kilowatt hour* of power annually. • — - List Program For Union Township The c iuplete program a.id lift of prize* for the atiiNial I uiou lowusllip fanner’s institute, to toheld Friday. January 3<t, ha lx-en announced Walter Tit. - tie I* chairman of the event. Other officers arc: Mr*. Finest Walters. retaty; 11--nry Dehner, vii'ciliait man and Herman Gehner. treasurer Mr* t'lareiico Swil and tin -- II G. S.-if,-id. toult of near Mun ic. Will be the chief speaker* o Defer Request For City Defense Fund Wait For Emergency Before Asking Fund The city council will not lie ask ed to appropriate a riind tor civilian defense at least at present. It was stated today by George Thomas. city civilian defetixe dln-ctot It wa* previously planned to ask the city to appropriate a fund of |r>o<t for iixi- in conducting civilian defense woik. It ha* beep decided Io wall until an emergetidy arise* and a specific need shown for a definite amount. Mr. Thomas stated, before lhe city will be u*ked to set aside a fund for I'ivlliati defense. Contact with state defense head* has disclosed that purchas.- of uniforms. Insignia and the like must he niade through the fire department funds, hiring of extra police through police funds, etc., thus calling for these amount* from respective agency funds rather than from a general defense fund. Il was stated. Only expenses to be required at present In conducting tlvHlan defense will be printing, stationery and the like, which may be i>uid through city channels, It was stated. Printing of the volunteer card blanks to to lie started this week. Mr. Thomas, stated, t'poii <*>mpletion. these cards will be placed in public building* and downtown stores easily accessible to lhe general public After being filled out by volunteers they are to be taken to th* city hall and delivered to H. Vernon Aitrand. city clerk-treaaurer. First to be chosen from the Hat of name* obtained by this system will be the 35 member* of the auxiliary committee of the fire di-partm<-nt. The card* will he kept by the defense council to be used from time to time In selection other volunteer defenne workers

American Bombers Strike At Japs In Pacific; Submarine Sought Off Atlantic Coast

13 Persons Killed In Apartment Fire Others Missing In Massachusetts Fire Lynn. Mas*. Jail. 2<> tl I’t At h-asi 13 person* wi-re killed <-atly tislay and file chief Joseph E Scanlon estimated that eight to Hl more were missing in a fire that d<-"tioy <-d a five-story apartment budding ill Hla center of lhe Lyilll liU’ill'- * dtotric; More Ilian 25 were injuu-d most of them by h-apiiM from window into tin- street One of tin- li)Ur>*l wus <-hu-f Jiihn Adam* of the Mai bleh>*ad fire di-iuirtmi-lit who fell i from 'ln- nxif to a fire e* am- sev eial flixsr* Ix-low and wa* carried to a hospital. Tin- fire spread *i rapidly that when firemen arrived Wtey shouted to iM'cupunt* of ih<- building - <>** apartments to lock their door* and ■ wait until they rottld to- . uni through wlndowSereaniiiig and ahoiiiing. «* < up ants li«a|w-d through the window* wXitle flame* puffed out .ironmt them. Firemen brought score* down the l.idd**r< William -I Fuller, crippled by in fnntlle (urlaysls. threw hi crutches from a window to attiact attention, but when firemen reach-1 i-d him. he insisted that th--y ie« nr , hi* mother first. She liaviltx to-eti rescui-d. he wa taken down i lad der. Five of the dead were tentatively Identified a* Mary Ih-kter Bes ie Park-. Hetty liach*. Edward Ixi Fbitnine and Elsie T!torn<-h;li. o Given Sentence On Charges Os Assault Carl K Covhren 2«>. of For: Wayne, wa* settteli i*| to >rn six month* at the penal farm and fiin*l |stt and in-t* in Allen cir< uit court Monday afternoon on chargi of a sail It and battery The charge* were filed at ainst Coahreti following tin- <1 ith of Harry Worden. 13. also of Fort Wayne, formerly of Decutur Worden allegedly dieil after being struck by Cochron. Charge- I man--laughter in < <>nti.* l lon with W<w den - death were dismiss* <f when prosecutor -lames Ballou said that It could not lie definitely ascertained whether or not the blow Worden received from Coohren was r.--pon slide for hin death. o Early Registration 01 Voters Is Urged County Clerk Clyde O. Tr niftier today is-msl a statemetu arglng voter* to regiMnr for the May primary. Attention was callod Io the fad that there are only a little more than two month* of regto’intiou time ri-muining and thousand* of! voter* -must 'lie registered in that period. He urged that persons call a* soon a* possible al the <l>- k's of floo and tint* avoid the cu- omary heavy rush of the last few -lays Persons hi-i-omiiig 21 hefcro the fall election and expecting to vote In the primary, those who have moved from one precinct to another. thone who have not voted In the past two elections, those who have moved Into the country, and women who have changed their name* through marlage are among those required <0 register before they wIH he permitted to vote April 4 will lie the laat day to regiater 30 dayw before the primary at required by lav The pri mary will bo held on May 5.

In .Jap Plot? * * o<* Zfl * Z Premier U Saw Premier I stow ot Btirm.i. Hitti-h Crown colony boidiritig <m Thailand has Ix-i-u attested by thBritish Im ciitispiiing witli tin.l.ipaiu--- I S.iw who only m igilly >. .dill I v>. h time the above picture was i.ik.-u, app.iri-utly wns planning to d> liver Burma, witli it. 11 uuo mm Asiatic people, to the .1 .ip.ine-,-I H.iw deputed fioui the I S on In e <; .ifler ii-iting laindoti To Set Increased Production Goals Increases Sought In Farm Products The new natioli.il goals tor In ' creased prudin lion of i l>- in I pork and pork product lx-id i dairy and poultry prmliii i to I. ,«l Hu- million* duriiic thi wa wiiii be released shortly fur th! mull 1 ty, Wltifred I. Gi rke < . iinaiil of the county \\\ - oiiiiiih uiinuiiui-i-d mi infoi m ituoi i>. ~|v 1 ed at a di-lriet meeting ot f irm ■ li-adi-rs at Peru yeiieiday Mi Gorki al-o aid that thgovernment would siippor i <1 •,-> per bushel prici on oylu-aii .it' the film Tlie goveiniiieiii Im rea ed the major food apply quotas follow Illg lhe dmlarajiou of wai In the original goali 'he f.nm-1 er* 111 Adam comity .-iiiliii t.i-tu I ally agri-ed to imi. t the prodm ttoti of be.f pork daily and poul i try prodm i mid soybeans Tin- Slate and iiiuilly quota- ire; t-xpei-lm| to lie -.-I on the tiew and higher base within a -hurl tlmBe. Illi'S Mr Gei k< Haile S Inidchen and Home \rnold of the AAA. and Mis. C W It Schwartz, county farm field woman, attend i-d the imi-llng L. M Vogb-r, C. .1 Mid'orinli k. members of the slate AAA coinUllttOe and Harry N Schooler, director of the north central region, dtoi'tissed lhe agricultural program with lhe county repre j sentatlvi-. Regular Meeting Os Elks Wednesday The regular meeting of tin- B. P. O. Elk* lodge wil lhe held a* the home on North Second stree- Wedmwday evening at * o’cloi k. AH members are urged to be present ■ —-- n TEMPERATURE READING DEMOCRAT THERMOMETER 8:00 g. m. 30 10:00 a. m. .... 31 Noon 32 2:00 p. m. 3> 3:00 p. m. 33 WEATHER Continued mild temperature this afternoon and tonight.

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MacArthur's Forces Battle Fierce Jop Attacks; Another Oil Tanker Struck Washington. Jan il Pi - Aniein.in bomb. . -t iking with j fury 111 tile southwest P.ll til | hale sunk a Japanese ■ miser, th I war de|iai tmeiil ep.i tiil today while io n Hom i M.u Alllnn 'men fought an Im teasltigly flemJapatiis attack in Bataan Mai yiltuir ii'lmiilisl that a ' 'o gotten tone of Philippine trliou oti tin- -outlie h i land of Mindanao I Is »ttll holding oin against Japan j .- e assault and is now engaged in I “sharp lighting' nsalust lap.ni si force- about 35 mil- north of liui.o- whhh the etn-my has ion i Vetted into Olli' ol h. > pillxipal bast - lor lhe iltai k on tli> Imti h I Indie* Tin- sinking of tin- .lapuiu • I i Illis- r w.m the til.rd blow lop - ed sl ink by tin- Am. uan forces ill till- soulliW.-t Pae,th I within the pi-t 21 hour* The ultai k occiii kil off .lido, a I small Phllippities island just -ouih w-.l of Miitd-iiian at the northern I entrance to th < i-lebe. . a I The Atlietu all plan*-- I lied el jenl direst hit* on tin rru II sinking II the war d>-|i it inieiii ad ' Vised \ Japan- •• lankei w.i al i : hit and < el .iltr. The i rin er wa- th. filth Japan i--e hip to Io- unk by \iiu-to ,i> ariu. il sun. stn ' o. tlie 1 w ir Twenty nitl. h lie been -lilik I by naval ialmll Imarliltiel Ifnhli ' Iby naval and mat me Imo anil II by the army Tlie Joo alllllk pre-II 111 a Illy W l ' irrled out by \lliet can tomibin i aft bas.-d in tln I>ut> h Indi. ; The-.- I S plan - hale . airieil out I font oillei att.uk il'oiind lhe I | lie* Ni-a 111 the past io day - Ma< li lieii ■ . p,.i t In.l'. it. d il l' tin- Jjpan.se a—milt upon Io Bataan lili.-- is ho bl n up in ■ otln r climax Heavy Japan- ■ pi. i . |.,. lii'Ularly at th nt, i of hi- bn.-s was ailmiiti-d Japan.-e plane- ; Wet. . llppurtillL 111 .111. k ! of them w. i. tioi Mown in lhe |..m i 21 hours Th.' I ominillllqile nd Illa' th. j "enemy ha- i < n.-w< d th. ar i. i I on th- Bataan p*i-il..Hi- aflei mo.e than 21 hoin S ot . lathe qui. Tin i oiinuuniqii.- ff. .. d n i i geographn.il details of tin- Bataan ’ fighting \ Japane-e propa. <uda [briiadia-d < laimeil thai the Anieitian lin. * had Ik i n pierced nom. | where in iti. .|< iniiy ol Aliiuay in o.i»i Bala ait tow u .itomi tic.. I mile ninth o Balaiica. This t. !»••»! If inri.i t would iiidiiatn till- Japanese have progi.-. d about line third of the dtri in.-• down the narrow peninsula. Th.- t. port that Oghiing Is -.11 goin.' <m on Mindanao bland w.,, tin- first word of condition* th.-ro in many day* Tit. Japiun-se oi cUpleil Davao more than tl. ff.weeks agri but apparently have not yet extended th.dr nmtr..| of the iC<»NlTNt'k-|i UN PXISE F.iCI;) ———- o War Deportment To Seek Auxiliary Oi Women In U. S. Army Washington. Jan 2" I !•» The hi my will recruit nt Initial force of 12.200 loluulei-ys t<> fl. >ll a woman* army auxiliary .. >p if i-tiulililig legislation re. oimii a d by the w.ii depiiittneiit i« ~ppi ,- ed. Lieut Col li .1 Swift d the army general staff, told tin I. -a*,, military affairs commit i-" today. Swift .stimated It would cost ll'i iuiu iioi' to K et the program underway. Ahhimxb he set the InHl*! force at only 12.2.M1. Bep Edith Rogerw. author of th bill, said the force probably would reach a total of jo.inm to 25,00<i women in noncombatant post*. Swift said that 9.700 women would be used in air raid warniu ; stations.