Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 40, Number 20, Decatur, Adams County, 23 January 1942 — Page 1

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Mna Still Signing so Axis Break - - Ultimatum From Other Nations Ends This Afternoon 1,,, virtual ulttna ini that Argentina >tn tiW Other Am* in in n.itmn* ,n rooking iiffclulii ii-luilon* ultli the wai 111 ittoa/ without benefit of the deaKSSKrnm «f ■ The doadllnbe coordlsaßti. commltl if the nee ,confer p m ST). afterjWhlch the main |m» l wan Io < on th* ratal on* In-ak.iiv II ,1 without Every other ; republic. Including . ws« niail diai iibsataaia MBs cool for a week, if the CMMn government yester_jy autimlMd ', .?388 •.Bb*- "i- *'> m 1 epi tinlon foreign Ml Um nMH **in< h pho ide, i aocW nattoh must have 'he ap ""dhral ttf tlk hn >L '" T " < ♦•<♦•« miv»- " 111 y Severing reitoaa—bat Ma government orderto Mlft-'ttt Janeiro with full •' SnoBM apparently •- - t*MR rate Ul^^^^^HHlk, -I word* the revised > union. It said • "cannot <on xsa' diplomat elation* with K«a Axia IMCM* 1R ArMHIK' g" eminent wanted "Mg Atm-ihan ■MM ‘•iaeoEßfc" diplomatic relama Had the other ions agreed to I • "■ ■ nfereaea i|B<l have been for —it — under the heel V the discontinue'' dip PA ,E

War Bulletins *—-Th# hOUM appropriations rarnmlttaqSßay placed before *ct>on bin to ~ more monl»y will IM MMded to achieve ’raaldwrt Rauoeveits goal of ■85.000 naw (sanes in 1942 and >2 *Tha MMMiftte- accompanied M eagart on the huge rnaaeire—tha Mpi' tingle war •Pending Mil In all history—flftwflHllon of testimony Henry Arnold American air forces de[j, 'CMPng the Burma road In lost only three nan tinea Oecrmber 7, while I > iwxtlng down - <x) Jap * Wethington * t° ld h| a 4(| today he ex—WMffßW**® *° on ’ r *P° rt attacks on a‘**H HartfSr from the investiheaded by asso •ate supreme court Justice ’’ UaM Jan 23.—(UP) — irttntw were told officially to 3 W®X l •’’’'••'on “it *nt- * '*WX- * he moment and ir a few week* to come but t<e plsce ln the London, Jan. 23.-IUP)-ivrtugnl has; agreed to send TV*(W to defend her half of ’t Paclflo Island of Timor, It Ba dlMlMed today In developif «flMj|||NM'*y Informed quar- ' MB M • major British diplo/rd O(rtMMMATURE READING 7 CMOBBAT THERMOMETER Vj :W 32 ->:« a. m. «•» - 4d ”00 p. m. .. - - B- Me ‘'l "£ WBATher 3* Continued mild temperature aftomuss and tonight.

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School Buses With Rationed Tires Not To Carry Net Teams Indlanapolta, Jan. 23 — i VP) — With every lire rationed, and every Hoosier a basketball fun. along eoniea ihie .problem to mix thlnga up. James D Htrlcklaml. atate tire administrator. haa ruled that uchool bunea carrying Unioned Urea may not carry Indiana high uchool and college banketball teams to out-of-town playing date* Strickland stated that school buses equipped with rationed Urea may carry students and leachera only to and from their homen. However, bunea unlng tlrrel purchased before the rationing program Went Into effect will not be bound by the ruling. Strickland Mid. To aome ?#o high school and college net aqtiadn who ntand to be affect er I by the ruling before the st-aaon emta. the word to the bun <>|>erafors la: "Driver, tread lightly If you treat! at all.” o Compromise Is Made On Price Control Bill Congress Conferees Reach Agreement On Control Measures

Washington. Jan. 23house acts today on a compromise price control b»ll on wdii<-h President Roosevelt's congressional lieutenants were forced to inaki concussions to 4-he imwenful farm bloc. Final agreement by house ami senate contereea last night left in tlm measure four minimum standards below the hllrttest of which prico admlniatrator Leon Henderson may not impose price celling*. but oilminmed the senate's wage parity formula, embodied in UnO Mahoney amendment, which would have permitted farm prices to rise to 120 per cent of present parity. Preseldent Roosevelt personally entered (he congressional price control fight to condemn th • O'Mahoney and ottier farm proposals and udmlnlstruHon lenders fought It on the ground that It would permit a 25 per cent Increase In food costa. Hen. Prentiss M. Hrow',l. D-. Mich., estimated that the eomproIgjge version would .limit this margin dor fami products to 10 or 15 per cent, after farm prices rise hy this amount. Henderson could .with the consent of secretary of agriculture Claude R Wickard. begin using the some ceiling controls to keep farm prices down as he could invoke for other commodll'es. Conferees retained the senate's provision dor giving Wickard veto power over Hendorson'i farm prices—another amendment whUdi

((YtNTlNltien on PAGF *IX» To Elect New C. C. Officers Wednesday Directors To Meet To Select Officers The election of a president and secretary-treasurer of the Decatur Chamber of Commerce will lie held Wednesday evening at 7 30 o'clock at the office of Glenn Hill, secretary, it was announced today by Robert Helm, retiring president. The three new directors, who were selected by the members In the postal-card election last week, will assume their duties and participate In the choosing of the new officers. The new directors are. Arthur E. Voglewede. Cal Yost and Clarence Stapleton. The six hold-over directors are, Mr. Hill. Dr. Ben Duke. Clyde Butler, James Murphy. Jr., Carl Gerber and Eugene V. McCann. The directors will also fix the date for the annual membership drive and In all probability formulate a tentative program of activities to be sponsored or carried out by the Chamber of Commerce* The retiring directors, besides Mr. Helm, are Will Bowers and George Thome, who resigned, following his moving from thia city to Crawfordsville.

Labor Leaders Accept F. D. R. Peace Proposal Presidents Green And Murray Agree To Roosevelt Plan Washington. Jan. 23 — (VP) — Presidents William llrern of the API. and Philip Murray of the ('ll) today accepted a labor peace proposal advanced by President Roosevelt. Under the president's proposal a Joint committee will lie established. comprising three representatives from each of the labor organisations, to maintain peace for duration of the war. The plan does not provide for uniting the rival organiullonn. s« did the proposal put forward by United .Mine Workers’ president John L. U'wls a week ago. .Murray waa aald by CIO officials to have advised .Mr. Roosevelt of hla acceptance, although formal announcement may be withheld until after the ('ll) executive lioard meeta tomorrow In New York. Green likewise advised Mr. Roosevelt that the AFL would cooperate in the plan. Green and George .Meany, AFL secretarytreasurer, made an unannounced call at the White House late yesterday. Labor officials Mid Mr. Roosevelt probably will announce terms of the agreement in a day or two However, he made no mention of It at hla press conference this morning. It waa understood that the AFL CIO committee will work with Mr. Roosevelt toward formulating agreements to prevent Jurisdictional disputes for duration of the war. Mr Roosevelt, In effect. Will be a seventh member of the committee. le-wla. meantime, was reported hi labor circles to be 'about ready* to lead his 400,000 UMW members out of the CIO possibly because his peace plan was rejected.

Tires And Tubes Are Allotted By Board Tires Rationed By Adams County Board Hlerht of the 19 passenger rar tires and 22 of the 38 truck tlreq allotted Adams county for the month of January have lw*n Issued, according to a report made today by (Henn Hill, of this city, county tire rationing director. Pour of the allotted 16 puseeli ger car tubes and 16 ot the allotted 32 truck tubes have also been Issued. the report of Mr Hill disclosed. In addition to the above, about a score of "obsolete" tires were issued to car owners. These are oddsized tires whl< h need not be rationed. but which require a permlt from the rationing board before they can be secured. All tire dealers have a Itat of these size tires. Car owners need not be on the preferred list to secure these tires. Following la a list of all tires Iseued by the board since January 15 when the last list was aunoun ced by Mr. Hill: Thomas Durkin, obsolete tire and tube; Homer Hinltlsy, two obsolete tlrea; Fuelling Bros., route three, obsolete tire and tube; J. E. Sheets, route five, two truck tires and two tubes; William Yaney. route two. two obsolete tires and tubes; Harold Moser, route four, two truck tires and one tube; Victor Gerber. Herne, one truck tube; Dunbar Furniture, Berne, truck tire and tube. Dr. Myron Habegger. Berne, two tires and tubes; Menno Augsburger. truck tube; L. F. Sapp A Son. route three, truck tire and lube; (CONTINUKD ON PMII FOURr , o Appropriations Are Approved By State County Auditor Victor H. Eicher today received word from the state tax board, Informing him of its approval of the 11.500 additional appropriations recently acted upon by the county council. The appropriations included an Item of 11.000 for county civilian defense and one of |SOO for the Stengel drain.

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Decatur, Indiana, Friday, January 23, 1942.

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Ernest Kanslsr William L. Batt Donald ,M. Nelson, head of the new War Production Hoard, has set up six major divisions under the Imard to help speed up and unify war production. He named William L Hatt. Philadelphia Industrialist, as head of a requirements committer-, an important branch of the new setup, and named Krneat Kanxler. long time associate of Henry Ford, to head the automobile conversion program

New Clerk Os Draff Board Is Appointed Mrs. Urcile Chase Is Appointed Clerk A change In the personnel of the Adams county draft Imard waa announced today by Ralph K Roop, chairman of the board. Mra. Vrclle Chase will succeed Mis Parry McCrae as clerk of the board, effective next .Monday. January 2*. Mr. Roop stated The new clerk la well known in the city. Hhe haa been connected with law (Irma of the city for a number of years and is a member of the Adams county bar association. She is the wife of Elmer Chase. Mra. .McCrae haa Imm-ii serving as clerk of the board since shortly after Ils Inception In October, 11)41. Hhe was formerly Miss Doris NelsonMr. Roop, in behalf of the draft board, highly commended Mia. McCrae for her work while serving in the capacity of clerk and expressed hl* regret In accepting her resignation. Other members of the Ixiard are R E .Mumma of Decatur and (). N Hrnlth of Berne. At present the bourd is In the midst of Its heaviest work. Mr. Roop stated Various new regulations and rules governing selective service have added considerably to the work of the board Contrary to common belief, men In class 111 were not re-classified Isst night. It was stated. The Ml men are expected Io be re-ctaMlfl«d. In accordance with orders from national headquarters, from time to time as they are needed, It was asserted II has been reported by draft Imard officials that there are almut Dio men In clasa 1-H. those who were given a deferment because they are over 2M years of age. This deferment has been eliminated, however, since the beginning of the war.

■ —.... , q - ■ ■ —» Enroll County Firms In Defense Savings Earl Caston Reports Many Firms Enrolled All firms In the county uro being enrolled In -the pay roll savings plan and while detailed figure* are not compiled the total number of participating firms la expected to roach a new high this waek. Earl M. Caston, executive chairman of the Adams county defense saving staff raid today. Victor Eicher, county auditor; Lyman Hann, county w4>ool superintendent; Walter Krick, city school superintedneM. E. M W*M>. Borne superintendent of schools and Forrest Elzey mayor of Decatur, this week received a detailed description of a plan worked out hy Otto K. Jensen, chief examiner of the Indiana alate board of accounts, whkih can be usd In enrolling all state, county and municipal employes. More than 100.000 firemen, policemen, highway workers, stenographers. school teachers and others on the payrolls of governmental units now have an opportunity to buy bonds and stamps out of their pay. Many newspapers are cooperat(COwTtNI'KD ON PAUB FWJRi

Hold Key War Output Jobs

1 Not counting the additional conI tributlon*. the 1797. together with , other donations reported today, j boosted the fund to within f 1.570.42 i of the |6.o<H> goal for the county. Red Cross executives were optimistic over the prospects of raising the goal. They also expressed their appreciation to the General Electric Company and employes for their generous contributions. Today's rejMtrt also shows contributions of 150 from Adams lodge of the Ixryal Order of Moose and 125 from the Northern Indiana PubI lie Servlre rompany. No house-to-house canvass has been made In the Red Cross drive. All contributions have come voluntarily from persons and Arms In sympathy with the Red Cross ser- ■ vices and dealring to help In the appeal for financial aid to carry lon He functions In connection with the army and navy. In yesterday's total. )N2.5n was reported from the Apostolic Christian church on the Wells-Adams (CONTINI'HD ON PAOR FOURt Farm Bureau Meeting Held Thursday Night A large crowd attended the farm bureau meetlnff In Blu" Creek ■township last night and heard the address of George Harvery. Mr. Harvey detailed the reactions of the people following the first World War and stressed -.ho responsibility of keeping the farm bureau active. Music was furnished by Walter Zuercber on his accordion. Doughnuts ami coffee were aervod at the vloss of the meeting.

Candidates Need Not File Any Petitions Candidates for public oH'cn need not file petitions with tlleir declarations of candidacy In the .umlng election*. Notification of this fact was received by County Clerk Clyde (). Troutner In a commnalcatlon from state election official*. Under the now tew. a candidate need only file his declaration with the couniy clerk These cad lie filed within the (M-riod of days Io 3o days la-fore the primary on May 5. Contributions Swell Red Cross War Fund G. E. Company And Employes Aid Fund The Red Cross tund ekyrocketed today, reaching a new high of 24. 42A.5X with contributions of |7#7 from the Ovnerai Electric company and the employes of Deratur'e largest Industrial concern. Miss Annie Wlnnes. secretary of the chapter reported. In addition to th.- contributions received from the General Electric. Including IMO from the company and 121'7 from the employee. E IV l-ankenau, superintendent of the Decatur works, informed the Red Cross that "payroll deduction authnrlMtlons for uildillomil contributions" from the employes will be made This amoiiiil Is placed at approximately 1441.50, which will bo forwarded to the Red Cross on or about February 20. sending the total beyond the ||.2<") murk, of which more than |7<)o will be from the employ!*.

Waging 24-Hour Assaults On Outnumbered American Army In Spite Os Heavy Casualties

No Early Call Expected From New Age Group Few Os February's Registrants To Be Called This Year Washington. Jan. 21 (VP) Only a few of the S.mm.mm men who will register for selective servile on February I® are likely io he called to the colors soon, offi dais Indicated today. The bulk of the man power In the Immediate future will come from the 17,r.00.0tMi already registered, selective service authorities said. The number of men over IB years of age who will lie called Io complete this year's I.Bim.oiHt man army will be "proportionately" very small. It was said Nources available for new selectees, exclusive of the men registering next month were listed as follows 1 Approximately l.mm amt from 21 Io 2* who already have heen classified l-A. 2. An estimated Sim.mm to tiai.iHHi whose 111 classification probably will he changed to l-A. 3. Approximately Mm.mm of I A caliber who were deferred under !a«t summer’s policy of exempting men between 2* and 3S. 4. Approximately 50 mm who were classified 4 A and deferri-d because they already had received military training Tills totals about S.ioo.mm men. which Is 200.000 more than would be necessary to reach the 1542 goal of 3.i1im.000 Officials indicated that machinery for tapping the man power registering next month would be get up Immediately after order ntimlier* have been determined by lottery.

Infantile Paralysis Fupd Drive Started Victor 11 Eicher, city chairman of the National Foundation lor Infantile Paralysis, Im - . ami hi need today that the Decatur (Ifrl Scouts will start Saturday on collection of funds for the annual drive. They will be in the easiness section and will also Im. stationed In theaters -to receive contiibntlon* to the foundation which is waging relentless war oil the dr»ad disease. Half of rhe proceeds from the drive will remain In Adams county, to lie used as seen fit by the county charter chapter in the figJrt locally. o—-— — —— Praises Training Program In City Defense Classes In Decatur Rank Hiqh Conwell J. Poling. Fort Wayne, district representative of the engineering defense trainnM pr otitun ■today ettipresred appreciation of the splendid cooperation of business firm* and factories of Decatur in the local training classes being conducted here. Mr. Poling states That th-’re are more classes of this type in progress in Decatur than any other city outside of Fort Wayne in the eastern district of the state. Ix>cul classes are co-wponsored hy Purdue university and the Dectijqr Hotary dob, with W. Guy Brown as local rerpresentatlvn. Instructors in the Decatur classes are as follows: Marvin Baker, of the Fort Wayne General Eleotrlc work*, electrical engineering: Merton Baird. Fort Wayne O. E.. Industrial msAhematlca: A. J. McCracken. Fort Wayne Btudebaker plant, physical metallurgy: H. D. Black. Fort Wayne International Harvester. both elementary and advanced mechanical drawring; and produc«CUNTINU£D ON PAOB FOUR)

Slugging Victim Is Reported Improved David Bauman Shows Improvement Today As David llainnan. 20. waa a|n>aiently racoverlng from his injuries police todwy were <onceri rating their efort* to track down an unidentified pair who Wednesday ntabt sluggisl and roMted the De, a tor golf pro as he aloud in front of his Mercer avenue home Hauinati. hla attending ohzrh ian said, rallied Nils morning and regained i-omplete consclous’ie** for the first lime since he was slunk by an unknown blunt olijcct wielded by 'his assailant. The diH<or said that Hauinan's general eomlitloii today wu* Im proved, laist night he rallied long enough to permit a short question lira liy city 4»ollce officials, who endeavored to piece logi-Uier .lie few available meager details which would give rh«m a clue as to the Identity <»f the bandit 4>alr. Police chii’f James llord"t« and ! Officer Roy (TtHcote. who was first | called to the Haumun home after the slugging, said this mottling that clin-s were mill few and vague. Itawnan. during his cottsdoua momenta last evening, was able to give only a fuir dem tiplion of linear in Which he had aeew the pair sitting a -few moments bel.nr the attack lie was tinaJde to give any conclusive description of el'her of the men. Tire tracks and fineprint- In the ' snow afford police with their only other < lues of importam e. Haumun wax still confinisl to his home today. where he wa« taken after the slugging. Mrs Dora Merica Dies Last Evening Lifelong Resident Os County Is Dead Mrs. Dora Merica. *O. a lifelong 1 resident »f Adams i-oonty died al M 3ii o'elm k Thursday night al ' the home of a daughter. Mr* N . L McKinnon of Columbus. () She had been in failing health for several years and In -• serious condi lion for the p,Wt three Weeks Hhe was born In Him- Creek township October *. I*BI, the daughter of Joseph and Charity Klh-y Nhroll Hhe was a member of the First Hapllst church Surviving are the following chi! dren Mrs, McKinnon of Columbus. (>. Curtis Wolfe and Harvey, la*wls of Decatui. Mrs Doyle j Homier and Mrs. F.dwlti Rak, r of Fort Wayne: one brothel H A Shrull of IJma. I) and a sister. Mrs Abigail Iturk of Celina (> Two brothers and one sister are de, i-a-isl Funeral services will be held at 10'a m Monday al the Gillig Ar Doan funeral home. Rev C R Moser officiating. Hurial will Inin the Decatur cemetery. The body was brought to the funeral home this afternoon, and may (p* viewisl after I p m Saturday until Hine of the service*. .... o—. , C. D. Lewton Is Reported Critical The condition of C. D Lewton. prominent Decatur reshiv-nt, who haa been 111 for the past few days with a etroptococclc throat Infection. was ruporti-d as 10-lng erHieal kite this afternoon. He ha.i been confined to the hospital the past several days. — o Receive Ample Supply Os Auto-Use Stickers lam Kirsch. Decatur postmaster, announced this morning »hnt an ample supply of tk» auto-use tax stamps has been received at the Io cal post office. These stamp-, priced at |2 0» -must Im- purchs ,-d before February 1. and are e’lwtive utilll July 1.

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United Nations Blast At Spreading Japan Offensive In Far East War Front Washington. -lan 21 tl’Pi (Irii. Ibmgla* MacArthur- fur. are atuhtmrnly blasting ba, L „ continuou*. "extremi-ly heavy Japanese attack and have inflict ed a large casualty 101 lon Itu enemy troops, the war dep.irtmen, re|Hirfwt tislay The commnniqin- reported tha the battle —the biggest Amerhai war action since Argonne haraged for tin- past 21 horns a* th, reinforced Japanese troops smash ed again and again at the shod American positions on Bataan peninsula. Japanese losses Weie teporlr,! "heavy" mid the I' H troop- wer« Mid to have beaten off .-very at tack thus far lamti lied The communique revealed that the Japanese apparently hav> placed their offe|i«ive on a 21 bout continuous basis, hoping to west down the American and Flllplin troops by ilu-ir superiority it number* The war department said alI that Gen Hlr Archibald Wav-ll I supreme commander of the south west Pacific foi the united n.iti inha* sent MacArliiiir a messes"warmly congratulating him am his command for their magnifiien defense of the Phllippini - “ Describing the eomlmt opera tloiis, the war d--paitini-nt -aid ‘The fighting ha- been extreme ly heavy. Tin- enemy* assaul troops have been strongly rein forced Nevertheless all Japan,-** t iltaeks have been repill-ed wifi, i heavy loss*- Apparently lbenemy has adopted a poll,-v of i >n llnuoii* a* .nulls Without legaul to casualties, hoping by great superiority In number* to iru-i, the defending for, How long th, oiitnumb, ~1 Ameli, alt forces call hold -' I' under tin- storm of Japanese at tack which is backed up by thfull resources of Japan’s It'll army phis *|,.-<ial nulls and cm slalifly arilvliu- reinforcement was not certain Hut It was evident that Mac Arthur and Ills men are , vine ,n exhlbijhm of fighting cmirag, equal to Hie lie ,I In Vile, h all I history M.n Arthur again furnished ,-t dem--- of the efficiency of hi I espionage and loyal , omtniini, i tlons network functioning liehiml the .lapabese Illi, « 11. ~-nl I , Washington anoih, i- port on d. Velopmellt* on the .lapaneseheld Island of Mindanao The i.g , t said that the Japanese at Un i , li al organlxed , militia of |,i,mn Japanese local residents, pi- nm ably to aid in Hie t i k of ,on trolling the far flung territory and reducing the strain and di*pers|on iIVINTINHKIi OS- rgCM KIVR> Cooking School To Open Here Monday A large attendame I- >--»iu < .kt the opening session of the Daily Democrat cooking -hod. which begin* Monday, h atu ■ homignaker* expremed keen interest In the aff.kli Tim-.- p! rt to attend ar» iiigtvl to In- th- - curly. Tlitssi- a, hool* ar- to be 'i, Id t three i-onaeculive day* beginaiiig 1:20 p. in They are und«-r to- personal supervision of Mis* Mary Howen. popular field rt-pre i.,at >a of the llpry kitchen. Cambridge. .Ma»sanhm<ett.s Mis* It, wen. t 011, - graduate in home economlt lectures on tatost cookery idea -a. -he prepares a variety of tasty ;. id attractive dtahes right on th • stage. Through the cooperation of local men-hant*. a long h«t of viluabhgifts is -to In- given away . t each session. A grand prlie Is to be awartied M the final school Lil the foisls prepared during eit-h day's school are to tie given to mt-iniiei v of the audience. Ka -h pe-.on will receive a printed folder cotitaininc recipe* of the dkaho* prepared durIng the sclioo! These recipe* havo been tewted and develop.*! In tin) Spry kitchen.