Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 40, Number 23, Decatur, Adams County, 27 January 1942 — Page 5

ILAdaY JANUARY 27. 1942

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If, Nevada tndous w»*lth of the .ode ha* mad* more in any other area of m the world. It ha* billion dollar* in silver tt far reaching effect* transcontinental railt steamship line and a laper chain. Exquisite e built in Europe with tame out of the Comthe San Francisco range was actually handle Com»tock manithat were spreading entire giabe. ri-«- tniirs south of taiitaxticaliy rich Binir peaceful and quiet i> mines still operate, y in the heart of the :nlr. is far from abanthe rip-roartna activity and seventies. when in*, have paired rple of surrounding e ore with which local saved — valued at ten An examole o< the it ha* set in since the rket crashed i* the negpes and building*. Row* that were straight and I they went up in such after the disastrous fire low staager and wobble and compress- • hm timbers shoring 9 o' undernround wo’-k the town Over 700 such tunnels burrow Comstock, out of come twenty million From depths rang.ng silver poured forth worlds equilibrium * Wfr itv 1 ■

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Its la safe. the admiralty aald. The Barham, built In 1914. eartied a complement of 1.190 offtrori and man It waa armed with eight 15 Inch guns, lesser armament and ona airplane with catapult. "Loss of the ship waa not anttouneod earlier Since It waa clear at the time that the enemy did not know aha had been sunk and It waa important to make certain dispositions before the loaa of the ahlp waa made public," the admiralty aald. iGerman and Italian communiques several times have claimed da inane to or deal ruction of the Barham. On Jan B the official German newa agency HNH aald the Barham had been torpedoed and aunk off Solum Egypt on Nov M Only today the German high command communique aald that the auhmarine which torpedoed the Barham waa commanded by commander Baron Von Tlausahausan. The German communique aald the Barham sank after she had been etruck by three torpedoes.! The admiralty disclosed that (’apt G C. Cooke loat hi* life. In captaining the delay In announcing the Barham'a loaa. the communlqtie aald the "German radio Ima from lime to time made statements with the obvious Intention of endeavoring to discover whether a battleship of the Queen Elisabeth < lass. which they claimed to have hit with torpedoes. had In fact been aunk. x x x But It la dear now that they are aware x x the Barham waa aunk so her loaa can be announced.” Sinking of the Barham leaves Britain with B capital ahipa In commission, Including the new. King George V and the Duke of York. British capital ship* loat since the start of the war were the Jloyal Oak, Hood, Repulse, Prince of Wales and Barham

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the find wasn't fully realized until 1957. Then the rush was on. bringing hordes of miners from far and wide and a huge back wa»h of prospectors from the California rush of '49 Virginia City sprang uo. cram med with 35.00 C hooeful people. The wild speeulet>on of local miners beuan to spread throughout the land and by IM2 a means of regulated exchenge was sorely needed. The San Francioco Stock and Exchange Board was organised for the purpose—second In sue only to the one In New York. Action on the market became ter. •iflc. At times the doors to the Exchange had to be guarded by police to stem the frantic rush of buyers gone mad over Nevada mines. Speculation wae even made in FEET and INCHES of Comstock workings The 1868 race to control the Hale end Norcrose mine in the Lode sent the price of a “toot" from 82.825 to 97.100 in a single week. By 1875 the total value of the Comstock shares exceeded 830C.00C.000 Six years later that valuation had slumped to a mere 77.00C.00C. bearing the steady stream of silver flowing from western Nevada mines. Kurupe. long dependent on gold as a base for money, called the world's first International monetary conference. Then oc-cur.-d a fluke that has yet to be explained. <>ur proffered bill emerged tailing to provide for the silver dollar as a medium of exchange The death warrant of silver had Iteen signed The silver bubble burst, losing as many fortunes as It had won Worth over a dollar an ounce in 1878. silver had dropped to half that valuation by 1895. Most •f the mines around Virginia City closed. Nevada's sge of silver was ended

Farm Dtfenst Board Says — Order Repair Parts Now V 3 ' **ll * ' w * Wemb. / I A • ’fo o - • 1.1 > e. T 'Z. —J Thia farmer ia ordering his repair paru now, thereby making sure that his farm equipment Will be in top shape for seeding and harvest. Ing. The County USDA Defense Board says it ia highly important that ail farmers do thia. Last minute repaira may not be possible due to shortages. Secretary of Agriculture Claude R. Wickard has declared that it is every farmer’s patriotic duty to have his machinery in best possible condition in 1942 for production of victory foods. “Check over your old machinery and crier necessary parts from your dealer," he advises. “If parts cannot be obtained, notify your County USDA Defense Board.”

ROOSEVELTCONTIXUBD FROM PAGE ONB all naval forces In the Pacific. These commltleex ‘ will advise on all assignments" of niunltlons 'both in qilantlty and priority. Whether to Great Britain and the Halted tfiatea or other of the united nstlona In accordance with strategic needs." Thus with the munitions com tn it tees would rest the task of deciding to which war front or nation preparing to defend itself should munitions produced either hy this country or Great Britain he sent. The president and the prime .minister wdl appoint civilian chairmen of their respective munitmas committee n order that these com mittees may be fully apprised of the policy of their respe< tire governments." The statement aid the civilian chairmen could "invite representatives of the state department, the foreign office or production mln tstrles or agencies" to join in their deliberations. 'ln principle, the shipping re sources of the two countries will iw- defined to be pooled.' the announcement said in describing the lioard set up for joint control of marine transport facilities. Because, however, of "the military and physical facts of the situation around the Mulish Isles." the movement of shipping now under British control will continue that way. Th> United Stales win continue to direct her own vessels "or ship ping of other (lowers under United States control." To "adjust and concert In one harmonious policy" lhe work of British and American shipping authorities, there will be established In Washington a combined shipping adjustment board with

I X-ray Twins at First Showing H * ■’& Ss* k * *is iVgjßi &■*j * Janet and Joanne Lally, twine of New York City, examine David Burpee’a X-ray twin calendulas at a showing at the Waldorf-Astoria in New York. The flower?, called Glowing Gold and Orange Fluffy by the noted Philadelphia hybridist, are the tint flowers created by use oi X-ray treatment which, according to Burpee, smashes the genes or 1 breaks up the ebroaosonee in the seed so that the next generation I “goes craay."

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<m« Amt-iicaii and one Britl-h representative A similar adjustment board will be tel up |ti Loll'don | The raw materials board w.i» created to obtain "a planned and ' expeditious ut lilial ion ... of our raw material resources in the most effh lent and speediest |M<»sible ■ manner.” — <l9—- ■— THOROUGH STUDY • COXTINL'KD FIIOM ran* ONBi •, he added, "w. will.” •| Bo'h May and Vinson oppo-ed Ipropo als to rep ice t'n *tr and . I navy departments with a singh . • department of d-h nse. 1m irporat ,pnx a singh* general stall. Bui . I Vinson modified his position by fl adding that while he definitely Jobpct-d to abolishing the wat ami navy departments, he oppm-ed a -ingle general staff only "for the ' present." He Inferred he might . - tavoi creation of a single general I staff after the war end There was general belief in roti gross that any move tor unifit a Hon of the army and navy >■ mi . maiid would hav< to come from President llmisevelt lb- h.i full authority to make whatever chan , ges in the adniinistratloii of mill tary command.- In- thinks advis ' able. That authority was gives 'him shortly after Hee. 7 in tht first war powers lull A singh . i permanent command over all air land and sea fore, is not end .ro d by most of the highest army and navy officers. Admiral Ernest J King, comI mandcr in chief of the fleet, reI'cently told the house apinoprla tlon's commit:•■< "Another thing I would wt-li lo l say. if" you pleas.-, f». do not be ■ misled by the slogan ’unity of com I maud ' It is not the panacea for i all military difficulties. It ts ap-

Seasonal Industry Study Is Planned Attorney Named As Local Representative Indianapolis, Jan. 17 — (UP> — A committee representing manage mcnt and labor from the largest of Imllana's seasonal Industries will begin a study of unemployment pHiblema arising In their respective fields and prepare Its recom m'-ndatlona for presen'lng to th« l»IJ leglrlature. according to Col Everett L. Gardner, secretary of the Indiana unemployment securIty board. delected as members of the idy committee were: txmls Austin. Terre Haute, pi«sld*nt of the ilth district United Mine Workers of America; G>*orge Bardwell, Indianapolis, i >-present Ing the canning industry. L II Binkley. Bloomington, the limestone Industry; Harvey Cartwright, Terre Haute, the coal industry. Randolph Cox Terre Haute, secretary of th* federal labor union; William Holland. Indlinapolls, road-con tract Ing. C. O pileable. In certain circumstances, in certain areas, and usually for a i- rtain length of time”

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HoImM Indlaiiapolli, rnnMructloa; Cbarlm K Kent. Itvlinnapoll,. i>-pruteiiting th* but Ming and con •truetlun trades oouuell. John Hhonff Ib-in'ur. .ugnr Induntry. •nd f) ffummerk. Bloomington, 'he atone workarti union Huy C. Smith, anaiataut to the i-inploynient security division director. will act •« secretary and technical advl.or to the committee. Provision for tha survey was (Deluded In stnr-ndmenta to the employment security act passed by the last session of the stats legislature. Mr Hhoaff Is an attorney of Fort Wayne and a member of th<- law

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firm of Vasey and Bhoaff He has made a study of the problem odd fronting labor and the employer angsgad in seasonal Industries which Includes the Central Huger company of thia city, where the plant operates only from io to lot) days out of the year. 1 o- ' Liqht, Power Service Disrupted Here Today Light and power eervice was disrupted In the city this morn'ng due to trouble at the municipal plant.

GOING TO PAINT THIS SPRING? WE SUGGEST THAT YOU PLACE YOUR ORDER NOW FOR GLIDDEN PAINT AT LAST YEARS PRICES.

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One d<>wntowi elrewlt waa out only a matter of a few minutM. while others were out of eervice a* much as M mmatea. About 7.900 persona perished from burn, in the U. S io 1940

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