Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 40, Number 28, Decatur, Adams County, 2 February 1942 — Page 1

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UNITED STATES ARMY. NAVY STRIKE YELLING BLOWS AT JAPANESE ENEMY

Company || Construct I flour Mill lc>beon Flour Will ■gist Program Os Kd For Victory' -—— — flour for th* pro i”* company hi ffltto abort" 'pr'l I P * ■K,, Ihu-.I ■ han-man. antoM*F ■ suildinx •“I erected 0 < h, toasting plant anil - r . ■alniiig approx I<qll.lt.- f*-»t of floor ! consfrurted of skh til* ■* 'he n«ur dlvi ftudr .i< <><>•' of the CO.tap. in the "Food for |K -n to- government of soybean |M „■ , 1.- ' great protein allied with the S' 4 te. ni war against Japan addition to the flour mill la *>«entlal by the gov ' p lorltle* have al |H - ov.- for the pur.haae s*d*d machinery In small way. the >.* ■iinpany. through Its d. i. loped a aoybeati ha* been told Still food prOCMMHI t.mc view of the war. gH ’•-■ailed by the company n-o tiniidoo-d hy food pro under 'heir respective and name*, the industry ■Be . .-. .UK. ,t- manufartur I '■ ■fl" » pun- will make it pox■B . .1-. overall .apadty pro. mt which will Im* ||B •-I i' non of soybean ■Bb into by the entire Indus|BT:.* plant will operate 24 ■■« ‘M "•ven days a week mid. i the supervision ■B division. Os which *’•■ -ilperintendeiil Bi-*’" * .1 !»• I.Mated to give and tru. k loading facllfto storage space os" page fouk» o ■ar Bulletins Feb. 2—(UP) — ■M sesate patted and rsturnthe house today the unW lrlt ' ) supply bill, designed to ■■ IM "**y o" the sea and Bt »>r for all out battle the Aais. Feb. 2—(UP) — "mister John Cortot announced a 815,000.000 production program he was "amaied and bW”* *>/ current allegaIBethmg ha, been said or •'"« the war's outbreak IM* ” M *"X other purpose la CoW,el ' d,<| ng the fighting °* ,nUin *"d the comBaa* IWI ,h * of ■ "4nger." he paid. Feb. 2—(UP)— »■/*"’ Room *”‘ today ask|M? r *** ,0 opprove a >SOO, loan to China. Mr. wrote Speaker Ray- * M v '«o-prosldont Wai- ? the loan would In- * China'a capacity to * rth ,rMI ’" M ’ Ur * *** ,n otar common Fob. 2—(UP)— Roosevelt today for<m>mated Leon Hinderpnc * control adminiof Ml " W "'"*‘'®n <" oci'B* law' th .i th * B,W priM PR., lw *‘»"od by the IML h ,* M w, oh Hender IM, *" oorving as price I Ma£’~ “ na ' r p ™“’* n I *"* - w«hout | f '’"-emo, i Mt Apr(l .

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X Marks the Spot 4 ' fl New York's Iraflc signals are be Ing etperlMeiilally blaikvd out with metal dines fitted over lhe lenses Slits form a .rose that gives enough light to guide motor lets but ia of no help to enemy planes Nelson Warns War Production First Wor Program Most Important To U. S. Was ing ton. Feh t-ft'l’t—War prudtM'tion chief Donald M Nelson wamwd rmsgrona Wdry vWW toHwre to divert increaaing amounts of needed material* to mar production would intensify coffering and lona of life on the hattiefleids la'er In a report on allocation and die tribution of materials. ra«ucatad 4>y the isenate. Nelson promised that every effort wattld be made to aid "little business” if such actions did not Impede war efforts. He demanded “an economy which puts the war program uncompromisingly ahead <rf everything else."' "Until final victory is aenwved all of this nation’s vast resources of men. snatsrials. and machines must be directed to the production, of an ever-increasing quantity of war materials at an ever-increasing epee." be said. “There can be no compromise with the achievement of thbi objective. Everything else ia secondary to this purpose,” Nelson predicted that the degree of control over materials is expected to move from relatively mild types to more complete allocation procedure* ih* told congress that a production requirement plan, under -which a firm would receive a blanket allocation for three months, prdbwbly would take the place of present system of allocating each •ingle material. The plan will coordinate distribution so that u concern will not find Itself with plenty of steel bnt no copper to carry on its operations, he said. “The limited allotment pho recognises that the United States I* faced -with a crucial question to the so-called small -business prob- > mNnNirwn oh p*ob thrcb> ■■ I 0 ' -— Legion Oratorical Contest Tuesday Plans tor the county oratorical contest sponsored each year l»y Adams Poet No. 43. American Legion, were announced today. The contest will be held Tuesday night at 8 o'clock at the Legion home here. "The U. 8. Constitution” will be the subject of the contest. The general public Is Invited to attend and a special invitation has been extended to high school student* and parent* of the contestants. The event is conducted nationwide by the Legion Winner of the local contest will compete al Fort Wayne later to the fourth district contest Judges tor ths local contest are to be named by members of the Adamo county bar association Chariss Weber, commander. Dallas Brown and Ed Bauer are members of the local Legion committee to charge. t

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Lawrence Green Is Critically Hurt In Wreck Highway Employe Is Badly Injured When Freight Hits Auto lawrence “Amish" Green. 53. well known local employe of th* slate highway department, remain ed In a critical condition at the Adam* county memorial hospital late today, suffering from Injuries ■ustalned early Bunday morning when a car In which he was riding was struck by a fast Erie freight train. Mr Green, suffering from a skull fracture and other lesser injuries, was reported to be still unconscious late today. Hospital attaches said there wae no change to his condition. which has been critical since he was admitted. The accident occurred at the Winchester street crossing of the Erie railroad at I:SA a. m.. when Mr Green and Frank Heimann. Jr.. * 38. Decatur, also an employe of the highway department, were enroute home from work of clearing the snow-covered state roads Mr Heimann was driving. Ac cording to the story given police. Mr. Heimann endeavored to stop the ear. enroute south, when he •aw the train approaching The tiros skidded on the Icy pavement, however, and the car skidded directly into lhe path of the speeding frriglit train. Mr Heimann started to Jump to safety at the moment of the impact and was thrown clear. Mr. Green was unable to extricate himself, however, and was pinned in the wreckage, which was carried to the Line street crossing about 2,<Mk* feet to the west. The train was stopped at the Line street crossing and author-. iCONTINItKD ON PAGW roUH~ o— State Defense Plan Praised By McNutt ■ — Lauds Indiana Plan Os Civilian Defense Indianapolis. Feb. 2. — (UPI — More than 900 civilian defense workers from Indiana's 92 counties knitted forces yesterday and gave their unanimous approval to daylight saving time, a* federal security administrator Paul V. McNutt lauded the "Indiana plan" of civilian defense. County civilian defense directors.' deputy directors, mayors and volunteer workers from ail parts of the state hacked Governor Schrick- ( er's mo:ton that daylight saving time be adopted during the emerg- 1 ency. even though Indiana had no law enforcing the clock change. McNutt told the conference, called together by state civilian defense director Clarence A. Jackson, that Indiana is a "microcosm of America’s defense.” “Its balance between agriculture and Industry. Its strategic place on the main routes at our national life, have made it'oo," he said. The former Hoosier governor lauded the “Indiana plan" as one tuned to wartime needs because (1) welfare departments collaborate with defense councils, and (2) responsibility of public authorities has been clearly established. McNutt said Indiana, and many states, still faced two mapor probJems—the loss of man-hours of work, and the lack of farm labor(CONTiNtr«n on panw nvßi o TIMPKRATURI RCADINQ OKMOCRAT THCRMOMITCR 8:00 a. m. « 10:00 a. m — 14 Noon 10 2:00 p. m. 8:00 p. m. — — 22 WKATHIR Somewhat warmer tonight and In southwest portion thio afternoon. Light snow in west and south portions tonight

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Six More Weeks Os Winter, If You Are Groundhog Believer Decsturites who believe In the mystic powers of Mr. Groundhog to forecast approaching weather “dug in" today tor six more weeks of severe winter. At an early hour this morning, a bright sun arose and left little , doubt about the old fallow seeing hl* shadow which. the«e beI 1 levers assert -is a Mire sign of of six more weeks of winter. A* if to corroborate th.- p.edl< • lion of the groundhog Mother Nature pushed the mercury down about 20 degrees cooler than i> has been for d week or two. At 8 s. m the fmily Democrat thermometer registered 12 above. > ■Kisseim Schricker Is Given State Fair Control Ruling Contends 1941 Law Change Invalid Indianapolis. Fsb. f—(UP)Gov. tchrieker cloaed ths door today to chargee that tho attorney general'a opinion giving him control of ths fairboard was a pelitical maneuver and maintained tho patronage statu* quo by appointing Republican llautonant-gowrnor Charlca Dawson to continue as commlsaolnsr of agriculture. Indianapolis. Feb. 2 — (UPi — Attorney-general George Beamer today gave control of the state fair board back to Gov. gchrlcksIn a ruling which had the effect of declaring unconstitutional th» 1941 law giving such control to the lieutenant-governor. The opinion was handed down at the request of the fair hoard itself and clarified the loaue of whether or not the fairground* was state property, and as such should be under the direct authority of the governor. The request raised a storm of charges tha' the I Democrats were violating Gov. Schricker'a politiral truce and seeking to gain new patronage powers Beamer's opinion set out four principal conclusions 1. The power to appoint a comI mlssioner of agriculture must reside in the governor. 2. The state fair board has entire control over the management of the state fair, and may appolu' Its own secretary and manager 3. The state fair board Is under the control of the governor as well' as the commissioner of agriculture Iwcause he I* appointed by the (CONTiNirrn nw eaoie mxi ——« Bids Are Received By Commissioners Three Bids Received For New Construction Three bids were received by the county conMnissloners from contractors tor remodeling the east end of the court house barement and making a suite of four rooms tor the county welfare department. Tha blcto follow: W E Moon. 170: Yost Bros.. 81.980; Kubenold •nd Sausr. >2.281.45. The contract bad not been awarded at press time. Ths commissioners approved the liability bonds of three district road supervisors, namely Ernat Tumblsson. Elmer Beer and Calvin Dubach A delegation of farmer" from Hartford township appeared before the board and requested the improvement of one and one-half mile stretch of road, west of atate road 110 to the Wells county line. Well* county propose* to hlsck top four and on-half ml lea on the aam» road, east of road one. to the Adem* county line. Charles Houck, architset for the new county Infirmary building, conferred with the commiMloners today. Final decision on the kind of material, either poured concrete or burned brick (wall*, tor tho now (CONTINUBD ON FAaRTmUM)

iry 2, 1942.

United Nations Blast Japanese; Nazis Advance Axis Offensive In Libya Sweeps Back British Forces By United Press Big guns and planes of the united nations struck punishing blow* at the Axis today to the Far East and Russia, but In North Africa the enemy counter-offenalve swept eastward through Barce and | Hlonta to within 6" miles of the I Libyan port of Derna The Japanese offensive gravely threatening the Allied key bases from Burma to Fingaport- and the East Indies was unhalted Imt over the week-end the enemy appearwl to have made little progress against stiffened and reinforced defense lines. American warships and planes struck at the Japanese think by a | bold raid on the Marshall and Gil- ■ bort islands, lying on the eenemy left flank northeast of New 'Guinea. Admiral Cheater W. Nim- ' its. commander-in-chief in the Parifle, said that all types of warships participated In the onslaught ! against enemy concentrations in the islands and inflicted much damage by "vigorous action.” The attack blasted at enemy I auxiliary ships, airplanes and bases on Wotje. Makin. Jaluit and it wa* indicated that Japanese plans tor new offensive act tow In that area—2.2<Mt miles from Honolulu —bad been broken up American losses were described as slight, but Included II planes. In the Philippines, (he forces of I Gan. Douglas MacArthur continued ; to harass the Japanese flank, opening up with long-range guns at the Island fortress of Corregldor and "destroying a Japanese small ship (CONTINUED nN P*()K FIVBi — O-- - Mrs. Mary Cummings Dies Sunday Morning Monroe Resident Is Taken By Death Mrs. Mary M Cummings. 73. wife of James Cummings, and , resident of Monroe for more than half a century, died Bunday mornUng ut 8:30 o'clock at her home, one and ow-quarter miles northeast of Monroe. Death was caused by complication* following an Illness of one year. Mrs. Cummings was horn In Randolph county July 12. IMS. the daughter of Jethro and Anna Macy. Biie was first married to 1888 to 2. O. Lewellyn. He died In 1930. In April. 1939. she was married to Mr Cummings, who survives. Surviving also are a daughter. Marguerite Lewellyn of .Monroe; a stepson. F. O Lewellyn of Muncie; « step-daughter. Mrs. F. L. Grandstaff of Decatur; a brother, E. B Macy of Decatur and a sister, Mra. Hadle Scherer of Warren. The deceased was a member of the Monroe Methodist church. Fivieral services will be held Tuesday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock at the residence and 2 o'clock at the church, whh Rev. R. F. Hart offlelating. Burial will be In the Decatur cemetery. The body was returned to lhe residence from the Ixibensteln funeral home at Monroe thia morning and may be viewed there until time for the service* — ■-— o - Commissioners Order Court House Clock To Be Set For Fast Time The county commissioners today instructed William “China" Schumacher. cuatodian of th-' court bouse, to aet-up the court house clock one hour, to conformity to the new federal daylight saving law. The law goes into affect at 2 o'* clock Monday morning, February 9. The entire nation will go M the daylight saving dma schedule.

Japanese Bases Blasted By Navy; MacArthur Continues To Repulse Japanese Attack

MacArthur Reports Japanese Attacks Are Repulsed In Savage Fighting Washington, Feb 2 — (UPt (J*n Douglaa MacArthur reported today to the war department that his forces on Bataan peninsula had repulsed heavy Japanese attack* on 4il« t iah: and left wings with big losses 1o lhe Japs MacArthur's report was made public In a war department communique reviewing details of the aaveg* fighting on lhe peninsula during recent days ft was indicated that the attack* have been completely halted, for the present : at least. In all sectors "During the past 21 hours the enemy attacked on the right and left of our troops In Bataan." the department said "These attack* were repulsed with heavy Japanese losses This action was n continuance of the fighting wbi<h has been In progress during the past few days." Telling of the attack* during the past few day*, the communique menttoned one of theta a* in the! Pilar area. Pilar is 17 mile* from ' the southern end of the peninsula I on the east coast It is :fn important Junction of the traiis-penlnsula [ highway and the east coast highJ way. Thia would indicate that the i Japanese have pushed about halfway down the penin ”la. Reviewing the fighting, lhe coininunique said that troops under command of Japanese Lieut. Gen Nara had launched Mmtiltaneous operation* against the American and Filipino troops on the east and west sectors. The Japanese troops, attacking simultaneously. They aimed, according to the dewere the 18th and 651 h division*, partment. headlong thrusts at what the Japanese “thought Io l>e our flank and rear.” Specially picked Japanese groups known a* Tatori participated in the attack* along the west coast line, operating “like the fingers of a clawing hand “ Th*- communique said that captured aerial map* had shown the Japanese planned the operation as un "urgent mission" Fighting savagely In the underbrush, our infantry. aided by artillery and mortar fire, drove the Invader* l»ack to the coast, many of them being drowned when they ailempH-d to (CONTINUED ON PSOE FOUR; Rural Schools Will Open Hour Later Becomes Effective With Daylight Time Rural school* of Adam* county will open an hour later In the morning, beginning next .Monday, when the national "fast time achedule become effective. The trustee* of the it Adam* «-oonty townships approved a resolution to this effect last Saturday afternoon in a meeting at the offices of Lyman L. Hann, c >unty school superintendent. School* will operate on fast time, it was pointed out Ivy the trustee*, and will aet their clocks up along with the rest of the nation —but lhe hour later starting time was decided upon so that children would not have to get up before daylight, they said. Most rural schools start at 8 a. m. Some start at 8:15 and some at 8:311 These will all start an hour later, respectively. The trustees also passed a resolution. giving authority to Superintendent Hann to subject eighth grade students to a standardised toot. The test will likely be given in March It will not be a gradu at ion test but merely a study of the students' abilities, it was pointed out. Other routine business was conducted.

IlondH for U-HoatN I I Ralph M. Lovay Any navy crew that sink* a U-boat 'off the Atlantic coast will receive a prise of in defense Itonds from Ralph M Levey, New York manuf* < turer The offer ha* full approval itt Rear Admiral Adoiphn Andrews, commandant of the third naval district l.vvey I* holding a thousand dollar* wortlt of bonds. List Registrants For Army Training Group Leaves Feb. 12; Planning Registration The name* of the Adams county selective service registrants who will tie Inducted Into service Tliitre day. February 12, were announced today l>y the Adams county draft board Following is the list: William Edward Sbinabvrry. Itocal nr. route one. Luther Henry Sievers Jr, Ossian. route one Noel David Sprunger. Berne, route two Kenenth Benjamin Shell. Decatur. Carl ojaeph l*ose. Itocatur. Donald Floyd Herman. Geneva Robert Dale Moser. Berne, route one. Dale la-on Augsburger, Geneva, rout.- one Floyd Emanuel Miller. Itocatur. route six. Richard Jnvteph Reed. Decatur. William Palterson Shrock. Jr.. Itocatur Registration Site* Adrian Baker, who has been named by the Adam* county draft board as head of the American Legion committee to conduct th.- third registration Monday. February Di today stated that the registration Will be held in four different pl ica* in the county. Thi* r»«gl«tration is for all men lietween the ages of 20 to 41 (inclusive) who have not lieen previously registrered for select iv.- -erv ice. All Decatur registration will lie conducted at the American Legion home. First and Madison street*, with Joseph laiurent to chargeRegistration in the Monroe town hall will be surperviaod by Homer Wlnteregg. at the Berne town hall I>y E W Webb; and at the Geneva town hall by Tom Rhoades All four places will be open front 7 a. tn. to 9 p. m. Person* wishing to volunteer assistance in conducting the registration are asked to contact Mr. Baker, any of the f< ar men In charge of the work, or a member of rhe county draft Inurd. 11l ■■—*»»-**<>.*■'—■(— — ■" ■ Township Institute Officers Reelected Ail officers of the Union township institute were .w Reeled at (ho annual meeting last week. Tuey are. Walter Thieme, chairntstt. Henry Dehner, vice-cbairnwn. Hetman Getaier. treasurer. Mrs. Forrest WaJtera. secretary. The institute ha* 113 member*. The officer* extended appreciation to the committee* for the great sui cess of thia year's institute.

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Fleet, Reported In Action First Time, Makes Surprise Raid On Japanese Bases Washington. Feh 2 (I'PI- The United Stale* today < ,-irvrd two big iiotches on Ba Pa< to< guns for major army and naval victories I over Japan. The I’ S paciflr fleet, reported in action for the first time, collectled partial revenge for Japan' s treacherous as-ault upon Prat I Harbor hy sending tons of liombs. tnr|M*d<e s and -hell* onto six Japanese base* in the Marvhnll and Gilbert Island* The U. 8. army''* hnge gtina on fortress Islands in Manila Hay dished out to the Japane*e a sample of what American force* hope will , keep front using bay facilities Ini definitely They blasted into ohlivi ion a Japanese force preparing to take Corregldor fort res* by storm The army's communique left no i doubt about results "the titiva*- ( loin force and it* equipment were destroyed." Detail* of the extensive damage wrought by the navy's surprise attack on JapaMOo liases midway between Hawaii and Australia however, may remain secret tor some time. The navy reported only that I "many enemy fleet auxllisriei I were sunk. lieached or otherwl*< , damaged e«t, naively Japatte-e military installation* on shore were hit hard hy naval aviation units and shell tire . . . many en- ( etny airplane* were destroyed both on th.- ground and in the air . . . ( I surface *hip* heavily bombarded I several of the enemy'* key shore positions . . . naval aircraft struck the enemy position* and ship* with bomb*, torpedte * and guns." But between the lines of lhe naval communique could In- seen tile slgtwt of a "knock out " blow at itnfmttant Japanese liases a blow d< IlVered With the same element of surprise used liy the Japanese at Pearl Harbor, except that the Japanese attacked while still negotiating for peace. The term "fleet auxiliaries" was not clarlfled by the navy. It s-ild only that "no large enemy combatant Vessels were found." Auxiliary vessels usually include all parts of tile fleet trail! except fighting slops —tranefmrts. tenders, tanker* and the many other smalfbr ships that serve the fleet. The American force must have been of considerable proportions, since It was looking for and wax CONTIWIIED ON PAGE THREPt - William F. Jaebker Dies This Morning Former Resident Os Preble Township Dies William F Jaeitkor, *S. slto for 30 yeai-, conducted a general s'.oro and post offite in treble. d>d this morning at the home of a daughter, Mr*. Johanna Petero, 132* ilut-stla avenue. Fort Wayne, after .in ill* lies* of several years. Mr. and M/s. Jaebker had lived with their daughter for tin past 12 years. Mr. Jaobker was the son >f Rev. Gerhard Jaebker. who *<>rv<d a* pastor of the Friedheim Lutheran church for many year* and was founder of the Preble Lu’heran church Surviving ln-*id*« the widow and daughter are a son. Fred W. Jaete ker of Fort Wayne; two brothers. August of Fort Wayne and Rev. Herman Jaeltker of Clarinda, la.; and eight grandchildren. Funeral service* will be held at 1 p. m. Wednesday at the Wellman funeral home to Fort SVayne and at 2 o'clock al the Prtdtle church. R>*v. W. 11. Moeller officiating. Burial will be to the Lutheran c -mc,<ry at J’cebte.