Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 40, Number 37, Decatur, Adams County, 12 February 1942 — Page 1

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SINGAPORE DISASTER ROCKS BRITAIN

Ln Occupies pate Island Philippines I Continued Lull In Fighting Reported From Batoon Front F'h 18 “ <*’ P » “ '-><uy <H cupled '*>•• | , Ma*b*l”- nMr ’l*'* K, Philippine archipelago. 1 ’ !W , <>f tte Inland which Ktbr .outhrrn lip of Lu«on. L u wun.—l in a war departEg lai: in air and around fightF, Bataan Peninsula net ween t MacArthur'* forces I !> Japanese hto ♦«”»> i* evidently reorEg ki* forces and awaiting tZ* supplies and reatforceL, Wore returning the oftenL . .|. ;u rtmrnt said L't.., reports nave reached Er-hr <!>«' F.liplno farmers EXrn-rkted from theli '.tomes ■ Jjjar r*- invaders have "crowdI ato Manila or have hidden m* swestain*" to escape harsh Lm-n- by the Nippoue*®. in, !u« produced, the ci.mmunbwd a areat scarcity of 'abor|to tend crops. With the result ■I food supplies are beenming L- .n the Japanese occupied r' h> department said that an a L- Lt Gen Masbaru Homma. ■ad’e- <-omtm\ider on Luxon, k be one ala -med and issued a hmatation urging the farmers Inara promptly to lhel- homes p a promise that ’ Japanese ka sever harm any Flliplni who ■gtst m his occupation." Ha- flee mto the monntains. kt aided by the absurd propam> ' i- i —d States." Hom■«nd 'The tumults of war have baity tone far away. Peace will Hrswh' about solely by the con|mii« and determinitl-m of bPi:pin<»* Secure food supplies psea- of your brow.” p» depaitmen: quoted Homma |tferrm« to the Pllipino* as brethren" and tell In q them ■ starvation or prosperity la PM on their efforts. p» proclamation rotated that MS which have Iwen abandonI sill rot and the next year's Musts of sugar cane will be lost ►» th* farmers return. pt you leave them as they are h nut die from etarva-'on on F mads." the proclamation said. Nation Not Idle paahiaron. Feb. 12 — (UP)— tenunuttun on page hix» ** Bid Submitted •City Improvement »■ ■ My on* bid was submitted to * board of public works and safe[•f ’be city of Decatur this after*'J furnishing the switchgear * improvement of the munici- ’ and power plant. F* M was that of the General '** company of Port A’ayne * "nr* of ti 1.231 «f th* awltchgsyr had been st 113.500 by Hersel . *«aiatant city light superlnJT 1 ' »M other officials. I »--? h * ln< checked by ’•amber, of the board of vorks •Utay. will h. admitted to hM* h l1 '"‘ ,l Tu *’ 4a F ■•<•»• for ■ n < of th* contract. If tpnrovj^ r Forrest Elxey stated this T °l CANT BEAT IT! ’ssults you let w)th Ch * f H- **«ve thne. Rare *** r Uss the Classified * etlo » rtgularty. One Thousand F*e Adtokse.

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

IHC Employes Seek Blanket Pay Boost Fort Wayne. F- b 12 H'Pi- A request for a percent blanket pay Increase for all employes of the International Harvester corn puny her* was presented to th«company management by a bargaining committee from local No 67. United Automobile Workers of America. (CIO), at. a meeting last night. A union spokesman said the request was basnd on the Increased cost of living and of federal and state tales. ll* estimated the Increase would amount to about one dollar a day for the 4.non workers involved. U. S. Soldiers Guard Dutch West Indies Contingent Sent To Guard Oil Supplies Washington. Feb 12—(UP) -AmerlcAn soldiers are guarding vital Oil supplies in the Dutch West j Indies Island, or Aruba and Cura- i cao today In canfoimr*i<<* wHh President Roosevelt's egjireaaad policy of sending troops wherever their services are needed m-vst. United State* forces previously had been assigned to the Netherlands possession of Surinam, which is on the north coast of South America. *[helr primary purpose is to guar* important bauaite 'nines. On Curacao and Aruba, which are off the northern coast of Venenela. are some of the world’s great I oil refineries. With the supply of Oil in the Dutch East Indies threat-, ened by Japan's smashing south-' ern drive. The West Indies are more than ever essential to the Allied war effort. The state department announced the. grrival at Ua*. Amegscaa «■**, teingent in the Dutch Island*. The' forces were dispatched. It wav said,' at the request of the Netherlands government, and they will aasiat Dutch armed forces in defending the Islands and the refineries. The American soldiers w.ll be under the general supervls'on of the governor of Curacao and will be withdrawn when the emergency has passed The state department reported that Venevuela had riven Its whole hearted approval of the agreement between the Netherlands and United States governments. The wells which supply oil to the refineries on the Dutch islands are In Venevuela. near Mara catbo. Both Curacao and Aruba are In the colony of Islands known an Cur-1 acao Other island.* in the same group are Bonaire. St. Mar”n. St. Eustatius and Sada Aruba ha* but •!» square miles and the latest census figures available show that it is inhabited by approximately d.oOO person*. Curacao has 210 square miles and In 1939 had a population of about luo.odo. Capital of the Curacao colony Is Willemstad, which also is the site of an Important Dutch naval l»a*e. British and French military j forces landed on the island In 19(0 after the German invasion of the netherlands. U h presumed that British troops serving there cither have been or will be withdrawn. The text of the departments announcement: "The United State* government at the request of the Netherlands government ha* sent a contingent of the United States army to Curacao and Aruba to assist th® Dutch armed forces in the defense of these Islands and the oil refineries thereon which are vital to the war effort of the United Nations a id to the defense of the Western hemisphere. "The United Statas force* will operate under the genera) suprevision of the governor of Curacao and will be withdrawn upon tne termination of the emergency. "It Is understood furthermore ’hat the Venexuelan and th<v Netherlands governments have reached , r’f»WTtwr’wr> nw *»(>* *IX» Asks Receiver Sale For Portland Paper Portfind. Ind., Feb. 12. (UP)— Fred Jackson of Pirtiand, In a suit Bled against the 'ortland Publishing company, today souglff « r«eelver's sale of the property and division of money claim* *<**"•• the newspaper enterprise, which be was operating at a dally tone. The company formerly published the Dunkirk News and later the Portland News. 1

Registrars Named For Third 'R' Day Men 20 To 44 To Register Monday Final plana for the gigantic task of registering for selective service approximately I.nov m<n In Adams county on next Monday. February 1(. were being pushed today by the Adams county draft board and Ad am* Post No 43. American Legion i —ln charge of the work. Name* of the registrar* for th<Decatur registration site and the chief registrar* for Monroe, Herne and Geneva registration sites were annoumed today by Adrian Raker, chairman; Albert Miller and Joseph A. Laurent. 1-egion committee In charge. Registrar* Meet Friday All registrars are asked to meet Friday night at 7 o'clock at the l-egion home. There they will receive Instructions and supplies and will Im* sworn in Chief registrars at Herne. Geneva and Monroe are urged to bring their assistants to the meeting Rtgiatrars must take an oath before they iregiti work. They must also lie Instructed in handling the work. By calling the registrars together Friday night, it is (relieved w lot of unnecessary delay will be eliminated on Monday. Laurent Is Chief Joseph A. lamrent. of the local i Legion post, has been named by the committee In charge a* chief registrar at the Decatur registration site—the legion home. Assisting him. moat ot whom will work in five-hour shifts, will be: James K Htaley. Dorothy Eicher. Marie l*eHolt. Rose Neaawald, William Linn. Ralph E. Koop. Koy Mumma. Frank Unlger, Dallas Brown. Zeima Roop. Naomi Bormann. Mildred Darwachter, Anna- - boUe Gekrig. Alice l-enbae*. Ju« 1 tin* Everhart, Mm. Albert Miller. Dori* Mcßae. Francis R. Costello, J. L Ehler. T. Glllig. A. B Klelnhens. T. C. Smith. George Harding. 1. V Baker. Ed Jaberg. Ray Kundert. H. V. Aursnd, V. J Bormann. Elmo Smith. Leo Kirsch, i Waiter Hockman. Vaughn Millikan. Clyde Troutner. Ireta Fryback, Ed Bauer. At Geneva. Tom Rhoades ha* been named as chief registrar. At Berne Edri M Webb Is the chief and at Monroe, Homer Winteregg Ralph E. Roop, chairman; Roy Minnma and O. N. Smith, the latter from Berne, all members of the Adams county, draft board will be in general supervision of the registration. Members of the registration staff today urged all men to register early If possible. They cited the heavy rush expected after factories and business houses close in ' (CONTINUED ON PAO» SEVKNi Stengel Drain Bids Will Be Received Take Bids On Drain Saturday, Feb. 28 Bids for the construction >f the main ditch of the proposed Stengel drain, commonly known at Blue Cueek. which, when const uded will provide Berne with a new drainage outlet to the St. Mary'* river, will be received up until 10 o'clock Saturday morning. February U, at the county clerk's office in this city. Walter H. Gllliom. engineer of construction, ha* prepared the plans and specification* which are on file at the clerk'* office. Blds are to be received on cleanout of 180.292 cubic yard* of earth and 9.084 cubic yards of stone excavation. Stations are numbered at 800 In the profile*. The petition for the drain which is one of the largest drainage project* ever undertaken tn this county, was filed In the fail ot 1940 in conti”trttn nw paom th«b»» ——— -W — TEMPERATURE READING DEMOCRAT THERMOMETER 1:00 a.- 18 10:00 a. m. 21 Noon - — » 2:00 p. m. “ 1:00 p. m. •• WEATHER Few snow flurries in west portion this afternoon and tonight, not so cold tonight in northeast and east central portions.

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"Now we are engaged ia » great civil war. testing whether that nation or any nation ao conceived and ao dedicated can long endure ... it ia rather tor us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us—that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause ... (hat we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain—that thie nation, under God. shall have a new • berth of freedom—and that government of the people, by the people. tor the people shall not peiish from the earth." These words, spoken by Abraham Lincoln in hl* Gettysburg address Nov. 19, IM3. carry a real meaning today aa the United States lights for the same prln* ciples. not in civil war, but in world conflict.

Contingent Leaves For Army Service Adorns County Youths Leave This Morninq ••Tell the Japs we re coming'" These wore the word* of the latent Adams county contingent of •elective service men an they boarded an ABC but thin morning. The youtha .-iimned aboard the bu* bound for army service only a few minute* after a larger contingent of young men left draft board headquartern on another carrier, headed for Fort Wayne to take their final phynlcal examination. The acene wan one of the bunlent ever enacted at draft board headquartern. Ralph E Roop and Roy Mumma. draft board members and Mr*. I’rdle Chase, draft board clerk, hurriedly gave order* and ticket* to the 46 and nent them on their way to Fort Wayne Then they Immediately turned their attention to the youth* going to actual aervlce with Uncle Sam * force*, who meanwhile had been •landing around in group* chatting with relative*, friend* and sweetheart*. Carl Lone, well known Dacatur young man. wa* chosen a* leader and given the credentiala of the contingent. After posing on the library step* for photographer*, leader Lose checked off the men a* they deposited their skimpy luggage with the driver and boarded the bu*. By 8:10 a. m. the bu* pulled away amid a barrage of hand-wav-ing from those along the curb and walk*. "Tell the Jap* we're coming." the leader and other* shouted as they pulled away. Those who left for aervlce were: William Hhinnaberry. Lather Sievers, Noel Sprunger. Kenneth Shell, Carl Lose, Donald Herman. Robert Moser , Dale Augsburger, Lloyd Miller, Richard Reed and William Schrock, Jr. As I* customary. Rev. Carey R. Moser gave each of (COMTIWITOP ON PAQB THUMB* ■ -O Defense Council To Meet This Evening A meeting of the Adame county civilian defense council will be held tonight at 8 o'clock at the city hall Director V. J. Bormann urged today that all member* attend the meeting

WSPAFER IN ADAMS COUNTY

Attorneys Honor Departing Officer The member* of the Adams county bar honored l> Burdette Custer, attorney, at a dinner and farewell , party al the Rice hotel last eve- ' ning Mr Custer left today for Edgewood Arsenal. Edgewood. Mary land, where he begins military »er- ' Vice a* a first lieutenant. Henry I B Heller, president Os the bar. pre- ' | sided and member* made short - talk*. o Special Lincoln program Is Held High School Pupils Observe Anniversary — I The Great Emancipator wat feted ' today in special Lincoln Day services at the Decatur Junior-senior 1 high school under the direction of I principal W. Guy Brown. 1 Following the custom of cornrne1 morating the former president's ! birthday, the program was presented a* a special early morning chapel program. Three members of the senior class. Miss Flora Belle Kohl*. Rob- ’ ert Yost and Richard Buckley, participated in the program wa* broadcast over the school's public ' address system. Lincoln** biography was sketched for the student*, his famous [ Gettysburg address wa* again read . and hl* teachings and tenant* were I called to the attention of 'he stud- - ent*. I A partial suspension of business marked the occasion In downtown Decatur, as the First State Bank, i and all offices In the county court-: , house were closed in observance of f : the holiday. The public library al--1 so closed It* doors for the day. i All other places of business and public building* remained open ’ and the normal business -outlne was continued. o- ■ —— I War Labor Board Orders Increase ■■* ' Washington. Feb. 11—(UP)—A sevencent an hour increase in wages paid at southern plant* of the Aluminum Company of Amer- 1 < lea wa* ordered today by the war I labor board.

IVar Policy Os Government Is Bitterly Assailed; Situation At Singapore Extremely Grave ---- -■ —1 ■— ■■

Delay Experienced In Auto Rationing No Certificates Are Yet Available Here Adam* county resident* who purchased new car* before January I and expected to get their certificates from the local rationing Iroard will have an indefinite wait, it was apparent today Glenn Hill, director of the Adams county tire rationing committee. which also ha* Jurisdiction over the car rationing, received a telegram to this effect from James D. Strickland, state tire rationing administrator. The delay in rationing Is aused by inability of the lioard* to secure certificate form* The tele«rtm to the local board stated tha: car deliveries could not Im* mad l ? until application and c.-rtif4<at*« form* had been received from Washington. It continued that he had "no assurance when they would bo received ” Board* cannot authorise deliveries until they are. the wire ■tatad In a United Press dispatch received by the Daily Democrat, the state administrator was qttoted a* saying that only a small amount of certificate blank* had been received and that the certificate* had been apportioned to county boards. In either event, however, the 'blank* were not available today and may not be available for *ome time ———- — '.-o— -- —— — Farm Problems Are Discussed At Meet Farm Labor Problem Topic Os Discussion Huntington, Ind.. Feb. 12 Northeastern Indiana county USDA war boards were told Wednesday by L. M. Vogler, chairman of the slate I'HDA war lurard. that "the responsibility of finding solutions to local problem* arising out ot the government'* food expasion pr<e gram rests with local iMiards." "Any obstacle in the path of farmers which might Jeopardlxe the nation's numlM*r one war effort Os producing food is the Immediate concern of the board*,*’ he declared The local problems such as farm labor, priorities and farm machinery were discussed with state USDA war hoard memliM-r* at a meeting held in the Huntington YMCA. County board* were given broad authority to find storage space tor milk accumulating in certain areas. The farm labor problem was eased somewhat when It was announced by J. B Kohlmeyer, Lafayette, bureau of agricultural economic*, that the Indiana employment service would make a survey of available farm labor. He urged farmer* and war board* to make known their specific labor need* and requirements to the U. S. cm ploymen' Mrvlce. A represents tlve of the employment service, he said, would be assigned to every Indiana county. M. M. Justin, agricultural marketing service, told the war board • nisTiwi’icn nw ■- ■ ' o Geimer Funeral Is Held This Morning Funeral services were held this morning at 11 o'clock at the 8L Mary's Catholic church for the still born infant of Mr. and Mr* Jerome Geimer. Rev. J. J. Helmet* conducted the services nad burial was in the Catholic cemetery. The Infant girl was -bom at 6:30 o'clock this morning al the Adams county memorial hospital. Mrs. Geimer was formerly Mia* Justine Spangler. Surviving other than the parents are the grandparent*. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Spangler and Mr. and Mrs Fred Geimer.

— Dutch Forces Fight Bitterly Against Japs Wage All-Out Fight To Stem Japanese Pincer Movement Batavlp. Fell 12 il’Pl—Dutch i land force* fought bitterly to stem i a huge Japanese pincer aimed at , Java today while a Netherlands , navy communique revealed the sinking of five enemy ships off . Ambolna island since the Japanese attacked that naval and air base 1* day* ago This morning's high command I communique said “the fight against the invader is still in-ing continual in various part* of the Archipelago No further news wa« available from any of the threat-, 1 ened points. It added The Indies troops were believed to he waging an all-out fight to check the Japanese advances toward Macassar, capital of Celebes, j and toward Bandjermasln. chief ' clef of Routh Borneo Strategic--1 points in the pincer operation ’ against Java. The communique, distributed by I the Netherlands Indies news agency. said the Japanese continued' • their air activity over Java, center ' of united nations resistance. A ‘ bomber yesterday approached the East Java naval l>a*e at Soeralia)*. but it fled when Dutch fighters i roared to the attack, the com-’ munlque reveal*) "Enemy reconnaissance over various parts of the Netherlands Indies Archipelago" was reported. l The navy communique said Netherlands Indie* mines -and coastal guns sank three Japanesecruisers, a destroyer and a submarine off Amlroina. Attack Defeated Rangoon. Burma. Feb 12 il'Pij > The British army reported 10-j ' night that a Japanese attack in the ‘ Pa-An area of the Ralween river • front has been defeated. > The communique said that the ' Japanese appeared-to have abandoned operations in the Pa-An area for the time being as a result of ! the setback. The sltuatioti was re-! • W- - ■ ——«ss»» t (CONTINVRn OM PAOE KIOHTV — —- -o- — Monroe Resident Dies Last Night I I — Albert T. Duer Dies After Long Illness I Albert T Duer. 77, resident of I Adams county for more than three-quarters of a century, died last night at 11:15 o'clock at hl* home in Monroe. , Death wa* caused by compileaI Hons following an Hine** of two year*. He was a retired farmer. Mr. Duer wa* born near Fletcher. 1 j Ohio September 18. I*B4. the son I of William and Martha Duer. He was first married to Viola' , Reffey-Hendricks. who preceded I him In death In 1908. He wn* married to Louise Baker in 1912.1 I She survive*. Surviving also are the following children: Mr*. W. O New loti atjd Solon Duer of Palm Beach. Florida; Felicia Duer of Toledo. Ohio: Clifton Duer of Fort Wayne. Frank Duer of Crawfordsville; three stepchildren, Chester Hendricks of 1 Colon. Michigan; Mr*. Manos la»h- • man of Fort W’ayne and Mrs. WilI Ham Stettler of Toledo. Ohio; 14 ■ grandchildren and seven great • grandchildren. i Funeral services will be held Saturday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock i at the home and 2 o'clock at the t Monroe Methodiat church with ■ Rev. R. F. Hart officiating. Burial t will be in the Spring Hill cemetery The body was returned from the • Lobensteln funeral home this afternoon to the residence, where it I may be viewed until time for the services.

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— Imperial Defenders Slowly Give Ground Before Onslaught Os Powerful Offensive Berlin. F*b. 12 — (UP) — A report from Lisbon (onigbt clamed that the British leqation there had announced that Singapore has been surrender ed to Japanese forces. London. Feb. 12 (UP)— The Singapore disaster rock«"d Britain ' today and brought a demand that prime minister Winston Chun hill estalillsh a "government of nation ' al union" in which the dumlttim* and empire would be repreaehtrd. The political and parliamentary repetcussloli* of Singapore Were ».i far reaching that Churchill WU* said to lie contemplating a radii address to the nation Sunday A spreading revolt against th<* government, a* presently constructed and against war policy blamed for the Singapore defeat, appeared in the ranks of the nationalist liberal party Three prominent tnemlmrs of that party —hitherto supporter* of I the government resigned and there were Indliatlon* that an opposition critical group may arise lln parliament, centering around Sir Stafford Cripps, laborite resigned ambassador to Moscow. Edgar Granville, spokesman for \ the liberal dissenteiw. said that the gloup plans to advocate recon Mtruction of the government on a i "national union" basis with spoke men for the dominion and empire : to Im ln< I tided Situation "Grave" laitiilliin Felt 12 il !•» H.i' ■ r ied and bleeding British troop- at 1 Singapore were reported today to have carried out desperate countei attacks against the Japanese only one of which was successful. A spokesman said tonight that ' "the *itiiath>n at Sing.ipuie ) very grave ' Hl* statement was underlined by the revelation that the Imperia) garrison, still resisting under constant dive bombing, machine gun strafing, tank assaults and mill lery bombardment. I* slowly lolug Its defensive plttll h Hear Radio London, Feb. 12 (UP) — The Singapore radio was heard broad casting at 9:30 a m CWT today Indicating that the British still held (Missesslon of at least a pan of the besieged city. The reception was extremely poor but the British broadcasting company picked up a few words. Tile broadiast started "This Is the itt o'< lin k news from Singapore and this is Michael ICONTINUKn OX P*rtß eHJtI'.K) o War Bulletins Seattle. Feb. 12—(UP)—A twin-motored army bomber from McChord Field crashed near Tolt. north of here, today. Sheriff* officer* Mid four men were killed. Military and civil authorltl** found wreckage scattered over a wide area of «wamp land. WitneaMa (aid the plane had been flying low. Two bodie* were found ’O3 feet from the main wreckage. Part of the tutelage wa* submerged in the swamp, hampering investigation. Washington, Feb. 12—(UPi —All army men will be >mmuned against yellow fever as "a preventive measure designed to make all soldiers available for service in areas where the disease i» known to exist," secretary of war Stimson announced today. London, Feb. 12 — HJP) — British planes on their second straight night offensive, raided industrial Mannheim in southwestern Germany during the night while other formations bombed docks at LeHavre and Brest on the French invasion coast and fighter planes attacked German airdromes in occupied territory, the air ministry said today Two bombing planea were miaaing.