Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 40, Number 40, Decatur, Adams County, 16 February 1942 — Page 5

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Lileship Alabama Lunched Today I Krox Savs 'War Era' 9 |n Production Now | \ v.,'ro .‘ii-wh- ■** of u.» Frssk Km** the tuned mtu the "war «ra" 1,1 ,he <.i .uppn»» - h, «* gr , n aw 'Mt «m »••»•*« ■SL*.»e •> !h * WUIKkIOO >• HEZk aaty >•'<• °* ,h * **■'**•■ f 72, 1 j..h.u Aleusma rourth of y.— th* pow'itul warkih>* **i<» '»• “•»> Kg M - u * °' er ibros-founbs at mow Ueyuud a doubt L lb* Word* u upon oUi navy !• KirMt««< » has lo M i,|. "We mutt protect and l,ur c°***sl *<»■*• K'.J, 1 protect those strategic L. ,Mtl IO our Wi-wr lUwall. Ep»MU"» • <arlbbean mr good »• Igbbor* to lb* Lthward ff.g, tniat protect tb • Bow of Lki*. to Great Britat t ... we at tM»t W» can the riirt So-1 of Japanesu aggros* E« the Antipodes. until we can Emr our forces to tend It burtlKg Mik tv »beac«- H came." ■V these activities. Kuo* said. Laud that the t inted HUlse. as Ediy at po*sibl« gain control of E , e ». not merely the surface. E th* waters lielow and the air ■tore. Il:: mine ways the launching of Br Alabama here today marks the Ens «n era in oar naval build-■t’ri-trram the defease era." he Ed For tlie Ahiba ma Is the elxtb Etlnhip to Im- launched under E p.ogiam and the last of a class ■ four which includes the Massa, ftatita. Indiana and South Da tou. When the lao.ouu.MO Alabama nd preceding new ships of her Ums are completed the navy will h*e it battleships- the greatest tattle force in the world. Ksclud S Iron that igure are the ArUona wsch was destroyed al Pearl Harbs: and the Oklahoma which cap-im-d there and is temporarily out g commission. Eleven more batUwhips <>f still heavier classes are Is th* published twoocean feet pasram under contract. The Alabama is MU feet long. • th a beam of lon feet. 2 inches, isd * draft of 34 feet. It has a Miued speed in euv-sa of 27 tout* and will carry a main batUry of aim- 1« inch auras mounted h three turrets, as Well as the nsst modern anti aircraft and secrndary broadside guns. Its tremendous Nrepower and ederu design will more than off

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Jap Naval Bane Goeii Up in Smoke A great pall of mnoke hangs over Wolfe inland. Japanese naval base and one of the main targets In the successful American attack on the Gilbert and Marshall Islands. The white streaks seeu at the water's edge are flames consuming oil tanks, storage houses and shops The Wotje Island base and four vessels found In the harbor were destroyed This Is a News of the Dey Newsreel photo

•et the lom of the battleship Arison*. a comparatively old craft. PROFIT REGULATION CONTINVKD FROM FAQS* ONtas •ary and proper to carry these powers into execution.'' “Its power to draft business organisation* to support the fighting men who risk their live* can be no leas." it added. But if any such action i* to be taken. It Is up to congress to do It, the court said. Q... — JAP ARTILLERY, CONTINUED FROM FAOta oNB the Fhilippliie mainland MacArthur's reports to the war department during the past week have carried a repeated warning that the all-out Japanese offensive to drive his meh from Luzon Island may start at any nroiuent. JaiMtiese strategtota who have been concentrating on Nltigapore in recent days, now will have meu available to shift to the Philippine theater for an all-out offensive against the defending American and Filipino forces. Weekend war department com munlques already had reported

that the Japanese were moving up fresh troops. Sisiwcu day* ago th'* Japanese tommaiidcr in the I’hlllppUie*. Lieut (Jen Ma-atahu Hom ma. Imliivmg be had Mm-Arthur's valiant tonus at hi* mercy, delivered an ultimatum demanding their surrender. Otherwise, be said, they would face "lU’-sorable disaster" under the blows of an all-out 1 Japanese offensive But since the ultimatum the men * of MacArthur have held the enemy at a virtual standstill MacArthur has held out on Bataan peninsula now for 3* days, compared with the Japanese oneweak siege of Singapore, and still has not fallen back upou his own "Singapore"—tbe fortress of Corregldor off the tip of Bataan in Manila Bay. 1 In the battling of the last five 1 weeks he appears to have held the 1 Japanese to an advance of alrout 15 ' miles southward of the Oionga|M>Hermosa line Io which bis men fell ■ | back ou Jan. » after the fall of Manila i ’ A war department communique t Sunday said that fighting along the ! Bataan battlefroul had been "Bini lied to local, unimportant patrol skii mrsb's" with the Japanese evidently feeling out MacArthur's I lines In an effort to find a soft spot or a springboard for their offensive. "Forces of ib>- enemy evidently are being regrouped for a resumption of the offensive," tbe communique said. “Japanese units ou the front line which bad suffered heavy casualties arc being relieved by fresh troops." CLOSE CHECK tcoNTiMUKD roost rsoa onbi agencies order a review of actual 194-i spending fur submission with IVtt estimates. At the same time the committee made public its hearings on Ike measure disclosing that: Stale department officials credited vigilance of visa authorities for the mures* in preventing 75b r ases of eoAmy agents entering the Chile President r * •- • * ■T IF* ® jM \ 1 / VBl ’1 i WEMMHRLB -a, * **. Juan Antotoo Btoa Mentos Chile's new president. Juan Antonio Rios Morales, io show n as tee voted in the Fste 1 elections ia Santiago Morales, candidate to the National Democratic Front, defeated General Carlos Ibanag Del Campo by 53,000 votes. (

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Oppose Elimination Os School Vacation . Parents, Teachars Oppose Proposals Indianapolis, Feb Id <UP' — Parents and teachers were aligned today In opposition to wartime proposals to concentrate the public school program by eliminating vacations and shortening the tialnlug period of children. The Indiana elate teachers a*soelation and the Indiana congress of parents and 'anchors, in a joint •lairmeat, said “Ute lengthening us Hi- school day or week and the elimination of proper vacation periods for the puipoae of Intensifying and shortening the training period of the child must be looked upon as a definite hasaid to health.'* The statement said child labor on farm- and industry should be only an emergency moaaure and recommended adjustments on an individual Imais. "Ulauhvi dismissals of pupils for such purposes (labor* seem wholly Indefensible,'' the statement asserted. “It la imperative that children ... be protected from emotional pressure of war." Giber planks adopted Included school cooperation with civilian defense, revision of physical education program*, training of defense workers, cooperation In defense bond and stamp sales, ratestlon of educational standards, ad juatment of teachers' salaries to meet living costs. MILLIONS MORE OF COMTWUBD FROM FAOB OCT he exhausted before the new registrants *lll be called. The lottery nest month will determine the order tn which the new |-A men are inducted. The rate of determeuta undoubtedly will be high in the 34 to 44 age lira, kets because of dependents and physical impairments, but a country "in the guise of Innocent persons seeklug refuge here." Blackout Cigar I A Frank Locey Hawaii's ihreetor of civilian defense, Frank Locey, above, demonstrates his specially-construct-ed blackout cigar holder. Ths copper-lined bakelite case hides the lighted cigar from enemy

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l*le reports from the East Indies indicate the Dutch are carrying out widespread “scorched earth* tactics to frustrate Jap drive for raw materials. If the Jape can take ever the Indies without serious Impairawal of those reeoureoe by the defenders they will have the wherewithal for a war covering many years, Java i* the richest of these islands,

high percentage of the estimated l.KM.uee men In the 20 21 bracket probably will be called to military service. Mon in the M-44 age group who do not fall into tbe 1-A classification, however, will be subject to call on the same selective basis aa applies io the younger men. ■ ' W" New Conning Factory To Locate At Geneva The town of Geneva is to have a new canning factory. It has been announced by tbe Geneva Hoosier club Tbe business, classified as a war Industry, will employ 4V<) women and 75 men with an annual pay roll of 145.000. according to H It Hhaffer of Lynn, plant manager. Construction Ig to start within 30 days on an 11-were plot at tbe south edge of the town. The building to be constructed of concrete. tile and steel, will occupy 13,M0 square feet of floor »pac« and will be equipped to handle 7V«* acres of tomatoes at a capacity

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but all the othen In the group are likewise rich In food to feed war machines. Map shows tbe riches on each of these islands for which the Japs ar* racing—in an effort to get there before Allied reinforcemonte can halt their drive to gobble up all of souther* Asia. Increased , Jap air activity ever Sumatra, oil «ty of PaleasbaM. “ tsportod.

give the same -gk-lent service In the future as In the past regardless of the present economic situation. Space has been made for a few more beds and the nursery has been enlarged to accomodate 15 babies, the statement concluded. — —0 ' Father-Son Banquet At Church Tonight There will baa limited number of tickets for sale at the door tonight fur the annual fatherwoa banquet at the First Methodist <butch, it was auuouuced tuday. The banquet will begin at U;3O o'clock o County Clerk 111 At Home In City County clerk Clyde O Troutner bi reported ill at hi* home on Seventh street suffering from a streptoccuctc throat infection. Tho Ulinas prevented him from aldimr in the task of registering voter* at the selective service registration sites in the county, as well

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a* helping in tbe registration of selectee* a* he and hl* ofti.e personnel had planned. His duties were taken over by Mrs .M*rla Debolt and Mfss Dorothy Hoffman of the clerk's office. They for the most part registered voter* but at times volunteered to help in draftee signing when the U-gion home became swamped with prospective regiatranto. j . —— Trade In a Good Town — Decatur

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