Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 40, Number 41, Decatur, Adams County, 17 February 1942 — Page 4

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DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT PuhiWhi-,1 Every Evening Mtcept B«hd*y by na DBUATVR DEMOCRAT CO. Igcorporated fetorad at the Debater, lad. Poet Offka m Second Class Mat tar. I. H Kellar— President A. ft Holthoae*. Sec y. * But Mgr Web D. Heller Vlc**Pr**id*nt •übecrlption Ratta Single Cop!** —4 .01 One week, by earner-— .10 Ona nnnth. by mall U Three months, by mall 1.00 Six Months, by mail — 1.70 Tao year, by mall S o<> i Price* quoted are within a radius of 100 milee. Elsewhere 11 SO one year Advertising Rates made Known On Application Nxtioaal Represen'a’.ivo SCHNERE* A CO. IS Lexington Avenue, Naw Tort IS East Wacker Drive, Chicago Charter Members of The Indiana League of Rome Dallies The highways an- very treat'llirous and dimci-rou* these days Drive sdower and with anthttsl rare that accident' may he avoid-,-d. Thi is American torn Wiek and every one Is urged to make a special effort to help I’m le Sain You. M Average f’ilicen. tan best do that by buying bund* O—O Nine million more men registered for military services yesterday, giving I in le Sam th- man-power required to xq a long ways Io win tht war. It more are needed, we have them. -0 Tut- gitaler th. number, the letter tin service, is the slogan for the Chamber of Commen t- < ampalgn for llielllbt rship. B elite to join if you haven’t done so already Help work for the community. —o Th< Bed Cross campaign to raise *1 "•••• tl Herne as a part of the |7 stei quota ’or the county Is progressing nit ly and It Is belli veil will lie completely Mpceasful. I p to date mon than ISmi haw been subscribed there. These are critical time* when we should have tapable. trained men and women in office. Keep that in mind when considering tin- candidates Th next two years will be the most diffh ult in ail the year* suni ihi Civil war. -0 Those who really love thia conn11y ami our way of life will nut permit little ini hlents in cimgreM or other places to prevent them from helping to win the war. Buy bonds all you can and do the other tilings requested from you —o Tin- nation is at war. a war not brought on by this country but one In which we arc forced to defend ourvo Ives against those who would dictate to us what we can do. how and when we «-**(* worship, how much we will ram. making waives of us. Wr must win the war. sll vise is chores. —-O—wr— Those thrifty housewives who have stored sugar away, will not be permitted to buy mon- until the supply in used, according to Order* issued hy Leon Henderson, who Is in charge at Washington There will be a suffli 'lent supply of sugar for every one. so there is nothing to worry about. —o Next Friday is World Day of Prayer in this country, when million» will offer prayer for lasting ponce and the good of the world. In Decatur the special meeting will be held nt the lulled Brethren church on Ninth street and all who • tan are naked to join in thia occaOlon. The meeting Is scheduled for l;3*> p. in. and women are especially urged to attend.

We who have sung and talked about the good old days of tha gay nineties" may hav« a chance to return Io some of those cuslorn* thsl made the era famous, horbe and buggy, lee from the Ireman a wood stove in the kitchen, th.- wash tnh for our Saturday bath and many others. It was good miff for our fathers, so It's good enough for na. will be the happy dogan if and when necessary. O—O Republican leaders are talking about MacArthur for president In I IMI They are grasping al straws and the annouin ement la certainly 111-lino d Th. genera! Is a great soldier and has the highest regard of every American, but we doubt very much If tie has presidential amMtton* It's surely not Import ant now, tlur job Is to win the war and as Will Haya, one of the (1 (>, P expert iHillticlan- recently | 'Hid. "all else Is < bores.” Senator Tydiugs wants aid sent to Hlnganore the Philippine Is lands Australia and other places That’s tine except for one thing si- don't have the ships and trained men and equipment. We are providing it as> fast as we can and one of th* -e days, will In- ready for any thing that comes but It certainly would bol he wise to Send a small force out on a suicidal voyage After all. It is probable that those In charge of the situation know more about it than the sen ator and are just as anxioim to win the war as quhkly as possible. -0 Tiafft- is growing leas and leas and tn a few months from now will lie almost nil Only those who have to travel will be doing so. It I Is estimated hy many that there is one-third less traffic now than two months ago and thus, on the high ways are traveling carefully. Note the reduction in a.xldiltts reiioned ov.-r the country Once in a while,» sonig reckl- aa. don t-iarc-u-conaarn driver will dash around all other < ars at a 70-mile speed. but these are getting scarier each day. The average person is taking care of his car and tires. Singapore has fallen and the .Malay Islands haw Iteen overrun. That's the brief announcement and It means much. The Japan* ae now have control of the most Important part of th*- Pacific mean. have a bottleneck on the Indian ocean and are now striking south to Java and Australia, Those who thought It would be an easy matter to dispose of the Par East forces have < hanged their minds. It's going to be a tough job and one from which we ian not swerve Os only one thing are we certain- this nation will never submit to dominance by the murdering hordes of Japan. —o After tin- war. what? We don't know any more about that than you do. but we are sure that we will again live in a laud of plenty, free and independent, where the future will he more abundant than the past. Our job now. everybody’s job. Is to win the war. It is not going to lie easy. The reversabi and tin- continued drive of the JaiKiitcse, has made that sure. They arc in a strong position and it will require lime and great power to dislodge them. Home day it will be done and then we will again be eomiortable. happy and as carefree as mortals can be. -0-— An expcrlmeiß will Im- tried at Portland. Ore., which should attract professional and amateur traffic regulators from all parts of the country. It Is an automatic signal that gives speeders a red light. Automobiles approaching at 45 miles an hour or leas will throw a switch which gives them the green light. Cars traveling faster will have no effect on the switch uud thus will be forced to atop. The new-fuagied traffic regulator, according to Its sponsors. will cum* pel spenders to back up and try again, or else wall for a slower car to change the light.— Udiaaapolu Star.

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TODAY’S WAR MOVES (Reg. V. B. Patent Office) Ry Louis F. Keemle Os the United Press War Desk

The Ja|K.nesc menace to China’s line of supply, the Burma road, has In-come acute since the fall of Hlngapore. Latest news from the battle front in southern Hut ma id not encouragtnst. The Japanese are well past the Salween river on a line extending about I"" miles from Martaban northward to Papun. Thle line, as nearly as ran lie estimated fmm Incomplete reports, is roughly about 35 lo So mil's front lhe rail line which connects Rangoon | wilh the Burma i»ad Th. Implications of the Japan ' <-se advam c are enormous. If the Burma road is cut, lhe flow ot ‘ arms, munitions and supplies to Chiang Kal-Hhek’u armies will cease China has no war production of her own China, struggling against the Japanese for 4<x years, has an army of E.iHm.iHm men. Propeily supplied, this army h* the greatest present asset of the United Nations in the Far East, and to the entire war cause. It could be the nucleus for an eventual overland drive to overwhelm Japan from the west. 4 Cutting of th. road would be a' big loss, greater than lhe fall of Hlngapore. Abo, ff the Japanese establish themselves that far In Burma, they would be within striking distance of India and would have th. Port of Rangoon to facilitate their operations in the Bay of I ' Bengal and the Indian m ean Possession Os Hrngaixtre makes I Il easier for the Jhpiiiicmi to carry j on their prmtrcMlve program of conquest. Even while Hlnga|M>re was held by the British, it wan made uael'-sa to them aa a base. In Japanese hantta. it becomes a powerful weapon. From Hingapore the Japanese can : send sea ‘.lOrne forces for the at-1 lack <m Rangoon and the Rttrma toad. They can operate southward against Java In the anaault which now Is dcviloptiig on that Dutch alronghold It the Burma road Is cut. there Is no other preent Way to get supplies into China in suflicieiit quantities Russia cannot help, since she needs all she can produce and can get from Britain and the UnMed States to meet the Hitter menace. Au alternative supply route to China from India is being cun slrueled. but work on it lagg*-d until the menace lo the Burma road became really apparent. It la probable that on bls recent vlcit lo India Chiang Kai-Shek urged redoubled eflail* to get the road through in lime to save the situation. The route starts with Calcutta as port of entry. From there a railroad runs to Hadlya. close to the Chinese border in Indian northeasternmost province of Aaaam. Hadlya la roughly 700 miles from Chungking Cblua'a capital. The road uuder construction would extend about 400 miles eastward from Hadlya to tbo rugion ol Sic*' liaiiE. where it Would loanect upb I aoup by pouring through a doth tb*i has been wiuug out of cold | »atw FmoUcally all Mie set wHI , adhere to Utt doU.

existing roads — which need improvement leading to Chungking. The new road roughly iwiallela the Burma road, running about ;M miles to the north of it. It Is remote from the present scene of Japanese operations and could be defended by the Chinese annics in their own territory. -- --0-- I - - - *“twenty~years~ * AGO TODAY Q. — . — q Feb. 17 The Fred Huschi sale of Duiw hogs at Monroe pavilion I is a success. The average was E46. J. 11. Heller elected pres'di-ut of the Indiana Democratic Editorial association at meeting at Indianapolis. Over 6.M0 American soldiers guard the Mexican border aa rebel* threaten au invasion of Texas, general llawte is In charge ol troops. Miss Mayme Deintnger Is attending the millinery openings in Cleveland. A big crowd leaves on a special | traction car for Auburn for 10-1 1 night's basketlHill game. Miss Agnes flell<-rpeyer. high school teacher, is HI with grippe. ————« —— DUTCH INDIES CONTINUED FROM PAOM ONM> < bomls ra, counter attacking Japanese thrusts toward Java, today ' iHitnlM-d the Japaticse-iM-ciipied airt port al Falemlmtlß. Scoring one direct hit on an enemy transport ship and bombing two other transports in nearby waters. The liontfters flew through rain and storm lo reach lhe Falemhang airport. In the great nil center on | Hnmntra island, where they shot down two Japanese fighters. The communique did not say where the three transports were bombed. Pi* vlotisly Allb-d planes had attacked a eonvoyed line of transport* near the Bangka strait, off the mouth of Musi river, and reported scoring hits on eight transports and two cruiser*. (Dutch and united nations com innnlqucs Indicated II trunspprta In all wore hit, hut II was not clear whether there was some du , plication ill iheir reports.l The Japanese, meanwhile, bombed and maehlne-gunnod several places on small islanrs lit the i Hnnda strait, killing and wounding several persons, lint causing . only rolailvely small dninsge to I buildings and material. The Dutch, however, said these attacks probably presaged the big i attack expected to be huinehed II soap against Java, the principal > Island of the Archipelago In attacking Palcmbang lhe , fliers wore bombing territory the i Dutch held until Hunday. when > Japanese troops were landed In . force to reinforce parachute troops I dropped in the area Saturday. ! The nation's qatcfc-flngeied s'ea- • oqrephers pound thdr way through i ♦2S.WHt.tMM) worth of carben paper I and Inked typewriter rlbbine a 1 yeer. accocdmg to <MBufact«rer*' j reports to the Census Bureau.

housing needs CONTINUED rnrdi r*a»oNß almost 100 peicent devoted to defense production, employment will increase heavily during the year, At present the management has requests for more than a ha’f doteii house* for men who will ho asao- < iated with the buslliewa Th* survey shows no vacaaclea In rental type houses. Inability to »t tires, due to rationing, also loomed ar one of the contributing factors why more houses would lie needed fir de fi-nse workers and factorv employes. who live outside of th” city and drive to work. Attending lhe meeting were tllenn Hill, president. AriilUr K. Voglewade. secretary. Cal Yost. Clarence Stapleton. Dr Ben I hike Carl Oerber. Eugene McCann. Clyde Rutler, directors of the Chamber of Commerce. T hac'dorv tlraliker. president of th* First State bank: E W. Cankewan. manager of the Ceneral RlertrQ Co.. Hoy Mumnra. James Km-he- Phil Hauer buildings material trades and contractors II W McMillen, president of Central Sugar Co Will Porter, Me Millen Hom*- Building I Corp.. Charles D Ehinger. < itlxenal Telephone Co,. Ferd L. Litter, attorney. Andrew Appelman. city councilman, and Arthur I! Holt* house. 1 -"'—'O—'• W-- — JAPANESE BOMB • CONTINUED FROM F«Off ONBJ and Wake Island--MacArthur Is undcrstooil to be determined to re-

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SYNOPSIS A Fifth Column blitskrief Is unEer wsy in Kngland led by aa vlulive Ajaa who is considered mor* menacing than Stuka bomber* to the defense of th* realm. Th* con* fessed treason of Mara, acs English spy, followed by th* murder of Capt. Hugh Kenley, have put Sir John Sandvrton, Britieh Intel* ligence chief, in a desperate quandary. Sir John'* ward. Bunds Duncan, bad given a lift la her ear to a limping stranger whom the mistook for an Englishman. But he wee a Nati parachutist and, when leaving Brinda's car, he ehot Capt. Kenley . . Brinda met Lieut. Richard Malden, a former beau, in the Intelligence Office'* "rogues’ gallery " He told her that hi* engagement to Gladys, daughter of Lord and Ladv Mountwyn, le to be announced that evening. Brinda had none too pleasant memories of Olady* ae a schoolmate. But Sir John and bii ward went to the Mountwyn party, where Otadya proudly showed off the rapier-like Russian, Prince Vaslav, described by Dick a* “a sort of society entertainer.” During a Vaslav-directed "blackout dance,” a low cry io heard but by few. Lord Mountwyn tell* Dick, "Colonel Sanderson hat been stabbed I" CHAPTER NINE Ignoring Dick's restraining geetun, Brinda swept swiftly forward. At the eight of a dark stain on Sir John’s shirt-bosom ah* waa near eryittF out. She knelt beside the prostrate figure of the Intelligence Chief. "Sandy, Bendy T Her fingers searched the flaeeid wrist. Having viewed sudden and violent death ao recently, it waa hard for her to believe the reassuring news conveyed by the strongly besting poise. “Sandy, dear," she pleaded. "Oh, please!" Some whisper of her fervent appeal reached the flagging ennaeiousness of the wounded man. A faint smile twitched a corner es the stern, tired mouth. “Look sharp, Mountwyn* he mum Med weakly, "he's after the cipher!" Brinda scarcely heard the words —it was enough that he had spoken. People were beginning to gather around. "Can’t have thia” barked Mountwyn. “Dick! everyone away ... Tell ’em Sir John had a stroke ... Anything.... Understand?” "Perfectly." "But Lord Mountwyn," protested Brinda, “I don’t understand—How

did thia happen 7“ "Ne time to go Into that new ... other thing* to worry about -plenty of ’em. For one thing, we mustn't let that fellow give u* the slip.... Have to loek the lodge gate* . . . search the ground*. Dick! your Navy ehum* ean help on that Tell 'em to look sharp, though; we don’t want anyone else hurt." Mn»"twyn turned back to Brinda. "Buck up, child! Your guardian it hurt, but he isn’t dead. Know anv •nt aid?” “A little.” "Splendid!" Mountwyn whipped out a handkerchief. “Make a tourniquet of this. Twist it round hi* arm —tight That’s the stuff. Now for hi* ehert.... Hmm ... wicked but not so deep. Call a doctor.” “Thafte been done," Brinda anewered promptly with her eyes on toUohn. "Dr. MacDonald will soon “Good! Well have him In. Meantime, well h»v, to get our man to bed.... Carry him aeran the terraee Into the weat wing... .Won’t have to do a lut at explaining that way.” Be swiftly that it seemed Kandy to have consumed a awraeat. Brinda found herself hastening scree* the euter torraea one ot a email perturbed eortoge that included Mountwyn, Dick, a hastily summoned foot- ~ Dick and tha footaan supported

main with hie outnumbered Atari nan and Filipino troops to lh« and of Uteir last ditch Rghl "II probably would taka an order from the president to get MacArthur out of there, and perhaps even that wouldn t do It." said an ofloer who served with MacArthur In their "shavetail" days Atimnd the war department II waa Indicated that nn efforts would Im* made to remove MacArthur, at leaat ao long an hla forces continue In I heir d'termined stand In the mountains and along the jungle trails of Bataan peninsula. If and when lhe defenders arc forced hack upon Corregldor fortress in Manila bay. the question may Im- reexamined Iwcauae the stand against the Japanese would then become a matter of holding out under siege, with far less demands on MacArthur's tactical brilliance. Military officials said there la nothing to Indicate an imminent "knockout” of MacArthur's lo weeks of resistance In Luxon, largrwt Philippine Island, despite Indications that a Japanese all-out assault may be unleashed at any hour. Local 44 Will Hold Meetings Wednesday Two meetings of Local fl. t'CAPAWA. affiliated with CTO. will be held here Wednesday at the CIO ball with Harold latm*. financial secretary of the international office as speaker. Mr. I-a ni- is the organise? of the local 14 The afternoon session wilt begin at 2 p. m and the evening

Sir John; Lord Mountwyn bustled ahead. High In the etarlee* autumn night an inviNble plan* droned menacingly. The distant hum of Ita motor mingled with a burst of music from the drawing room a* Lord Mountwyn'* guests, ignorant of the drstna in their midst, esutned their dancrinds shivered. There seemed something symbolic about that hidden airplane. True it might be Britieh.... But the papers were already telling every day es enemy plane* winging audaciously above England on observation missions, or daring to attack the mighty British Fleet aa it lay at anchorage. Few bomb* had dropped from them yet, fewer thsn expec.ed, but eargoe* more deadly than bombs—epia* and Fifth Columnist* descending silently by parachute—were said to be preparing the way for deadlier thing* to eom*. And, meanwhile, Britain made merry and daneid—«* Lord Mount-

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wynb guests were dancing tonight —aa she herself had been dancing just a few minute* before. “In here!” Mountwyn opened the door to a magnificently furnished bedroom. Gently, with no apparent effort, Dick lay Sir John’* one hundred and eighty pound* on the massive bed. A* hi* heed touched the pillow, the Intelligence Chief opened hi* eyes. For a moment they were vague and puxxled. But suddenly they comprehended all. He attempted to sit up, then sank beck with an involuntary exclamation of pain. "Ah!" he said angrily, ‘‘The blighter knifed aw." Thon quickly to Mountwyn, "Don't tell mo be got •way with the—7" "Afraid so,” eald Mountwyn. "But take ft ean. Bit John. Ho can’t have escaped. Bir John groaned slightly. "Worse and Worse.” be sighed. •We'U nab hiss,” ssid Mountwyn emfldmtly. -Nobody ean get by th* lodge tstee—tbeySe been locked. If* a twelve foot wall and only last month I had two strand* of Amariean barbed wire strung along the tup. Beside*, H’s wrilJlgbted and tb* light, are on th* lodge-gate drcult. Only the lodge-keeper ean put them out, and he didn't... No, whoever be i»—he’s still on the premie**." “Thon well have to eateh him,” gritted Sanderson. *lll could only

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grt up—do «cm<th ir R. . another effort, only to 'u acain. | Bri'de pie-. ! n r< T».on hi* forehead 1 Y j Bandyl” »he »ler" quiet; Doctor M.. I< -ad >.: here soon." -Good!".a!<lS rd to brini; too n a . ; cStill ... I » .: • arty by no*?*’ K “Not a bit of it."-a ! •‘Fortunately, «■ «’< I handle it quie , v I’ .: . , we can wait—li . .!«. i to it?“ "Ofeour’c. W •-.” a • knife wrati-m i The thine I<an • • ': < i I waa knocked o/- ■.; i Waill The whole th■: .• i ■ back, Mount*v > ‘ I mo the—er, th* ar 1 ••-»h»t lighta went out. 1 hen r-n i 'Hane on *o ' t! ' '■’ ! ! kM ’ ■ thuugot that in.. .a •«

from you. Then th- " ; k • into me end I grap: u He was pretty '> • . me at the name tin.- h . - knife. My head hit - » ‘ down and 1 panned “Good thine you-I ' U wyn, “or he’d probab!.you.” . . w ••Little harm, if h- > ’ John’a tone was bitt. r. -‘J , cesser might maw ’ ” - Sir John’s aye* d'-',*■ died. He Shook histtried to continue but Br:ni» leneed him with soft f.ngirs lipa. >-U ••Not another word y Eye* blazing, she t.n - . wyn, “Please let him you ace he's too w.-»l. tSir John stirred restle“Brinda!" he called. . w “Not now," she soutniJ- > to rest, Sandy.” “No," said her guar 1;"' ■•”■*' "Bowl Bend over and Then, in her ear, almost • - Ing: “You are in grtvs Brinda girl. Be ear. lul- * aay and do-eapeci illy * 4 in this bouse. Do you under**"Yas, Sandy, yes " M “Remember,” Sander-"” r*/» * “Careful I” Ha do.edhir eye* exhausted with the est- f "■ ■I <T ' (To be continued» e>rnw »r Mm** !*♦'•• 1 u "j*. DUUJkwUBd bj hLM r«» Us-«»