Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 40, Number 46, Decatur, Adams County, 23 February 1942 — Page 5

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K Selected For Linglon Irial ■ Mrs Caroline Payne ■ OnTnol For Murder w ' ll ,ry Mr *. fc; du... O M"IH.KIr W 1 ...'I • r-P>'»y k.,. M.C began <>P MEJilrmenl imm-dlalely. ■ELtro-n of ih- oath ’*.l j -.1.- < " s, ‘‘" ■>" ■ ,,i ' ,our ' rui M|l~ n rai ) • ,,, ‘ ■**' mW 'W member* . ..f 13" pro.pec- «. • 'f< unexamined ■t * :!•.>•• SylMii Tsckitt th' "> »a* acceptable BK*» <u’ r ,U« ' 1 ' I ' l ' l{ ‘ l£ ''* ,, ' r M■ . .don . . I<> '"ntor with 1 .1 n w minute. K, jineiw•'! ’ h4 ' accept ’ll' J ur ’ r ..PnpoM'll "I "III' wo |H , a( . n«ro. an unemployed .k.. .10- furniture sac- . Elletuvllle men igd neveii farmer.. j« p<;4ons will determine ch not H Mr* Payne H in roinpej Ore bullet. Into the |Ej 9 f -in indlanapoli* attorney j s ;y ja« he eat In the home K frend in Bloomington. I first war draft ■tOSTIM'U’ FHOM faun onbi ■" i life through allotment K._ , . on hi home-front a. Kg, «« to the aimed .entice*. ■V v !,<lu»'.ii- and agriculture K, rotr.|>ialiird hat rigid drsf E- : -1,.: . ~,'lauh have depleted L of lalmierr Brig Gen. K*:< B Hershey will testify beK hoti.e agricultural comKq«* tomorrow on the farm Kbr problem I H* told > I' ' -" conference Sat Briar'ha' eveiybody can't go to ■to,.—ximehrdy ha* to ict.ty home L< rtukc- bomb. " He .aid that Kw-:y every phaaa of life 1. Kmc'ial to some degree-' and L. ba' 'ha' Include, drug .tore Let* ph.rmaci.ti, key newsLpr worker, and Innumerable l«b'< which it first glance may ■mi anrelated to the war effort. Ijk laid local draft board, would ■htawracted woon to consider key Iftiio and n< w.paper employe, a. Lec'ui to the war effort, but that |b> would confer with spokesmen Id both industries before issuing ■Mfvw

V bTf** -J ■ S 9 Wnt X 'VB V < i 1 s >A afl .X Jf ■gJßk '■- ■k lr> pl ttu ®n LEGION TO WORK FOR SAFETY *Wlp R. Marton, of HymMrth. newly-sppoh.ted Department **Hy Chairman (right), b shown conferring wtth legionnaire Donald ■h*. superintendent ot state poHee, about safety. Still in the Philippines Mt Jfe D *"*'«a MacArthur, wife of the boroie defender of th* Bataan b shown attending the Neps festival in the Ph.hppinoa * “’Citato*tha Japanese attack. Mrs. MacArthur w reported»Ul * — ea Ukb ytU hex ton. —

DECATUR MAN tCONTINVBD PROM FAQ* <>WB> the attack hut decided upon Wake In order that he might get back to the mainland ea.ler for an anticipated visit with hl* relative*, who planned to go to California. Omlnon.ly enough, .he raid hl* wage check, which had been forwarded to her by the government .topped coming midway In December, indicating that contact with him had been lost. Martin I* one of the few Adam* county youth, who have not been contacted .Ince the war started Many youth., Including thoae In wervlce at Pearl Harbor and other point, of attack, have informed relative* here of their well-being. FARM LABOR SUPPLY cmrrtitVMi ntou nug on» the use of manpower — "call II freeclng if you want to"—may be necessary to prevent competition bcflreen the peraonnel using agenda* such ae industry and the army, be said. “You are going to have to .tabtllie and not let the using agencies reach over Into other people * .uppiles," he raid He estimated that Soo.ooo aeleclive service registrant* have been deferred for Industrie 1 reason.. He raid he believed agriculture had a "fair amount" of thoae deferment*. hut he conceded that the farm problem wa. one of the moat aerloua Issue* faced by draft offlclals. He suggested that farm agencies such a* the national grange, or county war boards on which county farm agents are repreaented. might act as impersonal agencies to Intercede with draft appeal agent, to conserve the farm labor supply. CHURCHILL AGAIN CONTINUED mrm FAOP oNB named to DaHonbi former post. In removing Marge.son. MooreBrabason and Greenwood. Churchill had Jettisoned the three men most criticised In the stormy recent weeks. He had failed, to the surprise of some critic., to drop A. V. Alexander. who as first lord of the admiralty wa. burdened with part of the blame for the German war fleet passage past the Dover coast, and Ix-opold B Amery. secretary for India, who Is regarded as bitterly opposed to a greater measure of self rule for India auch a* I* In prospect. It wa* understood that Lord Portal, 58. a coal magnate, who I ha* been serving a* a raw materials expert In the ministry of sup-

Japs Attempting To Tear Down FDR Chat Propaganda Campaign Revealed By Early Washington. Feh 21 — tl'Pl — The Whit* Haase reported today that Japanese propaganda radio station* were attempting to “tear down in advance" the fireside chat on the war which Mr Hooaevelt will make at I o’clock CWT tonight Rtephen Early. White House pres* secretary, raid that the White Houae was advised that radio Tokyo was "putting on ll* blgge.t propaganda campaign for the purpose of iraring down the president's speech In advance." “The < ampalgn I* said to he big ger than any other heretofore attempted by Tokyo and I* similar to Japanese propaganda launched at the fall of Hing.|>oiv," Karly said. Heading from a memorandum sent to the White House by one of the government Information services. Early said Tokyo radio broadcast four time* this mohning In English." represent Ing the president as dodging all questions at hie press conference, then putting the responsibility for American entry Into the war directly on the president.” Early offered a. a .ample quotation from the Japanese broadcast: "Good American cltisen* should know that the .latement. of President Roosevelt, Including his popu lar fireside chats and the announcement. of the fololwera of F. D R are all got-up stories or trick*, cununlgly set up try them In order to conceal the fact* and the truth." Early raid the president had scheduled 110 fined engagements for the day, but planned to confer sometime before he completes hi* speech with acting secretary of state Sumner Well* and other government official*. '' 1 -d ROOSEVELT TO .CDNTfWUKO FRW FAa» OW> Paris. .Mr. Roosevelt ha* Invited hi* listeners tonight to hear him with world maps or globe* by their sides so that they may understand his explanation of what la going on. He meant that and many newspapers yesterday and today printed large map* Io enable the public to follow hl* explanation of antiAxis strategy. He hopes that you will use them. There are signs of irritation In the capital as hard working <>thcall* react to extraordinary .tress of war lime effort. And there Is complaint In the land not only against bu.ineM-as-usual but agaiust polltjcs-as-usual. a* well. Congressmen reluctantly and Mimewhai angrily are In the process of repealing the law they passed to grant themselves pension*. Revelation* that Mis* May ns Chaney, a dancer friend of Mr*. Eleanor Roosevelt, had been hired by the office of civilian defense at a salary of II.SOO a year brought general dissatisfaction with the way that office wa* being run to public attention. Work stoppages, slow downs and strike* continue to plague production and devekHng now Is a first l ira* policy dispute between Leon Henderson, who I* < harged with prevention of price inflation, and those elements of the administration which want more money for worker* and farmer*. -o — - ■ —

TO CLASSIFY LATEST ■ CONTI SUED FROM F*W <«*■> placed on the cards of those who registered on the meeting night of .March 9. After the coutny order numbers hava been determined, a Hat of registrants with their numbers will be released tor publication. STAUNPROMISES (CONTINUED THOM PAGE ONE) such a development. ’But it would be absurd to Identify Hitler's <li<iur with the German nation and the German stalellbtory shows that Hltler.i come and go and that the German nation uud slate remain." One atrougtb of the Red army. Stalin said, consists in the fact that “It neither has nor can have any racial prejudices against othr nations. Including the German nation. -because It Is educated In the sphlt of equal rights for all -.moples ply, would absorb most of Greenwood’s duties, to consider postwar problem*. Something of a scn-atlon was caused by the promotion of Hir James Grigg to the war portfolio. Ho bad spent 29 of his 51 years iu the civil service and had risen to the post of permanent under secretary (or war. It was believed to be the first time a civil servant had been appointed direct, without an interlude In poiiiics to such a post. Grigg is the fifth war secretary ataca the war started.

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and races, aid rwffilct for lb* rights of otbur pwpfoa." Not a .llffto ffonisa soldiur. was tight nig a just war because ths Germans were trying to oppress other people. Hu', tbs Red Army, he said, was fighting a war of liberation. for th* freedom and Independence of It* country. Th*' wa* why, he said, the Russian soldier faced dMth proudly. New York Doily News Editor Dies Sunday ■New York. Ifob tl-(VP)-Bd gar W Bran. U. news edltot aid acting managing editor of the New York Dally Nows, died suddenly last night after collapsing Ji the newspaper's editorial room He was making up an early edition of the morning paper when be •uttered a stroke. He died ai boar later at a nearby hoepWal He had been on the new* staff 2« years and we* news editor for 15 years. He acted as managing editor for the last two year*. ■■■■ i ■' an Grabill Woman Is Drowned In Cistern Fort Wayne, Feb tl - Mrs. Kether Ruppert. «♦. Grabill, was drowned yesterday when she toppled Into a cistern at her home. Allen county coroner A. P. Hottendorf. who returned a vurdtc- of accidental drowning. Mid Mr*. Ruppert had been suffering from a heart ailment, and possibly raftered an attack a* she bent over the cistern to draw water. o-- ■ — Wolter Wehmeyer Dies Os Injuries Funeral service* for Wolter E. Wehmeyer. M. former postmaster of Kendallville and prominent resident of that city, and a brother of the late G. H. Wehmeyer of this city, will be held Tuesday afternoon from St. John's Lutheran church. Kendallville. Mr Wbemeyer died of injuries received when struck by an automobile a* he wm crossing a street in the Kendallville Irusine*. district Sunday morning. He is survived by hi* wife, three daughters and one son. ALLIED ATTACK CONTTNUMD FROM PAOB QNM resriy become clear that the Japanese. In their attempt to isolate Java from the outside world, started an attack on Bali. Naturally It was impossible to give further particular* of 'the battle of Ball while the action wa* going on. Beside*, report* were rather scarce. “The department of war now announces that It is certain that part of the Island, including the airdrome of Den Pa rar has been occupied l>y the Japanese “For this conquest the Japanese have had to pay a very heavy price. "Owing to strong action by Allied air and sea forcea it can be assumed that the fleet which the Japanese sent out for the conquest of Bali has for the greater part been destroyed or liadly damaged "The single ship which succeeded in escaping destruction fled "It is impossible al the present moment to give further particulars of the state of affairs. The magnificent succesaes of the Allied sea and air forces justify the belief that the conquest of Ball mean* io the Japanese as large a pyrrhic victory as the conquest of the burning homes of Taiakan. Balik Pnpnn and Palembnng." It wa* charged officially today that Japanese bombing planes

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On Trial for Life w Mrs. Carolln* G. P*y~ Aawn with bur sttomsy, Q An*« ®*»tat trial for hsr Hfe fn Bfomninttr,twice attacked tbe clsnrly marked Netherlands hospital ship Opton noort. killing two persons and wounding It and cuuslng considerable material damage Kight bombers took part in the stuck. It wa* asserted The regular Netherlands Indies command communique reported that Netherlands plane* had at tacked the Japanese invsslon are* of Palembang In Sumatra and said that three to four Japanese plane* had beeu shot down Horry Fisher Praised For Outstanding Record A clipping from tbe De* Moines. 4owa Register ha* been sen*, to Mr. and Mrs. Tom Fisber of thi* city. In which tbeir son. Harry of Minburn. low* is shown with some of hl* bog-raising equipment. The newspaper acclaims Harry aa one of the outstanding exponent* of raising hog* in the open on clean ground and declare* that hi* method* are well known throughout the entire Kite. The »tory of hl» method* i* written in detail and two two-column photo* accompany it. In a note sent with the clipping to ilia parent* Mr. Fi»her stated that Wendell Wilkie plans a visit to tbe Fieher' farm. 0 Washington Birthday Observed In Decatur Washington's birthday was ole served In Decatur today with a partial suspension of buaiues.. and the , presenatlon of program* at the I school*. Tbe post office was dosed but | one city delivery wa* made this ■nornlug No rural deliveries were made. Office* in the county court bouse were doMd, a* were the, bank aud library. —,... ■ o- — Burning Oil Draws Scores Os Autoists Score* of autos were attracted to a site cast of the city Sunday afternoon when employe* on the, Indiana Pipe Line started burning oil that had leaked out of the com-. pany's line. The workmen clamped i the leak and then proceeded to i burn the oil that lay on top of the , ground. Dense clouds of hlack i smoke could be seen for mile* and attracted the motorist*. Trad* In a Good Town — Ducatur

Four Men Killed In Train-Aufo Crash Indiana Toll Over Weekend 11 Persons 'By United I’raasl Victim* of Indiana traffic accidents on hlghwsy* and street* over the weekend totalled 11 today, four of them dead from a traln-auto crash yesterday. George Rohlsiug. 51. Furnessvllle, and Boyd Colling*. ♦•. Hiram Eaton. 72. and Ham Pujick. W, ail of Cheaterton. were killed Ruuday afternoon when their automobile wa* struck by a Michigan Central pnasenger train at a grade cross in* on the Chicago Detroit highway four mile* northeast of Cheaterton. All were workers at a Furneit* vllle Mwmill and authorities tbeor laed they were returning to work after eating at a barbecue stand on IT. 8. 20 The crash threw the ear 2M feet, where three of the men were found pinned In the wreckage. The fourth victim was ! found SO feet from the crossing Ida Radio* 45. and Frank Rad- i liff. both of Hammond, and Bernard Raker 22. Chicago, were killed Saturday midnight In a two-car collision on U. 8. 41. one mile south of U. 8. 4. Police Mid Bak er'a car collided with the car driv-1 en by Radllff. A young Richmond couple. Eu gene Wheeler. 18. aud Betty Caro | line Cook. 17. were killed late Sun- j day when their car apparently stalled on railroad track* and wav struck by the Pennsylvania railroad streamliner. The bodies were carried one mile before the train could stop. The Cook girl's death came a* the second in one day in her family. Wheeler had taken her riding to relieve her grief over death of . her grandfather, Thoma* W Brown. Mr*. William Buckland. 48. Rich mond. wa* Injured fatally Baturday 1 wh> n the car in which she wa* i riding collided with an automobile ' driven by Chnrlea H. Crocker at a Richmond street Intersection Her son. driver of the car. wa* Injured critically. , Ernest R Slater. 18. Terre Haute. . was injured fatally Bunday when he stepped into the path of a taut ' Pennsylvania passenger train. Moose To Initiate Candidates Tuesday — A clara of to c andidates will be initiated into Adam* lodge- 1311. gms; I 710 Mercer Ave. I i W#' TM* amblM* aJ **ur*s«y sad **fe dririM «• swarded co ara aar owaar ad this aamauaity eaah week-day. 84WW lAMFUU.Y - MVB A MFI Radina BmWss Car*. Few Varaa, Ud

The B.ittlejfor the Burma Road AW/ ’ ft b »o IlsrvofVf' 'f'Z F’ Lmvcsll V H V’ 'uslstYv \ '■ X asuetan ' \ Y a eltmax the battle for the Burma Road will decide the fat# of China's chief rapply Hn«. British troop, fighting desperately to hoM positions on ihe wrotern shore, of the B. tn Rtver. The Jap. »H---out air. land and wa MMult at capture of Rangoon mm. .tolled but an enemy invasion fleet I* reported off th. Burmese roast in an aj parent move to encircle Rangoon and out-flank defenders. In event of the7.ll of Rangoon, th- United Nation* plan to re-route supplies to Chin* via Calcutta over new road being built, a* shown on map. Heavy black arrow indicates where Chines, are exerting pressure.

Order of Moose, at the regu- ' lar meeting of the lodge Tuesday evening at R:J4 o'clock. The Dec* ' fur degree staff and drill team will conduct the initiatory work. Huber Frasel. lodge governor, ha* announced that *ll lodge meeting* during the Lenten season will begin at 8:30. —O Draft Dodger Cases Up To Jury Action I South Bend. Ind. Feb. 23—U P) —Alex M. Campltell. U. S. district | attorney for northern Indiana, today announced that more titan 5o northern Indiana draft dodger caws, together with 15<> critniuai i case*, would l»e con»ldere4 by tbe federal grand jury convening here today. No evidence in eaplouage. -abot-

Public Sale On account of pool health. I am unable to farm and will aril at public auction at my farm I miles East of Chattanooga. I miles South and I’, mile* Writ of Rockford. Ohio, Juel opposite Liberty Church, on WEDNESDAY, FEB. 25, 1942 Commencing at 120 C Noon — HORSES - Sorrel Mar<- 9 yrs. old. wt. Him'. sound gentle, extra good worker; Dapple Grey mare 9 yts. old. wt 15"0. sound gentle, good worker. — CATTLE — 1 Guernsey cow M yrs. old due to freshen Minh Drill. — HOGS - Pure bled Berkshire lioar 9 mo old. One pure In d Berkshire miW. will farrow second litter In April; One white sow and One Spoiled sow farrow In .March: 1! feeder hogs. — FEED — 3 ton of second and third cutting alfalfa hay: 1" ton Little Bed Clover Hay. All this hay Is first class — IMPLEMENTS - McDeering IM" Tractor, first class condition: Oliver 11" tractor plow: McDeering Tractor disc with automatic clutch Iwuighi new last year: J Deere corn planter with fertllftvr attachment and tongue truck lauight new last year. ha» planted only 23 acres New Idea hay loader, just like new. Hoosier 9 disc grain drill, good; J Deere Hiding cultivator. * shovels, like new; Brand new McDeering sptk.- tooth harrow: I 2 section spring tooth harrow; Ultra good < tiltipacker; Turnbull wagon flint class; Good Id ft. hay rack and grain bed. Case fi ft. mower bought new last year Side Hcoop sot ditch cleaning; Good double set breech lug harness and collars: Almost new Olivet l"i walking plow. Submarine tank heater used one season; Dclaval No. 10 cream seperator; I other articles too numerous to mention. TERMS Cash WESLEY RUTLEDGE, Owner Roy S Johnson A Hon. Auctioneer'

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age or rationing case* would Im presented. Campbel! raid 19401. U. Graduate Is Killed In Action Bloomington lud . Feb. 23- tl'l’l -UMt. Phillip T. Metsker. 2J. Chicago. a 194 V graduate of Indiana L'nlveralyL *•• killed in action Feb. 7 in the far ea*t. It was iearu#d today. Metsker was a member of th* varsity swimming taam and of tbe Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity while at I. U. He had Ic-eh with the army air corps since graduated. He was the third I. V. graduate to be killed in gotten in world war 11. Census record* show that Lit hate eaiiHCMl 2.233 death* during IMO.