Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 40, Number 59, Decatur, Adams County, 10 March 1942 — Page 1

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Hosevelt Calls A America To Irb Inflation Of Danqers jRf Any Continued I Increase In Prices |H, , „ k .'„n. I" warning <»r th- ■ i" 1 "’ . I. I "in Si'll . j||||fl tcrc-'lini.ll '''ll 1 1*' Slß' i ■ .in • lu-h ..V., govern BK. , " M ->*• !•:•« «■<»..« g||H . • " Unlay |(.*.sevell 111 I •I'll" ■H mil' warned Industry, ■H, t a 11* ttlniie i't i h'- 'luiik WM ... ■ ii>- ii.itimi » economy , h . » „ .•rr.iri nr continued 5H,... .in all price* . I. 11l OH Ill* l 1111111 l of iho new deal farm .I v•*#! that Ihun in the three ' .nil- i<i-i»i m lialaliri' 111- also |K. in the cost of I Ivin* Kr li. «.i nl "if all price* „n going up. *f Khali have i i-iy dangerous kind null a sleep rise and the cost of llvin* . nation Mill In- hurl : ,f tin war and the national h.iai|»- lln- drive for vie ~|fHy - vilal.lv plunge every §K *..-k.-r* and farmer* ioi-.it' defeat la'.-i * in. » . - o-ii n II men t s poM't-t in . npitta farm stock* W. til.,‘i par My. apoke oil the V Wallace. Mho Initiated T ion'* fai m program 4 ■ i of .I*l II lillilio. and III.' a*i i.’tilture department .H.-I l I mile It Wickard The did HOI refer to the nil farm pi ice dispute |u hit >- yHlva Wallace and Wickard ni'i' to full cooperation ti-' ».<i proaram and Wallace ■ fiu; Me inii»t not ai any no those Intereata which |Hi’ i iy Iteeti against agree illH iln- opportunity to -ay that ' H" fai ai. r - ate a selfish Kroup. advantage of the war to mme than they are entitled farm program speeches —■T"' ***l after the house ■ >1 until Wednesday or pus iatei ill the week action Oil iniemlment to the «T(»O.(MN>,(Khi ' it> -apply hill which would fmu the hill a farm blocsection prohibiting the * 1 "''''i l corporation from of surplus farm stocks le*- hau parity price# with tfiitatlvely approved exThe exceptions would ■*"»)( sales of grain for feed. and Industrial alcohol and of for use in developing new 8 11 h.r (hat commodity president said the right inflation demands cooperaand restraint hy nil economic It calls for mtiinul good will a wlHlngneaa to lielleve In the IBther fellow s good faith: he said

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Winant Report** % IBsmi John C. Winant I'tilled Slates Ambassador John (S. Wiliam Is shown in New York after his arrival from Kurupe The r. H. envoy to Britain will report to the president. Give Window Flags To Defense Workers 100 Percent Homes To Receive Flaqs Bach home In rha city reporting jno percent In volunteering for civilian defense duties will lie given a window flag, it was decided last night at the regular meeting of the city civilian defense council The flag, a large red banner. Is the same type now being used in Fort Wayne and will be purchased through the Fori Wayne civilian defense council, which holds a copyright on the banners. Following the house-to-house canvass to he conducted soon In Decatur, to each of the homes In which persons over 1* volunteer, the flags will Ire given In recognition. Cal K. Peterson, city civilian defense director. Informed the council lasi night that nearly 100 "solicitors" who will conduct the JkouanUrhuiUit cauvaao will be named within a few days. Many of these solicitors likely will be named 'key melt" In the selection (Jf area and block wardens later on. the director Indicated The volunteer cards which solicitors are to use have been printed and are In the hands of the director. They will be distributed to the solicitors at a meeting which will probably he held next week The cards will lie used to secure Information from every household In the city and will he classified hater, they will lie used to call volunteers for specific civilian defense ilnty. Preliminary plans for a pickup of cans anti metal In the city were discussed by the council. Mrs. A. R. Dollhouse. Kd Hurst and llrice Roop were named |o lie committee in charge. Members of the council were urged to attend the women s civilian defense registration rally here Thursday night. Present ,at last ■night's meeting were: Mrs. Holthouse. Mr. Hoop. Mr. Peterson. Mr. Hurst. Walter J Krlek. James Borders. Forrest Riley and L K. Archhold, a representative of the county civilian defense council. Drake Infant Dies After Short Illness Pneumonia Is Fatal To Decatur Infant Rose Sharon Drake, ftve-montha-old daughter of Charles and Doris Marie William*-Drake. died this morning al 10 o’clock at tht home of her parents. 7*o Cleveland •Ireet. Death was caused by bronchial pneumonia, following an llluets of one week. Surviving, beside* tlie parents are the paternal grandparents. Mr. and Mrs. Darwin Drake of Decatur and the maiernai grandmother. Mrs. Blanche Williams of Bluffton. Funeral services will be held Friday afternoon at l:4& o'clock at the home and 2 o'clock si the Church of Ood. Rev. V. A Vardanian of Blulfion will official#, assisted by Rev Glen Mirsball of Decatur. The body will he taken from the Black funeral home lo the residence Wednesday afternoon and may he viewed there after 2 p. m. until time for tha services. Rose Sharon was Decatur's ’"Blossoms In the Dust ” baby. She was the first child born during the showing of a picture by (ha. name at a local theater and was acclaimed the winner of s coolest.

Report France Hands Over 40 Ships To Nazis Moscow Radio Says Vichy Government Turns Over Ships feindon. Mar 10 il'Pi—Allied Intelligence agents are Investigating reports that the Why government has handed over lo Germany about *0 French warships which were Incomplete when France collapsed, and both the British and American government# are watching developments closely. It was understood today. Reliable quarters said that so far no confirmation had I teen receives! of the reports. Observers agreed, however, that persistent reports of French fleet movements in the Mediterranean, which preceded the charge that warships had been delivered to Germany, offered a moat' ominous threat to the Allied position In the Mediterranean It was believed In some quarters here that If the Allies received confirmation of charges that Vichy Intended to give naval cooperation to Germany, Allied forces might strike first In.the Mediterranean. Instead of walling for the Alls to move. Momcow radio broadcast the charge that Vichy had given to the Germans 40 warships which had not been completed when the French-German armistice was signed In 1940. The Moscow radio quoted a Cairo dispatch of the official news agency Tass. It said the ships were of vn classes anti Included the 55.01*0 ton battleship C’lemenceau, one cruiser and many submarines. The Clemenceati was laid down at Brest Jan. 17. 1939. and was not completed when France collapsed and signed an armistice with Germany It hsd been understood that the Clemenceau'a hull was wrecked hy high explosive charges before Brest was evacuated Shortly before Knssla made Its charge, the Italian radio, quoting the official Italian new* agency in a Lisbon dispatch, had said: "lamdon political circles Itelieve Hint a break of diplomatic relaI imsiTivttßn nw pans rtv»i Combine Roll Call, War Fund Campaign Postpone Red Cross Membership Roll Call Norman 11. Davis, chairman of the American Red Cross, today announced that, in an effort to relieve In some measure the increasing burden on men and women In all com hi unities who are engaged In money raising efforts during war time, the Red Crosa has decided to postpone Its regular 1942 fall membership roll call and hold 11 simultaneously with Its nest war fund campaign early in 194*. Authority for the chairman lo plan this combination was voted by the central committee ala recent meeting. Chairman Davis also staled that the current war fund campaign is nearing a successful conclusion. Having recently asked for an oversubscription of the original minimum goal of $50,000,000. Mr. Davis revealed thai 2.547 chapters now report a total of $61,172,000. and It is expected the $65,000,000 objective will be reached this month. “For 25 years." Mr. Davts said, “the Red Cross traditionally has held Its membership roll calls In the rail months, to Anance the normal operations of the organisation, and to build up Its membership which Is the largest of any nongovernmental organisation In the country. Today we are a bitter war requiring Red Cross operations which will coat much more than the roll calls can provide. This makes necessary the large war fund appeal*. To conserve the man power of the Red Cross and Its millions of cltlsen volunteers for their operating duties, the Red Cross has decided, barring unforeseen emergencies, to combine Its 1942 roll call with the next war fund campaign which Is expected to he launched early In < OONT INt} BD cm FA Off FJVfft Files Candidacy For Trustee Post One more declaration of candidacy was Bled in the county clerk’s ofytca up to a late hour today. L. A. Mann filed his candidacy for trustee of Wtshash township on Ibe Democratic ticket.

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Available Supply Os Male Workers Reported Limited Wa'tilngtflfl. Msr. II - tl’Pl — Some IC.SOO.OtIfI men between I* and 44 years old represent the principal reserve from which additions! war workers con he drawn, the census bureau reported today lattest labor department figures place male unemployment between 4,(M)fl,flon and 5.000,000 Thot estimate reduces fly approximately nnelialf the more than MdMOO listed sa unemployed in the 1940 census. I'xlng the 1940 census figures ae a guide, the bureau said only a relatively small Increase In the labor supply could come from ihe male population. A large percentage In the unemployed class now are not potential workers. It was pointed out. Change Procedure Os Army Induction New Regulations In Effect March 30 Bxact details of procedure of Induction lo he followed under new rules of the selective service law have been received by the Adafhs comity draft hoard and are lo he effective after March *O. Mainly, after that date, selectees will be Inducted Into service Immediately after taking a physical examination Previously, registrants have been sent to Fort Wayne for an examination and then after a period of about *0 days Inducted at Fort Benjamin Harrison. t'nder the new system, the local hoard will first determine whether or not the registrant should be deferred for Ihe following reasons: class 4F, minister of religion: class 4-T, alien; class 4-B. official deferred hy law; class S-A. deferred for dependency; class 20, necessary mutt In war production pro gram; rlass 2-A. man necessary In his civilian activity. If a man Is not deferred, he receives a notice to report for physical examlitalion hy the local hoard examiner. This is known as a "screening" examination and dr termfnes physical fitness only in a general manner. Ax a result of this physical examination. he Is classified in l-A, available for general service: class l it. available for lltnlled service or rlass 4-F. physically unfit for military service. . The right of personal appearance lorwrrtKnwTt on party utx» Jennie SHilts Rites Thursday Afternoon Funeral services for Mrs. Jennie Rhllts. 70. of Wren. Ohio, who died at Ihe Adams county memorial hospital Monday morning wilt tie held Thursday at 2:10 p. m. in the Wood Chapel church Just acrtnai the state line in Ohio. Friends may view the I tody at the churcth Thursday from 1:50 until time for the services.

PROGRAM Women’s Volunteer Registration Rally Sponnored by County and City Women'll Division Civilian Defense Thursday, March 12. 7:4f> P. M. Decatur Catholic High School Public Invited Red Cross — Victory Book Displaces Distribution of Service Flags 7:00 P. M.—Parade. Decatur combined band, Girl and Boy Scouts, American Legion color guard and firing squad—from American Legion home to auditorium. 7:30 P. M.—Assembling music—Vibraharp, Mrs. James Kocher, Jr. 7:45 P. M.—Presentation of colors — Color guard and firing aquad American Legion Pont 4:5. Pledge of Allegiance—Audience. Community singing—Leo Kirsch, leader. Victory Humorale—Gecode club, Mina Ann Murtaugh, director. Accordian music — Donald and Eileen Bieberich. Introduction*—City, township and county chairmen, Mrs. Leonard Saylors, Adams county chairman, Women’s activities civilian defense. Vocal nolo—Mrs, Daniel Tyndall. Religion’s Place in Defense —Rev. J. J. Seimetz, pastor St. Mary’s church; Rev. George O. Walton, pastor First Presbyterian church. Industry’s Place in Defense—J. W. Calland, vice-president Central Sugar Co. Women in Civilian Defense—Mrs. George Jaqua, Winchester, state director women’s activities in civilan defense. Community singing. Retiring of colors — Taps — American Legion. Benediction—Rev. Seimetz.

Important Port Os Cebu Shelled By Jap Cruiser MocArthur's Forces Brace For All-Out Japanese Offensive Wsshlngton, March li—lOPiA Japanese cruiser has aheUed the important port of Cebu, second city of the Philippines, in an apparent effort to tighten the Invaders' control of in < twtifflunicatlons preparatory to a new offensive against Gen Doughlas MacArthur x forces, it was revealed today. •An army communique said that, for the second time In a week, a Japanese tight cruiser hurled shetx Into the city, but that "only slight damage was inflicted. ‘ Cebu, lying In the heart cl the Philippine archipelago, Is 3tHi miles south of Manila and central point of the Clsayaa island'. It dum inales the passages vital to Japan's -movements of supplies and r,,inforcemeats and to Hulu sea. south of Negros and CHliu. A forebodiug calm hung -»ve.- the ilataan jungle battiefront. the war department mid. where HacArthur'a Invinctbtex braced themselves for a "Nail-style" Japanese offensive that may ihe more savage than any they have met and crushed in their 12 weeks of amusing resistance. There has been neither ground nor aerial activity in Bataan since Monday's communique. It was stated. The Japanese light crutaer which apprared off Cnhu fired .everal ehels into the city of afbou' 145.000 population, It was stated laixt Tuesday MacArthur reporte dtliat Japanese naval ve*«< I* including a cruiser and several destroyers shelled scattered |c*int* in the Philippines, including 4'Mtm city and Argao on t'otiu island. Military officials said M»u<. Gen. Gomoyukl Yamashita, fresh from his <onque»ta of Malaya and Hinga(Mute, presumably would unlyash a ful scale ussaalt in the Philip fCnNTINUfff) ON KAtIE slx) Halt Production ’ Os Farm Tractors With Rubber Tires Washington, March 10—tl’Pl Production of farm tractors using rubber tires will lie halted after May I. under a new rubber conservation order Issued today hy the war production Itourd. 'Manufacturers must change from the use of rubber tires 'o steel wheel equipment as soon as possible-. officials said. Out-put of tractors needing rubber tires during March must lie reduced 15 percent below the monthly average of the first two months of this year, under the order During April, production must Ire curtailed by 60 percent.

Japan Pounds At Approaches To India , Australia; China May Be Base Os Allied Drive

Admiral King Named Head Os Navy Operations Drastic Shakeups In U. S. Hiqh Commands Hailed In Conqress Washington, Mar. in tl'Pl Drastic shakeups In the army and naval high command* moving air minded melt to Ihe top were hailed in congress today as »lepx In the right direction, hot they failed to lessen demands for unification of all armed forces land, sea and air under one commander. Hecretary of the navy Frank Knox last night relieved Adlmral Harold It. Hlark of his duties as chief of naval operations and appointed Admiral Kniest J King, commander-in-chief of the l’. s fleet, lo assume them. The move coincided with the effective date of orders streamlining the army into three commands - land, air and supply and announcement of the war departments new general staff The latter made a 46-year-old air off! rer. Maj. Gelt Joseph T Me Nar ney, deputy chief of staff, second only to Oen George (*. Marshall, chief of staff, t'nder the- old plan thero were three deputies. Knox's special communique made King, an alr-mlnded sailor, the first admiral In history to hold the two positions of commander-in-chief of the It. B fleet and chief of naval operations offices which will place upon him the responsibility for planning long-range naval operations as well as carrying them out. - King, a veteran of three wars and trained to fight on the- water, under the water and over the water, is offensively minded, lie Indicated only last week that the I’lilted Nations are seeking to seize the Initiative. Stark, whose replsrement has been rumored here since Pearl Hartror when army and naval forces were found "not on the alert," will become commander of I’. S naval forces in Buropean waters after a short vacation. Ills head quarters will be Loudon. ’lts- had been chief of naval operations sinew Attg. 2. 1959 General coil g rets lona I comment on the changes was that they were needed but "not enough" to prevent further "disasters." The reorganization of the army which became effective yesterday places milch greater emphasis than heretofore cm air power, giving It an equal voice in the new land, air and supply setup under .Marshall The army general staff Is drastically simplified, reduced 111 size from approximately 600 to 9s offi cerx. It will concern Itself primarily with planning of military oper

(CONTINUED ON PAOE rtV»t Henry D. Raudenbush Dies This Morning Adams County Man Is Taken By Death Henry Dayton Raudenbush. 94, well known Adams county resident of near I'raigvllle. died this morning at «:5o o’clock at the Adams county memorial hospital Death waa attributed to Infirmities following an extended Illness. The deceased was born in Elkhart county August 9. 1X57 the son of Isaac and Anna Mary RhaefferRaudenbush. He was married 111 November. 1X92 to Viola Itae, who preceded hint In death 56 years ago. He had resided In Adams county practically his entire life Surviving are two daughters: Mr*. William Rupert of Monroe and Mrs. C. M. Lalxure of Monroe; two some: Clem of CraigvtUo and Guy of Grand Rapids. Michigan; tour grandchildren and eight great grandchildren. Two brothers, two sisters and a daughter are deceased. Funeral services will be held Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock st the St. Paul's church and burial will be in the Pleasant Mills cemetery. The body may he viewed at the Zwlck funeral home after 2 p. m. Wednesday.

Jap General Suicide? ppyn Lieut Gen t4omma According to a war department announcement. General Douglas MacArthur. I' K commander lit the Philippines, has received per si»tent repents that Lieut Gen. Maxahuru llomtna. alcove, the victorious Japanese army command er In the- Philippines, has com milted hara-kiri (suicidel because of the Invaders' failure to over rams Americ an Filipino defenders, General TccmovuUl Yamashita. Jap eonqneroi of Singapore, now Is in command of Jap forces opposing MacArthur according lo the war departmeiit. Pul Price Ceiling On Pork Products Order Ceilinq On Wholesale Prices Washington. Mar. I» tl'Pl A temporary wholesale price celling <cn practically all pork productconstituting half of tile nation's meat supply—was imposed today hy price administrator la-on Henderson. It becomes effective «n March 25 The celling will It, the highest wholesale price charged dull eg the live-day period from March .! to 7 Henderson said that while retailers ar.- exempt from this rc-gitla-tion, the OPA will step Into the picture Immediately if "present retail price margins rise- beyond possibly a slight Inn ease to l effect c hanges In replacement costs." The celling does not affec t farmers, he said OPA already has established wholesale price ceilings for 25 varieties of canned finite slid vegetables Officials said today's move wndesigned to further stabilize food costs for the consumer. They point'd mil that pork Is a particularly Important Item on the food budget of low Income families. OPA officials said the American public's bill for pork and |sok products last year amounted to more than s2,tHHMMio.floci .. .. . o War Bulletins Havana. March 10.—(UP) — A tanker, believed to be the 7.832't0n Hanseat. chartered by the Standard Oil company, was torpedoed off the eastern coast of Cubs yesterday. Thirty-seven of 39 members of the crew landed at Baracoa, on the north coaet, and It waa understood somo of thorn had been wounded by submarln* shell Are. They were rescued by a Cuban schooner. London, March 10.—(UP)— The German iuftwaffe haa been bombing and raiding the island of Malta in the Mediterranean almott continuously fwr the past 24 hours, the air mmietry laid today. At time* the air waa filled with battling planes, it was reported. Cairo, March 10. — (UP) — Royal air force torpedo planes attacked an enemy convoy in the central Mediterranean and set fire to a cruiser, a destroyer and a merchant ship, a communique said today. The communique said that a German Junkera M bomber also wao shot down and fell Into the sea.

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Drive Deeper Into Burma; Port Moresby Is Aqain Attacked By Japanese Planes By ttnlied Press Japan poumled at the approaches t« India and Australia today, driving deeper into Burma and acatli .lilac king Port Moresby. 55fl miles from oitstralla • northeast toast, by air it was revealed that Burmese revolutionaries were aiding Ihe Japanese advance in Karma. Brit* i*h troops, abandoning Rangoon, were wheeling north in an effort to join forces with strong I’hluescunits in central Burma Despite approac h of the war toward India's frontier the British cabinet offer of political enuressinus to that state still linng fire There was growing W-llef In lamclim that Britain will propose some foi in of dominion slant' for Inilln hut It seemed evident that a )»-• hlnd-the-acenex argument was underway as to the form the offer will take With the collapse of all Ihe t'nlted Nations' positions In the southwest Pacific- except for those held hy Gen Douglas .MacArthur In Bataan peninsula China was assuming greater status In (dans for any eventual counteroffensive. Closest c cmperatlcm of Chinese and American forces was assured Ity the action of Gen Cltlang KaiShek in making Maj Gen. Joseph Hillwell ,a veteran American offi rer. as his chief of staff Dutch officers arriving In Australia expressed belief that «mn» fighting still is going on in the hills and hack country of central and eastern Java They admitted that the main Dutch command at llandm-ng had In-eti forced to ask the Japanese for an armistice It was not known whether thb armistice Included American, British and Australian troop- which were fighting In small inutileunder tb« Dutch command They retained that the Japanese air power was so overwhelming that hatlalion after battalion of Dutch troops broke down under tile aitac k The Bandoeng capitulation, it was said, finally was determined upon when It heeatne evident that the area could not l»- properly defended and to - eve the lives of enlarge civilian (copulation trapped In the mountain area The Japanese, it was reported, sent naval forte* south of Java to patrol Ihe waters off Tjllatjap. the chief south Java port, and nil iff this route of escape from the island. Batavia, the Dutch said was declared an open c ity and was spared the ravages of war except for demolition* carried out by the Dutch themselves Lieut Gov. Gen Huhertns Van Monk reached Australia lie- was expected to go to Washington and then to I guidon. Australia's foreign minister Herbert V Kvott al-n is going lo Washington fur diseii--stem of the eventual Putted Nations' offensive ugainst Japan The* Japanese prepared for a big celebration on Thursday, to mark ihe successes in Burma and til*Dutch Indies The Japanese said that Soeraliaja. th<- Dutch naval base, ha* been occupied and that iCONtTnI’BU ON FAOE FIVE) . _ — Decatur Cemetery Association Meets New Section Planned At Local Cemetery Kd Bauer and (', D. l,ewton were elected as new trustee- of the Ih-eatur cemetery assotlallm at the March meeting held last week. Holdover trustees are Peter Klrseh, president, Karl It Adams, secretary-treasurer; Kdw. A«hhandier. Dr. Fred Patterson and Ben Hhruyer Albert Miller, cemetery super* In tended i, reported that a new sect 1011, to be known as secllmi E, platted to care tot 600 Inierincuts, will be laid out as soon as weather permits Alteration of the sizes of many lot* In other sections, for convenience and appropriate Mize will lie made, along with numerous prlco adjustments. The superintendent also reported that many old trees and other unsightly objects have been removed and new sbrnbhery and evergreens have been planted. KMHTtMUaD ON PMI MVauT