Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 40, Number 60, Decatur, Adams County, 11 March 1942 — Page 1

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Bunty's First Klriotic Rally Kursday Night flGencrol Public Is I Bn * i ted To Meeting IBrhursday Evening , ’ml.iy f>r i « MUI de« 1.. . with the M'« nnid S -‘V II . I lll.in <>f W'lltl' II » |,nt.ln «.w invilrd to HH ... in'' • t• v i ' • >t.on tin|K h«. I I .linlitoi min ~w.| h <-x|h-i ted .mil i h IM . mil pi ■M. li'.it .on of > Mini .in U kloii (he blood I Ingling , 1.. |.|o>.|,iiii d. -igiiiil \iii. i h .mV. f. i vol Io min the . -< of 'tn i \i. a 111 id.- by Mrs. George W io hesfer, past presl Indiana F> deratlon of director of Wo |K • in din- for Civilian De > >■ • " ' ■' '■' ■ 1 " *' l in In iff talk* by lb s .1 Ill.'tZ, pastor of St " W.ilton. p.ottoi of i|i>. . bin. ii i Wi. .1 ||M - « ill pi- Ik I-.' . . ■ up. I,llion 111 ■ i ptodm tion foi nation l>.|i*f mil civilian liar. ..i.n.f ’the program at thali.il Im scheduled for 7 4a >. .1 parade of the member* ■H ■ >'■ ' <i' ' oinldned band, un ill. of Allien Helle Bq and Gill Scout*, the ; i.ird and filing squad of l I 'ln- American l-eglon. in.ii.il iiom the Legion home M ■ ’""'I WilTfam Hower* and . f l' 'll - M ill .11 .le paiaile mi a pieneiilarion • ..nd i tty women'*’ < nil H.IZ.I'I.IIM atiaiii.. made by Mr* Saylor*. ' 'b i' Il II dthoiiMc, city wo- »■ • ’ ahi .ind Mio Milo Black, hii man Assisting are a . li.iiiiii.il and lhe than ■•' ii,.- varioii* organization* ®'"il"l the duration and to luiiliei civilian defense. inI V I! M ktf > I >N PAIJK THHEKI o — ■War Bulletins ■ | Washington, Mar. 11—(UP) The third selective service on March 17 will begin IB*’ r ' P m. CWT, it was anMnouneed today. | Mantoloking, N. J.. Mar. 11 i “ ,UP| ~ Five heavy esploturns from off the sea shook IB buna,ng, and rattled windows I B through Mantoloking today. I I The explosions, following in IB rapid succession. occurred ■■ shout 10 a. m. I Officer Weldon Polhemus of [■'he Mantoloking police said explosions 'were heard as Clam as day." H *-os Angeles. Mar. 11—(UP) ■9 Presence of an "unidentified IS * t,,ec * 0,1 *he southern CaliU forms coast shortly before Bl J r * n ,o< lsy brought a oneIS e° Ur *' ert ,0 ,h * ,rM be,ween IB B,ntl Barbara and San Diego. The fourth interceptor com--188 m,nd ord *red a "yellow.” or M Preliminary alert, at 5:49 a.m. H' WT| *"d a -blue" alert at M’ W a. m. A "blue" alert MM “‘“sHy precedes a blackout, El *’“* non * was ordered, and the Q ! „ lor *'S n4l was given at a. m. E| "** Vork, Mar. 11—(UP)— fl Persons who got ■ I ,hrM llf «hoats after Hr * ’O' l Braaihan steamer ■ I cayru was torpedoed off the II „' W Jer, *7 coast Sunday were II L'?2 n ’ ,o< " ,y • nd “ w »» f «« r - II si. .* y h " 1 1" OP'**. |l «hd rain. 11 1..?*, •' nk '"’ w, » revealed I*! ann »i Bht by ,our P’PPPngere II la«a j fn,i *’hers of the crew II ”d Th<y r *- II m . . Ur • Wfldi "o 1» hours || p tossing life boat

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{Telephone Circuit Here Is Damaged Ihi mage wax diini. m the tel»> phnnr clrouli at lh«- Central Sugar company site when the heavy wind Monday afternoon blew a t.tno voh I city electric wire down. It falling i on the telephone wires, Clin les l> Khlnger, swretary of the citiienx Telephone company, said today Re pair crews worked yesterday and last night to repair the damage. The long distance line .was knocked out of commission. Mr. Khing -r said The telephone and city elertrk' wires enter the industrial site on North Soiond street, Itoih ciiiuits lielng i lose Io each other. 'Draft Man Power' Bill Is Submitted Draft Exempt Men To War Production I* Washingtiin. Match 11 ul'Pl — : la*glslatlon to empower President ' i Rooxevalt to order all draft ileferrltd men to civilian service vital to ' the war was Injroduied today by - Rep. J. Percy Priest. If. Tenn. i Priest, who Interpreted his hill ias "draft man power” legislation. , i acted 21 hours after Mrs. Rimso wit | said In her daily newxpaper column that "all of us", both men and women. xluiiild be drafteil for an allout war effort. i I The language of Priest's bill ap|iear>d broad enough to authorize the president to assign present draft exempt men to war Industry , Johw civilian defense or any other I service that he deemed impotlaht to the war. He said he believed separate i legislation would be necessary to authorize the drafting of women for War (oh*, since women are not 'Twv nunffetTow Paairi h rkk > ' - -o— — — • Compile Reports Os Township Trustees County auditor Victor Richer lx ■ compiling the annual repoits made 1 by the township trustee* on the 1 dog fund. Only six of the town ' ships have a surplus, the other six showing a total deficit of 11.M4 IS. ! One of the townships has not ' yet reported, although preliminary ■ ' figures were furnished the auditor , to make up the estimate. One ■ township ha* an |*im* deficit. ' Special Meeting Os I Council Is Planned It may be neceaaary to call a , special meeting of the Adam* connIty council for the latter part of I this month or the first of April, Vici tor Richer, county auditor slated today beflclts and transfers In a few fund* and the fact that the county council nttatt appoint a member to the county tax adjustment board i lie (ore next June, make II neces- ‘ sary tor the council to consider the ' requests for funds and make the i official appointment. The date has I not yet been determined. — - — Warn Against False Sugar Investigators No Appointments Made In Indiana Indianapolis, March 11 (VP)— The state defense council announced today that It has received reports of persons in various section* of Indiana posing as sugar investigators or Inspectors and demanding entrance to private homes to determine whether sugar wa« being hoarded. Clarence Jackson, head of the defense council, stated that no euch investigators has been hired by the office of price administration, the rationing administration or the defense council and that if inspectors are appointed the public will be ad vised In advance. Three men. representing themselves as sugar Inspectors, stopped at a Greenfield home yesterday. Jackson said and demanded admittance. Once inside, they made a cursory survey hut did not molest anyone or anything in the house. Jackson said that the defense council did not contemplate the molesting of citizens in their private homes, that the war is being fought for the protection of such constitutional rights.

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Decatur. Indiana. Wednesday, March 11, 1942.

United Nations Will Carry War To Axis Enemy Roosevelt Reports To Congressmen On Lend-Lease Aid Washington, Mar. II tl'Pt * President Roosevelt told congress today, on the first anniversary of the lend lea»e program, that |2.g7P.452.44l has been spent to arm ami feed America's alll*« but that the figure "falls far short of what is needed to turn the tide toward victory.” The expenditure represented only a fraction of iimgreaxional aulhoriz.itlon of fth.lMM,<so.ooo for lend lease aid. <>( the |U7*,452.441 figure nearly half f 1.100.000.taat repreeants defense article* already -hipfH-il to the I'nited Staler' allies. "The war can only be won by contact with the enemy and by attack upon them.” the president said In his report Io congress which carried a promise that the I'nited Nation* will carry the offensive to the er.emy. ■'The offensive that the I'nltisl Nations must and will drive Into the heart of the Axis will take the entire strength that we possess,” ho said, "for that combined strength we can thank the decision we took a year ago today." Commenting upon the contrast between the actual expenditures and the lx billions in authorized fund*, the president said that the amount of aid supplied to date was impressive as an abstract figure I but is "far short" of what is need--1 ed to turn the tide. The volume of aid stlpplierl thus far to the' countries fighllhg the Axls "can have 110 meaning except fCONTINUKtr »N PAGK THHKR) — — — t Six Graduates To Take Nurse Training Catholic School Girls To Training An open letter to Vncle Ham: “Have courage and keep 'em Hying- Decatur is and will keep doing H* share. We're sending mon to service, we're 'buying defense -bond* anxl stamp*, twefire organizing civilian defense units, we've contributed generously to the Red Cross relief, etc., and now we soon may be actually offering some of our young girls for active service among 'the angels of mercy. The proof: Six of the 18 girls to be graduated from Decatur Catholic high school this coming June hav signified their Intentions of enrolling in nurses’ training schools and will likely tarry on by putting their experience and training to a practical use by becoming Red Cross nurses. Thus exactly one-third nf the feminine menZliers >f this years graduating dans at Decatur Catholic high have yielded to the patriotic urge of serving their country In a definite, tangible manner. A Chicago nurses' school may expect nwo. an Evanston. Illinois school two. an Indianapolis Institution one and a Fort Wayne hospital one. The girls, their parents and the •ohool whkh each plans to enter soon after being graduated from the local high school: Ruth Kintz, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Kintz of route two 4»t. Joseph’s school of nursing. Fort Wayne. Patty Scbmltt. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hulbert P. Schmitt of Belmont road-St- Francis school of nursing -Evanston. 111. Joan Brunton, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Brunton of H»» South Fourth otreet. Decatur— St. k rands school at Evanston. Carolyn Young, daughter of Mrs. Edward Young. «lce hotel. Decatur. Ht. Bernard school of nursing. Chicwgo „ Virginia Meyer, daughter of Mr. and iMra. Arthur Meyer. 415 Jackson street. Decatur-«t. Bernard school at Chicago. Marjorie Lose, daughter of Mr. and Mra. Joe Lose. 124 Nortn Second afreet. Decatur-Y4t. Vincent's school of nursing. Indianapolis.

Hold Naval Parley With FDR Pictured entering the White House to map I’nin-d Nations naval strategy in the Pacific with President Roosevelt are. left to right. Ad . mlral Ernest King, navy -ei retaty Frank Knox and rear admiral Thom- | a* Hart, recently removed of hl* command in the Pacific becanxe of j Illness. :

Emergency Medical Services Outlined Appointments Made In Medical Society Dr Gerald J Kohtie. chief of emergency medical service* of civilian defense In Adam* county, last night imtlined plan* and preparation* kt a dinner meeting of the Adam* county medical society. Dr. Kohne utl*o annomteed a list of appointments. In which members of the profession will have specific supervision over activities In event of emergencies. The society was Informed that organization woik. suggest**! by Dr. John W Feree. slate chief of emergency medical services, had to be modified some from the plan used in large communities due to the limited number of doctor* available. "Instead of first aid teams, members of the county eniergeiicy medical services will function as one team." Dr Kohne Stated. "Wishould all act willingly In case of a major disaster decide what cases should be sent to the hits(CONTINtIWi nN PAOR TWO) O Lawrence Green Is Reported Improved Mrs. latwrence Green and Mr. and Mrs. John Doan visited Mrs. Green'* husJiatld St the Methodist hospital in Indianapolis Tu-sday. They report that Mr Gre-n. who was critically injured in an autotrain crash here February 1. is showing Improvement and 'hat no surgery 'Will he necessary.

Indiana’s Voting Places To Be Opened For ‘Bond Sunday’

Indianapolis, Mar. 11, •• For the. first time In 125 year* of Mate history. Indiana voters will go to the t»olls Sunday. April 12. not to name public official* or to vote in a referendum. but to register their voluntary participation In the nation** drive to finance its greatest war by sale of defense bond*. The day, which for the first time will see the two political patties join hand* at the polls, will be known a* "Bond Sunday." Significantly, it follow* Easter Sunday by one week. For the *ake of state wide unity In the war financing effort, leaders and precinct official* of troth parties wll work together on bond Sunday, setting up machinery for the registration aud opening their poll books three week* before the May 6 primary elections. Originated by Indiana defense defense saving* staff chairman Eugene C. Pulliam and administrator Wray E Fleming, bond Sunday may set a pattern for other states in the nation, The one-day

Salvage Drive Report Is Announced Today Since lhe coordinated zalvage 1 drive ha* been undertaken n Ad-' atn* county, the local junk dealer* | have loaded and shipped three car loads of steel scrap, delivered one ■ car of east lion to lhe lot .'I foitli- ' dry. shipped one truck load <‘f tna-I i gazine paper, one truck load of I newsprint*, two truck loatl of mix ed paper, and one truck icad of ' rags and Imrlap o File Declarations For Committeemen II — 29 GOP Committee Candidacies Filed 1. 1 Declarations so» Republican pre j clnct committeemen of 2D of the ; 34 precincts in Adam* county wen- • -1 filed lute yesterday amt today in ■ the county clerk's office by f'al F 1 Peterson. Republican i-miiity chair , : man. M They are: Reed Caxtoil. N PreIde: Ernest Tumbleson. W Rout; ’Arthur Hall. E Root; Clyde Hati den. W Union; Chalmer Brodlteck. lE. Union; Frank W Spade. N Kirkland; Lloyd Byerly. S. Kirk land: Eli Engle, S. Washington. | | J E Ellsworth. N Washington.' I Kermit Bowen, N. Nt. Mary's; la':> Engle. French; Howar* Holloway. N. Monroe: Clinton Soldner, Middle Monroe; Gerald Edwards. N , Blue Creek; C. J Jone*. S Blue; , Creek. Preston Pyle. N. Hartfoid. , la-wls Martin. S. Hartford; Harry| Moore, Ceylon; Eugene Farlow. N. I i CONTINIIKD GN PAGB THHICW'

. ixilling emphasize* voluntary participation In war-saving*. It replaces the long-drawimiit house tohouse canvass method used in Liberty brad drives In World War I. j Bond Sunday, because It la predicated on a voluntary plerlging plan and because It will call on everyone In the state to visit hl* precinct polling plate, embraces principles a* demm-ratlc a* the Ideals for which America is fighting in World War 11. Nearly 4,4M)8 polling places decorated by defense savings posters and with the national enlon* by American Legion auxiliary members and staffed by workers of both political parties and by American Ix-gfon |m>U captains will open at noon following church service* Between noon and 8 p m.. when polls will dose almost everyone In the state will sign a pledge form indicating to what extent he Is participating or will participate by Investment In defense bond*. The ~ttioNTINUBD ON FAGB FIYBI

War Planes Strike Heavy Blows At Jap Fleet; Britain In Drive To Use India As Offensive Base

Indications Point To A Determined Stand By Allies To Hold Australia Washington, March II tl'l’i There were Increasing indhation* today that Australia would be chosen by the United Nation* as the place lit the MiuthwiMl Pacltli to be held' at all <o>l* in the war, against Japan. Australia ha* gone on an all ont war flatting and it wax to that con-1 11 Inent that Dutch offi. lais fled as ter the fall of Java. The I'nited Nations have been I strengthening defenses In Australia coincident with new Japanese landing In New Guinea. Movements and preparations to meet new Japalo-se blows come, within the category of restricted j information, but American ship* have been going Into the war zone heavily lad'ii with plane*, tanka, I gun* and ammunition. Fighter and bomber plane* have been sent into the (ar PaclKc in I increasing numbem since the war I liegan. Among th. first equipment I sent there were big boml»-r« flown > I by American crews and with AmI erlcan ground crews. These operluted front .lava until forced to i withdraw. There Is every Indication that the . I Allies are doing everything po*s-| i Ible in Australia to prevent a re-pi-tition of th.- "too Hille and too i late ' ■ ry that was made at Shiga- { pore. Java and Rangoon. Dutch Still Fighting Melbourne. Australia. March 11. tl'Pi Lieut. Gov Hubertus .1 Van Mook of the Netherlands East Indie* said today that he was confident that Dutch. American and Australian troop* were still lighting In |Hi*ltions east and west of Bandoeng in central Java. He eaid that 'he remainder of the Dutch fleet was still at »• a and \ I estimated it would lake the Japan- ■ cse al least six month* to restore I the Java oil wells, destroyed under i the scorched earth javllcy. In the first epeeific mention oft | the strength of the Allied troo|Mi fighting with the Dutch in Java. I Van Mi*ik eslimat.il that 7,.mm or I 4.000 "English speaking" troops ' I were still fighting alongside the j Dutch. All Dutch forces, he said, had instructions to operate independently ae long as possible. IL- expressed belief that Allied troops also were still fighting with the Dutch In other Netherlands | East Indies islands, especially in I middle and northern Sumatra i which the Japan.■-e had not ihcu-i pled. (Dutch quarters hi lamdon received word that Netherlamhi forces still held Medan, capital of Sumatra, at lhe not them end th*. Island ! "We do not blame our Allie* for (CONTINUKD ON PAttE FIVKt ——n— Decafur Entrant Is Second In Contest District Oratorical Contest Held Tuesday Edward ’Moser. Adams county’* entrant In the fourth district American Legion oratorical contest held last night at Post No. 47 home in Fort Wayne, won second place i honors. latie Marie Wilson of the Springfield township high school. Allen county, was the winner of the conteat and twill represent the district at the zone contest In Logansport on March 20 Moser, a Decatur junior-senior high achiral student, will be the alternate representative at the zone contest. Other contestants at the district event were: Richard HambriM-k. | Central higlt , Fort Wayne: Jane Anne Llbbey. Pleasant Lake high ' school. Stouhen county; Wendell Weather. Auburn high schoo'. and Richard Garret. Hluffton high school. Walter Firestone of Columbia City, dislrlcf oratorical chairman iCuNTINb'WD ON PAG« F1VB)

All-Out Attack On Bataan Front Expected Soon Believe Japanese Awaiting Arrival Os Reinforcements Washington, March 11 tl'Pi American and Japanese . icnmand j j i r< today apparently were strength ! I ettmg their line* in preparation* j for an anticipated all-out Japanese I offensive on the Bataan imltietront. | where an ominous lull continues I both on the ground and in the ait (A war department cominitiiiqU' . said lhe situation In Bataan “rei main* unchanged" and that the I l position* occupied by Inilh *!de* a ' I long the Ui-mile front from the China Bea to Manila bay ’apparently have hecom*e temporarily stabilized." The new Japanese commander- ! in-chief in the Philippine*. Itamt. i Gm Tomoyuki Yamashita. was be I lieVed to ire awaiting the arrival Os I strong aerial reinforcements before I 1 unleashing hi* offensive igain*t I (h-ti Dougla* MacArthur's line* Quiet ha* prevailed ou .he 114-1 I taan front for II day* olncr Mac- | Arthur’s recent surprise oPerauve <with the exception of an Amerb can artillery Iw.mbai dm.-nt over , last weekend that blasted an en ; emy infantry regiment or about , Son men moving up to ibe frotr 1 line north of Abucay In !•<> truck*. 1 MacArthur's guns destroyed '"■> "f I the trucks and most of the 1 on up I ant«.” War department officials ant ' Yamashita's ItHt.OOO or mot., roup* . were without lhe heavy al. nppoit . 1 which aided them in th- tarly I weeks of the I’hllippnn- invasion. (Continued on Page Three) .— - - o — Brazil Expected To War On Axis Powers Early Declaration Os War Is Expected Rio De Janeiro. March IL tl'l’l - Brazil wax hetleved today to he preparing to declare war anainst the Axis. President Getnllo Vargas signed -a mrauure which gives him power t to Issue such a declaration In event lie finds it necessary for Brazil'* j defense. I Simultaneously. It was under | j-toiHl that all Brazilian shipping ' hud been ordered Into the nearest ! poite. presumably for the purpo« ' of taking meaHiires to protect them 1 against the growing menace o' submarine attacks. Vargas signed a constitutional amendment giving him power to declare war when "the defense of the state makes It necessary to Use armed force*." The order to all Brazilian shipping followed the sinking of four Brazil merchant ships In less than a month and Indications of increasing danger to shipping between Brazil and the United States. Most Brazilian «hlpa on the high seas are not camouflaged or otherwise equipped to meet the menace of attack. Orders that all ship* be camouflaged have been issued but mm.t of the ships have not yet put into porta, ■— o— —— TEMPERATURE READING DEMOCRAT THERMOMETER 8:00 g. m. 42 10:00 a. m. 44 Noon 48 2:00 p. m. .. .. 50 3:00 p. m. 54 WEATHER Light rain or snow in extreme north portion late this afternoon end early tonight; < cooler tonight. 1

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Japanese Reported Massing Troops To Attack Port Moresby In North Australia By ruii«*d Pit*** AiißinilMn plnMW* st ruck heavy blow* at Japanese *ea and transport fone* today and Britain lattni lied a drive to tutu India into a powerful bn»e from which a I’nihil Nation* offensive could be launi lied A British nffiil.il spokesman warned, however, that Japan* naval strength thn* far ha* tieen little Impaired despite constant at talk* and that Japanese «ea Idow- | aS far west a* Ceylot l« anticipated The Australian alt attack wa direited at i< com ent rat ion of Jap attese trait*|torl< and warship* off New Gitlnei Tin- Japanese were busily engaged In massing tloop there preliminary to an attack on I Port Moresby, key to the Torre* straits off Australia’s northeast roBM. The Australian communique di-l not make dear the exact number of Japanese ship- damaged, sunk or set afire In the New Gtilm-i attack However, it wa* apparent that half a dozn or more Japanese ships were blasted The British effort tn arrive at a IHilltiial settlement with India and turn that vast subcontinent into a base "from which the strongi 1 I counter blow* must be struck at the advance of tyranny and aggro. sion" wax lit full swing today. Nir Stafford Cripps, government leader 111 the house of commons, j being dispatched to India Io prt | sent Britain’* proposal* and »e» k I an .igreeinent of all Indian f.'u tlons which would a--ure all-out Indian operation in the war. No outline of tin- British pro jmisulh wa* given but there were strong indicatioti* that they may not go much In-yond previous ' vague assurance* of dominion *;atI * at -oiime tim-eriain post war date There has been every indication that the Itidiali- will not In satisfied with any half way measurer it this time Crlpp* will consult with hoth Hu- Hindu majority and the Moslem minority in India He also will dlxcux* the military situation with Gen Nir Archlliald Wavell The urgency of the Indian problem was highlighted by axwertl m of a British naval -outer th.it Japan ha- so great a command of the sea and air in the real m of her conquests tht they can "exploit their stii ee*»rs iii any directi m they chiHiKe." He said flatly that "the tn-ng h of the main Japanese fleet hi not heen seriously impaired." He warned of possible Japanesi attacks on Ceylon. Port Darwin. 1 Australia, or east to the Fiji (OONTINURD ON VAUZ FIVKt O — Red Cross To Name Officers Friday Adams Co. Chapter Will Select Officers Officer* of the Adam* county chapter. American lied Cron,-, will be elected Friday night in a meeting at the city hall, beginning at 7:30 o'clock Th!* will In- the fir*! election 1 t the chapter In 13 year*. Avin Burk, former vh-ea hairman of Hi chapter. Is serving as acting chairman. sitccrcdmg the late (> B. Weinhoff The chapter has no vice* chairman. 11. E Glendenlng I* treasurer and Mis* Annie Wlihkw the secretary. Several chaiigi * have been made In th,- officer* and board of directors since the last election due tn deaths and resignation*, but the posts were filled without election. Not only the executive boerd members, but all member* are urged to attend the meeting Friday, letter, the officers will Mam* members to the hoard of dlre< tors. At present tin board I* composed of seven perst-tts from Geneva, four from Berne, one from Monroe, one from Peterson and 16 from Decatur.