Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 40, Number 72, Decatur, Adams County, 25 March 1942 — Page 1

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I. S. NAVY CARRIES WAR TO JAPAN’S FRONT DOOR 990 MILES FROM TOKYO

Ks Striving ■ Knockout On Htaan Front I ■Hied, Japanese I ■ones Trade Blows I wear New Guinea Sgwßgaiglj ■"" 11 Into 111. "i ,u I nine fol .1 <|lli< k ..(>>.»• III.' I’liilippm....ii,. ii.» mnnit: ■■ ' 1 ' * '*•"' ' ,ll ’ . i.ili.-i I *••• 11-hl.lg M W.i..»'l<!l' ||9L *!>■'■ military --sprit* ,| the start of the ■■ i"* 11 " 1 | -jH. ■' l,|k: |,,Kh •" l “*' ■ lain i'"' 'l.' \ ... Ny ill !»<> alx.Hiv.’ *hi.h Ih.-v thought EK| x k ti. ai. - .Hid ..If Luzon Island” MMM . .. . l. m'hn I m 'h.' ||IK : I . i . . ix - i.< ■■>.< < \piil ... ■•.irly Miy and I. Bataan penlilMlla in quagmire. Wainwright’* .'ix..n.'i ■ k".i ».'I. .in' i.p.!.. nm . "ii... p .'iicoiint.'iH |■> ' ’ ull ‘' Hat....1l I '.III .II I u.id.i of Japaiie*-- plane* ' on .-id ’ fiKli' x< ...it far to th.' i.illlh of ;■ foi th.- J.p .n."..' iHimh . . . ei.loi ami tlo- Altl.'i l . llalaan lin-'H. ag.ilu-l EHr*. Wainwright ’.* handful of t .-tit.- * ar.' no match. the .. mo ~ than lioidniK ■■ An ''tkine a mounting tt'iny. Il w.i* staled. N S Marking Tons By United Preu I '..1 Nation- and rh>- \xi- »•“ ix'iin-i t.ni.' today to lau .. !. blows In Ihf I'nilfh Kinup.' where Heating had to a -iiiill'h pace pending IB’I'MIM Eb ON IWOI BVar Bulletins I I Pearl Harbor, T 1., March 25. 18~ <UP| ~ Admiral Cheseter |B* ,rn ' T ’ lU today decorated ViceWilliam Halsey. Jr.. IK"" ,he D, *’ ,n o u '» he d Service in recognition of hie feat & Bn trading the naval task rorce |Bn the Marshall and Gilbert |B* lln d raid. I I < Halsey also led the raids I B"” ounc *d by Washington toI B?* y on w,h « »"d Marcus is|B*"dl). I I Washington. Mar. 25.—(UP) I W-A medium sued U. 8. mer!B th,nt veMel h *s bean tor I B edof d off the Atlantic coast, I ■ th r navy department announc |B»o today. I | York, Mar. 26— (UP)— [■A Bntiah broadcast today said I ■’hat Japan had occupied the I ■Andaman Islands, In the Bay I ■?’ Bengal, according to the CoU T bl * broadcasting system. II h ' * nd,m,n ’•••"de, south !■ i Burn ’*' w *re attacked by | I Japanese planes some time | I* 90 Th *y are important as I I ?*** ,Or th * expected enemy I B attack on India. liad L ° B d° n ' M,r - 26 — < UP»>—The II reported tonight that II .7 ,ta " ,n ‘’•“'••h'P berpodo- | •" the Mediterranean fleet w, a H the Litterio II *" d th, ‘ 11 h “ l| * h M afire. I addition an Italian cruio- | *"• d amaged severely and B •"•thor suffered a hit, the adB "eiralty said.

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

In Governor*!* Race? B BL, Will H. Burke A prominent Kansas ahnkman and l.ankm. Will II Burke, above, has rMigimd as collector ol Inter- ' nal revenue for Kansas Prlends expect him Io enter the rare for ' the DMMcratlc nomination for governor or sot the I'. H. senate. . Burke Ilves at l.lftls Hive,. Kan i Scheduled Trial By Jury Postponed I New Pleadings In Case Cause Delay 1 A jury trial scheduled for opw • Ing In Adam* circuit court today was carried over at the last minute 1 The suit that of Ihd First ' Joint Block Und Bank against Hanford and fora laindi* for pos 1 session of real estate and |I.OOO 1 damage* f The jury had been called Into court and apparently all us* In . readiness for opening the trial . when counsel for the plaintiff a»kI ed for a continuance <n fh«> r ground* that pleadings filed earlier i this morning by defendant's count ael had Injected a new element of [ alleged fraud and lime would he required to prepare an answer and properly close the issue*. H. K Mcflenahan Is defendant's counsel. • Ferd L. bitterer, with member* of ' the Fort Wayne firm of Vesey and ’ Shoaf, represent th.- plaintiff cotn--1 Pany. ! The trial wa» re-set by special judge H. F Eichhorn of Bluffton for April if. Jurors called this morning were: Kenneth Mitchell. Washington, township; Floyd Acker. Decatur; Phllbert fla»c. Washington; William Burke. Blue Creek. tCONTIVUWI* ON PAOB «IX» - Declaration Filed By One Candidate Up to a late hour today the declaration* of candidacy filed in the clerk's office Included: John M. Doan, Republican, for mayor of Decatur. Geneva Man Dies Suddenly Tuesday Perry O. Field*. H. former operator of the Fields Case In Geneva, died suddenly late yesterday at his home near an Hine** of three hours. Death was caused by acute Indigestion. The deceased was born In Weils county April U. ’kt of William und Sara Fields. He is survived by the widow and the following children: Mrs. Helen Baker and Mrs. Alta Blodgett of Fort Wayne; Robert of Pierce. Oklahoma; Raymond, In the nrmy In Alaska; Richard, in the navy at San Francisco. Kathryn and Chestar at home; and a brother Char lea. Three children are deceased. Two were killed 22 year* ago in a cyclone which struck the county. Funeral service* will be held Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Geneva Methodist chart* and burial will be In the Riverside cemetery.

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Labor Unions Offer To Waive Overtime Pay Challenge Industry To Match Waiver Os War Profits Washington, Mar. K — tl'PI —- Organised labor today challenged management to match ll* waiver nf double pay for Sunday* and holiday* by placing war production on a 24-hour. seven day week. The congress of industrial org-| anlsatlon* and the American fed eration of labor acted simultaneously in ahandonlM double pay. a provision which President Roose velt and production chief Donald Nelson said was Impeding the war effort. The action In no way change* the time and one-half premium for work in excess of to-hours a week -a provision of the wage-hour act which a house bloc seeks to outlaw. Elimination of the tohour week, outlawing of the dosed *bop and limiting of profits to »lx percent of the cost of a contract are Included In the bill sponsored by Rep. Howard W. Smith. D. Va. and being considered by the honse naval affairs committee Naval affair* chairman Carl Vinson. D.. Ga . hinted today that he might offer a substitute for the Smith bill and proposed a ts honr week for war labor with “incentive" wage*. He asked Nelson and secretary of labor Frances Parkin* yesterday to conshier his suggestion. Labor;* pledge to abandon dou hie time came a few hours after lOUNTINUBn ON PAOB riVßt ■■■■■hi ii i—<iimnisiii aim —» Chai Bollenbacher Is Superintendent Succeeds Little At McMillen Feed Mills Chai Bollenbacher. 904 Walnut street, has been promoted to the post of feed plant superintendent at the local plant of McMillen Feed Mills, effective at once He take* the position vacated by Jack Little. who resigned to take a similar imsitlon at Clinton. lowa Mr. Little ba* been in >. harge of feed manufacturing at the local plant since it wan started in 1934, and built up It* practice* to a high state of efficiency. He ha* also Iteeit adviser to the superintendents of the other McMillen plant* at Gibson City, 111., and Harrisburg. Pa. Mr. Bollenbacher started with the McMlUen companln* In 1936 as a laborer, and ha* steadily advanced to his present position of responsibility. He and hl* wife occupy one of the original home* erected for employes by the McMillen home building corporation. Other advancement* announced today were. Joe Brennen. 615 North Fifth street, assistant feed plant superintendent. and Dorphu* Bchlickman, 945 Dierke* street, assistant superintendent In charge of the second shift. In making these announcem ent* It was stated by D. W. McMUlen. Jr., executive vice-president and sales manager, “that feed shipments from all the plant* were hitting new highs. Today’s need for meat, milk, and egg* for our lighting force* all over the world, for Increased demands of worker* here ’ CONTtxtfKI) ON PAGB THRMI - — O" 1 TRMPIRATURB READING OKMOCRAT THKRMOMKTBR 8:00 a. m. ...... 38 10:00 e. m. . 84 Noon 00 2:00 p, m...... 70 8:00 p. m. 70 WKATHffR Warmer thia afternoon and In central and north portleno tonight with ehower* or thunderstorm* tonight end In extreme west snd southwest portions thl* afternoon.

Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday, March 25, 1941

130 Cities Named On Safety Honor Roll 4’hlcago March 25 — For going through th* entire year ol 1841 without a single traffic fatality, 180 cities with population between 5.088 and 10.000 were placed today on the honor roll of the national traffic safety contest. The national safety conacll which conduct* the contest, an nounced that thia marks a decrease of 11 cltle* from the 1940 Honor Roll The honor roll cltle* include: Indian* Plymouth. Walrnwh. Bluffton and Hulllvan Three Sheriffs Are Charged With Torture Named Defendants In Damage Suits Indianapolis. Mar. 25 — (UP) — New charge* of "torture" and third ! degree method* against Indiana slate and local police exploded today a* three Indiana sheriff* were named defendants in civil damage suit* and a statement by Floyd J. Matt Ice. Indianapolis attorney for the plaintiff In the action*. Indicated additional suit* would be filed on behalf of two other person*. Mattlce. former deputy prosecutor of Marlon county, filed the first three suit* yesterday for Paul Btewart. a former Frankfort police captain. Named a* defendants were Cax* county sheriff Elmer Craig; Clinton county sheriff John Hamilton, and Sheriff Harry Cree of Carroll county. Bonding companies of the sheriff* were also named. Stewart charged the defendant* with aiding and assisting in hi* "torture" to force a confession ffom him for the murder of Ernest : Hen*on of Frankfort March 12. 1941. Each of the complaint*, filed in circuit court* at Logan* j port, Delphi and Frankfort, sough* |5.000 personal damage* The separate action* came close j on the resignation from the state police force of detective Paul Rule of Lafayette last week. Rule, named a* one of the participants In the alleged torture ring by Stewart, resigned shortly after Governor Rchricker had concluded a study of a 200-page report on (CONTINUKD ON PAGE WIVBI Defense Bond Bought By Paralysis Chapter The Adam* county charter chapter of the National Foundation for infantile Paralysl*. Inc., meeting Tuesday night at the offhe of John L. DeVoss, county chairman. voted to purchase a |soo defense bond with fund* on deposit for the local chapter. The local chapter ha* also been informed that It* fund* may be used to assist person* stricken by the disease who are member* of a family having a man In armed service. The national foundation will assist the local chapter in such case*.

Hitler’s “War Os Nerves” Is Backfiring As Allies Prepare

By United Press Adolf Hitler's technique of the war of nerves has backfired this spring snd for the first time it is the Ails that shows sign* of jitters as to where the next blow may fall. Each spring of the war — up to the present—Adolf Hitler has h.ld the Initiative. He has driven borne the advantage with propaganda and psychological offensives that jangled the nerves of hie enemies and left them uncertain where he would strike. Todsy the shoe Is on the other foot. Britain has amassed a pow erful striking force of commandos, paratroops, and .airborne Infantry and openly proclaimed her Intention of using this weapon to hit at any section of the 2.000 miles of European coast whore the scattered Nasi defense forces stand guard. Russia was training thousands of new troops Into strong fresh armies which msy be thrown Into

To Denaturalize Disloyal Alien Bom Citizens Justice Department Planning Action On Foreign Born Washington. March 25— (I’Pt-Attorney-general Francl* Biddle said today that the justice department Is ready to start action* to denaturalise disloyal foreign bora cltlsens. particularly Members of the German-American bund Biddle said the action result* from a long study of the ideologic* of the Axis nation*. Inve*tlgatlon. he told a pres* conference, showed that these people were disloyal to the United State* When they took their oatl» : of cltlxen»hlp. “We are now ready to aboot ami we are going to shoot very quick ly." be said. Biddle said membership in several other organlatlon* beside* the Bund none of which he Identified —would be considered evidence of disloyalty and grounds for denaturalization "Proceeding* will start soon In 30 or 40 case*, and action will followlater In hundred* more." he said. The procedure will start with tiling of a petition for denaturalisation. In naturalixation courts. Affected persons Will be given tin day* In which to answer, and decisions will be made by the court* after they hear evidence Hldd!-- emphasised that action against American-born members of the Bund appeared to be unconstl I«V)NTINI’rt« nN PAGE TWO) —o ——— Striking Railroad Men Back To Jobs • Government-Seized Railroad Operates Peoria. 111.. March 25. — <l’P> - Ninety trainmen, firemen and enginemen returned to their jobs today at the government operated Toledo. Peoria and Western railroad pending action by the war labor hoard on demands for revised working rule* and wages. The employe* returned to work under rules and wage* in effect prior to the prolonged strike which prompted government seizure of the line. They were among 104 employes who struck D«-cember 2*. Government authorities had «aid all striker* would be returned to their job* except those accused of violence. There was no opposition to the changeover from 55 employe* hired by the management to replace the atrlkera. These worker* were placed automatically at the hottem of the seniority list.

action on the S.OOOmlle eastern ! front before Hitler'* own spring , offensive csn get underway. And the United States, with war ' materials flowing faster and faster ' from our vast arsenals, was silent- ' ly moving thousands of troop* Into strategic areas to hit back at the > Axis. I Natl propaganda minister Paul i Goebbels found himself In difflculi ties attempting to launch his customary spring war of nerves. i At any moment Germany, al - ready fighting the longest one front war in history in Russia, might find a second front biasing up along the French and Norwegian coasts and a third front springIng Io life In the momentary quiet middle east. The open preparations going for- ! ward In Britain for punching surprise blows at the Axis in the west were not calculated to bring i peace and quiet to German nerves already frayed by two and one i half strenuous years of war.

Planes From Aircraft Carrier Blast At Marcus Island; Navy Also Blasts At Wake Island

6. E. Union Waives Extra Pay Demands Time And Half And Double Pay Waived New York. Mar. 25 Tin- United Electriral. Radio and M«> hine Worker* of America ICIOt announced It would formally tell the General Electric company that it* loo.utM) members would waive time and a half and double time pay provision* for Saturday ami Sunday [ work "under certain safeguards.” | A condition to the waver, the union announced was that the money caved thereby would be turneil over to the ('tilted State* treasury to be u»ed "to meet the charge* which the General Electric I company 1s assessing against the United Rtate* a* It* price for making war materials." The plan was presented to ’he | union * conference of General Elec- i trie local* by the union's general officer*. Albert J Fitzgerald, general president; Jtiliu* Em*pak. gen - eral *ecretary-tr> asur. and Jame* Malle*, director of organisation Union officlalc added that the i same plan would he placed before I local union* In the WestlnghoumElectric company plant* and In the General Motor* electric division plant*. The union said that about 'o.ihm* worker* would be affected In the Westinghouse negotiation* and about 89,000 in the General Motore negotiation*. — -Q— — Farmhand Is Given Suspended Sentence ■George Reber, employed on a farm east of Itecatur. wa« ■entenced to serve one to seven year* In prison by Judge J F. Decker in Well* circuit court at Bluffton yesterday on a charge of failure to provide for minor children The sentence wa« *u*pended by the court on condition that he make support payment* and pay up those in arrears. He l« to pay ♦»; per week for three months, then 17 per week until the arreor l« paid up then 85 It wa» shown that Reher Is now making 812 per week working as a farm hand, having recently lieen advanced from |1« per week. ——— o John M. Doan Seeks Nomination As Mayor Announces Candidacy On Republican Ticket John M. Doan. Washington township trustee and l<x-al funeral director. announced his cand*dx<y for mayor of Decatur today, subject to the Republican May primary. Mr Doan I* serving hh sacond term a* trustee of Washington township and his second year a* president of the Indiana truatees* association, and la a member of the Indiana defense savings »taff Mr. Doan is married and resides at 522 Jefferson street He nas four children: Mrs. Calvin Btaary of Mercer avenue. Annafcelle, John E. and Robert L.. at home He Is a member of the First Methodist church and fraternally is affiliated with the Masonic. Knights of Pythias and Moose lodge, and the Decatur Lions club. Mr. Doan's candidacy brings the total mayoralty aspirant* In Decatur to four, two on each ticket John B Stulta and Harry Knapp have announced their candidacies for the Democratic nomination and Forrest Elzey. Incumbent mayor, has announced his candidacy for renomtnatlon In the Republican primary

Candidate M John -M Doan. Washington town ship trustee, today announced hl* I candidacy for the Republican Horn | ination for mayor of Decatur. *ub j p-cl lo the primary electhm May 5 School Head Speaks To Decatur Lions Walter Krick Is Speaker Tuesday •'The Power of Hhlntol-m" was the subject di*cu*sed last night by Waller J Krick superintendent of the Decatur school*, at the weekly m>*eting of the Decatur Lion* club I held al the Knights of Pythias | home. Shinto Is the patriotic rel'‘.loii of | Japan and It* origin date* back toi ekrly day* of mythology Mr Krick gave an Interesting liackg.ound of this emperor worship from its early beginning up to the present day emperor of Ja|*an. "The fanaticism of the Japanese and the Nall* has much in common since they Isitll lielieV • 111 total defeat for their enemies They alm at the permanent suliiei-tloa and enslavement of the people* they conquer. "In view of this fanaticism, there can never lie compromi-• with Shinto or Nazism The present war I* a war to the finish and we must *eek a total victory a* far reaching and a* complete as that sought by our enemy." The program was in charge of Dr. Ben Duke, and W. M Bumgerdner. president of the < tub presided New member* lll'roduced last night were John DeVoss and Robert Gay. Guest* present were Eural Rose and L. R. Zlntsmaster ' Lindbergh Is Hired By Ford Company Detroit. Mar. 25 — (UP) — Charles A. Lindbergh ha* been ' employed by the Ford motor conv pany in the engineering department of It* glam Willow Run bom her plant. Ford personnel director Harry Bennett announced today Bennett said the position was offered to Lindbergh by Henry Ford yesterday during a detailed Inspection of the bomber plant. Lindbergh was In Washington today, presumably to confer with the war department regarding his new post. No Quotas Received On Retreaded Tires Glenn Hill, local rationing board administrator, stated late this afternoon that no quotas have been < received for retreaded tires In Adams county. Press services an- : nounced today the following quotas! for the state: 3.079 new tiro*; 664 new tubes; 14.165 retread* lu the passenger car division, H. 056 i new tlrea; 8.125 new tubes and 7,« 521 retreads iu the bus aud truck 1 elassifleation. I

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Tremendous Blows On Japanese Bases Are Revealed; Wake Is Useless To Japs G'opyright. 1942. by I’Bited Press! Aboard a U. H aircraft carrier In the l , a:lflc. March 4 Mltelayed) -(CPI The United Nta<es navy knocked at Japan's front door today when planes from thl* aircrafi carter dumped 12 ton* of h’gh explosive* on Installation* at Marco* Island. 99n mile* *onthea*t of Tokyo. Eight days previously, it now can be rrveali-d a U R nuva' force delivered a crushing blow at instalatlons on Wake Island, which the Japanese had captund from Heroic American Marine defenders. Naval authorities believed the two raid* shattered, for some flmiat least, link* In Japan’s chain of fortified Island lta«e« extending southeasterly from Tokyo to th- 1 Marshall islands, Nippon'* eastern outpost* The attack on Marcus island only a stone* throw from Tokyo a* distun e* are measured in Ihr vast area of the Pacific carried the war into Japan'* horn - water*. It gave Tokyo and Yokohama their first taste of blacfcou* Jitters and was expecti«d to divert a portion of Japane** material and manpower from other vital areas in the southwest Pacific. Only American lo«'e* ware one plane ill each attack A hardhitting combination of cruisers, destroyer* and Iwtmblng plain-* for 92 minute* blasted Japanese military establishmt'nt* on Wake scene of the U. S Marine's historic stand in the early days of the war and nearhy P-alr and Wilke* island* early Tuesday morn. Ing Feb 24 (Fell 23 on the U 8. side of the dateline). 11l addition to leveling Japanese military Installation*, the U H. forces destroyed three big fourEngine seaplane iHiinle'-*. sank three naval auxiliary vessel*, and captured a few priaonera At Wake. Wilke* and Prate i» land* the following Japanese installations were damaged or destroy e<l airfield with two runways; power plant water tower; new pier; contractors' camp; shore batteries; military barracks, maga glnes. fuel depot and gasoline •forage. antiaircraft batteries; an choruge. underground hangars: underground ammunition Jump’-: seaplane ramp: raiige-find'.’r traitors. rollers, steanmhovels, drag line*, trucks and autos. At Marcus Island the following Ja|iaiie*e installations wore de*, troyed or damaged: airfield and accessory establishmenta. Including two dirt runways; hangars; fuel (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) —-o Sugar Beel Acreage Is Up 25 Percent The agriculture department predicted today that 1942 sugar l»et planting acreage would exceed that of last year by nearly a fourth, reaching 963.1M10 tons as compared with 795.000 in 1941. The department's crop reporting board said, baaed on March 1 information from farmers, that “h Is evident that growera will increase sugar beet acreage in all producing states." In the IWsaiur territory, the beet acreage ln> reaae will exceed 25 percent, contracta being obtained for approximately 16.0V0 acres, compared with 11.800 acres last year. The Central Sugar company lu this city anticipatea producing between 40 and 45 million pounds of sugar, compared to about 28 million pounds last year. The agriculture department haw taken off all restrictions on the growing of sugar beets.