Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 40, Number 77, Decatur, Adams County, 31 March 1942 — Page 1

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isArthur Faces Mr Problems hlar Efforts J «intain Os Detail I Bc Overcome | (Kkllicd Leader OK .1. i iii'i Vnr h gating 'll'- ... ,n of a.I I tut UgH, <•. ~<> and services |||||V| ■ ■ ' UH pioblefl). ■ ■ > :i>: ti 11 I ili'.nl involved d« fiii**' ; offensive .1 ip.iin *«• i alinot !»• BKI .n i day although lhe . .p. But In three major probjUtt i i-t !"• solved to achieve unity I \ ■ thus '* command doe* allied naval ha* lint been Import ■■ .• u II be most essential E*gß. H.-xy In- closely It I operations In the .1 h Mai Arthur etivi* i .» • •■pirate organize--In wi'h Am mA t" " » which are a pari E* my. 1.. and AmerH. " ■:* hav. n.ild that they Raffia’ k i uncertain how the nf widely scattered and «i Kaitlzatlona tan lx* ai nlixlderable confit* . to which MacAri ountermand or wuperof the allied governflK j.-üb.i inn admittedly are Bl :■•■* in lb. United Nations match the Axla system of cent rallied and unifled for swift. smashing oper jm*,!*. n |* felt here that they solved HIBI • l " ’*l"' l >» reorganB 9 * ,f ,h<< Australian force* ■M ■ r. -ponsihilily fur the ■MB hard hitting veteran* imme from Lybya and oth battlefield*. They are »t - i|>-d and distributed VffiM> at the Australian forc-wt. ■ vpeilence and ability in- \ i-traliaii military board f K '‘‘""olved to simplify the MB I i ominand and one mem FSB 11 " board may join the Paat Washington ».II be department heads ' • general coordination of - I Nation* forces under IB 11 '■ * completed, probably ■B *'•'B* hence, the veteran Mi I"" -» will hold a major Jgß : ' “i"'in*ibility for defense |_ of the battle plan g®’’ -‘lia. based on a belief l&B 1 " J 'panese may hurl their BM' u ' ' ,l '“ counrry'* north g2B h *‘' w " hin •*“ or three be studied by the al BK'f at meetings of the AusBB “ " ' “blnet and war coun w ***** ( ' reorganization of the "mmanda of Australia's force* under (Jen Sir I Bntim kk on PAoiFinxT■hi Office Open B r f° r Voters 8 B'* hedula of opening hours clerk's office on Saturday |2B"-ohy wi<« announced today |*Bimy clerk Clyde O. Troutner. office will remain open later days to accomodate voters register or transfer to 1 Bf’ 1 ’ I'* 1 '* 10 Vol ‘’ 111 llw ifbnary E w 11 " 7 worlfers and voters °"t of the city are ex|[B! ,0 “d'antage of the ■ hours. IJB both Saturday and Monday g’B' the °® c « *lll not close un•',o,ld‘ty la the final day the law for a voter to reglstfS tr *nstar, y h ‘he last day for a |?B , * ,e 10 flle his declaration. I W ,he la * provides the regular K hour M the deadline, no MT 111011 m,)r be hfter 5 p.m. KBrn* 8 '* 11 '"’ • c,uall r o» 8u“year and thus was moved m to Saturday under the elec- >

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Order Arrests On Charges To Defame General Charge Conspiracy For Criminal Libel Against MacArthur ffiacramento, Calif March 11 — Attorney general Earl Warren today ordered the arrest of Robert Noble. Ellis Jones and several associates, on charges of :*onaplracy to commit criminal libel against Oen. Douglas’MacArthur, supreme Allied commander. Noble and Jones are leaders of “the friends of progress" movement In lx»s Angeles. The FBI arrested Noble recently but V. A. attorney Francis Biddle ordered his release Warren ordered his txts Angeles assistant, Warren Olney, to file the charges Immediately and to continue an Investigation to determine If treason or other charges should be filed. Warren acted on the basis of a bulletin issued yesterday by "the friends" In which a column, under the heading of "cooperhead botes." criticised MacArthur for leaving his Bataan forces and going to Australia. After quoting the text of the article, attorney-general Warren said “by no stretch of the immagination can this be considered an exercise of the right of free speech. It is malicious falsehood and when coupled with the other material in this and other publications by tbe same persons shows a clear and definite purpose not only to defame Ueneral MacArthur but also to spread disaffection among other people and cripple our nation In Its war effort '• —e ■— Berne Rural Carrier Resigns Position Raymond Beer, Berne route one mail carrier, has resigned his position preparatory to being inducted into selective service soon. —- —o Two Contingents To Enter Army Service Groups Leave City In Next Two Weeks Contingents of Adams county registrants will leave here for final army service on April 4 and 11. Such was the Information released today by the local draft board tn conformity with a buletln from state headquarters relative to publicity regarding Induction. Tbe ruling forbids publication of the number of men. time of departure and route of travel. However, tbe list of names of the men In the contingent and their photographs may be published after they have begun their travel to Induction center. The Adams county board has been one of the few boards In this section of the state which has been observing the ruling banning publication of names of men In contingents, time of departure, number In quotas and calls. Tbe bulletin today served only "to clarify the situation since reports have been received in state headquarters Indicating that there la considerable misunderstanding in Indiana about relsMing news concerning Inductions.” Although many nearby communities have been Hating these men prior to their Induction the local board adhered strictly to the rule. (CnNTfNirtso nx pagv «x> Orders Minors From Dispensing Liguor The Indiana state excise board ordered tbe removal of minors from those places where beer and liquor are sold. The board has notified proprietors that girls or boys under >1 years of age can not be employed as waiters where alcoholic beverages are sold. Several places were affected by the order, which was received yesterday. The minors can not work behind bare or serve alcoholic beverages, according to the notification received here by dealers.

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Asks Solicitors To File Defense Cards Volunteers Asked To Return Cards Soon Cal E. Peterson, city civilian defense chairman, today issued a statement, urging all volunteer de fensr solicitors to return their cards. Solicitors are asked to have the cards returned to Mr. Peterson by Wednesday evening. Cards which were not used in conducting the house to house civilian defense enrollment are also to be returned The signed cards will be filed and Indexed under the direction of Mr. Peterson and then used at future dates to secure persons in various Hues of civilian defense work. Many of tbe cards have already been returned. Mr. Petersan stated. and he I* especially anxious to have lhe balance in order that the filing may be started. A casual survey of the city disclosed that many .tomes have been enrolled 100 percent In civilian defense. Window stickers were ~7ci»NTINirKI> ON PAGN «X> 0 Wells County Man For State Senator Homer C. Mlchsel, Wells county contractor, today announced hl* candidacy tor the Republican nomination for joint state senator from Adam*. Weils and Blackford counties. Mr. and Mrs. Michael and their two eons live In Liberty Center. He was disqualified for military service a year ago by reason of Injuries sustained In a fall from a I building. 0 —— Mercury Again Dips Below Freezing Here In making a "MacArthur-like” stand against the advances of spring. Old Man Winter turned on a barrage of his more unfavorable elements into tbe city of Decatur and community late yesterday. Dashing cold water onto the hopes of Decaturites who had looked for an early arival of warm, apring weather, he covered the entire city In a cloak of Ifgb. anow and thin ice. Temperature* dropped below the freexing mark and traffic wa* slowed considerably last night aa drivers rolled down window* to peer around the windshield In an effort to safely negotiate the intersection*. A bright sun appearing intermittenly this morning soon removed moet of the snow, but th* mercury climbed rather slowly in conformity with the weather man's report ot not much change in terperature I for today.

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Draft Registrants Will Be Inducted Upon Examination Indianapolis, March 31.—(UP)— Htate selective service officials announced last night that all draft registrants called for physical examinations will be Hable for immediate Induction into tbe armed forces. Officials Indicated the registrant may be Inducted at the examination center -effective a* of Monday. Only in cases where the person Is forwarde dfor further specialized examination will the rule be waived. it wa* announced Decatur To Enforce City Dog Ordinance Drive Started To Enforce Ordinance A campaign to enforce the city’s dog ordinance waa announced today by Police Chief James Border*. Ed Newport, who has served as a part-time d«g catcher will be employed full time, at least for the next three month*, to aid in the campaign. All dog* running at large will lie picked up and held at the dog pound for 10 dajra. during which time they may be reclaimed by their owner*. At the conclusion of that period they will be destroyed If not claimed. The enforcement campaign will also embrace tbe dog tag ordinance. which provides that all dogs In the city must wear a tag. These /cnwTiNUten gn page six*

Lew Ayres, Movie Star, Sent To Camp For War Objectors

By M. Richard Applegate (Copyright 1942 by United Press) Aboard West Coast Limited. Enroute to Portland, Ore.. Mar. 31— (UP)—Lew Ayres, the movie star and first prominent American to refuse to ahoulder arm* because of religious scruple*, sped toward a conscientious objectors' camp In Oregon today, and said that any other course would cause for him "a nightmare of hypocrisy and deceit." Nervous, and a* he put It, "emotionally upaet." the handsome hero of many a movie epic. Includ Ing Hollywood's flrat preachment against war, "All Quiet on the Western Front." boarded the train at a flagatop north of Hollywood last night. 'The whole thing I* almost too cloae to me to talk about now." he said, pulling hla brown tweed coat about hl* shoulders and settling down in tbe tourlat sleeper berth for which government had paid. Travelling with one other con-

Deferments Granted By Appeals Board District Appeals Board In Rulings District board of appeals, number one. at Fort Wayne, ha* granted three temporary deferments to selective service registrants on ap peals from the local board. It was disclosed today. The district appeal board placed the following men In das* 2-A and granted deferments to September 17. 1942: 2491. Noah J. Hchwartz; 536. Albert Willoughby Kleinsmlth. and 1732, Noah Christian Koenetnan. Deferments have been Miked of the lumrd by the following: Verlln It. Moser, H-3323. personally; Richard Diamond. • 881. who was transferred here from Gregory county. Houth Dakota, by his employer, Otto Hoffman; Corrln Edward Judge. 330. by his father. Noble Judge; Frederick Nelaon Kaehr, 1531. personally, for an extension of his deferment. Ruling* on the cases have nol been announced. The draft board expecta to announce within a day or two new classifications and re-< laxslfl) ations inadv at Its last meeting MMSSSSM*— "e' I " ■ Decatur Lad Loses Fingers In Accident Tommy Rambo, 4. son of Glenn Rambo, of Fifth street, is confined In the Ada. Ohio hospital following an accident In which he lost two finger* from hi* right hand. The lad reportedly was playing with a pulley when the accident occurred, a* his parents were vlalHng In Ada.

acfeßtlous objector, a mechanic from Hollywood, Ayrea said that hl* motive* were almost entirely "religious." He said he believed that hl* experience In making "All Quiet" had had a tremendous effect on his outlook, and added that he would be sincerely aorry If bi* picture career had been ruined. From hl* pocket he took a prepared statement which he had Intended to release when ho reached the’ camp at Cascade Locke, Ore. The statement -one of the most surprlalnfl ever Issued by a movie star—said: "Now let u* consider war. Is it not strange that no one really wants war. yet few think that life can be successfully or even respectfully lived without It? We all shake our heads sadly over our predicament, and then wait for the other fellow to stop it first, each side perhaps eager to be the henev olent victor. "tn confusion we stumble blindly .CuNTZNUJW ON PAQffi GVi,

Destructive Raids Made By Allied Air Squadrons; Japs Bomb Bataan Base Hospital

Suspend Business During Three Hours Decatur To Observe Good Friday Here Htores. offic- s and mercantile establishments will close Good Friday afternoon from 12 o'clocs uooti to 3 p m.. In observance of the Three Hours. The First Htate bank will be closed ail day. the last legislature declaring Good Friday a state holiday. Public offices will also be closed during the Three Hours and several may remain d<»sed for the balance of the afternoon. Her Vices will be held at the Ht. Mary's Catholic church and at the First Methodist church, the latter a union service of all Protestant chunhcM. during the time that the Christian world commemorates the Three Hours which Jesus Christ spent on the Cross at Mt Calvary. Participating In the union service will be Rev. Ralph W. Oraham. DD.. First Methodist church; Rev. Dwight Patterson. Union Chape) U. B.; Rev. G. T Rosaelot. United Brethren church; Rev. Glen E Marshall. Church of God; Rev. Paul Brandyberry. Church of the I Nazarene; KeV. G. S Dollar, First i Evangelical church; Rev. Kenneth Timmons. First Christian church; Rev. C M Prugh, Th.D., Zion Evangelical and Reformed church; Rev. G. O. Walton, First Presbyterian church: Rev C. R- Moser. First Baptist church. At the Zion Lutheran church, a ' Good Friday service will tie held at T;3O o'clock in the evening, the pastor. Rev. Paul W. Schults, annoumed. The Dally Democrat office will he < toned during the Three Hours, James Werst Dies I Late Monday Night Decatur Man Dies After Long Illness James Fredrick Werst, 60. well known Decatur resident, died al his home In this city at 11:30 o'clock .Monday night after a year's Illness of a heart aliment. He was born In Adams county May B. IHHI. the son of Charles ami Lydia Werst. and had lived in I Decatur the past 3k years. He wax i an employe of the Decatur Lumber company for 30 years. He was a : member of the Church of the Naz ‘ arene and the Moose and Red ( Men lodges. Survivors include the widow. ’ .Malala; the mother, Mrs. Lydia Bodie of Decatur; four sons. Chairaer of Decatur. Olen of California, i Adrian of Griffith and Cheater of Geneva; one brother. Rufus Werst of Decatur: eight grandchildren and two great grandchildren Funeral services will be held at 2 p. tn. Thursday at the Church of the Naxarene. Rev. Paul Brandyberry officiating. Burial will be in the Decatur cemetery. The l>ody will be taken to the home of tbe mother, 1021 Line street, from the Gllllg fc Doan funeral home and may be viewed after 7 o'clock %la evening. 14,500 Acres Signed By Sugar Company Approximately 14.600 acres for growing of sugar lieets for the Central Sugar company In this city, have been contracted by the fieldmen. II W McMillen, president of tbe company, stated today. The goal is about 18,000 scree, which will allow for a little shrink age during the sewing and growing season, the company planning s net of at least 15,000 harvested acres. The plant Is being rspared and put In shape for the anticipated increased factory run next fall. Sugar production la expected to reach more than 40 million pounds, an increase of about 60 percent over a year ago-

India Refuses Acceptance Os British Plans Rejection Os Pion For Cooperation In War Is Expected New Delhi, India. Mar. 31 — (UP) Mohandas K. Gandhi, who often has stood against the British Empire, was reported today to have swung the all India congress working committee against acceptance of Great Britain's plan for enlisting an independent India In the war against Japan. The concensus of the working committee of the majority party after bearing Gandhi and President Azad, was for rejection of the British plan, which called for Immediate Indian participation in home and empire councils and l>ost war dominion status. No flat rejection was made, however, because the committee continued to debate on whether to advise Hlr Stafford Cripps that the plan was unacceptable or to present to him an alternative sug gestlon. It was understood that If an alternative suggestion was presented It would Include the working committee's rejection The working committee debate apparently did not mean collapse of Cripps' efforts to bring about an agreement among the Indian factions, especially ongress and the powerful Moslem minority. Hut It seemed to make certain that his efforts were gravely endangered unless some compromise formula can he worked out quickly. Gandhi, as always In hla opposition to Britain, was following a passive opposition policy. Ills main opposition wax said to be based on his policy of non violence, which made the British proposal for Indian participation In the war unacceptable. Japanese and Burmese troops, attacking the western Allied defenxe flank in Burma, have advanced 2t> miles toward Proma while Chinese defenders of the Pyinmana-Toungoo front were falling back to new positions guarding the approaches to Mandalay. Allied communiques .eported today. The India-Burma command revealed that a "considerable''enemy force attacked Hhwedaung. only in mllex south of strategic Prome, after crossing the Irrawaddy river. This move, possibly foreshadowing a drive toward the rich Yenaiigyating oil fields, followed yesterday's report of an engagement at Pattngde. 20 miles farther southeast. After a week of bitter fighting. iCONTINUCD ON IPAGK «IX> O Payments For Job Insurance Higher February Job insurance payments to Adams county workers totaled |8.454. Colonel Everett L. Gardner. Indiana employment security division director, said today. January paymenta were 13.307 and February. 1941, payments were 94,624. Unemployment compensation flwards in all counties of the state amounted to 51.558.887.78, an Increase ot 3200,000 over Janusry, and two and one-half times the February, 1941. payments). February payments brought tbe total for tbe first two months of tbe year to 12.911,854 79, which is just halt as much as the 35,846.384.46 paid In the complete year 1941. The average check for February was 312.39. a new all-time high, and 44.1 percent of all checks were for either 115 or the maximum ot 316 February. 1942, disbursements in this county were: 31.922 to rural residents; 34.110 to Decstur residents; 3<23 to Berne residents.

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American Airmen Inflicting Heavy Losses On Japan Force In Far East By United Press Allied sir squadrons ruling the air north of Australia raided Jap anese bases again today In the New Guinea port of l<ae and the Koepatig airdrome on Timor Island. The offensive blows. led by American flying fortresses, follow ed a statement by Col. Eugene L. Eubank. American air commander In Java, that his forces had knock .d out 16 Japanese warships. 46 transports and 50 airplanes up to March I. Hlnce then the American and Australian pilots were credited with sinking about 2* enemy ships. Including at least 14 warships. In the Islands north of Auatralia. Home of these may duplicate Ell bank's figures but In any event the total is high Counting the enemy ships knock ed out In the Philippines and tbe Dutch Kaet Indies as well as those reported hit or sunk around New Guinea and New Britain islands the total number of enemy casualties would be approximately 3o warships snd 6<) transports in addition to probably 2<M) airplanes. Not all of the Japanese < raft were sunk, however, and some may have lieen attacked more than once. Today's raids against Koepang abd Lae were destructive. Aus trailan communiques said At least six enemy airplanes were Iwlleved destroyed on the ground at Koepang. while at Ue the anese airdrome was hard hit and set afire. The Japanese position In New Guinea appeared to be difficult since their forces advancing into tbe Markham valley previously had been driven back 27 miles to late due to floods and the rainy Heaton now is likely to disrupt land operations for weeks. In the Philippines, land fighting <l|ed down except for sharp patrol clashes on Bataan but Japanese air bombardment continued and an American base hospital wax blasted. causing a number ot casualtire. The Washington communique said that the hospital was plainly marked and that (he Japanese previous ly had avoided It. On the European front, an Arctic sea battle was reported still in progress around an Allied convoy carrying war materials to Hovirt Russia’s port of Murmansk. An alysis of reports from London, neutral capitals and of the Berlin propaganda broadcast Itidicatefl that the Germans had made three or four air and warship attacks on the convoy, which tl.e Nazis said was carrying supplies from America and Britain The results claimed by lhe Germans Included the sinking of four Allie«l ships and the torpedoing of |«V>NTINUWf> ON PAGE TWO) Retail Federation Reverses Policies, Proposes Sales Tax Washington. Mar. 3) — (UP) — The American retail federation today proposed a five percent sales tax to raise 33,MM).0n0,000 In new revenue. Earl Puckett, president of Allied Stores Corp., and chairman of the federation's tax policy committee, told tbe house ways and means committee that the federation was reversing its previous opposition to a general sales tax. "Our previous opposition has been based on the merchant’a eel* fish Interest In protecting the purchasing power of tbe public against the tax collector." TKMPIRATURI RCAOING DEMOCRAT THERMOMETER •;00 a. m — 30 10:00 a- m 33 Noon 37 2:00 p. m. 38 3:00 p. m. .... 40 WEATHER Little change in 'temperature today and tonight; few enow flurrleno in north and oentral portion* today.