Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 40, Number 93, Decatur, Adams County, 18 April 1942 — Page 1

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11,$. Relations klh France At bve Impasse (Hmbassador Leahy lied As Mark I If Disapproval , at. hour to hour ‘ , , , k . . iniioi eli'ik. * I tills**! M. .< ■■ ■K , tin.in ;i. tiv ■ s . alr.-ady ha* ... . . H -.ipplovnl . Ambassador ro ( ,-ri„. ihat it was "notorauthorities had . < hv .. . < omft.'g as Kci.;-' la.val took over reign* Er n f. i, ii government from Henri Philippe P<' . relations between K\ ..li'tomilly friendly nn- ,. ■;.. worst impasse in 150 i,ii' not complete rupt S'atei will continue ■ • .liplomath relation* for . of consldI.< gravest political and Rte* y importance. But it will prex'iwe in Y’lchy. no prance fl.-et Into any open alignu •>! 'he \xl». th.- American - mission In France will ’ln ’ip antline the United through its observent at point* In France und iKissesslon*. will be on against tiny overt or hidden Place* of particular Importance are French A'ri a ami the French poaM in the western hernia ■ ’.i.nV objective, i.-iation* a Itfi Vic hy ti. of Pram, in I'H'i lias ’ .-...- O'ii the < "11.-'ti >l ■ I Avis dictator* ■ r>- CO III). 'Illg the eilbjuga of ■ w I Ft. tn h popula m v.-ram e of tho«.- relation* ■flit w«. felt would have a di*effect upon the French who are giving evidence- of f,„ Laval rc-pre V y -.. tioti by thl« gov-rn |B*' '* '.lid weak.-n the will I p.0p1.. to r.-*l t. or .,t< ■ ®VTI'. Th C,V PACiF! Tw77» Mining Class For ■omen Opens Here [Mlectncity Course To iße Opened Monday <.( a class in elecxtrtcHy for women !>«. furthered at a meeting at Illi lh i|,||r junior-senior high Monday evening at 7 o'clock applications have atbeen received for thia elat.se |S ,om *” a l ’* l a frw tnore stuPjg ' * an a- ‘oinodated Thia V ' !W * r * '* ' h * program of nat--9‘ defend engineering training W' w ’" 1 h. r.. by the’Rotary duh. with the nation Program of the federal gov-I-rated through Purdue ■-Gay Brown who lg loeal rrp EB -*<!ve in . turge of the train Pg Boaram. 1!>o .tated today that tr. metallurgy la being reI aued f r lhe tblrd |(>J . m of jj lot Th ‘“ ' hl <««rae will be r **‘ *" ma,h *«n«tic» and Kt‘ e? ,F * l “ ** ■' >«eraat >. .how ß Mr Browtl Kaa. 7 ,Oar ** wITI for ,r ' ,n ’ ht<h 1” ’hi* Ker a ' h '* ye,r ‘ tU «” •»«! KT i Mr Browo « >“• y the Ifecatßrhlrh echooi [! NOON |L edition

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT 0 N L Y D A I L Y N E WS P A P E R I N A D AM S CO U N T Y

Church Speaker X’ w 1 hr <> O Arnold of Dayton. Ohio will Io- the guest speaker at Ihcli morning and evening services Sunday at the Flrat ('tilled Breth ren church, when rededlcatlon of the newly redecorated end rc-fur nltdied church w ill In- held Kirkland School Exercises Listed Give Programs For School Exercises Baccalaureate service- Cor '.he graduate* of the Kirkland high acbool will be held Sunday night at 7 30 o'clock at the achool gym nanlutn. It wa« announced today by Principal llanael Foley, Rev Charles M Prugh. paatot I Os the Decatur Zion Evangelical ! and Reformed church, will deliver ' the baccalaureate address and *[><•• , ' cial rnualc will be furnished by the i high achool music students, under' the direction of Mrs. Helen EhrI aam. j The complete program for the commencement e»erci*e» to be I lk«id Thursday night. April 23 at 7: SO o'clock at the' school gym nasiutn was also announced today by Mr. Foley I Rev. Matthew Worthman. of Bluffton, will Im the commencei ment speaker. Following is the complete program: Music Mr- James Kocher. Ji Proce.-'ilonal - high school hand Invocation Rev. II Meckstroth Mush Mrs Ralph Jahn Salutation .Marie Engle Music - Mrs. Kocher Addresa— Rev Mattle w Worthman : Music—Mrs Jahn ! Valedictorian Donald Hhady Presentation of class and diploma* H 1. Foley : Mtis.lc Mrs Kocher Benediction Rev Meckstroth J Recessional cho<d band Tha officers of the graduating class are Harold Oerber, president; (lion Smith vic. president; M.cy Ann Yak. t-'..;y and CaVol/n Baumgartner, treasurer Valedictorian And Salutatorian Named Donald Shady, son of M. and Mrs Dortha Shady, ha* been named traledlctorlan of the gr.i luatinst ! class of the Kirkland high school. | It was announced today by prin- ■ dpal Hansel Foley Marie Engle, daughter of Mr. and Mr*. J*e<* Lit" . glc was ch.<uvn as ssllttatorian Shady was als* awarded henor- ■' able mes>Kon Kfr a state scholar- . ship to Indiana untversitv. ! ' Girod, valedictorian of last year’s i graddiating class, has been award'd a special merit three semester • scholarahip to the university. Mr. i Foley announced Wells County Men Leave For Service A contingent of 1» men left Bluff- • | ton yesterday for military servo e t going to Indianapolis. They will lxinducted at the Armory in Indiana- - poiis und then sent to camp As far as known no additional t '.uota has been received In Adams • county for April Quota* are not an I nounced in advance and It is not II known what the number will be in 1 * •—v; ■Mrs. Alison Elzey ' Dies This Morninq Mrs. Alison Flty »t Hartford I City was found dead in bed early , this morning by her son Irs She . It anrvlvsd by one other son. Jn> st also of Hartford City She was the Us: sialtr of Mr« Bran dyterry of Monroe eterra’ services will be I Monday at S p m *■ «*• y***’ Mvgtbre* church »■ Hartford City

Daring British ! Raid Made Deep Into Germany Bombers Strike At Auqsburq, Deep In Heart Os Germany Ixmdim. Apr. 1* tl’Pi Great Britain revealed i<»d.iy that it had nicrlflvnl M-v»-n of a fleet of 12 giant l.mc.i-t« r bombing planes ‘ to make a dating dusk raid yesterday on Augsburg, far inside Germany ami only lln miles from Adolf Hitler's once -ate retreat al Berchtesgaden. Four of the plane* were shot down south of Pari*; three more j crashed lo earth In the target area. But the planes (tombed the great Maehlnefabrik • Augsburg • Nuremberg works, popularly called the man factory, which makes thediesel motors for German sub-1 marines. The British sent other fleets of planes to bomb the submarine base at St Nazalre and dock* at Le Havre on the French coast while mines were deposited in enemy waters A fleet of bomber* and fighter* also attacked air dromes In France. Holland and Belgium. It was from Augsnurg that Rudolf Hess. Hitler's heir, took off to fly to Great Britain where he ha* since been Imprisoned. The rahl was made while It was still light but the British planes. Intent on destruction, attacked from low level and two dived to 2<M» fret above the sprawling work* to drop their bombs and see them , ui: l> in :li V.i It was just after 8 p m when the plane* dropped their bomb* The five survivors I .tided al lheir bases well before midnight While the Lancaster* were flying homeward a great force of British plane* went over to bomb Ham burg. Germany's greatest and most liotnbed port. This was the seventh day of Britain's greatest and most fer ociotl* aerial offensive of the war. During the six days ended at mid night British planes hid been attacking enemy and enemy occuiCO.STIMtED <>N PAGR HIX> 0 — Complete Printing 01 Election Ballots Official Ballots Finished Friday Printing of sample and official balots for the primary election, to be held May 5. wa- completed late Friday in the Dally Democrat pi inting office. The official ballots were packed according to precinct-, wrapped j and sealed before b< mg taken to i county clerk's office, where they I ate kept until Saturday before the i election Sample ballot* were available for the first time yesterday at the clerk's office. An ample supply Is on hand there and they may be secund for tlie asking. Sample hallo's of city and county for botk Republican and D* mo»rati* voter* may be had Fample soumy ba'.iots ma'y be bad for the respective previous in which voter* live. Tt*«* tn De*atur are alike. ex<*-pting that the name* of the candidates are rotated on the official ballots* The township race* are listed on the county ballot*, thu* those voters living outside of Decatur will receive only one trallot In the primary. while Decatur voter* will get ! two -one for the city and one for ' the county and township combined Printing of t*e ballots was supervised by SCverett J Hchu«; and Krn|e*t Relcheldeffer. Democratic and Republican members of the county I board of eleclion commissioners, j respectively, and county clerk Clyde O. Troutner TEMPIRATURt RtADINO DEMOCRAT THERMOMETER •:00 a. w». 10:00 a. m 4’ 1’ 00 a. m- - * WEATHER Continuwd cooi this afternoon and early tonight; slowly nsling temperature late tonight and Sunday forenoon.

Decatur, Indiana, Saturday, April 18, 1942.

Here’s One For Mr. Ripley V - -tr- S X. " at y g f This baby, born In an Elizabeth. N J hospital during a bl.u k >ui w n found to have a vivid "V' sot victory birthmark on It* forehead (bit th- oddity was further heightened when it wa- 1.-urm-d that th- Itif.iu •tiame wa* Nat Arthur Th.- notbei, Mrs Angela MacArthu hold* i her victory baby,

Japanese Invasion Base Is Hard Hit Flyinq Fortresses Smash At Ranqoon New Delphi. India. April IS. (VPi —United States flying fortreane* in their third major raid in the India-Burma war theater heavily attacked the gr-iit Japanese invasion base at Rangoon Thursday night. United States air corp* headquarter* in India announc-d today Docks and harbor installation* at the great Burmese port, mar which to Japan-*)' transports with tens of thousand* of fresh Japani -c troop* were reported three day* ago, were showered with heavy bombs. The giant American planes fl- * through h-avy enemy anti aircraft gun fire without damage to plane* or peraonel. It wan the second big America?, fortr.ss raid tin the most danger oi'* invasion has- in this ar-a of the war On the night of April 3 the fortre .-t s under M ij .-Gen la wis H Brareton, commanding, had attacked the docks at Rangoon, started three great Are*., and returned with all plane* and all men nsaft. Br-reton himself piloted hi* flagship. In their flr«t foray from their secret new base in India, the flying fortress.'* raided the Andaman Island* In the Hay of Bengal. They wet Arc to a Japanese cruiser, damaged a troop ship and prob.I’GNTINt'EI) ON CAGE HIXi

It 113 J4.Vt,1.1? v.i ■ Nearly Score From County In Service As Commissioned Men

A casual survey nade today die I closed that Adam* county ha* not only contributed its share of pri rates and noncommissioned of fleers to the United States' armed force” but hae contributed sub stantlally to the commission’d offleers rank At least IS former Adams county men many of them taken from the city and county's profer'sianal and business router are wearing < the uniform of commissioned officers Topping all others in import-; sn<e of rank to Bryce Thomae former principal of the Lincoln school here He holds the rank of major In the field artillery Maj Thomas Is stationed at Pine (’amp. New York He wears .the gold leaf of a major and it has been unofficially reported that he may soon get a lieutenant-colonel's ; ranking There are two former Decatur physk-ians who have attained the rank of captain. Capt Harold F ■ , Zwkk la the company - oiumand* - |

Experienced Farm Workers Available For Farmers Here Bryce -Daniel*, fieldman forthCentral Sugar company, stated this I morning tha.t he ha* 30 ciperiem fl | ; farm hand* available for farm work ■ ! during the next five or v week* 1 The**' men are al! experlenred hi ' . i farm work the fieldman said, and , i are available to any fatinei ■ in tie ■ounty tii-eding help An/ fa. me j tieedtng workers I* asked to contact Mr Daniels. ' I These men will al-o be avalto>l'i> for work Ister in the *•-.•-• n th. fieldman said, during period-, when work in sugar beet field- is stock. Hiring Os Teachers Is Under Discussion Possible Boost In Waqes Also Studied , Hiring of t.-'uch. r* for the 1942 j 43 achool year and di-< u-slon t .m corning a wage bn.i*t for th.-*.' i teachers to ifluet th.- Increase?! Ilv I Ing costs, are among the busin.-s* ''to be brought before tin- city . bool I 1 board b. sot.- May I The next meeting of tie bond; will to- held Monday night, but it J I* |f,der.-twd tha’ *1 will be ca.rrb d over to auo' it; meeting lat.-r In the month. The board I* expected to take up th- matter of incrva«hi.: * il*ri. * at the later meeting as w. II ... th.- ' signing of teacher contracts, slmel the law piovltl. lh..t this to dom . t.s ; IM Sil. OS CAGE THKEKI

— of the 151st Medical Battalion i Camp McQuaide. Watsonvi*--California ( apt t E Daniels I* regimental sturgeon at Camp Ja< k ' eon. South Carolina Bth went | Into nervier- as first lieutenant* and have secured their two silver ; bar* since. The other from this county who ; holds the rank of captain is. Rev j Vincent X Ehinger Althouiti he has been in ill health for some time, the last Word received her* by relatives indicated that he was I still serving as a chaplain In Sac- ! ramento. California It was reported that he had planned leavIng the service be. a use of his health but th< report ha- n>’ been ve- f!«d Th-n there are at leaat slv who ’ wear the single silver bar on the shoulders of their uniforms the . first lieu 1 , nan’s In thia group are Lieut Hon Chapman, who when las’ heard from was serving with the signal <orpa near Joplin j i iCONTINUBL ON PAO« FOUR)

Allies Carry War To Japanese Cities For First Time; Tokyo Seeks To Minimize Casualties V »- —• i —

Reported Bombing IsHailed With Elation As Start Os Uoitrd Nations Offensive W.I hinz'op.. Apt «: IS G'PI . I.■ d ' I bombing <>: Tokyo ami o'v< r Impm ant Japan- - ■ -nti herald lag the start of a real American O-'i-lVr-There was no official confirmation from the navy or war department on 'li- Tokyo radio n-n»- ' of i. il , I <> . IV. i e * true., believed the raid* were probably carrh-d out l»y carrier base plant In that ev-nt ther- migli' be no official reports from the <•’. S navy until the carriers have returned io their lia*>I'.ii -i wa* elation over tin- m-w of Tokyo und a feeling that it v . a tug ttep in the grim busin? ** of getting alh <d wifi, tire winning of ’>><• war. , Yndrew J Muy. D Ky„ clnlrman of the house military affa '■ com mi’tet- said he Irelieved the raid had taken plate and tha' it wa* hoped the “Iteginnitig of a general offensive." ■•'bairman Buell Enyder l» I’a . tier lared "the raids will prove TNT I U Isrostlng morale, no' only at ' home but especially in t'hina and Russia, ' "The great masses in Ku sia will I llavi' found*i ion to believe that they , Welt ' have lu fear an rt..i k to I 'heir n-ai while they are Itattliug the Germans.** he said House Democratic leade John M'-'.'oitn ■ k of Mt- -.e hn t.it d. "from now <>n Japan <an t pert to be on the leceiving "ltd " Creameries Fined 8y Federal Judqc Fort Wayne. April IS (I’Pt Federal Judge Thoma*. W. .Klick >• '• lay fined the < v. •if t’lt.illlt . - Inc . Sst* ami co tv oi .o h of thiee <ot>n in which it wa charged with the tali and shipment of butter which contain >.d lc than the pi wribed "SO |» • ent by weight tn milk fat' to tine. I tlifft'ieiit coinpanie* Tli- firm had I entered a nolo umlendert plea Monroe Baccalaureate Service Sunday Niqht It"V Paul lirantlybe y. pu*toi ! lhe Church of the Nazart-tie in IhlI city, will deliver the ba. al i't . •• ; adres* Munday night »t 7.30 o'i dock so the graduating • a •>’ the Monroe high *cht»ol dtirih.' tin o-rv -* ht-ltl m lb.- Mon v thodist chuieh, it wa animun. •••! today. Observe Poppy Day Saturday, May 23 Leqion Auxiliary To Sell Poppies j Poppies of pa u »ot I ■ remem bi ' May *: w . in. .urn .*1 today Mrs JJoyd Ki.i Im president I Adatu* Po»t No I Ann *1» j ia gion .vixillai J I the city will be asked to wear • j poppy on that day in honor t.| the I for America by volunteer workers from th. I money will lw used tn la-gion and I ibied their families and families j of the Th.’ which will be dh tributed beie on Poppy Day were ] made by disabled veterans at the | Marlon hospital Poppy Day has been observed each year by tne Legion and au* i.lary for the past *0 years With the nation at war. the poppy ha* I a new significance t|t>d will be i worn as a systbl of patriotism by ' million* of Americans. Mrs I KretM-ber -taigd

Hard Fighting Is Reported On Island Os Panay Correqidor Beats ■Back Jap Attacks By Artillery Fire lA'.ishlltg’on. Vpr I* (l I’i, Jut. nsifnsl fighting apparently wa* ; ■ raging today on the island of Panay, important Philippine sugar-pto-lut Ing in-.. Intadt-d Wednesday hy * mm Japanese shock troop* A w.u department ciimmmtl<|tie . late y.-ieiday said "only that fierce righting wa-. in progress Corregidor, iii-anw hlle. wa* j l>< .ting off flesh artillery ami acr ial ..- iiilts, and the big gun* on the Manila bay forties* struck l.ack at Japanese batteries by silent Ing thiee artillery conceit , tratioii- on the Bataan ami Cavite; shores Latest report* aid how ; ' ,-ver. I!;;.-' lhe Japanese were keep-, 1 mg up theii i. rial seige of Corregi dor and its satellite fortresses Hugh.--. Drum and Frank, which aie Itwated nearby. NipiM.m ■- bomber tlying In I formations of from iwo to eight planes roared over the stronghold* tiv.' lime* ). ■ • day hut aittia. , raft batteries hit one plane which ( t* believed to have crashed , There wa* no reference to any damage to military installation* , W uiiiliiliiii|Ui said th. ; I il'..: - ••- bittdt d at the Impocanll jmri of lb>ilo ami Capiz on I’anay. but the Tokyo radio yesterday tliimetl cap'ure of a third. San , . s’ I'V'.r golilt) Busick Youth Dies Os Skull Fracture Injuries Suffered In Fall Arc Fatal Injuries which h« uffered la»t Wt tln. day in a fall pr o d fatal i Friday evening to Carl Busick 'i son of Mr ami M (a-’er Busit k. ' of Root town«hl| The lad died at S 75 o't lock the Adan; <oiinty mt morla! ho* pital of a kull Lat’ore. He w km to the hospital Wttfot-Htlay evening after falling appi ximately 13 l- t from a lid .. i: ' H . omßlion wa consltl. it «1 < iit! 1 l from the time of the a.ttdenl nnil little hop.- w.u held for hi* reThe tod's father, who Wa- stand Ing near the torldtr. wm struck <m th »! older by the boy’e Itody as tot 11 but th fail wa. not broken to tst.y .< it extent. Th. la.y wa - horn tn Root town stop on July *. 1935. the son of I L>**t' i and Alvena Nchetimaun Bu . Pet. Mr and Mm Ed ftaftirk ' HfXjt » vn I ij» and Mr». <’harl»“i S< hewwnn T Hos land Th«- h<-*dly will b* r<hturned from . i »k *lx north of ’ t . * If V Alexander Darbin Dies At Infirmary Alexander M Durbin. 75. » native | , i of Xd*m» county, died Friday even-, .ng at th"- Allen county in'irmary where hr* -tad hiwn an •» . th*’ Idaiti* home* d**« ! < troyrd by fir«» U»t Only neat survivor* are »ever*l I nie.es and orphan*, inctading Mr* < Ora Mitchel! of lN*-»'nr *n.-i Mr* . Ona Cook of near Monroe Funeral . ■ servt. r« will be held at i p m ttoit- ■ j day at the lasbrtuceln Inner*! home, with burial in the SmiUt cemetery, one and one ba.f mile* south of Monroe.

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Capitol Os Japan, Three Os Important Industrial, Naval Bases A.tc Attacked F.y liii'.'l I’i•-■--.Im in . i-■ ''l today il ■' lllietl |>l I t.«y. taking the wai 1,. Jap.. foi t'c fii-i time had bombed Tokyo the w-nlt * third city, and the is.dusitial and naval base title- of Yokohama, Kobe ..ml Nagoya (Tokyo -.;ti|i<> In a Chine*.•>i u.ic- <> I'l' i - 'i' d '• CHS in San Fram isc.i Identlfed th. plane* as American .•■American airplanes raided ; Tokyo so. the fir-* time lhe radi i said i After hour* In Which It asserted fir.i th.it no damage had b.*en done and then that damage wa slight. Tokyo admitted that liicendiary bomb- had caused fires a: Nagoya amt Kobe, two of Japan* greatest clti. « It was -aid that the Allied plane* machine gunned village* in the attack area The attacks cgtended over a 275 mile aiea of the south coast of ■ Honchiu, the main Japanese island. | along which all Japan's greatest clilcs are strung Tokyo had an air raid alarm period extt-)idlng from shortly be foie mam l<> around 4 p m The alarm wa* sounded through iiit the Japunt Island group ftpiu Hokkaido in thi far north to To hoku and Kyushu in the southwest Admission that the Allied plane* had ust-d ln< t-iidlary bombs meant that Japan for the flrd! time had lx eii brought f t. ■ to face with It* Ic.idlb-st peril ma - fire,- among ihe fllmsily built iiotrn of w.iud i did [tain I which form larv.? parts Os In citleCenti .l defense lit idquarters al Tokyo * .lid fires at Nagayo ami Kobe had I t t brought under control by I . m Il said im endiary Itombs had '-Il il > p.-i| i’ iv pl.t' -• Hl the ', ft Ir.iiy of N .y and that three .ilact at Koto- we- hit with fire d ..11 ■o- w'■ Id had > tlx war sal i every tiiy In it w >- vulm able to 1 tire bomb alt . k- ami fliat ..Her ■ln C; »t . emy pl-.i.e liad fiown i< >. flit- .'outdiy 0- people w >illd 1 never, so loug as »ai lasted. deep anol in- night ft-dilix securt Tokyo asser’.-d that niff Alli d ;dan. had to-en shot down by Interceptor plane* in the vicinity lof owd' d nre-fMrfol Tokyo with 7,<Hto.»Mto Iteplt Broadcasts which ? <ke of th-'l- - sand* strolling the street* wh.-n >ht- aii raid alarm soundeti. juai ’ ‘tefore Aliltsi plane began flying ovt i Tokyo from all direetton- to lit..fed tha» ’he IV was . .light completely uuawate Tokyo -aitl that uouii*day rush . rt.wti* kept on their way as did tie.-I -ar and bust*, thinking th it it a piusaise alarm Tokyo in it* first reports of the .id - ltd 'hat heavy damage wa lone to home-, achool*. hospitalim! <ultui.ti institution* It sought later to minimize ‘he lamage and said that home*, a ' -; toad and v hospital were hit Berlin reported that Tokyo had traiNTtNtram ?.*. exite rwof - Metzler Is Elected Director 01C. C. T J Metzle De atur m» inn Iha torn named to the (ward t I•• or* of r.e Dr* slur Cham tier >f < mmt succeeding Jam* ! M . I »a- a.,;; -i | day. Mr Mettler waa named to fill -h* i unexpired term of Mr. Murphy, who resigned rwcrntly after a-iepting : employment in Hartford City wiUt . th. Weatern tn ion. The new board member, who l« ! manager of the local C. A Donglas Store wa* cho—o by a rote st tha I C id C memle-m The ballots which had been mail* • d to tJie memto-r* <nd then returned via mail were counted late Fid* dav by a root mi'tee Mr Metzler was declared the winner tn the sp? rial eletoon over W U Djatg... 4- | her and liMiHd Kirsch.