Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 40, Number 97, Decatur, Adams County, 23 April 1942 — Page 1

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RAF Hammers At Objectives In German Area Heavy Attacks Ate Made By Planes On Military Sites London. April 23 (VP) Royul air force planes, resuming the offensive. hammered military objectives In the ilhlnelaittl and attacked docks at le llarve during the night following yesterday’s dramatlce commando raid on the Boulogne area. A terse air ministry communique ‘ raid four planes were missing Trom j last night’s heavy action. The night attacks came on the heels of ' strong daylight bomber-fighter raids ' on the Cherbourg peninsula and > enemy-occupied airdromes. It was the first British raid on Germany since last Friday's attacks on Hamburg and Augsburg, industrial center only 11” miles from Hitler’s mountain retreat at Berchtesgaden. After attacking industrial and military objectives In the reich five times In 10 nights, the i RAF was forced Into inactivity by heavy fog and mist over the week- ; end. A I'nlted Press fflockholm dis-' ! patch reported that watchers on | I the Swedish south coast saw what I appeared to be two raids In quick I session in Denmark, apparently ■ aimed at Copenhagen, shortly after ' midnight. They observed many 1 bomb explosions anti saw the flashl nt of anti-aircraft guns and search- ' lights. There was heavy gun Are for. ‘ Iml* an hour from tile British long I range batteries along the Dover | coast just after midnight. The i guns seemed to be firing across the 1 20-mlle strait. i'nlted Press watcher, reported . that the firing. In two-gun salvoes. 1 i lit up the sky for many miles along ; the r oast i A few German planes visit*d the British south coast last night, but 'their bomb, fell in open country j and no damage or casualties were caused Berlin In Its first report of last . night's British raids said, in a J broadcast recorded here by the I I'nlted Press, that Rrltinh plan* s ' I attacked "residential'' areas In ! western and southwestern Ger-1 . many. It was said that the planes I * aus*-*! li.nn.i-’,. in*l killed or 1 • Turn To Page S. Column 4) • , _ ■■—Q Changes In Voting Places Announced Complete List To Be Published Friday Decatur voters in the north part of town, residing in the Central avenue district and in the Master addition, north of Washington Street, will vote In precinct "A" of the third ward, according to the boundaries flged by the county commissioners. The Master addition is new ter rltory. being Incorporated within the city limits last yea: The voting place Is at the Adams county garage southwest cor- ' ner of First and Jackson streets All ten Story east of the St Mary's river Is Included in the| west Root precinct, the city boon.-1 dary line following the river chan nel Other designated voting places for the primary election, which Include change of locution or name of buildings are East Union, changed from the Brodlwck to the Hchnepp acbool Ceylon precinct, from the Mary McManus residence to the William Bailey residence Geneva "A." from the old town hall door, to the fire department office Geneva ‘'R'' from the Cross tTurn To Page 1. •'■tom*. «• ■ --W Moy 4 Final Day For Mortqaqe Exemptions Monday. May 1. la the last day to ' file real estate mortgage exemptions. Victor Eicher, coun'y audt tor. advised today ' The egemptions must be filed] with the county auditor H< alec. * asked the noUry publics who fill j out the blank* for property owners to file the forms not later than May 4. so that they could be dated and properly tiled Many persona take advan’age of I the eiemptioa E«tm eitmptlons l' are also available to war veterans I The maximum exemption, exclu- ' sire of the special veteran's exemp 1 ttow. lx W “•

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R. A. F. On Offensive Against Nazi Territories fx f JEyjteS'. *< tkj*. ./« Thl* radlophoto fla -hed from L.mdon shows two Boston bombers flying over the docks of L* Havre In <x< u pied France during one of the daylight raids which the R A F has been staging since taking their aerial i offensive against Nail territories.

Oil Well Prospects Near Geneva Good Good Prospects In Early Well Drillinq Tin- prosp-cts for bringing in big pay oil wells in the Geneva oil field | territory ar** more than encourag- , fug. G Remy Bierly. attorney for I R I) McKee of Bridgeport. 111..' | stated today, based < li the progress . ■mail*- In drilling two welis in that j : vlncinlty. j Well No. lls being drilled on the Rufus Glendenning farm In section ! 35 of Hartford townnhlp. southwest lof Geneva, near the Jay county I line. The second w-ll Is on the Wil-1 I liain Anderson farm In Wells coun-1 ty. near Phoenix The drilling out-1 fit has been moved from the Glen- j denning farm to the Anderson' farm OU was struck In the shallow or I Tri-nton rock pay strata at about i I.OPO feet down on th** Glendenning I farm. Drilling oi*-rutions contlnl lied to a depth of 1.90'1 feet, or f about half way of th** original plan to go down 3 500 feet Operations will be resumed on the Glendenning farm after the cr* w makes headway on the Phoenix well. A third well will he drilled east t of Keystone In Well* county The Trenton rock area extend* from Warren. Indiana, east to Toledo, Ohio, geologists state Th*- G neva oik field produced heavily 40 year* ago knd scores of I wells were Iti operation In that territory. McKee is an experienced oil operator and is not selling stock in hl* test well development company. He and several of hi* bu*ln«-s* associates are putting up the money to drill ami bring in the wells. It was stated that an invrotment of 34” mm would be made tn the venture. A bt<H k of land has been leased by operator*, surrounding the test well* Mr Bierly * farm is oil*- of those included 111 the T-- I'.iu* • *■-.l*llllo :• I —o —' H — Young Volunteers To Choose Own Service Seek To Stimulate Youths To Enlist Washington. Apr 23 (I P( In a move to stimulate enlistments of young men. »ecretary of war Henry Htimaon announced today that it and Ibyearold volunteers for the army hereafter may choose the combat branch In which they wish to serve. The youths of !» and 19 are exempt from draft. | 8tlm» >n told a pre** conferouea' I the plan to allow the young men to »elect their service wa* "put'ing t premium on early enlistments." Btimaon also dl**-lo»ed that pby-l • Turn To I9mi- », Colwaia 21 Two Autos Damaged In Collision Here Cara driven by Mrs Je*teen Cola of this city and Norma May Hay. of Fort Wayne w’ere damaged last ' evening when they c-olide'd near the Intersection of Monroe and Third streets, a* the former was driving away from the carb Off* car Ih-pbas Meichi iaveeUffatsß.

Decatur, Indiana, Thursday, April 23, 1942.

Minute Men Window Stickers Received For Buyers Os Bonds Decatur firms who have enrolled In the employes' payroll dedui’ion plan for the purchase of war bond.*, are receiving the blue an*! white Minute Men window s'lekers. which will be distributed :o those who are purchasing bond* every pay day. The stickers are to be placed in I th** windows and the Mlnuit* Men ] canvassers who will make a generlal solicitation during M* Arthur ‘ week, will not call at the homes displaying the sticker. A facsimile of the sticker is printed in this Issue of the paper ! on the editorial page. - — o— ———— School Opened Eor Air Raid Wardens Chief Warden Tells Wardens Os Duties "An air raid warden i* a position of tru»t that demand.’ an effort not les* than your best." thus admon-ish*-d Dallas Brown, county air raid warden, last night at the legion home in opening the first claas tor th* wardens. Speaking liefore a group of more than !"•• men who have been chosen a* seotor air wardnns. assistante warden*, fire watcher-, messengers. etc.. Warden Brown reminded them of the importance of their duties in time of emergency Galling unon them to be alert, to lie well-trained and confident of thek own ability to carry out the training which they had received, he urged that they »e<ur*- the confidence of the resident* of their own ver-tor*. At the meeting were a ’nujority of the sector warden* from Decatur. with a number of their assistant*. the warden* from the vllare* of Preble. Magley, Plea-ant Mill*. I Peterson. Monmouth and the varI lout sector warden* In the six northern township* of Adam* I county • The warden* who have been selected, in addition to tbos*- from De* atur. are: Sector 4<4- 4'tarenco Smith. Preble; Sector 41 George • Gerber. Magley; Sector 42 Peteroon. not filled; Sector 43— Herbert Everett, Pleasant Mill*; Sector 44 —C. A Bell. Monmouth; R R 1. Preble —Victor Hoffman; It R. 2. Root—-Harold Tieman; R. R. 3, l'n- • Turn To Page J. Column Si Loses Right Thumb In Factory Machine Robert "Bob" Bieberlch. employ.of the Schafer factory glove deportment. suffered the loss of the thumb on his right hand last night when he caught bt* hand in the "clicker on a machine used in glove making

New City Delivery Price Starting Mondav. April 27. the price of the Decatur Daily Democrat, delivered by carrier, will be 15 cents per week. . , . . Part of this increase is shared with your carrier boy. Single copies will be Three- Cent#. Calling for the paper at this office will be discontinued after present expiration dates Single copies available at office, up until 5:30 p. m. at three cents. THE PUBLISHERS.

Registrars Listed For Fourth 'R' Day Men 45 To 64 To Reqistcr Monday A list of th** registrar* who will serve next Monday in registering the men who will sign up during the fourth "R" day at the L* glon home in D*-*ai'ir was aiiiioumi'l today. At ' the lu-gion home, Joseph Lattrent will act a* chief registrar and direct the activities. Mr. laiur**nt and Albert MUIr-r are on a Legion committee, headed by Adrian Baker, which has accepted the responsibility of conducting the registration in Adr.ms county. At Berne. E M. Webb will act a* chief registrar, assisted by »>«i«up of ffigh achool girls who served during the third regUtratlon. T* m Rhoades is chief registrar at Geneva and William Ehrsam Is chief at Monroe Registration at these three sites will lie conducted at tile respective town halls. Those who will nerve In D- catur. in addition to Mr luiurent. are Mr. Baker. Mr. Miller, Frank Linlger. John M Kennedy. Wiliam I. Linn. • James K Staley. Dallas Brown. Leo T Gilllg. (• G Baughman. D rothy Etcher. Rose Nesswald. . t'rclle Chas**. Justine Everhart. Mabie Journay, Alice Lenhart. ('. , A. Stapleton. Floyd Hunter. A B Kleinhenz. Z* Ima Roop Naomi Bormann, Mrs. Albert Miller. 4nnabe|fe Gehrig. Doris Mcßae. Ireta Frybai k. Helen Stolz. H V Aurand, Georg*- Harding. T C Smith. Harry Knapp. Ed Bauer. Carrell I! Col*- Leo Kirsch. Elmo Smith. Bob Shraluka. E*l Jab* rg. Vaughn Millikan V J B i maiin. Dwight Sb*-**ts. J. I. Ehler. Ix-o Ehinger. R E Roop. Ray KunI *)ert, Mildred Darwachter. Alta Brown mid Walter J oß* kman Meet Friday N*ght All registrants are asked to meet Friday night at « o'clock at tinlu*gion home to receive final Instructions and s* hooling for handling the registration. Since a number of th** registrant* n*-xt Monday will he of an advan* • • T-iri. I' ■ l‘a«» 3, •••*l<o*"i I * o Two County Offices Hold Over A Year Although the new terms of th« county auditor, surveyor and one county commi»*ioner star* n*-xt January 1 the term* of county clerk and treasurer do not begin until January 1. 1944 Treasurer John Blakey will serve ■ next year, completing the second year of hl* second term The coun- . ty clerk * term also runs tor another year. All ot the county councllmcn who will be elected next November will take office January 1. 1943. a* well m one county commissioner, filling the post now held by Frank Liniiw.

Roosevelt’s Personal Envoy Assures India Allies Will Carry Offensive To Japan

City Divided Into Air Raid Sectors 37 Raid Sectors Listed By Warden The city has been divided Into ' 37 air raid sector* by Imllas Brown, county air raid warden and V. J Bormann, county civilian defense director. Each sector embraces approximately 500 persons and was ; computed so that each sector ward I cn Wi.tlid have approximately five to • iglit blocks travel in covering his district. The sector boundariee and the wardens, who will be known as senior warden*, who have been named for each to date Sector 1 George Harding, warden Pennsylvania Rit west to and acres* Washington, northeast to river bridge on old 27. follow river | back to Fifth south on Fifth to ; Meibers west to Pennsylvania I! It Sector 2 Harry Knapp, warden Nuttman and Pennsylvania It II . north to Melbers, east to Fifth, south t > Nutfmatt. west to P It II Sector 3 T J Metxler, warden j corner Marshall and Fifth, north ion Fifth to Inters- ctlon of Second, 1 east to River, follow river to Mar- | shall, west to Fifth i Sector I -Ed Jaberg. warden : corner Monroe ami Fifth, north to Marshall, east to river, south to i Monroe, west to Fifth i Sector 5 Ben l-ang. wards*' , corner Jefferson and Fifth, n rtlt i to Monroe, east to river, south to Jefferson, west to Fifth. i Sector fi Harold Daniels, wardi: en corner Jefferson ami Eighth. .* n :rth to Xuttman. east to Fifth. . j south t<> Jefferson. w**t to Eighth. . - Sector 7 Dwight Sheets, warden \\ i. i, ■ • nel El IKK. folhi i . * I** pit 11. not th to J- f- i fersou east to Second, south <a * Second and Wiachester to Erie ' Sector s Ed Adler, wards*: I Wlm heater and Erie north to Se< - ond and Jefferson, east to river.; south along river to Erl.- It It . we»t ! to Winchtwter j Sector !• Floyd Cook, warden Junction of south corporate line ilnn To Page . <•*.! non It <> Washington Township 'Minute Men' Listed Will Make Canvass For Sale Os Bonds Joan M. Doan. Washington townI sliip trust.*e, today annoneed the list of "Minute Man" war Itond I salesmen who will conduit the house-te house canvass in the township during MacArthur week, starting Monday i These men will have pledge cards for residents ts sign regarding purchases of war saving* stamp* and bonds and future purchases . planned These Washington township canvasxera will attend the tn* "-ting at 1 the Lincoln »: hool Friday evening i 7:45 o'clock, when all can»assers in the six north townships and the city of Dwalur will be givcu supplies and instructions for their' work. The township canvasser* are a* follows: John Arnold and John Geels. 1 Frank Arnold and Charles Maloney. ' John Schults and Peter B. Le'.iman. Victor Baltiell and Kenneth Par- '; rUh. Carl Adler and Charles FishI i er. Melvin Mallonve and Tom Adler. Russell Haines. Albe-t Coppes* ‘ and John E Heimann. laiwren<e I I Braun and Barton Walt -r* E*l • | Whltwrlght and Frank Heimann. ■ Jr.. Ben Eitlnr and Oren Schults. | Eddie McFarland and Walter Mam--1 j tnond l-ee Meyers and Ed Otnlor.: 1 Erneut Bu*<-he and Alfred Hahnert I Sam Iteinhart and Frank Aurand. ! • Pete Meyers and l-ewi* Rumschlag. * Freeman Walter* and (T'-m Col- • Turn To Paar S. Column <t ——• #" ■■ 1 TCMPCRATURE READINQ DEMOCRAT THERMOMETER tooa. m. .. SO 10:00 a. m. ... St Noon S* 2:00 p. m. M 3:00 p- m 00 WEATHER Slightly warmer tvday and tonight

General Price Freezing Order In Effect Soon Price Freezing To Halt Inflation In Effect This Month — .1 » Washington. Apr 23 tl'Pt Congress J ilted by Hie economic control program under con rider a ' tion. marked time today until Presideat Roosevelt reveal* how he plans Io make tin- effects of the war felt in every horn*- market basket and poi ketbook Tax. labor, profit** and price bill* were all hut pushed aside until the official word on those important subjects comes from the White House, probably next Monday Slowly the overall program to . pul civilian life on a war footing *a* faking shape Although the general picture must await Mr Roosevelt's message, these other 'ingles were developing: Prices no more increases A general prlce-freexfng order will lie announced next Tuesday and will be<ome effective before May I After that the highest price : charged In March will prevail on • all Items except for a few food product* such a* perishable vege tables and fruits. Rationing no more "joy-rldllig jin eastern stales. Rationing of gasoline between 2'y anti five * gallons per week p*-r car begins May 15 Sugar rationing start* May 5 one-half pound per week per person Mr Roosevelt Is expected ; to propose eventual rationing of ! all consumer good* Tax** the house way* and means committee's expert* are preparing a new corporal ion tax , plan which may boost the treasury's top 75 percent excess proI fits tax rate to 9" percent. Mr Roosevelt I* expected to recommend a 99 percent tax rate on cor porate earning* * xc.-.-dlng -lx i>er- ! cent of i-apitallMtlon The effect of the disclosures about 'lt.- program the president Is considering wa- best illustrated by ! the way* and '.loan* committee It ' Started yesterday to write the I 1942 war revenue bill, but most I members said privately that de j clsions now must await tin- pre*!I dent's message Colin E Stain leader of the com I mlttee's tax expert- revealed 1 < plans for a substitute for the i treasury's corporation tax plan One member of tin- ctimmlttee u'lderst.aid that in addition to raimg the excess profits tax rate. It would Involve low.r normal and surtax rates than those suggested | by th.* treasury Treasury spokesman Randolph Paul ha* advised the * tmmittee (Turn T« Purs •'••if'>» o Broadcast Tonight On War Bond Sales Indianapolis. April 23 S- cretary ’ of the treasury H.-nrv Morgenthau. Jr., sveteury of agriculture Claud** It Wn-kard and i*-...1.-r- lm*!n**s and labor organisation* will speak >n a *pe» tai broadcast tonight over the blue network from » to C W T Appropriately for Isdux-a be- • au*e it o* cur* only a few days before MacArthur wssk. ths state's bond -pledging canvas*, the broadcast will be devoted to discussion of th* national war bond quota sy*- j j tef and the 10 percetxt payroll savings plan Indiana has set as Its goal a 10 per cent minimum fur pledge* which will tie taken dur ! Ing MacArthur week next Monday through Saturday A special guest on the pregram i Wil be the hero navy pitot. Lteut-i enatM Commander Edward Henry OsHara. who wa* promiied Tues I day from the rank of lieutenant i j Other speakers on the broadcast will include Will.am Green, presid ent of th* American Federal ton of Labor. Philip Murray, prroiden’ of the CK». W P Wttberow pre*ld- - ent of the national of • manufacturers. John W OT-aary.j chairman ot the executive committee of the I'nlted States Cham her of Commerce and T C. Cash! n chairman of the railway eaavuttves' 1 association

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Vanquard Os U. S. Troops Already In India; Fiqhtinq Is Still On In Timor l-ondoy. April 23. (VF) — Col. Ixmls Johnson, Presid* kt Roosevelt* yerwonal envoy to ladla. as--1 Mred India today that tin- I’nlted NatloHH will attack Japan wheni ever »ke I* vulnerable. Johnson said th*- vanguard of American troop* already wa* in India. "They art kero both to aid in the defense antr to set up certain base* from which the enemy can lie attacked ami destroyed." "Naturally we expect to carry the war to the enemy." In* said in a radio appeal that the Indians place their confidence in the Cnlted Nations He spoke over the allludia radio from New D* Ihl. More American troops wHI be coming to Indian. Johnson said. "They will come here as India's friends and allies and as comrades and brother*! of th« Indian people," I'- said The i'nlted States, hi* add*-d, is watching with profound interest and di-ep!*st emofton the development in India and china “because we realize that In India and China lies th*- destiny of Asia " Maintain Fssfhdd Gen. MacArthur'a Headquarters. Australia. April 23 <l'P» Intre- . pld Netherlands and Asetralian troops are fighting still In Timor I Island keeping a foothold 300 mil*-* north of Australia for th** a)li*-d : offensive which is to throw th*- Japanese out of the southwest Pacific. ■ G- n Douglas Msi Arthur revealed . today Operating on the thickly matted sloper iif the in iintatns forming th*- Isjckbone of the NetherlandsI Portuguese island, the Dutck-Aii-I trallan force* ar** intact, defying tin* Japanese invaders. P For two meg’V* MacArthar r*- ■ vealed. the allied troops who had ; "gone Into the bush" as guerilla* have liaraeai-d the Japanese force* who had e-tablished at Ko* pang, in th** l>iit( h part of th** island, one •, of their most Important base* in | th** entire Australian defense zone. Tin- Dut*-h ami Australian force* hail |*eiictiat* d the Portuguese part of the Isl.iriil lii **xp*-> tatlon <>t a Japan**** invaefon Japanese forces landed in Timor Feb 2" ll* ivy fighting wa* reported at once at Koepang and Dili, th** chief towna of the Dutch I and Portuguese area* Then on March 9 th*- Japan*-., claimed that all remaining allied troopa had • Turn To flit*. • Colimit f. —o^~-—- —- —— District Recorders To Meet Here Moy 7 An eighth di-trict meeting of county rei-order* will be held !a this city May 7, It was announced today by Mrs Ruth Hollingsworth, \datm* county re* order and eighth dlstric* .i*so< latlon seeretg-y. Approximately a score of recorders and their deputies arc expwi'Xed to attend th** dinner meeting, to be iieid at the Appeima* rss7alrani. beginning at 7 p. x*. V- Hollingsworth and Mlsn Rose N*-*-wa!d. deputy recorder, wll l»- hostesses ta tk* group. War Bulletins RratarM. boath Africe. Apr. 33—(UR)—The Union of bcutn Africa TTr»4*e oft relations with the Vichy qtvernnient today, leading to epeculat*on that South African forces might seize the French island of Masagatcar off the southeast African coas. Kuibyshev, Russia. Ap- 23— (VPi — Germany has concen trated on the Russian front nine tenths of all her available troops in an effort to regwin the offenaive and is demand ig more manpower from her satellite countr es. an official Soviet spokesman said today. — Stockholm. Apr 23—(UP)— Two waves of bombers swept over Copenhagen shortly after midn.ght in the first attack on the Danieh capital since Ju y. 19-40 and were met by anti-air-craft fire wh.eh cert 50 peeeons to hospital- it was reported here toda, London. Apr. 23—< UP)—The house Os commons debated tt-.p I war ic ucret sets*an today.