Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 40, Number 101, Decatur, Adams County, 28 April 1942 — Page 1

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■east 123 Die ■ornado Hits Rhoma Area IKf Boom Town Is Mlly Damoqed By Km Late Monday ■ di': April 28 —TPI—£K. W:ii’-r |KJ' , after noon te|K, , bodies had been |K d (jebrig along the b.rnado struck Prythat identification BK.-'IC< *;,« Siow because JBfr •■,. II were new residents. |K| , ■•„• iMIiHMt.oOO war (•>).,ail. near here. <■ I (he Red Cross had gM£, ! -Ju- bodies of 20 tlctlms ißt highway 2". a t-w miles ■>„ , . >■ He said the tornavictims to Iba outKs the city. • 3L':! toll was expected to ..mii indicated, because ,b , the debris remains I&. , | h.c.sildy urn overvictims.” by tlie storm, which BV.J; the evening rush 3.000 S, A .-uiploy.-d at the |K,, t oi. e plant were on I .... reported early arii p-. i. ■<!!■ s had been re.1 hat at least 3<m per- ■ d many c ritic-ally Hr. i-. Hid were reported .lid nurses were sum MB .tn nearby towns In Oklahoma to aid In ■K -I,- injured Tiuckloada ami supplies were sent ina. . . in. <1 from St I.mis >m.i City to aid In pro for the victims. |H| . a. f’.ii.iuch I’i y>r aCe. the change of shifts BK I• ><•>*• ordnance plant. the plant, highway patrolman Cecil ■r who saw th»c tornado .<■ he drove toward the ~igh with his siren and called to pedes BHin y.uir basements " |Bn-< > looked at him in beof the residential areas demise- hut buildings In - - d.-'il.l collapsed in ol brick and wood. f.o Hilles In the town al been overtaxed be flux of construction • i ~ .y.-ci at the ordnance damage to residences the shortage The ot I’ryoi. now about KMh. almost doubled since >f the plant began. . train operating beBM’hc plant and the nearby ■< V.i.ha had just pulled Into |MTr- . .. ..motive- and 12 cars off the track and "f pa-sengers were killed and telephone lines c utting comiuunba Pryor and nearby ■*-!. taken to two Pryo To p M(r . j. Column 3 ~ Jcnold Is Named Rslruction Head V Supervise Work ■ r New Infirmary •i*-. Robeoold, Decatur consnd former fire chief, has construction superinn> the- building of the new ■ county infirmary ■Ro'.- no'd wag named to the »-<bt by the Adam, coun ■ m.s.ioners in special meet ■ the court house. M* !il »»«ume hie duties on and Will supervise all ■■" ton work on the new ■ •trsetur,. t 0 ■ d Institution destroyed ■ last Asgsat. ■ *P>on'ment was made by 8K? aii ** t <*h*rs at the request ■ Houk, architect. Mr RobMR tarrT ! h* work as W" the architect bat wUI Bf ' !ur <* of all ccmst-uctiou ■ hitact Mfced - h , to ■ • 'instruction «nperi O tet»d ■*e be was an able to be pre--9 «ha coa.truettan .t U . t gi |

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RAF Continues In Devastating Aerial Attacks Cologne Battered In Raids Costing 17 British Planes London. Api. 28 t(’P»-Britain, on the sixth straight night of Its greatest aerial offensive of the war, sacrificed 17 four-motored bombing planes to make devastating raids on Cologne, Rhineland industrial center, and the heavily fortified German naval base of Trondheim on the Norwegian coast, ft was announced today The German e-arshlp* Tlrpitz and Prinz Eugen have taken refuge at Trondheim, which directly menaces the Brltish-Vnited Siates supply route to Russia and has been fortified by the Nazis In fear of an Allied Invasion The 'day shift" of British raiders. streaking across the channel at dawn with a heavy fighter escort. attacked targets In the St. Omer region of northern France, against heavy anti aircraft fire hut without a challenge from a single German plane. More than -10 Nazi flghtera were sighted, the air ministry said, but they avoided battle. An anti-aircraft ship and a coastal patrol vessel were "shot up." it wan said. An airdrome in Holland was Immbed. with direct hits on Its hangars In the night raids, coastal com i mand planes damaged a German 1 supply ship off the Danish coast I and fighter command planes attacked airdromes in occupied territory. One fighter failed to return American made Hudson bombers made the ship attack Ikn-ks at Dunkirk on the French coast and airdromes over a wide area were attacked, and fresh mines were laid In enemy waters to add to the hazard of any attempt of a German fleet to break to the open sea. , The weather was clear, with a (Turn To IMge 7, Column S> — ... p-—— Plan Short Drive For China Relief Intensive Campaign Planned In Decatur — An intensive but short drive to raise the |7fio quota of the I nlted , China Relief campaign in the city was launched last night in a meet-, Ing at the city hall. Impetus to the drive was given at j noon today when Mrs Leouard Baylors, chairman of the < ointulttee to contact women’s clubs and sororities, reported to Rev Paul H>-andy*>erry. campaign chairman, that the Decatur Woman’s dub hsd already oversubscribed its quota with a IIS pledge. Contacts have been made with tndnwtrlal he«d« and full cooperation assured. In the industries the • move will be "around the clock” carrying the campagin only 24 hours witbin the Industry. A biief but united drive has been pledged for the various other committeos. chairmen of which were named last night by Rev Brandy berry. < Following is a list of the CiWnmlt- ■ tee chairmen appointments, as made by Rev Brandyberry Thodore L Gralike'r. treasurer; Mrs. Ben Shroyer, special gifts; A R Hoithouse. corporations and industries; Dr. Ben Ihtke. professional groups; Walter J. Krick, schools; Rev. G. T. Rosselot, (Turs To Page ». Column Si ... <■ Explorer's Daughter Killed In Accident Lawrenceburg. Ind. Apr. 28 — (VPi—Gloria Gilmour. 18. daughter of Antarctic ezplorer Harold Gilmour, died last night of Injur ! lea received Saturday when the auto she was riding in overturned near here The victim’s father, a member of the Byrd expedition to the South Pole, lives in Oxford. O ’ -o- — Fight Forest Fires In Eastern States Philadelphia. Apffl M—tl'Pi— Firemen aldded by hundreds of vol asteer*. forwt fire* !■ <l4* areas in north central and western PuMsylvania and central and New Jersey today.

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President Registers in Nation’s Fourth Draft ? | ... HI ■HHKHk . a ..JV w?K3 President Franklin D Roosevelt lx pictured as he enrolled in lite fourth and final draft registration, while seated at his desk lt> his White House office. Ixioklng on Is James D. Hayes, chairman of Washington local draft Iroard No. S.

Catholic High School Graduate List Announced 36 Will Graduate In Larqest Class In School's History The list of graduate* of the Decatur Catholic high school who will receive their diploma* at commencement exercises on June 5. wax releueed today. There are IM young women and IM young men In the clan*, the largest to be graduated from the Catholic high school in the past 20 years. Very Rev. Aloys Dirksen. V PP 8.. president of St. Joseph'* college, Rensselaer, will deliver the addrees to the graduates. The eighth grade graduation exercises will be held In connection with the program. Diploma* will be awarded by ■ Rev. Joseph J. Seimetr. pastor of St. Mary's Catholic church and • superintendent of the school The graduates are: William Baker. Dorothy Braun. Irene Braun. Jeanette Braun. Joan Brunton. Rickard Des Jean. Fred | Coffee. Betty Foos. Betty Grallker. Arthur Helman. Irene Helman. Eileen Hess. James Holthouse. John Holthouse. Harold Keller, Joseph (Turn To Page 7, Column 21 - — I 1 Rotary Leader To Be Here Thursday Canadian Rotarian To Speak At Rotary A. Albert Oulton. of Sackatoon. Sask.. Canada, a member of Ute youth committee of Rotary International. will be the guest speaker j at the weekly meeting of the Decatur Rotary clnb Thursday evening at 8:20 o'clock at the K. of P. home. Mr. Oulton ha* been superintendent of the Saskatoon school district since 1927 He was edu< sted at Mt Allison university and Harvard university. He I* a member and past nresident of the Rotary club of Saskatoon. and haa been active In Rotary International as director, district governor and committee chairman. Mr Oulton la a director of the playgrouns association and ibe Saskatchewan musical aa»ociati'/n. aoc- , retary of the local committee of ; the national council of education. .nd a member of the Saskatchewan board of trade and the local commit lee of the Canadian InoUtnte for the blind. Special guests at the meeting Thursday night will be the basketball. softball and track captains of rhe Decatur Jaalor high school and the St. Joseph grade school, with their coaches W flay Brown will he cha ( rman of the program

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Single copies 3c Single copies of the Decatur , Daily Democrat on stale at thin ; office are Three (3) Cents each. By carrier delivered to I your home, store or office, | I only 15 cents per week. Please ’ I order by carrier. | Roosevelt To Speak To Nation Tonight Opposition Develops On Stabilizing Plan Washington. April 28. — (DPI — Opposition In congress to President Roosevelt s proposals to stabilise farm prices. Increase profit* taxes und limit high Incomes was so strong today that It appeared likely only a wave of popular support would get them enacted. Mr. Roosevelt will seek that sup port tonight when be etpUins hl* •even-point program for stopping the spiral of the high cost of living to the nation In a fireside chat. Mr. Roosevelt will deliver the chat at 9 p. m. (CWT) over all networks and to the entire world by short wave It is expected to last about IP minutes. The possible effect of Mr Roosevelt's presentation to the public of his plans In thia fashion was not discounted by even the most severe critics of his program. Hl* radio addresses always have stimulated quick public rtwpome. But most cf the critics predicted privately that there was no chance of getting through congress this year Income limitation*. higher excess profit* taxes than previously | asked by the treasury, or reduction 1 of farm wkes. Those are the only parts of tne president * program re-1 qulring legislation L Treasury officials appear before the house ways and means committee today to explain their Interpretation of Mr. Roosevelt's tax proposals. Treasury tax expert Randolph Paul I* expected to reveal what the administration considers to be a "low level" of profits and how the >25.000 limitation after taxes on Individual incomes would work. Sen. Robert A. Taft. R.. 0.. voiced this objection to the principle of a flat income limitation. ' "Why »25.000 rhe asked "Why not >10.000? Why not 12.M0 If we accept the principle of giving a man only what he needs to live on?" Opponents of the >25.000 person ( al Income limit contended that , sach a plan would work undue and ( extreme hardships on persons with heavy Insurance commitment*. (Turn To Pa«* V. Column *» 1 —. I. <1 ■— - — I Air Raid Wardens To Meet Wednesday The regular weekly meeting of | air raid wardsaa will be held Wed- < needay night at T:M o'clock at the | L*c<ioti home Sector warden*, their assistants, i fir* watobera and messengers have; ( been aaked by Dallas Brown, chief i warden, to attend the meet ng and I I class.

Senate Delays Consideration Os Labor Bill Senator Connally Withdraws Motion For Consideration Washington. April 28 — (IT*) — The senate today indefinitely postponed consldoration of labor legislation despite the protest of Sen Harry Byrd. D. Va., that failure to act now mean* the end of pending proposals. The postponement was brought about when Sen. Tom Connally, D., Texas, formally withdrew a motion to take up his long delayed measure —drafted at the time of last year'* coal strike —to extend the government's power to selxe strikebound plant* and mine* and to freexe management-labor relationship in such plant*. Byrd charged there have been more man days lost through strikes •Ince Pearl Harbor than there were during a comparable period In 1940. Since Pearl Harbor, he said, there have been 1.285.000 man days lost through strike*. The figure for January, Febrluwry and March of 1940, he said, was 923.847 man days Byrd and a group of otn,-r senators had prepared amendments extending the 40-hour week to 48 (Turn T.» Page J, Column 71 ——— —e—- — — Completes Course As Volunteer Nurse Mrs. Solomon Lord One Os Graduotes Mrs. Holomon lx»rd. 1"4 Oak street, was one of 21 women to be graduated a* a volunteer nurse'* aid at ceremonie* held laat evening at the Methodist hospital. Fort Wayne, at which place she took the required training. The class was the Drat tn the fifth army area to complete its work and appropriate recognition was given the women nt tne program laat evening. Avon Burk, county chairman. Walter J Krick, city chairman and Roscoe Glendenning, treasurer of the Red Cross. at-tend--d the program Mrs. Ix»rd volunteered her *ervlcae and first completed M hour* of hospital and das* work, before enrolling in the second rtage of 15* hours of work in the hospital The members of the ciao* were Instructed in the duties of nnraing by the registered nurses In the hospital and with completion of their course are eligible to serve tn bos pitala a* nisrsea. In of emergency th- women are called and their services are donated With many of the registered aurao* entering the army and navy, the • arses aides will fill their places in hospital*

AZZies Battling Desperately In Burma As Japanese Forces Seek To Cut China Lifeline

Price Control Order Will Be Issued Tonight Freeze Virtually All Os Retail And Wholesale Prices Washington. April 28. — (UP> — Price administrator laron Henderson Issues an order late today freezing virtually all retail and wholesale prices at their highest March levels and extending rent control of several hundred comYnunities. The action will be the first taken to put Into effect President Roosevelt's seven-point program ' for combating the high cost of llv--1 ing. The fixing of price ceilings on an estimated 800,00# commodities will be the most far-reaching federal government control ever Imposed upon the daily livrw of Americans. Henderson will discuss details of sh»- overall price control program at a special press conference and the order will he published tomorrow. Major exemptions from the price order will be the chief farm crops, and perishable fruits and vegetables. President Roosevelt has asked congress for special legislation on farm prices. The rent control phase of the price control law has been In <-f feet in many defense aieas. but the new order la expected to extend It to others where rents liave incroMed sharply in recent rnonls. Here- - tofore, Detroit has been the largest city in which rents have been t i , (Turn T» Page 7, Column II I ■ -. ■ —q— Sugar Registration I Plans Are Announced r i Register First Four Days Os Next Week i Consumer sugar registration will , tie conducted in the city schools . from I until 8 p m .May 4. S. •» and I 7. it was announced today by Glenn Hill, rationing administrator, after consulting with Walter J Krick ' city school superintendent Lyman L. Hann, county school j superintendent, announced that the same hour would Im- observed in the township schools, whvre the ' registration Is to he conducted, unless she number of registrants did not warrant such a long period The same hours are to be effesfive In Hems where the registration will be supervised by E. M Webb. Berne school superin. endent It was stated. Mr Krick stated that school will likely be dismissed at noon on Monday and Tuesday, May 4 and 5. Hlnce hearing tests are to be conducted on May 8 and 7. however. , teachers from the Lincoln school I would serve one dsy as registrars and those from the junior senior ; school on the other. * In this manner classes could be i maintained as usual, be pointed .' out. aw——lee' »■ mi Mrs. William Beck Reported Better 1 Mrs. William Beck, formerly Fan 1 ny Callow, of this city. Is reported getting along alcely at her home in ’ Villa North, north of BlufPon. nf- ■ ter being released from the Caylor clinic in that city. Mrs. Beck suffered a crushed i back In a tall on the cellar steps of ’i her home April 8 and had been confined in the clinic since that \ day She wffl be foired to remain in • cast for another three months, however, it was stated. 1 I U - Q . .. H,,,,,, Assessments To Be Reported By May 1 Will Winaes. Washington townI ship assessor, today called suesi: tfon again to the tact that all aaa- • eswmeats are to be t arsed in byi I May L Per eon a who have net been I assessed are asked to report the I fact to the county asseesor's oftke.

Rotary Speaker '1 fMr / i C Albert liulton. superintendent ; of the school district in Baskatoon. Canada, will be the guest speaker at th>- w»—kly rm-i-ihig of the Docktur Rotary club Thursday evening at the K. of P, borne. 1,990 Men Register In County Monday — Fourth Registration Is Held Here Monday Exactly 1.990 men between the ages of 45 and 64 registered In Ad-1 ams county Monday In the fourth j registration so-called "occupationai census.” The figure was made known by 1 the Adams county draft Iroard this morning after registration card’ had been turned over to them by American U-glon officials in charge of the registration The 1.990 figure more than came ' up to expectations, since according to slate estimates It was consider ' ed unlikely that the county would register more than 1.800 The coun ty will lose some of this number, however, since there were some ■ imt-of-the-county registrants (In the other hand, the Adams county men who were out of the county Monday and who were fore ed to register elsewhere, will have their cards returned to the I<m-sI draft hoard and this amount will at least partially offset the loss. Once agaiti the hulk of the regi«- I tranta were signed up at the Le glon home In Decatur, f'hlef reg11st rar Joseph Laurent and his corps of assistants bandied 1,188 men during the 14 hour period from 7 a. m. to 9 p m. Registration at Berne toalled 425. at Geneva 256 and at Monroe 151 All of these figures were up to if not abov.- the anticipated number. Th total number was reported to state selective service headquart era thia morning by the Adam* county draft board. The board bus orders to proceed with serial num hering the registration curds, but , to date baa received no word con I renting how soon the registrants are to be mailed occupational ques (Turn To Page ", Column 2* Postpone Democratic Meeting To Friday To Hold Meeting At Geneva Friday Night The Democratic meeting at Geneva has been changed from Thursday to Friday evening, it was an nounced today by Mrs Albert Reus •er. president of the Adams coun i ty Democratic women s club, because of the patriotic rally to be held in Decatur Thursday evening Samuel Cleland, attorney of Fort W'ayne and Thomas P Riddle, real estate agent, candidates ior the Democratic nomination for congress from the fourth district, will be the principal speakers The meeting will be held at 8 o'ckHk in the Geneva high school auditorium AU county and township candi dates will be preseat and the psb IHr la invited It will be the only , pre-primsi y political meeting in the ; county and issaes la this year'•iectioa will be discus* d by u - ' able candidates for cougroaa.

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American Pilots Down 11 Japanese Planes; Burmese Situation Grave Chungking, Apr. 28—(UP) — Major James Wilson, head of the U. S. technical missions directing transportation over the Burma road, was killed in the streets of Mandalay Bunday morning, when Japanese planes bombed the city, it was revealed tonight. Humming, China. Apr. 28- (VPi ! —American "flying tigers” pilots ! today shot down at least 11 of a fleet of shout 60 Japanese planes that bombed their northern Burma base and set fire to the strategic I town ut luishlo. The battle, from which the I American filers emerged without a single loss, was fought near Lashio upon which strong Japanese forces paced by squadrons of bombers and fighters are driving in an effort to cut the Allied supply route to China. The Japanese planes were blastI ing and setting fire to scores of towns and villages and terrorising native populations In their wldei spread attack Situation Critical By United Press Allied armed forces battled desperately to save Burma snd the supply line to China today and expanded aerial attacks on Japanese | forces apparently massing for an attack on North Australia The enemv advance Into north- , eastern Bunns, led by tanks and airplanes, had reached a point about 87 milea southeast of the key I communications boom town of LMhio and Ixtndon military circles I expressed fear that the fate of the ! China supply route would be seal* ed In the next few days Late dispatches from Chungking •aid that lud.ono Japanese troops were attacking in northeaairrn Burma and that the •ituatlon was m grave that the Chinese had started systematic destruction of roads leading to Ushlo in an e'fort to delay enemy motorized columns. Chinese troops under Gen. Jos(Turn To Pa«» 7. Column 2> Health Program To Be Given Monday Home Hygiene Class To Present Program The general public is Invited to attend a health program which will be presented al the Lincoln school auditorium Monday evening. May 4. at « o’clock The program will consist of a playlet. "Hz worth knowing," by the home hygiene and care of the tick class, sound health «t n .. from the Indiana state hoard of health and presentation of certificates to the 29 women who have attended the elaaaaaThe playlet portrays hsw n course in home hygiene will make care of the sick in the home a much easier task. The scene is a home where tba mother did not take the course. Friends show bar some of tba things learned tn the classes. Some of the demonstrations will be bow to make a bed with a patient In It. Improvised equipment and fkrst aid. Characters tn the playlet win ba Mrs. Rose Gate. Mrs. Edith Laiv kenau. Mn. Lucile Swearing-n. Mrs. Mrs Agnes DeVor. Mrs Flor* ence DesJeen, Mrs Ida Lehman and Mrs Bernice Adsms The health pictures will he on safety, tuberculosis. Ve4>era»! d ♦ ease, rewplratloa. flrat aid dipue tberia and home nur»iagCertlflcatea will be presented t® the womae by Avon Bnrk chair* man of the Adxm< county R-4 Cross chapter Those to receive thu I (Turw To P««* 7, Column 2> VBMFCRATURI RKADING OCMOCRAT TMERMOMCTBR ■ 00 a. m. M W OO a. w». »7 Nooe .. TO 2:00 p. m. ... n 8:00 p. m. 7B WEATHER •emeweat reoler today ind . 2 xr paraI Lv.l) ml J.