Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 40, Number 109, Decatur, Adams County, 7 May 1942 — Page 1

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Britain Rains Destruction On War Industries British Cruiser Is Lost In Battle With Germans In Arctic latndon. .May 7. tl'l’i lairße number* of the royal air force * heaviest boinhetw rained destruction early today on Stuttaart. Important center of Nazi war Indus try in southern Cermany. for the third Htralght night. A strong force of RAF planes, continuing the around the clock offensive that ha« been in progress, with minor int.-iruptiona, sine April 11, passed high over the channel toward occupied France before noon. Loud eXpJoalotiH from the direction of Boulogne were heard. The RAF was obviously giving Stuttgart "the Rostock treatment." In four consecutive nights of attacks, the great liritieh bombers had leveled that important German Baltic port ami airplane building center, with Mtn tons of bombs. latst night's attaejc on Stuttgart was the heavieat of the three, although observers doubted that any of the three had been as heavy as those on Rostock, or on Luebeck, andother Baltic port, becauae of weather conditions The air ministry announced that j besides attacking Stuttgart "in I force.” the RAF had bombed the 1 docks at Nantew. France, while flghers and bombers at talked enemyalrflelds in <L nnainu-cupied territory Seven bombers were missing. Three Ships Lost London. May 7 tlT'l A series of Arctic ocean battles with German destroyers, submarines and * airplanes cost Great Britain the I 10,000'to cr'nsei Edinburg and two ' merchant slups out of a Russian bound Allied convoy, but the Nazii had on.- destroyer sunk and .umth 'er severely damaged, the admiral- | ty said tonight ■ I The convoy got through with I vital war supplies for the Red army I despite live vatn attempts by enI emy destroyers to break through ■ the British protective warship ' screen, it was emphasized in the communique. The Edinburg which Berlin had tTurn To Rage «. Column 21 Q— Warplane Wreckage Is Reported Found Eight Army Men Die In Crashed Plane , Washington. May 7 il'Pi . .Wreikage of an army airplane In which Major tleiieial Herbert Dargue, commander of the first air force, - and seven others disappeared December 12. has been found In mountainous country near Bishop. Calif, the war department announced ttxliiy All aboard were J killed. I The army eaid wreckage of the : big army transport, umovered by 1 the spiiiig thaw , was disi ov. red from the air. Ground parties have been sent to the scene, the an- | nouncement said The transport disappeared after taking off from I‘hoenix, Ariz.. for ' Hamilton Field. Calif , on the •ve of a four-inch snowfall. The ‘ wreckage apparently had been buried under the snow until recently. Dargue. who had made liis headquartern at Mitchel Field. New York, wa* accompanied by live of--1 fleers and two enlisted men I The transport's Anal radio posnl- : tion report after It left Phoenix placed It near Blythe Calif. At that time Gen Gargue asked permission to change his flight plan in a search for better weather conditions. ■ . n— — , Sugar Ration Book Issued Infant Four Hours After Birth ’ Claimants to the title of being ! the youngest holder of a sugar ration book were reported today I First it wa* reported that Judith , Anne Walther, daughter of Mr. , and Mrs. Clarence Walther, was > the youngest latst night, white twoday old Judith Anne lay in het crib . al the Adams county memor.al hospital nursery, her dad secured her l ration book from Miss Elol* • Lew--1 ton at the Deca.ur junior-senior r ‘ high school A few hours after this report. [ however, came the notice from » Blue Creek township, where Mrs. t Ed Trickr had issued a ration hook to Maurice Miller ft>r his fourhour old Roger Deen.

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War Manpower Commission Holds First Session

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Mi-mbci -ni fin a.ll manpi)w*-i commission arc, pictured as they met in theli firs' si-sslon in \\ <-lilngt u to formulate iil.ins for the mobilization of I' S labor for war industries. Seated, left to right are Donald Nelson, head of the wai production board. Claude Wickard. secretary of agrlcultun Paul McNutt chair in in oi th< commission France- Perkins, secretary ot labor. James Forrestal of tin navy department S'.Hiding, b-f: to right an Wendell l/<nid of the labor production division of th« W I H Goldthwafti Dori ol iht wai ilepartmi-lil. Maj Gen Lewi- Hershey, chief ot the selective service system. Arthui Altmi-yer executive ofiiii'i oi the ill B. Arthui Fleming of civil servlet and Fowlei llarpet. deputy chairman of th. it t> i<

Siberian Reserves Smash Ai Germans New Russian Army Showing Strength Moscow. May 7 il’Pi \ dlvi slotl of Siberian ~ e s*-rves captured several strongly-defended villages, killed l.2"'i Germans, forded a strategic river under fire and seized strongholds 'll their first action against th*- Nazis, th*- Soviet army organ and Red Star reported today. This performance was cited as proof of th*' quality of Russian new ' armies pouring into the front, for I what may Iw.ii Russian offensive i designed to beat the .Nazi- to the punch. A correspondent who witnessed) the I'ligagcin* nt said the reserves ' iittiu k*'d strongly-fortified German positions along the high bank of the river at night. Braving exploding laud mines and deadly machine gun fire from balconies I and barns of a village, they broke th- German first line of defenae and *elz*'d the bank. In four days, the Russians had mopped up the entire bank and captured several villages They forded th.- river and under an In tense shellin gaud liomliardment by the Germans, smashed defenseon the opposite bank and took over enemy stronghold*. The Russian* took many prison i era who said their battered unit | was originally earmarked for lit*"spring offensive" hut had lieeu forced Into battle early in February. Military sources declined to confirm Stockholm reports that Marshal Si-myon Timoshenko had started new attacks in the I'kralne against Kursk. Kharkov and Tag i Turn T*» l’*Mt*- *. t'olunn* 4' o Citizens Urged To Buy Poppies May 23 All Proceeds Go To Disabled Vets "New name* on Am-rica's roll of honored dead give new meaning to the memorial poppy this year." Mrs Ed Bauer. D glon auxiliary Poppy l»ay chairman, stated today in calling attention to the sale of the flowers to be held h-re on Saturday. May 23. "Wearing the poppy kt the Individual way of honoring the men who have aacrifleed their lives in the Batla's service." she said. "Ever since the first World War the poppy has be«n worn In tribute to the men who gave their lives in that conflict. Now new names are being inscribed among Americas heroic dead The poppy la for them. too. It Is a symbol of our sorrow and pride, a pledge that we wll (always remember them and serve on in this cause for whi«h they died." Money gained from the sale of the poppi*-s here May 23 will be used to support the work that the Legion and the auxiliary are doing for the disabled and dependent families of the first World War and of th*- present conflict. • Members of the auxiliary, the junior auxiliary and other volun teers will distribute the poppies on the streets of the city ou Puppy Day

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Gen. MacArthur Praises Valiant Correqidor Men Gen. MacArthur'* headquarters. Australia, April 7 —(t’P) -For the first time today. Gen Douglas MacArthur did not mention the Philippine* in hi* regular communique. But in a special statement on the surrender of Corregidor. wh.ch he left two months ago to assume his United Nations southwest Pacific command. MacArthur said: “Corregidor need* no comment from me It ha* sounded its own story at the mouth of Its gun*. It ha* scrolled its own Epitaph on the enemy's tablets. But through the bloody haze of it* last revrberatIng shot I shall always seem to see the vision of grim, gaunt, ghastly ' men still unafraid." I — ; — Sugar Registration Will Close Tonight Drop Is Reported In Registration The last of the approximate 21.000 citizens of Adam* county were being registered today for sugar ration book* at the various site* In the county. Only 3.391 lawk* were issued yesterday In the county, according to the figures compiled this morning by Glenn Hill, rationing administrator. This brings the total for the county during the first three day* *sf registration to 13,876. A total of 6.313 were issm-d Monday and 4 267 on Tuesday. A number of application* were filled out in which registrants did * not receive books because th‘ y had I an ample supply of sugar on hand. Registrants must declare the amount of sugar on hand and stamps are torn <Mit of the books at the rate of one pound per stamp ft>r every pound in excess of two pound* p*r person. In the event stamp* mint be torn out which would go over the eight-week* period in whicn the rationing has been set up the registrant Is not given a book He. however, mint be governed by the rationing plan in using th» sugar which he has on band-and use it at the rate of one pound every two week* per person. Those who fail to register by tonight at 9 p m. when the registration site* close will not be able to buy sugar until two week* from today, when they must apply for a rationing book at the raticn office The detailed report of the books Issued yesterday disclose* that only 11 book* were issued in Berae. ”(Turn To !•*«» 4. Column 4> —« — Halt Operations Os Two Scrap Dealers Washington. May 7—il'Pi—The war production board today prohibited two mid-western scrap dealers from doing business for three months as a penalty for allied violations of priority regulnloM The dealers. Reuben and Ralph Finkelstein, who operate scrap yards in Oklahoma City and Tulsa. Okla. Springfield. Mo. and Topeka. Kansas . were charged With dis obeying three orders to deliver 1000 tons of scrap steal to the Sheffield Steel corp Before maklag shipments to other dealers

County Recorders Meet Here Tonight District Meeting To Be Held Here AAraut a score of county tecord ers. their deputies and wives will be In Decatur tonight to attend a district meting of th.- recorders’ organization. The official* from several counties in the district will meet at the offices of Mr*. Ruth Hollingsworth at 7 p. tn. From there they will go to the Appeiman Restaurant for a dinner meeting, to be followed by a short business session In the court house later in the evening. Mr*. Hollingsworth, vier presid-<-nt of the association, and Miss Rose Nesswald. Adams county deputy recorder, will be hostesses to the group. in addition to the various officials in the district Roy M Amo*. Elkhart county recorder ana president 'of the Indiana recorder* association; Chauncey Tucker. Kosciusko county recorder and treasurer of the state organization, will be in attandance. Legion Memorial Service May 24 The annual memorial servii -s for Adams !">*' 43, American Legion, will be held Sunday. May 24. Floyd B Hunter, chairman, announced today. The service will tie held Sunday morning at the .Nuttman Avenue United Brethren church, with Rev. Luke J Martin, pastor, d*'llv*'nnK the memorial sermon. Legionnaires will meet at the la-glon home and attend th*' services In a bad). Central Committees Meet Here Saturday Expect Reelection Os Present Chairmen Reelection of the D**mocr»t and Repvblican county chairmen is expected at the organization meetings Saturday afternoon in th.s city, when the precinct commiUeemeu and vice-commlttexunen meet to select officers for the central com mittees. Both meetings will be held at 1 o'clock The Democrat* will gather In headquarters al>ove the Daily Democrat offke and the Repnbhcans will meet in the auditorium of the Lincoln school. Demos rat chair nan G. Remy Bierly and Republican chairman Cal F Petersoin are candida’ea for re-election. The party pilots were elected in 194" and served the presidential election that year. Other officers at the central committee organisations are: Dean* crat: Mrs. Margaret Rhodes. Geneva. vice-chairman; Mrs Emma Mtauffer. French township, assistant vice-chairman; C. H. Muse!man. Herne, secretary and Howard Brandyberry. Monroe, treasurer. Republican: Mrs. Dori* Relcheldeffer Geneva, vice-chairman. Ed Warren of thia city, treasurer and Roy Girod. Berne, secretary. Committeemen were ele ted in Tuesday * primary Where vacancies still exist they will be filled by the county chairmen

Vichy Resistance Smashed By British In Madagascar After Lightning 48-Hour Campaign

Treasury Asks Lower Income Exemptions Morqenthau Proposes Exemptions Lowered Washington. May “ — tl'Pt Secretary of lie.i->ury Henry Mor gentliati today proposed io the house ways ami means committee that all Individual income personal exemptions be lowered He proposed reducing them from >750 to Dl'"' for single persons; from ll.atm to |l.2tW for married couples, ami from |l"" to f-1"" for each dependent This represents a substantial change in the treasury's original |7.«itMr.mMi.ooo program for new taxes. Morgenthau wrote chairman Robert Doughton. D North Carolina. that the reduction in income tax exemptions would produce ll.imi.iHio.ouo in new i.''venue. of which |l<io."im.""",""" would come ' from fi.'nmnmi new taxpayers Tills addition. Morgenthau said, would raise tile treasury's recommendation for war revenue in 1!»42 Io |s 7"".'""'.'"'". instead of >7. tlim.om Morgenthau took the occasion in his letter again to urge expansion of social security taxes liy IJ.tHiO,ihmhhhi This would make a total program of II" 7"".""".""" (» —• China Relief Fund Donation Increased The I'nitcil China Relief fund was Isiosted today with a donation I of |3!'3l from the employes of the General Electric company, making to'al contribution* to date of almut Rev Paul Brandyberry, chairman. announced I “The goal Is |7SO and is within sight." Rev Brandyt'erry •aid.’’ and will be reacheii a* soon as wo receive the donations from organization* and industries where the campaign is lieing conducted." o Government Plans To Purchase Tires To Buy Extra Tires From Private Owners Washington May 7 tl'Pt - l'nder secretary of war Robert Patterson said today that the government plans to punhase extra tires from private car owners Extra was defined as more than five to a tar. Th.- plans for these purchases are now being worked out. lie said He Hid not know when they would begin The purchases now plan I lied, he emphasized, will be on a voluntary basis However. Patterson and other high officials hav. endorsed legis I lation for tequlaitionlng or tires. I ad cars If that le . nines necessary Patteiwon said the prospect* are ’ that there will be suflli lent rubber I for the army. navy, war workers ! and essential civilian supplies It- , warned, however, that use of auto- . mobiles for "petting parties' and 1 other similar unessential things that do not contribute to the war effort must be stopped The time will com. when it will be necessary to let war workers get the benefit of rubber now on the highways.” he said True Andrews Vote Omitted From List The vote for True Andrews, unopposed Republican candidate for sheriff, wa* unintentionally omitted from the list oC unoppo-ed candidates in Wednesday * Daily Demmocrat He received 732 votes. ■ • International Stock Show Is Postponed Chicago. May 7-<l'P»—Ths International livestoik exposition, m heduled for December, was postponed for one year today by voto of the exposition's board of director* The 42nd exposition was cancelled after receipt of word from Joseph B. Eastman, director of defense troasporwtion. that common carrier fecilitles will be taxed to tbs utwwwt by the handling of troop movement, and travel d.recti, connetted with the war effort.

United States Bombing Planes Strike At Japs Major Battle Raqes For Burma Road As Japs Press Onward 11 - Gen Mm Aiihm - H.-adquarters. 1 Australia May 7 il'Pi Am.-rlcaii airmen have opened a heavy at ta< k oil a powerful Japanese fleet 1 massing in tin- northeastern In--1 vasion zone apparently for an ' Imminent major offensive, Gen Douglas MacArthur revealed today I I'nlted State* bombing plane* believed to include flying fortre* ses and Catalina con*olldate<l bomber-, struck at the Japane*. f i naval force* in the Bougainville '' Island area of the Solomons group In what .MacArthur calh-d a sue cessful attack Hi* < ommuniqu.' disclosed that ■ the Japanese, in a long awaiteil : move toward big scale offensfv» activity, were massing warship' II | and transport* In the general area ' of Rabattl. In N<-w Britain Island | whence a fleet could essay a direct ‘ ; attack on Pott Moresby, the vain | able Allied advanced lias" in New I Guinea, the American foice* it New Aledonla. or even on Au* trails itself Simultaneously. the Japanese I had suddenly diminished tin- inteii '* -ity of their persistent, savage 11 but costly aerial attacks on Poi 1 '' Moresby. MacArthur noted K Diminishing Japanese aerial a< f ivity ovet Port Moresby hud lieei r " 1 taken at first to mean that >b< i enemy bad decided to take a t*» n 1 after losing a high percentage o d titai kltig planes to Allied fighters *- Now it appeared that the Jap t- ati*'*e probably were concent rat ini i- and <on-< rvlng their aeiisl powet ami it was known that they li.ul ret i-ived airplane reinforcements I'nlted States bombing planet had done terrific damage to such enemy bases as Rabaul and Li* and Salamaua. on the Huon guit of northern New Guinea acr >s» the island from Port Moresby An army spokesman said her* that it wa» lielieved Salamau i ii«<l by th*- enemy as a base for plum- attacks on Port Moresby, had been almost wiped out 1.1 Raids on Rabau! ami Lae, he . j said had proved even more *ue , cessful than ffVst repotts from „ pilot* indicated , lns>de Frontier , Chungking May 7 il'Pi X major battle between reinforceil , Chinese troops and Japanese mechanized column* raged today I along tl.e twisting Burin.i road at ~ Chefang 21 miles inside the Chin ese flolltiei The enemy Was attempting to advance on Amerl r can air ba-e* in Yunnan province A military spokesman said Chefstig li.ul been a battle center *lm. the Japanese m-cupied the lairder town of Wanting on Mon r day and pushed north in the gen ( era! direction of Paoshan • ■ Furr. To Psge 5, Column II Mother's Day To Be ■ Observed Sunday t ■ ... Nation Will Honor Mothers On Sunday Citizens of Decatur and community will join with the nation Sun- • day In honoring the mothers on • "Mothers Day." May 10. • The custom of celebrating the - day was droignated by joint reso- • lutfon of congress, signed by former President Wilson In 1914 A proclamation, recently issued by President Roosevelt, calls for "an expression of love and reverence wbl< h we feel for the mothers of our country by th- customary ■ display of the flag at our homes , and other suitable places and by • tokens and measagea of affection '' i On that day Mother will be the recipient of flower*, candy, hose and a number of practical household gifts aw well as Mother's Day • cards, etc The day will be appropriately . marked in a number of the < bur< hi ea where annual Mother s Dwy pro-1 i grams will be held and mothe* Iva be honored in buoday I sermons

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Dramatic Attack At Night By Commandos And Parachutists Conquers Island London, May 7 (I Pl British forces, capturing Diego Suarez town and Antsirane naval base, smashed Vichy i* -Istali* *• in Mada gascar today ami a British fl-et steamed toward Diego Suat«'Z bay for a triumphal *-ntry this afi-t i noon. The -nd came in a dramatic night attack by British Commando* and parachutist* on Antslrane. ’ ; while loyal marln-s mad*- a diver- " sional attack One of the greatest I 1 naval bases in th*' world dominat- ’ Ing Indian ocean trail*' routes, thus ' fell after a is-bour lightning ram II 1 palgn. 1 I The French naval and military ' 1 commanders surrendered and the ' . terms of capitulation were being “ arranged. '* Resistance l*y small Isolated * pockets of Vichy troops, th-ir •' backs to the sea. near Antslrane >' was expected to end at any mom 1 ent. A Beilin radio broadcast, quot '’ Ing dispatches from Vkhy this •I afternoon, said that French force- •' had withdrawn south of Diego "* Suarez and taken up new posi- ■' dons io defend th*- main area of 1 Madagascar The British occupa- ’’ tion has been directed only at the 1 small northernmost tip of the 980- * mile long Island " A joint <- immunique of the ad- * mlralty and war office, and official statements by British spokesmen. "• announced 'he victory while prim*- " minister Winston Churchill jubtl- * antly told a cheering house of I' commons 'lla' 'he British fleet would enter Diego Suarez bay and 1 harbor at al">u< 330 p m Ik 3" ii u m CWT I le Churchill -aid the campaign. »t which had taken only hours to 'f win. had taken three mon'hs to * prepare. I' Plans were drawn up in most g minute details, he reveal**d and an ,j tTurn To Pag- Z Column !i - - o Raise Netherlands : Diplomatic Rank Tribute Is Paid To Gallant Dutch , Washington May 7 il'Pi —Th*’ state dapurtm-nt. paying tribute to ,i the gallant Dutch people on th* «*«i-r>nd anniversary of tb** German Invasion of the Netherlands, today \ diaclosnl elevation to the rank of ,j an emliassy nt diplomatic reprwsenta'ion to the two countries. y President Roosevelt ara'iged to n receive Dr. Alexander Ixiudon. uni til now minister of the Noth rlands * to the I'nit-d States, for presentai tion of his letters of < red**nce as the first smbassador ot the Neth- <| erlands In Washington. The W*-a originated With Mr. . Roosevelt, who a-cordlng to the I state dtqiai ImeUt, r*‘< ently suggestI rd to Que««n Wilhelmina of the e Netherlands that the rank of the - envoys between the two countries b— raised reciprocally. Tho necessary steps have b*--n taken"Just two years ago the peaceloving Imtch people were treacherously attacked by Germ tn armies" the department's announcement I said, "and since that time -he territory of the Netherlands has b* • n treated a* a slave state by GerI many. But the cruel oppr --.ion to i which they have been subjected I has nrer Impaired the u:if.i''c: < i determination at th- Dutch people . | to regain their independence. ( "Since that tlm- 'he Ne’ht •an ’ • East Indies have been Invaded by t Jaimn and the Gallant d*-f*-n.-<- ( . t the Dutch forces against ovi wh* '• mtng odds has constituted an outstanding chap'er in th- history ot I the present war "The matchle** resistance of the Duti h people 'hroughout th*- world ( for these past two years provea r ‘ thetr heroic statute in the defense , ; of then llbert iea." rtarotßATußE reading OCMOCHAT THtRMOMtTta ■ 00 a. m. . 42 10 00 a-m. ... .. 43 Noon 4S 2:00 p. m. .. 45 3:00 p. iw. 4S WFATWtR S' flbt'y : s «r tsd-y inti to- | r*e'it