Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 40, Number 109, Decatur, Adams County, 7 May 1942 — Page 6

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Six County Students Graduate From I. U. Graduate Exercises To Be Held Sunday Blooalngton, lud. May 7 (Speclab Six Adams county students w.ll receive degrees from Indiana University Sunday evening at the 113th annual commencement in Memorial Stadium and will be graduate! four weeks ahead of the usual date under the war speed-up program. Five of the g.nduates are fr«n Decatur. The degrees they will receive and their major subjects are as follows: Thomas Andrews, A. B. chemistry: l*nlel Holthouse. A- JI, journalism; Dwight Kimble, 11. 8., chemistry; David Macklin. B. S. business: Virginia Zimmerman, 11. S., education. Geneva: James Briggs, B. 8., business. Approximately 1300 candidates.90 percent of which are Hoosiers ' will make up this year’s class. One thousand of these students will receive their degrees Sunday and the remaining 300 upon completion of a few required academic hours er some resident requirements. Joseph K. I>avles. former United 1 I States ambassador to Kussia and i

I Thank You Voters The large Democratic vote cast in Tuesday’s primary is encouraging and a splendid victory will lie ours next November if we will continue that interest in the American way of life. I am deeply grateful for the support given me as a candidate for the nomination for county clerk and promise you faithful and efficient service if elected. ] Thanks very much. Clyde O. Troutner •WWWVWWWWWMAAAAAMMAMWWMAAAAAMMAAAAA WWWWWWWWMAMAAAMWWWAAAAAAAAMAARAAAMWW I! To The Voters of !; . ] J Adams County j| I deeply appreciate the support of Adams county ! ] i voters in Tuesday’s primarv election. ! It will he my sincere endeavor to merit this sup- ! ; i [ port, and if elected next November I pledge my un- , j divided efforts to represent my constituency in the ; ; ! three counties of Adams, Wells and Blackford county, i i [ in an efficient and honorable manner. The vote cast for me in Adams county was ; 1 ] indeed gratifying, and 1 take this means of soliciting i [ your continued support, and that of all voters in the ; i ' three counties, in the election in November. Homer C. Michael ii Republican Nominee for Joint State Senator of Adams, Wells and Blackford Counties.

I Voters of Adams County I wish to expreus sincere thanks for myself and the committee for the excellent cooperation given in Tuesday’* primary election. More than 4.700 participated in this important event and assisted in selecting a splendid ticket that will win next November. The American way of life must and will continue and to that end we all pledge ourselves. Yours For Victory, . G. Remy Bierly Democratic County Chairman MNMMNMMMMMWMfWWWWWWAWMWWmMWWWUWMAaaNINMMNMMMMMMMMMI

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Belgium, will deliver the commencement address to this year’* flans and Dr. William G. Spencer, I president of Franklin College, the baccalaureate sermon Which will be given Sunday morning. Relatives and friends of the graduates are planning to attend the exercises over the weekend. o BRITAIN RAINS (Continued From Page 11 reported hit by two torpedoes. was damaged by a U-boat and taken in tow, but later was attacked by three German destroyers on May 2nd. she fought back, engaged the enemy and sank one destroyer and damaged another. Finally, the cruiser was sunk by the British because of another torpi do hit. o VICHY RESISTANCE (Continued From Pago D overwhelming force of men and 1 weapons of all the fighting services. army. navy, air force and commandos. was throw!, against the Vichy garrison in order to, minimize bloodshed. "Our first assault on one French position was repulsed with losses ■ which exceeded 1.000 men.’ he revealed. Hut the British forces under Maj. Gen. It G. Sturges, royal marines, massed for their climactic attack ami captured Antslrane •

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View of Dakar harbor British occupation of the big French island of Madagascar, vital to control of the shipping tenet around the eastern tip of Africa, now focuses attention on another important Vichy-ruled baae—Dakar, French West Africa. Possession of Madagascar’s ports would protect United Nations’ routes on the eastern side of Africa after convoys round the Cape of Good Hope, but if Dakar fell into Axis hands or if the Vichy regime goes to war against the United Nations the same convoys on the western side of Africa would be imperiled.

during the night. ■ The French naval and military commanders have surrendered and , the town off Diego Suarez has been captured." he said. "We trust that the French nation' will in time come to regard this episode as a recognizable step In the liberation of their country, including Alsace and Lorraine, from the German yoke.” he said Churchill paid tribute to the gallantry and discipline of the French forces and said he and his fellow Britons grieved that bloodshed had occurred between the troops of two countries whose peoples at heart were united against a common foe. Diego Suarez town, the admin-1 istratlve center of northern Madagascar. fell yesterday and Alltslrane. naval station, harlior area and chief town was captured by | the commandos, parachutists and marines In their climactic night attack. The admiralty and war office, announcing the capture of Antsirane. said the French naval and I military commanders had surrendered and that only pockets of resistance remained to be reduced. The combined land, sea and air Invasion of the strategic island reached Its climax In the dramatic night attack in which royal marines made a frontal landing before the 1 naval base. In a gallant diversional j movement, while the commandos i

Thank You Thanks to you all for your fine support in my campaign for county treasurer. Congratulation s to my opponent. FREEMAN SCHNEPP

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT. DECATUR, INDIANA

i and parachutists made the main attack from the rear. o— SUGAR REGISTRATION (Continued From rage n Decatur's total fall to 1.128, making i a total for the three days at 5419. In Decatur it was estimated by W. Guy Brown, site administrator, that 11 percent of the registrants j are not given ration books. Follow-1 Ing is a complete list «f the num-, ber of ixxiks Issued Wednesday at the various sites: Blue Creek, 131; French. 140; Hartford. 207; Jefferson. 82; Kirkland, 177; Monroe, 333; Preble, 190; Root. 215; Union. ISO; Wabash. 370; Washington. 251; Decatur, 1428 and Berne, 11. 0 Two Girls Killed By Toppling Piano Pa.. May 7—(UP) — Two four-yeer-oM girls were killed yestmtay when a piano toppled over on them at the Hooversville school yardDonna Lee Murphy and Catolann Koontz were the victims. The piano had been moved into the yard for rehearsal of May-day exercises. , —oPleads Guilty To Embezzling Charge ■ 1 ■ i Fort Wayne. Ind.. May 7—(VP) | —Allen Circuit judge Marry Hilge- | mann today had under advisement the case <rf Albert Racht, 50. Font Wayne, who pleaded guilty to embezzling 110,600 from his employers. the Holland Furnace company. IH.OOO of which he said he lost on j slot machines. Racht asked probation to allow ' him a chance to make restitution. He said he first took 12500 to

TEAMMATES Whether amsd the drone of planes the boom of guns or ro»f of giant industries, devotion to duty is the first con " whration of al The port of greatest haiard and highest honor f '*«l goes to America's flatting forces-but those of us behind 1 ' lines too pioy our vital part It to our b? job to meet the sud.k and ever-increasing demand IW GAS in enormous quantit* > 7 6AS the controled hoot treating of metals used m plane vg tanks, ships and other armament production.■ ■ GAS to bnn b ’ ’* \ comfort efficiency and convenience to thousands of her-. 1 jt ' Jtfßk vV f J Svery employe In this orgoelution is playing his pan ~ kJ 1 F 'Team Mate’to the tarn, by furmslung an unh.h U JI GAS Service 24 hours a day. every day m the year Tin 1 •»>■ IS ► hearted cooperation can have but one result - final Victc ? j/fa American Freedom. B— _ ■ . .__ -- -- . . -- ■ -- . -- _ — C. A. STAFIfTON, Mtmofur

meet doctor'? bills tor his children | and then, desperate, began to take | the money to play the slot machines in an effort to win enough to pay 1 back hts defalcations. I o | Two Young Escaped i Convicts Are Sought Indianapolis. May 7— (UP) — | | Indiana and Kentucky state police j today sought two youfhful convicts who escaped from the Pendleton ' state reformatory after ttriklng a ' 55-year-old guard on the head and ( seizing his car- i The search centered around Lex- ■ Ington. Ky., where New Castle police reported the car had been ' u ... ■■= I

I THANK YOU, VOTERS! I I I take this means of 1 thanking each one of you ( for the vote and support I given me last Tuesday in ' the Primary election. ( I I congratulate the | winner and wish him I ■Meet* in the Fall. I Edward J. Miller i i

found. . „ The two convicts, Clatido New, 20. Sullivan county and Woodrow Thompson. 26. Wayne county. « Prv ; Ing terms for vehicle theft and burglary, beat Arlie W. Steffy over the bead with a basriball bat yesterday, took the keys to hl« car and made their get-away. o— — —— Birth Certificate To Judge Hilgemann Fort Wayne, Ind, May 7—(UP) —Deferred'birth certificate number 2671 was issued here to Allen circuit judge Harry HDgemann—who had authorized isuanceof the other 2670. However, he didn’t issue I

■ Help Make Decatur Beautiful 1 * H ■ o ___ ’fE 8 fi ; Annual Clean-Up I ■ Week Starts | yQij JslSl I : MONDAY, MAY 11 I CA^PA^N i. ■ * The Chamber of Commerce is glad I I 1 B to cooperate with the City of || 1 ■ Decatur in its annual Clean-Cp 11 ’WBJB m * Week to make Decatur a cleaner. L"A \ ’■E ■ 8 J * This year, more than ever before, we urge jou to take i « part in this campaign. In gathering the accumulated I ■ rubbish... which city trucks will haul away for you free * of charge ... help your government by disposing of ■ metals so necessary for complete victory. ■ ■ J SEPARATE METALS FROM OTHER RUBBISH. This ® will be picked up and disposed of by a different truck ■ for government use in war needs. ■ j, >. ... . ■ , ’ .. » —SMW ■ ‘■WH’ -- - - ; Decatur Chamber of Commera ■ ■•SjW ■ li™ \uWif HTTOtT/ IkW cTfJl™I Viil ■ - -

himself. ll* sppolnfed kuperior judge Mward Meyers, who qualified and issued the certificate. 8080 NEWS Mr. and Mrs. Edward Koos had as their Sunday dinner guests Mr. and Mrs. Philip R»*h and family of near Portland and Frank L [ Koos Fort Wayne. Mr. and Mrs. Carl Daniels and fa-1 mily visited at Peru Sunday. Mrs. William Bunner visited over the weekend at Fremont with friends. Mrs. Mary Butter Wise Is at the ■ Methodist hospital at Indianapolis

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