Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 40, Number 111, Decatur, Adams County, 9 May 1942 — Page 1

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Clean-Up Drive To OpenMondayMorning Annual Drive Will Start Here Monday "Separate the wrap to slap a Jap." This revised slogan became that of the Chamber of Commerce and city of Decatur offkials in charge of the annual clean-up drive, which I open* here Monday. Dr. Ben Duke, chairman of the : Chamber committee in charge, In ; | a statement today stressed the Im ; I portance of separating wrap metal I and unable war material* from the other refute and rubbish to be pick ! ed up neat week in the clean-up | campaign All rubbish will be hauled free and It is aaked that the reflate ma i terlals be placed In the alley* or I along the curb* the wrap metal in a separate container. It a reaident want* a container I returned be ie aaked to put hl* name and address on it. The track* will not haul away ashes Pickup* will be started by city truck* Tuesday morning ami confine throughout Saturday. If the track mi»*e» a pickup, the resident I* asked to call the city street department and the rubbish •will Inremoved Flog And Flog Staff Presented To Hospital I A new flag and flag «taff have I been erected at the Adam* county memorial hospital as a gift fr u*n Adam* Post No. 43. American Le gion — Election Expenses Filed By Candidates i - Several more candidate* have filed campaign expense accounts in the offices of county clerk Clyde | O Troutner. a check revealed this t morning The IgtMt to file Leo T. Gfilig- D. for sheriff 983 50 . n. Forrest Elzey R for mayor De catur. »M>7s. Victor H. Eicher. D for -»u«ll tor. 9182 Rudolph Buuck. D. Preble town ship trainee. 9* Robert H Heller. D. joint rep- ; resentative. 98 25 t ■ John M Doan. R . for mayor city Decatur. 941 j Carl fJchug. D. tor Monroe town j Ship trustee. IIS 05 I Harley Ehrsam D. unopposed i candidate for county surveyor and ! Austin Merriman, for Democratic I precinct committeeman. Norh , Mae Creek, had no eapeose*.

Youth Accidentally Wounded At Berne Berne. Ind. .May 9 — Luther Schrock. 7. son of .Mr. and -Mr*. Noah J Schrock of Berne was painfully wounded Thursday even--Ing when struck by a pellet from j an air rifle fired by Hoy Sprunger. a neighbor boy. The shooting was accidental while the boy* were playing The pellet entered the; boy's right leg above the ankle and lodged near the bone. The pellet was removed through surgery o Mrs. Louva Waltz Is Taken By Death Dies This Morning At Home Os Parents .Mr*. Ixtuva Stoneburner Wall!. 43. daughter of Mr. and .Mr*. John Stoneburner of Monroe route one. died this morning at 8:55 o'clock at the home of her parents. Death was caused by heart trouble. following an Illness of eight . month* Mr*. Waltz wa» bom In Decatur on April 18. 1«»». For the past 1« year* she and her husband. Rollin Waltz, had been residing In Tulsa. Oklahoma. She was brought to the home of her parent* on March 28 because of her Illness Her condition had Iteen critical for the past several days. She was a memlter of the Episcopalian church at Tulsa. Her husband. father and mother . are the only near survivor*. Funeral services will be held Monday afternoon at 3 o’clock at the Monroe Methodist church, with Venerable J McNeal Wheatley of Trinity Episcopal church of Fort | Wayne officiating. The body ha* been taken to the. (Hllig * Doan funeral home. It will He In state at the church from. 2 until 3 p m. Monday. Burial will i be In the Decatur cemetery. Presbyterian Church Mother's Day Service White and red carnattonn will be given those attending the Mother’s Day service* at the local Presbyterian church Sunday morning These flowers are the gift of one of one of the member* of the church in memory of hi* parent*. Special music for the occasion will ■ onstotl of a quartet number. "Cou- ' aider the Lille*.’’ rendered by Paul ! Sauter. Emerson Neuenschwander. Mr* Walter Krick *nd Ml** Helen ' Haubold Mr* Walter Krick will ; sing “The Old Refrain, a Viennese 1 melody A trto. "Praise Ye" by Verdi will be sung by Mr ffaurer. Mr Neuernwh wander and Mr* Krick Rev Walton will bring the mother’s day sermon

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Decatur, Indiana, Saturday, May 9, 1942.

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Drives Miniature Tractor To City Belmont Park Youth Drives Into Decatur Voting Floyd Mcßride, elght-year-old sou of Mr. and Mrs. Lee McBride of Belmont Park, disrupted the customary quietness of an early Saturday morning in downtown Decatur today when he and hi* 1 miniature tractor put In an appear--1 ance. Floyd, with tne ease and confidence of a Wilbur Shaw, drove i hl* three wheeled washing machine motor-powered outfit past the Decatur Daily Democrat office in re- ‘ »ponse to a request. Pausing long enough to pose for a photograph, the youngster wheeler! his vehicle around and headed for the "junk shop" with his customary Saturday morning load of junk Each Saturday morning. Floyd “goes around the neighborhood and picks up” the junk, loads it onto his little dual wheeled tractor trail ; er and carts it away to the Maier Hide and Fur company. The nonchalance of the driver almost overshadows the novelty of hi* vehicle. He stops, etarts and shift* gear* with the ease of a vet(Turn To Page S. Column !t O - Street Improvement Planned For Summer Council Approves Improvement Pions A street Improvement program tn Decatur for this summer, total ling nearly 98.00 T. ha* been ap proved by the city council. Improving and repairing of ail different stretches of street* in the city are included in the program. the estimate* on which total 95.843 43. The street and *ewer committee, which submitted the recommends tion to the city council, ha* also indicated that It plans to include several alleys In the program Following Is the list of the streets In the program as approved. by the council and the estimated co*t of each: Washington street from Second to Thirteenth. 93.324; Tenth street from Dayton to Nuttman avenue. 5808. Marshall street from Ninth to Tenth. 964750 Dayton street from Pennsylvania railroad to Thirteenth street. 9918; Jefferaon street from Eighth street to Penn sylvanla railroad. 930T92 Ninth street from Dayton to Nuttaaan I avenue. 974*

Mark Hospital Dav Here Next Tuesday Plan* for the observance of national hospital day at the local hospital Tuesday. May 12, have been . completed, it was announced today by Mrs. Nelle Mae U>we. hospital superintendent. Open house will be observed from 2 until * p in and the public h< invited to visit the institution and to especially inspect modernised sections of the hospital as well as new equipment. Berne High School Graduates Listed Commencement To Be Held On May 21 Berne. Ind . May 9 E M Webb, superintendent of the Berne high school, today announced the names of the members of the graduating class of this year’s Berne high school seniors There are 34 can dldates for diplomas. 22 girls and 12 boy* The commencement will be held Thursday evening. May 21. at the Berne auditorium with Dr H C. McKown, famous lecturer and educator as the speaker Candidates for diplomas are as follows: Margaret Allspaw. Howard Baumgartner. Kathleen Beer. ( BUI Emlck. Pauline Girod. James Goodin. Betty Mae Habegger Earl Habcgger. Vernelle Habegger. Vlr- j glnla Heller, Howard Kennel. Adrian Lehman. Carmen Lehman. Lol* Lehman. Vera Lehman. Bernetr. Liechty. Ardythe Luginbill. Gerda Maze-' Un. Raymond Mazelln. Bettie Myer*. Harold Nussbaum. Norbert Nyffeler. Jeanette Reusser, Ardu* Gene Sprunger. Bruce Sprunger. Grace Sprunger. Jacqueline Sprung- ( er. LaVerda Sprunger. Phyllis Sprunger Elsie Jane Stauffer. ( Waneta Stauffer. Helen Wittwer. Ronald Lehman. Ned Rlesen The junior senior reception was , held last evening and nest Friday , evening. May 15. the annual ban- , quet of the high school alumni ( association will be held The baccalaureate service will be held' i Sunday evening. May 17. at the | Mennonlte church with Rev C. H Welderkehr. pastor of the Mission- | ary church, as the speaker. i ——<» —— ' ( China Relief Fund , Moves To S6OO Mark Rev Paul BTandytierry. chair- < mao of the l.'nited China Relief 1 drive In Decatur, announced today ! that the fund has reached tn* 9800 i ■ark Latest contrffratkms reported are Women of the Moose. 95. ■ and Ever Reedy clans of the Metho-, 1 dim eharch. 9? *

Invasion Fleet Repulsed With Heavy Losses; Gen. MacArthur Says U.S. Losses Only Light

Japan Claims Allied Flee! Is Destroyed Japan Admits Loss Os 'Small Sized' Aircraft Carrier (By United Pre..l Japan admitted the loa. of a “small sited" aircraft carrier and 3| iiattle plane, today in the battle of the Coral sea. An imperial headquarter, com inunique Issued at Tokyo claimed I the carrier was "a converted oil i tanker." The communique alleged that, in I addition to claim, of yeaterday. an | unidentiil- d allied cruiser had been damaged, a destroyer sunk and XS Allied plane, .hot down. It wa. alleged that the cruiser was damaged “by a head-on-crash of a torpedo plane." latter Japan claimed the sinking of "two more" destroyers. Pr« vioualy Japan had claimed the .inking of two American aircraft carrier, and a battleship and the damaging of a British battle.hip and an Australian cruiser. The navy department in Washington .aid that no credence i should be given to Japanese claims. Today's communique .aid: “Imperial naval units, continuing the attack In the Coral sea. further caused heavy damage to a cruis- ' er. the type of which was not ideti-1 tilled, by a head-on crash of a tor|M»do plane, and also sank a de-1 stroyer. Meantime in aerial combat since May 7 they shut down M» ' enemy planes. "During the engagement one, I small slxe aircraft carrier (conI verted from an oil tanker) of our | , .Ide wa. >unk. while 31 planes have not yet return-d to their base.” Nothing is known of Japan's re-1 (Turn To Psge «. Column «) Cubs, Den Mothers Honor Rev. Pruqh Decatur Cub Scout, and their den mothers, in a special meeting this week, presented a war savings | bond to Rev C M Pnigh. Cub-1 tnastr for the past is months. In : appreciation of hi. services. Rav. Prugh will leave Decatur nest week to serve as chaplain in the l ulled Slatee army. Kd Jwberg. Idmoln school prin I cipal. assisted by Rev. <1 T Rosselot. will conduct the CuHdog program until the annual reorganlM tion meeting next fall. New Trial Motion Overruled Friday Borqcr Will Case Motion Is Denied Special Judge i.eomdaa Guthrie of Muncie, tn Jay circuit court at , Portland Friday, overruled a mo-, lion for a new trial in the Samuel ' Barger will case. j Several months ago a Jay circuit court found tor the plaint IE In the action to contest the will, declaring the purported will to be a for-1 gory. The defendant and elecutor in I the estate. Jacob Barger, nnmed-; I lately Bled a motion for a new trial. About a month ago. Judge Guthria heard arguments of attorneys on the motion and took the matter under advisement The defendant gave notice that ha would appeal the case io the appellate court. Ferd L. bitterer of Decatur. Roscoe D Wheat of Portland and Phil McNagny of Barrett. Barrett and < McNagny at Fort Wayne, reprasentad the plaintits in the Mit. j 1 W. H Rlchborn of Blutton. ; James J. Moran of Portland and ( Nathan C. Nelson of Decatur were attorneys for the defendant •<

British Government Man Wins Election Churchill-Backed Candidate Winner London. May !• ll'P) H. N Llnslead the government candidate. won a smashing victory today In a bitterly fought house of commons by-election, after three recent government defeats for commons seats. Epithets were hurled freely in the campaign, in which Llnstead. conservative, won by 8.7 M votes against 2.939 for ('apt Bernard Acworth, independent. Churchill, intervening directly In ! the campaign, had called Acworth a defeatist and Acworth retorted with "lie Liberals and laborltes associated with the national government Joined in vigorous campaigning for Llnstead Acworth, a retired naval captain, demanded that Churchill give up his Joint post as prime minister and minister of defense Churchill, in an open letter, asserted that Acworth recently demanded a negotiated peace with Japan in order that all Allied strength could be concentrated against Germany. j — i ... , . Isaac Lehman Dairy Discontinued Today Berne. Ind.. May 9 One of ; Berne's oldest industries Was dl«i continued today For 50 years the { Isaac Lehman dairy furnished milk to from 4<t to 75 local families. laist Octolier Mr. Lehman was killed ' when hit by a car here and his ; heard of cattle was sold to individual fanners this week. Peter : Bauman had operated the dairy since Mr. la*hman'» death. — q Plan Daily Vacation Bible School Here Ministerial Group To Conduct School R>>v. G. T. Roaselot, prsident of : the Dcatur ministerial association, announced today that the group will conduct a community vacutlou i Bible school in this city (or two weeks beginning Monday. Jun- I For the pawl iwm years. Mils Individual churches have conducted their own Bible schools, but the association, after making a thori ough study of conditions, stated ! "that due to the present national emergency, which has resulted in j a shortage of leaders and teachers. ' the ministerial association deems : it advisable to conduct the community Bible school as t!) former I years." Rev Rosselot. who was appoint-. rd as dean of the school, said that enrollment will be conducted in , eas-h individual church Parents are , asked to cooperate in obtaining as | large an nrolhnent as possible. Classes will be held in the Lin-1 ' coin school and the cirriculum and teat hint staff will be announced later. The ministerial association is scheduled to meet this af'emoon to study possible courses and mem- ’ bers of the teaching staff. Further ’ desalls of the Bible school will be I announced nest week. ■ District Rotary J Banquet Tuesday t Decatur Rotarians will attend the I district conference banquet feature of the annual meeting of the < 164th district of Rotary Interna- * tionsl which will be held at th- I Valencia Gardens in Fort Wayne d Tuesday evening at 6 W> o'clock Dr Merton 8 Rice of Detroit will ■ f he the principal speaker at the ban >' quet This meeting will replace tbe « regular weekly meeting of the * Decatar club Thursday. Local meat | bare are requested to cal' Fred I 1 Aslsbaui her for rewerwwtlnns an I r tranepora’lon sot later ;Uh Mun v day morning *

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At Least 17 Enemy Vessels Are Sunk Or Damaqed; War's Greatest Sea Battle General MacArthur's Headquarters. Australia. May 9 (l'P> — United States naval and air forces have repulsed With heavy lor.aes. at comparatively light cost, a Japanese invasion fleet In the greatest sea battle of the war, Gen. liougiaa MacArthur announced today “The great naval and air battle off the northeast coast of Australia has temporarily ceased . . . the enemy lias been repulsed. Our attacks will continue." MacArthur said in one terse dramatic communique. "The enemy version of the battling off the northeast coast of Australia is entirely fictional our losses compared to those of the Japanese were relatively light.” he said in a second issued several hours laler First eye-witness reports from the battle scene told how United States navy dive bombers and torpedo planes shrieked down on the Japanese fleet Into an Inferno of antiaircraft fire to blow one aircraft carrier to pieces and set a second aflame from stem to Kern. By their victory. United States naval and aerial forces with Allied support had thrown back a bid to invade Austtalla and had given the Japanese their first big-scale naval defeat in ttteir short history as a world power Hlnking or damaging at least 17 enemy vessels, including one and probably two aircraft carriers two heavy cruisers, two light cruisers, a 9,000 ton seaplane tender, two destroyers and four gunboat*, thev had definitely repulsed the Japanese In a blaring five day battle on the Coral sea After reporting the cessation of the battle, and promising that Allied attacks would continue, MacArthur said tonight in his c >tn munlque No 22 from his general headquarters "Th- enemy version of the battling off the northeast iiihil of Australia is entirely fictional and has n<> semblance of a true communique of fact “It must In- regarded in the light of propaganda rather than o( a military report. "Japanese claims of damage inflicted on our naval forces are fantastic "Our losses compared with those of the Japanese were relatively light "The only reason they are not published at present I* because It would reveal valuable information “ Japan had claimed tho Sinking of two American aircraft carriers, an American battleship and three destroyers, the destruction of 99 Allied planes, and the damaging of a British battleship, an Australian cruiser and an unidentified (Turn To Cage 5. Column () Receive Swimming Pool Bids Today Will Receive Bids Here This Afternoon Bids for the retn-dehng and at* taring of the city swimming pool will be accepted this afternoon be tbe public board of works amt safety at tbe city hall. When plana for the altering werw submitted to tbe council mmm time ago by Ralph E. R<op. city engine-r. It was estimated that tl»e total coat would be approximately 91.400. The remodeling is to includ* changing of partition* In tbe bathhouse. Installation of toilet facilities and showers, changing of the doors. This work is to be done in conformity to rulings of the state board of health befor- the port can be reopened to the public thia summer. The bids are to be op ued at t p m and after awarding of tbe contract | s mvd- hy the board. Il v. in be enTrn't’e I t.v the c! J <-ounli, for ap|’i..>m