Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 40, Number 145, Decatur, Adams County, 19 June 1942 — Page 1

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Leaves Decatur MMgiSr s ® Rev. Alvin Jaidmiki. ussistant pastor of Nt. .Mary's Catholic church In thi.- city for the past five years, has been translrrred to assistant pastor at St Mary's church at East Hammond Rev. Alvin Jasinski Will Leave Decatur Assistant Pastor To Be Transferred Rev. Alvin Jasinski, for the past | five years assistant to Rev. Joseph J. Helmet*, pastor of St. .Mary's Catholic church, today was appointed by .Most Rev. Hiihop John F. Noll of Fort Wayne, as assistant pastor at Hl. .Mary's church.: East Hammond Rev. Jasinski will be succeeded by Hev Robert J Hoevel newly ordained priest of Foil Wayne ThA mange* are effective June ?« Rev Jasinski succeeds Rev. Ed | ward Keever who was named assistant pastor at Nt. Mary's church. East Chicago. Appointed assistant to Father Nelmetx in 1937. Father Jasinski wa* given the Decatur aastgnment i immediately following his ordination to the priesthood He succeeded Rev Joseph Hennes, slate CYO director, now located in Fort Wayne. He has a host of friends In this city, inside and outside of his parish. He is a inenilier of the Decatur civilian defense council and the Adams county tuberculosis association. He has taken active part in city and school athletics and was a member of the Decatur recreational council, when it functioned here during the ’ (Turn To Page «• Column 5» — —m —' Clark Gable Seeks Air Corps Enlistment Washington. June 19 Clark liable, motion picture star, ha* taken a physical eiam.natioti for a commission In the army air force*. It was learned todav. It was understood that (•able underwent the eiaminatioii at Rolling Field here ye*terd»y and that he had conferred with Lieut <•«■- H. H. Arnold, chief of ta* air forces. At that <!■<*• .... ■—— Methodist Youths Attend Conference District Conference Is Held At Garrett Local Methodist last evening from Garrett, where Ley attended the youth fellowship district conference lhur »"‘ y Those who attended from •r. Dr M O Le»ter church pa>are vr. —. . c o wens. tor: Lois Baughman. Joan Vernon SmiUey. Robert Vent Bteury J-ynkUdy. Tvm < » ter Jim Colter. Patay edwarda. Arthur and Norms- n o , Dr Lester was named 1 the Adams county group la « «*•’ mg of the mlnisH-T* during the aL <>f » honl ' h ’“ WO from the diatrict were In at tendance. cho~ 01 ,h ; i COn "de’LX Ep-orth Ptoß * u. held at Epworth For- ** J ’rt.lwtt MStor la iaatitute Adam*. Garrett p**’*' l dean

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Nazis Step Up Frontal Assault On Sevastopol Desperate Battle Continues Between Nazis And Russians Moscow. July 19 (CP) — Gen. I Fr itz Von Manstein's 11th German I army of LlO.OOft men stepped up j the fury of frontal assaults upon | besieged Sevastopol today In what appeared to be a desperate effort to take the Crimean fortress lie- ' fore Monday, the first anniversary of the war In Russia. More than Jso mile* to the north on the Kharkov-Donets river front Marshal Semyon Timoshenko's Red army forces were said in official advices to Ire holding the enemy to a standstill, barring the northern gateway to the Caucasus in savage fighting (The German high command claimed that the last Russian defense line north of Sevastopol had been pierced and all but one of the fortresses' northern fortification* overwhelmed The Nazis told of “desperate counter-attacks” by the Russians but said they I were repulsed (The German*, claiming to be within les* than two miles of the naval harbor of Sevastopol, admieed that Russian marines from warship* of the Black sea fleet : had landed near Kerch to the east of Sevastopol and on the coast near Yalta, southeast of Sevastopol. apparently in diversion atI tacks.) iln latiidon. British military; commentators lielieved that the fate of the Black sea fortress j might Im- decided within a few i day* • Hundreds of women of Sevasfo-; pol. member* of the Red army and trained under fire, arc ready to enter the battle which ha* raged for II days and night* without I letup. Sevastopol's outmtmlM-red garrl(Turn To Pag* 3. Column 4> Jonas C. Tritch Dies Early This Afternoon I Former Local Teacher Dies At Fort Wayne Jonas C. Tritch. 62. native or thi* city and well known school teacher, died at the Methodist hospital In Fort Wayne at 1:30 this aHernoon. following a «everal I months' Illness with heart trouble. I Surviving are the widow, for-' merly Mr*. Lillie Hill, and one! son. Mai or Fort Wayne. Funeral i services have not been arranged. Mr. Tritch was born In thi* I ' county March 21. DtM. son of the | late Mr. and Mrs. William Tritch He was edsrated in the local school* and graduated .from Deca- ’ tur high school. He taught In this i ■ city a number of years and then went to Fort Wayne, where he served for a quarter century as a ' feather In the International Business college He has been a member of Kekionga lodge Knights of Pythias here slt.ee 1901. and has been a faithful mem her of the Methodist church His first wife died in 19.14 and In 1937 he married Mrs Lillie Hill of this city. He became 111 last autumn and retired from school work, gradually growing weaker. Fred V. Mills, of this city, an old friend drove to Fort Wayne this afternoon to visit him but arrived . a few moments after he had passed away Mr. Tritch wa* •*» i known here and until he became I j|| was a frequent visitor to thi* city. Recommend Study Os Spanish Lanquaqe Indianapolis. June 1» —< l p ’~ Dr Clement T. M.Un, *Ute super- ' intendent of public instructs, indicated today he would recommend intensified *tudy of «h* Isnguage in Hoosier high scbojA Io schools where HuonDh is n<» qveu in the course of study uld be would "besrtlly urge »uct» s course bo tocluded iu the school's the recommendation. Dr MsUn Mi d he siw -o“‘“ , -udyof P.n-AmscK.i. ,n cuansetiou with » x '* l

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Color Ceremony at Annapolis ™ ( -■? r __MFT. BL gg s I Presentation of color* during a full dress parade is one of the high liffhtM of graduation week at th«* U. S Naval Academy al Annapolis* ,Md Here Ruth Helena Reed of Madawaska. Me., the "Color Glil? presents the color* At the left in Real Adinlr.il J K lh-ardall. superintendent of the academy. — • I

British Fall Back To Egypt Frontier Tobruk Stronqhold Again Under Sieqe Cairo. June 19 ’l'Pi Gen. Neil M Ritchie's main British forces have retired to strong fortified positions on the Egyptian frontier of Libya, and the stronghold of To-1 hruk. Mi miles to the west, is again | under siege, a mlddleastern command communique revealed today. “Gen Ritchie's army I* at present holding strong fortin d petitions on the Libyan frontier and In the Tobruk area." the communique said. “British mobile force* operating | from th* south are confining enemy columns to the coastal belt. The communique said that a British column, driving up from the south, yesterday shelled the airdrome of El Adam, south of To- ' bruk. in the area from which the British main force* had hewn compelled to retire before the striking power of the German Afrika korp*. British troops In the Tobruk ares, where empire troops in one of the most gallant stands of the war had held their ground against I enemy attack* for month*, destroyi .-d three enemy tanks and damagJ .-d four ethers In lighting yesterday. it was added But the one big point in the communique was that the British empire army. In a'forced withdrawal of nearly 100 miles, war back in I the region of the Egyptian frontier where so many men had died In the «avage fighting of previous desert (Turn Tu Psge t. Column t)

Importance Os Scrap Rubber Drive Stressed To Rotarians

"Have you gathered y°ur «c«P ( rubber and delivered It to a filling j station?" waa the question asked repeatedly by Herbert C. VerWiebe of the Speony Vacuum Oil company, at the Rotary meeting lad evening, addressing the club members on the Importance of the drive and the necessity for doing It. .. "The Army and >’avy come first and if we are able to build up a backlog of scrap rubber for future ( use gasoline rationing may not be necessary. The lolled States does not have any source of sup ply. except to reclaim the old rub-| ber and if 1W million Americans do the Job within the neat two weeks. they may pile up a reserve which will guarantee that the care can run un’l! 'he synthetic products come on the market.' the old executive explained

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1 11 — To Determine Route Os Larqe Pipeline Washington. June 19 tl'l’l— A ; spokesman of the office of petrol-1 eum coordinator said today that a field survey will begin to ' determine the route of the world a I largest crude oil pipeline running I north from Longview. T.-x He denied that any site had la-en selected for the other terminus of the line, and said reports that it would end at Mt. Vernon. Ind were “purely «nei-u:atlve." —O' — Americans Advised To Evacuate Egypt Consular Officials Advise Evacuation Washington. June 19 —(I'PI— American civilians in Egyp are being advised by the state department to evaluate as rapidly 3* possible. It wa* learned today The advice to the Americans was conveyed through American con«u- 1 lar oflclals In Egypt, who 'nform- ■ ed business men and other civil-' lan* still there that It wa- consiJ- ■ cri'd advisable f<» r to leave.; There are 359 Americans in Egypt and 12 American’ its AngloEgyptian Sudan, according to the must recent data avattabii-. The action was in keeping witn the state department policy of warning Americans abroad when ever It appeared likely that transportation facilities might be dis rupted and American* might be caught In war zones Events In Libya were understood to have influen-ed the department's action.

Mr. Ver Wiebe conveyed great I sincerity In his remarks on the I Importance of the scrap rubber campaign The oil companies are backing the drive 100 penent. Kiecutlves of that industry submitted the nation wide plan to President Roosevelt, who Immediately endorsed it and broadcast (be appeal last Friday Again, said Mr. Ver Wiebe, "do you have any scrap rubber around the house. In the attic, basement or garage Gather It and deliver I It to the nulls* tut lons at once It may be the means of an Amert- , can bomber plane getting there first." he speculated. Clarence Ziner local oil man. was chairman of the meeting Ray Letts. vies president, conducted the meeting In the absence of the president. C f» Ehinger. who Is attending the Rotary Internet tonal I c«aventioa ia Toronto, Canada J

Chief Question Apparently Opening Os Second Front In Europe Against Axis Powers

Clear Victory For U. S. Fliers In Mediterranean Two Battleships Damaqed, German Warplane Downed Washington. June 19 — tl'Pi In Its first communique datellned •Mediterranean theater." the war department revealed late yesterday that army airmen scored a clear victory In their Initial offl ! cially-announced encounter with German planes. Returning from a bombing raid on an Italian fleet in which two \ battleships were hit. the formation of consolidated B-24 laimbers (..Hein off a flight of Germn I Messerschmldt pursuit planes and 1 sent one Into the sea. The American plane* reached their North ! African base without serious dam age and without casualty to per • Honnel. the war department said The action occurred on June IS. and the communique confirmed reports from Cairo that the Amer lean Itombers helped heat off ' Italian warships attacking British - convoys and scored hits on the 35,0(M* ton battleship Littorlo and 1 the 23.6<m ton Cavour. I The communique was based on i a preliminary report received from Col Harry A Halverson, rum ! mandlng the army air force- In j North Africa. The war department said that the American bombers worked "in close cooperation with the British 1 flee! and the royal air force in ' attacking "capital ships of the j Italian fleet In the Mediterranean." "The attack began about 6 a m on June IS.” It continued When the Italian fleet, consisting of the battleships Littorlo and Cavour.! accompanied by several cruiser* and a screen of destroyers, wa encountered The fleet was a|> parelltly ell route to attack a large and important British convoy Our bomber- coin entrai<-d their 1 attatk on the two Italian battleships, storing a considerabbniirnlter of direct hit*. “As a result of this air attatk ! by American and British plane* ! the Italian warship* were put to flight without attacking the Brit 1 i*h vaaael*. Our plane* encount ’ ered a considerable amount of anti aircraft fire, which wa* Ineffec- - live “ (Although the communique Stated definitely that the Italian ships I (Turr? T<. Pag* S. Column 1) ■■ ■■■■ Ziner Chairman 01 Scrap Rubber Drive City Chairman Os Drive For Rubber Clarence Ziner. operator ot the Ziner Oil company, was today named city chairman of the scrap rabbet drive in Decatur The appointment wa* made by Joseph H Andersoa. of Geneva who W*« named earlier In the week by Clarence Jackson, state defense director, a* county drive | chairman By virtue of hl* appointment. | Mr. Ziner will supervise snd have I complete charge of th* rampsign In Decatur, until Its conclusion on June .30 A meeting ws* to be held thi* afternoon of all Ncouts and Cuh Scout s under the direction of Hteve • |£ V erhart to formulate the house- ] to-houae eanvas* for rubber nest Rubber wrap I* alao being do nated snd sold to servlcs stations, tankmen and oil company agsnts. In tha city WkU* no dsflnits re port was avs liable today Mr Anderson reported a splendid response 'o the drive throaghoui the county generally and predicted | successful <.smi»ai*a.

Twelve Men Rejected From Army Service Unofficial Reports Indicate Rejections It was unofficially reported here today that 12 of the Adams county men who left Thursday for army .-laminations at the armory in Tie li-do. Ohio were rejected and returned to their homes. The balance of the contingent was sent to Fort Benjamin Harrison at Indianapolis to Im- inducted While no official notification had been received by the draft iKiard at a late hour today, the unofficial survey revealed the following as rejected: Robert Woodhull. Calvin Magley, Glenn Goldsberry. Robert Moran. Raymond Miller. Franklin Rayl. Robert Yake. Iris Lehman. Hairy Ellenberger. Erwin Kiefer. Thomas Adler, and Walter Turn bleson It was unofficially report ed that Ellenberger. recovering from Injuries received in an auto accident, received only a temporary rejection. Those unofficially sent to Fort Benjamin Harrison for Induction Wendell Mjitklln. Robert Brod beck. Dan Christen. Keith Banta, Ornell Ni hindh r. Edwin Kaufman Charles Marks, Herman Lyons, Harold Stauffer. Harrison Fennlg, - Nol Eicher. Waveland Fi»her, Chalmer la-e, Charles la-onatd. Harold Blythe, Earl Harmon Dick 1 Moses. Oscar Lengerich. Joshua Lister. Edward Kirchner. Hubert Mai tin. Arthui Miller and Jerome Nleiner According to a notice received by the draft board, men In this contingent will not receive the I : iru T-I t’ag* i. t'-.lunm 1l o GOP Organization Names State Ticket Chairman Gates And Backers In Saddle Indianapolis. June 19 (I I't Hoosier Republicans were ready today for their drive toward th.- N o 3 general election, armed with a |imi (rertetit ’'organization'' state i ticket and cheered hy what they regarded as a thundering -li w of party unity in yesterday's tiomln.it Ing convention ' Morning after” reactions Indi i ated that the pre-convention hat tie will- ii -wit:- <i aroind the ■o» UMt between Rue Alelander, sinh district • hairman from Fine Vill age. and James M Knapp, of Hag - ratown. speaker of the house, had served the party well by proving .that the rank snd file is behind the i organisation It took only a fraction of a ballot to show Knapp forces, led by Lieut Gov Charles M Daw-on. that «tate chairman Ralph F Gates and his follower* still were the party's accepted ’ leaders !>•** than two third* of the way through the first and only halloi of the con I Vention Knapp had h>*t the noml nation and he took the rostrum (Turn Te P»<» ». Column *> — pBoy Scouts, Cubs Will Canvass All Homes For Rubber Decatur Boy KcouU anJ Cub Ncouts will make a hot»*e »o-hou»e canvass of every home In the city, starting Monday morning *• a pan of the nation-wide drive for collection of scrap rubber. Residents of the city ar* urged to collect every available piece of scrap rubber, rvgardh-** of how small, and have this scrap ready for the Ncouts when they call Mon day Rubber I* one of the moat vital materials to the natton's all-out war effort, and every bit of scrap salvaged will be an essential con•ribetton to Ike armed fercee •’ this country snd other* of the I L'aited Nation*.

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British Reverses, Serious Situation On Russian Fronts Also Os Concern By I'nlted Press Prime minister Winston Churchill conferred with President Roosevelt today, surrounded by top Allied military strategist*, a* the war reached a crucial stage on world battlefront*. The No 1 question of the council of war appeared to b* ths! of opening up a second front, following the tri power accord announced by the I'nlted State*. Russia and Great Britain on June 12 regarding “the urgent tasks of crest- - ing a second front In Europe In 1942.” But there were other vital matters before Churchill and Mi. Rooaevelt In their second Washington conference since the Culled States' entry Into the war, including 1 The British reverse* In the near east where the eighth itnper lai army, lit a forced withdrawal of nearly 100 miles, fell baik to the Egyptian border today before the pounding <>! Col Gen. Erwin Rommel's Ails armor-d forces. I'nless the tide Is turned, the Asi* tuny gain control of the Mediterranean. 2 Means of maintaining a flow of arm* and supplies to Russia where the situation remains serious, although the Red army is holding the German* to small or I no gains around besieged Sevastopol and on lh» Kharkov front ' 35t» miles to the north, delaying Adolf Hitler'- hope- of crashing through to the Caucasus 3. lilt ceased cooperation he iween Biitish forces and I'nlted Stale* army air corps units which have gone Into action in the Balkan and near east during the la«t io day*, bomblag the Italian tleei In the fom day M»-dlterranean naval and air battle and striking at Axis objectives In the Black sea area Including the Rumanian oil fields I The urgent problem of keep- ' Ing the Allied •••.! routes open. • oinh.ittlng the Axis' I'boat warfare and corrt-latlitg I'nlted States, British and empire shipbuilding in an effort to keep abreast of and overcome the va-t lo*- of tonnage .7 Strategy for following up I the ret ent I'nlted Stales victories over the Japanese fleel In the Coral «ea Midway and Aleutian lint tie*. 6 laying the groundwork for B Itish. American and Russian collaboration in a po-' war system of M-curlty. touching perhap* upon the matter of terriloiial mattora whiiit JoM-f V S'.iiin ii<’ agreed to hold In abeyance until the fighting t« over. 7 Discussion of a po* l *tr plan upon whhh such American leader* as under secretary of stato Sumner Welle* and vice-president iTurn Tu I’ag* i. Column 1) Will Suit Venued To Wells County Willard Steele Will Suit Venued Today The salt to rraiat tb* probatiUß of the will of the Ute Willard Steele, wealthy farmer of neat DeI catur who died last year, la to bo • tried in Well* county The *uit wa* venued to Well* county by Judge J Fred Fruchte in Adams circuit court yesterday after Jesse A Schwartz, plaintiff in the action asked tor a chznge o( venue The pUintiH *’rack the name of Jay county and tb* defeudrat that of Allen county. Judge Frwchto granted !• days in which to perfect the ehang* Before the will was filed Ust August • »“'< objecfiM ’f Probata wa. filed and Uter a salt io rasUt probat* of tha will wa* alas Maced on the docket In his will the deceased left. am--nz other Items. 12.0 W to each of the city - * 13 ehurrbo*. »! «» foe the Decatur cimHsry. kbM rack for the library awd boeptta! I