Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 40, Number 146, Decatur, Adams County, 20 June 1942 — Page 1

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* Ickes Helps Load Washington’s Scrap Rubber THE the interior Harold Ickes help* pack flu- flrat caiload of scrap rubber < oil. ctinl in Washing completion of the nation wide wrap dilve, similar carload* from every city will be eonverg roiinliv • f»ui reclamation center*.

SBcmbers ft Damaged Lnie Fields ■table Sources ■Turkey Reveal ■noqc Inflicted ■l Jr . I I’Pl I‘nlte.l j, 1 ups plane* de ■jtl!'- . • .' I’loe.*tl oil field- '•'“ !r raid of .l»n»« I .‘.tn ’ quoted the Rtt-i ■ l*t.r. to re a* admitting ■n hurtl' d for two day* | ■nl Old that the whr.-ie ■*< nli" tired by smoke. Kiuiic ' . these Informant'.. Mh 1 ..ideation wa* it"' ■lir.:.' day* after the raid ■<m arriving here from | ■k m ><l ’tut :wo great bomb ■nmatdy American, circled MkUr.*’ for more than an ■til* the raid on the oil , ■ti mil'- to the north was j I ■l the plane* dropped n>>. ■ w th. . ipital. informant* ■t raid >iren* sounded and ■kt <ap tai next morning, Bhy f.i spreading rumor j ■» »lai ■■> were American ■1 only then, informants] Bbt the Rumanian public ■titled 'hit the country wa* Haith !>... powerful I'nil.-ii Btiipilrlleh from Bocharest ■< tha' Rumania wa* gett-] ■» tllh'er into the grip of ■izaimunced there that B**®- t hies Nazi economic ■*>. had succeeded in sign- ■ agreement with Marshall ■**cu, the Rumanian die j B h which Rumania would ■ Mtny fully at Germany * ■ »ng provide Germany H>M»iide raw material*, ol | their report. ■ Page <_ Column St O „■ — h Owners Warned parities Here J'o’n Owners Against Hcensed Drivers ► •RtiaU today warn' d that ► where an unlfcene.-d driv P*™ "k an auto. the owner P ,f hi« !e (• also liable to followed anoih* r P® In justice of peace court Pytti of Its kind in recent rKMtirday. p Walter 3. Rockman Im1 he of |1 and coals upon R Wlechman. of Callon. 1111P*H»« of guilty to a chanta vehicle without • f «» also lined Harvey L* Monroe, route one. ownr* r *r. a similar amount L,** 1- * arrested by officer J of the state police Lewie L. Smith repreMats called attetlon to ' many mothers and " Rnnlt their chrtdren too ‘obtain a license to drive J* Parent and child are • • ia each cases

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War Bulletins By United Press The sinking of four more United Nations' ships—all in the Car.bbean sea—raised to a total of 288 the Allied merchant vessels Axis submarines have sent to the bottom in western Atlantic waters since the middle of January. London. June 20— (UPI — The admiralty said today that British submarines in the Malacca Straits had torpedoed and sunk three large Japanese supply ships. No date was given. Springfield. 111.. June 20— (UPI — A B 17 army bomber crashed on a takeoff from Springfield airport today, slightly injuring two occupants. Six men were aboard the plane but four escaped unhurt. The plane caught fire shortly after the crash and was badly damaged. Indianapolis. June 20—(UPi —Gov. Schricker said today he had received a tong d.stance telephone call from state labor commissioner, Thomas Hutson, in Washington an- | nouncmg settlement of the coal strike which has tied up Indiana's deep vem coal mines for nearly a month. Urge Farmers Reduce Automobile Travel Pooling Os Trips 1$ Urged By Agent After a study »f the present I rubber and tranxportalton sltua- ■ Hon as It affects agri, ulttir.i In jAiia...- ...unty »«rt*»>«“r■al agent L. E Archbold today I urg-d farmers to coop-tan I tarlly In reducing their travel by pooling th.ii necessary trip* to town and other mean* dett'Uped by their Ingenuity Farmer'; in Adam* comity, ac cording to th. last 1' S. census, nw >ed ”275 automobile, and IM The average age of the auto* was si* V'»r* w, ‘ ,le ' h * average age of th" truck* wa* seven years. Th- county agent, a member of the local V » department of agri culture war board, reminded farm er* of the real need to conserve rubber and utilise to the maximum transportation facili .••*. “ receipt of Information from »e< re tary of agriculture Claud" R. Wlckard and 1.. E Hoffman a.~ elate director of the Purdue I nl versity agricultural extension aerWl.kard ha.. asked VBDA war l—rd. “to undertake I, W ™„ proc— '" «" With farm vehicle owner*, urging their wholehearted cooperation in I transportation facilities j Ruhlier Import* have been <nt ff with the Japanese now conr "> "“T I the I nitud States has ob alned Eduction from domaouc or «yn ssrXe.« <— o< dafe—e

Study War Benefit Pay For Civilians Bill Would Provide Cash For Civilians Waahington. June 2<i. tl'l’i — Senate opponents of administration l-giMlation authorizing war benefit imym.-nt* for civilian* today organized to *end th- measure back to committee in order to limit it* .cope Report'd favorably by the edilcat| n and lale.r committee, the | measure now i* pending before the .enate and debate 1* *< hedllled to ri'Kiim - on Monday. Chairman Wa'ter F George. I). Ga <>f the finance committee said he will move to have the bill referred to hi* group “or further <tudy He believed it* probably < *t "m immense" and would call for additional Use* S. a Robert A Taft. It. It. who op|M»*—d the bill a* l.*> far-reaching during Thursday’s debate, said he will support the move Th- bill. »ponsored by Sen Clait.l I’eplter. I>. Fla. would provide cash benefit., up Io l*B-a--month and medical a»«l»tance to civilians for injury, death, or cap ture hh a result of war action. Civilians injured as a result of air raid* or other enemy action — or their dependent*. If they are killed would get benefit* ranging from |1« a month for partial dis ability to V* r * for total disability. «M!i I'd* a month extra if an attendant I* necessary. Uependents’ benefit* would b-gln al |3<t a month io* « hushand or wife, with 110 for each child up to a total of a m nth. Civilian defense workers would be compensated for any injuries in the Im- of duly even, for example. In practice blackout* The measure ,l!«o provide* for dependents of per.on* captured by the enemy. Geoige said proponents of the bill were "looking at th- huinani tarfiti aspects" when they brought It to th.- floor He oald it was apparent 'hat not enough consider~tT'irn To !"■«* •- <Mumn It — . —o—- — Board Will Conduct Hearings To Start Hearings On Monday Morning —II ' Hearings on assessment objec tions will Ire opened in the com mis.ioner* room at the court bouse by th- Adam* county board of review on Monday. Person* living in the six north em townships who have obj"< tions to their assessments may call on the first day On Tuesday bese in the six southern townships will be heard Residents of Monroe. H-rne and Geneva who have <ompla..»'» may appear on Wednesday, and «t Thursday those from Dacatav win tn. heard Hours of » a m to < P ™ will be observed by the board. The board, composed of Mrs Luelia Ellsworth and W. F. Beery as appointive members, auditor victor Eicher, aasessor Ernest Worthman and treasurer John W. Blakey, today was winding up «• otber roview work to make way tor hearings and objector* The board has complied It* work of reviewing asaoaaoswta and (.becking mortgage exam mat toon.

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Decatur. Indiana. Saturday. June 20, 1942.

Award Navy I' Pennant To 6. E. Plant Monday Decatur Employes To Be Honored At Ceremony Monday Manley E. Lord, general manag-1 er of th General Electric company. Fort Wayne, wil' present the cher-1 Ish-d Navy "E" pennant to the He- . catur work* of the company at ximple ceremot.-en at the local i plant Monday afternoon at 3:45 o'clock. E. W. Lank'-nati. *uperlntetident. announced this morning. The "E." for excellence In pro- ■ ductioti of materia'* for the United States Navy, was awarded to the Fort Wayne works last Saturday by Rear Admiral H. A. Wiley on le half of th- secretary of the navy. Th- Decatur combined School i hand, under the direction of Albert S-lleineyer. will open he program here with patriotic music. The cer< monies will be ximple and will be limited to about a half hour. Mr. Lankenau said. The white and blue pennant will in all probability be presented to Mr. lainkenau. Who will accept it on the part of the employ-*. Employes cf the plant will attend th- c er-monb*. ax the-se<ond shift comes to work at 8:42. Plant op-rat ion* will be curtailed until after the program. Mr. lamkenau did not know If a ' naval officer would attend the pro- ‘ gram, since the time of presents- , tion of the award wax not decided [ until (lilm morning, making it prac-1 tlcally Impossible for an assignment here. Th- public I* Invited to attend the ceremony. 13.652 Pounds Os Rubber Received Joseph S. Anderson. Gen-fa. chairman of the county scrap rißrber campaign, stat-d by telephone late this morning that 13.452 pound* of scrap rubber ha I been report-d to his a* collected to date by service station*, tank wagon men. etc. Among the leaders wa* Forest Balsiger. Berne stat'on ou erator. who reported 8,661 pound* , . —■' —' o British Planes Bomb Nazi Submarine Base Brave Bad Weather To Blast At Emden London. June 20—tl'l’i A big, force of Briti*h long range bomb I Ing planes, estimated to number , up to 300. fought through hundred* i of mile* of stormy weather during \ the night to bomb the German naval and submarine base of Em den and the great railroad center. of Osnabruck Ho bad was the deather, which after a brief break had turned suddenly stormy again, that it was feared at first the raid was a comparative failure. But the planes which fought through the storm for more than 250 mile* to reach Emden, just north of Holland at the mouth of' the Em* river, and Osnabruck. one of the two great railroad centers of northwestern Germany, i returned to report success Aside from the concentra’ed raids on the two chief objectives, the planes liotnbed secondary tar get* in the area and attacked - enemy held airdrome* in Holland : Nine plane* were tnlasing after' the night's operations, the first—because of the bad weather--since i the raid Tuesday night on the, Ruhr and Rhineland Berlin reported that the planes did "silght" damage to the usual "residential quarters" and that I one had been shot down An apparent break in the weatb »r. which had forced a lull In devastation raids, caused air mar «hal Sir A T. Harris, command Ing ths Immber command, to »-nd > out a fleet of anywhere up to 3UO planes for an attack on Germany It was only when ths planes had 1 reached their objective, according to reliable Informants, that they i found the weather so had they had ( digitally in finding their targets. | Conditions were so bad It was tald. that the air ministry considered the advisability of»wltiibold-i Inga formal announcement that the raid had been made. Vsually British bombers which cannot find the target* charted for them, return with their full bomb load* rather than waste them In Indiscriminate bombing along the German pattern, which causes civilian damage but doe* nothing to harm the enemy's war. effort '

Th- Navy “E” Manley E. Lord, general manager of th- Fort Wayne General Electrh works, will present thNavy "E" pennant to the Decatur work* Monday afternoon at 3:45 o'clock Tli* award I* mad* for excellence of performance In fill filling I . S Navy contracts, laical employe* will also be entitled to weai the coveti-d Navy "E" button Auditor Certifies Drain Assessments Stengel Assessments Up For Collection County auditor Victor Eicher has certiried the assessments In the i Htengel drain Improvement to the ‘ county treasurer for collection. ‘ Tin- net assessments amount to 574.U12.22 and ar- du- and payable I on or before September 16. or i bond* will be Issued. All assessments of 125 or under are payable between now and Sept-mb‘T 15. County auditor Eicher pointed out that properly owner* could save themselves much inlgrest t>y paying their assessments in full, even if th-y had to liorrow the money for a few years. If bond* are issued, they will b- spread over a |O-year period, th- -merest rate probably being six percent Over a 10-year span, th*' interest alone would be |330. Mr Eicher estimated. I’nder the state law. one-tmith of the principal would be paid -a* h I year, plus th- interest. Figured a: 4 per cent on a 11.000 asse* meat, I the interest for the first year i would bi- |4o Each year ih- Interi est would decrease six dollar*, but at the end of the decode, the proI perty owner would have paid more ; than |3OO in interest. Th- Steng-1 drain is the largest drain improvement ever undertaken in this county. In addition to the main branch, there are >ix laterals. The dredging of lllil-' Cr*--k ' ditch, which Is included in th- main 'branch, account* for |t*.7ll *tt of the cost Th- estimate on the <1 ainage I project, which provides a mute ade- ■ quate sewer system for B-zne, was 187.308.47. The net cost, includi Ing |42.3<»d 45 for contract* awardi rd ami ' «m*i <O»t» of 4! 1,-"': 7.. ‘ was 474.512 22. or 14 percent lex* I tliun the estimate*. The a*»e*sj ment roll show this reduct'm- Thcourt costs include attorivy and engineer's fee* and interest lo the county for the money advanced to cover the allowances mad-' by the court. Walter Gllliom I* rngine* r ~!i the ' job and wink is proceeding satis- | factory. ———— —O Scouts To Conduct Scrap Rubber Drive Section Captains Announced Today Boy Hcout* who wil) serve as ' xectfon captains in th- scrap rubber drive to be conducted in liecai tur next week under the direction of the Aadams county strap rule ' ber committee were announced today by SteVt Everhart. Stout commissioner. The captains are: section one. -John Cable; two. BUI Bolinger. I three. Tom Ahr. four. Bob Smith, live. Jimmie Cowen*, six. Dale Smltley. seven. Dick Gehrig, righ’. Don Leirhty; nine. Bob Gage; !«. [Migh Nelson; 11. Bill Whittredge; 13. Jerry Uehtmsteiger. 13. Joe Daaleis. 14. Bob M-yers; 15. Lyman Hann; W. Roger Knapp. 17. Roger Genlts; 18. Cletus McMana nu; If. Royal Bolinger. 2». Bill Freeby; 31. Hubert Schmitt The Scouts will atan promptly ■tßp m Monday and will make a houae-to-bouae eanvaaa of the city Persona wishing to contribute scrap rubber at their home* may give it to the Scouts, who will In turn sell H « the service ata tlon* tn the city at the "cent a I (Turn Te PM* •* Cslu»s 4»

Roosevelt Continues Confab With Churchill On Plans To Win Victory Against Axis

Allied Planes Smash Heavily A) Jap Bases Heaviest Raid Os War Is Made From Australian Bases Melbourne. June 20 tl'Pi —' Allied plane*, in on*' of their heaviest raids of th- war. hi Autralla. scored three bomb hits on ■ a Hi,ooo ton Japanese tranxpori at ffaliatll yesterday. probably damaged other ships, smashed grounded planes and showered i the whole airdrome and dru k area with bombs and bullets. Gen Douglas MacArthur repotted to-, day They shot down one and probably two of seven Japan*'*** z-ro i fighter planes and two seaplanes I which attempted to Intercept i them, and returni-d to ba«»MacArthur's communique re porting th« raid Indicated that it might have been th*' biggest so tar in number of planes used. "Ralmul: Our air force In heavy strength made a successful attack > on enemy airdromes and ship I ping." he said "Three bombs were landed In a group of enemy Immbera on the ground, destroying them. "Other iHimbs raked airdromes, biilldtng areas and th*- dock* "In th*' harbor a Hi.imo ton : transjMirt reeelv*'*! three direct hitx and other vessels w-re prob j ably damaged. "Seven zero** and two float] plan*'* unsuci'esxhilly attempted to Intercept One wa* downed and •Mother wa* probably destroyed ' All our plan*-* returned." Th- raid wa* mad- on on- of | Japan's biggest invasion bas> *. on New Britain island in th- Hi* march group, tout mile* northea*: of Australia ami SIW mil*'* north Mst of tli- Allied has- at Port ] Mor*'*by B-iauxe of the lim.k distance Involved. It was indicated tha' lll*' bomber* flew without (Turn T<> Psge t. Column t» Six Youths Attend Hoosier Boys State Week's Training Is Sponsored By Legion Six Adams county youth* left 'hi* morning for Indianapolis., where they wilt attend th- annual Hoosier Boy* State, held thl* year' at th*' state school for the de.it The »lx. sent by various social und fraternal organization* of the elty, are: David L.ing*ton ami Robert Hunter by AflatnS Post No 43. American la'glon; Edwin Baumgartner. Berne. by th-l.-gion auxiliary; Norman Steiiry by th- Decatur Lions club; Robert August by Adams latdge 1311.1 Ixtyal Order of Moose; Donald Li by by the Decatur Rotary club Th-y will return next Saturday , after a week * training in citizen- ] »hlp and functioning of govern-' m-ntal unit*. Th- youth* 1-fl by ABC bus I Their departure was witnessed by | H Vernon Aurand. legion H'*osl-r , Buy* State chairman *nd a group of relative*. Jonas Tritch Rites Monday Afternoon Funeral services for Jena* C. Tritch. 42. principal of Internatlun al Busine** college for 2* year*, who died late Friday In Fort Wayne will be h-ld Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the M'aynStreet Methoist church with Dr. It I Brooks Shake officiating. fMlowed by Scottish Hit- Maaonic service* i The body of the former Decatur i school principal will be brought i here for burial In the Decatucametery I Visits Potients At Irene Byron .— t W Guy Brown, presidetc of the I Adam* county tubercutosi* ataocU tioa. vtaited Adam* county patients 1 t at the Irene Byron aamtoriam I Thursdav and also attended an of 1 flcial viaitor* meeting

New Pastor j 'r - Di M (> L-Sti'l. nbove. Is tile new pastor of the First Methodist , church in this city succeeding Dr 11: w Gi.di.mi who enlisted a ftw W'l'k* ugo as a I'huplain in the I'niti'd Stilt-* Army Methodist Pastor Native 01 Indiana a* I <■ Lester First Served In San Francisco Dr M <t l.*'*l<T. newly appointed paator of the First M-'hodlst , church in till* city, serv-d hi* first i iM-.oi.it.- in Sail Franci-« o aud ' then returned io th- North Indiana ] conference, having pastor.xt .•* In a : half dozen citi*'* before coming tc De atur. He i* a native of Indiana and ’.ii» father was a Methodist minister for, ' 3* year*. I>r Le«fcr attended De Pnnw' university, from which pla-e lie r"I celled hi* A B degree a.id took III* post graduate work a: Boston I’ll i. isity lion! of Theoh'gy. (•• celvillg .in S T II d-gree. De P.niw university cotif' ii-d 'he h iii j orary degree of doctorate of divinity several years ago. For eight years. Dr l.estei w.i ■ oipi rintendi'iit of th*' Wahi h dis-; I trlcl. follow,ng tils pastorate at the , Noblesville Methodist dill' h (Mil j er. cities in which he sert I'd 4* 'pastor include luFontame. W.n | I n u Columbia Ctiy, ARsiay. ami . Mis.iwak.i ll*- w.i honored by Ix lns named a member of two general confer* enec. .hkl on.- jiin-dietion.il < hifenoii*' of th*- Methodist church, it a din lo ■ ■ j aid *■" I'-'y of th*- North Indian.! I . otifereti* •• and also a dlrc< tor of Epworth Forest institute i Dr 1.. I I .i trustee of the Memorial home for I Torn T ' Pag- ' C.dumn »* <> School Band Meets Monday Afternoon 111 m*'tii!>* r* of th*' Decat ir combined »< bool band are a<.k*-d to meet at the Junlor-wnior high school promptly at 3 *> •I • k Mon day afternoon lltiert S-.l* re yer. dire* tor. asked all memberj present, a* the band will take part Iti ! th- presentation ceremony *' the Navy E' pennant at th • G E win ks Adjustment Board Members Appointed Four Members Are Appointed By Judge Four appointment* to th • Adam* county tax adju»tm-nt boa 4 were t made today by Judge J Frei • Fruchte of the AJam» circuit court., Named to the board are S E Hite. Pefer Braun. Jam-* A Hen drleks and Phil Sauer Mr. Mile l» a Republican and the other* are DemocrAts. The other member* of the board previously named ar- l>ean Byer ly. D-mm rat. chosen a* repre«en tatlve of the county council. Ralph W Rice. Republican. cho«en as representative of the -rupees of the county, and Mayor Foircst Elzey Republican County Auditor Victor H Eicher ■erres ez-officio as clerk of the board, which meets late in September after the taxing suit budget* , have been submitted. •

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British Reversals In Libya, Opening Os Second Front In Europe Discussed Washington. June 2® (I'Pi President Roosevelt and British prim*- minister Winston Churchill, continuing their historic confereii< ex at a secret rendezvous someWhere in the Vnlted State*, today i were believed to be considering decisions which may have a far--1 reaching effect on outcome of the war and may Influence Churchill's political future. RejMirts from Lindon «ald British reversal* In'Libya were generating political unrest and that | i’huii hill s position In the British government may depend upon outcome of th- conversation*. The talks, concerned mainly with "the war. th- conduct of the war and the winning of the war." were seen here a* having two primary purpose* establishing of a second Euiop*an front and strengthening of Allied positions , in .North Africa Although no statement Is expected on th*' conference :h---third Itetween Mr Roosevelt and Oiutihlll and their -*'*-ond sin**' I nlt-d Slat* •• oined Britain a* an active ally after Pearl liarI Imr—until the prim- mliflster return* to Lindon it was indicated lhe meeting will be brief Lindon said Churchill came her*' to make '‘lightning decision*' ou conduct . of lhe war Th- British withdrawal to the Egyptian frontier, leaving Tobruk again in a stat*' of «l*'ge. wa . view * 4 in Washington clreles a- ' »er lon*, but far from de«perate.“ These source* felt th- develop ment gave add-d urgency t*> thtalks and that additional aid for ihe hardpresxed British in North . Africa likely will resull. | Probably of equal importance i lx the question of Opening S second front to relieve pressure on the Soviet union Th*' German siege of Russia* naval base at Sevastopol ha« reached a peak <>f fury and development* there may Indicate the probable out*.one of th- Nazi summer drive Olher iiu-'-ii’ p!iil.l*ni- such ishipping and supply undoiibledly are lielng ills* u***'<l Any Alll*-d I invasion tie**- arfly requires earful anil minute preparallons in ‘ these and other vital matter* Lindon Informant- portrayed 1 Churl hill a- facing distrust of his military leadership In »ome British quart* !- and as asking for Urge!!' \!!>*-'iian reinforcement* to -'ablliZ'- the Mediterranean front Th-re w.i< speculation here that Churi hill may -• < k ’he i. islnr of additional American air force- in North Africa In an effort to ham 111-r at retuiianl* of tin Hali.iu fleet ..ml to -iiiki at German G-n. Ei win Romiiiel • inei liatilfd unit* which fore.ol the British with diawal. Afrhan based American iiriion gave a giawl account of •hem**-l*** in their initial Medilet fan* -Hl iia-h on Monday, scoring a i c • Turn To P-ig- * *'..! imn S» Merchants To File Price Lists July I Glenn Hril ihairmano: th. local war price and rationing hoard, today reminded all merchants that celling pi >ce li»t» must I**' IB''*l with the turned by July I. in acco d.inie wi'h OPA t-gulatlo* Threminder was iaaued in i onformity with a request sent by wire from Jam*- Strickland, state OPA diHe ■!*<* reminded citizen* <>f thchange in the sugar stamp use Stamp number fTve. Which will be gocM for two pounds of sugar, may be used from Jun 2» to July 25. and numtwr -it f,"m J't'y 24 to August 22 Stamp number four, now In use and good for one pound, expire- midnigbt Jun- 27 ... ——• TffMPIRATURE READING DEMOCRAT THERMOMETER 8:00 a m. . .. 8« 10:00 a- m. .. .. 74 11:00 a m. .... - 80 Continued moderate temperature with High humidity ttua efternoeo through Sunday forenoon Local thu"derohew«i* tonight and Sunday tereneon. NOON EDITION