Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 40, Number 173, Decatur, Adams County, 23 July 1942 — Page 1

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asury Head ms Fight To. ist Tax Bill r. eciol Privilege' x Exemptions Are • By Morgenthou - Ing ton, July 23. — (UP) — ry of th* treasury Henry than. Jr, opening the adit lon's fight in the senate t the 1942 revenue bill to »ury's reto:nmended |3,700. called today for elimination cut! privilege” tai exempted by the house. the bill ly 36.270.000.000 In new revspite the treasury'* demand higher yield to meet conIncreasing war costs. 'special privileges" which hsu told the senate finance ee should be removed from se measure were: is exemption for state and si securities. xemption from taxation of "“■rcent of Income from oil id mines. is privilege of separate Inx returns by married coupallowed in the ' community r** states. latlon of the provlsloM, he iuld add tiome 7600.000,000 -nment Income. »s the 1600.000.000 loaf the "apecial privileges'' ns, the hotMe cut Morgen ndlvidua! income tax total 00.000.000. corporation taxes 1,000.000, estate and gift y 1309.000,000, and excise s by |400,000.u00. ■nthau appealed to the sennnittee for sp*»dy enactthe bill and asked that It he 9o percent excess profits approved by the house, but added provision—rejected house—for a 10 percent >r return to the paying cor >. after the war. inerlcan people, he told the ee, want “a courageous tax want It with the least pos» »y . . . (they) will be edits only If we seem to foltei le. or If we seem half-hesrt-klng self-denial of the peo whole.” law yielding less than |B. *OO in additional reveni* - Inadequate, he said. Even votamendstisß, bs added, nfnlmum" program and was ted at a time when propos spending was not as high now. Id the committee that war turea this fiscal year would 77.000,000.000, and that fed te and local taxation under se version of the tax bill inane* only 37 percent of rerrment expenses. <nthau compared that to • 44 percent taxation finam ■■'ch be said was expected to to 33 percent, and to In 55 percent taxation Ig In 1943. ■ United States, he said. Udo at least as well ■■ Orest Uand Canada.'' miathau left UMKh of the ■I discussion of the revenue T«t*r bearings ou the mess ■ made a strong plea for all Rtfcn to combat inflation p down the cost of living. . -rifle provision he menlionfhfa connection was a bouse jid tax on Freight and ex- ’ vhlch he said should be fil'd Itecanso It would "add rw ?cst of producing and sap practically every commodity e . No Change In L> Control System TOngtM, July 23 —<(TPi — Mmiaistratlon policy of per B wage increases by war laB rd action was assailed in ■t’c today, as spokesmen for ■nd labor insisted at a White that there be no jpn the present wage control >e criticism of admin I sire vge policies was led by Sen (George, D.. On., chaira.au o<-, sea ato finance committer, sorted that WLB approved creanen make U ”iapaa*w>h . je coat rota to operate." UnmATVMRrADtma - ICHAT TMfiRMOMCTCA I * ll—a. at. . --- ■ a, m. 73 fii 4 y a. ——- * J WBATHCR 8 much change * tempera Jltois afternoon; oHfMiy

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This is Army’s Newest Troop Ship of the Sky _ — —. •- ■»- ■ ♦ 1 .. .J... . . . ... .— .- - • • - - —.4 For the first time, the new 25-ton Curtiss Commando, a military transport plane now being delivered to U S Army All Forces, is pictured In flight over Washington The big plane la designed to carry troops, one or more jeeps and field artillery to battle zones. Note how the giant plane dwarfs In size its tiny escort, a Curtiss Warhawk fighter.

Recreational Lunch Program Is Planned Balanced Lunch To Be Served At Noon Launching of a recreational lunch program at Worthman Field, beginning Monday. July 27 under the sponsorship of the Decatur Lions club In cooperation with WPA, school and recreational leaders was announced today by Deane Dorwln, recreational supervisor at the field. At 12 o'clock noon, five days each week, a balanced lunch will be served to some 250 to 300 youngsters. between the ages of six and 16 years, who use the playground facilities.

A majority of the food*, fruits and vi getable* will be furnished by the federal marketing adnfiiii*tration. distributed from the surplus marketing warehouse at Fort Wayne. Three foodstuff* not on thl* list will lie furnished by the Decatur Lions club. The program will extend over a period of July 27 to August 21. Mis* Mildred Worthman. Decatur junior-senior high school home KouomlEs Instructor, will supervlm. the preparation of the meals by three WPA lady workers in the home economics room of lhe school. Mr. Dorwln and Miss Eleanor Pumphrey will supervise the distribution of lhe lunch st the fleld. Tickets for the Monday lunch will be distributed to the youngsters Friday afternoon. All children are asked to secure their tickets on that day from Mr. Dorwln or Mias Pumphrey.

/The recretatlonal lunch program is considered throughout the state and nation as one of the finer program* new In effect In a number of larger playgrounds. It Is designed to afford the growing child a normal. balanced diet at noon -during a "time out" from bls strenuous play and recreation. A contribution of five or 10 cento will be accepted from parents of children who dreir« to contribute to the fund. Maders, however, stressed the fact that a contribution I* not solicited and the lunch (Turn To Biffa «. Column <> Limited Offensive On Egyptian Front Consolidate Posts On Alamein Front Cairo. July 33—(UP)— Hritiah imperial forces have consolidated position* tokeu ia a new limited offensive on the Alamein front, it was snnount ed today. A comm upniqae of the middle eastern command and the royal air force said the Itaperisb advanced In heavy fighting throughou’ yesterday on all sectons of the front. Axis forces ton terattacked In an effort to throw back the British bat the Imperial* held their grow nd and repalsed the thrasts. It wan stated. (The British radio aald that a "fnll-scsle hattie” woo to progress but that the British advance tdua far had been strictly limited and. did not coastltato a broak-throafib or forward sweey) lafoatry opened the attack early yesterday. In the northern sector, fighting centered around 'be Hill of Jena* (Tur* Tn Pa«s K CeJama 4)

Navy Task Force Sees Action With British Home Fleet London. July 23—(UP)—Several warships of the United States navy task force with the British home fleet have bean in action and subjected to attack, rear admiral Robert C. Giffen, commander of the task force, announced today. The attack on the U. S. naval forces was carried out by Axis planes. Giffen said that the United Stator vessel* suffered neither damage* nor fatalitiei, although "there may have been some wounded."

0 Annual Picnic Held For Beet Workers Central Sugar Co. Entertains Workers A. crowd, estimated at approximately 2,(«H» men. women and children, attended the second annual picnic for the beet workers In the Central Susa company's territory, held today at Hun Set park, southeast of Decatur. The festivities opened at 10 o'clock thia morning when officials and fieldmen of the company and their wives started serving 1.2 W pounds of barbecued beef to the approximate 1.500 beet workers and membars of their families. By midafternoon the barltecued meat. 350 watermelons. d.OOo bottles of pop and the equivalent of 4.(t00 bottles of orangeade had been consumed. H. W McMillen, president of the Central Sugar company, delivered an opening four minute address of welcome In the Span (•t> tongue Jennie Mura, a young Mexican girl, living near .Monroe, made all announcements over the loudspeaking system, both In English and Spanish. Approximately 50 persons took part In the entertainment content In the Sun Set pavilion, with first prise awarded to Robert liodriquex. a Texan professional entertainer who came to this community with his wife to "work in the beets.” other entertainer* who featured the program were: Mr. and Mrs. Serabia. Manuel Ochoa and sons, Simon and Joe; Mr*. Klenteria Neurnex. who. with her husband entertained in a dance, balancing a pop bottle on her head; Joe Charavarl and Blas Mendes who played and sang and Alice Peres, who led In the pledge of allegiance to the flag. Rev Jesse Rodarte, a Mexican pastor, opened the program with Invocation. The crowd In attendance far surpassed that of last year's event. The food and refreshments were served free by the sugar company. J. Ward Cailand. vice-president of the company, was general chairman of the event. Pollowing the picnic, a dance was held In the pavilion. Cl it Brinkley and hl* orchestra of Fort Wayne furnished the music. Native Spanish and Mexican music was also play ed While a majority of those In attendance were Mexicans. a num her of Belgian beet worker* were (Turn Te Pag* *. Columa Si Fire Watchers Will Meet Friday Night All firs watcher* are asked by T. J. Mettler to meet Friday night at I o'clock at the Legion home Watcher* are asked to note th* Friday date instead es Thursday as was previously announced.

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Decatur, Indiana, Thursday, July 23, 1942.

No Ceiling Prices Meat Shortage Cause Shortage Reported From Some Sectors Washington, July 23.—(UP) — Price administrator Leon Henderson today appealed to the livestock and meat packing industry to maintain a supply of meats in all normal trade channels rather than concentrate shipments to large cities where ceiling prices are relatively high. Washington. July 23 — (UP) — The office of price administration and the agriculture department today studied charge* by meat packer* In midwestern and eastern cities that the lack of ceiling* on price* paid to farmer* has caused a "shortage" of quality meat product*. Remedies being considered for small meat packers who have been "squeezed" between the highest livestock prices In year* and price ceiling* on dressed meat product* were said Io Include what would be. in effect, government subsidies The big packer* sell moat of their meat to the government for tend-lea»e a* price* above Cblqpgo quotations. Official* emphasized that the current situation Is aggravated by the fact that this I* the alack season in livestock sale*. They hoped livestock prices would drop sharply when large quantities of hogs and cattle are shipped to market thl* fall. lint OPA and agriculture department official* agreed that drastic action might have to be taken between now and fall marketing time They agreed that the meat scarcity basically artificial. since livestock production Is at record (Turn To Page 6. Column 7) O German Planes Bomb British East Coast

Damage, Casualties Reported In England London. July 23- (UPi -Orman planes ranged over a wide area of England at dawn today to stage hitrun attacks against an east midland* region ai d an eastern Eng land district after the RAF. using Douglas bombers, attacked a chemical works and power station at Nazi-occupied Bhent Belgium. Hotel* and boarding house* at an east coast town were damaged badly when a Getrnaa Dornier flyinj boat swept In from the sea al low altitude to drop Us bomba. No cmas I tiro were reported from sny of the bonvbed areas 'London radio, in a broadcast beard by the Ualtod Press in New York, aald that "damage afid casualties are reported from sn east coast town where a family of six were amoag those killed ) The air ministry said that hits were observed on both objectives at Ghent and that two of the protecting fighters were missing. The Ghent raid followed a day light Bpitflrc sweep for the third consocatlve day over the German supply line* and installation* la occupied taritcry. One formation, despite intense machine fan fire, blasted with their cannon soar barges la the caaa! near Dunkirk sad set on explosion* Other formation* damaged three raHroad engine. neariMlddelberg. Netherlands.

Ship Company Head Protests Cancellations Order Resolution To Stop Execution Os Cancellations Washington, July 23.—’UP) —President Andrew Higgins of the Higgins Corporation announced today that the American Federation of Labor had offered to advance sufficient funds to complete the firm’* New Orleans shipyards. Washington. July 23 — (UP* — Two house tncrchant marine subcommittees today authorized Introduction of a reso'utlon Instructing the maritime commission to stay execution of It* order cancelling contract* with the lllggln* corporation of New Orleans. La for 200 Liberty ships, until they have completed the investigation. The resolution wa» drafted at a closed session of two subcommittees which heard testimony from Andrew J. Higgins, president of the ship company. Higgins told the committees that cancellation of hl* order was ••eltsher gross stupidity or some other motive," "Some people still think more about who they are going to be competing with after the war than winning It," Higgins said. "If we don't win what the hell Is the use of making any money for whom. Hitler?" That portion of his testimony wa* heard by reporter* who were permitted In the hearing room for a few minute*. Higgln* emphatically disputed (Turn To Page 2, Column .’•»

New Officers Are Named By Local 44 Otto Hake, Jr., Is Chosen As President The annual election of officers ot l-ocal 44. comprising employe* ot Central Soya Co., and McMillen Feed Mills, was held Wednesday evening In a meeting at the Union Hall Otto Hake. Jr.. i»43 Central Ave., wa* named president, succeeding Wilmer Harmon of Wren. Ohio. Harold Kelley was chosen vicepresident. suceeding Carl Mcßride Kenneth Hirwchy was re-elected financial secretary; Paul Sharp was elected recording secretary and Jesse Singleton, s rjeant-of-arms. Thr shop committee for the com Ing year Is composed of: Gerald Schlickman, from the feed mill; Carl Mcßride, solvent plant; Harold Kelley, expell-r plant; Howell Duff, elevator; William McCullough, maintenance. Paul Hllyard. yard department McCullough wa* also named lo the board ot trustee*. Mr. Hlrschy. finsmlal secretary, reported that ’he union rwen’ly signed a new contract with the company, effective July 5. The executive committee reached an agreement with Max Schafer, director of labor relation*, after brief negotlstlon*. The new agreement grant* a blanket raise of five cents per hour along with other minor change* from th* previous contract, which expired July 1. Funeral Is Held For Local Lady's Brother Funeral service* were held this afternoon for O*to Kuhn. *7. broth er of Mr*. Julia Colohln of this city, who died Tuesday afternoon at his home In Van Wert county. Ohio. Other survivor* Include the widow. one son, four brother*, and soar other sis'.ere. e ...... — Former Decatur Man Is Reported 111 Dsn Beery, former Decatur resident, I* reported 111 In a Fort Wayne hospital, following a stroke suffer ed yesterday sfteraoon Article Written By Former Decatur Man A. Story. "Just One More Man.' appearing !■ the Aaguat 1 lasae of Liberty magazine wa* written '.y Kenneth Kessler, of Texrbsns. Texas. formerly of Doeator. ia collaboratiou with Marjoris Holmes tt was made known here today by Mrs. Paullae Ksealer | B a letter to the Daily Dearocrat.

Red Army Begins Last-Ditch Stand To Defend Caucasus, Volga Valley From Germans

Japanese Land Invasion Force In New Guinea Biqgest Threat So Far To Ally Base Os Port Moresby General MacArthur's Headquarters. Australia. July 23 (UP* The Japanese have landed a new Invasion force of about 2.s**** men In New Guinea In their biggest threat SO far to the Allied base of Port Moresby and. potentially, the Australian continent, it was announced today. A small enemy •convoy landed the troop* under heavy and damaging attack* by Allied plane* at the Gona mission. near Buna on the north side of New Guinea, lit* mile* by air line and 120 miles by road from Port Moresby and aluiut 420 mile* from Australia. In attack* on the convoy and the area where it landed the troops, Allied planes wank one large traiiKport and an Invasion barge and inflicted heavy casualties on disembarking troop* with bombs and machine gun fire, a communique said An enemy float plane wa* shot down and two Allied fighter* lost. By their new move, which put them in stronger position both offensively and defensively, the Japanese had advanced their invas.on area 155 mile* down the north coast of New Gulnae and for tile first time had Invaded the Papuan area, which make* up the southeastern part of the Island and I* Australian territory The base* which the Japanese held previously, in the Halamaualae area, are In Australian-mandat-ed northeastern New Guinea The communique announcing the enemy thruat said: "Northeastern sector: Buna — The enemy effected a l.uuling at the Gona mission on ■> north coast of Papua, which was not occupied by Allied forces. "An enemy convoy was discovered by our reconnaissance and our air force executed a series of bombing and machine gun attacks throughout the day t Wednesday * on enemy shipping, landing barge* and personnel on the shore "One large transport and one barge were sunk and heavy casualties were Inflicted on debarking troops. "An enemy float plane was shot down In comliat. Two of our fighters were missing ” It added that in the northwestere an Allied air unit on reconnaissance lightly bombed enemy barrack* In Dutch -Portuguese Timor Island At their new landing point, the (/Turn To Page S, Co to run 4)

28 Are Indicted For War Interference Charge Conspiracy Against War Morale Washington. Juiv •? — (UPI — Attorney general Francis Biddle today made public Ihv indictment of 2M persons on charges of con ducting a nation wide conspiracy to Interfere with the war effort Those name* include 2>' men and one woman. Mr* Elizabeth DiHing. Chicago, auothor of "The Red Network" The Indictment wa* returned by a federal grand jury here and climaxed an invertlgatlon which began in September of 1940 The 24 were Indicted on two counts of conspiring to Impair and Influence the loyalty, morale, and discipline of the United Mate* military and naval forces , Those convicted of the first count* are subject to a maximum penalty of lIo.OM fine or lo year* in prison, or both Conviction on the second count carries maximum penalties of 110.000 or 20 year* in prison or both Included among those named as defondant* are: Coart Asher. Muncie. Indiana publisher of "X-ray.” Victor Broeastnipp. New York and Noblesville. Indiana, an at tor ney for William Dudley Pelley

U. S. Producing Cargo Plane Fleet Aviation Sources Report Production Washington. July 23. (UP) The United State* I* already pro during a huge fleet of cargo plane* with load capacitle* ranging from three to 13 ton*, and their load capacltlea can Ire doubled and trebled If "tow" gliders are developed. Well informed aviation source* *ahl today "A cargo plane without a glider train is like a tugboat without barges." one expert said. The ability of the American aviation industry to produce II existing model* of cargo planes and other models In the blueprint stage, three sources said, I* limited only by the willlngnea* of the war production board, the army and navy to make available the strategic materials needed. The discussion was precipitated Illi* week by the proposal of Henry .1 Kaiser. Oregon'* shipbuilding <•» pert, to produce 5.000 cargo planre annually to beat tile submarine campaign against surface ship* Some aviation expert* criticized Kal*er'* pro|*o*al*. but welcomed the (act that he had brought the cargo plane question to public at tentfon.

The senate committee investlgat Ing the war effort will begin an InVeutlgatlon next week which will Include a study of Kaiser'* propos(Turn To Pag* 4. Column 4) -Q Anna Buhemeier Is Taken By Death Root Township Lady Dies This Morninq Mr*. Anna Rultetnei< r. 73. widow of the late Fred Hiiltenielrr. and well known Root town*hlp lady, died this inorhing at 6 o'chak at her home, *lx and one-half tnlh« north of Decatur. Death wa* cutißed by pm utiionla, following an lllne** of six week* Nhe liad heel) l»-dfa*t since first becoming ill The deceased wa* born In Allen *•?* M:? r ‘ *' I*• th»* 4m*frh ter of Henry and Anna Dirk* n Schroeder She had rmkled in Ad am* county moat of her life and wa* a member of lhe St John's church. Surviving are the following children Mr* Adolph S< hamerloh of Decatur, Mr*. Martin Autnann. Mr* Lawrence Heckman. Mr* Edwin Nchamerloh. all of neat Decatur; Mr* Paul Reiter es Fort Waytie. Martin of near Decatur; Louise. Emma anti Henry, all at home; 22 gradchlldren. three great grandchil (inn Her husband preceded her In death In February. 19X7. A brother and *i*ter are also decvXsed. Funeral nvrvlie* will he held Sunday afternoon at I 3't o'clock at the home and 2 o'clock at the church, with Rev W T Vogel and Rev Walter Luecke otfii latlng Burial will l>e in the church terne trry The body will be returned to the home thl* evening from th.- Zwhk funeral home It may be viewed there after 7pm until time for the service*

Management, Labor Pledge Support To Nation's War Effort 'Washington. July 23 —H’PI— Npoke*men for management and labor conferred with President Hoo*e velt today and pledged their com plete "unit of purpose and i;tion" In supporting the American war effort. President William Green of the American Federation of labor, one of the conferees, wa* asked whether the management-labor pledge ot cooperation applied to 'orthcouilng administration steps to combat Inflation. ln< lading new wag* and prtco control*. "That is a matter each rids is dealing with apart." Green replisd. adding that the conferees had . oat to th* White House primarily to dewroa«trate their asifled sapport of war firogrant

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Fear Russia Unable To Prevent Germans From Taking Gateway City Os Rostov By United Press The Red army, aided by American made flying fortresses, began a last-ditch stand in defense <>( the Caucasus and the Volga valley today, slugging back at enemy assault unit* In a big battle at Kostov and fighting from more favorable positions along the Don river west of Stalingrad "We can and must hold the enemy and inflict cruel losses on him.” the army newspaper Bed Star declared In disclosing that Soviet marshal Semyon Tlmoshenko'it withdrawal to new defenses, presumably on the lower Don a* far east as the bend opposite Stalingrad, had been completed. It was acknowledged, however, that the German advances to Novocherkassk and Tsimylansk and eastward Into the Don river bend, which Iwlmlh to within 35 miles of Stalingrad, had created an Increasingly grave situation and It was feared that the Ruslsans would be unable to hold the gateway city of Rostov. Dispatches from Moscow said that the enemy advance had encircled Rostov on three side* In addition to pushing another column east of the lionets river to the lower Hon at a point half way between Rostov and Stalingrad and a third column Into the river bend. The German communique reporter! a breakthrough the heavilymined Russian defenses befote Rostov and said that Axis troops were fighting in the outskirts of the city, while Nazi ar squadrons attaiked nearby communication* line*. The Russians did not officially acknowledge any enemy force* closer than Novocherkassk 32 miles to the northeast on th* railroad, but gave the impression that Timoshenko might not attempt to bold the city of soO.ihh» population against a long siege. Rostov obviously will lie strongly defended to make the enemy pay the biggest possible price, but It Ilea on 'he north luank of the Don and all Indication* were that Ihv Russians would do most of their fighting south of the river. The first effects of the new Russian stand were reported by the Red Star, which said the enemy had been slowed down a* a result of steady. large scale attacks by the Russian air force, which Is using big American made Boeing and ismala* tiomber* to mast German lank < <>■>< • nuailoia* In the forward area and lo range far Iwblnd lhe lines in raid* on communication* center* The period of Russian withdraw al appeared to be ended for the most part, especially on the lower Don east of Rostov, and righting continued in the Voronezh sector, on the German left flank some 3M miles to the north The Red army at V<ironezh reported that I: had seized another Important point from th* enemy killed s »'M» Germans. knock<*l out 30 more tanka and at some point* driven the enemy back Into the Don river in bloody battle* now raging on both banka The possibility of a second front continued to arouse speculation and iontroversy In lamdon, but Mir Htafford Cripps, speaking for the government, sharply refused any information to questioners in the house of commons on the ground* that conversations were of the highest military secrecy There wa* a growing belief in (Turn To P*a* <• Column SI

Former Local Lady Dies Al Hospital Funeral •ervli-e* will be held Saturday afternoon at Barberton. Ohio for Mr*. Funice Myers-Baugh-man. 41. formerly of thl* city, who died Wednesday at the Akron. Ohio hospital. Hhe had been ill several weeks with bronchial pneumonia The deceased was born ia Washington townabip. the daaghrvr of Mr. and Mrs Sloan Myer* Sarvlviug are the husband, a son. the parents; fosr brother*. George. David sad Hugh of Decatur. John of Hoagland and two sister*. Mrs. Winfred Oarkv and Mrs Kobert Miller, both of near Deeatsr The service* wtl! he held at 4 p us. <EWT» and burial will b* nt Barberton.