Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 40, Number 177, Decatur, Adams County, 28 July 1942 — Page 1

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NAZIS PUSH DEEPER INTO CAUCASUS

lii Saboteurs ■emend Trials I Civil Court ■Appeal To Supreme ■Court For Writs ■Of Habeas Corpus July 28. (VP) ...... nii convene* In an "K. ..b ■ • *|>eclal session tcK.. !.i x iw petition* for • orpus for seven of ,-h' ntian saboteur* who trial here before u commission, HK. ilthlH'Ui appeal by counsel ■bhalt "f '•**• prisoners, in es- ■ coantitii'-t a challenge of |; . wit's right -as ex > h ,i proclamation Issued ■ ~ry < ommtoston was p> i’-ny them access to HoNrt* K, roan will have to decide ■ W |..4h< iII ha* the power to th,. . ii»..t»«urs' petitions. If it L. Jlvnnilv'ly. the court then ■~/ merits of the habeas ■u appeal. i t members--Heal-K|.„ 'll., country for their X c ’ were flying back ■l for the special meet- ■ >bi.h < li -1 Justice Harlan F , .J last night through <>f th.- court. ■ >.- 0n.!.: -food that the pell- ■. . ..M involve all the prison- ■ .t.p' G.orge John Dutch, ■k of tin tour saboteurs who ■Kl'oo • German submarine ■no lo'i. bland shore, lie ha* ■t "-pri - i.t.-d before the com Hrm t.y . parate counsel ami H- . fu.ii. d govern vitae**. ■l". . .i t 'iil.-s unfavorably on ■ i|.;ea: t the other prisoner*. (ill be affected, too. If it ■to- ■<! In at the habeas corpus ■t i pet" on probably will be Itsch ■ I • ide* that the prls<t."U <1 !>. granted BCCStM to , wail learned, they ■ > bound over for trial in the dbtrii t court. Such a de »ouhl in mg to an end the ■'n frill Which has bee In pro ■k tor three weeks. In Bond Purchases |nr Month's Quota I July Soles Within ■ $5,000 Or Quota ■h* “If of war bonds in the i »" »"k totaled 110.94*. th. amount f or the mouth s<i within 14.662.50 of ■ islf quota Karl Caston, bond announced today thia week's sales to be In- ■"* 8r Canton felt confident S •” ;~ia u- Sfei.SVV wonwi be W*’’ by Saturday. The response •otnlerful. the chairman hundreds of persons are ,n S th. gevernment Intermvo.ttnents regularly. deduction plan con- » large „hare to the month us the bonds. .Mr Cas- ■*«* out 'hf two and one half weeks to July H. the Hales of |45 689.50. •»> b» purchased from ■«. ‘ w ►”* office tn the coun- ■ *2">mm.>date those wffto And to 8O to either place. ■ r " 8 ' a ”‘ bank ot «“• city ■|T DH ■ »«r bond booth In ■ h * <oort house, making ■kuT’*" 7 ,nd •*° » »• ■ ~22! a,r • I**! Center Staff j 1,5 Demonstration ceß, * r w, » ■L «* l*gion home Wednro Ktru “* at ’ 30 Odo**- A dem B* M h* *”•“ for ,he K of «h* Geneva air warden ■Ur^ ,R * TUKt ***<»’»*<> jT *** T ThCRMOMCTCR — n ■hm * 79 K»a. — M ■«*t* —“ ■ — ” a ’ ’••cwter this aftertompht. Beattered I® thia afterweo".

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

Changes Made For Truck Tires, Tubes 1 he Adam* county war price and rationing board today announced receipt of a bulletin from tile national hoard, making drastic changes in the eligibility of truck owners for tlrea and tubes. The ruling specifically states: “Applications for truck tires and tubes are to be denied by the local b.mrd If not for the purpose of war effort or public health or safety.” The local board also said that tire dealers who have not yet received blansk for filing their reports will not he penalised here as these blanks have not been yet 1 made available liy the government. o—;Japanese Seek ; Advance Base : In New Guinea > Japanese Patrols Only Short Distance From Port Moresby General MacArthur's Headquar- , ter*. Australia, July 2S (I’l*l - . Japanese patrols advanced today through interior New Guinea, apparently Intent on establishing a ( base only 55 alr-ilne mile* from the great Allied advanced base at Port Moresby on the south coast opposite Australia A communique Issued at (Jen. J Douglas MacArthur's headquarters revealed that Allied patrols had clashed with enemy forces at the ' native village of Olvi, only five ’ mile* from Kokoda In mid New Guinea. Kokoda. on a plateau at' - TF;«- , eastern base of the formidable Owen Stanley mountain range j which forms the backbone of that raptian end of New Guinea. Is , 55 mile* from Port Moresby. In one day. since the first cla.ih between the Allied Jungle patnds ( and the Japanese from the new r Buna-Gons base on the north , coast, the enemy forces had advanced about .10 miles. Atiliely over the new rFiemy ’ activity increased throughout Australia. Thosgh n° immediate threat was foreseen to Port Moresby, the Japanese had again seized the initiative In ground fighting and they had suddenly Intensified their aerial activities. Darwin, the big Allied North Australian coast base, was rslded twice last night by small enemy plane forces, slid a Single flying boat Jettisoned Its Immbs. under Intensive anti-aircraft gun fire. i outside Townsville on the North , Australian coast, which had It* ! (Turn To Page I, Column t) ...... ■ ■ o ■ Lloyd Kreischer To ; Head Legion Post 1 - Elected Commander Os Adams Post 43 Lloyd Kreischer. employe of the Decatur works of the General Khctrie company, was elected com ' mander of Adam* post number 11. American l-eglon at the annual election of oßcera held Monday ‘ night at the Legion home. He will succeed Charles Weber. ' who has served during the past ; year. James K. Staley was elected flrst vice-commander and Albert Bum- ' schlag second vice-commander William Linn was named ffnanc* officer and TlUman l<- Gehrig ad jutant MeiTSera ot the executive committee are Loo Khmg<-r. Clarence Stapleton and Dwight Sheets Clarence Weber wa* elected trus I tee for throe yeans Delegates to the state convention are Charles Weber. Uoyd Kretocher. Ralph K , Roop and A. J Baker Alternate delegatee are Harry Kaapp. Clar.nce Stapleton. U V Baker and James K. Staley Robert F. Lancaster, recruiter for the United States navy, spoke briefly on navy enlistment, and ccmmended Adams county on Its cooperation on enlistment* and P °O«c!als reported that more than Lw>« phonograph records have been collected to date in «h« w provide entertainment for tbd men in service It was also announced that IM members have paid dues to date tor IMS.

World’s Best Dive Bomber to Be Built in Canada r 7 jjltu KK/t ' I «• • r ex • 1 L z;<a .... . -J Described by Rear Admiral John S. Towers, chief of the Bureau of Aeronautic*, as the world's best dive bomber, the Curtiss-Wright •'Helldlver.” pictured above, will be built by Pairchild Aircraft. Ltd., of Longueull. Canada according to an announcement by the Curtiss-Wright corporation. The plane Is designed for use by the U. S. Navy. ,

Five Men Killed In Oil Borge Explosion Paducah. Ky.. July 29 (UPJAl least five men were killed today when an oil barge on the Ohio river exploded. Four of the bodies were recovered by the coast guard and U. H. engineers. Officials stated that there may have been right uU the twrfle al the t'tUfi of the blast. AH were employed by the marine ways and the west Kentucky coal company <’•»«• of the -vpio«ton wa* unexplained. Parts of the barge were scattered more than a thousand yards from the scene of | the explosion. Mrs. Ella Helmrich | Dies Monday Night Former Kirkland Lady Dies Monday Mrs. Ella Helmrich, 71. widow of the late Christ Helmrich, died at 10 o'clock Monday night at the Wells county hospital In Bluffton Rhe had Iteen 111 four months with complications and a heart condition. Hhe was born in Pennsylvania. May 22, 1971. the daughter of John and Catherine Schell Burkett. She was married at Cmigvllle in 18*9 and her husband died January 12, 1930. No children were born to their union. Mrs. Helmrich moved from her home to Kirkland township Bluffton two years ago. She was a member of the Christian Union church. Surviving arc a slsflr. Mrs. Mary ISIIIns of Decatur rural route, and three brothers. Henry Burkett of Cleveland. Ohio.. Ed ot Selma and Dun Burkett of Bluffton. Funeral services will be held at 2 p. m. Thursday at the St. Luke’s Evangelical and Reformed church at Honduras, Rev. Matthew Worthman of Bluffton officiating. Burial will be In the Zion cemetery, south of Honduras. The body may be viewed at the Jahn funeral home In Bluffton until lime of the services Eastern Motorists Are Storing Autos Washington. July 28 — (UP) — Rubber and gasoline shortages have forced "thousand*" of east coast motorist* to store away or , scrap their automobiles, the office of price administration reported today. Initial reports Indicate that ap plications for permanent “A" gasoline ration book* were at least stw.ovo fewer than the num ber of rati* cards Issued, under the temporary plan which ended July 21. OPA said Tbia reduc tion to dne partly to the fact that ■ rars that obtained card* In I the temporary system do not use i “A” books under tbs new plsn. but it to apparent that thousand, i ■lotoritt* have stored or scrapped their car* and taken to walking or other forma of tranaportattoa. ' OPA Mid

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Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday, July 28, 1942

Daniel Beery Rites Wednesday Morning Pallbearers for Daniel W. Beery, former Decatur business man, whose death occurred Haturday, will tie Homer Lower, Walter Johnson, Fred V. Mills. Henry B. Heller, Charles Burdge and Maurice Haney. Funeral service* will be held at 10 o'clock Wednesday morning from the Zwlck funeral home In this city, ■ — .-Q Pelley’s Sedition Trial Opens Today Former Silver Shirt Leader Faces Charge Indlanapelia, July 2fl—(UP) Government charges of sedition sgalnst William Dudley Polley and two associates were denied today by defense attorney Oscar Smith who assorted that allegedly seditious statements In a weekly magaslne, "Ths Galilean," were Intended "to help provecution" of the war. Indianapolis. July 28. — (UPI — William Dudley Pelley. former leader of the Fascist elver shirt* of America, goes on trial In federal court today charged with making seditious statements that Interfered with the military forces of the United States and promoted the "suecess' of It* enemies. * Government attorneys believed the trial may set a pattern (or the prosecution of the 28 persons. Including Pelley, who were Indicted In Washington last week on conspiracy and sedition charges. Oscar R Ewing. New York attorney and vicechairman of the Democratic committee, and U. S. district attorney B Howard Caughran will conduct the government's case. They indicated that approximately 50 witnesses may be called tn un effort to prove the 12 counts in the Indictment sgalnst Pelley and his associates, Lawrence A. Brown and Agnes Msrton Henderson, who are also on trial. Pelley. who has been held In Jail because he was unable to furnish 35.000 bond in connection with the Washington Indictment, has Indl- < tied that he will seek to subpoena more than 200 witnesses It wa* understood that ameng those he will ask Federal Judge Robert C. Baitzeli to subpoena will be Marrlner Eccles, chairman of the board (Tws To Page ». Column 1) Name Delegates To Church Conference Berne. Ind. July 28 — The De senseless Mennonlte church west of Berne has elected six delegat-s to represent the local church at the annual conference of the Defenseless Meanoalto chflrches to be bold at Archbold. Ohio, late In August The delegates are Chaney Yoder. Paiater Moser. Dennis Lanta. Vilas Amsluta. Chris Zebr and Chrto Litwilier.

IN ADAMS COUNTY

Two Bluffton Firms Are Fined By Judge Routh Bend. Ind . July M-(UP) —Two Bluffton. Ind, firms were fined a total of 3760 b< Judge Thoma* W. Klick in federal court yesterday on charges of violating rates registered with the Interstate commerce commission. The Es'ey Ptono corporation was fined |6uo and the Hml|h Trucking company 3250. The action charged that the Estey corporation had accepted rataa for ■hipping piano* between Bluffton and Philadelphia. Pa., from the Smith company which were lower than the rates on file. USS mail I. a . ■ — 1 — • Japs Forced Back By Chinese Drive American Fighters Repulse Jap Raid Chungking. July 28 <UP)-Jap-anese forces are retreating before a strong Chinese drive near Kiangshan in western Chekiang province, a Chinese high coMmand communique said tonight. In the Tahung mountains of northern Hupeh province, the com munlque said, the Chinese ar» holding off more than 3.000 Japanese troops. Including cavalry, attemptIna to force mountain passea. The new Chinese successes were reported as new China's confidence in the United States army air force was strengthened as the result of the repulsing of last night's Japanese air attack on this Chinese capital by American fighter nlanes. The aGsck was called “an unprecedented disgrace" tor the Japanese. For tour years the Japanese have bombed Chungk'ng at will but yesterday. in their Ylrst attempt to reach the capital this year, they met the new United State* air force of China and were repulaed Os 50 Japaneae plane* that took off from Honkow, only four reached Chungking's outskirts and no bomb* fell on the city proper. 11 — 1 — Reckless Driver Fined By Mayor » "■ ■ - William Bovine of Monroe wa* fined II and coat* by Mayor Forrest Elzey in city court this morning for reckiea* driving as tbs resalt of an accident which occurred yesterday afternoon at 4:40 o’clock at North Second and Thirteenth »trests. Officer Roy Chilcote made the arruat. Indianapolis Girl Dies Os Injuries Indianapolis. July 23 - <UF) — InjuriM rtcolved in a iwo-«ar colli* km on Ind «7 aaat of Indianapolis yeatarday resulted In the death of Miss Margaret Hensley. 16. of IndlanapolU Two other person* worn sovtouaiy Injured la the aceldsat.

Russians Retreat Stubbornly Before Powerful Offensive Aimed At Rich Oil Fields

Allied Forces Inflict Heavy Blows In Egypt Heavy Casualties Inflicted On Axis On African Front Cairo, July M. (UP) Imperial troops of Gen. Sir Claude Auchlnleck Inflicted heavy ca*ualtltw on the Axis in hand-to-hand lighting on the northern end of the desert front and took a substantial number of prisoners, dispatches said today. The enemy wa* stagger-u by heavy blows Inflicted by South African. Australian and United Kingdom troop* driving from two direction* southwest of El Alamel >. The South Africans and Knglisb, attacking from the east and the Australians driving south from their positions around Tel El Elsa, equeesod the Axis troops in a limited pincers operation. United Pre** staff correspondent Henry Gorrell reported from the front. For six and a half hours after the limited offensive opened the rnemy wa« slowly driven hack. Gorrell rported. but later the tide of battle surged back and forth until last night the Australian* and Smith Africans were back In the original positions from which they Started the atlaclf Sunday. Most of the fighting involved infantry after British artillery had opened the way for the attack, but In the latte ratafee* some anks from both sides engaged in the action. Military circles, discussing the seizure of the Siwa oasis, west of the southern end of the Qattara depression, hy Italian forces three days ago. at lathed little slgnifiance to the loss. They said the Italians were not opposed as Imperial forces had been withdrawn from the oasl* some time ago. The battle on thia northern, coastal end of the El Alameln line continued Guns of both aides thundered In constant dueling as tanks, armored cars and Infantrymen battl'd British fighter-bomber* and light bombers, supporting the ground (Turn To Page 5. Column O - -——w : Final Demonstration On Canning Thursday Give Demonstration At Decatur School The last canning demonstration in a series of four will be held at the Decatur Junloraenlor high school home economics room Thursday at 1 p m. The demon stration will be conducted by Miss Mildred Worthman. home econo tales instructor tor the Drcatur school. This meeting is called tor the neighborhood women leaders of Kirkland. Washington, and Bt. Mary’s townships, in order that they can further Interest in the canning of an adequate variety of vegetables and fruit for the coming winter With invitations being mailed for this meeting. women of Adams county have now been given the opportunity of attending one of the four canning demonstrations. The women receiving invitations tor this meeting ayeSt. Mary's township Mrs. John Bailey. Mrs. Wilbur Hawkins. Mrs Lawrence Von Gunten. Mm. Harve Hells. Mrs. Burl Johnson. Mrs. Dent Baitsell Mrs. A. L Harmon. Mrs Donsld Morrison. Mrs. Glen Foor. Mrs. Pan! Lobsiger. Mrs. Bryce Daniels. Mrs. Clyde Jones. Mrs. Kermit Bowen Mrs. Mil ton Chronister. Miss Myrtle Clements. Miss Mary Koos. Mrs. Kenneth Butler, Mr* Benoit Johnson. Mm Groce Tope. Mrs. Austin McMichael. Mrs. VTura To Page 5* Colnau O

Auction School To Open Next Monday Reppert School To Hold Summer Term The summer term of the Ih-ppert auction school will open Monday. August 3, C<d. Fred Reppert, founder of the school, announced today. The attendance Is not expected to be as large us In former year*. Col. Reppert said, due to the fact that a number of the prospective student* have been Inducted into the armed forces. However, 55 men have already registered for the summer semester. The regular staff of instructors, with the exception of Col. Q K. Chaffee of Pennsylvania, who I* now In the army, will conduct the school. Classe* will be held in the airconditioned assembly room In Bellmont Park, east of Decatur. Many of the Ntudeiit* will occupy the dormitory on the grounds, while others have rented cabin* In the Bellmont tourl*t camp, or in private home* in the city. Col. Reppert Hated that men from 2.1 state* and Canada have registered «<> far and that he expected a good representation at the summer school. The Reppert auction school was fdnnded In 1921 and the first term was held In January of that year. Winter and summer terms are held each year and more than 2.000 student* have been graduated from the institution. Col. Reppert alao announced that the first public auction. at which the students will receive preliminary training In con ducting sale* and meeting the public. will be held Saturday, August H. Adjustment Os Meat Diet May Be Needed Armed Forces Making Heavy Meat Purchases Chicago. July 2k (UP) Secretary of agrlc ilture Claude H'ickard said today that the civilian consumer may have to adjust hl* meat diet to accomodate the food stuff requirement* of the armed forces. Wickard told a press conference that the army and navy are buying up prime beef cattle directly off the range, forcing the price of r attle higher and making it difficult for *mall packer* to get lie-f for slaughter. He did not mention price ceiling* on dressed beef, which many packera have sighted as a principal cause of the artificial shortage of •beef In many eastern cities Wickard warned that if farmers tall to move their record breaking hog population to market earlier than usual this year, it may become necessary to Impose embargoes on the shipment of bog* Embargoes, he aaid. may be necessary to prevent overtaxing the capacity of slaughter houses when their peak activity I* reached in December. “It might be fooll»h to *hlp hog* to market unless they could be sold when they reach there.” he said “We may have to put Into effect some system similar to the grain shipment embargoes whereby a shipment of hogs to market will not be permitted unless a h 1 " Is assured when they reach the market." No Sugar Available For Organizations In response tr numerous inquiries. the Adams county war price rat toning board today announced receipt of a ruling from the state board, specifically stating that no sugar can be made available to churches or similar organisations for bahing goods for serving meals The ladianapolis office suggests that individual members of such organiaattoas use their ' bonus" sugar far sueh purposes There are no exceptions to this rule, the Indianapolis office asserted.

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Savage Fighting Is Reported On Entire Front Os 250 Miles; Land Behind Lines London, July 23— (UP) — Sixteen battalion* of Jugoslav patriot troops led by General Mikhailovitch are locked in battle with Italian troops in the mountains of Jugoslavia, according to advise* reaching Jugoslav officials in London today. Moscow. July M. (UP)- The Red army re(ruated stubbornly today aero** the flat steppe* south of the Ikm when heavily reinforced German armies, dropping air-borne whippet tank* behind the Russian lines, pushed deeper Into the Caucasus and sent powerful forces smashing toward Htallngrad. Ravage fighting was reported underway all along the 250-mlle front where the German*, reinforced by II division* (probably 166.000 men from Holland and France, pounded forward in a drive toward the key railroad communication* and oil pipeline* of the Cau<a*u* and Into the eastern bend of the Ikm only 40 mile* from industrial Stalingrad on the Volga South of Rostov and Novocherka**k. abandoned to the Germans yesterday. Marshal Semyon TimoHheuko'* Red army forces fought desperately to stem Nazi mechanised forces threatening to widen thair northern Caucasian front, but the Rusarians were compelled to give ground. In one Important sector. uidenU tied in advice* reaching Moscow. The German* succeeded In pushing the Russians back after rushing up large reinforcement* to widen a gap forced at the Don. Near a small village the Germane landed whipped tank* from big I planes behind the Rii*siaii*. but I the tank* were said to have been knocked out by the lire of Red army guns. From captured Rostov at the mouth of the Don the Germans were headed toward the Maikop oil area, and near THimlyanskaya — midway between Romlov and Statingrade on the Don they were trying to reach the important Tikhoretsk Stalingrad railroad. Farther to the northeaat at the big bend of the Don the German* pushed toward Kalach. < nly 40 (Turn To Pag* 4. Column >) —————o —— Register Next Week For Canning Sugar Three Schools Are Registration Sites Registration for fall canning sugar will be held In Adams nxinty next week, from Monday through Friday, inclusive, at high schools in Decatur. Berne and Geneva. Registration sites will tie open only from 6 to 9 p m each evening and will not tie open during the day. Glenn Hill, chairman of the county war price and rationing board slated today. The evening hours are used to aicomodate fanner* and Industrial worker* Resi'ents of the entire north half of the county, including the town ot Monroe, will register at the Decatur school. Those who registered previously at Berne and Geneva will register at these same school*. Mr Hill stated that there would be 15 to 20 registrar* at the Decatur school such of the five even Ings to fill out application blanks All registrants must bring their sugar ration books, must give a full report of tke canning done with the first half-year'* allowance. and must furnish a list of canning yet to he done thio year. The registration is for the balance of the year aad those who fall to register next week caaaot register later. Those who have registered slaee June 23 need not report (or registration next week, as they have already been issued certificate* for the entire year's canning.