Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 40, Number 181, Decatur, Adams County, 1 August 1942 — Page 1

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■lied Planes Id Hard At Ip Invaders Widespread Kjds, Cruiser Is ■Object Os Attack McArthur's Ih-adquar 'UK I—(UP)— [►>«..<- Ma< Arthur's Allied -aiding ~v,' r a «- 5W ' m, * e W?.,*.. ked and probably ■J cruiser. scored him W. an,! keavily M land targets. a comMid today. e 1,.„ k after widespread r raid" bi the Australian pl.meH extended their from Atnboina Island In Wv,tli'rlai>d.< East Indies. :!. r r at'.eked the cruiser. bland in the Solo th. V made direct hits transport and a supply K'.' ,| .1 enemy installa . my raid reported > t . ,1. zone a Japanese t'.'l'l.. I one bomb during t'O '• miles from Mos*- . ’beast coast of the pl..lie. flew MO miles K - |ii »iu. the north coast k III'. Japanese cruis nlghted it south of Am the former Dutch naval the eastern end of the vd that the cruiser, ■he through the Banda Sea Vipoma and Timor, was , supplies and reinforce. ti> enemy bases In Timor ■ r,. i..i -a-tern zone. Allied planes shot down .s I ipanese plane in z.me of New Britain east of New Guinea. mad- a heavy attack on n!i.u’. .enter of the new itiva-i■’ on the north .oa.t, and started ha lire, near the coast In to d ..nn other damage. the Solomon islands attack. .|!i'-*i •' . ■ dill (treat damage {■neo m.’.illat,ons in addition Hkt:i.'iK h. t msport and supply They .. titered their attack rillaxe of Kukum, on the shore of Guadalcanal. • lt.i:-'l r ... di-pafch from an Allied base said It was that in addition to at term fighters and two l»omd..»n tn a Japanese laid y, - onlay inorniilK sevrdd ttm.al em my fighters and crashed on their way planes were over the area for half an hour, the said before they could .say f ..in attac king planes, su believed likely that had Insufficient fuel left to fount American army pilot Fho»nix. Aril., who swam |Brs aft rr shot down, told b» had first blown up an tno fighter and flown H*ck Its scattering pieces. ■ “ <) dropped behind my ■*’" he ultj **| RIIW four g* There were no other Curin sight so they pick To Pag, •_ Column S) •tßorn To Party ■»ndard Bearer rou n , y .. Democratic parH** * standard bearer An»r c ***’i>! was made today of the W* o f » daughter to Jeannette. WUkaaiM l.nny brought to the |T’ 4 f *« >* ars ago to lead pa. ‘»d Democratic political ralvolt wm horn during the ■P 1 * <d Thursday night’s elecW storm Naming of the new W"*-tl bearer is tjelng withheld ■Z* * ord [rutn o,,T * r w p ■J? priln ' m '” r *r In bringing ■ *2'* ,0 'his county Macklin ■ w, ’h the United Ulates ■f "‘'‘‘•n-d at Camp Picket', ■2 IM * E '’* Tuße RCAOINtt ■ OCRAT THERMOMETER ■ w * *•• *• —f- • 75 - 73 ■ W ao I L WEATHER ■ h ' '*'*’*•• *" tsmperatur* ■ cooler in * y ** *bundar»h»wars in *•"••** »nd »un I noon L edition

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Hold Troutner Funeral Rites This Afternoon Funeral services will Im held at 1:30 o'clock this afternoon at the home and 2 o’clock at the Pleasant Mills Baptist church for rharlea P. Troutner. prominent Pleasant Mills resident, who died Thursday morning after a long lllnew. Budal wil be In the Mt. Tabor cemetery. The deceased was the father of county clerk Clyde O. Troutner. The clerk's office was closed yes terday and today.

Says Japanese Aleutian Force Totals 10,000 Evidence Japanese Seeking To Retain Hold On Aleutians Washington. Aug. 1. —(UPl—Official navy disclosure that some 10.000 Japanese troops are believed to be in the western Aleutians was accepted today as evidence that the enemy apparently is attempting to consolidate its position in the Inland chain. According to a navy spokesman, probably one half of the force was believed encamped on the three Islands now kown to be In Japanese hands Attu. Kiska and Agattu. The other half was believed to be aboard ships In the area. ./Considering the small size of the islands, military experts believed the invasion troops represent a fairly formidable holding force. And size of the concentration was regarded as evidencing Japanese desire* to retain their established foot hold In the new world. There Is no evidence yet that the Japanese have extended their operations beyond the three islands already occupied. Delegate Anthony J. Dlmond of Alaska reported he had been informed unofficially that the enemy may have land ed on the Prlbolof islands about 250 mil>*s north of Dutch Harbor but the navy spokesman, in reply so Inquiries, eald that “we are nor In a iMisition to say that they aren't there but We have no evidence that they are.” Asked whether the navy had attempted to ascertain whether the enemy was present, he replied: "Vea. we have. Hut we’ve seen no Japs.” The navy's position, be said, was supported by aerial reconnaissance over tße islands, whese several hundred inhabitants were evacuated some time ago. Ilk statement concerning the number of Japanese In the Aleutians was In response to Inquiriea concerning Dlmond's recent statement that he understood between 10,000 and 20.000 enemy troops were in the area. “We believe that no more than 10.000 - probably one half ashore and one-half affoat- are there." the spokesman said. Naval experts pointed out that maintenance of au< h a force In the Aleutians was a costly task. They said that Japan had to supply everything its troeps nacd is that (Turn To Pag* 2. Column «» G. E. Guards To Be Unit Os U. S. Army Auxiliary Unit Os United States Army General Electric company guards will be sworn in soon as civilian auxiliaries to the U. S army military police with tbeir duties to include guarding and protecting of war material, was premises and war utllitlas from Injury or destruc tion by the enemy or others. It has been announced. Swearing in of company guardsmen at each of the O E. plants will be carried out by order of the secretary of war with appropriate ceremonies The move is to be taken. It was stated, so that existing military forces of the U. 8. may be most effectively employed in combat activity against the country's enemies. Each of the new civilian guard forces in being aworn in will give a pledge of loyalty to the country, sign an agreement be knows the articles of war and that each understands he Is subject to military law as long as be remains a mem ber of the guard force The guardsmen will be empower ed to make arrests, as peace offk era, for infractions of federal laws as well as or violation* of orders and regulation, issued by military 'authority.

Allied Air Chiefs Inspect Ford’s Bomber Plant r vt i 4 rn. *-■ BMBEBBbBBBBBBBB a. w v \ MIM i ■■ ■■ *1 Wi'l i vl h H i \I9 1 X . i — *■ -■ »—i iiizb i *l.. .**. - After completing an Intrusive Inspection of Henry Ford's immense bomber plant at Willow Run, near Drtorlt. Mich., chieftains of the I'nlted States. British and Russian air forces discuss the plant's capacity of one completed bomber every hour with C. E Sorenson, head engineer of the Ford Motor company. Left to right are Air Marshal D. ('. Evlll of Great Britain, Maj Gen. B Belyadv of Russia, Sorenson and Lieut Gen. H H Arnold, child of the U. S. army air corps

'V' Certificates To Be Distributed War Effort Support To Be Recognized "V Home" certificates whiii will Im* distributed by air raid wardens In the city and county to those lioiihm in which unstinted cooperation with the all-out war effort In shown. Announcements of the fact was iniulu today by Vincent J. Bmuuuin. county civilian defi*n*e director. Tb<* certificate is an attractive window display in civilian defenae colors and will be signed by the respective wardens or by any other appropriate local defense official. The certiflcatoH will Im* given both to home* and to business houses. Qualifications of a V-Home are described In the following, which will appear on the back of each certificate signed and issued by the air raid wardens: This Is A V Homs! "We In this home are fighting. We know this war will lie easy to lose and hard Io win. We mean to win It. Therefore we solemnly pledge all our energies and all our resources to the light for freedom (Turn To Page 2, Column <1 O— U. S. Airmen Blasi Japanese Planes Smashing Victory Is Scored In China With the United States Army Air Four in China, Aug. 1 H I'' American army pilots have shot down nine and probably 10 Japan esc Zero fighter planes In the latest of a s* ries of shattering victories. it was anncunced today. Two American planes were downed and a third was destroyed aground, but not a single American army pilot waa lost. The latest victory, over the big Allied base of Henyang In aoutheast China, brought the 4S-hour toll of enemy planes to 17 bombers and lighters certainly destroyed, and four more probably destroyed, for a lose of four American planes and no pilots. Twenty-nine of the Improved Jspanese Zero fighters, manned by iiome of the best pilot* in the enemy air force, tried to break through the air defenses of Heny I ang . a communique issued by Lieut.-Gen. Joseph W. Stilwell'* headquarters announced. American army fighters met them and in a savage fight nine of the enemy planes definitely crashed. A loth plane was streaming smoke as It fled wildly in the wake of the other enemy survivors The American plane which was daatreyed aground was being repaired at th* time This raid yesterday followed we Tharsday la which 27 of the im proved Zero* tried to blast a path for 34 heavy Japanese bomb*ns (Turn To Page 2, Column 3).

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Decatur, Indiana, Saturday, Auqust 1,1942.

Ditch Cleaning Must Be Done By Sept. 15 Attention was called today to tho fact that all public drains and ditches must Ih» cleaned and mowed «n or before September 15, at which time the law requires the respective trustu»*s to make au inspection. In instances where the ditches are not cleaned, the trustee hires some- ! one to do the work and places the ‘ cost against the property owner on the tax duplicate. Free Lunch Program Well Received Here 798 Youngsters Are Served First Week A total of 79S free lunches were served this week at Worthttyati Field under the Lions club free luncheon program. Deane Dorwln, I recreation supervisor, announced today. The largest single day was Friday. when 178 were served. Purpose of the luncheon program is to provide a properly balanced diet to the children during i an hour between lheh re« real ion activities. There is no charge for 1 the lunches, and all children of I the city between the ages of six and 16 are urged to attend. Supervisors will continue to issue tickets for each day's lunch, as these are necessary to determine the number for whom to prepare each day. The tickets may lie obtained from Mr. Dorwln or from Misa Eleanor Pumphrey, , assistant recreation directoi. Lunches during thia week consisted of potatoes (Irish and sweeo, macaroni and cheese, rawcarrots. cole slaw, cookies, peanut butter, cheese and cold meat sandwiches, baked beans, bean soup, and prunes Milk provided by the agricultural marketing administration was served three days, and grapefruit I juice the other two days. The Decatur Lions club i* sup . plying those foods not furnished by the surplus commodity corporation. New supplies will be sent thia week from rhe Fort Wayne warehouse. bliss Mildred Worthman. home economics Instructor in the Deca tar schools, la assisted by tbrve women under the WPA in preparing the luncheons. ’ ■>. I I Meyers Cleaners Open Pickup Station Here The Meyers Cleaners of Delphos. Ohio on Monday will open a cash and carry station la the Peoples Ixian and Trust building, comer Madison and Second etreeta. It was announced today. Cecil Shaffer who operated a filckap roate for the cleaning com pany throagh here for a number of years, resigned his position recent ly to operate the Bonifas restaar ant on Wfacteea’er street. He par chased tbe ra*taaraet btmiaes* from bis father-in-law, Phil Boni taa. .

Storm Causes Some Damage Here Friday One Home Struck By Lightning Friday One house was struck by lightning. Scores of home* temporarily lost either telephone or electric service, or boflk. Some crops were laid low by dashing rains and the ' wind. This was the toll today of the latest electrical and wlndwtorm - which struck Decatur and the north half of Adams county lat<- Friday afternoon. Consid-rable damage was done 'at the Misa Elizabeth Peterson home, 617 North Second street, when lightning struck the house during the height of the storm and evidently followed «k=ctrical wires into tbe interior. A curtain wao completely burned away. A blind was partially destroyed. lairge holes were burned in a bedspread and the walls around tbe window . were scorched. The damage was not noticed until some* time after the bolt struck. Charles Heare. superintendent of the Citizens Telephone company .’tol Martin J. Mylott. city light superintendent, reported greater damage In yewterday’a storm than that caused Thursday night und Friday morning. Mr. Heare reported that about j 100 homes were temporarily without telephone service when the lightning either "blew” fuses or blasted "drops" Into the Individual homes. All were back in service at an early hour this morning. Mr. Mylott reported that three crews from bis department worked ‘ feverishly throughout most of the night restoring service to consumi era. A number of transformers were damaged and one line north <»f the city was pul completely out :of commission for a time. The crows were still at work this morning. This latest storm wss somewhat freakish in that it swept only the northern balf of tbe county Rest | dents of Monroe reported that they had little or no rain there. In com parts, n. the city of Decatur and the northern half of the county exper lenced a torrential downpour for about au hour. The storm, however, was believed less severe here than at points further north In Fort Wayne, wind, rain snd lightning lasbed al the city, creating heavy damage, Less Than Inch Surprisingly enough. Ism than an inch of rainfall was recorded here, according to Herman Meyer, official precipitation observer. Tbe fall up to 7 a. m. today in the 24 hours previous was .84 inches, be reported. Auction School To Open Here Monday ■ Students and inatructom of the Reppert school of auctioneering were arriving in Decatur today. In preparation for the opening of Ute tall term on Monday Col. Guy Petit of Bloomfield. lowa, was amoas tbe first iastntrtoes to arrive.

Germans Break Through Russ Defense Line Near Bataisk; Reds Ordered To Stand Firm

Registration For Canning For Sugar Here Next Week Adams county residents will register next week for their fall canning sugar, beginning Monday. August 3 to 7. inclusive from « until 9 p. m at the Decatur. Berne and Geneva high schools. People from the six northern township*, the town of Monroe and city of Decatur will register at the Decatur junior-senior high schcoi. Those who registered In the other sugar registration ht Herne will go there to sign up and those who registered at Geneva will return there. In Decatur a dozen or more women. members of the women's division. civilian defense, will act ae registrars. Berne and Geneva will have most of th*lr first staff of registrars back. No registrations will be accepted for fall tanning after Friday night at 9 o'clock. Registrants muet bring ration books, must know amount canned last year and how much' is left over, in addition to what they will can this fall.

Report Light Voting In Kentucky Primary Frankfort, Ky . Aug. I.—(UP) — Light voting was reported in Louisville and other sections of Kentucky today as the state held a primary election featured only by the "swimuiliig pool" battle between A. B. "Happy" Chandler, Incumbent and John Y. Brown. Lexington attorney, for the Democratic senatorial nomination. The election wae expected to climax a bitter fight between Chand ler und Brown, old political foes, in which Brown charged that the junior senator had accepted a’ swimming pool as a "gift" from Hen Collins, a war contractor. Brown said vital war materials were used In construction o( the Ihmil and flayed the "propriety" of the gift.

Township Trustees Hold Meeting Today The regular meeting of the township trustees of Adams county was opened late thia morning in the offtees of Lyman L. Hann, county school superintindent. In the courthouse. Further plans for the opening of school wero to be included in tbo order of business before the meetIng was adjourned. O Annual School Board Report Is Released Reduction Shown In Expenditures Expenditures for the fiscal year ending July 31 to operate tbe Decatur school system. Including the refunding of bonds and payment of Interest, were |9<t,90l 51. the annual report of tbe Decatur s« nool board shows. The 1942 total la 13.258 16 leas than the 1941 txpenditures and approximately 58,(H)o under the 1932 cost of operating the Decatur achooli. Fewer teachers and the lower operating cost of the new buildings were given aa reasons for the reduction. Walter J. Krick, city superintendent of schools, stated. Roy Mumma. was re-elected president; Carl C. Pumphrey, treasurer and Gerald Cole, secretary, at the reorganisation meeting of the trustees held last evening, (he new school year beginning today. Mr. Mumma starts his fourth year as president. Mr. Pumphrey, who was renamed to the board for a second term, also begins his fourth year as treasurer. Mr. Cole is on bis second year as secretary. Expenditures in the special fund were 332.54M.1Hi. leaving a balance (Turn To Pa<e 2. Column si Attend Quarterly Conference Os FBI Police chief Tames Borders an I Leo GUlig. deputy sheriff of Adams county, were among those from this county who attended the FBI quarter I y conference in Fort Wayne Friday

Hundreds Os British Planes Bomb Nazi Area War Industry Area Attacked By More Than 600 Planes London, Aug I -(UP) —Hun dreds of Britain's bigg<«t bombing planes rained explosive and Incendiary bombs on Dusseldorf In Hie heart of the German Rhenish-West-phalian war Industry area. In a concentrated one hour attack during the night. An admitted loss of 3l> bombers indii ated that well above Got* plum* engaged in the attack. In addition royal air force planes in intruder operations heavily bombed enemy air Helds in Holland Belgium. Io keep night tighter planes down, and tighter planes attacked railroads in northern occupied France. The loss of one lighter brought tile night's total toll to 31 planes in this new phase of a royal air force non-stop offensive which had entered its third day. Guided by the great blast furnaces whose belching flames lighted the whole area, the British heavy iHimbers swept to th< Ir target* at Dusseldorf, a war Industry center atecond only to Ensen In the whole i f Germany, and rained Ihhiilis, including 4.000 |iound bloc k busters. Early reports ssld that the attack was most successful. In the target area were great factories and blast furnaces, inciud ing the Maniieremann Iron and steel works, the Rlienlsil Wesllaelisch steel works and the Borslc steel work*. Norn.- planes were detailed to attack the imiiortant inland port which Iles at the city's center. From It hundred* of lons of iron Mini steel produc is ate iculispoi led daliy up and down the Rhine* to feed Industries in other area*. Dusseldorf is th.- headquarters (Turn To Page C, Column 3) Geneva Principal On Rationing Board Ramon 0. Hunt Is Named New Member

Ramon O. Hunt, principal of the Geneva high school, has Ih-vii appointed a new member of the Adams county war price and rationing Iwiard, it was announced today. Announcement of Hie appointment was mad** today by V. J Bor mann, county civilian defense director atid Glenn Hill, board chairman. Appointments to the loard are made by Mr. Bormann. Mt. Hunt has been an active figure in rationing problems. In bis capacity m principal of the Geneva school he supervised the sugar rationing registration there. His appointment will also afford the board with a member in the southernmost section of the county. Other memlrers of the board are Mr. Hill, I B**rn*tein and Earl B. Adams, all of Decatur; Elmer Baumgartner and Ernest Stengel, both of Bern*. The board here is permitted to build up to nine members. If it becomes necessary. Added work brought upon tbe board by new regulations and added rationing ba* made the new appointment necessary. it wa* slated. o - Military Commission Nears End Os Trial Washington, Auw. I—IUP) Final argument* only barter to th** opening of deliberations by the "lawfully constituted" military com misslo non the guilt or innocence of eight Natl saboteur* resumed this morning. It was expected the argument* would be completed by mid afternoon at tbe latent and that th* com mission s verdict, with recommen dations for execution or Imprisonment of the guilty, will go to President Roosevelt for review tonight or tomorrow.

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First Admission By Russians Os German I Break Through In Critical Defenses Moscow, Aug. 1 (UP) —Red ! Star, official organ of the Soviet j army, intimated today that any | Russian soldier who retreated would lie shot, as the noon communique acknowledged that the Germans had broken through Red army defense lines south and southeast of Bataisk. Il was the first admission that Russian positions had been penetrated in the critical Bataisk area, some 15 miles south of Rostov, although German gains had been admitted three times in 24 hours. Front line dispatches said the Russian* had destroyed a numtier of Nazi panzer divisions on the Kletskaya front. including the 22nd tank division, but the noon communique reported a slight Soviet retreat on one sector there. Red Star, which necessarily prints the opinion of the highest Soviet officials, said: “The Red army hasn't the right to retreat any farther. History and the people will not pardon a further retreat. No position must lie abandoned while one man is still alive." Red Star reprinted the phrase of Nlckolal Lenin, father of the Russian revolution: “Sentimentality. like fear, is a yi."«e In war." “Each officer and each political instructor la responsible for the Impregnability of their position," Red Star said editorially "The officer or political instructor who is unable to fulfill this is unworthy of the honor bestowed him by hi< country and people. It is better for him to die on the spot with his men than bear the shame of retreat." The noon communique described fighting on the two hottest battlefnints as follows: "South and southeast of Bataisk. there is heavy fighting The Germans succeeded in breaking through Russian defense lines and penetrating Soviet positions, where fighting Is continuing. "Th* enemy brought up large force*, with which he continued his attack.-’ and fighting in this area frequently goes over to bloody, hand-to-hand battle. One of our units stemmed an enemy onslaught in the course of 24 hours and destroyed 17 tanks and more than 1.100 Germans. "In the Keitskaya region, our troops waged violent liattles with enemy tanks and Infantry. Our tns,pa routed two headquarters enemy units, and dewtroyed 12 anti-tank guns, two taliks, three armored cars and at least l.Soo enemy soldier* and officers." On another sector our troop* made a (Turn To Page 1. Column 11 Q .—— Nurses' Aid Corps In Formation Here Preliminary Plans Made Friday Night Groundwork for the formation of a nurses' aide corps in the county's civilian defenae setup was laid last night in a meeUng at the city ball. In attendance were Mrs. Nellie Mae laiwe. superintendent of the Adam* county memorial hospital: Mrs. laris Black, of the county Red Cross; Mrs. Roy Price, chairman of the committee, named by ths county Red Cross, and Misx Mu Braun, of Beras, a registered nurse, who will instruct the aides. The four will name a committee, whose duties will embrace the investigation of each nurses' aide applicant and who will pass finally upon each application. Application blanks are expected to arrive from state beadquarters within a few days. They will tec made available to prospective applicants immediately upon arrival It is hoped to have all application* In by August 15. in order that t-lassna may be started at an early date. —oKnights Os Columbus To Install Officers The regular meeting of the Knlshts of Colambua wtll be held at the ball Monday evening at 5:30 o’clock. There will be inatallation of offtcers. followed by a aortal seeston All members are requested to attend.