Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 40, Number 193, Decatur, Adams County, 15 August 1942 — Page 1

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I\ S. Convoy Arrives Safely at Allied Base 1 IL. v < ■ W . . . | I - . ■ f ' I'nder the watchful guns of a cruiser, foreground, and a destroyer, center, big cargo ships of u I'tsitet States convoy ease Into an iindlai-losed port lit the southwest Pacific

Defense Units Plan 1 Combined Meeting Three Defense Units Meet Tuesday Niqht A combined meeting oi three civilian defense tinlts will highlight neat w.-eks activities among the civilian protection organisation*, It was announced today by Dalian 111 own. emergency corp.-, commander. The combined meeting will be I held at the Legion home at S o'clock Tuesday night with mem hers of the auxiliary police first air raid warden and auxiliary firemen units in attendance. The- meeting will be preliminary to a later meeting, during whkh presentation of certificate* and arm band* to qualified worker* ! la to bo made. All member* of the three unit* are urged to attend in order to make certain that they will receive recognition during the later ceremony The regular meeting of the second air raid warden group will Inheld at the u*ual time of 7 o'clock Tuesday night at the Decatur Junior senior high school Start First Aid First aid Instruction of fire watcher* will be started Thursday night. It was announced t<»day by T. J. -Metaler The class will be held al the Legion home at S o'clock with Virgil Graber a* Instructor. Road repaii. demolition and de < outamlnation classes will Im- held as usual Wednesday night at 7 (Turn To Page «, Column 2) - -o Township Trustees Picnic Thursday Annual Picnic At Berne Auqust 20 E M Webb. superintendent of the Berne schools, will be the speaker at the annual township trustee* picnic to be held In la-li-man park at Berne Thursday. Aug ust 2" Announcement of the selection of a speaker was made today by Ly man L. Hann, county school superintendent. who Is In charge of ar- ( rangements tor the event. The picnic will open at noon with a basket diner The speaking and musical program will follow. Before the ekwee of the afternoon session. o®< er* will be elected Mr. Hann is chairman of the group and Loren Heller, trustee of French township, is secretary In attendance at the picnic will be al) trustees and former trustees with their wives* and families The picnic was originally ached-1 uted for Sunday. August 1« but was postponed to the later date.

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Decatur Democrat Given Certificate For Enlistment Aid The Decatur Daily Democrat ha* rei c-ivt-d a certificate- of apprecta Hon from the Indiana Naw Boost er dull, in recognition of service* in behalf of stimuUilng navy enlistments". A letter from R H. G. Mathew*. Commander I'SNR. wax also sent to the paper, thanking it for pule ll'-’ity given navy recruiting. Adam* county ha* several score of men In the U. S. Navy, all enlistments being voluntary. The Navy Is being recruited to war streng'Ji of one million men. Wholesale Killing Os Dutchmen Feared Slauqhter Feared As German Reprisal Icondon. Auk 15 tl'Pt Noth erland'-r* In exlb in Great Britain waited griml) today fm new* that at xunrist this morning tho Ger man* had slaughtered innocent Dutchmen because patriot* who wrecked a railroad train had not beer arrested The deadline for surrender wax midnight Friday Gen Friedrich Christiansen, the brutal commander In chief of the German occupation force* in the Netherlands, had announced that unless by midnight he succeeded In arresting the patriots or Dutch men betrayed them, an unspecified number of hostage* would die lie fore German firing *quads at dawn. Eight day* ago, Dutch patriots wrecked a German troop train near Rotterdam Christiansen at first tried to win betrayers by offering a reward of I'M'.n'tt Dutch guilders. $54,000 for the betrayal of the ! patriots I He promised oilily that traitors would b< treated "most confidentially.' Then In his anger and frustration he broadcast the Prussian warning to the Dutch nation: "If the saboteurs do not give themselves up or are not caught, especially with the co-operation of Netherlander*. Indore midnight of Aug 14. the Ilves of a number of hostage* now In Germany will be (IMni To Pag* 3. Column 4) o TIMPERATURE READING OIMOCRATTHCRMOMCTKR 8:00 a. Mb -- 70 10:00 a- m 74 11:00 a. m. -- 78 weather Widely scattered light showers this afternoon and scattered thunderstorms and showers in south portion tonight. Cooler in north portion ton.ght through Sunday forenoon.

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Lions Lunch Program Shows Fine Success One Week Remaininq On Noonday Lunches With one more week of th" pro gram remaining, D'-ifne Itorwin. Worthman Field recreational supervisor, rejiorted today that the Lion* lamh program a’ the field was progressing aatlsfactoriiy and had liecn acclaimed a marked sue- , cess. No les* tha-i 2.194 lunches were served to children of the community during the three weeks that the program bn* been In existence, he said. Many of these children were undrfiiouiixhed or underprivileged, leaders In the movement reported While the mam objective of the program wax to afford these children with a well lialanied noon luncheon, many other youngsters were Welcomed. Leaders in the program make no : effort to distinguish among the children and any child of Decatur or nearby vicinity i* invited. They , 'Turn Ti. Page «. Column 2> . o Sister Philomene Takes Vows Today Sister M Phliimiene. daughter of Mr and Mrs John Schultz of south ' of Decatur, took her perpetual vows a* a member of the Catholic 1 Sisters of St. Agnes, at Foil du Lac. Wk., toduy. Relative* attend"! the 1 services.

German War Veteran To Take Exam For U.S. Army Service

Rack in 1917 and 14 Fredrick •Fritz" Stelnhoff won the uniform ot a German soldiei. fought under , the command of the late Kaiser Wilhelm Now. 21 year* later, h<i has again been called Io army service , this time to take up arm* against that country foi which he . fought in the First World War. Fritz, a veteran employe of the f | Mutschler Packing company will f i soon go to Toledo. Ohio to take a I final physical examination for > entrance Into the United States . army and in his own words he is "ready to go." Fritz was almost sphinx like I when Interviewed by the writer "No publicity" he declared waving his hand in a noncommittal fashion. “No publicity." he repeated. "maybe afterward, if I'm i accepted—but not now " Undismayed, however, the writer made another effort to learn the reactions of a man who ha* renounced hl* mother land to pledge allegiance to a new country of hi* j choice and is then summoned to . fight against that native country I probably even against hia relative*

Proposes Heavy Tax On Excess Profits Asks Heavy Tax On Hiqh War Earninqs Washington Aug 16 tl'Pt Sen Tom Connally. 1). Tex., today advocated a *>o or fio percent 1 excess profits tax on individuals is part ot hte 1942 war revenue bill Member of the senate finance committee which yesterday completed hearings on the house-ap-proved |g.270.5M»«,000 tax bill, Connally hsa been seeking a formula designed to recapture Increased earnings which can be attributed to the war. He urged that a special lax be levied on that part of individual . Income which Is In excess of aver- ' age earnings for the last five I years after deduction of taxes , provided In the house bill These would begin at 19 percent on the first dollar of taxable income. Declaring that his plan would apply to "all Individuals." he said 'it was aimed primarily at "contract brokers" whose earnings have been swollen many fold by fees from business concerns for obtaining government w*ar cont racts. "It might be wise.” he added, "to allow a small exemption from the tax at the bottom " He contended auch a levy would be "anti inflationary” and would "get the big brokers who have been getting fat fees from the government." He had no idea how iiiik h revenue the tax would yield, and said hr was interested only in apply Ing the principle of the excess i profits tax-rlmposed at 90 percent on corporations in the house liill on higher paid wage and salary earners. The Individual levy was tried 1 out by the government during the last war for one year and then abandoned It was opposed in 1 principle during the committee's h«-ralngs by a spokesman for the American federation of labor, who charged that it would "result in unjust treatment for those who have contributed their blood and sweat to the war effort " But Connally contended that, by permitting deduction of taxes paid, the burden would not be heavy except on those whose incomes have increased greatly (Turn To Pug* *. Column 1) p i, . Discovers Method Os i Corn Borer Control Adams County Farmer Confident Os Method Robert K. Bovine, well known Adame county farmer, is confident j he has discovered a method of controlling and destroying the corn borer, which has wreaked such damage through the east and the 1 middle wes' and Is this year more serious through that section than ever before. Mr. Bovine was deeply impressed last autumn when attending a stale hunsking contest and was also firm In hU opinion that something could > be done about it. His idea is along , sound scientific lines and h-* has , tested it this year on his own . ground L. E Archbold, county agent, recently insprs’led the fields ’ and found the infestation very 1 (Turn To Page •, Column 3)

and friends of childhood day* “I'm ready to go.” Fritz assert ed "I've seen it coming the last few months." he said, referring to his probable induction through selective service “No. I'm not married.” was his answer to another query. “I wouldn't marry when I knew this was coming up " Hi* unwillingness to talk cast no > .iadow of doubt over hi* patriotism or loyalty to the U 8 In fact, he said, ' fight or cut meat —ft makes no difference to me.” This was in answer to a carefully put question to learn his feelings regarding combatant or non combatant duty That was about all from Frits He was congenial and polite But he del not care to dl«< use the matter further From other sources, it was learned that Frltg came to the United Stater 19 years ago August 31. 1942 — the day that he is to report for an examination In fact, he verified th« number of years in hi* conversation to the writer. (Turn Te Fags I. Column *1

American Forces Strengthen Footholds In Solomons; U. S. Flyers In Action In Africa

Army Airplane Crashes Friday Night, 9 Killed Huqc Army Airplane Crashes In Michiqan Cornfield Friday Hastings, Mich., Aug. 15 H’P» Unfavorable weather ami per haps motor trouble today were believed to have caused a huge army airplane to crash In a corfifield last night, explode in flames and J kill at least nine men. The pilot apparently had lost bbt bearings and was in trouble when he circled over th"brilliantly light. 1 ed Harry county falrgtoutids. and head'ii south, still flying low. toward Hattie Creek, site of Eort Cus ter and Kellogg air field. A few minutes later, it crashed 3<"t yards from the farm home of C. W ProeTrock and scattered burning parts ov-r four or five acres. Its wings were reported to , have been sheared off by tall willow trees a quarter of a mile away Soldiers from E'ort Custer picked up five Iwdies 111 one spot. Four . more were scattered over the area of 150 yard*. Ax a soldier picked up the ninth, he remarked: "This was the officer.” I’roefrock's daughter. Cathh-en. It. saw the crash from her bed room window. "There was a terrific roar." she said "Then everything lit up ax bright .ie day. It hit first in the soy bean field out by the road Then it skidded down the lane in- | to the cornfield and It stopped ' when it hit the culvert at the edge of the lane The light was almost blinding. It seemed to be coining in the north windows, even though the fire was on the south side of the hou-e " l’r<M<-< utor I. E. Hamnett of Hastings, who saw the wr<- kage. said some of the 00 upaiits apparently had tried to bail out through the rear door. Soldiers from Fort Custer showed tn<- parts of a burned parachub i and said it bad been reieaxo-d," he I said "That wax over by the tail section. pretty far removed from where the fuselage wre< k age lay Here and there around the plane you could see patches of burned fabric on tin- ground tha’ looked alsiut the same a» the part that the soldier* show-sl me." Soldiers guarded the wre. kage, until the army could cismplete its Investigation. Five County Girls Graduate Nurses _— Two Geneva and three Decatur girls will be in the graduating c-Ixt.-Mi of the Nt. Joseph School of nursing. Fort Wayne, during the commencement exercises on Aug ust 23. The Geneva girls are Bette Aug*burger and Isabelle Fetters The Decatur girls are: Mary Terveer, Maxine Girard and Marie Myers. — Report Progress In Service Men List Appeal For Names Os Men In Service Satisfactory progress has been reported in the movement to se cure the names of all men and women frem Adams county now in service and an appeal was issued today by civilian defense leaders to get tiani's- in as soon as possible to insure against any one being missed in the compilation of the honor roll. A "men in service" blank ap pears nightly tn the isatly Democrat. Parents, relatives or friends of men and women In service are asked to hl I out one of these blank.immediately and send it to Mrs Faye Smith Knapp. < (immunity service chairman, care county courthouse. Decatur. Indiana Leaders of the movement, supervised hy M e Knapp stressed the Importan giving each man and weman In ten ice the recognition (Turn Ta I‘ags 3, Cvlumn «>

Murder Case Stirred County Year Ago Fatal Shootinq At Craiqville In 1941 One year ago today August 15. | 1941 one of the few murders In . the county's annals wax perpetrated <lu that day J'miix Chavez. 41. a Mexican, shot Jesus Velez. another Mexican during an argument in the village of Cralgville Velez, badly wounded by a bullet from a 4s calibre revolver, hi vet ed between life and death in the ; Adams county memorial hospital I until October I. when the wound proved fatal. Chavez, his assailant, was first j charged with assault with intent to kill. After Velez's death In- wae ! indicted by an Adams circuit court grand jury on charges ot first de-1 gree murder secund degree murd er and manslaughter. Close on the heels < f the indict ments he entered a plea of guilty \ to the manslaughter count and was sentenced by Judge J Fred Frucht' to serve !<• years In prison. The case occupied the news spot- ' light in the county for weeks. From I the time Chavez lied the shooting I scene and became the object of a| two-county search led by Sheriff Ed | Mill'-r. Deputy la-o Gillig. Wells | county authorities and state police, j until the case (aim- to an abrupt , end with Chavez's guilty plea, it ! wax fraught with unusual angles. Chavez made numerous appear 1 nnces in court. At times he denied | enough knowledge of the English language to understand the charges and an interpreter was used on various occasions. In the midst nf the caee. a prosecuting attorney wax called to army service and ht* successor took over the case A goat was blamed for the entire incident Although the two men h."I argued on previous 'M'caxionx. fllcialx learned that tin- last argu-| rii'-nt followed the killing of a goat by Chavez Io I I hie ■ liild and *lx ' .t epi 111 id I i-n Velez wa» the alleg ' ed owner of the goat o Approves Wage Boost For G. M. Employes Five-Cent Increase Approved Bv Board Washington. Aug l‘ tl'l'i A war lalwir board panel, in a 2-tol vote with the employer representative dissenting, today recommended a five i-elitx an hour |>ay Increase, a union security shop and other concessions for 225.'t00 General Motors Corp em ployes wlio sought a 31 a day pay raise The panel proposed a flat In • crease of !> x cents an hour as a"cost of living adjustment." plu* an additional i-ents an hour to equalise wage rates "throughout all General Motors plants with the late* for comparable opera ' tioii* throughout Fold plants ' i other recommendations handed > down by the panel, which took I over the General Motors dispute April 27 on certification from the ' laimr department, included vaca- | tions. a 10 percent lamu* for night I workers and a minimum of three hour* work for call-ins after regu ' lar working hours In addition .the pane! rts-om mended that all wage provisions, Io- made retroactive to April 2* It could not he determined im mediately to what extent the panel's recommendations —if they are accepted by the full Imard would affect the future wage aud work ; status of the IIS.OOO employes of I the Ford Motor Co and HS.'mhi employes of Chrysler Motor Co The pay increase had been 1 sought by the United Automobile.* Airciaft and Agriculture Workers! (Turn To Page 3, Column <> . — 0 Completes Inspection Os Beet Seed Areas J Ward Calland. field manager and vice-preaident of the Central Sugar company, has returned from a three week* trip througn the west and northwest, inspecting sugar beet seed areas Heet teed is now grown in this country, the d* vehipment being carried m in 1 Utah. Colorado. Waehington and | other states.

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Bombers Blast At Japanese Efforts At Reinforcement; Shoot Down Nazis American forces in the Solomons today appealed to be strengthening their footholds while Allied bombers plastered Japanese ships , and bases which could be employi <-d to reinforce the enemy'* beleaguered island garrisons Gen Douglas MacArthur's headquarters announced that American and Australian bomlierx attacked a Japaese convoy xt'-amlng south from Kabaul and some rep irbt said I the Japanese ships were forced to ■ scatter out to sea Simultaneous air assaults, it wax | believed, were being rammed home i against such Japanese base* us ■ Kieta on Bougainville Island and I Carola on Buka Island. Australian observers believed I that tin- Americans steadily were | strengthening their position* in • the Solomons. Tliie view had parj tial support from Axis sources. Tin- Axis reports, relayed through Berlin, admitted that the American marine* had achieved their land- , Illgs on at least some of the Nolo , mon beaches by surprise and also I said that the U N forces were | holding al least two p dnts in the i island*. According to the Axis version, the American landings were well underway before Japanese reeonnaixeance planes discovered what wax ui> Francis Mi Carthy, United Press staff correspondent at Auckland. New Zealand, revealed (hat the 1 marine forces Were equipped with j the best possible asaault weapons. The tnsips. he reported, carried carried out extensive training and lauding practice in the New Zeal and area before being sent to the Solomons A report on conditions in the ' north Pacific came from Pearl Harbor where a naval x urce said that the Japanese foothoMn in flu- Aleni tian* constitute a threat to both ! Silo-ria and Alaska, but add' d that | the Japanese were due for a surprise if (lu y attempt Io Aike tile | offensive On the lliix-lau front, the Germans continued to drive forward in the t'ainasuo but there were signs that tin- Soviet dlverxi nary attacks from the far north to the D in region were beginning to trouble the Nazis The Soviet communiques remained reticent about these attacks but German report* admitted Soviet advances at various points Engage In Combat Cairo. Aug 15 <UP» Fighter squadron* of the Unietd States army air force have gone Into action In the western desert. It was revealed today, and have engaged in combats for the first time with Nazi Messerschmitt fighter». The initial participation of the American fighter units occurred U'-cinexday. It wax revealed The first American fighter pilot to engage a .Nazi In combat was Major Clarc-ment Wheeler of San Jose Calif Wheeler Wax the first I' S i fighter pilot to open fire on a l Nazi fighter tn the desert. However, Second Lieut Jack Wilson, Benton. Washington, | probably Is the first American ! flier to down an enemy on this front He heavily damaged a (Turn To Page 3. Column 5) —o . Caucus Planned For McMillen Officials Precede Conference Os Company Salesmen Fort Wayne. Ind. Aug IS. — A l>re-c ouventioti cau< us of officials of .the McMillen Feed Mills with the j key men in the sales rganization. I will be held in the director's room in the Old First National Bank building here. Friday. Saturday and Sunday. August 21. 22 and 23. it was announced today The meeting was called by D. W McMillen. Sr. president of the company, to put the final touches to the program for the four-day educational conference which will i>e held August 24 to 27. Inclusive. A’tendtng the pre-conference ciscus will tie Mr M- Millen, president; D W McMillen. Jr. sales manager; Harold Grant assistant I -ales manager; C. F. Marsh of Fort iTura Im Bags 4, Uwluaui kj