Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 40, Number 218, Decatur, Adams County, 15 September 1942 — Page 1

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Bed Forces fifing Hard At I Irnmel's Army — — ■nencon Bombinq ■uadrons Playinq K Important Role IK vi1 " 1 W •-..L.y 1.-.v*- >,.<•■! hitting drive -, nldng V ■ 111 CH II 188 l ' " 11 1 n ' ■ ■ I .*•';'< k -turfed Sun- *■•!' Lirze :llr 1,11,1 I blows ugslnst major Axis In the desert. believed »o have raught , rm ans and Italians by surf objects of the attack were [ and KI Dabs. the Medltersnpply porta and Ben ’ the big rear base of the ence of Axis surprise at the was indicated by the false of the Rome radio that paratroops landed at Toally the British made a ii Tobruk with naval forces, rlcan bombers ranged fir he desert In company with of the RAF. the South and Australian airforce chiefly at storage and ig facilities and airdromes. Commando Raid lon. Sept. 15— (UP)—The ‘ i:,iioiin< ed today that -I <:l .| naval tones land nday night at the Axis-held i port of Tobruk In a sinallcom ma ndo-type raid, ommunlque said the landing inflicted damage at the port, if supply center for field al Erwin Rommel's desert i, before It withdrew, "not H losses," in the face of ; opposition. rax the first time the British aken the Initiative In the African battlefront since lei's forces raced across the to within so miles of >drla. i parallel action, light naval bombarded enemy lines and unications In the KI Baba i»f Egypt. These forces reI with neither damage nor ties, the admiralty announc- -.._ ings-Tax Program ollow Tax Bill ew Deadline For ommittee Report hlngton. Sept. II —(VP) — mate finance committee laid ound work today for a comy savings-tax program to b* closely after final cnactIt of the pending tax bill. ■tar making last minute chanlin the tax bill. Including a five r ii In the corporaI -m tax. the committee set a I deadline Dec. I—for1 —for the reI of a joint committee created lth<- bill to study compulsory I md report to congress It bmiily had fixed Jan. 11 as the b »y which the study was to munpleted. bairman Walter F. George. D.. I <.mui. 'l’.-d significantly that kulsory savings cannot be Mfr fr«d separately from taxation laaid the date had been moved bl the request of treasury off!F" Robert A. Taft. R.. 0.. who hr .red the amendment calling I the study of compulsory aavF »ald he Interpreted the move another bill soon the pending bill la disposed i He agreed that the problem I to be approached through »tion but Mid it did not neceslly involve extensive changes lhe existing tax structure You probably have no constiright to compel people to Taft said. "You must tax m and then give them bonds. 'here are many waya of doing Turn To Page 4. Column T) TIMPCRATURK R FADING VMOCRAT THCRMOMCTEB • 00 a. m. 70 0:00 a. m. 79 •sew .... gg •00 p, m. _ M »00a. m gg WEATHER bgtrtly scattered thunder* "erth pertiea thia after- • *"d tonight Continued

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Parents of Executed Herbert Haupt in Court MF BBBSHBB " ■■MNHHHH i 4VT’bM mV ' -ml SB JH —- ii ■ Charged with harboring an enemy of the United States, the parents of Herbert Haupt, one of the six Nazi saboteurs recently executed, are seen at Chicago's federal court where they faced arraignment with four others charged with treason. All pleaded not guilty Left to right are Mrs Kate Wergln: Mrs. Lucille Frochling; .Mrs Erna Haupt; Matter Frochilng. Otto Wergln and Ilans Max Haupt, who recently attempted suicide *

Adjustment Board Completes Review One Township Rate Changed By Board Th« Adams county tax adjustment board adjourned last evening. completing the review of budgets and tax rates for the various taxing units In the county, changing only one township rate. No further review of lhe budgets is planned by the board, although official adjournment under the law la extended to October 1. The tax adjusters approvad all budgets and levlqr where the total rate came within the statutory limits of $1.25 In the townships and |2 In the incorporated towns and cities. The rates In five townships, namely Union, Root. Washington. Preble and French, were approved. The budgets and levies In Wabash, Kirkland. Blue Creek. St. Mary's. Hartford and Jefferson, were referred to the Indiana state board of lax commissioners for final decision. The Monroe township rate was also referred to the state board Itecause of the remonstrance filed against the |swo for school transfers. In St. Mary's township the rate was cut six cents at the request of the trustee, the levy fixed by the board being 51.79. Other budgets and total levies approved by the tax adjusters were: Monroe-Monroe; MonroeWashington; Decatur -Washington; I>ecatur-Hoot; Decatur civil city; Decatur school board; Decatur library board, Adams county; county welfare department. The rates In Geneva and Berne were referred to th state board, as they exceeded the 12 limitation The next step In the formal approval of rates is extended to October 15. up until which time 10 or more taxpayers have the right to appeal to the state board of tax commissioners for a review of the budgets and rates. The state board is the final authority in the approval of the budgets and levies. Members of lhe county tax adjustment board are: Phil Hauer. Dean Byerly. Ralph Rice, Peter Braun. James A. Hendricks. Forrest Elzey. S. E. Hite. Auditor Victor Eicher acted as clerk of the board and today was busy compiling the record and making up the minutes for the one-day session, a copy of which will be sent to the «tate board —— Control Center Is Shown To Wardens Women Air Wardens Gives Demonstration 'Decatur's women air raid wardens had their first official glimpse of the control center last night at lhe city hall. A special demonstration of the control center was staged last night by the staff for the second air wardens. Fifty percent of the second air raid warden's class are women. The demonstration was staged un der the direction of iMllas Brown, defense corps commander, and police chief James Borders, aided by the staff Auxiliary police and first air raid wardens will soon get their required bourn of doling The wardens are required to have five hour drill and the police two. The drill will be conducted along military Baes Fetiee Meet Wednesday Chief Borders today announced that all auxiliary police are to meet Wednesday night at I o'clock at the city ball tor a special mooting-

Wur Bulletins Washington, Sept, 15—(UP) —Major General Lewis Hershey. national selective service director, said today that the draft of married men with children probably would begin during the laast three months of 1943. Washington. Sept. 15—(UP) —Rear Admiral John Towers will be relieved as chief of the bureau of aeronautics to assume the newly created post of commander of the Pacific fleet airforce, secretary of the navy Frank Knox announced today. Towers will hold the rank of vice-admiral in his new post which the navy described as “the most important air command afloat in the navy." Washington, Sept. 15—(UP) —The Aluminum company of America and the Aluminum Workers (CIO) reached agreement today on a basis for negotiating a wage dispute that has threatened a strike In seven plants of the company. o Six Objectors Go To Civilian Camps Three Others Ask Reclassification Only six <>t the nine 4-K conscientious objectors who were schr-dnled to learn for civilian work camp from Adams county last evening went by bus to Camp Henry. Illinois. The other three asked to have their classifications changed from 4-E to 1-AO. A 4-E objects to serving In the army, while a 1-AO will serve in the army but objects to combatant duty. Both are listed ax conscientious objectors under selective service law. it was stated. Member! of the draft U»ard stated today that they were preparing to reud another group of 4-E men to work camps, in conformity to orders received from selective service headquarters. They are to take final type exam inations. preparatory to entering tho camps. Those who left last night are: Harry Weldon Wullinian. Dan S Wengerd. Herman M Llechty. Willis William U-hman. James Edward Llechty. all of Berne rural routes and Amos Schwarts, of Monroe, rural route. All are members of either the "long" or "short haired" Amish sect. Wullinian and James Llechty are married Milo U Lehman, of near Berne; Harvey L. Steffen and Harold R Steffen, of Decatur, route four, are the three who asked to be changed to 1-AO. They are Mennonltes. Rufus MaieLn. a 4-E. has been (.Turn To Page ». Column ») Hold Funeral Services For 'Happiest Girl' Funeral sorvlces ware hold Monday in Chicago for Patricia Van Dtoe. 19. niece of Charles Van Diae of this city, who was known as Chicago's happiest girl" The girl had lieen helplessly paralysed since birth and despite all efforts of doctors and specialists she never walked. Various civic organisations of Chicago had aided in financing truatment and operations for the girt, but all proved futile. She died Friday In a clinic while reeelvug special treatment. Death was al* trtbttted to pneumonia Surviving besides the parents and the uncle here, are tour brothers and siatera. Burial was In Chicago-

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Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday, September 15, 1942.

Says Inflation Threat Deadly As Any Bomb Leon Henderson Is First Witness On Anti-Inflation Bill Washington, Sept. 15. — (UP) — Price administrator Leon Henderwon toTU the senate banking committee today that lhe inflationary threat is "as deadly as a bomb and ax treacheroux Ils the Japanese'* and "jeopardises our • ntire war program.” Henderson wax the first witness on the administration-backed eenate bill to authorize President Rrsrsevelt to exercise further control over wages, farm prices and other cost of living factors, with Aug. 15 levels to be used as a guidepost. If farm prices rose to levekt permitted tinder the present price control act, Henderson said, approximately 12,034.000.000 would be added to the prices of farm products marketed in 1942. Wage Increases, he added, "are also threatening our price ceiling because tiny are costs and their contln I rise inevitably pushes prices higher." "He told the committee that uncontrolled Items are forcing the whmole cost of living upward Sen. John II Bankhead. !>.. Ala., a farm bloc leader, objected "very seriously" to 'hanging the 110 percent of parity ceiling on farm prices but admitted "I am helpless the president has the votes.” In the house, the anti-inflation program's manager, chairman Henry II Steagall. D. Ala .of the banking committee, Introduced a bill designed to permit farm prices to rise about lo percent'beyond parity levels as now calculated and to peg them there for the duration of the war and for three years thereaft* r. That is contrary to the president's desire to put a ceiling on farm prices at parity or at the highest levels the market has reached so far this year. Where nscusaary to eliminate "gross Inequalities" the senate bill would (Turn To Page !, Column 7) - U ■ Plan Two Parades At Club Festival Pet, School Parades Friday And Saturday Final plana for the two parades to be held during the 4-H club festival here Fridav and Saturday were announced today by chairman of the pardes committee. An entry blank for participants in the pet parade to be held Friday evening at 7 o'clock appears on another page of tonight's issue of the Dally Democi at. Youngsters desiring to participate in the parade are asked to fill in the blank and mail Inunedi ately to Dee Frybeck. Decatur, Ind iana. Any type of pet may be en terod in the parade. PrtcM will b« awarded winners in the parade Will Bowers, general parades chairman and LytXan L. Hann, chairman of tae school parade to be held Saturday afternoon at 3 o'clock, today called attention to all children that it will not be necessary for them to prepare a poster to enter Prises will oe given, however, to the children who prepare the bee' posters depicting rations waya of aiding in the war effort.

Jap Fire Bomb Is Dropped On Oregon Coast Small Unidentified Seaplane Believed Os Japanese Oriqin Brookings. Ore., Sept. 15. lUP) - Residents of this seaside town learn*<T with surprise that Japan's first aerial blow at the continental United States apparently wax a feeble effort to start a forent fire on nearby Mt. Emily. Many heard the small unidentified seaplane, believed to have dropped a bomb on the mountain last Wednesday, but only a few saw it. The’west»-rn defense command at Ban Francisco announced last night that a forester who find spotted and extinguished a small fire had found what appeared to be fragments of an Incendiary bomb. The army suggested the plane may have come from a aubmarlno. The fragments were marked with Japanese ideographs, which the army said may have be* 11 "part of a code indicating the arsenal where the bomb was manufactured." Howard Gardner, I’. 8. forestry service observer, sighted the fire at 12:20 p. m. last Wednesday. He said he extinguished the small blaze and notified 11. D. Dewart, Curry county air raid official, when he discovered the bomb fragments. They inspected them in a crater, three feet in diameter ami a foot in depth Dewart said the bomb had struck a tree and set fire to a stump. Gardner had seen the seaplane circling over the forest at 6:24 a. m hut said he did not see the bomb drop. He dlsvov* red tile lire six hours later. Hollis Clanio. Brookings forester, said he had heard the plane but had not seen It. He said only a few persons saw lhe ship ami they report'd It wax a email seaplane that they had failed to recognize "It sounded mighty peculiar like (Turn To I’age S. Column «> .— - —o— —— Drive Is launched For Salvation Army Annual County Drive Is Opened Monday The fourth annual Adams county home service appeal by the Salvation Army was launched in Decatur Monday evening, when approximately 75 men and women, volunteer workers, attended the kick-off dinner at th«- K. of I* home All workers are asked to complete their drives hy next Tuesday. September 22. and file a complete report with William l<ose. Jr., at the'First State Bank. The dinner meeting opened with invocation by Rev. Carey R Moser, pastor of the First Baptist church ('apt. Earl Stubbs, director of the county campaign for the Salvation Army, led the group in singing "God Bless America." accompanied at the piano by Adjutant Ernest Orchard, of Fort Wayne, A brief explanation of the drive for funds was given by Pete Reynolds. Decatur chairman, wjio then presented Adjutant Orchard, who spoke briefly on the various activities of the organization. The adjutant made presentation of a plaque, bearing the inscription, "an award of appreciation, in recognition of meritorious service." to Mr. Reynolds, who has served as chairman of the Decatur drive tor four years A sound film. "Friend of the Friendless." was then shown, depicting the work of the Salvation Army both in peace and war. with Lowell Smith operating the projector furnished by the Decatur public schools The meeting closed with remarks and suggest ions by Captain Stubbs —————-o Two Small Girls Are Reported Kidnaped Bedford. N Y.. Hept IS—(UP) — The disappearance of two small girls while running a grocery errand last night was a kidnaping police chief Frank Mallette. who directed an elght-etate search tor 'he driver of a stolen station wagon, said today. The chlldrea. daughters of Patrick Lynch, brush salesman were Margaret. ?. and Helen. S. who have been missing since 430 o'clock last night, when th*-y emerged from a grocery and Mallette said were seen to enter a atatioa wagon, drive* by a wotnaa.

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Declares U. S. Navy Now Has Pacific Power Ordnance Chief Says Balance Os Striking Power Held By Navy Washington, Sept. 15 (UP) Rear Admiral W. H P Blandy. 1 chief of lhe navy's bureau of ord nance, declared today that U. S forces now hold the balance of striking power In the western Pacific. Blandy'x observation was based on a just-completed 24.000 mile tour of U. S. positions In the Pacific. "Do you think we are in a position to hold the Japanese against anything they might throw In?" he wax asked at a press conference. "Yes. I think we are," he replied. "Hut I don't think we can do It by merely holding We've got to keep pushing The best defense is a strong offense. We can’t remain static.” "Does that mean that we have turned the balance of military and naval striking power in the western Pacific." "Yes. we have for the time being Most certainly. I'm not bold enough to do any forecasting but for the present the answer is yes." Blandy said he agreed with undersecretary of the navy James V. Forrestal that "we have a very real second front" established in the southwest Pacific. The Japanese, he said, lx a "fanatic, determined enemy who sought no quarter and gave no quarter." He found that in spite of the tremendously difficult supply problem, the ordnance wax reaching American ship* and planes In the southwest Pacflic and was performing well, with a few minor exceptions. He said he encountered a fine spirit of cooperation among the various services. They shared supplies with each other and despite the Intermixture of services in the command chain, the whole situation appeared to be handled as though only a single service were Involved, be said. Sen. Harry S. Truman. D. Mo, chairman of the senate committee Investigating conduct of the war effort, charged on the senate floor yesterday that despite assurances front army and navy officials, unity of command between the two services still was lacking, particularly In Alaska Blandy expressed gratification with the manner In which the antiaircraft defenses aboard American ships were functioning. He said he found a vast Improvement had taken place In the past year and that this Improvement wax constantly increasing He predicted that the anti-aircraft defenses of < our fleet would Im* twice ax gissl at the end of a year as they are CTurn To Page 5, Column 4) Q Decrease Is Noted In War Bond Sales Purchases Last Week Less Than SIO,OOO Purchase of war trends last week in Adams county fell to the lowest mark in the five month perioi since . the quota system was setup. Earl Caston, county Irond chairman, announced today. The sale of bonds last week was 59.475.50. bringing the total for the first 12 days of the month to 120.•7450, slightly over one-third of the 440,000 Heptember quota Mr. Caston believes that pur chasm for the last half of the month and the regular sales from payroll deduction plans which are completed the last few days of the month, will see the county through another successful quota achieve meat 80 far. Adams county has not Called in exceedung Its monthly quota, dating back to last May. Many of the industrial plant employes are enrolling In the 10 percent payroll deduction plan. Mr. Cfeaton said, and this will materially help In establishing a backlog of monthly sales

Rotary (iovernor Rev. It.iulie. governor of the 154th districl of Rotary International. will make his offlc.ul visit to lhe Decatur Rotary club Thursday evening at 6:30 o'clock at th** K of P home. Pastot of the First Presbyterian church at Warsaw. Rev. Raabe lx a graduate of Wabash (allege, and has taken post graduate work at Purdue,-and lx also a graduate of McCormick seminary at Chicago. AAA Committeemen Election Thursday To Elect Township Leaders Thursday Winfnd L. Gerke, chairman of the Adams county AAA committee announced today the following voting places for the township AAA commltteeiin-n elections which will l»<- held Thursday evening: Blue Creek Kimsey school. French Election school; Hartford Hartford high school. Jefferson Jefferson high school. Kirkland Kirkland high school, monrou —Election school, Preble Preble school. Root Monmouth high school, St Mary's Pleasant Mills high s* bool. I nion Lu* key school. Wabash Geneva high school. Washington Lincoln school. Decatur. Any farmer who will receive payment for participation in the 1942 AAA program will be eligible to vote In hlx respective township. Mr. Gerke aleo stated that lhe wife of any eligible farmer will also be eligible to vote in the elect it n and is • ligible to hold office on the committees. Farm women should be given consideration to serve on county and community ccminlttees due to the shortage of man power. A chairman. vlce-< hairman. third member, first alternate and second alternate will be elected to administer the AAA program In each township A delegate to the county convention will also be *-lected ill each 1 w;nxhip The delegate named Thursday will meet at the First State Bank Friday morning for the purpose of selecting a thr*e mail county com mi'tee for th** coming year All farmers selected to administer AAA program In couty for 1943 (Turn To Page 3. Column 4) Navy Recruiter In Decatur Today Pau! Tuttle, petty officer . flnst class. I'. H navy, was in Decatur again today Interviewing recruiting applicants New hours of 1-5 P m will b<- obxerved by the recruiting officers eat h Tuesday H*- also said 'hat the construction interviewer would Im* at the Indianapolis recruiting offices September 14 and 19. Interested men should contact Fort Wayne recruiters before those 'fates —— O ' Canadian Losses In Dieppe Raid Numbered 3,350 a » Ottawa. Can.. Sept 15 -(UP) The Canadian army suffered 2.35® casualties killed wounded and missing—in the Dieppe raid, ad jutant general H F G. Letaxm announced toda> One hundred and thirty officer* and 2.417 other ranks were missing after lhe raid Some are presumed to have been killed or wounded and the remainder to be prisoners of war. Let son said For.y officers and 13<» other ranks were killed In action or died of wounds received In the attack on the French coastal town which sent Canadian soldiers Into action against the German srmy for the first time In this war j Forty-one officers and 592 men I were wounded. Letson said.

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Position Critical; Japanese Thrust On Port Moresby Aqain Stalled By Allies By United Press A grand Nazi assault on Stalingrad was under way today with both Russian and German reports iiidhziting that Red army forces were yielding ground slowly in bloody fighting Moscow reports indicated that the Germans were closing in on the Volga river bastion In a general attack which spread from the southwest to the west and northwest fronts. The Germans were driving In on Stalingrad in a semicircular front under cover of massive formations of aircraft which the Russians said were engaged in one of Hie heaviest l>omburdllient assaults of the war. The Red army newspaper. Red Star, called the situation critical. The German high command asserted that the storming of Stalingrad wax underway with the close collaboration of lhe luflwaffe. It was not clear how deep the* Nazis had driven Into lhe concentric ring of forts, pillboxes and field fortifications with which thr Russians have surrounded Stalingrad However, front dispatches reported that the Germans bad won a foothold In an Important village, presumably one of Slaliugrad's Immediate suburbs The German attack, after weeks of li>.<-reaslngly bitter fighting, wax reaching a climax and It seemed evident that lhe next few days would determine whether the pres- . ent drive to oust the Russians from their strategic communications and war Industry center would succeed. In thr Caucasus the Russians reported they had fallen back far- ( ther In the Mozdok area where a t strong Naxi column was attemptI Ing to push ahead to the Grozny | oilfields The Germans claimed an advance south of Novorosslsk | on the Illa* k Sea coast The royal air force marked thr anniversary <*f the start of Ger- , many's all-out daylight sir atta< kx in I94<> with a powerful night bombardment of the naval base of Wilhelmshaven It was the second heavy attack on a Nazi naval and shipping center In two night* and It tvas estimated that in the attack >*<i Wilhelmshaven and that on Bremen a total of 7UO to SOO planes participated. Only two British bombers were reported missing Stall Jap Thrust Gen MacArthur’s Headquarters. Australia, Sept 15 (UP) The Japanese thrust to within 40 inljes of Port Moresby has been stalled for the fifth consecutive day since the enemy forced the gap in the towering Owen Stanley mountains. Gen Ihiuglas MacArthur said today. In his daily communique, he reported Increasing patrol activity |on the south slope of the lofty | range, but said the enemy had not I been able to Increase his gain on the road lo Australia's strategic New Guinea outpost. Allied aircraft were involved In (Turn To Page S, Column 5| — _____ a—- — To Aid During Festival Moy Call Civilian Workers For Duty Auxiliary police and possibly air raid warden* of the two county civilian defense agencies may be called for active duty this week end. It was indicated today by police chief James Borders. Auxiliary pollcw and possibly I some of thr wardens will be <ailed to aid In police work in connection with the 4-H club festival to be held here Friday and Saturday. Because of the shortage of manpower and the fact that the celebration lasts only two days, it is unlikely that any special police will have to be hired Chief Borders. Sheriff M Miller and other police authorities have completed plans for handling traffic and parking during the two days celebration. While the traffic problem will likely not be nearly as severe as is customary each year dunag the I street fair, police authorities are making all efforts to insure againsl any serious accidents marring the (.elebratinn.