Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 40, Number 221, Decatur, Adams County, 18 September 1942 — Page 1

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Aid To Nelson • I r-; —— o K’ ■ w. 1. V ' K ■ Charles L. Wilson, president of the General Electric company, has been named vice-chairman of the war production board, the appointment belna announced by Donald L. Nelson. WI’B cxar. Canning, Clothing Winners Announced Judqinq Completed Here This Morning Winners In the canning and clothing exhibits of the home economics classes on display at the Staley building cn South Second Street, were announced today by Mrs. L. R. Meyer, who is In charge. The Judging was done this morning by Mrs. f'heeter Moore of Fort Wayne Blue ribbons were awarded first place winners, red ribbons second place and white, third place winners. Following is the list of winners; Clothing one; Elaine Gilltom, Berne, first; Barbara Jean Barkley. Union, second, Marilyn Jo Steiner. Hartford. Clothing two: Mary Ellen Nussbaum. Berne, flnst; Alverda Stein- ■ er. Berne, second; Phyllis Biggin, Hartford, third. Clothing three: Margaret Webb. ' Berne, first; Delores St. John's, second and Patricia Barkley, third. Clothing four: Beverly Reichert. Monroe rural, first; Evelyn Frohnapfel. Decatur, second; Ruth Sti ury. Monroe, third. Clothing five; Naomi Steiiryy j Monroe rural, first; Pauline Hanni. ' Monroe, second and Eleanor Beth Schwarts. Monroe rural, third. Canning one: Betulece King. Pleasant Mills, first; Beverly Roe. Blue Creek, second and Florine Steury. Monroe rural, third.. Canning two: Rose Marie Merriman. Blue Creek, second. Canning three: Ruth Clark. - Pleasant Mills, first; Phyllis Wolfe. I (Turn To Page >, Column <> Two Men Suffocate As Forms Coilapse . Chicago. Sent. 1»-<UP»— Two - men were suffocated and three oth- • ers suffered minor injuries today • when forms bolding wet concrete • collapsed at the partially-construct-ed Chrysler aircraft engine plant I Police said the victims wore working at the bottom of a 30foot foundation excavation and 1 were suffocated when the forma at • the side of the excavation collapsed. pouring the liquid concrete down upon them. - o — Charles Fuhrman Hamed Candidate GOP Candidate For Trustee In Preble Charles A. Fuhrman was named I last night by the Adams county ■ Republican central committee as the Republican nominee for the r office of Preble township truater • in the November election. He will " oppose Rudolph H. Buuch. who • won the Democratic nbfh I nation in ' the primary 1 Vacancies in the GOP candidates ‘ for prosecutor, joint senator, and L'nion township trustee, were not stiled Mrs. Ralph Snyder of Geneva was named vice-chairman of the committee, succeeding Mns. Ernest Reicbeldeffer ot Geneva, who resigned. and CH E Peterson of De cater was named treasurer, succeeding Ed Warren, who re-*ign?d Roy Jorg, district chairman of the GOP was the spaaket at the meeting held In the Lincoln school Fifty-one of the * committeemen and vlce-committeewomea were present

British Take Leading Port In Madagascar Vichy Authorities Reject Armistice Terms Os British London. Sept. 18 —(VPI— British Empire troops captured Madagascar's chief port Tamatave, today after Vichy authoritlea had rejected armistice terms and fired on a British envoy. The east African command reported that a strong British force had landed on the east coast, and that Tamatave. 150 miles northeast of Tanarive. the capital, fell this morning after 4 brief ehelling. A British envoy, who attempted to negotiate a peaceful surrender of Tamatave. was met with fire from the French, the communique reported. - nil French colonial authorities rejected British armistice terms, which have no*, yet been disclosed. at a meeting yesterday. ■•Operations are continuing.” the British communique said, reportng that empire forces continued tbelr advance across the interior toward Tanaiive (Antanarivol. Tamatave fell after British ships fired few she'ls Into its defenses, the eaet African command reported. No Chairman Named For Key Kampaiqn •As far as could be learned today no one has been appointed local chairman of the Key Kampalgn. which got under way In this state and other parts of the country, this week. Publicity material has been received by the Daily Democrat in regard to gathtring old keys as a ineanzi of reclaiming the silver and nickel Cor war purposes but the special Key Kans have not been shipped here to any individual or organization. Announcement is expected In % few days from headwuuKers at Grand Rapids, Mich ——o- • 6. E. President Is n Named Nelson Aide Charles E. Wilson Is Vice-Chairman Washington. Sept. 22 (l’P» WI’B chairman Donald M. Nelson last night announced the appolnt- . ment of Charles E Wilson, president of General Electric, as ricechairman of the war production board. At the same time. Nelson announced the creation of a production executive committee which will bring together top officials In WI’B. the army, the army air corps, the navy and maritime commission to maintain a ‘constant cheek on and control" of the pro duction program Wilson will serve as chairman of this committee and will exeri else Nelson’s powers in seeing that production quotas are met. Serving on the committee with him will tie: Lieut -Gen Brehon B Somervell, commanding general, services of supply. V S. army. Maj -Gen Oliver P. Echols, commanding general, material tom mand. headquarters, army air force. Vice-Adm. Samuel M. Robinson, director of material and procure ment. U. S. Navy. Rear Adm Howard L Vickery, vlctwhalrman. U. 8. maritime commission. t -o — Former Prisoner Os Nazis To Speak Here i Mrs W. J. Guilding. who has i worked in Africa for » years, an der the auspices of the Africa Inland Mission, will he the .peaker • at the meeting of the Decatur Lions club Tuesday at d:l6 p. m at the K. of P. borne. She and her hwfbaod were aboard the Zam-Zam. route to their field of service, when it was sunk by a German raider. Both of them were picked up by . the raider and held as prisoniers of ’ war. Mrs. Guilding recently returned to the L'nlteß States, after being released by German authorities in Berlin, white Rev Guilding te still in a German interment camp. Ev ery member of the clnb to request ed to bring his wife as a guest to bear Mrs. Guilding as she relates her personal experienceo while on board the ZanZam. and in Geraaaay.

Decatur, Indiana, Friday, September 18, 1942

This “Tojo Cigar” Burned Out Jl/i c iju - aIL-3 One of the Japanese two-man submarines which were put out ot commission by I' 8. naval forces during the Dec. 7 attack on pearl Harbor now Is mounted on a flatcar at Ho Man Island Navy yard In < al forni i. bearing a plea to buy War Bonds. The craft has been christened the "Tojo cigar." •

War Ballot Procedure Received By Clerk Men In Services Permitted To Vote County clerk Clyde Troiitn r has received a digest of the law which perm Itn men in the armed forces to ■ vote In the November election, for I'. 8. senators and representatives I in congress, regardh-** If they are > registered. Tlie bill was signed by President Roosevelt this week, known as H. It No. 7116. It applies to all men In the armed forces. The ■iplanatluti of the special war ballot procedure follows Law appliew to voters enlisted in the armed forces. (Voting the war ballot I* optional. Soldiers and sailors still retain their privilege of voting th. regular Indiana absent voter's ballot, provided they are registered, with which they can vote for all candidates. both state and local. I .Men can vote for I'. 8. senators, congrewmeti and for presidential electors. Registration of voters is not required The secretary of war and the secretary of the navy shall provide application* for absent voters ballots printed on postal cards and ’ ohall cause them to be distributed to the armed forces in the army and navy. Applications for absent voters ballots shall be till'<l out before a commissioned officer. The application shall contain the name and (Turn To Page 3, Column <) O Demonstration On Program Tonight Civilian Defense Demonstration Set An Interesting and educational entertainment ws» promised today to fe*tival-goers who attend the civilian defense demonstration ou the courthouse ramp tonight. An Instructo- of first aid in air raid warden classes will be present to demonstrate various methods of administering first aid In an emergency The center control operation will be demonstrated with workings of the cetner control staff shown after a "bonsbing la reported A pub lie address system will be used to keep the public Informed as to thv progress of the operation. To climai th* demonstration, arrangement* have been made to drop three Incendiary bomb* on the court houe- lawn The regular and auaillary firemen will be sum mooed from the fire station and demonstrate the proper method of combatting the bomb. Dallas Brown, cltiaens defense corps commander, will be tn charge of the demonstration aided by other leaders The demonstration will start about S:M p. m. following the pet parade and coronation ceremonies

i Grocers Warned To ’ Obey Price Control 1 South Rend. Ind . Sept. IS <l’P» 4'. E. Jhonson. 'specialist of the Indianapolis ol’A. warned Hooslegrocers yesterday that they far ■ having their stores padlocked if they refuse to Join the nation's battle against inflation. i The ol’A. tte Mid. is ready to i send checkers into the field and i prosecute grocers who fail to comr ply with price control regulations. »• Penalties, he warned, will be ■ i jail sentences and large fines, 0 _ Lawson Team Wins I • Pulling Contest I 1 .. — First Horse Pulling Contest Held Today , j Harvey Lawson of Blue Creek i I township and hl* sis-year-old team. • weighing 2.550 pounds, won the ' lightweight horse pulling contest a' Schmitt Field this morning and the I prise of Jl'l, Lawson's team, a blue roan anl black, pulled the sled with (£OO pound* a distance of seven fe--t and ■ eight Inches t > cop the title from ■ Virgil Haines of Berne rout.- two. whose team pul'ed the «ame weight I two feet ami seven inches. ' Haines won second prise of 125. Other winners are: .Marton Bprunger of route four. Decatur, third 1 prise of SIS; Cheste Barker of 1 route all. Decatur. fourth prise of Slo and Ralph Bolenliacher, fifth 1 ’ prise of $5. There were five team.l entered. Each owner who entered a team I in the contest did his own driving. A large crowd witnessed the pulli lug. The heavyweight contest will ' Im- held Saturday morning at » o’clock. Adolph Bu'temeler was In charge of the contes-t this morning. Oth er members of the committee are Ralph Martin. Jeff U-ichty. Floyd Shoaf and Wilbert Lehman Officials in charge were Alber’ ' Burk, refree; Glen Roughia. chief 'lweight man; Christ Knlpsteln, ' George Morris and Cloice Beam, judges; Jeff Mlchty and WilbuLehman. linemen; Arthur Moersch ' berger. clerk and scorer. Infant Is Stillborn At Hospital Today I A baby boy, dead at birth, wa* ■ born to Mr and Mr* Daniel Rob - ert Speicher of Berne at the Adams i county memorial hospital thia - morning at I' o'clock. Izook Walton League To Hold Convention The 20th annus! convention of I the Indiana Division. Isaak Walton I league of America, will be held at South Beni. November Ch and ■ 7th. with the St. Joseph county i chapter acting as host to the aaI sensbled delegate* and guest*. Reg Ist ration of delegate* will begin t Thursday. November Sth at the : Hoffman hotel, convention head quarter*

Reds Send Siberian Reserves Into Battle For Stalingrad; Nazis Penetrate River Bank

f Japanese Make New Advances In New Guinea Frontal Battle Is In Prospect With Moresby As Prize Gen MaaArthur's Hheadquarters, Australia. Sept 18 (OP) J»l' anese forces have made further j gaina in their drive through south eastern New Guinea and a frontal battle is in prospect between Allied and enemy forces with Port Morsby as the prize, dispatches indicated today. .Maintaining a day and night offensive in suppot of the Allied defenders, Gen. Dougtag MacArthur'-t air force has made heavy attacks on three main Japanese bases and in one. fighter pines destroyed or damaged at least 15 enemy supply troop barges and left fires* blazing among fuel and supply dumps that Weer SO big they could be sci-n 25 miles away. Gen. MacArthur's communlqu • | reported that on the Port Moresby i front fighting was now preceding I in the vicinity of the village of | loribalwa. .32 ar line miles north ; of the great Ailed base.. Yesterday's communique reported the, scene of fighting to be north of loribalwa. and though a spokesman refused to comment on today's statement that lhe front had now reached the vicinity of the village I itself, dispatches left little doubt | that the enemy forces laid made a new advance. Patrol clashes tweet growing more frequent and the distance between the main forces was narrowing steadily, front dispatches <caid. It was believed that the Allied . forces were prepared to make a I firm stand on « selected line. At loribalwa the Japanese were! about 32 miles air line and up to 50 miles by mountain trail and I roadfrom Port Moresby, the Important Allied advanced bae<- on the south Guinea const only < .375 miles from the Australian mainland. Q Frederic Schafer To Leave For Service Frederic Schafer, treasurer and general manage.- of the Schafer company, who enlisted in the army several weeks ago, has received his orders to report at Camp Perry near Toledo. Ohio, next Tuesday. Mr. Schafer enters the army as a private and after serving three months will apply for training in the officer's school. He has pained the necessary examinations fotransfer, after completing the indoctrination course. —O Rotary Governor Speaks Thursday Rev. Arthur Raabe Pays Official Visit Rev. Arthur W Raabe, of Warsaw. governor of the litth district of Rotary Tnternatioal. paid bis official visit to the Decatur Rotary club at its regular meeting Thum day evening at the K of P. home The governor, who is pastor of the First Presbyterian church at Warsaw, presented an Interesting and iastructive discussion of Ro tary. its objects and ideate, and the problems faced in time of war. There are now 5.03 s Rotary clubs throughout the world. Rev. Raabe pointed out. with more than 210.<J80 metnbt rs. Despite war conditions, these clubs are meeting each week In regular session The value of acquaintanceship, fellowship and high business standards In promot Ing good will throughout the world will be of great significance after the present conflic t ends, the governor stressed Will SchnepL farmer cf near Decatnr. waa acre pted as a new member. with Carl Pumphrey, chairman of the ctossiflcatio and membersh p committee detivering the club's of flctol welcome Charles D Ehlnger presented the club with the sec and place trophy won by the club s (Turn To PMe «, L'ehunn ()

New Regulations i Received By Board Chanqes Announced In OPA Regulations A list of new regulations rec-elv I edfrom lhe OPA offices by the Ad { ams county w;.r price and rationing tetard. which affect various phases ; of the rationing was announced today by Glenn Hill. Imard chairman. Th<- regulations include the following: Bulletins are to be sent by the rationing board to all transportation commitlees to attach forms AC. No 1 and AC No. 2 to tire applications. These forms show the raiders who accompany the driving applicant. The riders automatically become Ineligible for tires. Lists ot the riders are to be kept I by the board for future check on | ineligibles. Serial numbers must be taken from the old tires by the inspector when an application is to ba made for a new or recap. The;,w serial numbers are to accompany the applications all through the piMsibility of an Illegal ‘switch” i of tires. Cooking schools, domestic sciI ence classes may register for sugar { as Institutional users. Churches and organizations are i not eligible to secure sugar for ' canning fruit to be sent to conscientious objector camps. Men al»out to enter armed forces cannot sell a a I!H2 model auto until they are certain that they ; will be accepted and enter active I duly, without going throug.t the ' ration board to be certain that the purchaser Is an eligible person. After acceptance- he may sell to anyone, if however, the vehicle was pure luiM-d after August 15 it may In- sold only Io a blood relative. o Man Arrested After Attempted Robbery Mexican Is Held In Adams County Jail Jesus It Gonzales. 42. Mexican, was being held in jail here today on a charge of drawing a dangerous weapon after what is believed to have been an attempted robbery of an ABC bus driver late last night. Herb-rt Fravrd, 11.3 North Fifth street, driver of the- bus. told authoritiro that as he was walk ing back to his residence from a First street garage he dec hl eel upon a "short-cut through the alley between First and Second and Madison and Jefferson He said that as he neared the intersection of lhe two alleys behind Frickle's place he noticed the Mexican lean ing against a utility pole He raid that he first thought that the Mexican waa ill. As he neared him. he said, the Mexican suddenly lunged at him with a knife. Fravel said he had a considerable sum of money on Ills person. Fravel dodged the Mexican and called police. A f- w minutes later Gonzales was arrested on Liberty Way by officers Robert Hill and Adrian Cotfee They raid Gonzales attempted to hide the knife, Its blade still open, in a pocket. latte this afternoon when brought into court by Sheriff Ed Miller and chief James Herders. Gonzales told Judge J. Fred Fnichte and prose(Turn To Faga < Column •> 0 Boy Scout Exhibit Is On Display Here Durinq Festival One of the added features on dis play here during the 4-H club festival. which opened this morning, is a merit badge exhibit, prepared by Boy Scout troop* of Adam* county. Thte exhibit, which Is boused in the DeVoaa building on South Second street, will be open to the public thia evening and Saturday afternoon and evening. The exhtbi s are as follow* Troop Cl. ruetalc raft and maconry. troop <2. forestry, troop C 3 camping and cooking, troop «7. flrat aid. troop tt. lea there raft and book bind tag.

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Bloody Fighting Is Still Raging; Nazis Penetrate To River Bank In Outskirts By Cnited Press Moscow, Sept. 18 tl'Pi The Communist party newspaper ; Pravda reported today that SiberI ian troops have reached the Stal- ! ingrad battie front where, for the I first time Soviet dispatches re- ■ vealed German penetration to the Volga river bank on the northern outskirts of tbo city Pravda said that the Siberian troops were fresh forces which had received their training in i western Siberia. (The mention of western Siberia apparently was designed to indicate that lhe Soviet armies In eastern Siberia have not been drawn on for reinforcements for the Stalingrad front ) The newspaper said that the ! Siberian forces were now on the i front not only at Stalingrad but I also in the fcMithills of the Call- . casus and on the Leningrad and Kalinin fronts. Pravda's report recalled to Russians that fresh reserves from Siberia last year halted the dangerous German break-through at Mozhaisk and helped to turn the tide In the battle for Moscow. t Presumably the troops from western Silierla are part of the fresh armies raised and trained by marshals Klemeiitl Voroshilov and Semyon Budenny who were detached from their commands last autumn and given the task of creating new forces for the- Red army t Dispatches from Stalingrad reported that Soviet forces had recaptured a Volga river village in that area after a brief but vicious battle ou the high banks of lhe river. The front disfcalc-hes said Russian troops crossed the Volga from the east to the wc-st hank and at-ta-ked Nazi forces which hud occupied the Volga river village A bitter battle waa fought along • the river bank, the dispatches said, while old men. women and children who had fled from the burned-out villages on Stalingrad's northern outskirts took refuge In caves along the cliff like riverbank The battle closed with lhe Russians once more in possession of the river village, the dispatches said, but the Soviet noon communique reported that Nazi forces have again blasted their way Into the northwestern outskirts of the city. The- communique reported that German detachments again had penetrated Stalingrad itself, but as In a previous penetration, every German waa killed, taken prisoner or driven bac k There were two recent development* In the nine-day-old German supreme assault. Heavy artillery had gone Into action in an effort, with Icomliltig plane* which attacked In wave* of SO to 100. to bring the defender* to their knees The German* were using swarm* of tommy-gunner* who were trying to slip into Stalingrad and attack from the rear To thwart the tommy-gunners without diverting their main forces, the Russian* employed specially trained troops A* *cs>n as a penetration waa reported these units swung into action, surrounding the tommy-gunners and wiping them out. while the main forces continued to treat off the (Turn To Pace 4. Column St - • - O Lutheran Youth To Meet Sunday The lutheran youth of the interriver zone of the Walther league of this area wilt meet Sunday at the high school auditirium in Convoy. Ohio for a spec la I dedication service of the new Lutheran youth building erected recently at Chicago. Illinois nt a cost of seveml hundred thousand dollans The young people of this vicinity connected with the Lutheran church helped in defraying the coz: of thia project At the coming dedication service. Rev. Hetnmert will conduct the opening devotional service and the Rev E A. Nettael. Sherwood. Ohio, will be the speaker Rev. Koehler. Prrirle. will p-onounce the benediction. The service will begin at S .Jfl p. m EWT.