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I. U. President To Speak Here Monday Mr and Mrt. J. Ilwight Peteraon of Indianapolis, will accompany Dr. Herfnan H Wnlle, president of Indiana I'nlvemlty, Bloomington, to thiw city Monday afternoon. Dr. Welle will be the speaker at the formal opening of the Woman's <’ob in the evening. Ilia address will be given at K o'clock in the auditorium of the Zion Evangelical and Reformed church, to which the dub has Invited a number of guest a. .Mr. Peterson is a trualee of th" state unlverspy and was a member of the board that elected Dr. Wells to the presidency. 0 Gangsters Escape Illinois Prison Two Os Touhy Gang Among Escaped Men ('bicago. Oct. 10 (I'Pl- Police feared today that terrible Roger Touhy and other ci'imlnala from the Stuteville prison had succeeded in reaching friends and a hideout in the local underworld. A car containing three men and traveling H 3 miles an hour sped around a state police barricade on the highway at Elmhurst, on the outskirts ot Chicago, last night, undeterred by the hall of bullets state policemen fired after It. if the car contained Touhy. he was accompanied by Basil (the Owl) Banghart. 41, machinegunner of his old gang and as ruthless a murderer as the underworld ever produced, and James O'Connor. 31. a bandit and gunman, who was not a member of the old gang but was Itelleved to have helped Touhy. 44. engineer the break from Illinois’ "model'' prison yesterday afternoon. Four other convicts, all of equally desperate stripe, escaped with them and prolutbly have gone their separate ways. Touhy and Banghart were serving 95 year sentences for kidnaping John (Jake the Barber) Factor O'Connor was in for life for banditry. The other four were William Stewart. 43. serving life as an habitual criminal: Matthew Nelson. 40, life fm banditry; Edward Darlak. 32, serving 1»9 years for murdering a Chicago policeman. A new generation has grown up since Touhy and Capone mobsters slaughtered one another in competition for the beer trade in the northwest suburbs, but its members had only to look at Jake the Barber at the moment he learned nt Totlhy's escape to know that "Terrible Touhy" had been well named Barber lost not a moment demanding police protection and rushing to his apartment where he probably will slay until Touhy and Banghart, who went to prison because of his testimony, are recaptured. Jake the Barber's mind flashed back to the courtroom scene of 1934 when Touhy sentenced to 33 years, stood up. tears streaming down his face and shouted at him: "I'm going to get out of there I'm going to square accounts with you. I'n> going to get you." Jake the Barber said he had received seven anonymous telephone calls In the last year from a man who represented himself as a friend ot Touhy. "The last call was seven weeks ago and on each occasion the man said Touhy would be out of jail soon and that I'd better watch out because I was first on his list," he said Sample Ballots Are Available At Office Printing Os Ballots Completed By Board Sample ballots are now available at the clerk's offlce in the county court house. It was announced today by the election commissioners. An ample supply cf the sample ballots has been printed and delivered to the clerk's oMce to aid vol era. A sample ballot may be obtained for any precinct tn the city, county and township The board of election commissioners ’ late yesterday completed the printing of sample and official ballots The o*cial ballote were wrapped, sealed and turned over to the custody of the commission era and county clerk Clyde O. Troutner until delivered to respective preeinct election board officials on election day Meanwhile, interact In the election. less than a month away is rising gradually as candidate* for the various office* intensify their csmpslgns with the distribution of candidate cards, etc.

Russia Reports Battle Slowing At Stalingrad Only Small Infantry Assaults Reported In Stalingrad Area Moscow. Oct 10— (IP)— For the drat time lu the bloody. 47day battle of Stalingrad, a Soviet communique reported today "only small infantry attacks." Communiques and front line dllspatches for 46 day* had described almost hourly assaults upon Stalingrad by thousands *of plane*, hundred* of tank* and divisions of shock troop*. Today came the break — the attack* were now small. (Thursday the Germans announced that they would abandon ftontal attack* on Stalingrad, where at least 200.000 of them had died, and try to reduce what was left of it by concentrated artillery fin i On other sectors, there was an “exchange of artillery and mortar fire.” the h<>on communique *aid. Os fighting In Stalingrad, the communique said: "hi the Stalingrad area. Soviet troops repulsed small Infantry attacks. On one sector, a German Infantry company (300 men) tried to penetrate a Soviet stronghold and were repulsed by machine gun and mortar fire. It retired to its initial position." Front line dispatches reported that Marshal Timoshenko's counter offensive, driving down between the Don and Volga rivers to the relief of Stalingrad. had again surged forward, and captured a number of German strongholds. The German* fiercely counter attacked In efforts to regain the lost ground, these dispatches said, but the Russian* hurled them (Turn To Page 3, Column 4) > O' 1 -"' May Use Housewives For 'Price Wardens' Some Price Boosts Authorized By OPA Washington. Oct. 10. — (UP) — Many American housewives will help check on "slightly higher" prices of 11 broad groups of food product* auth< riled after next Thursday, and eventually may become "price wardens." OPA official* said today. They emphasised that, for the time being, enforcement of a new alternative pricing formula on such common item* as breakfast cereal, sugar, coffee and canned vegetables will be on a voluntary basis. Price chief I-eon tTenderacn. in a message to housewives, said it was their "patriotic duty" to Inform a ahopkeeper If they believed he failed to abide by the letter and spirit of the price control program. "Remember, your cost of living and ycur neighbor's are vital to the war effort." he said “You can help In our national battle against rising prices and the danger of inflation by refusing to pay more than the legal price . . .** The actual penny-by-penny Increase to consumer* under the new pricing formula could not be Immediately estimated because ot its complex nature. OPA experts. h< wever. figured the system will add between fl.OM.uoo and 12.000. 000 to the )2.000.00u.000 annually now spent In the ll food classlflcatlons. Other pioducts affected Include canned flah. cooking and salad oils, rlca. hydrogenated and other shortenings. dried fruits and lard. The new provisions were worked cut by OPA to relieve pressure on wholesalers and retailers who were caught between March quotations under the general maximum price regulations and the amounts they had to pay for restocking their shelves More than 575.000 food stores and 5.000 wholesaler* will be given an opportunity to use It. I'nder the formula, a retailer may decide whether he wants to use his March quotation* era designated markup ranging from I to 25 percent. The amount varies for each food group and each of five classlllcatlons cf retallen*. Three groupings of wholesalers are given smaller speclfled mark up* Qfficlal* explained that the regulations should bring back on food store shelves many products and brands which had disappeared or were scarce because the merchants declined to replace Items on which they would kse money They said that a housewives total food espenditure* may decrease because she has had to bay higher quality (Tars Te Page 3, Ceiuaui 5)

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Decatur, Indiana, Saturday, October 10,1942.

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Federal, state and local authorities have been warned to be on the lookout tor Roger Touhy. one of the toughest gangsters In Chicago's history, and five other convict* who staged a sensational escape from the Ntatevllle penitentiary at Joliet. 111. Among the other* was Basil Banchart, savage member of the Touhy gang. Toirhy. convicted of kidnaping Jake "the Barber" Factor, was Sentenced to 99 years 111 prison for ths' crime, (tanchart, train robber and kidnaper, was under sentence of 36 years In prison for the |105.(M)() robbery of a mail truck In Charlotte. N. ('.. and It) 1934 drew a 99 year sentence for the Factor abductlofl. Touhy I* on the left above. Banghart, right.

S. S. Convention Plans Announced County Convention October 25 And 26 The Adams county Sunday school convention will lie he’d Sunday and Monday, October 25 and 26 at Decatur, Berne and Geneva. In order that folk* from all over the county will find It possible to attend. The Sunday afternoon session will be held In the Baptist church at Decatur at 2:30 p. m . the Sunday evening session at the First Mennonlte church. Berne at 7:30 p. m. and the Monday evening session at the United Brethren church at Geneva, also at 1:30 p. mPreceding the Monday evening seaslon. a young people's and Christian worker* S 8. banquet will be held In the basement of the church ai 6:30 p m. The price per plate is 30 cent* and it la expected that a large number of people will Im- present to enjoy the Christian fellowship lu thia way Ticket* may be secured from Ml** France* Burkhalter. Bortin. Earl Chase, Decatur and Miss Dorothy LaHue, Geneva. Rev. John Achy of the Grace Theological seminary of Winona Mke, Indiana will lie the tnaln speaker for the convention. Rev. Aeby Is a young mini with a vision whose message* will challenge all present to a new realisation of the re*pon*lbllltles and privileges of all Sunday school memlier* and awaken a deep desire to put forth every effort to win the childhood and youth for Christ. A fine exhibit of Sunday school materials slid help* will also be a feature of this great convention besides music and other special features. Asks Special Ruling For Soldiers To Vote County Clerk Asks State For Ruling Men who rt'.tot In the armed forctw and leave before October 24. and those who leave for active duty through selective service before October 21 may be able to cast tbelr hwllot* in the November election. That la. they will If county clerk Clyde O. Tnutner .has hfs way. Recognlxing the fact that more than half a hundred youth* those who enter nc.lve duty through se leclive services on October iff— will •tMO their vote thl* election clerk Troutne.- went to work this morning. He wired the state board of election commissioners in an effort to secure a special ruling which would enable ’ieae men to vote by the absent voter method before they leave, although under election law October 24 is the first day that a voter can personally secure the vote by thia method. Clerk Troutner expects to receive a ruling In reply to hl* query sometime today la addition to the men entering through selective service Clerk TrouUer pointed out that a eonaMarabla number enlist each day. some taaviag for service Immediately Any ot rbes- who leave before October 24 would lose their chance to vote under the present law. bpolnted out.

Louisville Post Office Razed For Scrap Metal Ixiulvllfe. Kv.. Oct. 10—(UP)— The nearly half-century old Louisville Post office building today liecame the prlaa item <>f Kentucky's scrap metal collection. (Wrecking cr< wa Ix-gan to rage the stone, steel and marble building constructed at a cost of mor" than 11,000,000. Government officials said they expected the building, long a l/iuisville landmark, would yield at least 0.000 ton* »! ateel. 0 Quisling Asks Nazis To Slow Terrorism Norway 'Traitor' Appeals To Hitler London. Oct. 10.—(UPl Vhlkun Quisling, arch Norwegian traitor, ha* appealed directly Io Adolf Hit ler to modify a ruthlese German gestajs: terror campaign that wa* only intensifying patriot activities, reports from Stockholm said today. Quisling, who betrayed Norway to the German*, was reported to have said he could not continue to function aa the nominal head of the Norwegian puppet regime unless Hitler withdrew Joaet Terboven, German overlord, from the country, and stopped •!»* brutal repressive measures of the gestapo Dispatch*** reported that the gestapo had extended the state of emergency existing In the Trondheim area to the cost to Hkieti. birthplace of the playright Hendrik Ibsen. This would Indicate that, a* expected. the Nazis Inteded to put all southwestern Norway under a state of emergency and an Invasion alert. It was reported that 34 (arsons had been arrested at Nklen because ot a hostile attitude of patriots to German soldiers. , Additional NS troop farces were reported to have arrived at Trondheim. and additional patriot* were reported to have been arrested. Many more than l.uod patriots were believed to be under arrest in the Trondheim area, in< luding al! labor union leader*. 0- .„ Labor Inspector Is Indicted By Jury Kouth Bend. Ind., Oct. Iff—(UP) — Harry Peter Stoffels, 36. South Bend, inspector for the wage and hour division of the C. 8 departmerit of labor, wa* Indicte)! yesterday by a federal grand jury on (barges that he solicited and accepted a 5290 bribe from Charles L Blue, owner of the Blue Lamber company at Elkhart. Ind The Indu tment against Stoffels was one of 99 Indictments returned by the grand jury. In aeaatan since Monday The Jury’* report to Judge Thomas Slick named I2<> individuals but *3 indictments were not made public by district attorney Alex M Campbell who said arrests had not been made USO Is Enriched By Monroe Scrap Drive The UKO I* 125 richer today be rauw ot th* ..crap metsi collected yeeterday la the town of Monroe John Crist, town employe and hl* •oa. A. D "Bill" Crist, did the collecting of scrap yesterday and sold it to the junk yard here.

United States Heavy Bombers Down 41 Nazi Planes During Greatest Day Attack Os War

Jap Resistance On Kiska Island Grows Weaker Aleutian Base Os Japanese Pounded Steadily From Air Washington, Oct 10 (t'P) An analysis of recent navy communiques Indicated today that Japanese resistance on Ki»ka Island In the Aleutian* last enemy base In that area — was becoming progressively weaker. The navy's latest report on the situation, describing an Oct. 6 raid by army bombers which dropped a total of 15 ton* of bomb* on enemy positions, significantly mentioned no resistance. One Jap seaplane was destroyed on the water hut the navy made no mention of enemy planes In the air. A communique on Wednesday said the Island* of Atttl and Aggatii apparently have been abandon ed by the Invader*, that “only light anti-aircraft opposition was encountered and ail of our aircraft returned." Six seaplane fighter* were shot down In that enc muter but previous communiques had mentioned crack xero fighter* In the area The lessening of resistance does not necessarily mean that the enemy I* ready to pull out of the Aleutians On the contrary, they are believed to be digging In In preparation of further heavy attacks by army four motored Fortress and Liberator bombers. The base at Kiska is too Important to be given up without a struggle It provides a check on American movements In the Aleutians through aerial reconnaissance and. more Important, provide* a base where Japanese submarines may be refueled and rearmed and fresh crew* put aboard. Then. too. the enemy would "lose face" at home by quitting the island*. The latest nrvy communique re por'e-l that Liberator .romlwr*. escorted by Bell Alracobra and Ltekheed Lightning (F 39 fighter*. dropped approximately seven ton* of Immb* on the area *urrounding the seaplane hangar at Kiska It said eight more ton* ot Immb* were dropped on the camp area, starting fires. In addition, the planes attacked two cargo ship* tn Klsk.i harbor, leaving one “on fire and sinking " The radio station was damag'd by strafing, probably from cannonfiring fighters; a seaplane was destroyed on the water and another vra* damaged It wa* the 13th attack In as many day*. The constant pounding by army (Turn To Page 3. Column 5) — w— Gross Income Field Agent Here Oct. 14 To Aid Taxpayers In Filing Returns Joe Burke, field agent of the In dlana gross income lax division will be tn Decatur October 14th to asstat taxpayer* In filing 1942 third quarterly groan income tax returns, ft was annoumed today by Cal F Peterson, auto license branch ma 1 ' ager. Returns covering Income in the third quarter of 1942 will be delin quetst after October 15. The field agent will be stationed at the license branch, and it was urged that persona with unusual problem* In (onnection with thel" tax return* obtain hi* assistance Hervice of regular employee* Is available da'ly at the license branch throughout the year. Mr Peterson pointed out that all persons whose tax for the quarter exceeds 1100 are required by the law to Me return* and pay tax The quarterly exemptions are 525' 1 for each individual or buxines*, with the exception- of the qualified retail merchant. who*e exrem pt lon la (750 per quarter. The grosa ncome tax ratea applicable to return* now due ara: receipt* from “selling at retail" by -retail merchant*", tfe of l<; (Twrs T» Fags K Coloma 4)

Second Contingent To Leave Thursday Another Group To Leave October 15 The second ccntlngent of the month will leave Decatur next Thursday morning, October 15, to take filial army physical examinations. The first contingent of the month wa* sent to the Toledo. Ohio armory for their exam* last Mctiday and accepted men are now home on the automatic I l-day furlough Selective service board officials stated this morning that they still had received no word relative to the acceptance or rejection < f the two men held over at the armory or the six who had beet* forwarded to Camp Perry. Ohio for further examination Fred Hoffman and Oscar Hoff man. who were held over for a day and then accepted, have Indicated their desire to leave October 19 when the other 50 accepted men enter active service. Draft board officials are attempting to arrange the matter The two were originally scheduled to enter active duly October 20. a day later, since they were accepted a day later. The men accepted from the October 15 contingent will automatically enter active duty «)* t< bcr 29. 14 day* later. No additional calls other than the two already announced tor October have been received to date by the draft board - -o Return Two Alleged Thieves To County Alleged Hog Thieves Held At Celina, 0 Andrew Meinerding pleaded guilty to grand larceny in Adam* circuit court late thi* morning and w»* remanded to the county jail aa Judge J. Fred Fruchte took the plea under advitement. Sherrell Feller* wa* retained by authoritiea at Celina. O. Two Celina. Ohio men wanted In A da'ns county on grand larceny charge* were to be returned here today to await arraignment In Adam* circuit court, deputy sbeiifl IrfO Gilllg stated this morning Sheriff Ed Miller went to Celina this morning when authorities from that city Indicated that they would turn over to this county Andrew Mlvnerdlng and Sherrell Feller*. The pair are wanted here for allegedly stealin ’ five head of sboats from the Jame. Everett farm near Pleasant Mills. The affidavit zgainst the two men eatlmate.i the value of th< shoat* at (75 Prosecutor Lewi* L. Smith stated that it wa* po*sßil<* only Mfendering would be returned here, alnce Celina authorities had built a good caste against Fellers for thievery which he allegedly pat I»etrated in that community The theft hare occurred early In the month of August. Sheriff Miller and deputy Gilllg definitely linked the two men with the theft, but Celina authorities arrested them (Turn To Page 3. Column 7) 540,000 Loss As Elevator Destroyed laws estimated at Slo.OOo was <au»ed Friday when the grain elevator of the Odenweller Milling ■ ompatiy at Middle Point <), was (ompletely destroyed by tire De stroyrd were about Sk,*M> hunhel* of corn oat*, wheat and soyltean* ah ul 200 bushel* of cloverawd flour, nalt and dairy, poultry and swine feed* It la one of five ele vatur* owned by the company Hecklev Funeral Sunday Afternoon Funeral service* for Mr* Zot Ifeckley. 71. who died Friday at her home one mile south of Toe tin. will be held at 1 N p » Sunday at the Tocsin United Brethren church, with burial In Elm Grove cemetery at Bluffton Surviving are a sow. two statera. live grandchlldrra and three great grandchildren.

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Five Others D owned By Escort Fighters i As Americans Stage Heavy Bombing Raid Cairo, Oct. tO — (UP> — American air unit* joined with those of their Aide* in a daylight smash at Axis desert airfield* yesterday, it was announced today, sharing in a bag of at least 20 Axis planes shot down in the air and many more blasted to bit* on the ground. London. Oct io (CP) —Germany retorted angrily but weakly I today to a I'nltwl State* army I leimber attack which coat It an ■ estimated 46 of its challenging | fighters and left the biggest locomotive works In France In flaming chaos. Air raid sirens shrieked In the Ixmdon area during the morning ! rush hour In the first daylight alatm In months, when a lone I enemy reconnalaaance plane ' streaked across the home counties 1 outside the city. A lone raider liombed a southeast- coast town Four Meaarr--1 schmltt flghter-bomlier*. attempting Io attack a southeast coast I town, were driven off and jettisoned their bomba in open Held*. The German pilot of another plane ahlch attempted an attack In the southeastern area balled out. to be made a prisoner, when 1 anti-aircraft gun* smashed hl* plane and It wa* reported that two more planes had i»een downed. B.id weather grounded the royal air force heavy Immber plane* of th-- n cht -liift anil i ondltlons were unfavorable thl* morning for operation* from the Allies! day riiif It was Indicated that Germany had expm-ted daylight raids possibly extending to the German Interior. Beilin announced last night that It* broadcasting service would open a half hour late this morning. 9 a. m (3 a. m. KWTi Instead of X 3d n tn., "for technical reason* " Jubilant crew* of army bombers, claiming a bag of 41 German planes themselves In their attack on Lille yesterday In addition to five downed by escort fighters, said they had given their answer to i-riiic* of Aon-ricau miiiiary planes. The army put into It* attack perhaps the most formidable plane* the world ha- eve seen In . new consolidated B-245. in act) in I for the first time, and Boeing FlyI Ing Fortress B I7F* I Escortwl by their own fighter | planes and British. Canadian, I French. Norwegian Cxechoslovak I and Polish flown fighters of the loyal air force, the four-motored Boeing Flying Fortresses and consolidated Liberators led the greatest daylight attack of the wa: on occupied territory The ghter* «hot down live plane* for a total day’* bag of 46 In thia entire operation by 100 , army Immber* and Soo Allied lighter*. four plane* were lost two fortresses and two consolidated*, i One of the consolidated* in idea (Turn Tn Pave (. Column 4) Applications For Fuel Oil Dealers Supply Is Received By Rationing Board AH dealers of fuel oil and kerosene must notify the Adam* county war price and ration board of ' ihe number of ration application* | which they are to need iiefore Monday, the hoard announced today Dealer* are asked to contact the board Immediately and give the number of private dwelling* and »pace heaters for wuich they furnish the fuel A first supply of the fuel oil applW at lon form* have been received by the local ration board and may be secured by calling at the ration boaid office, corner .Monroe and Flrat streets in this city A tabulated report of the numtier of applications from the county must be Med with the state OPA I office by the local rattan board Mt I later than Monday. Glenn Hill, board chairman, stated this mornleg. It was estimated that there are aboot 94 users of fuel oU in the county and many more kerosene Mere.