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Stabilization Director Janie. F. Byrne., former Supreme Court Ju.tlce, I. .hown conferring at the White House In Washington with Harry Hopkins, advisor to I’re.ldent Koo.evelt, and la-wl. Dougla., deputy administrator of War Shipping. Thi. I. the flr.t tltne Byrne, was photographed In hi. new office. Left to right: James F Byrnes. Harry Hopkins, and Lewis Douglas.

President Roosevelt Broadcasts Tonight May Ask Conqress Reduce Draft Aqe Washington. Oct. 12 -— (I’Pi President Roosevelt probably will ask congress to lower tho minimum draft ago from 20 to Ik before the Nov. 3 elections, despite some legislators’ fears of political repercu»slon». ft was reported today. He is expected to touch on mushrooming manpower problem* in a "fireside chat" to he broadcast tonight at 9 p. m . CWT Exact nature of the president'* address, his first since returning from a two-week tour of the nation, has not been dtecloaed. Secretary Stephen T. Early *ald merely that It would be "homey.” Other sources said it* theme would be tied hi closely with Columbus Day. Chairman Paul V. .McNutt of the war manpower commission said after a visit to the White House Saturday that the speech probably would include "something” about manpower. Manpower authorities said that the need for more young men In lhe army is pressing and that action on lowering the draft age definitely I* likely "within a few day*.” However, «enate Democratic leader Alben W. Barkley of Kentucky. after passage of the tax bill Saturday, gave senators permission to leave the city for the next two week*. , "Beyond that. I’m not able to make any predictions ax to Important legislation to come before us." he said. "We all know that just around the corner I* the manpower bill and also the hill to change the age for draft service Ju*t when ihey will he before the senate I do not know, but I feel sure it will not be for two or three weeks. Barring unforeseen enieig encles and accidents, they will not come Up before then." There has been no announcement yet. but it was assumed that President Roosevelt would hold hl* (Turn To Page 4, Column S> O Berne Man Injured In Freak Accident Victor Baqley Hurt As Train Hits Truck Victor Bagley. 40. of Berne. I* in the Methodist hospital at Fort Wayne, suffering from a fractured skull and body *hra»k»n* suffered Haturday In a freak traffic accident at Fort Wayne Bagley's condition wae test reported a* "fair” by hospital attache*. Although he also ba* • Fort W’»yne address. It wa* explained that bls home I* in Berne and that be resides in that town a majority of the time. Bagley wa* hart, according to Fort Wayne autborltte*. when his truck was pushed Into a Nickel Plate freight locomotive at the Anthony boulevard crossing. Edward Lopshire of Fort Wayne surrendered to police 11 hour* after th* accident confessing that hi* ear *trueh Bagtey • truck from behind, forcing U into th* aide ct th* *agine Bagley wa* parked, walling for th* train to pas*

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No Definite Data On Reported Hero From Monroe, Ind. A thorough search Sunday and t<»day by attaches of the Dally Democrat failed to produce any definite Information concerning the Adame county connections of a young bonWier crew hero In service In England. A press service dispatch on Sunday morning carried the story of how a lad named Slenger Aaron F. Moses. M<lnro". Ind., plugged a hole In the bomber's fuel line with his finger and enaibled the plane to return to Its bare. No one contacted in the vicinity of Monroe knew anything about the lad forme-ly living In this community. It wxi explained that he might have resided In the village of Monroe, southeast of IjfayeWe a hamlet of *bout 50 people. Important Munition Plant Strikebound Company Charqes Union Flouts WLB Kail Alton. 111. Oct 12—(DPI - The strikebound Western Cartridge company plant remained idle today while the war labor board reviewed charges by company officials that the chemical worker* union (APLI struck to win exclusive bargaining rights at the factory. The stoppage was the second at the Important munition plant within the past six week*. It began Saturday at the opening of the second shift of worker*. In a telegram to the WLH. lhe company charged that the union ha* "flouted the orderly procedure of your board; has taken matter* Into It* own hands: and Is trying to bring about, by Intimidation and coercion, the recognition ... In advance of the recommendations of your lioard. and without complying with the provisions of the Wagner act.” Fred C. Olds. AFL organiser, called the company statement a "damned He." J "The AFL ha* not called that! strike.’” Olds said "The strike was unauthorized and I *«ked the [ men to go back to work. The com t pany has not complied with the i mandate of the war labor board, and there har 10-en no intimidation or threat* of violence at the plant. "I was up there this afternoon, and I didn't see a single picket nor any evidence of violence." The company said “coercion, intimidation and threat* of violence had prevented 90 percent ot the plant worker* from getting to their job* Old* said the trouble resulted from the company's alleged practice of deducting dues to an Inde pendfit union despite the request I of worker*, most ot whom were AFL members, that the practice (Tur* Tc P*g* 4. Column 4> Displays Picture Os Court House Aa*a*t Wlcke* of Berne, route 1. who*.- hiXtliy >* palntmg water color ptetaro* sad drawing- h*a on display la th* window of thl* of Be*, a ptetar* recently mad* of th* Adam* county court Homo He has n*ver take* a lesson but since a «mal! lad bai found pleaaure tn auch work He la a member ot tto Amish church.

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Decatur, Indiana, Mon day, October 12, 1942.

Few Decatur Homes Are Heated By Oil Small Percentaqe Revealed In Survey A small percentage of the homes In Decntnr are heated by oil, an unofficial survey showed today, the majority of homes depending tn coal, for heat, while a few burn wood and still fewer use natural gas. supplied by the local utility. | Fewer than 25 homes In the city have oil burning furnaces, leading <>ll dealers estimated. A number of homes, offices and stores are beatj ed by stoves or oil burner, classified as place heaters, in the pov- . ernment regulations. An estimate I on, the number of these heating ' unite runs as high as a hundred, 'one dealer estimated. There are more than 1.800 housing unit* in the city, so the percentage of fuel oil users Is srnal. compared to the total. Glenn Hill, ration chief, wa* notified hy Kenneth Kunkel, fuel oil I ratten director for the state, that I the 1940 census showed that Adams . county had 90 oil burners. The breakdown was not given for Decatur. It is known that a number of homes In Berne depend on oil furnaces for their heat. Fuel oil is now rationed and users are expected to reduce consumption 25 percent over last year, by maintaining an average temperature of 65 degrees throughout the day. The heat basis, however, does not mean that borne* have to lokept at 65 all day. but that the average temperature be reduced to that point. Hince leinperaturee are reduced during the night, more neat can he used al other hour* in the day. the state fuel oil administrator explained In a talk last week. Although all residents are asked to conserve on fuel this year, due to transportation problems, there is no limit on the pun-base of coal, liwal dealer* stated. In fact the (Turn T* Page J. Column 4) 0 || Receives Ruling On Service Men Votes Special Ruling Is Received By Clerk Men and women from Adam* ■ ounty who will enter the IT 8. armed force* before October 24 first day under election law that an absent voter ballot may be voted • will have the opportunity to cast their votes, due mainly to lhe fore sight of county clerk Clyde <>. Troutner. Ute Saturday, clerk Troutner received a special ruling from the state board of election commission era granting him the authority to vote tbeae person* by the absent voter ballot any time from now until election day. Rsallzlns the fact that many men , would ent;r service before the first day to personally vote an absent voter ballot, cterk Troutner wired the slate board asking for a special ruling. More than 5o men who were accepted from th* teat aetectlvs service contlngewt and will leave tor active service next Monday will now to privileged to vote trader the ruling In addition there may be a num her mere who have Mliated who will take advantage of tto ruling.

Allied Planes Cripple Big Jap Seaplane Tender Score Direct Hits On Japanese Tender In Solomons Area Gen. .MacArthur’s Headquarters, Australia. Oct. 12. — (VI’I- lackheed medium bombers of the southwest Pacific air force have scored two dlre< t hits on a big Japanese <eaplane tender in the Solomon sea between tile Bismarck and Solomon faiiands. It was announced today. The W.OOO ten vessel, probably a converted merchantman, was sighted south of .New Ireland Island In the Bismarcks, under convoy by a destroyer. The Hockheed crew, put two bomb, on the tender’s upper deck, on which 12 Zero tighter, could be seen. When the plain* left the vessel, heavily damaged, was motionless. A sp< keaman at Gen. Douglas .MacArthur’s headquarters .aid that the deck on which die Zero, were parked was not a flight deck. He suggested that the tender was used for ferrying aircraft to bases In Gen. .MacArthur’s zone and the Solomon Islands where the enemy is steadily concentrating reinforcement. Dougla. A-20 atta< k bombers and Bell Alracobra fighters raked the Japanese supply line, fig n K k<e da. on the northern siopj of the Owen Stanley mountains to New Guinea, to Buna, the big base on the north coast, with bombs, tan non and machine guns. Two villages used as base, tor the enemy treops retreating from the mountale were attacked heavily and the plane crews saw Installation bursts Into flames. Barges on the lieach at Buna were machine gunned. A communique said all planes in all operations returned safe The situation on the ground in the Owen Stanley mountain, was (Turn To Page (. Column 4) '■ ——— o - Rayon To Replace Cotton For Tires War Board Orders Rayon Substitution Washington. Oet. 12 — (I’Pi Rubber director William Jeffers told a congre»*lonal committee l ► day that the war product! »n Ixiard ha. ordered substitution of rayon for cotton as the fabrlr In ts-es. Testifying before the senate agriculture committee. Jeffers revealed that WPI; three weeks ago ordeied ixp.inslon of the rayon Industry In order to produce sufficient material to meet the new demands Defending the decision in the face of angry denunciation by cot-ton-state committer members, hr declared that "we have been gam bling with this war too damned long.’’ "I don’t Intend to be Influenced by a.iylMidy. anytime, anywhere.’’ h« asserted. It was Jeffers first appearance lirfore a congressional committee. WPB chairman Donald Nelson also was achednied to testify, hut he did not appear. Jeffers defended the shift to rayon on grounds that tests by the army had proven that "high tensile rayon possesses a greater resistance to heat in big army true! tires" t’ommlttremen. led by chairman Klllson (cotton l-ldt Hmith..D. H Car., questioned Jeffers so fast that he frequently could not an swer one inquiry before another' war asked "Did the big rayon companies have any voice in this decision to change over to rayon instead of cotton?" queried Sen Tom Slewart. Dm Tenn “Why should we embark on an untried scheme in the middle of the war?” asked Ken Kenneth MeKellar, D.. Tenn. Before Jeffers could answer either of these questions Sen J.din Bankhead. D Ala, asked "Who did make these decisions?" Jeffers, bewildereit by the rapid questions, turned from one senator to another. — — ■ Tire Dealers Must Report October 15 The Adamo evaaty war pries and rationing board today reminded dealers at all asw. used and recapped tires (hat October It la the final day for the filing of quarts, ly reports with the board The forms to be used are R 47,

Churchill Paints Optimistic Review Os War; Allied Power Showing Remarkable Increase

Priest's life Threatened By Touhy Mobsters Msqr. Thomas Conroy Reports Telephoned Threat To Police Chicago, Oct. 12 tll’t Ihdec Ilves senrchlng for Roger Touhy. former Chicago gang leader, and six convict, who escaped with him from an Illinois prison, joined Fort Wayne. Ind. police Imlay to investigate a threat against the life ot a Roman Catholic clergyman Before the detectives reportiol bai k from Fort Wayne, Chicago and Illinois county highway police received a fresh tip that B'l.il ' (The Owli Banghart. most ruth ’ Ims of the escapee., was driving ’ a powerful car through the tough I gang's northwest Chicago haunts | toward Wisconsin. City ptdice got a detailed report from a filling station that ' greased a cream colored, mud spotted 193* Lincoln Zephyr that ' the man driving it resembled photographs of Banghart and that the car contained at least one machine gun. The filling station attendants| •aid the man they le-lieved to be the mail robbing machine gunner Banghart. had kept a nervous look out. with one hand In his coat pocket, while hi. car war being greaser). The car. the attendants •aid. had received much abus<- and hard driving. It bore Wisconsin license plates G F. *S* The attendants said the driven gruffly ordered them to replace a topcoat In the back seat after they discovered a machlen gun beneath It, and then drove off In a hurry although the mud had lieen cleaned from only two of the car’s win dows. The driver asked street dlrratiotis to get on route 41. saying he was going to Wisconsin. State's attorney Thomas J Courtney sent the squad of detectives from Chicago after .Msgr. Thomas M Conroy al Fort Wayne told police there he. had received a telephoned threat yesterday from a man who lisped "This Is the Touhy gang. Stay where you are. We are going to get you today or tonight." Although police planned to check the Incident closely, they admitted the call may have been made by one of the gang to throw •hem off the trail or by a "crank or prankster.” Report* have been received that some of the fugitives have been seen at such mattered points as Knoxville, enn . Sturgis. •Mich, and Dubuque, la ouhy. 44. once leader of Chicago. "Terrible Touhy" gang, led six oher iongerm convicts over the wall of the Btatevllle penitentiary near Joliet. 111. Friday after-1 noon. Among the others was Basil (The (twit Banghart, the Ttruhy ' itaitg machine gunner. Their five (Turn To Cage 3. Column 5> — Blood Donors Go To Portland October 24 Volunteers Asked To Donate Blood Another contingent of blood don or. from Adam* manly will go t-> Portland (Motor 34 to contribute blood to the plasma bank, it was announced today liy .Mrs. Kiva Roth of Kirkland township A number of volunteers have a! ready been secured. Mrs. Roth stat ed Any person interested in giving blood to the bank, which Is used to furnish blood for the wound ed In battle, is a»k--d to contact Mrs. Roth at the Rh e hotel. Saturday from 2 until •:•<• p m Peraons willing to volunteer the use of their car* are asked to call Mrs. Roth. Craigville phone 2 on 2® or by mail. Decatur, rout* two Those who have already volun-1 teered ar*: Mr. and Mrs Eton r Hy i *rly of Bluffton route four: H H I High. Bluffton route four. Mrs Oscar Lankenau Decatur: Mrs. I Mae Musser. Monroe: Jacob D Koon. Oner*; Gwendolyn Pyle.' Geneva Mr and Mrs Boyd Step ter. Monroe; Mtsa Tosaie Gtenden \ lag. Lian Grove. George Bluhm.' Decatur |

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G D MacUan. of Decatur, has been named vice president of the Central Soya company and getteral traffic manage! for all Mi Millen Industrie* In tyis city

Maclean Is Elected McMillen Official Is Vice President Os Central Soya Co. Official* of 'he Central Soya company In Fort Wayne, announc- , ed today that George D Mac Lean. of this city, had been elected vicepresident of the company, and gen- | eral traffic manager for ail MdMil- ! len enterprise*. Central So/a was founded by j llale .McMille.i. Sr., who «* presid I i ent of the company. Mr .Ma<-Lea i began his business association with M M< Millen In the original McMillen Feed com- ! pany several ytars ago. In Fort Wayne. He transferred to Allied ! Mill*. Inc. when that company pur-chaat-d control of the McMillen firm, and remained to become as ' slstant to the general traffic man . ager. In Chicago, and later branch traffic tnanag". for that company, in Fort Wayn • (in June I. 1938, he joined the staff of the Central Soya company, and ha* In the last four year* ea- I tablished an outstanding record as traffic manager. The company la I now the second largest processor | of soybeans In America Mr. Mac U-an I* a member of (he tank car advisory committee of the office of defease transjMiration for I vegetalile oils and the packing house Industry, and for two year* has toen chairman of the traffic commlMee of ths National Soybean processors a«*<>ciatlon. The new Central Soya vice-presi-dent I* active in the national in- ' dust rial t raff I" league, the Indiana State Chamber of Commerce state ; council. Fort Wayne transporta- 1 { tion -ommlttec of the Decatuz' ] Chamber of Commerce. He is mar- | rt»-d and ha* two son*. Whether or n<* he will transfer his home from Decatur t<> Fott Wayne remain* uu ‘ certain. Mr. Maclean said. While serving ae vice-presid | of Centra! Soya. Mr Maclraan will’ act a* traffic manager for al! Me-! Millen enterprises Central Soya. Central Sugar Company anj the! MCMillen Feed Mill*. Democratic Women Plan Three Meetinqs Three meetinge for Democratic women of the city are scheduled for this week. A meeting for women residing in 1 B will be held at the home of Mrs. Dewey Gallogly Tuesday evening at 7 3<t o’clock. Women in 3-8 will meet at 7:3*» • Wednesday at the home of Mr*, j Dick Hoch, and in 241 Thursday at 7:30 at the home ot Mr*. Gregg Me-1 Farland. All women nt these pre* inds are > Invited to attend these meeting* I Mr*. Alva Buff* uharger. vice-chair j man of the Democratic city <om ’ mittee. will be in rbarge of the meeting* 0 — Funeral Held For Local Lady's Cousin — Mrs John W Tyndall received « message Sunday morning that a ' cousin Charles P. Host. to. had died ad hl* home in Bower Mon. after a abort ill Mat. Funeral torMew were held ttor* thia aft or i

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'Day Is Cominq' When Accounts With Hitler Will Be Settled By The United Nations By t'nlted Press Prime minister Winston Church--11l declared today that Allied strength ha* shown ’solid and remarkable" iinreaxe In the last two month* and promlwad that "the day h coming" when accounts with Adolf Hitler will be settled. Churchill’s optimistic review of the war < ime at a mmnent when the Nazi offensive at Stalingrad lunl ground t<> a hilt and BritishAmerican air striking power was • hitting harder than ever in westI ern Ku op< Tiie prime minister warned that I the’ times still were “stem and 1 somber" bu- on the a»set side of j th.- war ledger he li»ted Russia’* stand against the Nazi war machine on the eastern front; a ship building program which is exceeding sinking losses; increasing success against submarines: safe arrival in Britain of growing numbers of I’ S. troops; new record Iwmblngs of Germany and growing Allied air superiority over the Axis. Churchill characterized August and September a* the “least bad” months of the year so far zs -shipping losses were concerned and said he had no doubt that the I massive Allied efforts against i submarines in the Atlantic would prove successful. The prime minister's views were 1 presented at a ceremony at Kdin- . burgh at which he received the freedom ot the city. j As he spoke, resident* of the 1 southeast British coast heard the * drone of many airplane motors | overhead and believed that Allied I plane* were roaring out over the i English channel for another big I foray over northern France. This followed daylight sweeps yesterday over Hanover in Ger- ■ many and St Omer and Abbeville •In France. It was reported that i among the weapons employml in • the record breaking American bnm- ' bardment of Lille were one-ton | liquid bombs of a new type. I On the Russian front Moscow ' re|H>rted that the .Nazi attack on I Stalingrad definitely was -qbsldlng hut warned that the danger still was acute The Germans appeared to lie shifting the main force of ■ their drive to the Caucasus and a I big battle was developing along •he Terek river hi the Mozdok larea, about 50 miles from the Grozny oil fields. .Moscow warned that a decision | must yet be made In the Stalingrad j battle. Marshal Semyon Timo j shenko’* relief column, having been slowed for several days, made additional progress southward toward Stalingrad capturing several good Nazi poaltlons Russian reports said thai their I lines on the Terek river were hold- ' Ing The Nazi high command <-lalm*<l that little action was going lon at Stalingrad ext epi for Ger- ' man artillery fire which was pounding shipping on the Volga and a railroad line east of the river The Germans lifted a slx-day I (Turn To Page I. Column *» Way Is Paved For Third Labor Group United Mine Workers Move For Expansion Cincinnati, O . Ort If.—<VP) — The c nstitutfonal committee of the t'nlted Mine Workers of America opened the way for a third big labor organization today when it recommended amendments to th* pinion's lonstltmion which would bring into the I'MW workers outI side the mining Industry, Five amendment* presented to the 37th biennial convention of the ! t’MW proposed < hanges in the cowI stlrutiou's language to permit or- ! ganlxatoin of workers tn Industrie* i other than mining and associatwd I employment It was believed after the t’MW Wt'hdrew formally from the Congress of Industrial Organlzatiow last Tuesday ’hat the mine union might constitute a focal point for organtaatlon of worker* tutu* a third major labor group Pre*l- ' dem John L. Lewi* of the I'MW ha* refwed to *ay however, whether that I* the ptea Lewi* already ba* made It riser that ex pan* ton of th* VMW would (Tvs Te Faff* I. Ceiwma 4>