Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 40, Number 258, Decatur, Adams County, 31 October 1942 — Page 1

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No 258

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Fighters on Guadalcanal Seen Between Battles

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Marin - Captain Henry Adam* Heft) of Ran Diego. Cal . I* seen on Guadalcanal Island after a battle with the Jap* during which h. personally killed 2* Colonel M E Ed*on (right), commander of the Fiftl Marine Corps, and hl* executive offieei. Colon I W J Whaling, apparently can **tl!l find something to laugl at while engaged in the seriou* business oi plotting the island's defen* • against the encroaching Jap*.

County-Wide Plan To Further Bond Sales Increased Sales To Farmers Planned Plan* were launch**! at Berne last nlKht for organiilng a countywide organization to further th** tale of I'. H war liond* among tinfarmer*, based on Income Dean Byerly of this city preaid I aa chairman and Karl Caston, county chairman of the war Ismd nale« staff, outlined the procedure as planned by the federal treasury and state sales staff Th.« township trustees will be the chairmen in their respective townships and meetings in every one of the 12 townships will be held Tlle-day. NoVeinb -1" IO organize the mile-square territories. The trustees will name one or two men for every square mile In their townships to obtain pledges from the fanners to buy bonds The federal treasury, following the success of the employes' 10 p rcent payroll deduction plan, has outlined a similar one for the farm territories. Information on this plan reads: "The pledge form Indicate* 10 percent of Income This obviously cannot be 10 percent of th farm-| er's gross It should lie understood as lo percent of the net cash Income which la defined a* follows : "The net cash farm Income is th total cash Income leas the cash farm expenses and payments on. debts." Gross farm income in this county is estimated as high aa |lo.000.003 this year What the in-' (Turn To Page •, Column O | — — O- —- Final Party Rally Here Monday Night Sam Jackson Speaks At Democrat Rally The final political ralb of the campaign will bo held by the Democrats in the court room of the court house .Monday night at * o'clock with Sam Jackson. Fort W’ayne attorney and orator, as the speaker G. Remy Bierly. Adams county Democratic chairman, announced today that Henry B. Heller, Deca tur. would preside at the meeting. Gregg McFarland, city Demo.-ratic chairman, will introduce the eity Democratic candidates The speaker. Sam Jackson, ha* has been attorney general of Indiana and has been prominent in Democratic, fraternal and civic affairs in the state tor many years. He has always attracted crowd* Following the meeting In the court house Monday night, open house is to be held in the Damocra tic headquartetw. The public has been invited to attend Monday night to hear the issues of the campaign discussed. 1

Use the ’Phone As quickly as Tuesday's election returns are reported by the ln*p ctors, a tally of the competitive races will be made at the Dally liemocrat office and the results given lo the public. Two telephone lines will b* employed In relaying the election returns to the public. Convenient tally blanks have be n provided in the •lection supplies on which the Inspector can list the total* for each candidate and make a speedy report to the newspaper. You are Invited to call ONE THOUSAND or ONE THOUSAND and ONE for •lection returns. o Start Index Os Men In Service I Volunteer Workers Aid In Indexing A staff of volunteer worker* ha* started Indexing the huge list of "min In service" names hi the < otinty c urt house under the program s|K>neored l>y the community , service committee of civilian deIf ns**. The program is conducted In an effort to secure a complete list of name* of all men and women from Adams county who are serving Unde Sam in World War II The list is for both present and post war use. It was estimated that some 400 Ito 500 name* have already lieen sent in to Mrs. Faye Smith Knapp, care court house. Decatur. Indiana, giving the rank, name and address I of the one ill service a* well as the name and address of the nearest of kin. Mr* Knapp, as chairman of the community service committee. is supervising the work. Mrs. Henry II Heller, chairman of the volunteer committee. Is directing the indexing of names. Volunteers who have assisted to date are Mr« Robert Heller. Mr* James Cowan and Mrs. Adrian " (Turn To Psgs I. Column •> Gasoline Dealers Mast Receive Forms From Board Monday The Adams county war price and rationing board received word late •hi* morning to notify all gasoline dealers of the county to obtain their forms for consumer tire rec-j ord* and application for basic mileage for A gasoline book* Monday. I Dealer* are urgently requested to obtain these forms Monday in order that thel' customers may obtain the blanks and have them ready when registration for gas ration books starts November •. j On the tire records.' the consumer Is required to file the serial numbers al the five tires they are per Imitted to keep for passenger autoa. Application* for eff-the-road equipment, such aa farm truck*. I etc. will not be received anti! a, I later date

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Decatur, Indiana, Saturday, October 31, 1942.

Candidates Making Final Bid For Votes Biennial Election Here Next Tuesday Despite the fact that this ha* been termed "a quiet election" by many, the city and county today were scene* of busy activity is candidates went into, the home stretch in their campaign* for of flees to he voted upon next Tueuday November .3 Card passing, hand shaking, etc.. were in vogue today as little groups gathered here and there around an office aspirant putting the finishing touches on his (anipaign During the hour* of 6 a. tn. to 6 p m next Tuesday these race* will be decided when the voter* of Adams county go into booths at the 31 preelnuets In Decatur, voters will he handed four ballots state, cot’iity. city and township. In other precinct* voter* will get three. For the second time in recent elections, the GOP candidates will be on the left side of the ballot because a Republican secretary of state was named at the last election. Those who vote a "straight ticket" need only mark an "X” In the respective party emblem appealing at the top if each ballot, taking care that the mark does not extend beyond (he circle to be caught by some fastidious precinct board member Those who "split" their ticket, must of course, go all the (Turn T* •’■•lnnii 4» Seven Verdicts Are Filed By Coroner Three Os Verdicts On Violent Deoths Reven verdict* were filed today In the county clerk* office by J Jerome Yager, county coron- r. three of these on violent deaths An accidental death verdict wa* returned In the death of G orge Smltley. 20. who died of burn* sustained September 21 tn a coke ga’ explosion at the Decatur Casting company. An accidental death v rdict was also returned by the coroner in the death of Mrs. Charles Estel. who was fatally burned on October 18 in a gasoline stove explosion at her horn- near Monroe Coroner Yager also filed an accidantal death verdict in the death of Homer Mill*. 87. of near Ossian, who wa* fatally hurt on October 8 when bls light truck was rammed by a targe semi trall-r on t T . R. 224. west of Decatur. Death by natural cause* wa* Hstad la the following cases Mar tin Rrunnegraf October 26. angina pectoris; Jerry Llechty. October 24. angina poctori* Florence Etains Moore. Octob-r 8. laryn gißtnus stridulus. Mrs Charles Chriatraor. October 8. acute heart dilation

Higher Excise Taxes Go Into Effect Sunday Ciqarette, Liquor, Travel, Telephone Prices To Increase WaahliiKton. Oct SI il'i’i P”) for a package of clgarettoH tomoiiow and yiull bo pay.ng a mnall installment on your new war taxes Americana have been talking a lot about the new heavy taxe- Tomorrow they Htart paying | Net excise levies go into est •< t 1 Hrinking. Htnoking. traveling, and J telephoning will coat more Not to mention lubricating oil and photographic equipment. All of these things will cost the people nearly |SOO.OOO.O«o moie during the coming year than they did last. The husband of the house will feel the breath of war when he digs ■ip one cent more for his par k of Igarettes. Just as the lady if the house <oon may feel the same thing when she signs on the dotted line in a nation-wide registration. President Roosevelt already has raid that he’s thinking seriously of -oinpulsory registration of all women. And now selective service dis1 ses that It has the machinery ill set up to handle the listing of womanpower. Not only womanpower but also manpower comes into today's home ront new-. Chairman Thomas < f the senate abor committe thinks he has the tnewer to one monkey wrench in he manpower machinery He says workers have refrained rom moving to war jobs In states with low jobless benefit payment ates. I'nemployment compensatii n ate* now vary from $2 a week in Alabama to |io a week in Michlran. Thomas proposes that workenr be guaranteed rates provided by (Turn T<> Pag-- s, Column 2) —o Program Announced For Viclory Caravan Army Show To Visit Decatur Thursday The program for Indiana’s victory aravan. the army show that will Islt Decatur Thursday. Nov. 5. f r he war bond campaign, was an I munced today by Karl Caslon. hairman of the war savings stall The half hour program will be nresented on Liberty Way from S4ston 15 a m The public is urged to »ee the army sh. w The program follows 1- Grand entrance cf ’ Indiana Victory Caravan.’’’ 2 — Presentation of colors. 3.- Welcome By Karl Caston 4 —lntroduction of commanding officer—Capt Otto E Lind gren. Gary. 5 —Greeting Governor Henry F Scricker (by special electrical transcription) Presented’n —By voice choir —Master of ceremonies. Corporal John O. Field and the en tire uniformed pereonuel of the caravan. Bong - “This is Worth Fighting For", Private Clifford K. Garfleld. B—A day with the army Prewen- ■ tation of bugle calls by bugler. Private (f c t Frank J Wray 8.--Explanation of mechanized equipment—accut car*, jeep*, peeps, armored car*, field kitchen, ambulance, etc. 10—Demonstration of new manual of arm* by drill team platoon II * Bong. "Star Spangled Banner.” 12—Grand exit of victory caravan. a Two Autos Sliqhtly Damoqed In Wreck Two auto* were slightly damaged this morning when a car driven by Sam E Hite, of this city, at ruck a parked ear. owned by John F !»• hman. of Fort Wayne, aa the for-j mer atarted to make a turn into the Elberaon aervlco atation The accident occurred abonot 8 30 a m Police chief Jame< Border* Invent I-1 gated. I

American Forces Maintain Strong Hold On Guadalcanal As Jap Fleet Is Withdrawn

U. S. Airmen Lead Assaults In Desert War Steppinq Up Pace Os Drive Aqainst Rommel In Eqvpt fly United Press Alleid airmen are stepping up I the pace of their drive in North i i Africa. American fighters and bomber*. . leading th assault, have blasted , enemy land targets over a wide ! area. They shot tip a German ( battle headquarters. And they, attacked the Nazi advance airfi Id ( at Itaba. scoring a r-mber of hits ( on grounded enemy aircraft. The Americans knocked down one German fighter in the air. other Allied plan < bombed the I El Adem airfield and set fire to . four big Nazi transport planes At still another airfield. Allied plane* swooped down and sprayed ' grounded aircraft with machine gun bullets, d wtroying two fighter plane* and damaging others Earlier, it is reported. American ’ I big bomber* winged out over the Mediterranean to baiter Axis landI >ag field* on th ■ island of Crete ’ | The Americans trying to hamper ' the flow of air reinforcements to ’he African desert forces, set fire* that could be se n for 30 mile* 1 A United Pres* correspondent. 1 Henry T Gorrell, nays the Axis ' ha* been rushing more and more plane* to Africa In a desperat 1 effort to stem the Allied advance r Some of these reinforcements are getting through Romm I used as many as 30 dive liombers in i one attack on an Allied position, i Rut Allied fighters rose swiftly to the atta< k and the enemy plain * i fled jettisoning th ir bombs Rommel also has drawn up his Idg ffun* in m«*« formation in an effort io stop Allied ground force* with concentrated shell-fire. And Thur-day night and Friday. Axis troop* counter-attacked again and again. Rommel's tactic* »u< ceed«>d in 1 I slowing th< AllisM advance but they didn’t stop ft Covered by a heavy barrage from its own plane* and artillery, the eighth army continued to work I its way through the Axis defense* i Reports from the front indicat J that the Allied high command i i satisfied with the progress of the I battle, now entering Ils second (Turn To I’sgr 2, Column 2) O Service Men Vote By Absent Ballot Heavy Vote Is Cast By Men In Service They may be in *erviee or going Into service, but they still want to vote. This was the conclusion drawn today in the office of county desk Clyde <) Troutner after a survey wa* made of the number of ab sent voter ballot* which had been cast. At a late hour this morning no les* than 231 ab* nt voter liallot* had been cast either by mail or in person and far mure than half of these came from men in the nation's armed farce* Today i* the last day for the p- rsonnel of the clerk's office to mail out an absent voter'* ballot and Monday is the final day for voting in person by this method In addition to caring for these voter*, the personnel of the office was busy handling other la*t minute el ction detail* this morning Inspector* of the 34 precinct* in | the county started calling for their supplies at an early hour and a continuous stream of officials called at the office until noon [Deputy clerk Dorothy Hoffman , (Turn To Page «, Column 3>

Col. McKenzie To Make Presentation Army, Navy Officers Here On November 9 ( hiiKgo. Oct 21 (Hpwiab Lo-utetiant Colonel H It M- K< nzl*officer in < hurgc of the quartermuster market (enter. Chicago, will make the presentation address when the Army-Navy "E award is presented to the Cloverleaf plant of the Kraft Cheese company at De' atur November f*. it wae an ncunced here today by Kiaft Cliec-e ' offi( ials Lieutenant R M Stocking, navy i inspector. Fort Wayne, will make I the token presentation of "E pin* I to representative* of the plant - I I employes during the ( eremony Lieutenant • Colonel JeSSe H White. offi( (-r in charge cf 'he meat and dairy section. Chicago t(waich laboratory of the quartet ma-der de partinent. and other army officers ‘ will take part In the ceremony. John 11. Kraft, executive vicepresident. ad other company repre : sentative* will come from Chicago ‘ for the award Mr Kraft will make , an acceptance speech < n behalf of | the firm Willie the Decatur (ere mony is in progress, simultaneous "E awards will be made to Kraft plants at Freeport. Illlnole. and Green Hay. Wisconsin. Awarded for excellence in production of supplies for the armed | force*, the ”E" pennants given to i the three plants are the fitst be stowed on a f od manufacturer ; cheese 111 litis, tinned ( lieese for | inclusion in army field ration kit* and preserved butter for u-e in tropical climate* are among pro ducts manufactured by the (inn , pany for army and navy use One-Week Furlough Not Yet In Effect — Nine Decisions Os Draft Board Reversed M mber of I lie November '. selective service contingent Will receive the automatic 11 day fur j lough, despite an anni atK cmcii' made by the war d partinent. in which it was said tha' th<- fin lough* Will be cut to oil" week effective Novembei 1 Such was the Information receiv ed today by til Adam- comity draft board from the fifth -ervlcc command of ’he I S army in a . telcgiam j The telegram fated that the shorter fmlough will not be* one eff ctive until further notice ami that this notice would l»- given lo day* in advance Thus, unlesithe notice is received early next week, the Nov ml(er 12 contingent mi-inlier* will also get the long' furlough A third group leave* i November 21 Reverse Nine Cater Th ■ district board of appeals a' . Fort Wayne has reversed nine de cislons of the local draff board and j granted the requests of regi*-! trant* for deferments from servle . ' it was announced today Following are the number*, j names of the men and the class in which they were placed by th district !>oard I 467. Edgar Steele. 2A, S I6UH. Norman Ruuek. 3A. I 842. Kenneth Earl Neuhauter. 2-A; 2357. Robert Oscar Fiiizmg er. 3A. 1165. Charles Anthony j Omlor. 3-H. 1u.5 2 Banford Junior 1 Reynold*. 2-A. 36” Ru»*ell L wis Stump. 2A. 1456 Herman David iTurn To Pag.- *. Column S» | $20,000 • • invested In I’. S Wai Bonds today will ring the bell for the county’s October quota Go to your bank or post office and buy an extra bond today Betid ■ buying a share in America, you’ll receive interest on your Investment. The craateat privilege In a free country I* to he a •'ockholder in|< that country!

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General MacArthur Flyinq Fortresses Takinq Heavy Toll Os Japanese Fleet By United I’D The sb-dge-hamni r blow* of I Allied iHiinlx'i -* 11(1,- followed the I Jap fleet in its withdrawal from 1 the -oiitliern Solomonj And th.- latest toll of General MacArthur's flying forte ses is one big warship Ig-lievcd to be a battleship — damaged, and three others, including an aircraft carrier. probably damaged The score may be ev 1) higher Allied medium bombers which also took pait ill the latest raid yesterday on the Jap naval base of Ruin, in Bougainville island, haven't reported their results yet. , In all. 27 tons of bomb* were ! dumped on the enemy's naval units the sixth assault in eight days which has sunk a total of trine ships and knocketl out 1* more. The withdrawal of the en iny ' fleet form the Guadalcanal area ' In the southern Solomons, how- ! ever. Is le-lieved to be a maneuv r possibly foreshadow.ng a new 'development in the Pacific action. It was act (tnpanled by a letdown in tile viol nt Japanese land | assault* against American marine . and soldlei po-itlons >n Guadal(anal Navy secretary Knox ha* cautioned against optimism because , more enemy assaults are expected. Rut in tie first round, he *ay«. I our forces were not budged Knox declare* they hold as complei** [ control as ever on Guadalcanal Moreover, he reveal d that even when the Jap fleet was lioverinrr 'around Guadalcanal at the heigh' of the bind fighting Amem ill ie- ■ Inforcem nt* were teaching out’ Hen* But. says Knox. Jap strength has not be«-n broken on the island, and our defenders fully I expect a i.-newal of the Jap ' assault. Get ral MacArthur land often- ■ «ive down the north slope- of Iho Owen Stanley mountains in New Guinea- has gamed more ground Allied troops have bayonetted the t Jap* <>t|t of th village of Aloia. ! The main Japam <■ strong point ' and air base of Kok.(da now is only six ait line tnih • (way -but from Aloia on. it'- ( 'teep. tortuou descent Newt To Japan By Unit (I Pres* Broadcast* from Tokyo radi» bear out our navy * belief that the Japs wete unaware that one of I their submarine* sunk the I S. aircraft carrier Wasp. The Wasp wis sunk In the Solomons on Sep't-ml r 1’• but lite atinouilcemeitt wa- held up for >vt-r a montli !>• nt-, tin- navy believed the Jap 'itlmi.itme that firi-d the fatal torp loe* never git away to report Its kill Now the Jap tadto lietirs out this com lU*ion by broadcasting a belated account of the sinking that i* suspiciously similar l-> Amerl(Tim To Page x. Column 5) Valuable Dill Seed Crop Is Harvested. Berne Territory Scene Os Harvest Farmers in the Berne territory are harvesting a valuable dill ■eed crop this year, pet sons acquainted with the grow rs. declared today One farmer, who distilled the oil 'from the seed received a check I for 83 MW Dill ;* used tn flavorI ing and prew rvlng po kles and also used in the manufacture of Supplies for the army, authorities on the growing of the crop Mated. There are many dill stUU In the Monroe and Bert, territory and those who have a crop thia year are realizing an excellent Income from it. Some pepjiermint I* also grown In the terrPory. whlrffi also pay* good dlvid nd* thi* year The aoyliean and sugar beet crop* also add materially to the farmer * Income thhi year and many grower* with 40 to 50 aeree of aoybean* have received cl»cim In exce«* of 12 000