Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 40, Number 281, Decatur, Adams County, 28 November 1942 — Page 1

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BERMANS SEIZE BIG FRENCH AIR BASE

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Churchill To Give World Broadcast Sunday Afternoon Ixtndon. Nov 2S—tl’Pt Prime Minister Churchill make, a world broadcast tomorrow afternoon at 4 o'clock EWT on th- eve of hi. GSth birthday. It is believed he will .peak on the war generally In his la.t radio talk Churchill warned that Britain would reply in kind If the Germans used gas. That speech was deliv< red on May loth the eecond anniversary of the German Invasion of Holland and Belgium and of hi. a-.uinp’fon of the prime ministry. = It Fuel Oil Coupons To Be Mailed By Board Sendinq Coupons To Applicants By Mail Fuel oil coupons will be mailed I to applicants, effective thiv morning. This statement was made today by Glenn Hill, local war pi.ee and ration board chairman, after he re j calved special authorization from 1 Indianapolis and OPA off in Cleveland. Ohio. * The desk at the high school. | where the coupons have been is 1 sued personally to owner, was ' closed thits morning and the personnel moved from the site. This was done after ration board I oficials declared it became -vident that the task of personally issuing ' the coupon, would require tar too ' much time. The board a.k-xl that no one ■call for his coupon. They will bI mailed as quickly ns pos ihle, it was stated. The "I. <). t"s" which citizens have been uainx until the regular rovpens ata issued will be voided at midnight Monday and every fort is being made to supply applicants with coupons by that time — o — Geneva Man Is Held On Assault Charge Merle Parr, 3ft. of Geneva, pleaded not guilty to a charge of assault and battery this morning in circuit court. Parr was arraigned before Judge J Fred Fruchte following his arrest by Sheriff Ed Miller and deputy Leo Gillig on the charge. The affidavit against Parr was signed by his wife and filed in cirI cult court by Proaecutor Lewis L. ’ Smith, ills arrest was made in Geneva. Judge Fruchte set his bond at |3OO and he was remanded to Jail until the lH>nd was fu itshed. At a late hour this morning he was attempting to arrange the bond ■ —•o —— Decatur Rotary Club To Entertain Ladies The Decatur Hotary club will observe ladies night Thursday. December 3. with a dinner and pro gram at «:30 p m. at the American ; Legion home. J W. CallanJ. chair- . man of the ladlos night committee. : announced today Reservations must l»e made by !• o'clock Tuesday morning with Arthur K. Voglewede, telephone 209. The price will be 11 50 per plate. An interesting program is being arrangedFirst State Bank To Keep Christmas Club Decatur Club Plans Club For Next Year — The Christmas club at the First | State Bank will not be discontinued. Theodore Graiiker. prswidvnt.: stated today, in announcing that i checks to the IM3 members would be placed In the mail* neit Friday and a new club opened Mr. Graiiker said that the bank' had suflh ient supplies to carry <n the club for at least another year and that many of the present mem bers had requested that it be <ontinued The club had about 9<>f» memtiers thU year and savings total nearly 125.000. William Loae. Jr, bookkeeper m the club department said The new club will be opened December ?. A Urge part of Christmas savings will be invested In war bonds this year, bank officials estimated.

Nelson Battling For Production Control Proposed Cabinet Shakeup Is Hinted Washington. Nov. 28. — (VP> The :>• s <-m« to be a good chance | that war production chief Donald Nelson can w ik out a solution to his battle for civilian control of I the production of war weapon*. Nelson I* reported to be making progrette in hi- conferences with War Seer-tary Stimson, and a setlem< nt may be reached so n. Here | tofore. Nelson has been trying to I | negotiate with the army generals on hi* effort* to take back the powers over war production that lie gave them last Manh But he got nowhere. The WI'B chief wants ot put his number <ne deputy, Charlo* E. Wilson in command of the production of all war equipment. And those close to him declare he’s determined to carry through on that plan uni- ss President Roosevelt block* him Wilson n w has conj trol of aircraft production. Nelson already has talked with i l’r». fdellt Roosevelt on ills difficulties with the armed service*. ButI it’s understood the president sug- ■ |g< sted that he work it out with the army, without executive interference. Mr Ro-seVelt I* understood to be devoting his attention to a pro-, posed cabinet *hak-up which would i take in a reorganization of man-' power mobilization The leader* of the CIO and AFL have supported a prop sal that t would shift secretary of the Interior l< kes to the labor department and give him charge of manpower administration. Under the plan, manpower commissioner McNutt would take over l< kes' present Job In the Interior department, and labor secretary Perkins would move into McNutt's present cabinet post a* federal security administrator. So far. however, no responsible government source wIU make any coin (Turn To Page S. Column 5) o Mrs. Henry Neurge Dies This Morning Decatur Resident Is Taken By Death Mr* Henry Neurge. 58, died suddenly at 10:45 o'clock Jhis morning at her home 410 N Third street, following an extended 111n ss. Death wa* attributed to a l.eart ailment and complications The deceased was born in Preble township. December 30, 18>5 a daughter of Jacob and Mathilda Kiefer. She was married to Henry N urge .retired employe of the Mutschler Packing Co., in April | 1922. and lived In this city from | that time Beside* the husband she is survived by two sisters. Mrs. Louise Haugk. city; Mrs. Mathilda Reinl king. Fori Wayne; three brothers. Charles and Martin Kief r. Preble township; Emil Kiefer. Decatur. She was a member of the Zion Lutheran church in thia city. Funeral services will be held at the church Tuesday aft rnoon at 2 o’clock, with Rev Paul W. Schults officiating The body will be moved from the Zwick funeral' home to the Neurge residence Monday morning. Burial will be in the D catur cemetery 0 Missionary To Aid In Revival Service Miss Eunice Stowell, a 'graduate of Moody Bible Institute and a returned missionary from Africa, will assist in revival services at the I I'nion I’. B church, southwest of Wiltahire. Ohio. Rev Francis J I McCracken, church pastor, announced that services will open Monday night rffMPCRATURC RtADIRO ntMOCRAT THtRMOMITIS 8 00 a. m. 50 ‘.O 00 a- m- — 33 11:00 a. m. 37 WEATHER Warmer with occasional tight rams tonight and Sunday ferenoon.

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Decatur. Indiana. Satur day, November 28,1942

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One of four German wai prisoners who escap d from a prison trai in California. Luftwaffe Sergeant Han* Koeilie. 21. righ' i* -how being questioned by Sheriff H P. Gleason of Livermore. Cal. aft< hir. captur All fom Nazi soldier* were recaptured.

Local Ration Board Swamped With Work — Volunteers Needed To Assist In Work Only a very small perc-ntage of the owners of truik* and commercial vehicle* In Adams county will be ready for the ga* rationing program which start* Tuesday De cember 1. it was believed today A casual tsurv y made today revealed that likely only half of the probable 1.000 or more truck* and' commercial vehicles in the county I have received their ODT certificates of war n cessity. Application for these had to be 1 made with the ODT office at De- j trolt. After the certificates are received the own r* are to fill out another form at the local ration board office, where the coupons for the porper amount of gasoline 1 will be issued. At a k.ie hour this morning, only 13 owners had pr rented their certificates and application*. Overburdened with work, the personnel of the office was unable to Issue the ration books today All applications were fll d and owners are to lie notified when their books have lieen "tailored’’ and ready to issue. It is also reported that unless much volunt er help is secured, car owners who have applied for| supplemental ga* rations will be without their extra supply when (Turn To Page 4. Column 2) 0 - Shed Destroyed By Fire Late Friday A shed at the Ed Newport residence near the local General Electric factory was destroyed by fir- ' last evening. Bundles of w iste paper. apparently ignited by spark* from a nearby trash fire, first burst Into flame*. They later spread to the building It was the econd fire there in recent week*. Damage wa* not estimated

- Eyewitness Account Os Naval Victory Over Big Jap Fleet

An Advance Base In the Month , Pacific, Nov. 28 —tl’Pi—The American navy sailed into the latest battle of the Solomon* outnumbered. outweighed and out gunned by the Japs And it came out with a gnat victory. The eye-witness details of perhaps the greatest battle our navy ever fought, are told by United Press cornapondent t'har’es Arnot. They ccme right from the lips of the men who took part in the three day encounter. November 12. 13 and 14. Araot says it's absolutely definite that two Jap batti-ships were among the btg toll ot enemy ships known to have been sunk In fact, he saye. only two Jap cruisers and six dsetroysn managed to escape from the battle out of some 30 that started It. That's against American losses of two iruiaerw and six destroyer- sunk While It lasted, it was a hot and

Rotarians, Lions Are Asked To Meet Sunday Afternoon Member* <>f the Rotary and Lion* ; club* of the city hav<- been asked by Hie Adams county war price and ration lioard to meet Sunday afterncon at 1 o’clock at the Decatur junicr senior high school Board members stated that rationing ot gasoline could not lostarted on schedule in the county i unlees chili members and others volunteered to aid In the work < f preparing for the rationing „.„ o — Require Students To Take Physical Exams Price Established For Taking Exams inatlon which each junior and senior high school student must take under the iulHtary pi’.y ■ fitness program of the nation, will cost 12 in Adams county Thl* price was set by the tn others of the Adams county medical society in a meeting held here this week All junior* and seniors will lie requlr d to take the examination, which will include a tuberculosis | test. The examination* are to lie taken as soon a* possible It ha* been suggested that each student go to hi* family physician after first f curing a proper blank from the respective school heads. Lyman L Hann, county school superintendent, ha* a quantity of the blanks and other* are to lie distributed to the various school: 1 heads in the county The physical fitn ss program was announced some time ago from Washington. D <'.. and is designed to boost health standard* among the students, who later I enter the nation's armed force* ' or war plants.

i heavy battle, wlih the opposing ship* firing at close quarters of less than 3.000 yards —so close, say* ■ Arnct. that the American* were • iisuig every gun they carried Arnot divides the three-day battle into tour major phase*, started and finlehed by our surface ships, with American torpedo plane* and bombers giving the enemy terrific punishment in between There was a preliminary to -.he main battle, on November 12. when Jap planes attscked our surface ships One wrecked Jap plane dam aged the cruiser San Fran< isco when it crashed to the deck Th--San Francisco, incidentally, is the ship on which Rear Admiral Callaghan was killed The main Sc tic n started in the pitch blackness of early morning on November 13 But the black | seas didn’t last long after the Am erican force of light cruiser* and (Turn To P«g* 8. Column 3) |

London Reports Remainder Os French Fleet To Join Allies; Armies Driving On At Tunis

Japs Pulling Up Stiff Fight In New Guinea United States And Australian Troops Advancing Slowly By i’nited Press Allied troop* and planes are chipping away r’lentlessly at the deep Jap defense* In the BunaGona area of New Guinea And a MacArthur communique say* that American and Australian force* are advancing step by *tep Into the maze of Jap gun! mplaci*m*‘iits and snipers next*. t But the going adinlnedly is . I hard The Japs, defending themselves desperateiy, swung into counterattai k* against Australian troop* at the Gona end of the line. The Au*»i * beat back the attack In a raging fight in Gona village Itself Allied plane*, concentrating on , the Buna area, attacked the enemy line* every half hour ye* i terday in a rt pped up drive to [ clear the way for the ground forces, A I’nlted Pres* correspondent, Don Caswell, reported from somewhere in New Guinea that It wa* b lieved the Jap* might give up Buna without an all-out fight He said Buna I* ringed by a reef and I that the enemy wa* thought likely • o pick a spot which would lie easier to evacuate for a last | stand MacArthur’s air squadron*. • ranging north and west of Australia. have attacked the Jap airI ba* at Lae. New Guinea, and I rlded Jap-held village* on Timor j island | The Jap* hit back with a weak raid on Port Moresby. New Guinea. . that did little damage In the Solomons. It Is believed . that American troops on Guadalcanal are preparing for a n w ■ (Turn To Page 1. Column 4) f -O — Ford Canadian Plant Tied Up By Strike i , Windsor. Ontario. Nov 2S 1 t’Pi r Canada * largest factory the i Ford plant in Windsor is still tied up by strike. A peace conference . called by Ontario labor minister , Peter Heenan adjourned la*’ night without a declxlon It will recon I: vene today Heenan says prospect* i for a settlement look hopeful More 1 than 14.0<m workers are on strike over the issue of equal pay .'or women for <-qual work. ——- ——-—o I Mrs. Ida E. Brown | . Dies Friday Night , I Lifelong Resident Os County Is Dead : I Mrw Ida E Hr w n 70. lifelong i * resident of Adam* county, and - widow of th. late Oscar Brown, died at 8:20 o’clock Friday evening at her home, 344 North Tenth street. She had been an Invalid for many years, but had been seriously 111 only the past four days. She was born in Adams county February 2<>. 1872. the daughter of Samuel and Pernetta Pring-Spring-er. Her husband died five years ■«c. Surviving are a eon. Elmer Brown of Fort Wayne, one daughter. Mr*. Ray Moser of Decatur, and one brother. John Springer of Fort Wayne One son. six brothers and sisters are deceased Funeral services will be hUd at p m Monday at the Black Funeral home and at 2 30 o’clock at the First United Brethren church. Rev. , R R Wilson offii tatlng Burial will ihe in the Decatur cemetery. The . body may be viewed at the funeral j home after 7 o’clock this evening

Campaign Opened For Christmas Seal Sale Annual Sale Opens Here This Morning Tin- annual Christina* *eal sale campaign <>f the Adam* county tuberculosis a**ociatlon was opened today, officials of the association announced Th sale will be continued until Christmas On that date officials : hope to hav.- -..bl nt 1. of the seal* the quo’a assigned to the county The seals were being mailed today to Individual* in the county. Organization* will be a-k I to buy health bon<l-Proo-tsi* of the sale are used to I finance the program of the a**o(elation. officials, in announcing the opening of the campaign today. cited the danger* of an liter ase in the spread of the dreaded disease during war time* and the resultant need for more tn >n*-y ' wiUi which to <omb.it it As an example, it wa* cited that I many draftee* reject <1 be< au*e of the disease need extra car* The association plan* to give a tuberculosis test to each member of Junior and s nlor cla**e» in the high school* of the county AH positive reactors will lie X-rayed Besides these phases, the a-so elation conducts an annual early diagnosis campaign and an educational program during the < Ittire s< hoot year In which monthly bull tins ami plan* are mailed to teacher* Christian Germann Dies This Morning Ohio Retired Farmer Is Taken By Death Christian Germann. st died early this morning at Til* home one an<i one-half mile* south and three-quarter* of a mile east of Middlebury. O .D-ath wa* < iu-xl by hypertension aft r an llln«-** of three years. He was born in Harrison township. Van Wert county O Febr i ary 7. 1859. the son of Jacob and Margaret Germann. and wa* a lifelong resident ot the township He was a retir <1 farmer anil a member of the St Thoma* Lutheran church In Harrison township He wa* married to JuMlne Etz’er December 15. 1887 Surviving beside* the wid >« are ot daughter. Hermine Gt-rmann. a' horn* two son-. Emil <’. at home ami Herald A Germann. Harrison township, one brother. Edwa <1 of Van Wert county. two »i»ters. Mr* Anna Showalter of g: nmor<- <> and Mrs. Clara Storm of Convoy. <>. and two grandchildren Two brothers and three sisters are deceased. Funeral senrice* will be held at 2 p m (EWTI Monday at the I home and at 2:3d o'clock at th St Thoma* Lutheran church. Rev Walter C. Meyer officiating Burial will lie in the church cemetery The body will be removed from the Zwick funeral horn to the residence Sunday tn >niing Divorce Awarded In Circuit Court Elva Roth of Kirkland township wa* awarded a divorce from Albert Roth In Adam* circuit cour* this morning by Judge J Fred Fruchte She was awarded custody ot two children, alimony of 31.250 and the defendant was ordered to pay 312 per Week support money. Thanksgiving is past but we need not stop being thankful .... Buy IT.l T . S. War Bonds today and Monday. The county’a quota of $9«..3t7 b about $.30,000 short. Help ring the hell!

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Allied Air Power Is Boosting Dominance In Tunisia; Fifty Axis Planes Downed Ry t'nited Pr<-** Adolf Hith-r i» tightening his grip <>n the -outhern coast <*f Franc . after losing hi* bold bld to gain the Fremh fleet and challenge Allied dominant*! of Mediterranean. The Nazi controlled Pari- radio report* that Germany ha* order <1 the complete evacuation of the great French aiibase at 1.-tre*. near Toulon German possession of the base is d signed to strengthen the Nazi*’ aerial defense against a possible Allied invasion of Corsica or Sardinia, tinbig Axis held islands in the middle of the Medit iranean The British radio (heard by CBS' report* that the Nazi* have arrested Adm tai Jean De l-a-horde, the French lommander who order d the self destruction of the home flee’ at Toul in yesterday. All French naval officer- who stir- : vlved the heroic scuttling also are *aid to In- under aria--: The British i olio - ,y* Admiral Laliordc » nt a teisi message to Marshal P. tain after the Frem h seamen sent their own ship* t • the bottom laiboidi « r<‘|tort de- < land simply The entire fl ■ t at Toulon hi* Nevertheless. French Admiral Darlan and some Allied comm.imlcr* still are skeptical of the , xtent of the Scuttling , French naval officer* whose warships are still afloat In Allied port* are pledging 'hat the heroic French seamen of Toulon -hill not ha»e died in vain Powerful unit* of the Finch navy are lying at anchor in Bri i«h port* in Alexandria and Gibraltar. Otehr French war-hip* n< iitraliz■•d under Allied guard. ir<- based In African port* and at Martinique. iamdon reports today declare that !h-‘ v» i? f<?. : nshl Fr**h<‘h armada. Including four battleships, an aircraft < arrler and nine cruiser*. wil l*o.»n -wing Into battle - formation with Am> r;< in and British fleet* to avenge the German attack on Toulon A large sh-« t of French m rchantmen tn Afrii in port* already is vetting up steam to return to service in Allkd convoys Smail coastwise trawlers flying the French color* are l» ing pressed Into use to car y supplie* al c g the submarine infested At b an *hore* to the advancing Allied armies The Frenchmen who ..’’i' th--Allied inva-i >ll ha d « Oran ir<- working l»a< k l>, > <<• - Inmrs 'o refloat the ship* th- . «<irr .<l in Oran harlwir In the Mediterran-an. a mi. t» British battle tic-t »< arc ; for any French warship- that *• have -caped Toulon during the • Turn T<» !•»>. 4. Column 4» Explain New Control Order Monday Night Control Os Material Will Be Discussed A meeting of person* interested in the new lontroi order of mater ial plans, especially manufacturers who use steel. < upper <r aluminum, will be held at th Fort Wayne Chamber ot Commerce building. Monday evening. George Dinnen. director of the area war production hoard, announced today. A dinner will be h- Id at 8 30 o'clock at the C. c( C.. and reservation should be made with the WPB. 41" I'tilßy Bldg . Fort Wayne, by noon It Is not necessary, however, to attend the dinner in order to hear the explanation of the new plana by Mr Zubach The latter will ho(in his talk at 73" o'clock. This is the flrst meeting of its kind for this area, which includes Decatur, and others are being planned in other sections ot the country. Decatur manufacturer* and materials men are invited to attend.