Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 40, Number 284, Decatur, Adams County, 2 December 1942 — Page 1

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No 284.

DARLAN IN TOTAL SUPPORT OF ALLIES

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485 Tons Os Scrap Metal Collected Adami county is credited with i 455 tons (MO.two pounds) of scrap metal delivered to dealers in the September and October salvage drives. The per capita figured on the county's population is ts pounds In counties where the per capita was 100 pounds. Victory salvage flags will be awarded to the coun ty civilian chairman and flown from the court bouse. In the break-down of tonnage from this county, Decatur U cred-1 ited with 30S tons of the above total. or more than 100 pounds per ' capita. The state contest was placed on the county basis. 0 — Truck Hijackers Are Nabbed In East Metz Poultry Firm Truck Is Recovered Deaver. Pa. Dec. 2 it'Pi Two brothers are Being held at Beaver on charge* that they hi-jacked an Indiana truck containing a *2.000 load of chickens and eggs and kid naped the driver. The pair an Belmont and Hobert Keres(e*. I>oth of Darlington. Pa. They have been identified by the truck owner—Leonard Metz of Decatur. Ind —and the driver. Arthur Laipply of Van Wert. O. The brothers deny the charges. .Metz says he was forced to halt the truck early .Monday at the point of a gun held l>y Belmont Kerestes. The truck driven then was compelled to accompany the hl-jackers but managed to escape later. The truck was found abandoned yesterday near a farm efght miles from New Castle. Pa. A farm woman identified Belmont a* the man who drove the truck to the spot and left after telling her that the truck had motor trouble Metz called hi* wife in this city early this morning and said that his truck was recovered about midnight, following the arrest of i the two Pennsylvania men. He said all of the stolen poultry and egg* were still on the truck. He remained there to aid authorities in their ease against the two men. He said that he and I Laipply would return to Decatur I Thursday morning after disposing of their poultry to a Pittsburgh I firm Laipply operate* a poultry . firm at Van Wert. Ohio Call At School For Supplemental Ration "Motorists—call st the Decatur junior-senior high school for your I B C. and D gasoline books." This was the plea of the locai . war price and ration board today The board stated that volunteer* had been assigned to the school gymnasium from S a. tn. to 6 p m for the Beit few day* to issue the coupon* Despite the fact that the board hast announced no supplemental ra tion book* will Im* mailed, many' persons have been awaiting their books by mail, the board stated. —o Mussolini Warns His People Os Long War Reveals Heavy Loss Inflicted By RAF New York. Dee J-<I P)-Italy * Iron man of destiny has warned the Itai an people that the Ails is destined for a long, hard war. Mussolini, speaking before a group of Faacists. aounded the ■solemn note by pointing out that the war has spread to wider fronts. Actually, he said, there is only onfront—a world front—div.ded into sections 11 Dure revealed that the RAF has done heavy damage In raid* on Italian citlea In Genoa alone, he said, nearly 12000 building* were destroyed or damaged The speech waa carried by Rome radio. Mussolini quoted prime minister Churchill's warning of last Sunday —that Italy faces a merciless attack. Said 111 Dace, sarcastically: ”Whsn one take* the dinner jacket from this Briton, one finds the primlntlve barbarian Briton of the past—who was so thoroughly thrashed bl victorious Caesar" The Kallaa dicUtor commented (Tara Te PM« A Cetuma «)

Red Successes Reported Along Entire Front Hitler's Forces In Stalingrad Area tn Precarious Position Moscow, Dec. 2.—(t'P)—l.'nbrok••n Ituasian successes are reported along the entire eastern front. Hitler's army at Stalingrad ha* been put In It* most precarious position of the war. Russian shock troops have captured a strategic hill before ilie city, throwing the entire German rear open to attack. The Soviet troep* swarmed up the side of the hill in the face of desperate resistance by the Nazis who had been fortifying the height for more than two months. Seven times the German* came driving back with tanks and infantry. But whtn Hie fighting was over, the bodies of German dead littered the *lo|m- ami the Russian* remained In firm possession. It* capture means that the German Stalingrad salient ti' w i* virtually isolated and und r attack from all sides. The Soviet mid-day communique also reports the capture of a Garman operational base southwest of Stalingrad an Important fortified point northwest of the city—and a strongly defended tcwisehip near the strategic Rzhev-Vyazma railroad -directly west of Moscow. In the southwest, the Rus*ians have captured several Inhabited places and now are within a stone's throw of Kofelnikovo—on the Cau- < aeus railroad more than !W miles fri m Stalingrad. One German battalion of l.tMMi men was routed and some thanks were captured. And on the central front—directly west of Moscow Russian troops have taken a number of villages and smaller fortified point* and killed more than 3.WH) Germans in the last ?l hours. Some 500 Nazis were wiped out when Soviet troop* stormed and captured a strongly fortified and strategic township near the Rzhev(Turn To Bags 2. Column <) 0 To File Complaints With Ration Board Possible Errors To Be Corrected — Glenn Hill, chzlrman of the war i price and ration board, today InI vlted person* who had complaints to make, or tho*.- who detected errors in their fuel oil coupon books, to appear In person at the local office and file a complaint blank, so the mistake* could be corrected. Mr Hill explained the difficulties under which members of the boards, clerical help and volunteers labin-d In processing the X.OOO ap- > plications, the lack of time allotted and the last minute changes or Interpretation* made by the GPA. "It was absolutely impossible not to make a mistake, for many of the applications were not made out correctly and naturally the error wculd carry through In issuing the coupons. Where mistakes have been made, the bolder of the fuel oil ration book is asked to call in person at the local office, fill out a correction blank and the matter will be adjusted." aaid the county chairman. Mr. Hill, member* cf the board. (Turn To Pag* 4. Column •) Church Bells Toll For One Minute On Next Monday Morning Indianapolis. Dec 2 — Church lielis in Adam* county will toll with the l>el)* in Indiana's >1 other counties for one minute starting at 11 ; 55 a. m next Monday, the firat anniversary of the bombing of Pearl Harbor. Earl Caston, county executive chairman of the war saving staff, •aid today that all churches tn the county are being asked to cooperate in the significant tolling. Men and women, where ever they ar*, are urged to face the went during the bell tolling, asking them •elves: “Have I done all I could to I peed victory r The minute of tollfag will be a tribute to those who have died in World War H.

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Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday, December 2, 1942

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Testimony at an Inquest into the tragic Boston night club fire which took the Ilves of 449 person* ha* disclosed that a fire department Inspection only eight days before the holocaust revealed "no Inflammable decorations" In the night club. The fire, according to the story 10l dauthorltle* l>y a 16-year-old bus boy. was accidentally started when he held a lighted match to see where to tighten a light bulb which had been loosened by a playful patron. The inquest is pictured above.

Rolla Brodbeck Dies Suddenly Tuesday Native Os County Is Heart Victim Rolla Brodbeck. 51. a native of Adams county, died suddenly of a heart attack Tuesday at ('onkel, ()• relative* here have been informed. Brodbock. for many years a railroad telegrapher, was found dead at the station by hia wife. He had suffered from heart trouble for many years but hi* death was unexpected. He wa* born east of Decatur, a son of William and Sarah Brodbeck. but left thl* community whej a young man. Survivors Include the widow, two daughter*. Mrs. Margaret Roy of (.•Grange and Miss Donna Brodbeck. at home; two brothers. Harvey Brodbeck of Decatur and Floyd of St. Louis, and two grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at 1 p. m. tFWTt Friday at the home, with burial at LaGrange. o Railroad Official Is Lions Speaker A R Smith. Huntington. division supervisor of the Erie railroad, explained ODT regulations of the present time in an address to the members of the Decatur Lions club last night in the weekly meeting at the K. of P. home. Mr. Smith told of various new rulings and method* of the office of defense trans potation in handling freight. W. M. Bumgerdnet, local station agent, was In charge of the program Guests were Orval Baughman. also of the local station, and Vincent Abrams. Huntington. Erie traveling freight agent.

American Fliers Brave Enemy Fire To Save Crashed Mates

Allied Air Force Headquarter*, in North Africa. Dec 2.—(UP)—A story as thrilling as any a fiction writer ever created haa come out of the Tunisian war zone. It tells of an American fighter pilot who saw an American bomber make a crash landing in enemy territory. The fighter roared back to his base at top speed to report the landing and then led a medium bomber back to the scene, where six crewmen of the crashed bomber were rescued All this was done in darkness, within range of enemy tire and under the very nose of the enemy air force. The P-38 fighter wa* pilcted by Lieutenant E. F. Umphrey of Flint. Michigan. He was flying as an escort for a medium bomber raiding enemy- j held Gabos on the east coast of Tunisia. The bomber made a crash landing tn enemy territory after one of Its motors was set afire by anti-aircraft shell* Umphrey saw the bomber a crew climb out of their plane, with no choice but to tight through the

Orqanize Production Enqineerinq Class The war training class In production engineering will be organized at a meeting tonight at 7:3<) o'clock in room 202 of the Juniorsettlor high school. W Guy Brown announced today. The industrial safety class will f l»e conducted at the same time to--1 night In room 302. Claese* In meti alktrgy and drafting, previously or- • ganlzed. are Itelng well attended. I' 1 Mr. Brown stated. o New Ration System ■ Is Announced Today I Point System Will Start Early In 1943 Washington. Dec. 2 — (UP) —| i A new rationing system I* an- . nounced by the office of price adI ministration—tho point system Starting early next yeai. Amer lean housewives will have to budget their food not only In dollar* i and cent* but in ration points. The new ration book* will be distributed sometime this month. Meat probably will be the- first , , item rationed under the new sys-i . tem. > At first glance, the system i look* very complicated. But Josi eph W. Grigg of United Press! : I say* its very simple. Grigg learn- ' ed about rationing in Germany and . ■ Britain, where the point system f lx used. , The new ration book will conI tain a certain number of points—l , prcbably 4* points for each ration- . | Ing periof of about one month. I The GPA will tlx a price on , points for each principal kind of (Turn To Page J. Column 3)

enemy lines. Umphrey aped back to his base, the motors of his new P-38 wide open. Within a few minutes of his arrival another bomber was streaking down the runway, with two P-38's folkwing as escort It was so dark the three plane*, to take off. had to use an Arab standing on the runway in his flowing white robes, as a guide post. A few minutes later, the rescue bomber landed near the disabled plane. And while the P-38*a circled overhead, picked up the crew, first destroying the disabled plane with * a burst of incendiary bullets. The rescued crew Included Lieutenant David L. Floeter of Houstcn. Texas, the pilot; Lieutenant Allen Jouser. co-pilot, whose home town is not included in the dispatch; Lieutenant Vnrnon Scogin of Wilmar. Arkansas, navlftaor and bombardier. Sergeant Gecrge Dor an of Muscatine. lowa, radio man. Sergeant Ray Davllla. also of Houston. engineer, and tail gunner Ser geant Herbert L. Flerscbman of l Canby. Oregon.

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Marshal Petain, Prisoner Os Nazis, In Full Accord On Complete Aid To Allies

Intense U. S. Patrol Action On Guadalcanal Powerful Yankee Troop Continqent At New Zealand By United Pres* Intense American patrol activity la In progre** on Guadalcanal Inland, perhaps a* a prelude to a large-scale attack. The navy reveals that 51 more Japanese troops were killed yesterday by our marine* and soldier*. fanning out from their position* In aggressive patrol operations. Three field artillery piece* were captured along with six maI chine gun* while army plane* hammered the enemy from the air. Marine* came off with lop honor* In Jap killing, getting 40 . enemy troop* a* against 11 slain by an array patrol. Indications of possible Allied plan* for big new undertaking* In i the southweat Pacific come from New Zealand where a strong and magnificently equipped AEF has landed Dispatches from Auckland describe the new Yank contingent a* "powerful." It wa* so large that it t<x>k many hour* for the troop* to land and several days to put all their equipment ashore. The situation in New Guinea I* rapidly approaching a climax American and Australian troop* are endeavoring to break strong but shallow Jap defenses In the BunaGona area before additional (Turn To Page <. Column 3) Continqent To Leave Thursday For Army Thirty-six men will leave Decatur Thursday morning for active service with the C. 8. army after a 12-day furlough, following their ! acceptance by selective nervine examiner* at Toledo. Ohio on November 21. Walter 11. Gilliom. civil engineer and former surveyor of Adam* county, who wae named act- . Ing corporal of the contingent, will be In charge. On Saturday morning. December 5. another contingent from Adi am* county will leave to take final army exams. Those accepted will be granted a seven-day furlough, under the new selective service plan A second contingent will leave on December 14 to take examinations. o — Accidenl Victim Is Still Critical Rose Marie Stanley Still Unconscious The condition of Miss Rose Marie Stanley. 18. who was critically hurt In an auto accident Sunday night remained unchanged late this afternoon, the attending physician and hospital attaches reported. Late today she was still uncon- | scion* and the seriousness of her condition proh.bited any further examination to determine the extent of her Injuries. It is believed that she may be suffering from fractures of the jaw. skull and pelvis, and Internal Injuries. in addition to shock. The girl was hurt when an auto driven by a friend. Earl W. Cottrell. 19. of Bobo, crashed into a ’ tree near the Decatur country club building on federal road 32. Cottrell , lost bis life in the accident. Funeral services for Cottrell will be held Thursday afternoon at l:tf o'clock at the home at Bobo and 2 o'clock at the Bobo Methodist church Burial will be In the Decatar cemetery Mis* Stanley’s brother. Russell. IS. riding in the front seat of the auto, escaped with minor Injuries.'

County Falls Below November Bond Quota Fails To Subscribe Quota First Time War bond *a!e* In November fell under the county'* quota, totaling 292.930 25. compared to the *96.371 quota. Earl Caston, county bond staff chairman, reported today. This I* the first time that Adam* county ha* not met It* monthly quota since the system wa* established last May The October quota of 2106.332, was oversubscribed by 21. Hale* last month were the largest cf the year. Mr. Casotn announced the December quota wa* 176.716. Only "E" bonds will be credit'd to thl* quota, he eald. The plan wa* established In the state and nation In view of a special bond offer being made by the I’. S. treasury. The "E" bond bears the highest Interest rate and is known as the people’s bond Chairman Caston reported sale* last month In the following amounts: Berne. sls.*(>(); Decatur. $61,649; Geneva. $10,831 25; Mon roe, $1.256 25; Pleasant Mills, $431 25, Pr-lile. $2.962.5". total. $92,930.25. The November sales equal approximately 96'i percent of the total. the shortage being only $3.- , 44075. A special effort I* being made , this month to enroll « very person on a weekly or monthly payroll on a 10 percent basis. Although a number of firm* have Inatailed the payroll deduction plan, few are up to the 10 percent quota. Mr. Caston i said. o Roosevelt Planning For Fireside Chat Expect Broadcast Before End Os Year Washington, Dec. 2 — (UP) — President Roosevelt will make another radio fireside chat probably l»efore the year I* out. And one of his topics w.ll be the failure of congress to do anything about hU proposal for a $25,000 ceiling on income. The president hlmhelf ha* frozen salary Income* at $25,000 net. But, he say*, the big loophole which congre** has not plugged. Is Income on Investmenta. Mr. Roosevelt say* there's been widespread public complaint about it. The next few week* also will see the President more directly concerned with the fighting fronts —and the plans for military action in the coming year. Between now and early 1912, he'll confer with several leader* of the United Nation*. Among them are Poltah premier Sikorski, an outstanding military expert. Canadian premier Mac-Kenzle-Klng; Madam Chiang KaiShek. of China, and perhaps general DeGaulle, of the fghting French The big fight on the home front, however, has been settled And It appear* that production chief Nelson ha* had bls way in the argument with army and navy over restoring civilian control over th> scheduling of war weapon* production Detail* of th» agreement have not been announced. But li t understood that Nelson’* right hand man. Charles E. Wilson, will be given (Turn To Pag* 6, Column 4) 19 SKOfflM DAYS #2r.;Christm(K WARIOMPS-STAMPS

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Admiral Darlan In Complete Charqe Os French Africa-Boon To United Nations (By United Press) American authorities in North Africa have revealed some startling facts about the political situation involving the French empire. They have disclosed to United Prese correspondent John A. Parri« that Marshal Petain, now a prls- | oner in Vichy, and hi* former vice : premier. Admiral Darlan, are in full agreement on th. future of France under Allied direction. Parris also was Informed by American authorities that Darlan now Is 100 percent behind the Allie* I against the Axis. One of the moat significant dlscloaures Is that Darlan and Petain have been in secret communication even though the old marshal is a prisoner of the German* and Pierre Laval. i The American authorities told Parris ju*t before he left for Loo--1 don that the French people now ; regard Admiral Darlan as their ' number one hope. The correspondent'* disclosures follow closely on Darlan's f rmat ion of a French imperial council of which h>. made himself chief Allied acceptance of Darlan's J own estimate of hl* position would | make the council a government in exile, representing Frtnch Interests everywhere In the world —except in ' continental France. And It would raise Darlan to the front rank of ' s United Natoins leaders. There Is no Indication what effect thia move of Darlan's will have 'on Allied agreements with the fighting French organization of ' i General Charles D«- Gaull-. United I Pre** correspondent Paris say» | Darlan Is playing for keeps in *• ; suming French leadership in Africa, land intends to make this leaderI ship permanent. American authorities believe DarJan has done the Allied cause an invaluable service in swinging Fresit h Afrl« a to the Allied side. Parris report* that when he saw Darlan he wa* continually smiling and talking. He was extremely friendly with the Americana. But hl* anil British prejudice. ' wlil< h reached full flower when the ' British fleet attack'd the French at Mers El-Kehlr. 1* maintained Stubbornly. He never refers to the British by name. He described the Un!t'<l Nations force* in Africa an the American* and their Allies. Farris wa* told that Darlan has in the words of his informant—"been pitching big league hall for , us. He was a lu< ky (atch waved a lot of bloodshed on both sides." Parris says that Darlan's work In hringig the Dakar air sea and I submarine baa. to the Allied sld" [ is regarded a* a great contribution, and is taken by American* a* evidence of his good faith. In l<ondon. foreign secretary An'Turn To Page S. Column 3) First Real Winter Weather Hits City Temperature Drops To Near Zero Mark When the weatherman prophesied "decidedly colder weather." he knew wha! he was talking i abou.. This was the general concensus of opin low gathered from a thor- , oughly chilled, wind-bitten Decatur populace experiencing the first real winter weather today. Burly risers, remembering the forecast of colder weather given yesterday, were not surprised to find temperatures ranging from •he 10 to 14 degree mark about 4a. m today But the mercury < kept sliding downward At 6 a. m. today the Dully Demo- ' crat thermometer registered 10 above and st I t. n the mercury was down to sis above There it hung throughout the morning A hard-btewing west wind added to the discomfort of pedestrians and further complicated the heat(Turn To Page «. Cohsma »)