Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 40, Number 297, Decatur, Adams County, 17 December 1942 — Page 2

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Acting Captain Is Leading Buna Hero Spanish Civil War Vet In New Guinea Sitinwiu e Ir, \'cw i.um a. !>• 17. il'l’i A Amt'ii. .111 hero as the Burnt campaign is a chap who - dictators and has been hutting tb>'in situ. 1937 He i> i.tmz Captain Herman L Bottcih fcnmi San Francisco state coli.fc, student -.nd Spanish civil wir v. tciw.ii During the Buna light. Bilteti‘l wiped out a Jap machine gun nest single-handed; i. oiicl a wounded office, by deliberately standing In a clearing to draw Jap lire, and led the force which spit 'hi lap In Buna village from their mam bdy A in.ted I'ic < orr> spondent. Frank lbw left who int<: viewed him. says Butt, her has been recommend'd lo> i petmanvnt captaincy But what Bottchi r himself is i li.oking Im ward '■> is ■•gaining hl* | American c itlzennhip and flniKlli'ig hi* college course. It, tti her. whose G rman father w kt"< ,1 fi-titinc An ': ali.ii:in • the w rid war. lost his citizenship when lie joined the Spanish Loyalists in 1937. He Wu!i a iiptaiii.y and three, citations in that war. But he'll have to wait until 1911 to regain his citizenship. Hi* co ’ ~ coin sc was broken off in its hs If year when he vol nnteered ;< ' ghi so Uncle Sam a' ter I’earl H hot Botcher vows that he’ll g. I. a after the war and get that degre . The., are more than l.Hoo meat' pa< king <- ablishnients in the United States.

/Gtt/ this orienial Sauce!/ BAKED BEANS TASTE Ifs surprising how flavory Oriental Sauce gives new to the plainest foods... Try a bottle. ••c’mVoo"** 4*ftl><^ AUC|i jK? *’ \ X ▼ z % J O»tl»Tll YMOW *OU CO. VJ • c«lvh«i* cirv.»••. 4HMHHHMLML w ✓ j Attention I i Housewives I f V i In order that our employee* mat *nj»y / K < 'hristma* with their families the dalrie* 1 1 li*led below will have f i No Del iveries ) | Christmas ) | Please arrnner to get yowr supply of t 1 mtlh the dav before. r ( Swearingen Dairy ) I Dale D. Moses Dairy | ’< Blue Creek Dairy { MAAAeWMAMmAAmAWWV»4WVWWWWWWV*ARMMII Quitting Business Due to present conditions we are closing out our present stock, including fixtures, at Money Saving Prices I SHIH’ WITH I B AND SAVE MONEY. Wr aK<i whh te thank nur many friends and customers for Ihvtr past patronage and wish everyone A MEKRY CHRISTMAS and a HAPPY NKW YEAR. BELL’S GROCERY MONMOUTH. IND. West Side of Highway.

JAPS BELIEVED 1 _ (Continued From Fan* 1) all recent Jap attempts to land reinforcements on Guild ilcanai and iu New Guinea have been by warships no’ transport. \nd today s navy commiinique on the situation m the Solomon* ag dn mentions I that American bombing raids on ' .Munda and lluln in the northern Solomon* have met no resistance by ah for the -.c-venth successive day Ettted into the pattern of this theory is the disclosure that Emprnr Hirohito recently visited the saiei'd shrine of l*e Such visits are rare and are made when the i empe oi feels the need of divine .' guidance for some extraordinary I occasion. - —— o—— —- DIRECTOR BYRNES (Continued From Page 1) M Suit lias announced his reor I .•.ititzatlon of the W M-C Into five operating group* covering selecve service and training employ- ; up nt, and pi ognrn planning. A* for employment, the labor depa tment has reported that one million worker*, released from the construction industry will be available for war industries next year. This liig boost in the reservoir of manpower is made possible by the halting of ail non-- ssentiai new coni st ruction. Labor secretary Perkins says it will more than meet the expanding labor needs of the shinbuilding industry Speaking <)f shipbuilding, two new batt|.'Ship.« the Alabama and Indiana are expected to join the | fleet well ahead of schedule be-cau-e of a speed up in the system of fitting them out. Both battlewagon- were launched several month# ago. and now are expected

Gable Visits Film Canital Jf ' I V* V - QQmi ISiSiSBS* ' Lieut. Clark Gable, now in the U S. Army Air Forces, is shown with E J. Mannix of the M G. M studios during a surprise visit in Hollywood. Gable has been undergoing rigorous training in fieri

to go into service in the near future. o— — HEART ATTACK (ContinuM F'irtn rag* 1) Third street He formerly had been employed ns a druggist in lr.dian?i|mlls and at one time operated the local Studebaker auto agency. Surviving ar.- the mother, a «l»t er. Mr* Frank Annen cf Toledo. Ohio, with whom the mother reside*; three brothers. Irvin of California. Almcn of Oxford. Michigan and Harold of Bluffton. Two broth er* are deceased Funeral service* will be held Sat-, in day afternoon at 1 SO o’c lock at ! th< Black funeral home, with Rev M O. Lester, paetor of the First M>'thodi*t church here, officiating Burial will be in the Six Mlle cemetery near Vera Crux The body may be viewed at the Black funeral home after Friday noon until time for the services. o THREE LEADERS (Continues rag* 1) ' hope for escape fiom poverty. I .Mai xhall Field, founder of the Chicago Hun. urged assistance to lour RusMian Alites at a Chicago .meeting of the IlnsHian war relief committee. ItusHla. he- pr> dieted. I will Im- a constructive influence for I peace in the postwar world ’’! believe.” Field declared, "that anyoneI who i' t* hl* fear of coinmuni.-m j wurp hl* judgment is really, underuea'h. very Insecure Indeed in hi* confidence in real demovacy." The publisher said it dees not follow I that the U. 8 iniiet adopt Russia's I foim of government because th. two countries are allies. Red Men Christmos Party Friday Niqht The Christmas party of the Red Men Indge will be held at the- lodge hail Fi id.iy night, it sac announc-ed today i.y officials of the organization. The event will Im- opened at 5.30

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i p. m. with a dinner and will be followed by a program Santa Claus will be at the party and all children present will receive a Heat. All members and their . families are Invited and urged to | attend o Report New Squeeze | On French Puppet Mussolini Demands French Territory London, Dec. 17 JUPi—Reports ' from the continent say the Vichy j puppet, Pierre Laval, i* in the middle of another squeeze between | Hitler and Mussolini. According to the report*. Hitler ha* held pp a scheduled conference with Laval partly because Mussolini is making n*-w demands on France, through the- Nazis. S’ ‘ k’nolm reports that the Italian premier has demanded Nice, Corsica and Tunisia — the latter) provided the German* can hold it. The same reports say that Laval l ha* agned to declare war on the Allies, and to c-ede Alsace and lx>rralne to Germany, as part of a peace pact. There are h!n:* from Paris that Hitler has demanded still more. Spec lfleally, that Hitler ha* ordered Laval to form a unifled political party, inc ■ r|»oratiiig some of the lahld Nazi collaborationist* fiom Paris, among them Marcel Deal and Jacques Itorlot. However, the reports say. larval Is having trouble doing it. A report from Madrid ways Laval leaned a *)>• i lai communique yesterday in which he declared that Franco-German relation* are about to be developed radically. Kniqhts Os Fythios To Initiote Class The initiatory team of 'he Imai Knight* of Pythla* lodge will confer fir*! rank work on a rias* of candidate* at the regular meeting to lie held tonight at * o'clock In the lodge hall. It »»■ announced today by George Stults, chancellorcommaiider.

S-’nk Sub ••r •». W ' R<>jr«l Canadian Air Force Flyin» Ofteer R •. KMlte? « Mowe Ja* SaskatctoeH'an. Quiatte. la ahowa at Um control* of hia bombing ptarse after returning to Ottewa folkwing an encounter with a Na* U-boat ptowUng tn the Gulf of Rt La- retire Ke*tley - . beat', dropped depth charge, and »£k ’d» | a ■••• • - —■ m i»

SPECIAL TRAINING (Continued From Face 1J mission. The army and navy will eotitraet with the institutions to furnish housing and feeding facilities. .Men sent to college by the services will be on active duty, wear uniforms and receive service pay. Course* will vary In length de pending on their nature. Under the army program, special provision* have been made for enlisted reserves now in college# and universities. Medlcat and premedical students. feur-year ROTC student*, mid junior Student* In engineering course* will remain in an inactive statu* until the end of the next academic -emester. Generally, they then will lie called for basic military training. At the conclusion of basic training. selected men will continue their previous specialised study. All other enlisted reserve atu-

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dent* will be called into ba«lc training at the end of th« current Mmetter. On completion of that training, they will be eligible for selection for academic training. Under the navy program, youth* of 17 will be eligible lb nmtrant to the army requirement that the proapecifve trainee bi- at leaat 18. The navy nay* candidate* may a*k for training in the marine corp* or coatt guard And they will be eligible at any lime to apply tor air (raining o FURTHER DETAILS OF (Continued From Fag* t) Learning two were mieslng. the lieutenant re-entered the water in ar. attempt to rescue Johnson and the other aoldibr., Pvt. Mailand *aid. After diving repeatedly. th» lieutenant gave up the attempt and started lm<k to xhore. Almont exhaunted. he reached a xand Imf Standing on the bar he called for

help Before any of the men could t reach him. the bar wanhed away in : the rapid water and th; officer «aak. ... - i m i i urn.— Q r— nm— UMi "■'* ■ 1 Hoosier Reported As Missinq Is Prisoner ; Lafayette, Ind Dec 17 —(UP) — • Lieutenant Robert Gagen of Ufay- > ette. who was reported inlMing hi action in the Phflippincr., 1« a primmer of the Japane»e. That Information wa» received by hi* parents today. Gagen is a 193 S Purdue university graduate. Two-Hour Strike At ; Ford Plant Is Halted — Uetroit. Dec. 17 —<CPi A Dem-j onntrartem halting production of | tank* has ended at Ford motor; ci-mpany'a highland park division i The two-hour strike, which threatened to spread throughout the

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plant, wax called off af> , officials had urged sume production and , ü b m dispute to regular rlevan*. inery. Fourteen hundred ,mp! a y ft involved in the W;Ulsoin when the workers all m-nh the CIO united automob;', ers union refused t 0 r „, u . r join following lum : . \ fr, r <j B man said the action aj, 4 wa« to protest th,. ; iy . f, men yesterday for tight . . plant. Old? Get PepJ with iron, Ctlcium,Vitin MEN. WOMEN - . IV* h.'MU-t “ Ism. <>«»* nmiwi v, , ' I < *lrlura. VltMUn b> TU>u-.-, . _ TrUI mm .i> <„ mv>, , ‘J SI MM « I M *. nua, ( W»ll W*. fcnnr.-u, | VI nil druK >i„re. r , llrrnlnr ih «mhh | lrßß ***■■■■■■■MWmMMMMMM. -