Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 41, Number 3, Decatur, Adams County, 4 January 1943 — Page 2

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An Announcement By Al D, Schmitt And Organization Thanks io all tor the hearty cooperation ahown u» throughout the yean we have been in busineas In Decatur. Now tha> .1 new year i- In-glnn-Ing, and a new day I* dawning for America and all the world we •wish to again antiounce our policy ol service and sacrifice. Service to our customer*. and sacrifice to our country through the tough time* that lie ahead To aerve yuft well we will not only look to the profit aide of the transaction. hut also to the human aide which deal* with the amount of satisfaction you will receive by dealing with u» To make plain our alma, we want you to feel that when you make a purchase over our counters, you do not only pay for the article* but In addition you have made a down payment on service and you have the right to expect It. and *e positively guarantee that you will receive It To prove what we mean we wish to announce that we hare added to our service department three men all known to the people of this county, who not only rate high as skilled workmen, but high In honesty and loyally—to their customer friend* as well as to the firms that employed them. In placing these men In our organization we feel that wr have made a forward step In your favor and we want you to feel that this is our first bid for your purchases and service orders. These m> it have pledged themselve* to us and we pledge out'vives to yon to give the utmost In courtesy. quality and service to do less than this we will not fail It is our earnest deHire that you come in and get estimates on your service Jobs, paint Jobs fender and body work. Kias* replacements, etc. No job Is too small -non* too large; we are equipped to take care of yon. We also maintain an auto sales department where you will find the best late model cars available and a large line of car* in the lower priced brai kets lit this dep't. you will find salesmen who’s honesty and ability has stood the test of year* in this community. Come in and meet these men let them show you the car* ask them question* discuss your problems with them. They will he wry happy to give you the Information you expect from men who know the Mtomobile business. Should you nut see the car you are looking fur. the Dept Mgr. will get It for yjiy- he has acres* to the largesl tack* of late mode! ntitomobiles hi the middle west Again we thank you for all past favor*, and looking forward to your friendly visits to our shop* for your need*. W’e are very truly, Al 0. Schmitt 4 organization First Street Phone 144 —advt. SEVERE ICE STORM (Continued From Fag* I) line*, street*. • l<.. law last • ». nine as a hard rain fell for a short time and then freezing temper-

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Mfayette Ind .lan 4 Homemakers. dairymen, and person* in- j forested In farm and home safety I are expecti-d to be among those who will attend the annual agricultural conference at Purdue University on January 11 to 13. Discussion* will center about how to meet 1913 farm production goals, the | world situation, determination- of. the food values of meaiw, and qua! ity a* a means of consierving dairy resoun he*. Among those who will ■ lie featured speaker* at the vai ou* session* are petwoii* ahown in the accompanying picture*. Presiding over the annual meet- : ing of the Indiana home e -onomte* | association on Tuesday morning, will be It* president, Mrs. Clark' Crone. West Lebanon Price cell-1 iiizo and rationing and the use of! dehydrated food products will he ' discussed. A featured speaker will i be (Tare (lordoil. Chicago, of the national livestock and meat Ixrard. who will talk on ’ Determining the Food Value of .Meals.” Another in- j teresting talk planned for the women on Tuesday afternoon will be given by Mns. W. Q Fitch of the Ptrdue history staff, who will disctirA ’’Tile World Sitdatlon " In outstanding part of the 53rd annual meeting of the Indiana state dairy association on Tuesday afattires set in A bllzzard-llke wind which followed broke down many lines and limits ovrrburd* tied by the weight of the Ice. A shaip drop In temperature* accompanied tbe wind and ice. From a 3ft fit range that prevailed over the weekend, the mercury slipped l<. the low 20'* and this morning at K o'clock the Daily | Democrat thermometer registered 33 above. The weatherman gave no hint of a r- spite from the cold and ice today predicting “considerably colder today. rain changing to snow” in an early f recast.

temoon will be an address on I "Quality as a Means of Conserving I Dairy Resources and reducing Losues.” by M (>. Vanßuskirk. Chicago. executive secretary of the Illinois dairy products association. Adjusting the farm to wartime condition* will be considered on I Tuesday afteroon at the annual InI dlana farm management associaI tion day. Otte of the speaker* will be C. B Meeker. Burneltesville. I who will discus* "Meeting 1913 Production Problem* on West Central Indiana Farms. " Doan H. J Heed of Purdue will ■ take part in the program- for the | rural youth, home makers, and i farm and home safety sessions. PLANS COMPLETED — (Continued From Pag* 1) assist In the black hi*, commander Drown has been informed. Officer Mendenhall will be at the center ' control. Others will aid In hull- ' ing all traffic into the county. The ban on entering traffic will Im* set up at M:45 p. m. All moving traffic, except that carrying war material*, busses and trains, will , I pull to the curb and all light* be 1 turned off. Only necessary workI er*, with proper arm bands and vehicle Identification, will be permitted to move. Resident* are asked not to use telephone* unless aJi*olutely necessary. In event of an emergency, necessary information is to be given to chief telephone operator. »ihe will forward information to center control. from where all service and I units will lie dispatched. All vehicle* permitted to move mu*t observe a 15-mlle par hour speed limit and must keep bright light* off A tofiil of 23 American cities have adopted city manager forms f government so far in 1942.

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U. S. EFFORTS (Continued From rags 1) ■ he on their guard against a sur- ! prise attack by Japan. | The White book also revealed I how American diplomats in Germany and Italy aaw danger signal* there in the early thirties. Consul Genera! George 8. Meslersmith, now the American ambassador in Mexico, reported from Her- j Un on June 26. 1933. that the men i running Germany were ”p*ycbopa-1 thlc cases,” that they had no desire for peace except on their own terms, and that they were attempting to make Germany "‘the most capable instrument of war that has ever existed." The amlmssador to Home. Breckfndfidge long, predicted the Invasion of Ethiopia a year before ft occurred. Early in 193 M. according to the record. Hull "'was proceeding on the theory that Germany was 'bent on becoming the dominating colossus of continental Europe."’ At the same time Hull was aware of Japan's intentions and told a friendly diplomat that be was convinced in Auguxt 1937. that "Japan definitely contemplate* securing domination over a* many liund-

Here’s one thing your Uncle Sam wants you to hoard! -y Ol ’R FA VORITE UNCLE wants you ting |265.000,000 into War BoaAffvwry * to pamper your money. He wants F month by having their employes deduct you to put it aside in War Bonds—ail of it from their pay checks. it you can —it will come in mighty handy fjg|| later on. In fact, he is so anxious for 1 11 Hi I By putting your money into War Bonds instead of spending it for the scarce Tr . \ //>—< things you will help keep the cost of 2JWB living down. * Lou of these people are investing at least / 10 percent of their pay in War Bood»j Some of them more. | War Bonds make such good sense—for * patrioticao^selksh reason* —thainobody z 'fr ’hould skimp on them. Nobody should MM* * ** P**tiing teas than 10 percent into War ' * 'a Bonds unlesa it is literally iakpoMible to He wants you to do it in a particular sort do so. Ofway ’ 2 Unde Sam’wants you to have a See your employer today and teU him you He wants you to do it by converting at wben thc U over—a waß * 4 !>«<•«. «* 1 « • least 10 percent of your salary into War reserve of monev that will help vou dur- percent, but a fall 10 percent pot intn Bond, every pay day through the Payroll ing , he readjui^ ent to pe . ce P \ War Bond, every pay day-and •ow, if Saving. Plan. ing War Bonds you’ll be putting aside yo« c*n see your way dearl money for that period of readjustment. • • • WHAT YOU. MOULD DO I f ' Imo War Bonds tbroeph the PepeoO leeiege rnTJMBr Plea—boost that 10 percent M gun sae. Uncle Sam has some darned good rea* Vr b« sons for wanting you to be this kind of " * * * up , omo^row I hoarder—reasons vou iu*t can’t quarrel _ ... ... . _ .. . . . — _ ; with. Here are if them: Uode U ***! «"« f bought some War Bonds—there isn’t a- 7 patriotic American who hasn't bought a«er-aod see if it mat be inemlM sighs a We must equip and arm the great... 1* army of all time if we are to win tbe y K * * Umbtempuloon AePapeoU Savings Plea war. The more War Bonds you buy the Twenty million American workers have ‘"-rCT -TTj ” better we can do that. joined the Payroll Plan. They are put* help you start a Plm es pom owm I * Put 10% of (St Your Income through the ' in Bonds - Rayrou savings plan . - .jgßasguggx «a,mmm*hmm»mmh Thte Adverlfaemefll Sponsored in Honor of Adama Coualy’a Fighting Men by Tbe Decatur Casting Co. The First State Bank Burk Elevator Co. LANKENMFS L.aht Gray feua Caatmga Leeal Beed taeutag Agsnt Ceel-Beed Grata ’ T hs Stere Cloverleaf Creameries, Inc. The Schafer Company The Krick-TyndaD Co. Decatur Daily Demoed Central Sugar Company, Inc Central Soya Company, be 1 Sgarklmg Crystal Wh*te Suosr UvaaLack « *

red* of millions of people as posilble in Eastern Asia and gradually extending her control through tbe Pacific hland. to the Dutch Ea*t indies ind ebewhere. thereby dominating In practical effect that one half of the world.” President Rooseveh. in message* to congress and in speeches, wa« attempting to acquaint tbe American people of the perils they faced from Axis aggression Hull. In speache* and statemerta. also warned of Impending danger. "Our foreign policy necessarily hail to move within the framework of a gradual evolution of public opinion in the Gnlted States away from the Idea of Isolation," the White bock asserted. The White book is not a complete record of diplomacy during the paat decade. It carries no mention. among other thing*, of: The conflict of IMBOU. Japan's offer of 1939 to participate In a world conference to avert war. The statement of generalissimo Chiang Kal-tihek !n the fall of 1941 that he might have to sue for peace with Japan. The proopaal for a 90-day truce or "(reaching spell,” considered but never officially offered to Ja-

pan during tbe tense days of the exploratory talks with Japan's emissaries in Nov. 1941 JANUARYWAR BOND (Contlnoed From Fags 1> spear headed by a Bale-* campaign conducted by women'* organizations over the state as a memorial to the late Carole Domtiarg, who died in an airliner crash last year after selling 22.000,000 in bond* at Indianapolis In the nation's first war bond rally. Bonds bought and pledged will be dedicated to Mis* Lombard and to all those who gave their lives during the first year of war. Quota for these extra bond* ha* been set at >2.000,000. an amount equal to the Lombard rally sale. Another 24.500,000 In sale* will be the goal of the victory sales council, members of which will be held responsible for 1,200 limit sale* of 23.760 each. "Indiana's January war )>ond quota was Increased 24.50<>.000 on the basis that those who had Imught their limit during 1942 would again be eligible to Invest this month,” said Eugene C. Pulliam. state executive chairman of the war savings staff. ’’The victory sales council will solicit these

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investor* for limit purchase* and each limit purchaser will be given recognition as a member of the I. elub." , < Mr. Tulllam explained that 1.200 limit purchases would be needed to reach the victory sales council’s 24.500.000 share of the quota. J. Dwight Peterson of Indianapolis Is chairman of the council. The 214,100.000 balance of the quota I* expected to be sold through the payroll savings campaign. the farm quota drive and regular channels, with the drive to Increase the number of 10 percent worker-investor* continuing through the month. o RUSSIANSCONTINUE (Continued From rage » ce* have been reduced to a small unit around Cape Sanananda after the capture of the Buna government station. Flying fortresses attacked shipping and harbor installation* at Rabaul on New Britain island. British plane* continued (heir assault* on Japanese base* In Burma and bombed three key target* ye*terday without a lo*s to themaelvea. Q ■■ — Trade In a Good Town — DecaUtt

Visits Father For First Time In Years Mrs Gev.rude Curti*. j; street. New Haven, Conn , » ; - r , here today to visit her egej ht* Charles Caron, who fractur* | hip in a fail a couple of week* a She will remain several look after her father and hi* fe est*. Mrs. Curtis Is hi* oaly and they bad not seen each «q for years. Her vteit at Adams« ty memorial hospital this was therefore « big aurpri** | as c«n be Imagined, a very h*. one. Mr. Caron was resting ■ today. —■ ■■■ o East Texas' oil fields, abu«. years old, have produced osm teentb of all the oil sold la tb«| 8. In the past 20 years. — — baa filed with the unSer<i*> Ml SfiIfWLSL £ Jm hear the evidence and e*term'«,\ time and place of birth of mS S’awnwuy'a.’M of State of Indli**, j Ultneae my hand and aeal 4* Court Uile 4 day »f January, <1 Clerk _______ jg

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