Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 41, Number 21, Decatur, Adams County, 25 January 1943 — Page 1

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■eports Hint At Important IA Hied Decisions To Carry I War To Axis; Hold Confabs

Of Nerves Turns IKjll Force On Axis; IKosevelt Churchill IBonference Claimed HH I nit* <1 I’n-* HV ■ .>K.<:nv ’ll.' .hi* ■K* , ,i. a limn 'h>- li.it- . I th. K-i n-t MK \H;» -I high <<»m knowing that tin- Allied ||M. ...iiposnig a t'lii.-ial . ti.-iiiy in 1943 I’ |H people 1.. . an*, already are r: .nd paring th. in foI ■ .. hav. “ ifb-r.-'l ill Libya -! w: a' involve I ..a,., j* military |K. -h<- B» rlin radio Is ■K...- prime minl«t< r H f la--id-.1l some dayhH| . ns *i'll President Til- Nazis have ad concerning ■ first, they said he . to get more help \ ■- -a Now. they're say was made to permit to di-, nsWell in ns with an* to lie emphasis on the .. sp.-i ts of the various . leased a carefullyBritish middle-east r-: might take over the ' . up Tunisia That . ■*-.aid he put in charge . ghtlt army, which Bf-j ip Libya, and the t and American fifth h are having tougher Tunisia. Lieutenant -.h.iwei so the *ugg.-« j... may he named comjoint operations In the temnean. has permitted the i I' - bureau In laindon to r . dramatic announce ant:, ipa'ed shortly -1 however, is reacting > rumors that a teal N .ns war council InRussia and China, will "i- if th. meetings Informare described as re--g hi> possibility as doubtHK .mpossible. at this time it u.s. It is said aren't in- .'. -!1> Pacific and the Chin-l-ig* (, Column tl H ° late Bulletins |l Boston. Jan. 25—( UPi—Mageneral Sherman Mdea of Bee first service command rehe has received word tne war department callup the army's enlisted re Mt’.es all colleges. |l London, Jan. 25 — (UP) — admiralty announces that Bour Br.tish submarines have E* '"k four enemy supply ships B"d two Ans naval escort vesBt'l m the central Med.terran B»" Tne communique also reBorts that a British submarine Bc-orsaed a large, modern supB'y ship which probably sank. II *ew Albany, 0.. Jan. 25 — J lib;—A airplane ■freshes today on a farm two y - e » northwest of New Al I AH but one of the occup- ■ snts of the plane are reported I U have been killed. London, Jan. 25— (UP)—Re*'•*l* reports to the Norweg government reveel that the Cormans are forcing Norweg- '*"* to e vacuate northern coas*»i towns. The Nasis are eaid to be sending large reinforee"’♦"t* of troops to the north in irswtng fear of Allied attack d —- t *MPCRATURC RtAOINB ®*mocrat thcrmomctbr • ®o a. m. 2« ’0:«0 a. m. 22 *••••» gt P m. 21 P m. 30 • WCATMCR °*‘dedly eelder tonight with '••st temperature 3 to 13 be■a" M 0 n#rth ** r ° ” * above In south portion; Colder Tuesday forenoon.

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Americans On Guadalcanal Win Jap Skirmish Growing Might Os Allied Air Power Blasting Japanese • By t'nited Prcxe) Thi> American.) on (luadabanal , have won another important skirmish with the Japs. A navy i-otnmuniqque says the doughboys have seized Kokumbona, seven miles wept of Henderson 1 field. Kokumbona fell Saturday after a twinlay (tattle during which other Jap pockete were seized. The navy communique also tells of a heavy raid by our planes and surface fleet units on the Jap base at Kolombangara island. Ifru miles north of Guadalcanal. Fuel and ami munition dumps .blew up and the I navy says the Jap-held area apparently was completely burned out. The Jajm are feeling the growing might of our air forces in all secil tors of the Pai isle war theater. Liberators have oeen carrying 1 th«- war to the enemy where hlives at bases in New Guinea the Solomons and nearby islands Flying fortresses again have basted Japan's Itahaiil airport, and left fires visible tor 75 miles | In the pre dawn half light. Nine Jap Zeros jumped a Liberlater near Wewak on New Guinea's north coast, hut the Liberator j fought them to a standstill, down’d two of them and rode home safely. In three recent dogfights tn the Wewak area, six Liberators fought 52 Z< ros, d<«troying 17 and damaging six Other Liberators raided the Gasmata airdreme and the airfield at Cape Gloucester, on New Britain, and Dilli. on Timor Mitchell medium Immbers past’d Lae and Havocs strafed the Salainaua Isthmus Sunday morning. Havocs also swept along the coast to the Mambare river area, doing extensive damage to buildings and other Jap Installations Meantime. General MacArthur reperts the conclusion of the Papuan ground campaign and the testing us a new form of campaign which will eliminate Island-to-island jumps to defeat the Japs. MacArthur says she new type of tampaign tried out in New Guinea will permit the application of offensive power In swift, massive strokes, rather than by what he describe* as "dilatory, costly island-to-island advances"' that e me have assumed io be Decenary. lu the Holomon*, the air war has been stepped up. too, with Munda airfield on New Georgia island the principal target Jap Installations in the Solomon* were blasted six times Friday and Saturday; with | four attacks on Munda Saturday The other aWa< k* w. re cn liekata bay on Sants Isabel island and 1 Kahili <>n the little island of Hal (Turn To Pan «. Column •) Deputy Collector To Aid Taxpayers Establish Office In Court House Will H Smith, collector of internal revenue, state of Indiana, announced today that Craven Km»h wilier, of Bluffton, deputy collector. will be in Decatur four after noons and one evening this week, for the purpose of assisting taxpayers In making their IM2 federal income tax returns Mr Emshwlller will be in the city Monday. Thursday Friday and Saturday afternoons, from I to 5 I o'clock, and Thursday evening from < 30 to 3:30 o'clock He will maintain hl* office in ’he court house In a room off the circuit court room. This service ii free and taxpayers are urged to present their problems to the deputy collector without delay, which may u»«ui a long t»«lt in llnu at a later date Mr Emshwiller will be at the Berne poet office Tuesday morning from » o'clock until 12 noon, and will also be al the Geneva post office the same hours Wed , ueeday of thia week I

Filling Station Hour Ruling Is Received Local Ration Board Given Regulations Glenn Hill, war price and ration chairman, ha* received an official ropy of the order regulating the hour* of filling stations. Operator* have ihe choice of two plan*: The station may stay open I not more than 73 hours a week, and for not more than 12 hours a day; or the station miMt stay open • I 21 hour* a day, seven days a week. Service stations inuot post opening and dosing hour*. The order • read*: i If a dealer elects to operate 72 hours a week, he must aerve all i customers for no more than a toI tai of 12 hours in any one day The 12 hours may not be divided into i unit* of |<ws than two consecutive , hours. , If the dealers elects to remain open 24 hour* a day. he mimt serve all customer* foe 12 consecutive hour* six days a week Only "T" card holders may be ,ierv>-1 during the remaining hours. t'nder the 72-hour plan, the schedule must be maintained for at least seven day* and under the 24 hour* a day plan, the schedule must lie in force .'fo day* before a change can be made. O Annual Cemetery Report Announced The annua! report of the St. Joseph's Catholic cemetery association shows total receipt* of 32.T2H - i st» and expenditures of 52.223.54. leaving a Ikilance of -499 22. The per|o-tual care fund now total* 53.5M.55. Joe Coffee is sexton at the cemetery. Ton Os Tin Cans Is Collected Saturday Scout Leader Gives Collection Report Approximately one ton of tin tana was collected Saturday in the tin can acrap drive, leaders of the tatnpaign estimated today. Steve Everhart, who directed the ph kup of the cans, said that two small truckloads and one large one were taken to the eounty garage to be stored, until se-nt to a Fort Wayne collection depot. From there the cans will find itbelr way Into the scrap smelters of the nation's war plants. Mr Everhart explained that a number of container* of scrap were not picked up by the Boy Scouts and city workers because other scrap was piled in the boxes. He luinted out that only tin cans <ould be picked up. and these have io be flattened after both ends are knocked out and th. paper is wa*b ed off. Paint buckets and the like are not acteptable. he said. No ether . crap can Im- taken In the tin can collection. o — New Flyina Suit Designed For U. S. Aviators In Arctic New Orlean*. Jan. 2S—(VPi — Father Hubbard, the “Oleeier prlesL" has Ogured out a new flying suit for American pilot* in Arctic. Made of quilted eider-1 down, it weigh* only seven and one-half pounds, and would lift from the boys the bulky 50 pound* of tog* they now wear to keep warm Father Hubbard, incident- j ally, la another observer who thinks the Japanese war will drag on for years to come. Father Hubbard says the Aleutian islands have been "a swell mt trap" for the Japanese He says our boys have sunh at least 15 enemy transport* at Kiska. and adds, "the Japs are welcome to 'hat place " Father Hubbard adds, "that although all the boys In Alaaka aro ♦outherners. you don’t have to worry about their morale up thora ia the cold” Says the Glacier priest, "they get all steamed up when they get anywhere near to | action "

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Decatur, Indiana, Monday, January 25,1943

10 Crew Members Die As Bomber Crashes Pueblo. Colo.. Jan. 25-41'1’) In aimy inquiry Is under way into the crash of a flying fortr<«« near Tlmpas. in .Southern Colorado, la*' night. All 10 members of the crew were killed. The flying fortress was over a practice bombing range near La Junta when it plunged to earth. The jublic relations office of the Pueblo air base say* the ship was assigned to a base at Rapid City, S. 1). The plane and crew were stationed temporarily at Pueblo. The named of th* men killed in the crush will not be relea*ed until their next of kin have been notified —. 0 Urge Books Donated For Men In Service m. — Legion Auxiligry Conducting Drive Mm. Frank Liniger. president ot the American legion auxiliary, and chairman ot the victory book campaign in this county, today urged citizen* to donate a good book ■which will be sent to the men in th'- armed forces. The campaign, -which has been underway since January 5. will continue to March 5. The books can be delivered to the Legion home, or to the l»*catur public library. Mrs. Liniger said. Good books are wanted and persons desiring to donate a volume are asked to >telect one that the men in uniform will enjoy. Old ‘books of no interest to the owner, naturally will not be of interest to soldiers, sailor* or marines. The campaign is carried on with the slogan. "Any Itook you really want to keep is a good one to give." or "Count your books and give the 'wtoks that count." The Legion auxiliary will handle the local campaign and >«e» that the books are aent to national beadqualters in New York for distribution among the aimed forces. Current'best sellers, adventure and western, detective and mystery stories, technical trooks not older tfian 1935 editions, humorou* book* and pocket size books are wanted. 0 Frances Brown Rites Tuesday Afternoon Funeral services will be held Tuesday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock tCWTI. at the Radical V. B. church in Wren, Ohio for Miss Frances Brown, who died Friday at Toledo. Ohio in the state hospital. Two sister* and three brothem survive. They are: S. M. Brown. Glenmore, Ohio; E. E. Brown. Middlebury. Ohio; Pearl Brown Kanana City. Mo.; Mrs. Joe Agler, Glenmore. Ohio and Mrs. Ross laiTurner. Monroe o , Germans Executing Own People In Norway Ixrndon, Jan. 25. — (VP) — The Germans continue to execute their own people because of mutinies and other disaffection* in Norway. The Norwegian infotmation bureau say* 18 prominent Germans, including several army officers, have been executed in Kristiansand. Norway. They had been < ourt-martialed for "cooperating with the enemy "

Sharp Contrast In Report By Press Reveals Change In War

(By United Prss) The uharp contrast between Allied and Axis press reports sh w the ebbing tides of Axia dominant • In She European war. In Allied capitals, the censors have suddenly permitted report* to lie circulated that the Allied lead era h*ve planned a grand strategy to smash Germany In 1943 An announcement U great Importance is expected soon. In Germany and Italy headlines reveal only gloom, a* Hitler and Mussolini's parrots tell their people at Iwt ot the dire situation in Russia and Africa. The Allied report*—still entirely unofficial — hint that already the four United Nations may have laid their broad plans kr attack on the continent this year. These reports further suggest that the French North African situation may be about to be resolved posuibly with the appointment of an American commiaaloner to end French squabble* over contr. I. Thera also la renewed talk that General George Marahail. the American army chief of staff, may become the Marshal Foch of world war two. And there is some apecu latton that General Eiaenhower might be superceded by a British general In North Africa poeaibly

Senate Scrutinizing Nation's Army Needs Some Solons Desire Army Size Ceiling Washington. Jan. 25 (CP) The senate I* taking a look at the army's manpower requirements today, po'silily as the first step of a drive to limit Its Size. The army's deputy chief of staff lieutenant general Joseph T. MeNarney, tell* the senate military affairs committee just how many men the army Is going to need | from the nation’s manpower pool. Some congressmen — influential ones have proposed a celling on 'he *lz<- of the armed forceChairman Reynolds of the- commi'- ' ’ee say- suc h limitations, if enact- ; ed, would come only after it . determined how large an army c an \ be supplied by agriculture and industry. The- undersecretary of war, Rob- ■ -Tt P Patterson, stepped into th* ; controversy with a reminder that I the Axis now has under arms more : men that) the combined armies of I 'he I'nited States, Great Britain and Russia. He says we must start training men now for the i battle* of 1944 In the house of representtfives, the leaders are concerned more with organization for the- legislative tasks ot 1943. The house rule* committee’ has scheduled hearings on resolution* - providing money for existing committees. and for creation of a new committee on air commerceWhen organization I* c-ompleled. , the house expects to Itegin work on legislation possibly by Wednesday or Thursday The first order of business will be income tax collection featured by the- pay-as-you-go plan. Everybody seem- to j lie’ in favor of one. hut the details , ir« controversial The only other piece of emigresI slonal business in the spotlight I* i 'he case of Edward J. Flynn Most Republicans think the- senate fori elgn relations committee- will recommend that his appointment a* minister to Australia Im* con- : firmed. That would throw the (Turn To Page J, Column 3) o Another Cold Wave Is Forecast Here — Unseasonably Warm In Decatur Sunday After the warmest January 24 on record for years, the mercury started slipping fast today, in accordance with the weatherman's predictions of another cold wave The Daily Democrat thermom- ter ranged near the 6" degree mark Sunday aftermon as almost the last vestige of snow and ice from the last cold wave thaw>d and dieappeared Only a little along curbing* remained this morning The mercury started falling rap idly last night, however, and kept tumbling downward today At * a m the Daiy Democrat thermometer rcgiwtered 2fi above zero. By 10 a. m the mercury in the thermometer had fallen to 22 and at n< on stood at 21 above. The weatherman in his noon forecast prophesied tempeiatur-« of 3 to 13 below zero tonight.

General Alexander, the commander in the middle east wh had planned the smashing drive against Rommel In contrast. German radio and newspapers go so far as to 'state openely that "for the first time in the war. the German people face a defeat of some magnitude " tine paper even says "Annihilation threatens from the east." The Nasi propaganda iw believed to be preparing the people not only ' for the bitter new* that the 22 German divisions at Stalingrad — some 250.000 men are no more, but that the whole situation in Russia la bad and rapidly growing worse. The Italians are equally preanlI mietb about Africa One paper, acct rilng to Swiss dispatches, says the eighth army march into Tripoli made last Saturday the blackest day in the history of the Italian em pire Another said the day must ! henceforth be a day of national I mourning Axis apprehension over Africa is mirrored in a Vichy dispatch It •ays the harbor east of Marseilles on the French Mediterranean coast ha* been cleared cf <5.300 residents -part of a deoperate effort to bar another of Europe', many doors to the eventual Allied invasion

American Doughboys Answer German Dare With Brilliant Foray Into Axis African Line

Reds Closing Huge Trap On Nazis In South Russian Columns Sweeping Onward To City Os Rostov By I'ni'ed Pie-* A hug- Russian trap i» closing on the Nazi troop* In the ('.iiica-us Swift (ossack cavairy unit*, rid ing hard on the Nazi flank, have plunged forward another 1* to 25 miles In the vicinity of the t au-•-asti*-to-Rostov railroad. Red army column* driving up ’he railroad toward R-i«'ov are sweeping in on Kropotkin, one of th»- two Important junctions on the mH Hm atm In Natl hand* Laat evening, they were only 11 mile* from the city. Capture of Kropotkin would <ut off the northward retreat ot a big Nazi force strung out for 4u mile, along tile railroad. Another Russian army threatens to throw a second barrier acr iss the Nazi line of retreat 35 miles north of Kropotkin at Tikhoretsk. The troops heading tow ird Tikhoretsk from the northeast were last reported to be only 5o miles from Tikhoretsk, which Is 9t) miles south of Rostov If they can reach Tik hore'sk. they will shut off the enemy's escape road toward Rostov. And the Nazis will be forced to turn west toward the Kerch •traits, the only other way out of the Russian trap There are strong signs that the Soviets have opened a campaign to close even the Kerch gateway. Planes of the Russian Black Sea fleet are in action on a major scale against .Nazi-held port* and communication* along the Black Sea Moscow says the airmen destroyed harbor installation* at one port, bb-w up ammunition dump* at a second and killed :!.("<> Germbil* in] two other area* Many Nazi truck* I were destroyed .Meanwhile. Russian armies] north of Rostov are continuing 'heir great sweeping movement to cut off the port from north and west. Moscow reports that troop* on the Donets river front routed the Nazis from a number of villages. The Russians in this area are shelling the key city of Voroshilovgrad. In preparation for assault. And they apparently are heading toward the -ea of Azov to encircle Rostov Slightly to the north. Russian troops smashing toward the great German defense anchors of Kursk and Kharkov have captured an jther village The Russians also report fnrther gains in the battles aro. -4 Leningrad and Stalingrad The Berlin radio now Is talking •bout the battered Nazi forces liefore Stalingrad a- one talks alroiil (Turn To P»g» Z. Column It

New Church Trustees Are Elected Sunday St. Mary's Church Selects Trustees G Remy Blerly. Leo Ulman and Charles J. Miller were elected trustees of St Mary * Catholic church at a congregational meeting Sunday morning following the high mas*. The two hold-over trustees are Lawrence Beckmeyer and Fred Schulte Mr. Miller is the new man on the iMiard. In making the annual report to the pariah. Rev. Joseph J. Selmetz. pastor, stated that the building fund now amounted to <15.311219. The fund haw been accumulated over a period of year* and eventual ly will be used in constructing a new church The parish enjiyrd a prosperous year, total receipt* amounting tc g?>.M4.eS The cash balance Jan nary L was 19.275 33. with al! bills paid During the year there were <5 baptisms. 15 marriages and 13 deaths In the pariah. The orphan's collection last Chrtstutss amounted to 11.12X54. the largest in the history of the church Father Selmetz. said

Farm Labor Control Handed To Wickard To Direct Needed Manpower To Farms Washington. Jan 25 tl'P) The job of supplying the na’ion'* i farmer* with sufficient manpower | ’o meet wartime food need* ha- )>< eq turned over to secretary oi ! igrh ulture Claude \V.< kard Tin order consolidating all farm l.ibot • function* in Wickard'* hand- wa contained in a directive i.»ned thitnoinlng by manpower comtni* 1 ■doner Paul McNutt. The directive ■•nd* 'in- former division of au'li ority between the agriculture de partment and 'he federal employment service The announcement was follow- ' «-d try a joint press conference at which McNutt and Wit kard de elated 'hat unless farm manpower need* are fulfilled this year, the nation’s agriculture faces a complete breakdown They *ai<i that ■;.sim.boo person* now- engaged in non-essential activities must be placed on farm* by the time the seasonal peak is reached next summer. Most of these farm recruits are expected to Im- volunteers from urban areas housewives. students, and employe- of store* and banks. Lend-Lease Report Washington, Jan 25 il'Pi The arsenal of democracy has come through with J* 250.000.tm0 dollars worth of aid to its Allie* since the lend lease program began less than two years ago. Lend-lease administrator Edward Stettlnlits. junior, in a report to congress, says that of the huge •otal. alm.’tst one sixth consisted of food, while slightly les* than half went for arms and munitions The lend lease act conies up for renewal by this session of ■ ongres-. The biggest single Item of Anter(Turn To Page 2. Column 2) o Three Men Elected I As C. C. Directors Metzler, Schulte And Gentis Are Elected T J Metzler, manager of the ’ C. A Douglas company store. Fred Schulte of the Holthouse-Schuite i A Co. clothing store and Ralph O I Gentis. manager of the Schafer I store, were elected today ' > ihtboard of directors of the lie-a'iirl Chamber of Cammerce Mr. Metzler was renamed to the board, while Mr Schulte and Mr Gentis are new members. Election of the three men was I revealed today after the official ■ tabulation of the ballots was coin I pleted by a non-lntere-ied com mittee The men elected by the mein her* in a malted ballot sy-tem. will serve for three years. Other members ot the board anGlenn Hill. Arthur E Voglewede.

C. A Stapleton. Calvin Yost, Clyde Bui.ei and E V McCann. Mr Metzler succeed* himself 1 while the other two succeed Dr Ben fluke and Carl Gerber, whose I term* expire A reorganization meeting of the! new IMiard will likely be held next week Mr. Hill t* president and Mr. Voglew<-de secretarytreasurer The ballots were mailed to mem tiers and returned to the local post ' office in card form and were held there by poetmaster Leo Kirsch until the tabulatiuK was done today Trainman Killed In Truck Train Crash Hammond, ’nd . Jan 25~-(UPt — laike county authorities are atI tempting to fix responsibility for the collision of a gasoline tank truck with a commuters' train < which caused the death of one per •on at Gary on Saturday. The truck driver. Al Lindstrom of Gary, is free on bond pending the outcome of the investigation. Trainman William Stork of Roseland. Ind suffered fatal burn* when the truck exploded and showered the fiiwt car of the train with blazing fuel A pedestrian. Edward Mason, suffered minor burn* while he wa* waiting for the train to pa«« Lindstrom was unhurt.

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Daring Raid Bv U. S. Soldiers Nets 80 Surprised German Soldiers In Tunis By I’nited f’resx A Nazi challenge to American troops In Tunisia to come out and tight ha been an«wered Xmeri- | i-an style. Today's Allied communique reveals that the Germans made a : ’ar’i' al error l»y sending a < hallenging not« to AineJiaa by ome ’ ’inrevealed method The result was a daring American raid right 1 into ih«- hear! ot tin- German de- , ?'en*< in i ■ titral Tiib: •i i The American* dashed 22 mileicro*.* a no-man's land, pa-t the Gi-rinan ou’e defense* and Into I 'be Important highway town of Meknassy only 33 mile- f om ;h<Tunisia const They returned with SO surprised G> rman prisoner*. The action took place 150 inilesou'li of Tunis, the -oitthern end of a battlefront when- the decisive battle for Africa is beginning. Action is exploding everywhere along thi* fron: A few miles -ou’be.is' of Tunis, where fighting rage along a 50 mile front running south from Boti Ai.ida Amerh in. British and Fiench forces have halted a Nazi idvauce that threatened the whole Lilted posit inn Bit' the Nazi adI vance was not halted until the I German* had entrenched themselves on height oVi-llooking the valh-y The brttnt of the fighting is horn by British armored forces But a growing concentration of American armored forces is reported swinging into action In th: .ire.i. and all along the line stretching south waul I’nited State- tanks are reported Inflicting punishing blows on Nazi panzer unit* attempting to widen a corridor along the e.i»tern coast for the retreating Africa corps, coming tip from Libs. That Africa corps I* tinder merciless air ast’anlt from every make and size of bomber and fighter plainthe Allie tan tnti-’e It is bring attaiked from tin- west from southern Tunisia white American. British and French .■ ■ f.»r<« an- battering a I»m< mile Rommel column straggling up from the Tunisian b irder to the pur' of Gabe* It also is under attai k from the ■ ••.(*■ where British planes opet i ating from airilroini-* a' Tripoli | are battering 'he Xxis rearguards I still limping aero** the Tunisian I border. The main body of the Africa ! corp* already ha* crosm-d the fronI tier And there are reports not officially ■ olifinned that idvance units of tin- B’iC'li •igii’h army ha* chased the ]a»t Axis vehicle across the line However, the main fo:.e of the -ighth army apparently ha* not yet advanced more 'han half way to Tunisia. Sixty four m I-- we t >f Tripoli. Axis stiaigle * trying io Hee by boa' from a ii>a*t town are under steady air attack. Biitl«h plane* of the middle eastern command, operating in Sicilian waters have hit two merchantmen and a d«-»troyer of a convoy headed 'ow . ii T.;:tis;a

Juries Are Selected For February Term Circuit Court Term Opens Next Monday The grand and petit juries forth" February term of the Adams cirI cult court, which opens here ne»‘ Monday were filled today , The juries were drawn this morn- | mg by Charles Teeple. Aiwa Nichols an! county clerk Clyde O. Troutner. members of the (ward of jury com mi winners. The grand jury member* are Mrs. R >y Miller. Blue Creek; Harold T. Field*. Geneva; Mrs. Khner Baumgartner. Berne; Theodore Kwell. Jr.. Preble; Mrs. Ruth Walters. I Inion Dale Affolder. Wabash. The petit jury members are; Mrs Kenneth Shoemaker. Geneva. William 11. Khrman. Kirkland: Homer E. Neuenschw.inder. French. Mns Goldie Fisher. Decatur; Fred : W. Rusche Decatur L. A Graham. ■ Decatur; Floyd B Aapy. Geneva: * Ruth Merryman. Blue Creek; Har|ry W Thompson. Decatur; Florj ence Heller. French; Helen Cowi ens. Decatur; William Lose, 9r, I Decatur.