Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 41, Number 44, Decatur, Adams County, 20 February 1943 — Page 1

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■totar Tourney ■ Schedule Drawn; I Starts Thursday

■ Adams County Teams ■ Compete In Annual I Sectional Tourney ■On Decatur Floor ■ ijchedule on p»0« 6) ■L <lf“* f ■ lV " r '‘ ,, ■ n.., .'iir Y. '!<-» Jackets ,hP ■ . „.<tioiial tournament i«ir- ■ jnu ntx-i iM- morning by ■T I Tr „«f, ! commissioner o. ■ m ’’ a'hletlc an- ■>„. ■, vbm <oiiity high school ■,. Will for sectional iii tlir- loiiiiH-y at the Deca■'j... 1H high school- etart- ■ Thun-lay’■'• 'HUk- at 7 o'clock. ■ (ontmuuu.. through Friday nf ■p..h !' ,!.iy • i-nine. witl» aeinl■ji, S.itii 'l's nf ‘ in'M”* a ,,:l lh, ‘ ■ rime Saturday night. ■p u( ~| ..i-.ii performances. ■ y,.;i„» .1.0 k- lH should have - finale. The will in- - ■ th< Geneva Card;n their fir.t t--st at 3 c‘clock ■;.<-. ..I 111,1 ls successful ■ tilt » I lh * of Kirkland .1' fl- rtoll till in the ■‘ wini litul .1 ’ 13" o'clock Satafternoon ■y [u.. 1 utninodonv, < 0111 ■tlnn .11 tli- -eitlonal for the first ■ »,i: in.- • 'io' county champ K. the .'ln if id Gorillas, at 7 Friday a-venfng. ■v, 11-n- I lll * a" 1 I’leanant ■;. ftpart.ni' will open the lour- ■ on- 1' o . I.xk Thursday ■rti.nr Th y will be followed by M -i-non-t: E.igles and Monroe ■iri-.’z 11 e- mg an upset, the ■r< cm! 11-jikatz will battle at ■ o'<>sk I' lay evening The ■tk.n-l K-i . ai" and Jeff -rwoll ■im>> m-- ■ in tin- 2 o'clock Fil■j if-rii,..-! li t. with the winner ■ ■ •an lilials against ■r tn:.. -.1 Hu- Geneva Decatur ■ibshiki-w clash. ■ of.ai. |.. the tournament will ■ twrrtt Goshorn and Arthur ■ Stiwi th k- i-i. go. d for the en■r. IreSMoiiui tourney, will be Blii fat II Io Single session tic■hire priced at 40 cents. ■ Winner To Hvntington ■ The Decani sectional winner wl'l yifrii- Saturday, March 8. ill the Butington r-glonal with winners ■® th. Huntington. Hluff'.on and ■rtford City sectionala. ■ln the regie nal draw, also an■need this morning, the Decatur ■ Bluffton winners will meet In y <r>| regional tilt at 1 30 p. m., h y ’he Huntington and Bitford City winners. ■The astern on winners will m-et F* p,n f °r 'he right to enter the I (Tars To Page 1. Column T) 9 -o—— ■ lunaway Youth Is If turned To Home I A ruaway youth, held cvernlght ■ the county jail, was returned tohlu Ttotne in Grand Rapids. pWtsa by authorities from that youth, whose name was reas George D. Witham. 14. Bl Sppr. -headed last night by of►r Roy Chllcote o', the city police ■Sylai.-l in the custcdy of Bh. rF**’ GiUlg until this morning P* r CkHcota was summed by a ■•tar lady, who reported that the 94 asked |f h r could sleep overph’ «* the porch of her home Is Fined For Public Intoxicotion *• Vanette, of this city, was J"ml costs amounting to » by Walter J. Rockman. Jus- ° *hen he pleaded »«fy this morning to a charge of *Mlc intoxication. Officer gephna Melclll arrested 2«ette at the comer of Madi’dd Second streets Friday 1 *ll*«edly found him there ■*s intoxicated conditkxi. He a uL o,,<ht ,B ’° wwrt ** ehlef Prosecutor John L. represented the state at * ’"slgnment B LV** t * ATu *« RtAOIH# ’’“OCMT THMMOMIT9R 1 00 * dff - WtATMCR juwnaag mIM NOON _ EDITION

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'Freeze' Foodstuffs At Midnight Tonight Rationing System To Go In Effect March 1 Washington. Feb. 20 — tl'l’l The biggest “freege’' of foodstuffs in history begins at midnight tonight. For the next w.-vk, not a single can. Isottle or Iced package of fruits.'vegetables, juices, or soups can bo iMiught. On March I. the nation's 130,000.000 people will-he able to start buying again — hit on a ration system allowing only so much per month to each person. So. today Is the last day for buying unraHoned canned foods until after the war. On Monday. Tuesday. Wednesday and Thursday, registration will be conducted throughout the nation for war ration book number two the polni ration book. Everyone should obtain one whether he buys cannevi goods or not---because later on. meats and other commodities will be rationed on the same Itook. For the benefit of persons who may be confused during the first days of food rationing, the OPA has Issued colored posters explaining how to shop, Moreover, more than 1.000,000 persons throughout the country are being trained and will be stationed at stores to answer questions. Speaking of questions, the big one In Washington today Is whether Donald Nelson is on his way out as the head of the war production board. There are per slatent but unconfirmed reports that President Roosevelt has decided to remove Nelson and replace him with Bernard Baruch, the New York financier who held a similar post in World War one. However. Nelson has some powerful supporters in Washingion. and any action to remove him may foment a vigorous rebellion. Members of the Truman war investigating committee, for Instance, are reported to be hurrying back from an Inspection trip in Michigan to block any move to oust Nelson. The situation stems from Nelson’K undercover dispute with the army and navy over control of arms output. Nelson brought the argument to a climax a few days ago by firing the army's chief advocate. Ferdinand Eberstadt. from WPB, and putting Charles E. Wilson In complete charge of the arms program. There's also considerable uncertainty as to what form of a pay as-you-go tax policy eventually win be recommended to congress by the house ways and means committee. At the moment, the committee is deadlocked on several plana which Involve only partial forgiveness of the taxes due in March on 1>42 incomes The dead lock has encouraegd backers of the Rumi plan which provides for full cancellation of the back taxes.

British Planes Drop Arms To Guerillas Guerilla Force Is Active In Greece A guerilla army ct Greeks and Australians flghting in Greece is reported to be getting supplies dropped from British airplanes. A dispatch from Stockholm says the patriot army is operating against the Nazis in the mountain* somewhere between Athens and Salonika The Australians were among those left behind when lhe British were forced to evacuate Greece In advance cf the suceeeful Nazi Invasion two years ago. The Stockholm dispatch quotes a Swedish sailor jsst returned from Athens He says residents of the Greek capital are d*lighted when they hear the drone of the British planes The sailor toM of riding from Athens ca a train taking 4.M0 Germans be and for Russia He says a hand ground* was tossed into one of the earn, killing • number of Germans The train was »:opped and the Germs were buried In routine fashion, indicating that such occurrences are usual Then the trai aproceeded. minus the wreck ed ear.

Russian Army Is Continuing Steady Advance

Report Nazis Hurl Reserves In Battle To Halt Russians <By I'nlted Press! The Red army lx brushing aside reinforced German counter-attack< in its triple drive on Orel, a key city linking th>- southern and central points. The Soviet mid-day communique reports steady progreas in the three pronged advance against Orel from the south. Field dispatches tell a story of ferocious fighting in blinding snowstorms on the Orel fronts and say the Germans'have used even geeta|m> trodps in a desperate attempt to bait the Russian advance, A Moscow broadcast says the Germans are trying to reinforce other Russian front« and have brought 31 divisions from western Europe In the hopes of stemming the Russian drives. A Swedish report says Field Marshal Romine! hae been shifted from Africa and made supreme German commander In Russia. The report was received with reserve in Allied capitals. With the capture of Oboyan, the last German-held stronghold between Kursk ami Khark v, the Russians have started a broad new offensive westward in this whole region from Fatexh south to Belgorod. Three prongs of a Soviet army are fanning out from captured Kharkov toward the Dneiper river. The mid-day ccmmunlque reports a battle near Lyulotin. 12 miles southwest of Kharkov. This Is on the railroad to Poltava; but the Russian spearhead is far advanced from Lyubotln. Northwest toward Konotop, another drive Is aimed at cutting < ff Orel and Bryansk from supply lints to Kiev. The Russians report new gains in this sector al(Turn To PMt» *. Column *) ■■■■l., sun Q- ■ —" - Accepts Postion As Hospital Bookkeeper Mrs Charlm Lose has accepted the position as lutokkeeper at the Adams county memorial tioapital and will begin her duties Monday. She sttccods Mrs. la-ona Downs, who was named to a bookkeeping position In the municipal utility at the city hall. Mis Ixmc Is an experienced oftic? assistant and will have charge of the Itook work in connection with the operation of the hospital. She formerly was employed at the Coffee Food Shcp.

Issuance Os War Ration Book No. 2 To Be Started In High Schools In Decatur, Berne And Geneva At 9 o 9 clock Monday Morning

Beginning st 9 o'clock Monday morning the vanguard of approximatatcly 22.000 Adams county residents will utart flocking to three high schools Decatur. Berne and Geneva to register for war ration book No. 2 in preparation for the pcint rationing program, which starts March 1. The registration will be conducted .’or four days Monday. Tuesday. Wedensday and Thursday — Ministure Store An additional feature which should be of great value to persons who register for war book No. 2 at the Decatur jun-ior-senior high school next week will be a miniature "grocery store" set up by the home economics class of the school under the direction of Miss Mildred Worthman In the "store." continuous explanations of the "point explainer" will be given and registrants will be invited to stop at this room Immediately after having their No. 2 books issued and stamped and persons not registering on those days will be requited to wait until further announcement Is made to get their books The registration hears follow: Decatur High Schosl Monday. Tuesday. Wedensday — 9 a. m. to 5:30 P m Htur»day—• a. m. to 5 p m. ■> m« High School Monday. Tuesday. Wednesday - • a. m. to * p m. Thursday—9 a. m. to 5 p. m. Genova High School Monday. Tuesday—• a m. to 4 p. m. Wednesday. Tburaday-5 a. m. to 4 p. m and « p m to • p. m Each person who registers for

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Get New Army Commands W- 77 w B xLieut. Gen. Kreuger Maj. Gen. Hodqee Organization of a new field army (to Im. th.- Sixth Armyt In Australia under the command of Lieut. Gen. Walter Kreuger. has been announced by Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson In Washington. To succeed him in command of the Third Army, with headquarters at San Antonio. Tex., the war department has picked Maj. Gen. Courtney 11. Hodges. 56. of Perry. Pa.

U. S. Fleet Bombards Japs In Aleutians Attu Island Target Os American Fleet Washington. Fell. 20 — (t’l’l — An American Heet has bombarded Japanese held Attn Maud In the Aleutians. Two enemy bases were shelled, but results were not ascertained. A noon navy communique does not reveal how many warships took part in the attack—the first surface bombardment of Japanese positions in ths Aleu .'.iiT" since. August 8. Altu is the westernmost of the Aleutian islands and was the first p<»int occupied by the Japanese when they invaded the island chain last June. The attack occurred on Thursday The same day the Japanese apparently attempted to retaliate with an air attack on American )M»dtions in the western Aleutians and two of thtMr float planes were shot down. No dotnoge or casualties were inflicted on our positions or forces. The navy also reported new American air raids on Japanese bases on Kolombangnra Island and at Munda in the New Georgia island group of the Holomons.

all members of his or her family must bring war ration book No. 1 for tach members No-No. 2 nook will be given unless the No. 1 book is shown, which kt retained, how ever, by the registrant. A consumer s declaration form completely till'd out must also Inpresented. These forms have been appearing In the Daily Democrat and are also available at the high school. On the form the registrant must deciare the number of eightcunce or larger cans of commercially pecked vegetables, fruits, juices and soups on hand February 21 and also the amount of coffee on hand November 28. 1942. in excess of one pound per person whose age as shown on war bcok No. I wan 14 years of age or over. On the basis of the consumer declaration, one eight-point stamp will be detached from war ration book No. 2 fcr each can over the allowable amount of flve cans, bottles or jars for each member of the family. The maximum deduction which will be made, however, is 24 per book — one half cf the total points for any ration period Should the value of the consumer’s supply exceed 24 stamps, the surplus will be recorded on the bcok and additional stamps will be detached frem later books. Deductions also will be made from war ration book 1 for every pound of coffee In excess of the allowable one pound for each perse* who was 14 years or over at lhe time of registration for Book I. Any person may register for his eatire immediate family group. Special rule* for certain cases have been announced A person not con •ned I* a* last Button or not receiving subsistence in ergaaized messes in the armed services, but who will be abeeat from the family

Humerickhouse Rites Sunday Afternoon Funeral services for Martha Um Humerickhouse. 8. daughter of Floyd Humerlckhous*. of near Willshire. Ohio, wh > died Friday of burns suffered a month ago. will he held Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock al the Green Briar church, near Willshire. Burial will be In the R|V< rxdie cemetery at Rockford. Ohio. The body has been taken to the Ketchum funeral home in Rockford. The little girl's d-ath wae caused by severe burns ahi lit her face, body, arms and hand*, sustained when flames from paper which she threw into a stove Ignited her clothing. — o Two Divorces Arc Awarded In Court Helen Erma Myers of Geneva was awarded a divorce from Robert Acker Myers by Judge J Fred Frill hie in Adamo circuit court Friday afternoon. She charged cruel and inhuman treatment. Ed A. Bosse r- presented the plaintiff and prosecutor J hn L. DeVosx the defendant. Mildred Penrod was awarded a divorce from Barhur Penrod by Judge Fru< lite In the divorce suit of Donald H. U»bsig» r against Agnes P Uibxlger. the court ordered the plaintiff to pay 315 per week supoprt money and atterney fee-i for the def ndant In the sum of 35u.

group for more than 30 days, must register for himself. If a consumer is not a member of a family group, he must register and apply for his own book except that applications for mln rw should he made by the parent, guardian or a responsible person over 18. A consumer Is not eligible to ole tain book 2 If he is confined in a hospital, asylum, prison or similar Point Schedules Retailers of processed foods are to call at the Decatur post office between 9 a. m. and 10:30 a. m. Monday to secure their "point price schedules.” It was announced today by Postmaster Leo Kirsch. While the offico was scheduled to Im* closed all day because of the legal holiday, it will remain open during the shove hours for the distribution of the schedules only. institutlcn. whether public or private, or while hr is enrolled in the arm-d services and is receiving subsistence In organised messes. Consumers who are incapacitated so as to be unable to register for themselvea may hav, registration made tor them by a responsible adult whom they designate. Certain consumers may obtain additional prints allowances If 4* points allowance Is not **fMeat. Application for additional points must be made to the local war price and rationing board and be sccompanlel by a doctor’s errtlflcatc explaining why extra processed fcod* art noadtd and stating tho amount required Where sack applicatioaa art allowed, spec lai etrtlflcateu. valid for 6* days, will be issued Pruvlrtion also Is made In the (Tara To Paffe 5. Coloma 4)

Allied Forces Repulse Weak German Attacks In Central Tunisia; Alexander Named

U. S. Bombers Best Japanese Fighter Planes Superiority Over Japanese Fighter Planes Is Shown By I’nlied Press American heavy bombers again have shown their superiority Io Japanese fighters In combat. General .MacArthur's headquarters reports two instances in which liberator Iwmliers. flying singly, were attacked by enemy fighters. Ami in Imfh clashes the Japs came out second best. • One liberator was (tombing a K.ooo-ton cargo vessel at Gasmata. New Britain, when 12 Japanese fighters pounced on It. The Itomher shot down three of them and returned safely to its baae. Another liberator was attacked by seven Japanese lighters while attacking a small troop transport off Cape Gloucester. One Jap tighter was shot down and the rest fled. The sanu. communique announced a heavy raid by flying fortresses and Catalina flying boata on Japanese shipping, air bases and supply dumps at the southern tip of Bougainville island in the northern Solomons. The fortresses scored direct hits on four carg > ships at Buln. setting two of them afire, while the Cataliuas blasted the nearby Kahili airport and Balisle Island seaplane base. Only scattered ground patrol activity Is reported In the WanMubo area of New Guinea, hut Alll'-d flyers are keeping the Jap< on Intimate terms with their foxholes ill the Lae sector to the north. Douglas attack planes bombed two villages there yesterday and beaufighters sprayed libarea with machine-gun fire. Air activity also dominates the news from Burma. Where a British ground force has been pushing slowly toward Akyah New Delhi report* that Blenheim bombers with fighter escort attacked tw.i villages on Akyab Island Elsewhere in Burma, fighters sank a Japanese river launch and strafed railroad trains, while RAF liberators carried out a night raid on the Jap air ba so at Toungoo. At Pearl Harbor. Pacific fleet headquarters has issued a formal announcement that the navy's new Corsair fighters now are In service In the Solomon island*. The Corsair, built by the Vought Sikorsky division of the I'tilted Aircraft corporation. Is the first naval fighter to lie poweder with a 2.o<Hthorsepower engine Performance figures are secret, hut the plane Is reported Io have a top speed above I'*' miles an hour.

Wilhelmshaven Is Again RAF Target German Naval Base Blasted From Air (By United Press I Big bombers, carrying Britain's biggest bomba, made a return trip to Wilhelmshaven, in noithw-st Germany, last night. For the seeond night In a row. the RAF plastered the big Nazi naval baae with two and four-ton him kbiiaters Only 24 hours before, on Thursday night, the British had dumped those deadly btockbuater*. and thousand* of incendiaries on Wilhelmshaven, leaving It a vast carpet of flames The follow-up raid last night, cost the British 14 planes The air ministry called It a heavy attack — which means that probably some Joo bombers took part In the second raid aa well aa the flrst. It was the third raM so far This month, and the 73rd raid of the war on Wilhelmshaven lu addition, it rounded out the seventh day o. the RAF's latest round the«lock air offensive against Nasi war targets. But Wilhelmshaven was not ibe only target last night other British planes bombed objectives in western Germany Th* German* made a feeble attack on Britain while the RAF was crashing lu bombs o* Wilbelmsbaven Two Nasi bomber* attack*! the northeast coast of Scotland, but they caused only slight damage.

Some Os Red Cross Report Submitted Some Rural Leaders Complete Canvass The Red Cross drive In the rural aectlotis is being made in advance of the opening of the formal opening next month and section leaders have already reported splendid response from the farmers. Lyinan 1,. Hann, county chairman, annotinced today. Several of the mlle-square section leaders completed their canvass this week. In connection with the farmer's salvage drive, on the theory that they "could kill two birds with one stone." and also eliminate the neceasity of making two trips in their territory The plan has been very successful aiid Mr. Hann stated that a majority of the section leaders would follow the Mine plan. The county salvage drive Is to lie completed by February 27. and It Is Iwlleved that most of the soliciting for the Red Cross will In- done by that date, although the drive does not formally open until March 1. flection leaders who have made their report to Mr. Hann Include: Daniel Lantz, section 4. Kirkland township, four (5 donations, total |2O; Jacob C Heimann, section 21, Washington township, seven 31 donations, total 57; Gustave Fuelling. section H. Root township. 34. The comity quota for the Red Cross. Including the war fund. Is 311,TIM* and a house to-touse canvass will be made In Decatur and every town In the county. A separate drive will be made among industrial employes next month. o A' i Vatican Rebukes Vichy Government Forced Youth Labor Hit In Broadcast New York. Feh. 20 tl'Pi—The Vatican has rebuked the Vichy government by implication for forcing French youths to go to Germany to work. A broadcast by the Vatican radio, recorded by the OWL says the Catholic church cannot recognlce a regime based on forced labor or on the expropriation or dl»persal of families. The broadcast said "the eurse of.God will bring about the fall of those clvilixatloiK and violent ties." orders which deny corporal liberThe Vatican statement coincided with an announcement by the Nazi controlled Toulouse radio of a new lalior freezing order by Vichy.

l> Gandhi Is Growinq Steadily Weaker Bombay. Fell •<> <l’P» M.> bandaa K. Gandhi ••eadily is grow Inn weaker. Ilia condition Is so grave that physicians have asked his young est son not to visit him because the visit would further sap his rapidly waning strength. Gandhi's projected J! day fast protesting his imprisonment by British authorities —now Is in its 11th day. Visitors say the »pirltnal leader of Indian nationalists can barely speak. Several shops and the principal markets in the native section of New Delhi have closed. And nationalists—meeting in a non party conference’ have urged the government to release him immediatel> 111 -111 II 111 ■■ 1 ■ - -I 111 Former Local Pastor Is Taken By Death Word was received here this morning of the death of Rev. Brainard ('overt, who was pastor of the Presbyterian church in this city 2u years ago Rev ('overt died yesterday morning at • o'clock in the hospital at Freeport. 111., where he bad been a patient sines last September, suffering with carcinoma, He Is survived by the widow and two daughters. Kathry and Carolyn Funeral services will be held Sunday morning at Id o'clock tn Freeport with burial at Cambria. Win.

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Air Activity Os Both Sides is Handicapped By Weather; British General In Control By fulled Press Two weak German attacks In central Tunisia have been repulsed by Allied forces. A communique from General Eisenhower’s headquarters says the Nazis attacked American positions defending the pass northwest of Kasserine in small force and were driven back. Further north, around Shida. tho Germans, were hurled back in another attack and lost several tanka and self propelled guns. The British hold our line at Sbida. Biiti-h general Sir Harold Alexander has arrived in Tunisia and assumed direct control of all Allied ground force under General Eisenhower. The Allied commnn'que also reports Alilisi forces in the tla valley have been withdrawn from the eastern to the Western range of hills in a lim-straighteii-liik maneuver. The communique says the weather yesterday handicapped air activity by both sides, hut that two Allied airplanes previously reported missing now ar. known to have landisl safely. The British eighth army Is shellin.- the outer forts in the center of the Mareth line at Medinin* with its big guns and is massing forces for a strong'atla. k General Montgomery apparently is planning un offensive agannst the Mareth forts with a frontal attack and flanking drives at both ends. The London Daily Herald reports that he has seized strategic Djerba Island, two miles off th<i Tunisian shore. Djerba dominates the town of Mareth at the north end of the line. It is the site o| airports from which the Allies can bot'ib the Germans In the forts and It Is only five minutes flying time from the Axis-held port of (lubes. The Cairo communlqux reports only patrol activity by the British at the soul hern end of the Mareth line around Foum Tatalioulne. The Berlin radio had repoite.l a violent British attack in this region and had admitted German withdrawals to what were called prepared positions London newspapers advise Americans not to he too dismayed at our troops' defeat In their first brush with field marshal Rommel’s Afrlka korps. The Daily Express says the British, after their long experience with Rommel. are not in the least surprised at his ability to deal a hard blow suddenly. Th.- Berlin radio and Madrid still speak very cautiously of tho German successes. They say that although Rommel has greatly Improved his position. Allied superiority In Tunisia promise hard lighting to come. Archbishop Spellman Enroute To Vatican Barcelona. Spain. Feb. 20 (t'l’l Archbishop Francis J Spellman of New York left Barcelona by airplan.- this morning for Rome. Ho will go to Vatican City for con erelices with I’ pe l’ii:.< ■ I. .1. im Urges Solution Os Meat Black Market Meat Institute In Warnina On Market Chicago. Feb. 20. — (t'Pl—Tho American meat Institute says the bla. k market In m-at has only •tarted and that violations will Increase unless the situation la eor« reefed Immediately. The Institute asserts large quantities of m> at are being slaughtered on farms and In country planta where there le no government inspection And It says public health and the supply of meat for metropolitan consumers and the armed forces are endangered. The Institute declares th* quantity of meat being illegally slaughered is so great that many small packing houses may be forced to shut down It says the conditio* of the packers is made worse by what It calls the flagrant "bidding up” of live animal prices by black market violators. The Instltsls points out that when animals are slaughtered on the farms, valuable by products are lost to the nation.