Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 41, Number 52, Decatur, Adams County, 2 March 1943 — Page 1

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fc/Zzec? Forces Roll Nazis Back In Western Tunisia BERLIN FIRED BY ALLIED BOMBERS

Oheit/a Taken; ■ 21 Nazi Planes 11 Downed In Tunis

»oteqic Town Is K Occupied; Nazi ■Troops Arc Hounded Aenal Attacks > ■ I’niied .. ’loops H i " ,u Tunisi.i ■ I **••• strate- , .1 on, patrols I’. ™ miles | -t.M.ps which I three ;> • 'lii.i'cn Paid flidi Bob Zkl f. . i.b.-.ally with lime') Haps Iwfoie ~r to hare ■ , f, .| < . iitral see '.J-a in ii»‘ “OlHh ■ • to keep K : A-I fl omul drive |Hf.> ar. fn.il.bg no rest . < maintaining a > .iif the W hole ! x Ms ■ r m the north to south Yesterday ■ ■!><■ night before. 27 Axis Kn *. ir .ho- down by our :• Ai. in by Americans .i I—- 4 four Allied ■ oin my at lai k« . and th.- tier ~ ! suffer, -t in thfl: efforts to keep off balance. ■<> south of t !■•:.■ • linen, the Bl It- ' c .iinmuig < los< i j|Mt-' M. .h , lliltish fighter . .uting the Mareth »:.4 ti- th.it General , W ||| lunl h j„l To p»<» C. Column 31 ges 0 veiling Started ■re This Morning ■ Instructions Given ■ At Meetmq Monday S- ~» J iar< . llf ■’'-<1 (,(). |b , m , rntn(t m , h<( an . »wk making assessment* property in the county. ■* l: ainutr instructions and a line of equipment needed ■ ’™' )u '‘ l !b( . work were -tHI(r ,.4 in a special meeting at the of Krne«t Worthgtan. coun ■ *“swr *’sn of th,, jj lowni h|p trua Bl ** assessors In their | ■7* v. townships In Washing!hP >» “or »*- : ■**' t ® 110 ,h * assessing. but a ■**<> asssaaor is elected Will VMa Mia thia position. ■ *:an« #n(! hu deputies ■L.‘*** t * 3, ’' n! * tor the city of ■ - .nd Washington township ■ m.tan.es difficulty was T » P»r» (. Column I>* ■cover 13 Bodies ■ om Montano Mine "*’ ' " ■g*7’ f ** k ' Mont . Mar 2—(UP) ■7’L Kro ««V ,rtHn POi» K. „<**' h, ’ e b ** n ton ed t 0 ■ M.J Oeltoetd dead ■TV Lu* * Wor * ‘“•••’-r Of ” ’"totima of the K wh,rh r<*ked the mine hate been rs»locM^ E /* TURt |«XOCRAt TNfRMOMiTte ■ las ‘ • —v» ■ fc — 1e I Cam. WtATM «* rit, "« tomp- **< *««ey forenoon: *“ *** * *‘ rth I ( * rtlw «”• after-

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Plan Intense Drive For Victory Gardens Will Contact Every Resident Os Decatur Decatur will be laid off in one block areas for the purpose of: contacting every resident In the victory garden •movement. It was decided at a meet Ing of civilian defense, civic and service club representatives last evening Cal E Peterson, city chairman of CD. stated that an effort would be made to develop the victory gulden Idea to that extent that the larger plots of ground, where needed, would be plowed and put In shape for gardening. The message of victory gardens will be carried to the homes by volunteers In their respective block areas. These will be named tomorrow at a meeting with Mr. Peterson and .Mrs Arthur 11. Holthouse, representing women's attivltlM. Although he was unable to attend, mayor John Stults sent word to the meeting that the city would cooperate wholeheartedly in ’he movement. The developing of a model victory garden will be referred to Mayor Stults. It was decided. .Mayor gtulta also said that the street department, under the direction of Phil Sauer, the park and other councllmanlc committees would join In any program to help . In expanding the garden program Literature on growing of victory gardens will be obtained from Purdue university by L. E Archbold. county agent, it was announced However, every house holder la free to have any kind of a garden he or she wants, the I urgency being placed on the growing of green leaf vegetables which will be scarce on the markets this summer. . About 25 enthusiastic garden sponsors attended the meeting last evening. Mention was made of the program already announced by the McMillan Home Building Corp., for So victory gardens In th* northwest part of the city, by employes of McMillen Industries The victory garden idea grows In popularity and residents with limited amount of space are planning to utilise it to the lies! advantage. even though only a few tomato plants van be allotted to the garden plot Mussolini Promises More Aid To Nazis More Soldiers And Workers Promised By I'nited Press German government circles say Itenito Mussolini has promised to send more Italian soldiers to Rus sla and more labor to Axis war plants. The promises presumably were made daring the recent conferences between Mussolini and Joachim Von Ribbentrop Hitlers foreign mlnls.er. in Rom<A Berlin dispatch to Zurich says Mussolini is de<*rmine<l to stay with Germany to the bitter end And the Trans Ocean news agency declares that Mussolini has resumed what it calls the safeguarding of civilian and human progress This would seem to suggest that the Italian dictator may have been wavering when Ribbentrop arrivLondon has received reports that Hitler's own idlers are deteriomtlM so rapidly that he plans to us* between l.Wd.M® and 1OMM9 foreign ’roops on the front lines. A Stockholm newspepei says boredom is demoralising Naai sol (Tara T* F»g« A C*tuma •>

Russia Opens Offensive On Northern Front Drive In Leningrad Area is Threatening Nazi Strong-Points (By United Press) The Red army has opened an offensive southeast of winter-bound Leningrad which threatens to smash every German strong point on the northern front. One of the Nalls' strongest bases the fortress of Itemyannk already has fallen. And now the ilustlan armies, under the direction of MarI shal Timoshenko, are dosing in on Jan even more powerful bastion Staraya lluwsa. The German high command toI day acknowledged the fall of Dem--1 yansk. which lies south of lake Ilmen -but the Nazis claim the city and Its immediate area wan evacuated according to plan and after all arms and war materials had been removed. The Soviet midday communique reports that other Russian forces have broadened their penetration of the Ukraine west of Kharkov with the capture of a numtier of additional settlements, and the Red army ha* stormed closer to Tagan- , rog. west of Rostov, by seizing a strategic height. Soviet troops southwest of Voroshilovgad continued to repel Oer- ' man cunter attacks. A German in- - fantry battalion of l oot, men wav i: wiped out In one area No mention ie made of the largescale Nazi offensive In th • northwest corner of the Ikonets basin ' But the Germans are doing plenty of talking about their progress. ' They claim Russian force* have been thrown back to the east bank of the Donet* river in th* Izyum area. 71 miles southeast of Kharkov. o State Senate Passes House Economy Bill Put Store License Branch To Auditor Indianapolis, Mvreh 2 —IL’P)— The Indiana senate today pawed on third reading a house economy meaaure which would place the More license division under the auditor of state, removing it from the autnority of the state tax board. The action was approved. 36 to 10. Sharp debate preceded the passage. Proponents of the bill asserted that the measure would save Indiana several thousand dollars a year by transferring the division : Democratic opponent* of the move claimed that the measure in fringe* upon the rights of the gov- i ernor by taking the division from a board which Is under bls control. I Governor Schricker is expected to veto the measure, which now goes to him for signature. Another countroversy was aroused by a bill which would repeal the law requiring candidates for judgeships to be practicing attorneys But the measure was approved by a 3b-to-15 margin on third reading and also goea to the governor. The senate unanimously passed the house bill appropriating funds for continuance of civilian defense — I (Turn To Pag* «. Column •) O Increase Insurance On County Buildings The county commissioners met thio afternoon with an insurance engineer to discuss with him rec ommendation* made in revamping the presen! iaaarance policies and Increasing the amounts of fire Insurance on county buildings, due to tbe higher const met ion costs. A survey has bwn made by tbs In ■ surance expert and submitted to th* board. The commissioner* will meet Friday and view a ditch complaint along the Blue Creek, a new rood interfering wttte the farm drainage

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Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday, March 2, 1943.

Tunisia Hattie Lines Today ,■" ■' — *a n /it- 'E= ! ■ - ■ ■ 1 -- ——-1 i £jgg i ( :<y /tv ggg ?'•*"* laxTOWr] y* —I 4— NAZI ATTACKS » * y SUCCESSFUL ALLIED REPULSES L / Iff ALLIED AIR . Jss F ATTACKS ' [1 II _| II ... ; JFIT Vfc ‘so 4> "• • Progress of the Tunisian war It shown on this map As the British eighth army launched Its offensive against the Mareth line to the r tilth. Allied troops beat off assaults In six sectors and captured more than (50 prisoners In two days.

— Pass Bill Regulating Real Estate Brokers Lower House Passes Bill This Morninq Indianapolis. Mar. 2 — (I'Pt — The Indiana honse of representslives today passed n bill to regulate real estate brokers, salesmen ; and mortgage brokers. The vote i was 74 to 11. The measure was approved after i a plea for passage from Democratic representative Walter Maehling, of Terre Haute, who Is president of the Indiana real estate i association. He said that the leg- ■ Illative proposal has been desired ■ by real estate men for many years 1 Other proponents of the bill, mostly from the northern section of the state, added that the measure would not only itnpoae control upon so-called wildcat operators from the Chicago area hut also would force out of business brokers operating Illegally throughout the state. Democratic representative Nick Coffins of fiary told the house that his district has been suffering from an overflow of wildcat real estate men from the ChitTurn To Pace J. Column It ■ ■■ Q- ■'■ " ■ Four Escape Serious Injury In Accident Auto, Truck Crash Here Monday Niqht Four persons escaped serious Injury about 7:30 o'clock last night in an auto-tnick crash oggU. 8. 27 at the intersection of the by-pass and Second street extended Hubert Butler. 45, of thia city, suffered a head injury and was hospitalised following the crash, but was expected to lie released i from the local Institution late to- ' day. Attos V. Tost. <7. driver of the car, Austin Ainsworth, who was riding with Yost and Butler, and Larry Lane, of Steubenville. Ohio driver of the track, all escaped with minor injuries Ainsworth was treated for his injuries. Officer J. C. .Mendenhall of the state police and sheriff Leo Glllig. , who investigated the crash, said Yost's car. enroute east on Second street eatended. crashed into the side of the tractor, which was pulling a large aemi-trailer. The track careened down the road about 70 feet and went into the ditch. The Yost car spun around and came to a stop near the crash scene Both the track and the auto were badly damaged

Colder Weather Is Toniqht's Forecast Sflll colder weather tonight Is promised by the forecaster as the city Is once again held In the grip of winter. A respite may be forthcorn.ng soon, however, since the weatherman has predicted rising temperatures Wednesday morning At S a. m. today the Daily Democrat registered 14 above and at , noon the mercury had risen only , two points to stand at I'l above. o More Contributions Made To Red Cross Good Reports Made From Rural Drive Memberships and contributions to the Bed Cross war tund from the rural sections, as reported by the section leaders to Lyman L. Hann, county chairman, continued to pour In today, boosting the total to 32.141.37. or a little more than IS percent of the ccunty'a entire quota of JI 1.700. Mr. Hann said that today's report included two-thirds of the rural territory. He was greatly please! with the result and stated the remaining section leaders would complete their canvass this week, or as rapidly as possible. The rural drive started last week in advance of the formal opening of the war tampaigti. since the same aectknal leaders were making a canvass of their mfle-square I areas In the interest of the farm scrap clean up The drive in Decatur. Berne. Geneva and other places outside of the townships, opened yesterday. Workers began their soliciting yesterday in the city. Walter J. Krick. Decatur chairman, announc ed. Several of the contributions were 35 each, the leadens reported. In one place, six donatkns of that amount were obtained. The Hat as reported by the section leaders, follows: Charles Burrell. 314: Herman Ehlerdtng. 39: Henry C. Miller. 312; M C. Blumenberg. 312: R H Bench. 39: Martin E. Kiefer. 3730: August Buuck. S 3 75; Herman Moel lering. 310: P R Cas on. 311: Ed win Reifs'eck. 34 3": Lorenr ErsletTtsrn To Pass S. Column It ■ • Contingent To Leave Wednesday For Exams A contingent of men will leave here Wednesday to take final army eumtaatloao — the flrat of two groups called for thia month The second contingent will take eiaminatlons on March 13.

German Capital Is Drenched With 1,000 Tons Os Bombs In Heaviest Air Assault Os War

Big Japanese Convoy Hidden In Storm Area Allied Planes Wait Clearing Weather To Attack Japan Convoy Washington. Mar. 2—(UP) — The navy announcea that fires have been started by another American air attack on Munda. the main Japanese air base in the central Solomons. It was the Kth raid on Munda. The attack waa made on Monday (island time) by fignter-escorted dive-bombers. No American planes were lost. By United Frees The Allie? are poised In the I southwest pacific today—ready to | pounce on a big Jsnaliese convoy | now hidden In a Moim area A 11 ship Jap convoy is steam , Ing towards New Guinea, protected I by a fierce sub-tropical storm that j makes aerial attacks Impossible I 1 1 Allied bombers are ready at their | I ■ airfields, hoping the weather will 1 i clear so they can begin theii II assault on the enemy ships. A communique from Genera! MacArthur's headquarters and ' statements of Australian governi ment leaders give rise to specula- ! tlon that the Japs may attempt to I invade northf-rn Australia. The Japanese have been moving ' exceptionally heavy concentrations ' of forces into an arc of islands 1 north of Australia for some weeks At first it was presumed that only a defensive shield wax being form ed by the Japs. An Australian radio commentator ventures the suggestion that the Japanese may have decided to let the situation In Burma and China lie dormant, for the time being, and to center their forces in tbe South Pacific. Ge.ieral MacArthur has Invited prime minister Winston Churchill to visit the Pacific front. He nays the prime minister's presence in Australia would have more military Importance than a fresh armycorps. An American army air force communique issued al New Delhi i says Yank bomber pilots have; given the Goktiet viaduct on the . Mandalay-Lashin railway in Burma (Turn To Page !. Column *1 Ask Volunteers For Air Warden Posts Defense Leaders Seek Volunteers Civilian defense loaders today iasued a new call for men and women to volunteer for air raid ward ‘ en positions in the city and county Calls to the armed forces snd vsrious shifts at war plants have decreased present warden rolla. the leaders stated, making it necessary to start new classes. Applications are to be submitted to Dallas Brown, citizens defense corps commander. T. J Metzler or George Harding, chief wardens. As a number of applications are already on file, new classes will be etarted soon. Ute leaders stated, and applications should be turned In as soon a* possible Meanwhile, plana are rapidly being completed in anticipation of a •urpriae blackout The only "hitch’’ In the plans i leaders stated, is tbe inability to ’ secure proper siren* or other air > raid warning singlee Leaders ex i pressed the hope that some sort of - warning devices could be secured •won

Favors 20 Percent Pay-As-You-Go Tax Sub-Committee In House Favors Plans Washington. Mar 2 - (UP) A house sub-committee is hard nt work today, completing plans to pnt the nation on a pay-asyou-g > ta> basis. The sub-commltte<* has flashed the amber light on a scheme to collect 2<» percent of taxable Income from payrolls, effective July 1. That means 20 percent of yotti Income after all deductions have lieen made and the committee's proposal would, among other things, increase normal deductions by 10 percent. The 20 pen ent also would include the five percent i victory tax now being taken out I of pay check* separately. The tax that would tie collected I from paychecks beginning In July ! would be 1943 taxes —the last half. The first half of 1913 and the las’ : half of lhe 1912 levy would be ; temporarily forgotten In older to get the program under way. But ' some provision probably would li« | made later to avoid wiping out o' I a whole year's taxes. Delays Vote Washington. Mar. 2 (< Pl — The senate military affairs committee again has delayed its vote on the hotly-con tested Bankhead bill to defer farm workers from military service. The vote was scheduled t > be taken before noon, but just bes ire th* deadline it was announced that (Turn To Page 3, Coin tun 5? - - o — — Declares Japanese Snipers Poor Shots Don Koos Writes Os Guadalcanal Action "Jap snipers are such poor shots we don't have to worry much about them." This was the opinion of Pvt Don Koos of the U.S. marine corp* and a former salesman for the Mutschler Packing company, who wax with the leathernecks when they "mopped up" Guadalcanal In a letter written to his parents. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Koo*, former Decatur residents now living In a* well as letI ter* written to his wife, who reside* at the Coverdale apartliw-nl on North Second street her*. Pvt. Koos has described some of the action which took place at Guadl alt-anal He wrote that he received the. ' Christmas packages from hl* parents while sitting in a fox hole with "Jap snipers shooting over 1 my head once in a while “ It was I here that be expressed hi* opinion I regarding their poor marksman-i ship. He continued to say that "the Japs are paying for everything they did. The marines take no prisoners and you ran imagine how things are " Pvt. Koos mentioned in the letter to hi* parent* that he had aent a name card taken off a Jap “who ' didn't know anything shout It." His wife, an employe of the Schafer glove company here, has (Turn To Page 2. Column <> — o - Arrest Local Man For Wells County Denver Morris, of this city, was arrested last nigh’ by Sheriff Leo Gillie on a warrant issued by Wells county authorities. The affidavit against Morris chargee failure to provide for his wife and two children. He waa returned to Bluffton today by Sheriff Harold Richey at Welle county to answer to tbe charge.

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'Good Results' Arc Reported By London; 19 RAF Bombers Arc Lost In Mighty Raid By United Press Allied air fleets set Berlin afire last night a they intensified their massive campaign to soften Europe foi' invasion. Th.- German capital was drenched with bombs in last night's attack—th* heaviest of the war on Berlin and the sSth since t?*«■ conflict began. At least !<»'•" tons of demolutlon and fire bombs aie believe! to have been dumped on Berlin, and a lx»ndon cnmmnnlqu<‘ reports "good result»■’ Nineteen RAP bombers didn't come back from the attack, but pilots who did return say the antiaircraft fire wax not np to Berlin's usual standard. They report that they could see the anery glow of fires at a distance of 2i'd ! miles. The British under*? rotary of state for air. captain Hamid Balfour. said Jubilantly: "Berlin got it heavier last nlgnt ' than It has ever had »<> far." Balfour confirmed the belief ' 1 that the giant American-British ! ah offensive Is preparing the way , j for an Allied invasion of Europe The present raids to use bis I words -"are but the opening bars j which will rise to the crescendo of I a march on Europe." Radio Berlin admits that the ’! attack by big four-motot’ d Britis’i 1 1 Itombers last night was on a large 1 J scale and cnttsed considerable damage Berlin goes on to say H 9 person!. «••.<• killed and 21’ wounded, and adds that the numI her of dead Is likely to increase Th<> Germans don’t ray anything . about military targets at which the four-ton block bur tors Were aimed But these targets stood out sharply last night, at cording to the British air ministry announcement of the raid, which said 19 of the big planes were missing. Two of those lost were Canadian. The first planes over dropped Incendiary Immb* that lit huge fire* to guide th? following wave* of bornite:* direct to the demolition targets. One attacking: pilot I say* searchlights were bright but i the flak barrage was not up to I Beilin's usual standard in fact. | was mild after the out ring of i defenses was passed When the pilot, roared homeward. they could see fires lighting the skies over Berliti from as far 1 away ax Hanover and Bremen — ■ nearly 2<*o miles from the German capital. While Berlin was being rocked, other British bomber* struck at objective* In western Germany and laid mines hi enemy water* (Turn To Pace 2. Column I) Says Japanese Navy Will Be Destroyed 'Utter Destruction' Is Promised By Knox Washington. Mar. 2.— (UP) — Secretary of Navy Frank Knox told j the senate foreign relations com- , rnittee today that we will “utterly destr. y" tbe Japanese tieet before 1 the war It ended Knox urged extension of the lendl.ase act. He said use of lend leas? fund* to build and maintain naval base* in the Pacific would prove of strategic value in the post war period. When the war is ended. Knox said, we probably will impose terms that Japan shall not have a milltar fleet. She has exhibited, he added, that she is not qualified to have one. Th? house rules commi’tee unanimously agreed on a procedure rule for bouse consideration of a bill to extend the lend lease program ofle year. It provided for two days debate cn tbe measure to iron ont criticisms and mi«<oacepeleas.