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

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Three Farm Bills Introduced Today Bills Submitted To Senote This Morning Washington, Mar. 2 it 'Pi The .senate has received three bills affecting farm prices. Tbwy were introduced by SeuaUn Elmer Thomas. an Oklaiuuna Democrat. One provides tha' all agrteultural com modi I tea own d by the ted ergl government or acquired by it in the future shall be part at a wartime and peacetime reserve, and may not be sold by any federal agency except as congress may later provide The second provides that in determining parity price ot cotton, citrus fruit*. wool and mohair, the period from July 1. 11*11* to July 1. 1!*39 shall be used Thia bill alao w uld make it mandatory that such prices reflect the current costs of ail labor, as contrasted with all farm labor costs during the base period. Senator Thomas’ third bil> aipuQUICK, HAPPY RELIEF for Excess Stomach Acid Distress! Vuinl STUAIT TABLXTS coatsis tbs v»rv n»»t« so oitsa asad br doctors to briaf «£k. HbM« rslW bow &.»[— csssod br sscoss otosssoh acidity . attar aattas or dcisklse- Dolidoas tasUagi , to taa. Mo botua; so mxlsq. Far woadortul biaosad roliat how aacaM sold nbsr* 7', U, -U» =« STUABT TABLXTS w.U0.1 I Satay.‘‘At slldnis stores JSe.hOc sad 11.20 , aaSar .<>„■ ■oaoy-bacb joniiw I

PUBLIC SALE CALENDAR MAR 3—Elam Sprunger on Bass road. Fort Wayne. Roy Johnson. auc .MAR. 3 —Elam Sprunger. west corporation of Fort Wayne. Roy John son. auctioneer. MAR. 4—Robert Zinn and Floyd Schindler. 34 mile weal and 24 mile south of Berne. Ind JeK Llechty and Roy Johnson, aucts. MAR. I—Mrs Waiter Beard, Admrtx, 1 mile eaat and 24 miles south of Willshire. Ohio. Roy Johnson, auctioneer. MAR. Misorfe F. iledpatb personal property. New Paris. Indiana J. F Sanmann. Auctioneer MAR. 6—R L Crouch, < miles northwest of W’inamac. J. F. Senmaun Auctioneer Mar I—Maxine Hurless. Willshire. Ohio. Roy Johnson, auctioneer MAR. 6 C L. Crouch. 123 Acre. Winamac, Ind J. F. Sanmann, auct. MAR »- Martin Natter. 3 miles west of Wapahoneta, Ohio. Roy — Johnson, auctioneer. MAH. I—J W Porter. MO Acres. 6 miles east of Francisville. Indiana J F Sanmann. Auctioneer MAR. I—Ed Thieme, 64 miles east of Decatur on the old Decatur Van Wert road 4 mile north of road 224. 4 mile w«»i of State Line. Roy Johnson, auct MAR 10—Harvey Garwood. 4 mile east. 2 miles south of Wren. Ohio Lester "Bud" Sutnan auctioneer MAR 11— Wm Ohler. 2 miles east o! Qfcatur. Roy Johnson, auct. Hd. Lettuce '--" ’2 for 25c SPINACH ' 1 ""- " 2lb 25c Grapefruit —■« 6 for 33c APPLES =■ 6lb 30c ALL GROUND STEAK lb. 38c FANCY SLICED BACON Ib. 40c COTTAGE CHEESE 2 lbs. 25c TENDERAY SIRLOIN STEAK .. ib. 40c TENDERAY PORTER HOUSE Steak 42c LEG O’ LAMB lb. 35c PUBLIC SALE Account of ill health I am unable to Urns and will sell at public auction 2 miles Cast of Decatur. 4 mile South of Road No 224 Thursday, March 11, 1943 CommArtrina at 12 Maavi Ww’”rvwes * ’• ’|| m» ’eww" HMIIA Bey mare. II yrs. old. wt. l«00. sound, a good worker: Barrel horse 7 yr. old. wt 1600 a good worher 32—HI.AC OF CATTLI—42 Large Guernsey and Du ham cow. S yrs old with heifer calf t wreaks eld by side; Holstein cow with first calf Vy able; IfoUtem cow < yrs old fresh milking good flow: Boon better due with first exit March Id; 11 Holstein heller* comiag yearlings; t Roan betters. C io 10 month* old: 1 Holstein Bel! yearling. 1 Guernsey Bull 7 months old: I Fall Bull calves. S Holstein heifer calves. backet ted M— HI AO OF HOG*—24 flow and 5 pigs of weaning age. Gtlt to farrow in April . 3 open gilts; II feeder bogs. M to IM tea TRACTOR ANO IMRLBMINTI Pordoon ItM Tractor. overhauled and ready to go to work. Oliver M" Tractor plows; Doable diac: Oliver 14" riding plow; *ptk« tooth harrow. Deering 7 ft binder: » bate wheat drtli; Manure spreader: Turnbull wagon and 16 IL bay ladders, good Im wheel wafsi and grain bed ■ How; mower, two double unto of TKaMB-CABH Wm. OHLER Rey A Jsbweon-Auctrtwesr.

gj XJ’lg l gill- M' JL" lates that maximum prices of agri cultural commodities shall be readjusted so that they at hast equal parity or comparable prices as determined by the secretary of agri- | culture GERMAN CAPITAL (Coatlauad gram rage I) while fighter planes carried out Intruder patrols over France While the RAF struck at Hitter's European fortreaa (com the west. United Huies bombers Ue» over thq Mndßynaueaii from Africa to attack lt*ly (com the south The ninth air force saya heavy bombers dumped '•cures of high explosives on the docks at Naples. Italy's second port and a big base for Axis supplies io Tunisia One German Messerschmitt was shot down when it tried to stuck the American bombers Prime minister Churchill reveals the RAF unloosed half again As much destruction on the Axis last month as In any other month of the war. This would mean roughly lO.Otte tons of bombs dropped in February. That Germany has been badly shaken by the great Allied air offensive in seen In the threats of reprisal issued by the German radio. A spokesman, imeraonating an American described American participation In the raids as cowardly because the United States is so far way from air attack But he hinted that the Germans might try to bomb New York. Bostou and Washington. o Women of the Moose Public Party, Friday. 8 p. m. Moowe Home. Public Invited.

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s-, —• * FOB THE THIRD TIME IN I® MONTHS, tour des troy ep arc launched together at the Federal Shipbuilding A Dry Dock Co. yards at Kiamcy, N. J. The destroyers were launched within 14 minutes, setting a new world record for a multiple launching. The

—— - ” Father-Son-Banquet Held Monday Night I Approximately 1»" men and boys of the First Methodist church attended the annual father son banquet at the church last night. Dr. M. O. Lester, church pastor, offered the Invocation and Lyman L. Haun acted as toastmaster Speakers included Walter J. Krick, city school superintendent, whose subject was “Lest We Forget." and pertained to remembering the boys in service; Rev. Dwight Patleiwon. pastor of the Union Chapel church, whose subject was "Sidetracks In Rei.gion Musical entertainment was provided by Patsy Edwards, who played several marimba numbers, accompanied by Mrs Jim Krick; vocal numbers by Lois Baughman, Vera Steury. and Joan Krick, accompanied by Miss Helen Haubold. PASS BILL —— (CoßtlaMd Fran. Fags 1) , cago area and that many pe sons are being defrauded ui their life i savings. The liquor issue came to the tore again today as the senate 1 passed on final reading the much--1 amended house bill which would • put teeth in the drunken drivers' law. As the measure now stands, judges are mandated to penaiiM drunken drivers a minimum of Id days' imprisonment and impose a 125 fine us well ax revoke the convicted driver's operator's license for one year. Maximum penalties remain at six months' imprisonment and a 1500 fine. Ap-

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DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT, DECATUR, INDIANA

P’ew Publisher "• a? f * * U* W. / W 1 r ’ A NIWSFAMt success story is the career of Ed Anthony, who has just been designated publisher of the ; Woman’s Home Companion. Starting newspaper work as a reporter in Bridgeport, Conn., in I#l., he is the author of many books as well as the syndicated weekly page "The Pussycat Princess." (International) proval was by a 33-10-13 vote. Opponents of the bill asserted that the measure would take away the nrimary functicn of judges to use discretionary pov ;r»and would result in many acqaiUials, r Imply because judges would hesitate to nnose extreme heavy penalties Tb>* senate also passed unanimously a house bill increasing weekly maximum benefits to woikm> n who are disabled l»y occupational disease. The boos* is from 116-50 weekly to t1k.15.

destroyers are shown, left to right, the Kidd, Turner. Thorn and Bullard. The U S. 8. Kidd waa named in honor of Rear Admiral Isaac Campbell Kidd ot Cleveland, who was kilted to the Japanea® sneak attack on Pearl Harbor. (luttrMtiojul)

The measure alao increases funeral allowances from lIW to 1165, raising maximum over-all benefits from 15.000 to (5 500. Republican floor leader Thurman Biddinger of Marion madn an attempt to dispose of the list minute jam of bill- today He Iniro-du.*-d n motion to suspend the rule providing two days between reading of bills. The senate adopted *he motion, which now permits bllla to be read again on the day following their distribution. The senate still is awaiting introduction of the f32.u00.000 budget bill, which was passed by the house last week. The appropriations measure is expected to make Its appearance in the upper chamber late today or tomorrow. — — ■■ -O ■— — Elks To Nominate Officers Wednesday Nomination of new officers will be held at the regular meeting of i th*- B. P O. Elks Wednesday night at 3:15 o'clock at the lodge home on North Second street. All members are urged to be present. FAVORS 20 PERCENT (Continued From Fags 11 the decision would be postponed fur five hours. Debate on the measure behind closed doors convinced administration leaders that their immediate strength tn the i committee was insufficient to halt approval of the bill. Senator Harry 8. Truman, the Missouri Democrat, poke for up- ' ponents of the measure, which Is sponsored by to senators. He ad- ' that the delay was taken | becauM it was clear that the com--1 mittee m< mber* favoring passage of the bill could outvote the opposition. . After ixMitponing action on the

Bankhead measure, the committee began open hearings on the highlycontroversial Austin • Wadsworth national service bill. This measure would authorise drafting for war work of men IS through 61 and women 18 through <9. it a sufficient number of persons in those age groups don't volunteer their services. — ■— o--— DECLARES JAPANESE (Continued Fry Wage l> received the card, printed in Japanese. Ilia prediction that "it looks like we will have everything in shape here soon" proved to be true. The | letter was received on February, 11 and the mat lues had taken over Guadakaual before that dateHe described finding a pencil uu a dead Jap that was made by Eversharp, an American inauufac turing company. He wrote that "wy have quite an advantage over the Japs now as we have control of the sea and the air here." He said the natives like the Americans because "we give them different things," while "the Japs didn t give them anything.' ■ ■ o Special Services At Methodist Church Special services are being held thia week at the First Methodist church in this city. Similar services are being held throughout ibe country this week, which is i known as a week ot "rededicaiton." •Dr. M. O. Lester, pastor, will speak eachb ybt, Thursday through Friday, a* 7'30 o'clock. Hia sub- ' jects will be related to ike life of • the Apostle Peter, aud are as follows: tonight—'tßeter by the fire;" i Wednesday—“ Peter In the fire;” Thursday—FPeter on fir*;" Fri-day-Peter the rock." Men of the church will form the choir tonight and the youth choir will sing Wednesday night. The public is invited to attend.

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Hoosiers Seek New Bond Sale Record 22 Million Is Goal To Buy Vincennes Indianapolis. Mar ’.-"You can’t atok an Indiana Ughtiug ahipl" Hppsiers flung that challenge at lk« Japanese empiretoday as they prepared to achieve the highest war bond sales record id the slate's history—- |22.000,000 during March—to pay for their new fighting yhlp, the V. B. 8. Vincennes. Announcement ot the 31-day drive In which navy mother, dad. Wile and sweetheart volunteera will augment war bond sales st iffs in the 102 units cf the state's M counties was made today by Eugene C. Pulliam, state executive chairman ot the treasury departuient'a war savings tuff “There'll always be a Vincennes.” said Mr Pulliam. “Hoosiers will see to that. We re out to prove to the Jap* that Indiana will replace any of her ships they sink, anywhere. anytime “ The navy department its cooperating with the war savings staff bi the drive to replace the former Vincennes, which rode to a flaming I

PUBLIC SALE! As I have sold my farm. 1 will sell at public auetm, , u Pease farm, located one mile north of Bluffton on R ua ,i • L miles east; or one and one-half mite south and one tn,Cralgville, on w Friday, March 5, 1943 1 Sals Starting at 10:30 A. M. K ( CATTLE IE Jenny, three year-old Guernsey cow. calf by side. c;vi;. s s milk. Betty, 6 yrs old. Jersey aud Durham cow. giving '; SJ | freshen In spring. I«idy. 7 yrs. uld. freshen April 17 . .» 3 yrs oid. freshen by day ot wale, gave 5 gallons with fir-* * , < y Holstein and Guernsey cow. 7 yrs o»l giving it, K4 i n *.;k t In Spring; June. 4 yrs. old. Guernsey cow. calf by side g!v: B< milk; Roany. Jersey and Shorthorn cow. 3 yrs. old >ali by Ing gal. milk. Maude. Huistein cow. 8 yrs. old giving I *»; win freshen in spring. Jersey cow. 7 yrs old. calf by side gal milk. Babe. Jersey cow. 3 yrs old. giving 2 ga! milk spring. Nancy. Jersey and Guernsey. 3 yrs old calf by . ,|. v r , , gal. miik. Bess. Hoistelu cow. 7 yrs. old. giving 4 gal milk fr*-<.in I spring. » gal. cow; two Holstein and Guernsey heifers , nnlni ? i old. will freshen In September; one yearling Guernsey h* if. a good herd of dairy cows Yuu are welcome to comt lu.pett any time prior to day of aale. HAV S Seventy bales clovet hay, 6 tons alfalfa bay D FARM IMPLEMENTS ■ Thomas 13-hote. double blade gram drill, with fertiiiz*-; and seed attachments, power lift, like new. used one season . - ; rotary hoe. used one aeaaon. soiifltter cultimulcher a tt u-. t son; Bearcat hammermill. No. 7. one year old. new K.i<|. iapreader. good shape: New Idea hay loader, like new; *n.1 wagon. g*x»d grain bed, trailer; pick up attachment for 5 f V n mere combine; tank heater; Serge electric fence cbargt 'hrt-e I Kates, new. 33 line cedar posts; 19 corner posts; th:*-* :;< w barbed wire, two rolls new 6 in tesce; electric pump ja. k - r. motor; John Deere gasoline engine, good condition; H nl-on hotel litter carrtei with 75 ft. cd track, like new. 15-gal X pi free ull; single trees aud double tree-, many miaceiiau* .u- a not mentioned. Shepherd stock dog, 1 ,ear old. SERGE MILKER Hb Two-unit Serge milking machine, lompletc used six mouth,. milk cans, milk strainer; good rubber-tlr«-d milk cat: H I-.... hotel, littei carrier, with 7S ft. of track, like new HOUSEHOLD GOODS New Kergan Heatrola. large size, like new. used only hi* i one 3-plece walnut dining room suite, kit*hen fahte and kitchen cabinet; South Bend Malleable range stove, on* < * -vii I minster rug; two used 9x12 Axmlnster rugs, two 9x12 Gold,-a leum rugs: leather davenport and chairs; library table; fl 'curtains; shades; mattress; old dock; bird cago and »u..d > TERMS—CASH ■ Anyone wanting credit see Farmers A Merchant- Bank ol sate. ■ T. A. “Alvis” TURNER | J OWNER ■ > Ellenbe.rger Bros., Auctioneers Amos Gerber. Lunch served by Ladies Aid

TUESDAY, MARCH 2, IM Bp A

death with two ~-h cruisers at th.. ,/ off Tuiagi harbor m . h ,' ‘ W last August 9 ' BIG JAPANESE I I 4 M-rtes of te, rlf alm of the atfar-k „, h is to cut th.- e,.rn,n ll : ltl . 1! ’*B the Japs attemp'mg , 0 ?■ Chinas Yuuuan p !uv Burma. Despite tarrlfi. p.-, lu4l H last six month- -h. n r1 ,,.~.W been unabte tu di-i ,u„ troop> from then t„ih„] of Akyab in **• spokesmen for lh . |.,,| an says the Japan.-S. "■ te.rniy despite , I<t aircraft and - o K First permanent hedaw B mail service in the » , ii 4 fl augutaied by tfc,. | “fl uu May 15. 191*. ?fl ington ft c ~n,| v y AT FIRST sum of a ra