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Een And Hull unch Series Discussions II Allied Roundtable I Mav Develop From I Conference Talks Byphiii?'"” Mir 15 *’J ’ ft*, ;t! -l B,a “* ■ ,l ■ .Ik* on war and ■ J ■n.l .y. amid hint* that ‘ might be turned ft,Vdi-d roundtable. ftw,< could w “ n ftf,,. - y Eden Inartßthis ntornh'l-’ K tta«m-i »• a < onf-rence B, rhl . mornmg talk with Eden. Kl„,.| 'hr complete under■u,,, vxilied novern gr . ~ ..... .11 to ' Very •««* ■ « l’ p a < ‘‘ !,i follow. (K. ,i,l I- I Halifax. the British ■ it ’!>•• new* con-r.'.-v “•«’" »« u,d no ‘ ■...,. - '•< P 1 " f " rw,r ' l ■".,, .>n and two Demo »*tut»r- for a I lilted '■ ”ti to coordinate •^E, r< i wl - j. ~i« and create a •^K-. jrT foil'- for policing the »,<.! He raid he had ■ *„| an • ■?(•■ rtiinity to study K The senator* pre h.ir I'litt to President y.-'. 'liv and reported '■. -.<■ »P?' the broad objec V • • lent Wallace add -■ . .nd., -e'nelit of the battle K.< of the plan today. .( . xpected to confer II1” or two more time*” |K-r.-”i. ».,k He also expect* '■ ,«■ al! tie- member* of the Kt,.,- Ear today Eden talk K , V ■ •■.idem Wallace. ■- t . • inking naval offi- ■ r-.- -y of state Welle*. ■ i-i!..-- ;.o< war planning ; i'e in the disetu"K-. • Roosevelt and ■ t'A t . k'ti secretary al- \ w Eden. Hull and • <lv to roll tip their a:,I it, ■ *o:k on matter* detail four senator*. Mnric>l -y < hiendly nod from White II ;-• are preparing a ■wlxtira <a.;.: on the United to nu ain everlasting ■*»••!>.••■ ; . sent conflict f* ■TV -..01r, may be ready for ■Miction it. ’he senate tomorAnd it may touch off the ■ c • •-..mal debate on relation* since the ■tftp <>f nr a., battle after the world war ■ Tbs resolution proposes an Imconference nf United ■ibom’ rej>r< -i-i.tatlve* on a pro'■*a to win the war and set up police force to aralnit future aggression. are the main feature* of Plan It also would establish ■•chlncry for peaceful settlement and disagreements bei^ff** n Mtion* And it would per■f * • sited Nxions council to ißhttntster economic relief and U’btAnee to member countrie* ■*d ; ti» amh aid a* well a* to ■Ju territory occupied by the •'hi. latter provision that Is 10 most of the flre- ■ '“’ , ' rh ‘, h ( “'tnally of the senate ■2*”J*lati>m. committee, who ■ *•''‘7' l' l ** «.~rh.lumn~\~ pins Attacked Il British Planes | Jeoort Direct Hits I On Three Os Trains ■*«* fighter planes attacked iK lB rranc * and Germany * jr ’ hits i&L * lrm "' l 00 ,hr# * of ,fc * * squadron of Hawker ■77** w*, uied m the action ■s.h Franw Th *- fo " r,1 » ■/ • | t mmutry report does not action by the bomM.Th, ewiM had .aid ear Bkm, Brti,h lK ’ n,4, * r » w *r« C« ’’ r s »i'i»rland dunng the ft^ 1 * (5 * n «*n retaliation KL , ata M «t the British B • m *‘ r ■ lß ‘ rry * ft"* ° f CMMI K third weak luftwaffe atft 4,

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See Allied Victory In 1945 After Hard And Costly War

(Editor’s note: How long will the war last? What will be our blueprint for Viclory? Two United Press executiv>a foreign editor Joe Alex Morri* and vice president Frank H Bartholomew - returned to New York this wee kafier assignments in Europe and th, southwest Pacific. In the following story, they give you a picture of the war's outlook within the coniine* of cetworshlp and security ) New York. Mar. 15. (UPl—Allied military observer* are convinced that the war can be w n In 1H45 If all go* well with the- Allied timetable. Plan* have been laid for the conquest of Germany, for the down fall of Japan, and it’s a chronometer for victory within a reasonable length of time. But to achieve our goal, we niUNt have nt re plane* and more ship* an early victory in Tunisia, a successful invasion of Hiller's Europe, so that men and munitions can l»e freed for the final knockout blow against Japan. Thus the accent I* on »p<ed speed on the home front, the air front and the battle front. The blueprint for war Is a blue print for teamwork. I'nlted Pres* executiviH Frank H. Bartholomew and Joe Alex Morris, who are back In New York after visiting the war's nerve centers, are agreed that victory is certain. But It will net be easy—on the other hand, it Is likely to be hard and costly. Morris. United Press fcrelgn editor, who spent six montlw talking with war leaders In Ixmdon. predict*

Thinks Two-Bit Piece Sufficient For Tax Payment Indianapolis, March 15—(l’P» — At leant one Indiana man faces a new rush to complete his income tax payment before the midnight deadline. Federal collector of internal revenue Will Smith tells of the taxpayer who pushed a 25-cent piece through a teller's cage for hie first payment on the 1942 tax. He explained: "They told me I’d only have to pay a quarter now.” The teller then told him that federal regulations call for payment of at least one-fourth of the total tax at this time. — -o Ultimatum Is Served On French Guerrillas Allied Plones Drop Arms To Patriots By United Press The enemy describes France a« a powder-barrel, and this time the enemy is telling the truth. The Germans have been forced to serve an ultimatum on the French patriot army. The Germans demanded the surrender of the guerrilla commander, general Cartier, and his staff by 1 p tn (CWTt this afternoon. There has been no indication that the French, massed in the French Alps, have any Intention of .complying. A full-scale battle Is expected. The Algiers radio reports that guerrillas armed with German machine guns and anti-aircraft guns have shot down three Nasi planes sent to bomb them. The shoot Ing reportedly occurred in the Thonon area on the south shore of Lake Geneva In eastern France Martial law has been declared at Thonon. Allied planes are flying over German anti-aircraft batteries to drop arms and ammunition to the patriots. And recruits are flocking to the rebel colors from as far away as Paris and Lyon. The Vichy government is said to be sending more and more police troops Into Haute Savoie to move against Oartier. German gestapo troops also are on the scene. The nucleus of Cartiers army is the crack 27th Alpine regiment of the regular French army, which mutinied against Vichy with its officers. The revolt started with resistance against German attempts to deport 400,000 French (Turn To Page X. Column I) TEMPERATURE READING DEMOCRAT THERMOMETER 1:00 a. m. *• 10:00 a. m. S1 Neon — “ 1:00 p. m- --- “ 1:00 p. M WEATHER Rain tonight end Tuesday forenoon attended by occasional thunderstorms: little change In temperature. increasing winds becoming strong Tues-

that final victory in Europe cannot be expected until ltdt. or later. Bartholomew I*ft hi* vice president's desk last December to visit important Allied bases in the Pacific. He predicates hie outlook on a conquest of Hitler's Europe next year. In that event, he says, the consensus of Pacific military leaders seems to be that the war can be ended by an Invasion of Tokyo In the winter of IMS. America's war plans necessarily ar., secret. Any mention of what Is likely to happen must be held within the framework of security and censorship. But the plan now presumably call* for a vlct ry over Hitler first, then the final knockout blow against Hirohito. Details of how and when we ar. going to strike, of course, will be known only after operation* are launched And the picture <f war may change over night, so that it would be more measlble to strike first against Japan or Europe and Japan simultaneously. But whatever the eventuality, Allied power now Is being massed along a great steel ring drawn around Germany In preparation for land, sea and air attack** this year. But Hitler will try to delay Nazi defeat as long a* he- can. He already has begun delaying tactics In Tunisia and there are possibilities which cculd and might halt the Allied time clock. He may strike anew at Russia this summer. cTiirn To Pag.- I, Column S>

Meal For Civilian Use Is Curtailed New Order Issued By Food Director Washington. Mar. 15.— (UP) — Th.- federal fixd distribution administration ha* issued a new order curtailing drastically the amount cf meat available for civilian consumption. The order requires all slaughterers io set aside for war u*e* 90 percent of all the poorer grade* of cattle—those used for canning and packing. It also require* the withholding of 40 percent of all other beof, 39 percent of all veal. 45 perent of pork and 35 percent of lamb and mutton. The new order, l**ti"d by food distribution director Rcy F. Hendrickson. applies to all Inventories of slaughterer* as of March 14. It also applies to their stocks of frozen meat, chilled, cured and in cure from March 14 to April 30. Governor Meet Des M<fnes. la., Mar. 15.—(UP) —A conference of mid western governors called to discuss crucial farm probbrn* opened today. Illinois Governor Dwight Green urged the conference to demand, "that our representative* in congress get together and wipe cut the unbalanced maii|>ower situation and the bureaucrat* repxonsible for it." The conference I* Important politically, because several of the Republican governor.* present are regarded as presidential timber. Among these i* Tjovernor Bricker of Ohio. Former President Hoover will address the conference. o lad Injured Sunday When Struck By Auto Deßolt Boy Suffers Fractured Left Leg James Deßolt. 7. »on of Mr. and Mr*. John Deßolt. Jr., of 31fl North Fourth street, ta confined in the Adams county memorial hospital suffering from a fractured leg and other injuries sustained Sunday when hit by an aoto. Miss Betty Shook. 18. of 110 Grant street, wse driver of the car which struck the lad. The accident occurred Sunday morning about 10 o'clock at an alley intersection in the 990 block of Jackson street, police chl*< Ed Miller reported. Chief Miller said the lad. enroute from bls home to the newsstand to secure a newspaper, darted out of the alley directly into the path of the auto. He said that the auto was proceeding slowly and Indicated that the driver would be absolved of blame, is sofa r so polks authorities are concerned The lad was taken to the hospital by chief Miller There It was learned that hi* left leg was fractured immediately below the hip and that he suffered other less aer tow braises and iaceragsoaa.

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Decatur, Indiana, Monday, March 15,1943.

RAF Takes Up Assault Against Rommel Armies Aerial Activity Is Only Major Fiqhtinq Now In Tunisia By United Press British flier* have taken up the assault against marshal Rommel's Axis armies along the Mareth line 1 in southern Tunisia. Flying American built Mitchel bombers, the British pounded! enemy forward positions Inside] the line. There's no report yet i on how much damage they Inflicted. In addition, a squadron of RAF spitfires ran Into a formation oft eight Nagi torpedo bomber* which have been preying on Allied shipping off the Algerian coast. The spitfire* knocked down at least oil)- of the enemy plane* and damaged several others. Another group of spitfire* shot up a Nail transport column in northern Tunisia, knocking out two lorries, a staff car and a motor-1 cycle. No Allied plane* were lost The aerial activity seem* to be the only major fighting anywhere In Tunisia, The latest communi- ■ que mentions only patrol activity by both sides. However, the Algiers radio hints that an important Allied drive may be In the making in northern Tunisia. The broadcast say* Allied troop*, with artillery and tank support, opened an attack In the Tamers area. That'* the same region where British flrat army troops advanced a few days ago on the northern segment of a ridge, and withdrew when an attack failed on the southern seg ment. The political situation in North Africa ha* taken a definite turn for the better following General Olraud's frank speech yesterday. I General Charles De Gaulle, the fighting French leader, praised Glraud's outline of policy and ex-1 pressed his readiness (o discus* way* of effecting a full unity of all French element*. De Gaulle expressed the hope , (Turn To Pag, 2. Column D - ■ 111 - ~O "

Two Farmer Groups Ask Roosevelt Aid Manpower And Price Problems Discussed Washington. Mar. 11. —(VP) — President Roosevelt has been appealed to tor help by two organizations representing farmers. Spokesmen for the National Grange and the National Council of Farm Cooperatives said they found the president fully aware of the seriousness of the farmers’ situation. They said they talked to Mr. Roosevelt today about man power problems and price celling* They declined to reveal what he told them Meanwhile, the American Farm Bureau Federation Is urging congress so lengthen (he industrial werk week without paying overtime Edward A. O'Neal, president of the federation. belieV'* this would make more workers available for the farm*. In a 15 polnt program. O'Neal ditto suggests that price ceilings be (hanged to encourage farmer* to (Turn To Pag* 2. Column It 0 Center Control To Meet This Evening The center control of the civilian defense corps will meet tonight at 8 o'clock at the city hall, it was announced today by Milt Swearingen. control chief.

LENTEN MEDITATIONS (Rev. Oleu E. Marshall. Church of God* **Vo wars not rtdssmsd with oorrupt’bl* things, as silver and gold, but with tha precioua blood of Christ." 1 Peter 1:18. 19. The religion of Jesus Christ is not a bloodless religion If redeemed at all. men must be redeemed by the blood, for nothing but "the blood of Jeeu* Christ cleansetb from all •»" " Receiving remission or forglvene** of sin* committed Is a definite part of redemption. The blood of Christ is important In ,< >- ■action between God and the individual, for we read "without the ■hedding o( blood there Is no remission ~ Jesus Christ wa* offered "as a lamb without blemish and without spot" The offering of Hla life's blood, yea .rs His very soul, wa* sufficient to satisfy the wrath of God agalnnet ein. Hence, through that offering God can at once be "just and the jnsttfler of him which bolleveth In Joons " In spite of the power of tho blood of Chrtat men e:l!l remain In sin just as long as they refuse to repent and believe In Christ as thoir personal Savior The blood of Jean* Christ Is the only agency for the cleaning of *in. The only method of receiving the cleansing which Hl* blood has purchased for as 1* that of true repentance and faith.

Eden in Washington A ■r JI British foreign secretary Anthony Eden, according to a White House announcement, ha* arrived in the U. S. for a series of conference* to prepare for United Nations meetings and make plans for a postwar world He flew here in a Liberator liomber

Surprise Blow By Axis Seen likely Attack Possible To Delay Second Front (By United Press) Official British quarter* believe the Axta soon may launch a desperate offensive against the Allies to delay a second front. Such an attack. It successful undoubtedly would prolong the war A recent statement by German propaganda minister Goebhel* kin died British speculation He told ihe nnw*men that the Nazis soon will deliver a blow against England that will make the British awake from their wishful thinking. Informed source* in Ixmdon see several poesi bilithe. The Nazi* may launch ga* attacks on Britain'* cities, as well a* gao shelling on the Ituwiian and African fronts. Large scale air raid* may be directed against Britain to disrupt plans for the second front. Commando raids on England's shores, as well a* paiatrop action, may be used for the same purpose. And .the Nazi* may inv.i.l - Spain, or Turkey, or both, to force ihe Allie* to divert military strength to another front. The p<a»*)biiity of a German secret weapon ta believed slight. Allied sources say this ta anothjr propaganda story. Informed sources say gas raids would not affect Allied Invasion plan* They *ay that the Luftwaffe is incapable of carrying out aerial attack* a* powerful as those being delivered against Axis-held Europe 'Turn To l’*«e 2. Column J) - — - - ■ —o- - New War Training Classes Organized A new course In elementary drafting will be organized at 7 o'clock this evening in room 395 of the Decatur junior-senior high school. There I* no tuition charge and women especially are urged to enroll A new day class In precision measurement* in machine Industry will start Tuesday at 12:30 p. tn . running for two hour*. More than 20 person* have already enrolled in this course.

Red Army Ordered To Fight To Death In Kharkov Defense; Germany Claims City Re-Taken

Midnight Deadline For Paying Taxes Returns Pour Into Revenue Offices Mashlngton. Mar. 15. — <UPI -- Tax returns are (touring Into Interna) revenue office* all OVer tile country as tonight's midnight deadline approaches. Nearly 10.000. mm return* are due from IndJviduaki In the United State*. The treasury says It expects all cltlx-n* to pay their Income taxes without regard to the controversy In congress over a pay-as-you-go plan and schemes to f. rglve part of 11'42 taxm. The Republicans open'd their all-out drive today to pass the Open Tonight Craven Emsbwiller. deputy collector of internal revenue, will lie In hi* office at the court house until 9 o'clock tonight, assisting last minute payetw of the federal income tax. If paid by mall, the letter, add-re-wed to the Collector of Internal Revenu.e Indianapolis. Indiana, must be postmarked liefore midnight tonight. '**klp-a-year'' plan In the house - and claimed enough votes to do It. However, the overall prospect for passing the skip a y-ar bill through both h uses I* not regarded .m too bright right now. The food front is attracting a* much Interest as the tax battle. Secretary of Agriculture Wickard soon will tell the public what we can expect in the way of food for next year. Wickard. who has been preparing the public for shorter rations. <n Thursday will make public the agriculture department's (Turn To Page J, Column 4> —— — oMiss Helen Reinhart Begins Waac Training Infirmary Head's Dauqhter Enlists Mis* Helen M. Reinhart, daughter of Mr. and Mr*. Sam Reinhart of thin city, has arrived at Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia, to begin her training as an auxiliary in the WAAC's women's army auxiliary corp*. Ml** Reinhart, whose father I* superintendent of the Adam* county Infirmary, enlisted several week* ago and was ordered to duty recently. Nhe Is 2! years of age and attended Monmouth and (>s*ian high schools. For the pa«t several months »be had been working at Pollock'* garment factory in Fort Wayne, but previous to that time had worked at the county infirmary here as an employe of her mother and father She will receive four Weeks of intensive basic training designed to prepare her to step Into an army Job now held by an able-bodl'-d male soldier, who will thereby be released for duty on the fighting fronts Upon completion of her training she will Ire assigned to duty at an army post. Ire sent to a WAAC specialist school or may be selected to attend officer candidate school. Over 100 job* are now being held by WAAC's. according to a releaae from the Fort Oglethorpe public relations office. Including bakers, camera technicians, chauffeurs. classification specialists, cle'ks. cook*, draftsmen, librarians. machine record operators, stenographers, telephone operator*. track drivers, typist*, weather observer*. Mis* Reinhart is the second from Adams county to join the WAAC's. First I* Roberta Laatar, daughter of Dr. and Mr*. M O Lester. B ' Axis Denies French Marshal Petain 111 tßy United Press I Axis broadcasts deny reporta that Marshal Petain is ill. * The Nad-controlled Vfchy radio told of Pwtain watching the changing of the guard from hie baleoiy at the Hotel Du Parc ta Vichy The broadcaster oai dhe looked fit and well

American Fliers Continue Blows Against Japs Aleutian, Solomon Bases Attacked By American Airmen i By United Press I American flier* have Wasted Kl»ka In the Aleutian* again and have attacked three Japanese baacu in tlie Solomons area. The Ki*ka attack watt carried out on Saturday by fighter planes tha' strafed and bombed the island for the eighth time since the first of the year Several grounded Japan Me plan'* weer damaged at Kiska Munds in the Solomon* wag hit for the 92nd time by a force of heavy bombers. Enemy Installations at nearby Vila were blasted. A small Japanese ship waa destroyed by fighteia near Reitdova In the New Georgia Islands. General MacArthur's bomber* are sweeping the ialanda north of Australia, searching for remnant* of a small convoy bombed on Sat urday. Four of the eight Japene* shi|M are reported aeriously damaged. Meanwhile, a large formation of Japanese cargo ship* and troop* transport* is report'd gathering in the Island** In Burma, the British report a Japanese counter-drive In the Rathedaung area, which is almut 25 mile* northwest of the port of Akyab Fighting I* continuing around Rathedaung and Japanese casualties are said to be heavy. The American 10th air force reports direct hits on the steel supports of the Goktiek viaduct between Mandalay and !-a*hio In Burma. The Chinese high command say* the Japanese drive between the Yangtze river and Tung Ting lakhas collapsed The attack began last Monday when eight Japanese divisions drove against the defending armies of General Chiang KaiShek. On Saturday, the Chinese started a countr attack and by Sun(Turn To Pag* i. Column S) Patricia McConnell In Nurses' Training Indianapolis. Mar. 15 — Patricia Ann McConnell of Decatur ha* been admitted to the spring class of the Indiana University training school for nurse* here The da»* of 41 members will begin their preliminaiy training this month, if!** Cordelia Hoeflln. director of the school, said Responding to the army and navy request for nation wide enrollment <>( 55.""" student muse* by next July 1. the I. U. nurses' school Increased it* spring quota of entrant*. Women entering upon nurse*' training now release graduate nurse* for service with (he armed force*. The students now enuring will complete their preliminary training in September and will receive the graduate nurse degree in March of 1946 Two More Calls Are Received By Board Contingents Leave March 30, April 14 Two more calls for selective service contingent* have been received by the Adams county draft board, it was announced today The next group will take final army examination* on Tuesday. March 30. and another on Wednesday. April 14 The March call will make the third for this month The first group of the month left on March 3 to take final exam* at Toledo. Ohio and entered active service on March 10 Another group left tbl* morning for Toledo, where they are to uke examination* Under new censorship regulations, the number at Toledo today cannot be published Upon their return, however, a list of thMe who were successful In passing the examinations may be publiabsd.

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Bloody Hand-To-Hand Fighting Reported For Possesssion Os Great Russian City (By United Pres*) The R.-d army ha* turned Kharkov into a n- w Stalingrad against thousands of German troop* and tanka It ha- been ordered to fight to the death against the German onslaught. Violent hand-to-hand fighting i« raging on the approaches to tho ci;y and. apparently, within Kharkov Itself The Russians do not confirm tin- German claim that Kharkov hae been won back by tho Nazis. But they I > admit that the defender* have retired to new defense line*. The Germans not only a-e making a frontal a»«ault on Kharkov, but also have launched a vigorous offensive in the Izyum area. TO mil.«* to the southeaat. The Izyum attack apparently is in the naturo of a flanking move against Kharkov. which the RuMlan* took from the German* just one month ago. The new* from other sectors of the eaatern battle-front 1* more heatetiing. West and southweat of newlywon Vyazma, Russian troop* hava stormed ahead to capture several dozen town* and village* in addition to rage ator>M of booty. Included among the towns seized In the Important district <'enter and rail station of Exymlevo. Northwest of Vyazma. German troop* are putting up fierce resistance south of Byell. Despite tills, however, the Red army drove forward cracked tho Nazi defense line* and seized several towns and villages, killing 9<"> German* in the process. Haifley Home Is Damaged By Fire Estimate S2OO Fire Damage Here Sunday A fire at the V V Haifley home, 917 RttMell street, resulted in damage estimated at 12"" and for a time threatened 'o destroy the entire home. A long Erl< freight train held ni» both fire truck* and most of thn volunteer firemen at all crossings from Thirteenth street to Mercer avenue for nearly five minutes. Finally, the train was ■'broken" at the Mercer av-nue crossing with the engineer serving ae brakeman and the firemen a* engineer. Until that time Harry Stub** fir" chief, wa* the only member of the fore® at th" fire scene He happened to he south of the crossing wnen thn alarm wa* sounded. Chief Stult* paid high tribute to th" and other volunteers who eim"ded in getting all furnkure out of the home before it was damaged Chief Stults med*’ the damagn estimate After ’’- men and the truck** arrived, the flame* were quickly brought uud'r control. Spark* from a chimney were blamed for the fire. ■ o - ■' —- Native Os Decatur Dies Saturday Night Mr*. Wilda Colchis Petgen. M, a native of Decatur, died Saturday night at St. Joseph'* hospital In Fort Wayne following an appendectomy She was Irnrn in Decatur but had resided in Fort Wayno since childhood Survivor* include a brother. Charles Colchin and a sister. Mrs. Margaret Hughe*, both of Fort Wayne, five nephews and two niece*. Funeral service* will he held at 1:90 a. m Tuesday at the Mungovan mortuary chapel and at 9 o'clock at the St Patrick's Catho He church. Rt. Rev. M»rr. D Lawr* ence Monahan officiating. Burial will be In the Catholic cemetery at Fort Wayne. Urges Staooerina Os Women's Work Hours Washingtoo. March 15— (UP)— War manpower chief Paul McNutt ask* emplovers to eliaunata a major cauoe it absenteeism by staggering the hosts of women workers so they'll have time to shop McNatt revealed that many womsn have no time to do their ■bopping and auy away from work to gut il duaw,