Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 41, Number 67, Decatur, Adams County, 19 March 1943 — Page 1

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ifiNKS SCORE BIG GAINS IN TUNISIA

.— — J, $. Bombers iso'omons f IpleS' Bremen Doing Job JB|n Pacific Area ■ By Pr,,M . -,.-m.-n ate systemat■l, rQ.kihK Jap '»“<<*• southwest to Burma. H' ;r - ht . -h.KI day in a row. the ~p,,r t < > series of daylight MK\. on .bp base, in ,h “ Sol °' |K‘ vii>r • planes net fire to ~.. ./ V.la on Thursday \ f.-w hours earlier, 4 :n> ! > ''•- n-tres.ei bombed an ,| !* . o iler Jap Solomon ba**. Every American |k. returned safely from the Delhi comes word K ~1 a. „.4 of the United Stales Air General o:. Mar 19 (Ul’t .. ■ . nominated .'.to il Ib-nry Arnold. - of 'he army air forces. the temporary rank of full M,.., il Arnold's promo......j,.. -he total number of juh-.ils now on active serfun The others are Gen- : army chief of-staff; < ommander of x.i'lon* forces in the i’„ and General Eisen;n Sorth Africa. have been hammer Jap bridges, railroad 4t.J ;oop concentrations In They made two attacks Mits on a big Irrawaddy -- a huh constitutes the between northern and Hu:ma and damaged the -pan and railroad yards al . Mil end* of the bridge. Other ’ Kr-r.- bridges also were hit. K-n not a single American ■>- was lost. fore... north of Rathedaung’ intern Burma have swung to the defensive and have in to meet British attacks, plan--, working closely with round forces, have shot up a headquaiters and disrupted and rail traffic. H Btaat Maple, Twice bombers, operating African bases, have attacked Italian harbor of Naples twice the past 24 hours — once ■hag dayl.ght yesterday and Bd last night. of even heavier attacks on may be -een in reports that Vatican i* taking its first pre against air raids. Naziradio I’aris sent out the today, saying rare editions ■ tie Vatican library are being In ■* Osrmaiiy the Nails are tryto belittle yesterday's Amerlon submarine yards near ■*»» in Umdon. however. ■"4 apokevmen say the raid was ■ >,f th. most destructive staged |®J lr by an American squadron ' 4 lost only two bombers, reconnaissance photographs of raid show that many hits were ■j**" l by fjjp er „. amount of ■hovite. dumped. over continental ® Tjr " T. (•»,. falum, I) MTtMPggATURE READING ■emocrat thermometer ■ ’OO a. m. „a__ _ 33 I*- M . lit ■ 34 ■ } * >•»» ~: m I w <ather B h ° w * r » and thunderstorms ■ , tonight. Enow flurries In ■«* * me " orth Person late tolai UtuM, y forenoon; Rorth l <rt, on early 9 ’• bscomlng colder over ■ r« wa t< tonight and SaturB.'/, 0 '”’ 0 ”’- ,r ** * • tro "o I County’s Quota II jTI 311,700 » i. Arev.oue Total MSdOM I? I 1 Today, Report s'! a Additional Rural P Bw Jf SIE44M ■ Decatur E351J0 TB !>!• Grand Total h - 35,906.20

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NIPS GET LESSON IN WAR-PRICE 22 SHIPS, 15,000 MEN __ vgHM ll . s _-,. x ... /•/ i Ai.-’^....- .. wHHBB

> Burning and sinking of some of the 22 warships, transports and cargo vessels lost by the Japs In the Battle of the BDmarck Sea ’ is shown In these Royal Australian Air Force photos above, Just ' received in the United States. The Japs received one hard-to-take

Men Convicted 01 Assault, Battery Trial Is Held At Liberty, Indiana • Two formrr Decatur men who 1 faced statutory charge* filed against them by a 18-year-old Liberty girl, were convicted yesterday of assault and battery. It wa» reported today by their attorney. Hubert R MeClenahan. of thiw city. The men. Paul Refdenbach. 21. ’ and John "Jack" Watte. 27. who formerly operated a fruit market ' here, were orlginaly charged with the rape of Annabelle Jackson, of Liberty, near Richmond. After a two-day trial in the Liberty court, the jury found them guilty of assault and battery and the court released them on their present bond of 13.500. with the right to Ole a motion for a new ,I trial within 30 days. The jury was given the right by the court'd Instruction* to return any one of the fcUowlng verdicts: guilty or not guilty of Brat degree rape, second degree rape, assault and battery with intent to commit rape, assault and battery. The prosecution contended the attack occurred on August 1. 1942. on federal road 27 between College Centers and Liberty, after Watts and Rtldenbach had "picked up" two girl* and a man In their fruit truck when they were returning from Cincinnati. Ohio. They were arrested by Sheriff Ben Teagarden and officers John Petro and Dwsyne Cowanger of the Indiana state police. Mr. Me* , Clenahan represented the men a* defense attorney during the trial. Local Seoul Leaders Honored At Meeting Two Scoutmasters Given Citations Clarence Weber and Lowell Smith. Scoutmasters of the Mgion and Lions troops tn this city, were among the Scouting leaders honored Thursday night during the an nual appreciation dinner held for the Anthony Wayne area council of Boy Scouts In the Shrine trail room at Fort Wayne. The two local Scoutmasters were among the number from the area to be given citations for their outstanding work during the past year Governor Henry Scbricker was the principal speaker at the meet lag. attended by Boy Scout not ables from all counties in the area. Nearly a score of Scouting en thusias’s. including commissioners, leaders and Scoutmasters of Dec* tar. were among those in attendance.

Joint Waqe Meeting Planned Bv Miners New York. March 19-(UP)-Op-cratons and mine worker* of the anthracite coai region of Pennsylvania have agree'* on March 31 as the date for a joint wage conference to be held in New York. Some 80.000 miners tn «r« nnrth- , western Pennsylvania countie* will be affected by the conference. Union demands will be presented by John L. Lewie, president of the United Mine Workers, or by a representative. George A. Hahnert Dies Late Thursday Lonq Illness Fatal To Spanish War Vet George Alfred Hahnert, 85. Span-ish-American War veteran and retired Monroe mail carrier, died late Thursday afternoon at the Veterans' hospital in Indianapolis. Death was caused by a kidney ailment after an lllne** of one year His condition had been serious for the past week. Mr. HaWhert was born In Ohio on February 12. 1878. the son of Frederick and Catherine Melllnger-llah-nert. He retired a* a mail carrier about eight years ago because of ill health. He was a member of the Monroe Methodist church and of Co. 8.. 108th Infantry Regt.. Post 52. Arthur R Miller encampment. Spanlsh-Ameri' an War Veterans. Surviving are the widow. Elisa M. John»on-Hahnert. the following children. Mm. Al'a Row of Monroe. Donald of Hartford City. Mrs. Loma Miller of Bluffton. Howard of Urbana. Calvin of Denver. Colorado, who Is in service; a »tep»on. Herman Kirkendall of Fort Wayne; two statem. Mrs. Emma l*ee of Wapakoneta. Ohio and Mr*. Lillie Oraham of Alberta. Canada; one brother. Joseph Hahnert of Monroe. One »l*ter and one brother are deceased Military funeral services will be held Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Monroe Methodist church. Members of the local Span-ish-American War veterans will serve as honorary pallbearer*. The body will lie in state at ths church from 12:20 until 2 p. m. Sunday, It will be returned from the Black funeral home to the residence in Monroe this evening and may be viewed there after 7:30 p. m. until taken to the church. F - - Announce Sinkinq Os Norwegian Vessel Washington. March 18 — (DW — The navy announce* the oinking of a medlum-*tsed Norwegian merchant vessel in the Atlantic late In February The vessel was torpedo ed by an enemy submarine. Survivors have been landed at Boston.

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Decatur, Indiana, Friday, March 19,1943

lesson In the controversy of airplane vs. seapower at a cost of 15.000 men in addition to the ships. The Americans and Australians lost one bomber and three fighter planes in the battliwhich proved disastrous to the Japs

Red Cross Fund Is Near $6,000 Mark Additional Funds f Are Reported Today The Red Cros, war fund climbed within sight of the |«.ihm> mark today, with 'additional ccntributlon, of 3545.24 reported by Lyman L.: Hann, chairman of the county rollcltora. The exact amount Is 35.906.20. included was 3194.04 from the sale of junk, the owners donating the proceeds to the Red Cross. Listed in the Decatur subrntrlp I tlons are twa donation, by •■>-1 , ploye, of Industrial concern,. They : are, the Decatur Casting'Co.. 362.45 and Krick-Tyndall Co . >56. Red Cross official, stated that 1 many person, had a mistaken Idea about donation,. Although the widow’s mite I, appreciated, persons more able to pay offered 25 and 50 cent, to the fund- To be enrolled In the Red Croaa, the minimum offering should be 31 and | since this I, the war fund, an ex-1 tra dollar should be added to the individual’, contribution, officials said. On a 12 family basis, the 311,700 1 queta could be rais’d easily, chairmen of the drive declared Following is today's report: •5.360.99 1 Felix Maier, junk donated 115 11 Hosea Martz, junk donated 66 IX Feliz Maier, cash turned in by junk collectors 12 75 Rural 3194 01 Decatur Reports Mrs. Will Porter 3 6.00 Mrs. Harry Merriman 9.00 Mr, Edward Ahr 12.00 Alice K. Baker 26 00 Mrs D. D. Moii’-nkopf 15 50 Mra. Frank P Gllllg 11 50 Mr,. Adrian Wembcff and Mrs Fred Schulte 21 00 Mrs. Tony Metzler 7.00 (Turn To Pago 3. Column 31

LENTEN MEDITATIONS <Rr». Robert J. Hoevol, MStount pastor Bt. Mary's Catholic Church! ‘PERFECT LOVE” “Oreatar lava than thia no ona haa that ana lay dawn hi* Ufa for hit friends.”—Jahn IS: 11. Ao *e repeat these word* of Jasua. three key word* Impreaa ■a sharply lore. life, friend*. During thia preeent world trials, how puuling are these words to many The world asks LOVE’ la there a place for lore in war? —LIFE? —FRIENDS? War snuffs out the life of Its enemies Our heart* are yearning to love, to live, to make friend*, but now we must flght to make these Ideals become realities Such world turmoil Jesus had tn mind when He spoxe the above quoted teat. We are His children, and He desires all of ua to be eared Divine assistance is lacking to no man To assure us of miration if we choose. Jesus offered an infinite redeeming price to ransom us from the clutches of Satan. He gave Hie life that we might live. He paid a maalmum price which showed perfect love, perfect because it -was Infinite, perfect because It was His aU. His life. . ... . We will not be outdone. we want to return love with love. This we resolve to do by following in His footsteps May we. then. i carry our daily crosses, and not drag them.

Denton Is Named To Board Os Trustees Indianapolis. March 19—(UP) — Governor Schricker to<lay appointed Winfield Denton of Evansville a, a member of the Itoard of trustees of M’- teacher,' retirement fund. Denton, who was dcfcJTM for secretary of state last fall, will agereed the late Lew O'Bannon. Corydon Newspaper publisher, whose um-xpired term will continue until July 23rd. 1946. Denton w a Democrat. Muncie Industrial Leader Dies Today Ball Brothers Head Is Taken By Death Muncie, Ind.. March 19—(UP) — President Frank Ball of Ball Brothers company died at his Muncie home this morning after an Illness | of several weeks. The S5-year-old multl-mllllonaire industrialist and philanthropist headed th*- firm hlch grew from a humble beglnn- ' ing to the largest manufacturer of glass par. In the world. Ball was born at Greenburg. 0., on November 24, 1857. In his first business venture, the Muncie business leader and hl, brother. Edmund. manufacturered fish kit,. Their finat plan’ burned and they began to make oil cans and glassware later. Frank and Edmund took their three brother*- Lucius. William and George — Into their business and moved the plant to Muncie. where natural gas provided a cheap fuel. Ball Brothers company was organize*t in 1906 and under Frank's direction grew to its present size, doing an estimated 310.060.000 busi-n«-*s annually. The firm's facilities now are devoted In part to the manufacture of war materials.

Cover 44 Miles In Lightning Two Day Advance; British Fall Back In North Before Nazis

Nazis Capture Belgorod In Russian Battle Germans Make Claim As Russians Admit Falling Back Some (By United Press) Th'* Germans claim to have acored an important new victory on the Russian southern front. Crack Nazi ahoek troop, are said to have stormed and seized Belgorod, 35 mile* north of Kharkov. The KuMiana have said little recently aliout fighting in the Belgorod sector. They neighter confirm nor deny the German claim. Southeast of Kharkov, heavy fighting ctontlnuen on the ground and in the air. Ruasian front dispatches shay that big numbers of fresh Nazi tank* and troops, attacking without regard to losaes, managed to force back Russian line, slightly 2K miles from the city. However, the Red army stiffened and checked all further adMulta. Planed of the Red air force are doing yeoman service in the gie. They have destroyed or damaged 100 German lories laden with troops and supplies. Russian planes .beating back the raida of HKlera crack tituka dive bombers, shot down three enemy aircraft. And soviet Stormmovik attack plane, have destroyed or damaged 100 lorries loaded with troops and supplies behind the German line,. On the central front, the Russian, are proMlng westward toward Smolensk despite stiffening Nazi resistance and the spring thaw. The Moscow Midday communique reports that the column advancing along the smolensk-Vyaz-ma railroad seized several more villages during the night. Thia force captured a rail station only about 65 miles from Smolensk ytwterday. It is now closing In on Durovo, one of the three main Nazi defense painte eas f Smolensk. Northeast of the big Nazi central front stronghold, the Russian* are reported, unofficially to lie I<-m than 40 miles from the city. To the north, a force under the command of Marshal Timoshenko is steadily increasing Its threat to the nemy base of Staraya Russa. Timoshenko's men occupied several more villages last night, killing (Turn To Page I. Column Si Q. Poultry Hijackers Given Prison Terms Metz Truck Robbers Given Lonq Terms Brlmont and Robert Kereste,. brothers of Darlington. Pa., must serve 5-29 year terms In prison for hijacking a Metz Egg A Poultry truck, of this city, near Beaver. Pa.. last November 30. The sentence, were impos’d by Judge Henry H Wilson st Beaver this week. The brother, were found guilty of three charges—armed robbery, larceny and Imprisonment of Arthur Lalppley. Van Wert, Ohio Leonard Metz, owner of the truck and operator of the company, with Lalppley. hia brother-in-law. was driving the truck, loaded with 32.000 worth of chickens, eggs and oth-r poultry when it was hijacked The brethers were charged with forcing Lalppley into a rear compartment of the hijacker,' car after binding him at the point of a revolver and driving away He later eacaped The truck, which they also took, was later found abandoned on a lonely road near New Castle. Pa its cargo intact. Metz and La ip piey were chief witneMM for the p t ose’ ut ton

Disagree Over Fathers Being Called To Arms "Deferment Priority" Favored By House Rules Committee Washington. Mar. 19. — (UP) — ■ The house rules committee, deI spite war department opposition. today approved the Kilday bill to ■ grant deferment priorities to lath--1 ers. Th.- bill would establish draft quotas on a statewide rather than : |<H-al board basis. Washington. Mar. 19. • tl’Pl President Roosevelt says he would ’ like to avoid compulsory drafting I of men and women for war work - as long as possible. ’ He told his news conference that • there’s no division In the govern- . rnent on this question, although the i war department ha, endorsed logint lation tor a national labor service • draft. A, the president put it. It’, ■ purely a question of when. Meanwhile. Captain Eddie Rickt enbacker told the senate military » affairs committee that many young ■ Americans are holding down war t industry jobs to ’’evade the draft." He urged adoption of tile incentive > plan to obtain maximum production t and said it would release some five t and a half million men from war i industry job,. The senate committee Is consid--1 ering the Austin-Wadsworth nat(Turn To Pag, 3. Column 4) Hitler Asks Million I laborers 01 France Guerillas Continue Defiance Os Nazis By United Pres, Nazi ,trong-arm squads are raid to be searching house to house throughout occupied Erance tor 1 slave workers for Hitler ’ Underground reports say Pierre 1 Laval has promised 1,000.000 Frenchmen for forcer! work in ’ Germany, and 350.000 already have 1 been drafted. 1 But France is In open rebellion • against the scheme Report, from ■ Switzerland today say one well- : organized band of guerilla, I, defiantly holding out in strategic points along a narrow road in the Savoy Alps near Mke Geneva. New confirmation of reports that Hitler no longer le in command of Qie German troops In Russia comes from Stockholm. The reports say Hitler has turned over the post of commander-lti-chief to General Franz Halder, and Is now occupied with submarine warfare, having built up a powerful submarine fie*' at the ezpense . of the air force. 1 Memle-rs of Pierre laival’a mobile guards are deserting to join French guerillas rebelling against | Nazi labor conscription. Report, reaching London say desertion* from the force have been heavy One group of rebel* eluded patrolling German motorboats and fled across IJike Geneva to Swit(Turn To Psge 3. Column 3) — oNewman Speaks To Local Rotarians Ronald Newman, farm security , administrator for Adam, and Jay countie,. and a member of the Decatur Rotary club, discussed various farm problems at the weekly < meeting of the club Thursday even- < Ing. The FSA director spoke on the I critical farm labor shortage, and i diacuMed briefly the training pro- I gram and placement of farm hand, now being carried on by the FSA 1 and ocher government agencies < Keith McDougall, club vlce-premd- I ent, conducted the meeting. <

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Crack World War Troops Striking Toward Gabes To Cut Off Axis Army • By United Press Three divisions of American troop, are advancing eastward through central Tunisia, but the I Germans are attacking again in the north. The Yanks covering 44 mile, In a lightning, two-day advance—have taken the town of El Guettar. 72 mile, from Gabes on the eastern coast. One column of our troop* now I, striking down the highway toward Gal»e, In a race to cut off the rear of the Azls army defending the Mareth line. A second American column I, rolling in a northeasterly direction along the Kfax-Gafsa railroad toward Sened. It was revealed today that the Americans on the Tunisian front comprise the first and 34th infantry division, and the first armored. The first Infantry, with a gieat world war record. I, known In North Africa as the first team, composed mostly of regular army men. The 34th Infantry I, comprised of national guard and selective service unit, from the midwest. The first armored, the cream of American mechanized forces, ha, been in action almo,t since the beginning of the Tunisian campaign. In an effort to hamstring the American drive across central Tunisia. the enemy is punching tho British first army in the northern sector. The British have evacuated the town of Tamera and set up u new line three miles to the southwest. Along the Mareth line, there still Is no Allied confirmation of enemy reports that the British eighth army has launched a general offensive. Today's communique note*! slight local adjustments by the eighth army with little enemy Interference. British submarines have scored heavily in new raids against thn tenuous Axis supply line across the Mediterranean The admiralty reveals that four big enemy supply ships, one medium-sized tanker and one small supply ship have been sunk hy British sub,. A naval auxiliary and a smaller supply ship also were destroyed. Allied fighters, in raids on Sicily and southern Italy, have destroyed seven locomotives and machine gunned a 2.000-ton ship. A direct hit also was scored on a tanker off southern Italy by British bomber, and torpedo planes. Thn harbor of Naples has been blasted by American planes twice within the past 24 hours. On the political side, the coming conference lietween general Henri Giraud and the Fighting French leader, general De Gaulle. may settle the future status of general Kognes. the governor-general of Morocco. The problem is complicated by the fact that Nogues, as a general, outranks Imth Do Gaulle and Giraud De Gaulle ha, Insisted on Nogues' remove! be(Turn To Page 3, Column 3) o— Change Restrictions On Mail Overseas Some Regulations Are Ordered Eased The post office deportment hat announced a change in restriction, which will permit sending oewled parcel,, at tint clan, postage it they do not exceed eight ounces In weight, to army peroonnel Irving oversea, -without a request Com the man in service. This I, done, it wag explained, to facilitate the sending of small essential article, such as watch,* eyeglaase,. fountain peas. etc. Newspaper strtmcriptioM to thoaa In Mrvice pv,roe,» may also be renewed wlthoot a request from th, the addreMee. it wa, stated. This mean, that the sub«-r!p-tion may be renewed by perwoM other than the one to whom the paper I, being mol witheal g roquest from hua er her.