Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 41, Number 84, Decatur, Adams County, 8 April 1943 — Page 1

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allies Increase Pressure On Fleeing Axis Army

.S. AIRMEN CRUSH JAP AIR FLEET

nericans Join With British In Pursuing Rommel

■sh First Army Kqs Into Action; Kricans Join With Ksh Eighth Army H||v I'ltif'd I’reSS |&rHi<h first army has K ; , :l , P ,n lu northern TnKding It. weight to the the combined Britishis putting on the K tlr south. Anderson. of the first British K. opmed an assault In between MedjeX El-Bab Hc'h" The battle ground pt tnlles south of BlKd inihs southwest of wan opened with a Hb<>:t. >.,:-liin-nt of 500 guns, dispatch from Allied j»l Victory Sure Apr. B—(l’Pl — of war Stimson says K|e.| campaign in Tunisia Mnc ieiy satisfactorily— Kat the Immediate objecHos the present drive are clear. says Stimson, wo assured of victory In Stimson said the H the Pacific alio is proHm satisfactorily and that Japs and the Ameri■have increased their air K Kr'er- reports that the first Hs made great gains in Its ■ drive Many prisoners |“~rh . toiod material n captured. nblned British and Ameres In the south are batsad agalnnst the fleeing tes. An official bulletin armored units have taken lase and are pounding up al road on the heels of g Alls forces. Prisoners the latest southern push led the total for the Tumpalgn so far to 20.000. Fetches from the front inhat the Africa corps still ■ft and full of fight. E’» communique trom Allied Hers bears out in full deE statements made yesterI prime minister Churchill. ■ bulletin says the enemy •elslvely defeated in the •harlt ar a during the night H 6 Yesterday, It says ■ units started pursuit of after the eighth army y* (| ed a Junction with Bin troops driving east from ■tar. Iflermans tried Asperate B-at’a<k. against the faper- ■* were b«s«en he*k sr!!h f T ' Tags 4) | Operators Plan I Roosevelt Plea |cim Negotiations p Near Deadlock I Turk. April 8-(UP)-«tu-L ro * l Bln « operators are !>n- a second appeal to pre|lo<>sevelt for federal action r r wage dispute with the I Mine worker*. r** O Neill, epeaking for the ppcratort. says neffotiationa r c ' uHy aI, a standstill and F conferences for collective F B « »IH not bring about an H Ftatee conciliation dlreeRC’or John Steelman haa re- * certlflcntkm [ dispute u> the war tabor I * I operators and John L. LA 81 * M1 »» workere are L. L”*<•C . increase, i. *'* Wortta < •« Present I Beirut, which expired

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Axis Nations Preparing For Allied Invasion Europe Is Reported Seething Over Fears Os Coming Invasion By United Press The Axis powers an- preparing feverishly for the coming Allied invasion of Europe—and wondering wher* It will strike. German troops are on maneuvers along the North Sea coast, aw well as In Holland and Belgium. And an Algiers broadcast says Italy is fqprful that concentrated raids on Sicily. Sardinia and southern Italy mean that Invasion 1s not very far off. Swiss reports say Hiller and Mussolini are pr paring for a conference in Brenner Pass. But London authorities think such a meeting would be held by military tnen. Axis broadcasts are storming at what they call the “war of barbarism'' being conducted by the RAF and the United States army air force. The broadcasts aay that the United States and Britain are now far more dangerous enemies to the Axis than is Soviet Russia. Since June 10. Italy has had 600 air attacks. A good part of the Axis invasion (Turn To Page S. Column 1) o Butchers Warned On Price Cutting Must Reduce Prices If Point Value Cut Indianapolis, Apr. B.—(UP)—The Indiana office of price administration warns that butcher* may not reduce the point values of rationed meats and fats wlthmt also lowering prices. The statement is prompted by reports of a “pointcutting war" among Indianapolis meat dealers. OPA officials say that a new amendment to rationing r-gulatione provides that before a retailer lowers the point value of a rationed item, he must cut the price <4 th'Item at least 25 percent below the established ceiling price. Proportionate price reductions must be made if point values are decreased more than 25 percent. However, no retailer will be required to reduce the purchase price more than 50 percent below the ceiling. Retailers also must post the ceiling and reduced money price along with the reduced pJnt value. The OPA says it believes that retailers acting In good faith will no' suffer since It is a normal practice to cut prices when items must be sold quickly to prevent spoilage Reports have been made that som>meat dealers are using the OPA regulations permitting ration point reductions of meats threatened with spcilage to spur sales of slowmoving Items. ■ —o Australian Leader Arrives In U. S. San Francisco. April •—(VP>— Australian external affair* minister Herbert Rvatt has arrived in the United States for Important conferences. The minister will mak- an add rone in San Francisco today and than will go to Waahington to meet Australian ministar to tke United Staten. Sir Owen Dixon. After the meeting. Dixon is stated to return to Australia for a short visit

Charge! Dramatic Battle Action From Red Front r“ — ! ,r' .- ■■ This in not a staged battle scene, but an actual charge by RiiHwian Infantrymen somewhere altmg the long Russian front, Most of the men carry light automatics but some carry bayoneted rifles. Note man in tree. Also note that men are deployed carefully so that Nazi shells can't wipe them out.

Bring Pressure For New lax Plan Study House Committee May Report Plan Washington, April 8 — (UP)— The day of resurrection may be at hand for the pay as you go tax plan —with or without forgiveness. The heat is on from Republicans and abo from a group of Democrat*. And It now appear* as It the house ways and means committee may submit to pre «ure and report out some new forai of tax plan. Hentiment Is developing among committee member* for the adoption of a plain 20 percent withholding tax with no forglvenea* and no discounts. Thl* would be the same bill they reported out before, except the previous suggest Jun did empody a discount system to reward taxpayers who became current in their payment*. The storm of criticsm raised over the discount plan helped send the titt*. back to committee for further study. Action might come next week, since both party leaders of the house have agreed there should be sHirne definite move before the Easter recess, tentatively set for a week from Saturday. Meanwhile. In a senate committee, the farm Hoc I* passing its torch for higher farm prices from the bankhead bill to the Pace bill. Both bllb would raise the fra tn jMsrity base and consequently farm price*. But the Bankhead bill, though not dead. Is now dormant, following its return to committee by farm senator* who coundn't muster enough votes to override the president's veto. So they'll now concentrate on the tTurn To Pa«« 3. Column *> p ■ - I ' — Blood Donated By Adams County Group Make Donation To Blood Plasma Bank A group of Adams county resident* returned late Thursday from Portland, where they cotributed blood to the plasma Issuk established for the srmed force*. Nearly 40 persons from Berne. Decatur. Geneva, and other comminutes of the county, made the trip and offered to donate a pint of blood each. In a number of Instance* the offer* were .ejected, however, when would-be donors did not pass the examination given prevlou* to the donation. Several persons volun'ecrrd in addition to those who registered last Saturday. It was reported. Among these were John M Doan. Mrs. Oacar Lankenau and Albert Beineke Hibbard H. High, of Kirkland township, dbo was in charge of arrangements for sending the group to Portlanl. issued a statemen: today expressing appreciation U> the donors and those who afforded tranoportalioa.

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Decatur, Indiana, Thursday, April 8,1943.

Draft Heads Favor Labor Draft Plan Washington. Apr. 8. — (UP) — Selective service directors of 4.'r stat’s are on record today as favoring the principle of the AustinWadsworth labor draft bill. Th--directors met yesterday with mem bera of the senate and h.use military affairs committees. Senator Austin of Vermont, coauthor of the bill, says the draft heads unanimously favor mobilizing all manpower, and that they agreed on an ultimate need for a civilian labor draft. o Soldier In Africa Purchases War Bonds Writes To Parents To Buy Bonds Here Although the campaign to sell 1730.000 worth of second war loan bonds does not officially open until Monday, several large subscriptions have already been made at the First State Bank. Theodore Graliker, bank president and chairman of the victory fund committee. announced today. Rev. Joseph J. Helmets, pastor of St. Mary's Catholic church, hss authorised the investment of 110.000 of the parish's building fund In two percent bonds, which will be credited to the county's quota. A subscription from a soldier who is doing his bit in North Africa, touched the hearts o( local bond officials, when he wrote to his mother and asked her to invest |soo of his money in government bonds. Sgt. Walter Hoile, son of Mr. and Mrs. Otto Hoile of this city, is serving with the armed forces In far off Africa In the air carps I While more than busy with th<> job of driving Rommel and his army to the sea. Bgt. Hoile took time Io send his pay checks back ■ home with the request that his parents Invest bis money In bonds of the country for which he is fighting. Mr. Graliker said a meeting of bond workers and business leaders would be held at the bank Monday night for the purpose of launching the drive In thia city next week. IS " O Tuberculosis Clinic At Berne On Friday A tuberculosis clinic will be held in B-rne starting Friday morning at 10 o'clock in the Evangelical church. Clinicians from Irene Byron will be present as well as the county nurse. Mias Lois Beenun. • Building Restriction Violations Reported Indianapolis. Apr. 8. — (UP) — More than 6.500 violations of the war production board's residential building restrictions are balng Investigated by the Indianapolis of tee ct th* WPB More than 500 of th* violations are reported in Marta* county

Russians Attack On Donets River Front. Important Points Seized By Russians By United Press The Russians have attacked sharply along the muddy lionets river after parrying hard and repeated German blows. Hard-bitten Red army soldiers, who for weeks have been fighting off thousands of Nazis, seized Important positions south of Izytim. The Russians hold a l>rldgehea<l on the south side of the Donets river. And thefr new guilts have widened th«‘ bridgehead as a potential menace to the German defense lines. There Is nothing to indicate that the Russian drive will be bus- I talned. But the potency of Its threat is seen In th- fact that the gains were made against an enemy weakened by heavy losses after futile assaults in the face of Russian gunfire. Meanwhll , the Nazis are making new Jabs at the Russian spring line on the soutfl-central front and on the Leningrad front in the north. Northwest of Kursk — In the Sevsk sector--machine guns and blazing rifle* have halted a sudden en my lunge. On the Volkhov ».-onr. southeast of Leningrad, the Russians erased a more serious threat. Three detachments ot German trnapa suddenly sivarmed toward the Russian positions, and succ. eded in storming a height. But the Russians made a swift and effective com-ter-attack which drove the enemy back to Its oilgittal starting point. (Turn To Va<» t. Column Jt 0 Edgar Steele Free Under SI,OOO Bond Failure To Report To Civilian Camp Edgar Steele, 36. of this city, ta at liberty today under 11.000 bond after being arraigned before a U. S. comminiloner in South Bend. Steele, aa a member ot the J* hovah Witnesses. Is charged with violation of the selective service act -aa offense for which hl* two brothers, Ralph and Clyde, were convicted by a federal court in Fort Wayne Tureday. He la charged specifically with failure to report to a work camp for conscientious objector*. His arrest was made Tuesday at Fort Wayne by U. S. deputy mamhal Charles S. Bandt. while attending his brothers' trials. From Fort Wsyne he ws* taken to South Bend by marsba' Bandt for arraignment. Upon bls return here. Steele said today that be had not entered a plea and that bis trial date had not been set His brothers are to receive sentence on April 18 at 1:30 p. m. toy federal Judge Thoma* Slick In Fort Wayne The maximum sentence Is | five yenrs and |i.o*o ftac or both.'

37 Japanese Planes Are Shot Down In Attack On American Shipping Near Guadalcanal

Flying Fort Crashes At Baer Field Base Three Men Killed In Crash Wednesday Fort Wayne, Ind.. Apr. 8. —(UP) An Indiana flier is among three men who were killed and two who are InJun <1 as the result of the craeh of a flying fortress at Fort Wayne yesterday. The names of casualties announced by Baer Field public relations officers today after notlflcntion of the n-arest of kin i include Private De Vere Lambert of i Mishawaka. Ind., who was a crew I member The other dead were the 1 pilot. First Lieutenant la- Roy Ronnfeldt of Columbus. (>. and Private B J Brablec of Chicopee, Mass. Th-- pilot, Flint Lieutenant E. Pokral of Chicago, and Private Leo Kadkubowski of Syracuse. N. Y., are confined to the station hospital with injuries. A board of inquiry is Investigating the accident, which occurred when the plane was taking off oil a return trip to its home base at IXM.'kbourne Field near Columbus, O A sixth crew member. Corporal Walter Kulchlnsky, escaped the crash because he was granted a short furlough to visit frknds in Fcrt Wayne. o Higher Prices For I 5 Vital Farm Crops Government Support Announced By Davis Washington. Apr. 8. — (UPI — Food administrator Chester Davis has announc' d government support fir hlghir prices on five vital war crops —dry beaiur and peas, peanuts, soybeans and flaxseed 111 the case of three of these, the prices which the government will support are higher than OPA ceiling prices This poses a quiMtlon which may have a significant bearing on the price Issue. WHI the administration raise the celling limit and pass the cost on to the consumer in higher prices? Or will the addition he met by paying eilbsldles to the farmers to cover the difference? Observers are watching with keen interest the meeting of the senate agriculture committee today to se If this price rise will soften farm him- pressure. The committee is now considering the Pace bill to add labor coats in computing farm |*rlty. Price administrator Prentiss Brown and agriculture secretary Wickard both have been called to explain their opposition. M-anwhlie, the Bankhead bill to raise farm parity prices—vetoed by the president -Is back In the agriculture committee after its supporters found they lacked the strength to override the veto. It waa recommitted by a 62 to 23 vole yesterday. Madame Chiang Is Reported Better Ixm Angeles. Apr 8. — (UP) — Madame Chiang Kal-Bhek hopra to be able to begin her return trip to the east coast from law Angeles by the end of this week. An official spokesman for China's first lady said this morning that Madame Chiang is feeling better but she otill needs to rest. Despite her illness. Madame Chiang received three of Hollywood's top cameramen yesterday. They shot some SO pictures of her. She remained seated throughout the picture-taking, and refused to Ibe glamorised with Holly word ' make-up

41 Candidates For Graduation At Decatur High List Os Graduates Is Announced Today By Principal Brown • " ■ Forty-one numbers of the senior class of the Decatur Junior-M-nior high school are candidates for graduation at the commeniement exerckies tn May 27. it was announced today by W Guy Brown, principal. Th. commencement program Is now being arranged by Walter J Krick, city school superintendent, and is expected to be announced shortly. Three of the 41 stud'-nts will not be present at the graduation exercises. Maxwell la*onardson has enter'd the U. S. navy, la-wls Schnepp the army and Gerald Kimble ha* entered the University rs Southern California. Following Is a list of the candidates and the diplomas which each are to receive: Academic Richard E. Abbott. Utls Miriam Baughman. Joan F. Cowens. Rex A. Heare, Gerald Robert Kimble. Robert C McChnahan, Herman Dale von Gunten. Kathryn Louise Yager. Commercial Janice Evelyn Feasel. Florence Marie Hoffman. Erma L ulse LilIfch, Ardtlla V. Miller, Alice Elizabeth Roop, Arllne Claire Roope, Betty Elaine Sautter. Virginia Ellen Venls, Betty Jean Werst. Isabel ■Been White. General Mttrvel S Andrews. Edwin F. Boknecht. Charlee Luther Arnold, Max Leroy Bttrdg. Harriet Ixtulse Christen. Carl Frederick Ftt- lllng, Dorothy Alice Gerber, Bs-tty Hakes, Elva Mae Jackson. Joan Pauline Krick. Maxwell A Leonardson, Donald E. Llhy. Richard l>. Lltch(Turn To P»a» I. Column 41 ~Jg Two Autos Collide At Street Crossing Slight damsge was caused last evening when cars driven by Richard Spencer and W. F. Beery collided at the Intersection of Fifth and Monroe streets. Oscar Roy Chilcote Investigated. 0 Dehner President Os Beverage Board Adams County Board Organized Wednesday Henry Dehner, of Union township. te the new president of the Adams county alcoholic beverage board Mr Dehner wa* named to the presidency of th« board ta'e yreterday during a reorganisation meeting. held in the commissioner’s room of the county <-uurt house He Ut serving hi* aecond term on the hoard, having been renamed by the county council, and succeeds the late Dallas M Hower aa president. James Elbcreon. local service station operator, waa elected secretary. Isadora Bernstein is the other local member of th’ board, having been appointed recently by Mayor John B Stults Mr Elberton waa appointed by the county commits ionere. The fourth member of the board is Charles W Heritage of Anderson. who repraaeata the state alcoholic beverage commlaelon.

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Crushing Victory Is Scored By Americans Against A Powerful Enemy Aerial Armada Washington. April 8 — (UP) — American fliers have scored a crushing victory over a huge Japatnso- air fleet in the Boloinona. Thirty seven out of an attacking force of #8 Jap planes were rhot down on Wednesday. Solomon Island time, when they attacked a concentration of American shipping near Guadalcanal. The Americans lost seven fighter planes, but one of our pilots was reacu'd. The enemy aerial armada waa one of the largest hurled against the Americans in the Solomons. It was comprised of 56 bombets and IS escorting Zero fighters, American intercepted them as they approached our shipping. When the dog fight was over. 21 Jap Zeros, fivo dlvebombeni and 11 other enemy planes had been downed. The navy doesn't say whether the enemy succeeeded In hitting or winking any of the United States shlpw. The victory together with the destruction of an enemy seaplane earlier Wednesday—brings to MJ the enemy aircraft losxet in tho Solomons area. The battle climaxed two days of Intensified aerial activity In ths area. On Tuesday, Solomons tune, American airmen carried out four raids on Jap bases an That night, three enemy ptanea bombed Guadalcanal. In land fighting In the far east, the Japanese have met with reverses In both Burma and China. They were thrown back in the Indian region east of the Mayt peninsula in Burma by British troops (Turn To Pa«s I. Column I) — —o— —•— • Additional Report On Red Cross Fund ________ * Goal Oversubscribed By More Than SSOO The seml-flna! report on the Red Cross fund shows total e ntributions today of 112.247.6 n. exceeding the 111.700 county quota by more than (500. The final nport will be made as soon as all pledges and solicitors reports have been turned In. Miss Annie Wlnnes, secretary and cochairman Waiter J Krick and Lyman Hann anti iinctsl today. Today's report follows Previously reported 511.004.52 F Maier, partial report on junk delivered to Ed Nevli. Geneva 20 00 F. Maier, cash .50 Oscar Hoffman 11.00 E M Webh 1000 Mrs. John Grfaley I 'M) Mrs. M. Stelubrunner 2o eO General Eb-ctrh employes addtii nal report 26 95 Pete R>ynolds 118 <M> Mildred Worthman 100 To Secretary 24 00 Mrs. J. I> Briggs. Geneva Chun h of < hr;-' 7 50 Seventh Grade ..... 5.(N> Eighth Grade .. 3.13 NlscrlaneoiM 3 O') 253.08 Grand total 112.247 6') — oTEMPERATURE READING DEMOCRAT THERMOMETER 8:00 a. m 44 10:00 a. m . SI Noon . _ 01 2:00 p. m M 3:00 p. m. 70 WEATHER CoMtlniMd m<ld in south and esntral portions: slightly warmer In north portion tonight and Fridoy forenoon; thunder ehowere in northweet portions late tonight or Friday forenoon.