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New Minister vl ■■ ?s|. ’ Rev. Fraud* If Willard will con duct hit flrxt service* at the First Evangelical church in thl* city Sunday, tucceediug Rev. Georgo S Loxie.'. who has been transferred to Mlxhawaka. Tho new pastor I* a graduate of Elkhart high school. North Central college and Evangel leal Theological seminary, both of Napr-rvllb*. 111. Ho has been pax tor of the Wayno Avenue church at Dayton. O. for the past eight and one half years. He is married and the father of two children, Alice Jane. ag*-d 6' a . and David, aged 3. Strike In Big Chrysler Plant Is Spreading 28,000 Workers On Strike; Situation Betters In Mines (By United Pres*l The strike at the big Chrysler corporation arsenal In Detroit ie spreading.' The number of workers now on strike totals SS,OOO. Foifr thousand were added at mid-morn-ing when company officials annoaiMvd that the De Koto bomber fackry had been closed. It wax the sixth Chrysler idant to halt operations. National CIO official* are cooperating with the army and the war labor board In trying to get the I men to return to their jobs. However. Leo La .Motte the 10-i cal unkn chief—say* that from th*- ! mood the men are in It does not, appear they will resume work today. Four thousand workers returned to their duties in another plant thl* morning. R. J. Thomas—national president of the United Automobile Workers —blame* the wildcat strike on slow action by the war labor board In settlement of contract negotiation*. There’s more cheering news, however, from the coal field* of western Pennsylvania. The g.OOO miner* that were <n strike In 15 mines and a coke plant have dwindled to 1,100. Union leaden predict that the mines now under Uncle Sam * Jurisdiction—will be operating normally by Monday. The total of striker* in the Ohio coal mine region has Jumped to 8.500 men in three mine*. The (Turn To Pag* I. Column 7) — O Clothes Rationing Unlikely This Year Official Says OPA 'Cracking At Seams' Washington. May 21 - <t’r» — Clothing 1» <> n< * it** lll ! hat porhahly will not be added to ration lists this year. This •« Indicated by war production board representative* and oßicial* of the clothing Industry. No definite plan ha* been worked out—neither have any hard and fast rule* been made But one official »ay» the clothing and textile situation look* much better. Civilian* must accept the fact that there will be fewer textile products for the remainder of the war. The by passing of clothes rationing Is looked on a* a victory for WPB civilian requirement director Arthur Whiteside Director White side say*, "the civilian I* going to get what he need* because he ha* to have It—no matter what the requirements are." Meanwhile, there’s a Job open tn Washington for s tough businessman who can *ay "no" and mean It The job I* "general administration and assistant to grora To ffago L Go*—• «

Jap Warlord Dies In Action In Plane Crash Admiral Yamamoto Is Reported Killed During Air Combat (By United Press) Death ha* ended the boasting of i the Japanese warlord who once ; said he’d dictate the peace In the White House. Radio Tokyo ani nounced thl* morning that Admir!al Yamamoto had been kilbd in action. The Tokyo announcement gave few detail*. It revealed only that he died last night in a war plane in th)- .South Pacific. And It add'd that the plane waa engaged in combat. Yamamoto became a hateful name to Americans 10 days after Ibsirl llarbir. It was then the Tokyo radio quoted a letter it said ■ th>- admiral had written to a friend on January 21. 1941. In his letter, Yamamoto said he would not be content to capture Guam, the Philippines, Hawaii and Ban Francisco. ”1 am looking forward.” he wrote, "to dictating peace to the United States in the White House at Washington.’’ But American* had other reasons for hating the wiry Illite admiral. He was commander of the combined fl>" t. And as *u< h he had much to do with working out the treacherous strategy of the sneak attack. He put that strategy to | work at Pearl Harbor. Yamamoto was an excellent flier ' and was credited with building the Nip|M>nese naval air force. He was in this country a* a naval attache twice < in <-e Jtmt after the world war one and again from 1925 to 1927. The admiral helped torpedo the Lindon naval conference in 1934. A* late a* 1939 he promised,'as navy vice minister, not to engage in a xhip buihllng race. But even as he spoke Japan was modernising and expanding her fleet, Yamam* to's death I* a great loss (Turn To Pag* S. Column 4) — - Mississippi River Is Steadily Rising Damage To Lowland Crops Is Mounting By United Pres* The fl*K>d water* of scores of swollen streams and rivers are sweeping across the rich midwest farm belt and converging upon the steadily rialng .Mississippi. In half a dozen state* Illinois, iudbina. .Missouri. Kansas. Arkansas and Oklahoma — damage to lowland crop* Is mounting. More than J.tMMiJHH) acres of fertile land already 1* reported under water Forty-four thousand acre* of Illinois farmland along the Indiana border was inundated thl* morning when the rampaging Wsba»h river smashed a levee near Vincennes. Ind. Th)' break reliev.-d Vincennes of its greatest riood threat in a quarter of a century. While flood crests roll on along the lower reaches of Indiana« stream* and rivers, communities In the northern part of the Hoosier state are clearing away debris left by the high waters. In Illinois, the raging Illinois rivar—fed by the swollen Sanaa mon 1* nearing record crest* al Peoria and Beardstown. At Beardstown, soldier* and townspeople are feverishly building a three-foot extension to the mitelong earthen levee which protect* two side* of the town. In the southwestern corner of Illinois, rosfdents of Fort Chartres. Stringtown and Grandtower — along the .Mis»ls*ippi-have been warned to move to higher ground Authorities »ay flood conditions along the .Mississippi will become increasingly critical In the next 24 hour* a* the Missouri. Ohio and Illinois river* unload their burdens upon the “father of waters." The crest of the flood on the dxage river in south central Missouri Is moving downstream to(Turn To Pag* »• Column »» ' ■* O' Auxiliary Police To Meet Tonight A special meeting of all aakiltery police will be held tonight at I o'clock at the city hall. It was aanounced today by chief M Milter All police, old and new. are to attend and receive alignment* for Sunday* much air raid.

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Decatur, Indiana, Friday, May 21,1943.

Indiana Flood Waters Still Rise r/wc - Zaow* Boy Scout, wearing a civilian defense annband. rescue* another youth from the rising flood water* In Peru. Ind., as th) Wabash river, swelled by days of almost incessant rains, overflowed its banks With six persons dead and 12.000 homeless, volunteer crews of soldiers and civilian* are Handbagging river levee* to check rl«ing waters. Other river flood* are threatenin' other mid west areas.

All Rainfall Records Here Are Shattered Over Nine Inches Os Rain So Far In May All Misting rainrail records ot Herman Meyer, local precipitation observer, have been broken this month, he revealed today, as the water* of the St. Mary’s river continued to recede from their 30 year high mark. lAxt night's rainfall of .14 of an inch brought the total for the first 20 days of th*' month to 9.14 Inches the heaviest In any 20-day period shown on his books. While the river continued to drop today, the recession was still remarkably slow. At 7 a. m. today. the stream measured 19 90 feet--a drop of only 1.23 feet In the previous 24 hour*. Tho drop for the previous 24 hour period was also slightly more than one foot. All federal and state routes are now passable, it was reported by hglhway workers, although water Is still over U. 8. 224 in front of Belmont park. While the flooded home* in the park are still isolated by water, it I* reported that all walers have receded from the homes. Water Is all gone from the paved road behind th* park, the stretch of U. S. 224. just east of the east bridge, the stretch on North Second street and other*, it is reported. Although the early morning forecast did not predict rain, skies remained overcast throughout most of the day ami many residents were of the opinion that still more rainfall I* in store. n 10 -I- ■■'■■■ American Planes Bomb Italian Dam Allied Headquarter*. North Africa. May 21—(UP)—The Yank* aro following the dam-busting technique that the RAF started in Germany. Allied headquarter , has announced that American lightning plane* dropped three bomb* on a dam In northwestern Sardina Although the official dispatch makes no mention of results, the lamdon radio •ay* the dam was hit. There are two artificial lakes In Sardinia, both providing hydroelectric power. One spans the TL--■o river in the center of the l»iand. holding hack some 450.(MH1 000 cuhlc meters of water. The other. In northearn Sardinia, has a capacity of 352.000.000 cubic meters. Both generate about 24.000 horsepower

Don't Forget The Boys Os ( 17 and "18 commanding officer ordered. ADVANCE. Today ihes.- veteran* are helping their government in a civil lan way They are sponsoring the May War Bond driver ’ Through the American Legion they ash you to buy bond* Tb. $M q»ou te 19M70 Up to date only about half of that *mount^ba*jM*n^nrch*»«! were Invested In War Bond* the quote would be met quickly. Thl* county cannot let th* Legion down This cownty should not let their appeal go To keep faith with the legionnaires and the men who are serving in uniform tud*>. BUY BUNDS.

Think Rain's Bad? Old Timers Recall May Snow, Freeze In answer to those who "gripe" about the weather, the following was recalled today by a few of the clty'e olstens. Sixty year* ago. May 22—tomorrow these men recall trudging to school barefooted, and then wading through about two or three Inches of snow on the way home. A* one oldtimer put It — "The •now was just covering the top* of the young onion*.” Then another remembered that about 20 years ago thia May corn In the fields was frozen by cold weather—•• maybe today’s floods are not ao bad. after all. 0 All Details Ready For Sunday's Raid Final Instructions Given Last Night Adame county civilian defense leaders pronounced complete today all details of the mo> k air raid to be staged here Sunday with the aid of the civilian air patrol. All civilian defense worker* of Decatur and the surrounding community were given final in*tructioia) last night In a meeting at the Legion home. Adjutant Tillman Gehrig, acting in the absence of corps commander Dallas Brown, who I* out of the city, conducted the meeting. Duties of each of the agencies were briefly outlined by the respective heads. Speaker* included T. J Metzler, city chief warden; George Harding, rural chief warden: Adrian Coffee, auxiliary police leader; Ed Hurst, auxiliary firemen leader; Robert Zwtek, deputy chief of emergency medical field unit*; Milt Swearingen, center control chief; V. J Bormann, county civilian defense director; Bob Shrnluka. Msistant. and Mayor John B. Stults. A crowd of workers that filled the assembly room of the Legion home to overflowing heard the Instruction* for .omtotUng the "raid." The general public and th* worker* will not be informed a* to the exact time of tho raid. ,gheduled for Sunday afternoon. CAP planes Huntington. Auburn. Van Wert Ohio and Fort Wayne, flying from the last named city, will participate Dr. Joe Morri*, local CAP pilot, has been in charge of ar i(Turn To Fags *■ Column 4)

173 More Axis Warplanes Smashed By Allied Fliers In Area Os Mediterranean

Russians On Offensive In Donets Basin Widen Bridgeheads Along Donets River In Area Os Kharkov (By United Press) Russian troopx breaking a long stalemate southeast of Kharkov have imunded ah* ad to widen their bridgehead* along the Donets river. The newspaper Izvestia report* | the new offensive, which ends the Inertia of exveral weeks in the Donets basin. The German* are said to have tried to erase Russian bridgehead* along the right bank cf the Donets river. But Russian defenses were honeycombed with deep trenches and Htrong emplacement*, and the German attack* were a miserable failure. After Nazi tank, infantry and air attacks had been hurb-d back, the Russian big guns opened up a withering Are. Then the Soviets counter-attacked, widening their bridgeheads along a 110-mile stretch of the river. Reports from the front say the Red army also ha* broken off strong German attack* in the Kuban area and have Improved their post ion*. Meanwhile, fighting in the Caucasus "ontlnue* on a big scale. The Germans are throwing men. tanks and planes against the Russian*) with a reckless disregard for losses. The Nazis used 12,000 men yesterday In one small sector, only to lie hurhsl ba< k. During the night. Russian artillery opened up with a pulverizing barrage that wi|»-d out 12 Nazi fortified positions. Far to the north, on th.- front south of Leningrad. Soviet big guns silenced several German artillery hatter!))* and blew up an ammunition dump. Two companies of Nazi Infantry some 400 men w> re annihilah-d. Message Delivered Moscow, .May 21. (UP) — The mission Io Moscow of Joseph E. Davies appears to have been highly sucessful. Davies del I v red a X)-al)«l letter from President Roosevelt Io Premier Stalin at the Kremlin laet night. And all external evidence points to high Soviet favor of th)' undertaking. The Moscow press has given prominent display to the announcement that Stalin has given the former American ambassador to Russia an audience. And here's another significant fact. Davin was summoned to the Kremlin only a few hours after he had conferred with foreign commis(Turn To Pag* 4. Column 4) Suggests Food For Liberated Peoples Committee Suggests Six Billion For Food Washington. May 21 — (UP) — The house appropriations committee suggests that K.00t1.000.000 be added to lend lease funds to help feed liberated populations. The supplemental appropriation would be for use In the 1943 fiscal committee sliced |150.000 <>••*• from year which ends June 30 The budget estimates, principally for agricultural and Ind trial commodities. The committee says experience In the North Afrclan campaign shows the necessity of shipping food to countries taken over by tho Allies. The program, the cjwimittee thinks. Is a potent weapon of warfare But It adds that 1942 food shipments, while large, constituted only »ix percent of our total supply. The house group underline* the fact that there’s no serious shortage of food for civilians In fact, says the committee, the home front had more food In 1942 than at any time in history The shortage, say* the commit tee. was caused by requirements (Turn Te Page L Ceiama «)

Roosevelt-Churchill Talks Near Decision s “ To Receive Plans Os Staff Chiefs Tonight Washington. May 21 ■ (UP) — j President Roosevelt says he expects his war talks with prime | minister Churchill will reach the I point of final decisions some time next Week. The president reports that he and Churchill will receive tonight the tentative r> commendations drawn by their staff rhiefs The two Allied leaders will study the recommendations over the week end. Then, next week, they will iron out any kinks and make the final plans. Mr. Roosevelt wouldn’t hint at the nature of the plans. But It Is believed they Involve a longrange plan for attacking Japan, as well as a program for more Im mediate drives against Germany The president was asked at his press conference whether he and Churchill had given any consideration to Italy's political future. He replied by simply reiterating th)- phrase made famous at the Casablanca conference — "unconditional surrender." President Roosevelt agreed with Churchill that the bulk of United State* forces on duty outside the country are In the Pacific. Th« president also reported that the rising American ship tonnage far outdistances our ship losses. Our shipping, he added. Is providing a ring which slowly but surely is being closed around th)* Axis powers. Program Is Listed For Baccalaureate To Hold Services On Sunday Evening The complete program of the baccalaureate services of the Decatur junior-senior high school, to be held In the school auditorium Sunday night at 7:30 o'clock, was announced t)>duy by Walter J. Krick, city school superintendent. Rev. Paul W Schultz, pastor of th*' Zl* n Lutheran church, will deliver the baccalaureate aermon. Musical selection* will be under the direction of Mis* Helen Haubold. muaic supervisor of the pule lb- Nchools.of the city. Following is the order of service : Prm-es iota!, “March Pontiflcate" - Lemtnen*. The preface, "N* w the Day is Over." Invocation and scripture lesson Rev William II Returner!, Immanuel Luth* ran > hur> h. Anthem. “What of the Night?” Thompson Glee club. Sermon ' True Nobility, a Consequence of Christ Like Service to others"- Rev. Paul W. Schultz, Zion Luth'ran church. Girls’ trio. "Bless This House"--Brahe Joan Cowens, Lois Baughman. Leena Hoile. Hymn, "Stand Up for Jesus.” Prayer and benediction Rev. A. T. Koehler. St. Paul* Lutheran church. Hymn. "Odd Bless Our Native — (Tur* To P»<* 4. Column 9) Former U. S. Fleet Commander Is Dead Palm Beach. Fla. May 21 (UP) — A former commander-in-chlef of the U. 8. fleet admiral Henry A. Wiley is dead at the age of 75 Retired in 1929. Admiral Wiley returned to active service in 1942 but bad been ill most of the time since. ■■q Yank Nabs Cousin, Wants To Catch All Scranton. Pa. May 21 — (I P) - The war i*> developing into a family feud tor Private John I’ehanIck Private Pehanick captured hta fir«t cousin. Andrew Petach of the German army, in North Africa. He told hte mother. Mr* Mary Pebanlek. all about It in a tetter. An other letter received today requited hl* mother to send him a Bat of all cousin* atiK "on the other ■ide.” He explained: “I w»ut to catch thect all."

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Enemy Losses During Last Two Days 37 To 1; Berlin Is Again Target Os Bombers London. May 21.— (UP) — American flying fortreaaea heavily raided German U-boat and naval installation* st Withelmthaven and Emden today. The latest two-pronged assault on Nazi sea base* cost u* 12 of the big Boeing bomber*. By United Press Allied airmen have ib-xtroyed 113 mor*' Axis warplane* In the Mediterranean. Twenty-two were shot down in combat yesterda.y including seven giant Merexburg transport planes, ) *ch capable of carrying 120 men. Th*' Meresburgh comprised an aerial convoy which was wiped OU', The other enemy plane* shot down were fighters. Ninety one plane* we*e destroyed on the ground In raids at Gro«Mto in Italy, 95 mile* northwest i of Rome, ami in Sardinia. We [ lost one plan)- in all operations in . the Mediterranean. In th*’ last two days our filer* : have destroyed 1 •»<! planes In the Mediterranean, while losing five. This is a ration of 37 to one —a proportion that soon will make i! Italy completely helpless to offer I an aerial opposition to an Allied . invasion. Grosseto was attacked by Hying fortress* . from Tunisia which i made an tmo mile round trip. The fortresses encountered so little . opp>M>iiion at Grosseto that they f took their time and destroyed 59 i of 59 plane* the bombardier* counted on the airfield in Sardinia. American fighters - mostly Lockheed lightning* — strafed bridges, traiu* and bar> rack* The docks at the Island of Pantellerla between Tunisia and Sicily were bombed once mor*'. Amt In lamdon. the opinion is growing that Italian resistance to th» coming Allied invasion might prove unexpectedly soft The former French deputy. L>uls Jacquinot. who recently escaped from the continent, says Italian soldier* station**! in southern France told him frankly they Intended to run away from an Allied army The Allied air arm also is keeping up the deadly process of bomb- , ing Germany into chaos. Berlin was raid*)! by British mo-qulto bomber* last night All the British planes cam* back safely. Yesterday and ■ ally today, mos(Turn To I'ags *. Column 4) Thompson Speaks To Decatur Rotarians Rev. H W Thompson of this 1 city, w.ie the guest speaker at tho weekly meeting of the Decatur Ito--1 tary club Thursday evening at the K. of I* home. Th*' speaker led a . discussion on personality, answering questions of various member*. Kirsch, secretary, conducted ! the meeting. In th*- absence of Clarence Ziner, president, and Keith Mi Douzall, vlce-pre'iderit, who were attending the convention ot Rotary International at St. l-oute. V City Os Vincennes Relieved Os Threat Levee Break Eases City's Flood Threat (By United Pros*) The crest of the water-bulging , Wabash river is bearing down on Vincennes but the breaking of * : levee three mile* north of the city t* heJieved Io have relieved the ■ historic Knox county seal of it* worst flood threat. The Wabash at Vincennes had mounted to a level of 24% fnwt, more than two feet higher than the record 1913 stage, before a dike on th* Lawrence county. 111. aide of the stream gave way at 3 o'clock thl* morning. Aa the raging water* spread over thousand* of acre* ot rich Illinois farm lands, the river height at Vincennes rapidly dropped almost two feet. That development eased the tension at the latest critical spot tn Indiana's worst overflow tn 10 yngrs. The approaching crest will provide Vincennes with it* severest conditions thus far but is not (Turn Te Fag* 4, Culuma 7).