Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 41, Number 168, Decatur, Adams County, 17 July 1943 — Page 3

IDAY, JULY 17. 1943.

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t HIP VILLAGE MEETING lendxhip Village hom« Hub met at the Blue m>munity building ThurniwenCdwo member*, afx six guests and n'.netynembers. trod presided over the id the >;ong of the month. Christian Soldteiw." was , , cal! was answered by h , Hh at July celebration''. f repealed and acriptur by Ruth Edward*, leclded to have the sn- ‘ ■ln August tor club «sem their families, with 4-H >ora aw guest*. After the looting. Enid Ripley gave P Ltratlon on yeast bread ig rolto. which was very '. 4H member* atoo ex •ir work. ere given to the winm i iteets, which were con 1 Mr*. Mary Merriman hmenta were aerved by sees, Carr. Elta id Daisy Browning. The osed with “'Lord'* Pray ed in unleon. h- ■ - EA CLAM ridayE ' lath.-a Cleos of the Bap11 entertained their fafriends with a vegetcitest evening at MentorTwo long table* of food ed the forty that were fter the supper a short 'Mlon was held and Mr*. \ . h, a new member, woe o the claw. —of men in servlet were Mr*. Roy Johnson, Mrs , x iricaier, Mr*. Harold Mn*. Norman Kruse, Mr*, ry. Mr*. Carey Moser, iodle, Mrs. Maud Merri- “ ' H. M. Shroll, Mn*. Brun Eula Stanley, Mn. Ruby a meeting will be held ‘ "at the home of Mrs. O«ie Fra ■ rill be a meeting of the '' l ran* at the home of FranMonday evening at „ «|y o'clock. • , a Good Town — Oeeatur IM: 1 ■ 11 " "' C Silque Excel* LIQUID "TOCKINGS M-T k ’ in two nmart skadt--ne and Tan. New ed. easy to apph. .‘i smoothly. SI-00 "FB drug co. la - .

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lAMIJON CAMOtI .•■terse Syndicate Writer WOOD — R«d Button * a Texas camps fcroke all x the time involved In s, he traveled 4J500 miles, no military oantsrs. , . two show* at "'■■■■ aach and wound 9 lupbye nt. i K' taining 2 aervicem. I wife Ertn- >■■,:< the who! > t< ■ ■ ■ Both ohKhtiv punch - dturk jVIO but “Mr «d“ start* (.•-.• > ,jgl week just the name. ■■■ Barring furCorroH ther delay' on “In Our Time." no and Ann Sheridan will ''.hirl at Mexico Qty next lifhey have plane rwrvathe 17th. Trip means a or Ann and Oscar Brook* chums tell yaa. still is aaa with the red-headed - excitement, Betty Grable > wear the orchid* Harry ■ave her for the welding, brought them back and is Bw them ia the ice-box. like e. Mr atom saved the top » an th- wedding cake. Atek she never got to cat a y operation ea Xavier Cu- * riirrmafol and he ll be ’ work in 10 day* ... The Harry Man hm> bought a «uae miter away from the >f tnovtadosL • . . Animal Rennie Renfrew cried like aver the accidental suffocative pups that were workh “Daisy” fa the Blondie R and >MtalHMM*itt<-n” Shea a HossiuM with her hus-

CLUB CALENDAR Society Deadline, 11 A. M. Phone* 1000 — 1001 Saturday • Rummage Sale by Missionary Circle Girls, First Evangelical > Church, 8:30 a. m. to 8 p. m. Monday i Hair Dressers, Franclle Meyers, f 7:30 p. m. Tuesday > Garden Club, Mrs. N. A. Bixler, 2:30 p. m. > Psi lota XI Picnic, Hanna-Nutt- ' man Park Hoy Scout Shelter House, I 6:30 p. m. > I»yal Daughters, Evangelical > Church. Mrs. Milton Brown, Preble, I 7:30 p. m. Wednesday Red Cross Sewing Center. American Legion Home. 1 to 4:30 p. m. i Decatur Home Economics Club, postponed one week. MARINE WRITER (Continued From Peg* 1) let the raiders come down. When the all-clear was given the filers coasted down. The “Oklahoma Sooner” squatted comfortably on her runways and taxied smoothly to a stop. Someone asked Lucas, “were you ever worried?” He admitted he was. But the reply wa* encouraging from a fHer to a correspondent: “Dont let It get you down. So was I. No Fnatter how many times you see It. you're geared.” o Adams County Memorial Hospital o e 2. Decatur. Betty McSauley. North Second street, Carl Gerber, Mercer "venue, Mrs. Adam Minnick, R. No. 1 Bryant, Wilbur Deßolt, Schirmeyer street, Albert Smith. R. 2, Geneva. Maxine Moser, It 1, Berne; and Libby Macy, daughter of Mrs. Fanny Macy, Winchester street. Diamiased: Calvin Lehman, Bertie; Noble Connect, R. 2, Monroeville, Mr*. Francis Zimmerman and baby R. 1, Decatur, and Linda Stoltz. It. 2. Decatur. ALLIED GROUND (Continued Prom Pago 11 miles of Koiniatum for some days. And Salamaua, their next big objective. is only six miles beyond. Allied planes are swooping down over this concentrated battiefront to set enemy positions afire, and other planes started three large fires on Salamaua isthmus. In the only show of Japanese air activity, four planes raided an island point 25 miles southeast of Salamaua. but they were scattered by anti-aircraft fire. On the Allied side of the air

band. Clifford Weaver. They have one child and are expecting another. ... Lots of writers dropped by Twentieth Century-Fox since Darryl Zanuck returned and ordered no more B pictures. . . . To give you an idea of the Hollywood housing shortage, Bill Carter and his wife rented a place sight unseen. Veronica Lake home In two weeks, but the baby will be in ths hospital for three months. Fanciest trailer ever seen in Hollywood will be home f«r N. Y. Actor Pat O'Moore, brought out by Warners tor “Conflict.” He lived in the trailer for five years in New Jersey. It's air-conditioned and has full-sited beds. Remember David James, the baby Marlene Dietrich had in her arms when she fell and broke her ankle? He's playing Joan Fontaine's two-year-old son in “Frenchman's Creek.” HOLLYWOOD HI-JTfKS: Jean Colleran of Columbia's "Cover Girts'* weds Corp. Bob Foster, Aug. 13.... Vaughn Monroe definite for "Duffy's Tavern” at United Artists. ... James McE jh sending 100 copies of his book. “Twenty Years i of Song Hite," to Joe E. Lewis to distribute to camps In the Southwest Pacific. . . . John Roselli here i4i a furlough and dancing with Ann Co-voron. . . . Eddie Conns with PtA Patrick, Twentieth Cen-tury-Fox sterlet. . . . Eva Gabor with Ernst Lubitsch (keep an eye on this combination!. . . . Incidentally. Eva has bought a Wilshire . boulevard apartment house and i will rent only to defense workers. I , . . Ddoree Gray with Dick Pur- ■ cell. . . . How time flies department: Johnny Mack Browns daughter. Jane Harriett, celebrat- > tag bar 14th birthday . . . When I Stu Erwin replaced Buddy Ebsen in “Goodnight Ladies.” hie dog i also replaced Ebsen s dog. Clause ■ in contract guaranteed it. ■

Corporal W" * Kg iSSI I * B : Ca. •,’C . ' i® 1 Corp. Audley Moser, formerly > of this city, is serving with the 63rd Ferrying Sqd.. N<lA AB , .Wilmington. Delaware. Corp. . .Moser entered the service on August 17. 1942. ledger, fighter planes and bombers carried out light raids on Japanese Installations and shipping in New Guinea and the central Solomons. NEW VINCENNES IS (Contlnuad From Paas 1) forces early In August of laet year. Indiana citlsen* later subscribed 124.500.000 In war bond* to finance the new vessel. The amount wax $2,500,000 above the announced cost of the new Vincennes. OPA TO CONTINUE (Continued From Pag* 11 a selfish motive In recommending rayon The Truman report declared use of rayon would be “A disaster to the post war economy of the south." There are further indications in Washington that pre-pearl Harbor fathers will escape the draft. A statement made in London by secretary of war Stimson is being interpreted as supporting other reports that the army may cut it* manpower goals before they reach the scheduled total of almost 11.000.000. Stimson said that recruiting Is virtually finished. — There are five times as many bison In the United States as there were in 1900. COOL AND SL I M MING • • • 1 A rl » I /” / I' I j nA ■ *'** ’* •• I i r!■ I 11 i I I H' f ■ L : Marian Martin Note the "long lines” of this pleasingly simple frock. It's Marian Martin Pattern *440. designed to diminish your figure! And a look at the diagram will convince you It's child play to stitch up. A few yards of pretty cotton and the dress Is quickly and easily finished. Pattern 9440 may be ordered only in women’s sites 36. 38. 40. 42. 44. 46. 48 and 50. Size 3* requires 3% yard* 35-lnch fabric. Send SIXTEEN CENTS in coins for this Marian Martin pattern. Writs plainly SIZE. NAME, A DDR EM, ETYLE NUMBER. Ready now—our new Summer Patters Book! Just TBN CENTS more bring* you this smart sewing golds for ths antiru family. Send your ord*, to Daily Democrat Pattern Department, 164 W Randolph StreeL Chicago, IU. mall* delivery of pattern* may few days loagsr than

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W m UINCUE IHhH Sgt. Lewis Smith. U. S. army, will arrive here today from Norfolk. Vs., for an over Sunday visit with hl* paronit, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Smith. Lieutenant and Mrs. Frederick Shroyer from Miami Beach, Fls., arrived in Decatur for a few days visit with Mr. and Mra. Ben Shroyer, Capt. and Mr*. Robert E. Templin left yusterday for Washington. D. C. after spending a few days visiting the latter'* mother, Mrs. Homer Bittner. They were accompanied by Mr*. Jean Knodle and Mn, Stewart. Mr. and Mrs. Dorphu* Drum of this city have received word that their son, Cpi. Marion L. Drum, ha* been transferred to Liaison Det.W. A. A. F., Waco. Tex. He was home recently on a 14-day furlough vi-iting with relative* and friende. HIGH WIND AND (Continued From Page 1) by the high wind. Department crew* worked all night and throughout this morning In an effort to restore disrupted utility service. Window* above the Decatur Upholster shop were blown out and Kia** scattered all over the street and walk. No official estimate of the damage could be learned this morning, but it wa* likely that It would mount up to thousands of dollars. Farmlands and victory gardens euff> red untold damage by the water and winds. Crops, already blighted by the heavy rains of the past few weeks, stood in water four and five Inches deep today. The rainfall. Mr. Meyer said, wall

CLOTHES BURN FROM ENEMY FIRE

•—- •W' > FLAMES IN UNIFORM of a Russian Marine are extinguished by hia comrades, above, after his gun turret hail been struck by enemy Are from the shore. The Marine Is one of Russia's famous "Black Sea Fighters," who have done much to halt the Nazis, f International)

STIMSON GIVES TOP U. S. AWARD KJ' * 1

CONCMSMONAI MtDAI OF MONO! gr*s to IU second recipient *n the European theater, Sergt. Maynard H. Smith, 32. of Caro, Mich., who U credited with saving die lives of six fellow members of ha Flying Fortress crew when the plane caught fire during a raid on St Naxairr Smith beat out the fiainea atngle-handed. manned two machine gun posts and administered first aid. Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson is pictured hanging the decoration around the at:gaunt 'a seek at an airfield iaEngland. w f Jateraatieaaf

the heaviest recorded since the I local bureau wa* e*tubli«<hvd. Tile storm, with a tornado-sound- [ | Ing whistle, HWept through the i houtll edge of the city, doing conI slderable damage around the Fan : Hainmell and Don Lutes property ion South Winch- ster street, at the ! edge of the city limits. Lightning ntruck >ln the vicinity and knockI <-<| out the telephone and < iectric line*. An extension cord was shortcircuited in the Hainmell horn--, scorching the floor before the damage wan noticed. Several ablnglo* were blown off the Hainmell home and a trie in the yard was rent by the high wind. Some damage wa* done to the Lutes greenhouse ami water Inundated the back and side yurd<. Trellises Were leveled and several hundred pluiitn were ruined. Across the sire-1, a targe elm tree in front of the Willis Magner farm home was blown over. It fell parallel with the road and did hot block traffic. The terrific downpour caused some damage to the Jack T- eple home on South Winchester street, where remodeling has been in progress since the major part of the honee was ruined by fire several month* ago. Excavations for the new baKcments filled with water. A large tree was blown down in front of the Harve Butler property, south of the old South Ward school building. , South and east to the Homestead* addition, several trees In the vicinity were torn to piece*. A majority of the holme* in the addition had water in their basemen;*. William Linn, president of the Decatur Homesteads Corp., said there wax about three feet of water In his basement. Damage wax done to motorx and washing machliu x. East of Decatur, along U. S. road 221 In front of Belmont park, and north near the junction of the I'lqiia road wlilcii leads to Bellmont farms, the overflow turned Into a whirlpool ax •* Inundated the high way. Th water wax a couple of feet deep and although autos got through, it wax precarioux to traverse the flash flood streams. Considerable damage wax done to corn, beet and other farm crop*. Following the 396 Inches of rain-; fall on July 6. which up to that time wax a record breaker, farm-! I era were hoping for a dry x|H il.

CAPTURED ITALIAN SOLDIERS REMOVED FROM SICILY *

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■' ————————— THROUGH MINEFIELDS across which safe paths have been marked by Allied engineers, captured Italian soldiers march under escort, above, to the boat* which will take them from Sicily to prisoner of war camp*. Thousands of Axis soldier* have been captured by Allies. OWI radiophoto. (International)

f Added to the frequent showers ot I the last 10 days, the 4.51 inches of rainfall last night wa* a climax in cauxing great damage to corn and beets (specially. It wax stated by farmers. In the cify. alleys and driveways were washed out. Sand and grave) and crushed stone were washed from their beds down to inanhol- « and along the curbs. Many a householder got up this morning io And that hi«i driveway nail to be replaced. —Q. — ALLIED INVASION (Continued From raff* 11 of the bat-tie of Sicily already I* | liegiiining to appear in London military quarters. These sources I say the Allied advance lx continil--1 Ing successfully beyond all expectations. One observer declare*: “Tile only question lx If the Axis will be able to make a stand anywhere or Im- swept Into the sea " Ix-ndlng support <o this liellef Is the news front North Africa headquarters that the Allie* have set up a military governmenf In the <M-cil|ii(-d sections of Sicily General Eisenhower has narnr-d General Sir Harold Alexander, the commander of our ground forces, ax military governor of the occupied area*. Hut the Nazis still continue to whistle past the graveyard of their hopes of world conquest. • Radio Berlin said today that Italy has flatly rejected the "sm render-or-else” ultimatum Issued by President Roosevel and prime minister Churchill. However, the Nazis' claim Isn’t borne out liy reports seeping In from the Mediterranean theater. Italian morale ix reported t-r have slumped following the Rooxe-vell-('burch||| ultimatum. And Madrid dispatches say constant bickering over the small Nazi aid for Sicily ha* strained relafioii* IM-tweeii Italian and German official*. Many Dalian troops are reported being pulled out of France, presumably for home defense And Madrid add* that Italians in northern cities are openly shouting at German xoldii-r* “What are you doing here Why don't you go to Sicily to fight? You koi it* Into thl« war!" - ——- — O' • - Fairmount Child Burned To Death Fairmount. Ind . July 17 (t’Pi Five-year-old Judy Drain-r was burned to death In a fire which <l<« ! troyed her home yexh-rday An exploxlon In an oil cookxtovo was be lieved to have caused the blaze. A brother and sister and a IwMirder at the Draper home vw unable to rescue tne child from the blazing building The parents were at work in a Jonesboro war plant Miss Libby Macv. who hm been auff<ring from sever* piinsonintt. •as admitted to the Ad-ime county I memorial ho-pltai thi* morning for I treatment. Another Severe Beef Shortage Predicted Chicago. July IT.—(UF»—The president of the America* national livestock association predict* another severe beef ebortag.- tor next spring. President Frank Boice say* cattle feeders cas t operate prog tabiy wader OPA rvgutatioa*. and as a result they are being forced out of business The livestock esacetlvr says that the market wiU be glutted with grasa-fed cattle from the weatera ranges thia fall. But be ripccts a scarcity of fattened cattla tram

I mhlwvstern f<(-<l lots next spring, because he say* feeder* will nut repl'-nish their supply. — o- — Divorce Suit Filed In Circuit Court Edgar Clem ha* filed suit for di- > vorce from Betty Clem in Adams • circuit court, charging cruel and i inhuman treatment. The complaint | state* that they were married on i .March 28. 1941 and separated on . June 25. 1913. Ed A. Home u< plaintiff's attorney 0 — Nazi Youth Losing Faith In Hitler With American Seventh Army, Sicily. July 17 il'Pt Then- M some evidence the youth of Ger-

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many—at lea*t the youth flghtiiM on the (aland of Sicily have lost fullh ill the Hitler regime. One German soldier told American officer*: "Life in Germany today I* the most modern form of slavery." But German morale hasn't reached the low ebb of the Italian spirit, I and the Germans are better arm|ed. o Nine Girls And Boys Are Feared Drowned East Ta wax. Mich ~ July 17 — I UH* Nine Klrlx and boys are lielieved to have drowned when the scow in which they were riding on Tawas bay shipped water can* ittff the frightened youngsters to leap overboard. Trade In a Good Town — Decaiitt