Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 41, Number 171, Decatur, Adams County, 21 July 1943 — Page 2

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Two Damage Suits Are Filed In Court Mrs. Ruth Moser And Daughter File Suits Two uit*. a kng a total of |3,I*oo d-tilia-* have be* ii fib-d in \dama circuit court by M ». Huth M ,i: I !i. . d.i-.isrhtei Mailin'. <>t Hartford township. i.-ain-’ (‘hallo* E. Join* Till * 11'.- al■ a: iff ’ mat 11 of an au'‘» accident on -tale road ill. w. • us I'.'Hi" on July .’il. I'M! invol; mx I i - <1 .■ 11 I'? H"g»| M i- .< I .< 111 of Ml .MiWf; a4ld till I defetl lan’. Th. "1.. uui: file.l by Maxim M . a.-k» I.' ‘ for pioHOlial ilijui r»i ini hiding a "!ii'h‘*d n*-< k. a fra- 'and jaw badly brui-.-d aimaiid i a.p cijuiy Tin o"i‘ *uit ftl'-il by the moth- i <r ouiH-i f 'Io aii’o aak- f.i'io foi I i|inu„-i to |h» vc||l'i« Both suit* j <!>.-»• kiieaio V- 'I d lii aligim . on tin pa ; ot tin- det* i.d.iiit ill | ..' Ik ! a th M-> ■ auto, while it ■ M l maktllK a left 'Util G JJ.-my H ' ly . - .< ••. »i u> y for ; till p I ts- Itl ’io Ml tii'llr Urges Farmers Not To Give Ration Points Winfn dI. <;■ ki In n.ill of the nilility I'SIIA *.t. Inn I urged i citiz. n* of Yd.iili- County' to bi- ■ more patrlotii in • es: aillihg from I giving away i'.-ii -'amp- .ili-l to | he mo', i.i.'fa! ill ib -tioyiiig Uli-| mo d ration -tamp .m they In- om«obsoh't* In i-oinno tr ria mth ituation. | .Mi Gorki -..id, I qi'ii; mi-use I of iatiou stamps .- causing a -er ioit** thn-a' to ie *ar meat pro-] gram Eaiuo a an issued ae many I lation st limp ie town and iltyi pel son.< hul in .ii'i-l ' do not I bale a rial need for a. many ' pinnt* In many iuo.iik • s farmers j have given ra’ion point- to friend* | and relatives who are thereby eti- i ahlid to obtain more than tiieir fair proportion ot ationed foods It n just ,i pat ~if|i ’ ~aid 'll Gerke. to puu' wat.'i on the powder furnished oui soldiets a* to curtail

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Sees War to 49 a J « sa. **• • is jK&sSsB COUNTERING a “wave of optimism" that has swept the country with the Allied victories in the Pacific, in Russia and on Sicily, Vice Admiral Frederick J. Home, assistant chief of naval operations. has declared that the United States is planning matenail and .ships for a war in the Pacific until al least '49. (Inttrmtionil) food «ippljr by giving away ration stamps." o Lyman Hann Speaks To Decatur Lions Lyman L. Hann. Adams county ]s< hool -upei -Intendent. wax the I speaker Tuesday night at the week Ily meeting of the Decatur Lions • lub. held in the Knight* of Pyth- ' i.iri home. Mr. Hann discussed "Ain- : erica n Literature." reciting several I famous works in pros, and poetry | and explaining the outstanding . qualities of each. I Til- program was in charge of I John M fioan ai.d the program committee W M Bumgerdner will be hi charge of next week’s program. which promise* to I* an mteii'stiiig one. George lam rent < hairman of the clul.e recreation

Convict Three More In Narcotics Case Two Acquitted On Marijuana Charge l.ixingioii. Ky July 2j il T» Another three person* have lieeii convicied In connection with th.- public health service hospital narcotics case But seniencliig ha* been withheld until all the cases are settled Three persons convicted yesterday are Florence Long of Lexing lon. wife of a former hospital inmate: George Lyman. Scott county farmer who formerly lived near tin- hospital; and his Ik -year-old dnughfer. Leona The federal Jury acquitted Ervin 1 Jones, a former inmate, and Waller Jackson, a negro patient at the hospital The case against Mrs lamg's husband—Leslie Long ended in mistrial when the Jury was iinald<to agree on a verdict. Judge H Church Eord ordered the case continued to the next term of court. Al! -lx pel-Olis had been indicted on charges of possessing marijuana or engaging in a conspiracy I to smuggle the narcotii into the hospital. I o— THREE JAPANESE (Continued From Fags 1) r included transports, indicating tli.it the Japanese are trying to build up Vila strength as a r»pl H • ment for the faltering Mundu garrison. Since the Allied invasion of th*' i*u'lai Solomon on Jum Japanese ships have been sunk or damaged while trying to break tin. blockade. The latest communique from All!e<! headquartet* .ays that th* fall of Munda is only a mattci of time, unless that blockade is broken. Our Liberator bombers are preventing the Japanese from sending air support to Munda Our fliers poured 42 tons of bomb- on Kahili and Ballale airfields on Bougainville island north of New' Georgia yesterday At the other end of the south Pacific front. American and Australian troops are (losing in on Komiatutn In New Guinea from three side* Komiatum is tinlast obstacle on the road to Salainaua. American fliers also are heavily blasting Japanese taigets In Hur ’ tna. Our bombers attacked an important bridge on the M.uida lay-Rangoon railroad The bridge's entire length wax straddled with I bombs All our planes returned safely There is still considerable spe* illation alwnit .Monday's raid on' the big Japanese naval and air base at ITamiishlni. in the Kuril.Islands That raid, which was a 1.41H1 mile round trip, carried the American fliers to within 1 2t>” miles of Tokyo Itself Although the damage caused by the <a id w.is not visible because of a heavy fog over the target, one result is definite — the effect on Japanese morale. The daring American raid proved that Japan itself can be attacked by land based planes < ominittee, formally iso-ui-d a chai-1 leuge to 'be Rotary dub tneml»eia to (oinpete in the annual threegame softball aenes between the dubs. An average of 3 persons is required for the crew of a transport 1 plane but a total of 54 employes are involved In each flight. IncludI in* ground crews

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76,000 Abandoned Farms In Nation Third Os Abandoned Farms Are Worn Out Washington. July 21 il'l’> , There are mon tfiun Terne idle, , mid aliaiidc.’ie. 1 farm* in the-nation. • A report by the ' S census bu - 1 can reveal, that <»•■• and th <• tenths fa: in* out of c-vc-.y Im* , representing a to'al <>t about 1 ! 6,s<iO.(NH> tinuo'd alien are In ' production thia yeai , The Utah of lowa repelled lilvl , smallc-st number of a •and >n« d j farm* There were only 9k farms J idle 111 the II wkeye State. Mi»*t of the fa'm* which have gone out ' of production ar.- I.M-atc-d in the New England and middle Atlantic I state* Nearly one-third of the . farm* reported idle wise found ’<> ' have worn-out land a* a re-ult of erosion. drought crop failure, or i bad conservation practice*. The ceiimiK report on aliand Hied I farms Ik the first official count ever taken in the t'niled States. Eat Turkey Chicago July 21— <lT‘i The 1 nation', turkey industry ha* l»»-.-n I called u;>on io supply tn.cimi,(••».• j pounds of turk-y between Align*: I i and October for American forces oversea- And if the f hml dlstrl- . tuition administration his its way. every American serviceman whether stationed tn the t'nltrd s States or abroad will have turkey dinners on Thanksgiving, I Christina*, and New Year's day. This request wa* made last night at the annual banquet of the national turkey federation by Wl» Termohleti, assistant chief of the FDA dairy and poultry j branch. Termohle.i said tha- such , plans can be fulfilled with less ; than lit percent of the year's total I production which is expected to reach -Tl.ihhi ihhi turkey*. ——- o— . — . _ NERVE CENTER (Continued From Fag* 1) can Warhawk- luimbd air fields, factori)-*. a reservoir dam and an I ammunition dump 111 the last >i hoars, sis Axis I planes have been destroyed. A like number of our own craft was lost. Allied airplane* -the harbinger* of invasion* to come are concentrating their fire on the Italian mainland and on Sardinia. Unconfirmed reports from Switzerland eay the outskirts of Rome were iiotalied again today. The repot is s*y some Incendiary IxHub* were dropped in the suburbs during a 45minute raid at noon'ime. But Hern say* ao plane* Were over Some proper, and there has been no Allied aunouncem -at that any part of the city was raided. Liberator and Halifax Irombers of the British mlddk east command blasted the Vibo Valentis alrhase on Italy a wuithwrst coast. An RAF announcement t-nlay say* the raid was made on Monday night. The same night Allied tu (ruder planes st tuck at highway* and rail line* In vartou* part* of Italy The Allied bomber* also have raided an airfield on Saidinia They shot down Eve Axis planet tu tfc« conns of th# raid An Aau reperr mdica’e* that II Ue AlUst may have made a pre-

invasion commando raid on south- . i*-..n Italy Radio I’ar.s broadcasts a German assertion that H itiah tioop- Httempted a laud ing io .i H,m 11’" miles north of i the tip of the heel of Italy. The Nazi* claim, a* nsnal. that the landing ended In complete failure. Tlu . iiemy ha* made similar il.i itu every time we have made a commando raid to te»t defense* ' or gather tnformaiion. Au Allied annonm inn nt of the op-1.1 ion if it was carried out should not bl- expected until ft Jia- !><•< n successfully completed. —o ———- No Official Vatican Comment on Bombing Conference Is Held On Bombing Os Rome Bern. July 21. < VP> — Reports rear hlng Swiizerland say a representative of Pope Pilis and the American charge d'affaire* for the Vatican have conferred Uli Monday's bombing of Rome. .Monsignor G. B .Montinl, assis*.pint Vatican secretary of state, mid Harold S Tittman. the American - charge d’affaires, are said to hav- | elisc iissed tiie raid for an hour and a half. There* has been no oflli isl Vatican comment on the* bombing. Pope* Pius left Vatican city for the first time since* tlu war start'd when In* went to InspcM-t the damage on Monday. The- Pope distributed fS.MO to help victim- of the raid. He spoke to the crowd thjit surrounded him. And Obaervatore Romano, the oftic fal Vatic an organ, quotes him as saying “We Implore the Almighty to give you through this sorrow great spiritual and moral strength, r.o that with a stronger faith and a purer life, all may continue their Christian duties, accepting God's will.” SLAV PATRIOTS (Contlnusd From Fags 1) ter the wgr. This du*pat<h says a nianifc sto lias been published in Mo-row by the national committee to free G* i many, a group organize d Icy Ferman refugee Isadora. This propaganda line obviously he intended to offer the * Germans a way out. at a dine wh<-a the Nazis hav. been telling them ibey must fight to the end icecause they can expect no mercy from the Allies. LITTLE OPPOSITION (Continued From Fags 1) ed to be about a mile square, the pilots say. with scattered settlements in sunounding arsaa. The airmen say unusual huddle of Installations rcvtembling an oldlime fortress. Many Japanese fishing vessel* in adjacent waters indicated the enemy is making ib« most O ( the great salmon run. Captain Jame. L. Hudelson of B*nton. 111., led the grit success ful Eight over Psiamiiabiru. — IDENTICAL BIDS ARE tceatmoeu w«em rags iy were allowed and other routine bu*m»t» w** *anduct«d 't. man Burke tkuphu* Drum Brennan sad Alfred Beavers *sre

Itown.’ Most of the weapons are light hunting rifles. One of the new Army "ducks," right, is the vehicle in which Gen. Sir Bernard L. Montgomery, commander of

Marine Air Squadron Downs 53 Jap Planes 53 Japs Are Bagged In Six Air Battles ! Guadalcanal. July 21. H'Pi — Fifty-three Japanese plane* who’, down in si* air battles. That’s th>score chalked up by one squadron | of marine fighter pilots since the start of the- south Pacific offensive j on June 30. The group whic h knoc k<-d down ' | thou- 53 Jap planc<w Is known a« the War Hawk*. Most of the fliers in the War Hawk squadron were graduated from flying school since the war began and now are experiencing their first taste of combat flying. The- War Hawk* think th i. i plane* Vonght Sikorsky Corsairs ' - are the answer to the Japanese Zero. They say the Corsair Is' epeedier, a faster climber, a belt rj diver and more maneuverable than I the Zero. The deadliest ol the War Hawki i is Lbutenant Edward Shaw of Spokane. Wa<h. Shaw has shot down eight and one-half enemy planes that one-half representing a shared victory with another flier. Shaw sums up the aerial dogfighting against the Japs In thee words: Shooting Jap* Is just about like shooting ducks, except that the duck* arc* g little* less vulnerable and can’t shoot back." GOV. COMMUTES iContlnusd Frvm rage 1) of Richmond, local union president Who has worked for lute* national Harvester 17 year*. The other nine are Chicago m«-n. All are members <>( the CIO implement worker* union REDS THREATEN (Contlaueg »ra» Peg* I) *e ven-snd one half mil*~ And farthei south, the R u »- *iaii» have made a nltnporuni new <*o**lng of th.- [><,ret* river near Izyum. P»r a final beadacbf to Hitler th> Soviet troop* smashed «ros* i the M'u* rher to cut off tb t . on ) y i taiiroarj feeding Taganrog. A German military analyj.t i think* th. purpose of the Rusdan Honets drive i» to get at the rich mdusirial regions to the west. The entire front from Orel to Taganrog I* ablaze. Thousand* of German soldier* are perching . under eg,, fury or , he Ked army’s i assault. And the Gorman* make no attempt to hide the* power of the f terrifie offensive They admit • their armies are falling baek Im*neath the weight of the R.-q ar mv i drive*. One correspondent. writing from : Orel for Hitler', own New, |Ml| ,.r. p.c nt* a picture of extreme gloom, f He admit* Nazi retreat* have been - so hasty that many p<e« **• <>t equipment were left b-bing And he adds 'Today* set flag sun hs* seen (t>Wler , dying Hus sleeping Yau* after wave ol Rcosjati tank* deaceud on I DTSMBt m addition to Mayo. Joh 4 " ?. * n ’* ( **Tk-<r*saursr H ' v erunn Aurana and se« trai depart- , I osnui heads

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u* with paralyzing regularity. Thu grey sky i- marked with swarms of enemy planes. They shower us with bombs and bullets’’ A Gi-rman communique suggests that the llusi‘la:is may have a commando raid on northern Norway. Thu Nazis claim that the Ruslans attempted to put a land-1 iiiK party ashore near Vardo. And' the German!-, following 'heir usual practice In reporting cammstidoasxanits. nay that the landing was a failure. A dinpatch from Moscow says there ba* been no report of such an operation at the Soviet capital. ■ ■ — 1 - -o Farmers Must Keep Stock Sales Record Information coming to the office of the Adatns county war meat, committee indicates a inisunder-. standing among many farmers as ' to the kind of records they are reI qulii-d to keep under food distribu- ! Lon order No. 2ti of the war food administration. The county war meat committee i is a subcommittee ot the USDA I War Board, with offices located in ' the Federal building. Decatur, Indiana. The committee points out that every dealer, agent, and producer ot Jiv.-sto* k shall keep a lecord of i each purchase and ea b stale. Such record* shall include the date of each purchase or sale, the name i and address of the buyer or seller. | the number, kind, weight, and price paid for the livestock. Trade In a (food (own — D.catui

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