Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 41, Number 183, Decatur, Adams County, 4 August 1943 — Page 2

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Direct Descendant Poses at M 0 Statue of Famous Forbear V® ■ r 1 &» I 1 « It <-K J / ytt" r ' ■ W' ‘' pitcher VJU-i,' Jj --< * i*» ♦ ■■■■■■l2Sßl CfllftMF h'tn-nt Sc all ill, Citlalt, Pi. Twcntv-two rear old Lucy Hayg of Corlulc, Pa., stands beaidc the memorial to her ancestor, Molly Pit* her, Revolutionary War heroine, a, symbol for the Modem Molly Pitcher, who will tag •ill W ir Bond and Stamp purchasers on Molly Pitcher Bay, Augu't 4th Lm v H a supir visor at a local War Plant that turn, out radio lais for plane, Unit, and walkie-talkies. bbe a tavesling steadily in War Bonds. —*••

Dancer Fired From $5,600 OEW Job John Bovmqdon Is Fired This Morning Wuhinu Viz I il l't The >i r.'d >■ iii iIIII-' .Old dam <t John Bov Higdon has, Ixiii li.i I t n n- |.i •••••> .1 yeai | Jub *• ;i iinr <<ii»'' ill UIOUUUIiI

REAL ESTATE AUCTION The Harry Krick Property. 919 Winchester St., Decatur. Indiana on . Wednesday, August 11 — AT 6:30 P. M. .*> !:■ Un H i i. mil s .ii< of l(‘i>i. <ny anil Cittern Watet built-in Silk W 1; n. h» 'h ..i.’< ri'ti floor doulih K.o,ig<CHICKEN HOUSE X< uly >•_. i • oi Io; | flu. »h.id< tiv 9 Clu ny, 5 Plum. Mime Pear aU<l I'*.uh u • <;..i|x Ailhi t A Drurn >■ Heme with Plenty of Garden Epaee and Fruit. It well located. ’l 1.1. MS i.il.iim upon ihiiviij nf good title. HARRY D. KRICK, Owner J. F. Sanmann, Auctioneer. Sale Conducted oy Midwett Realty Auction Co.. Deeatur, Ind. JAY COUNTY FAIR| ATTRACTIONS Portland, Ind. Aug. Bto 13, Inc. Sunday. \ut». N—wi.w boom: cocnty jamboree \fltrniHin and Night Tue.Mlay August Hl— PI I.LING CONTEST—9:OO A.M. CHILDREN'S DAY AT FAIR I II ( lub Achievement Day and Evening Program Wednesday, Aug. II H PI I.LING CONTEST—9:OO A.M. JI DGING OF EXHIBITS—I9:99 A.M. HORSE RACING—I:39 p.M. LIVESTOCK PARADE—7:3O P.M. WI.W ON PARADE—N:OO P.M. I A Radio Show—All New Talent Thursday, Aug. 12— EVERYBODY'S DAY AT THE FAIR BA Bl SHOW—10:00 VM. HORSE RACING—I:3O P.M. McCLCSKEY’S FAMOUS WI.W BARN \ DANCE—6:OO P.M. \ •Stars from the Nation's Station Friday, Aug. 13— - PL LLING CONTEST—9:OO A.M. HORSE K ACJNG—I ;30 I.M. > STOCK PARADE OF CHAMPIONS—I2:OO ’ I I ROt.ER I,I'DY'S "STARS OF TOMORROW* REVI E—M:M) p.M. • Jack Kurkowwki'*. Xy bphone Band THRILLING FIRE WORKS DISPLAY Free Act!—Goading Show, (St Midway , I County Band.- at Fair Every Day h —.T~ 777 ~ .JZ ~,, r it.. ■.I; ■ H JLZL'225227.,. .7—l

«a fan-. Th.- abrupt disinis.-al catni thl* , moiniug ifti-i Bovlngdon refused ,i< <. pt la o Crowley’* -ugge*tioii that h<- resign. Bovlngdon said he would not run fm covet under fire of the Dies <ointiiit e.- An advocate of rhythmf> dancing for health Bovlngdon wa- accused of being a "ballet dam er and a form* r Communist'' by the House committee Investigating un-American activities. Th- college-trained economist, a j former university teacher In Japan, wa appointed pi iIH ipal . eiailuUUK

Draft Dodger School Operator Arrested Famous Swindler Is Taken Into Custody Washington. Aug 4 U’P» o, »*' of the world's moot fatuo’ia .windlei*. Stephen Weinberg. han been arrested and charged with running a school for draft dodger*. Chief G-man J Edgar Hoover .ay- Weinberg taught hio client* how to feign mental incompetent y .0 that they were rejected by draft doctor.. He also is accused of UOIng drugs to stimulate heart dinorder*. The G-men way Weinberg* fees ranged up to 12.000. Hi. police record goes back to 1910. Few Evader. Washington, Aug. I tl'l’i Only '77 men have been convicted of - lading the draft alqce It began In 1 1910, a. compared with 10.000 evadI er. in world war one. Federal bureau of inve-tigation dir-< tor J Edgar Hoover revealed thl* figure today Hoover retailed that con**riptiou in 1917 met with open violence and a pitched battle | in whit It 2o died. But Hoover .aid [ that .Ince registration, began in October. 1940. some 17.000.00 T men , have signed up with a cheerful and willing spirit. . Hoovei said that the only public , demonstration against the draft law . occurred in Puerto Rico, where j i member- of a radical nationalist | party flouted the law. Q ——— ( Loading Transport Is Grim Business Rigid Examination At Embarking Point Eastern Port of Embarkation Aug 4 (UP) It - , a grim businos*, and there's little flag wiving connected with the loading of a transport ehip. It * a story that United Pre.. Correspondent Richard Harris can tell-now that the ship he .-aw -ail ha. reached It. destination. When the doughboy arrive* at the embarkation point, he gets the , most rigid examination of hie army career. It', the last, show-down inspection, and anything like defective teeth, or pool eyesight anything that might mean trouble in combat—is enough to hospitalize him If he tnl-.mi hl* own outfit, heli go later, with another unit Every bit of hi. personal equipment get* a thorough going-over, too. A torn shirt. or a slightly Imperfect rifle must be replaced. At the last minute. Red Cross I girl* are there to see him off with soft drinks, clgarets, doughnut* and candy. Wi'h the men. goe* their equipment. Official, estimate that 10 I ton. of supplies must be shipped I to send one soldier overseas, and I one ton per month must follow him in the theater of war. All kinds . of Intricate machine* are loaded lon the ship, but first each part is checked and sealed with wateri analyst for the Asiatic section on i July 1. He i. a graduate of Harvard university and holds a Ph. I), in economics from Columbia uniI versify. Bovlngdon has dented all ■ charges that he was connected ■ with ballet dancing He says hl. | only interest in ihythmic dam ing | was for the Improvement of hi* health. Speculation that rural electriti I cation administrator Harry Slati tery also will be fired I. going the loundx in Washington. Slattery is I reported to have left the capital ; after a four-day unexplained visit. REA'* information chief .ay. 1 any statement must come from the i White House Washington newsmen observe that this I. the cits- , tomary remark when an oficlal I think* he may Im- fired

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i|77 This Soldier May Be Your Boy | i Van! I've got a home, too. Mister! Every extra bond you buy through the Payroll Savings Plan will help me get back to it. "Figure it ( out yourself.* "*

j»l IH’l i.»j” U.IM R- ' • At a >'-<-ond te.tlliil.il. »Upp! *ui h a* linen, uniform*, a caum d itood- < mile on ton d. the las' port of i.ill. tin ■, m.-pi ship i- l-iaded w.ib mitnlti hi* Then fiyim, flag • i oil: of the liaiboi to meet it- i voy. Employment Service Man Here Thursday In an economy move to ->v g tire . and personuei tim with* inconviencing any uin-mp. >yt d dividual who I* eligible fit j i suram e. a < liatute in th day which atm- re-dd'-nt» may 1 ilalmo fm unemployment romp gallon wa* announced today by i

J ■ *7* 'lt £ I f Trill Ox Jaw All • 'i zjg-finw k\i. L ' MEMPHIS MILE" ROMANCE appears ended with the announcemfn? by Margaret Poik in Metnphia, Tenn., that she will not marry Mai. Robert K. Morgan, pilot of the famous Flying Fcrtreas, “Memphis Belle," The couple's romanco received wide publicity when the bomber, named after Mias Polk, returned to the U. 8. from foreign service. They are pictured together as they appeared when Major , Morgan reached Memphis after his return.

Ev-rctt I- Gardner, director tin- Indiana employment security vision. H' -'iuning with Thursday. August • i • p:e.ent.itive of the dlvl-ion t tin- city hall in Decatur i i I i r -day at 2 p in. to take i In the paat. tin- division rep--o-n'ativ. has been at the city i h W-du aday. i dii -i >n operat a full-time 'f:<e a' 121'a \V. Washington . 1 Fort Wayne. t; ft.-, and beqm-.-ts amounting to ; r 417 million, were given to duiati im! iiHtitutions in the jilted States during 1939. A tlflcial leather production in Io- I' S amounts to 105 million i|uan- yards a year, valued at aout |27.353.(HM1.

■ i 11 Malta Headquarters • For Sicily Invasion Headquarters For Allied Commanders I Allied Headquarter., North At rlca. Aug 4 -<VPI <>» that Sicily waa invaded. Allied leaders were gathered en Malta anxioiisly watching windmills. oflicial* revealed today lhai the little fortified Island of Malta. In th<- Mediterranean. served as headquarters for the high command And Reynolds Packard. Init'i Pres* staff correspondent in North Africa, eays the windmill! were watched that night because the wind* were so high that postponement of the invasion was consider ed. Th- high wind* threatened to carry! paratroopers and glider troop. <>n Sicily way past their goals And the wind* kicked up big wav<» that wickedly tossed the invasion fleet about and made soldiers and sailors alike sea-sick. The w indmills — American toadone* which were imported by Malta years ago served very well as a wind gage that historic night They re-awsured General Dwight Elsenhower and other officials who stood with him. For as the hours wore on, the wind* died down and the , wheels revolved more and more slowly telling the American general that the Invasion was getting off to a good start. o — Find 'Chute Harness Os Missing Colonel Madison, Wis. Aug I il'Pt A parachute harness liearing the name of Lieutenant Colonel Seward Hutoe. Jr.. — radio mechanics director at Truax Field has been found in l,ak‘- Michigan. The 29-year-old colonel had been miMing since July 2t> when he left the Madison airfield on a routine flight to Selfridge Field. Mich. The parachute harness was found off a pier near Muskegan last! night by Frank Price, a tourist. He told the coast guard that It »a* about r—--4 A BUSY BEE can cause a lot of trouble for a driver, but that is just one of many ways [ accidents happen. Regard-, less of how they happen, avoid expense for doctor and hospital bills by securing Accident Insurance I now. The Suttles-Edwards Co. Agents Decatur, Ind. NIMMt Store Bldg. VeprsMMtag The Ans Cssutey sad Campecy e4 HawteA Cam. limiiiiiii

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three quarters of a mile from the shore Wabash Girl Victim Os River Tragedy Wabash. Ind. Aug. 4 (UP) — Morey Webb and hla nine-year-old daughter Betty were awtuimuig

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