Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 41, Number 208, Decatur, Adams County, 2 September 1943 — Page 4

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DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT Pabhsbrd Every Evening Bxcept Sunday by THE DECATUR DEMOCRAT CO. Incorporated Entered at the Decatur, Ind., Port Ofltce a* Second Clans Matter I. H. Heller Preeldent A. R Holtbouse, Sec'y A Bun. Mgr. Dick D. Heller Vice-President Subscription Rates Single Coplee • One week by carrier .15 By Mail In Adami), Allen. Jay and Wells counties. Indiana and Mercer and Van Wert counties, Ohio: |4.50 per year; >2.50 for’eix months, >1.35 for three months; 50 cents for one month. Elsewhere;- 35.50 per year: 13.00 tor six months; $165 fur three months; 60 cents for one month. Men and women In the armed forces, 13 50 per year or >I.OO for three months. Advertising Rates made Known on Application. National Representative SCHEERER A CO. 15 Lexington Avenue, New York 25 E. Wacker Drive, Chicago, 111. Back th< attack with war bonds. Buy an extra 1100 worth or mure this month. —o If we keep in mind those who have given their lives for the Sag, we will subscribe every dollar wc can spare to the good cause. O—O— Our attention has been called to the fact that the Monroe street bridge lx ihe only one for a hundred miles on 226 that is not iigh’•d at night, it •Jvuski be for It's tile gateway from the east Into Decatur. -0 The Third War Loan campaign le forming. The rural meetings are well attended and interest is bein'? manifested that indicate* the agricultural section of Adams county will do its full port. Be sure 'o attend the meeting in your neighborhood. Harry Hopkins, writing for the American Magaaine, predicts the war in Europe will end in 1*45, hut that It will take much time to win over Japan and if Russia <|UAs f' her old boundaries, the war may last longer. Hope it's just another wrong guess. O—O The vacation days are over and boys and girls are hustling to get ready for next Tuesday when classca start It's wonderful that our schools can go on almost as in normal times though in many countries then* is no chance for educational advancement. O—O Fibber McGee and Molly, beloved all over America. this week observed their silver wedding anniversary. The McGees are still goIng strong and millions cf people, young and old. sincerely wish them another quarter century that will permit them to continue to entertain the public. O—O The battle will soon be on in Adams county as well as in every community In the United Htates—for the sale of fifteen blllh n dollars worth of bonds. Will we mak.good? Will we rout the enemy anti mak> those who aay it can’t b< done take back their words? Keep steam up until we have purchased W ,334.600 or more. That's our quota. -0-0 Rl< h imap. poor man. worker. b< as. man. woman or child you all have something to lend to your country at a time like this. You would not be worthy of being an American If you did not have the fibre to trade bread for liberty.

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Other Americans ar* crouching It assault beats at this moment Walt ing for invasion It's assault tlm< for you too. —o Drew Pearson, who claims It have the inside that enables him tc scoop even the state department and the chief executives offlcc. has been making some wild statement! that apparently have no foundation At least they have been vigorously denied by the president and by Secretary Hull He Is getting himself as well as others in pretty bad according to re ports from the capltol. —o Each day now brings sad new > from the battle fronts where many of the l>< ye from Adams county are serving In the armed forces. These are consequently sad and serious days, when every one Is on tension. We < .in only hope and pray that casualties Will be light but we must p • p.i > oil welv- s for reports of injuries, missing or worse. It takes c< urage at home as well as at the front to meet those reports and fight on. that «very ounce of home support Is given those who offer their all. State highway 27 from the north end of the new location, just north of Monmouth to the cuunty Um- !•’ to be resurfaced before bad weather starts. It is expected that work i an start about October Ist and b • completed, with good weather, at a w- ek or tea days Since the *<w l»av* meat improvement on the same road between the C< ppesa corner and Berne has been delayed and probably cannot be constructed until the poet-war period. It » hoped that stretch will also be tar resurfaced during the next few weeks, putting the mu<h traveled highway in good condition for tho coining winter months. O -O ■— Bock Our Boys: The Third War Loan is a swift, sure test of your common sens* your ability to take It. and a true measure of your own flesh and bkeri. th- men you have seat ufl to do the fighting for you. It combines all of these aspects because it cowaes at a time when American fences are dn*««<diy seeking a decision cm the battlefield. often at the cost of life itself Attack Counter-attack Attach Another rMge. Another valley An other town. All sense of time gone. You get weary You smell death But y< u keep going. That's Invasion. That's the way a war corres pondent tells the story of what your relatives, your neighbors, your friends are going through at this moment. But what about you? Is it at tack, c ounter-attack, attack for you on the home front? Are you fight Inga battle to save every pennj possible for War Bonds to back Us your fighting men? There's hardly a comparison between your greatest sacrifice m the spending front and the aacri flees In blood and sweat of one of your soldiers, sailors, flyers, ma rlnes or coast guardsmen. Your government come* to yot and sa.-e: "Lend me your m< ney now wbe: I need It to protect you again* your enemies, and I'll pay you bad with Interest a little later whet the men wno would murder, rol and enslave you are destroyed " It takes a country like ours tc make such an oiler. Where's youi •c mmon sense If you don't run. no walk, to the nearest Bond Bootl to lay down your money and as change it for War Bonds? Your government is putting l< objective before you in two wayt First la big round numbers like 1 billion dollars Secondly, hut mor important. H puts the Third Wa Loan matter up to you tai a purel petagaal way. It wants yes to ta vest a minimum of an extra >lO in War Bonds—more if you cai If you are one of tbooe American who have not yet bought a Wa Bond—or even a War Stamp—' asks you to get bw IB • barr;

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Liberator Shoots Down Seven Zeroes Sets Record For Single Battle Guadalcanal. S.-pl 2.—(UPl—An American Liberator bomber shot down seven Zero fighters In a single battle < ver Bougainville island. The action is oelleved to be an all-time record for flgMer destruction tai a single tottle. Valsg the big four-motor plane as a pursuit ship, the 25 vear-qld pilot, Lieutenant Homer Faucett Ot ed chalk Follow the grain of the good*. Ix»t It remain for several hours and then rub off with a soft clsth.

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Says Kentucky Vote Tests FDR Strength Claims State Issues Are Not Involved Frankfort. Ky. Sept I—lt’Pl - Senator Allien Baikley asserts that the vote In Kentucky's fall election will be accepted throughout the world ax a test of President Roosevelt's atregth. The veteran Kentucky renator told the Democratic state central executive committee yestreday that a Republican victory In the off-year state election would be heralded as a repudiation of the President. On the other hand, he said, the election of a sympathetic atate regime .would be recognized far and near as an omen of support for Mr. Roo«evelt. Barkley laohed out at the statement ‘by Judge Simeon Willis of Ashland, the Republican candidate for governor, that the fall campaign would Im- fought out on atate Issues If this were true, the senator asked. why is the Republican national committee contributing financial support to the state race. In Its meeting yesterday, the committee also heard talks by governor Keen Johnson and J Lyter DwMld m. the tm»n the Democrats taepu will succeed Johnson. The committee elected Charles Franklin nf Msdsmiwvllke as chairmala at tbs state campaign comnuu«». BOND DRIVE t - fdwrltnupfi Wtram W»» X> Other speakers Included Chester W. Davis, president of the St. Ixitils Federal Reserve hank, former national fcod admlnhitrator; C. S Y«mng. president wf the Chicago Fedscal Rswervesad Bspreaentative Louis Ladlew. "Farmers rtieald knew that every dollar they cm pry lessee and spare after kevying debts current ahould bile WM- bonds." said Mr. Davis. Mr. Young urged war bond inVMitmvM hecauae war bonds are safe, bwauee war bonds protect other dollars and are a hedge against Inflation. They provide a nest egg for the future, he said. hadtoma le Rewdy Indianapolis. Sept. 2. — (UP! - Bbximingtosi, Ind., and his crew attacked the seven Zeroes. The Jap planes had been slraflng American bomber crews dropping by parachute. By unanimous decision. the bomber'* cr<w left formation and attacked the Zeroes. At one time In the battle, pilot Faucetl took the bomber down to a few feete above the sea. skin<Iming the water to prevent the Jap pilots from getting underneath the bomber.

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Parades and other public events throughout Indiana will launch the Hoosier third war Joan drivt September 9 Eugene Pulliam-slat? chairman of the war finance com mlttee — ways that a statewide broadcast originating in Indianap oils ialso a planned. It is hoped that the drive will result in surpassing the state's quota of ♦257,000.000 before Octo

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