Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 41, Number 226, Decatur, Adams County, 24 September 1943 — Page 1

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

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e Troops ig In On lese Base ruction Os Jap isun Appears e Inevitable fr fnited Press) ' i!aW are increasing r „ on the Japan*** base tfen on Sew , ln( i troop’ which 1-stab-above the bane . hare forced the enemy 'the c a’t and are now from the base. A from General MacArQuarter’ say* artillery ( al the airfield and rei enemy’’ inner defense* iru'tion of the enemy ■Mt* inevitable since ra! .>ff on three aide* — on th fourth. Au»home tr cop* 'hat droppipit several day ago preD ,my flight into the inparters statement *avi» >7» en my planes from k attempted to emash nt F!n«< haffen landing Between 40 and 45 of planes were shot down, imatt- was dene to our |ree Allied planet were H (ones advancing from the hills for some ftr who escaped the deal the air field. Other res probing through the f fields have uncovered | Japanes--. po*ral MacArthur preMM test Pacific campaign, a m Loud n indicates that liuler his command will bested by Lord Mountbat■ntment to the Indla Bir nn-l The l»ndon report ■tbatten’e command will I the aone c ntrolled by y. with the possible elI Sum-tra ie Democrats Candidates inees Selected Foil Election M of Monroe, meeting Pion Thursday night at tall, nominated candidate* t«n election, to be held |b>v»mb, r 2. ” for the town council lllowc: William Btuckey. t Edward Rich, ii -cond ™>’r Raudebush. third Hite, cierk-:r*aaurer. (abnah and Hite were all I’d for po-ltlons they now Wfnieregg waa chairman Übensteln clerk of last Motion Ma of Geneva are schedulM ’Might at the Geneva I to select candidates fop R* r election. . 3rd t|War Loan kmometer Quota <1447.600 Mb g.OOO jUoc KJOO «* _wauaa

Troubles Over > A J / I - £ w Mr 4 n ‘Pencillln baby," two-year-old Patricia Malone, la pictured as she was about to leave Lutheran hospital. New York, to go home after the successful fight to save her life. She had been given only a few hours to live when the New York- Journal-Amerlcan obtained a supply of penicillin, a new drug, and saved her life. Two County Nurses Enlisted For Army Goin Commissions As Nurses In Army Two members of the Adam* county memorial hospital nurses' staff have enlisted in the U. 8. army nurses' corps and will leave for duty about October If. it was announced here today. They are Mtaa Laurin* Lengerich, daughter of Anthony Lengerich of route two, Decatur and Miss Barbara Aug-burger daughter of Joel Augsburger of Berne. Both girls enlisted recently, pass ing the final eliminations at Baer Field. Fort Wayne, and will receive commissions as second lieutenants Miss Lengerich it a graduate of the Decatur Catholic high school and received her nurses’ training at St. Agnet hospital. Fon du Lac. Wis., She has served on the local hospital staff one yearMias Augsburger Is a graduate of Geneva high school and of the St. Joseph's hospital school of nursing at Fort Wayne. She has been a staff member at the local Institution for the past 11 month’. Miss Lengerich Is the second member of her family to don a uniform In World War 11. She has • brother. John serving in North Africa. Four of the Augsburger family are in the armed forces now Mi* Augsburger'* brother, Sgt. Dale, U ~Turn To Pass 4. Column 7) -aAugust Ehlerding Dies This Morning Funeral Services Sunday Afternoon August Ehlerding. <3. retired Preble township farmer, died this morning at 1 o'clock at the Adams county memorial hospital. following an Illness of four years. Death was attributed to carcinoma. He had been bedfast for Um past week Mr. Ehlerding was bom in Preble township September 14. 1879. the son of William and Louise Biebertch-Ehlerding He was never married Surviving are two sieurs. Sophia and Amelia Ehlerding. end a brother. Charles, all of Preble township; a nephew and niece. Oscar and Emma Moyer, both of Fort Wayne Funeral services will be held Sunday afternoon at 13« o'clock at the home, one mile west and one-fourtb mite north of Preble and at t o'clock at the St Paul's Lutheran church of Preble, of which he was a member Rev Adolph Koehler will oEiciate and burial will be in the church cemetery. The body will be removed from the Zwlck funeral home to the residence Saturday morning and may be viewed there until time tor the services

Allied Planes Smash Heavily At Hazi Areas Huge Fires Burning In Twin Cities Os Germany On Rhine By Vnlted Press The RAF bombed the twin cities of Mannheim and Ludwigshafen. Germany, last night. The raiders heaped a torrent of explosives on the bomb-ridden twin ports spanning the Rhine southwest of Frankfurt. Returning flyers reported huge fires were left burning among factories producing guns, tanks, ammunition and chemical’ for the Reich. In addition to the great assault on Mannheim and Ludwigshafen. RAF planes* slashed at the railroad town of Aachen in western Germany and at Darmstadt, 20 miles south of Frankfurt. The night offensive was in such great force that bombers were heard over the channel In endless procession for more than an hour. Thirty-two iMimhers are missing. The British planes had just finished their mission when American Itomber* took off for more daylight attacks today. The Americans attacked Evereux-Fau-ville, in France. Evereux Fauville Is northwest of Paris, on the Paris-Cherbourg rail line. Last night’s raids sent the new non-stop Allied aerial offensive through Its second full day. and the tandem assault on Mannheim and Ludwighafen was the heaviest of yesterday's raids. The two cities straddle the Rhine river and are no strangers tp the crash of blockbuster*. In fact, the raid was the 59th of the war on the area, and the eighth really heavy attack. The two cities hold some of the (Turn To Page 4. Column 5) O War Training Class ■ Opens Monday Night Other Classes Will Be Organized Soon Organization was completed Thurday night for the first war training elas*. co-sponsored here by the Decatur Rotary club and Purdue university. The first dam. which Is In engineering general chemi-try. will lie held from 7 ta 10 o'clock Monday night at the junior-senior high school and enrollment may be completed yet Monday. Pre-requisite for the course Is a year of high school chemistry or Its equivalent in Industrial experience Dr. Harry Weimer, of Manche-ter college, la instructor of the class. There Is no tuition charge for thia course. which, like all others in the program. Is under dlrecetlon of the Vnlted State* '•fffee of education. W’ Guy Brown, local representative for Purdue university in this program, stated this morning that provision- are made for gasoline for student* to attend these classes. Other classes in the wsr training program will be organized at meetings next week. Commissioners Meet Here This Evening The Adams county commissionera will hold a special meeting tonight In their room at the auditor's office. Matters pertaining to the superintendency of the county infirmary will be taken up. it was learned. It was not definitely known what action the I Herd would take and non,of the members would make a statement. TEMPERATURE READING DEMOCRAT THERMOMETER • 00 • «•* 2 p. « 3:00 p. m. M WEATHER Not quite as coM In continued «**• tlene tonight and Saturday fornpeett. ~ _ . . .——

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Decatur, Indiana, Friday, September 24,1943.

Five Men Leave For Army Service Today Five tnen left this morning for active duty with the V. 8. army after being accepted on September 3 during selective service exams at Indianapolis. The five are: Leroy C. Huffman, the acting corporal: Harry Massonnee. Robert L. Kies*. George A. Foos and John H. Johnson. The men went to Fort Benjamin Harrison. Two more Ralph R. Burk and Steve D. Torres —who were held over a day—will leave for active service Saturday morning. The next selective service contingent from the county will take final examinations on October 4. 0 Decatur Women Can For County Hospital Rush Call Results In Fine Response Mrs. Nelle Mae Lc we, superintendent of the Adamu county memorial hospital, expressed dep*st appreciation and heartfelt thanks to toe women of the Decatur home economics club and various departments of the Woman's club, as well as W. Guy Brown, high scho< I principal, who so promptly answered her S O.S. sent out y>uterday morning. The hospital received notice Thursday morning that the order for canned peaches could not be filled so Mrs. Lowe Immediately got in touch with the above named organizations. Mr. Brown offered the cooking school kitchens and it 1 o'clock yesterday afternoon 2C club women, with paring knives, aprons and large cookers, arrived at the school. By 5 o'clock they were viewing the result of the afternoon's work, which netted 132 quarts of peaches for the hospital. Women who had club meetings or social engagements willingly cancelled them and Mrs. Lowe stated thia morning. “I have never Bred in a community where people responded to one another's needs as the people of Decatur de." O Edged Infant Dies Early This Morning David Lee Edgell, three-day-old son of Jess and Nina-Houtz Kdgell of this city, died at 5:30 o'clock this morning at the Adams county memorial hospital, where the child was born Tuesday Surviving besides the parents are a sister, Colleen, at horn*. and the grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Milton Edge!) of Decatur and Mr and Mrs. William Houtz of Vnlondale. One sister Is deceased Funeral services will be held at 2 p. m. Saturday at th* home, fllfl N<rth Seventh street, with Rev. J. T Trueax officiating Burial will be in the Decatur cemetery. The body will be removed from the Black funeral home to the residence this evening and msy be viewed after 7 o’clock.

Food Survey Shows Sufficient Supplies For Proper Nutrition

Chicago, Sept. 24 —(L'P>— The men who are going to set next year’a dinner table aay the food altualion will not he aa acute au many [M-ruona fear. To get the story of next year'* dinner table, the Vnlted Pre-* haa questioned farmee and cattlemen, dairymen and poultry raiser*, dis trlbutor* and food chain-, crop Institutes and government bureau*. And what they have had to aay add* up to one important conclusion: The nation 'ace* no undue dietary hardship True, the housewife may not be able to buy all the food*-particul-arly meats—that she can now afford. But food men insist there will be no nutritional abortage*. Supplies of meat will be smalle.-. tbs food men *ay. but there will be about one and one-fifth pound* per person each week- There'll be fewer -teaks, roast*, and hamburger*; but this shortage will be offset by rapidly-growing -applies of pork, sausage and bacon. Broiler and roaster chicken* should be abtndant. but turkey* will be more ecarce than ever The salmon supply ie expected to be about the same ee tn IMS. More and more houaewlvee will be turnlog to aoybeaoe a* e meet ewbetitnto—if the government ha* Ba way.

Calls On Citizens To Meet Bond Goal County’s Sales Go Over $700,000 Mark Viewing the county's standing In the third war loan drive today. Theodore Grallker. bank president and chairman of the war finance committee, said. "The honor of Adams county and It* splendid record of paat achievement In maintaining a top place in the state is at atake.” This serious view was taken a« today's total of bond aaUo showed the thermometer has gone up above the 3700.000 mark, but leaving H 24, 011 yet remaining to meet the county'* quota of 31.347.600. Sales reported today are 3721,5*9 If the quota is to be met by the end of the month, salws will have to average 3125.000 for etch of the next five working days. Mr. Graliker eald. Tonight, a meeting of farm and clviliaß defense workers and others intere-ted in devising ways and means toward reaching the goal by next Friday, will be held at the Firs* State bank.» Mr. Grallker called the meeting yesterday after contacting the leaders In the townships and towns in the county and was given the as*urant e that the worker* would attend the bond council. Yesterday's -salt* were boosted with the heavy buying of extra bonds by employe.- of the General Electric company. Rosco GlendenIng. cashier of the First State bank, set up bls desk at the plant and issued bond* directly to the workers The same practice will be followed this afternoon, the bond committee announced. o Auxiliary Police To Report On Sunday Police chief Ed Miller today requested all auxiliary police to be at Liberty Way promptly at 12 o'clock noon Sunday to as-ist tn policing duties during the time the army exhibit will lie he here. All auxiliary police are to wear arm bands. Chief Miller also called attention to the motoring public that no parking will Im* permitted on Liberty Way any time Sunday morning or during the exhibition. | |M | IIISII I ■!!!■■ (I I ' — Divorce Awarded In Circuit Court Judge J. Fred Fruchte in Adam* circuit court late Thursday awarded Frances Julia Hiser a dlvorte from Ray Hiser. 11. M D»V<»»s represented the plaintiff and John L DeVoas. a* prosecutor, represented the defendant in the unc.mtest'd action. IBULLETIN John F. Warman, aged about 48. was seriously injured about 3 p. m. today wh»n crushed by drill prose at the Decatur General Electric plant. The attending physician at the hospital said he is suffering from a crushed cheet and Internal injuries.

The war food adminiatrntlou expect* an even larger production of egg* than during the pre»ent rec ord-year Slightly more milk and cream will be available, but butter, cheese, evaporated milk and let cream supplies will be curtailed by about one-third. The vegetable market* are expected to have plenty of white potatoes. sweet potatoes, .tweet corn, green pea*, carrot*, tomaloe*, lettuce. dry and string hean*. Bn’ prospect- of Unions, celery, cabbage and cucumber* are not so encouraging An unusually large crop of California and Florida orange* will •tart coming in early next month, and there will be ample supplies of lemotm and grapefruit. On the other hand, the crop of appla- 4 peaches, pears and apricots la expected to be ■canty. tfoup companies have been ordered to eut production 25 percent to save steel Bat certain old favorites • such as tomato, pea *nd cream of mushroom aospa-wtll be canned in usual volume Mr* America will be asked to put increasing gaMtltias of break faat food ra the family table. And more *uaar for that brenkfast food will be available—if storage »*bce can be found for inereawed cane augur imparts.

Fifth Army Launches Big Attack; Nazis Attempting To Evacuate From Corsica

Reds Threaten To Seize Two Nazi Bastions Smolensk And Kiev Reported Nearly In Grasp Os Red Army (By l’nlt--d Pressi Russian arml*-* ere threatening to capture th*- two main fortress cities on the Dnieper river. Both Smolensk and Kiev are reported very nearly in the grasp of th*- Red army. An unconfirmed report from Stockholm indicate* that the Germans may already be evacuating Smolen. k. The Russian* arn closing in on Smolensk from both th*- north and the south, while another Russian column is pre-sing against the city's rear defense lines lew than nine miles away. Around Kiev, another Rusaian army continued It* encircling move One Russian column is reported l»«s than 12 miles northeast of the city Two hundred more towns and vlllag** have .been freed in the adrance on Kiev. In the Smolen k drive. 190 towns and villages have lieen taken. The Russian army paper—" Red Star"—-claims RuMian armies have amn-hed German defence* below th*- captured city of Poltavo and driven the enemy to the Dnieper. In this region, a Russian column has driven to llahionova. only 11 miles southeast of the great city of Dni* • propet rovak. German broadcn-M eay advance patrols of the Red army air ady have tried to cross th*' river at several points between Kiev and •he great water power center of Dnlepropetrovak But the Germans claim th**'- attempted cron Inge were completely repulsed. Whether these report* are true or not. the Russian offensive is approaching i'a real climax. The last major German bases east of the river have been engulfed by the Red army sweep and the Russian are pushing toward the Dnieper with mounting intensity along a 700-mile front Three Dnieper fortroues Smolensk. Kiev, and Dnepropetrovsk — Already are being shelled by Soviet guns less than It) mile* away. StIH farther south, th*- Russians racked up another important victory by capturing the large enemy (Turn To Pag* 4. Column (> o Zack Merryman Dies At Home In Monroe Funeral Services Saturday Afternoon Funeral aeiVicei. Tor Zackariah Merryman. 86. prominently kn wn retired farmer, who died Thursday afternoon at hi* home in Monroe. will be held Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clo*-k at the Zwl* k funeral home Death fcllo*r*d an ilineas of only a few days. The deceased was born in Washington township Octob-. 5. 1*56. the eon of Charles and Maryan-i* Archbold Merryman and resided in that township his entire life until a few months ago wh-n he moved to Monroe. He was a member of the Monroe Metb*dlst church and was never married. A brother, former judg ■ J. T. Merryman, of Decatur, la th* only near survivor Two sister* and three brothers preceded him In death Rev Julias Pfieffer. pastor of the Monroe Methodist church, will ofScat* at the service* and burial will be in the Decatur cemetery The body may be viewed at the Zwick funeral home after 7 o'clock thia evening.

Newsman Quits Cecil Biown, above, news commentator for Columbia Broadcasting System, ha* resigned in a dispute over th*; network’s new* policies. Brown, who survived th*sinking of the British battle cruiser Repulse and battleship Prince of Wales, protested restrictions placed ou him. Center Attention On Manpower Problems West Coast Control May Be Expanded Washington. Sept. 24— <l'l’l- - tough manpower problem may be on It* way to a solution. Th,- war manpower commission is thinking of extending Its strict manpower and production control on th*- west coast to other areas affected by a labor shortage. Official* say such an expansion of control* might do away with any plan for a national service ac.’. The west coast plan was ordered by war mobilization director Janies Byrne* And it is being carried out by th*- WMC. the war production board and th*- procurement agencies Its features include: 1. Workers go to the plant* And priorities ar** based on urgenwith highest manpower priorities, cy of the work 2. New contracts arc forbidden and old contracts may la* cancelled if the needed product can lie produceil elsewhere. 3. A broadened basis is created for job deferment*. Congress may make some decision on lhe manpower problem within the next week An admin islration leader in the senate predicts that Senator Wheeler's bill to defer the drafting of fathers will b*. overwhelmingly defeated He estimated there would I**- no more than 25 votes for passage. And the house has uncovered what looks t<> some members like a bonanza for the armed forces. A house military affair* sub-com-mittee ha* focused attention on the deferment of government employes And selective service dl*Turn To Page 4. C<>luma 4) Freese Burial Here Saturday Morning Following funeral services for Mrs. Blanche Han Freese. <l. at 9 o'clock Saturday morning In Foil Wayne at St. Paul's church, the b< dy will b- brought to Decatur for burial in the Catholic cemetery Th*- body may be viewed at the cemetery. Mrs Freese, who died eu.ly Thursday morning was a daught-r of Adolph Hart of this city H-r death occurred at the St Joseph hospital, follow tag t* extended Ulnae* The deceased wa* born in Decatur and was well known here.

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Allied Sci» ers And Nazi Troops Locked In Bitter Struggle Near Italian Port By I'nlted Press An Allied army is grappling with the German* in the mountain- south of Naples, pressing for a final breakthrough to attack th* <it> The fifth army started an allout attack at dawn. Allh-d land, sea and air power now I* focused on the Nazi garrison. Allied soldiers are locked with German troops on the'steep slopes of th** height* guarding th*- southern approaches to Naples. A headquarter* spokesman says mortar* and heavy guns have been iu*h*-d Into front line position* to blast through th* German defenses. But the enemy has the advantage of excellent defensive positions on high ground A* th* fifth army strikes directly at Naple* pa*t Ml. Vesuvius, other Allied troops 2*> miles Inland from the main drive have punched ahead seven miles to captnro Oliveto Cltra. This eastern column Is moving through steep mountains in a drive which threaten* lo out flank Naples. To the southeast, the eighth army has raced overland to seize the junction of Altamura. Thi* move straighten* out the Allied line from the height* above Salerno to the Bari area. Tb«- German* are falling back on Corsica a* well as in Italy. Th*- new French army, backed by American* and patriot guerillas, has occupied th*- seaport of Bonifacio across th* eight-mlle-wlde strait from Sardinia It also has captured the southeastern coa«tal town of Porto Vecchio Allied plane* have taken a big toll of enemy ships and planes trying to evacuate troops near th** northeastern port of Hast la British heap fighters yesterday destiny ><l seven hig German transport plane* which were trying In sneak aero-* th*- 7o mile* of sea from Bastla lo l.i-ghorli. The enemy also I* trying to evacuate th*- Island in small boats but our planes are attacking the motley fleet constantly The willingness of the enemy lo lake such desperate risks Is a good indication of the Nazi pllgh* or Corsica. Th*> enemy garrison, which originally numbered some 12.000, Is being herded steadily Into th* northeast corner toward th*- port of Ba*ti —by a mixed army of American rangers, Frenchmen. Corsican* ami some Italian* Our force* already control at (Turn To Page «, Column X) Transportation Men On Strike In West War Production In Area Is Threatened l*m Angele*. Sept 24— (VP)— War production In the Lo* Angeles area is threatened by a transportation strlk* Twenty-six hundred bus drivers and trainmen of the Pacific Electric railway struck early this morning. tying up an I.UW-mlle interurban network. The Pacific Electric operates a belt harbor line which carrh* more than half of the war cargoes for Isos Angele* harbor. In addition, thousand* of war workers depend on the company * hu* line* for transportation to their dtfeneo johs. The strike was called In protest against an order by e«' nomlc director Vinson, reducing a wage award The striker* had asked 13 ceuta more an boar and last night President Roosevelt announced be would create a special hoard to consider the foresee* However a grievance committee decided to order the walkout pointing out the* the cnee had been at iseee since last July: a strike vote wss taken last summer. postnnned and then relastal* o«fofo*ee«, .