Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 41, Number 227, Decatur, Adams County, 25 September 1943 — Page 1

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tesignate 'Over The Top Week’ln War Bond Drive

HOLENSK FALLS TO RUSSIAN ADVANCE

lunteers Hope Exceed Bond al Next Week

■no Held Lost ■ Os Workers Drive Over ■op Next Week ■jjy ToP WEEK — ■r'" Oct. Bj. a band "f earnest ,n pun*'*-*' a "<i ,|e ' r'.-in*-' at til* l call Gralik-' county ■ ih..»i , om ’ 1Q1,,. Fit'' S!:l "' bank ' Hji h** "t friendly <J »:'*i 'lf ,I, ‘ B\ n their heart' to do Bea Os the third war de. Igluted IK Brol' WHhK and with , r 'he OllunB:,J « eke: were hope-n.-v -eiei: lay-* would purh.irei* to put Qorcr the line. *;*« composed of I *-*- f.rm leaders **rd*ll- and lone ■ the e.vil.an defense 'he report *.*>- -‘anding and to ■-* - -eiooK more Vrek Qitfi-.d <tio ;l ,- <-halrQ* third war loan, was ML an explanatory -y-'.tn. -tating Quit it* quota Qhat ‘ -a 'li ">•' *■» ~K' Qt MBl '‘ * M "‘- hank dead Indusall 10-'io: cotiaidQker m.-eting ■tkat m.-- k-d about ■ the 11317*1 ■Mttionai I reporttotal th- required B below the $400,000 chairman of the ■aiutlon, led th*- disQi explained that the least the exjiected the bad' of 11.000 •••' up were a. little over ■ tbe townships. the gHihr..| i i,, around Br Byerly Mid. trustee' and secQ* volunteered to conQktnr* customers and endeavor to put their Q* the top Qj J Metzler. l>alla« Q**' Harding. ||mer Q r *M Brice Bauserof Bern-, g B“*- and other, added »■ Columa at r~3rtl pWar Loan ■WOMETER WTIJM 14

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

Sam Reinhart Quits County Infirmary Frank Kitson New Head Os Infirmary Sam Reinhart baa resigned, effective September 30. as superintendent of the Adams county infirmary. which Includes the management of the 2*4 acre county farm, and Frank Kitaon of West Monroe street, now employed at the General Electric plant, has been named by the county commissioners to fill the post .Mi. Reinhart's resignation was tendered to the commissioners In a special meeting last evening. He did not state a reason for resigning. For the past month a change in the superlntendency at the Infirmary has been brewing. At the September session of the county commissioners, the matter was discussed behind closed doors and Frank Farnum. state Inspector of county Infirmaries, was called In for consultation. No statement was issued by the commissioners, bnt speculation had it that an agreement bad been reached that Mr Reinhart would resign At that time the name of Mr. Kitson was mentioned as the possible appointee. Mr. Reinhart was appointed by the county commissioners In January. l»4o and assumed his duties March I of that year. He succeeded Harvey LaFontalne. who had resigned to engage In farming. Mr. Kitson will probably be appoinf&d for the unexpired term and then given a four-year contract next March. Prior to moving to Decatur, he wag engaged in farming in Root township. For the past two years he has been employed in the Decatur plant of the General Electric company. With the change In superintendents, a new matron of the infirm ary will automatically assume her duties. This will be .Mrs. Kitson who will succeed Mrs. Relnhar,. The superintendent's post psys |1 MX» and an allowance of 540e Is given to the matron. Their living is also furnished as residents of the Infirmary Mr. Reinhart did not make known his future plans. He has been considering other employment. it was stated. The institution has 32 Inmates, several of whom are invalids. Occupancy of the new 1100.000 county infirmary took place last April The new buHding replaced the «M Infirmary that was destroyed by fire in August. J 941. Epr several months the Inmates, all of whom were safely removed from the burning building, were removed to the Allen county infirmary. Later they were transferred Io the old country club building, at the south edge of the city limits, when the commissioners rented the place from Cal Toot and made the necessary changes in order to house about 20 of the Inmates. Mr Reinhart was a Democrat, appointed by a Democrat board of commissioners Mr. Kitson Is a Republican, the board of commissioners now consisting of two Republicans and one Democrat. The members are Dale Moses, president. John Chrlstener and Ell Dubach —— • TRMPMATURB RtAOINO OCMOCRAT TWIRMOMCTtR •:00 a. m. — d 4 10:00 a. m, _ 4® 11100 a. m. 40 WKATHKR •IlffMly cooler tonight; light to moderate frost in north pertian; eewtlnwed oeol Sunday

Big Japanese Airdrome Falls To Australians Finschhafen Port Expected To Fall Shortly To Allies By United Press The Japs’ big airdrome at Finschhafen on New Guinea is now in Australian lands. Our troops are only 1.300 yards away from Flnsrnhafen port. The fal olf the pori is believed to be not far off. even though an Allied spokesman said that desperate last ditch resistance Is being encountered. Brigadier General Glenn, commander of the 14th United States air force, says the Japs have turned generally from offensive to defensive aerial warfare. He declares the enemy's aircraft productoin now is concntrated on fighter planes, rather than on bombers. And he says the Japs have moved their bomber bases in China back out of the range of General Chennault's American and Chinese fliers. In recenf weeks. General Glenn says the American airmen have kept up an almost continuous offensive in the east. An dthey've Inflicted some crushing blows against enemy communications. The Tokyo radio "jnntered With a claim of its own. The enemy broadcast said that Jap gunners sank three Allied cruisers. three destroyers and a transport during the Allied landing operations above Finschhafen, But the claim didn't gibe with General MacArthur's report that our con>oy escaped without the loss of a single ship or man Reports On Raid With A U. S. Navy Task Force. Off The Gilbert Islands. Sept. 25 -—(UPi—lt's just one week ago today that the American navy called a Japanese bluff and raided the Gilbert Islands And now. United Preus correspondent Charles P. Arnot, who witnessed the attack, has wired back some details of the daring venture. (Turn To Page 4. Column 4) ■ 0 Decafur Youth Fined On Speeding Charge Stolen Auto Found Here Late Friday Paul Ramsey, 20. of this city, was fined 11 and costs by Walter J Bockman. Justice of peace, late Friday, when be pleaded guilty to a charge of speeding. He was arrested by officers Roy Chilcote and Robert Hill of the city police on Thursday night and his arraignment was set for Friday. Officers Adrian Coffee and gephits Melchl late Friday recovered a stolen car. taken from St. Mary's. Ohio several days ago. Tho car was parked on North Seventh street. « City police officials believe that the theft of the Ohio car may be linked with that of a car. owned by Stanley Callow, taken from thia city last week and recovered later at - Knox ■ -o »" Defer Registration For Ration Book Four After conferring with the OPA. Dr. Clement T. Malan. state superintendent of public inunction, has notified all school administrator* that they have agreed to defer the registration for war ration book four by the schools, until October 25-31. in order not to conflict with the date* of the snnual convention of the Indiana state teachers »noelation scheduled for October 21-22 Dr. Malan explains that Dr. John W Studebaker. V 8. commissioner of < location, has requra'ed school admin! testers in all states to aseme tbs responsibility for the fourth registration, during tbs period. October 20-31

ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ADAMS COUNTY

Decatur, Indiana, Saturday, September 25,1943.

Sailors' Wives Sell War Bonds __—. _ . . -— LI l-i lb v]y ' ■ ■ & E wka? t .-iWi Es ’ I 4 .ni- ■ , ... • - 2.... «■*... .. • 531.00A in war bond* are sold In a single day to personnel ol the U 8 Navy base at Southport. N. C.. a' sailors' wives turn saleswomen. Mrs. J. W. Williford is pictured making a >SOO sale to Seaman 1/c L Bf Canova. The wai bond sellers were given white sailor caps to Identify them during the one-day drive

Adams County Native Dies In Air Crash Howard Ray Eicher Is Bomber Victim Funeral arrangements may be made late today for Staff Sgt. Howard Ray Eicher. 22. of Bluff ton, and a native of Adams county, who died Wednesday In a bomlier crash near Waldo. Kan. No details concerning the crash were given in the message received by the victim's mother. Mrs. Dwight Bower at Bluffton, from his widow, now residing at Piqua, Ohio. Sgt. Eicher was (torn In Hartford township August 7, 1921. a son of Ray and Mabel SwagartEicher. He attended elementary schools in Adams county and was graduated from the Bluffton high school. On August 23. 1942 he was married to Mildred Waltz of Bluffton. The following day he entered the army air forces. The widow, parents, a brother, Pfc. Carl Eicher of Fort Sill. Okla., and tifr grandmother. Mrs. Jessie Swagart of Bluffton, survive. The body is to Im returned to Bluffton for funeral services and burial. High School Class Officers Elected Juniors And Seniors Select New Officers Officers of the senior and Junior classes of the liecatur junior sen lor high school were announced today by principal W. Guy Brown, following tbe annual class election held In class organization meetings ibis week Howard Foreman, senior sthlete, was cboaen president of the senior class by bis classmate* Other aenior officers are: Jerry Leltx. vice-president; Juanita Maloney. secretary and John Spahr, treasurer Miss Mildred Worthman. of tbe school fsculty. was renamed class sponsor. Donabelle Roof* **■ selectsd ss president of ths junior class Other officers are: Virginia Hatkoi. vice-president; Gloria Striker, secretary and Leo Borne, treasur er. Miss Eloise Lewton of tbe faculty was again chosen class sponsor. Other classee of tbe school will elect officers next week during organlntol* meetings

Ban Liberty Way Parking For Show No parking will be permitted on Liberty Way until after rhe display of captured Naxl army equipment has been moved off the street Sunday afternoon police chief Ed Miller reminded motorta'a today. The 'street is to be kept clear of all traffic until after the show. o —— To Start Harvest Os Sugar Beefs Oct. 4 Operations Start After October 11 The harvesting of -ugar beet* for the 11th annual run of the Central Sugar factory in this city, h scheduled for October 4. with the opening of the scale house the following day. J. Ward Calland. vicepresident and field manager tir the company, stated today. The opening of the big mill depends on the rapidity of beet delivery. Although the exact date 1* indefinite. It Is not likely that the mill will open until after October 11. Mr Calland said. "The mill will not start operations until the yards are filled This will reqqulre more than 10.000 tons of beets, so <'liclng of beets will not begin until we are assured that there is at least s week'- supply ou hand." the company executive stated. Fieldmen who gathered at the company'* office yesterday report that the beets are growing unusually well. The sugar content promises to be better than a year qgo and It is expected that It will be an average good content *y tbe time of hnrve t. Between 4.000 and 5.000 acres of beets will be harvested this year. ■ — —■ > - ■— Genera Democrats Nominate Ticket Democrats of Geneva. In a special meeting last night, nominated tbeir town ticket for the election In November. Harold Long wag named Democratic candidate for the office of town cierk-trewjarer. Three were named as nominees for tbe pasta of trustees of tbe respective three wnrffs of tbe town They are: C M. Brown, flrot ward; Ed Stably, eaeond ward and Boyd Booher, third ward Republican nominees for tbe post* have not been announced ti date.

Greatest German Base On Central Front Is Abandoned By Germans

Naples Front Aflame, Yanks Scoring Gains Fifth Army Within Sight Os Naples; Resistance Fierce By United Preus A 20-mile battiefront below Naples is flaming with action today. The Yanks of the fifth army are — to use a football term putting on a power play with terrific massed artllelry fire, furious bombing and violent troop Our forces —sometimes at bayonet point- have shouldered their way through Nazi positions In the mountain', and now are within sight of the wreckage of what was once beautiful Naples. The Germans are putting up fierce resistance and taking every advantage of the difficult ground. Bitt the sheer weight of the American power piny is rolling them back Steadily. Day and night, massed Allied artillery Is hammering the Nazi positions with a barrage that exceeds even the one that broke the Nazis at El Alamein lit Egypt. The Nazi' have thrown in tanks In a desperate effort to halt our advance, but the enemy has lieen turned back, losing many men in dead and wounded, and 2.000 more as prisoners. By comparison. our casualties are light. Our forces haste swept some 2»» miles eastward—lnland from the falerno beachhead And now they're swinging their attack to the north. The eastern end of the fifth army attack apparently is aimed at the town of Avelllno, which lies about 30 miles east of Na pie.-. HoWever, another American prong apparently has started Jabbing toward Naples byway of the coastal road from Salerno which skirts around to the west of Mt. Vesuvius Front dispatches tell of furious flghtnig underway at Vava Di Tlrreni. five miles northwest of Salerno and astride •his coastal road Overhead, waves of Allied bombers are smashing at th« enemy lines, and slashing at his rear communications between the luittie lines and Naples. Ailieod fliers report that huge fires are burning inside Naples--and they believe that once the German defenses around the city are broken, the Nazis will abandon the city without a last-ditch (Turn To Pago 4. Co’ema 4) —- - o Moose Governor Al Local Lodge Tonight Supreme Governor Mark R. Gray Here Several hundred members of Adams lodge 1311. Loyal Order cf Moose, are expected to attend the special meeting tonight at the local lodge in boner of Mark R Gray, supreme governor of the order Governor Gray will deliver an address and conduct an Inspection of the lodge while here. A class of approximately S« candidates will be Initiated during tbs meeting, and will be known as "The Mark R Gray class " The meeting will be epened at 3p. m Following the meeting, en t.rtainmeat will be provided and a cafeteria luncheon will be served John Alberdlng and Robert Gass are In charge of tbe entertainment.

Two Allen County Men Badly Injured Badly Hurt Today In Auto Accident Lite this morning, two Monroeville men confined In the Adams county memorial hospital from injuries received in an auto accident, were reported by hospital attach*-* to be in a serious condition. M< i ris Marquart. 27. former Monroeville high school basketball etar, was said to be In a serious condition, suffering from a posslbl? ssiill fracture, brain concussion and severe lacerations about the lace and head. Dau Barkley. 22. also of Monroeville. and driver cf one of the cars which figured In the crash, was reported to he In a "fair condition" suffering from a severe head injury, which may be a concuaslon. skull fracture or both. Two others, riding In the car driven by Barkley. Angelo J. Trentadne, 30, and Clorene Wright. 41. both of Monroeville, were released fr< m the hospital after being treated for superficial Injuries The accident, according to Information received from relatives of the injured men. occurred on the Wayne Trace road, two and onehalf miles northwest of Monroeville. It was reported that the car. tarrying the feur men to work at the Fort Wayne G. E. snpercharg r plant, crashed into a parked car. which had stalled on the road Barkley, the driver, and Marquart. riding in the front seat with him. received the full force of th.- Impact. Relative** said the men had told them the accident (Turn To Page 5, Column 1) Warman Is Reported Slightly Improved Decatur Man Victim Os Factory Accident The condition of John F. Warman. 43. who was aerlously Injured late Friday,ln a plant accident at the Decatur works of the General Electric com|>any. was reported this morning as slightly improved. Both the attending physician and hospital atta»hes reported that his general condition was "fair," The attending physician said that additional X-rays were to be taken late thia morning and this afternoon to determine the exact extent of his Injuries. It is considered likely that he is suffering from in ternal injuries, he said. Warman suffered chest and abdominal injuries about 3 p m. Friday when a large ph-ce of equipment. weighing an estimated three tons, fell on him. pinning him against the machine on which ho wm working It was reported that Warman was bending over hk machance when the drill press fell from an "electric mule." a factory conveyance for moving machinery. The physician at first expressed the b-lief that he had suffered » crushed chest and Internal injuries. Complete Course In War Training Class Bloomington. Ind . Sept. 25 — Royal*- Spnsnger. Anne Smith and Robert Schnlts. all at Decatur, haw been awarded certittcatea by tbe Indiana university school of buslnews for sueeewrfui completion of tbe war training eusree. indsotrial transportation, given tn Fort Wayne during tbe past 15 weeks by tbe unfvemity with Oarl W Bartels, truffle manager of 8 E Bowser and company, as inutraetor.

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Berlin Radio Admits Withdrawal By Nazis; Main German Forces Face Possible Split • By United Press» The Ruwiians reaped th.- harve«l of their summer offensive today. The Germans abandoned Smolensk. The Berlin radio said German troops withdrew from Smolensk last night. That city was the Nazis' greatest base on th*- centra! fr. nt. if not In all of Rusela. Although the Russians haven't yet confirmed the Nazi report. Heil army troops probably poured Into the city shortly after dawn loday. The German withdrawal gives the Russians their greatest sueersa oince the Nazi disaster at Stalingrad. It leaves the Red army free to force the Germans back across the op*-n country between Smolensk and Poland the same fist country over which the Nazis ru<b *vl in 1941 At that time, with German military power reaching new heights. Adolf Hiller set up headquarters in Smol'iisk for the drive on Moscow Itself. But Hitler bad forgotten that another Ituaslau army back In tb» 19th century had used Smolensk as the place to break another <>onqueror's dream of world demination. For It was there that. Napol-on was stopped and began his long retreat from Rus*||a. Now it's Hiller's dream of world conquest that is toppling under the mlghiy Impact of the Red army offensive The has of Smolensk deprives the Germans of th*4r last formidable defense bastion east of the Polish border. Should the Russians capture Vitebsk and Orsha to the west, the whole Nazi line along the northern reaches of the Dnieper river would be unhhKed. thus splitting the main German forces. Even as the news of this amMhIng Soviet victory was <•< ming in. front dispatches were re|*orting still more Russian gains. Red army troops havs crashed into the suburbs of the two great Dnieper strongholds of Diiiepropetrovsk and Zaporozhe. Those two cities are on the big bend of the Dnieper d*ep in the Ukraine. Dniepropetrovsk la the city near which the Russians blew up the largret dam in the world before retreating in 1941. Th*- city Iles on the west bank of the Dnieper and Ba fall would cave In the whole German line on the southern Dnieper. The Red army also is plunging forward against the German defenses in the center of that line. Field dispatches say Soviet troops (Turn To Pag* 4. Columa 4) o — Third War Loan Drive Is Near 13 Billions Washington. Sept. 25—(1Tl— The third war loan drive has reached a total of |12.399.000.000. But tho treasury department reports that to reach the goal of 515.000.000.000, the drive gHM average 1350,000,000 dally until October 2. Maryland continues to lead with 120 percent of Its quota already iu. Rhode Island follows with 1«5 percent. Ohio kt the third state to reach its quota. o Three From Decatur Given Large Awards Three employes of the Docatuf Works of the General Electric company scored heavily in tbe latest list of suggestion awards announced by tbe company. Amanda Snell turned in a a"tgettion tor improvements in winding certain rtbbou wire rolls and received 1140 Charles Fisher received an award of 51M for tbe idea relative to changes to certaia rover strap*. Tbe third Deeatsr award was to Virginia Shady. 944 for ber suggrotioe for eavtag wire hy making inter pole eoll leads shorter.