Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 41, Number 228, Decatur, Adams County, 27 September 1943 — Page 2

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On Perilous Mission To Rome ~ ~hb *' ' JtaL * f •*• ' tBB • W * ■■ * g / \ -J| ■ d * / V‘fw jv JMMk “ # .. i-xME Jr f v /I * * 11| f ’ V\ Bp ««4» B 1 Xk (< i ja i <flßs .’ W rv One of the moi! dramatic and daring episodes of the war Is credited to Col William T Gendiner, former governor of Maine, who was one of two f H officers who succes-fully completed a secret mission to Rome Colonel Gardiner in pictured above after hl* return t» the Allied liner The two officers stole through the German lines for conferences with high Italian officers In the Nail-guarded city, official I’. S Army signal corp.- radiophoto.

Evansville Workers End Sympathy Strike Protested Hiring Os Negro Women Evansville. Ind. Sept. 27 <UPi Some tOO*' worker* at the Chrysler ordnance plant at Evansville have end'd thei: sympathy •trike, hut SO employe* in the salvag*- department continue to remain away from their job* The SO men began their walkout Saturday morning in protest against the replacement of II white women by Negro women. By noon, th«- 2,'M'» worker* had walked out in a sympathy Mrike Strike:* claim that the plant management mile* white and Negro worker* to foment trouble and disqualify the union in maintenance ol membership. But t h«company assert* that it* contract with the union tpecifie* no dlncrimination in cause of race. Th« strikeis are member* of the CIO United Automobile Worker*. Local president Pat Ron* had urged all the strikers to return to work, and a federal iab.ir < >nclliator. Owen Sommer*. I* expected to confer with company and union officials The plant produce* ruiall arm: ammunition. ——l 1 - — ■ o — GERMAN (Continued From Fags 1) down, and five British plane* were lost. The Emden raid followed shortly after other flight* of fortre**e« successfully penetrated *<• mile* east of Paris. . The big ship* bombed the Champaign* air field and a junker* •* repair plant at Khi im* yesterday Returning views said they blanketed their target* with bomb*. WILLIAM IVES (Ca*tlnus4 From r*»« 1) until January. IMS. After reporting for duty, he wa■ent to Oklahoma to receive early training and wa* recently graduated from the Enid. Okla . air base diebool. from where he wa* sent to Frederick okla Cadet Ive* wa* a native of Wapello. 111., and was graduated from the high school there He received the Decatur school assignment coon after being graduated from the University of Illinois Survivor* include the widow. Jeanette Ive*. who had liesm reBiding with him In Oklahoma: the parent*. Mr and Mr*. Joy L Ivei of Wapello and a brother Paul Ive*. tn the air force* ala Michl gan air base Mr. and Mr*. Bigurd Andersen of this city, friend- of Cadet aar Mr* Ive*. recently received word from th* victim, stat Ing that h< •spec ted to viait here after re oafvlog hh wing*. Mr. Aaderaot ia a member of the 'oral scbwi faculty Mr. and Mr* Anderson received a telegram late this aHe muon from the victim * tetter. statlag ".it ftu> ar*J Mgslcu *ul bfc UdSd ta W*p ejlo Medne day Definite «• ol

the *< vi. * wa* no: stat. d in the wire. PATTERSON SAYS — (Continual rrvrn rag* 1) Cottgrewi i* expected to enact legidation soon to deal with problem of the father draft. Although special heatings on the ; Wheeler diaft bill have just about ' killed it. they «eem to have convinced congress of the need for; ■tome kind of action on the matter. Some member* are said to be work:a* on plan* to draft only fathers under 3U. Other* are reported in favor of a plan to limit the draft to father* in th 1* to 21 year age group at lir»t gradually i extending the age limit as tile need I for more men ariate. Whatever the outcome may be. Senator Wheeler’* bill seem* headed for a speedy death. The bill is scheduled for senate debate, today, but some member* predict that it neve, will Come up so. a Vote. 4 MINOR WRECKS tContliutd From Fags 1) by James Marth. 67. of! fieia'ur. collided on U S 27 bypass at Homewood Officer* Adrian Coffee and Bob Shraluka investigated. Saturday night at b: IS o'clock i < ar drit'ii by Dick Hurst. 16. of route thre. Decatur, crashed into the tear of an auto, driven by Ni vin Miller. 21. Monroe route one. The accident occurr<4 on North Second street as the cat* were -topping for the traffic light at Monroe Street. Damage wa* estimated at |3k. Officer lloir hhraluka investigated Dairy Association Members To Meet Roy Pi ice, president of the Adams county dairy herd improvement a-sociatlon. announced today that G A Williams, dairy specialist of I‘urdU'. will meet with the in- mbei* of the association and their dairy friends at s p m . Wednesday. October 6. at the city hall. Decatur. Thl* will Im- the organization meeting for the association. Elia Lynch, tester for the last two year*, will <ontlnue In th*, eapa'-ity. 4-H Beef Calf Club Meeting On Tuesday A meeting for the member* of the 111 beef calf dub will be held in the county agent's office at Ap. m. Tuesday. In thl* meeting the premium money will be presented to the member* whi have completed their 4-H clab record books They will also be presented with a certificate of recognition tor 4-H service on the home front. A discussion on the type of calves to feed for the next chfh year will be held. All prospective 4-H beef club people are in vited to attend — .... p . —. ... An average automobile op farm* in the U 8 iu I>4* was 7 ye-n old and Ud a value of about lutaf tj* • eu th* 'tkicls mi IMO averaged about MO.

Heavy Death Toll Is Registered In Slate Seven Are Killed At South Bend Crossing illy United Press) An Idental death went on a ranipage in Indiana over the weekend, i laiming the lives of at least 19 i |H-rc its South Bend counted the ninat tragic accident of the weekend -a railway crossing smashup in which I -rev. n perst ns were killed yewterday. The victims were passengers in a car which drove onto the railway ! tracks into the path of the New I York Central crack train, the Pacemaker. A watchman stationed at the crossing said that the car failed to heed his signal to atop The victims were .Mr. and Mrs. Jest ph Pruslnski and their nine-year-old daughter. Christine; Frank i Prusinskl, Joseph's brother; Gen- ' i-vieve Lagocka; Jsadore Michalski. and Valentine Michalski, all of | South Bend. Two section workmen for the .Michigan Central railroad were killed Sunday when a passenger train struck a device they were operating near Gary. They were Max Werner of Hammond and Tony Mora U Gary In th. state’s third railroad accident. 57-ycar-old Perry Stricker of Jeffersonville was injured fatally when his cur was struck by a Biltmore and Ohio train ai a Clark county crossing. Highway accidents accounted for another four Hoosier lives. Torn R belts of Blanford. John Harden of Bloomington and 16ytar-old Walter Penrod of Anderson were killed in hit-ond-run accidents. In auto col lls km near Bloomington jrroved fatal to Mrs. Charles Caldwell of Indianapolis. Two-year-old Alleu Roger Terhune of Be.h Grove drowned Sunday when he toppled into a fish pond Ten-year-old Haymond Terhune. Jr., of near Acton was Injurt d fatally iu a fall at his parent's farm Monoxide fumes from a bathr um ga» heater were blameci for the death of Hycar-old Robert Wilson of Indianapolis* Mrs. Alice Stone of Indianapolis died ;rpm a fall down a 30-foot embankment along Eagle creek Ulysses Learnt- rof near Kokomo died from injuries received in a fall at his farm The 75 year-old farmer fell from the hay mow i-i his bain

Large Crowd Greets Governor Os Moose Supreme Governor Visits Local Lodge A large crowd of member* liom Adam* lodge 1311. lx»yal Ordet of M.o»e. attended the special meeting Baturday night at the local lodge home and heard Governor Mark W Gray. luddianapoH*. de liver an interesting address. Governor Gray, the fltai guvernot of the supreme order to visit In this city, conducted an inspection of the new h.ine of Adam* lodge. He alao witnessed the initiation of a large class ot candidate* in degree work conferred by the Decatur lodge drill team. Following the busims* session, a program of entertainment wa* held and a luncheon served to the several hundred* pr*s*eut. U. S. ARMY fCeattaaed From Fags II and Indians are doing the work. They are inching their way forward with tool* ranging *ll the way from pick* t. huge buildoxer* The task of building the Ledo road ranks a* one of the huge construction job* of all-time, wore • than th* Alcan highway- and worse than the Panama cana'. There are tropical jungles so thick that a man could hack his way only a few yard* if he got off the beaten trail. The tcsigbest natural foe of all 1* rain -rain which reaches the countryside each summer with from Joo to WO inches of water. The (resii road cuts be- < ome knee-deep rivers ol mud. The new road climbs steeply from the levr.i of swollen river* to mountain* 4."08 feel high beyond which the higher range* of Tibet glimmer in the distance. Eventually, the read builder* may face Japan*** troop* occupying region* of Burma and China through which the road must pass, bat guarding the road are crack unite of the Chinese army which t Redrew from Burma i**t year Since their withdrawal these Chinese troop* have been training with modern egeipateut under V. 8 army iMtructora. And they etill are training A* Walter Brigs* United Pres* correepoudcat. traveled up the trail, h* wguhed thCUmese pcvUdk* troop* Urg*iU»S Up on janglu uarigy*. ihe/ «»ro •>L>g ewtft sireaajs ’•winging

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across gullies on ropes and climbing up trees to act as snipers Their commander is LieutenantGeneral Sun Ll-Jen. who attended Purdue and Virginia military institute. Working with him now is a United States anny staff headed by Brigadh i General Haydon Boatner of New Orleans. The road the Allies are building and guarding is a part of the promise of President Rcoaevelt and Prime Minister Churchill that we eventually will fight the battle of Japan from bases In China Adams County Memorial Hospital Admitted: Fred Fchlnnerer, Willshire Ohio land dismissed); Beu Flickinger. Berne! Latter Thomas, route a; Ethel Wortiiman. Winchester. Hi-hard Byer, route 6. Dismieied: Mr-. Nellie Price, route 6; Mrs. Georglanna Jacobs, route 1. Monroeville; Mr*. Marclle Beouger. Ohio City. Ohio, William Sheets. <l9 Keklonga street; Betty Trump. Monroe; Norma Ladd, city; Grace Gulnin, route 1. Monroe. Mns. Eileen Rice. 91<i Walnut

Over The Top Week - Sept. 27 to Oct. 2 ] 1 ■ v v: * »fra Jii dfifi A. k Iv IXI4 y* Kv ffl Bag AU ■ \ \ ArM I I . I JOHN stfjnbeA B cables from londo 1 HAVE SEEN llic soldier* come down did nol come back ami tliermptym jK.I ’ from the whips and stand in long lines the blankets thrown u -iilc a- ibuM on tin* tlockw. their ‘B’ bags on their them, and the framed puolugnpbd backs and their rifles slung over their »tcel lockers. shoulders. “The men have gone up lb M t “I have seen the supplies come in by again to go into the' )*®H H tiie hundred shiploads, locomotives and landing barges to a head:. -IrrMi*®] tank- and trucks—acres of boxed food and bodiett of their own people, a Btfj great liionnds of hauls, shiploads of bombs their wax likt atttti. .1-ml" a i *” frOnl k ‘‘‘ 1,0 3,1 ~,a‘a ‘ -I have -e.tt lit. lio piUh 3" 1 ,I,U, I 7‘ rr* a » for mmi |.d men. lit. I. Je- -nd Mid bridges and buddings food for our own fi , |( .„ |, ull() . ,) lll( |,urr people, material enough to make all Amer- , hr (h .. |nil . h(Ul tkll . 1 and lift r-l lru wdl fc<l “ ,,J well “«*“»«« a ‘"’ weU a ma n's body ami nini.l. lilt'd clothed. what is it for except lo set ihjß SB * ’ M ”’ , * lr ,nrn *’’"”** * ,ito l *’ r diing over willt a- ‘i 11 " a “ Fortress in the early morning and fly away oughly as po-thl- ■ '■ l * Is waving with elaborate nonchalance and I should not hr a null.: S| 'IH * iave Mcn *b e IP*!’ * n , * lt " *’ ,, n money?’ but HI •• •I' lll ' ,lul 01 111 V .VIORE WAR BOVE . J ■ Jpt- m/'-.ILFUJMW -di B * '"5 The Treasury Department acknowledges with appreciation the sponsorship of this advertisement bv The Detahir Castiag Co. The First State Bank Burk Elevator Co. Light Orsy Irsn Castings Local Bong laaulng Agant Csal—Saak Grain Cloverleaf Creameries, Inc. The Schafer Company The Krick-Tyndail Co. Central SvbaMlary Kraft Chaasa Ca. Manufactursn < Jabbars Drain TBs—Mails* BuilSing TBs I Bag Service, be. Ashbaucher’s Tin Shop Cal E. Peterson Stucky North Sacang Sc Raafmg w Haatmg • Clath.ar C««"t « te

German Propaganda 1$ Taking New Turn Report Germans To Be Told 'Truth' Stoikholm Hept t- — (l •*’ G.rman projiagauda apparently is 1: ,king •< new turn Report- seeping through to Sweden Imply that „„ 10I1 ger will th. German people be tolJ "f mysterious retreats that have been successful according to plan. Accoiding IO these reports, the Nasis have decided to tell the ti-uth or part <’f H. * l,h ’*° arguments to back -uch a drastic polk/ One. the r.alliailoii that the Nasi cause can only be weakened by ridicule if they try to belittle lheit reverses And secondly a great gamble street; Mr-. Kina Wolf. rout. •> Noah Hoffman route 2 Betite; Wil 'lard Mcf’oiiuehey. Hom, wood

on the weapon of fear as a whip] l > hold the German people In line i A tendency among the German people to inquire more daringly about the Russian front is shown in dispatches that seep through German censorship The main | question the German- ask is., whet.- is our shortened defense Ijlte to be?” Some Nasi sour: epla. e it at the Dnieper, others talk about a Riga Odessa line. Opsra In Moscow Moscow. Sept. 27 (l | , i—What happened in Moscow last night would have been Impossible two years ago. For two years ago the Russian ‘ capital of Moscow was In danger. And naturally the famou old i Bolshoi opeta house was dark. 1 Indeed, the theater had been hit ; by an enemy bomb. But last night, with Moscow no longer tn danger. the Bolshoi • opera house had a gala reopening. 1 The performance was brilliant I the theater was sparkling with 1 new gold, silver and bright red • decorations — and the audience was well-drersed. Some "f women < ven wore evening gowns. Th. opera pre.-ented wa- -ig-

Oppose Subsidy To Boost Milk Output Producers' Leader Opposes Subsidies Washington. Sept. 27 (I F. Secretary Charles W. Holman of the National Co-Operative Milk Producers federation says th. government's milk subsidy pro gram falls far short of providing the stimulant needed to boos' p . duction. Holman says the prog am wnl "cast a pall of disillusionment' over dairymen whose "comm .i sense tells them that through sub »ldl« s the government la unnec. sarlly going into debt and , .-<! «■ ulficant. It was Glnika's ha Su?anin." better known in Ant.-i lea as "A Life for the Czar ' Th op. ra deals with another h- > defense of Russia when Russia:: peasants beat off a 16'Ji century Polish Invasion.

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