Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 41, Number 240, Decatur, Adams County, 11 October 1943 — Page 1

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Labor Drive Launched In Fort Wayne Area Fort Wayne. Ind.. Oct. 11 (UP) — Business and industrial leaders have launched a GO day labor drive to recruit every possible worker In the Vort Wayne metropolitan area. Ninety-two industries are participating in the campaign, which la beaded by E. H. Vogel. Vogel nay* the purpose of the drive Ih to lift Fort Wayne from the war manpower commission's lint of actute abor shortage area*. Thi* would remove the threat of a 48-hour work week for all businew* and induxtry. I<orne Cameron. who conducted a similar program at Hartford. Conn., in directing the campaign for chairman Vogel. Wake Island Devastated By Allied Attack Japanese Have Lost Control Os Central Solomons To Allies By United Pre** The Allien have completed the preliminary work for three new offenniven againnt the Japanese—one In the central Pacific, one in the *outh Pacific, and another on the Anlatlc mainland. Only the Allied high command, of courae. know* which will come flrnt. or which will lie given the greatest attacking power. The Allie* packed their ntrongeat single punch of the war in the 4H-hour attack last week againnt Wake Inland. The detail* are Juat coming In. and it in revealed the enemy-held bane in the central Pacific wa* left aflame It i* believed the ba*e wa* neutral lied for aome month* to come. There are many who believe thin In the first big blow in a campaign to drive the Japanese from their network of Inland ba*en in the central Pacific, The campaign to do the name In the south Pacific In a bit more advanced American occupation of Kolombangara inland given u* complete control of the central Solomon*, and open* 4he way for aaaault* on Bougainville and Buka island*. In the Northern Solomon*. Then will come a campaign againnt New Britain island, on which Is located the big enemy supply base of Rabaul.. The Allies made Kolombangara island In the central Solomon* unhealthy for the Jap* and the enemy garrison ha* left Kolombangara—lock. stock and barrel. American troop* now hold the island. They post- a direct threat to the northern Solomon stronghold* of Buka and Bougainville. The fall of Kolombangarn leaves the Japs with one Issa Island in their chain of defense* around (Turn Te Pag* S. Column »)

Finns Condemn Nazi Actions In Denmark Treatment Os Danish Jews Heavily Scored ' Waahlngton. Oct. 11. — (VP) — Germany's treatment of Jews I<* Denmark has caused bitter reaction In Finland. and Wsshlngton observers think it may weigh heavily in bringing about Finnish withdrawal from the war. Diplomatic oftciais in Washing ton report the Finnish press ha« exploded with a condemnation of Nail policy Reports from Scandinavian quarters aay the developments indicate an optimistic trend toward peace between Finland and Russia The Germans seetn to be losing their strength in the ScanJi navian countries, dlnce they have not protested the criticism nor ordered the customary punitive Swedish press has been per sistent lately in declaring that Finland should get out of the war. and the government has become increasingly antagonistic to the Gorman, denying transit rights to Oerman soldiers wishin to travel fr m Finland to Germany Other reports say that Sweden has been strengthening her army aad navf.

Campaign On To Blast Nazi Air Force From War American Aviators Blast 102 German Planes From Skies By United Pre** Bad weather accomplished what the luftwaffe hasn't been able to do last night it stalled the Allied air offensive on Hitler'* shrinking Europe High authorities bluntly say British and American airmen have launched that long-awaited campaign to bla*t the luftwaffe from the skies. The urgent order ha* gone out all along the line lay Germany's war might to waste and drive a wedge for the opening o> a second front. Well-informed military quarter* believe that our growing air assault* and the deadly drain of the Russian campaign already have dwarfed the Reich to a military and industrial position equal to that of August. ISIS -equal to the wounded nation that stood at bay just three months before the armistice that ended the first world war. But unlike those panicky day* of 191 S. the German home-front is bound by the barbed wire of gestapo terror. Ixmdon military quarter* believe they will fight on. even under the weight of the developing air Inferno. Right now. with Nasi air raid siren* silent for » moment, a dozen German cities are smoldering from raid* Just yesterday. American flying fortresses struck a triple blow at Axis Europe with heavy attack* on the Nazi rail center* of Munster and Coesfeld, and a nearby Dutch airfield. The hig forts and their escorting thunderbolt* shot down 102 enemy fighter* boosting their toll for the past sig week* to more than SOO enemy aircraft The commander of the eighth United State* air force — Major (Turn To Pag* ». Column II .. O—"

Wabash Dredge Suit Again To High Court Schannen Overrules New Trial Motion The suit to mandate the county commissioners to issue bond* tor dredging the Wabash ritrer — an outgrowth of the original action filed more than a quarter century ago—is again on Its way to rhe supreme court of the state. An appeal to the high tribunal was filed by attorneys for the petitioners after William Behanuen. of Fort Wayne, special judge in the mandamus action, overruled a motion for a new trial Tho petitioners filed the motion for a new trial and arguments were heard by Judge Schannen last week Judge Schannen had previously ruled against the petitioners after hearing the case this summer. The present action is similar to that heard sometime ago by William P. Endicott. Auburn, as special judgt Judge Endicott also ruled against the petitioners after hearing the case at that time and the third suit followed. • Th* original Wabash dredge case Is still pending in circuit court here with Henry Klsiet. Portland, as special judge Meanwhile, according to a current report filed by Homer Teeter as commissioner of ccnstruction. sometime ago. no further action has been taken to the actual dredging work -pending the outcome ot the litigation Ferd L. bitterer, as county attorney. represented the board of commissioners, as well as the county auditor and treasurer, who have been named co-defendant* in Belton Attorneys tor the petitioners are Roecde O Wheat of Portland. John L and Huber M. DeVoaa. of this etty. Attorney, for the petitioners had indicated before the heanng of arguments on • new trial that they would carry the matter to the supreme court if their action was overruled by the court. I

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Decatur, Indiana, Monday, October 11,1943.

Ford Gets First Helicopter J • 1 I . -US' Inventor Igor Sikorsky (right I leans close* as he talks to Henry Ford. M. at the Edison Mu-ntm. Greenfield Village, neat Detroit. They are shown shortly aftei Slrorsky presented Ford and th, museum with the first helicopter he invented and constructed.

Start Curtailment Os Deliveries Here Wholesale, Retail Deliveries Slashed Decatur wht lesalero and retailer* today began curtailment ot consumer goods deliveries In compliance with an ofllc.. ot detense transportation directive making the order, existing In the east since May 27. nationwide. The order permit* Sunday retail delivery of dairy product* other than fre«h milk or cream provided that the other products (butter, cfaeewe. etc.) are delivered In combtetatlon with milk and cream This also applies to fruit or vegetable Juices and eggs delivered in combination with fresh milk or cream. The prohibition against the retail delivery of small package* doe* not apply to deliveries cf milk or cream, or the other products which may Im- delivered in combination wllk milk or cream, or to a number of other product*. The*e include: bakery products: fresh or frozen fruit* or vegetable*: meat cr poultry: fl»h or ahell fish; medical supplies; dry cleaned, dyed or altered garments; parts and supplies for repair*, or property sold on mail or phone order. The number of retail and wholesale dellveriea which may be made of ce.tain commodities each week is the maximum which will he permitted. regardless of the type f csrrier Involved, the ODT emphasised Thu*, if a private carrier had used up all the deliveries permitted for one week, he would not be permitted to hire another carrier to make additional deliveries. Also. In many case*. th» ODT said, certificate* of war necessity may not provide sufficient gasoline to make the maximum number of deliveries permitted under the erd(Tues To Page ». Columa 1» Violent Death Toll Heavy Over Weekend 12 Hoosiers Die In Weekend Accidents (By United I’reaa) At least 12 Hoosier* were killed in weekend accident* and another died of bullet w. unds Infflcted a* he fled from a state trooper. The worst rnishsp occurred at Marion, where Are destroyed a home and fatally burned <aree p» r- j •one The victim* were Mrs. Ber- I ths Wolfe. 15 years old. and her two grandchildren, flve-yeei-old Raymond Moore and twc-yearold Kvklya Moore. Thirty-eight-year-old Chester Rush ws* killed in s freak accident at Indianapolis His bead was struck by the steel rim of a truck tire which blew oat. Eight persons died tn traMc accidents. Twenty-one year-old John Chandler was killed ineianily hi* aa». tobile struck a concrete bridge abutment near Flsinffrld Another youth. 17-year-old Oacar Jone*, was killed when his hk-yele collided with a ear driven by Herbert Teary of BharpavtUe Ralph Glasish and Clifford Carey, both of Petersburg, lost their live< when their cnr left the highway and overturned Neer Bruceville, a ywung couple died tn a slmUsr ac (Tara Te FM* K Ceiama M

Combat To Affect Aviators' Hearing Chicago. Oct. H-—(UP)—No combat aviator will reiurn from the war with normal hearing That'* the opinion of Dr. Walter Hughson cf the otologlcal research laboratory of Abington memorial hospital In Abington. Pa. Hughson says we may expect ' 250,000 hearing casualties in thl* war, and that most of these cases will not respond to surgical treat- ' ment. The only ready solution to fhL problem, he rays, is the proper fitting of an adequate hearing aid for each aviator affected — - —fl— FDR Asks Repeal Os China Exclusion law Exclusion Harmful To Winning Os War Washington. Oct. 11 — (UP> President Roosevelt ha* a»ked for the repeal of the Chinese exclusion law*. in a message to congress today, the president said repeal of the law* is necessary to silence di*lorted Japanese propaganda. Hald the president: “I regard this legislation a* important in the cause of winning the war. and of establishing a secure peace ' Referring to enactment of the laws In INH2. Mr. Roosevelt said. "We mu-t be hig enough to acknowledge our mistake* of the past and to correct them " The message also asked f(sr extension of citizenship privilege* to Chinese now in this country. He said this would be "addltioiinl proof that we regard China no. only as a partner in waging war. but that we shall regard her a* a partner in day* of peace." The president's message endorses a bill now pending that would provide an annual quota of 105 for Chinese Immigrants, and extend citizenship to tho-e now here The bill ha* been approved by the hou*e foreign affairs com mitte,The president's message also Indicated that Increased aid to China would be forthcoming as *«mmi as possible He said China understand* the dels) in increasing supplies is due to the present strategy of the war. He added that help would also be aent to carry out our plan* made for offensive, effective action against (Turn T« »*««• <, (*!»•• «» Report Jim Eichhorn Considerably Improved The condition of James "Jim" Eichhorn. Decatur junior senior high school student, seriously hurt last Friday in an auto accident, wa* reported considerably improved today Member* of the family here learned about noon today that tbe young man was able to read lhe newspaper and had ezperienced a good night s sleep He I* confined to the Ht Joseph's hospital. Fort Wayne. Norma Hazelwood and William Baumgartner other occupant* of th* Dacatur ear. wvr* releasud from th* Metbodlr hospi’sl at Fort Wayaa Saturday and return ed to their home* Both were in school today Junior Kaehr. Bill Porter and George Alton were other* la the same vehicle but were net seriously ban.

Bill Dickey's Home Run In Sixth Inning Payoff Blow Against Cardinals

Bitter Battle Is Raging For City Os Kiev One Os Greatest Battles Os War Raging In Russia B> United Press One of the gie-vtest liattles of the war is now raging in Russia —with the great city of Kiev as th" prize Soviet soldiers are reported to have •racked through the outer defense* of Kiev, capital of the Ukraine, on the west bank of the Dnieper river. They are now «ald •o be approaching the gates of the city. The fighting Is furious—perhaps unprecedented in this war. There are some reports that the Nazis have started evacuating Kiev. The city is repotted in flames. And the Russian newspaper, Pravda, predict* that It will be liberated soon. Another great Itattle I* being fought south of Kremenchug. | which I* 115 mile* below Kiev on I the west bank of the Dnieper. Soviet forces which crossed the river at this point have advanced from !•> to 15 miles along the west bank They apparently are trying to drive southward towaid the Black Kea and trap sizeable German armies still in the southern Ukraine and Crimea In White Russia. Russian troop* continue to gain Advance* up to seven and one-half mile* are reported in the drive on Vitebsk I Slightly to the south, the railroad function of Orsha is imperiled by another Russian force, and at the southern end of the White Russian line the Russian* are only 12 mile, from Gomel. O" — —-• Michigan City Flier Is Killed In Crash Fort Worth. Tez.. Act. 11—fl’Pi — Army authorities Ure investigating an airplane ctash Which took the life of Sergeant Lyle Michel of Michigan City. Ind. The accident occurred Saturday night near Granbury. Texas, when a heavy Immber from the Fort Worth army air f‘eld crashed and bunted —q German Battleship Tirpifz Is Damaged Admiralty Reveals Daring Sub Attack (By United Press> The German battleship Tirpitz has heeti torpedo>d and damaged. British midget submarine* carrying cut one of the most daring raid* of the war sent their torpedoes home against the big Nazi warship which tea* been hi ling out in a Nerwekian fjord. Conflrmait n of the attack which had been reported some time ago by the German*, who claim It failed -I* given by the British admiralty The attack wa* made on September 22. According to the admiralty, the British have definite pnot that the Tirpitz wa* damaged aerial photo | graph* show the Tirpitz surround j ed by repair ship* and by thkk nil which epread over two miles of water And returning crew mem her* from some of the sub* that took part, report bearing territec detonations a* the torped<e* hit their target. Thu*, the British have scored at least partial revenge for an equally daring • pi*ode staged by a German submarine early In the war The Nazi submarine saeaked through powerful British defense* at Bcapa Flow, and aank the Brit (Tarn Ta I'ags K Ceiuma II

Ralph 6entis Named City Fund Chairman National War Fund Chairman In City Ralph O. Gentis, manager of the Schafer Store, and an active leader in community events, haa been named Decatur chairman for the Adam* county war fund. Herman H. Kiueckeberg, county charlman. announced today Mr. Genii*' acceptance of the post, which will entail the forming of an organization for the raising of Decatur's share of the national war fund and what might be added for local community endeavor*, was mail, today. Tonight at the First State bank a mooting of Industrial heads, banker*, lalmr union representatives. ministers, business and professional men. will lie held to consider if any local budget* for established youth or service agencies are to he Included in the fund raising drive next month. Mr. Kruvckeberg also anti Minced other appointments to the city committee They include. William latse, bunk teller, treasurer, and H L. Neal. Insurance agent, secretary of the organization. The city organisation will be forme,! with men and women representatives from all group* and plans for conducting the drive will he discussed at tonight'* meeting The national quota is *125.000.000, of which the I'SO will receive about 182.mat.000 Bizteen other war relief agencies participate in the dsltribution of funds, the purpose of the combined drive lieing to eliminate the various separate drives throughout the year Appeal Moser Case To Supreme Court State Board Files High Court Appeal The state of Indiana, on rela’ion of the state board of medical registration and examination, is carrying it* »uit to prevent Itella Moser, local masseuse, from pra, tiring medicine, to the Indiana supreme courf This fact wa* revealed today by Adam* circuit court records, which disclosed that attorney* for the state board had filed an appeal to the higher court and were given fwi day* to perfect their bills of exception Special Judge Walter Ib-lmke. of Fort Wayne, who heard the argument* for a new trial last | Friday, overruled the motion of th« plaintiffs The original action was heard by Judge Helmk," earlier this year, when the state board a-ked for a permanent injunction to prevent Mr*. Moser from prescribing and selling medicine without a license. After hearing the state present it* case. Judge Helmke found for the defendant and threw the case out of court The defense contend’d that the plaintiff* had failed to suppqrt the averments of their complaint with enough evidence and testimony. Attorney* for the state board immediately filed a motion for a new trial, which was heard last week Father-Son Program At K. Os C. Tonight A father and son program will be given at the K of C. hall this evening, tbe father* being host to their aons. Tonight's event follow* tbe annual father and son observance, held Sunday at Rt. Mary's church when the men and boy* of tbe parmh attended the ? Iff o'clock ma • and received Holy Communion la a body. Many of tbe fat hen* with son* in tbe armed service attended tbe mass, honoring those who are .erring their country.

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St. Louis Muffs Many Scoring Chances As Spud Chandler Hurls Second Series Win * Score by inning*: R H E. New York 000 002 000—2 71 St. Louis 000 000 000—0 10 1 Today's Lineup St. Louis New York Klein. 2b Crosettf, *» Garm*, Il Metheny. if Mu*lal. rs Johnson. 3b W. Cooper, c Keller, if Kurowskl. 3b Dickey, c Hander*, lb Etten. lb Hopp cf Gordon. 2b Marlon. «» Htainback, cf Cooper p Chandler, p Umpires—Rommel (A. L.ll Rue (A. Li: Reardon. <N. L.t; Stewart (N L.t Sportsman Park. St. Louie. Oct ii The New York Yankees regained the world's iMsaball championship here this afternoon, their 10th title in the last 2<> year-, defeating the St Louis Cardinalsi. 2 to 0. In the final game of th* serie*. Bill Dickey, veteran Yankee catcher. delivered the de< laive blow of today's tilt With two out In the sixth inning. Charlie Keller *iugied. Dickey mwhed a home run over the right field wail, driving in Keller ahead of him with the only rune of the game. The Cardinals pu*sed many opportunities! to score, pounding out I<> hit*. Itut Spud Chandler tightened in the pinch,-* to win liia -econd victory of the aeri •* First Inning Yankee* Mort Coopei go.* off to a flying start by striking out the first three men to face him. Hig Mort threw only It pitches as he fainted Crosettl. Metheny and Johnson in order No runs, no hits, no error* Cardinals Klein Itounced a hit off Chandler's right ankle Garms sacrificed Klein to second. Johnson to Etten Mustal walk,*,). W. Cooper for, ,-d Mtlslal at second. Crosetti to Gordon. Klein going to third Johnson threy out Kurowski No runs, one hit, no error* Second Inning Yankees—Keller »»’ called out on strikes. Dickey also was called out on strike* Etten broke Cooper's spell, walking on tour pitches By striking out the first five men to face him. Cooper came within one of a world serie* record W. Coo|MT. attempting to catch Etten off first, threw Into right field and Etten went to second on the error Kurowskl threw out Gordon No runs, no hits, one erro". Cardinal* Handers single,! to (Turn To P«g» •. Column •) Post-War Credits May Be Taken Now House Passes Bill To Permit Credits Washington. Oct. It — (UP> —• Th« house, by unanimous vote, today passed a hilt to permit alt taxpayer* to take immediate advantage ot the post war credit* against tbe victory tax. Thia mein* that single person* can take 25 percent credit into account when ’hey figure nut their ‘final tax settlement in March. And married couple* can figure on »'l percent, plus two percent additional for each dependent. This I* the first step toward simplification of the present tax system Mor gent hau’s ten-billion-dollar tax program provide* for the elimination of the victory tax. The house also passed unanimously a bill extending the time fop corporation* to claim relief under th* exceea profit* tax Meanwhile, the administratjou'o treasury program ha* been sub. jee’ed to more criticism before the house way* and mean* committee J. F Lincoln. Cleveland (Turn Tn r*B* K Cvlaaa* Q*