Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 41, Number 259, Decatur, Adams County, 2 November 1943 — Page 2

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American Doughboys Rehearse For Battle Lady Correspondent Views .Maneuvers Somewhere In Britain. Noe. 1 (UP) There’s a mock hattl- going on somewhere In Britain. And It's , almost as lively as real warfare ; Live bullets sing overhead. Shat ; lerlng explosions shake the ground, j Americ an doughboy* are going J through a drens rehearsal for the war ahead They are learning to take the worst the enemy can dish out and live to tight on. i'nited Press correspondent Dudley Ann Harmon, one of the two j women correspondents permitted t.> j witness the maneuvers, sends a i full description of th.- maneuvers. I The scene is a qul*t English town, remodeled after the European invasion coast. It is eomple’e with «.he enemy's dvtense* — concrete pilihoxe*. lioohy traps, barb- 1 ed wire eutsuglemetis. Waves of boyu from all ove- ; America pit their skill against those defenses under a torrent of explosives. They land from the same kind of craft they’ll use | to storm Europe The *< Idlers . aeem to mind the water even more than the live ammunition They 1 run from the surf with a battle cry 1 of “Gee. it s fleeting ’ Naval c raft In bac k of them lavdown a barrage and make c rate rs on the shore in which the boys find aheJter. The first wave of troops second* the landing Then come more* of landing craft bearing engineer*, tractors, telephone equipment and the like. A pillbox blow* up with a terrifle roar. A Spitfire above whines an I diveg to send machine-gun Are into the ground. c'araaltles occur even in this so- j caltadr "practice." which includes j phase of war. Col m l John Horton, in < harge of the operation, warned the I’nited Press correspondent. He sue id "All possible precautions have been takeu for your safety, but we can't guarantee you'll not be killed ’ George W. Bloxham Dies Monday Night Funeral Thursday At Monument City George W. Bloxham. 77, a resident cf Monument City, died at g:2O o’cloc k Monday night at the home of a daughter. Mrs. Charles Roebuck, at Pleasant Mills, where he had made his home for the past four weak*. Death was caused by complications after an elght-woaka illness. He was born In Grant county November 11, USS. the son of Joseph and Lavlaa Kn ■(•-Bloxham His wife. Rosa, preceded him in death. Kurvlving In addition to thdaughter are four sons: Varlilt Bloxham of Decatur. Roy of Detroit. Mich ind Clarence aud Glen Bloxham. both of Fort Wayne; ombrother, Rawietgh Bi xham of Muncie: three sister*. Mrs. Burand* Collins of Freemont. Mich.; Mrs Angelin* Marshall of Kendallville and Mrs. Jane Ebert of Lancaster; and 10 grandchildren. One daughter Is deceased Funeral services will be held at J:3o p m Thursday at the Woe ieyan M E church at Monument City, with burial at Mt. Etna The body has been removed from the Zwick funeral home to the Roebuck residence, where it may be viewed until time of the service*. HULL JUBILANT (Oeatlases grins rags 1) the Balkans They attach great importance to the declaration of postwar co-operation regarding Austria. They believe the Alliein Italy ar* looking beyond Rome to the Brenner pas* Aud thay point out that the Rutilan srmy l* less than JM mile* from the Rumanian border SECRETARY KNOX (Contl*u*d Ptem r«H » _ eral” Stilwell says our medlnm bomber* Sunday struck M mile* west of Hankow without enemy opposition And our Lightning flghtar. and dive bomber* raked ahipptm and docks at a Yangtze river &»• l» «nUe» »outheaat of Hapkow. ■ o—Meat Saptndsor To Hold MeoHnq Here Wiwfred L Gerke. chairman of the AB««a* tmuUy VIDA boMd»«unouuced today that there will W a meeting of the Adam* .maty LSD A war board, the Adame eaeaty war meat committee pgrsona who wffih to do ouwn .laMbten-JJ Ed»*rd Gite gem. area awat «upen mor will bo

HELLCATS GIVE JUST THAT TO JAP FLYING BOAT

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~TWO U. $. NAVY HELLCATS proved entirely too much for "Emily," a four-engined Japanese flying boat which bad the misfortune to meet the American fighter planes in th* Gilbert islands area. With flames pouring from bar starboard engines, the flying boat divs*

Two Escaped German Prisoners Captured Two Are Captured Near Evansville Indianapolis. Nov. 2 — cll’c The remaining pan of escaped German prisoners of war from Camp ■ Breckinridge, Ky., have been captured The Indianapolis ffi< of ( the federal bureau of Investigation announced that they were captured thia morning by two Vanderburgh county deputy sheriff*. They are Hana Spitler and Kudolt Morgenst- rn. who escaped last Friday night The officers ap prehended them near Evansville I Two other Nail prisoner* of war | who escaped earlier last week were ( caught Sunday near Puducah. Ky. County sheriffs Monro* Mullen and Pat Williams—both of Evansville captured the Nalls in Howell. an Evansville suburb. Their pres-nee there was reported by Don French, who operate* a tourist camp. No resistance was offered when they were met by the deputies. Both were wearing civilian coat* to cover the P.W. stamped on the back of their uniforms. The wife of sheriff Bert Marin, who speaks German, found out that they had been sleeping 1n river bottom cornfield* and bad not eaten for three days. —o —- -— JUNIOR RED CROSS (Continual Frew. Faw* t) tiro** chapter and has completed her organisation in this city The Catholic and public schools maintained their affiliation with the organisation. although the pro gram has been inactive the past yea.Assisting in the enrollment and mganliaiion campaign are Miss Mildred Worthraan at the juniorsenior building. Ed Jaberg at th* Lincoln and the Sister* of St Agnes at the Catholic- sc bool*. A lay committee*. coin|a>sed of Mrs. Felix Maier. Mr*. Hc-rsel Nash. Mra. Max Sc hafer and Mrs N A. Bixler, is also assisting In furthering the- program and the Junior Art* department of Wo man's club and the Girl Scouts will sponsor objective program* during the year, Miss Coffee »aid. The school* in Berne have al«o been enrolled. Miss Helen AtX. teacher, being named by E M Webb, superintendent, to conduct the campaign. Commenting on the organisation. Miss Coffee said. "The Junior Red Cross I* a division of the American Red Cros. and is the American Red Cross In the schools. The junior membership function* In partnership with the chapter and actively participates in those phase* of the chapter program which are appropriate for elementai-y and high school pupils The organisation I* pure ly one of service." CAPTAINS ARE (Continued From Pngs » her*, cashier of the First State bank Tne other captain* named are: John L De Vo a. William Gas*. Pete Reynolds. Roben HulthowsCurl C. Pumphrey. Reber’ Zwick. Clarence Stapleton Roy Kalver, Harold Niblick. Fred Koller. Paul Edwards. Clyde Duller; Thurman I Drew, court house: Ph i Sauer. Weat Moare* and IMb sireets Henry Fs urate. Mauth Winebeat sr .(root. Lao Kirsch, post office. H Varova Asraad city ball Ruseeii Aeker. North bocoed street. The Docstar euata hi th* < omiMßiu charge of tki* meet lug. fa bo held at I 9 • Thursday Mr Cork* argot an porseus mtoreited la rertoai .laugh ter tag to attend thl* meetmg.

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<-d drive m dltt.HS. which Includes 17.918 tor the war fund; >I.OOO tor the Boy Scouts; 11,000 for the Balvation Army and 1200 for ’he Girl Scouts. La t year, separate drive* were made for the I*SO and o’hcr war fund* The quota wne only 12.200, altough more than >3.000 was raised. Mr. Gentki emphasised that donation* thL year would have to be greater if the- >IO.OOO quota ie met. “Donot* must realise that thke year's quota, which takc-w in the t'SO and 17 other war fund . In addition to the Boy Scout*. Girl Sc-ou o. and Salvation armv. la five | time* a* great aa the goal a year ago Only by corresponding inrrea-<-d donations will the quota he met." he aaid t' L' < 0 Committee To Make Dairy Feed Payments County AAA Office To Make Payments Winfred L. Gerke. chairman of the Adams county agricultural conservation committee, announced today that payments a* set up under the "dairy feed payment program" will be made direct to the farmer* at the county AAA office located at 15* South Second street. Decatur. Mr. Gerke state* that it U nece*- ’ sary for alt person* s--liing milk or cream to bring the evidence of such sale* to the county office and hie their application for payment. This evidence should consist of the dat»e of sale and the cwt of whole milk sold or pounds of butterfat sold. Payment* will be made only on October sale* al this time and application* must be filed in the county office prior to November 90. Payment* tor November aud December sales will be made at a later date. Mr. Gerke states that the county committee will toe tn Geneva, Friday, November 20. to make paymeiile to the farmers residing in Jefferson. Wabash and Hartford township*. It has been suggest ed that appll ration* for payment should not b--made until the evidence is received by he farmers tor the entire period. October 1 to October 31. Rates of payment are a* follows: whole milk- 30 cents per cwt., hotterfat. tour cents per pound. -o Gable Returns With 50,000 Feet Os Film Will Use Film For Training Purpose* Hollywood. Nov. 2 — fl’Pl Tbere’a nothing photogenic about the Nasis — that comes straight from Captain Clark Gable They just won’t pose when you want them to. And this can ha readily understood when the camera they face la mounted In the nose M a flying fortress- alongside a go-callbre machine gun But durpite thl* enforced modesty on the part of Hitler’s cheat thumping supermwt. Captain Gable returned to th* movie capl tai yesterday with same W.aott feet of film The film will be cut and u*ed for training purpose* There wa* nothing of the movie hero •* Gable told •* hia work oversea* He eald that our pitot* —unlike their Hollywood proto-typea-mro really a very ffuiet lot Aaked If ho had accounted tor any enemy plane* In hl* trip* over th* continent th* handsome movia eetor answered "No* He *aid tea didn’t know whether bo had *cor*d »ny hits, elthet He *sw a tot <d plane* f* down »gt than tea - said, everyone wa* tbooung « them.

k toward Ute w*. left. A few seconds after It hit the water, only burning gasoline remained on the surface to mark the spot, right, where th* big plane sank with ito crew. These are official United States Navy photos. (Intitattional Soundphoto)

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Rhoades Funeral Rises Wednesday Died Suddenly At Home In Williams Funeral svrvlc** tor Je«M A Rhoades. 67. who was found dead at hl* home in William* Monday morning, will be held at 2 o’cioc* Wednesday afteronon at the Zwick funeral home In thl* city. Burial will he in the Decatur cemetery. A son of Joseph A. and l-ucinda Hines Rhoades, be wa* born in Mercer < >unty. 0.. and had lived

F /\\ I r 1/ \\ • nA I if \\ I < i r\ i n f At ■k § t I ’JL Bte r* if r i g k jwMgL.jL ' Bfri J I-.:.;.’ CM CAMTAUmC MOffiUCT ed the United Btataa rortatniy MrtMa tee fancy es thro* Ruautan jouor nMsnber* of the ere* of e United Bottom vaaeeL -Ike Mr to ta tee re»tew nt tee AryAeclto to tattM, Weak. Urn boya ar* ptetered eampiutg Amaetean to* cnato end RaffiM * to teeir Uktaf. Loft t* right are Oom Ufowgr, U, when* tetter waa abac town tey tea Germans; Bae* Ftoilpeß. U. and Alton FeaAerkoff 13. AU stand watehea on .teaU atetp and study tor ragutar atepbenrd Jobe. (far*r*«o*aaJ; . i — i e ■■■■ ,

to this community since 191 K. Surviving are the widow. Emma; two son*. Dan Rhoades of Preble township and Frank of Fort Wayne; and the following brother* and sisters: Charles Rhoades of Celina. O ; Mr*. Clara Hampton of Maidstone, Canada: Mrs. ArMtla Van Gundy. Mrs Myrtle Hudson and Elmer Rhoades, all nf Jackson. Mich.; and seven glandchildren. The lardy may be viewed at the funeral home after 7 o'clock thl* evening V o There were 335 slate and local unit- of government In 1940. out of a total of 152.131. that were responsible for 71 percent of the -late and local debt.

German U-Boals Nol Taking Offensive New Anti-Sub Device Slowing Down Drive London, Nov. 2 -(UP)- German sulmiaiine* haven’t op’-ned their expected all-out offen-lve < n Allied convoyv now steaming Into Britain and the Mediterranean. And naval expert* think that the enemy under-ea campaign m>y have been stalled by sagging morale, the Inexperience of new Nasi sub commander* and the success of Allied counter-measure*. It’s pointed out that with the Allies frankly building up strength tor a second front in Europe, this I* the now-or-nsver period for Hitler’s underwater raiders. After the U-boat offensive of 1942 and '43 collapsed, the badly maubd craft were withdrawn to the Baltic and other bases for reequipping. Nazi propagandists lantstud about powerful new weapon- which had lx-en developed And the Allies were prepared to meet attacks of unprecenented fury. So far ’hey haven’t come. One new anti«ub device may be slowing down the offensive. Our patrolling plane* now carry powerful searchlight*. Thh force* the raider* to stay uubinerged at night, when normally they could surface and re-charge their batlerle*. o GERMAN MOUNTAIN (Continued From Fag* D andfc-atlon, and that Crown Prince Humbeit must also go. with the fhume going to Humbert’s »ixyear old son. In Naples, a city still twitching from the shock of Nasi terrorism, a new Italian governmsnt ie being (flakornT \CMN MUFFIk j \ kw / \ >=VIAKO) r .v«™>y I popular with 1 good cook*

Offer Good This Week Only! $25 ALLOWANCE FOR YOUR OLD LIVING ROOM SUITE ON THE PURCHASE OF NEW 1«I1 KROEHLER POSTURE FORM fURNITUI I jro.- lU* i. gPWLI You’ll have to hurry .. only a limited tii-y mains. Trade in your old Living Room • U . lU ‘ ‘ streamline your home with this new tomorrow! Each piece built for comfort anu lasting qualities. Your choice of the newest fabrics ano > You’ll never find a greater furniture vlmk* this. Come in tomorrow. Remember — 1 ' 11 '" good this week only. Sa?

born. Marshal Badogllo han ended hi* political conferences and the announcement of a coalition cab inet Is expected before the end of thl* week. For the moment, the status of King Victor Emmanuel is the big question mark It's known that Count Carlo Sforxa and phllosoJ pher Benedetto Croce favor tinabdl< ation of both the king and Crown Prince Humbert. And'

See Us First I FOR BEEF I By the Quartei | Gerber Meat Matt REAL ESTATE Allti The Jamen Chikote Property 93<l Winchester Street Decatur. Indiana , Saturday, November at 4:0( P M Good Five Room House: Built-in Sink. City Water a Cistern, TOILET and LAVATORY. Plenty of ck<« Thir Home ia nicely arranged and in good repair! and Coal Shed. Large Lot, plenty of Garden apace. GOOI) UX ATWI in a very desirable residential section of the city. TERMS—2O'< dav of sale, balance upon deliver | title. IMMEDIATE POSSESSION. JAMES CHILCOTE, 0, J F Banmann—Auctioneer H*i<- conducted by Midwest Realty Auction Co.. Decatur, Indiana.

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