Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 41, Number 276, Decatur, Adams County, 22 November 1943 — Page 2

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Invaded Islands Are Os Strategic Value U. S. Carries War North Os Equator (By United PrewO The American invasion of the Gilbert inlands ban carried the »ai j in the western Pacific north of the j equator tor the flrat time since th> j dark days ot early 2942. Singap re, Bataan, the battle 01 Maeansa straits, those defeats [ nuikect our exit from the north and i our light U refuge in island bases huddled dose to Australia. Since those bitter days, tnere has been uo auetained Allied offensive in the northern Pacific sector west of the international dateline Huwc .er, in August. HHX, a party of marine* including Major James Itavsevc'll made a commaudoat- . t„ a in the Gilbert islands, and withdrew after sweeping Mankin hiand dean cl the enemy. Now we re back on Makin i. -laud and the larger island o. Tarawa 'ibis turn probably to elay. As islands. Makin and Tarawa' a.« virtually ueelea*. But in uiilt-j Ury strategy. they'ie priceless to j tue Jap as outer ramparts of a de- j t. arc built to protect tile Jap aau-e homeland. dlrtctly speaking, Tarawa and Makin ale not actually islands. * Bather, they're a series of cora.l i. i projectings sticking out ot the , ra< Ito s me 3,000 miles southeast | ot Tokyo. Tarawa. for instance, is a serial j of nine large and a number or [ small islands shaped in the form , u. a huge V with the open-end box | cJ in by underwater reeis. Inside j. .1 deep lagoon. Mankin is smal-1 ler, but similar in makeup. Tile Gilberts and the Man hall, l.ilaitd- to tin- north, were seised' by the Japs tin day they struck al b Pearl Harbor. Since that time, j, they've been raided by naval task i.irci ■ and bombin- planes The, ‘ lust atta-k came < u January 31, i 1j43 when w. taught the Japi- by l surprise The next raid Was tilei' (cmiinai.ilo-i.od by the marine laud- | ing party, which wiped out the | Mankln gurrleon. In September of t ils year, strung Allied naval and i alt foie- again raided the Gilberts i and opened the way tor the seri’-a I of operation* which were climaxed i 1 Relief At Last ForYourCough ■ Crromttlslon relieves promptly because it goes riiwn to the seat of the < (rouble to help loosen and expel ?erm laden phlegm, and aid nature o soothe and heal raw, tender, in- » flamed bronchial mucous mem- a oraiies. Tell your druggist to sell you : • a bottle of Creomulaion with the un-'. thrstanding you must like the way it; Quickly allays the cough or you are : to have your money back. CREOMULSION Coughs. ChestColds.Bronchitii ,

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Grange Committee Opposes Subsidies National Grange Opposes Program Giund Rapid*. .Mich . Nov. 22 it Pl The executive committee of :he national Grange han presented a "platform for American Agriculture” which oppor<w subs.dies as u pa.; ot a national agricultural policy. The committee, which remained in *. -eion following a ljuornm<-nt of the farm organization’s annual convention. a-sorts that eub Idles ar>wrong in principle. It believes they encourage inflation, increaae public debt, are expensive to adminialer mid open the way to bureaucratic con'roi over the farmer . As Grange mauler Albert Gosx put it. ••W- are agreed we do not want payni- nts from tl:< public treasury in place <>i fuir pricts." Tnu Granz- platform recommends that tax revenue be in-rese-ed through a oun l income and savings program, h opposes Males taxes. The committee's report say.< price r-ei’ing-s should be us 1 only to pn ven> proffi'erring. A.id it adds tba- farm income should be considered In the hghi of current price- coats and conditions rather than one —as the report put it- "A parity formula that M obsolete.'' The Grange committee's platform dedicated farmer* to the ta k of winning the war. and called for maximum production of food, fat and fiber. Saturday by the American landing. We're north of the equator noW on . ur way to Tokyo. . ... .. o— _— Si’ting around and wishing brings no re uits.

I TWO VETERAN (Continued From rage t) duction. Chairman May of the house military affairs* committee »ay» his group will meet tomorrow io wind np work on the measure which will he known as the war contract termination bill. A drive against government ,-p. tiding Is being pressed by tile . joint congressional economy com- ’ mlttee. Committee chairman Senator Byrd says the group will ininguiate legislation demanding the 1 dismis al of some 300,000 govern ment workers if they are not voluntarily dismissed by the adminis--1 (ration. The committee" maintains t that tie nearly 3.000.000 civilian ■ employes of government agencies ( are not necessary for tin- effective ’ I prosecution of th<- war. !• I _ . 0 ■ - T Ex-Vice-President Observes Birthday John Nonce Gomer Is 75 Years Old Uvalde, Texas. Nov. 22. tl'l’t Former Vice-President John Nance !. Garner Is <5 years old today. The only shadow marring his i pl -u-ttre on the oecacion is that he . has n-1 yet shot a d-er thin season. Garner says his health is excellent and he is pleased with his pros- ! poets or a good pecan erdp , i the veteran of 15 terms In the . i house and two terms tm vice-presl-i dent has some advice for those who : remain In public office. He says: "Take the hobblec off the people. Give them a < hance to think and , act In the American way.'* Gainer d esn’t specify what the "hobbles'' being worn by Ameri leans are. But he says people will do all right if they're left alone.

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Charges lewis Union Is Dictator-Ruled Illinois Union Head Opposes Affiliation Springfield. 81.. Nov. 22—fl'Pl —The Illinois Progressive Mine Workers union charges that the operation of John L. Lewis' United Mino Workers Is based on dictatorial methods. The accusation is made in a statement protesting the proposed reaffiliation of the U.MW with the American Federation of Labor. The Progressive group I* now the AFL’s mine union. And PMW state president Lloyd Thrush says that readmission of the rival Lewis union would be what he calls a direct transgression on the recognized jurisdiction of the progressives. He also argues that it would set a precedent in dual unionism Thrush's strongly-worded protest to API* president William Green chargee that lewis' organization —as he terms it- -binds a yoke on the neck of the rank and-fiie | mlnerr. . In another statement to Green. I the progressive pre*ldent says his I onion will demand a post-war 1 seven hour day liefore it signs, any contract for an eight and a half hour day Is a war measure. — -O rCharles Raymond Dies Sunday At Huntington Mrs. Earl Blackburn haw received ' word of the death, late Sunday night of her uncle, Charlo* Raymond 74. of Huntington Mr. Raymond wao well known here where he. a* "well as his wife, had lectured j many tlmcw at the U. B. church. He wan president of the St Jo>-1 epn conference of the ftil'ed Breth-1 ren church for many year and wan ! affiliated with the Indiana Farmer's Guide, published m Huntington. He was well known and prominent in the >itat< and his community. Mr. Raymond Lad been in poor health since last .May. when he retired from buxine *. He is survived by his widow. Mrs. Emma Raymond and a olster, Mrs. Charles l>-arworth of Florida. Funeral arrangements have not been made I pending word from the -later. -S ■ -U ' County Corn Growing Winners Announced The DeKalb Agrleslturai Association of DoKalb. 81., lists William E. Dettmer and Son >f Decatur, as Adsum county winners of the national D--Kalb hybrid corn growing contest. They are credited with a crop I production of 103.34 bu-heis of com per acre, the highest recorded in. this county, according to the DeKalb announcemont lister Adler of Kirkland township was given uecand place with j a yield of 80.15 bushels per acre. Much DeKalb corn !- grown in title county. -- -o — Train Oisti rbs Slumber Ban Antonio. Tex.—(VP>—Police 1 agreed with Willie Acosta that he | had picked a silly place for a nap. ' He was knocked < ff the M K T railroad tra<ks in the midst of sound I slumber. He was treated for minor injuries. That goto for post war problems too. Garner says he's seen people ■ solve their own post war problems after three wars, and he thinks they can do It again. f T al ' lib * / jfei! a? • • ■*TW»n i j* *' wr MfUT. 004. A. A. VANMOffIFT. U. 8. Marines, who ted the rampnlgn on Guadalcanal and recent- ' ily the offensive on Bougainville, is I •town as be appeared to ptoto> 1 raphero in San Francisco on hie return to take up a new aaaign- ' ment Vandegnft told nevramen ; Gat “teamwork Is .rinning the war tn the goutk Paelflc ’ Maj. Gen. Roy B. Geiger now te In ecsn•aMd on linn Lj (laUraMioMl)

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