Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 41, Number 279, Decatur, Adams County, 26 November 1943 — Page 1

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it Bills Service After War [Action Urged eosures Planned id Servicemen to#"^ 26 < VP) ~ L moving *w |f tly ,o I . kr pink.- I<> help volferkl "' ,r 11 r, ‘" ,rn Introduced today, -j. for qtrtck action, r (he three major points ~ Roosevelt’s program three day* ago. _ -of the problem was I bf Senator Wagner of » k o pointed out that service men have flnre Pearl Harp number i- Increasing i vonld d'’ three things: j, *u»terlng out pay l awarding to length of „ersn» unemployment j w M 52 week* if they after leaving the jV basic* rete on thia pj t week for a ailigle iwe*k extra for a wife, fUn j week for each n j-gtre* the aervlce•MMi soclsl security d, time they nerved forcepion with the third |M»tor Wagner pointed rj.*** and dependent* in action were lowing jt* aortal security payr the present setup, ne *ime. »ome senate tare announced their tan with the service B!« voting bill. Accordator Willis of Indiana, barn have been made, i hopelera met* and returned to the comr rewriting. Southern snperially upeet about ta which eliminate* the a well a* registration—laden tor voting. i Vaihlngton today, a kosmittee urged that Hlrsn highway to Alast ta A l condition for Id Alaska The senate Hl recently completed tta highway, also noted fatted Stale* haa made* atiaunt* In airfield* hghwiya and that they Barat value aud should hto a» after the war. BMed that negotiation* mediately with Canada B sse of the fields In «r yeriod. taster haa been appointee Mst left vacant by J Warren Harbour, week. Governor a< Marinated Arthur frnocrat and an execuilhonua A. Edison comI will ierve until next <nl election. mt ifeniic; are expect- **• within the near krreaae of between I’ormtaa bushel in the "f com. The new H ha* not a* yet been ’tarried to In-come i hi* bneeaibr or Jemktarion director Vln ton Prime purpose of •** i* to relieve the •utern feed shortage '•» me of corn a* feed 2“ »«*ed It* restrle»ta»riter« l>ecaue of demand* I i. there will he of office*!** **• before 1»« and th Rental d a.ed yp..writer* J 1 *4mmistrxtiow haa Coiama |) READINB • M « » * * 2* •*”"•"* partly

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AMOUS LANDMARKS, th.- Alexandeiplatz, shown In view above. I* believed „a n J.” j* 0 * 1 "* ll "' KAI' ” great raids on the German capital. Among the buildings in this photo are a department store, office building and railroad station.

Quiet Thanksgiving Observed In City Business Activity At Standstill Here Business in Decatur reutrned to normal routine today aft •- a onday auspenaion for the observance of the Thank-giving bay holiday. The event was for the moat part quietly and reverently commemorated here yesterday, Thanksgiving bay dinner* were market by the war clouds and at many table-, empty places of men ati.l women In service were a constan* reminder of the world-wide conflict. Fervent thanks and a prayer for peace was the keynote of the Annual union Protestant service-, hqld Wednesday night at the Church of GodMother Nature kindly enhanced the celebration of the day with probably the best Thanksgiving bay weather In years. A bright sun shone mo t of the day and temperature* hovered in the high <"’s all day long Only the schools faib-l to return to normalcy today, with students on vacation until next Monday morning, when da aes are resumed a>« usual. A Thank giving high mass was celebrated at the St. Mary's Catholic church at 7: JO a. m. —ia — — Two Men Fined For Public Intoxication Ed Meier and Thomae Daugherty, two Erie railroad "extra gang' workers, were fined 11 and costs each on public intoxication counts ■by Mayor John If. Btults In cl’y court late Wednesday. They were arrested earlier in the day by police chief Ed P. Miller, when they allegedly -tailed an argument with a bus driver who refused to Jet them board a bus because of their condition. Esch paid his fine and was released. ■ - —o - Joseph Koors Hurt In Accident Today Escapes With Slight Injury This Morning Joseph Koors. Sr.. 51- of near Decatur, was painfully but not seriously hurt this morning when he was pinned between an auto and truck, while unloading a cream can at the Kraft < heese Co. plant, on Winchester street Police chief Ed Miller, who investigated. said that Mr. Koors had parked his car on the east side of Winchester street, across from the creamery, preparatory to taking a can of cream from the vehicle. A truck, driven by Joseph Hokuly. 21. of Huntington, and owned by the creamery company, backed out of the company driveway Ths driver failed to notice Mr Koors and the auto, be told the chief The local man suffered a shoulder and ’ leg injury He was treated at the otflce of a local physician and then remov’d to his home

Woman, Six Children Are Burned To Death Tellico Plain*. Tenn., Nov. 26— tl'Pi Six children and their widowed mother burned to death during the night when fire swept 'heir two-room log cabin on remote Coker Creek. News of the tragedy filtered out of the backwood* region th!* afternoon. The victim* are 39 year old Mr*. Addie Eller Hughe* and her children. Nancy. Kata. Harvey. J. 8., D. L. and MacArthur. A married daughti'r, Mrs. Maggie Nichol*, and her child woke up in time to escape. Mrs. Hughes apparently perished trying to save the children. — — o — Rademacker Rites Saturday Morning Decatur Native Is Found Dead Thursday Funeral service- for Richard C. Radema-ker. 46. a native of Decatur. who wan found dead in hie room at ]o6<, East Columbia street in Fort Wayne Thursday morning, will be held here Saturday. Services for the former Fort Wayne policeman and veteran of two wars will Im- held at 9 a, m. at the St. Mary'- Catholic church, with Rev. J J Seimetz officiating. Burial will be In Decatur Catholic cemetery. Adam* Pcut No. 43, American L- kion. will Im- la charge of mill'ary fun.-ral rites. The deceased was born and reared in Decatur, having moved to Fort Wayne a number of year* ago. He served ovemes* In ISIS during the Pilot World War and enlleted In the rfecond World War In July, 1942. In August. 1943. he was discharged under the age ruling. Wedne day night he complained of being ill after falling un the stairway of ho< rooming house and wao ao«i*ted to hl« room by friends. Hto l>ody wa« found Tbuusday morning The Allen county coroner attributed death to coronary occlusion Survivor* include three daughter Mie. Mildred Rather*. Mr* _ ( T. : rn To P»<* *. Column l> . — Adams County Native Dies Thursday Night Chatlcwc William Brewster. 71. a native of Adams county, died Thursday night at his home in Fort Wayne after a short UlneM. Surviving are the widow, four son*, four daughters, a slater, two halfsisters and a half-brother. Tb* Indy was taken to Mungovan A Sons' mortuary in Fort Wayne. Funeral arrangement* have not been completed. County TB Association Given High Rating The Adam* county tuberculoslassociation has been gives a dam "A” rating by tbe state organisation. according to word received here by tbe pre ent. W. Guy Bream. The rating I* c-onsilered indicative that the is maintaimng a high standard o< work la aa efflcleat and buniaea-like man-

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Decatur, Indiana, Friday, November 26,1943

Strikes Hamper Two Pittsburgh Plants Coal Mines, Steel Plant Are Idled Pittsburgh, Nov. 26. - (UP) — Two branches of war industry near Pittsburgh have been hit by strike* now in their second day. One thousand workers in (wo coal mine* of the Republic Steel corpcratlon near Pittsburgh struck In a dispute over pay rate*. However. 3.700 miner* returned after ignoring the government's request that they work on yeaterdayu Thanksgiving holiday. A strike by 450 CIO steelworkers kept 11 large open hearth furnaces idle in a government-owned mill operated by Carnegie-Illinois Steel corporation near Pittaburgh. The steel walkcut started Wednesday over a pay dispute, then was settled. It wa*c renewed when two workers were dismissed on charges of instigating the work stoppage. A federal conciliator is trying to settle the Inaue at a conference. Army and navy ordnance department officials and a U. S. conciliator had appealed un*ucceMfully for an end to the strike. Progrsms Aid Washington. Nov. 2d.— (UP) — Voluntary cooperative program* are helping to solve the manpower problem. According to the office of war Information, lalwr turnover i* the major factor In lagging production schedule* They say it *tem* from 26 definite causes. To meet this problem, labor, management, community and government have Instituted various programs. They include exit Interview* for (Turn To Paga *. Column 4) Drain Tile Industry Termed Vital To War Krick-Tvndall Plant Included In Order Fort Wsyne. Ind . Nov. 2* The drain tile manufacturing Industry in Huntington and Adams rountle* have beeti declared a "locally needed" activity in the war effort. Roland R. Schulz, area director of the war manpower commission In charge of tbe Fort Wayne area announced today. Ry thl* declaration worker* and employer* in th* drain tile industry are brought under the protection of the job stabilisation program of the WMC covering the Fort Wayne area Tbe employer* are also entitled to Mrvlce from the commission's United States employment service in the same manner *s are other Industrie c considered necessary to the war effort. - However, the 'locally needed' declaratlou does not mean that worker* In the drain tile industry are automatically eligible for consideratioa for occupational deferments by selective service." Sekula said The Krick Tyndall company of Decatur, and th* Majenica Tile compsay of Huntington are tbe two companies covered by thia de-lgnation

Russians Take Cify Os Gomel From Germans Southern Defense Line Os Nazis Is Disrupted By Loss By United Pre** The German* have given up Gomel. And with its fall, their whole eouthern defense Hue' In White Russia has collapsed The evacuation of Gomel — last Nazi stronghold east of the Ihtiep»r -was announced this morning by the official German news agency. The report was confirmed later by Premier Marshal Stalin. In an order of the day. Stalin said Soviet troops occupied Gomel today. The Nazis, ho reported, were driven from the city by a bold out flanking thrust executed by General Rokossovsky's armies In their continuing offensive toward the Polish frontier. As usual. DNB sugared Its report. It said the evacuation led to a considerable shortening of the German line and ltnpr>| - ement in defense positions. Hitt no matter how you look at It. the long siege of Gomel I* ended, and the city is free of Nazi* for the first time since Augus>. 1941. Gomel served as Hitler's headquarters during the first stage of the German offensive again <t Moscow that year. With the fall of the city, along with a new Russian offensive to the north, the Germans are expected to make a stand on the west shore of the Dnieper — the (Turn To Paco ». Column I) Three Members Os Family Murdered Ohio Family Wiped Out By Murderer Washington Ccnrt House, O„ Nov. 28 —(UPI - Authorities believe a revengv-fliled killer wiped out an entire Ohio family at their Thanksgiving eve reunion. The bodies of Bitner McCoy, a wealthy farmer, hi* wife and their only daughter, a irthool teacher, were found at their farm home. They had been shot t death. Although still without a clue to the slayer s identity, cheriff W. 11. Icenhower say* the slayer apparently was known to the family He doubts that it was doublegnurder and suicide or robbery because no weapon was found and *l4O In the house was not touched. C unty prosecutor W H. Hill says revenge W the only possible motive. McCoy is believed to have been slain first by a single bullet In the back of his head. He apparently met death while kneeling in his bam. a tape measure In his hand, a cigar in his mouth. His 64 year-old wife presumably died next. She was shut at least nix times while on the porch of her heme Their daughter. Mildred, a 22 year-old teacher, was shot once In the back of the head, outside near her car, ptesumably as she ran to the machine in an effort to get away from the killer. The sheriff says neighbors re(Turn To Pag* I. Column 1) Central Soya Company Holds Annual Meeting D W McMillen. Br. of Port Wayne, was reelected chairman of the board and pre idem of the Central Soya company at the annual meeting of stockholder* and director*. Other officers are. Robert H Fletcher, assistant to the president; Dale W McMillen. Jr., ervu tire vice-pre-tdent; Harry C. Offutt. David J Bunnell. Genrorge C. Thomas and George D Maclean, vice-preeldenta; Edward T. Scheie, secretary-treasurer Harold W. McMillen of thio city, president of the Central Sugar company. w a member of the board The company did *44.940 *42 worth of bu leers in IMS and plans for elpension of the local plant are und*> way. Mr. McMUlea said, which will make the company the largest soy bean processor In the world.

Tokyo Radio Broadcasts Story Os Attack; Nine Jap Ships Sunk By Subs

Big U. S. Air Armada Blasts German Targets Follows Huge RAF Raid On Frankfurt; Advance In Italy By United Pr< »* Swarms of Allied airmen are filling the skies with black cloud* of disaster for Germany Today s black cloud was composed of one of the greatest armada* of four engined American bombers ever to hit a single target In the Reich. They bombed an undisclosed target In nodthwest Germany. There's no doubt of the raid's success. Although a haze hampered observation, returning crewmen report many dead-center hits. Flying fortresses and liberators teamed up In the attack--support-ed by fighter*. First reports indicate they got away with light losses German fighters were few and far between, but antiaircraft fire is reported to have been Intense The American fortresses and liberators -- taking up where the RAF night fliers left off struck the seventh major blow of the record-breaking offensive that started November 17 Medium bombers, covered by RAF fighters. simultaneously struck military objectives on the coastal stretch of France across the narrowest part of the channel. In fact. Allied plane* kept streak Ing back and forth over 'he channel all day without let tip The official German news agency admits Industrial Frankfurt took a great beating in last night's RAF raid Berlin also was hit. for the fifth time In eight nights. Blit Berlin got off ea«y compared to the beating that wrecked a fourth of the city last Monday am' Tin -day The Nazi admission of heavy damage In Frankfurt Is Important because Frankfurt is a triple-threat city It is a big rail terminus, a leading river port, and a great war prodm-tlor center Weather hampered observation, but fires following bomb bursts turned the sky red to reveal destruction among the I. G. Farben chemical plants and aircraft, tank, sun and machine tool factories, and railway work-hop* at Frank .Turn T- Pag* 4. Cslumn 7) Christen Memorial Service On Sunday Honor Decatur Youth Killed On War Front Memorial aervicsw will be held at 3 o'clock Sunday afternoon at the First Presbyteria.i church in this city for Lieut. James Christen, former well known Decatur young man. who wau killed in action with the U. 8. army air force, in Hiclty laot summer. Joining In paying tribute to the deceased war hero will be mem Iters of to civil air patrol in thia area and Adams post 43. American Legion Lieut. Chrt ten. eon of Mm. Alice Ch listen, prominent Decatur resident. WM a graduate of the Decatur high school and a member of the Presbyterian church. He enlisted in the air forces September 4. IML and received ha* wing and a commission as *>cond lieutenant in May of IM2 He was sent overMeao in November. 1942. aud was advanced to first lieutenant shortly after bis arrival in North Africa The officer*, plane was shot down while be was on a mission during the invasion of Rl«-ily last July Members of tbe civil air patrol. (Torn To PM* *. Colaaaa 71

Memorial Sunday * W Memorial services will bo held -it :t p m Munday nt the Presbyterian church sot Lieut James 11. Christen Ih-dblui young man. wh> wa> killed In action with the army air force over Sicily last July To Report For Navy Duty On Saturday Nine Enter Active Service Saturday Nino men accepted by the U S navy from the November I!* selective service contingent will leave tonight or early Saturday morning for Indianapolis to enter active duty. Since they must report at 10 a. m. Saturday, at least some of the men will leave here tonight. The nine are: Stanley Hollope'er. Clifford H»-.», Gerald Schlickman. Charles Hite, Robert Brown. Richard Tallman Daniel Emetihiser. Edwin H Vorbees and Illi bard K Grulidlletiard Hite Is one of the first ' Inmafldo fathers'' to lie lndmt.il through selective service. He Is the father of tw children New Leave Reported Wire service* Thursday carried a statement from secretary of navy Knox. In which he said that during Decemlwr and January, men accepted by the navy would be given three w.-.-k.' leave after induction, instead of the customary one week—to conform with the |H>st induct lon furlough of the army No official word has been received here today by the draft board, but it Is likely that all men In the December contingents will get three weeks' leave* after Induction into the navy, la-fore ruporiing for active duty. Knox indicated that If the plan proves satisfactory It will Im- continued Th.- men from the November 19 contingent accepted by the army will enter active duty on ln-.eml.er 3 Os the 11 In this croup, one Ezra "line'' Stockdale is also a "iMnafide father ' More of the bonafMe fathers willbe included in -he December 6 contingent, while a second call for the month on December 2*> —will Im- made up entirely of men in that category, the draft board has announced Berne Carpenter Is Hurt At Baer Field Noah Schrock. 32. Bern* carpenter is a patient at the St J.meph's h.Mpi'al in Fort Wayne, after suffering a back Injury and fractured left foot when a two-ton steel Joist -truck him. The Incident occurred at Baer Field, where »he victim to employed The joist wta being unloaded by a crane and became loos* at one end swinging around to a'rike tbe victim. Save Old magasinm and a bundle as old nvwtpapsr* each wack. A tablespoon as wants fat and C*aeaa a day.

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Allied Planes, Subs Thrusting Deep Into Jap Territory; New Ground Gains Made (By United Pressi The Tokyo radio says our planes hav<- blasted one of Japan'*, greatest Island bases while Allied naval and ground forces are sweeping through other output islands Th.- Japanese broadcast says 20 Allied plan.M hit the island of Formosa fr m the Chitieae mainland. FormoNa. seised from China by Japan In 1996, contain* many naval and air bases in ita 14.000 square miles of territory. The island, separated from China by u 90 mliewide strait. Is a nerve-center for Japanae naval operath ns to the south The (Sierny broadcast, a* yet .unconfirmed by the Allies, says one of the raiders was shot down in Iho attack, which was carried out less than 1.600 miles from main Jap islande. The iirmi.i.ast says two others may have been shot down. N.H only Allied planes, but Allied submarines are thrusting deep into Japanese territory. The navy haa just revealed that American undersea . raft have sent nine more Japanese shlpa to the bottom. The latest bag consists of seven freighter*. a plane transport and a tanker — all sunk In far eastern waters. The box score for our sulm In the Pa< isle now is 355 ships sunk. 38 probably sunk and 114 damaged. The sinking of the plans transport allows bow desperately the enemy is trying to rimh air reinforcements to Its hard prettied post*. (tn one of thoMe outposts, American ground force* have hung up a new victory Tough Americas fighting men have stamped out a desperate Japanese counterattack on It ugalnvllle. Japan* last major stronghold in the 7<m-mile long Solomon* chain Then the Yank* moved over the bodies of Bui d<ad Jap* to gain new ground in Monday's day long battle On the New Guinea end of the South l’a< ifl< battlefri nt. the spotligh' is on air action As Australian Jungle lighters drove to within a quarter of a mile of the Jap base at Hatelberg. Liberator bombera hammered the Gaamata area on nearby New Britain for the third straight day The new raid Imoated tc 4UO the bomb tonnage unto. »- <il over Gasmata since the present air offensive start-si Air action also spotlights the central Paciffc, air action that may lead Into blazing new ground action «oon. A Pearl Harbor announcement saye that no sooner had the Gilbert* fallen Into our hands than carrier and land based aircraft teamed up to wallop the Marshall*. And those island* now seem to be next in line for invasion The blows were centered on Jalult Atoll, an enemy nerve center some 3'hi mil-a northwest of conquered Makin Im identally. a lieutenant wound<Tur* Tn Past* 3. Columa 1) Annual K. C. Rabbit Supper December 13 Organization Plans For Annual Event The D<»cattjr Knight* of Columbus will hold tbe annual rabbit -upper at the K of C hall Monday evening. December 13. at * 30 o'clock The annual event Is for member* and 'heir wives or sweet '.maria. A special Invitation ha* been I—»u*d thto year to the wive* and sweethearts of menshetw who are now In the armed force-. Fred Raker. Br.. I* chairman of the committee In charge of tbe supper and program. Other member* of the committee are John Deßolt, Jr. Frank GlUig. Frank Heimann, Roman Parent. Harold Baker. Jet» ry Deßolt. Henry Brann. Gerald and Ralph Reed Giri atudent* of 'he Catholic high school will serve tbe dinner. All rabbits for the dinner will he received at Borg', meat market.